Let's see the abandoned ones....

[ThePollitt]

Hmmm, this thread will either be a roaring success or a huge failure, but you gotta have a go!

Right then, to the point.

Lets see the scrap yard finds, the ones that have been left to rot, the ones on driveways that you want to buy but owners won't let you.

I'll stick some up when I get home, damn work pc won't let me.

Chris

[pbottomley]

bob

[dave21478]

When I used to commute to uni in my mini, every day I passed a house with an open-fronted barn beside it. Sitting there was a tidy-enough looking mkII escort 3-door. it NEVER moved. years passed and it still never moved. I knocked the door once and the chap was pleasant enough but said it wasnt for sale as he wanted to restore it himself when he had the time. Years passed and it still never moved. I went back a few times, and got a few friends to ask in my place over these years but he always said it wasnt for sale. Seemingly the dude died and his wife had a scrappy take it away.

Also, when I was quite young (maybe 12 or 13) and not yet into cars, my grandparents lived on a TINY wee island in the Outer Hebridies - think "craggy Island" from Father Ted. Anyway, as there was no garage on the island, all cars were exempt from MOT`s as the nearest testing station was an 8 hour ferry ride away. My Grandad toured about in a selection of what would be regarded here as awesome cars. A few big yank saloons, a Toyota Cressida, (he had a running one and two others in the garden for spares) some other big J saloons I cant remember, a Montego MG turbo, An Austin Healey of some description, a few minis including a pickup AND a van and a mkII escort rs2000. once cars reached the end of their usefullness, everyone just dumped them at the bottom of their gardens for parts. One day he had a massive cull and got a guy to take away all these old cars. The guy took what parts he thought were useable and the rest got shoved into the sea!

One day I will go back there for a holiday and see what I can find lying about as there is bound to still be some cool stuff there.

[mattblack]

Bedford KM (and me... ) Circa early 80's


Enquired about this Sceptre for spares twice over about a 2 year period when I had mine, both times got the 'my lad's gonna do it up' line... a few days after I asked the second time it appeared on the 'bay


Used to pass this every day...

[rob0r]

Here's a thread with some on the family farm.

retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1169084673&page=1

[tillio77]

rob0r said:

Here's a thread with some on the family farm.

Wow Rob, someone in you family really loves P6's then!

[Dez]

rob0r said:

Here's a thread with some on the family farm.

retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1169084673&page=1

wow!!

is the pop still there or did it get scrapped? for sale?

[Fiat Daft]

here is one of mine,it is in ireland now

[austin1750maxi]

Manta. O.A.P Can no longer drive-wont sell "just want to look at it"

The "Get round to it one day" Story

The never at home

And again

The a40 posted above is still there-with added bust window

Sunbeam


And I have plenty more if anyone wants me to post them-including a Datsun 180b sss

[Fiat Daft]

post em up,i love thes kinda pics!

[spacekadett]

There used to be an HS Chevette down the side of a house in Bergholt. I tried on numerous occasions to get hold of the owner, knocking and leaving notes on it to no avail. However, one of my brothers did get hold of him. He said it was his brothers, who was abroad somewhere, but he might sell it for £800. It was fairly complete but had been in grass and nettles up to the door handles for ? years and the footwells were inches deep in water! I thought that was a touch rich as the shell was scrap along with the interior and god knows if it even turned over.
But I kept an eye on it and kept knocking on the door (never an answer ) but one day it just disappeared.


Anyway, wrecks currently at my dads works include;
3 Mini pick ups
VW Caddy
Tidy LWB Defender pick up (up for grabs I think)
Various Range Rovers in various states
3 6 series Bimmers
Couple of E30 325s'
Triumpth 2500 pi wagon
Mazda 323 turbo 4x4
Modded Moggy Minor
Grass track Mini
Datsun 100A
I think thats all of them, some could be had but others, namely the Moggy and Triumpth, they just won't part with. Anyway, to the pics;

Some courtesy of Slater;

retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1169320575&page=1

These by my own fair hand







I've whored them out on a couple of occasions, but what the hell!! ;D

[Samage]

pbottomley said:

Hows about this little lot, about 30 truck sin total some very old old stuff from the 60's all been sat doing nothing since the M62 was finished.... Will the owner even let me in to take pictures.... No way .... shame



More here

www.annteak.com/images/quarry/index.html

I know the place!

Unfortunately, the owner wasn't about when I went to enquire about pictures. To my discredit, I went with the "shimmy over the fence first, ask questions later" approach. Shameful, but did yield some good pics. As can be seen here.


Another site with abandoned tractors and vans I saw can be seen here. I genuinely thought this land was ownerless, and my insider at the land registry thought the same. Alas, 3rd time I went I royally p***ed off the landowner. So OK, I tresspassed again, but in error this time.

And finally, a selection of cars I didn't have to break civil laws to obtain photos of.
















;D

[bulldog]

;D ;D

[rob0r]

tillio77 said:

rob0r said:

Here's a thread with some on the family farm.

Wow Rob, someone in you family really loves P6's then!

They sure do! Dad's got most of them and my aunt has a few too.

Dez, I'll find out. It's been in those bushes longer than I've been in existence though.

[devilishdesigner]

I WANT THIS!

[Rob M]

Keep this thread going, its a good un.
I will post some pics as soon as I get my daughter to tell me how ( old git, modern technology = disaster)

[gearoil]

zeb said:

Keep this thread going, its a good un.
I will post some pics as soon as I get my daughter to tell me how ( old git, modern technology = disaster)

Should keep this thread running alongside OooooF...

[Fiat Daft]

i agree!

[monster]

[J.P]

mattblack said:

Used to pass this every day...

I'm 99.99999999% sure we passed this on the way back from the RetroRides show and went ' Look Matt Black!' and the taxi driver must have thought we were crazy!