Exploring forest full of abandoned classic and vintage cars. Carchaeology.
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Exploring forest full of abandoned classic and vintage cars. Carchaeology. In this Vlog episode Jonny and his brother go out urban exploring a wood full of dead classic car-casses. In desperate need of a walk and catch up, Jonny and Greg headed to Norfolk to first find an abandoned E-Type Jaguar series 1 in a derelict back garden. The remains were found, along with 4 other cars. This location was sent with Jonny by TLBS subscriber Pete Warby.
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Then it was time to head to the abandoned scrap yard, where carcasses of hundreds of 1950s cars were discovered sinking into the forest floor. None of these cars are salvageable, but the whole scene is utterly fascinating. It is like automotive zombification. Hope you enjoy this slightly different episode. If you want to visit Barnfind playlist then head here:
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Jonny Smith
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
3:15 First cars found
3:47 E-type?
4:35 Greg sees SU carbs
5:47 Triumph Herald convertible
6:29 Ruined Riley RMB
8:00 Jaguar E-Type
10:18 3.8 Series 1 Jag?
11:35 Bentley wire wheels?
12:38 Ford 105E?
13:04 Austin A55 Westminster?
13:28 Ford engine bay
13:53 Buried mystery car
14:25 Austin engine bay
15:36 LOCATION 2: old scrapyard
17:23 Ghost boat!
18:50 Another boat found
18:57 Tree through pre-war car
20:10 Fatal accident
20:54 Coach, lorry, ruined house
21:23 Hillman Husky?
22:19 Austin A30 van?
22:32 Numberplate
23:08 Dead bodies - roofs!
24:09 Old vans
24:48 What is this flat twin car?
25:40 One car inside pig pen
26:27 Immaculate interior
26:57 Sidevalve engines
27:25 Subscribe
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"This is not Greta Thunbergs idea of a nature walk" 😄😄 brilliant video. Fascinating to see mother nature take all these cars back into the ground!
I was born in Norwich in 1967, lived there until January 1986 (now live in the USA) and remember Meddlers very well. Even in their heyday they had classic vehicles partly sucken into the grounds which always made a trip for parts highly interesting.
Being from Norfolk I was straight on the phone to my dad, he remembers a lot of what happened to Medlers, and had even been there often.
My 12 year old is now on the phone getting all the old stories! Great stuff. This is a special one, thanks
You and your Dad need to take a walk there. Be great for you to film a chat with him.
yep leney medler all the cars down the main drive were new and he couldent get the money he wanted for them so he left them to rot ??
Your brother is really knowledgeable! Very enjoyable to watch you pair.
The green car with red interior was a Standard Ten. The alloy-headed engine and twin rear window remains probably another Standard from the mid-1930s, and the pale-coloured remains at 19.00 is an early 1930s Austin Ten. The two-tone blue van at 24.30 is probably a 1940s Austin based on the Devon/Dorset.
Agree re the blue van, probably 1953-on A40 10cwt as it has the Somerset-era column shift rather than the floor change of the earlier A40 vans
Big G knows his onions, I had the pleasure of being the passenger in a 4.2L V12 E Type - in a deep red colour. A beautiful looking and sounding car. Carnage swallowed by nature - there's a poetry in that.
Good to finally put a face to Johnny's brother who gets mentioned so much on the podcast and his expansive knowledge. Also I love content like this, Field of Dreams, Carchaeology looking at rusty forgotten things
Great video Jonny. My dad used take me looking at decaying cars and machinery with him and I now take my young son to do the same thing.
I think everyone would admit, that even though we know they’re beyond fixing, we all harbour a little “what if”
Cheers and thanks again for all the fantastic content.
I visited Medlers scrap yard in the mid 90's when he was still trading. We were trying to find Mk1 Fiesta parts but, most of his stock was either too old or stripped bare of useful parts. The driveway was lined with 20's 30's and 40's cars some of which have probably been removed or most likely just dissolved.
Been cleared away from from what im told, gutted i never went, local to me that is
Just superb commentary and watching two brothers get along so well. Keep ‘em coming please.
