Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[Shezbo]

StescoG66 said:

This one has cropped up in Alfa circles. Ayrshire somewhere I gather. I would like that 156SW. My 156 was one of my favourite - if most flawed - cars I ever had

Good sleuthing - I took the image in Paisley.....

[StescoG66]

Shezbo said:

Good sleuthing - I took the image in Paisley.....

Thanks

I knew it wasn’t too far away, just couldn’t remember where. It cropped up a while back on one of the FB groups

[Writhing]

Deepest, darkest Royston.

[dxg]

Writhing said:

Deepest, darkest Royston.

Not sure I would consider that house a classic...

[LargeRed]

'Classic 70's' ..... cul-de-sac. No where for a car to go.

[TR4man]

I’m not sure if this R107 is waiting for restoration or is slowly dying. It is parked outside a car transmission repair company in Crewe.

[SpeckledJim]

Writhing said:

Deepest, darkest Royston.

Bet there’s an interesting story there.

[Vuoto]

TR4man said:

I’m not sure if this R107 is waiting for restoration or is slowly dying. It is parked outside a car transmission repair company in Crewe.


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13 fail points on 2015 MOT , repaired and passed 2016 ,then nothing , also 255, 000 miles covered .

[Lily the Pink]

Writhing said:

Deepest, darkest Royston.

A nice safe balcony onto which those French doors lead.

[GTRene]

Writhing said:

Deepest, darkest Royston.

the story ended there, at a dead end.

[Uscita Vietata]

I have walked past this house many times and never seen this Mazda Xedos before , but the car usually in front of it
was gone today and I grabbed a pic .
Off road for about 10 years .

[uk66fastback]

[LARK F1 GTR]

Uscita Vietata said:

I have walked past this house many times and never seen this Mazda Xedos before , but the car usually in front of it
was gone today and I grabbed a pic .
Off road for about 10 years .

I used to love the look of those! and the 9's ! Then one day they all (not that there were ever that many around) just disappeared!

[LARK F1 GTR]

uk66fastback said:

Is that on 19" wheels ? They look huge!!

[Tyre Smoke]

20s probably. Don't they have the same pcd as a Rangey?

[Isimmo]

uk66fastback said:

A decomposing camper in front of a white 50’s bungalow….

Isn’t that the whole of Seaford?

[forsure]

LARK F1 GTR said:

Uscita Vietata said:

I have walked past this house many times and never seen this Mazda Xedos before , but the car usually in front of it
was gone today and I grabbed a pic .
Off road for about 10 years .

I used to love the look of those! and the 9's ! Then one day they all (not that there were ever that many around) just disappeared!

Yes, I remember the first time I saw one. It made an impression, and I always kept them in mind when I was changing cars. Never found the right one at the right time though.

[lukeharding]

[Ronaro]

I’ll match your Jag on a container, and raise you one Merc on a container and one in a skip..

[DaveGoddard]

Uscita Vietata said:

I have walked past this house many times and never seen this Mazda Xedos before , but the car usually in front of it
was gone today and I grabbed a pic .
Off road for about 10 years .

I still fondly remember the striking purple and yellow Xedos 6 raced by Patrick Watts in the BTCC in 1993. The following year they expanded to two cars run in a much more boring white livery, driven by David Leslie and a young relative newcomer called Matthew Neal...wonder what became of him?

For the record, Neal's car was destroyed in an infamous massive rollover at Silverstone early in the season and the team eventually ran out of dosh and folded halfway through the year. And I think I've seen a Xedos on the road maybe half a dozen times in the years since.