bunglebus Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I heard the P5 had gone. Might have a trip to Braintree to pap the Allegro and Renault though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Think the Renault is on borrowed time now, there's been a Sold sign up at the property for a few weeks now. Didn't someone (can't remember who) say that the P5 at Billericay had been gone for a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The P5 was there last year, probably 8 or 9 months ago when I was on the replacement bus from Billericay. Not been down that particular road since. I would jump off the train after work and look but there are ticket barriers at Billericay so jumping off and on again would be a faff as my ticket is not to that station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, EssDeeWon said: The P5 was there last year, probably 8 or 9 months ago when I was on the replacement bus from Billericay. Not been down that particular road since. I would jump off the train after work and look but there are ticket barriers at Billericay so jumping off and on again would be a faff as my ticket is not to that station. I'm always in the area - can you give me an idea which road it's in or where's best to see it from please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Sad looking Vectra 20190719_113847 by RS, on Flickr Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, bunglebus said: I'm always in the area - can you give me an idea which road it's in or where's best to see it from please? Same here please! I'm not often in Billericay but I'd love to try and see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 hours ago, bunglebus said: I'm always in the area - can you give me an idea which road it's in or where's best to see it from please? It is/was up the Mountnessing Road on the left hand side if you are heading away from the roundabout. Behind those trees (easier in the winter when the trees are bare) its down there amongst all the growth and behind one of those office blocks. I used to see it regularly from the top deck of the replacement bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I'll check it out. I did have a look when it was mentioned before but might have been in the wrong place EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I live very near there and I thought the P5 went a few years ago. There's a car wash operating on the site now who had a bit of a clear up when they started, the P5 was behind the bungalow they use as an office Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 100% it was there well within the last year. Are we talking about the same location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 minutes ago, EssDeeWon said: 100% it was there well within the last year. Are we talking about the same location? Yes definitely, I'm a 2 minute walk away from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 So it's the opposite end of Radford Road from the station then? There's a Sainsbury express in what used to be an engineering firm, must be behind that from the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 While we're there did anyone get a picture of the eighties Oldsmobile (I think) coupe which was always parked outside the Indian takeaway? Quite a piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 14 hours ago, neil1971 said: Yes definitely, I'm a 2 minute walk away from there Just been to Billericay and found the P5, it is still there..although very obscured by the trees, bushes and brambles. You need to walk up this mountnessing road and stop by this lamppost that says something about alcohol free zone or whatever. If you look through those trees and bushes you can just about see it, and walk just along slightly you can see it side on but it’s probably 98% obscured. I then walked around the other side of the car wash into the office car park and if you look over this fence you can see the V8 engine which I suspect is from the P5 and the Rover is amongst all those brambles. Amishtat and Jerzy Woking 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Useless photo but it’s somewhere in there, in real life you can see the car but using a camera phone on a sunny day is not ideal. Need to go back in the autumn unless one of the other locals has a better camera on a non sunny day. neil1971 and Amishtat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 That's well hidden, I drive past there every day and thought it had gone, used to be pretty visible but I guess easier to see when there's less foliage, good spotting! EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, neil1971 said: That's well hidden, I drive past there every day and thought it had gone, used to be pretty visible but I guess easier to see when there's less foliage, good spotting! Yes Neil, even walking along this time of year you wouldn't spot it unless you knew it was there. Its alot more hidden now, the brambles and stuff have really taken over. neil1971 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Definitely going to have a look next time I'm passing EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Surprised no one has lifted the 3.5 V8 out. I can’t actually see the car in the photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 28 minutes