A automobile proprietor says he is lastly planning to maneuver his ivy-covered Ford Escort after he left it in the identical parking spot — for greater than 15 years.

Tim Ward mentioned he left his pink automobile, which dates again to the late Nineties, in an area he owns outdoors his former household dwelling in Wilsden, England, in 2005 or 2006.

However since then, he hasn't touched the car and solely small sections of it are actually seen after it grew to become encased in ivy during the last three years.

The doting son defined he was requested to depart the automobile there by his mom, who lived on the home reverse, for sentimental and safety causes after he moved out.

But it surely has remained there since she died in 2016, and he is struggled to take away it because of the emotional attachment it needed to his late mother.

"The automobile has been there since 2005 or 2006. It simply type of stayed there. Through the years my mum cleaned it of branches and began it up often," Tim mentioned.

"The numberplate on it was extra invaluable than the automobile. After my mum died, I didn't have the guts to maneuver it," he mentioned.

"It didn't grow to be overgrown till my mum handed away. Over the past two or three years, it has grow to be overgrown.

"It isn't laziness why we've not taken it away, it was the emotional facet," he mentioned.

Ford Escort, Ivy, Parking Spot
Tim Ward mentioned he was requested by his mom to depart his automobile in an area he owns outdoors his former household dwelling in Wilsden, England, for sentimental and safety causes after he moved out.SWNS/Zenger

The overgrown Ford had grow to be a neighborhood "landmark," and Tim mentioned that he thought of turning it right into a espresso store at one level.

"It is a landmark virtually. It was a parking area for the home initially.

"It isn't an eyesore anymore because it's disappeared. It has grow to be a little bit of a joke with my neighbors," Tim mentioned.

Tim mentioned six years on from his mom's dying, he's now lastly prepared to maneuver the stricken Ford, which he plans to extract from the ivy by the tip of April.

"My mum valued it being there a lot, so it has been too exhausting to take it away prior to now. It is simply been fairly emotional to try this," he mentioned.

"It is obtained to go. ...Sufficient time has gone now. It has simply been too emotional for me to take the automobile away earlier than."

This story was supplied to Newsweek by Zenger Information.