VWPowered Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Thought I'd share anyone else got any cool links..car cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 He lived in a in a small cabin on the site, surrounded by wrecks, scrap and other odd junk. As Mr Danielsson got older (he was born in 1914), the yard was finally was abandoned in 1991. When Mr Danielsson passed away in 1999, there was some debacle over the future of the yard, and the local county was somewhat hesitant over "inheriting the problem", including the costs involved in cleaning up the site. However, the nostalgia wing won, and the place is now protected in a state of "as is" for a foreseeable future.Awesome! That would be like someone slapping a preservation order on the darker corners of Rush Green Motors. (If, that is, they are still there?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXrescuer Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 He lived in a in a small cabin on the site, surrounded by wrecks, scrap and other odd junk. As Mr Danielsson got older (he was born in 1914), the yard was finally was abandoned in 1991. When Mr Danielsson passed away in 1999, there was some debacle over the future of the yard, and the local county was somewhat hesitant over "inheriting the problem", including the costs involved in cleaning up the site. However, the nostalgia wing won, and the place is now protected in a state of "as is" for a foreseeable future.Awesome! That would be like someone slapping a preservation order on the darker corners of Rush Green Motors. (If, that is, they are still there?)They are indeed still there but the whole placed has changed in line with the new rules regarding such places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Brilliant! Some of the 50's British stuff seems to have survived better than others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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