Can these be saved

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ian.mcdougall
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Can these be saved

Post by ian.mcdougall »

Found these on a beach at Enniscrone Co Sligo Ireland today . Do you think they can be saved.A bit of wear from sea, sand and stones
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:lol: :lol:
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Simply rehone the bores and away you go! :lol:

As an aside, they would be a bit heavy to just 'wash up' on the beach surely.....
I wonder where / what they came from and how old they are?
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Never underestimate the power of the sea, it can move things many times heavier than those bits.

They might have been in a wooden boat that was abandoned and then rotted or broke up and floated off in pieces. It's not unknown for old engines to be used as anchors for moorings. Perhaps they were washed out from a flooded river? On a less realistic level, there must be many possible fun explanations as to why they are there.
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Seems clear to me - it's obviously all that's left of James Bond's Lotus Esprit. 8)
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Top photo looks similar to a Lancia V4 block...
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Seems clear to me - it's obviously all that's left of James Bond's Lotus Esprit. 8)
You may be nearer the truth than you realise there............. :lol:
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A fellow number cruncher sent me wartime pic of his family, in the background, the "Tirpitz" in all her glory.

Still bits of her lying about on the shore.
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!
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