We Found Loads Of Extremely Rare Supercars Hidden In A Basement Worth Millions of Pounds! 

You ask what the first two cars you saw outside: The first car is either a Bristol 401 or 403, they were very similar. The second is a Bristol 410 - the headlight housing gives it away. Inside what you found appears to be mostly the cleanout of the Bristol Spares department in London and the Bristol Factory in Filton. For example, the first wood dashboard you showed came from the earlier cars (pre-Chrysler) probably a 405. Many of the parts are used because they are hard to find. When a car was broken, the good parts would be put back in the bin. Indeed, the factory would do complete refurbishment of a car, turning out for example a "brand new" 1955 Bristol where the craftsman who had made the car the first time would remake it 40 years later. But since some of the parts were impossible to find, they would go into the wrecked car inventory and recondition it. When Bristol went broke after Toby Silverton ran it into the ground in 2011 (after dumping Tony Crook in 2007 who had owned it since 1960), staff that included employees who had been there since the company opened in 1946 were sacked. Sid Lovesy was 91 when they made him redundant in 2011 (see bristolownersht.com/2018/04/13/obituary-of-sad-lovesy/ or an interview of him ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d_zYuTgLH8I.html). The assets to the company were purchased by UK-based Indian businessman Kamal Siddiqi. Kamal also owned Frazer-Nash Research Limited, another historic name that was put into liquidation. It seems, as my mother used to say, Kamal's eyes were too big for his stomach. It appears the liquidated property was moved from its original locations to Kamal's country estate where it appears no one quite knew what to do with it all. A pity because there are Bristol owners all over the world for whom those parts in boxes are gold, but in a liquidation sale all turn into a jumble. Sadly this second time around for liquidation, everything was broken up, although one would hope the independent Bristol specialists would have bid highest on the parts. Subsequently, Jason Wharton set up Bristol Manufacturing Ltd in hopes of reviving the marque. He challenged ownership of the IP, but lost in court. Now the same auctioneers will be auctioning off the non-trading owner of the brand and one would expect Wharton to be one of the bidders. The story of Bristol Cars is quintessentially English. At the end of WW-II with government contracts drying up and an aeroplane factory full of exceptionally skilled craftsmen, the gentlemen at Bristol Aeroplane company went off to Germany and liberated some plans and cars from the BMW factory. Because aeroplanes were made of aluminium, except for the very first 400, all subsequent Bristols had a steel chassis with an aluminium body. At a time when most English cars had a horrible reputation for reliability, the early Bristols were built to aircraft standards where they cost about the same as 2.5 English homes. They were a form-follows-function design that appealed to people with a love of engineering brilliance and were rich... sort of like wearing a Saville Row suit that has no label. Understated, brilliant performance, timeless. As the years passed, Tony Crook, race driver, ex-RAF pilot, became full owner of the company and while he had independent wealth, the cutting edge innovation that characterised the early car company gradually settled down into a pattern of incremental but minor change. At a car show he was chatting with the Chrysler rep and expressed interest in trying out their automatic transmission. When they sent him a sample, they included a motor in the crate, and Crook decided it was far superior to the R&D his own people had been pursuing. The famous Bristol 6 was last in the 406, with the 407 being the first Yank-Brit hybrid. After that, well the cars got faster, the handling better and for a while the bodies got tweaked. Then with the 412, it went all angles with a Zagato body. Crook had one passion - to keep the company going, and to do it his way. Had he been immortal, no doubt he would be still be selling new Bristols out of his Kensington showroom. As for the cars, they go through the usual cycle of new, old, worn out and then some become classics. Solidly built and easy to repair, they make a good classic car, and if the parts are not available, they are not that hard to machine. Hand-made means not that hard to repair by hand.

Your content is fast becoming the best on RU-vid, you not only somehow get into very interesting places, but you keep on finding treasures beyond belief, this clip is absolutely tops, keep up the good work.

I worked for Bristol Cars at Filton from 1979 to '85. I recognise those wooden bucks and so much else. So much l could say but l'd just become sad. Hey ho.

