Rare Classic Car Graveyard. 100s of abandoned cars - Carchaeology! // Jonny Smith

[@maxsec2]

Love the whispering as if this is a wildlife show, mustnt disturb the sleeping ancients..... class

[@everydaysalvage]

Well actually it’s private land lol

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

How about it's private, they've let themselves in and not too far away are the owners.

[@philtowle4683]

Not to disturb the guard dogs

[@camwat5193]

Something strangely emotional about watching these cars rot away. I wonder if it’s just an awareness of the passage of time. Some of these cars don’t appear that old. But they are. You even remember the fanfare when some of these were launched as new models. You may not. You may think they are ancient. But one day the cars you know today will be gone too. It hurts to watch because you are seeing your memories and they are decaying, but you can’t stop yourself watching either. Lovers of cars appreciate them as art. Even in this form they remain beautiful. Superb work, thanks for the video.

[@buddhamack1491]

Yeah very sad. Considering how sought after some of these are today it is just such a waste that they will never see a home that would love and appreciate them. I absolutely loved my first car and had it for many years, but I knew it would just take up space and wouldn't get the love it deserved so I gave it away for free so another lad could have it as his first car and enjoy it.

[@P8FPV]

I'd take a few and save them 😣

[@arunparkin2552]

Well, most of the cars are completely rotten like the Ford Anglia at 35:12 and are well beyond saving. At least they still exist as they were destained to be scrapped a long time ago.

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

Yes well don't trespass and post the footage. It's private land and not anyone else's business.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Cam Wat yeah, they should have been kept in a covered area, I assume when these came here they were almost mint, other than a few nibbles.... sad. Really sad.

[@TomleyRC]

Who else checks the Reg No's when you watch videos like this? I love seeing how long stuff has been off the road! Cheers for the Upload Jonny 🤘 There is a similar (all be it a bit smaller) field behind my parents place in France with multiple French classics in.. many Traction Avants and 2CV Vans etc.

[@buzbygolf]

I do the same !

[@MrModelworx]

Yeah I'm guilty too.....that Cortina estate ? Last on the road in 1984 🤣

[@TomleyRC]

Well let’s face it.... once you’ve checked all your previous cars, your parents cars and your friends cars... it’s all that is left to do!

[@energymc22]

Yeah... That 735i failed its last MOT in '06,it just about made it into the computerised MOT database just for our entertainment....

[@MrHugaKuga]

Yes, was doing that, interesting that the golf R130EAD was MOTd in 2010, which makes me wonder what the most recent car might be. I guess the person that knew about the cars is no longer with us..

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Do you know know of a classic car wasting away and needing to be rescued? Or perhaps a forest full of vintage rust? Get in touch with me via the Carpervert.com website and let me know the details. Thanks for watching. Jonny Attenborough.

[@carmadmatt9050]

I know of a Jensen Interceptor MK3 left in a garage to rust away. And there is a ford zodiac MK4 in the driveway. Both have been abandoned for about 35 years

[@projectmildred2940]

wish we did mate, what a gold mine, would love to get stuck in to some of these

[@georgewade278]

I know this is slightly off topic but do have any merchandise Jonny?

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Not yet, but really want to. Been struggling to get it done amongst trying to earn a living. Hopefully merch news soon.

[@alibizzle2010]

check out the cars in the tunnels under Liverpool

[@guychaperlin3278]

That is my old golf gti R130EAD it got sent to be scraped as I had rolled the car into a field on my way to my workshop one morning about 10years ago!! Damm black ice!!! Loved that car!!! Used to rev like a nutter!!! Lots of fun!!

[@althejazzman]

Was this the scrapyard it was sent to?

[@Mercmad]

@@althejazzman No, I think it was the field he rolled into..🤣

[@althejazzman]

@@Mercmad Haha!

[@Josh-er6oz]

Probably why you rolled it 😂

[@trabali5168]

you cant beat a bit of banter.......or bs for that matter!

[@MikeBroom]

The mystery car at 33:00 is an Armstrong Siddelly Sapphire, 1954. UPL772 was the full reg..

[@kevinm498]

How did you complete the reg number?

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Cheers Mike!

