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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 03:42 PM
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Smile Project car anyone?


Tracy and Chris Ward were digging up a rock feature when they struck metal, and eventually exposed the rotted remains of a 69-year-old Daimler Consort.


The British luxury car was built from 1939 to 1953, and information gleaned from the artifacts indicates that this one was a 1949 model originally registered somewhere near Birmingham.
Perhaps this is the Brits version of their "Barn Find"

 
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 04:41 PM
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Good Lord

That'll buff right out...ran when parked, etc...
 
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 05:59 PM
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Wow
Must be an interesting story as to how it ended up there...cool

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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 02:28 AM
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I always said I would never sell my old car - I'd be buried in it.

Looks like someone might have beaten me to that idea.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 07:32 AM
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There was an episode on American Pickers where they dug up an Indian (I think that was it) motorcycle in someone's backyard....
 
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 11:28 AM
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Odd that there are no traces of the body, and the rear suspension and differential appear to be missing. Probably just parted out and covered over.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 12:39 PM
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Old British cars rot away even when they are above ground and in a dry climate, lol. Not surprised if the body rotted away under there.
 
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Some rust but fixable.
 
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