Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2

[finlo]

generationx said:

Borked before flat tyre? Whichever - a sad end.

It could yield a spare shell for PomBstard on the other thread.

[Yertis]

Spit looks in good shape though

[PomBstard]

finlo said:

generationx said:

Borked before flat tyre? Whichever - a sad end.

It could yield a spare shell for PomBstard on the other thread.

And I like the colour

[lowdrag]

LotusOmega375D said:

Followed a Marina coupe the other day. Do young drivers buy cars like that because they’re relatively cheap to insure, so a good way of potentially building up some NCB? Also tax and MOT free, so cheaper than the bus.

Lovely thoughts there. The youngsters see something different, kudos (at their age) but I look at them with the eyes of someone who had to drive them daily for five years as a company car. I pranged the first on the second day, going into the back of a lorry. A Moggie in drag, the car had LHD wipers, drum brakes, no power steering and no servo. Maybe if we explained these downsides people wouldn't buy them, but they are cheap "classics" in their eyes. When the tyres wore out I was refused the right to have radials as being "too dear". Working for a life assurance company I found it ironic that my salary package included life assurance of 4X salary.

The MK 2 Marina, with that light-ste coloured dash and puke-coloured paint, had the curved dash where the ergonomics required a left arm longer than the right just to reach the radio. The dash creaked interminably and my fox-terrier had the good sense to eat the vinyl seats one day.

The only good car I drove up to when I started my own business and had a Golf (the most rare of all it turns out, the Golf S) was when loaned a Dolomite Sprint. And strangely, even though I am on my fourth Mercedes, I can't see the two we have here ever being classed as classics. A 2012 C-class estate for example. Soulless, anodine, but so bloody reliable and does what it says on the tin. But you would never want to take it out on a summer's day for a drive down memory lane, which surely is what a classic is all about.

Still, looking at the market, the world has gone mad. Last month a 2CV sold for €40,000, a Renault 4 GTL for €30,000, a Peugeot Lacoste for €22,000, and a Renault Campus, the cheapest of all in the day and beloved by students, €12,500. Put those rotting classics in a barn and spray liberally and often with dust. You'll make your fortune. But leave that bloody Marina out to carry on rotting, please.

[Watcher of the skies]

Yertis said:

Spit looks in good shape though

And is that a P5 coupe lurking behind the lesser metal?

[CLX]

[CLX]

[P5BNij]

Watcher of the skies said:

Yertis said:

Spit looks in good shape though

And is that a P5 coupe lurking behind the lesser metal?

It's a P5 3-litre saloon

[p4cks]

That just looks absolutely shagged.

Also looking forward to another Maserati to stir the 'is it actually a classic' argument again

[Mr lestat]

That Maserati had been off the road for a year.

[james6546]

There is also a 944 in the garden.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yP89cydndwUZmjwz6

[MarkwG]

Mr lestat said:

That Maserati had been off the road for a year.

Also it's apparently blue, which makes me wonder if the dark gunk under the window is the grey wrap peeling off, showing the original paint?

[droopsnoot]

Not entirely sure this is left to die, maybe it's being worked on.

[finlo]

droopsnoot said:

Not entirely sure this is left to die, maybe it's being worked on.

That would be ideal for an EV conversion.......oh wait!

[soxboy]

finlo said:

droopsnoot said:

Not entirely sure this is left to die, maybe it's being worked on.

That would be ideal for an EV conversion.......oh wait!

How about a Chevy crate motor?

[Hugo a Gogo]

maybe not left to die...

[P5BNij]

Hugo a Gogo said:

maybe not left to die...

Wow - rate as rocking horse doo do, wether it’s a 2000 or a 2600.

(Can’t quite make out the badge on the front wing).

[4rephill]

CLX said:

Amazing what qualifies as a "classic" now!

[kimducati]

P5BNij said:

Wow - rate as rocking horse doo do, wether it’s a 2000 or a 2600.

(Can’t quite make out the badge on the front wing).

It's a 2600 Sprint. The 2000 didn't have the air intake on the bonnet.
My late dad had a 2600 Sprint back in circa 1970. My mum hated it, because it was left hand drive, so it got swapped for a Merc 220S Fintail.
As an enthusiastic kid, I wasn't impressed!!
Redeemed himself a little later, with a Lancia Flaminia GT - that was a lovely old thing.
Kim

[P5BNij]

kimducati said:

P5BNij said:

Wow - rate as rocking horse doo do, wether it’s a 2000 or a 2600.

(Can’t quite make out the badge on the front wing).

It's a 2600 Sprint. The 2000 didn't have the air intake on the bonnet.
My late dad had a 2600 Sprint back in circa 1970. My mum hated it, because it was left hand drive, so it got swapped for a Merc 220S Fintail.
As an enthusiastic kid, I wasn't impressed!!
Redeemed himself a little later, with a Lancia Flaminia GT - that was a lovely old thing.
Kim

Thanks Kim, I knew someone on here would know for sure

Spotted on a rain soaked M1 in the early hours today - a dark blue Triumph 2000 / 2.5pi heading north near J17, bravo whoever you are.