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

Type 17 · 03-02-2019 4:57pm

That's why it all looked familiar - we had a 1980 Carina (545 EZI) for a year or two (my parents never liked it, so it got sold) - the dash was different, but it did have that steering wheel and some of the switches.

That one probably got joyridden up there and then abandoned when it got stuck/broke.

Duke O Smiley · 03-02-2019 5:55pm

I had a Mk1 Accord and the steering wheel had loads of horn buttons on the various spokes - thats what gave it away for me as being something jap anyway

Lofidelity · 03-02-2019 6:43pm

The photo of the old Lotus reminded me that i think i seen one last summer outside a farmhouse on the Galway/Clare border. Its black, and has a wedge shape so possibly an Eclat.

If anybody is interested in saving one ill try to give directions.

unkel · 03-02-2019 11:09pm

sugarman wrote: »

NCT due date is showing 1/8/2018, so could have been on the road until recently although it looks to be have been sitting up much longer.

NCT due date is meaningless. NCT certificate expiry date is where it's at and the Fiesta doesn't have any, which means it never passed an NCT test

It most likely either failed the test in the year 2000, when it was due. Or the owner knew it would never pass. And it was moved to the field some time after that...

zilog_jones · 04-02-2019 10:34am

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Nice find

Interestingly enough the plates look recent enough, they're those typical motor factor jobbies. I wonder if someone tried in recent times to get it back on the road but gave up?

That style of plate has been around since at least the '90s, I guess it was just made well as it's lasted.

whisky_galore · 04-02-2019 9:57pm

Type 17 wrote: »

That's why it all looked familiar - we had a 1980 Carina (545 EZI) for a year or two (my parents never liked it, so it got sold) - the dash was different, but it did have that steering wheel and some of the switches.

That one probably got joyridden up there and then abandoned when it got stuck/broke.

Doubt it. Too old and too remote for the joyriding types.
An old cottage that looks unoccupied nearer the public road, owner could have lived there. New landowner probably chucked it up there out of the way with a tractor and loader, judging by the other more recent random stuff dumped here and there.

Type 17 · 04-02-2019 10:05pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Doubt it. Too old and too remote for the joyriding types.

Joyriding may be older than you think - it was huge in the early 80's - I remember seeing a newish, burnt out Mk1 Golf GTI one Sunday morning on a back lane behind Wilfield Road in Sandymount - I still remember noticing how the tops of the Pirelli P-rims had melted and flowed into puddles beside the car, leaving the P's open at the top

whisky_galore wrote: »

An old cottage that looks unoccupied nearer the public road, owner could have lived there. New landowner probably chucked it up there out of the way with a tractor and loader, judging by the other more recent random stuff dumped here and there.

In that case, it probably wasn't driven up there...

supersaint3 · 15-02-2019 11:37am

Sorry i know there is a dreamers thread in the main motor forum, I thought there was one here couldn't find it but I think this almost qualifies as abandoned...

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/hillman-avenger/21057680

A thousand euros!!!

Aska · 16-02-2019 3:59pm

Seen this car for a long time now just buried, not sure the Audi model but it's a lovely colour. Doubt anyone can see it from a car while driving by, even Google street / road view only barely grabs the roof, But I've passed it so many times in the truck that I finally stopped and got out and took a photo of it.

Harry Palmr · 16-02-2019 4:03pm

Aska did you ever own one of these

jayo26 · 16-02-2019 4:13pm

Aska wrote: »

Seen this car for a long time now just buried, not sure the Audi model but it's a lovely colour. Doubt anyone can see it from a car while driving by, even Google street / road view only barely grabs the roof, But I've passed it so many times in the truck that I finally stopped and got out and took a photo of it.

It was a nice Audi 80 coupe by the looks of it one of the run out models??? Lovely colour indeed.

jayo26 · 20-02-2019 11:41pm

Not really a classic but most definitely abandoned

Duke O Smiley · 20-02-2019 11:43pm

Bet that'd come up lovely!

jayo26 · 20-02-2019 11:54pm

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Bet that'd come up lovely!

