Volvo Heaven or Volvo Hell? Lakes Autos Detailed Tour (Geoff & Ian’s Big Day Out Part 3)

[@GeoffBuysCars]

Tonight on my KZbin channel at 6. A complete tour, with many mot history checks of cars on site. Viewer discretion is advised, if you love Volvos and are sensitive, it’s a tough watch!

[@Terry-q7y]

I used to work in a scrap yard in the mid 80s

[@999hireactionvehicles9]

@@GeoffBuysCars great video

[@simonfletcher8972]

Ian makes a good co pilot, nothing seems to phase him too much😅

[@alxgu198]

Enjoying the video Geoff. 19 minutes in is a C70 👍

[@SoBenidorm]

Geoff loved 🥰 that video it was 👍🏻 great 😊

[@binits777]

Sad to see so many cars that could have been kept on the road in this junk yard. It’s a throwaway culture we live in now. Most people buying cars on finance. So many classics killed though the scrappage scheme. Such an interesting video. Glad you got there before the old boy sells up. Thanks Geoff.

[@Simon-qn5wm]

Same as me Geoff, when I see scrapped cars I imagine the day the first owner bought it home, how proud they were of it & the rest of the family rushing out to see it for the first time

[@stuartgibson9755]

Love this Geoff. Used to tour the local scrapyards years ago almost every week with my uncle who was a second-hand car dealer. Spent hours wandering around hunting out bits he needed to get his cars up to snuff. Lost him to cancer 7 years ago. He was such a character. I miss him loads.

[@E_L1000]

The MOT look ups was interesting. Fascinating how simple most of the faults were.

[@kennetholchowy4947]

Absolutely enjoy your inserts on the MOT. a wonderful twist for the viewing people,. Thanks Geoff I always watch to the end.

[@mortuaryartist]

I bought my 1st Volvo from here FAT 385T., 30 years ago. I’ve had 4 others from this place too. The old fella( the dad) long gone, lived in the burned out bungalow. He had a delivery miles Merc gullwing and a fortune in the garage that was lost 😳. There used to be 10 times the amount in the yard. Happy days 👍

[@mowermanone1621]

I watched the whole video and enjoyed every moment of it. Thank you again Geoff.

[@adrianbaker5811]

Unlike the old days of scrap cars these no rust in sight thanks for this video I love Volvo

[@mowermanone1621]

I found a lot of good stuff in the trunks of cars on salvage yards back in my teens. I enjoyed the walk-through Geoff, thank you.

[@Crosshatch1212]

Bar oh red seal .😂

[@AngusRobertson-r8m]

Enjoying this. Especially the reg number mot history. Thanks.

[@Garffey]

Geoff ...you took me back to being a ten year old kid, (I'm 64) when my Sunday mornings were spent rummaging for parts to keep my stepfathers old banger running for a few weeks longer....shame we didn't have the m.o.t check back them as its good to see what the back history is....cheers! 👍

[@NOWThatsRichy]

Same here, I remember my going with my dad to the local scrapyard, finding parts to keep his old Austin Cambridge going for a bit longer! Also coming home with pockets full of small parts, (badges, bulbs etc!) Yes, the MOT check thing would have been handy back in the day, to see what a particular car failed on as quite often you didn't know if the part you had just got from the scrap car was any better than the knackered one you were replacing!

[@christopherward9230]

"Because history is not diverse enough" Agree 💯 Geoff with how you said it 👌

[@Richard-r1x7d]

If history had been as diverse as they say it was it would be over diverse now And it clearly isn’t.

[@paultaylor9652]

They are returning from where they came, one of your best videos. Took me back 40 years to Car Transplants in Nantwich, sadly not there any more.

[@groberto8164]

Loved going to Car Transplants and Furbers in Wem. Used to go there from North Wales

[@matthewgodwin3050]

I really enjoyed that Geoff. What a fascinating place. What's sad though, is that all of these cars were someone's pride & joy once. The first, second, and third owners would be heartbroken to see their cars now. It's such a shame more of them weren't saved.

[@batmandiablo3]

I can't believe I sat through all of that..... I need to get out more!!!

[@paulriggers1558]

aah, memories of my youth in the 80s, every saturday afternoon, looking for upgrades for your car, all day sunday, fitting them, back to work monday, showing off your new uprated car to the lads...

[@willwilderbeast4035]

Taken to my wedding in 1983, in a metallic green 740 Volvo. My husband worked for M.R. King and Sons in Halesworth.

[@johnanchovie2b]

Like you, Geoff, I love scrap yards and graveyards. Pondering on what passed for the lives in question and perhaps that sense of nostalgia for the ineluctable flow of time washed endlessly downstream.

[@christopherwatson4840]

Would watch vids like this all day long. Excellent work with the MOT history's as well.

[@malph9216]

I live a few miles up the A1 from Lakes Autos......I've driven past it so, so many times over the last few decades and always wondered what it was like 'inside'. Fascinating.

[@strandvaskeren]

It's sad to see everything just rotting away in the weather. In a dry climate it might work to have a bunch of cars randomly placed in the yard, but in a wet climate you need to gut the car for usable stuff at arrival, store the parts somewhere dry and them get rid of the rest.

[@GT380man]

Love it, Geoff. I used to get my spare parts from scrapyards in the 1980s, at which point they were stuffed with rusty Fords, Vauxhalls, Austins, Rovers etc.

[@djtaylorutube]

Same. No fun with scrappies that just want to take all the parts off and sell them over a counter. They miss out on the sale of all the speculative bits that you pick up while wandering. Although some people used to wreck parts that someone else could have used.

[@ianwheeler7903]

Great video Geoff. You cannot beat a mooch around a scrapyard. Also loved the MOT history checks. I bet quite a few of those cars were part exchanges, where the dealership sent them for scrap rather than putting them through an auction.

[@JRM-VSR]

For the 850 with the catalytic converter missing, I'm willing to bet the cat was stolen -- and the major exhaust leak preventing emissions testing was the lack of a connection between the front and rear exhaust halves...

[@jo_clarke1960]

I'm going to relax on Xmas Eve, watch and both episodes, which I think I shall thoroughly enjoy 👍

[@equaliser2265]

Sado

[@GD-vm8po]

This video was awesome. Loved it!!

[@RobinHopwood]

Love this kind of video, keep them coming top man.

[@stevethomas4615]

Enjoyed this, Geoff, especially the MOT 'lookbacks'...and that hanging question as to why some of these were scrapped...a story untold...? 👍

[@Wee_Langside]

Geodf, I listen while making dinner fascinating listening. Sign of a good narrator keeps you listening to the end.

[@davidtrice8307]

We enjoyed this video reminded me of days exploring scrap yards with grandad in 80s

[@the1had]

I love the video. It's a bit sad as well..

[@alanmoulsdale6172]

I bought a 760 gle once on a whim. Nice car but it had a problem. When crusing on the motorway, as soon as you decelerated it would cut out. Bloody terrifying. Dealer has it back inthe end & swapped it for a BMW 518. That put me off Volvos. Great video Geoff.

[@christopherward9230]

I used to pass this scrapyard regularly in my truck driving days, and obvious got closer look on my way back up north. I always thought it'd be a gold mine for a volvo owner or just someone who likes looking round scrapyards. There was a good truck drivers cafe in a lay-by on the north bound side, either before or after the scrapyard, I can't remember now 🤯 and I can't believe Ian didn't fetch his wellies 😮. Great video Geoff 👌

[@luisdesojo7320]

I am Spanish and what the sticker on the Volvo 850 family car at the beginning of the video says is a phrase that people who are very religious in Spain say: I drive and she (referring to the Virgin) guides me.

[@guamtoecutter2113]

Always wanted to visit that place! drove past so many times, but was always working. Great to finally see inside before they close down (shame).. Cheers for making the vid!

[@rogerandleoniehall9740]

Don't worry about sushing the family. It's their home too and they're fine. My first car was a Triumph Herald. It had a coke can pull tab attaching the accellerator string to the pedal. Used to bust off in the middle of traffic often. The entire front end from windscreen forward including headlights and all swung up for engine access.

[@rayshaw7446]

Enjoyed that immensely Geoff and the back MOT history with them old volvos

[@jonricketts6570]

Liking the video got to love a scrap yard treasure everywhere

[@mattyboy3908]

Great vid. Was there about 25 years ago. Back then it was full of 340s and 740s in every conceivable trim and the odd 850. Some really rare stuff went through there.

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

Oh No...I ❤ this place. I had a good time visiting this place from 2015 and then doing a funny video of the place in 2018. It's such a unique place. There is nothing like it and right next to the A1 motorway...😂

[@GarryWitcomb]

Used to be my local yard when I lived in St.Neots, this yard is very famous, locally anyway, always got on really well with the owners (some didn't) but you speak as you find, and I've always found them to be a great help, with good prices. Sad to see it go when it does eventually happen. Bought many parts and Cars from here over a thirty year period. Shame these Yards are disappearing one by one . . . GW

[@johndawson5718]

Brilliant watch. Volvo made such beautiful cars in fabulous colours. How the owner starts to clear all his stuff is going to be interesting! Made me nostalgic for my 1991 Red 940 GL😩. Anyway back with Volvo again, 2023 XC40 B3, so feeling better with life.

[@industrialmonk]

Thay were all peoples pride and joy at some point & probably for a number of different people. Scrap yards make me sulk as I want to fix some of them.

[@clivefowler1932]

Absolutely fantastic video geoff, I loved every part of it, it left me wanting more

[@Sophie-i7z]

Great video Geff

[@DGHodgson-o8z]

Hi Geoff, i really enjoyed that, i think it's the first time I've seen a scrapyard mainly dedicated to a single manufacturer. I was always going to buy an omega diesel but they were all out of my price range even the high mileage one's and they used to get nicked for their bmw engines. so i gave up.

[@colinsmith7385]

Fascinating stuff Geoff, thanks. I've driven by that yard many hundreds of times.

[@jonathonmanxrusby7762]

I used this place many times when we had 1970's 240's right through to 940's etc and they were always helpful and a pleasure to deal with. I suspect the reason so many went there is many/most owners used Volvo dealers for life, where, as you know, parts prices are/were horrendously expensive. Also, a number of private garages would quote for MOT work, but again using genuine new Volvo part prices, and then offered to dispose of the car 'free of charge' !! - thereby pocketing whatever scrapyards paid back then.

[@robertallen4431]

Enjoyable keep them coming

[@waynemarriott7641]

Been driving past there for years, didnt know it went back so far. Good video

[@alundavies5171]

Happy Christmas everyone !! been looking forward to this!!

[@Klutch58Customs]

I need to visit again with a Luton and stock up on parts. The first time I drove my old V40 T4 from Leeds and swapped the interior, wheels and body kit on the road outside.

[@aeroearth]

Reminded me of the time half a century ago when I toured motobike scrap yards looking for bits. Best buy was when buying cheap a Royal Enfield 700 Meteor with a broken downtube frame and finding a replacement frame in a scrap yard buried in the mud (I was standing on it). As Royal Enfield frames were not in demand unlike twin tube BSA frames and Norton featherbed frames, that was reflected in the price of 2 GBP. Father insisted on carrying it home in his Morris Isis Estate and a protruding stud ripped the boot lining putting it in. Then I washed the mud off , degreased with gunk and I hand painted it in Belco black cellulose up in my bedroom. Then swapped all the bits over. After seeking permission, it was the biggest bike in the school.

[@1960ARC]

I had a triumph spitfire, bought it in 1979 from a car dump, drove it around for a month or two, then decided the insurance was too expensive, the chap at the car dump was really happy to buy it back. He said he regretted selling it, it was two tone blue. Yes, enjoyed the walk around the old car dump.

[@Janets-place]

Love your channel and this was a brilliant video ❤

[@prosperity8]

Glad to see you having fun. Enjoyed the video Geoff.🎄❤️💯

[@Tashmann]

Geoff, really enjoying the video mate. I could of wandered around there for hours....

[@davidline2454]

Enjoyed the video and the inserts were great. I checked out the mot status of my last Volvo I traded in around 2017, Looked like it stayed on the road mot’d until ‘22

[@Risingstar0324]

I love touring scrap yards...thanks for the looksee.

[@Paul-67]

Really like your vid of the Volvo scrapyard tour Geoff.

[@Sam19875]

Had the lock barrel from that V70 couple weeks ago😂

[@johnnythefox9830]

Wheyhey! Thanks guys. Surprisingly interesting. 👍

[@clivefowler1932]

Watching this again, because I need some decent no bull s***t content on this late Xmas eve lol

[@raymondharper1532]

Geoff, Love the vehicle history you are showing from the reg number.He could have stored them better.

[@waynewilkin3582]

Got to love a good wreckers walk around

[@vandamme79]

Enjoying the video Geoff!

[@duncands9172]

Near to the end and. LOVING IT

[@jackwabbit1]

I spent a lot of time rummaging through breakers yards, in the early days of driving. There's nothing like recycling.

[@jakejago5732]

I went here loads when I needed Volvo parts. It's about 20 minutes away from me. Last thing I went for was the boot lid as it had a spoiler on from the s70 at the front in the corner.

[@EddieRiff]

@23.46 silver S40 by the plant vehicle was my brother's car. It broke his heart getting rid of that. So much so that he commandeered a flat bed and drove it to lakes's from Milton Keynes, he didn't want anyone else to scrap it except lakes. My S40 has his driver's side seatbelt, they fray like mad!

[@GeoffBuysCars]

no way!

[@pixie706]

A very sad place. Once each of those cars had been proudly new and shiny.

[@EddieRiff]

​​@@pixie706: "All those people, all those lives where are they now?" Morrissey. I often ponder those lyrics when confronted with discard such as this, old derelict houses etc.

[@racheluk1759]

A great video for me to crochet to. Interesting enough to glance at now and again, whilst listening to you chops away lots

[@GeoffBuysCars]

What a great review 😂

[@racheluk1759]

@GeoffBuysCars I hope you and family have a wonderful Christmas Geoff. Have loved watching over the last few years. Look forward to seeing more in 2025 if we haven't been whisked away to another dimension by then lol 🎄🥰🎁

[@GeoffBuysCars]

@@racheluk1759 thank you Rachel! What were you Crocheting? hope it was a Volvo haha

[@racheluk1759]

@@GeoffBuysCars it was a festive headrest for my mum's armchair. Not crocheted a car yet, but that's a great idea 😂

[@dougedwardsyachts]

Only a couple of weeks after getting my V70 D5 I managed to grab V70DUG off eBay. I’ve heard when the steering rack goes it’s a very expensive job. As you point out it’s a shame that owners apparently scrap for suspension bushes etc when they’re not expensive jobs, it could also be accident damage or engine failure as some of them look messy. My Dad had a brick red 245DL auto estate in 1980, I loved it. The first car I drove was our music teachers orange 144DL down our drive, perhaps that’s where my Volvo love started.

[@dwrowley]

great video, nice seeing all the old Volvo's

[@Expresskitten]

I used to go to scrap yards with my Dad when he was doing up a Mini Van the Blue Grey colour loved it but sad places too great vid.

[@nixswatson]

Almost halfway thru and I'm definitely NOT bored! Tho I'm quite irate at having to keep pausing, cos I keep sneezing and having to blow my nose...yes, I started to develop a frgn cold yesterday 🤧

[@andypsunshineisle5655]

Successful visit . Nobody leaked blood and no one tripped and fell over. Not a sniff of a 340 or 360. Most appeared to be there due to cost not rust as in the 70s and 80s.

[@Eric_Hunt194]

I hope Ian saw the Omega that you teased at the end of episode 2... I know some Volvo enthusiasts don't consider the Dutch built 400 series to be "true" Volvos, but I love the 480. So sad to see the handful of dead ones in the yard. That first one looked reasonably complete.

