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

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    #482
    G Luxel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭G Luxel


    guano_jim wrote: »
    a citroen "dyane" i think and two DS's one of them appears to be a super-rare "safari" estate. just off the M50 at jct. 15

    is this the place where the SM is as well, pictures look like those ones taken a few pages back.


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    #483
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    The Cosworth looks to be in a bad way indeed.

    I doubt anyone would leave it laying up if it drove okay !

    Figure minimum a head gasket change and block inspection. It looks like it was attacked and then just left.

    Is it Irish reg'd ?


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    #484
    granadamad
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭granadamad


    my friend is restoring on at the minute,il see if he might be interested in it for spares although i think he has mostly what he needs,bought a car with spare interior and some panels etc


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    #485
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Mmmm cossie!!Out with that engine and into something more classic!!:D


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    #486
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MercMad wrote: »
    The Cosworth looks to be in a bad way indeed.

    I doubt anyone would leave it laying up if it drove okay !

    Figure minimum a head gasket change and block inspection. It looks like it was attacked and then just left.

    Is it Irish reg'd ?

    Ya tis an irish reg alright. 89 D *****


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    #487
    RWDmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭RWDmad


    is the cossie for sale??


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    #488
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Don't know, was talking to some farmer lad, he didn't know too much about it only it was there awhile and was going soon. I tried the reg but i can't see it proparly. The closest guess i got was Unknown Sierra Diesel Uknown etc.


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    #489
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Looks like it's stolen adandoned or was dumped there by the former owner. Can't see anybody dumping a cossie with a working/salvagable engine


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    #490
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Onkle wrote: »
    Looks like it's stolen adandoned or was dumped there by the former owner. Can't see anybody dumping a cossie with a working/salvagable engine

    Exactly what i thought, but the whole lot is there. The interior is perfect. There's rat **** on the engine and i'd say the right side has been a part of the structure of a wall for a long time...


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    #491
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Wait, change of plan, i got the reg right.

    Registration 89D4****
    Make FORD
    Model SIERRA
    Description Not Available
    Fuel Type PETROL


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    #492
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    DSC01908noreg.jpg


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    #493
    RWDmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭RWDmad


    could you PM me some more info if you have it....id like to find out if its for sale....cheers


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    #494
    RWDmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭RWDmad


    trevorbrady wrote: »
    some neglected classics spotted today (ok, so maybe the mini is neither neglected nor a classic ;) )


    IM000746.jpg

    whats the story with this or where is it??


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    #495
    ash_18x
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭ash_18x


    so is this for sale do you know, pm me if you want, i have a cossie myself and need some parts!!! where is it located??


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    #496
    RWDmad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭RWDmad


    ash_18x wrote: »
    so is this for sale do you know, pm me if you want, i have a cossie myself and need some parts!!! where is it located??

    ye may get in the que lad!


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    #497
    S.I.R
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭S.I.R


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Now
    DSC01907.jpg

    DSC01909.jpg

    I have a pic of the back of it but it shows the reg, should i rid of it first?

    where abouts did you find this ?



    the engine alone is worth a few quid....


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    #498
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    OK i don't think that cossie is for sale. The fella says he is using it for an escort he has planned. He says the engine is worth 3k alone. I'd say it's worth that if it wasn't sitting there since 2001(last tax).


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    #499
    RobbieMc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭RobbieMc


    Do-more wrote: »
    Not so much abandoned as a neglected Minor on the "Main" street in Creggs Co. Roscommon.
    06052008003.jpg

    It's for sale, the old boy said it's a 63 and you can have it for 2.5K euro.


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    #500
    Kev Craig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Kev Craig


    Hi mate I'm looking for a complete gear linkage and stick for a 5 speed mk2 renault 17, 1978, and also a set of 3 stud alloys, would you have any idea were I would find any of these ?
    thanks
    Kev.


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    #501
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    I spotted yesterday in the driveway of a house on the R194 road (the road between Granard and Finea) a few neglected classics. One was (I think) a Fiat 131, with original Irish plates (JIX 964 I think it was, only got a quick glance at it as I was driving). It looks it was there for quite some time, as it's covered with moss and gone a bit brown with rust. The other was a Mercedes W124 with SI plates, again it seen better days aswell. There was also a Micra K10 and an old van, looked to be a Commer but I'm not too sure. No pictures unfortunately.


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    #502
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Not strictly abandoned,but a mess all the same,they were raced at the mildenhall pre 70 banger race.....:(
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    #503
    quickrack
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭quickrack


    Is there a decent scrapyard with older cars anywhere near Longford???


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    #504
    granadamad
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭granadamad


    are you after something in particular?as i know of a small one near rathowen i think it is


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    #505
    quickrack
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭quickrack


    Into old Fords mostly so lookin for sierra or granada rear brakes, 2.0 OHC+gearbox to rebuild etc.
    But also looking for bits to help some other restorer friends E.g.
    Mk1 Cortina, Hilux, Capri, Mini, 105e Anglia.
    An old scrapyard/racer/restorers place.
    Am I an optimist or what???:D:D:D
    Of course any of the above, for bits, would be of interest.


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    #506
    granadamad
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭granadamad


    il try and get you a contact number next week, he may have mark 3 granada bits but doubt he has any of the rest you are after

    my mate is a panel beater,these are some pics i took a while back on my phone

    his own twincam which doesnt get taken out much
    IMG004.jpg

    a kadett he had to do body work on and spray
    IMG052.jpg

    capris my cousin has recently bought

    IMG031.jpg
    IMG034.jpg
    IMG030.jpg

    granada a mate of mine has at the minute but hasnt got a chance to do anything with it as he is building a new house, probably be on the road end of the year
    IMG036.jpg


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    #507
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Some nice irish mk1 capris there:D!!Pity they are parked up,but im not one to talk!!


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    #508
    granadamad
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭granadamad


    well he only just got them,they had been 3 of them all in one shed for many years,he hasnt start any work on them,got the 2 above running though


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    #509
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,960 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Dublin registered BMW 2002........

    BMW2002566VRI.jpg

    .........and a Louth registered Minor spotted in a garden in Lansdowne Road.

    MorrisMinorMIY99.jpg


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    #510
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Sorry, no pic but I stopped in Mountrath, Co. Loais driving home from Dublin and saw an Austin Metro on old CI plates down some alley. Shockingly enough it looked like it was in one piece - can't remember the last time I saw a pre-Rover one, or come to think of it any BL/Rover car less than about 15 years old!

    Also, some very mossy W123 estate further west down the N7 on the side of the road blocked by several other cars (might be here already).

    EDIT: The W123 is here already (post 151) - it's in Toomevara.


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    #511
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    zilog_jones wrote: »
    Also, some very mossy W123 estate further west down the N7 on the side of the road blocked by several other cars (might be here already)
    A white one on WZS plates or something like that?yes,its pictured way back in the thread,i think someone who posts here owned it at some stage,its been parked there for as long as i can remember!!


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