Classics left to die/rotting pics

[mark387mw]

sim16v said:

What is it/supposed to be?

Looks like a Karma from RW Kitcars that used operate from a shed in Melton Mowbray in the good old days

[RichB]

Dapster said:

Saw this in a nice quiet residential street in Hampstead. Hardly a classic...

Exactly. This isn't the dirty everyday car thread

[LotusOmega375D]

DVLA says that BMW 520 is on a SORN. MOT expired May 2011, so probably 3.5 years of growth on it.

[DonkeyApple]

RichB said:

squadron leader said:

Saw this left to die in Dorset a couple of weeks ago. Sure hope someone will save it.

What is it, a horsebox??? If so I hope it burns

The key is timing Rich. Over cook the meat and it's very tough.

[RichB]

[iva cosworth]

A work colleague spotted this .The overgrown garden was being cleared to reveal it.




I've driven past there 100s of times and never knew it was in there.

[phib]

iva cosworth said:

A work colleague spotted this .The overgrown garden was being cleared to reveal it.




I've driven past there 100s of times and never knew it was in there.

Was this in the UK or europe ?

Phib

[Robin Hood]

It's a BMW Isetta first reg 01-02-1961, Tax expired 1st November 1985 according to DVLA.

[iva cosworth]

phib said:

iva cosworth said:

A work colleague spotted this .The overgrown garden was being cleared to reveal it.




I've driven past there 100s of times and never knew it was in there.

Was this in the UK or europe ?

Phib

London suburb.

[phib]

iva cosworth said:

London suburb.

Thanks, Interesting the plate looks good

Phib

[2DDav]

Spotted this languishing at the rear of a building near the Sainsburys in Hawick. Presume its a Rover of some sort:





and a selection of Range Rovers:

[The Surveyor]

2DDav said:

Spotted this languishing at the rear of a building near the Sainsburys in Hawick. Presume its a Rover of some sort:

Rover is correct, it's a P5 Coupe

[Escort3500]

iva cosworth said:

phib said:

iva cosworth said:

A work colleague spotted this .The overgrown garden was being cleared to reveal it.




I've driven past there 100s of times and never knew it was in there.

Was this in the UK or europe ?

Phib

London suburb.

I'm guessing LB of Sutton?

[iva cosworth]

Escort3500 said:

I'm guessing LB of Sutton?

Yep.

[RoverP6B]

Dapster said:

Saw this in a nice quiet residential street in Hampstead. Hardly a classic but a strange thing to just dump and run. Covered in algae and you can just see the clumps of moss below the nearside headlamp lens.

RichB said:

xactly. This isn't the dirty everyday car thread

I beg to differ. It might be under 20 years old and with a lowly M52B20 under the bonnet, but E39s are genuinely lovely (when the bloody things work properly...), which is why I've just bought another (535i)... time will tell if it's a wise purchase (seems so thus far!) or whether I'm a confirmed masochist... those E39s which survive to the end of this decade will definitely be classics by then.

2DDav said:

Spotted this languishing at the rear of a building near the Sainsburys in Hawick. Presume its a Rover of some sort:

That's a P5 Coupé with the old 3-litre straight six - a very smooth and refined engine, but with a nasty habit of burning out valves above 70mph. I quite fancy getting a P5 at some point, but really good ones are commanding big money now and examples like this will cost even more to restore. They're horribly complex and full of rot traps.

[RoverP6B]

sim16v said:

What is it/supposed to be?

Ferrari Dino, GRP-bodied replica, probably based on Lancia Beta subframes and transaxle, if it's anything like the yellow one my wife's cousin had.

[Nuisance_Value]

Just round the corner from me parked up on drive. Not been taxed since 2001..



Apologies for the rubbish pic.

[GTRene]

you sometimes wonder why people do that, and let it go on for such long time.

[MarshPhantom]

iva cosworth said:

phib said:

iva cosworth said:

A work colleague spotted this .The overgrown garden was being cleared to reveal it.




I've driven past there 100s of times and never knew it was in there.

Was this in the UK or europe ?

Phib

London suburb.

Hither Green?

[iva cosworth]

MarshPhantom said:

Hither Green?

No,answered earlier,LB of Sutton.