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A rustbucket Jaguar car that was used as a chicken coop before spending 25 years entombed behind a false wall in a barn has been discovered.
The 1958 Jaguar XK150 drophead coupe belonged to a farmer who bought it as a restoration project about 30 years ago.
But it languished at one end of his barn where his chickens roosted in it. Unable to move it, the owner decided to brick it in and built a breeze block wall to hide it.
It was left to go to rust and ruin for a quarter-of-a-century before a car buff learnt of the rare motor's existence and offered to buy it.
Pic: Humbert&Ellis/BNPS
A rustbucket Jaguar car that was used as a chicken coop before spending 25 years entombed behind a false wall in a barn has been discovered.
The 1958 Jaguar XK150 drophead coupe belonged to a farmer who bought it as a restoration project about 30 years ago.
But it languished at one end of his barn where his chickens roosted in it. Unable to move it, the owner decided to brick it in and built a breeze block wall to hide it.
It was left to go to rust and ruin for a quarter-of-a-century before a car buff learnt of the rare motor's existence and offered to buy it.
Humbert&Ellis/BNPS 30 Oct 2023 2016x1512 / 2.1MB