Channel Island Chod: Mystery old yad

1.5k · January 6, 2008

Not viewed this thread for a while.. you'd expect that 'new' shite would dry up in such a place - seems not! Great thread.

With regards to this pic, it's probably nothing exciting, but what is the yellow car on the left outside of the compound?

Cheers, Greg

January 6, 2008

Umm

Poor Maestro

Looking at the engine bay IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d wager an MDi / Perkins Prima found another home though. Possibly in something nautical?

4,469 · January 13, 2008

Gompo, I think the yellow car to which you refer is a Fabia, or possibly a mk3 Golf. Certainly not anything rateable unfortunately!

This week's selection. I've tried to capture the mundane and ordinary. For they may appear dull today, but they will be shredded metal tomorrow!

I've usually ignored old Mercs, but this one looks unloved now and quasi-abandoned - been in the same position for some months now.

Also appearing to have been dumped is this early Tipo

Another big old sausage-eating motor that I've paid little attention to until now, but elderly Audis are rare here. Non-original rims, they look a bit Saab-ish to me?

Still on the subject of Kraut waftmobiles. This lovely beige 525e has all the look of an early 1980s Essen taxi, if you ignore the original Jacksons Garage dealer plates and rear window sticker

More creamy goodness, this 305 saloon doesn't seem to be in use these days.

VAUXHALLS UNLEADED. Mk3 Cavs h8 wheeltrims

I've already bagged an Astra Club earlier in this thread. I think you could get a Belmont Club and a mk2 Cav Club too?

Espace Turbo DX with nice hubcaps. Did Britain get denzel powered 'spaces in the 1980s?

Unless the Diesel badge is a red herring, this Carina must be a rare sight.

Early Renner 19, I think this is the bells and whistles TXE model.

Nice original looking Carina estate

Some old Sunny-related thing

You could order your Alfa with bodykits of varied tastefulness.

Pretty looking Capri on ugly looking rims

Not enough of this sort of thing left on the road

C** P*** T*** C********

These Passats are now very uncommon

I think this is a 323 turbo, Wuvvum have you still got one of these?

The only Montego I've seen on Jersey in the last year

My new next door neighbours own this honey

Finally, a moment

4.8k · January 14, 2008

Shame if this merc gets crushed - exactly the sort of thing I'm after...

The E25 beemer is very nice and the Audi looks very clean too.

The last thing is a Ssang Yong Musso isn't it?? You would not really want to make one of those any more conspicuous would you!

Shame to see that very rare 323 Turbo left to rot away too...

4.8k · January 14, 2008

Oh, and the Cavalier SportsHatch is gorgeous...

8.5k · January 14, 2008

That SSanyong is ORSUMS in a scary apocalyptic type way. I assume the CPTC is a Morris Oxford Coupe?

4,444 · January 14, 2008

I'm imagining the Ssang Yong to be driven by some wild haired Channel Island Mad Max type, roaming the streets of Jersey dispensing justice!

4.1k · January 14, 2008

at the Musso!And yum @ the Sunny, Carina wagon and Camry...

4,469 · January 19, 2008

More sightings from earlier this month:

Old stuff

Not-quite-so-old stuff

Awesome stuff

Small stuff

Daimler Sovereign

Nice-looking Mercedes

...needing one or two components to complete

Soft top shite line-up, rotting hulk at the rear is a Deux CV, what's the car in front of it?

Mk3 Escort L and 323 fastback out to grass.

Toymotor probably not got much more mileage ahead of it

Fourtrak with added gaffa tape, still a lot of these around.

Trooper looks to be permanently parked up

Wheelclamps have made it to the Channel Islands

Unrusty manual 240GL is probably a bargain with less than 100k on the clock

Pre 1990 Novas are very scarce now.

A few typical seasonal-worker chariots looking semi-abandoned in this hotel car park, many Charades this style can be seen on the island.

tyÃ…â€š przejaÃ…Â¼dÃ…Â¼ka 200SX pÃ„â„¢d koÃ…â€ša turbocharger Silvia nie AE86

Nice late 1980s Euro-qualitat combo

Another double-trouble moment

House-o-shite, despite the land it's on being worth a billion quid to developers this place is used for storing deckchairs and other assorted beach wank for the winter.

4.8k · January 19, 2008

Soft top shite line-up, rotting hulk at the rear is a Deux CV, what's the car in front of it?

MX5???That Volvo estate looks mint - what a bargain!

2.4k · January 19, 2008

but grim headlights! What's the MOT situ in the islands?

4.8k · January 19, 2008

whats wrong with the headlights??

12,190 · January 19, 2008

They look as if the reflectors are very rusty but it might just be a reflection.

