A YOUTUBER exploring a car graveyard discovered an incredibly rare Ford in a collapsed barn.
Stuart Stokes, who goes by the moniker IMSTOKZE, shared a video of the moment he found the amazing classic on social media.
You Tube/ IMSTOKZEAn urban explorer discovered a super rare Ford ‘entombed’ in a collapsed barn[/caption]
You Tube/ IMSTOKZEThe MKI Escort was almost entirely rusted through[/caption]
In the clip, he claims to have been given permission to look through the area around an old scrapyard containing a number of vintage vehicles.
Hidden in the undergrowth, he came across a MKI Ford Escort.
The beloved model was produced between 1967 and 1975, becoming the first Ford sold outside of the US to reach two million units.
According to retro car auctioneers Car & Classic, a MKI in good condition can sell for up to £45,000.
Sadly, the one Stuart found was in a state of complete disrepair.
He said: “It’s seriously not fairing well.
“The only thing that’s probably salvageable on the rear is the tail lights.
“It looks like it’s had a front-end smack, but where we are in the country, no cars last because this part of the world is so damp and wet.”
The electric blue Escort was covered in moss, leaves and twigs as well as being completely rusted through.
Its floor had almost entirely rusted away while the bonnet was open and completely warped.
Inside, the seats were sodden and the undergrowth had flooded through the windscreen to fill the cabin.
A check of the odometer revealed the car had 902,418 miles on it at the time of its demise.
Stuart claimed that the motor had been “entombed” in the barn for over 30 years, which is why it was in such a state.
Only the dashboard was “still in decent knick”, but the rest of the car was “rotten” and “dead, he added.
Social media commenters were astonished by the find.
One wrote: “I’m sitting thousands of miles away in my warm living room and yet I can still feel the chill and the dampness.”
Another added: “It’s a shame that the old Mk1 Escort is in such a state from sitting there for so long.”
It comes after a couple revealed how their £695 camper van is now worth £20,000 even after an epic 1,900-mile road trip.
Meanwhile, the head of the RAC shared a three-step method to beat the “ice rink” road conditions this week.
You Tube/ IMSTOKZEThe model was one of the UK’s best sellers in the ’60s and ’70s[/caption]
You Tube/ IMSTOKZEA mint-condition example could be worth as much as £45,000 today[/caption]