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

Odelay

greendragon3 wrote: »

or the deflating one liner that you get when you ask about the pile of rust that's been sitting in the briars for eons " ah im going doing that up " !!!!

only to see it carted away in the local scrap mans lorry a few weeks later :mad:

brings to mind a recent story , we are big zetor tractor men and we have restored 5 out of the 12 that we have in the shed , anyway we got a phone call a few weeks back to say that a lad near to us was after getting a 6718 zetor for free to take away and if we approached him we might be able to buy it for parts etc , we went to look at the tractor and it dawned on us why he got it for free , the engine was seized the top was off the gearbox and it was full of water , the tyres were all perished and there was no glass or roof left in the cab , but none the less we could see some potential in the ould girl and we decided to offer him €450 for the tractor as it stood ( clear profit for him ) , he wouldnt even have to take it off the lorry just slew it onto our trailer , we got a resounding NO and we were told that he had a client for the engine and someone else for something else blah blah blah , so we left him to it and thought no more of it until we got another phone call this week to say that he had brought it to the scrap man and got just €150 for it !!!!!! now where is the logic in that will you tell me ??? but this is the mentality of people nowadays , if they think you have any interest in anything the price automatically goes through the roof and then when they realise they cant sell it they would sooner scrap it than see you getting it .:mad::mad:

There is a fear that someone might make €100 more out of a deal, the fear is so great that they would rather let it rot and get nothing at all for it.

Gosub

Odelay wrote: »

There is a fear that someone might make €100 more out of a deal, the fear is so great that they would rather let it rot and get nothing at all for it.

Yeah. Stupid people are stupid.

Odyssey 2005

Gosub wrote: »

Yeah. Stupid people are stupid.

You just can't fix stupid

jca

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

You just can't fix stupid

Death fixes stupidity......

Diabhalta

aujopimur wrote: »

This has been sitting for about 10yrs..

the car is gone... forever... It was there for about 15 years actually.

I was on the way home and saw a tow truck outside that house... I knew straight away it's there for the golf. He got 42 euro or something like that.

It's not a special car but still a shame... the body was good, all the glass there...



edit: the original picture attached to the OP's post (date: 10-12-2013).

aujopimur

I enquired about a few times, I think the first time was about 12 years ago when it was in good condition.

kev1.3s

aujopimur wrote: »

I enquired about a few times, I think the first time was about 12 years ago when it was in good condition.

And he wouldn't sell it to you and possibly a handful of other guys and then he sells it for €40.

Diabhalta

aujopimur wrote: »

I enquired about a few times, I think the first time was about 12 years ago when it was in good condition.

you weren't the only one... He could've get few hundred euro for that and somebody would have a winter project (or a good source of parts).

aujopimur

Lots of guys like that around, it becomes a conversation piece for them when they talk to like minded people.

Kaiser D

I presume its off for scrap then?

mk1esc

shame about stuff like that.....

Diabhalta

Kaiser D wrote: »

I presume its off for scrap then?

Yes.

Capri wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/3-saabs-for-restoration/7403738

That's ... a DoneDeal ad...

it's not like you saw it and took pictures.

Kaiser D

Capri wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/3-saabs-for-restoration/7403738

I'm going to call about those in the morning. Wouldn't mind adding to the fleet.

Capri

That's ... a DoneDeal ad... it's not like you saw it and took pictures

Sorry, bit tired yesterday:o

Kaiser D wrote: »

I'm going to call about those in the morning. Wouldn't mind adding to the fleet.

A least you've space

Diabhalta

Friars Walk, Cork

Odyssey 2005

Diabhalta wrote: »

Friars Walk, Cork

That looks like Steptoes yard:P

bugsntinas

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

That looks like Steptoes yard:P

like the d series up back.

aujopimur

I posted pics of the Friars Walk yokes a few years ago, a few more were there at the time, there's an ongoing legal problem with that place, which is being sorted slowly.

nmacc

But I believe it's an original TS...

Sorry about a) the lousy quality
b) attached rather than embedded -Flickr appears to be broken.

unfit2006

A few spotted in a field in rural France:






and a few more not abandoned

Capri

The French seem to have embraced their new style 'immatriculations' (Reg. plates) - plenty of classicques in French fields ?

red sean

unfit2006, any pics of the Renault Dauphine behind the Peugeot pick-up?

unfit2006

red sean wrote: »

unfit2006, any pics of the Renault Dauphine behind the Peugeot pick-up?

'fraid not Red Sean. A chap in a nearby village has a small workshop and specialises in "classiques".

He sometimes has one in around the place for work.



Capri, in the really rural parts you still come across old cars, vans or tractors lying in or around barns. I often wonder would it be the same story that you get over here when you call in to inquire whether it's for sale ... " not for sale... going to restore it myself". and we all know how those scenarios usually play out.

Testacalda

Spotted these two oldies, maybe not classics in the true sense, but people still seem to have an interest in them.

They are behind the petrol station on the road between Birdhill and Killaloe (or is it Ballina )

The Sunny is being used as a gate along with a silver Bora!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/126826897@N07/15171199805/in/set-72157646935057050/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/126826897@N07/14984535250/in/set-72157646935057050/

Capri

unfit2006 - that Dauphine looks a very modern peach colour, respray, or was peach 'in' in the 60's ?


Old Sunny's, bulletproof :cool:

along with a silver Bora

Thought it was a MASERATI Bora

SpitfireIV

Not sure if these Jags have been posted before. They're on the Hacketstown Road across from the Brownshill Dolmen just outside of Carlow town, been sitting there for a few years now.

The blue one looks like its pretty decent, the other two, not so much so.

Cant recall the name of the man that owns them but I believe you'd have two chances of obtaining them!!!

macplaxton

CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »

Not sure if these Jags

My eyes see three Daimlers (more affordable than the Jag equivalent) Nice V8 engines though.

kev1.3s

Those have been there years and mk 2 bodywork is incredibly expensive so I'd call em donors.

Capri

I posted photos of them about a year ago

I also posted photos of these 2, a 250 Merc and 2002 (?) in Sandford Motors , the Merc was white then, and the 2002 (150 KRI) was intact - now the Merc is nearly desert beige :P and the 2002 is burned out :eek:
Hard to know what to call a 'mechanic' that lets that happen to good cars :mad::mad:

Fat Nav

kev1.3s wrote: »

Those have been there years and mk 2 bodywork is incredibly expensive so I'd call em donors.

I pass them most days its a crime leaving them to rot away like that.