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Great and well shot video. What a monumental travesty that these cars were hoarded away. Mental health is a serious issue in the world. I hope at least some of these, or at least a bunch of rare parts off of what’s left of these wonderful cars can be saved. Thanks for posting. Well done.
The ubiquitous Barn find often over used when they are just in a garage and not a barn, however this one does not fall into that category. This well and truly constitutes a Barn find. What a great find and all quality and valuable cars in their day. Well worth viewing,
I luv the fact that the house opposite you can see the windows upstairs are the original ones and the fact that someone may have watched through them all those years ago and possibly had seen these cars being driven in to the back yard. Now all these years later you could watch from the same windows and see the cars being pulled out, fantastic 👍 Really enjoyed this video, excellent work buddy.
I know what you mean. You can look around here and picture your own stories relating to it all. I’d have loved to have found someone who saw them going in there, all those years ago, and find out a bit more about them from when they were actually on the road. Thank you for watching and I’m really glad you enjoyed it.
@UKBarnFinds From the USA, idk about that - all it takes is a plan, willingness & determination. By the looks of some of the steel structures on the back wall, clearly they were used in placing those cars there. AWESOME FIND/SAVE!! Kudos to the rigging & support crew as well, excellent teamwork!! Very much waiting for part 2, & 2 parting thoughts- 1- I'm very certain the guy who saved/placed them there decades ago is smiling from above, seeing those who understand their value now, extract them(how's that for foresight?). 2- As the Jag E coupe, AC #1 were being rolled onto the trucks, I for one, REALLY did appreciate the James Bond esque music. It seemed a fitting tribute to these proud, beautiful vehicles in the rough. I actually HOPE someone just mechanically revives the blue roadster, as this is how it was used & enjoyed. THANK YOU for producing this video!
Thanks for such a great comment and I share the belief that the guy is smiling somewhere at the thought it took so many people, and all that machinery, to get those cars out. Well done for spotting the steelwork - it was all drilled, so that clevis pins/bolts could be placed in and girders rested across the width of the garage. It was like some kind of manual car-lift. UK Barn Finds is just two people; myself (Elton) and Claire, who does all the editing. She has the hardest job and I really appreciate the comment about the music, as I know she spends a long time going through the catalogue to choose the right tunes. It's nice when people comment on this, as we rely on feedback to know when we get things right (and wrong!). Hope you enjoy enjoy Part 2, which is being edited as I type...
@@UKBarnFinds Came to the comments to try and find the music and complement the editor - that sequence with the 50's AC being loaded, had to watch twice cause of the music and I had the playback speed cranked up the first time! What _IS_ that piece of music? Gorgeous minor keys, I want a copy . .. . .. _GREAT_ sequence, thanks.
I thought that too. I suspect they were only bothered about the bread and butter stuff, and not sifting through everything else to look for other classic parts.
There were very few parts to save. Most of the stuff being moved with the digger is just general crap that hoarders keep for no reason! Parts that were worth saving were put to one side or in the house.
The military Ammo boxes all around would be worth a few bob depending on the dates , and I wonder what other gems were lost while they got the cars out
You know, that first E-Type that came out off the grass, that body and 'frame' (what's left of it at least) in the States here, that's still a car. It has a VIN number, it's an authentic E-Type, it's a car and could very well be 'saved' no matter what went into the resto. Amazing find!!
Absolutely. That's what happens here, too. There is also a number printed under the rear registration plate, I believe, which can be used to identify the cars, and then heritage certificates can be obtained in order to apply for a 'new' registration. With the right evidence, it can also be possible to have the original registration plate allocated back to the car in some instances. Thank you for the comment. It's great for us to know that the video is being enjoyed in the USA.
Thanks Elton and Claire for uploading this most anticipated video, I was looking forward to it. It was amazing seeing the process of the cars being extracted after being hidden away for soo many years. I was thinking it would be great if a neighbour came over and said they remembered seeing the cars going in there originally. From doing some detection I've found out the exact location of where these cars were, but obviously won't reveal its whereabouts. I'll look forward to seeing part 2 next week. 👍
Fords are my main thing but it's ironic you mentioned the CF Bedford as in the 70s up to 80s a neighbour of ours had a Bedford van it was all furlined and seated out in the back ..he was always underneath working on the van
This was covered by Anglia Car Auctions 2 weeks ago,. But they only uploaded one part which was 12 mins long. Absolutely amazing cars can't wait to watch all of your video.
For those of you that like AC cars, there is an urban explorer that gets an invite to a massive private collection of them, some restored, some under restoration and some beyond salvage. If I am allowed an can find out which explorer it is, can I post a link to their UA-cam page please.
