What a Barn Find!

[Mavrik]

How you you like to find this in your about to be torn down barn??!!WHY CAN'T WE BE THIS LUCKY?GIVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR DOWNLOADINGThe ultimate "car found in barn" storyA New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so itwould last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal.Themodest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; the owner and wife both haddied, and there were no heirs.The house was sold to pay taxes.There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, andthey had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to seewhat was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the propertyanyway......so, nobody made an offer on the place.The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved in,and set about to tear in to the barn, curiosity was killing him. So, heand his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders and cut thru the welds.What was in the barn...............?wishing you had bought the place?http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm

[BlueCrush]

Sorry, Mav.http://www.snopes.com/photos/a...d.asp

[Mavrik]

ah well... still. imagine if it was true.

[ZubenElGenubi]

Now, having read the real story, it ticks me off that someone had enough money to stash all these cars, but didn't respect them enough to properly store them! Some people...

[CountryVibe]

Stinks that the story is not real, but that is a great collection

[WaveAction]

wow that is amazing..i'd love half of those cars

[kevera]

I'd be in heaven with a find like that,wonder where the keys are.

[AKLGT]

what is funny, is that some good friends (older) of my family here in AK collected various cars and car parts. the difference was that his were outside and over time, grass and shrubs started over growing them. he had some awesome cars, but don't think they were salvageable. we counted over 50 of them.

[Ninja_Logan]

that is sick. i want those, if the guy doesnt wanna store them himself i wouldnt mind takin some off his hands

[AKLGT]

it was a shame. he had some keepers in his pile of junked cars. i mean, it was really sad.

[4X4CHICHI]

That one that was unknown, I believe, is a Sunbeam Tiger.

[NUBlackshirts]

Quote, originally posted by AKLGT »what is funny, is that some good friends (older) of my family here in AK collected various cars and car parts. the difference was that his were outside and over time, grass and shrubs started over growing them. he had some awesome cars, but don't think they were salvageable. we counted over 50 of them.Back when I was growing up in the Nebraska/Kansas area, you could drive down the farm roads and see farmers with tons of cars just parked out in a field. My grandfather had a farm in Nebraska. I remember playing in the old cars with my cousins out there. He must have had about 20 old cars and trucks that he didn't use anymore. I also remember that he paid a guy to haul them all away one day. My Dad was upset because he wanted the 40 Ford Coupe. Once in awhile I still see farms like that when I go back to visit.

[shane_c]

I was out photographing a ghost town last summer. There wasn't much there. A grain silo, 2 leaning barns and a really old farm truck of some sort. I took a walk behind the barn and looked in the back window that was smashed out and what was in there but an old car, dusty but looking in very good condition and a shelf in the barn had several old cans of oil. Very cool to come across!

[rebbierae]

I want the Nash Metropolitan! Those are SO cute!(I know...I'm a huge dork)

[shane_c]

here's a quick pic I took of it that day before moving on.