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

gammygils · 09-09-2019 1:39am

Scirocco in Knock Co. Mayo. What a shame

Garzard · 24-10-2019 10:05pm

Apologies; I know this post is from 10 years ago (Page 70) but was browsing the thread and found it interesting. Did anyone manage to buy it or is it still sitting there / scrapped by now? In Greystones apparently.

A few of the replies around page 73 were saying the owner point-blank refused every offer from many people who'd approached him over the years for it, so it'd be interesting to know what its status is now.

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Bigus · 25-10-2019 12:33pm

Garzard wrote: »

Apologies; I know this post is from 10 years ago (Page 70) but was browsing the thread and found it interesting. Did anyone manage to buy it or is it still sitting there / scrapped by now? In Greystones apparently.

A few of the replies around page 73 were saying the owner point-blank refused every offer from many people who'd approached him over the years for it, so it'd be interesting to know what its status is now.

Was it at Terenure 2019 undergoing restoration?

Garzard · 25-10-2019 1:23pm

Bigus wrote: »

Was it at Terenure 2019 undergoing restoration?

No idea! Didn't make it to the car show this year myself.

Testacalda · 05-12-2019 12:31pm

Saw this classic Volvo in Cahersiveen at the weekend, parked out the back of a garge in the middle of the town with lots of other junkers

Looks cool, what a real Volvo should be

SmartinMartin · 05-12-2019 12:44pm

Come back in 2027.

elperello · 05-12-2019 3:28pm

Looks like a fairly solid car that's not beyond saving.
If someone doesn't do the saving now it won't be around in 2027.
Eligible for classic insurance.

Testacalda · 05-12-2019 7:28pm

elperello wrote: »

If someone doesn't do the saving now it won't be around...

Like so many out there... if only I had a shed the size of an Aldi distribution centre, could be like a rescue centre for cars

sligojoek · 07-12-2019 12:47am

I took a few pics of a BMW a few days ago. It was sprayed about 5 yrs ago and was never collected. I've pics of when it was painted but cant find them.

sligojoek · 07-12-2019 1:03am

elperello · 07-12-2019 1:13am

Pity that e30 was neglected but still worth saving.

mikehn · 07-12-2019 1:34am

gammygils wrote: »

Scirocco in Knock Co. Mayo. What a shame

twould take a miracle to get that back on the road

sligojoek · 07-12-2019 1:55am

elperello wrote: »

Pity that e30 was neglected but still worth saving.

It would have to be soon. Getting shabby inside too.

elperello · 07-12-2019 4:00pm

They must have more money than sense to get a car like that re-sprayed and then leave it there.

You can't leave a car like that out in the weather.

hi5 · 09-12-2019 10:10am

I'd say he has no money and couldn't pay for the respray, he did a value of car vs cost of respray and decided to leave it, happens all the time.
Always payment up front or at least a hefty deposit.

Testacalda · 04-01-2020 6:00pm

I drive by this place regularly on the road between Farranfore and Castlemaine. There is loads of VW stuff plus a few other interesting things rusting away, its not somewhere you can stop to take a photo easily, but this time the road wasn't busy.

You can get a good look on google street view, even if it is a few years old.

52.161878, -9.649121

Garzard · 04-01-2020 6:16pm

This place? Just checked Google Maps and found it here - streetview is from 2018 so not sure what's left by now. The place seems to be an Aladdin's Cave of classics especially from the satellite photo but probably a lot of stuff beyond restoration.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.1618654,-9.6492088,3a,89.6y,159.13h,75.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbbYLOQBACIDn2FWUDQrhWg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbbYLOQBACIDn2FWUDQrhWg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D277.29578%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Gransha+Lower,+Castlemaine,+Co.+Kerry/@52.1616252,-9.6492518,354m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48454836b07c8aff:0xa00c7a997317bc0!8m2!3d52.1684322!4d-9.7014756

kyote00 · 04-01-2020 8:31pm

looks like a 911 on the left side of the driveway by the Jetta.

kadman · 04-01-2020 9:08pm

Garzard wrote: »

This place? Just checked Google Maps and found it here - streetview is from 2018 so not sure what's left by now. The place seems to be an Aladdin's Cave of classics especially from the satellite photo but probably a lot of stuff beyond restoration.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@52.1618654,-9.6492088,3a,89.6y,159.13h,75.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbbYLOQBACIDn2FWUDQrhWg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbbYLOQBACIDn2FWUDQrhWg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D277.29578%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Gransha+Lower,+Castlemaine,+Co.+Kerry/@52.1616252,-9.6492518,354m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48454836b07c8aff:0xa00c7a997317bc0!8m2!3d52.1684322!4d-9.7014756

Well known gent in the Classic VW scene, all round nice guy:)

Garzard · 04-01-2020 9:13pm

kadman wrote: »

Well known gent in the Classic VW scene, all round nice guy:)

Does he restore them in the place for sale afterwards?

kadman · 05-01-2020 1:39am

Garzard wrote: »

Does he restore them in the place for sale afterwards?

