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by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:27 am

Dunno if there is already one, but here goes!

This thread is dedicated to ALL 'classic' cars that you've come across just lying under a tarp or cherry tree awaiting someone to rescue it and put it back into its original glory

I use the term classic in quotation marks because there are cars out there that aren't deemed classics by the "experts" but still are in the eyes of the beholder. If possible, please state the location of the car you post, and a contact number of the seller if you have it, if not, it's hunting time!

I'll start things off

Found in Bentong, Pahang... Merc "Batman" & a Daihatsu 4x4

Found at a Shell Station in Klang... Fiat 124 Coupe

Found in Pengkalan Hulu... a Holden Special

Found in Glenmarie... a VW Fastback & a BMW 728i

Found in the back of a Ron Lim's office in Sunway....

Start sharing!

Chris

by **v_sach** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:01 am

okie i got new category of pic's to snap now !!!

actually this thread is gonna be really usefull for those classic hungry fella's ..

Nice!

:mrgreen:

by **aron56** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:02 am

I have asked RON LIM on that 924 and Jag it seems the owner has disappeared..dont know what has happened

and is that 124 Coupe and Daihatsu 4X4 for sale?? :mrgreen:

by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:10 am

Yeah, disappeared after leaving the car there, it's a 944 Turbo actually, what a shame! The 124 Coupe....that's a sad story, the owner's relative runs the Shell station and refuses to sell, says he's going to fix her up....the car has been lying there in the open for 11 years....

As for the Daihatsu 4x4, that's quite rare, not sure if it's for sale, but it's located at this shop just outside Bentong town, along with the Merc Batman and Hillman Minx that I posted in a different thread:

Chris

by **aron56** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:12 am

Good thing you started this thread Chris..

This is Eugene Campo's Merc which i saw in Heritage Garage but not for sale tho..

This 75 TS had the sweetest sound ever since he is using performance cams you could give the guy Che Sham 0123993127 a call as he was looking to sell her. Location in Taman Melawati

Found this sweet Rover 3500 outside Garang Racing, Sunway..wonder whats wrong here..perhaps someone wants to go ask and rescue?

Rusting in peace is this Mk1 Cortina...and the dude is asking RM10K for it so i walked away. Location behind Satellite Rest. PJ Sect. 5.

same dude again asking RM20K for that Alfetta :shock:

..walked away...

Ex Gary Chua's 2002ti owned by the late Terry. Location in SS1 PJ. They are not selling due to some legal process..

also is Terry's GT Junior in Sect 14..not for sale as his son Mark intends to keep her.

by **v_sach** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:10 pm

parked outside one of the workshop same row with Mspeed USJ

by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:37 pm

AWESOME stuff guys!! Wow :shock:

Keep em coming!

Spotted lying outside at a workshop in Shah Alam, near Proton...

Opel Record...

Austin...Morris?

Peugeot 204 S...

by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:44 pm

Loaction: UNKNOWN.

But definitely somewhere in Malaysia.... Morris & an Opel GT! Too bad the GT is so far 'gone', looks beyond help, that would be one sweeet car to restore!

by **aron56** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:46 pm

[quote="Serpent155"]AWESOME stuff guys!! Wow :shock:

Keep em coming!

Spotted lying outside at a workshop in Shah Alam, near Proton...

Opel Record...

this looks good where exactly this place again?? :mrgreen:

This is Austin A40 Farina

Wonder where this is...

Sad seeing the Opel GT like that..but i also saw a Morris Cowley there.. the white one

by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:55 pm

I counted at least seven of these Merc 'Batman' cars in Betong, Thailand...for a small town, there are so many old Merc's there it's unbelievable!

Some are for sale, and if you have 'jalan' to bring in, there are some that can be had for as little as 2-5k...all need work, but none are beyond help :thumbs:

by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:59 pm

Aron,

Good spot on the Cowley! The GT is in Kuantan bro....sea-air did that to the body

Chris

by **aron56** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:17 pm

Ah Chris how sad..i know there are gems waiting to be discovered along the east coast part of Malaysia and also in places like Sabah and Sarawak

by **Serpent155** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:21 pm

This Merc Batman in Betong IS for sale....seller sez he can 'handle' the importation of the car into M'sia, anyone wanna chance it?

by **bravosx** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:08 pm

I have always wondered why all these old Merc their rear wheels always toe in.
:mrgreen:

by **casio339** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:25 pm

Nice threads....when I was doing up my 168/156/coupe always hangs out at albert...sometimes no problem also hang out there...it was an interesting thing to do...maybe one day will do a true restoration (classic I mean) if time and space is available.

by **joe_yong** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:01 pm

yeah, i was hoping this kind of thread will start so that we can learn more about 'classic's...thanks serpent!

btw i saw something like a fiat uno neglected at teluk pulai, klang - near a small padang at the fritters stall. sorry the photo i took was gone with the memory card.

by **mikeklh** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:17 pm

Serpent155 wrote:

Hi Chris,

Excellent thread. There are some gems around.

