What A Waste. take a look at these sad looking Classics

adam01

i live in roscommon and only 3 miles away from me is a car repair garage.
i just had to stop and drive in and take some pictures of these old but very sad looking classics' in need of a lot of help. i had a chat with the garage owner on the Triumph Stag. he told me that the stag belongs to a doctor but has not seen him for over 2 years!! and the Stag has been sitting hear ever~since without a cover on it. it's a big shame to see Classics like this go to waste. i took some pictures. tell me on your thoughts...ADs:(

Merrion

I've driven past there a lot and always look to see what they have got - there used to be a yellow spit that I was thinking of getting for parts but it was in very bad condition.
I think the doctor has forgotten all about the Stag - is there a statute of limitations on how long you can leave a car at a garage before it becomes their property?

franksm

Wish those Stag alloys were for sale, they look decent !

Con_316

Merrion wrote:

I've driven past there a lot and always look to see what they have got - there used to be a yellow spit that I was thinking of getting for parts but it was in very bad condition.
I think the doctor has forgotten all about the Stag - is there a statute of limitations on how long you can leave a car at a garage before it becomes their property?

There is, but i cant remember how long it lasts. With lets say a car park, i think it's About 6 months. Dont know for a garage. I do know a bike mechanic who decided to sell off 3 bikes left there for ages and he then got attemptedly sued by the owner (who'd left them for 4 years), but the judge threw the case out because he said that the mechanic was entitled to "dispose of them as he saw fit" because they'd been in his place for so long.
Now if you want weird laws, check out the maritime laws regarding Rescue and salvage rights to ships. That's weird. For example, if you're being rescued by having you're boat towed by some civillian who's offered to help, Always offer out your Warps (ropes) first and throw them out onto their ship or else they have salvage rights to your ship if you accept their ropes on to your vessel first. Now is that a bit piratey or what? Sorry , bit irrelevant but thought it was a bit interesting, considering the car disposal question.

junkyard

As far as I know its a year and a day and the Garage can sell the car to cover costs of storage. As regards restoring old cars, unless the car is ultra rare I don't think theres much point in restoring a rust bucket. I'd sooner spend 20k on a good car then spend 15k on a rust bucket.

RobertFoster

Is the year and a day not with something you find that you hand into the Gardaí?

Con_316

junkyard wrote:

As far as I know its a year and a day and the Garage can sell the car to cover costs of storage. As regards restoring old cars, unless the car is ultra rare I don't think theres much point in restoring a rust bucket. I'd sooner spend 20k on a good car then spend 15k on a rust bucket.

Maybe, but there are those of us who have a particulare affection for one or many kinds of old car and would rather "waste" money restoring them, which can be exremely satisfying and fulfilling, which in that case, makes it not a waste.

dubtom

Is that a caddy I see, pic 3 I think, any idea of the year/ condition.

Con_316

dubtom wrote:

Is that a caddy I see, pic 3 I think, any idea of the year/ condition.

Certainly looks to be a caddy Dubtom. Looks as if someone had started some kind of work on it. Looks ropey though.

junkyard

I think that if a car is badly rusted that you never really get the bottom of the rust, I'm not saying I don't enjoy working on old cars, the best of old cars always need something to be done to them. It just seems a bit pointless restoring a wreck and spending thousands on it when you could buy a mint original car for a few thousand more. I've restored 15 to 20 classic cars over the years and in hindsight I would prefer to buy the best car I could buy and improve on it, theres alot to be said for a car that hasn't been restored but well maintained unless its for sentimental purposes.

Con_316

Junkyard, i can see that your point makes sense. I 'm simply saying that i , and others like the challenge, even if i could afford a mint version, i'd sometimes, as long as i've got something sound to drive in the meantime, prefer to work on a dodgier one and get the immense satisfaction i get when finished. ah well, each to his own i suppose.