[@MikeBroom]

@@kevinm498 5 minutes of reg look ups using the vehicle smart app on my phone for UPL7 UPL70-79 UPL700-799 until I found a match... Majority came back with nothing or definite mismatches (ie motorcycles) - but ultimately it's 111 numbers tops with that part reg...

[@Beany2007FTW]

@@MikeBroom I work in telecoms doing route finding, and I salute your logical thinking sir!

[@andymccabe6712]

@@MikeBroom there's a word forming nebulously in the ether....what is it? nnn....nneee.....neeer.......got it - NERD!! No, only joking to- love it......!!

[@maxchaytor1988]

For anyone interested, I ran a check on all the number plates I could see in full, to find out how long they’ve been dumped. Couldn’t get the time stamps but they’re in chronological order. Morris - Dec 1988 Red Ford hatchback - Oct 2001 Jensen - Dec 1986 Renault 5 - June 2002 Road roller - July 1995 Mk3 golf - Dec 2010 Mini white - May 1995 Cortina estate - plate not recognised White Mondeo - August 2007 White Suzuki - Jan 2000 Armstrong Sapphire - V5 last issued August 1989 (No Tax/MOT records) Red Fiat - plate not recognised Rover - plate not recognised

[@zorsenothorse]

M674JOH is the rover plate MOT expired on 10 September 2014 - last mot: Mileage 117,816 miles and passed

[@Nolongrused]

Also add the fiat cinquecento sporting - plate P381 EJH MOT expiration 31st July 2008 last MOT 01/08/07 at 80651mi no tax information

[@chris67bug]

The Humber's plate RRK 777 is now on a sorned 91 roller!

[@ramblerandy2397]

The blue Cortina Estate DGK 662C was recognised eventually. 1500cc 1965, Tax due 1st October 1984. I get a feeling of sadness and waste for all of this, though it is fascinating.

[@GenaF]

I'd love to know how the cars came to be here. They've been taken there over a period of many years. Its as though the cars were eventually meant to be sold, or used again by whoever parked them here. Who owns the land? There seems to be a well worn path weaving its way through most of it but it must be somewhere tucked away or the pyromaniacs would have vandalised the place long before Jonny and Beardy visited. I would love to know more.

[@peterelmer9114]

The Jensen Interceptor; one of the coolest cars ever made, according to Clarkson - I’d agree 👍 I worked as a petrol pump attendant in the mid seventies during school holidays; an Interceptor pulled in one day with a toffy nosed guy behind the wheel. “Fill her up ol boy and check the oil” It took forever to fill and then came the oil check - I found myself fumbling for the dipstick under a huge bonnet with blistering heat radiating from that massive Chrysler engine. All I can remember thinking is don’t touch that exhaust manifold ! Those engines ran hot ! I can vouch for that 😉

[@keithsbitsandpieces]

The jensen is a lost chassis

[@eoghanfla6343]

Such a shame to see so many classics of our time just rotting away. You need to rescue some Jonny, you can do it man!

[@p9917j]

Trespassing tends to be the very worst way to build trust with land owners. Especially when absolutely no effort to ask permission was ever made..

[@Hargan]

Ooh lovely 40 minutes of Jonny to settle into. Just like "proper" telly 👍🏻 📺

[@ianmarkham3917]

There can be nothing more calming than a sunny day spent in a motor graveyard browsing British classics with a blackbird singing in the background. Seeking out, and collecting (with the owner's permission) all those long forgotten badges and logos ........ Austin, Morris, Riley, Wolseley, Hillman, Singer, Sunbeam, Standard/Triumph, etc.

[@syncrosimon]

When you combine Obsessive Hoarding with a piece of land, or farm, this is what you get. If you only have a flat then hoarding is an issue. Scrap yards were always run by hoarders! Great video Jonny. 😎😎

[@chrisvig123]

Throw in advancing age and health issues 😯

[@kimerincowley]

Fascinating and compelling. I honestly could have watched hours of that. I desperately wanted to save several of them!

[@pyroshaun1990]

First time i've seen a video split into bookmarks with tags, sick job man! well impressed. :)

[@Wookey.]

Although he missed the C15 off the list!

[@bear1245]

Very cool thing

[@ianmangham4570]

Damn sounds cool, don't know what a bookmark or a tag is but it sounds very modern.

