Alan_Green Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Annoyingly not a single earlier, rear wheel drive 626 (AKA Mazda Montrose). Could've been a nice source of parts. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 This feels Deja-Vu. I am sure I heard this collection needed shifting by the end of the week a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 The owner of the cars just sent me this. Bad news All the cars have been scrapped by the yard owner. This was against what his solicitor's letter said. dave j, Split_Pin and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Solicitors? Sounds like it was complicated and the arrangement between him and the yard owner broke down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said: The owner of the cars just sent me this. Bad news All the cars have been scrapped by the yard owner. This was against what his solicitor's letter said. Blimey. As @HMCsays - sounds very complicated and would have probably ended up as a world of pain trying to do anything anyway. LOVED seeing the "28 Days Later" style photos up the thread from here. Really captures the bleak scene! HMC and BlankFrank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I am probably naive in this respect but unless an individuals name was on the v5 I’m unclear if a car could be “scrapped” by a scrapyard at an individuals request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I'll take a run up tonight to weather permitting but that all sounds very definite and final. For what it's worth, the last time I went to that yard it was a different owner or perhaps his son. He looks about 25 and rocked up in an AMG A Class of some sort. He was the rudest person I ever met. The guy in front of me who asked if they had any BMW alloys in stock (it says they sell alloy wheels and tyres at the gate and they have a lot of BMWs in stock so a reasonable question) really got short shrift from him. I'd never go there for any parts again. So he was either fed up of people taking the piss or is just that sort of guy. It's a shame they were scrapped but I'm sure they could have gone to a good home a few years ago if the owner had just let them go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I might be wrong but I think I saw a few of these stored not in Bonnybridge but at a canal side yard in Redding. I might be completely wrong but maybe not all of them are gone. Split_Pin, Lacquer Peel and Dick Longbridge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I know where those units are, I went to visit a contact there for some seat bolts for my Corsa. I may take a state mandated bimble.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheezey Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: I know where those units are, I went to visit a contact there for some seat bolts for my Corsa. I may take a state mandated bimble.... I think everyone has taken to the canal paths for their daily jaunt. There are few yards at the canal with interesting cars. Trying to remember the last time I was along that way. I seemed to spend last year walking up and down the forth and Clyde continuously. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Damn, what a shame. Reminds me of that mental guy in Ireland that bought up all the Fiat 132's that ever came up for sale then let them all rot to bits in his field like a twat. When his family had to clear his estate there was like 1 or 2 out of a large number of cars that had any chance of survival. Anyone else remember that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I don’t think he’ll have baled them as much as swept them up, they looked rotten as fuck. Still though worth having all the unobtainable TWR kit off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I'd be surprised if they had been crushed, I think it's more likely that he'd sussed out that I wouldn't be interested in paying decent money for them and just told me that so I would piss off. Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: Damn, what a shame. Reminds me of that mental guy in Ireland that bought up all the Fiat 132's that ever came up for sale then let them all rot to bits in his field like a twat. When his family had to clear his estate there was like 1 or 2 out of a large number of cars that had any chance of survival. Anyone else remember that? There are people who just like the idea of owning as many as possible, just to prevent others having them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Mr Trebus, just a different kind of accumulated stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It does remind me a bit of a Trebus like character who amassed a collection of 2CVs in mid Wales when they were just old bangers, during the 80s/90s. They were stored on his land in fields/woods and about 15 years ago the local council served an enforcement notice for removal (we are talking at least over 50 here, poss 100ish). The whole thing was a bit convoluted as they were on his own land - I think the crux was the council thought he was running a business and he had no proper storage i.e. Hard standing. The removal enforcement was on environmental grounds. After it went back and forth in the courts for a while the council ‘won’ and sent in their scrap men. IIRC the 2CV club had a look to see if anything was saveable near the end of this saga and if memory serves they said one car was roadworthy and a couple were good for parts! TL:DR: leaving a car in a field in mid Wales for more than a couple of months is NOT saving it.... P.S. there may have been the odd Trabant as well, just to mix things up. 500tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandylegs Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Although not in the same league as