More tat for you lot

[slater]

Been meaning to get some pics of these for ages. Not far from my house on a farm. Some of you will recognise the place as i think some of the guys from round this way (spacekadett??) have saved cars from this perticular farm before!

This is just from one barn but i know there is more stuff in some others ditted around the orchards round here. The owner used to race minis and spacekadett now has one of his old race cars.


Beemer 1 and a 323 mazda both used to have chav box exhausts which have dissapeared


635 CSi looking a bit worse for wear now.


a 2500 its my favorite! well solid looking


Stock car mini



100a! arches look a little shonkey


Nice looking moggie, very orignal


Wheels


Flat 4 (probably from a old type 3 or 4 that used to live there, it dissapeared a few years ago)


Round the back (wtf?)


mini pickup lurking in a near by shed! couldent get a proper pic

[Seth]

Slater,

Is that Triumph Estate a Mk 1 or Mk2? I can't tell form those shots - don't know if anyone else can? If its a2.5 Mk1 then it'd be worth even more than the one Spotted Laurel recently found (and I still haven't called up about )

That Minor isn't that original as its wearing Marina wheels, maybe hiding disc brakes?

[reallyloud]

That Minor isn't that original as its wearing Marina wheels, maybe hiding disc brakes?

and probably a Datsun 5 speeder. ;D

[Lewis]

Nice shots! Interesting bits scattered around there ;D

Tis hard to see that 2500 estate like you say! Have to say though....That looks to be a Mk.2



The badge looks the right length as well....

All the Mk.1s should have had clear rear panels, like this:

[slater]

Ahhh so thats why the minor looked so rad!

period mods ftw

[briandamaged]

Rangie's been semi-bobtailed into an ersatz pick-up. Bobtailing's usually done to get rid of the rear overhang so that they can climb steeper slopes without the ass-end digging in, but occasionally you come across pick-up conversions that utilise the same technique.

As the later P38-shape Range Rover gets cheaper, so they've started to become candidates for the treatment as well, there have only so far been a couple of them done to my knowledge.

[bodieanddoyle]

is that 325i the one in need of some serious A post rust repair? he came and tried to cut a section out of a scrapper at ours last year. there used to be 3 six series', spacekadett was talking of amalgamating them into one. IIRC one had a scary funnel shaped spiderweb inbetween the seats
theres a hot moggy pickup lurking somewhere round there.
the 100a is lovely, I've never seen it before, but heard about it numerous times
nice tat spottings!

[spottedlaurel]

boidieanddoyle said:

the 100a is lovely, I've never seen it before, but heard about it numerous times
nice tat spottings!

Ditto, good work Slater. I wonder if this 100A was mentioned in a classic mag (PC?) years ago?

[spacekadett]

You're right, the racer was moved next to the pick up when the other shed roof started to cave in!
Anyway, a few more details...

The Minor features a lightly tuned 1275, Toyota 5spd and Marina discs and axle. got parked up 'cos it ate clutches I think.

The pick up is one of 3 dotted about and despite years of hounding by my dad / me they won't sell them !! That 1 has been threatened with a rebuild with the engine out the stock car tho.

The Mazda is a 4wd turbo, possibly with a different turbo, not sure if it works.

Couldn't get him to sell the Triumph either (think it needs a tank), I could really see it slammed with STP or Gulf graphics

I know he'd like to see the 100A saved and other than the arches it don't look that bad.

The Bimmers and Range Rovers tend to get collected as drivers / breakers and just left there. I'm sure he'll get round to all of them one day.....

[slater]

Yeh i remeber you saying about the trumph and the pickups (does he still drive that white one you think?)

I'm surprised about the minor to say the least! allways assumed it was a stocker, you think he would sell that? ;D oh and get a price for the 100a if you get a chance. Id even buy it and sell it on just so it gets saved tbh!

Is it Hugh Weldon who owns them?

[reallyloud]

If anyone does save the 100A let the Datsun owners club know, I believe there is a decent donor car up for next to nothing. Most bits asides from chrome are fairly easy to find. I think hadrian still sell rear arches for these beasties too.

[Ratdat]

I've got some 100a panels left I think. Might have sills and a pair of rear arches. Maybe even some new doors. If anyone on here wants to save that 100a they are welcome to whatever bits I have lying about for it.

[trg1984]

great spots, that mini pickup should be rescued in a dareing midnight raid, SAS style

[slater]

Did i mention there used to be 2 mk2 escorts, one red rs2000 which was hella rusty and one white one with a pinto. They didnt stay there long tho

also a type 4 VW (iirc it was like tonyCCs old one only in green) that disserpeared too

[BigWig]

do you know if spacekdett still has the mini?

[JonnySierra]

Spacekadett has saved tons of stuff from there! Our Dad's worked there since he was 15, so about 41 years now!

slater said:

Did I mention there used to be 2 mk2 escorts, one red rs2000 which was hella rusty and one white one with a pinto. They didnt stay there long tho

The engine out of the red RS2000 is the one which is now in Spacekadett's 100E! The white car was supposed to be coming home with me in 2002 but someone else paid what it was actually worth, so I didn't get it.... It's since been featured in Classic Ford.

The Triumph's a 2500 injection, I'll try to find my close-up pics from when it was cleaner. Sadly it's definitely not for sale - I have tried!

[spacekadett]

taitracing said:

do you know if spacekdett still has the mini?

Oh yes I still have it! ;D
I must confess to having only really collected stuff and not fit it until recently
However after alot of faffing about it does now have a 'stop gap' engine (ported MG A+ wi std remote shift box) and a period 3 point roll bar being made soon. Promise to post pics when I dig the camera out!

The engine is only until I can finance putting together some of the bits I bought from over xmas .....

[Mr Vincent]

100a! arches look a little shonkey

Guess Whats coming to Acton To be Saved !
Hugo The Yugo -or- Darren The Datun

P.S Datman if that offer still stands I need a rear light and some panels !!

[Lex]

i'll have the J-Tins

[slater]

Go Darren