Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

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droopsnoot

12,080 posts

244 months

Saturday 20th March 2021
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c4mrn said:
Annoyed at being left to rot? I'm beside myself. getmecoat


FastAndy

116 posts

53 months

Saturday 20th March 2021
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Exhumed from its tomb of 20 years

Total loss

2,138 posts

229 months

Saturday 20th March 2021
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CAPP0 said:
Total loss said:


74-76 Chevy Camaro
The Z28 flavour of these is now making serious money in good nick. I don't know what the difference is between the Z and the cooking version, nor which one that is in the pic.
A Z28 would have had a rear spoiler or if removed, the mounting holes.
Thats a 74, the only year with those tail lights & the small rear window, I forgot the big rear window started in 75, not 77 as I originally put down.

LetsTryAgain

2,904 posts

75 months

Saturday 20th March 2021
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droopsnoot said:
c4mrn said:
Annoyed at being left to rot? I'm beside myself. getmecoat
They’re st. Don’t worry yourself.

MantaMike

425 posts

253 months

Monday 22nd March 2021
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SD1 found hiding in a bush over the weekend! it is a 3500 V8 but i don't think it is a Vitesse.






BeastieBoy73

655 posts

114 months

Monday 22nd March 2021
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randomeddy said:


Very rusty.


With the remains of a Beetle next to it.
A genuine Karmann convertible Beetle, too. Shame.

Dapster

7,034 posts

182 months

Monday 22nd March 2021
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MantaMike said:
SD1 found hiding in a bush over the weekend! it is a 3500 V8 but i don't think it is a Vitesse.



Looks like a posh spec SE or VdP 3500. The Vitesse had cross spoke alloys and a deep front spoiler

VdP


Vitesse


Edited by Dapster on Monday 22 March 11:11

EthanSmale

17,540 posts

181 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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MantaMike said:
SD1 found hiding in a bush over the weekend! it is a 3500 V8 but i don't think it is a Vitesse.



Shame. I love a V8 SD1

Longnose

249 posts

115 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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An Alfasud coupe I think. The Mercedes C-Class in front looks well on the way to a similar fate.

kimducati

346 posts

166 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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FastAndy said:




Exhumed from its tomb of 20 years
That is just lovely - hopefully to be rebuilt?
Kim

Dapster

7,034 posts

182 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Longnose said:
An Alfasud coupe I think.

It was initially called the Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint, but with the 1983 facelift that brought the big plastic bumpers, it was shortened to Alfa Romeo Sprint.

I think your spot is the quite rate 1.3 with the grey stripes in the bumper. The 1.5 had red and the range topping Cloverleaf had green. I had a summer job at our local Alfa dealer when I was about 15 and used to wash and polish these all summer. They were quite exotic given how inexpensive they were - inboard disks, rasping flat 4, rev counter, extra instruments - what's not to like? By the time I was old enough to make the decision however, I opted for the more reliable and less rusty option of a Golf GTI.


Longnose

249 posts

115 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Another from my wander around suburbia this morning...

Dr G

15,241 posts

244 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Tucked at the very back of a local garage's yard:



Heaveho

5,372 posts

176 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Dr G said:
Tucked at the very back of a local garage's yard:


What is that, a Desoto?

RATATTAK

11,422 posts

191 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Heaveho said:
What is that, a Desoto?
Early 50s Cadillac

underwhelmist

1,860 posts

136 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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A Land Rover gently disintegrating, spotted on a weekend walk. In a private field so couldn't get any closer and these are the best pics I could get.


MikeMidd2001

27 posts

66 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Heaveho said:
What is that, a Desoto?
Early 1950s Cadillac Series 62 Coupe DeVille.

uk66fastback

16,608 posts

273 months

Wednesday 24th March 2021
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kimducati said:
FastAndy said:




Exhumed from its tomb of 20 years
That is just lovely - hopefully to be rebuilt?
Kim
It”s on eBay ...

Scrump

22,251 posts

160 months

Wednesday 24th March 2021
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Spotted this today in some local woods:

Wheel_Turned_Out

574 posts

40 months

Wednesday 24th March 2021
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Scrump said:
Spotted this today in some local woods:
In eBay terms that's "light restoration needed, some recommissioning required" laugh