Dumped cars in your area

[Metal Guru]

  On 13/03/2022 at 13:48, SmokinWaffle said:

Crisp. 

Probably get £1000 for it as a camper project in this climate though! 😁

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Isn’t that the Dingles van from Emmerdale?

[bunglebus]

  On 13/03/2022 at 14:38, Dick Longbridge said:

FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE miles at its last MOT in 2013. Still on SORN...

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  On 13/03/2022 at 14:41, RoverFolkUs said:

Giffer owner probably, bet theres nothing wrong with it under the green (other than rot, perhaps!)

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It belonged to an old person who got taken into care and the car was left outside her flat. I presume it eventually got removed but I've not checked.

I was told a year but I took the pics in Dec 2017

The sign is the landowner saying it needed to be removed

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 13/03/2022 at 14:58, bunglebus said:

 

It belonged to an old person who got taken into care and the car was left outside her flat. I presume it eventually got removed but I've not checked.

I was told a year but I took the pics in Dec 2017

The sign is the landowner saying it needed to be removed

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I see, that makes sense. As mentioned above it's on a Sorn so possibly still exists somewhere 

[Joey spud]

These aren't dumped as such the Honda is my wife's and the manual twin turbo 300zx is my sons.

But both have been forgotten about down at my father in law's.

[bunglebus]

Not sure on the Sprinter, Polish plates and glue where a sticker has been removed from the windscreen 

[J R Hartley]

Not exactly my area.  Spotted when I was visiting Skye last year. 

 

[bunglebus]

Spotted this in a field with some modernz

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 18/04/2022 at 08:46, bunglebus said:

Spotted this in a field with some modernz

 

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That looks remarkably solid for an E plate Fez. 40k at the last MOT. Not been taxed or ticketed for the last 12 years. Someone save it...

[Skut]

Any ideas what this might have been. 5 stud wheels, RWD, coil springs all round and disc front brakes. Near Errol on the Tay.

[SteersWithThrottle]

  On 19/04/2022 at 06:50, Skut said:

Any ideas what this might have been. 5 stud wheels, RWD, coil springs all round and disc front brakes. Near Errol on the Tay.

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Mk1 or 2 Granada is my guess, not much to go on though! Not too many cars with chrome bumper, RWD, IRS, coil springs, and drums on the back. If I could figure out what part of the car picture two is, it would help...

[Skut]

  On 19/04/2022 at 11:59, SteersWithThrottle said:

Mk1 or 2 Granada is my guess, not much to go on though! Not too many cars with chrome bumper, RWD, IRS, coil springs, and drums on the back. If I could figure out what part of the car picture two is, it would help...

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It’s the glovebox upside down as the car was on its roof with its nose facing up the bank. I’d thought perhaps a Jag.

[SteersWithThrottle]

  On 19/04/2022 at 12:25, Skut said:

It’s the glovebox upside down as the car was on its roof with its nose facing up the bank. I’d thought perhaps a Jag.

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Didn't RWD Jags of the 70s and 80s have inboard discs at the back?

[Missy Charm]

  On 19/04/2022 at 06:50, Skut said:

Any ideas what this might have been. 5 stud wheels, RWD, coil springs all round and disc front brakes. Near Errol on the Tay.

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  On 19/04/2022 at 11:59, SteersWithThrottle said:

Mk1 or 2 Granada is my guess, not much to go on though! Not too many cars with chrome bumper, RWD, IRS, coil springs, and drums on the back. If I could figure out what part of the car picture two is, it would help...

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I agree with it being a Granada/Consul, and would suggest that it's a very basic model Mk1 such as this:

The bumper poking out of the ground matches that one for shape.  It was most likely a low spec car as it lacks a black rubber finishing strip and overriders.  Upper market models had one or other, generally, and some had both.  The Mk1 also had five wheel bolts, as seen there, and the rear axle setup is similar to that of the abandoned car.  The glove compartment and dashboard is something of a mystery: the Granada was modern enough to have a plastic dashboard, but the abandoned car appears to have a metal one.  Strange.  

