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

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    #4772
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,877 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    elperello wrote: »
    the winter won't be kind to them.

    :(

    Sounds like you have first hand experience. Like me, I saw my W201 rusting on a daily basis last winter, parked out on the road.


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    #4773
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    unkel wrote: »
    :(

    Sounds like you have first hand experience. Like me, I saw my W201 rusting on a daily basis last winter, parked out on the road.

    My Carina hat to sit out last winter and it caused me awful grief. Was not expecting it to deteriorate as much not being driven. It's frankly amazing. disgusted with myself I didn't cover it.

    Now it's underground and covered. FFS.


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    #4774
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    BonnieSituation wrote: »
    My Carina hat to sit out last winter and it caused me awful grief. Was not expecting it to deteriorate as much not being driven. It's frankly amazing. disgusted with myself I didn't cover it.

    Now it's underground and covered. FFS.

    May it rust in peace. :D


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    #4775
    gammygils
    Registered Users Posts: 17,240 ✭✭✭✭gammygils


    94 Jaguar XJ6 in Tuam. 3.2L Auto Petrol (according to Motorcheck) maybe not abandoned but definitely neglected. Shame

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    #4776
    JabbaTheHut
    Registered Users Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭JabbaTheHut


    gammygils wrote: »
    94 Jaguar XJ6 in Tuam. 3.2L Auto Petrol (according to Motorcheck) maybe not abandoned but definitely neglected. Shame

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    Oh that poor girl. It's hard to tell from the pic, but it may look like the water is on the inside of the windscreen. Not good. It'd be hard to see her going anyway but for breaking.


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    #4777
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Caught a glimpse of a car yesterday and took a look on maps.
    Been there at least 10 years according to maps.



    https://goo.gl/maps/xHPDxhDa2ERC7oRq7


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    #4778
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users Posts: 12,074 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Its a bit crispy..

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    #4779
    BrianD3
    Registered Users Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    That 305 looked "somewhat" ok in the 2009 Google street view but collapsing by 2018. Does parking an old car in a shaded area/under trees accelerate corrosion significantly - better to have it out in the open and south facing?


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    #4780
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    That 305 looked "somewhat" ok in the 2009 Google street view but collapsing by 2018. Does parking an old car in a shaded area/under trees accelerate corrosion significantly - better to have it out in the open and south facing?

    Under tress the collect loads of ****e and the rain pools


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    #4781
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,326 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    Under tress the collect loads of ****e and the rain pools

    Moss forms in the damp and leaves and debris block drainage hastening the inevitable.

    If you want to preserve an old car build a shed first or you will end up with a "shed".


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    #4782
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    good advice and if you can't run to a dry garage a large car port with a good draught through it


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    #4783
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    On the shores of Lough Derg. Poor oul thing.


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    The alloys are spotless.


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    #4784
    hi5
    Registered Users Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭hi5


    ^ A 280, if it was a 500 I'd be up there just for the engine alone.
    Still a shame. Someone somewhere must have had a barn they could have shoved it into for a few years until she hits 30!


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    #4785
    hamburg
    Registered Users Posts: 145 ✭✭hamburg


    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    On the shores of Lough Derg. Poor oul thing.


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    The alloys are spotless.
    man, it looks like it was just dragged out of lough derg !


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    #4786
    Testacalda
    Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭Testacalda


    About a year ago I took a few pictures of some old VWs parked on the side of the road outside Castlemaine. Took a few more pics today, some of them are still there, maybe a few new ones...

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    Looks like a view t25s, 2 BMC 1100s, one being a a Vanden Plas, is that a Standard Vanguard? Mini and a beetle behind the hedge, series 3 jag, half a camper, the old registered Discovery looks like the tow wagon


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    #4787
    w124man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭w124man


    He has a few rare T3 Syncros in the field behind the house. Well he did when I went down to see him a few years ago. He had a Swiss Post Office Syncro delivery van which was quite rare in that it was a LHD bodyshell with RHD driving position and a semi walkthrough bulkhead.


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    #4788
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,326 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Testacalda wrote: »
    About a year ago I took a few pictures of some old VWs parked on the side of the road outside Castlemaine. Took a few more pics today, some of them are still there, maybe a few new ones...

    Looks like a view t25s, 2 BMC 1100s, one being a a Vanden Plas, is that a Standard Vanguard? Mini and a beetle behind the hedge, series 3 jag, half a camper, the old registered Discovery looks like the tow wagon

    Standard Vanguard all right.

    The Vanden Plas is an Allegro.


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    #4789
    Testacalda
    Registered Users Posts: 463 ✭✭Testacalda


    elperello wrote: »
    The Vanden Plas is an Allegro.

    your right there, my mistake


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    #4790
    Isambard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Isambard


    still much the same, they did have a motor museum there . I don't know how they get away with the state of the raodside.


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    #4791
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Not sure if a Renault Clio counts as a classic

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    #4792
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    neris wrote: »
    Not sure if a Renault Clio counts as a classic

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    Is that a volvo 740/60 behind it?


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    #4793
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    Is that a volvo 740/60 behind it?

    Its what's left of a 740. Theres another 1 out of shot aswell in a slightly better state but no engine. I'll get pics tomorrow of them both


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    #4794
    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,040 ✭✭✭✭neris


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    Soviet jeep which I think still runs but has been in the same spot for years


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    #4795
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    I put this up here 3 or 4 years ago. Sorry to see it not moved and in worse condition. Beara peninsula.

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    #4796
    w124man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭w124man


    Wonder if someone has had the chassis plate off that for a Discovery


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    #4797
    TrailerBob
    Registered Users Posts: 1,503 ✭✭✭TrailerBob


    Strange that its LHD too.. parts salvage at best. I know of a lad who would have that roof rack in a heartbeat.


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    #4798
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,958 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Courtlough.

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    #4799
    26000 Elephants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭26000 Elephants


    w124man wrote: »
    Wonder if someone has had the chassis plate off that for a Discovery

    Youd want to find a really stupid revenue man not to notice the coil springs on the supposedly leaf sprung series land rover chassis.

    Ironically, the plate is much more valuable as a series land rover now.


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    #4800
    w124man
    Registered Users Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭w124man


    26000 Elephants wrote: »
    Youd want to find a really stupid revenue man not to notice the coil springs on the supposedly leaf sprung series land rover chassis.

    Sure how would they know? Yer one down in Enniscorthy certainly wouldn't know. All she reads is the paperwork and if numbers match, Bobs your uncle!


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    #4801
    26000 Elephants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭26000 Elephants


    w124man wrote: »
    Sure how would they know? Yer one down in Enniscorthy certainly wouldn't know. All she reads is the paperwork and if numbers match, Bobs your uncle!

    While putting a disco body on a classic range rover chassis is perfectly legal, giving a discovery the identity of a series land rover is simply fraud. Relying on their general incompetence or benign disinterest may not be the end of your worries!


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