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

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  • #62
    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭maidhc


    junkyard wrote:
    This week outside Dungourney Co. Cork. A Triumph Mayflower, a Saab 96, a couple of Renault 4's and an old Land Rover (not in the picture) next to a house. There were a couple of vile purple coloured Talbot Sunbeam's too but I didn't think they were worth photographing tbh.:rolleyes: :)

    I know exactly that place. I wonder what the story is. 2 miles further up the road there is a field full of granadas.

    Tom Rigney in dungourney has a hearse inside in his workshop too. No idea what it is, but it has been there since before I was born I reckon.


  • #63
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,579 ✭✭✭junkyard


    maidhc wrote:
    I know exactly that place. I wonder what the story is. 2 miles further up the road there is a field full of granadas.

    Tom Rigney in dungourney has a hearse inside in his workshop too. No idea what it is, but it has been there since before I was born I reckon.
    The hearse he has was from my town, I remember it on the road. Is the field full of Granadas up towards Clonmult maidhc?


  • #64
    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭maidhc


    junkyard wrote:
    The hearse he has was from my town, I remember it on the road. Is the field full of Granadas up towards Clonmult maidhc?

    It is. There was a Ford 4000 there too once, but I got my hands on that. :)


  • #65
    Blue850
    Registered Users Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭Blue850


    Especially for junkyard;)
    zodiac001.jpg

    zodiac002.jpg

    taken at Riverstown, Co Sligo


  • #66
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,579 ✭✭✭junkyard


    Thanks maidhc, I must investigate.:D Thanks for the photo Blue850, is it a recent photo and is the hearse still there?


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  • #67
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,948 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    junkyard - was that you towing an old Granada Hearse on the M4 (eastbound) last Saturday evening?

    I turned to the wife and said "that's probably junkyard" and she said "Who?"!! :D


  • #68
    Blue850
    Registered Users Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭Blue850


    I took the photo of the Zodiac hearse about 3 weeks ago at the Folk museum in Riverstown. its in a field behind the museum.


  • #69
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,579 ✭✭✭junkyard


    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    junkyard - was that you towing an old Granada Hearse on the M4 (eastbound) last Saturday evening?

    I turned to the wife and said "that's probably junkyard" and she said "Who?"!! :D
    No Wishbone, it wasn't me this time, I've enough on my plate at the moment.:) Thanks again Blue850 for the photo, it's a shame it's left to go to that state.:(


  • #70
    maidhc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭maidhc


    There is an abandoned Capri Mk III 1.6 Laser in the Marina Commercial Park in Cork. Didn't have time to inquire or take photos as I was there during work. Body looked sound enough though.


  • #71
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,751 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Hillman Hunter - late series, with the chrome rear panel, in a garage on the side of the road in Trien, near Castlerea Co Roscommon.

    It's on the l.h.s. as you travel from Castlerea, in an old shed up against the public road, parallel to it. Shed has no door, so as you drive along, you'll see the chrome panel shining at ya, and the old chrome/black no plate.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #72
    Do-more
    Registered Users Posts: 4,748 ✭✭✭Do-more


    Not technically abandoned! It's in a scrapyard in Mullingar, it only arrived there a few weeks back. Don't know if it's for sale or just awaiting restoration.

    zep.jpg

    invest4deepvalue.com



  • #73
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    ^ They could have at least put in on blocks.

    Their is an old car, I think maybe a Vauxhall Viva or something like that, sitting on top of a container in the scrap yard across from the Red Cow. It is in rough condition and can be clearly seen from the Naas Road. I think it has gone past the restoration stage, as rust seems to have got the better of it.


  • #74
    DarenO
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭DarenO


    that Vauxhall has gone now, not sure where to, but its amazing the car survived this long given the poor quality of metal they used at the time

    Regards
    Darren


  • #75
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    ^ Probably to the crusher.


  • #76
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    dsc03811zl9.jpg


  • #77
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    steve06 wrote:
    dsc03811zl9.jpg

    That's hardly an abandoned classic.


  • #78
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    No feck all about classics but happened to come accross this thread earlier and then happened to be somewhere that stores cars and saw this Merc with a big rusty bonnet. Accidentally took video instead of a picture, so the quality of the screengrab is not the best.

    untitledda9.jpg


  • #79
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    delly wrote:
    No feck all about classics but happened to come accross this thread earlier and then happened to be somewhere that stores cars and saw this Merc with a big rusty bonnet. Accidentally took video instead of a picture, so the quality of the screengrab is not the best.

    untitledda9.jpg

    :eek:

    ............that looks like it had an engine fire ! The bonnet is all burned and warped !

    I actually think I know who owned that car, where did you see it, I cant see the reg but its unusual colour makes it look very like a 450SL belong to a friends of mine !


  • #80
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    MercMad wrote:
    :eek:

    ............that looks like it had an engine fire ! The bonnet is all burned and warped !

    I actually think I know who owned that car, where did you see it, I cant see the reg but its unusual colour makes it look very like a 450SL belong to a friends of mine !
    Didnt get too close, but i'd say your spot on about the fire damage. Its in a place just of the M50 Tallaght junction.


  • #81
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Mmmm yes that ties in !

    Hopefully it can be saved, if its the car I recall it was a very nice one when I saw it last year !


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  • #82
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Not strictly abandoned but aparantly in the ditch for the last 4 weeks !

    Sorry about the poor quality, and yes I actually did stop to take it, its just my hand was still travelling ! :D

    cars001.jpg


  • #83
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Um, is that a double decker bus in a ditch?!

    Were there skid marks in the road (or the drivers seat)?


  • #84
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Yeah its a very old bus, early 70's, and there were no skid marks at all. It looked like it just slip on in. I dunno what happened, but apparantly it has deteriorated in the last month, folk have robbed lights and mirrors and even the number plates have gone !


  • #85
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,948 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    MercMad wrote:
    Yeah its a very old bus, early 70's, and there were no skid marks at all. It looked like it just slip on in. I dunno what happened, but apparantly it has deteriorated in the last month, folk have robbed lights and mirrors and even the number plates have gone !
    It was stolen and crashed by a drunken driver. There was a piece about it in the Fingal Independent a couple of weeks ago.


  • #86
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    You'd think after 4 weeks the bus would be removed, and you'd think the owner would want it back too.


  • #87
    MercMad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭MercMad


    MercMad wrote:
    Yeah its a very old bus, early 70's, and there were no skid marks at all. It looked like it just slip on in. I dunno what happened, but apparantly it has deteriorated in the last month, folk have robbed lights and mirrors and even the number plates have gone !

    .........jeeeez he could easily have killed someone, there isn't a lot of room on that road and its quite twisty !

    I'd say there is an insurance issue, and the owner does not want to pay for its recovery out of his own pocket. Its strange that the Gardai cant make someone take it away !


  • #88
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,948 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Mercedes Benz 190D


  • #89
    andreas_220D
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭andreas_220D


    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    Mercedes Benz 190D

    where?


  • #90
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,948 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    andreas_220D wrote:
    where?
    Romanian-Bulgarian border.


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  • #91
    Vivienne23
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭Vivienne23


    Hi does anyone know where there are any vw campervans for sale or free to take away either bay window or splitscreen obviously the splkitscreen will not be got for nothin but maybe at a bargain price ? Willing to travel and dig out of a hedge :)

    Vivienne.


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