Spotted Ordinary Abandoned Vehicles

[99Chimaera]

djdest said:

What I assume is a Merc breakers in Rushden, there has been old Merc's parked along the verge here for as long as I can remember. Usually half covered by bushes or a car cover that has been on so long its half rotted away. It actually looks quite tidy when these street view pics were taken!
Carry on along the road to the roundabout looking left to see them all

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2973351,-0.62740...

There is a gold coloured Mercedes estate which can just be seen in the photo in the background.which used to belong to a mum of a good friend she drove it from new 1985ish C59 KVV if I remember correctly it used to be serviced by this chap HA Lock in Rushden and when it became uneconomic to repair it was given to him. Shame. It's been there about 15 years or so now.

[j80jpw]

sleepera6 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

sleepera6 said:

Can anyone identify what type of Land Rover this is ? Worth a fortune?

Not easily from that angle - it's an s2/2a/3 109", probably late 60s/early-mid 70s 2a or 3. Firmly at the lower end of LR values.

That's a shame , I was hoping I could buy it off someone who only speaks broken English for about 2p, drag it to the port and ship it home to sell to some addict for a million quid


It's missing... um.. doors... and as a result, the interior was literally FILLED with sand.

Judging from the tracks in The sand behind the wheels I'd say it's probably still in use

[AnneTeak]

[RichardR]

AnneTeak said:

Is that a very sad and sorry looking Alfa GT (with what looks like a 166 in the background)?

Edited by RichardR on Monday 30th October 14:10

[GiveItSomeWellie]

RichardR said:

Is that a very sad and sorry looking Alfa GT?

And a 166, I think

[anonymous-user]

What a shame

[RanchoGrande]

I posted this one in the abandoned classics thread recently:

[Stickyfinger]

Chassis sprouting ? I always thought they were Ash frames not Willow.

[RanchoGrande]

It's being eaten by the tree

[RanchoGrande]

Saw these 2 languishing in the SW London area last Summer. Not sure if they are still there now but they definitely didn't look very well used!

[davebem]

AnneTeak said:

Oh no whats the story there? The GT has Brembos so it must be a Busso V6.

[RanchoGrande]

Some more from the car park at the rear of my building. People love dumping cars here as the council can't/won't do anything about it. The Audi has been here for 18 months + and is quite a good spec inside with nav and leather. I'm guessing that the owner has either been locked up or is dead as there doesn't appear to be any other reason why it was parked up and left.

The focus was left there around the similar time as the Audi. I used to see a teenager driving this so no idea what happened to him or the car. There's also an Astra that appeared 2 weeks ago which already has flat tyres so I'm expecting that to not go anywhere for a while...

[JamesRF]

Mercedes SL abandoned in South Croydon, exhausts are terrible but must be worth a bit of money?

2008:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3607095,-0.09542...

2016:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3607202,-0.09542...

Who knows how long it's actually been there!

[WCZ]

did anyone manage to claim that porsche?
did the csl return eventually?

[STO]

JamesRF said:

Mercedes SL abandoned in South Croydon, exhausts are terrible but must be worth a bit of money?

2008:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3607095,-0.09542...

2016:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.3607202,-0.09542...

Who knows how long it's actually been there!

Amazing amount of greenery growth on the house in just 8 years.

[anonymous-user]

2010 Chevy Cobalt.

Located in St Louis, Missouri.

Was apparently purchased as a brand new car then parked up for unknown reasons after just a few months and 4,000 miles.

Up for sale for US $2,000

[Alpaca]

Not my photo - found this 15 or 65 plate Fiesta on Flickr:

https://flic.kr/p/21FPzd3

[WarrenB]

Alpaca said:

Not my photo - found this 15 or 65 plate Fiesta on Flickr:

https://flic.kr/p/21FPzd3

15 plate..

https://flic.kr/p/YD6W4K

Going off the state of it, it's probably only got a handful of miles on it - driven back from the dealers and not used since.

[anonymous-user]

Spotted some Citroen, sitting for what looks like years, parked next to a 1983 Fiesta. Suprisingly the owner stepped in to the half rotten Fiesta, scrubbed the steamed up windows with a tea towel and set off on her way.

The Citroen AX reg: K898 AJA (sticks in my head)

Can’t be bothered to get a pic as the road is so long! It’s in Watford near Vicarage Rd.

[anonymous-user]

WarrenB said:

Alpaca said:

Not my photo - found this 15 or 65 plate Fiesta on Flickr:

https://flic.kr/p/21FPzd3

15 plate..

https://flic.kr/p/YD6W4K

Going off the state of it, it's probably only got a handful of miles on it - driven back from the dealers and not used since.

That is astounding!