Classics left to die/rotting pics

[GTRene]

lol

[odyssey2200]

I bet the exhause has quite a bark to it.

[silverfoxcc]

Love those 8 branch exhausts

[_Leg_]

GTIAlex said:

Can we ban posting of any minis please :'(

I know, maybe its because they are little but its like posting pictures of abused puppies. Every time I see one I find myself uttering, "b@stards" and wanting to rescue it. Oh for the garage space.

[sumlin]

[gforceg]

What's the story? Is that some old Porsche garage or dealership?

[sumlin]

gforceg said:

What's the story? Is that some old Porsche garage or dealership?

It's a garage in Nottingham town centre, they seem to specialise in German cars and that 911s been gathering dust in the window for as long as I can remember. There was a stereo shop next door too that had a black Lamborghini Diablo just locked in the closed-down showroom for ages but that's now gone.

[cyclesilly]

The garage also has a large variety of old BMW's I walked past last Monday and they had a CSL looking very dusty and an early M5 on the lift. Sadly my phone battery was flat so no chance to snap. Next time I visit BioCity I will take a charged phone or camera

[nev748]

Daimler, been there for a fair while by the looks of it

[RichB]

Looks like the owner is building up for a big barn find sale...

[iva cosworth]

GTIAlex said:

Can we ban posting of any minis please :'(

What's that ? You want more mini material



This is in Italy ,cannot remember exactly where as i took pic in 2010

[iva cosworth]

So is this Biturbo.



I first saw this car in 2008 and took non digi pic of it.

The weed was much smaller in 08,this is 2010 again.

[iva cosworth]

I had forgotten i had all these pics lurking on my PC.

They are all from the same "garage" in Tuscany.I say garage it looks more like an old

fellas hobby as not much repairing/servicing seems to occur.

The mini and Maserati are also there.I have 12 more pics but haven't time tonight so

watch this space.

[GTIAlex]

iva cosworth said:

GTIAlex said:

Can we ban posting of any minis please :'(

What's that ? You want more mini material



This is in Italy ,cannot remember exactly where as i took pic in 2010

Looks in better shape than mine!

[iva cosworth]

GTIAlex said:

iva cosworth said:

GTIAlex said:

Can we ban posting of any minis please :'(

What's that ? You want more mini material



This is in Italy ,cannot remember exactly where as i took pic in 2010

Looks in better shape than mine!

TBH i am not sure every car in this yard is "left to die/rotting " as i have other pics

of some nice shiny classics there too.

I don't speak Italian so striking up a chat with the proprietor was out.

[cjb1]

Seen on the back road to Overton dismantlers, Dyce, Aberdeen on Wednesday of this week.

A Vauxhall (Royale & Honda Prelude). Both looked like they had lived under trees for a while as they were covered in moss and leaves but neither looked that bad. The VX was without wheels but had little visible rust to speak of. Damn shame, two nice cars going to die I suspect.

[cjb1]

Otter Smacker said:

Shelby GT500:

The fact the tree is growing where horsepower should be actually makes this look pretty terrible, however, if you look carefully the metal work doesn't look so bad, I suspect it's possibly worthy of restoration?

[uk66fastback]

Nice old Daimler in the Suffolk countryside ... not been on the road for 10 years or so.



And an old Saab 96 which looked like it had seen better days. Just by some nice place in a village (gates wanted a bit of gloss though) ...

The Saab crawled there in 1985 so the dvla site says and is still to move 27 years on ... collapsed suspension won't help ...

[Rollcage]

cjb1 said:

Seen on the back road to Overton dismantlers, Dyce, Aberdeen on Wednesday of this week.

A Vauxhall (Royale & Honda Prelude). Both looked like they had lived under trees for a while as they were covered in moss and leaves but neither looked that bad. The VX was without wheels but had little visible rust to speak of. Damn shame, two nice cars going to die I suspect.

I cant quite make out the reg, but the VX looks like its been tarted uo to look like a Monza GSE?

[uk66fastback]

beach bum said:

It was crushed and bent by a bulldozer when it was moved a few days ago.

I am currently restoring one of the very few surviving Olympic Mini Vans. They were actually Spanish-built Authi's, and Olympic Airways bought 44 of them in the early 70's.

Don't know whether this has been on here before - an original 302-miles-from-new Minivan! £42grand!

http://tinyurl.com/d7hv3v7