Hedge find.....1960 2 door in clarendon grey, who wants it?

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Hedge find.....1960 2 door in clarendon grey, who wants it?

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Amazing what can happen somtimes, ive been offered the chance to acquire another mog which has been residing in a hedge half a mile from where i live.....i never knew it existed! I have no idea what state its in, but the odds are ill either get it for nought or very little. I have no room myself to keep it, but may want a few parts off it.....its a complete car. Would anyone else be interested in it if i were to recover it from the hedge?

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Poss interested in it from the back of the cab forwards... really :D
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from the back of the cab forwards... really :D
Now I am really confused where is the cab on a car..............
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Post by youngun »

Righto.....anyone else? need to know if its worth it!
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Anyone else, if i dont get any interest im just going to butcher it for parts and scrap it!
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Post by nick69 »

what bits would you been taking?

I may be interested in the rest?
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Hope you had fun in my moggy today. Let me know what year it is when you see it.
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I did! Thanks for trusting me to drive it.......what a shock! Oh and thanks for a great cuppa as well! :D

Im hoping to have a peak at it tommorrow, ill see what it can yield.

Nick, no idea as yet. I think the plan is to get it to my place then give a good going over and then if theres bits i think i cud do with....ill 'ave 'em. May not be that much, just a few bits and bobs. As i say its a complete car.

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Have a ganders and let me know. See if you cant get some pics.
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Will do, if its any good i may try and sell the car as a whole rather than butcher. If not ill just offer it for parts, if someone wants a bit just ask and ill rip it off and post it to 'em.
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Post by bigginger »

Kevin wrote:
from the back of the cab forwards... really :D
Now I am really confused where is the cab on a car..............
Dur - why on earth did I think it was a Trav? :(
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Right then, i ventured down into the field and found it amongst the sherpa vans and old Landy Discoverys! First impressions well i think it could be a lot worse! Its an earlier 2door originally in clarendon grey, from the reg i think its probably 1960, so it will be a 948 :D .
Rust, well there is some, door bottoms and sills and around the rear wings, it was last on the road in 1999, so im guessing it hasnt eaten in too much?!
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Got to be worth saving just for the number plate alone? (EPE 403).
any interest from anyone?

YG
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I'd really really like this but would be shot if I brought another project home....

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Come on, you know you want it......the odds are the bloke will want next to nothing for it.
anyone else, i would love to have it myself but have no room and i dont want to see it broken for parts!
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Thats the thing I really do. I was commenting today at work that I would like a 948 2 door. But I really would be shot!

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ah well, its not going anywhere soon i dont think.....unless i can persuade certain people to let me use their shed!
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Post by rayofleamington »

The folding passenger seat and stainless doortops are worth having.
From the pics there's no way to tell condition but I'd hazard a guess it is pretty far gone (although not as rotten as the Raymobile)
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Hmmm, worth it for parts at least then! Were the stainless door tops an option then?
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Post by rayofleamington »

Were the stainless door tops an option then
they were only available on the Traveller and 4 door (although the 4 door ones are a different size). Therefore it's a popular 'upgrade' on a saloon to add some more shiny & the steel quarterlights can rot away and the stainless ones don't.
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Post by youngun »

Hmmm handy then! I think they look nicer too.

Any other takers on this mog? i really want to see it go to a good home!
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