fugazi
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Hello all at Retro Rides! I've been checking the site for a while and thought I'd better join up...... The rust in peace thread made me think of some old pictures I found the other day, taken in about 1995, they didn't scan too well but the originals aren't that cracky as the battery was going in my camera, anyway lets hope they show up : finally e type lovers shed a tear Saddest thing is all the cars in the barn were pristine before part of the roof collapsed and the elements got in there
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street
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Welcome to RR! Those pictures are amazing! Whats the story behind them? How did they come to be layed up like that? Love seeing stuff like this, sad but intreguing
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Welcome to the board Fugazi (rock fan, eh? ) , great first post!
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Welcome That Consul Capri looks in pretty good nick for one of them I think the Herald is one of the (rare) early 948cc ones too.
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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I once went in a great shed up un Alston, cumbria. Inside were slowly decaying motors including a Maxi, Simca 1100, viva, Rover P5, ford zodiac mk2, Mk2 Jag 3.8 manual!! Landrover, Humber pullman limo, and Alfa Giulia saloon, plus 5 or 6 others which I have forgotten. Oh an old opel Rekord coupe too. Unfortunatley some kids set fire to the fookin lot about 6 months after I found it. Bring back hanging! Waqners.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
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Welcome Aboard Fugazi I once went in a great shed up un Alston, cumbria. Inside were slowly decaying motors including a Maxi, Simca 1100, viva, Rover P5, ford zodiac mk2, Mk2 Jag 3.8 manual!! Landrover, Humber pullman limo, and Alfa Giulia saloon, plus 5 or 6 others which I have forgotten. Oh an old opel Rekord coupe too. Unfortunatley some kids set fire to the fookin lot about 6 months after I found it. Bring back hanging! Waqners. When was this shed torched. Only ask as either early last year or the late 2004 I was supposed to be buying some bits of a bloke at Alston, and when I phoned up to arrange to collect the shed had been burnt down.
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fugazi
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Hi all, Thanks for the replys Street, the cars belong to a bloke who owned the land and buildings where my mates sandblasting place used to be, they were all put in a barn out the back sometime in the seventies I think, all pretty much a1 cars, by the way there is/was more cars in there than the pics I got and also another 5 or 6 outside, along with a few motorbikes, how about a 105e Anglia with a tree growing through it! Part of the roof got damaged a few years later and although the owner was informed, never did anything about it, over the next few years a load of kids got in and vandalized a few of them and somewhere along the line someone stripped the Herald and swiped some bits off the e type. I don't know if it shows in the pictures but the pile of bricks underneath is the only thing stopping it being an e type banana! Seth know what you mean about the capri, I was going to try and rescue it as it actually looked quite solid until I tried to move it and it nearly feel in half! Some of the cars which were still under cover were all saveable, but that was over 10 years ago...... rmad, yes a rock fan! Fugazi as in the Washington D.C. punk band, love old skool punk/metal
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welcome to the forum matey, great, but, awful pics.
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Welcome Aboard Fugazi I once went in a great shed up un Alston, cumbria. Inside were slowly decaying motors including a Maxi, Simca 1100, viva, Rover P5, ford zodiac mk2, Mk2 Jag 3.8 manual!! Landrover, Humber pullman limo, and Alfa Giulia saloon, plus 5 or 6 others which I have forgotten. Oh an old opel Rekord coupe too. Unfortunatley some kids set fire to the fookin lot about 6 months after I found it. Bring back hanging! Waqners. When was this shed torched. Only ask as either early last year or the late 2004 I was supposed to be buying some bits of a bloke at Alston, and when I phoned up to arrange to collect the shed had been burnt down. Hmm, a canny while ago now, 3 years ago at least I reckon. The shed belonged to local garage owner and serial over-valuer of auto tat Henderson (forgotten his first name, maybe Ian)?
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
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welcome abaord
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once again rocking with 1117cc and 4 gears!
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first post of champions!!!! what do you drive fugazi?
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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unique first post interesting story, but sad pics...
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fugazi
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Hey Thanks all for making me feel very welcome.
At the moment I've got a small bumper mk2 Golf GTI ( actually I've got two but one's for sale or breaking) off the road at the moment for a serious lowering & couple of engine mods, not going to go mad with it just low, fat & maybe matt black!
Have had a few retro rides in the past, escort mk1 ex rally car , mk2 escort 1100, 1600 sport, 105e anglia, mk1 fiesta, 77 manta, mk1 golf GTI (wish I still had it) 4 mini's, e30 bmw and a few others! Can't believe I've been through so many! Not counting my dad's barges, sorry I mean volvo's, mk1 carltons, capri's etc.
Can somebody tell me how to resize pictures from photobucket? As when I previewed with pics they were massive
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Welcome aboard fugazi - good first post! Sad to see those cars in that state
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