Been doing a bit of digging

[AndyPen]

Clearing up a strip of over grown ground next to where we park the cars, I noticed this shape. What car did the previous owner drive I wonder??? Bet archaeologists of the future would find this interesting - ha ha

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[MrNoo]

Don't know but it was certainly way ahead of its time with 4wd and 4 wheel steer, cheaper to run than electric too. Won't be long before we'll be using them again!!

[trevorhp]

In my limited experience it's usually an Austin 7

[trevorhp]

Pre-war

[360gts]

Andy, is that a brake drum....an old horse shoe....or a WW2 landmine

[IanD1965]

Could be a Barry boy exhaust from a cossy! Yeh!

[AndyPen]

Well this is it folks, a previous owner presumably worked on minis - which kinda feels nice

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[360gts]

Well this is it folks, a previous owner presumably worked on minis - which kinda feels nice


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Bit of sandblasting and a coat of paint..E BAY...20 pounds for rare old garden find EH! nudge Nudge wink wink !!!

[winabbey]

While not very likely there's always a possibility it came off a BMC Works car, which means you could build a "genuine" Abingdon car around it.

[MiNiKiN]

While not very likely there's always a possibility it came off a BMC Works car, which means you could build a "genuine" Abingdon car around it.

[AndyPen]

While not very likely there's always a possibility it came off a BMC Works car, which means you could build a "genuine" Abingdon car around it.

Paddy's signature isn't as clear as Ron Crellin's though - would that matter do you think???

[Peter Laidler]

My friend was an Army bomb disposal jockey and his team were called out to an old wartime mine that had been uncovered on a beach on the Isle of Wight. All kitted up and public held back 10 miles for safely, (they always like to over -egg the cake he tells me,...) he prodded and poked it, scraped sand away from below this rusty old mine to make a bit of a meal out of the situation.

He tied a bit of string to the mine and dragged it back with him to where the team and cops were stood - and presented them with a Mini brake drum, just like yours.

Quite how it got there nobody knows

[AndyPen]

My friend was an Army bomb disposal jockey and his team were called out to an old wartime mine that had been uncovered on a beach on the Isle of Wight. All kitted up and public held back 10 miles for safely, (they always like to over -egg the cake he tells me,...) he prodded and poked it, scraped sand away from below this rusty old mine to make a bit of a meal out of the situation.

He tied a bit of string to the mine and dragged it back with him to where the team and cops were stood - and presented them with a Mini brake drum, just like yours.

Quite how it got there nobody knows

Ha ha - back in Cornwall we used them as weights for boat moorings and such like - could be that Peter?

[northern monkey]

While not very likely there's always a possibility it came off a BMC Works car, which means you could build a "genuine" Abingdon car around it.

surely you'd need two for a successful works car