AN incredible abandoned collection of classic Fords has been revealed in a video on YouTube.
Colin Smith goes by the name The Bearded Explorer on YouTube and has a successful channel with 169,000 subscribers.
CATERS / THEBEARDEDEXPLORERThe collection of abandoned classic Fords is almost hidden from view[/caption]
Colin explores everything from houses to hospitals but also has some incredible abandoned car collection videos too.
This classic Ford collection has to be one of his finest finds, with some seriously rare models that have been under lock and key for decades.
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The location remains a secret but after a 20min trek through a wood Colin and his friend find the old barn.
There are a few cars scattered around outside, but like the barn, they are almost hidden by the sheer amount of foliage that has grown up around them.
Outside is one of many Mark II Cortinas, as well as one of a few very rare Ford Sierra XR4is.
Colin then heads into the main barn where he finds a Mark I transit van that’s halfway through a restoration that was abandoned.
Next is a mint green first-generation Ford Fiesta, and Colin asks: “How many of these can be left in the world?”
It’s then on two more Sierra XR4is including one ultra-rare model only sold in the US.
But towards the end of the video is one very special model – a Lotus Ford Cortina Mark II.
Only around 4,000 (versus more than one million regular Cortina Mark IIs) of these sporty models were ever made, making this an incredible find.
CATERS / THEBEARDEDEXPLORERThe old barn was stacked with Fords including this rare Mark I Fiesta in mint green[/caption]
CATERS / THEBEARDEDEXPLORERThere were multiple Sierra XR4is inside and outside the barn[/caption]
CATERS / THEBEARDEDEXPLORERBut the most exciting find was this mark II Lotus Ford Cortina[/caption] Read More