Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

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uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Some more pics of the Merc I saw recently - I was closeby again yesterday and took some more. Not rare enough to warrant restoring really as the sills ain’t great. Paintwork would probably polish up okay …




Longnose

248 posts

112 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Total loss said:
mumbojumbo1 said:

A driveway in Surbiton....
1963 Chevy Biscayne
Just to show pedantry is alive and well on PH, I believe it's a 1964 Biscayne. The model name position inside an indent on the rear wing looks like 1964. The '63 was different in that area.

uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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Spotted today. Some ol’ Bugbus with a Volvo next to it sharing the front garden …

The far side of the bus was far, far worse than this ‘clean’ side …

Mercky

642 posts

134 months

Saturday 26th June 2021
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uk66fastback said:
Some more pics of the Merc I saw recently - I was closeby again yesterday and took some more. Not rare enough to warrant restoring really as the sills ain’t great. Paintwork would probably polish up okay …



How do you know the sills ain’t great as they're clad in plastic?

uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Saturday 26th June 2021
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They didn’t look great to me from what I could see.

Dapster

6,877 posts

179 months

Sunday 27th June 2021
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uk66fastback said:


Spotted today. Some ol’ Bugbus with a Volvo next to it sharing the front garden …

The far side of the bus was far, far worse than this ‘clean’ side …
That's the one posted by Zippee on the "Ordinary abandoned cars" thread on GG. The windows of the house are different but the stickers on the rear window and tailgate of the van are the same, and you can just see the Volvo in the shot!

Zippee said:
Edited by Dapster on Sunday 27th June 08:48

aeropilot

34,302 posts

226 months

Sunday 27th June 2021
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generationx said:
AL5026 said:
Borrowed from the book of face. This makes me sad.

Sadly that looks terminal frown
Hardly terminal, given you can buy a brand new shell for it.






uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Sunday 27th June 2021
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Dapster said:
uk66fastback said:


Spotted today. Some ol’ Bugbus with a Volvo next to it sharing the front garden …

The far side of the bus was far, far worse than this ‘clean’ side …
That's the one posted by Zippee on the "Ordinary abandoned cars" thread on GG. The windows of the house are different but the stickers on the rear window and tailgate of the van are the same, and you can just see the Volvo in the shot!

Zippee said:
Edited by Dapster on Sunday 27th June 08:48
The windows are different cos that’s the house next door with the white frames! Not seen that other thread before now …

Yertis

18,016 posts

265 months

Sunday 27th June 2021
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Longnose said:
Just to show pedantry is alive and well on PH, I believe it's a 1964 Biscayne. The model name position inside an indent on the rear wing looks like 1964. The '63 was different in that area.
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I spent about an hour on Thursday boning up on the evolution of Ford Galaxie tail-light clusters paperbag

I'm not even that interested in Ford Galaxies. frown

Zener

18,928 posts

220 months

Monday 28th June 2021
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Yertis said:
Longnose said:
Just to show pedantry is alive and well on PH, I believe it's a 1964 Biscayne. The model name position inside an indent on the rear wing looks like 1964. The '63 was different in that area.
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I spent about an hour on Thursday boning up on the evolution of Ford Galaxie tail-light clusters paperbag

I'm not even that interested in Ford Galaxies. frown
How can you say that ? frown stacked headlight lovely especially with BB FE power cool

TypeR

1,122 posts

238 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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924 Turbo in Marlow. Been stood there for years.

uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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I drove past a factory unit out in the Fens where a ‘broken-backed’ TR7 was on a forklift … managed to get a pic of a couple of other cars a bit further down from the unit, Mk1 Cortina four-door and another TR7 drophead like the first one … no idea what’s happening with these ones.

The Triumph is SORN’d and the MoT ran out in 2012.

This house is typical of ones out in the Fens. Old Transit needing work and what looks like a piece of Jodrell Bank the far side of the garage. I can guarantee this will be the same view in 10 years’ time.


nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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I think the Cortina could be a Moskvich.

tr7v8

7,186 posts

227 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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nicanary said:
I think the Cortina could be a Moskvich.
Or Lada very popular up there.

52classic

2,447 posts

209 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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Moskvich for sure.

P5BNij

15,772 posts

105 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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Another image passed on to me recently, no details but a rare find wherever it is, a second series (1965 - 69) Maserati Quattroporte 1....


TCEvo

12,626 posts

201 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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TypeR said:
924 Turbo in Marlow. Been stood there for years.
That an AX GT next to the Porsche - can't be many of those left, looks good in dark red.

uk66fastback

16,457 posts

270 months

Tuesday 29th June 2021
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Yes. - a closer look says it’s not a Cortina!

aeropilot

34,302 posts

226 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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52classic said:
Moskvich for sure.
yes

4rephill

5,040 posts

177 months

Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Dad felt proud as he announced to the family: "The SKY TV is finally working!"

uk66fastback said: