Bet they wouldn't sell, they always seem to be owned by people who claim they are going to restore them one day but you know full well they will never do, so they sit there rotting awaythe place is amazing .. i drive over the nearby bridge 2-3 times a week .... if i won the lottery i'd buy the lot ... and the LOT ...
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I know a fellow who keeps buying old Volvos. Parks them in a field next to his father's place and leaves them. Probably up to 20 of them now, just sitting there rotting.Bet they wouldn't sell, they always seem to be owned by people who claim they are going to restore them one day but you know full well they will never do, so they sit there rotting away
When I was a kid (maybe aged 14), a neighbour had a Sprint, in Mimosa Yellow (still remember that name!)
I learnt to drive in a yellow Sprint! When i passed i had a 948cc Morris Minor, wish it had been the other way round
When I worked at the Foundry I'd sometimes get a lift in one of the guys 'Traveller', the engine was about knackered (big ends/main bearings knocking like a diesel) Mick had a decent 1275 ex Mini lump in his garage that "I'll get round to swapping over one day once this gives up the ghost" but he just kept on topping up the Oil* with HalfordsI learnt to drive in a yellow Sprint! When i passed i had a 948cc Morris Minor, wish it had been the other way round
Same here! It used to leak from crankshaft bearing, but i ran it for 5 years and used gallons of cheapo oil rather than fixing the problem. Part ex'd it for a Fiat Uno 70S in the end, a proper 'modern' car, with actual seatbelts.When I worked at the Foundry I'd sometimes get a lift in one of the guys 'Traveller', the engine was about knackered (big ends/main bearings knocking like a diesel) Mick had a decent 1275 ex Mini lump in his garage that "I'll get round to swapping over one day once this gives up the ghost" but he just kept on topping up the Oil* with Halfordsfinestcheapest when it got low and drove it to work and back every day (about 3 miles)
5 years later when I left the job it was still running and he was still thrashing it twice a day (he did have a 'nice' car as his wife wouldn't get in this filthy shed of a Moggie)
* There was some debate at breaktimes as to whether it burnt more Oil than it leaked.
I used to work for a company that modified radiators for TR7's being converted to V8's. We fitted a wider core, larger pipework and polished all the fittings. The company doing the TR8 conversions was in Ramsbottom at the time, but has since moved to Bacup, LINKY.