[@karlhurn]

‘Morris Marina with a suicide door conversion by nature’. Classic! 👌👍😎

[@richardmatthews6325]

First thing i thought was wow, what an amazing place, second thing i thought as a gardener.....theres a lot of Japanese Knotweed on that site....excellent again Jonny

[@jfro5867]

Amazing to think for a moment, at one time every car there was new and has led a life before ending up there. Great vlog.

[@TheKhirocks]

That was bloody brilliant and actually really relaxing to watch. I think the quiet sounds of the forest reminded me of childhood summers

[@danielpritchard6592]

🤤 what a fantastic find, so luck to be in the presence of such history. No Ferraris or Porsches worth tens or even hundreds of thousands, instead real cars we have all see or ridden in, so much history in one place. Wow!

[@newbridgefsl]

After Jonny's comment on the battery holding out the next car you see is the Standard 10. My first car 1967 was a Standard 8, with 2 doors. The 8 didn't have a boot (trunk), it was accessed from inside the car. Outside the spare wheel was in a compartment outside under where the boot was. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@briananthony4044]

That's the name I was trying to remember. Friends had a Standard 10 auto back in the "60's

[@PaulinesPastimes]

The Marina with the rare suicide front door conversion was a stand out for me! :-D My favourite, the 2 door Allegro (Mark 2?) Lovely. Yes, I know I'm in the minority. Great video. Cheers

[@robsmith1a]

When I was about 12 I remember a family friend had an Interceptor. I only went in it once but it was the first time I ever felt a car pull away and push me back into the seat.

[@spud1252]

It was early 1970s when a neighbour who built racing cars took me for a spin in his interceptor ,wow first time I’ve ever been over 100 mph and in seconds amazing car

[@woodrow_mayes]

The thing that gets me about abandoned classics is, who owned it ? Many years ago, someone may have worked their fingers to the bone of till the day they could afford to buy one of these cars new, even if it was a bit of 'Ol British Leyland chod. They would probably been so unimaginatively proud of it then and potentially heartbroken if they saw it now. It is not so much a couple of tonnes of rusty old machine lying in a field, it's an extension of someones life.

[@MetalTrabant]

Well, if you really care for a car, you just don't let it go. If you do, you never know what will happen to it. If you keep it, it's all up to you to keep it in good shape.

[@barriejennings8354]

Hi the mystery car that you thought was either a Jaguar or a Daimler was in fact a Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire which unfortunately like many other manufacture is no longer around, great find.

[@rockatansky1305]

Crazy though it sounds but I actually felt quite sad watching all those vehicles just rotting away, the memories and stories they could tell would be amazing I think....,

[@stuartleckie]

Back in the early 80s, my dad had a company Hi-ace van. You know how normally the speedo has speeds on it you can never get to? Well, in that van, the speedo went to 80. Not only did he get the van to 80, he got it all the way up to the P in MPH 😆 How do I know? I was stood in the back, aged 11 or 12 watching him do it. Different times, eh? 😃

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Stuart Leckie gotta love an old 80s hiace!

[@faustusTVR]

I have a nice memory of going with my grandad to collect a brand new one from a dealer in red with a flat bed. Always liked that motor.

[@briananthony4044]

Bet you didn't tell your mum, she would have divorced him on the spot for child endangerment lol.

[@AndySnap]

You know you're getting old when the cars of your youth and young adult years are now moss covered, rusting tree plantations. That video was my Life On Mars moment, I think I need to check I'm still alive...

[@gixerloon]

Watching these cars, some real classics just left to die is very sad.

[@mattpowell4465]

What's the chances that speedboat was won on Bullseye and has never actually been in the water 😄

[@Mitch-Hendren]

*and this is what you could have won*

[@jamesrobert4106]

"Super, smashing, greatttt."

[@slumpsg1901]

Taking a wild guess id say these are either MOT failures or road accident write offs. As you mentioned the mystery lies in why so many remain and were not recycled ,there is a story here Jonny to be sure. Great video.

[@jkasaunder228]

I agree with what you've said, but i'm also certain a fair few of those vehicles were used for crime and disposed of there.

[@cynicalcygnus763]

As Clarkson once said: You can't give a car a better name than "Jensen Interceptor".

