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matt21
Original Poster
2,106 posts
41 months
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spent last saturday on the top gear track and managed to find some of their cars tucked around the back. security came over moved us on and threatened to confiscate my camera!  managed to climb in the back of the hammond boats. jeremys nissan was full of cigarettes and a cher CD. most cars were unlocked so we had a good nose around. rockets, smashed espace that was hit by a train, 3 tonne Merc S-Class, Hammond boat.  panda (cant remember what it was for), the rocket robin  May boat, Clarkson Nissan he sailed/drove to france in, security in background chucking someone off  Alfa/Saab limo still with sauna in the back, espace conv under tarpauline and red stretched panda.  Hammond boat - taken on the way out after been kicked out!  2x BL cars, Rover with its doors missing  stretched panda - it was huge! - saab/alfa again and MG still with the bowling alley 
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RDE
3,803 posts
51 months
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Where's the TG production office?!
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FourWheelDrift
45,396 posts
121 months
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Jderh
5,694 posts
44 months
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Its a shame to see them all wasting away really, outside of public view. Good to know they've not been scrapped though.
Oh and the Panda (not the stretched one) was used for when the tried to create a bullet proof car on a budget, but they never actually aired the piece IIRC.
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topless_mx5
1,602 posts
55 months
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What were you doing on the Top Gear track just out of interest? Is it used for track days?
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SpeedyGonzales
5,892 posts
41 months
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matt21 said: 2x BL cars, Rover with its doors missing As a PH'er said, its a shame to see them waste away. I think I should call TG up and see if I can nap those two! 
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Jackp
720 posts
33 months
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Recently whilst trawling around a garden centre in daventry, i came upon these beauties.  they were in a salvage yard in my town, remember them from car football? some where even in a usable condition 
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FourWheelDrift
45,396 posts
121 months
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Jderh said: Oh and the Panda (not the stretched one) was used for when the tried to create a bullet proof car on a budget, but they never actually aired the piece IIRC. Not quite a bullet proof as they'd hoped. Still it explains the sudden departure of Jason Dawe from show
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euroboy
4,064 posts
70 months
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Jackp said: Recently whilst trawling around a garden centre in daventry, i came upon these beauties. they were in a salvage yard in my town, remember them from car football? some where even in a usable condition Cant believe they have thrown them away - what a waste!
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bobthemonkey
3,239 posts
53 months
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They were pretty beat up after the filming and the live shows. They might have been pre-production prototypes never intended for sale or early cars that failed quality control.
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matt21
Original Poster
2,106 posts
41 months
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topless_mx5 said: What were you doing on the Top Gear track just out of interest? Is it used for track days? had a day on track, part of our mini club. had 280 minis there! 
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Stigette
100 posts
32 months
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OH wow what fantastic pictures, well done. I am a bit obsessed with TG, been to MPH every year its wonderful and been on waiting list for flippin years to go on show, and agree it does seem a waste to see them sitting there, they should open a TG musuem of some kind. And cant believe those Aygos are just sitting there!!! I so want them for my collection...lol, wheres the garage maybe I can make them an offer
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cw42
974 posts
68 months
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You've really burst my bubble there  I honestly thought the 3 wheeler space shuttle got blown to smithereens! And yet there it is: in the background
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Snake the Sniper
2,186 posts
38 months
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What the heck are the football cars doing in that salvage yard on the eastern edge of town just past the petrol station?  We're no where near the top gear site!
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Beyond Rational
2,045 posts
52 months
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It does seem a bit odd that the robin is so intact...
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BLUETHUNDER
6,407 posts
97 months
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It,s a bit of a joke that security moved you on,when last year during the airshow,hordes of people were taking photo,s of them up close.And not a hint of a security guard.Looks from the pics as well that they havent moved since then either.
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XJSJohn
10,846 posts
56 months
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SpeedyGonzales said: matt21 said: 2x BL cars, Rover with its doors missing As a PH'er said, its a shame to see them waste away. I think I should call TG up and see if I can nap those two! The SD1 looks like it might have "donated" its engine already.
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theaxe
2,168 posts
59 months
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Wow, thanks for posting these!
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dpr59
138 posts
39 months
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I hope they're all on SORN or the TV licence will be up next year.
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Alfahorn
2,870 posts
45 months
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It's like the front garden of a house on a coucil estate!
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