Field Find In Surrey

[chris n]

Saw this post on MSN Cars the other day.

Includes a Robin Hood Exmo but they are calling it a 2B

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/is-this-the-greatest-barnfind-of-2017/ss-BBF5cEm?MSCC=1511124551&ocid=spartanntp

[tractor]

its beyound me how someone can leave cars like that in a field just to rot away

[Steve49er]

Agree with Chris sacrilege to allow vehicles to remain in such a SORRY STATE

[Mrbarry]

Its not just in fields and barns. The cars you see on driveways that never move, under tarps and on bricks. I have a friend who had a 2B in his back garden for years before selling it for next to nothing because it was rotting away. I think people have grand ideas about rebuilding them but lack money, ability, time or health. Time passes so quickly and before you know it...

my aunty has a field in Ludlow and puts her old cars on it to use as spares. Im sure somewhere on a Saab forum someone will be talking about the fact a perfectly usable Saab was left to rot in a field lol. Thats a bit different though it was a £300 MOT failure.

[brumster]

Exactly, no "car enthusiast" would do this. Either look after them and use them, or donate them to someone who can do something with them. Heck, even putting them in a museum to rot slowly in a controlled environment is better than a field!

[nelmo]

My first car was a 1981 VW Polo - I bought it in 1991 for £700. After 3 years, I gave it to my brother to take to Uni and, 2 months later, he swapped it for his bar tab (2 pints) :-o

 

The guy who took it off him later donated it to some college in Swansea for their car mechanics course - it probably ended its life in better condition than when it came out the factory :-)

Edited November 27, 2017 by nelmo

[Andi]

I found a 7 in a field in Cornwall. A bramble hedge had grown over it and there was nothing worth salvaging.

Shame

[geoff shep]

It was mentioned before - but in a 'for sale' thread for some reason - but a bit more info here: http://www.rhocar.org/index.php?showtopic=45921&p=378267