[@MrKhusbands]

princess ann had one don't ya know

[@pashakdescilly7517]

@@MrKhusbands Reliant Scimitar - defo. Never heard of her having an Interceptor

[@pachy444]

The name sold them... basically a bit of a pig with a stupidly big engine that did 9mpg from cold.

[@NotAvailableEmotionally]

Desoto Powermaster, sounds like the proprietor of a sex dungeon.

[@jimroberts3268]

It's sad to think how many of those cars could have been saved and who knows how many still could be I have always loved the look of the Jenson interceptor I don't know how good they were but would love to have one great video who ever owns those cars must not know how much money they could get for parts .

[@gryfandjane]

Thanks to both of you for a brilliant episode! There are definitely some golden gems in that yard. By the way, I think the mystery saloon might be a Jaguar Mk.7 or thereabouts; notice the round aperture just below the headlight. Regards from the USA -

[@JT-tk4me]

I live close to this place and have know of it for many years. I use to play as a young boy in another yard that belonged to them. That one was just the same. They never advertised the cars or parts. If you went there they were not that bother about selling the bits. That's why most of the cars are complete.

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

And do you think it was right to break in and film it for global consumption?

[@schiltz371]

i like this video, reminds of when i worked summers at my uncle's auto salvage business with all those old cars sitting in the back. wasnt quite as over grown though. i appreciate the comic relief with Jonny talking normally then without warning going into golf announcer voice, the best part was the goof ball wearing shorts in a maze of rusty cars and sharp thorn's.

[@cadlee]

This is incredible. Please go back here now that it's winter and the foliage will have died back. I could watch this for days.

[@Dreddingbath]

Amazing, put a walkway and cafe in and you have a ready made theme park, Car Scrap Yard World. Perfect for all the family, pick up your kids spotter guide and tick off your finds.

[@llamedosr7843]

You could call it 'pervert land'. Or maybe not

[@Beany2007FTW]

@@llamedosr7843 In all seriousness, cut back some of the weeds, mark it up as 'at your own risk', book in a group once a month for £10 per person each, you've got what I'm sure is an easy grand a year income on some scrap land if it's publicised properly. And I don't mean that as an insult - I'd bung a tenner to the land owners whisky fund to just be let alone to have a snoop around for a few hours, gladly; if the owner wants to kick about with a flask of tea and their reminiscences, call it £20!

[@Johanniscool]

Sell tetanus shots for an extra $10

[@p9917j]

This place was my playground for my early years. No support for Jonny trespassing without any effort to ask first though. Sad really, was a huge fan of his before this.

[@ChishanFipz]

Every car damaged or broken - Not hoarded. It's back when you would pay someone 50 quid to take away your scrap vehicles. This is where they would end up.

[@neiliosr8]

Absolutely fantastic, and just as wonderful is how you are whispering David Attenborough style as if not to disturb the rare finds.

[@oldclassiccarUK]

Love these places. The big oldie looked like an Armstrong Siddeley, so rare to find old scrappies like this still tucked away, if they did Airbnb I'd be there in a flash

[@buddhamack1491]

Considering how sought after some of these are today it is just such a waste that they will never see a home that would love and appreciate them. I absolutely loved my first car and had it for many years, but I knew it would just take up space and wouldn't get the love it deserved so I gave it away for free so another lad could have it as his first car and enjoy it.

[@HubNut]

I'd say Armstrong Siddeley for your Mystery Car. Possibly a Lancaster.

[@christophernewman5027]

I'm assuming you meant Lanchester, Ian, not an Avro Lancaster... 😏

[@iainweller452]

What about 1950s Austin Princess?

[@HubNut]

No, an Armstrong Siddeley Lancaster four-door saloon.

[@pashakdescilly7517]

I think it's a Jensen PW

[@nikonordman7624]

I was also thinking an early princess but you might be correct

[@Voexum]

This is now all the more entertaining knowing Jonny is packing around a picnic lunch in that backpack the entire time!

[@151CHAVIN]

Old bearded explorer does find some amazing locations ! His channels definitely worth a watch

[@christophersykes4574]

As an archaeologist and car enthusiast I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Top marks. Love to know what's beneath the brush which you weren't able to capture during your exploration.

