Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[gresham flyer]

Hello,
I noticed this evening a large amount of interesting vehicles listed on Ebay.
They are part of a deceased estate,about 37 vehicles in total.
Should be something of interest for someone.?

Gresham

[Mog]

How about a link ???? If you give item numbers, you can put them in search ,on E-Bay and they come up.

[Daniel H]

These I'm guessing? Love the Husky

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/857tpd/m.html?hash=item2a167faeb8&item=180766092984&pt=Automobiles_UK&_trksid=p4340.l2562

[Richard H]

Anyone going for a look on Sunday?
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[Rick]

by gum some nice stuff there, full report needed please if anyone goes

R
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[gresham flyer]

TAKE A MIG WELDER WITH YOU.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY SOME FOLK HAVE TO COLLECT AND STORE VEHICLES THAT HAVE OBVIOUSLY SEEN BETTER DAYS.
I BET WHEN THESE WERE STORED AWAY A GOOD RUNNING VERSION DID NOT COST THAT MUCH MORE.
THEN THEY DO NOTHING WITH THEM,WILL NOT SELL THEM TO AN AVID ENTHUSIAST, THEN LEAVE IT TO A POOR OLD RELATIVE OR LUCKY DEALER WHO CHANCES ON THEM, TO ADVERTISE AND DISPOSE OF THE REMAINS AND POCKET THE MONEY.
MANY A TIME I HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN LONG TERM STORED VEHICLES,JUST TO BE TOLD IT WILL BE RESTORED ONE DAY.
AT LEAST THE VEHICLES I TAKE PITY ON AND GIVE A HOME TO ARE MADE ROADWORTHY AND USED,NOT PUSSED INTO A SHED AND FOGOTTEN ABOUT FOR ETERNITY.
WELL I MIGHT DO IF I HAD ENDLESS FARM BUILDINGS TO FILL.

GRESHAM FLYER

[Rick]

So long as they're stored in the dry they won't come to much harm, it's when nice old stuff is left outside in the elements that I get a bit

RJ
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[Handyman]

Just seen this! Did anybody go to look?

H

[Richard H]

I did. No pictures unfortunately.

Arrived about 10:30, the place was already full with dealers and their cars, parked all the way down the main road and inside the grounds as well. Four adult relatives completely overwhelmed trying to answer questions, sell parts and serve tea to punters.

The first cars I saw were in a double garage attached to the main house, an 80's Jag Sovereign, Morris 14 and the Lanchester. All in very good condition, the Lanchester had a 1974 tax disc in the windscreen.

I then moved next door to an adjoining large single which housed the nice Austin 16, and what a timewarp that was! It had it's original reg as well, NTW*** In the carport in front of the 16 was the blue Big Seven, which was in good condition apart from the inside was full of leaves.

I then walked further into the grounds and past the motorbikes, which were all parked in a line on their stands. All looked well preserved and in decent condition. Next was a small open sided barn, which contained Big Seven #2 and the white 2CV. The Citroen was much better than it looked in the photographs and was a rare square headlight model, but unfortunately the chassis was very rotten at the back and I'm not in the position to take on another major project at the moment Shame. The next barn was completely full to the rafters with pre-war car seats, wheels, radiators, lamps, bumpers, I saw at least three Austin Seven engine blocks as well!

Further down the track was the large innocent looking barn where most of the attention was focused. On entering, my eyes were drawn to the Morris Eight by the door, which the old chap must have been working on relatively recently. Obviously the body had been removed from the chassis, all painted and the engine bay was very smart as well. An easy project. Up high in the corners of the barn were shelves with more car parts on - seats, doors, bumpers, tools.

The Rover in the barn was in excellent condition and along with the Morris 14 and the Hillman Husky the picks of the collection - they could be put back on the road with minimal work. The Rover's tax disc was 1989.

The Austin Hereford was a nice solid car with 41,000 miles on the (dusty) speedometer, but unfortunately there was a mouse nest in the headlining and some of the paint had flaked, leaving rusty patches. And the flying A was missing. Had its original number plates (NLH) in the back and its "Car Mart London" dealer badges on the sills. I was amazed how good the steering felt as opposed to our sloppy Atlantic box with several inches of play! The Hereford had no play at all.

In contrast, the Austin 16 it was parked next to was quite poor. The sills were very frilly and there were holes in the floor. It was savable, but would require plenty of welding and fabrication. The dashboard instruments were missing, except the speedometer which was on the back seat, but I bet the rest of them are there somewhere.

One of the Series E's was quite rough, one was much better. The Hillman Minx was pretty solid apart from the lower front wings, and there was no sign of the front grille and bumper (although again, I'm sure they were there somewhere.

Didn't really look much at the Fintail Merc and MK4 Zephyr, but they both looked very good under the dust.

Walking out of the barn, I found another small shed that was packed to the rafters with more parts. Head gasket sets, brake shoes, clutches, hydraulic hoses, lamps (I found a box of enormous and very expensive pre war Lucas King of the Road headlights), bulbs, tyres, you name it, it was there. Only a very small selection had been put out for people to buy, the chap there admitted to me that they had been totally overwhelmed by the interest in his late father's collection and had taken over 200 phone calls from people wanting to view!

These pictures sum it up quite well:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C268486












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