28 Days Later - The Ghosts of Longbridge

[Sealtainn]

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​

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Seen 'em before, but great to see them again. That widebody TF is all kinds of tasty.

[Sealtainn]

Apologies if they have been seen before, I'd not seen those, I saw another blog with a load of pictures in the tunnels.

[brickwall]

Yep, these are tres creepy. The prototypes were actually very nice. Shame all around

[Twiggy]

Incredible ! And fascinating.

[MarvinsMom]

so very, very sad.

 

fascinating, but also so sad....

 

no doubt someone will now be doing the same round the blast furnace at Redcar.

[Lord Sterling]

A lot of these prototypes and test cars were unfortunately scrapped, but some were saved after some intervention.

[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.

[cort16]

What happened to all those shells?

[HH-R]

Fairly sure I saw a picture of them being weighed in en masse, the 45s certainly.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

A lot of these prototypes and test cars were unfortunately scrapped, but some were saved after some intervention.

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

[brownnova]

Thanks for that... I ended up spending an hour perusing pictures of various old buildings (churches mainly) on that website.  Not sure if that' s a good thing or not...!

[lincolndanny]

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

The mini was saved believe it or not!

[Lord Sterling]

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.

[Taff]

Thanks for that... I ended up spending an hour perusing pictures of various old buildings (churches mainly) on that website.  Not sure if that' s a good thing or not...!

 

It's a great forum, very addictive

[TRW]

Fairly sure I saw a picture of them being weighed in en masse, the 45s certainly.

 

Thats right, cut up on site by Honda

[Jimmycrackcorn]

Wow never seen those before, very eerie.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

This

 

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

 

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.

[fatharris]

I thought the mini ended up in a museum?

 

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[garbaldy]

How did they manage to take the mini without any hastle though?

[Lacquer Peel]

Thats right, cut up on site by Honda

 

Did MG-Rover pay Honda royalties for the HH-R til the end?

 

How did they manage to take the mini without any hastle though?

 

I think it was with permission.

[garbaldy]

Oh right, I was wondering as I remember the outcry when some of them where supposedly stripping and selling stuff from one of the sites they found.

[Lacquer Peel]

Yes, it is a forum full of thieves, they often raid locations, sometimes hiring vans, and sell stuff on eBay.

Stuff was stolen from Longbridge too, but not whole cars...

[quicksilver]

I thought the mini ended up in a museum?

 

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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.

[fordperv]

The hoarders house is a prime example of things going missing, various cars disappeared from that place, take only pictures leave only footprints my arse

[bub2006]

A big fan of urbex myself. Need to get out more. Great sites and great pics

[bub2006]

I myself have never stole nor would I. I wouldn't want to be associated with folk who do. I just like the exploration

[sierraman]

Some of the places they visit though are hanging. Stepping over crack heads, dodging needles! They must be risking it a bit when they go in these coal mines, a slip either way and you are falling 300m to your death!

[laser wheels]

I've just googled that 28dayslater bunch and done some reading up...

 

What a load of cunts some of them seem to be.

[Angrydicky]

This is an interesting blog, and names and shames some of the 28dayslater admins who like to loot sites and sell stuff on Ebay. https://urbexagainsttheft.wordpress.com/

 

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/ seems much friendlier and less cliquey.