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Promoting Professionally Recycled Auto Parts on the Road across the US and Canada. Plans to build the Special Silverado to tow the Recyclers Convoy to coincide with the Cannonball Run in May 2009 were effectively derailed when a we eventualy discovered that the rights to produce the Trident Iceni in the USA and entry into the Cannonball Run had been sold. To read the whole odd scenario Click here to visit our Black Footprint Awards Consideration Page.

Every person that sees the RV during its Criss Cross US trip who is influenced to purchase Recycled Auto Parts instead of New Parts will help reduce the CO2 released into our environment. Every part that is sold by Professional Auto Recyclers has a CO2 saving so the RV will have a Computerised CO2 Savings Ticker which will offset any CO2 emissions from the Silverado. By actual Building of the Silverado 3500 Diesel Dually with Recycled Parts will save the approximate 7 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions required to build a New Vehicle. Photos of the Parts and build at various stages including MPG Improvement add ons will provide a documented history of the vehicle which will be reproduced in Vinyl on the vehicle and RV The outside of the RV feature vinyl adverts (The Recyclers Rolodex) for all participating recyclers in state order, Collages of Modern Recyclers Equipment and sponsors advertising. The outside of the RV and flyers for distribution will also feature www.Find-A-Part.com/usa and Supporters Forms which will direct Parts enquiries ONLY to Recyclers Association Members  Our Target - To get a Base 3500 Silverado Dually Chassis and most major components on or photos of a set of parts on our stand at the ARA Show in Kentucky in October and then have the vehicle set off on its 4 Year trip in spring 2010. Challenge 1 - To all members of Recyclers Associations in the USA and Canada - Supply a part or parts for the Silverado Jigsaw and we will put you an advert on this page, the Silverado and The RV as we travel the USA and Canada over the next 4 or maybe even 5 years. Each Ad Value $465 Challenge 2 - To all companies who produce additives, accessories, conversions or anything they claim can reduce CO2 Emissions, Increase MPG or make the 220 million vehicles on the road in the USA already more environmentally friendly to supply us with their product or system so we can, fit it to the Silverado, test it and give you free advertising if it works. Challenge 3 - To all companies and entities involved in bettering the environment help us promote "Professional Auto Recycling" and the use of "Virtually Zero Carbon Auto Parts" with an Absolutely Free to use Auto Parts Location Form Click here to see an example or Click here to Order a Suporters Form or see the form on this page below.

Philip J Higginbotham Philip J Higginbotham Building from the start. When I was in the Auto Recycling Business, until some twenty odd years ago, we seemed able to sit back and just watch the money roll in. On leaving the Industry I brought a Farm in Norfolk, set to extending it to eight bedrooms, got into organic farming in a small way and converted barns into workshops where I could spend time on various projects like my old tractors, 1933 Austin Seven Opel Rebuild and alternative energy supplies. All through my youth and especially during my further education years I had a fascination with alternative energy supplies and reuse of things especially mechanical. Like many millions of people around the world I have never purchased a new Car and had on many occasions used Find A Part for quite a lot of times. I kept in contact and visited my friends in the industry and observed the tons of concrete poured, new buildings and equipment put in at sites in response to the European End of Life Directive but all of them had the same gripe about not being able to compete with companies who had spent nothing on any infrastructure upgrading. During one of these visits I ran into Terry Gray who was upgrading my friends Find A Part software and was surprised when my "Always Busy" friend asked him to stay & join us for a meal but during the day and evening it became clear why my friend enjoyed his company & observations on the industry as they virtually mirrored my own. Terry who also lived in Norfolk eventually visited my farm to see my vintage motorbikes at about the same time as we both hit the brick wall of divorce and realised that the guy simply eats and breaths "Auto Recycling" often to his own personal detriment. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Part of Challenge 2 To all companies who produce additives, accessories, conversions or anything they claim can reduce CO2 Emissions, Increase MPG or make the 220 million vehicles on the road in the USA already more environmentally friendly to supply us with their product or system so we can, use it, test it and give you free advertising if it works.

I agree with many of his industry friends, including Americans that because he can see how things will pan out not everyone in the industry can follow his logic. What I do know is that many people in the UK Recycling Industry including my old friends admit, often grudgingly, that for the last 30 years most of his predictions have been spot on. Over the last 10 years or so I have observed first hand his frustration when returning from his trips to the USA and I became involved with Green Footprint Network and Convoy project as having seen many of my old friends in the Industry negatively effected by many of the systems European Legislators had put in place and was aware that US Legislators were starting to Import what they believed were good ideas that had worked in Europe but had in actuality been of no benefit to Auto Recycling. To say my first visit to the USA was an eye opener would be an understatement and many of the Recyclers and Trade Show Exhibitors I met seemed to be unaware of the similarities of past events in Europe with those developing in the US. What I realised however was that there was a distinct lack of information flowing to the US from European Associations, maybe because they are fighting for their own survival, that creates this big chink in the US Industries Armoury of Industry knowledge. Many of my observations regarding my second visit to the US in September 2009 have to remain to be penned in the future but I have to say that Terry was right when he said about Midway that we were going to be at one of the best "Professional Auto Recyclers" he knew of. From a personal viewpoint it was not just the facilities but the Midway people whose professionalism was matched by their friendship and willingness to help us brits. My observations regarding the problems caused, including the virtual removal by trident of our ability to expand the environmentally beneficial technology into already available mainstream production vehicles will remain for my comment in the future.