Well Done!!.......I grew up in Southern New England at the time of the "British Invasion "... had Multiple Spridgets and New Mini Coopers!!... although some of these cars were Scrap back then, they are Gems today. Great video. Thanks for sharing!! Looking forward to seeing what follows!🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
My best friend and I were frequent pests so to speak at a Jaguar dealer in Riverside California in the late '60s , early '70s call exam Per nets , and took every chance to peruse the XK s and still remember the sight and smell of those works of perfect mechanical art !
A lot of Jaguars did end up in the USA, that's for sure. Quite a few of them are finding their way back now, as the climate there has been a lot kinder to them than our damp UK weather!
Sometimes we can say...Thank you for hoarders if they keep cars/bikes under the roof. And sometimes we hate them if they keep "our" stuff just outside and won't sell it to save it.
Whilst I enjoy seeing cars being removed from their tombs, I really cannot get my head around why people would want to store cars in this manner to let them just decay especially as some are so rare and of great value. Well done for getting the footage.
yeah, i don't get excitement from seeing these...closer to disgust at why some lazy-ass mentally ill person with too much money thought this was a good idea
My Uncle passed away last year and his pristine E type was sold for £180,000 . My Aunty said he had purchased the car for £29,000 in the early 90s. Before they had children they had an etype she says that would be worth 1,000,000 today. Amazing
I’m sure some of the Tory cronies who made a wedge from coronavirus would love that number plate on the Bristol ac 70ppe Amazing find though some truly beautiful cars to be saved
Just imagine if the building they were stored in had survived a bit better. It might also have fallen in and destroyed most of these cars. An amazing find. How did they move the upper ones without getting squashed?
Quite a few nice bits did come from there before the car extraction began, but most of what you see in this video was just scrap. As a hoarder myself, I'd have probably still kept most of it, mind you 😂
I thought the same, the Mk3/4 Escort front end would have some worth, as would the Mk1 Granada alloy, I did wince slightly when I saw the loader dragging it all out the way...
I remember picking up a load of white goods for repair in Pembrokeshire years ago, and the garage there, very much like this one had two or three E types and two gullwing Mercedes in a very sorry state. I thought this might have been the same place when I saw the thumbnail. Crazy what's still out there.
@@UKBarnFinds Me too but I can't remember where it was exactly. This was back in the late 90's. I used to travel all over South West Wales for an Appliance sales and repair business and would often see classics hoarded away on my travels. The most unusual one I remember was a beat up Borgward Isabella coupe used by a drug dealer! The property was being cleared after he got caught so not sure what became of the car
That Landy was not as bad as JEU, the first Landrover off the production line which was re-discovered recently and restored. This one will be great when restored.
I remember as a kid these cars didn't have much value. But like you was wondering "why"? Probably some valuable parts in the piles of junk also. Interesting video!
It's absolutely amazing what restorers can do because in my eyes with my abilities obviously I'm not trained in restoration but all them cars look beyond repair I know they're not but still it's amazing
In the mid 1960s I dated a girl whose father would reconstruct E types from whatever damaged totaled wrecks he could find. Missed that opportunity because I was more interested in the daughter. Here I am looking at damaged E types and the girl? Long gone.
What a rare treat: my two favourite UA-cam influencers in one video. UK Barn finds and Anglia car Auctions. It can only be good! I’ll be sharing this video, definitely. Well done guys.
Thank you. Anglia Car Auctions have been very supportive of our videos. You’ll find that they feature in quite a few. Lovely people and a great business 👍🏻
The two E Type roadsters inside look saveable and the AC's are definitely restorable because of their value. The Land Rover will be a chassis plate recreation and the first E Type to come out is scrap. The brown FHC will probably become a roadster with a new body.
Thank you. We'll do our best to let you know. If you're free the weekend of the auction, Anglia Car Auctions do a FANTASTIC live feed of their classic car sale. Claire (the other half of UK Barn Finds) often watches the whole thing and likes to join in the comments section.
I know a few horders hear in Wiltshire and they would rather let stuff rust than sell it .when they die then it is up to the family to sort out the mess and you hope the scrap metal dealer isn't called 😮
So very well done guys. what a fabulous find, as you say possibly find of the decade or better! Thanks for sharing this with us, great finds and look forward very much to part two and ANY updates on the restorations possibly! Absolutely brilliant!
As a 15 year old girl I Wanna get more into classic cars as my dad has 2, a 1950s series 1 80” Land Rover and a 1988 citron 2cv, I find them very interesting , keep up the good work :)
Back in 1961 my Dad bought a one owner E Type Series 1 3.8 FHC in dark metallic blue. If I remember correctly it cost £1,500 which back then was a tidy sum. It was tuned by BRM which was just up the road to where we lived. Even at the tender age of 8 I was a young petrol head in the making..
