Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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myoldjalopy
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Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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......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! :cry:
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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Keep digging, you may find the last driver ......
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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Hmmmm. A corpse in a copse! I'd rather find some useful remains of the car though!
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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

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Sadly not - very rusted where the hinges and badges were........ :-?
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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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 !!!
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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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................ :-?
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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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.
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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Any chance you could take some piccies and post them on here or send to me? Cheers
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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myoldjalopy wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:12 am Sadly not - very rusted where the hinges and badges were........ :-?
Maybe still useful to someone?
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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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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!

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Re: Not Exactly a Scrapyard.....

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DaveH wrote: Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:30 am
myoldjalopy wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2018 9:12 am 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.
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