Dave finds a car - can you guess what it is yet?

[dave21478]

Errr, Dave? can you clear some of the fallen trees above the dam? 

ugh. s'pose. *sad face*

 

waist-high prickly as fuck brambles, chainsaw, machete, winch, fall into the stream twice, wet feet....shithouse morning tbqh.

 

Found a car though. Someone must have dumped it off the track about 15 feet above many years ago.

 

Its on its side, this is the front end....

 

Four doors. 3-box shape.

 

corner bumper in surprisingly good order.

 

illuminated rearview? it has wiring inside it anyway.

 

bigger clues....C-pillar chrome trim.

 

in the front, where the engine isnt.

 

 

 

There might also be a second car in here....hard to tell...

 

In amongst the old barbed wire, lots of bandsaw blades and other rusty shart, this looks like a front wing....

 

And this is definitely a door off something old...

[Dave_Q]

Quick, gerrem on ebay.

 

 

"GENUINE DITCH FIND SPEARS OR REAPERS NOT MEXICO RS2000 RING A DING DING L@@K"

[Junkman]

Renault 8?

[bub2006]

The car looks old but the interior mirror being auto dipping would mean not too old. Technology and Chrome I'd say Japanese

[Vin]

Full marks to the Junkman...

 

[dave21478]

yes, a pat on the head and a biscuit for JM.

 

This is I think the third R8 I have found like this, in the same sort of condition.

[garethj]

I had a French Renault 8, I guess Dave's is a locally built one.  The bumpers are still good because they are stainless steel.

[garbaldy]

I've also been clearing fallen trees and didn't find owt at all interesting.

 

Why would there be wires to the interior mirror ?

[dave21478]

It probably had a courtesy light in the bottom of it.

[Guest Hooli]

Put the trees back over it & don't tell anyone.

[garbaldy]

Of course I never though of that,

 

You don't need a second man do you ? I can swing a saw.

[forddeliveryboy]

Why were the French able to afford stainless bumpers even on pretty humble cars when even our more pricey snob-tastic conveyences used chrome-plated rusting stuff?

[Yoss]

 

Triumph Vitesse had stainless bumpers. Although they were more of a cover than actual bumpers I guess.

[oldcars]

SWAP 4 XBOX AND TWIX M8

[cort1977]

That is quite impressive to identify an obscure Renner from those pics.   Are you Rain Man JM?   He liked big Yanks too just saying.

[Lacquer Peel]

Trees entangled in rusting metal best* for chainsaw work.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Just imagine if that were a Mk 1 Escort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It'd be even rustier.

[chaseracer]

That is quite impressive to identify an obscure Renner from those pics.   Are you Rain Man JM?   He liked big Yanks too just saying.

 

I once identified a Zephyr 4 from the door aperture shape and the swage lines on a photo of a ball of scrap.  My son has never let me forget this.

[overrun]

Just imagine if that were a Mk 1 Escort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It'd be even rustier.

 

There's a mk1 Transit in the woods near me. After at least 25 years there I bet it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

has virtually disappeared, now.

[Skizzer]

Why were the French able to afford stainless bumpers even on pretty humble cars when even our more pricey snob-tastic conveyences used chrome-plated rusting stuff?

More to the point, how come these bumpers are mint when the ones on my Renault 16 are all pitted and spotty?

 

I'm going straight round to my Renault dealer to complain.

[Mr A Lawrence]

ROFFLE!!!!

 

I'll have 2 & 57

[oman5]

My old stamping ground of Merthyr Tydfil in S.wales has loads of this kind of stuff hiding. There are many disused railway embankments/tunnels and places to dispose of your no longer wanted/not actually yours motor vehicle..

There is a tunnel full of 80s era burnt out joyride victims, whilst the remains of cwm colliery (which is well off the beaten track in the middle of a forest) turned up what looked like a mk1 escort in still vibrant orange, sadly probably been there since the 70s and almost unrecognisable.

[oman5]

More to the point, how come these bumpers are mint when the ones on my Renault 16 are all pitted and spotty?

I'm going straight round to my Renault dealer to complain.

Even more to the point, how did Renault make bumpers that are still good after nearly 50 years, whilst the metal used in vehicle construction had the longevity of tin foil?

[Junkman]

That is quite impressive to identify an obscure Renner from those pics.   Are you Rain Man JM?   He liked big Yanks too just saying.

I think Rainmanman is well accounted for here and it's not me.

 

I read the body tags and the rest just fell into place.

What do I know about cars?

[garethj]

I recognised it from the shape.

 

It's a blessing. And a curse.

[Richard]

Somebody on Flickr managed to identify this. Both pictures are the same car.

 

DSC_8425 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

DSC_8428 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[Richard]

It took me about three days to work this one out, again it's two pictures of the same car. Spoiler alert- if you click through the answer is in the description.

 

DSC_5636 by RichardB5, on Flickr

 

DSC_5646 by RichardB5, on Flickr

[Yoss]

I think they were anodised aluminium.

 

Ben

Yes you're right, I stand corrected. I know a lot of the trim bits on my Triumph are stainless, I get easily confused.

[DSdriver]

The French were quite big on alternative materials, my DS has stainless bumpers, aluminium bonnet and grp roof. Apart from the glass and rubber these are the only bits that don't rust.

[chaseracer]

Somebody on Flickr managed to identify this. Both pictures are the same car.

 

Escort mk2?