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

carchaeologist

Someone obviously loves it if its taxed and insured,suppose the council cant take it then.

Hermy

Spotted this yesterday near Lough Derg...

Max_Damage

^ The final resting place for many Carina II's.

zilog_jones

T150s like that are getting very rare. They seem unloved compared to the other Carinas - older variants were RWD (and '70s models didn't look too bad), and the T170 Carina II and T190 Carina E have that reputation of being bombproof (also, see people like Volvoboy ).

maidhc

I haven't seen any of these,

but I'd like to:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=42768

Volvoboy

zilog_jones wrote: »

T150s like that are getting very rare. They seem unloved compared to the other Carinas - older variants were RWD (and '70s models didn't look too bad), and the T170 Carina II and T190 Carina E have that reputation of being bombproof (also, see people like Volvoboy ).

carchaeologist

I came across this pic recently..

Its a Ford Granada Windsor estate as far as i can make out,going by the lengthened rear doors and the plate between the front and rear doors,did anyone come across it when it was on the road,it was last taxed in 2000.

G Luxel

What a waste of a rare car. I can see a Cadillac in the background.:mad:

superboy

Sickening waste. only a handful of coachbuilt mk1's left. :mad::mad::mad:

carchaeologist

I see one of the forum photos of the Granada hearse that Granadamad bought made The Mourning News.

http://www.hearseclub.co.uk/

carchaeologist

And this is a side profile of a Granada windsor,see the lengthened doors and the piece between the front and rear doors.

Max_Damage

Hasn't been taxed since 2000 according to Mywheels.ie

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

Hasn't been taxed since 2000 according to Mywheels.ie

Yep..its well baled by now.

granadamad

superboy wrote: »

Sickening waste. only a handful of coachbuilt mk1's left. :mad::mad::mad:

thats a mk2

superboy

haha whoops!! i should'vbe copped that.... must've been the wheels that threw me.....
Still though thats a waste of an interesting and rare car.

bangerboy

guess the car

1948Wolseley

Volga 21

Tomebagel

volvo

junkyard

I'd say Volga too, where's the scrapyard? Some interesting looking stuff there.

mamakevf

It's a Borgward

carchaeologist

bangerboy wrote: »

guess the car

Where are you going racing that?

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

Where are you going racing that?

He should be hung by the balls if he's going to 'race' that.

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

He should be hung by the balls if he's going to 'race' that.

Theres a Jag and a MK2 Granada beside it..i dont think its going to be restored..

ronaneire

carchaeologist wrote: »

Where are you going racing that?

What a waste if it ends on a track!

123 man

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

Ben,
do you remember a 180B Ponton TZC317?

I havent seen it around for a few years.

ponton is in south co dublin . i have it about 4 years i new i saw that number some were be four

Kevin_Herron

Great to hear its still around.
It was in the Windsor vintage and classic car auction in '95.

123 man

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

Great to hear its still around.
It was in the Windsor vintage and classic car auction in '95.

do you no any more about the car i got it out of a body shop in south co dub were it had lay for years . it look so sad there i had to buy it

G Luxel

bangerboy wrote: »

guess the car

Are they ZV plates? why would u banger race a rare car like that over here?

Shame....:mad:

bangerboy

yea its a gaz volga i think, its not mine but it will be raced eventually

Max_Damage

^ Scumbag........:mad::mad::mad:

Just leave.