Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[aterribleusername]

Spotted this lot down a back road in the middle of nowhere in Wales a while back, went past it today so took some photos. The Allegro has been there since at least 2008 and was in pretty good nick looking at the street view. Worryingly the whole lot was covered in police tape, got to be a story there. A local dog walker said the owner is happy for people to look and take pictures but not touch them (hence the Sharpie's not on the bonnet) after a few instances of parts being robbed.

[GTRene]

great pictures, thx for sharing, a nice place to look around.

[MuscleSedan]

[Skodillac]

The setting of the VW looks very England, the plate does not. What's going on?

[forsure]

Skodillac said:

The setting of the VW looks very England, the plate does not. What's going on?

It is a UK plate:

[ivanhoew]

golly ! whats that worth !

[Skodillac]

The physical plate looks like it was made elsewhere is what I was saying - it doesn't look like a standard UK font and size, even one from the black number plate era.

[uk66fastback]

You can get plates made in any font and size now - someone, somewhere will be able to do it. I made my own ones from bare steel and individual raised silver digits I bought online.

[boyse7en]

Found this alongside a disused railway track at the weekend. No idea how it got there (the old railway line isn't vehicle accessible).

Not much left, but i think from a few bits of trim it is 1970s, possibly a light commercial (five-stud hubs)

[Skodillac]

I am horrified with myself that I cannot immediately identify that chrome door handle. Something about it is saying British Leyland, however.

[Turbobanana]

Rover SD1.

[Skodillac]

So it is. Glad I was in the correct ballpark.

[boyse7en]

Skodillac said:

I am horrified with myself that I cannot immediately identify that chrome door handle. Something about it is saying British Leyland, however.

My best guess was a BL car-derived van of some description. Something about it screams BL.

It's rear wheel drive. The gearbox is tiny, the window winder handle is plastic and the one piece of trim is covered in brown PVC. Other than that I'm in the dark to ID

[Yertis]

Turbobanana said:

Rover SD1.

Crikey – their reputation for rusting away is certainly well-deserved.

[5 In a Row]

Do you have a side-on picture of the wheel?

[Dapster]

Turbobanana said:

Rover SD1.

Don't forget the late 90's XJ-S! (although none of the other clues fit... manual window, thin tyres, steel wheels...)

[Blakey79]

Fso or lada.

[Rob 131 Sport]

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.

There was a bit of a following for these in the mid 90’s when after companies initially owning they were on to their 2nd and 3rd owners.

What a great find and it’s always interesting to see cars like this at shows.

[Stick Legs]

That 827 Vitesse makes me sad. Same colour as the one in the original sales brochure. (I'm sad enough to know it's a 2.7 as the change over was early '88)

Never the best cars but they deserve better than that.

[WyrleyD]

As an aside, I was a director of a company that did some work for BL where the 827 was built when the project finished and it came time to pay they asked if they could pay with cars instead of money as they had a lot of them laying around unsold! Didn't accept their kind offer.