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     Bill Coburn Moderator Username: bill_coburn Post Number: 1176 Registered: 4-2003 |
I received the following advice by Flying Spares http://www.flyingspares.com/Rolls-Royce%20Bentley%20Dismantling/Dismantling/DismantleArchive.htm Fortunately I have plenty of Nexium. If elephants can find a discreet graveyard why can't our cars! | ||
| Peter Colwell Frequent User Username: peter_colwell Post Number: 85 Registered: 3-2005 |
I used to wonder who on earth were the people who could so neglect their beautiful cars. But the recent duststorm revealed that they are all around. I could harly beleive the way in which many absolutely filthy cars were still driving around with just a windscreen-wiper-pattern-clean, many days later. | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 466 Registered: 6-2006 |
Accidents happen & I find them sad but unavoidable. Most of the other cars are indeed victims of neglect. A few small things go wrong and are left, then a few more little items stop working. Then they don't get an oil change or grease up for a few years - but the good old girls keep soldiering on. A couple of more years with little maintenance or no maintenance or just parked up and left outside. Suddenly it's curtains for her. Tomorrow is long time in the life of a neglected R-R & B. More often than not you hear a cry of " I wish I had sold it for X amount when I was offered it a few years ago!" "So do I" is my usual reply. Even with the best will in the world and doing most of the work yourself - these cars cost a fortune to resurrect, far more than buying a good one usually! When asked "will you just scrap it?" - I reply with a " No, she doesn't deserve that! She's just becoming a donor so more worthy owners can keep there's on the road." Bill - I'll keep the photo's of mine off the net then, shall I ? Or maybe they should serve as warnings to the less diligent! | ||
| Bill Coburn Moderator Username: bill_coburn Post Number: 1181 Registered: 4-2003 |
Paul As I said to one of my dearest friends in the game who lent me his car and the transducer clapped out 'The worst car on the street belongs to the local mechanic!' What really shocked me in the Flying Spoares listings was the sentence 'Uneconomical to maintain'. This is the fate of so many of the modern day exotics and I suspect abetted by the respective manufacturers. Old cars for them are simply a bloody nuisance. Do we not remember the clarion cry of the former mob 'Fifty percent of the cars produced since 1904 are still on the road.' Methinks that fraction must be rapidly distorted these days. | ||
| Paul Yorke Grand Master Username: paul_yorke Post Number: 467 Registered: 6-2006 |
Uneconomical to maintain - Should read beyond economic repair. Here in the UK with all the used parts available - all you need is a R-R & B specialist that doesn't rip you off , older ones will then cost less to maintain than many new cars, especially if you include depreciation. 'The worst car on the street belongs to the local mechanic!' Bill, you've been talking to my wife! LOL. |