Well done Matt n Arron on this video,this is sad to see all the cars like this,but at least they are going somewhere & not gonna rot in some field hopefully.

I hope at least some of these have been rescued

Have these cars now been auctioned off or are they still there? Looks amazing!

This is crazy !!

Bentley is motd till 29th october this year so it cant have been there long.... and for it to hav under 20,000 miles on it is insane if thats correct

That's a metal lathe at 10:34. I remember back in the 80's you could buy kit car's. I wonder if this was a company that manufactured kit car bodies?

The Bentley is MOT expires the 29th of October 2020

That car with Perdana logo, Perdana is a Malaysian car company called Proton,"Proton Perdana". I wonder it's a prototype of Perdana but unfinished or maybe something else🤔

Is this place still here with the cars or are they all gone now

It's sad seeing those beautiful car's go to waste, If it was me i would be taking the car and driving it to a Road inspector. Lol.

i think that car at 15:54 is a proton because it has a Malaysian license palate

The whole british car industry was mugged off , we were sold down the drain .

At my best I'm leaving with a T-shirt, at my worst I'm driving the T-shirt home in a Bentley.

It's sad to see all this industry, creativity and manpower fade into history, under darkness and a veil of dust.

That bristol bullet (the white car) retails at £250,000 insane money!!!!! Great find as always mate 👍

I didn't understand anything,but the place is very cool.Hello from Russia

I wouldnt worry too much about the ”freaky noises from the storm” as they are - as we doctors call it - weather related.

Mad props for not pulling covers and trying to keep a minimal footprint. Not sure i would have such strength

Driven past this, was going to attempt it until I saw all the Police tripod cameras and even an active Police car in there. Glad I could see what was in there through this video but a bit jealous haha.

Oh my days! This was just astonishing and I’m not really a petrol head. I sat there and my jaw dropped - it was just one big box of Meccano for grown ups! I do love these explores ‘with a difference’; another very enjoyable watch. Thanks Colin. ( just to say I’ve tried contacting you on FB regarding an earlier explore)

The Bentley was MOT'd in Nov 2019 so its not been there long

I used to deliver to them offices when it was owned by the original owner's. I remember the original company closing down. Just a bit further down the main road well it was 2011 to 14 the most expensive mansion built in the UK by some wealthy Arab

The “perdona” was a concept vehicle for a debut at an auto show made by Proton motors from Malaysia, and manufactured by Honda

The Bentley couldn’t have been there for more than a year, it’s mot runs out in a month 😂

My rich grandmother owned a number of those cars in the sixties , All the local men tell me of her cracking pair of Bristol's on a regular basis !

Imagine bringing a truck there and filling up with engines rims now that would be a dream

15:53 that car from Malaysia and have the Malaysia registration number called proton perdana year 2015-2017 model

A white Mercedes 300“Adenauer“ with just 7.000 Miles? Why left someone even such a car „alone“???

I'm just saw in 15:54 that Malaysia car new version of "Proton Perdana" Plat no VK 5231 Hi It's me from Malaysia

That Bentley has MOT until October 2020

That’s insane! Surprised that it all appears to be untouched too. Keep up the great work 😎👍🏻

The "Bentley Model" was built to produce replica Metall Parts like Fenders, Doors and so on.. Greetings from Germany.

that bentley still had mot when you visited

The car at 15:55, with the license plate VK 5231, looks like it was lifted straight out of Malaysia in the late 2000s or so.

Despite the dust that Bentley is clearly started regularly - if it weren’t, the suspension would be on the ground. This location is not abandoned but rather not maintained.

