Spiny Norman Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 The Garda Water Unit were in Broadford, Clare a few weeks ago and a vehicle was recovered and brought to the surface. Transpires it was stolen in 1998! Killaloe Gardaí spoke to a local fisherman who had picked up an image on sonar equipment. The fisherman met the Water Unit and brought them to the location on the lake. Further enquiries to be made." https://www.facebook.com/132121904151566/photos/pcb.631551010875317/631550717542013/?type=3&theater Banger Kenny, dome, HMC and 30 others 30 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 That's fantastic. It looks structurally better than most which are still on the road to be fair. What's happening with it? If Tracey Emin can call a dirty, umade bed art, then this gem needs it's own display case in the Tate. Tenmil Socket, Spiny Norman, strangeangel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 They should put it back where they found it - those mussels have made it their home! Despite being in better nick than some offered for sale recently that's about all it's good for. crad, Asimo, sierraman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Would the shellfish count as structural for an MOT I wonder? stonedagain, twosmoke300, beko1987 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 8 hours ago, strangeangel said: They should put it back where they found it - those mussels have made it their home! This! What’s the bloody point of dragging it out now? No-one will want it and there’s zero chance of tracing the thief. Let nature reclaim it. BeEP, Skut, crad and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Reminds me of the Capri that got pulled out of a river a few years ago, it had been stolen moons ago. Despite being under water for 20 years I’ve no doubt it ended up on eBay for £11 million quid. Cord Fourteener, stonedagain and CortinaDave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I used to play on a joy ridden and abandoned 2 dr Mk2 escort that ended up in the middle of the rover croal as a kid. The difference between that pug and “my” escort is that even if it had dissolved to it’s vin tags someone would now want to buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 In fairness, usually when the Garda Water Unit recovers a car from a lake, it's because they're expecting to find human remains inside. That won't be apparent until it's pulled out and examined. Quote Michael 'Tony' Lynch (54) vanished without trace on January 6 2002 - and no clue as to what happened to him was ever found until an astonishing discovery prompted by members of the public who last weekend noticed "an anomaly" in Lough Corradilar, part of Upper Lough Erne, outside Lisnaskea in Fermanagh. Gardaí said that PSNI divers, in a painstaking operation, recovered the white Mitsubishi Galant owned by Mr Lynch from the lake. The car - with a registration number of TIL4670 - had vanished with Mr Lynch and gardaí believed locating the car held the key to discovering what happened to the 54 year old. It has now been confirmed that PSNI experts found what are believed to be human remains during their painstaking examination of the interior of the silt-filled car. Quote In October 2012, divers on an exercise in the River Blackwater in Fermoy, Co Cork came across a badly rusted Daihatsu Charade car partially buried in the river bed. It was confirmed to be the vehicle of William 'Bill' Fennessy (54) who had vanished without trace in March 1990. Partial bone remains were found in the car during a painstaking garda technical examination - and subsequent DNA testing confirmed the remains were those of Mr Fennessy. https://independent.ie/irish-news/human-remains-found-in-car-recovered-from-lake-as-18-year-investigation-into-missing-father-continues-39223503.html It's possible they have an historic missing persons enquiry on the books involving a 305 van - though on this occasion, it turned out to be a stolen vehicle rather than anything more sinister. motorpunk and junkyarddog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Wow, a 305 mussel van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Surely any witnesses to the original theft would clam up? You’d never be able to winkle anything out of them. I am so, so sorry for shit puns dome, Rusty_Rocket, chodweaver and 11 others 7 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, motorpunk said: Surely any witnesses to the original theft would clam up? You’d never be able to winkle anything out of them. I am so, so sorry for shit puns You're just so damn shellfish. motorpunk and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tul66 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Pity it's a 305, it could have been anything! https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-bugatti-from-the-lake-1925-bugatti-type-22-brescia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Not that far from me,Lough Derg. That 305 will probably end up in Conways yard. Wonder would it run? There was a VW camper pulled out of a Fjord in Norway a few years back,dunno if it ever got back on the road though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Do not paint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Do not paint... Salmon had to say it... juular, beko1987, Cavcraft and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: Not that far from me,Lough Derg. That 305 will probably end up in Conways yard. Wonder would it run? There was a VW camper pulled out of a Fjord in Norway a few years back,dunno if it ever got back on the road though. I was fascinated by this recovery at the time - can't believe it was a decade ago. Morten, the owner, drove it onto the stage at a Volkswagen show. It's structurally pretty good and is amazingly preserved considering so long underwater. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=372048&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=300 Datsuncog and motorpunk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Bound to be fragile after so long in there, they'd really have had to limpet out. stonedagain, Spiny Norman and Lacquer Peel 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Something fishy about the whole thing if you ask me. 😂 Also, how shit a mafia would you have to have pissed off to end up whacked in Peugeot 305? Spiny Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 8:54 AM, sierraman said: Reminds me of the Capri that got pulled out of a river a few years ago, it had been stolen moons ago. Despite being under water for 20 years I’ve no doubt it ended up on eBay for £11 million quid. 'slight water damage, not serious' Spiny Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 It's a slippery tale, this. High on the scale in fact. I could carry on but you get the hook. Right, I'm going for a gill before I crack another pearl. Don't get crabby. Fin. CaptainBoom and Spiny Norman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 a good spray of starter fluid and you should be able to limpet home .. Cord Fourteener and Spiny Norman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Bloody pike.... Spiny Norman and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/24/2020 at 9:12 AM, Datsuncog said: In fairness, usually when the Garda Water Unit recovers a car from a lake, it's because they're expecting to find human remains inside. That won't be apparent until it's pulled out and examined. https://independent.ie/irish-news/human-remains-found-in-car-recovered-from-lake-as-18-year-investigation-into-missing-father-continues-39223503.html It's possible they have an historic missing persons enquiry on the books involving a 305 van - but on this occasion, it turned out to be a stolen vehicle rather than anything more sinister. I don’t suppose it is too easy to check the VIN when it is at the bottom of the lake. There is also the risk that someone might have been stashed in the back rolled up in a old tarp before the thing was sent for a dip. The original owner, it’s unlikely eel be wanting that back and the insurance company will most likely be stating that they always thought there was something a bit fishy with the original claim. Does the police enquiry get scaled up or scaled down from this point ? Get it running and it’s ready for a banger rally as a Peugeot 305 Atlantis, just an Ocean Breeze air freshener required Spiny Norman and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 hour ago, TheDoctor said: Also, how shit a mafia would you have to have pissed off to end up whacked in Peugeot 305? Probably still better than being found dead in an abandoned Sherpa camper. Banger Kenny, catsinthewelder and Cord Fourteener 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Worth about six squid now. HMC, Cord Fourteener and Spiny Norman 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Styled by Pinfinfarina. Spiny Norman, Cord Fourteener and Rusty_Rocket 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Still looks more solid than the one FOAD had recently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 just noticed the steel wheels have not rusted !!!! try getting that on a modern car .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 42 minutes ago, MikeR said: just noticed the steel wheels have not rusted !!!! try getting that on a modern car .... You need oxygen for rust ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, New POD said: You need oxygen for rust ??? the shell fish survived , they have to breathe , hence oxygen is present .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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