Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[hoppo4.2]

I'll give him 500 quid for it 😂

[Dapster]

4rephill said:

This looks pretty abandoned to Me:

I could be that in some far off office in Geneva, or Riyadh or Beijing, a PA goes through his or her bosses paperwork and keeps on top of all of the admin on the vehicles parked outside all of his properties aorund the world. Boss may have long since forgotten he owns it.

Friend of mine works for a big US bank. Security in an NCP eventually traced an abandoned 997 to his bank and he helped them track down a big cheese who had left a few years earlier to go to a competitor. When he was asked about his abandoned 997, his response was "Er, nothing to do with me. Oh hang on. Black Porsche? London? Wait...oh yes, I think that could be mine, yes".

[4rephill]

Dapster said:

4rephill said:

This looks pretty abandoned to Me:

I could be that in some far off office in Geneva, or Riyadh or Beijing, a PA goes through his or her bosses paperwork and keeps on top of all of the admin on the vehicles parked outside all of his properties aorund the world. Boss may have long since forgotten he owns it.

Friend of mine works for a big US bank. Security in an NCP eventually traced an abandoned 997 to his bank and he helped them track down a big cheese who had left a few years earlier to go to a competitor. When he was asked about his abandoned 997, his response was "Er, nothing to do with me. Oh hang on. Black Porsche? London? Wait...oh yes, I think that could be mine, yes".

People who work in Geneva, or Riyadh or Beijing, or work for companies based in those places can usually afford to replace the door mirrors on a Ferrari (NOTE: The door mirrors - not just the glass as Ferrari do not sell just the glass!), to get the car through it's MOT rather than crudely using electrical tape to strap on mirrors from a completely different car that do not fit! (If you go here https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history , put in: N888 RSD and: FERRARI, you'll see that it has failed the MOT on mirrors on a couple of occasions).

Also, how "Bosses" go to the trouble of sealing up the windows with electrical tape before going away?

[piers1]

2000 miles in 10 years, and it is a bit weird how it is taxed without an MoT

[kmpowell]

This photo was taken last year, showing the residents permit in place. I wonder if it's been updated...

[MarkwG]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... it's also seen here, similar condition, different parking spot, in 2014.

[shakotan]

askMID shows it as insured as well.

[generationx]

piers1 said:

2000 miles in 10 years, and it is a bit weird how it is taxed without an MoT

But the MOT could have run out last week and road tax/duty/whatever-you-want-to-call-it could have been bought on 01.01.2016?

[droopsnoot]

generationx said:

piers1 said:

2000 miles in 10 years, and it is a bit weird how it is taxed without an MoT

But the MOT could have run out last week and road tax/duty/whatever-you-want-to-call-it could have been bought on 01.01.2016?

MOT ran out on 19th April 2015, so the latest expiry date for tax on that certificate would be end of March 2016, surely?

[ClaphamGT3]

Owner "shooting tigers"?

[sim16v]

Currently for sale on Ebay, last taxed in '87.

I wonder if it has sat in that same spot since then?

[uk66fastback]

If only the idiot had rolled it into the garage 29 years ago - he'd be getting lots more money for it. Three decades outside will not have been kind ...

[McAndy]

That Ferrari has been there or thereabout for at least four years now.

[sim16v]

McAndy said:

That Ferrari has been there or thereabout for at least four years now.

Going from Streetview on Google maps, it actually appears between May and July 2014, so it's just gone 2 years.

[Fun Bus]

Did the owner park it up when he saw the Google maps car then?

[Storer]

If you drive through rural France you see plenty of old, and some very old cars sitting in barns covered in dust. There is not the same level of interest in old cars over there as here nor the spare cash to do it.

I suspect it would be a good source of restoration projects if you like French cars.

[sim16v]

Fun Bus said:

Did the owner park it up when he saw the Google maps car then?

I wonder if it might have been a Google alien abduction!

Storer said:

If you drive through rural France you see plenty of old, and some very old cars sitting in barns covered in dust. There is not the same level of interest in old cars over there as here nor the spare cash to do it.

I suspect it would be a good source of restoration projects if you like French cars.

I love a good Euro road trip and I am desperate to get a trip organised when I actually have some money!

I bought a Golf G60 from Switzerland about 15 years ago and would love to go hunting for interesting cars throughout Europe.

[McAndy]

sim16v said:

Going from Streetview on Google maps, it actually appears between May and July 2014, so it's just gone 2 years.

I've been pottering around that area when I visit London for many a year now. I first photographed it there just under four years ago, parked on the other side of the road in a similar state of dishevelment.

[sim16v]

I didn't mean to be pedantic, and was just going off the information I could get


Pity you've never seen it driven, it would be great if you caught up with the owner and they'd agree to sell!

How many residences would you say were nearby?

I'd be tempted to do a letter drop to see if anyone replied.

It obviously needs lots of work to tidy it up, but if it was cheap enough it would be worth doing.

Edited by sim16v on Wednesday 20th July 13:00

[Iva Barchetta]

sim16v said:

I didn't mean to be pedantic, and was just going off the information I could get


Pity you've never seen it driven, it would be great if you caught up with the owner and they'd agree to sell!

How many residences would you say were nearby?

I'd be tempted to do a letter drop to see if anyone replied.

How many houses ?

1000s,it's central London but I guess only a certain % are allowed resident parking in that spot.

That note on the windscreen ,pic above ,didn't seem to work.