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

manta mad

spotted in tullow.
their parked up here a while:(
austin truck in good nick


dunno what this one is maybe old irish army signals wagon??


and if you look closely on the hill a jag with a golf behind it.
anyone know what the estate car is next to the shed?
couldent get closer to that one!

G Luxel

the estate looks like a Hillman Minx or the smaller Hillman Husky. Nice to see an original irish regd lorry, although I think it should be stored indoors or undercover, rather than left out exposed to rain and vandals and those amber front indicators are a recent addition.

mike65

Its not a Hillman Husky or Minx (the leading angle on the quarterlight is not sharp enough)

That blue car benind the Jag looks like a Mark 3 Escort or Sierra.

Mike.

Wishbone Ash

mike65 wrote: »

That blue car benind the Jag looks like a Mark 3 Escort or Sierra.

Mike.

Looks like a Mk I Golf to me (It appears to have headrests - did the Mk I Golf have headrests?)

Anan1

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Looks like a Mk I Golf to me (It appears to have headrests - did the Mk I Golf have headrests?)

We used to have a 1981 Golf diesel, it had one headrest. Came from the factory like that.

mike65

A head restraint. It was diesel spec.

Miek.

Anan1

A head restraint and four forward gears. I have a 1991 German Mercedes price list somewhere, showing the extra cost for a 5th gear on a W124 230E!

galwaytt

RyanSmith wrote: »

Juist have a look at some of the abandoned exotica on here.

http://www.supercarforums.co.uk/chatforum/viewtopic.php?t=30

wow. as one of the poster on that forum felt, now I'm depressed too.......:o

carchaeologist

Yes, thats some serious exotica alright:D imagine finding some of that in a shed in this country!! As for the estate car in the pics further up, i know theres some dissagreement, but it really does look like a hillman husky!!

superboy

Yes I reckon its a Husky too. Nice!!

Do-more

Spotted this outside a premises in Clonmellon Co. Meath during the week.

carchaeologist

Now that is vintage!!wouldnt even hazard a guess at what it is though.....

G Luxel

It is probably a pre war Wolseley or Morris.

junkyard

I hope it's not going out with the skip!:eek:.

VWPowered

great thread guys love abanoned stuff, i got a whole site of the stuff

see other post hello from france

enjoy

'cos rust is cool' :cool:

carchaeologist

A spares car a friend bought during the week, the original Datsun 100A estate(though its not really much of an estate car:rolleyes:), the photo makes it look quite good, its actually extremely rusty:(

Max_Damage

carchaeologist wrote: »

A spares car a friend bought during the week, the original Datsun 100A estate(though its not really much of an estate car:rolleyes:), the photo makes it look quite good, its actually extremely rusty:(

Is there any floor left in it, or is at a Flintstones car!?

carchaeologist

Actually its structurally quite sound, but in typical 100A fashion the roof gutters are gone and the lower rear quarters and sills have fed a lot of tinworms....

Wishbone Ash

Why the horrible Euro plates? :eek:

carchaeologist

Not sure, i think it was on the road up to 6 or 7 years ago and i presume the owner at that time wanted to modernise it,i agree that they look horrible. It has a bigger engine in it from a 120A, the driveshafts were cut and welded to make them fit!! Twas quite a little goer in its time id say:D!

Max_Damage

It's a Westmeath reg. (LI) if I'm not mistaken.

So is your friend going to restore it?

carchaeologist

yes, LI westmeath indeed,around 1975 i think. it wont be restored id say, he bought it for spares for his74 4 door 100A.Though it would be nice to see it on the road again.

G Luxel

No, not in Ireland but in a suburb called Jouy-en-Josas, south of Paris. Its called appropriately enough 'Long term parking' and took 6 years to build by a sculptor called Arman. It was unveiled in I982 and consists of 59 cars in I800 tonnes of concrete. It used to be polished every day but has fallen into decay in recent years and apparently the people in the area didnt know it existed as it isn't on any tourist guide. Its in the grounds of the Cartier Foundation.

Max_Damage

I remember reading about that concrete thing in a book. What a waste of perfectly good cars for so-called 'art'

By the way G Luxel, what's with using 'I' instead of '1'?

Sids Not

Max_Damage wrote: »

I remember reading about that concrete thing in a book. What a waste of perfectly good cars for so-called 'art'

In fairness..nothing an sds drill and a bit of time wouldnt fix.....:D

Alfasudcrazy

Horrified to see two pretty good looking 504's in there. :eek:

Renotec

Sweet J*e*S!!!!
Bet there is a lot of spares in there. I see all my favourite models.
R5
R12
R16's (class car!! I Could do with that quarter bumper.)
R20
Peugeots - 404, 504,
Fiats - 500, 850,
Citroens - Traction avant, Ami, Dyane, DS (up top!)
Well at least they are not yet cubes of metal waiting to be turned into bean tins!

Also this is a prime location to exercise ones "carchaeology" skills.

Dades

I kinda like it! They are immortalised at least!

Saabdub

Saw what looks like a Mercedes W123 abandoned in a field at Ballany, Co. Meath last week. Photo is a bit blurry, it was a good way off and I didn't have my wellies:D

Saadub

MercMad

Saabdub wrote: »

Saw what looks like a Mercedes W123 abandoned in a field at Ballany, Co. Meath last week. Photo is a bit blurry, it was a good way off and I didn't have my wellies:D

Saadub

.......yeah a W123 alright, looked badly damahed and the rear axles appear to be missing !