ORIGINAL: Paul Fraser
I don't think there is much downside on this if you are prepared to break it for spares. If the alloys are as good as he says then you'll probably get a third to and half of the purchase price back on those alone. Then there are all the bigger bits to sell as well. If I had a trailer and it was a bit more local I'd have a go at breaking this to see what the economics of it were.
Also, the three to five grand figure is just plucked out of the air: where does that come from? Until one of us goes and has a good look and/or has it inspected it is an unknown, and probably will remain that way until the VIC check and beyond. By the way, you have to put everything right on the MOT too, but that doesn't put any of us off does it?
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure closer investigation will reveal half-truths, omissions and probably lies but at £1500 (and they may very well take much less) it might be worth a punt, I certainly wouldn't dismiss it out of hand like some of the posters above.