Classics left to die/rotting pics

[andyps]

CAPP0 said:

Rollcage said:

Interesting old RR




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/range-rover-hedge-find-/...

The current price on that is just mental, compared for example to this which certainly WOULD be back on the road for a weekend's work:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251210271462?ssPageName=...

It looks like the hedge find is a 2 door though and they are worth a lot more than 4 doors I think.

[S3_Graham]

RichB said:

williamp said:

...I think its amazing. And yes, the owner is him...)

The owner is who? Or did I miss part of the thread?

Mr Radio 2?

[RichB]

You are joking, it's not italian and it's not been resprayed white

[Fireblade69]

Some bloke has half a dozen Skoda Rapides rotting away in his front garden in Shoreham. Best place for 'em I say.

[Isimmo]

Fireblade69 said:

Some bloke has half a dozen Skoda Rapides rotting away in his front garden in Shoreham. Best place for 'em I say.

Drove past that pile on the coast road the other day... Not sure whether the provailing winds and salt spray have accelerated the degredation or whether that is normal....

[CAPP0]

andyps said:

CAPP0 said:

Rollcage said:

Interesting old RR




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/range-rover-hedge-find-/...

The current price on that is just mental, compared for example to this which certainly WOULD be back on the road for a weekend's work:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251210271462?ssPageName=...

It looks like the hedge find is a 2 door though and they are worth a lot more than 4 doors I think.

Ah yes, that's a very good point!

[nicanary]

LordBretSinclair said:

Ah yes, chassis no: DB4GT/0184/R, sorry

I'm not an AM expert. Is that kosher, a "sanction" car or a replica? Whatever, I wouldn't chuck it out of bed.

[Hooli]

Rollcage said:

deltashad said:

'Him'... was he not a friend of JJ McClure?

Isimmo said:

Fireblade69 said:

Some bloke has half a dozen Skoda Rapides rotting away in his front garden in Shoreham. Best place for 'em I say.

Drove past that pile on the coast road the other day... Not sure whether the provailing winds and salt spray have accelerated the degredation or whether that is normal....

I used to know him, he was something in the local owners club & unsurprisingly knows those things inside out.

[LordBretSinclair]

nicanary said:

LordBretSinclair said:

Ah yes, chassis no: DB4GT/0184/R, sorry

I'm not an AM expert. Is that kosher, a "sanction" car or a replica? Whatever, I wouldn't chuck it out of bed.

It's kosher - This car was the only Zagato to be the subject of a full road test by Autocar magazine. 0184 was sold to Dunlop for experimental work testing tyres and brakes and of course was fitted with Dunlop disc brakes. During this time the car was used heavily before being sold into private hands in 1967.

[iva cosworth]

Saw this blue Minor going green in an open barn in East Sussex this week

[nicanary]

LordBretSinclair said:

It's kosher - This car was the only Zagato to be the subject of a full road test by Autocar magazine. 0184 was sold to Dunlop for experimental work testing tyres and brakes and of course was fitted with Dunlop disc brakes. During this time the car was used heavily before being sold into private hands in 1967.

Ta. Memo to self - must set up tyre/brake testing facility and circulate to performance car industry my availability. There appear to be benefits.

[RichB]

LordBretSinclair said:

williamp said:

This poor thing was parked in the street in London this morning... (sorry for the thread creep, but I think its amazing. And yes, the owner is him...)

Ah yes, chassis no: DB4GT/0184/R, sorry

Ah ha, him what used to own the company, I just twigged it.

[DBSV8]

iva cosworth said:

Saw this blue Minor going green in an open barn in East Sussex this week

number plates got to be worth more than the car

[Legacywr]

williamp said:

This poor thing was parked in the street in London this morning...



(sorry for the thread creep, but I think its amazing. And yes, the owner is him...)

What's that £4000000 these days?

[LordBretSinclair]

Legacywr said:

What's that £4000000 these days?

Quite possibly - last May a 1991 Sanction II Chassis no. 0198/R sold for £1.25m

Fiskens recently sold 0184/R for an undisclosed amount (anyone know how much?)

[RichB]

LordBretSinclair said:

Fiskens recently sold 0184/R for an undisclosed amount (anyone know how much?)

Well if 0184/R just sold then it no longer belongs to the "him" I was thinking of.

[RESSE]

LordBretSinclair said:

Legacywr said:

What's that £4000000 these days?

Quite possibly - last May a 1991 Sanction II Chassis no. 0198/R sold for £1.25m

Fiskens recently sold 0184/R for an undisclosed amount (anyone know how much?)

4359 ML was road tested by Mick Walsh in October's Classic & Sports Car magazine.

I have re-read the (brilliant) article and they estimate value of DB4GT Zagato ("price now") to be c. £6,000,000 (price new was £5,469 - 20 made including replacement for chassis 2 VEV).

4359 ML is ex Sir Anthony Bamford - but I am not sure if he owned it prior to Fiskens sale?

[RichB]

RESSE said:

4359 ML is ex Sir Anthony Bamford - but I am not sure if he owned it prior to Fiskens sale?

I'm puzzled because as at 2007 according to the last AMOC register that car was owned by Peter Livanos.

More info here Fiskens information

Edited by RichB on Saturday 12th January 18:25

[h4muf]

Sad A35 Van.


2013-01-12 10.49.17 by h4muf, on Flickr

[keeef]

52classic said:

Recently spotted, local to me and under a cover - a VDP which looks as if it has a 'K' series engine fitted. Is that a popular conversion? Could that give it a 5 speed box?

Not seen any K series conversions myself. The Australians used the E series from the Maxi in their Nomad.


Morris Nomad by philipj.simpson, on Flickr