Classics left to die/rotting pics

[MadDad]

mark387mw said:

MadDad said:

mark387mw said:

Not really spotted some of these http://thechive.com/2012/06/27/nice-cars-left-for-...
Just found on the internet.

That is a consolidation of piccies from loads of other sites! A lot of the cars on that thread were saved or were kit cars - some of them had really interesting stories behind their abandonment and subsequent restoration.

I realise that, it just this thread is for spotted and not really 'classics found on another website' re the Superbird reference I quoted.

Wasn't rubbishing your post, just trying to add context! Some really interesting stories attached in the piccies posted on that site.

[mark387mw]

MadDad said:

Wasn't rubbishing your post, just trying to add context! Some really interesting stories attached in the piccies posted on that site.

[oliverb205]

Gompo said:

Very sad to see it in that condition, I remember this car from Steve White's ownership in the late 1980s. It had an under bonnet fire and he did a really nice rebuild on it. Had a couple more owners in the Yorkshire area before I lost track of it in the mid 1990s. Hope it gets saved soon.

Oliver.

[sim16v]

This has been saved after 20+ years in a barn.

But it might now be for sale, as something else has cropped up

Anyone after a "project"....

[yellowjack]

That'd be a pretty car, tidied up...



...although you'd have to keep that roof down.

[three five five]

yellowjack said:

That'd be a pretty car, tidied up...



...although you'd have to keep that roof down.

Its reminding me to take the baby put in its pram...

nice car though

[shagracer]

last taxed in 2000


1972 LANCIA FULVIA 1.3 S2 by shagracer, on Flickr

click on photo to see two more of the above

[andyps]

shagracer said:

last taxed in 2000


1972 LANCIA FULVIA 1.3 S2 by shagracer, on Flickr

click on photo to see two more of the above

Appears to be very solid for a Fulvia that has been left for so long.

[Humper]

[cjb1]

Humper said:

Triumph Herald?

[andyps]

cjb1 said:

Humper said:

Triumph Herald?

Almost certainly, only other option is a Vitesse, difficult to know from that angle and amount of car showing.

[DarkMatter]

andyps said:

cjb1 said:

Humper said:

Triumph Herald?

Almost certainly, only other option is a Vitesse, difficult to know from that angle and amount of car showing.

The number plate light makes me think Vitesse, as does the boot lid which appears to be rusty where the aluminium/stainless steel decor panel would be, although it could also be a Herald 13/60.

[eccles]

DarkMatter said:

andyps said:

cjb1 said:

Humper said:

Triumph Herald?

Almost certainly, only other option is a Vitesse, difficult to know from that angle and amount of car showing.

The number plate light makes me think Vitesse, as does the boot lid which appears to be rusty where the aluminium/stainless steel decor panel would be, although it could also be a Herald 13/60.

So you don't know then!

[NomduJour]

[Superdoose]

^^^ Tantalising! ^^^ Any more info..?

[Spottedlaurel]

Hmmm, 1960s saloon? Mk2 Cortina perhaps?

[andyps]

DarkMatter said:

The number plate light makes me think Vitesse, as does the boot lid which appears to be rusty where the aluminium/stainless steel decor panel would be, although it could also be a Herald 13/60.

I had the same thought about the rust where the decor panel would be but the top of the boot lid is equally rusty. Pretty sure the Herald 13/60 which has been under a cover in my Mum's garage for many years had the same number plate light.

[SilverSixer]

NomduJour said:

Jesus, I can't even see a car in there at all! Where is it?

[Humper]

[droopsnoot]

SilverSixer said:

Jesus, I can't even see a car in there at all! Where is it?

Immediately to the left of the green bush on the right of the photo, around centre, you can just see the C pillar, back of the side window and side of the back window. Vaguely RR Silver Shadow in appearance. Large wooden box/piece of furniture in centre left is on the bootlid.