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

elperello · 22-08-2015 11:00PM

Cigar for you red sean!

https://www.google.ie/search?q=morris+1100+mk1&biw=1366&bih=673&tbm=isch&imgil=D96Q8Gb6uRJBxM%253A%253BOrPhuA2HgntV9M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.curbsideclassic.com%25252Fcurbside-classics-european%25252Fcurbside-classic-1962-mg1100-issigoniss-greatest-achievement%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=D96Q8Gb6uRJBxM%253A%252COrPhuA2HgntV9M%252C_&ved=0CCkQyjdqFQoTCISsxLPXvccCFeKg2wod4lAA6w&ei=J_DYVcT8B-LB7gbioYHYDg&usg=__JVszkGWgKqj3wfZZjewADKTThbA%3D#imgrc=6AaOAfqiI1u-_M%3A&usg=__JVszkGWgKqj3wfZZjewADKTThbA%3D

macplaxton · 23-08-2015 12:38AM

Mk1 Morris 1100 it is. 1962-66.

When they went to Mk2 in '67, they shared the strip speedo of the Austin which arrived in 1964.

Mk3 went round dials. Big single in the centre dash on base models and twin in fake wood on others and triple on crackle finish for the GT.

Mk1 had a smaller front grille that doesn't come under the headlamps to a point.

Give me an IM3 please so I don't have to drive like a bus driver :pac:

(and I learnt all that before the t'internet was invented.)

A archive film showing the features of the Morris 1100: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/morris-1100-on-show/

clogher71 · 23-08-2015 09:31AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

The Morris 1100 came with a chrome strip down the centre of the bonnet like in the photos and unlike the Austin version.

My '66 Mk1 had a "strip" speedo like this

And the Mk3 had I think (think) three circular dials in the dash

So I should imagine the car is a Mk2 (67-71) Morris 1100.

Would love to know how long it has sat there. Were there any reg plates around the garage?

No visible signs of reg plates, I would have had needed more time, gloves and old clothes to go rooting.

mb1725 · 23-08-2015 10:28AM

macplaxton wrote: »

Mk1 Morris 1100 it is. 1962-66.

A archive film showing the features of the Morris 1100: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/morris-1100-on-show/

Another video of the MG version here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYWlUH6Q5Fc

Stiletto72 · 24-08-2015 12:18AM

Spotted in a multi storey car park in Dun Laoghaire at the weekend.

Zoo4m8 · 24-08-2015 07:06AM

Nice one...DeLorean?

macplaxton · 24-08-2015 12:50PM

mb1725 wrote: »

Another video of the MG version here:

No sound on that clip. See this extract on this video from 2m 45s:

"See how a woman driver handles it..."

"She'll never park it in a space like that!" :pac::pac::pac:

https://youtu.be/0-95WzVXJEw?t=2m45s

The Big Red Fella · 24-08-2015 02:33PM

Why is it a LHD?

mb1725 · 24-08-2015 03:03PM

The Big Red Fella wrote: »

Why is it a LHD?

American spec maybe? White wall tyres too.

Type 17 · 24-08-2015 06:23PM

The Big Red Fella wrote: »

Why is it a LHD?

mb1725 wrote: »

American spec maybe? White wall tyres too.

Yes, the film is made for the US market - note how the narrator mentions that the ornament she puts on the back seat is worth around 200 dollars.

Stiletto72 · 24-08-2015 10:43PM

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Nice one...DeLorean?

Yep.
Shame to see it sitting there.

Odyssey 2005 · 26-08-2015 10:50PM

Type 17 wrote: »

Yes, the film is made for the US market - note how the narrator mentions that the ornament she puts on the back seat is worth around 200 dollars.

That would be $100 more than the car so.

Diabhalta · 30-08-2015 03:10PM

southern Bohemia (Czech Rep.)

also couple of stripped Škodas (like completely). One was Škoda 100, the other could have been anything. Probably Garde/Rapid or even 110R.

Diabhalta · 01-09-2015 02:47PM

Škoda 1203 (urban edition)

Carson10 · 11-09-2015 12:04PM

Vehicle make: FORD Escort
Date of first registration: 21 April 1995
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1299cc

Tax: 01 May 2016
MOT: 23 July 2015

Location: South West London, September 2015

Carson10 · 11-09-2015 12:24PM

Vehicle make PEUGEOT 306D Turbo
Date of first registration 11 June 1999
Year of manufacture 1999
Cylinder capacity (cc) 1905cc
Fuel type DIESEL
Vehicle status Not taxed Vehicle
colour WHITE

Tax 01 September 2011
Mot 22 August 2011

Location: Car has been parked at knock Airport, Co. Mayo in the same place for about 4 Years now.

Foxhole Norman · 12-09-2015 02:21AM

1988 E34 535i Auto, tried to buy it, no luck, owner in Australia and the keeper said he has sentimental value with it.

Last taxed to 01/15:

Thinkingaboutit · 17-09-2015 11:56AM

Carson10 wrote: »

Vehicle make PEUGEOT 306D Turbo
Date of first registration 11 June 1999
Year of manufacture 1999
Cylinder capacity (cc) 1905cc
Fuel type DIESEL
Vehicle status Not taxed Vehicle
colour WHITE

Tax 01 September 2011
Mot 22 August 2011

Location: Car has been parked at knock Airport, Co. Mayo in the same place for about 4 Years now.

Surely it should be towed. It is obviously abandoned.

Silvera · 17-09-2015 05:14PM

^^^^ hardly an 'abandonded classic'?!:p:D

Nekarsulm · 18-09-2015 04:43AM

Anything that makes the place look used!
I slept in the camper van beside that car park one night last summer, a friend was getting the early flight out after a week touring around the west.
Airport completely deserted after 9pm.
We watched a hare come up the main road like he owned the place, and he went into that car park. He went under a BMW and set off its alarm.
Friggin thing went off every ten minutes for the rest of the night.....

neris · 18-09-2015 04:04PM

Silvera wrote: »

^^^^ hardly an 'abandonded classic'?!:p:D

Nekarsulm · 24-09-2015 12:37AM

Cavan today

rugbyman · 24-09-2015 12:45AM

sad sight that, Neckarsulm, probably worth lifting down. was the front intact?

i note your location, my late brother used say I was to the right of Attila the Hun

regards

winnie the schtink · 24-09-2015 02:02AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Cavan today

VEL SADNESS

Nekarsulm · 24-09-2015 07:34AM

The front is OK, lifted up with a Senneboggan so the roof and doors etc ruined. Unmarked alloys and new looking tyres. Felix Gormley's yard if anyone interested.

w124man · 24-09-2015 09:38PM

I'm just back from a few weeks motoring in France and I saw so many of those, even a few Avantime's ....

Diabhalta · 20-11-2015 08:17PM

Kerry

red sean · 20-11-2015 09:35PM

Is that a Victor 101 or VX4/90 peeping out from under the tarp beside the Berlingo?

aujopimur · 20-11-2015 10:29PM

red sean wrote: »

Is that a Victor 101 or VX4/90 peeping out from under the tarp beside the Berlingo?

VX/90 tail lights.

red sean · 20-11-2015 11:30PM

Lovely car. I wonder what condition it's in.

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

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