It's there couple of years now most parts looks intact.

Wishbone Ash · 23-02-2019 12:28am

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Bet that'd come up lovely!

No - they were awful looking when new.

Wishbone Ash · 06-03-2019 5:40pm

I'm presuming this is sort of 'abandoned' as it's in the same position each time I pass and has been there for a long time.

(Not sure why it's outside the fence either rather than parked inside with the other Rolls, Bentleys, Jags, Mercs,)

kev1.3s · 12-03-2019 5:35pm

Spotted today in gorey

clogher71 · 12-03-2019 9:51pm

This has been in a lock up garage for as long as I can remember, I had forgotten it was there or even still existed , but recall it peeping out occasionally over the years. The undertaker is long passed on also. I pass today and it's outside it's home, the roof is falling in where it was kept for the past 35+ years at a guess it's now getting ready for its final journey........

Rows Grower · 12-03-2019 10:05pm

clogher71 wrote: »

This has been in a lock up garage for as long as I can remember, I had forgotten it was there or even still existed , but recall it peeping out occasionally over the years. The undertaker is long passed on also. I pass today and it's outside it's home, the roof is falling in where it was kept for the past 35+ years at a guess it's now getting ready for its final journey........

That looks like the aftermath of a car bomb.

Thinkingaboutit · 13-03-2019 10:36am

supersaint3 wrote: »

Sorry i know there is a dreamers thread in the main motor forum, I thought there was one here couldn't find it but I think this almost qualifies as abandoned...

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/hillman-avenger/21057680

A thousand euros!!!

Dad's first new car was one of one of those. Even now looks less of a rust machine than his next car, a Fiat Miafiore 131, bought brand new and had lost a few inches of door skin by time of sale / trade in. Nice patina...

clogher71 · 14-03-2019 9:17pm

Rows Grower wrote: »

That looks like the aftermath of a car bomb.

It was going to the crusher next Saturday, but I saved it, well not me personally, but I found a guy who is taking it tomorrow, so its going to make one more journey at least. ! it has/had and Essex 3.0 V6 engine in it.

Garzard · 28-04-2019 3:21pm

maidhc wrote: »

just found this on flickr, apologies if posted already, but lots of interesting old Irish cars.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrawb/sets/72157621686163205/

Apologies for digging up your 2010 post! Came across it while browsing through the thread yesterday and couldn't help noticing the abandoned Sierra; it seems identical to my father's (only photo I could find of it there is from 1996 I believe with myself as a toddler standing next to it) - I believe he sold it for scrap at the end of the 1990's. Thought I'd check the reg. number on the offchance that they were the same car but discovered my father's was actually an '88!

https://www.cartell.ie/ssl/servlet/beginStarLookup?basketId=U0ePL9mNcZ8isJIyyg2PPg5bOcNR2iye&registration=88d389

Wishbone Ash · 28-04-2019 5:28pm

Rathangan, Co Kildare - (I'll leave the identifying to you lads of superior knowledge!)

11wingnut · 28-04-2019 6:11pm

simca aronde and jag

Wishbone Ash · 28-04-2019 7:19pm

11wingnut wrote: »

simca aronde and jag

Doh! Of course - Not sure how I missed the XJS .For some reason I thought it was a US car.

(Wouldn't have known the Simca - French plates?)

kev1.3s · 31-05-2019 10:38pm

Spotted this morning

kev1.3s · 31-05-2019 10:39pm

Spotted this morning

kev1.3s · 31-05-2019 10:39pm

Spotted this morning

Thargor · 31-05-2019 10:57pm

No pics in any of them posts.

Harry Palmr · 31-05-2019 10:59pm

It's Bonds Aston Martin!

kev1.3s · 01-06-2019 6:33am

Thargor wrote: »

No pics in any of them posts.

