An amazing film. We're accused of being a highly wasteful society nowadays, but that was crazy, absolutely nothing was saved for re use, even the petrol! And of course, recycling was not a term most people had heard of.
I suppose Wolseley parts just weren't in demand enough to bother removing them.
I like the way it was still on fire when they put it into the shredder machine.
RE: the petrol
It looks like he drains the tank with a pick axe , However did you notice he put a hose to the filler before doing this, so I'm unsure what has happened but I dont think thats petrol draining out for a few reasons.
If theyre draining tanks like that all the time then surely they now it could cause a fire if that pick axe causes a spark against the tank which makes me think it cant be petrol.
He puts a hose to the filler before draining , and this can't be petrol going in because whats the point
And who is rich enough to through petrol away , I dont imagine it has ever been that cheap?disposable
Im really interested if someone knows whats gone on with that , my best guess is hes pumped it full of water to dilute and rinse out any petrol possible in the tank , so that when theyre scrapping that car they dont inadvertently create a fire as it could be quite hazardous