Whilst I'm a big time classic car fan, it's poetic to see these cars returning to their origins... iron oxide. The E-Type was especially telling WOW, but that is life... at the end of the day we are children of the 'stars' and know matter what we do, we come full circle. Enjoy your classic.
All we are is rust in the wind rust in the wind
Well said - 'To into the earth you descend' - Titanic survivor.
Lets see how we get on with lithium and plastic.
Never knew your brother was so knowledgable into cars as well, wonderful chap
What is the human story behind this? How amazing ..
I’ve always loved Jonnys knowledge of all things automotive but Greg brings in a whole new aspect and speciality . Good one mr smiths
That's what I'm fascinated by, how did that garage come to fall down with so many cars in it. Presumably they wouldn't be customer cars, or if they were then it must have been a very valid reason.
Top episode though, loving the variety Jonny and team are putting out.
Mr Medlers son had a pet monkey. They buried it next to a stash of cash apparently. Mrs Medlers died and they sold the land in 2017
I also visited meddlers many times in the early 90’s & was a treat to walk round hundreds of old cars looking for bits & pieces! My boss had a P6 rover & mk1 celica so was always there hoping to find parts. As I recall was never very welcoming & they almost didn’t want to sell anything!!
I used to visit Lenny Medlers in the eighties those cars had those trees growing through them then half the bodies where in the ground most of those where pre war looked like they'd been there for donkey's years then. When you asked for parts the hardest bit was trying to find what you wanted. It was never organised in any way there where allsorts of makes and years of cars all over the place lorries and vans also. It was a vast place very interesting to look round as you can imagine it must have taken ages to clear. What are now sort after classics where just piles of scrap. Sigh of the times I guess we will never see anywhere like that again.
A phone Gimbal would do wonders here. Very interesting little exploration.
Thank you so much - wonderfully surreal remains now. As for the water cooled flat twin - perhaps you happened upon a Jowett - Bradford post war van. Excellent plod around the wreckage. Thanks again.
As soon as he said flat twin I thought Jowett.
Yep looks like the jowett engine!
I had a bradford van ,,,,, and 3 Javelins ,,, great cars
the Bradford would chug along at 40 50 miles per hour for ever ,,,, it was our bread van,,,, for our village bread delivery,,,,,, dad would service "dolly" the bradford every month change the oil re shoe the brakes when needed etc great times ,, in fact near to us was Lovelocks scrap car and animal farm ,,,,dad use to fetch food for our dogs from Lovelocks managerey
ok guys most interesting video ,, have subbed and clicked th bell button
Ed
Dissolved cars and barn finds are the best Late Brake Show content, keep them coming!
I've passed that first place regularly for the last 37 years! I don't remember it ever being intact in those years. There used to be a car in the first doorway you went through visible from the road, but it disappeared at least 10 years ago.
Wow, all that time? What car was visible do you think?
@@TheLateBrakeShow I always thought it was an anglia or something, but it was always covered in ivy and looked pretty rotten.
@@TheLateBrakeShow I used to pass there every weekend peering out the window of Mum's car. (Mk2 escort, 2x maestro onto mk3 astras) There was a car rotting in that front garage all that time. I'm reasonably sure it was a blue herald. It disappeared a few years ago. Fascinating to see what's found the back!
So sad, All of these cars would have been in show rooms at the beginning of their life and someone would have had to have saved up to go and buy one from there.
I always think that when I see an old car that's had it. That was someone's pride and joy when they drove it out of the showroom brand new, and now its nothing but spares and scrap.
Hey at least it's just a car not a human right
@@samholdsworth420 indeed - and if they were used and loved and travelled near and far, well then, they served their purpose! While I get the nostalgia and love to see things preserved there’s a certain nobility in this sort of final resting place for well used machines!
Great video! Like many here in Norwich I had many trips to Medlars legendary yard, massive in its day & yes it’s 100% true that one of Lenny medlars sons sadly died in an accident there, after he died the field it happened in had the gate closed & literally NOBODY was ever allowed to enter that field again, the yard still operated for around 20 years or so afterwards. Legendary place & thanks for bringing back the memories!
