Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[Yertis]

sutoka said:

They reckoned £200k+ with no chance you would get anywhere near your total outlay if you went to sell it.

So basically the same as any other restoration, but with bigger numbers.

[V41LEY]

Mr lestat said:

tardelli said:

On Bangers and Cash, somebody quoted on restoring a DB6 and it was just a bit more than 30K.

To restore it properly by a specialist I guess £100k minimum

The firm Mathewsons have a DBS coming up in their February auction. Estimate at £80k and it looks as rotten as a pear !

[droopsnoot]

Mr lestat said:

Gotta be a parrot involved there,

I was going to put a winking smily thing, yes, but then I figured I probably didn't need to.

[Mr lestat]

droopsnoot said:

Mr lestat said:

Gotta be a parrot involved there,

I was going to put a winking smily thing, yes, but then I figured I probably didn't need to.

No, very subtle

[BeastieBoy73]

Often see these whenever I go to the Post Office Sorting Office in the centre of Nottingham. I think they’ve been parked up in this yard for years.

I love the Citroen! The other two classics are a Rover of some kind and a Scimitar SS1.

[john2443]

BeastieBoy73 said:

... a Rover of some kind...

Pre 1954 Rover P4

[Mr lestat]

BeastieBoy73 said:

Often see these whenever I go to the Post Office Sorting Office in the centre of Nottingham. I think they’ve been parked up in this yard for years.

I love the Citroen! The other two classics are a Rover of some kind and a Scimitar SS1.

Is that the one near the old cattle market, if so I’ll have to have a nose about, I’ve not seen those before

[BeastieBoy73]

Mr lestat said:

BeastieBoy73 said:

Often see these whenever I go to the Post Office Sorting Office in the centre of Nottingham. I think they’ve been parked up in this yard for years.

I love the Citroen! The other two classics are a Rover of some kind and a Scimitar SS1.

Is that the one near the old cattle market, if so I’ll have to have a nose about, I’ve not seen those before

It is. Head for the Post Office on Clarke Road and they are on the right just before you enter the Fruit and Veg market.

[sutoka]

V41LEY said:

Mr lestat said:

tardelli said:

On Bangers and Cash, somebody quoted on restoring a DB6 and it was just a bit more than 30K.

To restore it properly by a specialist I guess £100k minimum

The firm Mathewsons have a DBS coming up in their February auction. Estimate at £80k and it looks as rotten as a pear !

In an episode of Bangers and Cash Derek said

"if I say it's a goodun', it's a goodun' and people will buy a car on my word. If I'm wrong I'll pay for it"

Wonder how many comebacks he's had?

[CAPP0]

JPvanRossem said:

There's a classic Aston restoration thread on Readers' Cars. It's a great thread and gives an idea of costs for a job (a fantastic looking job) where the owner has been pretty hands-on.

Do you have a link for that please? Had a quick look but couldn't see it, and of course we can't search even remotely properly any more.

[BeastieBoy73]

john2443 said:

BeastieBoy73 said:

... a Rover of some kind...

Pre 1954 Rover P4

Cheers! I know very little about classic British cars.

[Hugo a Gogo]

williamp said:

tardelli said:

On Bangers and Cash, somebody quoted on restoring a DB6 and it was just a bit more than 30K.

Nowhere near

https://www.driving.co.uk/news/news-worlds-cheapes...

The 30k might do the engine and suspension, though..

buy a DB7, swappy bits and stick them together, bob's your uncle
(maybe be more steps involved)

[uk66fastback]

motfail said:

Been sat in a local scrapyard for as long as I can remember.

Down as having been registered in 1936 for some reason!

[anonymous-user]

Down as having been registered in 1936 for some reason!
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Hadn't looked it up, that is odd. Showing my ignorance, I see it's an Austin but anyone know the model? Other pic I got below.

[CAPP0]

JPvanRossem said:

CAPP0 said:

JPvanRossem said:

There's a classic Aston restoration thread on Readers' Cars. It's a great thread and gives an idea of costs for a job (a fantastic looking job) where the owner has been pretty hands-on.

Do you have a link for that please? Had a quick look but couldn't see it, and of course we can't search even remotely properly any more.

Hope this works https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Perfect, thank you

[finlo]

motfail said:

Down as having been registered in 1936 for some reason!

Hadn't looked it up, that is odd. Showing my ignorance, I see it's an Austin but anyone know the model? Other pic I got below.

It's an Austin a35 larger rear window than an A30.

[Escort3500]

Nope. It’s an Austin A40/A50 Cambridge

[hidetheelephants]

finlo said:

It's an Austin a35 larger rear window than an A30.

It's got fins so must be a A50.

[shouldbworking]

Just returning to that Aston for a moment.. Why would the resto costs be that high? Or indeed to put it another way, why would a ferrari cost more to restore than a ford?

Parts prices will vary of course and increase cost, but parts are nothing compared to labour costs.

Is it as simple as badge tax? It's not like premium brands use fundamentally different construction techniques.

[Sebastian Tombs]

shouldbworking said:

Just returning to that Aston for a moment.. Why would the resto costs be that high? Or indeed to put it another way, why would a ferrari cost more to restore than a ford?

Parts prices will vary of course and increase cost, but parts are nothing compared to labour costs.

Is it as simple as badge tax? It's not like premium brands use fundamentally different construction techniques.

Actually it’s exactly that the Aston Martin DB5 uses a fundamentally different construction technique.

It’s a steel platform chassis with a hand-beaten aluminium body, stretched over a framework of thin steel tubes - a technique called Superleggera by its inventors, Carozzeria Touring.

There are no replacement panels; everything has to be hand made. And probably every panel will have been wrecked by galvanic corrosion where the aluminium touches the steel. The tape meant to separate the two will have long since rotted away.

Add the limited availability of parts for engine, interior or gearboxes and the costs rise. In this DB5’s case most of those parts will be much easier to get now thanks to Aston Martin building the Goldfinger cars and having had some things remanufactured.