ago, sierraman said: Surprised no one has lifted the 3.5 V8 out. I can’t actually see the car in the photos? The V8 engine is down behind the fence, completely out of sight. The car is well buried and very difficult to photograph even without the glare of the sun using a camera phone. Hoping one of the others can pop by and do better with a proper camera and no glare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Better dig my SLR out then... EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Talking of old abandoned Rovers, there used to be a P4 almost completely engulfed in undergrowth, at the side of a field by the Fortune of War roundabout, on the A13 at Laindon. It was on the London bound side, 300 yards or so before the roundabout. Its only really visible from the cab of a lorry or van. I was tipped off about it and it still took me ages to find it. That was about 10 years ago, not sure if its still there but it was barely visible then, it was parked in a hedge with just the lower half of one side visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Angrydicky said: Fortune of War roundabout, on the A13 at Laindon. A127 but I know where you mean. Not the easiest place to stop and look either. There used to be some old cars sitting next to the exit for Wickford as you went Southend bound but never checked them out. Did find the mortal remains of an Austin 1300 that my mates used to play in, 20 odd years later it had been rolled into a ball and buried by a digger. Still found it though. michael t, Angrydicky, face and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Been there at least 6 months, possibly being used as a shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, bunglebus said: A127 but I know where you mean. Not the easiest place to stop and look either. There used to be some old cars sitting next to the exit for Wickford as you went Southend bound but never checked them out. Did find the mortal remains of an Austin 1300 that my mates used to play in, 20 odd years later it had been rolled into a ball and buried by a digger. Still found it though. Yeah of course it's the A127! An inexcusable mistake really, as I know the area like the back of my hand! Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Holidays area as opposed to home. Island of Arran. This wasn't here last year but it looks like it has been dragged from somewhere else. The wheel on the roof appears to be to stop rain entering the sunroof which has rotted away. worldofceri and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Well I found the Rover P5. Followed the directions, you can just about make it out through the brambles; DSC_0003 by RS, on Flickr DSC_0001 by RS, on Flickr It looked like it might be possible to get closer, so despite only having shorts and a vest to protect me, I decided to take one for the team, climb through the fence and take on the hawthorn, brambles and nettles DSC_0005 by RS, on Flickr DSC_0006 by RS, on Flickr 20190721_144634 by RS, on Flickr DSC_0007 by RS, on Flickr 20190721_144710 by RS, on Flickr Untaxed since 1990. Don't think this one will be seeing a road again. It's not even clear which property it belongs to, as it's not really accessible from a road, I reckon it was there before the office complex behind was built - 1991 I think I've pulled most of the thorns out of my arms and legs...ouch. As I was exploring I thought I'd go and pap this, which has been sat there with the door open for a very long time; 20190721_150544 by RS, on Flickr As that was right next to Windsor Trading estate (scrapyards/salvage cars) I thought I'd take a peek. All closed of course but there were some orphans outside; 20190721_150242 by RS, on Flickr 20190721_150424 by RS, on Flickr 20190721_150444 by RS, on Flickr 20190721_150330 by RS, on Flickr Also found these 20190721_153002 by RS, on Flickr The front was worse! 20190721_152821 by RS, on Flickr hennabm, adw1977, Lord Sterling and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Well Done man!! I wouldn't of fancied climbing down through those brambles and bushes. 10 bonus spotting points there! Well buried away isn't it. Amishtat and Angrydicky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 3 hours ago, EssDeeWon said: Well Done man!! I wouldn't of fancied climbing down through those brambles and bushes. 10 bonus spotting points there! Well buried away isn't it. Agreed, I tried some pics earlier today but could barely make the car out through the undergrowth and didn't fancy braving the thorns so fair play to bunglebus! I'm sure the car used to be much nearer the bungalow / office and that's why I thought it had gone, so I think it must have just been dragged away from there when the car wash people moved in and tidied up the area behind. This was my best effort so you can imagine what the others were like! EssDeeWon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 6 hours ago, bunglebus said: ......As I was exploring I thought I'd go and pap this, which has been sat there with the door open for a very long time; 20190721_150544 by RS, on Flickr..... That general air of neglect. Wonder if its owner can't afford to run it anymore but won't let go of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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