Classics left to die/rotting pics

[lesstatt]

sim16v said:

Blimey what did that used to be, looks like a CSL type BMW as it looks a long car with what looks like only 2 doors

[iva cosworth]

lesstatt said:

Blimey what did that used to be, looks like a CSL type BMW as it looks a long car with what looks like only 2 doors

Yes.It was my guess that it is an E9 ? coupe.

[sumlin]

scooters5670 said:

First post so don't know if this has been seen before, very sad, not moved in years. Just off A53 in Staffordshire

About 25 years ago my Grandad called and told me his mechanic neighbour had something I'd want to see. My Dad drove over and the neighbour had borrowed a Ferrari 400 from his place of work. I was Ferrari obsessed as a kid and I damn near shat myself. The neighbour took me for a spin in it - over a ton on the backroads in Peakirk, Cambs. I'll never forget it...
I always wondered what happened to that car, I even posted on the Ferrari forum: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/365-gt4-2-2-400-4...
A chap emailed me to say he owned it and had done since 2001 and it was off road but I guess that's changed now. If the OP is feeling kind and wants to tell me where it is via PM I'd love to take a sneaky look sometime if it's viewable from the road.

[lesstatt]

iva cosworth said:

Yes.It was my guess that it is an E9 ? coupe.

Just googled E9 yup that's the one CSL type. Lovely looking car

[longshot]

Not quite a classic but left to rot....




....and an old Chevy.
Not sure of the model and I doubt it was always a pick-up but you never know.

[Hugo a Gogo]

49 Chevy, definitely a home-made pickup

they did do a Ute version in Australia though, but it looked better than that

[IN51GHT]

Just outside Thornbury, near Bristol

[RoverP6B]

I'd be surprised if that 2-door Rangie gets bobtailed, they're worth far too much restored now...

[DickyC]

Yes, soon it will be worth considering restoring a bob-tail back to standard.

[Johnspex]

Bobtailed? What does that mean?

[iva cosworth]

Shortened rear end.

The off road crowd do it.

[DickyC]

Johnspex said:

Bobtailed? What does that mean?

And that is very often the end of them.

[Cliftonite]

DickyC said:

And that is very often the end of them.

Always! The rear end!

[BOMBER123]

think its for sale too

[iva cosworth]

You should make a post in TVR section with that and it will probably be saved.

The wedge I posted here 2 years ago was .

[Tasmin200]

Here's another TVR, picture stolen from the Wedge page. Contact details are available over there if anyone wants to save it. Please do.

[phillpot]

BOMBER123 said:

think its for sale too

Can you give us a clue to where it is?

[Hooli]

Cliftonite said:

DickyC said:

And that is very often the end of them.

Always! The rear end!

Not always, there is a rarer 'bullnose' where people loose 6" or so off the front to reduce overhangs too.

[FailHere]

BOMBER123 said:

think its for sale too

There's one similar to that laid up on a driveway down the road from me, I've been passing it for the last six years and it has never moved. I keep meaning to stop and knock the door and ask about it, but daren't in case I end up buying it.

[V41LEY]