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ian.mcdougall
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Can these be saved
Found these on a beach at Enniscrone Co Sligo Ireland today . Do you think they can be saved.A bit of wear from sea, sand and stones
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jagnut66
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Re: Can these be saved
Simply rehone the bores and away you go! 
As an aside, they would be a bit heavy to just 'wash up' on the beach surely.....
I wonder where / what they came from and how old they are?
Best wishes,
Mike.
As an aside, they would be a bit heavy to just 'wash up' on the beach surely.....
I wonder where / what they came from and how old they are?
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Running again, extracted from the garage, just needs the engine running fine tuning.....
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- In the garage as she's not revving properly........
1952 Morris Minor MM highlight with sidevalve engine, wants work, now also in the garage......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- In the garage as she's not revving properly........
1952 Morris Minor MM highlight with sidevalve engine, wants work, now also in the garage......
Re: Can these be saved
Never underestimate the power of the sea, it can move things many times heavier than those bits.
They might have been in a wooden boat that was abandoned and then rotted or broke up and floated off in pieces. It's not unknown for old engines to be used as anchors for moorings. Perhaps they were washed out from a flooded river? On a less realistic level, there must be many possible fun explanations as to why they are there.
They might have been in a wooden boat that was abandoned and then rotted or broke up and floated off in pieces. It's not unknown for old engines to be used as anchors for moorings. Perhaps they were washed out from a flooded river? On a less realistic level, there must be many possible fun explanations as to why they are there.
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Myrtles Man
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Re: Can these be saved
Seems clear to me - it's obviously all that's left of James Bond's Lotus Esprit. 
Re: Can these be saved
Top photo looks similar to a Lancia V4 block...
Maurice, E. Kent
(1970 Traveller)
(1970 Traveller)
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jagnut66
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Re: Can these be saved
You may be nearer the truth than you realise there.............Seems clear to me - it's obviously all that's left of James Bond's Lotus Esprit.
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Running again, extracted from the garage, just needs the engine running fine tuning.....
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- In the garage as she's not revving properly........
1952 Morris Minor MM highlight with sidevalve engine, wants work, now also in the garage......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- In the garage as she's not revving properly........
1952 Morris Minor MM highlight with sidevalve engine, wants work, now also in the garage......
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POMMReg
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Re: Can these be saved
A fellow number cruncher sent me wartime pic of his family, in the background, the "Tirpitz" in all her glory.
Still bits of her lying about on the shore.
Still bits of her lying about on the shore.
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!