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McMurdo · 14th Dec 2015, 1:16 am

Another MOD surplus handler is Air & Ground in Hixon...Drew Pritchard went there on his programme. Their auctions often entail lots comprising a stillage-full of 'misc parts'. You only find out what's in there once you've bought one. Dad bought a few, one was full of brand new titanium bolts and fasteners, which went for scrap, another full of radar calibration equipment from the 80's, which I stripped painstakingly, and another full of fibreglass aircraft fittings which were worthless unless you owned a Hawker Nimrod. We decided it was just too much trouble!

14th Dec 2015, 1:16 am	#33
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,271	Re: "The Death of Surplus". Another MOD surplus handler is Air & Ground in Hixon...Drew Pritchard went there on his programme. Their auctions often entail lots comprising a stillage-full of 'misc parts'. You only find out what's in there once you've bought one. Dad bought a few, one was full of brand new titanium bolts and fasteners, which went for scrap, another full of radar calibration equipment from the 80's, which I stripped painstakingly, and another full of fibreglass aircraft fittings which were worthless unless you owned a Hawker Nimrod. We decided it was just too much trouble! __________________ Kevin