I know someone that bought an alloy bodied Allard in the 60s and then scraped it for the engine and running gear to put under a 1932 5 window ford coupe.
In 1974/5 I had a summer job working in a scrap yard in Scotland, essentially just stripping down cars to what has resell value or not, When I think about it now it is horific some of the cars we scrapped. Old jags, Daimler, Morris oxford/cambridge. Etc.etc..
I just hope somehow, someone with money restores them and let us all see them on road someday. On a much smaller scale, I've just 'finished' restoring my 2001 996.1 C2, mechanically. I'm not gonna lie, it was expensive. But it's a great daily driver and solid now, ready for the next 100k miles or so. I can only imagine the cost of restoring one of these!
I love the apotrophes around 'finished' - there's a person who knows that these things are never finished 😂 I share your hope about these cars; it would be lovely to see them pop up as a photo on my social media feeds one day, 'spotted' somewhere and looking gorgeous again. One thing's for sure, Anglia car Auctions will give them as good a chance as anyone could of finding the right new home.
It’s such a shame that the WEF and other dictators like a certain Mayor are trying their upmost to stop us driving these beautiful machines. That second AC is something else. She is gorgeous.
Classic cars may be exempt from the ULEZ if they fall into the historical vehicle tax class. This generally applies to any vehicle built more than 40 years ago in any given year.
They want us to stop driving cars altogether, nothing to do with just classics. They propose to ban all outgoing flights by something like 2040, and I'm not making this up.
i watched the part 2, 1st then the auction and now this part , just amazed at the shed loads of money people pay for scrap cars, but fascinating how you dug them out so well done.
We’d love to see one of them resurface again, restored, and speak to the owner to see how that part went. The AC’s, potentially, are worth eye-watering amounts once finished.
We plan to, Scott, but Anglia Car Auctions will also have an excellent live stream of the auction on their UA-cam channel, should you want to watch it live 👍
@@UKBarnFinds found solace in there, just had my licence medically revoked, that’s ok ✅,, But I’m about to auction my lovely SL500 , that’s a whole different thing tho ,,,
Looking up the number plates show these cars were last (legally) on the road in 1984. I'd love to know what the owner had planned to do with them. This is an incredible barn find!
@@uv77mc85 owner probably only bought them 40 years ago (when they would have been virtually worthless) with the intention of fixing them up or keeping as an investment (shrewd forward thinking!) and either passed away or suffered some other unfortunate event that led to them being left like this... At least they were undercover and the owner had the foresight and ingenuity to stack so many in such a small space! Imagine if they were all left outside, there would literally be nothing left... And at least the inheritor had the inclination to contact a specialist to attempt to save them and not just declare it all scrap n bulldoze it all into landfill. Even in such a sorry state as they are, the sold prices at the auction recently just goes to show the owner knew what they were doing...
My older brother has just completed a full restoration on a series one 80 inch it is in concours condition. He's been offered a lot of money to sell it. Was in the same condition as the one pictured here. Brilliant video very interesting and well filmed. May never get to see another one as good as this well done great effort and a credit to everyone involved.whoever collected and stored those vehicle's knew what he was doing. Would love to hear the story of who he was and how they came to be there what an interesting yard. I didn't want it to end it was so good.❤😀
Thank you. Just goes to show that they can be restored, with the right people, along with a lot of time and cash! Anglia Car Auctions bought this one themselves, in the end, and are restoring it to sell for charity. There's a lovely piece about the owner of these cars here - angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2598-19-Aug-2023/2740~1-1950--60%27s-70%27s-a-barn-find-collection
It’s amazing how these cars have been in this Barn - garage. It makes me think how anyone all them years ago could actually get these cars stored in this small but not that small space. There was quite a bit of thought gone into getting them in. Let alone suspending them up in the air. And actually stashing about eight cars into a garage like that. Considering there was none of the lifting gear that we have today. To do any of the lifting like that 50 or however many years ago. I suspect that was done with some jacks. And extremely dodgy scaffolding. Just to have them suspended up there like that is pretty amazing.
I'm guessing the person who owned the garage in the early 70s was a bit of a genius with a block & tackle, and had faith in the construction of the shed.
Sad to see such beautiful machines left to rot,but hopefully some will be lovingly restored ,I can only imagine the exciting lifestyle the owners enjoyed while driving these machines.
And the Bedford CF camper.. I did wonder if they belonged to a relation of the barns owner, or grew up knowing him & helped foster their love of old cars!
Absolutely stunning cars . Iv seen cars like this in there true glory . Amazing cars . Well done guys for getting these out. God knows how he got them in and up there .