The Mercedes so affectionately called 'Batman' is actually known as the Fintail. It's the successor to the Ponton.

Believe the VW to be a Type 3 powered by a 1600cc engine. Exceptionally rare car. Well worth restoring.

by **mikeklh** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:28 pm

aron56 wrote:Found this sweet Rover 3500 outside Garang Racing, Sunway..wonder whats wrong here..perhaps someone wants to go ask and rescue?

This is actually a Rover P5. The Rover 3500 moniker is slightly misleading as the P5, P6 and SD1 all have 3.5l V8 variants.

by **aron56** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:31 pm

Well Mike it is the 3500 as its two door coupe and had the 3.5 Litre badge behind it

by **mikeklh** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:36 pm

v_sach wrote:parked outside one of the workshop same row with Mspeed USJ

Wow, an Adenauer, and a RHD one at that. Highly collectable car. The W198 300SL 'Gullwing' used this car's drive-train.

by **mikeklh** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:46 pm

aron56 wrote:Well Mike it is the 3500 as its two door coupe and had the 3.5 Litre badge behind it

Not disputing it as the P5s only came with the V8. Merely stating that the 3500 can also be used to refer to the P6 and SD1 which came later.

However, I would say it's a 4-door coupe, the P5B, and not a 2-door. This pre-dates the Mercedes CLS, and can lay claim to be the world's first 4-door coupe, unlike the CLS.

by **mikeklh** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:53 pm

Serpent155 wrote:

The Opel GT looks to be in RHD. Highly unusual as this is the 2nd one I've seen in Malaysia and they've both been in RHD. Factory literature and all other publications state that they were only available in LHD. The other one's in KK.

by **aron56** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:16 pm

aron56 wrote:Well Mike it is the 3500 as its two door coupe and had the 3.5 Litre badge behind it

mikeklh wrote:Not disputing it as the P5s only came with the V8. Merely stating that the 3500 can also be used to refer to the P6 and SD1 which came later.

the high line P5's had the half over head/half side valve straight six. only the lowlines offered the V8 and the SD1 came with overhead valve 6, P6 came with the TC version of the landrover 2.2 4 pot

by **mikeklh** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:39 pm

No mate...What I should have said was that all P5Bs came with the V8. The B stands for Buick, from whom Rover bought the engine. Assuming highline and lowline refers to the roofline, both types of roofline were available with the straight-6 and V8. To be pedantic, the P5s were all badged 3-Litre and P5Bs all badged 3.5-Litre.

Yes, the P6 had a 2.2l inline-4, in single-carb (SC) and twin-carb (TC) form. Prior to that, it was a 2l inline-4, again in SC and TC form. But alongside both the fours was the V8, which was the same engine as used in the P5B. This is the car that was originally badged 3500 (3-speed auto) and 3500S (4-speed manual).

Again yes, the SD1 had an inline-6 variant in 2 capacities, but again there was a V8. This was available almost as soon as the model was launched and was also badged 3500. Rover never marketed it as an SD1.

by **SSCabrio** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:37 am

I think all Opel GT's are in LHD only, DJ's brother Douglas has a very nice one.

The Opel Rekord, 204 and Farina A40 are in Bandar Puteri Klang outside Pradeep's w/shop not Shah Alam.

by **aron56** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:30 am

SSCabrio wrote:I think all Opel GT's are in LHD only, DJ's brother Douglas has a very nice one.

The Opel Rekord, 204 and Farina A40 are in Bandar Puteri Klang outside Pradeep's w/shop not Shah Alam.

I did manage to find 2 in Sydney Australia running RHD and in London ..so im not sure what its meant by LHD perhaps they did the RHD conversion..

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:15 am

This was sitting next to my Fiat ST at CRC in Segambut....altho nothing has been done to this car yet, I reckon there are plans to restore it, otherwise it would have been towed out and left at the side of the street

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:23 am

GOOD NEWS! This Opel Manta has been rescued! Always loved the Manta, since I was a kid, begged my dad to buy one, but he bought a Ford Cortina 2.0 instead. Anyway, since this photo was taken, the car has been bought and is now at a secret location undergoing a ground-up restoration

(BTW, sidenote, has anyone noticed that there are FOUR Sunbeam Alpines for sale on Mudah??? Once so hard to find, now there are 4!)

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:51 am

"Rescued" news from across the ocean! My friend in the UK, Simon, found this Austin Healey, I think it was a 'barn find'. He's currently restoring this classic beauty to mint condition...here's the car after it was stripped, welded and primered

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:21 am

Spotted this Opel Manta while on a bike ride up north. Location, near Jeli.I could not get any closer cos the ground was really muddy (that truck in the foreground is actually stuck!)

From what I could see, this car can still be salvaged. It's sitting next to a junk pile outside a car workshop. If you look closely, the car still has the 'Manta-ray' emblem on its side next to the wheel arch! I hope someone rescues & restores this car, or it'd be a very sad end to an icon.

Managed to get a contact, Abang Joe 013-9251169. Spread the word!