[@Zerofightervi]

I will never understand the mentality of someone who does this, why does it look like they've been dropped in by a chinook? Just randomly scattered anywhere.

[@theothertonydutch]

Some of them look like they were dropped in by a trebuchet!

[@oldclassiccarUK]

it just looks like a scrapyard that time forgot

[@Zerofightervi]

@@oldclassiccarUK It's the more modern cars that are the odd part of the collection. There looked to be quite a recent van stuffed in with the old models.

[@philipwaterhouse4168]

twhere could it be?My guess is Lincolnshire, one of thefew places where land is still cheap enough to lie fallow,

[@hazzalandy]

@@philipwaterhouse4168 I thought that, but then the Oxford regd Rover 75 taxi threw me

[@mikecleasby709]

Some really interesting old metal there… I would have been a kid the last time I saw some of those cars and trucks in a scrapyard……Absolutely love Jonny’s “David Attenborough” take on delivering this…. Speaking in such hushed tones so as not to frighten the “wildlife” away….😊😊

[@davedavid2277]

It is fascinating to think that at one time all these vehicles would have come out of a showroom and been someone's pride and joy. The haunting memories of previous owners and families who travelled in these motors must reverberate throughout that scrub.

[@quigonjay9]

David Bellamy of the car world "Here we have an old 60's Austin in its natural habitat...."

[@compostcorner5934]

Buwwowing fwew the undergwofe like a fox stawkin it pwey 😂😂🦊

[@petrolthreads_]

That Jensen was only 17 years old when it was lasted used. The haphazard-ness of the place is weird.... and depressing.

[@kyleb5518]

PetrolThreads it’s really emotional for me seeing things that are dream car status now and stupidly rare and sought after, especially stuff that is dying out

[@petrolthreads_]

@@kyleb5518 Ikr! There's no rhyme or reason for it either, it can't be ignorance so I'm left to conclude it's willful; yeah, some of them are common or garden cars, but the Jensen for example is just unforgivable.

[@chrisb9360]

@@petrolthreads_ Jenson Interceptors were really cheap and unloved at a point in time. There weren't queues to rescue them, so "unforgivable" is a stupid thing to say.

[@petrolthreads_]

@@chrisb9360 Chris B that point in time was long before the end of '86, and, whether you agree or not, in my opinion, it is unforgivable.

[@chrisb9360]

​@@petrolthreads_ That simply isn't the case. I was in the market to buy one in the early 2000s, hence my comment. The car was a very good example going for £6000. I decided against it, hindsight showing this to be a bad move. I recall an episode of Deals on Wheels (Mike Brewers 1st TV gig) from the same era covering a similar car (found it - link below). To quote them "any classic Porsche will be very easy to sell. Whereas Jensen Interceptors, no matter how cheap they are, are not". This demonstrates the lack of perceived value that existed until relatively recently. no amount of revisionism can change that. The car in the episode is a great example at £7500. A rusty, non-roadworthy one which had made its way to a scrapyard, was a parts car at best at the time. By the same rational, Jonny's "least favorite (Golf) GTI" will be jumped on by KZbin warriors 20 years in the future as an unforgivable act of automotive vandalism. www.channel4.com/programmes/deals-on-wheels/on-demand/29708-003

[@mk1kieran]

Love these sort of videos, been watching The Bearded Explorer for a while now too. Think the Mk1 Cortina Estate is my favourite find amongst that lot!

[@dangerousandy]

That’s been off the road since 1984

[@StuBar2]

This is brilliant! Please go back for part 2!

[@paulrobinson3528]

14:26 that Jenson was last taxed the end of 1986

[@tomcardale5596]

I just looked that up myself :)

[@Ian-Hall]

@@tomcardale5596 Me too:-)

[@theoriginalwallace]

And me!

[@grahaigh]

Me, too.

[@nicholasarceri6613]

As an American I find it bizarre you can access that info off the plate. Especially since no one junks a car with the plates here.

[@s_class7027]

Been waiting for a decent car person to visit one of these places, more please

[@allanwainwright3056]

Years ago, I used to deliver propane gas to a place just outside Symonds Yat, just outside Monmouth, The owner had a garage and a caravan park. And he had a seperate yard where he kept the gas. That yard was full of old cars.... mainly Rovers, from what I can remember

[@andynixon2820]

There's a scrap yard at rivenhall in Essex , before they tidied it up it had piles of amazing cars dating back to the 30s . 50s jags and Austins stacked on top of each other and knee deep in oily muddy sludge . It was heaven.

