From Down at the barns.
He left the country.
The car stayed behind.
For 24 years, this Hillman Hunter sat quietly, rusting into the hedge — no storage, no preservation, no plan.
Just survival.
But this isn’t a story about a rare sports car or a priceless classic.
It’s about an ordinary British saloon that refused to disappear.
Built in Britain.
Reborn in Iran as the Paykan.
Abandoned in a lane.
And then… given a second life no one expected.
Most people would restore a car like this back to factory condition.
Dave had a different idea.
This is the story of a Hillman Hunter that was never meant to come back.
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🎥 Presented by Adam Poulton
📺 Classic Car Stories
CHAPTERS:
00:00 He left it behind
00:50 It refused to disappear
01:11 Just survival
01:24 What did it become?
02:00 What is standard?
03:37 Rust colour!
05:18 The Paykan
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