Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[GTRene]

StevieBtt77 said:

Marty

there was also another such abandoned.

with this text above it:
1985 Marty is here somewhere.

[DickyC]

Turbobanana said:

Yes but the Met Office has issued thunderstorm warnings, so someone might get lucky...

Huh. Registration 121 GW is on a Bentley.

[keeef]

DickyC said:

Huh. Registration 121 GW is on a Bentley.

In the future.

[Turbobanana]

GTRene said:

there was also another such abandoned.

with this text above it:
1985 Marty is here somewhere.

Its capacitor is fluxed. Easy fix.

[AlecT]

A week or two ago I spotted an old Audi convertible rotting away in Mill Hill Blackburn, any way walking by again today on the same site I spied this once wonderful Alfa GTV, it is a V6 24v

[TR4man]

[Woody.GT]

Any ideas what this roof is from!?

[Skyedriver]

TR4man said:

You ain't seen me, right.

[Turbobanana]

TR4man said:

Herby?

[Skyedriver]

Woody.GT said:

Any ideas what this roof is from!?

Looks moulded, fibreglass hard top? Mark 1 Sprite perhaps?

[WyrleyD]

Turbobanana said:

TR4man said:

Herby?

Looks like one of the limited edition "Marathon" Beetles produced mid-1972, if so it will have the Marathon medallion on the dash and different wheels.

[Turbobanana]

Skyedriver said:

Woody.GT said:

Any ideas what this roof is from!?

Looks moulded, fibreglass hard top? Mark 1 Sprite perhaps?

40s or 50s pick up?

[GTRene]

Turbobanana said:

Skyedriver said:

Woody.GT said:

Any ideas what this roof is from!?

Looks moulded, fibreglass hard top? Mark 1 Sprite perhaps?

40s or 50s pick up?

or, Cobra rep hardtop?

[Escort3500]

Skyedriver said:

Woody.GT said:

Any ideas what this roof is from!?

Looks moulded, fibreglass hard top? Mark 1 Sprite perhaps?

Looks like a welded patch on the front RH edge

[dandarez]

Escort3500 said:

Skyedriver said:

Woody.GT said:

Any ideas what this roof is from!?

Looks moulded, fibreglass hard top? Mark 1 Sprite perhaps?

Looks like a welded patch on the front RH edge

'Patch' I agree with, but 'welded'?
Nah, I'd say 99.9% sure that top is all GRP.

[Dan Singh]

Damp Logs said:

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

Scimitar must be one of the most commonly spotted abandoned classics.



I remember this one being here back in the 80s. It was finally removed last February.

[uk66fastback]

Got talking to the owner of this Rover. Seems it was owned by his father who passed away - then he drove it for a while but parked it up at the start of covid/lockdown. You just don’t see these anymore - not even at weekend shows. I think I saw one at the NEC on one of the owner’s club stands a few years ago but apart from that …

Vitesse as well …



MoT expired in 2013.

[havoc]

GTRene said:

there was also another such abandoned.

with this text above it:
1985 Marty is here somewhere.

It's been abandoned since 1955 apparently.

[LotusOmega375D]

uk66fastback said:

Got talking to the owner of this Rover. Seems it was owned by his father who passed away - then he drove it for a while but parked it up at the start of covid/lockdown. You just don’t see these anymore - not even at weekend shows. I think I saw one at the NEC on one of the owner’s club stands a few years ago but apart from that …

Vitesse as well …



MoT expired in 2013.

Tony Pond. Isle of Man. 100 mph.

https://youtu.be/MRY3wKeHaYY?si=BoUX_LCRU_EvqVxQ

[Ronaro]

Thanks, I’ve never seen that film before - strewth what a driver Tony pond was talk about balls of steel round there (I’ve only thought of him driving the Rover SD1 and TR7 V8) but fair play to that car too!