Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

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Turbobanana

6,371 posts

203 months

Friday 19th April
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Bluevanman said:
What amazing skill by the artist.Must be worth millions
wink
To be fair, the paint on my own GT6 is real "10-foot" stuff, so if Banksy wants to come along and paint it for me he / she'd be most welcome. Can't promise I'll seal it away forever, mind.

Yertis

18,138 posts

268 months

Friday 19th April
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It would be nice – and far from impossible – restore it to original condition. GT6s deserve that.

(for clarity I mean the Banksy one, not TB's)

Edited by Yertis on Friday 19th April 15:26

LotusOmega375D

7,756 posts

155 months

Friday 19th April
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Who remembers those “full respray for £100” guys? Compared to that the Banksy GT6 paint job is worth £30.

Dan Singh

892 posts

52 months

Saturday 20th April
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LotusOmega375D said:
Who remembers those “full respray for £100” guys? Compared to that the Banksy GT6 paint job is worth £30.
There used to be one on Blackheath Hill in the late 70s. The standard was atrocious. Virtually no preparation, we used to laugh at the ones where they sprayed over bird st and rust.
£99 was just for the repaint, costs rose substantially If you wanted any bodywork done.

uk66fastback

16,613 posts

273 months

Saturday 20th April
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Forty years ago or more I saw a bloke come out of a motor spares place with a rattle can and spray the white contents within onto the sills of his rusty Saab 96 …

LotusOmega375D

7,756 posts

155 months

Saturday 20th April
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I did that to my Imp immediately after the MOT tester put his screwdriver through the sill. Took it to another test station and it passed with flying colours. Cherry red rattle can, gauze and isopon. I did eventually get a new set of sills welded on when funds allowed.

uk66fastback

16,613 posts

273 months

Saturday 20th April
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Convertible P6 … never left the factory like that I know.

hidetheelephants

25,214 posts

195 months

Saturday 20th April
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uk66fastback said:


Convertible P6 … never left the factory like that I know.
Swiss coachbuilder Graber did one IIRC.

Dapster

7,038 posts

182 months

Saturday 20th April
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hidetheelephants said:
uk66fastback said:


Convertible P6 … never left the factory like that I know.
Swiss coachbuilder Graber did one IIRC.
Same car here - it's a 4 door. Most of the other shed builds that come up in a search have been converted to 2 door




hidetheelephants

25,214 posts

195 months

Saturday 20th April
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Homebrew hacksaw job.

Graber understandably did a more refined job.


uk66fastback

16,613 posts

273 months

Sunday 21st April
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It's been discussed on a few forums ...

Such as here

av185

18,666 posts

129 months

Sunday 21st April
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uk66fastback said:


Convertible P6 … never left the factory like that I know.
Can't be many FA Victors left.

That black one looks very tidy.

July 1961 car and taxed until 1.9.24. No MOT though.


uk66fastback

16,613 posts

273 months

Sunday 21st April
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Thing is, it’s left outside in all weathers. That rear bumper has surface rust already and the paint’s lost its shine.

There’s an A30/35 shell behind the builders’ bags.

uk66fastback

16,613 posts

273 months

Thursday 25th April
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Old Jag …


jbailey114

51 posts

4 months

Thursday 25th April
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uk66fastback said:
Old Jag …

Poor thing. Go save it!

loughran

2,774 posts

138 months

Friday 26th April
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This parked up for some considerable time.

Probably featured here before but if not, any guesses ?


LotusOmega375D

7,756 posts

155 months

Friday 26th April
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Lagonda? Looking at snazzy dash…

Missy Charm

778 posts

30 months

Friday 26th April
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uk66fastback said:
Old Jag …

Do you remember when the back corner of every pub car park looked like that?

TarquinMX5

1,968 posts

82 months

Friday 26th April
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LotusOmega375D said:
Lagonda? Looking at snazzy dash…
I would say so, bonnet profile also looks correct.

Tim O

553 posts

171 months

Friday 26th April
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On a trailer in a secure storage yard, so likely to be saved. Pretty rare animal, I’d have thought.
Austin Vanden Plas Princess 1300