Historic photo car dump.

[Rab]

Granton scrapyard.Edinburgh 1986.Student photos.

[bunglebus]

I love old scrapyard pics, pleasing and sad at the same time. There's a thread elsewhere full of old and new pics if you'd like to add them?

 

[outlaw118]

Magnum Ecosse? A Thing or dealer limited edition I wonder?

Great pics (as usual) good to see you back Squire.

[Rab]

Halfords half price sale Mini. Edinburgh. 1986

[junkyarddog]

That Viva estate has some beefy looking rear shocks,would you mind grabbing them for me,and the rear screen rubber too.

[lesapandre]

The Vauxhall Ecosse was a real model - a proper tuned dealer special. This one is either the real thing or an owner copy. Interesting thing - wonder if any survive? What a pity. 

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-1973/45/viva-ecosse

 

[Rab]

These are just random grabbed old B&W images..

Edinburgh -Lotus. Year forgotten.

[Rab]

Granada. Spain. 1990 -92

The Renault Dauphine in the door pile was a Gordini.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Wow, that Simca Coupé is a rarity in the UK, an Italian built body put together by Simca and living in Scotland. That should have been dust before it’s 1st MOT, to still look this complete in the early 80’s , there might be a chance it survives.

[junkyarddog]

27 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Wow, that Simca Coupé is a rarity in the UK, an Italian built body put together by Simca and living in Scotland. That should have been dust before it’s 1st MOT, to still look this complete in the early 80’s , there might be a chance it survives.

Says they were taken in Spain.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

3 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Says they were taken in Spain.

I only look at the pictures !
 

That would explain it, though.

[anonymous user]

I wish the world was still in black and white old photos always look better.

[Rab]

Munich. 1990. Stripping a W114 for its red interior. And a really expensive fugged Thunderbird.

 

[Rab]

46 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

I only look at the pictures !
 

That would explain it, though.

I saw another one in Lisboa on our Berlin sponsered Mk2 Ford Escort road trip to Portugal.

[Split_Pin]

This deserves a thread of its own!

[lesapandre]

54 minutes ago, Rab said:

I saw another one in Lisboa on our Berlin sponsered Mk2 Ford Escort road trip to Portugal.

Are you a pro photographer Rab? Sounds like you have an interesting life...great pics. 

[Rab]

4 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Are you a pro photographer Rab? Sounds like you have an interesting life...great pics. 

No not really. I was just doing it non stop..whatever i did..where ever i went...i couldnt afford profi gear..one body..one lens..no flash.

[Rab]

Munich. 1990- Local 1275GT.

[Rab]

Deutches Technik Museum.1990

[Rab]

Highlands. 1991. My 100E that i sold to the Pre 67 Ford Club of Fife. Made a 60quid profit.

[Rab]

My 1963 Mini Van that came off Tiree via an ad placed in the Oban Times..whilst I was living in Munich. 32000 original miles..coming apart at the seams...and lots of ill fitting historical parts replacements.

[Mr Laurence]

Some utterly stunning photos here. Surprisingly, that Excel only survived until 1991. I wonder what happened to it? 8 years doesn’t seem all that good for a car that won’t have been cheap when it was new

[Rab]

Ft William and Strontian

 

[bunglebus]

25 minutes ago, Rab said:

Some interesting period mods on that split, grille and extra window in the rear pillar - can't have done a lot!

[Rab]

Ferrari 348TB crash.Munich. 1991

Millionaire Boss taking me for a spin x 2 into a tree whilst trying to get me too hospital as fast as he could in his new car. I ended up in a taxi..whilst the Ferrari smoked and spewed its guts in the background. He fired me. First image was when i 1st saw it.

[Rab]

Bayern and Northern Italy. 1991

[sheffcortinacentre]

The Excel was a long way from home with a London reg.

[Rab]

Monpellier. France.1993 . My crapyard birthday picnic.

[Rab]

Wartburg versus Renault 5. 1993. Anti German hate crime by wine fuelled French farmer who didnt even bother braking..such was the intent. I left a head imprint on the dashboard..my recoil broke the seat..petrol tank decided not to explode even with conveniently place exhaust right underneath it...the headrest stopped the snapping of my neck..and years pf chiro and oesteo manipulation...concussed out of my brain...24hrs in a Lyon hospital...no insurance...my mate was fined for abandoning the written off Wartburg..which we'd only had 24hrs after being gifted it by the one family owned in Potsdam.

[Rab]

A few days in Gdansk-Poland 1993-having driven from Berlin in a Opel Kadett SR. Four of us. Ended in argument over good Polish beer..and Petra and I were abandoned by the two West Germans. We met a young hardcore-punkish local..who'se only grasp of English was anti capitalist statements taken from band lyrics...turned out he was a Doctor...took us home to his parents dockland council estate house...and gave us breakfast..really sweet atmosphere..kinda embarrassing as well...we then wandered around in a humid flashflood...getting arrested for drinking alcohol in public and bribing police with handfulls of złoty...i was a half millionaire...then got a 1st class train carriage back to Berlin for about a tenner.