Today I saw an abandoned classic and took a pic thread!

68deville

hi5 wrote: »

Not Ireland, I'd guess:(.
not too many shoebox Fords like that around, looks like it was customised at some stage.

In Florida at the rear of a classic car dealer lot,the 51 ford was for sale for
small money but had a load of bits missing and was badly rotted,was trying
to negotiate a deal on another car he had an is still ongoing a month later:rolleyes:

Flesh Gorden

From the Top Gear site in their article about the new Focus ST Estate
http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/ford-focus-st-estate-in-russia-2012-01-04

Twelve years ago, Sergey Kourkin and Ekaterina Kirillova started collecting Russia's classic American cars,
most of which were ordered by high-ranking politicians for, as far as I can tell, a bit of a laugh.

They broke down, but resourceful mechanics simply ripped out the errant engines and replaced them with tiny Soviet ones (55bhp Mustang, anyone?).
There are 100 heavily antiqued examples here, 20 of which are Fords, all collected in the spurious name of preservation

I'd love the vette the way it is, never have to worry about anyone parking too close again

Although I'd say the seats would be like a giant petri dish at this stage.

greendragon3

taken a few months back but i forgot to post them , its dumped in a yard not far from me ,

hi5

^ was for sale on DoneDeal a while back, looks like it didn't sell.

Capri

hi5 wrote: »

^ was for sale on DoneDeal a while back, looks like it didn't sell.

Woodworm / rust /horse**** ..... :eek:

Take a very brave man to take all that on :rolleyes::rolleyes:

johnty56

Would make a pretty cool camper though!!

Anan1

On which subject, I vaguely remember someone several years back building an extremely high-quality camper body onto a 1940s American truck base - it appeared in architectural and other magazines at the time. Ring any bells with anyone?

hi5

johnty56 wrote: »

Would make a pretty cool camper though!!

It would indeed, but you wouldn't want to be too ambitious about seeing the world:D

Or buy something like this and do a complete chassis and engine swap

johnty56

i get your point about not being too ambitious about seeing the world in it.. but it would be much cooler:)
don't have time now, but I'm seriously thinking about taking something like that on in the near enough future.. it probably wouldn't even matter if it never moved... baby due in a couple of months and I'm sure I'll be looking for somewhere to, for want of a better word, 'hide' every now and then!

kev1.3s

johnty56 wrote: »

i get your point about not being too ambitious about seeing the world in it.. but it would be much cooler:)
don't have time now, but I'm seriously thinking about taking something like that on in the near enough future.. it probably wouldn't even matter if it never moved... baby due in a couple of months and I'm sure I'll be looking for somewhere to, for want of a better word, 'hide' every now and then!

Ya think?
You might get a good run at it in about 18 years.

johnty56

kev1.3s wrote: »

Ya think?
You might get a good run at it in about 18 years.

Jaysus.. don't say that! :eek:

hoodie6029

Anan1 wrote: »

On which subject, I vaguely remember someone several years back building an extremely high-quality camper body onto a 1940s American truck base - it appeared in architectural and other magazines at the time. Ring any bells with anyone?

There was one in Scotland i think, on George Clarke's amazing spaces on channel 4 before Christmas.

68deville

original irish car too!!

Capri

Is that inside the horsebox ???

Testacalda

68deville wrote: »

original irish car too!!

Now thats a real find, what car is it?

Capri

A Rover ( see 'Viking ship' badge ) c1920's http://www.svvs.org/genpics7/1930_Rover_Light_Six_Sportsman_Saloon.jpg

Testacalda

Capri wrote: »

A Rover ( see 'Viking ship' badge ) c1920's http://www.svvs.org/genpics7/1930_Rover_Light_Six_Sportsman_Saloon.jpg

Oh yea, couldn't figure out what the badge.

Capri

Project 8.32 SW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcSI9Dn4La0 :eek:

Type 17

Is it for sale, or is it going to be rescued/restored? (Not interested myself, but it seems like a shame to leave it in such damp conditions)

68deville

Rare enough Irish beta spider,sorry for pic quality:rolleyes:

kev1.3s

68deville wrote: »

Rare enough Irish beta spider,sorry for pic quality:rolleyes:

Cool, where is it?

68deville

parked outside a garage in enniscorthy

Capri

68deville wrote: »

parked outside a garage in enniscorthy

You're back in 'the real world' :( after your US pics ;)

68deville

afraid so! classics everywhere ya turn where i was stayin:D

kev1.3s

I remember about 2 or 3 years ago I was passing a small garage about a mile or so down the bunclody road seeing what I thought was a red beta coupe/spyder would this be the same car?

Capri

Cleanout - http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/4406131

Got me to thinking - wonder would someone start a 'recycling' service for cars, go round collecting anything from shells to unsaleable stuff, and then knowing where to shift it to ?:
Our 'traditional' recyclers seem to have moved to pastures greener :eek: -

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/irish-traveller-gang-linked-to-audacious-norway-art-heist-3350256.html

AN Irish Traveller gang has been linked to an audacious art theft from a museum in Norway last weekend.

Two thieves broke into the Museum of Decorative Arts in Bergen early last Saturday morning and escaped with a valuable haul of Chinese artifacts.

The thieves were caught on security camera, wearing head-lights and using crowbars to smash the glass cases in which the treasures were displayed.

Norwegian police suspect the same gang of Irish Travellers who have already been linked by Europol to a string of robberies, money laundering, and counterfeit goods.

Gardai expect a formal request for Irish assistance from Norwegian police to follow, according to sources.

The gang is suspected of carrying out a string of robberies from small galleries and museums in provincial cities and towns across the UK and on the Continent. There have been robberies in Belgium, France and Germany.

Europol, the international police agency, issued a statement last year claiming that the gang operated as part of a criminal network that spanned America, Europe and China. The group, known as the Rathkeale Rovers, has been linked to the illegal trade in rhino horns which can fetch up to €200,000. They are believed to have stolen horns from a natural history museum in Brussels and from a collection in a small town in western France last year.

The Criminal Assets Bureau is investigating the finances of some of the principal gang members. However, many of them are resident abroad, beyond the reach of the bureau's asset-seizing powers :p.

68deville

Irish victor

hi5

^ whats that to the right of it?

68deville

kev1.3s wrote: »

I remember about 2 or 3 years ago I was passing a small garage about a mile or so down the bunclody road seeing what I thought was a red beta coupe/spyder would this be the same car?

it could be?currently its on the Ross road side of the town

68deville

Type 17 wrote: »

Is it for sale, or is it going to be rescued/restored? (Not interested myself, but it seems like a shame to leave it in such damp conditions)

It would take a considerable amount to get it back on road,more than car
would be worth to be honest,its minus its original engine too and the ash
frame is shot aswell as the boby fabric,its a shame its left like that but its
the reality of it.