Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[The Don of Croy]

littleredrooster said:

Anyone mentioned these yet - on the outskirts of Leamington Spa?

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2787082,-1.53374...

The beige Montego in 'L' spec would, of course, be first on any list of classics worth saving...

[//j17]

The Don of Croy said:

The beige Montego in 'L' spec would, of course, be first on any list of classics worth saving...

It is probably the rarest of the 3...

[TIGA84]

Hopefully this pic comes out, but this is near me, from the front gate to the back wall of the garden is simply an absolute junkyard, not a mechanic or anything AFAIK as the cars are always the same parked outside and rotting away, but I don't think there's a single space left on what has to be a 200ft x 60ft plot.

https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?&ty=18&q=...

[dieseldog]

SAE 116G was my wedding car in 1991!
This is the 1st time i have seen that Jag in 25 years.
We hired it from a wedding car business at Teesside Airport and we got married in Darlington.
It was a stunning car back then, makes me sad looking at it in that state.

[Yertis]

dieseldog said:

SAE 116G was my wedding car in 1991!
This is the 1st time i have seen that Jag in 25 years.
We hired it from a wedding car business at Teesside Airport and we got married in Darlington.
It was a stunning car back then, makes me sad looking at it in that state.

I'd be looking upon this as an opportunity to buy a Jag with spousal approval.

[JumboBeef]

dieseldog said:

SAE 116G was my wedding car in 1991!
This is the 1st time i have seen that Jag in 25 years.
We hired it from a wedding car business at Teesside Airport and we got married in Darlington.
It was a stunning car back then, makes me sad looking at it in that state.

Any wedding photos?

[dieseldog]

Haha!The wife wants it!
Would look nice on the drive next to her old 635d.
She says i need a new hobby!
I need to post up some pics of this car, parked outside Darlington Registry Office in September 1991. It was an absolute gorgeous car.
On another subject, does anyone know the whereabouts of a Wolseley 18/85 we had in our family for over 20 years? Its reg was BBH 97K. I loved that old landcrab.

[AHMTHSSN]

On my travels in North London.

[uk66fastback]

What's that drop top Vauxhall?!

[hidetheelephants]

uk66fastback said:

What's that drop top Vauxhall?!

PA Cresta I think.

DickyC said:

hidetheelephants said:

Running costs most likely, or perhaps an expensive electric brain problem; recommissioning wouldn't be cheap, even a set of low end tires will be £500, plus pads/discs/rubber hoses etc and an engine service could run well over a grand in parts alone.

But that's the joy of owning an old car.

Isn't it?

Embrace the bork.

[oliverb205]

uk66fastback said:

What's that drop top Vauxhall?!

It appears to be Cresta PA convertible, I wasn’t aware that they ever made any.

Oliver.

[Dapster]

dieseldog said:

SAE 116G was my wedding car in 1991!
This is the 1st time i have seen that Jag in 25 years.
We hired it from a wedding car business at Teesside Airport and we got married in Darlington.
It was a stunning car back then, makes me sad looking at it in that state.

I bet you can't remember what your wife's dress looked like, which hymns you had chosen together and the special vows you wrote out lovingly together, but the registration number of a rental car you last saw 25 years ago? No worries!! Give that man a 100 man points!! Extra points for remembering what the tyre pressures were and the brand of fan belt it had!

[AHMTHSSN]

uk66fastback said:

What's that drop top Vauxhall?!

I'm not sure but here are a couple of pictures of it.

[Perik Omo]

Vauxhall Velox PA Convertible circa late 50's early 60's. The Cresta had differet trim level and two-tone paintwork.

Edit to add that I've never heard of a convertible before though, might have been from overseas as I know some were built in Australia and NZ.

Edited by Perik Omo on Tuesday 28th June 08:11

[AHMTHSSN]

Another picture from North London. A mk1 VW Golf and the car next to it is a yellow Lancia Monte Carlo, they have been parked up for the last few years.

[AHMTHSSN]

Three gold Mercedes SL R107's parked up.

[iSore]

It's a horrific home conversion involving a black tarpaulin. It's a parts donor but the owners is 'probably gonna do it up one day'.

[Yertis]

iSore said:

It's a horrific home conversion involving a black tarpaulin. It's a parts donor but the owners is 'probably gonna do it up one day'.

The phrase 'do it up' never bodes well.

[TCEvo]

Strela said:

Was amazed to see this Panhard sinking into a driveway near Oxford yesterday. What a garden ornament!

There's one of these on a drive on an estate in Chelmsford - it's in similar order; I'll try & get a photo next time I'm passing.

[imagineifyeswill]

That convertible hood looks like more than one hood joined together, looking at the picture is it even fitted to that car or just laid over the steel roof like a cover.