Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[hidetheelephants]

Shooting tigers I expect.

[brownspeed]

soprano said:

Very sorry looking 56 plate 997. Google maps suggests it hasn’t moved for at least 5 years and no MOT since 2017

where is that? I could do with some parts.........

[soprano]

brownspeed said:

where is that? I could do with some parts.........

Not far from Saffron Walden. I’d love to rescue it, albeit I can’t imagine 6/7 years sat on grass has done much for the chassis!

[acme]

soprano said:

Not far from Saffron Walden. I’d love to rescue it, albeit I can’t imagine 6/7 years sat on grass has done much for the chassis!

Interesting, I don’t live far from Saffron, never seen that before!

[Mikebentley]

[wjs1968]

Technically awaiting repair but hasn’t turned a wheel in I think the best part of a year. Sadly running a small block Chevy rather than the original sweet six…

[hidetheelephants]

Mikebentley said:

Rebelling regally.

[Oldwolf]

Whilst at Le Mans 24 I went for a run and saw this R4 (van?) at the bottom of a garden.

[samj2014]

wjs1968 said:

Technically awaiting repair but hasn’t turned a wheel in I think the best part of a year. Sadly running a small block Chevy rather than the original sweet six…

What's the obsession with putting American engines in everything?
I saw a Boxster for sale locally needing engine work - the owner said they were going to put an LS in it but lost interest.
Dropping an LS in a Boxster to me ruins the appeal of the car.

[Turbobanana]

Mikebentley said:

Judging by the way two rust-resistant, fibreglass cars have been squeezed into a small, odd-shaped space, I reckon these were bought as storage sheds.

[WyrleyD]

Oldwolf said:

Whilst at Le Mans 24 I went for a run and saw this R4 (van?) at the bottom of a garden.

Not that it's an old registration either, BQ was early/mid 2011 (I registered a car in Oct 2010 and that was a BL).

[havoc]

wjs1968 said:

Technically awaiting repair but hasn’t turned a wheel in I think the best part of a year. Sadly running a small block Chevy rather than the original sweet six…

That makes very little sense except for outright power. If the car currently has a lacklustre motor, then fair play. If the current motor has gone pop and a replacement is megabucks or likely to do the same (TVR Six, please step forward), then unarguable.

...but something like that...that's sacrilege!

[wjs1968]

havoc said:

wjs1968 said:

Technically awaiting repair but hasn’t turned a wheel in I think the best part of a year. Sadly running a small block Chevy rather than the original sweet six…

That makes very little sense except for outright power. If the car currently has a lacklustre motor, then fair play. If the current motor has gone pop and a replacement is megabucks or likely to do the same (TVR Six, please step forward), then unarguable.

...but something like that...that's sacrilege!

I'll see if I can find out the back story - it's been a regular visitor over the years to the garage where it's currently forlorn so the proprietor will probably know.

I agree it is sacrilege - I came so very close to buying one 25 years ago - 1 owner, mint body and interior, brand new crated replacement BMW engine, drove fantastically well and the smoothness and noise of that straight six, oh my! All for 4K but my ex wanted a Mercedes so a 280SLC was purchased instead. Idiot.

[david.h]

Was that one in Warwick? I looked at one with what the garage said was “the last factory crated engine just been fitted “
Might have been about 2008 though?

[Dapster]

Oldwolf said:

Whilst at Le Mans 24 I went for a run and saw this R4 (van?) at the bottom of a garden.

It's a legal requirement for any farm in France to have one of the following decaying in an outbuilding:

- Renault 16, 4 or 5
- Citroen H van, 2cv (obvs) or Traction Avant

I believe there are a further tax benefits if the owner can show it being used as chicken coup.

[wjs1968]

david.h said:

Was that one in Warwick? I looked at one with what the garage said was “the last factory crated engine just been fitted “
Might have been about 2008 though?

No - somewhere in Surrey, couldn’t tell you where though. This would be around 1999/2000…

[Skyedriver]

Classic? - debatable.
Left to die? - probably
Left to rot? - unlikely

But it has had a few spots knocked of it.

Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.

[Sardonicus]

havoc said:

wjs1968 said:

Technically awaiting repair but hasn’t turned a wheel in I think the best part of a year. Sadly running a small block Chevy rather than the original sweet six…

That makes very little sense except for outright power. If the car currently has a lacklustre motor, then fair play. If the current motor has gone pop and a replacement is megabucks or likely to do the same (TVR Six, please step forward), then unarguable.

...but something like that...that's sacrilege!

BMW M54 3.0 or S54 M Power would suite that, not sure id stick the TVR speed six in anything if your avoiding big costs

[MightyBadger]

Mikebentley said:

Couple of grands worth of numberplate sitting about.

[Doofus]

MightyBadger said:

Couple of grands worth of numberplate sitting about.

Lost forever, I fear.