Always check the barn

[saph.st24]

 Always check the barn...................! 
   


   
A New York man retired.  He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal .  The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs.  The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut.

Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway......so, nobody made an offer on the place.
   
The New York guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved in, and set out to tear into the barn...
Curiosity was killing him.  So, he and his wife bought a generator and a couple of grinders.......and cut through the welds.
   

What was in the barn...............?   


 The Barn
   
 
 The doors were welded shut, but an angle grinder took care of that.


This is what they saw....


 
 Fiat Cabriolet (1200 or 1500), Ford Cortina MKII, Mercedes Benz 180/190.
   
 
 Aston Martin
   
 
 Opel GT, Lotus Elan FHC, Lotus Super Seven Series IV, Lotus Elan DHC.
   
 
 Porsche 356, Austin Healey Sprite MkII, Volvo PV 544, Ford Y 
   
 
   Giulietta Sprint, Giulia Sprint Speciale (SS), Nash Metropolitan.
   
 
 Alfa Giulietta, Lotus Europa, another Lotus Elan FHC, Matra Djet
   
 
 Lancia Flaminia Coup.
   
 
 Abarth 1300 Scorpione.
   
 
   American (inspired) design.
   
 
 Interior of Alfa Romeo.
   
 
 Lancia Flaminia Coup, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet.
   
 
 Mini, Alfa 1900 Super
Sprint, Balilla.
   
 
 Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202.
   
 
 BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.
   
 
   
 Bloody WICKED
   
    VALUED AT $35 MILLION DOLLARS.   

THIS IS A TRUE STORY THE MAN AND HIS WIFE HAD FULL CLAIM TO THE LOT

THEY HAD A GREAT RETIREMENT
 
 
 
 

 

[Rodders]

Saw this a while ago, very very very very very very very very lucky man!!!!

[Ernie]

    WOW just WOW 

[Simon]

I saw it about 2years ago. You may wish to check this out http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

[saph.st24]

why on earth would someone want to lock those cars up for all those years?

well me i would be in car heaven
i want that one, that one, that one, that one, that one, that one and that one oh and this one and that one lol

how clean was that mini think it was the mk1

[Simon]

I'd just have the mini's  The white one in the photo's is a mk2 or 3. The grille say mk2 onwards,I can't quite make out the bonnet badge.

This is my mk1 Cooper

[saph.st24]

i love the mk1 cortina lotus  there is a guy around here has one and it goes like stink  sounds amasing
its exactly the same as this one

[Simon]

I have a friend who has one and a mk2 lotus cortina both in mint condition, they are both valued at 35k each.

[saph.st24]

35 k each   guess im waiting till a wealthly relative pops the clogs
my dad had a mk2 lotus cortina
 there is a pic of me as a baby lay on the bonnet of it, my dad says it was a pic of his two favorite girls

but he always wanted the mk1

simom the mini i was on about was in the pics seen on that link you put up i think it was blue 

[Simon]

Crikey, just had a look at the link within the link and there is 2 red mk1 Coopers and a red mk2 Cooper S 

[shiromia]

  i do love minis simons is very nice as ive seen it in the flesh but not alot in it compared to my bmw mini cooper :


   simon av you got any pics of them cortinas


 Dermot

[Simon]

No I haven't mate. I can have a look and see if one of the facebook groups have any on them and send you a link if your on facebook? If not I go to a couple of monthly local classic car meets from Spring to Summer and he usually brings them if you fancy a pub lunch one Saturday from Spring onwards. He also has a couple of old F1 cars at home as well as a mk2 Cooper S in mint condition.

[saph.st24]

simon do you do the blackpool charity mini run

[Simon]

I haven't done a lot in this mini yet to be honest, this year was pretty much its first time out (certainly at shows) as it had been in storage for 19yrs and it had only done 265 miles in those 19yrs which were mainly all done back and forth from storage to workshop for maintenance according to the notebook I found in a bag of bits in the boot when I bought it. It is almost 49yrs old now and has only covered 43k from new and is totally unmolested and unrestored.