Is this the saddest Ford Capri in he world.

Yes it's a sad sight, and I've got lots of curse word in my yard(mostly later model stuff though). In truth many folk hold on to stuff with the best of intentions and never quite get round to finishing it.

My 'Tina has sat in the garage for years, OK it's dry stored but time, talent, money and circumstance keep slowing me from making it happen, it's always "next summer".

Rather than offering insulting low ball offers, knock on the door offer garage space and skills if saving the car is so important. That would be a real positive "community" approach!

It's an interesting thread - funny and sad. The 'Christian' sentiments of 'who am I to judge?' are heart-warming but I don't believe the fantasies of some picturesque Dickensian eccentric with a load of good reasons for hanging onto the Crapi.

I grew up in a rough corner but the milk-round I did as a teenager was one step down. The milkman was built like a Viking which was useful as we were often fending off aggro or attempted robberies. He could throw a full pint bottle at long range with incredible accuracy at any ne'er do well - I'm not joking.

This house just reminds me of the real problem customers. It was such a bad cliche that if there was a long standing rusting hulk/car on bricks there was unpaid bills/ insults. Just can't get past that. The job was horrible, the pay, the hours ( cruising out to site, winter 5am in an open electric float at 10mph) - but an eye-opener, I can't un-see such social dysfunction. It's not snobbery from me, just horror, like a flash-back.

I've subsequently worked in house clearance and you start to see the tragedy of people who can't dispose of things and also the way the state of the house reflects their mental state.

I'm dealing with a huge clearance at the moment featuring fifty years' worth of hoarding - it's extremely depressing to see how carefully and with what density everything ( total junk in anyone's book ) was 'stored' for some good reason.

In many countries this poor Capri would have been forcibly disposed of as an environmental hazard long ago.