Classics left to die/rotting pics - Vol 2
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uk66fastback said:
R reg Mk4 1500 Spitty not MoT’d since 2005 … looked very neglected.
No tax since 1999 weirdly.
just checked on the MOT Checker and the last MOT expired in June 2018
This guy is a piece of work, known him since I was a kid, friends of the family, always lived with his parents until they died, now lives alone with a lot of old cars and boy has he some cars , was racing a Big Healey in the late 60`s, I remember him giving me a lift to school in a modded TR5 in about 1977, terrifying
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He was then into Yank muscle cars, had everything including a 69 Roadrunner which is still on the property, modified for illegal street racing in the late 70`s
A Celica in previous pic, he got into Jap cars in a big way next, throughout the 80`s & 90`s, Rover 800 here.
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If you look beyond the P100, there is a car under a tarp. that`s a 69 Plymouth Roadrunner, I didn`t go poking around, haven`t seen Peter for about 4 years, he`s quite private, but a really nice guy, eccentric as all hell though.
In the building at the far end, there are 2 Humber Pullman Limos , they were his dad`s, the business was wedding hire and taxis.
In the building to the left, the Healey, or 1 of them and the TR5 may still reside, not sure though, not been in there in decades. Seems like the muscle cars and Japanese stuff have faded away.
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The house has had no attention in at least 50 years, it`s in a shocking state, makes me a little sad, his mum & dad were great folks, Bruce was I think what everyone`s idea of a WW2 RAF Wing Commander would be like,
, he was , provided the cars for my Mum & Dads wedding day, MKII Zephyr.80`s Nissan here I think, sad to see so much has gone, must go and see him at some point, maybe he will open up a little .
Think I`ll need a machete though.
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hot metal said:
The house has had no attention in at least 50 years, it`s in a shocking state, makes me a little sad, his mum & dad were great folks, Bruce was I think what everyone`s idea of a WW2 RAF Wing Commander would be like,
, he was , provided the cars for my Mum & Dads wedding day, MKII Zephyr.80`s Nissan here I think, sad to see so much has gone, must go and see him at some point, maybe he will open up a little .
Think I`ll need a machete though.
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Driveline Shunt said:
hot metal said:
The house has had no attention in at least 50 years, it`s in a shocking state, makes me a little sad, his mum & dad were great folks, Bruce was I think what everyone`s idea of a WW2 RAF Wing Commander would be like,
, he was , provided the cars for my Mum & Dads wedding day, MKII Zephyr.80`s Nissan here I think, sad to see so much has gone, must go and see him at some point, maybe he will open up a little .
Think I`ll need a machete though.
Edited by hot metal on Friday 18th February 18:39
Edited by hot metal on Friday 18th February 18:45
hot metal said:
The house has had no attention in at least 50 years, it`s in a shocking state, makes me a little sad, his mum & dad were great folks, Bruce was I think what everyone`s idea of a WW2 RAF Wing Commander would be like,
, he was , provided the cars for my Mum & Dads wedding day, MKII Zephyr.80`s Nissan here I think, sad to see so much has gone, must go and see him at some point, maybe he will open up a little .
Think I`ll need a machete though.
Edited by hot metal on Friday 18th February 18:39
Edited by hot metal on Friday 18th February 18:45
ClaphamGT3 said:
Slowly dissolving on a drive in South London. 10 years ago it was immaculate. Probably haven't seen it move in 5 years 
My Dad used to have one of them. Used to bring it home from work. We still have loads of leather tool cases of all the little spanners and screw drivers needed for fixing telephone exchanges.
eccles said:
ClaphamGT3 said:
My Dad used to have one of them. Used to bring it home from work. We still have loads of leather tool cases of all the little spanners and screw drivers needed for fixing telephone exchanges.loafer123 said:
eccles said:
ClaphamGT3 said:
My Dad used to have one of them. Used to bring it home from work. We still have loads of leather tool cases of all the little spanners and screw drivers needed for fixing telephone exchanges.There was a red one at the local depot, I have a pic somewhere. K reg I think so getting on for one of the last. Think the apprentices might have restored it but not sure. Was left outside and was going to pot, then it disappeared. Had the gold livery from memory. Think I might even have put a pic on this thread. I’ll try and find the photo I took of it.
xstian said:
p4cks said:
xstian said:
This has been here for a while. I did speak to the owner a couple of years ago. Apparently they were planning to start using it again.
Good luck to them, they were s
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