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

Stanher · 29th January 2009, 20:08

'came to know of this sad stanher mk1 from suren, who'd first spotted her yesterday.

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This car's rotting away in what was once the compound of a nice old bungalow (partly seen on the right), which is to be demolished soon for the road-widening. Hence the house lies vacant, could've possibly been sold. Sorry for the lousy pic. but had to take a sneak pic. to avoid drawing too much attention!
Incidentally, my mech. who was travelling with me at the time said he'd been seeing this car for the last year or 2! Only then it had been parked along the compound wall (now demolished) of the house, and was in a comparitively better state then. IMHO it hasn't gone too bad to salvage even now...
Unfortunately, tried asking the details of the house owners nearby but got no positive answer yet...will try again. It looks like it was a very original, complete car (could've been even a 1-owner car!) before it reached this state! That front grille and bumper look so straight- seen very few heralds like that!

This reminded me completely of a pristine Hillman Minx that had fallen victim to an exactly identical situation, posted by Karl once:

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/pre-19...inx#post954277

Luckily that car was salvaged in time! I just hope the workers in this case don't take too much of this car and turn into a storehouse as well in the meantime!
And I also hope I (or someone!) could do something about it before the municipality notices it while demolishing the house, in which case they'll simply scrap the car!

JayD · 3rd February 2009, 23:58

Okay, here's another one for the fiat wallahs! This Millecento is just rusting away, It has all of the original fittings like meters, switches, wheelcaps intact. There is no work getting done on it, and its not for sale! Sad!!! I've got a pic of the interior, lemme search for it.

SuperSelect · 4th February 2009, 00:03

Buddy can you please please whack those wheel caps for me ?!? What do you mean it's not for sale ? What does the guy want to do with the car then ?

V-16 · 4th February 2009, 19:04

And i want the rims...

john a milne · 4th February 2009, 22:22

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Originally Posted by JayD

Okay, here's another one for the fiat wallahs! This Millecento is just rusting away, It has all of the original fittings like meters, switches, wheelcaps intact. There is no work getting done on it, and its not for sale! Sad!!! I've got a pic of the interior, lemme search for it.

Question?
I noticed that the embossed "Fiat" in caps was painted red, was this standard or a bit glitz?
Had a collector tell me he had set of this old Fiat hub caps in stainless steel or possibly chrome.
Appreciate any comments,

karlosdeville · 4th February 2009, 23:03

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Originally Posted by john a milne

Question?
I noticed that the embossed "Fiat" in caps was painted red, was this standard or a bit glitz?
Had a collector tell me he had set of this old Fiat hub caps in stainless steel or possibly chrome.
Appreciate any comments,

I think the red centre was just a popular trend locally, never came factory. I have seen a few brand new unfitted pieces, no paint in the centre. This style of wheelcap came in aluminium as well as stainless steel.

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Originally Posted by SuperSelect

Buddy can you please please whack those wheel caps for me ?

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Originally Posted by V-16

And i want the rims...

Ill take whats left over thank you!

What a fantastic bodyline, and what a shame that its lying like this. It is absolutely insane to leave those wheelcaps on the car in that state, that too ones with no hole in the centre. Insane I tell you!

Stanher · 4th February 2009, 23:34

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Originally Posted by V-16

And i want the rims...

Gogs, don't you want (or rather need!) the bodyshell as well?? As karl pointed out, it's so clean. You *might*, for a future project.....hehe!

V-16 · 5th February 2009, 00:04

chal yaar anne de yeh bhi!!

will call them Dukkar Triplets!!

Stanher · 5th February 2009, 20:04

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Originally Posted by V-16

chal yaar anne de yeh bhi!!

will call them Dukkar Triplets!!

Oh sar jee, pehle twin ko to ann' de!

Then can think about triplets!

Cyrus43 · 6th February 2009, 00:40

My god....What a shame that Fiat is. Here people are searching for a dukkar, and there people are just letting theirs rust away.

