Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

[myoldjalopy]

......but what appears to be the bellhousing of a gearbox for an 803cc car lying in a field ditch

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And definately a Minor bonnet lying in a copse by the side of the road

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RIP!

[firedrake1942]

Keep digging, you may find the last driver ......

[myoldjalopy]

Hmmmm. A corpse in a copse! I'd rather find some useful remains of the car though!

[firedrake1942]

oooh I don't know, it could be quite exciting. And that bonnet just needs a wash and a scrub up!

[myoldjalopy]

Sadly not - very rusted where the hinges and badges were........

[Shropshiremoggie]

On one of the lanes from the London Apprentce ( Cornish Village just out of St. Austell ) there was a Minor rotting away in a hedge by a house !!!' A couple of years ago it had vanished , hopefully for restoration !!!

[myoldjalopy]

There was a very dilapidated split-screen traveller by the side of the road leaving Perranporth a while back but gone now........it looked past repair to me. There was also a four-door split-screen sitting in a field below the Truro-Falmouth branch line, not far out of Truro, which has now gone. I went to look at it once and it was definately restorable, last taxed 2010 if I remember correctly. I tried to find out details about three years ago with a view to saving it somehow, but the owner didn't want to know, sadly................

[GavinL]

There's a very sad green pre-reg letter Minor sitting on a drive round the corner from us - I suspect it is only a matter of time before my wife knocks on their door.

[Yeti]

Any chance you could take some piccies and post them on here or send to me? Cheers

[DaveH]

Sadly not - very rusted where the hinges and badges were........

Maybe still useful to someone?

[alanworland]

I always find it amazing to think that these cars (or bits of!) were once loved and cared for, being washed and waxed, dusted and polished.
And are now lying in a ditch!

Alan

[myoldjalopy]

Sadly not - very rusted where the hinges and badges were........

Maybe still useful to someone?

Doubtful. That pic was taken a couple of years ago and will have deteriorated further. But if anyone wants it, PM me and I'll give directions!
Its near Truro, by the way.