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Pictures from inside Longbridge
He spent two days in and around the now empy Rover Longbridge Factory















































































Check his site - www.photoaddiction.co.uk for more pictures

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Old 07-03-2007, 13:07   #2
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That is amazing... What a shame...
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That some creepy shat that is !!!
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I have heard lots of stories of people getting in there, and trying to get a few very special cars out.
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Old 07-03-2007, 13:20   #7
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looks like it was tools down and **** off!

lee...please could you edit the quote out of your first post, then i can quote and copy paste it elsewhere easy ta
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Very good pictures.
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ace pics, more and more seem to be cropping up.

Some i saw the other week were fully built cars sitting with the keys in the ignition!

(also, i want one of those TF shell )
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That mini clubman must have been there for well over twenty years as they stopped making them that long ago!
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Heres the thread, altho a lot of pics missing

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/...?t=9321&page=3

And one of the cars...

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This sports car had the keys in the ignition and is ready to drive home, soo tempting, but thats not why I am here.
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Old 07-03-2007, 13:38   #12
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That mini clubman must have been there for well over twenty years as they stopped making them that long ago!
11 miles on the clock too... imagine how much that would be worth if mint.
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cheers lee

are those the tunnels of legend....bare bodyshells were wheeled from one side to the other through the damp tunnels, so all shells emerged slightly rusty befor they got painted?

or is that utter nonsense!
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A lot of the tunnels are from a WW2 'shadow' factory that was used to build aero engines.

IIRC the bare shells were wheeled across the road to the paintshop ( in all types of weather ) 'cos the new overhead bridges weren't built wide enough for them
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Excellent website. Very very good photos. Love stuff like that. Bet it was amazing going around it. Been in lots of usually busy buildings out of hours, and old buildings too and find things like this really interesting.

#must get a life#
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lol @ the RR entrance being identicle to that of the one as Lode Lane in soiled hell.
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A lot of the tunnels are from a WW2 'shadow' factory that was used to build aero engines.

IIRC the bare shells were wheeled across the road to the paintshop ( in all types of weather ) 'cos the new overhead bridges weren't built wide enough for them
thats the one

it's worth having a peek on www.28dayslater.co.uk, there's loads of cool places to see
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thats insane, are there anyplans for a clean up? what are the liquidators doning leaving all the valubale stock just lying there?
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thats unreal i saw some pics on that 28 days later site,

it really was a case of take nothing and leave!!! i would love to have a walk about there has gotta be some stuff stashed away that people haven't found
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I'm sure anyone with a low loader and plenty of spare time could have a right 'clean up' .

Wheres that AllVaux fella at the minute actually, don't trust him!
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Some serious cash in strippage there - but it would appear unless its washed up on a bach no-one is that intrested.

Quality photos - must admit id love to have a good snoop around there one day
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Some serious cash in strippage there - but it would appear unless its washed up on a bach no-one is that intrested.
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What, you can just walk in and snoop around? If so, I'm off to get myself an MGTF.
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could be done on the sly, anyone up for it?
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could be done on the sly, anyone up for it?
Yea! Lets go looting!
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