JayD · 6th February 2009, 10:17

Forget the wheelcaps, body etc, I wanted the whole blinking car

, but it seems the owner wont sell it!!! sad!

v12 · 6th February 2009, 21:25

Spotted in Lonavala : Another Topolino was lying further ahead in Karla.

Cyrus43 · 6th February 2009, 23:31

So the morris minor has been moved to the other side of the road...Sad.

karlosdeville · 7th February 2009, 11:14

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Originally Posted by v12

Spotted in Lonavala : Another Topolino was lying further ahead in Karla.

I think the first car is a late 30s Morris 8 hardtop, relatively very stylish, and fairly uncommon. Any more pics of that?

rjvora_2000 · 9th February 2009, 11:33

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Originally Posted by v12

Spotted in Lonavala : Another Topolino was lying further ahead in Karla.

The Morris is for sale. I had posted it in the classic available.

29th January 2009, 20:08	#1861
Stanher Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hyderabad, AP Posts: 6,491 Thanked: 2,087 Times View My Garage	'came to know of this sad stanher mk1 from suren, who'd first spotted her yesterday. This car's rotting away in what was once the compound of a nice old bungalow (partly seen on the right), which is to be demolished soon for the road-widening. Hence the house lies vacant, could've possibly been sold. Sorry for the lousy pic. but had to take a sneak pic. to avoid drawing too much attention! Incidentally, my mech. who was travelling with me at the time said he'd been seeing this car for the last year or 2! Only then it had been parked along the compound wall (now demolished) of the house, and was in a comparitively better state then. IMHO it hasn't gone too bad to salvage even now... Unfortunately, tried asking the details of the house owners nearby but got no positive answer yet...will try again. It looks like it was a very original, complete car (could've been even a 1-owner car!) before it reached this state! That front grille and bumper look so straight- seen very few heralds like that! This reminded me completely of a pristine Hillman Minx that had fallen victim to an exactly identical situation, posted by Karl once: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/pre-19...inx#post954277 Luckily that car was salvaged in time! I just hope the workers in this case don't take too much of this car and turn into a storehouse as well in the meantime! And I also hope I (or someone!) could do something about it before the municipality notices it while demolishing the house, in which case they'll simply scrap the car! Last edited by Stanher : 29th January 2009 at 20:10.
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3rd February 2009, 23:58	#1862
JayD Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cochin! At last Posts: 3,236 Thanked: 2,568 Times View My Garage	Okay, here's another one for the fiat wallahs! This Millecento is just rusting away, It has all of the original fittings like meters, switches, wheelcaps intact. There is no work getting done on it, and its not for sale! Sad!!! I've got a pic of the interior, lemme search for it. Attached Thumbnails
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4th February 2009, 00:03	#1863
SuperSelect Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai. Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 247 Times View My Garage	Buddy can you please please whack those wheel caps for me ?!? What do you mean it's not for sale ? What does the guy want to do with the car then ?
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4th February 2009, 19:04	#1864
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 950 Times View My Garage	And i want the rims...
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5th February 2009, 00:04	#1868
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 950 Times View My Garage	chal yaar anne de yeh bhi!! will call them Dukkar Triplets!!
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6th February 2009, 00:40	#1870
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 221 Times View My Garage	My god....What a shame that Fiat is. Here people are searching for a dukkar, and there people are just letting theirs rust away.
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6th February 2009, 10:17	#1871
JayD Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cochin! At last Posts: 3,236 Thanked: 2,568 Times View My Garage	Forget the wheelcaps, body etc, I wanted the whole blinking car, but it seems the owner wont sell it!!! sad!
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6th February 2009, 21:25	#1872
v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,739 Thanked: 7,213 Times View My Garage	Spotted in Lonavala : Another Topolino was lying further ahead in Karla. Attached Thumbnails
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6th February 2009, 23:31	#1873
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 221 Times View My Garage	So the morris minor has been moved to the other side of the road...Sad.
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