Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

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[Welshbeef]

Those cars have been sat there for a seriously long time - is imagine 10 years + wouldn't be far off

[lucido grigio]

Maybe not that long.

My Fiesta has been parked for 18 months and has a bad mould problem already.

[GuitarTech]

Yeah, and I bet that if you could find the owner, and ask him if you could buy one or more of the cars to restore, they'd say no, as they have plans to restore them "some day soon".
There has been some serious effort put into collecting the cars: There is at least one brit, one from portugal, a few from france etc etc. After taking all that trouble to find them all over europe, and then transport them back to the Eiffel, then they just let them rot away. There's nowt so strange as folk...

[hidetheelephants]

Adenauer of this parish lives there; why not ask him to have a word? Or he may know the proprietor already.

[melhookv12]

DickyC said:

My trip to Willesden has made me reconsider my use of the word neglected.

I drive past this on way to work, thanks for taking a pic! There's another MG further up the road, probably the same owner. I work at Old Oak Common

[The Mad Monk]

A fascinating read - and view.

[sim16v]

GuitarTech said:

We went down to the 'ring last weekend for the DTM. The weather could've been better, on Saturday the DTM qualifying was on wets, but on Sunday the track was dry enough for slicks. But I digress: on the way back home on Monday spotted this rather eclectic mix of cars in Niederadenau.
There was nobody in the garage I could ask about the story, so I just took a few pics, and drove on back home. Maybe I can find out more the next time we're down there.
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Edited by GuitarTech on Saturday 16th September 14:16

GuitarTech said:

Yeah, and I bet that if you could find the owner, and ask him if you could buy one or more of the cars to restore, they'd say no, as they have plans to restore them "some day soon".
There has been some serious effort put into collecting the cars: There is at least one brit, one from portugal, a few from france etc etc. After taking all that trouble to find them all over europe, and then transport them back to the Eiffel, then they just let them rot away. There's nowt so strange as folk...

I took similar photos last weekend!

I've spoken to the chap a few times, decent fellow.

I bought some mini wheels and tyres from him about 10 years ago and many of the cars haven't moved in that time.

He actually runs a restoration business and the cars outside are usually parts cars.

The Triumph estates are to keep his good ones going.

[GuitarTech]

Ah, ok. Good to know they're being used for something, even if it's only as a parts source

[uk66fastback]

Surprised it's not on ebay ... ! (seems everything else is worth nothing)

[texaxile]

Is this 6 months after it left the factory?.

[Disco Infiltrator]

There's an E39 Beemer with Alpina Wheels slowly falling to bits near to me.

[QuickQuack]

Disco Infiltrator said:

There's an E39 Beemer with Alpina Wheels slowly falling to bits near to me.

Get a picture of it then!!