Chris

by **aron56** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:23 am

Serpent155 wrote:This was sitting next to my Fiat ST at CRC in Segambut....altho nothing has been done to this car yet, I reckon there are plans to restore it, otherwise it would have been towed out and left at the side of the street

This is AUSTIN 1300GT looking at the top and the rims...but have to look under the hood if its Twin SU..same engine used in Cooper S =D>

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:23 pm

I'm going to CRC tomorrow, will mos def have a look under the hood!

This Ford Escort 1600 GT is for sale, needs work but can be so sweet! Car is located at Jemima Films KL, in the back, not sure what's the asking price though...

Chris

by **gilaman** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:41 pm

Saw this in a shed at a farm in Cameron Highlands a couple of years back, no contact details, sorry!

by **aron56** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:48 pm

Serpent155 wrote:I'm going to CRC tomorrow, will mos def have a look under the hood!

Chris

I think am gonna go today and see

ask him if he could pump Hydrolastic fluid :mrgreen:

I have a sagging AUSTIN 1300 too

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:16 pm

gilaman wrote:Saw this in a shed at a farm in Cameron Highlands a couple of years back, no contact details, sorry!

Whoa....looks like some work was done already, then stopped. Hope in the last years the work continued!

Chris

by **Serpent155** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:27 pm

Serpent155 wrote:

Recent photo of this Manta now at new location awaiting restoration...knowing the new owner quite well, this car is going to be awesome by the time he's done

by **SSCabrio** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:05 am

aron56 wrote:
Serpent155 wrote:This was sitting next to my Fiat ST at CRC in Segambut....altho nothing has been done to this car yet, I reckon there are plans to restore it, otherwise it would have been towed out and left at the side of the street

This is AUSTIN 1300GT looking at the top and the rims...but have to look under the hood if its Twin SU..same engine used in Cooper S

It is a GT, it has vinyl roof and those are its signature rims, and the badge at the boot is a bit longer.
It shld have twin SU's, also note all GT's were made using leftover Cooper S engines so it shld have the 'extra' studs head.

by **aron56** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:53 pm

its not an INTEGRALE but sweet spotted in MUDAH

http://www.mudah.my/Lancia+sporty-7656993.htm

by **bravosx** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:55 pm

Looks like it's worth taking a look.
:mrgreen:

by **aron56** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:28 pm

bravosx wrote:Looks like it's worth taking a look.

Interested??? :mrgreen:

Another project perhaps he is asking 17K perhaps can bargain to 15K provided u show him the cash

by **aron56** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:28 pm

bravosx wrote:Looks like it's worth taking a look.

Interested??? :mrgreen:

Another project perhaps he is asking 17K perhaps can bargain to 15K provided u show him the cash

by **DeOngster** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:16 pm

Calling ToE - Calling ToE

635 CSI

Asking 45k.

rolandooi at yahoo.com - From Quill Auto

Wahhahahaha

by **Serpent155** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:31 pm

That Lancia looks sweet! The 635CSi as well, altho I have to say, they already look 'rescued'! Haha

Let's stick to cars we find that need work, cars that need to be rescued! The Lancia and 635csi belong more in the Random Classics or Find of the Day threads.

How about this, a rare Alfasud Ti. Currently in Ramly's place, and yes, it's for sale. He started some work on it, but now doesn't have the time, so he's selling it

by **Serpent155** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:37 pm

This Escort is up for grabs too, also at Ramly's place. Love those old skool wheels!

by **bravosx** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:42 am

aron56 wrote:
bravosx wrote:Looks like it's worth taking a look.

Interested??? Another project perhaps he is asking 17K perhaps can bargain to 15K provided u show him the cash

Nah...........not at the moment. My cash will be spent on the 155 and possibly the Bravo too. I have gotten over the Racing wet dreams too............for the moment at least.
:mrgreen:

I must admit that old man Ramly has got pretty pretty good collection of classics but it's just that his asking price are always too ridiculous that I do not even bother to view the cars he put on sale........sadly.

by **Serpent155** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:07 am

Checked out the Austin at CRC yesterday and yes. it's a 1300GT. If anyone's keen, the asking price is 8k as is

Chris

by **Serpent155** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:33 pm

Sadly, I checked, no papers, so if anyone needs, this Merc S320 is for parts only....even the vacuum doors still work!

by **bravosx** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:37 pm

Dang! Almost perfect condition.

by **nt8285** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:27 pm

This is a great thread! Well-done Chris! :thumbs:

Somehow, after visiting this and the other classic car threads in IA...I am beginning to grow a fondness on classic and old rides! Hmm.....

by **puchongbala** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:52 pm

nt8285 wrote:This is a great thread! Well-done Chris!

Somehow, after visiting this and the other classic car threads in IA...I am beginning to grow a fondness on classic and old rides! Hmm.....

Patience NT, a few more years & yer 156 will qualify as an "old" ride as well . . . :mrgreen:

But yes, well done Serpent155 fer this thread. Had a close look at yer Fiat & fetta @ Goodwork the other day. Nice . . .

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