The rusty Monty

[sportiva]

 I was here

[poohbah]

Geez that's sad.

It'd even be worth doing just enough to preserve it as is, as a piece of auto-art. I reckon the black skivvie crowd would ooh-aah if that was sitting on polished concrete in an inner city gallery somewhere.

[poohbah]

for interest sake, whereabouts is it?

[bonno]

That is a damn shame for a model of this rarity and beauty being left to disintegrate to the elements.

[lombardi]

WD40 Anyone !

[As the day goes]

Did the owner  die? Or was it write off and left in the paddock?

[bazzbazz]

Let me guess, he is waiting for it to reach its maximum potential in price before he sells it. 

[bazzbazz]

Seriously, even if it was sold, by this time is there really anything there left to work with? 

[carlo rossi]

I think a viking funeral is needed
I cant imagine anything worth saving maybe a gearbox
and or injector pump glass but they woulld be seized
I heard the rumour he was drag racing it and something blew up
and no one to fix it


so sad

[ItalCarGuy]

Yes is a shame. I'd still like to pick over the carcass for my project.

[Les Smids]

It is a shame, but I wouldn't mind having a chat with the owner. There will still be a number of parts that can be salvaged that could assist us Monty owners keeping the remaining vehicles on the road or complete. That picture reminds me of a Monty imported from the UK...also orange, with the 'B' pillar consumed by the elements, to name one issue.

[ItalCarGuy]

It is a shame, but I wouldn't mind having a chat with the owner. There will still be a number of parts that can be salvaged that could assist us Monty owners keeping the remaining vehicles on the road or complete. That picture reminds me of a Monty imported from the UK...also orange, with the 'B' pillar consumed by the elements, to name one issue.

Yeah, just because they got dipped at the factory didn't make them impervious to rust...
http://montreal.alfa-male.com/2014/10/31/from-whence-they-came/

BTW if there are any Montreal owners with spares reading this thread I am still chasing some original wheel arch flare sections to repair mine. Don't really want to pony up for  whole NOS guards out of Europe. Just need the right profile for my metal wizard to recreate...

[carlo rossi]

did they find the spot of rust?

[carlo rossi]

i had dreams about it last night
im completely besotted by it
i need a monty in my life then I truely can be called
Monty Carlo

[Les Smids]

You can always try the full Monty, Carlo....but warn people first!