Dick Longbridge Posted Monday at 08:32 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:32 PM I wonder what the story was? Such good looking old barges. https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/derbyshire-car-museums-plea-for-public-help-solving-motoring-mystery-3990519 Matty, Shite Ron, goosey and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted Monday at 08:55 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:55 PM I like the idea of it being Bully's star prize. Better than a speed boat at any rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted Monday at 08:57 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:57 PM I saw this story today too. Always loved these and would be great to know the truth of how it came to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted Monday at 09:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:17 PM I know the prizes on Bullseye were a bit on the shit side,but I don't think they'd even get away with a car last made in '78 on a programme that started in '81🤣 adw1977, eddyramrod, AnnoyingPentium and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted Monday at 09:18 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:18 PM Definitely not a Bully's star prize car. I wrote this feature on Bullseye cars and this was too early to be on the show. Why not check if the odometer is bust to start with? I'll bet it is. Then it's just another old car previously owned by a pensioner, as cold as that sounds. Love the colour! ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted Monday at 09:40 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:40 PM 19 minutes ago, motorpunk said: Why not check if the odometer is bust to start with? I'll bet it is. Then it's just another old car previously owned by a pensioner, as cold as that sounds. Nope. The interior says it all. "The pristine and as-new 1974 Vauxhall Victor FE, which is reported to have been saved by someone else who removed it from the rotting garage the original owner stored it in, has recently arrived at The Great British Car Journey in Ambergate with less than 100 miles on the clock, and the low mileage is attracting the most interest, so officials at the attraction have gone out to the public using social media to try and get more information. The car was discovered following the death of the owner - a Mr. Milner who bought the car in the Summer of 1974 from Mercury Garage in Ilkeston. Six years later, it was taken to Derby to undergo rustproofing treatment after which it is thought that the car was never driven again and merely stored away. After arriving in Ambergate, a raft of spare parts, a Haynes manual and seven empty fuel containers were found in the boot of the vehicle, but have been left exactly as they were found. The social media post about the car attracted a variety of responses, one suggesting that the fuel crisis of the 70s peaked around the time the car was purchased, and the owner may have considered that he could not afford to run it due to prices having remained high and to await them coming back down again, whilst another wondered whether the owner had been on extended military service so didn't use the vehicle for that reason. Explaining its continuing pristine condition, Richard Felkin, who discovered the Vauxhall in storage, said that all chrome and light fittings had been removed and stored in the car whilst what couldn't be removed was covered in order to protect it." eddyramrod and motorpunk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted Monday at 10:14 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 10:14 PM Banger Kenny, HarmonicCheeseburger, bunglebus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted Tuesday at 07:52 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:52 AM I’m guessing it would be something like he’d bought the car then was ill and couldn’t drive for a period, laid it up but then never got round to driving again. There was definitely intent at some point to come back to it with him taking such care to store the trim. Could have very easily gone the other way if the garage had leaked, they’d be bringing it out on a shovel. bunglebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted Tuesday at 08:03 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:03 AM Surprised it lasted well in that garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted Tuesday at 08:37 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:37 AM Reminds me of that old couple I read about in Classic Ford Magazine years ago who bought a brand new 280 Ford Capri as an investment, drove it home and put it in the garage and never used again. Around 2004 the car was recovered from the Garage, taken to a Ford Main Dealer ( the dealer that supplied the car originally) for a service and a clean, the Capri was then driven back to the couple’s home and put back in the rebuilt garage to never be used again. think the mileage had just turned over to 15 this was in a 2004 edition of Classic Ford I have no idea what happened to the Capri bunglebus and Dick Longbridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Selby Posted Tuesday at 11:32 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:32 AM 3 hours ago, sierraman said: I’m guessing it would be something like he’d bought the car then was ill and couldn’t drive for a period, laid it up but then never got round to driving again. There was definitely intent at some point to come back to it with him taking such care to store the trim. Could have very easily gone the other way if the garage had leaked, they’d be bringing it out on a shovel. Either that or the guy had some kind of hoarding issue; the condition of the garage and the "seven empty fuel containers" makes me wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted Tuesday at 11:43 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:43 AM The Mr Milner in this story was actually John Milner. He much preferred driving his '32 Ford coupe, 'I get way more poontang in my rod' as he used to say. Which is why the Vauxhall remained hidden away. bunglebus and goosey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted Tuesday at 02:16 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:16 PM One way or another it's a lovely find, you wouldn't think it would be so good even at that mileage, unless the garage was exceptionally dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted Tuesday at 02:22 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:22 PM John was his cousin who lived in California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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