Abandoned, Dumped and Forgotten!

[Rally Pack 2000]

1 minute ago, colr6 said:

There you go RP, your project during lockdown a mk1 fez...lol

I would sooooo love that! I really like Mk1 Fezzas but we never got them here and surprisingly I have never seen one in real life!

[notenoughtime]

Your not missing much RP lol but still wish I had my mk1 xr2 would be worth a small fortune by now! Hindsight is a wonderful thing 😂 

[Rally Pack 2000]

Best of the OSF "Grow-Ins"

And one for the muscle enthusiasts

[Rally Pack 2000]

Quiz 10 - A mix and match

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(10)

 

[katana]

Ok - I'll have a stab at . . . . .

1. Jag XJS

2. Ford Consul Capri

3. MGB GT

4. Bavarian Murder Weapon 3.0 CSL

5. Ford Taunus Estate

6. You are having a Giraffe!

7. Ferrari 250 GTO - but the nose is wrong / modified!

8. Its maybe American and Ugly!

9. Ford / Shelby GT500

10. Something German?

[Rally Pack 2000]

5 hours ago, katana said:

Ok - I'll have a stab at . . . . .

1. Jag XJS

2. Ford Consul Capri

3. MGB GT

4. Bavarian Murder Weapon 3.0 CSL

5. Ford Taunus Estate

6. You are having a Giraffe!

7. Ferrari 250 GTO - but the nose is wrong / modified!

8. Its maybe American and Ugly!

9. Ford / Shelby GT500

10. Something German?

Not bad. A few gaps there but not bad at all. Tip 8 is not American though (Although some of it is), and 10 is not German

[katana]

42 minutes ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Not bad. A few gaps there but not bad at all. Tip 8 is not American though (Although some of it is), and 10 is not German

Ah #8 is probably Aussie Ford then  - I missed the eucalyptus trees LOL! And then #10 would be 2nd guess - Japanese?

[eeb43]

6 lancia and its a consul capri not a ford consul capri! and if that toyota is going spare can i have it please?

[Johnny Boy]

10 is  a fiat 850 spider

[Rally Pack 2000]

59 minutes ago, katana said:

Ah #8 is probably Aussie Ford then  - I missed the eucalyptus trees LOL! And then #10 would be 2nd guess - Japanese?

Yep XC Falcon Coupe

42 minutes ago, eeb43 said:

6 lancia and its a consul capri not a ford consul capri! and if that toyota is going spare can i have it please?

Lancia Fulvia, very good that was the hardest one

35 minutes ago, Johnny Boy said:

10 is  a fiat 850 spider

Excellent and correct. I love 850 Spiders. My favourite Fiat!

[Johnny Boy]

12 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Yep XC Falcon Coupe

Lancia Fulvia, very good that was the hardest one

Excellent and correct. I love 850 Spiders. My favourite Fiat!

I just sold a 1970  Spanish SEAT 850 Spider (identical but made in Spain) , that I'd owned for 30 years. The guy I sold it to, owns the local SEAT car dealership. He's having it restored to go in the show room.

Which is nice.😁

[Rally Pack 2000]

17 hours ago, Johnny Boy said:

I just sold a 1970  Spanish SEAT 850 Spider (identical but made in Spain) , that I'd owned for 30 years. The guy I sold it to, owns the local SEAT car dealership. He's having it restored to go in the show room.

Which is nice.😁

Oh wow! You know its a car I love but never seen one in real life and never had the opportunity to speak to an owner either. They say you should be scared to meet your heroes cause they dont live up to expectations but I have to ask what was it like? Are they slow and buzzy or low enough to the ground to still feel your in an Italian sports car?

30 years? Gosh I dont think I could have sold it after that time and suspect some regrets may come your way in years to come.

[Johnny Boy]

With a small 4 cylinder 903cc engine it was very revvy, but went quite well , as they are quite small and light.

as to "low to the ground", as I am getting older , I found it more difficult to get in and out of it , and the MX5 in the background, so they are both moved on to new owners.

Every thnig is for sale, and we never really own anything, we just look after it .

Ive moved on to old Fords now . apart from the  Holden, that I to go to work in the summer, but Ive had that about 5 years now, so if any of your countrymen want it back, I can arrange export.😁

[Rally Pack 2000]

Forgotten Four Doors

[BaileyMex]

3 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Forgotten Four Doors

That one looks workable, can see it now slammed on banded steels 

[Miniliteman]

Many many years ago I went to a guy to buy some Minilites. As we were interested in Minilites, Mk1 & Mk2 Escorts he showed us what he had hiding in a small garage (he had a big shed also). It is (was) a genuine Willment Mk1 race car. After that used a speedway (oval) car here in Holland. Current owner gave it a gentle make-over (just paint and rebuild the engine).

 

[katana]

I wonder how tough it is to steer ?

[Miniliteman]

You would need to be Schwarzenegger's big brother to drive it on the road. On the track it is not so bad as the car is rolling (at speed). This is how it looks today.

 

[Rally Pack 2000]

[Rally Pack 2000]

Get a van and always end up into the weed!

[Vista Estate]

On 31/08/2019 at 07:07, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Its a floater.

This was the trial shoot for James Bond  - the Spy Who Loved Me. Unfortunately they went with the Lotus ☹️

[YellowTaxi]

Is it me or does that Capri look like the most sinister thing you ever saw?

[Rally Pack 2000]

4 minutes ago, YellowTaxi said:

Is it me or does that Capri look like the most sinister thing you ever saw?

Who would have through the creature from the black lagoon was really a Capri? 🤔

[eeb43]

[Vista]

Touring rural France in the Dordogne and something XJ shaped caught my eye through the dust and cobwebs in the window of an abandoned derelict garage.

Hauled on the anchors and sure enough, a very sad looking XJ12 (and spare engine). A quick look round the side revealed a broken window so I couldn't resist a closer look. My father lives nearby and tells me it's been sat there since at least 2016 when the garage closed down through ill health. There was quite a bit of French tat in there too.