4,469 · January 27, 2008

Late 80s Eurotat

Hella grille adding interest to this LHD Tipo

Another visit to the scrapyard

Despite rust streaks, Galaxy still seems too new to be in here. Rare Pug 106 hovercar floats by

Didn't manage to snap this mk1 BX estate while it was still on the road

Vaguely remember a lot of the 1983 Nova launch pics featuring these alloys

"I want a Classic. I know, I'll go on Ebay and see what I can pick up for about two and a half grand"

Option 1 - nice looking Angular

Option 2 - Automatic Clubby Estate but hope those stripes will reappear

(both cars have since been re-registered with local identities)

Coach interlude

These are all Leyland Swifts, looking laid up for the winter

Bodywork constructed by Wadham Stringer of Portsmouth and Elme of Portugal respectively

This Swift GTI retains more of its graphics on the driver side

Mid 80s UK-reg German grot

Compensating for the recent lack of Fiestas, one we've seen before (Crystal Blue for all you Ford paint fanatics)

And one we haven't, seen in 2002, wonder if it's still around, looked tidy.

Finally, something old and built somewhere in England. Probably BMC rosettes all over the engine bay. Lives just round the corner from me

9,797 · January 29, 2008

As a resident of Jersey, I'm not happy that NONE of my old nails [past or present]has appeared in your photos!

1,374 · January 29, 2008

I've enjoyed the "pleasures" of those Tantivy coaches on more than one occasion when going horseracing!

9,797 · January 29, 2008

Someone asked about the MOT rules in Jersey, well, there ain't one! Unfortunatley, tthere is a catch. If you import something, not only to you have to pay a hefty sum in import duty [based on engine size, if it's less than 25 years old]] but then you are subjected to an inspection that makes the MOT seem like a walk in the park. That means that all the interesting Jersey registered stuff is far too expensive, and there's a lot of cruddy old sheds around that even a bent MOT inspector would hesitate to pass. Occasionally there's a blitz [by way of roadchecks] but as long as all the lights work, the tyres aren't bald, and the bodywork isn't too grim, you'll pass. Going back to the inspection on entry to Jersey, there seems to be an unwritten rule that anything extensively modified, wether it's safe or not, will not pass. I know, I've got the t shirt!

4,469 · January 29, 2008

To elaborate, the import inspection is only a 15 minute formality for RHD vehicles under a quarter-century old - the main concern is whether the chassis number comes up as hotlisted on the Police National Computer. Left hookers require 30 mins (mainly to allow for checking headlamp alignment) and "classics" need a full day for the comprehensive Super-MoT examination.Stuff like Jap/US imports (anything without EU type approval) requires a "Certificate of Approval", similar to the UK Single Vehicle Approval test. Vehicles over 10 years old don't need this in the UK, leading to the strange situation of - for example - Nissan Figaros having been fully registered in England, but still incurring this Ã‚Â£300-plus inspection to be registered in Jersey, much to the frustration of their owners (due to demand, the waiting list is many weeks too).

As a resident of Jersey, I'm not happy that NONE of my old nails [past or present]has appeared in your photos!

Hey, I've only been back here six months and combing every square foot of the place is going to take time... give me some clues and I'll track your tin down!

1,537 · January 29, 2008

Oh man.I reckon that Ssang Yong would be fine if it was matt black - Mad max style. Y'know the ole proverb eh?Matt black'll get ye back, but chrome don't get ye home....

3.8k · January 29, 2008

Is the white car in front of the 2CV a droptop 944?

9,797 · January 30, 2008

To elaborate, the import inspection is only a 15 minute formality for RHD vehicles under a quarter-century old - the main concern is whether the chassis number comes up as hotlisted on the Police National Computer. Left hookers require 30 mins (mainly to allow for checking headlamp alignment) and "classics" need a full day for the comprehensive Super-MoT examination.Stuff like Jap/US imports (anything without EU type approval) requires a "Certificate of Approval", similar to the UK Single Vehicle Approval test. Vehicles over 10 years old don't need this in the UK, leading to the strange situation of - for example - Nissan Figaros having been fully registered in England, but still incurring this Ã‚Â£300-plus inspection to be registered in Jersey, much to the frustration of their owners (due to demand, the waiting list is many weeks too).
As a resident of Jersey, I'm not happy that NONE of my old nails [past or present]has appeared in your photos!
Hey, I've only been back here six months and combing every square foot of the place is going to take time... give me some clues and I'll track your tin down!

Estate opposite Derek Warwick Honda, bottom right hand corner, just oast the abadoned scooter and the derelict 2 CV, nice pile of old Yank shite, plus a Jag