Jump to content

28 Days Later - The Ghosts of Longbridge


Sealtainn

Recommended Posts

Whilst mooching round the interweb and I came across this urban exploration site with some rather haunting pictures of Longbridge.
I have had to type out of the URL so apologies if it doesn't work - the site is called 28 days later if you need to Google it yourself.
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/rover-mg-longbridge-18-02-07.t9321​

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest Lord Sward

I know somebody that took part in those 28 days later forays into Longbridge.  I believe there were many sorties from various parties, most of which weren't co-ordinated.  A terrific time for those people, but sad and interesting in equal measure to love of us who loved the Firm.  I wish I could have done a reccy into Longbridge.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So what's the story with the those which were saved?

 

Can't find the link at the moment but the ones I read about were mostly 75/ZTs. I think a consortium approached Price Waterhouse Coopers who were the administrators at Rover at the time and a deal was struck for the consortium to buy a load of parts and some cars, mostly of course being 75s/ZTs.

 

The Rover 75 Coupe though apparently is still around and possibly still languishing in Longbridge somewhere.

 

The most tragic one to my mind was BX54OPL which was a the only LWB Rover 75 V8, it got crushed. :(

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This

26760835.jpg

 

Had a bit of panel beating, then sold for around £1500 iirc, looking like this.

Longbridge-Mini-1.jpg

 

It's current owner doesn't let on what's happening with it, but it would definitely be a candidate for the OMG rat lurk. I'm also a 28 days later fan - that site is massively addictive.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I thought the mini ended up in a museum?

 

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

The Mini is now at Gaydon, probably the best home for it. IIRC the previous owner had some rather fanciful and far-fatched ideas of getting it roadworthy but got no further than straightening the roof.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...