Best skip find or freebie

[nutter81]

my welder which works fantasticly mig welder clarke 100e

[hearselover]

May 10, 2010 10:21:35 GMT nutter81 said:

my welder which works fantasticly mig welder clarke 100e

Well thats more useful than anything ive found, nice one.

[simonrs7]

ive been giving 2 ford capri 1.6 lasers and a mk1 sierra they got be my best ones did get given a k10 mirca to but not in same league really as the other 3

also been asked to clear out garages before and found all sorts of good car bits and tools over the years

[leeandjude]

ive found two r/c cars in a skip, one is the Tamiya terra scorcher from the mid 80's all running perfect and the other was the one you used to build from magazines. can you remember the magazine where each week you would get a bit to build the Subaru Impreza? pulled it out of the skip in 100% condition. I knew the person who binned it, he did it as he didnt save enough for the running gear. took it home, put in some old acoms servos and away it went!

[pauldaf44]

1989 Fiat UNO 45 mk1. Given as something to learn to drive in had very little MOT and a serious oil leak. That was solved by pushing the dipstick in properly. 4 years later 2 tyres and a wiper blade later still on the road

[hearselover]

Forgot about these didnt even think of cars etc, ive also had a 1977 MGB GT given, a 1981 Suzuki TS 250 ER, and a horrible little 1.4 Corsa with more spray foam in it than my boat.

[stueyt]

I was given an LT35 VW van, T&T'd with the Audi 5 cylinder engine. Used it for a couple of weeks then flogged it on, as Veedubs aren't my thing. But I'm always on the look out for free or very cheap cars. ;D I was also given a MK1 sierra 2litre that I broke for parts, all I wanted was the engine and box, scrapped the rest as it was as rooten as a pear.

Cheers,

Stu.

[montythemole]

Found this dumped by my mate's garage at the weekend:

Sadly no tools, but apart from the bottom drawer they all work well. Needed some adjustment with the mallet to square it up.

[goldenwonder]

My mk2 Starlet was a freebie,
was thinking about buying it, but couldn't afford it at the time, went away working & on my return it was sat on my drive! Previous owner said 'I knew you wanted it, so thought you might as well have it'
What a nice man

[Davenger]

I was given a beige MK1 fiesta 950 popular plus a few years back.
Ran it for a year until some traveller stole the starter motor off it.
Only straight panel on it was the roof and it always started first time.
I miss the beige barsteward

[composimmonite]

Many years ago (pre 1980) I was walking to local pub when I saw a motorbike front wheel sticking out from piles of rubbish in a skip. Thinking I could use the forks for a project I knocked at they door to ask it I could have them. Next day I went back to find owner had removed a complete and working Suzuki K11 (80cc) for me and even gave me the log book.
Had that bike for years and only sold it when I moved onto other machines (RD350 !) and it became redundant

Paul H

[popuptoaster]

Got given a 50" HD Sony rear projection TV a couple of months ago, cant complain.

Not really retro but its seen some retro movies on it since we got it.

[JohnnySomersett]

I got given a 1982 Datsun Cherry with 20k on the clock...



Not a single scratch or spot of rust on it. Should've kept it really but I had too many cars and it wasnt fair keeping it out in the elements

[alecw35]

Ive got loads of stuff out of skips over the years. Mostly bike stuff. I did get a Precision style Bass guitar out of the dump. I did it up and sold it on.

I have been giving a lot of my stuff away recently. as have been told to get out of my house. I gave a lot of bike and household stuff to a neighbour that does a car boot sale stall. He says he takes stuff for a couple of weeks, then skips it, if it don't sell. So its in good hands there. I seen him on sunday. Had a bunch of mudguards in the box. I don't think theres much call for Raleigh Boxer mudguards in Arbroath.
Gave a lot of stuff to the charity shops. Some stuff to the Volunteers place I go to. I did offer them my Lawn mower. But the lady never came for it. So I strapped it to my Marins carrier and biked it to town. 9 miles in 2 hours.


I'm thinking of giving away most of my bike stuff. My 2 Raleigh 20s, Raleigh RSW, Raleigh Cruiser. A few boxes of bike spares. Some new. Also a load of car mags.
I would want the stuff to go to people that have projects on this, or other sites.
I'm not wanting to send stuff away. But people could come and collect it. think it would all fit in a transit.
I don't want a bunch of neds or kids at my house. Just polite adults.
I live in Scotland. Near Dundee

[Camp Davy]

heres my freebie a genuine gt bmw



soon to be pink

[PandaSelecta]

Not car related, but i got a lovely 1930s accordian from behind a care home that had been left for the binmen

[alecw35]

Oh is no one wanting my stuff?
As mentioned. a Folding bike and bag, good condition. A Apollo Awesome kids dual suspension bike, 20" wheels, 11" frame. I got it for spares, but built it up anyway.
A BSA 20, goes but needs some work. Alloy 20x175 wheels on 3 speed. suspension forks.
A Raleigh 20, alloy 20X175 wheels on 3 speed. Not complete
Raleigh RSW. 16X175 alloys on 3 speed. Alloy cranks. new pedals. needs work
raleigh cruiser. 26X175 alloys with 6 speed block. its a 60s bike I think. with 80s Ridgeback parts on. needs work.
Haro F4 BMX. frame and components. Various wheels. Has 3 peice steel crank and U brakes
Ive got a photobucket and flickr page. I'm Alecw35 on both of them. Flickr has a lot of my raleighs pictures on it
also have a lot of spares. some new parts. such as disc hubs, rim brake pads, cassettes, etc
others used. Lots of seatpins, cranks, pedals, brakes, 3 speed parts, deraileurs
I have a few wheels too. a pair of 1970s 27" alloys from a Dawes Galaxy. a 26" roadster wheel, stainless rim on drum brake 3 speed.
new Stainless steel 700c rims. New yellow aero rims 24". 2 24" black aero front wheels.

Bike tools including a spoke threading machine.

a lot of car mags including a lot of PPC, with first issue. Practical classics. Retro rides.

A sony playstation and lots of games. a few driving games. has a steering wheel and pedals

I'm clearing out my stuff as I'm moving.

[mercman]

A mate bought a Yamaha VMax 1200 (his dream bike!) and couldn't be ersed putting his old bike in the paper so gave it to me. A 1981 Kawasaki Z750E/GPZ750R1 mongrel-



Which ended up like this-



Then as I finished the rebuild, A guy asked if I wanted another project. A 1979 Kawasaki KH250-Fresh from the barn!



Which I'm hoping to rebuild it into something like this-



Just when I thought I had used up all my good luck, two cars arrived within days of each other. The Alfa 145 Cloverleaf doesn't count as it cost me £150. The 1999 Honda Civic 1.5LSi Aerodeck was my Dad's and he'd had it for 8 years. He bought an 2004 Civic and gave me his old one. Not my cup of tea really but it was free with FSH, stainless exhaust, new tyres and brakes and absolutely mint bodywork. It needed a clutch and clutch slave unit though.(Not bad for 90k miles on the original clutch!)
Still undecided wether to sell the Alfa or the Honda cos they tick different boxes for me.

[grizz]

Variety of stuff, from leaf blower last week, to an industrial sewing machine, and loads inbetween.

[Colin]

Concrete 20' x 8' sectional garage from freecycle