I remember my father buying a brand new 1972 E-Type Jaguar with a V-12 and a 5-speed gear box. The only thing that sucked about that car was that he traded in his 1966 Corvette Stingray with a 427 for that Jaguar. At the time that E-Type Jaguar was worth more than the Stingray, but today that Stingray with the 427 engine would be worth more than that E-Type Jaguar.
14:14 Temporary driveshaft with a chain sprocket, looks like he powered that in there. 38:20 The pin holes in the steel posts are the giveaway as to how he got them up there, one pin hole at a time with a jack.
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Those cars were stored with no intent on restoration.
It’s like a forgotten meat locker but for cars. So weird.
Great and well shot video.
What a monumental travesty that these cars were hoarded away. Mental health is a serious issue in the world. I hope at least some of these, or at least a bunch of rare parts off of what’s left of these wonderful cars can be saved. Thanks for posting. Well done.
Johnny from the late brake show must be gutted to have missed this barn find
The ubiquitous Barn find often over used when they are just in a garage and not a barn, however this one does not fall into that category. This well and truly constitutes a Barn find. What a great find and all quality and valuable cars in their day. Well worth viewing,
It's amazing what can still be found out there
It's nice to see that they have put matts down so they don't ruin the grass in the garden 😊
I luv the fact that the house opposite you can see the windows upstairs are the original ones and the fact that someone may have watched through them all those years ago and possibly had seen these cars being driven in to the back yard. Now all these years later you could watch from the same windows and see the cars being pulled out, fantastic 👍
Really enjoyed this video, excellent work buddy.
I know what you mean. You can look around here and picture your own stories relating to it all. I’d have loved to have found someone who saw them going in there, all those years ago, and find out a bit more about them from when they were actually on the road. Thank you for watching and I’m really glad you enjoyed it.
Not sure they'd have been "driven" in? Must have had a forklift or similar?
I wouldn't be surprised if that house was owned by the same guy
This is sarcasm right?
It breaks my heart to see once beautiful cars in such a poor condition.I hope they get restored.
I’m sure they’ll go to the right homes. That is the plus side of auctions and publicity like this; they’ll be on a lot of people’s radar now.
I amazed how the previous owner managed to stack all those cars three high 😮
I swear he was the inspiration for some of the Indiana Jones scenes 😳
@UKBarnFinds From the USA, idk about that - all it takes is a plan, willingness & determination. By the looks of some of the steel structures on the back wall, clearly they were used in placing those cars there.
AWESOME FIND/SAVE!! Kudos to the rigging & support crew as well, excellent teamwork!!
Very much waiting for part 2, & 2 parting thoughts-
1- I'm very certain the guy who saved/placed them there decades ago is smiling from above, seeing those who understand their value now, extract them(how's that for foresight?).
2- As the Jag E coupe, AC #1 were being rolled onto the trucks, I for one, REALLY did appreciate the James Bond esque music. It seemed a fitting tribute to these proud, beautiful vehicles in the rough. I actually HOPE someone just mechanically revives the blue roadster, as this is how it was used & enjoyed.
THANK YOU for producing this video!
Thanks for such a great comment and I share the belief that the guy is smiling somewhere at the thought it took so many people, and all that machinery, to get those cars out. Well done for spotting the steelwork - it was all drilled, so that clevis pins/bolts could be placed in and girders rested across the width of the garage. It was like some kind of manual car-lift.
UK Barn Finds is just two people; myself (Elton) and Claire, who does all the editing. She has the hardest job and I really appreciate the comment about the music, as I know she spends a long time going through the catalogue to choose the right tunes. It's nice when people comment on this, as we rely on feedback to know when we get things right (and wrong!). Hope you enjoy enjoy Part 2, which is being edited as I type...
what's the use of hiding these cars, apart from being rare, they are also beautiful and should not be hidden and destroyed
@@UKBarnFinds Came to the comments to try and find the music and complement the editor - that sequence with the 50's AC being loaded, had to watch twice cause of the music and I had the playback speed cranked up the first time! What _IS_ that piece of music? Gorgeous minor keys, I want a copy . .. . ..
_GREAT_ sequence, thanks.
I`d love to see what's inside the house, I bet there are some right gems in there too .
Edge of my seat mouth open, no words, fantastic. Thanks, cant wait for part 2.
Thank you! I'm glad we captured this and were able to share it in a way that people seem to be enjoying.
Well done to the team atanglia car auctions and the other firms involved, a credit to yu all,
They did a great job and thank you for acknowledging that 👍🏻
I can’t believe they were destroying all the parts on the floor with the mini digger while making room to get the 1st e type out!
