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| ![]() I would not be surprised if you were attacked by Scrapwallahs in Hyderabad. They tried it with me here in Chor Bazaar but I am an expert in disappearing after grabbing a part at bargain basement price, the grille of MRY3112 being a case in point. Anyways, all's fair in love, war and classic car restoration I guess. Best regards, Behram Dhabhar |
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Missed it Man ![]() Anyways, saw a centre ligt milicento at a garage in town. Asked if it was on sale ? Mechanic replied the owner has not given to any of them who asked for the car, but returned a couple of abuses. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() haha strange that has never happened to me, till date no one has asked me if any of my cars were for sale, indirect offers were made in plenty. Some of them very very tempting i must say, but then that's a topic for another post. |
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![]() Yes, thanks to my mechanic's help, I too have occasionally been fortunate in scooting off with normally hard-to-find or good parts cheap, as we normally bought stuff in bulk from every scrap car, so 'would just slip in a few good but pricey little stuff into my bike's glovebox or into my pockets and make our exit! ![]() Anyways, Ravi, jusst do make a note: before the painting starts on your car, make sure they close up the reverse light holes at the rear (seen in this pic. from aditya's album, when he had the car: 1962 Fiat 1100 - Aditya's Photo Gallery - Team-BHP They, more often than not, forget to do so! I had to tell the painter about 10 times to do so when I had my '62 select done up! | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Shyam are you saying you actually WHACK spares from scrapwallas ? Wow, chor bazaar mein chor ![]() Thanks, I do intend reminding them over and over again about the reverse lights ! |
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Also they are usually less likely to be concerned about "chiller" (small/petty) items, which they anyway leave out or simply destroy while breaking a car (but otherwise brazenly charge us for if we took it in front of them!) eg. toggle dash switches, the round warning lights on the dash of old fiats ('got more than fair a chance to pocket a bunch of those! ;-)), inner door handles, side-indicators/lenses, rearview mirrors, horn-buttons etc. We were able to convince him into letting us strip those parts off ourselves beforehand, as he knows that his "kaamwAle" would ruin them while breaking the car. My mech. once nicked a pristine President horn-button (which I slipped into my pocket) from a pile of spares while searching for something else, right under the nose of that scrapwala (KhAmosh raho sa'b.....kuch bhi nakko, bas ana, ----- mArna, nikal jana! ![]() The trick, if/when you want to/need to do it, is when he's usually busy with some other 'girAk' or when he left on some other work. But I'd doubt this to work out had it been the older scrap-market here (similar to chor bazaar) as its quite crowded, and everything is available only from the shops, and the shopkeepers are usually present at their shops. Last edited by Stanher : 9th December 2008 at 23:45. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Wow, this is so exciting man.. And ![]() Btw you mentioned those dashboard warning lights - after much much searching, I managed to get a pair in terrible shape, for a hundred bucks EACH. And you tell me you nicked them for free ![]() |
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![]() He did suspect us a couple of times, but we were quick in getting away and/or showing him mostly stuff that we already told we were taking. However, there was one time when I wasn't so lucky, and ironically this was when I'd PAID for the stuff! It was an original italian speedo (MPH) taken with a few other parts from a nice early select that was sadly scrapped before I could go for it! :-( I had the things (except the steering wheel, which I carried by hand) put into a sack and clamped onto my scooter (then a chetak) and from there we had to go to the older scrap-market to buy some s10 spares. When we returned, the sack was missing from my scooter! ![]() This was in a place that was normally crowded, full of shops either side, and adjacent to a mosque! 'was a real bad day for me, especially considering that was a rare meter! Anyways, 'nuff digression from me I guess! Last edited by Stanher : 10th December 2008 at 00:16. | ||
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| ![]() Dear Ravi - come with me to Chor Bazaar one day. But now it is not as good as before, fiat parts are fast disappearing from the shelves. Best regards, Behram Dhabhar |
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