Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[Driveline Shunt]

NorthernSky said:

Norfolk. The same property where the above Hayabusa was dumped on the front garden. This one is located near that weird Grayson Perry house for Essex - sea breeze has eaten this Astra, the rust was shocking even at a distance. House was also looking in a dire state with nasty yellowed curtains and other cr@p dumped outside;

Edited by NorthernSky on Monday 9th August 13:08

Blimey, the cost of restoring that GTE would be Astranomical..

[Mr Tidy]

Driveline Shunt said:

Blimey, the cost of restoring that GTE would be Astranomical..

But it's a shame to see it just rotting away.

[woodytype S]

[Yertis]

uk66fastback said:

Virtual pint to Yertis as I was in Melton again in the van today and got some more pics.







The Excel is SORN’d and the MoT ran out in December 2016.

It's a shame to see it like that, I love Excels. Great plate too.

[Dapster]

NorthernSky said:

Norfolk. The same property where the above Hayabusa was dumped on the front garden. This one is located near that weird Grayson Perry house for Essex - sea breeze has eaten this Astra, the rust was shocking even at a distance. House was also looking in a dire state with nasty yellowed curtains and other cr@p dumped outside;

Edited by NorthernSky on Monday 9th August 13:08

I had a school summer job cleaning cars at the local Vauxhall and Ford dealers (contract cleaning company would send us summer dogs bodies to whichever dealer needed support during the pre Aug 1st rush). The Astra was just so much nicer in every way than the interminable drivel that Ford and Austin Rover were punting out at the time - badly put together Escorts and Orions with raspy petrol or tractor diesels and godawful Maestros. Those squared off Astras were a great cars - however although I can see why someone would stash a GTE away for posterity, holding onto a boggo steel wheeled 3 door "L" seems a bit optimistic....!

[Mr lestat]

Dapster said:

NorthernSky said:

Norfolk. The same property where the above Hayabusa was dumped on the front garden. This one is located near that weird Grayson Perry house for Essex - sea breeze has eaten this Astra, the rust was shocking even at a distance. House was also looking in a dire state with nasty yellowed curtains and other cr@p dumped outside;

Edited by NorthernSky on Monday 9th August 13:08

I had a school summer job cleaning cars at the local Vauxhall and Ford dealers (contract cleaning company would send us summer dogs bodies to whichever dealer needed support during the pre Aug 1st rush). The Astra was just so much nicer in every way than the interminable drivel that Ford and Austin Rover were punting out at the time - badly put together Escorts and Orions with raspy petrol or tractor diesels and godawful Maestros. Those squared off Astra was a great car - however although I can see why someone would stash a GTE away for posterity, holding onto a boggo steel wheeled 3 door "L" seems a bit optimistic....!

Maybe some long ago plan with the other 3 door to transfer the running from the GTE into it, maybe the GTE is as rotten as a pear, it looks it

[Lily the Pink]

woodytype S said:

What's going on there - looks like the bottom rear half of a Traveller ? They didn't do a pickup with the woody bits did they ?

[Turbobanana]

Lily the Pink said:

woodytype S said:

What's going on there - looks like the bottom rear half of a Traveller ? They didn't do a pickup with the woody bits did they ?

I don't think it's a pick up. I think the top half of the timbered rear has been removed, possibly to repair another car.

Either that or it's rotted away. Or used as firewood

[Richard-390a0]

Mr lestat said:

Maybe some long ago plan with the other 3 door to transfer the running from the GTE into it, maybe the GTE is as rotten as a pear, it looks it

That's what I assumed too!

[uk66fastback]

Turbobanana said:

Lily the Pink said:

woodytype S said:

What's going on there - looks like the bottom rear half of a Traveller ? They didn't do a pickup with the woody bits did they ?

I don't think it's a pick up. I think the top half of the timbered rear has been removed, possibly to repair another car.

Either that or it's rotted away. Or used as firewood

There’s the front half of a Minor pick up in a guy’s garden not too far from me (i’ve put the pic up before on here). It’s sat for a couple of years at least. The chassis is complete but there’s no bodywork on the back …

[PistonRings]

I remember seeing this sheeted car back in the early 00s, appears it is still there.

Any idea what it is?

[P5BNij]

PistonRings said:

I remember seeing this sheeted car back in the early 00s, appears it is still there.

Any idea what it is?

The outline under the car cover looks tantalisingly like the rear end of a Fiat Dino Spider....

[Skyedriver]

Was going to suggest XJ 6 but looks a little small

[Sebastian Tombs]

The front of a Triumph TR6?

[TR4man]

Sebastian Tombs said:

The front of a Triumph TR6?

Could be, but the “mattress” is where the windscreen would be. Perhaps the car is partially dismantled?

[Dan Singh]

More clues are required, a side view would be useful.

[TR4man]

A neglected looking Elise around the side of a pub in Market Drayton today.

[Dr Interceptor]

Looks like someone has shot the back window!

[Yertis]

TR4man said:

Sebastian Tombs said:

The front of a Triumph TR6?

Could be, but the “mattress” is where the windscreen would be. Perhaps the car is partially dismantled?

I don't think it's 'boxy' enough to be a TR6. I'd have said XJ6 if it weren't for the mattress – they much smaller than I remember.

[PistonRings]

Dan Singh said:

More clues are required, a side view would be useful.

Google Maps to the rescue - from 2008