I thought that too.
I suspect they were only bothered about the bread and butter stuff, and not sifting through everything else to look for other classic parts.
True.There is still lots of money in parts lying all around.Wings,whells etc
That should be all move gentle aside.
There were very few parts to save. Most of the stuff being moved with the digger is just general crap that hoarders keep for no reason!
Parts that were worth saving were put to one side or in the house.
The military Ammo boxes all around would be worth a few bob depending on the dates , and I wonder what other gems were lost while they got the cars out
Can’t sweat the small stuff when time is money. I would guess Estate Administrators just needed to get this place ready for sale.
You know, that first E-Type that came out off the grass, that body and 'frame' (what's left of it at least) in the States here, that's still a car. It has a VIN number, it's an authentic E-Type, it's a car and could very well be 'saved' no matter what went into the resto. Amazing find!!
Absolutely. That's what happens here, too. There is also a number printed under the rear registration plate, I believe, which can be used to identify the cars, and then heritage certificates can be obtained in order to apply for a 'new' registration. With the right evidence, it can also be possible to have the original registration plate allocated back to the car in some instances.
Thank you for the comment. It's great for us to know that the video is being enjoyed in the USA.
In Holland as well. My old man has only driven English cars over here up to very recent, like a MGB, Rover, Jaguar X type and a Land Rover Discovery.
Thanks Elton and Claire for uploading this most anticipated video, I was looking forward to it. It was amazing seeing the process of the cars being extracted after being hidden away for soo many years. I was thinking it would be great if a neighbour came over and said they remembered seeing the cars going in there originally. From doing some detection I've found out the exact location of where these cars were, but obviously won't reveal its whereabouts. I'll look forward to seeing part 2 next week. 👍
Interesting....amazing how you found out...well done.
Very nice to see them getting new homes, I walk past a garden everyday with old land rovers and Bedfords. Looks like they are just wasting away.
Lots of smashing cars there which will make their new owners very happy - I'd love that beautiful Landie.
Nice to see this collection was so lovingly cared for.
What a find, amazing what's still out there....Great Video Elton...:)
Thank you 🙏 I get the easy job, though. It’s Claire who makes it worth watching, with her new-found love of editing! 😂
Exotic stuff,but also spotted,Mk 3 Granada and a CF Bedford! Keep 'em peeled!
Fords are my main thing but it's ironic you mentioned the CF Bedford as in the 70s up to 80s a neighbour of ours had a Bedford van it was all furlined and seated out in the back ..he was always underneath working on the van
This was covered by Anglia Car Auctions 2 weeks ago,. But they only uploaded one part which was 12 mins long.
Absolutely amazing cars can't wait to watch all of your video.
For those of you that like AC cars, there is an urban explorer that gets an invite to a massive private collection of them, some restored, some under restoration and some beyond salvage. If I am allowed an can find out which explorer it is, can I post a link to their UA-cam page please.
Of course. We like to spread the love ❤️
I've made a big boo boo, it was Bristol cars and not AC, he says rather embarrassed.
Having owned a etype series 2 drophead in the 70's i found this amazing. Thanks for sharing.
So glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching 👍
Well Done!!.......I grew up in Southern New England at the time of the "British Invasion "... had Multiple Spridgets and New Mini Coopers!!... although some of these cars were Scrap back then, they are Gems today. Great video. Thanks for sharing!! Looking forward to seeing what follows!🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸🎩🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks for the comment. What a time to have been growing up. So much was going on in the car world and all the culture surrounding it.
When everyone wanted a Mustang, I was dreaming about MGB'S ...
How on Earth did the owner get all those cars into that space he`s a genius.
You nailed it with that comment. I kept asking myself the same question the whole time. The man was/is, without doubt, incredibly clever.
Perhaps he built the outside of the barn after the inside……. No, probably not !
Must have had access to a fork lift truck.@@UKBarnFinds
That’s so nice to see rare classic cars getting repaired and taking care of
Wow, what an amazing find.
No matter what they sell for the restoration costs will far exceed their value once completed, land rover will be a triggers broom resto at best.
My best friend and I were frequent pests so to speak at a Jaguar dealer in Riverside California in the late '60s , early '70s call exam Per nets , and took every chance to peruse the XK s and still remember the sight and smell of those works of perfect mechanical art !
A lot of Jaguars did end up in the USA, that's for sure. Quite a few of them are finding their way back now, as the climate there has been a lot kinder to them than our damp UK weather!
Would of loved to see them restored and running what lovely cars
Absolutely outstanding!
Sometimes we can say...Thank you for hoarders if they keep cars/bikes under the roof. And sometimes we hate them if they keep "our" stuff just outside and won't sell it to save it.
