Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[BenS94]

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

[generationx]

BenS94 said:

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

Could be an RS Turbo, or are the wheels the unique-to-16i ones?

[BenS94]

generationx said:

BenS94 said:

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

Could be an RS Turbo, or are the wheels the unique-to-16i ones?

Very true, hard to tell actually.

[generationx]

BenS94 said:

generationx said:

BenS94 said:

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

Could be an RS Turbo, or are the wheels the unique-to-16i ones?

Very true, hard to tell actually.

IIRC the 16i wheels just had “Ford Motorsport” cast on one spoke whereas the RST ones had cast markings in three places. It’s been a while though…

[Getragdogleg]

Its been there long enough for the brake drum to leach rust onto the wheel, the rest of the car will be utterly crusted.

[galro]

nicanary said:

What's the white coupe next to the Allard? Maybe an RGS Atalanta ?

I'm not sure if you already got an answer, but it is the Allard J2 one-off Imhof coupe.

Edited by galro on Monday 12th February 20:33

[hidetheelephants]

Allards can be an acquired taste aesthetically but it deserves better than sitting on a drive under a catpiss tarp.

[BananaFama]

generationx said:

BenS94 said:

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

Could be an RS Turbo, or are the wheels the unique-to-16i ones?

From the shape of the "water bowl " in the cover over the rear spoiler ,looks like a turbo spoiler as the 16i had a flat plane on the top that wouldn't look like that .
Ready to be proved wrong [as usual] someone needs to peak under the cover to see for sure .

[GTRene]

BananaFama said:

generationx said:

BenS94 said:

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

Could be an RS Turbo, or are the wheels the unique-to-16i ones?

From the shape of the "water bowl " in the cover over the rear spoiler ,looks like a turbo spoiler as the 16i had a flat plane on the top that wouldn't look like that .
Ready to be proved wrong [as usual] someone needs to peak under the cover to see for sure .

I just looked at a old Ford 1.6 CL with some sport pack? that was a trade in car on something sporty I sold those people, I thought hey, looked like the same sort wheels?

ah here is that car from back then.

[GeneralBanter]

DickyC said:

GeneralBanter said:

DickyC said:

thetapeworm said:

GeneralBanter said:

For those of us whose car knowledge only goes up to 1951 - what is it?

Sorry, I thought part of thd fun might be the guessing but as above it's a Celica Cabriolet, probably around 1991 vintage, but with a different paint job and aftermarket wheels.

Don't believe him. I know he knows about some cars as recent as 1967.

I tell you, if it doesn’t have a starting handle and crossply tyres I’m stumped.

Do you consider self-cancelling indicators:

A The work of the Devil?
B A figment of an advertising executive's drug-riddled mind?

Put it this way - Bakelite, carbs, drums on the back and I’m in.

Sheds that were made in the million in 20 variants - pah!

[uk66fastback]

Nicked from FB …

[rlg43p]

This Alfasud has been rotting outside the front of a house in the village where I live for years.



I really don't understand why someone would keep such a car outside for so long without doing something with it. Given their propensity to rust away there is little chance this is salvageable now, even it it was OK a while ago. Why didn't they sell it to someone who would restore it, or just get on with doing so themselves.

[nismocat]

uk66fastback said:

Nicked from FB …

MR2?

[nismocat]

rlg43p said:

This Alfasud has been rotting outside the front of a house in the village where I live for years.



I really don't understand why someone would keep such a car outside for so long without doing something with it. Given their propensity to rust away there is little chance this is salvageable now, even it it was OK a while ago. Why didn't they sell it to someone who would restore it, or just get on with doing so themselves.

Often it was a deceased loved ones car and they either can't or don't want to do anything with it. To some it is just an old car.

[BenS94]

GTRene said:

BananaFama said:

generationx said:

BenS94 said:

porterpainter said:

Sorry for the rubbish pictures, just grabbed them as I was walking past in Southport at the weekend.





Close up for the clue...

RS1600i, what a shame.

Could be an RS Turbo, or are the wheels the unique-to-16i ones?

From the shape of the "water bowl " in the cover over the rear spoiler ,looks like a turbo spoiler as the 16i had a flat plane on the top that wouldn't look like that .
Ready to be proved wrong [as usual] someone needs to peak under the cover to see for sure .

I just looked at a old Ford 1.6 CL with some sport pack? that was a trade in car on something sporty I sold those people, I thought hey, looked like the same sort wheels?

ah here is that car from back then.

Different wheels, and it's another of those interesting cars other countries get, that we don't!

[LotusOmega375D]

uk66fastback said:

Nicked from FB …

Special order rosso verde paint?

[South tdf]

nismocat said:

MR2?

Is a shame, genuine Testarossa, imported in 1998 but never not used for 15 years+

[Turbobanana]

South tdf said:

nismocat said:

MR2?

Is a shame, genuine Testarossa, imported in 1998 but never not used for 15 years+

Relatively tame MoT failure from 2006 is the last entry:

[GTRene]

Turbobanana said:

South tdf said:

nismocat said:

MR2?

Is a shame, genuine Testarossa, imported in 1998 but never not used for 15 years+

Relatively tame MoT failure from 2006 is the last entry:

they probably owned more cars, just used the other car which was fine and repair the Testa Rossa laterrrrr and laterrr and late...
but... they still own a Ferrari testarossa

[Jonmx]

Spotted in Middlesbrough today, may have been on these pages before. K608 EEC Not been on the road in 16 years.