Spotted Ordinary Abandoned Vehicles

[Steamer]

Arguably the ideal place for it.

After hearing the story behind his Testarossa project - that car was so far gone (ruined even!) at least now its being used and enjoyed, as well as being a really cool 'what can be done' with a few bodges and the time and effort.

Hopefully this will end up being another semi salvaged anti-garage queen too...

...dont wash it!!

[Andrew32]

Steamer said:

Arguably the ideal place for it.

Hopefully this will end up being another semi salvaged anti-garage queen too...

...dont wash it!!

In his traditional fashion he will do everything great but do one major step as a bodge, just to annoy everyone
Can't wait for the cleaning video and to get it running

[DarthtaterM16]

Tragically this has been parked in this driveway around the corner from my house without moving (to my knowledge anyway) for at least the last 15 years from what I can remember.
There are bits of trim falling off it but it is pretty much always clean so must get a wash here and there. Depressingly it sometimes has a trailer padlocked to it to prevent the trailer from being stolen

Pictures from 2019 and 2008.

[StescoG66]

Just a short walk from my house......



But heading to the classics thread now, as worse is at the side of the house......

[eRabbit]

Drive past this quite often. Seems to have been their since 2009 looking on street view, but looked quite clean up until a few years ago.

[ClaphamGT3]

An E46 losing a battle with a laburnum bush on the Latchmere Road in Battersea

[The Mad Monk]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Latchmere+Rd,+...

[V8fan]

Andrew32 said:

Apologies all if this place has already been mentioned, but as I've posted about already i do a lot of abandoned house exploration, unfortunately for this one it fell into the wrong hands quickly and was smashed to pieces, this photographer sold out to The Sun letting everyone in the country know about it and it was smashed to pieces within a week.
I believe someone got photos of the plates so i'll try to find those, that silver car in the middle is a lotus of some type



The Sun post: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11650957/mystery-aba...

The middle car is a mid 1980s 160bhp Lotus Excel. The SE models and all models after 1989 had a different rear spoiler. Quite rare but not particularly valuable, under £10k even if superb.

[C70R]

ClaphamGT3 said:

An E46 losing a battle with a laburnum bush on the Latchmere Road in Battersea

Recognised that one as soon as I saw the photo. Has been there at least 7-8yrs, when I was living just down the road.

[CAPP0]

C70R said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

An E46 losing a battle with a laburnum bush on the Latchmere Road in Battersea

Recognised that one as soon as I saw the photo. Has been there at least 7-8yrs, when I was living just down the road.

Also used to live close by, until about 2010, don't remember it being there then but perhaps there was less laburnum so it didn't look so abandoned!

[ClaphamGT3]

CAPP0 said:

C70R said:

ClaphamGT3 said:

An E46 losing a battle with a laburnum bush on the Latchmere Road in Battersea

Recognised that one as soon as I saw the photo. Has been there at least 7-8yrs, when I was living just down the road.

Also used to live close by, until about 2010, don't remember it being there then but perhaps there was less laburnum so it didn't look so abandoned!

The railway arches next door used to be an elephant’s graveyard of knackered old 2CVs but they all seemed to disappear a few years ago

[Brads67]

The Mad Monk said:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Latchmere+Rd,+...

Nice legs on that girl just past the old beemer

[DaveyBoyWonder]

Its pretty ordinary but interesting at the same time - spotted a Soarer in Sowerby Bridge last night:

https://goo.gl/maps/o8a7nj3Ji1vVhtSK7

Lot more overgrown around it now.

[247RPM]

Lots of abandoned cars down a mews lane in Lewisham. Have walked on the main road for years and didn't know any of this was here.







First part of the escort reg is d198

[CAPP0]

ClaphamGT3 said:

The railway arches next door used to be an elephant’s graveyard of knackered old 2CVs but they all seemed to disappear a few years ago

Yes, remember those too, notable to me because I used to be involved with a group of people who raced them - there was even an annual 24hr endurance race at Mondello!

[ro250]

ClaphamGT3 said:

An E46 losing a battle with a laburnum bush on the Latchmere Road in Battersea

That isn't a laburnum bush, I think you'll find it's an 'eco garage'.

[daytona111r]

Brads67 said:

The Mad Monk said:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Latchmere+Rd,+...

Nice legs on that girl just past the old beemer

Had to check

[South tdf]

Nothing exciting I’m afraid but a couple of old Fiestas that are waiting “Classic” status?

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

A couple near me.

The Dutton looks like it’s not been mot’d in along time.


Not even sure what the other car is. Both these cars are on the same property not far from where the author of wind in the willows lived

[CAPP0]

Dynion Araf Uchaf said:

A couple near me.

That's a member of the FD Victor family, probably the Victor estate going by the grill. The Ventora and VX4/90 had slightly different grille patterns.