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

Hermy

si_guru wrote: »

...it's all welded and lead loaded

Thanks for the reply si.
Can I ask what does lead loaded mean?

si_guru

http://freespace.virgin.net/tommy.sandham/leading.htm

I think FX4s were built this way too.

I spoke to the owner of a stunning burgundy DS420 once - wedding car.. but a nice one.. not an ex-funeral car sprayed white.. He had spent £2K (GBP) haing the paint "touched up"...

Also the spec can vary.. IIRC funeral cars being the lowest spec. What you want is an ex-embassy car.... or the Queen' mums old motor.

Hermy

Thanks again si.

ahal

Hermy wrote: »

Thanks for the reply si.
Can I ask what does lead loaded mean?

afaik lead loading is a form of repair / filling ... you will get a more comprehensive reply no doubt

carchaeologist

Those DS' were built until 1992, theres a 1991 model run my a wedding car company down here, looks odd with a '91 D reg. The black one above is shagged. Short oval for that one.

Bigus

here's two in ireland for 4800 and 7k sterling same owner


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/classic_cars.php?category=&make=5&region=&country=123&era=&advert_type=&price=&keyword=&S.x=59&S.y=11&S=Search

si_guru

carchaeologist wrote: »

Those DS' were built until 1992, theres a 1991 model run my a wedding car company down here, looks odd with a '91 D reg. The black one above is shagged. Short oval for that one.

Maybe that's the one I have seen in Tralee.. I know in the UK that 99% of the ones you see are on their last legs.. welded, sprayed and radweld'd for 10th time..

..but a nice one is stunning car.

I am watching that 81 motor on CandC for weeks.. looks nice.. has the traits of a looked after car.

Not sure Mrs Guru is so keen.

Kevin_Herron

There are very little early original Irish ones left in good condition, the early cars are far nicer in my opinion. The same can also be said for Austin Princess Limousines that came before them.

Theres a cracking photo of my own taken in front of Áras an Uachtaráin in the RTE stills archive. Link below.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXDB_=default&_IXFIRST_=116&_IXSR_=JNPiXXmyynL&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXSPFX_=templates/large_popup_&_IXFPFX_=templates/large_popup_

Do-more

ahal wrote: »

afaik lead loading is a form of repair / filling ... you will get a more comprehensive reply no doubt

Here ya go, a video is worth 10,000 words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upn_20rqGE4

si_guru

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

There are very little early original Irish ones left in good condition, the early cars are far nicer in my opinion. The same can also be said for Austin Princess Limousines that came before them.

Theres a cracking photo of my own taken in front of Áras an Uachtaráin in the RTE stills archive. Link below.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXDB_=default&_IXFIRST_=116&_IXSR_=JNPiXXmyynL&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXSPFX_=templates/large_popup_&_IXFPFX_=templates/large_popup_

Great pic!

G Luxel

mb1725 wrote: »

Trying to find the missing words ''Jaguar Mk10 stretch floorpan'' and ''British Leyland'' in any sentence. I used to see two 87 C limousines run by one of the undertakers. Is the abandoned car originally Irish....amazing it hasnt been vandalised considering it still has its wing mirrors....:)

Hermy

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

Theres a cracking photo of my own taken in front of Áras an Uachtaráin in the RTE stills archive. Link below.

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXDB_=default&_IXFIRST_=116&_IXSR_=JNPiXXmyynL&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXACTION_=query&_IXSPFX_=templates/large_popup_&_IXFPFX_=templates/large_popup_

That link isn't working for me.:(

Do-more

Hermy wrote: »

That link isn't working for me.:(

Didn't for me either but if you search the RTE archive for "French ambassadorial car outside Aras An Uachtarain (1977)" I'm guessing that is the correct photo.

Slidey

Lead loading was where molten lead was used instead of filler to fill gaps and make repairs

It is a lost art now though.

mb1725

There's an old style body guy using lead at the start of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9x8j056Qc

YBTurbo

mb1725 wrote: »

There's an old style body guy using lead at the start of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY9x8j056Qc

Boyd Coddington, off topic but didn't he die ?

jimmyw

Yes he did, cause the reason I know is because we were made redundant a few days before, ::mad:.That Duane fella was a nasty piece of work:rolleyes:.

Mahatma coat

dosent the term
Lead Sled

refer to an old Hotrod thats had extensive panelwork

Do-more

mk1esc

how rare is a volvo like that now???? looks like someone made a start to mod it....

ahal

On anecdotal evidence, Amazon estates would seem to be 1 to every 10 of the saloons sold. In fact I've never even seen an Amazon estate ... but these cars still seem to turn up for banger races in the Nordic countries!

Do-more

mk1esc wrote: »

how rare is a volvo like that now???? looks like someone made a start to mod it....

I just did a very quick search of Blocket, the Swedish equivalent of donedeal/buyandsell and there are 6 estates currently for sale from about €500 for a renovation project up to about €4500 for a nice one.

Saloons are much more plentiful with about 120 currently for sale from €200 upwards.

bijapos

ahal wrote: »

On anecdotal evidence, Amazon estates would seem to be 1 to every 10 of the saloons sold. In fact I've never even seen an Amazon estate ... but these cars still seem to turn up for banger races in the Nordic countries!

Close enough, 1 in 9 according to Wiki.

Wasn't there an Amazon estate bunt out in Kerry recently, at a shop near Molls Gap iirc.

By the end of production, 234,209 four-door models, 359,917 two-door models and 73,196 station wagons had been produced, 60% of them for export[3] — for a total of 667,323 vehicles.

keef

rugbyman wrote: »

Also there is a Wolseley Six, good condition or sorts at first glance, but quite a bit of rot below. he did not have this car running.

Would welcome more details on this one sir.

waxon-waxoff

I thought this Opel Kadett was a GTE at first but its a SR. Had only seen Vauxhall Astra and Nova SR's before but this has an original Irish reg.



Dunno if you could call these BMW's classics yet

carchaeologist

There was a Kadett SR in Charleville reg'd VIC330.

lepoatnam

waxon-waxoff wrote: »

I thought this Opel Kadett was a GTE at first but its a SR. Had only seen Vauxhall Astra and Nova SR's before but this has an original Irish reg.

Where is that Kadett SR??

Tomebagel

Buford T Justice wrote: »

Maybe not old enough to be a classic, but certainly rotten enough

nice pics,that one was owned by a garda who rathered see it end up like that then sell it to some young lad who would look after it!

nice early spec white too!

waxon-waxoff

lepoatnam wrote: »

Where is that Kadett SR??

Its in Longford, sent you a pm saying where. Let us know how you got on if you go to see it.

mamakevf

Pity about the Kadett SR, it looks to be in pretty bad shape.
The rear wheel seems to be off-centre indicating that the rear axle mounts have rotted and pulled away from the body, a common failing on the Kadett D's.
The Kadett SR was the only car to have the roof spoiler (GTE's didn't) and were minus the rear under bumper skirt ( Which the GTE's had).
It would take a brave person to tackle that, but it would be nice to see it restored as it is Irish reg'd.
I own a Kadett 1.6 SR, with 58k on the clock.