Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2
Discussion
rolando said:
Did anyone attend the auction? I wonder what the prices were like
Just saw this MGB GT on the t'interweb. Sad days for this one. go to http://www.bringthejumps.com/ and scroll down to the mgb.
Edited by FanBoy78 on Tuesday 27th September 18:22
restoman said:
scoobygaz1 said:
Spotted in a local garage where I work customer found it in a barn 
Is that a 'GENUINE' barn find or a 'BARN' find . . . . . . . . ? 
Edited by scoobygaz1 on Tuesday 27th September 18:47
Edited by scoobygaz1 on Tuesday 27th September 18:48
I had a Ferrari 330GT rotting at the bottom of the garden in the 90's. It was a mates donor car for a 250GTO he built which took him nearly 10 years to get to perfection then reluctantly sold as he needed the £ after a divorce.
The remains of the donor we took to a local scrappie I'll never forget pulling the wreck off a trailer and the grab driver picking it up and hammering it into the bottom of a huge skip. He got out of his cab and gave my mate £20 'there you go and what car was it I didn't recognise it'
'Ferrari'
Priceless moment.
The remains of the donor we took to a local scrappie I'll never forget pulling the wreck off a trailer and the grab driver picking it up and hammering it into the bottom of a huge skip. He got out of his cab and gave my mate £20 'there you go and what car was it I didn't recognise it'
'Ferrari'
Priceless moment.
V6Pushfit said:
I had a Ferrari 330GT rotting at the bottom of the garden in the 90's. It was a mates donor car for a 250GTO he built which took him nearly 10 years to get to perfection then reluctantly sold as he needed the £ after a divorce.
The remains of the donor we took to a local scrappie I'll never forget pulling the wreck off a trailer and the grab driver picking it up and hammering it into the bottom of a huge skip. He got out of his cab and gave my mate £20 'there you go and what car was it I didn't recognise it'
'Ferrari'
Priceless moment.
Ouch. Not priceless now, but you'd get your storage fee back easily nowadays from 20+ years storage in an aircon unit...The remains of the donor we took to a local scrappie I'll never forget pulling the wreck off a trailer and the grab driver picking it up and hammering it into the bottom of a huge skip. He got out of his cab and gave my mate £20 'there you go and what car was it I didn't recognise it'
'Ferrari'
Priceless moment.
williamp said:
Ouch. Not priceless now, but you'd get your storage fee back easily nowadays from 20+ years storage in an aircon unit...
There wasn't much left of use - the chassis plate had been cut off for the GTO and the roof had been cut off (!) by the previous owner to try to make it into a soft top. There were only really doors skins and body panels left plus bits of chassis. Iva Barchetta said:
I wonder how many of those ,then low value,coupes were sacrificed to make GTO replicas.
I think there are (or were) about 20 replicas. His was a pearler. Blue with a yellow stripe.The donor was a wreck someone had tried to turn into a soft tip short chassis in the US and given up on.
RanchoGrande said:
Nice find!Roy C said:
V8Sully said:
This had been at the end of a driveway for a good amount of years. I was very lucky that it rolled after being fitted with different wheels.
I had to reverse up this narrow driveway to winch it onto the back of my truck.
The new owner didn't know exactly what it was although it appears to be a 50's fibreglass special based on BMC mechanicals.
Cheers
Dave
A Turner Sports, like this oneI had to reverse up this narrow driveway to winch it onto the back of my truck.
The new owner didn't know exactly what it was although it appears to be a 50's fibreglass special based on BMC mechanicals.
Cheers
Dave
Edited by Roy C on Tuesday 6th September 21:11
daveenty said:
Nik da Greek said:
lesstatt said:
Found this in the back of a pub car park in rural Devon
Incidentally, Devon never actually issued 'A' suffix plates - they commenced suffix registrations in July 1964 with 'B'.
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