A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a 'single make' open wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team

The orange engine at the end of the 1st row you went to us definitely a Mopar big block. 383/440

You would think there would be security considering its all going to auction

U definitely put a couple things in ur bag when u left. I would 😂

The Bristol car company went into liquidation in May 2020. The company was formed as a breakaway devision of the Bristol aircraft company after the second world war. With a lot of spare workers and an abundance of Aluminium after the second world war they made there cars out of aluminium. The showroom still has a sign on it and is located underneath the Hilton Olympia hotel in Kensington hight street and the corner of Holland road. The aircraft engine is probably a Bristol radial engine but I can't be 100% sure. Great explore guys. The auction ? Perhaps the owner of Bristol cars lived there ?

cant believe you just walked in there , no security at all dude your in the uk them parts are worth a fortune and not one peace as grown legs and walked of ,you seem to know a lot about every thing in there for just walking in for the first time , millions of pounds just up for the taking, you cant walk into a high street bank with out security being there so dont believe what your telling us ;-))))) but nice to see the old cars

The old BOC building. Soon to be the new home of Gordon Murray's car company.

Knocked it out of the park this time mate, be hard to beat this one.

Lot 492 is a Dividing Head. Used in an engineering machine shop, forty turns of the handle will rotate the chuck 360 degrees, used for cutting sprockets, gears, splined shafts etc.

those chassis with motors kinda looked like they could fit in Shelby cobras

"If someone could tell me what kind of cars these are" Meanwhile there is a 10 meter banner hanging behind the cars that reads Bristol Cars LTD. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Glad it wasn't a snake mate!

Literally watched that with my gob wide open and goosebumps....Flipping amazing find and thanks for the content 👍🏾👊🏾👌🏾

5:41 that actually scared me a little bit when he just showed up unexpectedly lol

34 minutes of me trying to pick my jaw up off the floor♥️♥️

I believe the BMW engined cars were for the New Bristol Fighter model, the old Bristol owner, Tony Crook was an interesting chap, who would not sell you a car if he did not like you. I met him twice, I thought he was a super chap.

Criminals documenting their doing ,,,,, tsk

Awesome as usually mate💪👍 abandoned world explorer should be ashamed of him self watching your videos he need's to learn some more respect for locations and da way he looks at things.😋 keep up da great work you produce... Peace

Quite probably I trespass on private property where I have not been invited but simply invite myself in (that'd be like walking in through the open door of your home) and "find" your property which I think I have every right to climb around (that'd be like looking in your sock drawer and maybe your girlfriend's knicker drawer. "I'm not a 100% sure that the building was used for"? Really? Admit it you don't have a clue. "I'm going to keep my torch off until I get inside": is that because you don't want to be discovered while trespassing? Fancy that.

The radial aircraft engine is a Bristol Hercules, sleeve valve engine. I'm an ex RAF engine fitter & used to work on Vickers Varsity T1 WF414 which was fitted with 2 Hercules engines like that one.

the bentley pass it mot in 30/10/2019 expiry on the 29/10/2020

Bentley had valid MOT and the last change of owner was November 2019, makes me wonder if someone was trying to hide it if they had financial difficulties.

@15.54 proton perdana (accord rebadge) ? VK 5231 , malaysia plate.

My welder blew up a month ago and seeing that Cebora setup brakes my heart

hey mate... i find some interested on ur video in minute 15 - 16. there is an Emblem that similur in my country and that is the Perdana Emblem same to other Emblem the head of a Tiger. in my country ( Malaysia ) the Emblem represent of our National cars and it is call Proton. if you Google it you will find it.

Note: The car next to the Bentley Flying Spur is not a Holden. It's a likely 2016-17 Malaysian imported Proton Perdana as it bears a Malaysian number plate.

did some digging and it turns out the car with the Perdana badge is a Frazer-Nash Perdana concept (2012) with the car beside the Bentley being a Proton Perdana

Wow, just wow. If I had the money I’d buy it all and bring back the brand.

I am sorry but if your not stealing thin what's the harm in removing the covers then put thim back. Your already in trouble if you get caught trespassing.

Seeing as it's the end of September, I'd love to get an up date on what cars were under the tarps and what everything sold for.

shame Bristol where selling over priced kitcars before the company went into liquidation .