Greg was an extremely useful chap to have on a carchaeology adventure! Great video Jonny, thank you both.
The first car with the twin SU's and "bullet" air intake is an Audition A90 Atlantic. The car that made the Austin Healey possible.
Got loads of my early cars from medler motors in the late 80,s they had a separate sales yard remember buying a mk1 capri with a couple of dodgy tyres was told to go to scrap yard and grab a couple of wheels with better tyres grabbed myself a full set of rostyles 😃👍and remember the driveway being littered with old cars
Nice to see Mike from Spaced is still doing okay there! PS Flat twin looks like the Jowett.
yes it was jowett bradford cc twin
Thank you!
There is no better walk than a walk where you can find some automotive dereliction.
I know of a walk near me where there is a 4 cylinder block randomly sitting in a wood. no roads anywhere nearby, no houses right in the middle on nowhere. the rest of the car has clearly been consumed by the ground but the block and bottom end is still there. To me it looks like a spitfire (triumph) block but not sure, to be fair it could easily have been there longer than that.
I remember going to a scrap yard which I think was Hainford Hall - a stones throw from Meddlers. Hall rooms were full of parts eg one room for starters, one for instruments etc. I took out a couple of diffs from Rover 90's to put into a Series 1 Land Rover (86 inch). Used these as they were a higher gear ratio which suited the Rover V8 we had put in it.
Yes it was Hainford Hall.It was cleared and the main building was auctioned off a few years ago.
If you image search the business name, you get some pics from a photo stream of the site from 2013! Even just 8 years ago, the cars are in much better condition..
You can see the Herald (mostly complete), a Sunbeam Talbot 80/90 saloon and the trafficator car is an Austin Atlantic.. I posted a link but it was removed.. Good luck.
The car in the pig pen is a Standard 8, my cousin had one in 1970, it was about 15 years old then. You are right about the Husky, my uncle had one.
Really enjoyed the Smiths double act - great car knowledge, well done Jonny! Greg had a ball, he was even smiling at the end. 👍
Fantastic video as always. Yours & your brother’s enthusiasm for these cars is a joy to watch. Keep up the great work mate
Those cars from the 30’s 40’s completely sunk into the ground/rotted is crazy to see. And it becomes even weirder to think that they were all once brand new and shining in a showroom somewhere, and all of the memories/experiences that people have had in those cars.
Fascinating Jonny. You two make a great double act! 😅
Great video Jonny, really enjoyed walking down memory lane with you and your brother. Remember a lot of these vehicles still being around in my childhood, all issuing a pall of blue smoke! (Tolerances weren’t too great in them days !) real nostalgia 👍😎🇬🇧
This reminds me of the several mudlark channels. Love playing the "Can you guess the item before they do" game.
Great upload Jonny. Love these discoveries, and what a family double act! Keep them coming!
Great vid chaps it’s funny how I’m watching and listening but also looking past what your talking about to see what else is lurking in the undergrowth, it makes glad that these places still exist.
That Etype almost made me cry. Worked and restored so many to see this one is a sad day.
My father owned a garage at Smallburgh so I visited Medlers as a boy in the 60s. I was into hot rods in the 70s and the whole road leading up to the yard was lined either side with Austin A7s ,Ruby’s ect. When ever you asked the old man Medler if he would sell any the answer would always be the same “No they’re fine where they are” 😊 my dad was friends with the owners of Hainford Hall along the road where I would search as a boy for accident damaged cars such as Alfa Romeo, Lancia fulvias for the garage to fix up and sell.
It’s amazing how the wooden boats have not rotted as much as the metal cars !!
Love stuff like this. Good work Mr Smiths! :)
This is why this channel is awesome…..just a fantastic mixture of motoring content!
Great video, really enjoyed all the specific details your brother provided. Enjoy these videos with the two of you.
What a great video guys! Its really great to see your genuine enthusiasm as you identify those various parts on the E type remains. Exploring places like that and finding pieces of motoring heritage with your excellent levels of knowledge would make a great guided tour. As a small motoring youtube channel creator myself, I found it really inspiring. Great job Jonny!