The Advantages of the Silverado Dually at Midways Salvage Yard - (Stolen Recovered) Whilst at the ARA Show in 2008 we stumbled across the vehicle pictured to the left which had to be dismantled so could be purchased as virtually a complete set of Recycled Parts & rebuilt from the chassis up. We also had a good reception from Recyclers at the ARA show who said that they could provide Engines and the missing parts for having their name on truck. The central USA Location, superb facilities and more than helpful staff and owners at Midway looked like we had the ideal potential for fitting a Duramax V8 Diesel engine and technology used in the existing Trident Iceni to build a perfect Tow Vehicle for promoting the Professional Auto Recycling Industry. Our awareness as Brits of the move to Greener Vehicle Development led us to believe that the integration of the Iceni Technology which had produced a 2 Seater capable of 200mph plus on bio diesel that had in tests shown a capability of nearly 70 mpg at a constant 70mph would add to our Recycling Industry Tow Vehicles profile. Considering that the original concept of touring the USA and Canada was to bring attention to cost and CO2 Saving Environmental aspects of "The Industry" and the parts we sell we have returned to our original concept of building the towing vehicle itself from recycled parts. By using recycled parts the vehicle itself starts life environmentally beneficial as we can show a saving of at least 7 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions by not needing the construction of a New Vehicle and everyone who has a free form like that that below will know that they are helping, not only the environment, but more people to realise the differences between what people know as Junkyards and Professional Auto Recyclers.

Why should your Environmentally minded group, organisation or supplier to the Auto Recycling Industry have a Special form?   The facts are that Recycling Auto Parts is in most cases a manual job and most basic testing can be carried out using the power of the vehicle itself. It is also a fact that there are no CO2 emmision requirements to manufacture or make the recycled part unlike those required in the manuafacture of a Manufacturers OEM Replacement part. It is also a fact the in many cases parts are removed from late date vehicles which have done a fairly low mileage. It is also a fact that many Recycled Parts come from vehicles that either not reached the original manufacturers mileage or age period under which the vehicle and its parts are still under waranty. It is also a fact that the majority of Recycled Engines that are sold are replacing worn out or high mileage engines so are more efficient and by default reduced the vehicles carbon footprint. It is also a fact that by default Recycled Auto Parts are more cost effective than New OEM Parts and by default reduce the overall transportation costs of the country they are sold in. It is also a fact that that the three heavisest and most engineerd components in the average passanger vehicle are The Engine, Transmission and Rear Axle if fitted. It is also a fact that these three components form the largest percentage of Vehicle Parts requested over the last 30 plus years on the Find-A-Part systems and sales by Auto Recyclers. It is also a fact that it follows that the processing and sale of these three components by default saves the most CO2 required by manufacturers to produce new units. It is also a fact that between Recycled Parts and New Parts are Re-Manufactured Parts and the main source of Core Parts for Re-Manufacture is the Auto Recycling Industry. It is also a fcat that Find A Part only alows bona fide members of Auto Recyclers Associations to receive requests and that all Recyclers Associations have membership standards. It is also a fact that the higer the standard of Auto Recycler the Higher their Environmental procedures and Standars are.   The facts are that by having a special form with your own header you will be helping people to save money on Auto Parts, helping the Environment by reducing CO2 emmisions and helping Professional Recyclers to help the Environment more.   I am proud that conservative calculations show my Find A Part systems and our UK Auto Recyclers have in the last 30 plus years stoped about 49,000,000 Tonnes of CO2 from entering the earths atmosphere. It is a fact that because the US Recycling Industry is ten times bigger than Britains it is feasable to stop about 50,000,000 Tonnes of CO2 from entering the earths atmosphere in 3 years.   The Charges for Receiving All Requests Generated via The Copyright Find A Part Forms in the USA is only $365 per year In reality as we only allow Members of State / Provincial / ARA members to participate as Parts Suppliers this means the maximum you can pay for the Requests is either $365 US for 2 Years or 50 US Cents per Day and If you are a member of the ARA and a State or Provincial Association the daily figure is 33 US Cents per day. Because however the launch of Find-A-Part America Coincides with the "Recyclers Rolling Roladex" Trip if you take a large ad on the RV at $365 the Find-A-Part Service is only $100 US for 1, 2 or 3 Years. Please remember that the Find-A-Part System has been operational for over 30 Years in The UK and Europe and can state that "We have still got Professional Auto Recyclers with us who joined at the start" This is why I as Chairman and Founder have no qualms in saying "If at the end of your 2 or 3 years you want your money back, just ask for it" Recyclers who just want to use the system to Locate Parts from Professional Auto Recyclers for Customers you cannot supply simply use the form on this page. Please Note Find-A-Part are Not Parts Brokers - Parts are Supplied Direct from Parts Supplier to Buyer. Please Click Button 1 if you just want a Small ad on the RV at $199 for 1, 2 or 3 years Please Click Button 2 if you just want a Large ad on the RV at $365 for 1, 2 or 3 years Please Click Button 3 for a Large RV ad & Find-A-Part Requests only $465 - 1, 2 or 3 years Suppliers, Associations, Groups. You can Support US & Canadian "Recyclers Association Members" by having a personalised Form based on the Design above on your site ! Simply Click Here

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