If anyone wants to make a good video in washington state i know where a truly abandoned house is with 2 rolls royce cars. Pieces of a merlin engine, indian motorcycle and wings from ww1 fighters. It would be great to see in a video ive lived 7 miles away from it for 24 years and never seen anyone doing a thing in there

Body jigs for the Bristol cars made in the 80/90’s ...seem to remember the company went bust 🤔🤔

That was incredible- those cars were to die for. Such a shame the company went bust. I loved the taxis with the old suitcases what a touch. Loved it all . Well some people are going to end up with some exquisite cars 🚘 brilliant find 🌹

We went here on monday .police cars and darleks every where

You’re absolutely right Bristol used to build planes. I have a model kit of one.

Malayali varathe enthu COMMENT 😏😏❌❌👍🔥

Incredible finds. Those moulds are like works of art. 👍👍

I just watched this and was swept away! My father and grandfather have a history with cars and a love for American Classics. I grew up watching them both with their own skilled trade. Two of the most intelligent men with hands as steady as surgeons. My father was a master machinist and explained how he rebuilt engines and bored the blocks using math to make sure the cylinders passed with precision as the slightest error would be a massive mistake. At the turn of the ignition he could hear the strokes like a tune in his head. My grandfather was the one who restored oldies and drove them through town parades. He's been gone for almost 23 years and some of his restored Chevrolet Bel Airs still make their appearances around the town. I find imports just as delightful and beautiful. The bodies somehow taking on a different appearance in curvature and uniqueness. Watching my father and grandfather gave me a great appreciation for the trade and beautiful cars. Both imported to the US and made here in America. I rather like the way you said "aluminum" but I think it's simpler our way-lol. I really enjoyed this video and knew nothing of Bristol. In hindsight, the two Taxis were stunning and classy! I agree, nothing these days measures up to that standard. Great video! Thanks for sharing! - Kat

Aluminum 😂 is this how us Americans sound lmao that shit made me die that was funny as fuck. Awesome vid!!

Is the auction held or not ? What's the current situation about the cars and building anyone?

The most incredible thing is that the bentlry was on 19k miles last year

Some of it is here but not the majority of cars though sadly www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/timed/wyles-hardy/catalogue-id-wy10108?archivesearch=False&page=16

Wow this Bentley's been here a very long time. Still had Mot on it 😂😂

Incredible Video Guys.! I'm Sure I Recognised Body Molds Their For The Bristol Beufighter And Britannia From The Late 1970s Early Eighties, Or Possibly Could Have Been A Bristol Brigand Mold.? How Sad A Once Great British Company Like Bristol Falling From Success.

This is like a famous video tbh I've seen it in the news article's 😊

It's the old BOC British Oxygen Company near Chobham Surrey Bristol Cars must of moved in around 2010 onwards

Well,that took the whole of 5 minutes to find on Google Earth...interesting 'estate', shape wise!

15.58 that is not holden that is proton perdana made in malaysia

This was the most enjoyable explore video I’ve ever seen. Greetings from New York City!

Never 30 million quids worth there. my guesstimate would be 2-3 million will be made at the auction and that is probably stretching it.

Seems strange that the black Bentley has a valid MOT until 29th October this year, recorded mileage in 2018 was 18,954 and 2019 was 19,457 - is it really abandoned? Is someone hiding something?

Salvage Rebuilds UK could do with some of these for a project ! Thanks awesome vid

14.40 looks like the Chinese rip off of the bentley

18:38 id give my left arm for that car. (cuz i need my other one to drive)

15:54 its proton by malaysian dude🤣

Personally, I like the way you say aluminum. Sounds much more classy!

I’m not touching anything I’m just here to take pictures car door closes 🤣🤣🤣

15:54 That is a fairly recent Proton Perdana (rebadged Honda Accord), registered in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. What the hell is it doing in Surrey, I'll never know. But it could be something to do with the styrofoam mold which also has the Perdana badging.

2008 Bentley flying spur last miles recorded 18,000 in 2019 new from Nottingham

I’m American, and I think some of the words you speak are the proper way to pronounce them. Or the way they should be at least. It would’ve been nice to have TVR or Bristol imported to the states. Thank God GM brought over a few Holdens. I own a Monaro/GTO myself and it’s such a great car.

my wet drea,

I'm really not surprised this was left behind to rot. I used to work here. What a shambles.