Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[Mikebentley]

markymarkthree said:

Mikebentley said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

Skyedriver said:

Mikebentley said:

Doesn't look "left to die/rot" to me.
There's a strong Imp fan base.

I think it's cool af!! I would have it with a plain roof though.

It hasn’t moved in years. If you zoom in the moss is round the silhouette of the car which is parked not quite straight. A few cars down was a VolvoT5R estate that was lowered on some nice rims. I wondered if they were owned by the same person. I did think both cars were cool as.

Still taxed and insured.

Well Tax is £0 and needs to be done and as it’s in a car park of a council block of flats it can’t be SORNed. Insurance well why wouldn’t you for £100 quid to stop it being towed away and to cover losses should it be stolen or damaged. It falls under the category of being left to rot.

[mike9009]

Not sure on this fits the thread, which I spotted this morning. Failed last MOT in 2021, with no remedial records. Looked quite tired. But surely not left to die.....just resting to be bought back in the future....

[daqinggregg]

Mikebentley said:

markymarkthree said:

Mikebentley said:

LARK F1 GTR said:

Skyedriver said:

Mikebentley said:

Doesn't look "left to die/rot" to me.
There's a strong Imp fan base.

I think it's cool af!! I would have it with a plain roof though.

It hasn’t moved in years. If you zoom in the moss is round the silhouette of the car which is parked not quite straight. A few cars down was a VolvoT5R estate that was lowered on some nice rims. I wondered if they were owned by the same person. I did think both cars were cool as.

Still taxed and insured.

Well Tax is £0 and needs to be done and as it’s in a car park of a council block of flats it can’t be SORNed. Insurance well why wouldn’t you for £100 quid to stop it being towed away and to cover losses should it be stolen or damaged. It falls under the category of being left to rot.

That looks very nice and possibly a tad bit tasty, I like an Imp and the many Imp derived offerings.

Judging by the state of the tarmacadam’ I’d guess that hasn’t moved in a very long time.

Let’s hope it a temporary respite and someone with the wherewithal gets in up and running.

[Mikebentley]

REF the Imp it’s in Tipton near Dudley. The stance of it looks great.

[Moospeed]

Moospeed said:

Apologies if I've posted this before, past it several hundred times but I don't think I've added it here.



It's been parked there since lockdown time at the least. I doubt that parking it next to a salt water basin and leaving it there would've done many favours. The brake discs are so rusty you could probably push through it with your finger. However, the fact the rear window has been cracked open for that long and in the direction the rain usually comes from... a bit musty inside I'd imagine.

There have been notices on the windscreen a few times, threatening removal I guess. The notices go but the car remains.

After a few years of this languishing next to a salt water basin and with the rear window open to the elements this has finally disappeared.

Guessing either the dockyard or the hotel that owns the car park got fed up enough to have it removed.

[ferret50]

Yertis said:

Spiders, lots of dead woodlice, a sheet of chipboard and some dried-up cans of emulsion.

A lot like my garage, then!

[Woody.GT]

[Turbobanana]

Woody.GT said:

We all love pop-up headlights, but that +2 looks like it's just had an unexpected rectal exam.

Guessing the vacuum units have failed, as with most Lotuses, whereby the pods gradually lift up.

[Lotobear]

Woody.GT said:

Judging by the wheels and ride height, that possibly looks to be a Spyder conversion

[Lotobear]

Turbobanana said:

Woody.GT said:

We all love pop-up headlights, but that +2 looks like it's just had an unexpected rectal exam.

Guessing the vacuum units have failed, as with most Lotuses, whereby the pods gradually lift up.

It's less about the vac pods failing and more to do with the inability of the system to hold the stored engine vacuum for more that 24 hours - this affects the later cars. The early cars were 'non-failsafe' so the engine vac pulled the lights to the up position against spring tension, the later non failsafe lights were held down by engine vacuum and would default to the up position when left.

...factoids matter

[AlecT]

Whilst out walking in this nice weather around the darker parts of Blackburn I spied these two, first an Audi Cabriolet not too sure its a classic but probably will be one day, found in Mill Hill


Possibly beyond redemption

And this once magnificent Daimler in Whalley Range, apparently abandoned in the car park of a tyre shop



What a waste, wasn't too long ago I would have loved one of those

[Damp Logs]

I didn’t expect to see these in the middle of Orkney

[Dapster]

AlecT said:

And this once magnificent Daimler in Whalley Range, apparently abandoned in the car park of a tyre shop



What a waste, wasn't too long ago I would have loved one of those

These were wonderful back in the day. What a waste indeed. This must have been a 6.0 V12.

[mattman]

Terrible photo but couldn’t get closer - what appears to be an old Jeep (maybe a Willis?) spotted in a marina in Crete

[TonyRPH]

Woody.GT said:

You posted this already? (on Tuesday)

[Husqvarna]

Bergerac airport.

[Husqvarna]

Bergerac airport, perhaps the same owner sadly now departed from the lounge.

[Its Just Adz]

AlecT said:

And this once magnificent Daimler in Whalley Range, apparently abandoned in the car park of a tyre shop



What a waste, wasn't too long ago I would have loved one of those

I remember Shaffi who owns the tyre shop having a really lovely E36 M3 Evo back in the day.

[WombleCate]

Husqvarna said:

Bergerac airport.

Brexit made life hard for many residents…

[Risonax]

Husqvarna said:

Bergerac airport, perhaps the same owner sadly now departed from the lounge.

From another thread
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...