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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:27 am
by cubist
Wow! What a place... what a trip :wink:

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:42 pm
by 58A - 71E
Very 8) Looks like a great trip, wish my garage had some of those cars in it :P

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:06 pm
by prea50
thanks for all this wonderfull pictures
i was not with you this year !
preps last year in germany !
michel the frenchy

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:26 am
by Hendrik Moulds
Thanks guys.
The best (or worst bit) was yet to come!
On the Sunday I was leaving was a national open day where places that would not normally be open to the public are.
We were recommended to go to a "car cemetary" just south of Bern........oh my God, about 400 cars and nothing was for sale!

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I counted at least 6 split window beetles, some ovals, 3 356s as well as 50's Mercedes including a 190SL, Auto Unions, a Bristol, BMWs and loads of 50's American cars. The cars have sat there for at least 30 years and are slowly sinking into the ground.

It was pretty upsetting really. :(

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:36 pm
by 58A - 71E
356ist wrote:a national open day where places that would not normally be open to the public
So was this place 'state' owned? never heard of a national scrap yard :shock: :lol:
356ist wrote:It was pretty upsetting really. :(
I'm with you on that one, would have thought that the Swiss would like to see old cars 'recycled' :wink:

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:53 pm
by Hendrik Moulds
No, it's owned by an "artist".
The government want it closing down.

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:25 pm
by porker914
like i said on another post on here showing the same "scrap" yard it is such a waste when people hord cars for so long and never sell anything usually foolwed with the good old phrase "im going to get everyone of these back on the road one day"!!!! just wish they would sell to those who could restore and stop the more valuable cars from becoming dust.

Love to go there and see this place one day.

Any address of this place or is that a secret ??

David

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:55 pm
by sjm
Superb photos. I've got a liitle too excited I think. Just hope cubist isn't about to post next... :(

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:16 am
by Hendrik Moulds
David,

You're wrong. The owner of the yard has NO intention of ever restoring any of the cars. He wants to watch them deteriorate, he's an artist of some sort.
The place is near Bern, I don't have an exact address but it is open to the public only once a year.