Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

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Dapster said:

This one perhaps?

That's the one I was thinking of.

[wjs1968]

uk66fastback said:

Not many chrome bumpered cars still about on an N plate as they swapped to the rubber bumpers after two months

Abandoned no more…

https://ebay.io/m/CgnENh

[uk66fastback]

Probably not a bad car if you were looking for a GT project. I wonder what work it’s had underneath - the rusty castle sections on mine from years ago still give me nightmares.

[uk66fastback]

[NorthernSky]

[NorthernSky]

This was looking sorry for itself with a thin layer of organic matter growing below it. In the direction of the affluent suburbs of Clifton, Bristol.

[Huntsman]

NorthernSky said:

This was looking sorry for itself with a thin layer of organic matter growing below it. In the direction of the affluent suburbs of Clifton, Bristol.

Withnail.

I love the broken blue tow rope of shame.

[TarquinMX5]

NorthernSky said:

This was looking sorry for itself with a thin layer of organic matter growing below it. In the direction of the affluent suburbs of Clifton, Bristol.

That must be one of the last produced as the final ones were manufactured in July 1969.

[uk66fastback]

Is that a perspex plate at the front and a metal one at the back?

[Penny Whistle]

uk66fastback said:

Is that a perspex plate at the front and a metal one at the back?

Judging by the unloved look of the car, I doubt that was of great concern to the owner.

[Ian-r1hmh]

[NorthernSky]

Mouldering as were the below in the yard of the same property...

Edited by NorthernSky on Monday 10th August 08:19

[NorthernSky]

[uk66fastback]

The Day of the Black Jags

6-litre with a plate to match. No MoT since 2023.



Again no MoT and the bonnet was sun-drenched as hell with no lacquer left on it. L13 XJB.

[uk66fastback]

NorthernSky said:

It’s taxed so someone loves it.

[williamp]

uk66fastback said:

The Day of the Black Jags

6-litre with a plate to match. No MoT since 2023.

An xjr-s?? One of my all time favourite cars..

[Dapster]

Ian-r1hmh said:

Those were brilliant handling cars - the 16v was a decent performer as well despite the G60 and later VR6 getting the headlines. Shame to see it like that.

This one looks likes it’s taken a hit from a farm vehicle or something ahead of the rear wheel

[LotusOmega375D]

Back in the day I was passenger in a mate’s Corrado G60, when the back end suddenly slewed across the carriageway on a bend. He stopped and we checked for a flat tyre but nothing. He took it to the local VW dealer for a check, but they gave it a clean bill of health. Only recently I have read that they have some sort of rear wheel steer capability. Is that correct?

[Dermot O'Logical]

LotusOmega375D said:

Back in the day I was passenger in a mate s Corrado G60, when the back end suddenly slewed across the carriageway on a bend. He stopped and we checked for a flat tyre but nothing. He took it to the local VW dealer for a check, but they gave it a clean bill of health. Only recently I have read that they have some sort of rear wheel steer capability. Is that correct?

Yes, they did - some form of compliant rear axle mountings, derived from the Passat if I recall correctly.

[TCEvo]

uk66fastback said:

The Day of the Black Jags

6-litre with a plate to match. No MoT since 2023.

That's really cool.