Rust In Pieces... Pics of Disintegrating Classic & Vintage Cars

[Prabal]

Originally Posted by Shreeram

The Car Seems good. Also the engine can also be salvaged..

Sure, the engine can be salvaged. But for which vehicle?! And the rims too. HM Contessa?

[manishalive]

Originally Posted by Prabal

Sure, the engine can be salvaged. But for which vehicle?! And the rims too. HM Contessa?

Spot on, all the mechanicals are of Contessa.

@Shreeram : Yes some of the trims can be salvaged too .

[Shreeram]

Ohh Ok, My Bad, i dint know it shares the mechanical's with the Hm Contessa. But anyone with a Pennant Here wont mind a spare engine if it came cheap will they ?

[manikjeet]

@ shreeram
the cars body (standard peanut) has been cut and pasted on to a contessa's running gear

[Shreeram]

I dont Remember if i had posted this Pic earlier.. This one is lying in Pune. Was used as a Water Tanker. What Make is it ? Can anyone guess ?

[kasli]

Originally Posted by Shreeram

I dont Remember if i had posted this Pic earlier.. This one is lying in Pune. Was used as a Water Tanker. What Make is it ? Can anyone guess ?

Looks like a dodge ? Subject to correction or a fiat

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by manishalive

Found this one rotted to no point of return in Cox Town Bangalore, Those looking for handles (outside and inside) have some hopes .

Pics. of this car have been posted before...the owner apparently went overboard in trying out an 'overhaulin' job and realised that it didnt turn out too well so project abandoned!

Originally Posted by Shreeram

are the bonnet and side panels available ?? I dont see any reason why the Pennant cannot be restored back ?

The only thing that is original in this car is the bodyshell, or whats left of it, plus a few cosmetic parts. Getting the original engine + running gear + rims etc. would be a suicidal nightmare! Bluntly put, this 'car' is a lost case!
BTW, why would you need the bonnet and side panels??

Originally Posted by manikjeet

@ shreeram
the cars body (standard peanut) has been cut and pasted on to a contessa's running gear

The owner certainly wouldve got it for peanuts, hence he could turn it into an experimental car!

[wasif]

Originally Posted by Shreeram

I dont Remember if i had posted this Pic earlier.. This one is lying in Pune. Was used as a Water Tanker. What Make is it ? Can anyone guess ?

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If its a Fiat then maybe its the one that was "donated" to VCCCI and then dissapeared ??? What Harit ?

[Shreeram]

Ohhh So Its a Hybrid.. I thought thats the Original Engine. . So afterall not worth Saving.

I Dont Need the Side Panels and Bonnet, I thought the Car is Original i mean the engine and thought maybe if the panels are there it might be worth saving by someone (ofcourse not me if u thiought so. If i get something like this right now, with already ongoing Basket Case restos, I Will be thrown out of the House.

[harit]

Originally Posted by Shreeram

.. This one is lying in Pune.

Originally Posted by kasli

Looks like a dodge ? Subject to correction or a fiat

Originally Posted by wasif

If its a Fiat then maybe its the one that was "donated" to VCCCI and then dissapeared ??? What Harit ?

Originally Posted by Shreeram

Ohhh So Its a Hybrid.. I thought thats the Original Engine. . So afterall not worth Saving...........

Hey, that's probably a Chevy or a Dodge, pre 1940, maybe one can consider worth saving as these have all but disappeared.
Certainly not a Fiat, and not donated.
But the donated Fiat water tender which was donated has been located, seems to have been dumped in the Castrol-WIAA training school. Possible as Sasoon Dock garage is full

Cheers harit

[moralfibre]

I had clicked this Buick in August 2009 in Goa. The car is no longer visible last I checked in Jan 2012.

[Prabal]

Originally Posted by Shreeram

This one is lying in Pune. Was used as a Water Tanker. What Make is it ? Can anyone guess ?

That's clearly a Chevrolet 1/2 tonner, 1933-34 roughly. Must be saved!

[Shreeram]

Yes Sir, Even i am trying but the Fellow has just kept the Cars and has not visited the Place in last 10 years. . As per the Watchmans testimony. He gave me the number of the owner after some Vitamine "M". I spoke to the owner. But he refused to talk when i mentioned the cars. Sentimental Value He says. His Dads cars.

Originally Posted by Prabal

That's clearly a Chevrolet 1/2 tonner, 1933-34 roughly. Must be saved!

[m.shekhar]

Saw this The W110 'Fintail' lying on the roadside in this horrible condition.
There was a garage nearby and the mechanics told me that the garage owner had bought it and planned to restore it.

[moralfibre]

Originally Posted by moralfibre

I had clicked this Buick in August 2009 in Goa. The car is no longer visible last I checked in Jan 2012.

I was wrong to assume that the car must have sunken by now. Visited Goa over the weekend and found this: