Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[catso]

P5BNij said:

A miserable Maserati Merak...

It does look a bit far gone.

Reminds me of a friend who bought a Lancia Beta Monte Carlo in a similar state, it then sat in his garage for years waiting for restoration. In the end it was mostly swept out the door...

[bongtom]

Lotus Elan +2 said:

Shadow R1 said:

Any story on that mgf site ?

All I know is that they've been there a few years and it's in a small village near Mold, north Wales.

It's a good start. I had an MGF and it was only slightly better than the Mk1 Ford Escort 1100 I had 20 years previously. Horrid car.

I have never understood why people drive them, especially men. (It was a very nice colour though)

[NorthernSky]

Pair of fiat 124s rusting away, indonesia... surely they'd have fared a lot worse if parked up like this in England. 😵‍💫

Manual and RHD too. What makes the 124 special "special", anyone know?

[Dr Interceptor]

Judging by the 1400 badging, I'd wager that was the 1400 twin-cam?

[TonyRPH]

NorthernSky said:

Pair of fiat 124s rusting away, indonesia... surely they'd have fared a lot worse if parked up like this in England. ?????

Manual and RHD too. What makes the 124 special "special", anyone know?

In South Africa, I had a 124 Special 'T' which had the twin cam 1.6 engine and high backed seats.

From memory, I think the 124 special either had the fancy seats or the twin cam engine but not both.

[I-am-the-reverend]

4rephill said:

I'm seriously struggling to believe there's a big market for Westminster's (especially as interest in domestic cars of that era is startling to dwindle)

Unless you are nicking one to banger race and the organisers want to see a V5 and chassis plate.

[V41LEY]

bongtom said:

It's a good start. I had an MGF and it was only slightly better than the Mk1 Ford Escort 1100 I had 20 years previously. Horrid car.

I have never understood why people drive them, especially men. (It was a very nice colour though)

We bought a brand new VVC around ‘97. Anthracite with cream. Nice combo. Never had any HGF issues and put 75k on the clock. Wasn’t a rocket ship. Even put an aftermarket quad exhaust on it (not sure what I thinking back then ) Wanted a two seated but it was either this, an MX5 or a LHD Barchetta at the time. Murdered on depreciation come time to sell but hoping they’ll be more sought after in years to come especially the limited editions and anniversary versions.

[uk66fastback]

The wife’s MGF was purple, and P Reg. It was okay. Hood leaked though. I ended up buying a hardtop from the TVR garage at Melton and respraying it in the purple. No HG issues either. They’re no MX5 though …

[4rephill]

I-am-the-reverend said:

4rephill said:

I'm seriously struggling to believe there's a big market for Westminster's (especially as interest in domestic cars of that era is startling to dwindle)

Unless you are nicking one to banger race and the organisers want to see a V5 and chassis plate.

So it could be that the seller wants to keep the chassis plate and V5 themselves, to ring a car and go banger racing!

[DickyC]

P5BNij said:

A miserable Maserati Merak...

Buy it, salvage the engine as objet d'art, weigh in the rest. Job's a good un.

[catfishdb]

[Woody.GT]

Yes, that’s a dead deer on the bonnet! No, I have no idea what the van is!

[Stevepolly]

Standard Atlas.

[Mr Tidy]

NorthernSky][url said:

Manual and RHD too. What makes the 124 special "special", anyone know?

UK 124s had a 1,200cc OHV engine but 124 Specials had a larger 1,438cc version of the OHV engine and IIRC cloth inserts on the seats.

The original Special T had a 1,438cc Twin-Cam with 80bhp but later Special T models had a 1.6 litre twin-cam (1,592cc and 95bhp I think).

My Dad bought a 1970 Fiat 125 in 1972 (that became mine in 1977) so I absorbed all this from Motor Show brochures.

[Escort3500]

catfishdb said:

Shame. Love the Amazon in both saloon and estate format

[Ronaro]

Woody.GT said:

Yes, that’s a dead deer on the bonnet! No, I have no idea what the van is!

That is an amazing find of a very rare van.

Stevepolly - good call mate

[KAgantua]

Not sure if this is right for the thread, some sort of Excavator, hidden away in Basted Mill woodland, Kent

[hairy v]

spotted in a garage in Somerset

[alex98uk]

hairy v said:

spotted in a garage in Somerset

Apparently still taxed! Not SORN'd!

[21st Century Man]

Those 2CV folks will daily some very well patinated cars