Burnt out Pagoda Merc in Dublin !

MercMad

Anyone see the burnt out 280SL sitting in the scrap yard opposite the Red Cowe on the Naas roads yesterday ?

Apparantly it was the victim of punishment/vandalism or something so the scrappie said !

Looks like it was a nice car previously, original Irish number, silver with red interior, hard top etc..

Seems someone threw petrol over a few cars belonging to this dealer in the vicinity, there is a white stretch Limo beside it and another classic in there too, dunoo what make !

Terrible shame !

mustang68

Hmmm, wonder what the story is behind that one. Wonder is there anything worth parts wise left of the merc. Terrible to hear of such destruction. :mad:

phoenix_nights

Is that scrapyard good for parts ?

MercMad wrote:

Anyone see the burnt out 280SL sitting in the scrap yard opposite the Red Cowe on the Naas roads yesterday ?

mustang68

Last time I was there they let me have a rumage around, :cool: which I find I'm not normally let, however, that good point was also a bad point: its was a bit dangerous, lots of falling into muddy holes and could see myself having a "Superman II" incident with the car crusher

MercMad

AFAIK they wont let anyone near the car as there's probably some insurance issues to deal with now, befor ethey decide whether it salvageable.

I'd say it could be repaired but it will be expensive so it really depends on if they had an agreed value on it or can prove how good it was prior to the damage !

Max_Damage

phoenix_nights wrote:

Is that scrapyard good for parts ?

Indeed it is, I get alot of parts for my car there. Their relatively cheap, but the best part is that they let you wonder around the scrap yard + there is no alsastion to eat the legs of you!

I remember they had an old Jag XJ6 there for some time, although it probably met its match with the crusher.:(

mike65

mustang68 wrote:

lots of falling into muddy holes and could see myself having a "Superman II" incident with the car crusher

That was Superman 3.

Mike.

manta mad

yeah seen that pagoda burnt out there today.
if it was burnt out on purpose , i hope they get the same done to them:mad:

i was in howth today & coming out of it i seen a 70s car with 403 on the front bonnet. was it a peugoet ? any one know this car,anyone here own it?
never seen one before looked good too.

mustang68

mike65 wrote:

That was Superman 3.

That was a...er...typo...Yes, thats right a typo, I meant to say Superman III
but my keyboard is....was...er..broken at the time...yes, thats what happened

Well remembered, II was "bow before Zod", III was evil superman and computer and IV shall never be talked about ever.:rolleyes:

Silvera

manta mad wrote:

yeah seen that pagoda burnt out there today.
if it was burnt out on purpose , i hope they get the same done to them:mad:

i was in howth today & coming out of it i seen a 70s car with 403 on the front bonnet. was it a peugoet ? any one know this car,anyone here own it?
never seen one before looked good too.

There was/is a 70's Peugeot (403?) for sale in the Motormarket paper last week, could be same car.

BTW manta mad, any interest in an Opel Commodore Coupe 2800 GS/E ?
I know of one for sale.

dubtom

I met the guy who owns that yard a while back,(drinks with a mate) told me he got a mustang in a few years back and sold it on complete for a few grand.:eek:
Seen a stunning merc today passing the bleeding horse heading for Ranelagh, cream coloured, two door, I would say 60's. Sounded very nice. Unfortunatly it had no numbers on it so haven't a clue what model it was, but on ZV plates.
Oh another thing, anyone hear of the couple of guys out swords way apparently importing and selling on Mustangs. A fella told me a while back that they worked down estuary lane way but I couldn't find them.

Redrocket

think its the same scrap yard, there's also a burnt out white r33 skyline there?
shame about the merc

Eric318

Today between Malahide and Portmarnock, I saw a black Peugeot 403, 4 door saloon (they made them convertible also: Columbo's car), with a roof rack and a French plate, ending with 13, meaning that it is from around Marseille, in the Bouches du Rhone.