Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[TR4man]

Yertis said:

It's not a restoration though is it, rather it'll be a recreation using some old components.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if lots of "historically significant" classics were resurrected with not much more.

[williamp]

TR4man said:

This is where the value is:

Chassis number: 915029 & 915422
Gearbox number: 945272 22X39
Axle Number: 14-61 27.7.1949
Engine Number: S926230

I wonder if cars with chassis numbers 915029 and 915422 already exist and in someones private collection somewhere.... It wouldnt surprise me...

[Loose_Cannon]

s p a c e m a n said:

Is this a classic yet?

Seeing as it's not covered in F1 wings and un-removable Fast n Furious junk it surely qualifies. I quite liked these before the nobbers got hold of them, rare to see one relatively unscathed.

[shakotan]

Yertis said:

It's not a restoration though is it, rather it'll be a recreation using some old components.

...and it will have to be IVA'd to end up on a new non-Alfa logbook and a Q-plate..

[Dr Interceptor]

The Jensen that has sat forever under the tarpaulin in Walcote has finally gone to meet its maker...

[Dr Interceptor]

Another pic, from Instagram....

[AMG Merc]

Dr Interceptor said:

The Jensen that has sat forever under the tarpaulin in Walcote has finally gone to meet its maker...

Nooooo

[lucido grigio]

The comment under the Instagram pics ^^^^^ says it's going for resto.

Good luck with that whoever is tackling it....

[dmcrobin]

'Resto' must be a new word for eBay then !

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPER-RARE-MK1-JENSEN-IN...

Probably the worst written listing I've ever tried to read

Most of the 'parts' listed as OK are clearly not !

[uk66fastback]

What a crock of ste - it is literally worth next to nothing - and the offers he's had - tsk.

This pic shows the extent ...

[StescoG66]

uk66fastback said:

What a crock of ste - it is literally worth next to nothing - and the offers he's had - tsk.

This pic shows the extent ...

One of the most appallingly written ads ever. Verging on the illiterate!!

One for a masochist that project

Edited by StescoG66 on Wednesday 12th July 07:49

[j80jpw]

Granted but I expect that rear screen in the foreground is worth a fair bit alone?

[iSore]

It's a breaker, and the 13SDV plate has a value if you can get the V5 sharpish.


£500 the lot sounds fair.

Edited by iSore on Wednesday 12th July 09:06

[Yertis]

iSore said:

It's a breaker, and the 13SDV plate has a value if you can get the V5 sharpish.

Is it not the case that you can only transfer a reg number from a car with a valid MoT cert?

Because I don't think this car has one

[tapkaJohnD]

First pics look as if it broke in half winching onto the transporter.
JOhn

[555 Paul]

tapkaJohnD said:

First pics look as if it broke in half winching onto the transporter.
JOhn

No, no, you must be mistaken. According to the advert the roof and chassis are good.

[V41LEY]

Bids are rising so there must be hard to get parts amongst that pile of ferrous oxide.
I can't work out how the car went from being uncovered to the heap of mangled metal !
Did they try and drag it out and found the paint was holding it together ?

[uk66fastback]

Looks like they removed the screen and the A pillars just folded up. So they let the roof sag and then they placed the screen back on it.

It has a few £££ of parts on it of course but still, what a waste.

That private plate doesn't come with it anyway - so the ad says says, if you can decipher what the illiterate ape means.

Edited by uk66fastback on Wednesday 12th July 11:47

[Nik da Greek]

In that case, maybe this is a viable restoration; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/11/land-ro...



Beach finds are the new barn finds

[Fastdruid]

Frankly it's amazing what they can restore...

I'm following this at the moment http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?13514-WW1...
Just compare the initial photos on the first page with it's current state http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?13514-WW1...