these, are there any proper Mazda lickers in here that are wanting a challenge? A mate has a 323 (the v6 1.8 one) sat in his yard that I know he had mentioned moving on. All I know is that it was sat on a drive for years which has done it no favours, but it does run and I think is definitely saveable. Drop me a message if genuinely interested and I’ll sort out some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandylegs Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 WTF happened there ???? tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 10 hours ago, AnthonyG said: It does remind me a bit of a Trebus like character who amassed a collection of 2CVs in mid Wales when they were just old bangers, during the 80s/90s. They were stored on his land in fields/woods and about 15 years ago the local council served an enforcement notice for removal (we are talking at least over 50 here, poss 100ish). The whole thing was a bit convoluted as they were on his own land - I think the crux was the council thought he was running a business and he had no proper storage i.e. Hard standing. The removal enforcement was on environmental grounds. After it went back and forth in the courts for a while the council ‘won’ and sent in their scrap men. IIRC the 2CV club had a look to see if anything was saveable near the end of this saga and if memory serves they said one car was roadworthy and a couple were good for parts! TL:DR: leaving a car in a field in mid Wales for more than a couple of months is NOT saving it.... P.S. there may have been the odd Trabant as well, just to mix things up. I think he was a Trabant hoarder, in Derbyshire, although there might also have been 2CVs around the place. Seems he wanted to build up the largest private collection of Trabants. The local authority certainly had some choice words to say about it, including "eyesore". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 A bit of hoarding seems to be good with aims in mind but Hoarding 2.0 sometimes ends up as the hoarding itself being the aim rather than a more general plan for individual cars, selling parts etc. There’s probably some psychology to be unearthed there. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 For the preservation of a particular model it can be a disaster as it’s no doubt “safer” from a preservation point of view if there are several people with small groupings of cars but one massive stash being kept in less than ideal conditions and then suddenly being met with a “change in circumstances” has a massive effect. That of course assumes that there would be several such people with such a focussed interest on 1980s Mazda saloons in the first place. Skizzer, Datsuncog and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 19 hours ago, AnthonyG said: It does remind me a bit of a Trebus like character who amassed a collection of 2CVs in mid Wales when they were just old bangers, during the 80s/90s. They were stored on his land in fields/woods and about 15 years ago the local council served an enforcement notice for removal (we are talking at least over 50 here, poss 100ish). The whole thing was a bit convoluted as they were on his own land - I think the crux was the council thought he was running a business and he had no proper storage i.e. Hard standing. The removal enforcement was on environmental grounds. After it went back and forth in the courts for a while the council ‘won’ and sent in their scrap men. IIRC the 2CV club had a look to see if anything was saveable near the end of this saga and if memory serves they said one car was roadworthy and a couple were good for parts! TL:DR: leaving a car in a field in mid Wales for more than a couple of months is NOT saving it.... P.S. there may have been the odd Trabant as well, just to mix things up. Nick Low was the guy's name https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2cv-plea-fails-2927448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I posted about these in this thread in October 2014. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 17 hours ago, Shandylegs said: WTF happened there ???? There is a delete button about here, click on options and it appears. \/ \/ \/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1duck Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 the main problem with hoarding cars, especially in britain is our shite weather, i remember reading about a guy in an arid area of portugal who had a huge shed locked shut since the 80s with a load of chod in it. All in remarkably decent condition, i mean the rubber stuff would still probably be fucked, but there's zero point doing it in britain with our climate. Angrydicky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 As shabby as these are, I get the impression that 1980s Mazdas had better corrosion protection than their more recent vehicles.Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I took a run up this morning as I was out test driving the Mini after fitting a new caliper and they are indeed gone from where they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Are the pair of Saracens still in the yard next door ? I wonder if there is any connection ? https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/man-court-after-crashing-saracen-tank-clackmannanshire-road-1468299 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largactil Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 On 5/21/2020 at 9:02 PM, Alan_Green said: Annoyingly not a single earlier, rear wheel drive 626 (AKA Mazda Montrose). Could've been a nice source of parts. @Alan_Green - Did you ever get anywhere with that RWD 626 I put you on to in NW London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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