Old scrapyard pics

Talk about your cars etc here. Keep it sort of sensible and on topic please.
Post Reply
The Reverend Bluejeans
Prize Cunt
Posts: 6259
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:31 pm
Location: On the Obersalzberg, chatting with Hitler.
Has thanked: 713 times
Been thanked: 2314 times

Old scrapyard pics

Post by The Reverend Bluejeans »

These are the best for me - old black and whites: I'd say this was taken around 1965/6. MO Oxford (an early one), Humber Hawk, F Victor (scrap at 6-7 years old), Mark 1 Consul, Morris Six and an Austin A50. All 10-15 years old so could have been a bit earlier.
Attachments
22519056_1453307264722957_3628294733349887404_n.jpg
22519056_1453307264722957_3628294733349887404_n.jpg (109.33 KiB) Viewed 6217 times
User avatar
Richard_FM
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon May 04, 2020 7:09 pm
Location: The overlap zone
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by Richard_FM »

IMG_20200406_0029.jpg
IMG_20200406_0029.jpg (637.83 KiB) Viewed 5499 times
From the Marshall Cavendish Book Of Car Maintenance
img018.jpg
img018.jpg (1.37 MiB) Viewed 5499 times
From Your First Car
The Reverend Bluejeans
Prize Cunt
Posts: 6259
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:31 pm
Location: On the Obersalzberg, chatting with Hitler.
Has thanked: 713 times
Been thanked: 2314 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by The Reverend Bluejeans »

If you'd spent 15 grand in 1988 on tatty 2 door Escorts and parked them in a dry barn, you'd have nearly half a million quid now. Bizarre.
User avatar
Max Thunder
Posts: 660
Joined: Sun May 05, 2019 12:13 pm
Location: Norfolk
Has thanked: 1757 times
Been thanked: 643 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by Max Thunder »

The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 9:32 am If you'd spent 15 grand in 1988 on tatty 2 door Escorts and parked them in a dry barn, you'd have nearly half a million quid now. Bizarre.
Yep my other half said something along those lines the other day whilst we were talking about all the cars I have had and weighed in
49030252076_e16efd5359_b.jpg
49030252076_e16efd5359_b.jpg (169.53 KiB) Viewed 5384 times
8014669834_ca3753db71_b.jpg
8014669834_ca3753db71_b.jpg (137.77 KiB) Viewed 5384 times
8-) Hi ...I might be wrong but I won't be.
User avatar
fried onions
Posts: 3316
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:29 pm
Location: In my safe space (the garage).
Has thanked: 1449 times
Been thanked: 2372 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by fried onions »

If I had a time machine you'd never see me again...

In the Reverend's pic the Hawk appears to be a Mk. VI with accident damage. Probably not worth repairing at 10 years old even though it would just be a matter of changing panels - the separate chassis was a beefy affair. Funnily enough the cost and supply problems with front wheel bearings saw many of them off.
Squire Dawson


HUMBER - built stronger to last longer.
User avatar
mercrocker
Numb3rP14t3Fun
Posts: 16671
Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 2:53 pm
Has thanked: 11991 times
Been thanked: 8459 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by mercrocker »

Don't know where this is although the Ebay seller says it is 1975 which I see no reason to argue with.....Of particular interest is the AS3 A30 - the early car with round speedo. The A30/A35 Owners Club was already well established by then but even these now-rare versions were still fairly plentiful so it is unlikely to have been spared the baler.
s-l1600 (2).jpg
s-l1600 (2).jpg (368.35 KiB) Viewed 5343 times
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
User avatar
Max Thunder
Posts: 660
Joined: Sun May 05, 2019 12:13 pm
Location: Norfolk
Has thanked: 1757 times
Been thanked: 643 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by Max Thunder »

8-) Hi
IMG_2229 (1).jpg
IMG_2229 (1).jpg (482.77 KiB) Viewed 5338 times
8-) Hi ...I might be wrong but I won't be.
The Reverend Bluejeans
Prize Cunt
Posts: 6259
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:31 pm
Location: On the Obersalzberg, chatting with Hitler.
Has thanked: 713 times
Been thanked: 2314 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by The Reverend Bluejeans »

There is an early A30 in a garden in Sheffield, been there for 30 years or more. Every winter as the hedge recedes, out it comes.
The Reverend Bluejeans
Prize Cunt
Posts: 6259
Joined: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:31 pm
Location: On the Obersalzberg, chatting with Hitler.
Has thanked: 713 times
Been thanked: 2314 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by The Reverend Bluejeans »

Around 1970-73 I expect.
Attachments
38551615034_66f2e1a7d1_b.jpg
38551615034_66f2e1a7d1_b.jpg (278.62 KiB) Viewed 5318 times
User avatar
mercrocker
Numb3rP14t3Fun
Posts: 16671
Joined: Fri May 17, 2019 2:53 pm
Has thanked: 11991 times
Been thanked: 8459 times

Re: Old scrapyard pics

Post by mercrocker »

"Ave you gotta rear light for a Kadett?"

"Nah mate, no pre-war Vauxhalls in 'ere"
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
Post Reply