Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[Shadow R1]

Granada ?

I learnt to drive in a 2.3 estate blue like that one, made a difference from the micra's 106's etc.

[TonyF55]

Shadow R1 said:

Granada ?

I learnt to drive in a 2.3 estate blue like that one, made a difference from the micra's 106's etc.

I would say its a Cortina MKIII Estate

[imagineifyeswill]

I would agree MK3 Cortina.

[Greshamst]

Was back visting my mum this weekend, I remember seeing this beemer starting to look a little unloved about 10 years ago. It's now looking very unloved!

[Cliftonite]

Greshamst said:

Was back visting my mum this weekend, I remember seeing this beemer starting to look a little unloved about 10 years ago. It's now looking very unloved!

As is the house!

[Iva Barchetta]

That car cover is really doing a good job....not.

[Dapster]

Iva Barchetta said:

That car cover is really doing a good job....not.

Yet the hubcaps are pristine!

Wonder what the story is. You can understand why someone may stash away something interesting to one day bring back to life, but a bog standard, 4 door, cloth upholstered, steel wheeled E30? Strange...

[TR4man]

Dapster said:

Iva Barchetta said:

That car cover is really doing a good job....not.

Yet the hubcaps are pristine!

Wonder what the story is. You can understand why someone may stash away something interesting to one day bring back to life, but a bog standard, 4 door, cloth upholstered, steel wheeled E30? Strange...

Sentimental reasons - memories of a happier time with departed love ones.

[uk66fastback]

The BMW is sorn'd - someone loves it (a bit) ...

I wonder what's in the garage if the car has been outside for ever?

[exitwound]

droopsnoot said:

exitwound said:

I had one from new in 1985. Worst car I ever owned.

- snipped more about Audi coupe -

And yet mine was the reverse. Bought it at 76k at about two years old, ran it every day until the second clutch went at 272k. Replaced two wheel bearings, the other two are still original. Never replaced a ball joint or a track rod end, regularly did rear calipers but mainly because the "new" ones weren't all that good. Did front wishbone bushes twice, but never touched the rears. Still got it, it's the next project.

I did the wishbones too.. The metal is so thin that once I had removed and fitted new bushes, I had to take the arms to the engineering shop to have them re-set. This was actually done by hand as they were so weak, didn't need tools as the re-bushing process had badly distorted them.

Mine was a 2.2i GT. Yes it was fast and economical, but only because it was ultra light. sounded nice with a 'no box', straight pipe exhaust though. That's what sold it to the next guy. I lived in fear of it coming back for ages.

[ncbbmw]

Dapster said:

Yet the hubcaps are pristine!

Wonder what the story is. You can understand why someone may stash away something interesting to one day bring back to life, but a bog standard, 4 door, cloth upholstered, steel wheeled E30? Strange...

Hub caps are plastic.

[eccles]

texaxile said:

A few I saw while getting my exhaust made up in rural Suffolk...

Demand engineering?

[austin]

Spotted yesterday in East Sussex.

[52classic]

E93a and 105e

[DickyC]

[hidetheelephants]

That NSU looks pretty tidy.

[swooshiain]

I'll be honest, that was both a model and make I had never heard of until now (NSU RO80 to save anyone similar from some Google-fu). That's a pretty cool car - 29 on the road, according to howmanyleft (yes, take reliability of stats with a pinch of salt, etc).

[DickyC]

At the time, when there were engine maladies, a popular conversion was to fit the V4 engine from the Corsair.

[DickyC]

hidetheelephants said:

That NSU looks pretty tidy.

The window box need attention.

[hidetheelephants]

DickyC said:

At the time, when there were engine maladies, a popular conversion was to fit the V4 engine from the Corsair.

Replacing an engine smoother than Brian Ferry in a velvet smoking jacket with one that outvibrates a tumbledrier filled with breezeblocks was never going to be anything other than an act of poverty or desperation.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Wednesday 4th May 17:55