Definitely not a Jag.  Their IRS used quadruple springs and shock absorbers, one on each side of the driveshaft.  

[Lankytim]

It's deffo a Granada, a Mk1/Consul if the bumper is from the same car.  

 

[sierraman]

Get it on eBay!

[SteersWithThrottle]

  On 20/04/2022 at 10:43, sierraman said:

Get it on eBay!

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Classic "BARN FIND"!

[chaseracer]

<Wreck: 95% corroded and returned to the earth>

<AS hive mind: it's a **** *******, and here's the year/spec!>

This place, etc. 😎

[RoverFolkUs]

Saw a white 2013 Focus ST that was seemingly dumped today 🤔

It was in someone's garden so not like it was abandoned on the road, it was covered in greenery and dust so has clearly been there a while.

Wonder why they left it that way, lost license perhaps? 

I'll see if I can find an image on street view if it's been there long enough

[bunglebus]

Out for a bike ride today, found this

And a caravan in the woods

[motorpunk]

  On 20/04/2022 at 20:12, RoverFolkUs said:

Wonder why they left it that way, lost license perhaps? 

I'll see if I can find an image on street view if it's been there long enough

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Died in hospital, gone into a care home, gone to jail, stuck abroad, cloned and dumped, rich owner who is bored of it, broken and no time to fix... I also wonder why sometimes. 

[omegod]

  On 20/04/2022 at 20:12, RoverFolkUs said:

Saw a white 2013 Focus ST that was seemingly dumped today 🤔

It was in someone's garden so not like it was abandoned on the road, it was covered in greenery and dust so has clearly been there a while.

Wonder why they left it that way, lost license perhaps? 

I'll see if I can find an image on street view if it's been there long enough

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Weak engines in those  

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 21/04/2022 at 14:55, motorpunk said:

Died in hospital, gone into a care home, gone to jail, stuck abroad, cloned and dumped, rich owner who is bored of it, broken and no time to fix... I also wonder why sometimes. 

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Very true! All possibilities

[Captain Mainwaring]

  On 12/03/2022 at 16:02, dozeydustman said:

That’s a Talbot wheel so possibly the remnants of a Horizon, Alpine or Solara

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Hmm, I'm thinking Fiat Uno?

[robinmasters]

There was a story in the local news within the last week about an overgrown house in Ramsgate; the front garden had a van (Renault Trafic), boat, and 'luxury car' (unspecified) parked in it, but only the back doors of the van could be seen.  Its been like that since at least 2009.  It reminded me that there is another abandoned Renault Trafic very close by (I've checked, it's about 2 1/2 miles).  Which has also been there since at least 2009.  

The top two pictures are of the house in the news report, the bottom two are down the road from Thanet ambulance station.  

Are any of your other readers aware of two (or more) same model vehicles abandoned in close proximity?  

[Split_Pin]

  On 21/04/2022 at 14:41, bunglebus said:

Out for a bike ride today, found this

And a caravan in the woods

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Unusual to see something that old abandoned on a driveway these days, I recall these being disposable in about 1990 but not now. It doesn't look too bad!

[Asimo]

Does this count? No rain for weeks and so the river reveals this:-

Golf?

[SteersWithThrottle]

  On 29/04/2022 at 17:57, Asimo said:

Does this count? No rain for weeks and so the river reveals this:-

Golf?

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It's certainly in the water hazard...

[AnnoyingPentium]

  On 29/04/2022 at 17:57, Asimo said:

Does this count? No rain for weeks and so the river reveals this:-

Golf?

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Fiesta?

[Out Run]

  On 29/04/2022 at 17:57, Asimo said:

Does this count? No rain for weeks and so the river reveals this:-

Golf?

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Fore door?

[SteersWithThrottle]

  On 30/04/2022 at 08:05, AnnoyingPentium said:

Fiesta?

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@dollywobbler can probably tell you what it is from the windscreen wiper...