What are your theories on how this car got buried? Yes, you correctly read that!
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-lockdown-dad-garden-car-105747052.html
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-lockdown-dad-garden-car-105747052.html
Buried Car?!?
- Thread starter ktnez99
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You would find several in the garden at my parents old place and the field next door.
Tony.
Tony.
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- Location
- Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- Model of Z
- Z4 E89 20i sdrive roadster
Wakefield. Thats not far from York. Viking boat burial. No, wait . . .
Great fun! I think back in the 50s & 60s there were a lot less scrapyards and ways of disposing of old cars. Maybe it was expensive
too. So I would guess that's why some people buried them.
too. So I would guess that's why some people buried them.
Would've been if the driver had still been in it.
Tony.
Tony.
When we were kids we were given or scrounged cars that were fit for scrap. We ran them round local fields until they expired and dug a hole and pushed them in. Hillman Californian, Austin Devon and Ford Anglia plus others.
Tony.
Tony.
That sounds like it was a lot of fun. So when they were eventually scrap, they were buried?
I don’t know. Does anyone know?
I was half expecting to read a skeleton had been found, like a Krays murder.
Only option available to a bunch of school kids. Sometimes there were Gypsies in the village who would come and cut them up with oxy/acetyline gear but no one wanted to do that as they would return later and lift anything that wasn't fastened down, so shovels were the usual answer.
Tony.
Tony.
That makes sense.
The article would lend itself to inspire for a good piece of crime fiction.
Ha,ha. Well know where the bodies are buried 
Tony.
ps. Was from these childhood activities where I first got the love for a straight six engine. It was in a Standard Vanguard we had, and yes it eventually went the same way as the rest of 'em
Tony.
ps. Was from these childhood activities where I first got the love for a straight six engine. It was in a Standard Vanguard we had, and yes it eventually went the same way as the rest of 'em
Would quite like to be buried in my Z. (when I'm dead that is, obviously not now, I'm in the middle of watching Masterchef).
My Dad and uncle bought a brand new Ford Pop when they worked for Ford in Doncaster. Uncle ended up with car so 1 owner from new ended up buried in his back garden. Another uncle had Ford Consuls and always had a couple of parts cars in the back yard buried when all usable bits removed.
Why did your Uncles bury their cars? Is this a secret tradition I know nothing about?!?
Never really asked, both had big gardens suppose it was easier than getting someone to take them away. Sadly both no longer with us so will probably never know. Will ask my dad if he can throw any light on it. I do know they were both characters that i enjoyed spending time with as a kid.
They sound colourful chaps. Sounds like they bring back fond memories for you.