Colonelk
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Apr 26, 2009 18:01:47 GMT
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.... to photo a car that Ive known about since I was about 7 and discovered how to ride a bike. It'd been there for many a year even then! I also made a NEW find hiding in the bushes a short distance away, in the same (small) wood that Id never known about!  Bearing in my this was my childhood stomping ground I was pretty surprised! New find..... is there something in there?.....  Yes.... yes there is! a VW beetle I think.... rat look? LOLz  Anyhow, onto the mystery car, although after some internet pondering I'm pretty sure Ive worked out what it is..... what about you?       Still wonder how it got there, its a few fields away from the road! Didnt know if this should be in the 'abandoned ones' thread or not! |
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Seth
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Apr 26, 2009 18:19:09 GMT
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Triumph Herald/Spitfire  |
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Apr 26, 2009 18:19:52 GMT
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Triumph spitfire or GT6?
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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street
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6.2 ft/lbs of talk
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Apr 26, 2009 18:26:57 GMT
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Hey cool finds!
I like seeing cars like this, almost totally returned to nature and deep in a wood leaving you wondering how they'd got there! I often think to myself that i'd like to leave one somewhere for future generations to discover.
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Seth
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Apr 26, 2009 18:44:56 GMT
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Hang on. I've just recognised the bumper format. ANd the fibreglass. Its a Bond Equipe! Rear valance upside down.  What do I win? Actually I'll have the steering wheel if its there, regardless of condition  |
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Last Edit: Apr 26, 2009 21:24:18 GMT by Seth
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MrT
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Apr 26, 2009 18:48:43 GMT
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With all that GRP around, I reckon that's a Bond Equipe...
Edit: Looks like we were both typing at the same time Seth!
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Last Edit: Apr 26, 2009 18:50:08 GMT by MrT
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Apr 26, 2009 18:58:17 GMT
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yeah, I was wondering about the fibreglassy-ness of it too. Make that a third guess for the bond.
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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Apr 26, 2009 20:12:22 GMT
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I wish I could know why someone took the rear spring but left the steering box and the diff.
Another cue I noticed is the front of the chassis is different, there is no front valance bar because the Equipe has a longer bonnet and th valance is part of the bonnet.
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor |
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Apr 26, 2009 20:55:42 GMT
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hats an early beetle as well being that it's king and link pin, probably worth nabbing, hell i may even be interested for spares |
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1960 Beetle twin 40's 1776cc
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Apr 26, 2009 20:57:26 GMT
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SUSPENSION LOOKS TR6 / SCIM ISH
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Apr 26, 2009 21:08:50 GMT
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didnt bond use lots of triumph bits
including the doors?
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Colonelk
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Apr 26, 2009 21:15:53 GMT
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Awesome, a Bond Equipe eh? I thought it was a spitfire or something from looking at chassis pictures on google images  Although I was saying to myself "didnt know Spitfires were fibreglass!" heh. But thats 10 times cooler! Was half tempted to see how solid the chassis was in some sort of mis-guided rod attempt but I doubt Id have the skill to do that even if it was mainly solid, which I highly doubt! Seth.... Ill have a rummage through the undergrowth and see what I turn up Youll probably be lucky though..... don't think theres even a steering colomn or anything. Heh Magnumpi Ill revisit the beetle tomorrow and see whats left of it! |
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Last Edit: Apr 26, 2009 21:17:15 GMT by Colonelk
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Seth
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Apr 26, 2009 21:25:57 GMT
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Seth.... Ill have a rummage through the undergrowth and see what I turn up Youll probably be lucky though..... don't think theres even a steering colomn or anything. Ha! Yeah, well the Bond's had Les Leston steering wheels (and seats!) from the factory. Would be a cool thing to have even if disintagrated. Don't go out of your way though |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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Apr 26, 2009 21:36:12 GMT
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Bond equipes are built on Herald/spit chassis
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Apr 26, 2009 21:38:14 GMT
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Cheers mate, no doubt the beam will be totaly rottom, but the arms pull out once you've undone the grubscrews on the end.
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OAP drifta Volvo 340,Williams power
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Colonelk
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Apr 26, 2009 21:58:15 GMT
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Seth.... Ill have a rummage through the undergrowth and see what I turn up Youll probably be lucky though..... don't think theres even a steering colomn or anything. Ha! Yeah, well the Bond's had Les Leston steering wheels (and seats!) from the factory. Would be a cool thing to have even if disintagrated. Don't go out of your way though heh Ill be down there walking a friends dog soon so no worries. Will only have a kick through the surrounding leaves though Magnumpi... will probably just visit with a can of WD40 to start with! |
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Bearing in my this was my childhood stomping ground I was pretty surprised! 
Although I was saying to myself "didnt know Spitfires were fibreglass!" heh. But thats 10 times cooler! 