Does everything properly that a vw officianado would do,,,

BUT BETTER:D

Garzard · 05-01-2020 4:19am

kadman wrote: »

Does everything properly that a vw officianado would do,,,

BUT BETTER:D

Wouldn't mind a Jetta off him sometime then! With the amount of cars out back in the satellite photo by the looks of it, wonder if there's a Quattro lying about.

w124man · 05-01-2020 5:51pm

He had a few T3 Syncros there when I was last down there. Most of whats there will die there. Set of Audi wheels on that old T2

kadman · 05-01-2020 6:00pm

I think its fair to say he has every type of veedub ever made,

maybe more than one of each:eek::P

82 Capri mk3 · 15-02-2020 1:03am

Capri wrote: »

I owned 82D418 ( I think ) and bought Ciaran Haughey's crashed S ll for the wide wheels and other bitz ( he wouldn't sell the log book tho' !!! )

Happy memories driving back from Bruxelles every Saturday with about 5-6 pints on me and a car load of P***Y :cool: - lucky me and the Supra survived :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Well let me tell you, that car 82 D 418 was indeed owned by the Belgian embassy, it’s been mine since 1996
Bought from a freind since deceased rip. It’s about to be restored, is a 2.8 with aT5 gear box and a limited slip diff. It is vicious. You never owned this car.

MrCostington · 19-02-2020 1:56pm

Not sure what tread to post this in!

Gibson Hotel, Point Village, Dublin

Premeditated Joke · 24-02-2020 6:07pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I want to know what that is!

Type 17 · 24-02-2020 6:08pm

Jaguar XJS

(There's a reason why you may not have seen one before...)

Premeditated Joke · 24-02-2020 6:18pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

Spotted today in gorey

What's that one on the left??

Type 17 · 24-02-2020 6:53pm

Premeditated Joke wrote: »

What's that one on the left??

Jaguar XJS

(There's a reason why you may not have seen one before...)

Premeditated Joke · 24-02-2020 11:56pm

Type 17 wrote: »

Jaguar XJS

(There's a reason why you may not have seen one before...)

Took this photo years ago

Carson10 · 30-03-2020 5:50pm

1996 Primera, 1.6, 90,000 miles. Parked since 2016. Washed summer 2019.

robie5 · 06-04-2020 10:45pm

https://youtu.be/dJ8Nc2b6EL0 Don't think this has been posted before

kaizersoze · 07-04-2020 12:32am

robie5 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/dJ8Nc2b6EL0 Don't think this has been posted before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LLRzIimIlk
This was his first visit to the site in 2016.

Testacalda · 07-04-2020 8:13am

robie5 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/dJ8Nc2b6EL0 Don't think this has been posted before

Great video, cool to see for sure,

although I don't think I would appreciate some stranger trespassing around my farm full of junk with a camera though :eek:

That's assuming he didn't have permission now...

sligojoek · 07-04-2020 9:28am

There was a place like that outside Nenagh years ago. My father used to call it "The garden of rememberance."

BrianD3 · 07-04-2020 2:05pm

robie5 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/dJ8Nc2b6EL0 Don't think this has been posted before

What's with all the rocks and what looks like cut vegetation/scrub piled up on many of the cars - an attempt to keep the elements out so that the cars can be used as sheds?

I think this video is of the same place, just the house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XuisC-NUM

Quite unsettling to see it abandoned like that with everyday "stuff" as banal as firewood and tins of catfood just sitting there. My uncle's house was like that after he suddenly went into a nursing home and never came out. It does ram home various things about life, death, ageing, priorities etc. I'm thinking about this an awful lot these days anyway due to the coronavirus situation..

The Red Ace · 07-04-2020 7:53pm

BrianD3 wrote: »

What's with all the rocks and what looks like cut vegetation/scrub piled up on many of the cars - an attempt to keep the elements out so that the cars can be used as sheds?

I think this video is of the same place, just the house
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XuisC-NUM

Quite unsettling to see it abandoned like that with everyday "stuff" as banal as firewood and tins of catfood just sitting there. My uncle's house was like that after he suddenly went into a nursing home and never came out. It does ram home various things about life, death, ageing, priorities etc. I'm thinking about this an awful lot these days anyway due to the coronavirus situation..

One thing about house is that whoever lived there was quite affluent, the appliances date from the late 60s very early 70s, two top end fridges, washing machine, Stanley range even someone had been to France (Eiffel Tower)

gammygils · 11-04-2020 3:07am

Weir Road Business Park Tuam. Posted this 71 Morris Minor (original colour grey according to Motorcheck) on The Classics thread around 3 years ago

But look at it now

And this Celica

What is Wrong with people?

SmartinMartin · 11-04-2020 1:48pm

That is sad to see.

BonnieSituation · 13-04-2020 1:34am

That is criminal.

pablo128 · 13-04-2020 1:44am

That Celica comes up as a ST202. Are they 180 bhp or something like that?

w124man · 13-04-2020 9:19pm

That Celica's engine will be harvested and dropped into a Yaris and used for rallying.

welder · 14-04-2020 11:10am

w124man wrote: »

That Celica's engine will be harvested and dropped into a Yaris and used for rallying.

Wrong Celica with wrong engine for that ! Needs to be '99 on with 2ZZ engine and anyway theres only one Eamonn......

Testacalda · 14-04-2020 1:41pm

This XJ40 isn't abandoned as such, more forgotten about in the back of a shed. Its a 3.6L straight 6 model. Original hubcaps on metric rims!

w124man · 14-04-2020 8:43pm

welder wrote: »

anyway theres only one Eamonn......

Indeed there is. I wouldnt know one Celica from another but he does!

RWD · 15-04-2020 2:30pm

This car has probably been posted on here before but I passed it again today,in the Lough,Cork

Garzard · 25-05-2020 7:01pm

Saw this laid up at a place near Booterstown.

Duke O Smiley · 25-05-2020 7:32pm

Thats there a long time. Its an AX van

JabbaTheHut · 28-05-2020 4:29pm

Looks like it's been a while since it's seen the road

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

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