You’ve probably heard of urban exploration, or Urbex. This practice visit abandoned, abandoned places for the night by their owner. Castles, garages, hospitals, churches and factories once promised a good life, sometimes they are historical buildings in complete decay. Absence of an heir, problems with inheritance, family disinterest in the place, bankruptcy… Reasons that can push a Man to leave these buildings, these vehicles and these memories behind at least diverse. Through their photographs and stories, these explorers tell us the story of this place and make us live it their atmosphere, their silence and their smells, Sometimes There are places that are especially interesting for our enthusiasts, these are the ones where old cars are kept…

A barn of miracles

In the garage or garden, under an awning or tarpaulin. Almost every day we hear anecdotes about visitors who have been unexpectedly meet old models. Outdated, rusty and sometimes in very poor condition. The tour we have for you today is a tour of a rickety and tired barn located in Normandy. It hides behind its stone walls and under tin roofs a small collection abandoned cars, French mostly… All of them have one thing in common: they are extremely tired. Destroyed by time and bad weather. These are also rather nondescript models. Which did not shine with a special sensual line or advanced technologies. Universal modelswhich provide efficient service.

A small concentration of France

Among the oldest at the time are two competing vans. THE Renault Goélette and Peugeot D3/D4. We nicknamed the latter “pig’s nose” because of its characteristic grill… We also find it in the lot Renault 4 and Renault 14 (“pear”). but also two Ariane Seven and an Peugeot 104. By the way, Ariane was launched after the Suez Canal crisis in conditions of explosive growth in fuel prices. Simka grafted a small 4-cylinder Aronde block to the body of the Vedette. To replace the gas-guzzling V8 engine. The “economical” Ariana was born, which was a great success!

The only foreign models present in the game are a Mercedes W110 (ancestor of the E-Class) and a FSO Polonaise. It replaced the Fiat 125p and became a mass Polish car! Very well hidden, all these old models are waiting patiently this dilapidated shedhoping to get out and restart one day…

Photo sources: No man’s land-Urbex

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