Dumped cars in your area

[Amishtat]

Have a look up a driveway at the town end of London Road and spot the split screen Minor that's been there since the early nineties! 

[Amishtat]

[Lankytim]

Not quite dumped but these have been at the back of a dealers forecourt for years, maybe 10 plus. Is there a reason for keeping scrap this long? Tax liabilities? BTW, they’re priced up at circa 2009 prices, the Freelander is over 3k

[chaseracer]

Some pics of a fast Fiat I found dumped on Cannock Chase back in '06...

[Amishtat]

Not really in the same league, but.. 

 

[purplebargeken]

There is a red Mercedes parked up outside an abandoned pub just 5 minutes away, flat tyres, drivers side window down. Looks pretty solid. Posters had been stuck on the windows but have since been removed, so someone must be keeping an eye on it. It's an old model, the one with vertical lozenge type headlights, maybe K or L reg. The pub is on the main road too. 

I haven't looked too closely, I daren't. I'll try and get a piccie soon.

[Skut]

10 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Not really in the same league, but.. 

 

Is that a council sticker on the 1100?  If so are they taking the piss. It must have been there 20 years. 

[Amishtat]

The Minx had sat there since 1991 at least, the owner didn't seem remotely concerned about Brentwood Cuntcil sticking their noses and stickers on things which didn't concern them. 

[New POD]

16 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Not quite dumped but these have been at the back of a dealers forecourt for years, maybe 10 plus. Is there a reason for keeping scrap this long? Tax liabilities? BTW, they’re priced up at circa 2009 prices, the Freelander is over 3k

Selling them at a loss would be better from a paying less tax point of view. 

[stuboy]

This turned up near my depot did have number plates X .... now theyve dissapeared

[stuboy]

Been here 2 weeks in ditch, by a20, where j10a m20 being constructed.. its on its side

[Datsuncog]

I think there's some sort of scenario whereby car dealers can offset tax liability against unsold stock, or something like that.

At least, I was told (by someone else) that this was the reason for a local garage retaining a whole row of decaying scrappers at highly optimistic prices.

They were also exceedingly cagey about anyone looking at them - or taking pics. I snapped these in 2000...

...but when I happened to be passing in 2008 and tried to take a couple more pics, one of the sales staff spotted me and started shrieking that they were going to call the police, tried to block me from leaving, etc etc.

When I surreptitiously went back two years ago, nearly all the wrecks had been cleared, with only a few unloved 90s cars now remaining.

Still, they provided me with my avatar...

[bunglebus]

20190813_145540 by RS, on Flickr

20190813_145534 by RS, on Flickr

 

Think that ^ is a project - LHD

 

I've been lurking around Ilford this week and seen serious chod sitting on drives (DAF, MK2 XR2 and various others) - not many pics as I was on my way to/from work, but I'll be back. These were near where I ended up though;

 

20190813_120401 by RS, on Flickr

20190813_100419 by RS, on Flickr

20190813_090925 by RS, on Flickr

 

All have rusty discs and have clearly not been used in some time

[purplebargeken]

The Daf in Ilford may be one I went to look at a couple of years ago, I left a note but no-one ever responded. Maybe. Can't recall if it was a 44 or 55, possibly a 44.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Near the office...... Since I originally took this photo (in July last), the TVR has been shunted nearer to the house and its numberplates have been removed. It has been sitting there ever since I first started working in Ealing, and that was nearly eight years ago.

[Amishtat]

Rather surprised to come across this earlier this afternoon. Presumably either too rotten to be worth the effort or it's someone's spares stash. 

[bunglebus]

YMY 666H in case you can't read it. Not on DVLA 

[bunglebus]

The Astra has a van in a similar state keeping it company, no pic today though

[HMC]

On the a37 near Bristol is a stash of rovers behind / adjoining a diahatsu dealership

[DSdriver]

I posted this car the same time last year, it is gradually disappearing into the hedge

[DSdriver]

But this has arrived since my last visit

 

[Steve79]

18 hours ago, HMC said:

On the a37 near Bristol is a stash of rovers behind / adjoining a diahatsu dealership

This is Hursley Hill SMG in Whitchurch, Bristol. The whole site is jam packed full of this stuff from when they were a Rover Main Stealer. Mother Steve79 has had her Charade serviced here for years so we know them quite well. They will sell the cars but only at the window price which includes a full restoration.  Think they'll find spares availability issues though. That maroon magentis has been on the site for about 10 years always advertised at around £2495. 

Not2grand did a YouTube video there in april. What you can't see is that in the gated off yard at the back there are a crap load of cars in the undergrowth including 80's and 90's Citroen shite (bx, ax and xm) from years ago when they were a citroen dealer. 

 

[rwd]

6 hours ago, Steve79 said:

This is Hursley Hill SMG in Whitchurch, Bristol. The whole site is jam packed full of this stuff from when they were a Rover Main Stealer. Mother Steve79 has had her Charade serviced here for years so we know them quite well. They will sell the cars but only at the window price which includes a full restoration.  Think they'll find spares availability issues though. That maroon magentis has been on the site for about 10 years always advertised at around £2495. 

Not2grand did a YouTube video there in april. What you can't see is that in the gated off yard at the back there are a crap load of cars in the undergrowth including 80's and 90's Citroen shite (bx, ax and xm) from years ago when they were a citroen dealer. 

 

Don't forget about all the shit that's behide the gate at the bottom like the E30 BMW that's almost buried

[bunglebus]

AV03NSK by RS, on Flickr

AV03 NSK

[Billy - Medhurst]

2000 VAUXHALL OMEGA 2000 GLS 1998cc X968JBF by Jonathan, on Flickr

2000 VAUXHALL OMEGA 2000 GLS 1998cc X968JBF by Jonathan, on Flickr

2000 VAUXHALL OMEGA 2000 GLS 1998cc X968JBF by Jonathan, on Flickr

1994 RENAULT CLIO 1870cc RT M841CFE by Jonathan, on Flickr

[Billy - Medhurst]

1996 SAAB 1985cc 900 S N432UAV by Jonathan, on Flickr

2003 RENAULT 1598cc SCENIC CN53DJV by Jonathan, on Flickr

[Lord Sterling]

^^^ Been to that garage. It's opposite an auction place. I think I took some pics. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Moss seems to be able to grow on practically anything.

[bunglebus]

Poor Omega

[Billy - Medhurst]

1999 LAND ROVER 1795cc FREELANDER V340HRV - CY22 by Jonathan, on Flickr

1999 PEUGEOT 406 110 HDI EXECUTIVE ESTATE 1997cc T493FUM - T9NAG by Jonathan, on Flickr

1969 TRIUMPH 1296cc 1300 FWD ******G by Jonathan, on Flickr