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stu67
171 posts
58 months
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Madman 2, Cyprus is great for old cars, especially British stuff. There is also a classic motorcycle museum in Nicosia (small thing but quite interesting). When I was over there last summer guy in one of the villas next door had a really nice Rover 2000TC. Most of the stuff was fairly weather beaten though.
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velocemitch
1,405 posts
90 months
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Discovered this gem hiding behind a hedge at the eastern end of Strathglass north of Inverness. Looks recoverable as it seemed pretty complete, certainly good for spares.  
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neutral 3
1,467 posts
40 months
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What a shame seeing that Rover abandoned and who on earth left it like that , someone save it .
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GTRene
7,825 posts
94 months
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suicide doors? you don't see cars like that anymore, looks like it wants to be saved, guess the floor is totally rotten on a sandy/grass bottom
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Bob CD
71 posts
26 months
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I'm currently at the Japanese Grand Prix and can't believe that suddenly there's a pic of that old Rover down the road from where my mother used to live near Beauly. Have to confess that I've driven past it on and off for many years (I still have family in the area). Always thought that it must belong to someone in the cottages across the road. I'd never noticed the suicide doors - I have an Excellence with those, and there's a fellow Facel owner who specialises in cars with suicide doors. It would be nice to see it rescued. I guess the houses across the road is where a rescue would start. My brother reckons there's a barn in nearby Kiltarlity full of old cars, but I couldn't find it when I looked a couple of years ago. Definitely not in need of rescue (and therefore OT) was the ex-Didier Auriol Martini-sponsored Lancia Integrale parked in a garage that I passed this morning on my walk in to work. Still looks very useable. And there were three NSXs outside another garage nearby. However, I must have been the only person in the area without a camera - sorry!
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Dan_The_Man
650 posts
109 months
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XplusYplusZ
113 posts
11 months
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SystemParanoia
8,662 posts
68 months
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they chromed things properly back then lol
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nicanary
1,023 posts
16 months
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Most of the cars are from the 50s, so they weren't left there after WW2. Odd place. A belgian Yank-metal specialist breaker's yard?
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ATTAK Z
2,090 posts
59 months
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nicanary said: Most of the cars are from the 50s, so they weren't left there after WW2. Odd place. A belgian Yank-metal specialist breaker's yard? The Yank bases stuck around for a while after the end of WW2 ...
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4rephill
1,432 posts
48 months
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GTRene said: suicide doors? you don't see cars like that anymore..... Really?......  :     And although it's only a small single door (and for the UK - on the wrong side!): 
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velocemitch
1,405 posts
90 months
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Bob CD said: My brother reckons there's a barn in nearby Kiltarlity full of old cars, but I couldn't find it when I looked a couple of years ago. Were you aware of the large stash of classics stored in a field on the Belladrum Estate?. They have all gone now but when I was there a few years back there was a Gilbern, a few Sunbeam Alpines, Granada's and various others. Last time I was there the stash was down to two Alpines which looked they were ready to go too, but hopefully for restoration.
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onyx39
3,648 posts
20 months
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Not a classic per se, but clearly not driven for a while.  Eta... I have no clue why this picture is upside down! 
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GTRene
7,825 posts
94 months
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is that somewhere in Australia  (underside of the globe) or does it have very sticky tires...lol.
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100 IAN
256 posts
32 months
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GTRene said: is that somewhere in Australia  (underside of the globe) Thanks for the explanation, i've always wondered where Australia is...................
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GTIAlex
376 posts
36 months
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100 IAN said: GTRene said: is that somewhere in Australia  (underside of the globe) Thanks for the explanation, i've always wondered where Australia is................... 
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Bob CD
71 posts
26 months
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velocemitch said: Bob CD said: My brother reckons there's a barn in nearby Kiltarlity full of old cars, but I couldn't find it when I looked a couple of years ago. Were you aware of the large stash of classics stored in a field on the Belladrum Estate?. They have all gone now but when I was there a few years back there was a Gilbern, a few Sunbeam Alpines, Granada's and various others. Last time I was there the stash was down to two Alpines which looked they were ready to go too, but hopefully for restoration. That's exactly where I was looking, and now I know why I couldn't find them. I was told a barn, but obviously not. Mystery solved.
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onyx39
3,648 posts
20 months
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GTRene said: is that somewhere in Australia  (underside of the globe) or does it have very sticky tires...lol. Ascot actually... Thinking about it, I clearly had the iPhone upside down when I took the pic.
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jamesr321
114 posts
41 months
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Yertis said: jamesr321 said: Also speaking of Cyprus, I tracked down loads of old stuff on holiday there last year including a scrapyard with lots of old British trucks, inc these:  Just had a look at your photostream, which I enjoyed immensely.  Thank you. 'Classics left to die/rot' is exactly my type of thing!
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Hooli
21,469 posts
70 months
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Dan_The_Man said: The Beetles deserve it & the Mk2 Escort looks to be in a standard 'post-rally' pose 
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