Classics left to die/rotting pics

[Hooli]

101s. V8 & short gears to pull guns - much fun upto 60mph.
A mate had a soft top one & with all the canvas etc off stamping on the brakes resulted in an endo & bounce as it hopped on the locked front wheels

[DickyC]

In a field visible from the M5 between J24 and J25 near Taunton.

[6cylGolf]

BMRuss said:

I don't know the history behind these, but thought I would share them anyway

looking through this thread, seeing this post, i know about two of them

the black xr2 was rotting in gronant, north wales for years. its gone now, as is the garage. The garage owner wouldnt sell it. it was vandalised and raped for parts.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Gronant,+Prest...

that lotus i remember was doing the forums in 2007 thought someone bought it but re reading the thread it looks like i remembered wrong

http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/10771-b...

Edited by 6cylGolf on Friday 10th October 21:11

[Lucas CAV]

DickyC said:

In a field visible from the M5 between J24 and J25 near Taunton.

Leyland Martian - it's been there donkey's years

[DickyC]

Lucas CAV said:

Leyland Martian - it's been there donkey's years

They don't make it easy to photograph and I did wonder if I would end up being pursued by a large dog. I wasn't.

[Lucas CAV]

DickyC said:

Lucas CAV said:

Leyland Martian - it's been there donkey's years

They don't make it easy to photograph and I did wonder if I would end up being pursued by a large dog. I wasn't.

Not been there for years but it was operated by the chap who owns/owned the Land Rover place at the top of the hill

I think the excessive price was why it is still in the same spot!

[sim16v]

6cylGolf said:

BMRuss said:

I don't know the history behind these, but thought I would share them anyway

looking through this thread, seeing this post, i know about two of them

the black xr2 was rotting in gronant, north wales for years. its gone now, as is the garage. The garage owner wouldnt sell it. it was vandalised and raped for parts.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Gronant,+Prest...

that lotus i remember was doing the forums in 2007 thought someone bought it but re reading the thread it looks like i remembered wrong

http://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/topic/10771-b...

Edited by 6cylGolf on Friday 10th October 21:11

I think they've all been on here before, too many pages to check now!

I took the photo of the E30 M3 a good few years ago now, still know where it is, and it is a Sport EVO

[grumpy52]

Obviously a serial jag lover !
Blackheath -Sun in the Sands roundabout area.

[sim16v]

Here's another E30 M3 Sport Evo to throw in to the mix....

[av185]

[sim16v]

av185 said:

Would you mind me asking where this is, or if you know anything about it?

I try to save them, this was my last one, unloved and ignored for about 5 years

[gforceg]

Good to see it back with the correct number of headlights!

[av185]

sim16v said:

av185 said:

Would you mind me asking where this is, or if you know anything about it?

I try to save them, this was my last one, unloved and ignored for about 5 years

Its at the back of a farm near me.....and has been for around six years I think. The interior is quite ropey. I will enquire further but pm me first.

My cousin bought a new red GTI 16V as an legit import in 1989 for £11k......always said it was one of his favourite cars despite having a succession of GTIs and M3s.....at the time I had a Cavalier SRi 130 as a company car and was so impressed by the heady 139bhp of the Golf! How times change......

[av185]

[AlvinSultana]

I think this belongs in here, although a good chance this is a plastic copy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...

[Mellow Yellow]

AlvinSultana said:

I think this belongs in here, although a good chance this is a plastic copy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...

Must be plastic, it has bodywork left, real one would be little more than a brown stain on the concrete if stored in those conditions for any length of time.

[sim16v]

What is it/supposed to be?

[V-spec]

A Dino

[sim16v]

Ah, couldn't see it at first.

Quick google found this, Magnum replica.

[Dapster]

Saw this in a nice quiet residential street in Hampstead. Hardly a classic but a strange thing to just dump and run. Covered in algae and you can just see the clumps of moss below the nearside headlamp lens.