Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2
Discussion
TonyRPH said:
Bids now at more than 10K, unbelievable
Veeayt said:
TonyRPH said:
Bids now at more than 10K, unbelievablegothatway said:
Veeayt said:
TonyRPH said:
Bids now at more than 10K, unbelievableJust restored, £55k
Makes a heap of scrap like the aforementioned one worth £5k to £10k I think (at best)
TonyRPH said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1974-Jensen-Interceptor...
Just restored, £55k
Makes a heap of scrap like the aforementioned one worth £5k to £10k I think (at best)
That's only an Interceptor though, rather than the FF. I imagine an FF is worth a lot more than the standard Interceptor.Just restored, £55k
Makes a heap of scrap like the aforementioned one worth £5k to £10k I think (at best)
dbdb said:
TonyRPH said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1974-Jensen-Interceptor...
Just restored, £55k
Makes a heap of scrap like the aforementioned one worth £5k to £10k I think (at best)
That's only an Interceptor though, rather than the FF. I imagine an FF is worth a lot more than the standard Interceptor.Just restored, £55k
Makes a heap of scrap like the aforementioned one worth £5k to £10k I think (at best)
dbdb said:
That's only an Interceptor though, rather than the FF. I imagine an FF is worth a lot more than the standard Interceptor.
Indeed it will be
http://www.jensenmuseum.org/cars-for-sale/jensen-f...
My Dad (long departed) worked as a car salesman for years, he had zero interest in cars, it was just a job to him. One day he said to me (his car mad son) 'you are not going to school tomorrow, you are coming with me'
His boss was a Jensen lover and had ordered a new one from the factory, we took his 'old' one down and collected a brand new one. Happy memories.
His boss was a Jensen lover and had ordered a new one from the factory, we took his 'old' one down and collected a brand new one. Happy memories.
Until I moved away, I used to see an Iso Lele up on bricks and under a tarp in the front garden of a house near Carlisle station. Some years later, I got into a conversation about this with a woman whilst we were both on a train into Waterloo. She got very excited and rang her husband, to whom I gave as much detail re the car and house as I could remember......one odd thing was that the ISO badge on the rear of the car had been turned upside down to show OSI .
Before our train had arrived at Waterloo, the husband had scoured the streets of Carlisle, found the ISO, bought it and was in the process of organising it to be trailered away.
He then rang his wife and told her to write me a fat cheque for the information.
I wonder where that car is now ?
Before our train had arrived at Waterloo, the husband had scoured the streets of Carlisle, found the ISO, bought it and was in the process of organising it to be trailered away.
He then rang his wife and told her to write me a fat cheque for the information.
I wonder where that car is now ?
I've been to Italy ,again ,and as always pay a visit to the best rotting classics garage on the planet ,well I like it.
I must have been to this yard 5 or 6 times now ,things change very slightly each time I go ,the Maserati Biturbo that had been
there a few years seems to have gone now ,maybe sold and saved .
I've posted many pics before but most will have been lost due to the photobucket farce so a repost is required.
I could have taken more pics this year but it was tipping with rain.
I must have been to this yard 5 or 6 times now ,things change very slightly each time I go ,the Maserati Biturbo that had been
there a few years seems to have gone now ,maybe sold and saved .
I've posted many pics before but most will have been lost due to the photobucket farce so a repost is required.
I could have taken more pics this year but it was tipping with rain.
Rosanne said:
Until I moved away, I used to see an Iso Lele up on bricks and under a tarp in the front garden of a house near Carlisle station. Some years later, I got into a conversation about this with a woman whilst we were both on a train into Waterloo. She got very excited and rang her husband, to whom I gave as much detail re the car and house as I could remember......one odd thing was that the ISO badge on the rear of the car had been turned upside down to show OSI .
Before our train had arrived at Waterloo, the husband had scoured the streets of Carlisle, found the ISO, bought it and was in the process of organising it to be trailered away.
He then rang his wife and told her to write me a fat cheque for the information.
I wonder where that car is now ?
It may well still be around, if it's one of the forty nine UK RHD examples it'll be worth around £50k now. There's one for sale on carandclassic.com at the moment, an automatic in dark blue with cream hide interior. Another RHD one came onto the market a few months ago, a manual Lele Sport (very rare!) in red with a black interior.Before our train had arrived at Waterloo, the husband had scoured the streets of Carlisle, found the ISO, bought it and was in the process of organising it to be trailered away.
He then rang his wife and told her to write me a fat cheque for the information.
I wonder where that car is now ?
Here's a lovely OSI. These turn up on Bring-a-Trailer quite often ...
https://www.carscoops.com/2016/08/this-400-hp-osi-...
https://www.carscoops.com/2016/08/this-400-hp-osi-...
Posted a picture of this a few pages back, last saw it about 3 years ago and had to go back today to do a job. Parked in a basement car park on the sea front and not moved for a good few years. When I saw it today from a distance I thought it looked ok but up close you can see the rot setting in along the edges and round the windows. Chrome is shot on the bumpers and paint is starting to lift off the wheels. Think someone must wash the dust off every now and again and they have also put a dust sheet over the back end..
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The P5Bs may be beyond saving if the rot is abundant in the usual places, but there's a lot of exterior trim which could be salvaged and rechromed / repolished. If the rear bumpers are ok that's a good start, good examples are in short supply. The white one in the bottom photo is a Coupe which has some extra stainless steel trim not fitted to the saloons.
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