[@charlesstuartpowell7752]

Love the scrap yard as I'm not far away from the scrap yard and I have a 1997 V70 2.5 keep up the videos as I do love my volvos too

[@sailaway4559]

enjoying vid, land of broken dreams

[@Semponi]

Sad but enjoyable. I spent hours in my youth searching scrap yards for bits, think it's the hunter / gather instinct in us! I don't own a Volvo but have always liked the marque and I'm spotting items I'd just like to own - super saddo! I regularly do vehicle / MOT checks on cars I see out and about; most unusual was a DeLorean that came past my house.

[@SimonM-63]

Nice one, Geoff 👍👍

[@jonmarshall1502]

It’s like modern day archeology, we used to have PickaPart in NZ. It was similar kind of thing where you could go through and look for what you want. Got a 1275 Allegro engine for my mini and it was heaven for a young fella.

[@davebarron5939]

Geoff, enjoyed the video, my first trip through a UK junkyard, great stuff.

[@andyb6492]

If only I had the money and time I'd try and get all them back on the road😂 such a shame they haven't been stored better.

[@kevindutton5706]

The engine on the 480 you bought actually works now, although nothing else on it does😂

[@GeoffBuysCars]

haha thank you Kevin!

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

Love the video Geoff. So sad to see those old cars and I bet you could have saved some of those old Volvos. 😀

[@peterclarke3300]

Great video Geoff I use to love going around scrap yards but very few and far between too many regs 👍👍

[@Kiktrash]

Epic....can't believe elf and safty allowed visitors..

[@marknucita8284]

Great video Geoff not many scrap yards left you can walk rpund sadly they quote health and safety which was not an issue in the 80 fill ya pockets with bulbs and buy apart for a few quid great days a bag of chips cost 10p before they brought in the takeaway hot food tax

[@dmafarm3559]

Geoff I'm enjoying the video ☺️

[@SuperFIFTHGEAR]

Some of those cars have been there for a couple of years because I remember seeing them when I was last there. I know some have been there for years but surprising how long things hang about really. Barry does take parts off when the cars come in. Also where's the drivetribe article people keep mentioning? You are right that a lot of the interiors end up getting destroyed and how some things should have been weighed in a long time ago - at least this time of year you can see the cars in the brambles, go in the summer and you can't even make them out.

[@DebbieAndrewsx5]

Brilliant video, love old scrap yards, sad a lot of them can't be saved and poor series 2 landy😢more videos like this please goeff😊👍

[@Krisemann]

Only car I've scrapped is a Volvo 850, after the timing belt tensioner went and the sills were rusted through (the head gasket was also partially blown). At the time I wasn't skilled enough to repair it, but now I can pull engines in 1 day... I should really get a Volvo again, I've really been wanting a 240 estate. But I have to prioritize my Toyota Carina 2 for now :)

[@davidflamee]

Apocalyptic Car Show with the white angel, what's not to like? I wasn't expecting Mad Max. Vehicle m.o.t. histories, very nice touch. Big thumbs up for that. The drive there, I felt, was far too comfortable for Ian. A Simca screaming oil leak might have created a bit more tension to the proceedings, but that's just my opinion. The cliff hanger, on the end of the video sounds promising though, so all is not lost. If allowed a guess i would say the BMM. It wouldn't be fair on Ian to see him crapping himself all the time but, yes, I said but, it did make for a very entertaining watch.

[@andrewmalyon5699]

Great video Geoff, interesting when you did the MOT history bits ,what's puzzling about "Lakes" is there is nothing of any good on these cars,other than the ones out the front,it looks like someone's been playing car conkers with most of them,cannot really call it a car breakers just a field of scrap,such a shame someone's felt the need to to this instead of just parking or piling them so useful bits could of been saved love these road trips and mini series's.

[@zanycam]

The blue one at 19:00 is a C70I Convertible.

[@silversurfer1790]

All scrap yards around here don't let you walk round any more ,c they put parts on shelfs,great walk round 👍👍👍👍

[@warrensmith4590]

Shuttle worth Museum is fabulous

[@Mark-oc4ci]

I loved the video, I was waiting for you to come across a 262c. Or an 164e. I can dream😂