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Historic Finds

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How could you not want to take them home and love them?

Our office mole was just digging through the history of the interweb and found an old post on Landyzone about vehicle archaeology:

UK Land Rover enthusiasts John Craddock (of John Craddock Ltd) and Julian Gostling (of Exmoor Trim) have saved the collection of almost 100 Land Rovers and other collectable vehicles.

The two Land Rover specialists have jointly bought the collection, which includes various Series Ones, a One-Ton 109in and a huge variety of rare models including fire engines, ambulances and a Cuthbertson tracked vehicle in excellent condition. They were all stored in property at Sandnes near Stavanger in the south-west of the country and were due to be auctioned on December 4. Any which remained unsold at that auction would have been scrapped.

Some of the vehicles, which were being disposed of by the local police, are being transported back to the UK and many will come up for sale to enthusiasts next Summer. However, because of the immense task – and cost – of shipping every vehicle, some will be disposed of shortly in Norway. You can view this collection on-line and deal on the vehicle you require from Wednesday 1st December to Sunday 5th December 2010. This will be on a first-come first-served basis. Prices from £200 upwards.

Pictures of the collection can be seen here (Originally posted in 2010!)

What a collection! Given a lottery win and a free hand, it’s much the same as we’d end up with.

It would be great to know what happened to the stash. Answers on a post-card to the usual address please…

www.mcdonaldlandrover.co.uk or see me on Google+

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This article was written by Rupert Astbury