Went to Medlers yard in the late 80, s it was jam packed with 1930s car but they didn't want to sell anything and not too keen on people looking around
Greg seems like a real gentleman!!! (as does Jonny) Love videos like this and seeing people interested about something beyond a £300,000 ferrari
Fantastic video Jonny, thank you for sharing your car perving
Absolutely fantastic. Great video to come home to!
Absolutely brilliant thank you for sharing
I've been to Meddlers in the 70s and 80s, and even then it was a massive graveyard of cars from the beginning of automotive time.
My dad had a couple of Riley RMB 1.5L. One was on the road, the other was parts to keep the 1st on the road. My childhood was full of cars he'd pulled from Thompsons scrap yard in Costessey and got running again. Bedford doormobiles, Mercedes 190, Morris 1000s... ex GPO yellow 🙃 Fiat 500s (again 2 cars, one for spares and the one on the road was hand painted... a great childhood now memories.
Loved it. Really interesting and your combined knowledge is amazing.
That was excellent Jonny, just how I remember scrap yards as they used to be, zero health and safety concerns. You need to encourage your brother a bit more, there is a lot of knowledge there that needs to be tapped, you could have another string to your already impressive TLBS bow.
I could have watched that all night! Great episode 👏
this was a good episode, really enjoyed seeing how nature was taking the cars back.
I was always on the look out for this kind of find as a kid. Brilliant walks and explores! great history and fascinating to see machines and nature woven into each other.
Great finds, impressed with Greg’s knowledge, proper pair of petrolheads,, keep up the great work
Red E-Type looks amazing. Have seen a Coupe version a few years ago. Stunning
Fab video guys. Totally fascinating to watch. More like this please!
Seeing the Husky reminded me of a place I was given a tour of, somewhere over Norfolk way iirc, loads of '50s Rootes in the trees and some real gems in various tired old corrugated tin sheds, inc pre-war s/c MG, Railton etc, gradually being sorted through I think but had been left for decades. Interesting vid!
Used to go to Medlers as a kid with my dad to keep his old cars on the road, pockets stuffed with nicked bits, great memories and great video 👍👍
First location was a garage that closed down in the 70s. Apparently owners never came back for their cars and they were just left. The building gradually fell into decay. There was a big fire in the building behind about 2001. Though the old Garage at the front was not affected. Everything just fell down on it's own. There was a Triumph Herald in the front area to the left of the entrance. Which had a tree growing out of the engine bay, which grew bigger and bigger by year.
Great vid,more of Greg in the future please. Didn’t see much of the bus but if it was a twin steer, it might have been a Bedford. VAL.The Italian job bus was a VAL but with a different body. This one looks Plaxton bodied.If the E-type was an early 3.8 then maybe it was a flat floor.
Always facinating to try imagine the peoples happy memories of buying all those cars the day they were brand new and then all the tales happy, boring or sad inbetween before ending up in their resting place. Awesome
What an epic video. I would love to find stuff like this!
All once brand new then, finally, with possibly millions of miles and countless stories between them, their paths converged upon this befitting and final resting-place, slowly settling back into the earth from whence they came. Captivating.
I have the same Swedish military feild coat. Perfect attire for hunting derelict motors👍
Reminds me of my grandfather's barn find. Bought the British Consuls Standard Vanguard in Cyprus. Was left to surface rust behind his factory after the 70's after one of his sons put diesel in it. I saved the hub caps with plan to restore as interior was mint. By the time I returned builders who were expanding the factory had rammed it out the way and bent the chassis. Even a few American 60's Chevys in a field opposite my aunt's house had disappeared by the late 90's
Greg seems very knowledgeable for all these derelicts. Great video!
Do more of these. Very interesting and enjoyable.
Excellent video, great to see your brother Greg in this one as well.
That flat twin-engine with the funny intake could be a DAF 750
Brother Greg in the intro looks like he was released from the T.A, for commandeering a Chieftain tank without the permission of his immediate superiors and then attempted to invade Paris.
absolutley loved this episode! i was quite sad when it finished
Fantastic video. I love it when you do this stuff. Prefer it to the reviews if I'm honest.
