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End of the Road

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Old May 18th, 2024, 16:03   #1
DaveNP
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I've come to the conclusion that it's the end of the road for my V70 (as in my signature with about 180k on the clock). The brakes were making an odd noise a while ago and on investigation it seems one of the front pads had delaminated which has caused further damage to the disc, no problem thought I, new pads and discs are a reasonably easy job but as I started it quickly became apparent the callipers and pistons were in poor condition and would need replacement too. In the context of a 26 year old base spec motor, which also needs a new cambelt and has significant rust in the chassis rails under the boot floor I have to be realistic and call time.

So where do I go from here? I don't have space time or inclination to do much to strip the car to parts and I've had my money's worth out of it already so I could just phone a local scrapper and get them to take it away. But having been a part of this community for many years I'm aware that some parts may have value to others and feel some obligation to save what I can within reason.

In terms of the whole car I wouldn't be happy with anyone driving it away due to the brake defect but does anyone want it?
There are various bits which would be easy enough to remove like the tailgate spoiler, roofrails, headlights etc but the 'Wanted' section doesn't seem to have as much call for them as it used to have.
Getting a bit trickier the wheels are actually from a 940 Wentworth (I believe) but removing them makes the car immovable so more difficult to find a scrapper.

Anyone got any thoughts?
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