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Abigail Marlow & Joe Smith

Inside eerie site where cars from 60 years ago collected by Jaguar enthusiast left to rot

Eerie pictures taken by an urban explorer show dozens of luxury classic cars from sixty years ago which have been left to rust by an unknown collector.

The mouldering collection features British classics like Jaguars and Austins while the collection may also conceal other hidden gems.

The collection of once-luxury motors, once possibly worth tens of thousands, was visited by urban explorer Grant Vincent during a recent trip.

The mysterious owner, clearly an avid collector of classic British cars, has left them to be reclaimed by nature at the secret site in Scotland.

One image shows the decrepit cars arranged in rows like headstones at a cemetery, leaving us to wonder who their previous owner was.

Urban explorer Grant Vincent captured these images during his travels in Scotland (Mediadrumimages/Grant Vincent)

Another spooky snap shows the interior of a car that has now been overtaken by nature with cobwebs and branches enveloping the steering wheel and ragged upholstery falling from the ceiling.

A car, wrecked from a severe crash lies here with no windows and doors, the car appears to have imploded and has headlights that are hanging by a thread.

These haunting images were taken by urban explorer Grant at the spooky location just thirty miles from Edinburgh.

Branches and cobwebs envelop the steering wheel of this abandoned vehicle (Mediadrumimages/Grant Vincent)

“All of the cars, overgrown with grass, brambles and other weeds were all very interesting and unique, great for photos,” he said.

“But the main find for me was the car wreck that appeared to have been in a bad crash. I particularly liked photographing that.

“Most of the cars were very old, I'd say between 40 and 60 years old.

The cars are lines up in rows like headstones in a cemetery (Mediadrumimages/Grant Vincent)

“I believe whoever owned these cars was a collector of Jaguar cars as there were a number of them dotted around the location.

“Also there was fairly large statue of a Jaguar in the garden of the house nearby.

With some of these vehicles dating back to the sixties, it is no wonder that they are in a sorry state. However, back in the day, these vehicles were highly sought after.

This car was in a sorry state appearing to have been part of a severe crash (Mediadrumimages/Grant Vincent)

At the time, Jaguars were very fashionable, seen gracing the tracks at the infamous Le Mans race, and cost up to £45,000 in today’s currency value.

“This explore was quite unusual,” he said “Walking around the location in broad daylight with houses all around us, surrounded by old, decaying cars was great, but a little odd.

“Throughout the explore, my friends and I would continually question the history of the cars and who owned them.

“I would like to point out that, as with all my explores, I am one hundred percent respectful to locations and items I come across.

“I go there with the sole intention of capturing images of these interesting places to share with people and that's it.”

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