Classics left to die/rotting pics

[sim16v]

I posted up this photo, sat unloved and unused on someone's driveway for the last few years.




I managed to save it, and after a little bit of work, it is now back on the road.



I'm now torn though, as it needs a couple of wings and ideally a respray, and I can't really afford to carry on with it due to other projects and commitments

I think of selling, then I have thoughts about breaking it, as the running gear would go in to my 123 Estate..... I'm really struggling with this one

[Dapster]

Great save! What a lovely old thing. Don't butcher it for the W123. Signal red is a rare colour for a 500SEC.

Oh, and get some original wheels on it....

[MarsellusWallace]

My dad had a brand new 500 sec in 1983 finished in Signal Red-I've a picture somewhere I'll dig out and post.

[RoverP6B]

Don't break it! If you want to V8-swap your W123, there must be enough rusted-out W210 E430s and E55s you could plunder...

[cjb1]

It would be a crying shame to brake that after such a fine rescue effort, have you no small children you could sell?

[sim16v]

RoverP6B said:

Don't break it! If you want to V8-swap your W123, there must be enough rusted-out W210 E430s and E55s you could plunder...

cjb1 said:

It would be a crying shame to brake that after such a fine rescue effort, have you no small children you could sell?

I know I really want a V8 123 one way or another, but I keep looking for small replacement bits for this!

I think I'll need to sell it sooner rather than later, but I'm enjoying it at the minute.

If only the paintwork was as good as the interior!







One of my mates has just mentioned the Retro Rides show next weekend, I think it would be nice to waft there in this

[corradophil]

lady topaz said:

This Saab has been here for years, outside the spookiest house in the area. There are other cars and a caravan hiding in the shrubbery.

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2o94sez3f137vz3na...

Poor Saab

You're right, that house does look spooky!

[stedale]

corradophil said:

lady topaz said:

This Saab has been here for years, outside the spookiest house in the area. There are other cars and a caravan hiding in the shrubbery.

http://www.instantstreetview.com/2o94sez3f137vz3na...

Poor Saab

You're right, that house does look spooky!

Never mind saving cars, that house needs saving and soon.

[FlipFlopGriff]

stedale said:

Never mind saving cars, that house needs saving and soon.

Maybe someone is dead in there and this was their car!
FFG

[0a]

For sale on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/seddon-5-tonne-/29122024...

[RichB]

Crikey, so you sat alongside the radiator - that would have been hot in the summer!

[Russell Mc]

This has been sat for at least 10 years maybe 15

[530dTPhil]

A real gem on eBay! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131275493372?ru=http%3A%...

Item number 131275493372

[Cliftonite]

[DickyC]

Cliftonite said:

There are few things more satisfying in the world of car fixing than bringing a faded red car back to life.

Ooh, I'd love to get stuck into that.

[lotus72]

I wouldn't say no to that Beetle.

[Hugo a Gogo]

DickyC said:

Cliftonite said:

There are few things more satisfying in the world of car fixing than bringing a faded red car back to life.

Ooh, I'd love to get stuck into that.

it'd be like painting the Forth bridge, by the time you'd finished T-cutting it the first bit would have turned pink again

[DickyC]

Hugo a Gogo said:

it'd be like painting the Forth bridge, by the time you'd finished T-cutting it the first bit would have turned pink again

My brother had a red BMW 2002 years ago and it was fine except for one panel; the boot lid used to fade. Polish it back to match the other panels and then it would fade again. He took it to a body shop to ask about respraying it and they told him to save his money and keep polishing.

[DonkeyApple]

sim16v said:

I posted up this photo, sat unloved and unused on someone's driveway for the last few years.




I managed to save it, and after a little bit of work, it is now back on the road.



I'm now torn though, as it needs a couple of wings and ideally a respray, and I can't really afford to carry on with it due to other projects and commitments

I think of selling, then I have thoughts about breaking it, as the running gear would go in to my 123 Estate..... I'm really struggling with this one

I'd forgotten Merc used to know what the word 'elegant' means. That's a lovely car.

It seems a terrible shame to break it.

[gforceg]

0a said:

Looks like the Ozric Tentacles' tour bus.