Classics left to die/rotting pics
Discussion
andyh68 said:
AndrewW-G said:
I saw it being driven near Harrods in the summer, so it can't have been parked up for too longP.S. The City appears to have moved 4 miles to the left.
Surely one of the most famous cases is the guy in the states who owns the original Bullitt Mustang that Steve McQueen drove in the film.
Rumour has it that it's sat in a barn somewhere rotting away and the owner has refused some serious offers to sell it.
I read somewhere that many years back Steve McQueen himself tried to buy the car back but the owner was asking such a ridiculous price at the time that McQueen decided it wasn't worth it.
This highlights a bizarre quirk when it comes to these cars and that is that in the vast majority of cases, the owners have no intention of putting the car back on the road ever again or doing anything with them and at the same time, they staunchly refuse to sell it to someone who wants to restore it to it's former glory!.
Rumour has it that it's sat in a barn somewhere rotting away and the owner has refused some serious offers to sell it.
I read somewhere that many years back Steve McQueen himself tried to buy the car back but the owner was asking such a ridiculous price at the time that McQueen decided it wasn't worth it.
This highlights a bizarre quirk when it comes to these cars and that is that in the vast majority of cases, the owners have no intention of putting the car back on the road ever again or doing anything with them and at the same time, they staunchly refuse to sell it to someone who wants to restore it to it's former glory!.
RichB said:
A205GTI said:
Yertis said:
Gallen said:
The vehicle details for SIJ 3000 are:
Date of Liability 01 03 2011
So it's taxed and was at least recently MoT'ed? Date of Liability 01 03 2011
So this car has been there prior to 1998 which means a minimum of 13 years sat up.
4rephill said:
This highlights a bizarre quirk when it comes to these cars and that is that in the vast majority of cases, the owners have no intention of putting the car back on the road ever again or doing anything with them and at the same time, they staunchly refuse to sell it to someone who wants to restore it to it's former glory!.
There was a profile of a serious weirdo in Germany in Practical Classics a few months back who buys cars with the intention of leaving them to rot as some kind of big art installation/statement. There are some seriously desirable classics in his 'graveyard' too - Merc SLs, Citroen Traction Avants etc - that he just left there with the intention of watching them rot. Curious, but IMO painful.Trommel said:
andyh68 said:
AndrewW-G said:
I saw it being driven near Harrods in the summer, so it can't have been parked up for too longP.S. The City appears to have moved 4 miles to the left.
Apologies for moving off topic: here's something to make up for it...
Looks like a UK plate to me, also looks like a Vauxhall Cavalier in the background.
And here it is http://www.eurospares.co.uk/breaking2.asp?page=43
Not sure where you got US from there.
And here it is http://www.eurospares.co.uk/breaking2.asp?page=43
Not sure where you got US from there.
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