[@bonkersbeast]

The bearded guy wading through those brambles in shorts...he's a lot braver than me..!

[@Reddsoldier]

This week on Harry's Garage on acid:

[@euth]

Stumbled across this from another Jonny video. This is just mind blowing! But it has to be said, it doesn't mke sense. Cortina estates were rare even when hiaces were still on the road. And that interceptor?!!! So many questions!!

[@mraidymaddful]

What an amazing place this is isn't it. You have to give Jonny kudos for this, admitting he owns an Allegro. Brave man......

[@WHELDON74]

I am fairly sure that the big saloon that had you puzzled was an Armstrong Siddley Saphire.

[@Stephenb033]

Johnny does ASMR

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

If it gets the views...

[@Quagmire925]

CarPervert, Jonny Attenborough’s rust planet.

[@michellelaidler-smith3855]

He really doesn’t. Trust me 😒

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

@@TheLateBrakeShow how does that help?

[@vink6163]

@@fireflyhighforest2559 It's a joke because a lot of ASMR videos have huge viewing figures (on account of people watching them every night to help them get to sleep), and more than one KZbinr has tried to do an ASMR video as an attempt to cash in on it

[@simonjacobs7521]

Brilliant, best of both youtubers, remember watching on bearded explorer before, amazing place.

[@icecube1963]

You put me back in my past. So much memory came back in my mind. Thank you. And yes please do it again. I am living in Canada now so I do not see those car anymore but remembered me my young time in France.

[@doubletee5250]

33:33 looks like an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire.

[@TheSiebrowse]

It definitely was 👍

[@Bigtexatx11]

Its a 346, 1953-1958

[@stephenswift8001]

I was thinking it might be a Armstrong Siddeley.

[@666louis]

Ask David Attenborough if he'd like to do a voiceover ˆˆ

[@Getalife87]

this NEEDS to happen!!!

[@martycrush6412]

EWR87 no it doesn’t they’re spot on with the approach

[@davekennedy6315]

This must be one of my favourite episodes! So many varied and different cars dotted around as far as the eye can see. Jonny your vehicle (not just cars but vans, lorries, pick ups etc) knowledge is very impressive!

[@alasdairvincent6248]

Real car enthusiasts don’t leave old classics dumped like this. There is some moneys worth sitting there in parts alone. A great video guys.

[@MontytheThird]

I’d love to know what the thought process of the person who put them all there. It would be great if you could interview them.

[@alibizzle2010]

same as every other hoarder, they cant think rationally

[@bdbobbydog]

'I know what I've got, I'm fixing it up (day rarely comes)"

[@tonefiesta]

It’s an old scrap yard, at the time them cars went in there they would have been worthless, fast forward a few decades and they’re rare and would be valuable

[@alibizzle2010]

@@tonefiesta a scrap yard is a functioning business this is a mental health problem

[@martinultimatevw3779]

@@p9917j thanks! Was looking trough the comments to find this. Awesome and 👌👏

[@jwvandegronden]

I always get emotional when I see a rover (vandenplas?) from the eighties early nineties if I recollect correctly. The blue one on top of that pile as a sculpture on a pedestal... my first love for cars shared with my father who loved it to bits. At one time I even “designed” (bear in mind I was not even a teenager back then) a shortened version to create a coupe of that gorgeous Rover. I even collected a second brochure to cut up and experiment with the contours of the car. And to underscore other commenters’ request: try to interview the artist who put this landscape together. And artist he is, be it “brut” or deliberate. Beautiful to see entropy in action...

[@kyleb5518]

Jan Willem v.d. Gronden my dad still has a few spare parts from an old vanden plas princess 4 litre R

[@stevecleaver8933]

Incredible place, & yes, so sad too. But LOVE the way Jonny whispers so as not to scare the cars away !!!

[@stevenwhalley2522]

Brilliant find lads love it 👍can't understand why people leave cars like these anywere 😠

[@oukie666]

The mk1 suzuki swift convertible was probably the rarest car there.

