Classics left to die/rotting pics

[Hugo a Gogo]

Dapster said:

If you call Mercedes Benz Classic in Germany, they will restore your car using original parts and return it back to it's former glory. They also have a sales channel and the preparation of the cars are amazing. The E500 they have for sale is up for €50,000 and looks like new:

Car for sale http://newsroom.mercedes-benz-classic.com/en/vehic...

Site http://www.mercedes-benz-classic.com/content/class...

Follow the links to "Classic Car Sales" > "Car Purchasing" > "Current Vehicle Offers"

Edited by Dapster on Friday 7th June 03:00

the prices sound wild at first, but thinking about it, they actually make the new standard cars sound expensive

what price a 5 litre mass-produced E-class now?

and the 500E they're selling was hand built by Porsche, cost 150,000DM new (€75,000), and is hand rebuilt, they can completely rebuild a car and sell it for less than its original price?

[finlo]

quiraing said:

Fiat 130 coupe very cool for cats. A workmate had a silver P-reg 1976 coupe many years ago with blue suede seats. I think they were nearly all 3.2 V6 3-speed autos. Lots and lots of bodyfiller on that car. And then some more. Then just a light skim of filler on top. Paintjob lasted 6 weeks before it all bubbled up again.
Did they really have a hand-operated cruise-control throttle between the front-seats or has my memory finally broken?

Yep other side of the gear selector to the choke.

[lowdrag]

FourWheelDrift said:

shagracer said:

harping back to the fish symbol, ive seen the Darwin ones with little legs growing, but dont know what the meaning of this word



maybe a call for another miracle, the one where he turns water into fuel, Amen to that one

http://www.ixoye.com/

Never seen the fish with that inside, but a fellow employee always referred to the fish sign as ichthus, which is Greek for fish. The Christian fellowship can be found here:-

http://www.ichthus.org.uk/

[M3DGE]

[quote=Poison Tom 96]

. But at the moment, the Branch member is making a Minor motorhome (and doing a great job)
that is so worthy of a thread of it's own! A MM motor home - please share!

[M3DGE]

occrj said:

shagracer said:

DODGE TRAVCO MOTORHOME by shagracer, on Flickr


DODGE TRAVCO MOTORHOME by shagracer, on Flickr

that'd cause a stir, turning up at a campsite in that. Hope it gets rescued

RJ

Totally agree, what an awesome vehicle. Never seen one before.

[shakotan]

iva cosworth said:

Spotted this between 2 units on an estate.Thought it might be a "Cool spotted"



BUT then i looked to the left behind a unit and see



This,which is in the rotting category.

You got a location for these, fella?

[Hugo a Gogo]

lowdrag said:

FourWheelDrift said:

shagracer said:

harping back to the fish symbol, ive seen the Darwin ones with little legs growing, but dont know what the meaning of this word



maybe a call for another miracle, the one where he turns water into fuel, Amen to that one

http://www.ixoye.com/

Never seen the fish with that inside, but a fellow employee always referred to the fish sign as ichthus, which is Greek for fish. The Christian fellowship can be found here:-

http://www.ichthus.org.uk/

different spelling, same thing, Greek doesn't use the same letters

[shagracer]

quiraing said:

Fiat 130 coupe very cool for cats. A workmate had a silver P-reg 1976 coupe many years ago with blue suede seats. I think they were nearly all 3.2 V6 3-speed autos. Lots and lots of bodyfiller on that car. And then some more. Then just a light skim of filler on top. Paintjob lasted 6 weeks before it all bubbled up again.
Did they really have a hand-operated cruise-control throttle between the front-seats or has my memory finally broken?

heres a link to a photo of the inside showing the cruise slide controls

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45986505@N07/56362583...

Edited by shagracer on Friday 7th June 19:46

[mfmman]

shagracer said:

quiraing said:

Fiat 130 coupe very cool for cats. A workmate had a silver P-reg 1976 coupe many years ago with blue suede seats. I think they were nearly all 3.2 V6 3-speed autos. Lots and lots of bodyfiller on that car. And then some more. Then just a light skim of filler on top. Paintjob lasted 6 weeks before it all bubbled up again.
Did they really have a hand-operated cruise-control throttle between the front-seats or has my memory finally broken?

heres a link to a photo of the inside showing the cruise slide controls

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45986505@N07/56362583...

Edited by shagracer on Friday 7th June 19:46

OT but linked to the above, in the early eighties my Dad drove a Fiat truck with a cruise control pull out handle. IIRC unlike most cruise controls, touching the brakes didn't cancel it which kept you on your toes!

[MGJohn]

mfmman said:

OT but linked to the above, in the early eighties my Dad drove a Fiat truck with a cruise control pull out handle. IIRC unlike most cruise controls, touching the brakes didn't cancel it which kept you on your toes!

