Classics left to die/rotting pics
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fushion julz said:
DickyC said:
Yep, I posted that one a year or so back...I knocked on the door to ask if it was for sale/rescue and was told it is not and is awaiting attention.Sad sight indeed. Pass it every day
Kdb550 said:
Spotted this the other day, not every ones cup of tea I am sure but still seems a waste to leave it to rot.
Not taxed since November 1993!!!So we can assume it's been 'rotting' for quite some time, possibly as long as 20 years. In fact, built in 1977 and in military service for ten years, it was only 'on the road' for 6 years after it's 'demob' in '87. It's now been off the road for more of it's life than it was roadworthy.
I'd really like one of those too. I had my first 'post test' drive in one of those at 56(MT) Trg Sqn, RE, at Church Crookham in 1991.
S5PJV said:
fushion julz said:
DickyC said:
Yep, I posted that one a year or so back...I knocked on the door to ask if it was for sale/rescue and was told it is not and is awaiting attention.Sad sight indeed. Pass it every day
One is a car (classic)? one isn't but there is a story.Can you ID the blue car? Sorry for the rubbish pic's.
So the story goes.
Spotted these two while driving through mid-Wales,just had to stop for a look,they were parked next to a derelict house.The pick-up was totally full of brambles,I could see the blue car behind but it was so overgrown that I could not tell what it was.Got chatting to a neighbour and they said the house and cars were owned by a couple who had a major fall out and could not bring themselves to even speak to each other to sell the house,cars etc and just left it all to go back to nature.
I could not leave without identifying the blue car so with the OK from the neighbour I jumped the wall and took a rubbish photo of a ..................?
So the story goes.
Spotted these two while driving through mid-Wales,just had to stop for a look,they were parked next to a derelict house.The pick-up was totally full of brambles,I could see the blue car behind but it was so overgrown that I could not tell what it was.Got chatting to a neighbour and they said the house and cars were owned by a couple who had a major fall out and could not bring themselves to even speak to each other to sell the house,cars etc and just left it all to go back to nature.
I could not leave without identifying the blue car so with the OK from the neighbour I jumped the wall and took a rubbish photo of a ..................?
yellowjack said:
Kdb550 said:
Spotted this the other day, not every ones cup of tea I am sure but still seems a waste to leave it to rot.
Not taxed since November 1993!!!So we can assume it's been 'rotting' for quite some time, possibly as long as 20 years. In fact, built in 1977 and in military service for ten years, it was only 'on the road' for 6 years after it's 'demob' in '87. It's now been off the road for more of it's life than it was roadworthy.
I'd really like one of those too. I had my first 'post test' drive in one of those at 56(MT) Trg Sqn, RE, at Church Crookham in 1991.
Saw this in a Norfolk scrapyard yesterday. No Certificate of Destruction issued and it's been parked out of the main yard area so may be for sale?
1993 Mercedes SL320 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
1993 Mercedes SL320 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Spottedlaurel said:
And on the subject of sad TVRs, here's one from 2011 that was still parked-up very recently:
1978 TVR 3000M by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Continuing the theme, I saw a blue one of these looking sorry for itself up against a row of lockup garages in Strood, Kent at the weekend. From Google Earth it looks like t was previously under a tarpaulin; whether that has been removed, or just blown away, who knows, but the car looks to be in an identical position. No idea how long though - are the Google Earth images dated anywhere?1978 TVR 3000M by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
CAPP0 said:
No idea how long though - are the Google Earth images dated anywhere?
When I look at the recently revised Streetview, it's written against a black background on the bottom right of the screen. It says "Image Capture" then gives a month and year.In a reverse of the situation you describe, the one I photographed has now been covered with a blue tarp!
Spottedlaurel said:
CAPP0 said:
No idea how long though - are the Google Earth images dated anywhere?
When I look at the recently revised Streetview, it's written against a black background on the bottom right of the screen. It says "Image Capture" then gives a month and year.In a reverse of the situation you describe, the one I photographed has now been covered with a blue tarp!
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