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

ahal

mb1725 wrote: »

Volvo ?

I'd have gone Volvo too, but I've never seen round vent controls in a Volvo of that era ...

I suspect something Japanese ... was thinking Bluebird but again the vents are wrong :rolleyes:

Alfasudcrazy

carchaeologist wrote: »

The crispiest MK1 Fiesta iv ever seen!!:eek::D Everything was rotten!

It was a 1979 car, but as it doesnt show on Cartell, id guess it was off the road pre 1993. Parking under trees does a car no favours!

Well at least the reg plate is still intact - I may have made up that myself. .

Grimreaper666

ahal wrote: »

I'd have gone Volvo too, but I've never seen round vent controls in a Volvo of that era ...

I suspect something Japanese ... was thinking Bluebird but again the vents are wrong :rolleyes:

It's a Volvo alright, more than likely a 244 going by the colour but the 144 had a similar dash with the same vents, well the later 144 had round vents anyway.

carchaeologist

Alfasudcrazy wrote: »

Well at least the reg plate is still intact - I may have made up that myself. .

It's not far from your house actually. Plates are now on the wall in my shed..

junkyarddog

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

It's a Volvo alright, more than likely a 244 going by the colour but the 144 had a similar dash with the same vents, well the later 144 had round vents anyway.

I'd agree that it's a Volvo.

carchaeologist

junkyarddog wrote: »

I'd agree that it's a Volvo.

+1

red sean

The Triumph lovers may be interested in this link:

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=16219

red sean

And some old hearses from Donegal.

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=11956

lastsaturday

junkyarddog wrote: »

I'd agree that it's a Volvo.

you're right, it was a volvo.. now a hedge.

i think it is a 200 series.. quite a few years newer than my 130, and a bit crustier..

it's down in rathgar if anyone wants it...

Grimreaper666

Found these today, all for sale, if anyone's interested P.M. me for details.

Tzar Chasm

Is he finally selling those cars? I've driven past that place a lot and the general word locally is that he's a harder not a seller

carchaeologist

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

Found these today, all for sale, if anyone's interested P.M. me for details.

Theres just something about crispy Rollers, it makes me laugh at the amount of money that was spent on them over their lifetimes and they end up like that..

Capri

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

Is he finally selling those cars? I've driven past that place a lot and the general word locally is that he's a harder not a seller

Another chap ( ex Huets mech) has a load of them up on Bancroft (Ave?) in Tallaght

Anan1

I think they're the same cars - they belong to John Kenealy? I first saw them in his garden in around 1997.

Grimreaper666

There used to be a couple of Silver Clouds in Dun Laoghaire in fairly neglected condition, I remember seeing them a few years back. Does anyone remember them or know what became of them?

gyppo

junkyarddog wrote: »

I'd agree that it's a Volvo.

Definately a volvo going by the drivers door card and opening mechanism - identical to my 1977 244.
However its a Volvo 144 with the dash revision from 1973 onwards.

Basil Fawlty

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

There used to be a couple of Silver Clouds in Dun Laoghaire in fairly neglected condition, I remember seeing them a few years back. Does anyone remember them or know what became of them?

Interesting. I would love to know where, if only just to sneak a peak.

manta mad

renault supervan !!!!
used as a gate for a while ,but flat wheel now ,so the owner parks on the road ????



these few are in tullow ,had one pic up last year ,new lidil store went up beside this place and now handier to look in !!
cant be many anglia estates about ,or is this an estate ???



and a few trucks that are about ,,is this ex army ?

trevorbrady

'81 (thanks carchaeologist ) VW bus



no longer abandoned though, I rescued it from certain death. It was in the yard of a waste collector, he had lifted it there with a chain through the sliding windows

Silvera

trevorbrady wrote: »

'81 (thanks carchaeologist ) VW bus



no longer abandoned though, I rescued it from certain death. It was in the yard of a waste collector, he had lifted it there with a chain through the sliding windows

Well done!
Great to see solid-looking original plated (Co. Kildare in this case) vehicles being saved.

Give this man a medal:)

joec26

Yes, and this car must have been imported since 1987 when ZV plates were first made available. Looks quite solid, although there is an ash frame under the everflex (vinyl) roof. Feel around the rear window area. Is it "soft?". To restore a car like this though you will need a garage and some expertise. One tip?! Maybe get itbrunning and run it as a scruffy runner before stripping too much. A common mistake that some novices make is to dismantle too much and then lose heart! Best of luck if you do succeed in buying it. Value? 2-3k or what do people think?

carchaeologist

joec26 wrote: »

Yes, and this car must have been imported since 1987 when ZV plates were first made available.

ZV plates were first made available(in XX1234 format for 30 year and older vintage registrations) in 1992.

Slidey

No idea what this is but it caught my eye sitting in the corner of a field south of Perth WA

Squ

trevorbrady wrote: »

'81 (thanks carchaeologist ) VW bus


no longer abandoned though, I rescued it from certain death.

I hope you are going to start a log tread of your progress.

sogood

While out for a stroll during some free time from work, I came across an old abandoned house with a few cars in the driveway. Luckily I had my camera with me and went to investigate. Closer inspection revealed more cars and a little snoop around back revealed even more, many gone long past salvation. There was however a lot of windows, screens etc. lying about. I took one pic of a steering wheel and dash from an old Vauxhall of some sort, when I realised the whole car was present, though mostly rotted away. I took the pic of it in its entirety and marked out the steering wheel with a yellow arrow. See if you can see the outline of the car! The whole place was a mess with hundreds of plastic bags filled with old newspapers, including the inside of the house. Like an episode from "Hoarders". Anyway, see what you can identify, apart from the three or four out front!

sogood

And some more!

sogood

And yet more!

sogood

But wait, there's more!

jimmyw

Well I can recognize a vauxhall viva that's almost rotted away, and a vw derby.
A couple of cavaliers too.
Where is the one you have marked in yellow?

sogood

Almost there!