Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[Bernd Tost]

Meanwhile in the Isle of Man..


Parked just off the TT course on May Hill. There was a Humber in the same spot a few years ago too


Unknown Cobra replica thingy, hasn't moved for at least 10 years from it's rusting place on Ballanard Road.



Well off the beaten track this place is like something from Wolf Creek. Quite some size too! There's a house somewhere in amidst of all the old Landies and various machinery. Looks like a Cavalier estate, a Lancia Dedra and an Austin, maybe? I'm sure there used to be a lot more metal up here. I was half expecting man traps or a blunderbuss aimed at me but the only thing patrolling the area were a couple of peacocks.

There are a couple of other places like this over here, I'll have an explore on the basis that you can never look suspicious while walking a dog

[Bernd Tost]

A couple more of the Landie graveyard:


Another of the Mk1 Transit:


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]Apologies for the quality, all the above were taken on my phone. [

[driverrob]

I should know what this is. Someone jog my memory, please. I spotted it behind a building I've walked past on the road a hundred times.

[lucido grigio]

That or Camaro of same era.

[Coatesy351]

Strela said:

driverrob said:

I should know what this is. Someone jog my memory, please. I spotted it behind a building I've walked past on the road a hundred times.


Firebird?

It is a firebird.

[driverrob]

If anyone fancies a punt at restoration it's just up the road a bit from here: http://www.donkeypark.com/

[Huntsman]

DickyC said:

Fake snake.

So it is. Thank you.

[K50 DEL]

Bernd Tost said:

Unknown Cobra replica thingy, hasn't moved for at least 10 years from it's rusting place on Ballanard Road.

Apparently a Gardner Douglas, 5ltr petrol, first registered in March of 2001 but not taxed since June of 2002 - wasn't on the road for very long at all.

[hidetheelephants]

K50 DEL said:

Bernd Tost said:

Unknown Cobra replica thingy, hasn't moved for at least 10 years from it's rusting place on Ballanard Road.

Apparently a Gardner Douglas, 5ltr petrol, first registered in March of 2001 but not taxed since June of 2002 - wasn't on the road for very long at all.

That's a bit of a waste, the GD is pretty well engineered by kit car standards and not cheap either.

[cjb44]

hidetheelephants said:

That's a bit of a waste, the GD is pretty well engineered by kit car standards and not cheap either.

Best left where it is to die.

[Bernd Tost]

It was probably imported to the island in 2002, we have our own vehicle registration & tax system over here (a local system for local people..) so that would be why it vanished off the radar. Shame, 5 litre thingy would have been fun on the Mountain road!

[finlo]

hidetheelephants said:

That's a bit of a waste, the GD is pretty well engineered by kit car standards and not cheap either.

Allways wondered what lurked beneath that tarp, as for year's all that was visible was a knock on rear wheel.

[hidetheelephants]

cjb44 said:

hidetheelephants said:

That's a bit of a waste, the GD is pretty well engineered by kit car standards and not cheap either.

Best left where it is to die.

GRP body on an epoxy coated steel tube spine frame? The second coming will be sooner.

[sinbaddio]

Saw this last weekend whilst having a little wander. Very odd. (although not a classic)

[FlaminiaGT]

The Crack Fox said:

lucido grigio said:

You can't leave it there .........

The full or compressed story please...

If I link to my blog I get narky messages off PH mods, sorry. I think if you google "EUROPE'S BIGGEST BARN FIND" you should find it's the top story.

Anyway - There were c.850 cars stored in/around semi-derelict greenhouses in Holland. I managed to get inside (with owner's consent). Lots of Italian exotica, rotting British classics, battered early 911s, that sort of stuff. A real eye-opener. The place has since been emptied.

Isn’t that http://www.stolzeclassiccars.nl/ I am sure it is, so not a barn find left to die but a dealer who specialise in cars to restore. Regarding the picture of the three cars stacked up this was featured in C&SC, the top was a fake snake and the other two were past salvaging.

Edited by FlaminiaGT on Friday 2nd June 17:29

[Red Firecracker]

The things you find in garages. Gained a new derelict garage (legally), got the door open and rather unexpectedly (with a bit of unwrapping), this is inside;




with a surprisingly un-mouldy interior;



and full service folder.



1983 XJS HE, full history up to 1991 at 101k miles, the tax was due in November 1995 and I believe it was put in the garage at about that time (I've owned the next door garage since before then, and have never seen anyone go in or out). Now to find the owner. Oh joy!

[hidetheelephants]

Unless it was specifically excluded from the sale the contents of the garage are yours.

[lotus72]

....can't see any pics ??

[Red Firecracker]

hidetheelephants said:

Unless it was specifically excluded from the sale the contents of the garage are yours.

It would seem to be a case of variable opinions with little real consensus of opinion regarding this sort of thing, but in any case, I really really don't want it, I've enough examples of British cash cow car manufacturing

Edited by Red Firecracker on Saturday 3rd June 07:47

[ivanhoew]

is there grass growing inside that garage ? ,would be interesting to see how that car looked after a quick wash and scrub up .


RR