Classics left to die/rotting pics

[DHE]

jimbob82 said:

the 308 is my favourite ferrari of all time. there was a 308 down near pontyberem (about 15 miles from me), it was in a bit of a state but the guy wanted waaaay too much for it...It's gone from there now...anyone know where it went?

308 and 208 were very very similar, almost identical to look at...

Were abouts? I know there was a 308/328 in Cross Hands.

[jimbob82]

DHE said:

Were abouts? I know there was a 308/328 in Cross Hands.

barclay classics had it some years back, as you go up the hill towards llanon he was on the left - pretty much the last building before you leave ponty...

paste this into google:

51.773027, -4.167115

Edited by jimbob82 on Thursday 7th March 22:42

[uk66fastback]

john2443 said:

Not exactly abandoned but not looked after! Sorry about the poor quality, scanned from the local paper.

Could be this recent barn find - similar, no?

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-pa...

[RichB]

Well the crashed car has a curved screen and integral front wings...

Edited by RichB on Friday 8th March 09:32

[guru_1071]

uk66fastback said:

Could be this recent barn find - similar, no?

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-pa...

a mk6 bentley is about 75% the size of a mighty S1, they are huge in real life

boring fact, as big as they are, the back seat is actually smaller than the rear seat in a mini

[uk66fastback]

okay - it was more of a joke that a hope it was the actual car - it looked 'similar' given my one-second glance

[Catduck]

Came across this the other day after getting slightly lost trying to find a car dealer and trusting technology , ended up surrounded by houses , poor thing looks green and neglected , parts and crap inside it aswell , hasn't moved for a while by the looks of it



And yes the place I was looking for turned out to be right opposite the houses so felt stupid

[LotusOmega375D]

Esprit's tax disk expired last summer and not SORN'd since either.

[ivanhoew]

guru_1071 said:

a mk6 bentley is about 75% the size of a mighty S1, they are huge in real life

boring fact, as big as they are, the back seat is actually smaller than the rear seat in a mini

hmmm , was a that a design to make sure that ,when giving dicktation to your nubile (black pencil skirted crisp white blouse button up boots ) personal assistant, rushing from one directors meeting to another , as she adjusted the seams in her stocking she would inadvertantly fall head first into ones lap ? ''oh dear how did that get there'' being the true bounders response as she feels, hand (etc) opportunely making its function known .


oh did that just come out loud ?

[richardgrace75]

Catduck said:

Came across this the other day after getting slightly lost trying to find a car dealer and trusting technology , ended up surrounded by houses , poor thing looks green and neglected , parts and crap inside it aswell , hasn't moved for a while by the looks of it



And yes the place I was looking for turned out to be right opposite the houses so felt stupid

What a shame!... What a waste!

[gforceg]

ivanhoew said:

hmmm , was a that a design to make sure that ,when giving dicktation to your nubile (black pencil skirted crisp white blouse button up boots ) personal assistant, rushing from one directors meeting to another , as she adjusted the seams in her stocking she would inadvertantly fall head first into ones lap ? ''oh dear how did that get there'' being the true bounders response as she feels, hand (etc) opportunely making its function known .


oh did that just come out loud ?

Painting pictures with words, sir.

[LotusOmega375D]

gforceg said:

ivanhoew said:

hmmm , was a that a design to make sure that ,when giving dicktation to your nubile (black pencil skirted crisp white blouse button up boots ) personal assistant, rushing from one directors meeting to another , as she adjusted the seams in her stocking she would inadvertantly fall head first into ones lap ? ''oh dear how did that get there'' being the true bounders response as she feels, hand (etc) opportunely making its function known .


oh did that just come out loud ?

Painting pictures with words, sir.

No doubt a popular form of transport for any Lib-Dem peer.

Allegedly.

[hman]

Must be 30 odd cars here, go past this on the way to a chum near whitchurch in Bucks

Copy and paste into google earth

51°52'40.36" N 0°48'31.84" W

[lowdrag]

Be prepared to weep. I came across this in 1986, and the owner wouldn't sell. I guess it never got rebuilt

[hman]

RX7 Fairford Leys Aylesbury, hasnt turned a wheel in years

[iva cosworth]

steve954 said:

i don't know if it's been mentioned or not sorry if it has.

cosworth scrap yard
http://index.hu/gal/?dir=totalcar/blogok/belsoseg/...

Been there.

It's not a scrapyard,it's a graveyard.

The cars are privateley owned by one person and he doesn't sell anything for sensible prices

which is why most cars are still complete.

I would post my own pics but photobucket is now virtually unusable in its new format

[lesstatt]

lowdrag said:

Be prepared to weep. I came across this in 1986, and the owner wouldn't sell. I guess it never got rebuilt

Err what actually is it, I plump for e type ?

[RichB]

Absolutely

[Rollcage]

hman said:

RX7 Fairford Leys Aylesbury, hasnt turned a wheel in years

I'm not surprised.

That front wheel and tyre are fked!

[4rephill]

Justayellowbadge said:

jimbob82 said:

the 308 is my favourite ferrari of all time. there was a 308 down near pontyberem (about 15 miles from me), it was in a bit of a state but the guy wanted waaaay too much for it...It's gone from there now...anyone know where it went?

308 and 208 were very very similar, almost identical to look at...

Only external difference is NACA intakes on the lower quarter ahead of the rear wheels.

Oops! - wrong!

Ferrari 208 Turbo rear end:






Ferrari 308 rear end:


The 208 Turbo's had 2 separate rear bumpers with a vent grille between them for heat extraction while the 308's came with a one piece bumper that runs the width of the car.