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Old 25th May 2019, 13:59   #1
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A friend took these pictures yesterday whilst out and about near Huntly in Aberdeen shire. There's a few old abandoned cars on this abandoned farm but this Rover is one of the better ones. Not sure of the exact version but bet this looked stunning in its younger days!
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Old 25th May 2019, 16:09   #2
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A friend took these pictures yesterday whilst out and about near Huntly in Aberdeen shire. There's a few old abandoned cars on this abandoned farm but this Rover is one of the better ones. Not sure of the exact version but bet this looked stunning in its younger days!
looks like a 3.5 coupe
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Old 25th May 2019, 16:32   #3
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Old 25th May 2019, 16:42   #4
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looks like a 3.5 coupe
roof line too high for a coupe
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Old 25th May 2019, 16:50   #5
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A friend took these pictures yesterday whilst out and about near Huntly in Aberdeen shire. There's a few old abandoned cars on this abandoned farm but this Rover is one of the better ones. Not sure of the exact version but bet this looked stunning in its younger days!
Make the land-owner an offer and have a project car... :idea:
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Old 25th May 2019, 22:42   #6
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roof line too high for a coupe

True. It's a saloon. Had one in the early 70s, the first car I ever resprayed and I believe it still survives. Thirsty for short journeys, but this one looks a viable restorstion job so I hope someone is able to rescue it to do up, rather than it be wrecked on the banger-racing tracks.
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Old 26th May 2019, 07:28   #7
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Such a shame to see them just rotting away in a field.

Really hope restoration is on the cards
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Old 26th May 2019, 09:04   #8
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What a waste of a brilliant car.

Shame really

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Old 26th May 2019, 20:38   #9
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Not sure what the story is with the farm, no one lives there now and police did a drugs bust there a while back. There's a few cars there just wasting away.
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Old 26th May 2019, 20:40   #10
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Amazing it was kept going until 2007 and then left to rot, - it was already a classic by then. But then I've had a MGF VVC standing outside awaiting TLC for 3 years.
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