[@martynbush]

My guess is that whoever owned that land and a the vehicles on it has long since passed away. It looks like it's been around 30 years since there has been any activity on that site. Somewhere is most likely a relative who has yet to claim their inheritance. Go on Jonny, see if you can track them down.

[@davog1946]

Cars registered in the 2000’s. Someone’s been busy in there in at least the last 10-15 years.

[@pioneer7777777]

That relative is named Paul Jones and is in the comment a couple above yours. Grandson of the owner/founder that has since passed away.

[@Beany2007FTW]

Have a look at the pinned post by Jonny - a relative has joined in (paul jones, as noted by pioneer 777777 )

[@dangerousandy]

The Rover 420 GSi (R8) last had an MOT in 2014

[@davidgregory5033]

Its an interesting place, i used to go there to look for parts for contraptions and sculptures.

[@johnledingham852]

I must say that I enjoy seeing you track down vehicles that have been garaged by their owners, and their sons and daughters find they have inherited these gems that you bring back to life. Sadly abandoned cars that are being reclaimed by the environment are too far gone. Good to see on this video as a one off to be sure. But I love seeing the survivors leap back to life again!

[@purple-porker]

PLEASE!!!!! Do a video about the story of this place, i'm sure with some research something might be possible. Such a shame to see them in that state, but still great to watch. Cheers Jonny.

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

🤔

[@Beagleman1996]

The Jensen Interceptor (VGU 46G), according to the DVLA car check, was last issued a logbook in 1983, and the tax was due in 1986. It's probably been in that spot for over 30 years!

[@Macoosy]

Wonder if had the 383 or 440?🤔

[@emmajacobs5575]

We’re all doomed Macoosy 383 according to the DVLA check

[@PatrickStuart2012]

gutted to see it like that - i restore them!

[@ojtveito]

@@Macoosy It's a MK1 (1967-1969), so it has a 383.

[@chrisgavin]

28:05 "A Capri in a tree!" there's an idea for an old car-based rhyming kids story book right there...

[@derektrotter4287]

You’re a poet and you didn’t know it 😂👍

[@beijingbond]

The car is a star, now a rusty old bar.

[@chrisgavin]

"There's an Allegro in the hedgerow..."

[@joemacleod-iredale2888]

Love the idea of ‘a herd of Range Rovers’. Perhaps you and Richard could cone up with some more group nouns for types of cars? An armada of Bentley, a rank of Skoda, an intimidation of Beemers, an embarrassment of Jukes....

[@jonjones1553]

A battalion of Land Rovers, a handbag of Ferraris, a bevy of Bristols, an unkindness of Volvos, a conspiracy of Volkswagons, a ding dong of Jaguars, a roll of Reliants, a reich of Mercedes, a rareness of Hispano Suizas, a Bond of Aston Martins, a scurry of Caterhams , a rattle of Renaults , a pride of Rolls Royces , I know, I really should get out more.

[@prodelboy2743]

Wish I could thumbs up twice. More of this series please. Thanks for vid and much love from Northern Ireland

[@TheLateBrakeShow]

Thank you chap. I'm still intending to come to Ireland this year.. Finally!

[@DarrenCoull]

This definitely looks like an abandoned scrap yard, rather than someone's hoarding habit - guessing it wasn't very commercially successful, then closed down, or the owner died and just been left since the 90's, judging by the most recent stuff there, e.g. Rover 420GSi, Ford Probe etc. I'd say 95% of what is there, is only good for spare parts by now, but oh, some of those spare parts could be the only ones in existence! - Edit: Just saw the messages from Paul Jones re: this place. Definitely the location needs to stay anonymous to avoid the vultures coming to pick valuable parts.

[@pachy444]

Been to several private hoards like that in recent years .. always the same story ... an elderly bloke who inherited the land from parents & took cars in when nobody wanted them convinced that he was going to do them up so wont sell cars or parts ... not convinced that was ever a scrap yard. Recently went to one similar to that which had jag E Types & Porches amongst other exotics, i did a deal on some Land rover parts but he then made excuses why i should not take them that particular day....in other words he couldn't let them go just like all the other stuff. Think he ran a roofing company & they were all dead vehicle's discovered when doing roofing jobs. ..trees had grown everywhere just like this one.

