These 9 abandoned car factories are hypnotic
Posted on 24-12-2013 at 18:50 by sir_smokalot – 28 Comments”
Production sites come and go. On the one hand, there is in the cheap countries have been expanded, on the other hand, in countries with high labour costs nice cut. Below is an overview of past glory.
Packard Factory, Detroit
If you have somewhere an empty building looking for is Detroit a good location, it dies there of the vacancy. The old Packard plant seems to be the biggest of them all, ideal for a paintball job to turn it seems to us. HERE is an article in which the facility is put under a microscope.
AZLK factory, Moscow
Like other old Sovjetmerken has also AZLK (from the 30) are not saved. The factory building that is left behind is a lot. They were at least briefly able to wipe?
Fordlândia, Santarém, Brazil
In the middle of the Brazilian rainforest was once a spinning factory, now only the building remains. According to local legends, haunts the mind of Henry Ford every fourth day of the second full moon of the anti-cycle of the mayan calendar around, but no one can uitvlooien when that exactly is.
Bugatti Automobili, Campogalliano, Italy
Bugatti’s are now in a barn in the French Alsace put together, but in the past they came just from Italy. That was used to keep Italian factory.
Studebaker Stamping Plant, USA
Studebaker, even a brand that we only have the history to know. HERE all the photos.
Ford plant Highland Park, Michigan, USA
Highland Park is not only a delicious Orkney whisky, but also an ex-production plant for Ford from the beginning of the last century, where once a Model T of the band rolled in. In 1978, the large factory on the U.s. list of National Historic Landmarks, but he has better days seen.
Longbridge plant, Birmingham
The collapse of the British staatsautomobielindustrie can not more precisely illustrated. From this plant rolled of everything, from British Leyland to MG, but ultimately it brought out the reality (and market forces) her in and went to MG/Rover on it’s head. Today, a large part of the factory demolished, and by MG back in dribs and drabs cars built for the Uk market.
Alfa-Romeo factory, Portello, Italy
Ever timmerden hard arbeiderhanden here rusty character of the Alpha’s together. Today..well, we see a few carcasses. Pleasant to toko, Sergio. Maybe there is still some graaigoed for the enthusiast.
DeLorean, Dunmurry, Ireland
We all know how the DeLorean perish, that book is quite a while to get close (although we do what had about DeLorean EV’s). The old factory in Ireland has ever looked better.
