Some long forgotten shyt :)

[ChrisH]

Spotted these abandoned beasts on my travels a while ago. Id love one of these to run and the owner to sell. Apparently the owner won't part with them. 

[Dobloseven]

Is that the place in Church Gresley? 

[sierraman]

  On 20/05/2023 at 17:31, Dobloseven said:

Is that the place in Church Gresley? 

Expand  

Yes it is. That Cavalier was fucked when it was laid up. 

[Dobloseven]

Just remembered it's actually Castle Gresley. Bet they're worth a lot of money and he's going to do them up when he gets time!

[Dobloseven]

The Cavalier has been off the road for longer than it was on it! 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

The Rover from there was saved and then fragged due to rot. I'd imagine the Cav and Maestro are far worse. 

[sierraman]

  On 20/05/2023 at 17:54, Dick Longbridge said:

The Rover from there was saved and then fragged due to rot. I'd imagine the Cav and Maestro are far worse. 

Expand  

The Maestro isn’t that bad, it’s just it’s a Maestro and even a good one isn’t worth a light. The Cavalier is beyond saving having seen it, the shelter type thing they sit in is in a pretty poor state, eventually it’ll flatten them when it falls down. I think the place was called Jetberg and the guy that owns it is called Grenville. 

By far and away most interesting car out that way is that Cortina that was welded up all to cock and managed to have the entire back end distorted. It looks like how I feel on a Wednesday. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 20/05/2023 at 18:00, sierraman said:

The Maestro isn’t that bad, it’s just it’s a Maestro and even a good one isn’t worth a light. The Cavalier is beyond saving having seen it, the shelter type thing they sit in is in a pretty poor state, eventually it’ll flatten them when it falls down. I think the place was called Jetberg and the guy that owns it is called Grenville. 

By far and away most interesting car out that way is that Cortina that was welded up all to cock and managed to have the entire back end distorted. It looks like how I feel on a Wednesday. 

Expand  

I don't remember a Cortina?

I seem to remember seeing a video of the Metro which was liberated a few years back - someone got it running before it left the site. Didn't the early mk2 Astra leave in one piece too? I assume they're no longer in one piece now. 

[junkyarddog]

  On 20/05/2023 at 17:54, Dick Longbridge said:

The Rover from there was saved and then fragged due to rot. I'd imagine the Cav and Maestro are far worse. 

Expand  

I thought that Rover was rescued?

[sdkrc]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/leicester-vehicle-photography/sets/72157624471386418/with/4783196503/

 

[sierraman]

  On 20/05/2023 at 18:58, Dick Longbridge said:

I don't remember a Cortina?

I seem to remember seeing a video of the Metro which was liberated a few years back - someone got it running before it left the site. Didn't the early mk2 Astra leave in one piece too? I assume they're no longer in one piece now. 

Expand  

The Cortina was out Swadlincote way, it was a green X plate estate

[Split_Pin]

  On 20/05/2023 at 19:41, sierraman said:

The Cortina was out Swadlincote way, it was a green X plate estate

Expand  

AKA Mr_Bollox Astonishing Shite Spot which was absolutely worth it's own thread.

[sierraman]

I like to think it’s still out there, MOT exempt, the underside 3/4 inch thick with underseal. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 20/05/2023 at 19:41, sierraman said:

The Cortina was out Swadlincote way, it was a green X plate estate

Expand  

Got it. I remember Bollox posting about it a few years back now. I can never remember the title of the thread.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

  On 20/05/2023 at 20:18, Split_Pin said:

AKA Mr_Bollox Astonishing Shite Spot which was absolutely worth it's own thread.

Expand  

That's the one! 

Epic. 

[mk2_craig]

Hang on a minute I thought the Rover had been rescued, resuscitated and was on its way to being restored? 

[Split_Pin]

The Cortina has been in a field now for some years.