Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[tapkaJohnD]

RoverP6B said:

I wish to register with the moderators my protest at the old thread being closed. Please kindly reopen it and merge the posts here back into it. It's a bugger not being able to go back and quote stuff. There appears to be no valid or useful reason to close threads at 500 pages. It's arbitrary, stupid, pointless, unnecessary and only contributes to a feeling of disillusionment with a forum which is already clunky and irritating to use, technologically stuck in the 1990s...

Wake up, Rover!
jayb posted a link to the old thread which is still online, just closed to new posts.
No bar to your "going back, quoting stuff" and posting your own links to previous posts.
John

[kmpowell]

DVLA shows its taxes until March 2016, but it's certainly not been driven in a while.

[interloper]

kmpowell said:

DVLA shows its taxes until March 2016, but it's certainly not been driven in a while.

That seems harsh, I am pretty sure the thread title is "Classics left to die/rotting pics" not "Classics in need of a wash, that may have been undriven for a couple of weeks"?

[sim16v]

kmpowell said:

DVLA shows its taxes until March 2016, but it's certainly not been driven in a while.

Have you been on the phone to the DVLA or police yet, saying it looks abandoned?

That's usually what happens where I live.


Oh, look, it's MOT'd until Sept 2016 and is on the insurance database, obviously abandoned!

[RoverP6B]

Thanks for the sarcasm, chaps. I realise PH has improved, but the improvement has been glacial and deeply inadequate. It's equivalent to trying to insulate and double-glaze a leaky old building which really needs bulldozing and replacing altogether. Sure, the old thread still exists, but it now no longer features in "My Stuff" - I've got to dig it up, find what I'm looking for and remember how to format the necessary code to quote something here. It's a pain in the arse. There's no need for it. And yes, this is the first thread I've been on which has been closed for this reason.

[shelf1985]

Any love for these? Riley one point five i believe, needs a full resto motor and interior all present but everything looks like it needs going through. I know the owner just trying to decide if its worth making an offer and for how much...

[guru_1071]

uk66fastback said:

these two doors are a great looking car, ive recently acquired one and its a good little classic to be nipping around in

the heaters ace as well

[uk66fastback]

shelf1985 said:

Any love for these? Riley one point five i believe, needs a full resto motor and interior all present but everything looks like it needs going through. I know the owner just trying to decide if its worth making an offer and for how much...

Last taxed 20 years ago today. Surprised not on a suffix plate as reg in May 64, although some areas were catching up still (presume it's the original reg) ...

Depending if it's always been kept outdoors, might not take too much to get on the road, but the sills and floors may have been shagged back in 1996 ...

[shelf1985]

Thanks for the info, The owner has mentioned keeping the reg as part of the deal so possibly private i couldnt say for sure doesnt look incredibly valuable or special to me but im no expert.

I thought a car needed mot and tax to remove a plate anyway so not sure how that would work!

[sim16v]

Yep, needs MOT to remove the plate.

Tell him you'll buy the car from him after he's removed the plate, that way, he has to do the work for the test

[vernonderby]

shelf1985 said:

Thanks for the info, The owner has mentioned keeping the reg as part of the deal so possibly private i couldnt say for sure doesnt look incredibly valuable or special to me but im no expert.

I thought a car needed mot and tax to remove a plate anyway so not sure how that would work!

That's almost certainly the original registration number; the only way he can keep the registration is by getting an MOT on the car, so if he wants to spend the money...

[shelf1985]

sim16v said:

Yep, needs MOT to remove the plate.

Tell him you'll buy the car from him after he's removed the plate, that way, he has to do the work for the test

Haha got to be worth a mention! Price to be agreed and contract made before mot obviously

[hidetheelephants]

sim16v said:

Yep, needs MOT to remove the plate.

Tell him you'll buy the car from him after he's removed the plate, that way, he has to do the work will have some horrid pigeon poo patch welding done for the test

If the owner actually wanted the plate he'd have done the work already, and MoT minimum bodgery that you'll need to undo to redo it properly will just increase the cost. Riley 1.5s aren't worth a huge amount and a lot can go wrong/rust away/sieze up in 20 years of inactivity.

[uk66fastback]

[JumboBeef]

uk66fastback said:

I remember those things. Complete deathtraps.

[tapkaJohnD]

It's a Regal, not a Robin, but any way. Best use, ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cBD-8m4rQk

John
(In fact, the crash was nothing like as explosive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoMKy043j_I)

Edited by tapkaJohnD on Saturday 2nd January 17:15

[iSore]

shelf1985 said:

Any love for these? Riley one point five i believe, needs a full resto motor and interior all present but everything looks like it needs going through. I know the owner just trying to decide if its worth making an offer and for how much...

If it's not totally ratfked underneath, it could be a decent project. The panels don't look to be completely shafted. It's a late one too, a Mark III with the lower suspension. They are basically a Minor 1000 platform with the twin carb 1500 B Series. A good one with a few mods (telescopic dampers etc) would be alright to drive.

[jonny_bravo]

Fond memories of playing in my parents 1.5, it was stashed in Dads garage under piles of stuff.

Until the age of 12 (1988) I had only seen the o/s headlight, wing and drivers door

Dad dragged it out the garage, got it running again and was sold to a banger racer. He sent us a pic of it racing which I must have somewhere.

[Colonial]

Out the back of Bolton.

[TR4man]

Colonial said:

Out the back of Bolton.

Hopefully they are rusting away into oblivion.