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

bijapos

gav240z wrote: »

Oh man, there is a Honda S600 in there. Very rare and very hard to find parts for. Also extremely collectible now.

PM me, I can lend ya these :pac:

Kevin_Herron

carchaeologist wrote: »

G'wan the kev..! What state was the engine in? Surely only for parts?

Perfect to rebulid.
70k miles and totally original right down to the original tailored plug leads with the Ford ovals on the caps!

The guy that has the engine is hoping to put it into his model A at some stage.

G Luxel

and what has happened to the rest of the car? Will it be used for spares or has it been recycled?

G Luxel

2cv wrote: »

I'm on it :-)

Yesterday I spotted a Renault 5 Mk2 abandoned near Ashton School on 90 D plates, couldnt take a pic as i was in moving :)traffic... And the Paris monument is still at the same location except it hasnt been clean-up for a few years so its probably a monument to Rust!

carchaeologist

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

Perfect to rebulid.
70k miles and totally original right down to the original tailored plug leads with the Ford ovals on the caps!
The guy that has the engine is hoping to put it into his model A at some stage.

Nice one,theres a rodded model B(i think?) down here with a flathead in it. And a Ford truck that was featured in Irish vintage scene recently too. Cool engines.

Max_Damage

Spotted these today while getting a petrol tank in a scrapyard for my Ford Escort Mk3:

Partially hidden '89 Ford Cargo:


'90 Rover 213:


A Ford Sierra waiting to be stripped and crushed:


And this Opel Manta (there's no floor left in it by the way) that's awaiting the crusher:


Now before a anyone asks, I got my petrol tank and took these pictures at this guys place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrawb/

And no, it's not open to the public.

ronaneire

Max_Damage wrote: »

Now before a anyone asks, I got my petrol tank and took these pictures at this guys place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrawb/

And no, it's not open to the public.

Some amount of scrap there.
Max not all the of pics are of cars tho

Max_Damage

ronaneire wrote: »

Some amount of scrap there.
Max not all the of pics are of cars tho

Yeah but he works there.

carchaeologist

Max_Damage wrote: »

Now before a anyone asks, I got my petrol tank and took these pictures at this guys place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrawb/

Scrapyard porn!:D

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kev1.3s

Porridgemonster wrote: »

very cool, where is this austin gipsy?

G Luxel

are these cars in Ireland or the UK?

bugsntinas

luv the mk1 trannie.

carchaeologist

Porridgemonster wrote: »

NSU RO80 on the extreme left?

sogood

2cv wrote: »

I'm on it :-)

Theres a local mechanic of mine down here in Kerry has one of them in his yard along with a few other bits and bobs.

james1410

i came accross this in my local scrapy about a month ago it belonged to the owner of the scrap yard and he bought it many moons ago id say early 90's and he then got something fresher so stoped using it!

i was going to buy it until i found out there worth feck all! its a 300sec it think and had a rare manual gearbox! there was virtually no dents on it and very little rust and it can be bought for 500 euro if it hasent been striped for parts!

Porridgemonster

heres a couple more,I wandered around this yard for a couple of hours,loads of old stuff,vintage tractors,trucks,machinery,there must be a couple of thousand cars there !

Porridgemonster

quattro777

Where is that place?

moar pics!

bijapos

james1410 wrote: »

i was going to buy it until i found out there worth feck all! its a 300sec it think and had a rare manual gearbox! there was virtually no dents on it and very little rust and it can be bought for 500 euro if it hasent been striped for parts!

Its a 280 unless the motor was changed after 1985, and its an S or SE not a SEC. A manual gearbox is indeed rare enough though.

Anan1

bijapos wrote: »

Its a 280 unless the motor was changed after 1985, and its an S or SE not a SEC. A manual gearbox is indeed rare enough though.

Was manual available in the V8 engined W126? I saw a W116 350SE once.

Max_Damage

Anan1 wrote: »

Was manual available in the V8 engined W126?

No, only the six cylinder models.