How to find car stuck in field in Hebden Bridge

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Have scoured Google Maps, have been to Hebden Bridge, but it's bigger than I'd hoped! The person that took the picture isn't replying to email. Anyone from Hebden Bridge??

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By Lawrence Peregrine-Trousers on Flikr

(19 months ago | reply)
Hi.. It's lying on a farm in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. It's some land shared between my friend and her neighbour, and I think it belonged to a previous tenant of the house next door. I'm not sure if it's still wanted or if the owner just abandoned it.
I can make some enquiries if you're interested. There's a Fox up there too.

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The car is a PK Jimp, one of 67 made in the early 80s by PK Manufactring in Sandbach. I'd like to buy it and stick it in my lock up.

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nothing with a better view of the area, landmarks or even trees. Just a nackard old Reliant Fox

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I did go quite high and the colour of the land seemed right. I need to spend longer looking around the place I think, or team up with a local!

Found someone with a collection of rusty cars inther back yeard but would have to trespass to get a look, this was down by the canal tho

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Brill thanks a lot

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Haha as if you found his FB, how did I not manage that.

Say's he's from Bacup (near hebden Bridge) more scouring Google maps to go!

Thanks!

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not quite convinced, but definitely the closest ive seen to a farm with that red van in it. but where's the jimp! may call the farm if i can.

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thanks for helping me!! its been years this bloody Jimp hunt!

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P I Staker said:

Ask the Nun in the background.

Now I wondered what the hell you were on about but haaaa! Oh yea

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Locke said:

My friend is 25 and has lived in Hebden Bridge all is life, I will show him this thread if you can explain to me a bit more clearly what you are on about as I don't fully understand what this is all about.

I would like to know where in Hebden Bridge or the surrounding villages the green wreck in the first 2 pictures of this topic are. As I would like to buy it. Or at the very least go and have a look at it.

It's a rare little car and in that condition has practically no monitary value, as a result could quite easily be taken away as scrap. They only made 67, and I would like one. Even in that state.

I used to own Jimp number 14

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If you search Google for the Home of the Jimp. That is a website I started when I was 15, I recently handed it over to someone with more time for the cause. My car was BPV 307Y, and is currently missing. I sold it to a guy from the South Coast who nerarly had it MOTed, he then sold it to a biker from Wales I think.

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YorkshirePudding said:

I'm local to Hebden, could have a nosey for you.

please do

thanks

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Fab isnt it thanks everybody! I hope the Jimp is still there

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gutted! would have been a massive project, looking at it. Oh well on to the next, I was told there was a Jimp sat in a field in Norwich.... and then John's old one that went to a farm in Catton North Yorkshire about 10 years ago. That's THE JIMP I want! and the first one I saw.

Norwich one is green, Catton one was a red hard back I have very little other information.

Mike Copeland the previous owner of BPV 307Y the "Bees in transit" Jimp may know more of the location of the Norwich Jimp

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Who can find a car by the number plate. New thread

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cazzer said:

Just to let ya know, these both belong to my mate. Who is quite interested in this thread obviously

He's has the v5s for both the Jimp and the Fox.

Make him an offer

Although it may be that all he owns now is the V5s

It seems they both went to a scrapyard, I would be happy to make an offer if you know where the Jimp is.

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SimplePimple said:

I too have been searching for this Jimp for years. I spent hours scouring Google maps, but eventually I did get a reply from the photographer on Facebook, and he kindly put a geolocation on the photograph. This led me to South Shields Farm, Delf Lane, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge, so I wrote to the occupant. Sadly, the following was his reply:

Hi Stephen,
Thank you for your letter dated 19th June about the PK Jimp at Hebden Bridge.
Unfortunately about 1 or 2 years ago a scrap merchant from the Cragg Vale area close to Hebden came to collect a lot of old cars and scrap from that field. The jimp is no longer there. I have tried to find the details of the scrap merchant but haven't found anything so far on line about them - they probably don't have a web presence.
I wish you well in your search.
Kind regards,
Piers


Doesn't sound too promising does it, but if anyone local can pursue the trail of the illusive 'Cragg Vale scrap merchant' then there's just a chance I suppose.

Good luck, and please do keep me informed! (I'm the aforementioned inheritor of Edd's website, www.pkjimp.co.uk)

(Edd, I'm still trying to find your Jimp. Last seen in Llanelli, I'm sure it'll turn up in the end!)

Cheers

Stephen

Edited by SimplePimple on Sunday 11th September 22:03

Stephen, my Jimp is in safe hands, I've spoken to the owners and am arranging a date to go and have a look at it, in mind to buy it back. It's still in Llanelli