Classics left to die/rotting pics

[cjgreaves41]

Frodo monkey! Hell of a collection, my old man had a Husky as a young man, Ive never seen one! Where is the garage?

[pacman1]

SPT28 said:

Monster26 said:

yorkebar said:

pacman1 said:

So, did ya buy it??

i already have a problematic spitfire, i have no need for another

Bridges Scrapyard.... how I miss that place.

Going on saturday morning for a variety of things - bacon roll being one, interesting to see that spitfire there as usually there's not any classics about - didn't happen to spot any MGBs?

Here's a quick instructional vid for anyone wishing to rebuild one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5dlat2xE2U&fea...

[frodo_monkey]

The garage is in Bridge of Marnoch, near Huntly in Aberdeenshire...

[V41LEY]

cjgreaves41 said:

Frodo monkey! Hell of a collection, my old man had a Husky as a young man, Ive never seen one! Where is the garage?

Friend of mine had one as his first car back in in the 80's (The 1980's!). You had to shout to each other on the motorway the thing was so noisy, had a top speed of about 60mph and had a vicious gearbox. On the plus side , it had masses of room for the band's gear.

[andym1603]

frodo_monkey said:

The garage is in Bridge of Marnoch, near Huntly in Aberdeenshire...

Is that the one that has/had the Rolls Royce stock-car parked outside?

[Humper]

Saw this today, maybe needs a polish

[JimmyJam]

Humper said:

Saw this today, maybe needs a polish

Don't polish it, thats rat look!

[cjb1]

Humper said:

Saw this today, maybe needs a polish

A camper in the bush is worth...err well....not an awful lot in that state, good spot though.

[lotus72]

Just returned from a couple of days in Torreiejava, Spain and spotted this thing rusting away in the sun at harbourside :

[Rower]

lotus72 said:

Just returned from a couple of days in Torreiejava, Spain and spotted this thing rusting away in the sun at harbourside :

Probably the last of some poor saps Spanish property empire and it would not fit in his sailing dinghy to get back to Blighty !!

[loveoldclassics]

You should rescue it, those things seem to last forever!

[cjgreaves41]

V41LEY said:

cjgreaves41 said:

Frodo monkey! Hell of a collection, my old man had a Husky as a young man, Ive never seen one! Where is the garage?

Friend of mine had one as his first car back in in the 80's (The 1980's!). You had to shout to each other on the motorway the thing was so noisy, had a top speed of about 60mph and had a vicious gearbox. On the plus side , it had masses of room for the band's gear.

Dad tells stories usualy relating to lack of proper heating and having to regularly check the rad hoses were still warm (ran through the sill / trans tunnel???). Apparently if they went cold the cooling system had air locked leading to iminent over heating! I also recall a story of him over taking a police car on the A19 in heavy snow, the police car was leading the way, but guess dad got bored!

[V41LEY]

cjgreaves41 said:

Dad tells stories usualy relating to lack of proper heating and having to regularly check the rad hoses were still warm (ran through the sill / trans tunnel???). Apparently if they went cold the cooling system had air locked leading to iminent over heating! I also recall a story of him over taking a police car on the A19 in heavy snow, the police car was leading the way, but guess dad got bored!

You are right. I don't recall any heating mechanism in the car !

[rallycross]

[quote=frodo_monkey]I took my Reliant race car to a nearby workshop today for a session and thought I'd show you some of the dead/dying motors in his yard... No idea what the story is on any of these, but some nice metal/fibreglass there!


Slightly battered looking Esprit and a tidy Corrado. Behind is one of a few of the Imp family dotted about!

Mk1 Fiesta, a competition car at some point but not for a while I guess (harness dated 2006). Beautiful multipoint cage in there.

The Imp coupe (Stilletoe) should be saved

[LotusOmega375D]

Looks like a "cooking" single headlamp / single carb Californian to me rather than the "sporty" twin headlamp / twin carb Stiletto.

[W124Bob]

Anyone popping to the Great Central railway at Loughbrough check behind the signal box for this(not my photo so just repeating the caption)badge looks to be Glendale GL,theres an S type there as well!

Edited by W124Bob on Saturday 22 September 17:26

[RichB]

W124Bob said:

Anyone popping to the Great Central railway at Loughbrough check behind the signal box for this(not my photo so just repeating the caption)badge looks to be Glendale GL,theres an S type there as well!

Given the title of this thread I love the irony

[loveoldclassics]

I think someone should save that old Jag.

[SystemParanoia]

saw this the other day.. wasnt sure which thread to put it in.. so here it is lol

also saw an orion.. had to snap it

Edited by SystemParanoia on Sunday 23 September 12:04

[xaby82]

Possibly a repost, not got through the whole thread, but a cool story none the less.

http://ultimateaircooled.com/simplemachinesforum/i...