The deal with my wife is as long as I keep the back yard as a backyard I can do what I like, Apart from my Canter being parked in there its a normal backyard, I wreck parts cars out the first day I get them and put the parts in the shed or behind it ( out of sight out of mind ), the shell goes to scrap the next day or to a mate who still has a wrecking yard, only if I leave bits on it he can sell, which I do quite often, this keeps her happy and me happy because she is happy
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I sell a lot of non needed parts on Gumtree and this alone at times can fund the next parts car.
I have a parts cull every few months or so and offload parts that I no longer need, again my mate appreciates the parts, mostly doors and panels etc.
If I remember, the next WOVR car I buy to do, I will do a step by step thread, it might assist anyone thinking of doing one, I wont show where I buy my cars from though as that would be cutting my own throat