Fascinating video, thanks for making it, looking forward to part 2 👏
Thank you for watching and for commenting. We’re loving the fact that this one has been enjoyed by so many people.
Slow and steady wins the extracting race. Cheers from the States. Nice job, now the fun begins.
Whilst I enjoy seeing cars being removed from their tombs, I really cannot get my head around why people would want to store cars in this manner to let them just decay especially as some are so rare and of great value. Well done for getting the footage.
They might have been somewhat rotten and damaged, i.e. considered scrap at the time, before they were stored.
They won't have been worth much when put in their
I'll get around to it someday
yeah, i don't get excitement from seeing these...closer to disgust at why some lazy-ass mentally ill person with too much money thought this was a good idea
Alas, looking at the parlous state of the rest of the property, someone who clearly had health issues.
Great show of rare cars.
My Uncle passed away last year and his pristine E type was sold for £180,000 . My Aunty said he had purchased the car for £29,000 in the early 90s. Before they had children they had an etype she says that would be worth 1,000,000 today. Amazing
The prices of them can be quite staggering, but they are beautiful cars.
I’m sure some of the Tory cronies who made a wedge from coronavirus would love that number plate on the Bristol ac 70ppe
Amazing find though some truly beautiful cars to be saved
Just imagine if the building they were stored in had survived a bit better. It might also have fallen in and destroyed most of these cars. An amazing find.
How did they move the upper ones without getting squashed?
The trash piles surrounding the garage might prove to be a treasure trove of old parts.
Quite a few nice bits did come from there before the car extraction began, but most of what you see in this video was just scrap. As a hoarder myself, I'd have probably still kept most of it, mind you 😂
I thought the same, the Mk3/4 Escort front end would have some worth, as would the Mk1 Granada alloy, I did wince slightly when I saw the loader dragging it all out the way...
It would be nice if the restos can be recorded
Did HSE suddenly turn up half way through? One minute, not a hard hat in sight .... then everyone had one on! 😉
Haha! Not quite. It was when they started dealing with the cars that weren’t on the ground that the hard hats were deemed necessary 😂
@@UKBarnFindshard hats will save you if the car falls on your head.,but you may become a lot shorter.
I wish we could see the restoration of these beautiful cars!!! 😃😍
Likewise! I wonder how long each one would take? 😳
I remember picking up a load of white goods for repair in Pembrokeshire years ago, and the garage there, very much like this one had two or three E types and two gullwing Mercedes in a very sorry state. I thought this might have been the same place when I saw the thumbnail. Crazy what's still out there.
Wow! That place sounds amazing. I wouldn’t mind a look around there 😍
@@UKBarnFinds Me too but I can't remember where it was exactly. This was back in the late 90's. I used to travel all over South West Wales for an Appliance sales and repair business and would often see classics hoarded away on my travels. The most unusual one I remember was a beat up Borgward Isabella coupe used by a drug dealer! The property was being cleared after he got caught so not sure what became of the car
Brilliant guys.
Wow what a fantastic video great cars
That Landy was not as bad as JEU, the first Landrover off the production line which was re-discovered recently and restored. This one will be great when restored.
JUE-477 was a great restoration and test of the little 4x4
I remember as a kid these cars didn't have much value. But like you was wondering "why"? Probably some valuable parts in the piles of junk also. Interesting video!
It's absolutely amazing what restorers can do because in my eyes with my abilities obviously I'm not trained in restoration but all them cars look beyond repair I know they're not but still it's amazing
Some of them look a bit more straight forward than others, that’s for sure 😂
Wow it just amazes me that people stash these amazing cars away and just let them waste away. I hope they can be brought back to life. Great video.
In the mid 1960s I dated a girl whose father would reconstruct E types from whatever damaged totaled wrecks he could find. Missed that opportunity because I was more interested in the daughter. Here I am looking at damaged E types and the girl? Long gone.
What a rare treat: my two favourite UA-cam influencers in one video. UK Barn finds and Anglia car Auctions. It can only be good! I’ll be sharing this video, definitely. Well done guys.
Thank you. Anglia Car Auctions have been very supportive of our videos. You’ll find that they feature in quite a few. Lovely people and a great business 👍🏻
70 PPE
Someone call Michelle Mone. She's got a few million spare to spunk on restoring the Bristol/AC.
Brough Superior motorcycles found in Bodmin in 2015 are the barn find of the decade
Absolutely amazing
now that is a collection
16 minutes in and WOW I am glued. Wonderfull to see.
