Car graveyard with dozens of classic motors worth £200,000 discovered in woodland – including iconic sports car
A CAR graveyard with dozens of classic motors left forgotten and exposed to the elements in an overgrown woodland have been discovered.
An urban explorer known as Tokyo Matilda stumbled across the abandoned motors as she filmed a video for her YouTube channel – with the find estimated to be worth around £200,000 in total.
Among the cars found were of number of British classics including a Daimler, Triumph, a classic MG with an eye-catcing red finish, a Morris Minor, and even a fire truck – with many of the vehicles dating back to the 1950s.
Due to the condition and the rareness of some of the motors, Tokyo estimates that the lot could be worth £1,000s.
This includes a rare Dennis SS135 Fire Engine from 1984, with Dennis being a brand used by the fire service until 2007.
“For every set of 10 cars they were protected by shed-like structures”
Tokyo Matilda
Two vintage Triumphs were also spotted, including a 1971 Triumph GT6 valued at around £20,000 and an iconic Triumph Spitfire sports car from 1963.
It is unknown why the cars had been left abandoned, with many of the vehicles’ road tax expiring in 1995.
Tokyo, 20, a YouTuber from Yorkshire told Luxury Auto News: “I love cars and have been a mechanic with my grandad and dad since I was a kid so it was a dream come true.
“I always take the pictures and pass them onto my grandad as he doesn’t have social media.
“That’s the main reason I started doing car photography.
“Found it by searching on maps for overcrowded woodlands and noticed all the cars in half fallen down sheds.
“Some of these vehicles date back to the 1950s and many haven’t been used or on the road since the early 80s.
“For every set of 10 cars they were protected by shed-like structures.
“But due to being neglected and forgotten the majority have fallen in on the cars now.”
This comes as a spooky car graveyard packed with dozens of 1960s Volkswagen Beetles were discovered in an abandoned mine.
The largest car graveyard is in the US
Junkyards filled to the brim with old cars are all over the US.
However, some are bigger than others. The largest in the world is in Georgia called Old Car City.
Sitting on 34 acres, the site is home to over 4,000 classic cars, vans, trucks, and buses from America and Europe.
The yard is more than just rusted cars, though. The main building has another time capsule for the early 20th century and beyond, with vintage toys and other automotive memorabilia collections.
The property has since become a museum where people can peruse the symbols of a treasured American era for $34. Weddings, parties, and corporate events can be held there, too.
Source: Old Car City U.S.A.
The astonishing timewarp collection even shows the motors to be in surprisingly good condition despite their damp surroundings.
And another explorer recently discovered an eerie car graveyard hidden in the forest with a fleet of decaying classic motors and included a Nissan 200SX.