Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[5 In a Row]

98elise said:

mike9009 said:

98elise said:

Spotted today...

Wow, seems strange leaving that in a field given what it could be worth. Last MOT expired in 2018, so can't be too bad??

It's actually someones drive/garden!

I'm surprised at the MOT, it looked abandoned. That said the setting makes it look worse.

Edited to add...

The house was a substantial front line coastal property, and checking on Google earth that's the only drive/parking for the house. The car isn't there on street view so it's quite possibly not as bad as I first thought.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 10th June 18:56

It looks as if the panel below the rear window is pretty rusty.

[P5BNij]

Not sure if we've had this one before....

[Escort3500]

Last taxed in 1984

[Tim O]

[Mr lestat]

P5BNij said:

Not sure if we've had this one before....

That looks a poor old girl

[gforceg]

Mr lestat said:

P5BNij said:

Not sure if we've had this one before....

That looks a poor old girl

I saw one in Exeter today looking an awful lot better than that.

[s p a c e m a n]

[Dapster]

Tim O said:

I reckon 2 door Volvo Amazon far left and mk2 Golf in silver on the right?

[Tim O]

Dapster said:

Tim O said:

I reckon 2 door Volvo Amazon far left and mk2 Golf in silver on the right?

Correct!

[Tim O]

[pubrunner]

Spotted this, whilst walking the dog . . .

Edited by pubrunner on Monday 14th June 12:51

[Zener]

Tim O said:

That Imp shell dont look terrible considering all four wheel arches usually fell off in the 1st 5 years (double skin) would love a bike powered one for a toy

[Rehab chic]

pubrunner said:

Spotted this, whilst walking the dog . . .

Should probably just be torched TBH.

[Watcher of the skies]

The Triumph 2000 estate deserves to be saved.
Getting pretty rare now.

[NoAdverseDevelopments]

Considering the low miles the MOT history on that golf is horrific!

[TonyRPH]

NoAdverseDevelopments said:

Considering the low miles the MOT history on that golf is horrific!

Wow, that must have either had a non functioning odo or it's been clocked surely?

How can there be so many mechanical failures at such a low mileage?

[Watcher of the skies]

"German engineering" 😄

[_Mja_]

The Golf's MOT history just looks like someone who didn't keep up with maintenance on a old car. This is one of the reasons I laugh at folk who come the various modern classic car groups I am part of who are only interested in cars with less than 100k. Most 25 year old cars with that sort of mileage are at an age where they need the sort of work that Golf does whereas instead they should buy a reconditioned one with 150k+ miles.

Disclaimer - I own a freshly restored 150k VW that is fresh to drive, I also own another 2 that have 79k and 86k on them and require similar refresh work to the 150k one. All of them are 25+ years old.

[mattman]

_Mja_ said:

The Golf's MOT history just looks like someone who didn't keep up with maintenance on a old car. This is one of the reasons I laugh at folk who come the various modern classic car groups I am part of who are only interested in cars with less than 100k. Most 25 year old cars with that sort of mileage are at an age where they need the sort of work that Golf does whereas instead they should buy a reconditioned one with 150k+ miles.

Disclaimer - I own a freshly restored 150k VW that is fresh to drive, I also own another 2 that have 79k and 86k on them and require similar refresh work to the 150k one. All of them are 25+ years old.

i do find it odd that people are still sticking with the 100k miles = dead rule - thought that was only really applicable to the 70's and 80's cars that were typically dead by that point (or sooner due to rust)
On the plus side, it does mean there are some nice bargains to be had at plus 100k miles

[Watcher of the skies]

Whatever. The car in question is junk that should have been recycled into something more useful like bean tins years ago. The owner is obviously fed up throwing money at it.