Glad you’re enjoying it 😀
@@UKBarnFinds this is one of my favorite car rescues. ua-cam.com/video/QqlJLl7D9wA/v-deo.html
Mk3 Cortina….A car I’ve owned (not that exact one!) and wish I’d kept 😍
@@UKBarnFinds I own one myself which happily I bought from the chap who owns this GXL. The restoration of this car is amazing.
Slightly jealous, not gonna lie! 😂 I’ve subscribed to that channel and will have a proper look soon. Thank you.
The two E Type roadsters inside look saveable and the AC's are definitely restorable because of their value. The Land Rover will be a chassis plate recreation and the first E Type to come out is scrap. The brown FHC will probably become a roadster with a new body.
Brilliant video so interesting, the guy who owned them must have been an avid collector.
Great video - would be fun to find out how the auction goes
Thank you. We'll do our best to let you know. If you're free the weekend of the auction, Anglia Car Auctions do a FANTASTIC live feed of their classic car sale. Claire (the other half of UK Barn Finds) often watches the whole thing and likes to join in the comments section.
I know a few horders hear in Wiltshire and they would rather let stuff rust than sell it .when they die then it is up to the family to sort out the mess and you hope the scrap metal dealer isn't called 😮
Fantastic viewing. A real once in a lifetime Barn find
Thank you. Glad we got to share it with you.
So very well done guys. what a fabulous find, as you say possibly find of the decade or better!
Thanks for sharing this with us, great finds and look forward very much to part two and ANY updates on the restorations possibly!
Absolutely brilliant!
As a 15 year old girl I
Wanna get more into classic cars as my dad has 2, a 1950s series 1 80” Land Rover and a 1988 citron 2cv, I find them very interesting , keep up the good work :)
Back in 1961 my Dad bought a one owner E Type Series 1 3.8 FHC in dark metallic blue.
If I remember correctly it cost £1,500 which back then was a tidy sum.
It was tuned by BRM which was just up the road to where we lived.
Even at the tender age of 8 I was a young petrol head in the making..
I know someone that bought an alloy bodied Allard in the 60s and then scraped it for the engine and running gear to put under a 1932 5 window ford coupe.
In 1974/5 I had a summer job working in a scrap yard in Scotland, essentially just stripping down cars to what has resell value or not, When I think about it now it is horific some of the cars we scrapped. Old jags, Daimler, Morris oxford/cambridge. Etc.etc..
I just hope somehow, someone with money restores them and let us all see them on road someday. On a much smaller scale, I've just 'finished' restoring my 2001 996.1 C2, mechanically. I'm not gonna lie, it was expensive. But it's a great daily driver and solid now, ready for the next 100k miles or so. I can only imagine the cost of restoring one of these!
I love the apotrophes around 'finished' - there's a person who knows that these things are never finished 😂 I share your hope about these cars; it would be lovely to see them pop up as a photo on my social media feeds one day, 'spotted' somewhere and looking gorgeous again. One thing's for sure, Anglia car Auctions will give them as good a chance as anyone could of finding the right new home.
Ooh kings lynn my home town. Still in time for the auction too should be a good one!
Hope to see you there 👍
It would be great to follow up and see how much they sold for at auction.
Cheers
We hope to do this. If you’re free on auction weekend, Anglia Car Auctions have a really good livestream of their classic sale, too.
It’s such a shame that the WEF and other dictators like a certain Mayor are trying their upmost to stop us driving these beautiful machines. That second AC is something else. She is gorgeous.
Classic cars may be exempt from the ULEZ if they fall into the historical vehicle tax class. This generally applies to any vehicle built more than 40 years ago in any given year.
They want us to stop driving cars altogether, nothing to do with just classics. They propose to ban all outgoing flights by something like 2040, and I'm not making this up.
Surprised you’ve not thrown a ‘woke’ in there too.
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Woke is the term I would use.@@br5380
So many questions don’t know where to start!?
Cool video 👍🏽
Good to see your business moving forward 🎉
Thank you.
wow great find
i watched the part 2, 1st then the auction and now this part , just amazed at the shed loads of money people pay for scrap cars, but fascinating how you dug them out so well done.
We’d love to see one of them resurface again, restored, and speak to the owner to see how that part went. The AC’s, potentially, are worth eye-watering amounts once finished.
Will you be covering the sale of all the cars ? That will be a good watch
We plan to, Scott, but Anglia Car Auctions will also have an excellent live stream of the auction on their UA-cam channel, should you want to watch it live 👍
Outstanding Documentary
Thank you so much Alan. Glad you enjoyed it. Part two will be following soon!
@@UKBarnFinds can’t wait to see it ,
@@UKBarnFinds found solace in there, just had my licence medically revoked, that’s ok ✅,, But I’m about to auction my lovely SL500 , that’s a whole different thing tho ,,,
Sorry to hear that. Best of luck with your SL500. They are great cars.