[@VeyronBD]

The ford focus in there is no older than 2000 either and clearly would have ended up in there at least a few years after, quite strange really. Edit: Also according to the plate the BMW 735i has only been there since 2007 after it failed an MOT, so guessing this place was abandoned sometime around then.

[@briananthony4044]

I'd rather valuable parts were removed and lived on in another vehicle, than have them rust away to nothing. Like the Interceptor back window, those Range Rovers at the beginning etc. Give the best of those RR to Moggy at Electric Classic cars and he'd rebuild it with a Tesla powertrain.

[@SmallBlogV8]

There's more Capris in this video than I've seen in recent memory...

[@Sean-jj2dq]

Great video. As a petrolhead it was a difficult watch, particularly the discovery of the Jensen. How can this type of abandonment of classic cars by what looks like a recycling company ever be justified!

[@Jessicorn81]

Love this. Nice step back in time. Like going back in time as a kid a finding something untouched. Mega

[@mondodaftasabrush]

Am I the only person thinking this isn't a scrap yard more of a crime scene ?

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

Absolutely correct invading privacy in order to MAKE MONEY for yourself and bugger the consequences for others should be criminal.

[@ro19gat]

@@fireflyhighforest2559 bla bla bla

[@cawfeedawg]

"Whispering among the dead."

[@bewildered5444]

Oh man, I could watch this stuff all day. What a wonderful, mysterious place - all those decaying cars with their own stories, alas taken to the grave. Love the A30 that's rotted in half and pivoted on its axles!

[@MrDemonchild71]

Everything there was once shiny, new and cherished by it's owner. Like carpet wears out, so do the days of our lives.

[@BarnClubCars]

“Mk3 GTi my least favourite GTI” Well you’re not wrong 😂 Well maybe the MK4 - 2.0 8v GTI. That was probably worse 🤔

[@richiebraund8076]

Every mk4 golf looks the same whether it be a 1.4 or a gti

[@Mahalo_83]

Not sure what was worse the 2.0 8v or the 1.8 20v non-turbo

[@BarnClubCars]

Why have you subscribed? Omg I totally forgot about that one 🤮

[@kristianandani2459]

@@richiebraund8076 R32?

[@brrebrresen1367]

@@richiebraund8076, doesn't matter that they all look the same since 95% of all mk4's are 1.9TDI anyway so they are all the same car x)

[@robmog88]

Was the unidentifiable big old motor an Armstrong siddeley?

[@mynameisatkinson9766]

It's a late 1950s Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire

[@marklaidlay6842]

@@mynameisatkinson9766 Early 50's MkI Sapphire.

[@nigelbeaumont1109]

That just shook my memories to bits… I literally found my stomach with Butterflies and remembering all these cars with fond recollection. It was my past… Fantastic. I wonder why these Cars and such haven’t been sold to a Scrap dealer… instead they are just rusting away!!!

[@martinultimatevw3779]

Omg, 40min. Awesome, love these gravejards

[@WarriorRazor]

Places like this depress me. :(

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

People who trespass and cause stress and upset depress me.

[@PaddyBoy644]

I love watching these kinds of videos but it also makes me so angry to see these cars just go to waste even if someone could at least use some parts to save another car

[@MrNineCherries]

The whispering adds to the mistique. What a place. So many vehicles that are pretty much complete tgat have just been forgotten. It would be amazing to see some of them saved.

[@fireflyhighforest2559]

You do know why they're whispering I presume?

[@mikeyboy3054]

Love the exploring side of it and also the old British rides. I have a 73 Triumph Tr6. The car is so much fun and everytime I take it out people come up to me and want to talk about it or take a picture.

[@WheelchairWonders]

"We have to whisper because we don't want to wake the sleeping giant" .. (Phil)

[@markiliff]

2:40 "It's like spotting wildlife" ↑ No, it's like celebrating fly-tipping

[@philtowle4683]

Its not like fly tipping if you own the land

[@warrenbass66]

What an utterly amazing Abandoned episode, talk about a trip down memory lane! At nearly 54 I recognised pretty much all of the cars, not read through the comments yet to find an answer, but I think the unknown car was a 50’s Rover, I definitely recognised the shape though. I’m surprised you didn’t come across any Adders walking around there!