The immortal words of the wonderful Ian Dury come to mind... what a waste!
All those Sleeping Beauties rusting in peace
Great video thanks guys👍😎
Van with steering column and gear shift (at 24 minutes in) is a Austin A40 van, I learned to drive my dads at 15, passed my test at 17 had me first car accident in it as I was turning right, semaphore alight pointing right, flash guy in a new MK1 tina GT drove in the side of me turning right/ got done by virtue of overtaking at a road junction/ the MK1 tina went along 3 houses fronts ending up on some front door steps a steaming mess - lol/ LOL.. As a 22 years old I began racing the ovals for 14 years in 4 separate formulas. minirods, Angliarods BANGERS and Super Stox/ Loved crashing weekends - lol..Thanks for the video -- Ian. B.
Fascinating and great vid, thanks. 👍
Also went to kingsmead but a good few years before you. We kept our old cars on the road by visiting scrap yards. You should know of Duke Smith and Tony Towers and the Edmonds at Blackborough . We used to climb the piles of cars and remove the parts ourselves , can you imagine that today with all the health and safety nonsense.
Great video guys . Scrap yards are not what they used to be. And yes the cars that were in the yards in the 70s would now be worth a small fortune. Keep smiling everyone
I visited that scrap yard a few times in the 80s for some Aflasud parts. Used to be a fantastic location
This is so interesting. All these cars had a story and had People own and possibly love them. That interior in the "dry" those seats would have been sat on. It's awesome.
What lovely ivy interspersed with some rotten bits of old cars. They should turn it into an adventure park for all the family.
Impressive I far away where you people are I am from an island in the Caribbean. But non the less it's interesting to learn and known about other places. ✋🖐😄👌👌👍👍👍
That was good, good to see more of them .
I visited Waikerie in south Australia a couple of years ago and along the boundary of my mates property was a field that had a 1/2 mile strip of stuff like you found in Norfolk. Bizarrely there were a lot of British cars and boxes of motor bike bits still with labels attached like they came from a auto jumble or something like that, also most things had just had small amounts of surface rust thanks to the incredibly dry climate. Oh and a few snakes and other delightful creatures. Great video Jonny, enjoyed it.👍
Lovely Jubbly video, nothing more needs saying.
My partner went to school in Kingsmead in Wivvy! And we currently live up the road in Milverton. How small the world is.
Gregg at the beginning reminded me of Nick Frosts character in Spaced many years ago haha
Great video as always Jonny, but watching you two handling all that rusty jagged metal without gloves on gave me unreal levels of anxiety!
25:25 it’s an Alpha from 2019, the old rust problem!
Gutted you didn't go right to the end of medlars yard and find the old fire engine! I used to play in that with my friends as a kid! It's mostly in tact as well! Great fun! 😊
What a brilliant video, made me laugh. Great stuff.
The video has a spooky 'Blair Witch Project' feel to it. At the beginning I was expecting to see someone standing in the corner and (2:00) there Greg was! Additionally we're seeing 'car'cases scattered all over. Really cool though, when I was much, much younger , I used to walk through junkyards like that looking for bits n bobs for my (old) cars.
As much as I hate good cars going to waste, I still love how nature embraces them back into itself... it's quite beautiful and poetic, shows that everything we create is just temporary, and nature is still the boss on this planet.
Interesting to think that in the end, even the most expensive and fanciest of new cars will suffer the same fate, they'll be reduced to a pile of almost unrecognizable pieces of scrap metal...
That looks like a great day out... :-))
Great video! You pair are a fountain of knowledge. Love Greg's Chimpanzee impression at 5.15.😂👌
i used to go to Medlers in the 80's to get bits for my kit cars. It was an amazing place there were thousands of cars it took a few hours to walk around. I remember an old baroque style V8 BMW. love the video
1950s V8 BMW? Ultra rare now.
@@TheLateBrakeShow i was so tempted by the one on ebay recently for what seemed silly cheap money. I'm sure i've got some pictures of Medlers in the day they had loads of 'foreign' unusual cars
Well done lads brilliant watch 👍
Thanks Johnny for a very interesting video top channel mate 👍👍