Back in the mid-1960s, my younger brother had a Fiat 1500. That had a plethora of spoon shaped levers on the steering column. One was a form of "Cruise control" .... it held the throttle at a chosen speed setting to suit the driver's needs. Had to be cancelled manually.

He needed to replace the front discs on it. By coincidence, I needed to do that on my MGB at that time. One front disc for the MGB was a massive 28/- ( twenty eight shillings = £1.40p today .... )

One disc for the Fiat was 112/- ( One hundred and twelve shillings = £5.60p ). Quite tidy sum in those days when few folks took home more that twenty quid a week.

[Turtle head]

JumboBeef said:

This has been here years:

http://goo.gl/maps/ox6YA

Rover.....?

I drove past that today!

[ClaphamGT3]

mfmman said:

shagracer said:

quiraing said:

Fiat 130 coupe very cool for cats. A workmate had a silver P-reg 1976 coupe many years ago with blue suede seats. I think they were nearly all 3.2 V6 3-speed autos. Lots and lots of bodyfiller on that car. And then some more. Then just a light skim of filler on top. Paintjob lasted 6 weeks before it all bubbled up again.
Did they really have a hand-operated cruise-control throttle between the front-seats or has my memory finally broken?

heres a link to a photo of the inside showing the cruise slide controls

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45986505@N07/56362583...

Edited by shagracer on Friday 7th June 19:46

OT but linked to the above, in the early eighties my Dad drove a Fiat truck with a cruise control pull out handle. IIRC unlike most cruise controls, touching the brakes didn't cancel it which kept you on your toes!

Better known as a hand-throttle...

[mfmman]

ClaphamGT3 said:

mfmman said:

shagracer said:

quiraing said:

Fiat 130 coupe very cool for cats. A workmate had a silver P-reg 1976 coupe many years ago with blue suede seats. I think they were nearly all 3.2 V6 3-speed autos. Lots and lots of bodyfiller on that car. And then some more. Then just a light skim of filler on top. Paintjob lasted 6 weeks before it all bubbled up again.
Did they really have a hand-operated cruise-control throttle between the front-seats or has my memory finally broken?

heres a link to a photo of the inside showing the cruise slide controls

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45986505@N07/56362583...

Edited by shagracer on Friday 7th June 19:46

OT but linked to the above, in the early eighties my Dad drove a Fiat truck with a cruise control pull out handle. IIRC unlike most cruise controls, touching the brakes didn't cancel it which kept you on your toes!

Better known as a hand-throttle...

I'm not sure there was much modulation to it, either on or off. But then I was 12 so I could well be wrong

[iva cosworth]

shakotan said:

You got a location for these, fella?

It's a bit of a dodgy estate with "travellers" so i will ask the owner of the unit i deliver to

if he knows who owns these 2 before giving location away...

[Rollcage]

Just seen this on ebay - could be a decent project for somebody. Looks like a C-matic as well.

[4rephill]

shagracer said:

maybe not a true classic, but when was the last time your saw one of these, a great cool coupe from Fiat


FIAT 130 COUPE by shagracer, on Flickr

The beauty of the FIAT 130 Coupe lies in the simplicity of it's shape.

It's a simple, elementary three box shape that's not been over-complicated with loads of different contours.

Aesthetically, it should really be a boring looking shape but somehow, in true Italian style, it manages to pull it off and look incredibly elegant.

[dave stew]

Old Audi 80, coupe and Scimitar spotted yesterday in The Park estate, Nottingham

[loveoldclassics]

I saw this to-day in Whatlington, near Battle.

[V41LEY]

Not left or rotting but compares well to the version on page 51 on this thread.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/JAGUAR-XJ40-STEALTH-BI-...

[quiraing]

finlo said:

quiraing said:

Fiat 130 coupe very cool for cats. A workmate had a silver P-reg 1976 coupe many years ago with blue suede seats. I think they were nearly all 3.2 V6 3-speed autos. Lots and lots of bodyfiller on that car. And then some more. Then just a light skim of filler on top. Paintjob lasted 6 weeks before it all bubbled up again.
Did they really have a hand-operated cruise-control throttle between the front-seats or has my memory finally broken?

Yep other side of the gear selector to the choke.

Thx for reply.

I think there are some magazine road-tests on the 130 coupe available on the interweb, will have a look later. My workmate always boasted that it had a Ferrari Dino engine, which wasn't quite true, although I think there were some similarities. His car was certainly quick back in the late 80s and would see off a Rover SD1 V8, (I know this, as I had the Rover!), and the XR3-boys got a surprise too.

The 130 coupe was a very well styled car IMO - but others used to say it looked like a big Lada 2-door.

Edit - I just scrolled down and found other relevant posts re 130 and hand-throttle - thanks for them too - I will check out links later

Edited by quiraing on Monday 10th June 16:27