Classics left to die/rotting pics

[Bebee]

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[hardcastlephil]

Rob-C said:

This sorry sight is what greets visitors to my workshop. It isn't mine. I don't know the owner and the landlord isn't interested...

Well Rob, if you're anywhere near Beverley, I could do with a nice Boxer engine for my Pembleton build....

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/166979/pemb...

Phil

[Rob-C]

I think the engine is probably the most-shagged part if it! The left-side head's been off for a very long time with the insides exposed to the elements.

[sim16v]

Bebee said:

Edited:

I'm trying to rescue this "slightly" tidier version at the moment!

[TCEvo]

Pair of sad looking Jags which have recently been pulled out of an old barn & left where they currently are on some land in a small village on the outskirts of Clacton in Essex. I took these pictures on Saturday. Cream MkII looks like it might be recoverable; the other one (think it's a MkI) looks dead.

[Hooli]

I never saw them when I lived in Clacton

[Dapster]

Bebee said:

Edited:

Indeed! The only way that's worth £750 is if there was £740 cash in the boot.

It's a W140 saloon. You can get a decent runner for not much more. This is for sale at £850...

Edited by Dapster on Tuesday 7th April 11:31

[TCEvo]

Hooli said:

I never saw them when I lived in Clacton

Actually in Great Holland - past The Ship pub on the left (if you know the area); until very recently they have been out of sight. Land their on is to be re-developed so I assume that these will be removed in due course.

Co-incidentally I saw a very shiny red Jag MkII outside a garage on an industrial estate in Brentwood earlier.

[P5Nij]

TCEvo said:

Pair of sad looking Jags which have recently been pulled out of an old barn & left where they currently are on some land in a small village on the outskirts of Clacton in Essex. I took these pictures on Saturday. Cream MkII looks like it might be recoverable; the other one (think it's a MkI) looks dead.

Nice find TCEvo.... the 'dead' one is also a Mk2, Mk1s don't have the slim pillars and brightwork round the top of the doors, they're solid metal, similar to the doors on a Rover P4.

I'd imagine the cream Mk2 will yeald some decent spares if it turns out it's beyond saving.

[sim16v]

What about this rarity.




Only 50,000 miles, sat for a number of years.

Spoke to the owner, put a battery on it and some fresh fuel, and it runs!

I think i may have agreed to buy it!

[Dr Interceptor]

sim16v said:

What about this rarity.




Only 50,000 miles, sat for a number of years.

Spoke to the owner, put a battery on it and some fresh fuel, and it runs!

I think i may have agreed to buy it!

Ooh, turbo or the standard one?

We had a standard one, Dad wrote it off in 1991. It was put back on the road though later on in its life...

[TCEvo]

P5Nij said:

Nice find TCEvo.... the 'dead' one is also a Mk2, Mk1s don't have the slim pillars and brightwork round the top of the doors, they're solid metal, similar to the doors on a Rover P4.

I'd imagine the cream Mk2 will yeald some decent spares if it turns out it's beyond saving.

Cheers, assumed someone would clarify for me.

[Hooli]

TCEvo said:

Hooli said:

I never saw them when I lived in Clacton

Actually in Great Holland - past The Ship pub on the left (if you know the area); until very recently they have been out of sight. Land their on is to be re-developed so I assume that these will be removed in due course.

Co-incidentally I saw a very shiny red Jag MkII outside a garage on an industrial estate in Brentwood earlier.

I think I know where you mean, been a few years since I was down that way.

[TCEvo]

Hooli said:

TCEvo said:

Hooli said:

I never saw them when I lived in Clacton

Actually in Great Holland - past The Ship pub on the left (if you know the area); until very recently they have been out of sight. Land their on is to be re-developed so I assume that these will be removed in due course.

Co-incidentally I saw a very shiny red Jag MkII outside a garage on an industrial estate in Brentwood earlier.

I think I know where you mean, been a few years since I was down that way.

It won't have changed much.

[Cliftonite]

sim16v said:

What about this rarity.




Only 50,000 miles, sat for a number of years.

Spoke to the owner, put a battery on it and some fresh fuel, and it runs!

I think i may have agreed to buy it!

What is it, please?

[43034]

Cliftonite said:

What is it, please?

Renault Alpine GTA thingymabob

[cptsideways]

43034 said:

Cliftonite said:

What is it, please?

Renault Alpine GTA thingymabob

Think French TVR but Plastiche

[samj2014]

cptsideways said:

Think French TVR but Plastiche

So least reliable car in existence (but completely mental when it's actually working)?

[phib]

sim16v said:

What about this rarity.




Only 50,000 miles, sat for a number of years.

Spoke to the owner, put a battery on it and some fresh fuel, and it runs!

I think i may have agreed to buy it!

Fantastic effort !!! Exactly the kind of thing I usually end up doing !!

Phib

[blueg33]

phib said:

sim16v said:

What about this rarity.




Only 50,000 miles, sat for a number of years.

Spoke to the owner, put a battery on it and some fresh fuel, and it runs!

I think i may have agreed to buy it!

Fantastic effort !!! Exactly the kind of thing I usually end up doing !!

Phib

Sold my turbo last year. There is s great specialist near Derby. Renault Alpine Tuning Services, chap called Lee.
Expect unreliable electrics.