Wow truly epic find the old man new what he had amazing ❤️🏴🏴
loved your video. I'm glad permission was given to allow it. I suggest one ad at a time, however. Thank you.
Amazing barn finds , hope whoever buys them manages to save them
I can’t wait to see them being auctioned. Pretty sure potential buyers will already be dreaming about how they’ll restore them!
Looking up the number plates show these cars were last (legally) on the road in 1984. I'd love to know what the owner had planned to do with them. This is an incredible barn find!
What a waste of cars. They are mostly scrap now. Owner should have sold them 40 years ago
@@uv77mc85yeah I'd say few might be saved that were inside bit outside ones pretty ruff.
@@uv77mc85 owner probably only bought them 40 years ago (when they would have been virtually worthless) with the intention of fixing them up or keeping as an investment (shrewd forward thinking!) and either passed away or suffered some other unfortunate event that led to them being left like this... At least they were undercover and the owner had the foresight and ingenuity to stack so many in such a small space! Imagine if they were all left outside, there would literally be nothing left... And at least the inheritor had the inclination to contact a specialist to attempt to save them and not just declare it all scrap n bulldoze it all into landfill. Even in such a sorry state as they are, the sold prices at the auction recently just goes to show the owner knew what they were doing...
They are not scrap......skilled people can do amazing things.....the value is there to pay for such work.@@uv77mc85
My older brother has just completed a full restoration on a series one 80 inch it is in concours condition. He's been offered a lot of money to sell it. Was in the same condition as the one pictured here. Brilliant video very interesting and well filmed. May never get to see another one as good as this well done great effort and a credit to everyone involved.whoever collected and stored those vehicle's knew what he was doing. Would love to hear the story of who he was and how they came to be there what an interesting yard. I didn't want it to end it was so good.❤😀
Thank you. Just goes to show that they can be restored, with the right people, along with a lot of time and cash! Anglia Car Auctions bought this one themselves, in the end, and are restoring it to sell for charity. There's a lovely piece about the owner of these cars here - angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic-auctions/2598-19-Aug-2023/2740~1-1950--60%27s-70%27s-a-barn-find-collection
It’s amazing how these cars have been in this Barn - garage. It makes me think how anyone all them years ago could actually get these cars stored in this small but not that small space. There was quite a bit of thought gone into getting them in. Let alone suspending them up in the air. And actually stashing about eight cars into a garage like that. Considering there was none of the lifting gear that we have today. To do any of the lifting like that 50 or however many years ago. I suspect that was done with some jacks. And extremely dodgy scaffolding. Just to have them suspended up there like that is pretty amazing.
I'm guessing the person who owned the garage in the early 70s was a bit of a genius with a block & tackle, and had faith in the construction of the shed.
I`d love to know who put all these cars there in the first place and what his story was.
It may take its toll on you but you have one of the best jobs ever thank you for sharing your finds
Thank you. Really appreciate that comment.
It's like watching the vultures circling. You can see the drool running out at the money making opportunity by these vultures.
That AC Aceca looks beautiful.
Wow!, the last time the log books were issued was Jan 1984.. 10 KPL....RYM 2..... 70 PPE
Sad to see such beautiful machines left to rot,but hopefully some will be lovingly restored ,I can only imagine the exciting lifestyle the owners enjoyed while driving these machines.
Brakes are locked on solid over the years
I like the Granada/Scorpio across the road.
And the Bedford CF camper.. I did wonder if they belonged to a relation of the barns owner, or grew up knowing him & helped foster their love of old cars!
The rod with the handle on the end is the plunger and innards of astirrup-type tyre pump. The tube with the two fold-out feet is the barrel for it.
Will need someone with deep pockets to bring these back to life but some of these could be £300k+ when restored
Absolutely stunning cars . Iv seen cars like this in there true glory . Amazing cars . Well done guys for getting these out. God knows how he got them in and up there .
dude you scared me!! thought my speaker blew haha
I remember my father buying a brand new 1972 E-Type Jaguar with a V-12 and a 5-speed gear box. The only thing that sucked about that car was that he traded in his 1966 Corvette Stingray with a 427 for that Jaguar. At the time that E-Type Jaguar was worth more than the Stingray, but today that Stingray with the 427 engine would be worth more than that E-Type Jaguar.
14:14 Temporary driveshaft with a chain sprocket, looks like he powered that in there. 38:20 The pin holes in the steel posts are the giveaway as to how he got them up there, one pin hole at a time with a jack.
"Back Story" "Good to Go" wow! Almost like a proper tv presenter!
what a find.. hope to see them back on the road.
So do I. That would be awesonme!