Sorry they wouldn't upload. I'll try again bit it's a nova gsi

Wishbone Ash · 05-06-2019 11:23am

Peugeot 505?

tc20 · 05-06-2019 11:33am

^ possibly a Mercedes C126?? (going by the C pillar)

Wishbone Ash · 05-06-2019 3:34pm

tc20 wrote: »

^ possibly a Mercedes C126?? (going by the C pillar)

Yes, now that you say it. It was the front lights which somehow reminded me of the 505 - I didn't notice the absence of the B pillar.

jimmyw · 27-06-2019 11:54pm

Eclectic mix

Isambard · 28-06-2019 11:38am

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Yes, now that you say it. It was the front lights which somehow reminded me of the 505 - I didn't notice the absence of the B pillar.

doesn't that make the C pillar the B pillar then? I'm overthinking it....

elperello · 28-06-2019 2:01pm

jimmyw wrote: »

Eclectic mix

Some good finds there.
Any idea what the frame on the Daihatsu is for?

Type 17 · 28-06-2019 6:07pm

elperello wrote: »

Some good finds there.
Any idea what the frame on the Daihatsu is for?

External roll cage (helps prevent body damage in a rollover during recreational off-roading)

jimmyw · 28-06-2019 8:13pm

elperello wrote: »

Some good finds there.
Any idea what the frame on the Daihatsu is for?

Not sure, didnt notice go up close. Some concoction of a roll bar Id imagine.

another pair on the same site

3nero · 29-06-2019 1:00am

elperello wrote: »

Some good finds there.
Any idea what the frame on the Daihatsu is for?

Used to be a rolling ramp in a motorbike stunt show. ramp missing in pic. Long time since I seen that car.

elperello · 29-06-2019 11:20am

3nero wrote: »

Used to be a rolling ramp in a motorbike stunt show. ramp missing in pic. Long time since I seen that car.

I'm getting notes of Eat the Peach

Coincidentally the other day I saw an old Carina in a field with a wooden frame built around the body.

SmartinMartin · 29-06-2019 8:58pm

elperello wrote: »

3nero wrote: »

Used to be a rolling ramp in a motorbike stunt show. ramp missing in pic. Long time since I seen that car.

I'm getting notes of Eat the Peach

Coincidentally the other day I saw an old Carina in a field with a wooden frame built around the body.

What year, do you know?

JabbaTheHut · 29-06-2019 11:30pm

jimmyw wrote: »

Not sure, didnt notice go up close. Some concoction of a roll bar Id imagine.

another pair on the same site

Can I ask where these are?

elperello · 29-06-2019 11:35pm

SmartinMartin wrote: »

What year, do you know?

Not sure if it's the Carina you are asking about but I don't know the year, sorry.

Top Dog · 30-06-2019 1:15am

jimmyw wrote: »

Not sure, didnt notice go up close. Some concoction of a roll bar Id imagine.

another pair on the same site

Someone please tell me thats not a genuine Cossie left to rot in a field? Carzone, cartell & motorcheck don't give the model on a basic check - just that its a 1993cc Sierra which is the same capacity as the Cosworth engine :eek::(

Rows Grower · 23-07-2019 9:03pm

2 cylinder 2 stroke Trabant 601.

One of the earlier of the species, fibre glass body, was running fine about 10 years ago.

JabbaTheHut · 23-08-2019 10:13pm

Reliant Scimitar (I'm almost certain) in Tipperary. Tax due on Oct 1 1999.

kev1.3s · 23-08-2019 10:53pm

Almost 20 years off the road.

JabbaTheHut · 23-08-2019 10:55pm

kev1.3s wrote: »

Almost 20 years off the road.

Since it was taxed in the UK anyway.

kev1.3s · 23-08-2019 10:56pm

Ah.. UK tax, well maybe not as long so.

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

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