Always check the barn

[SnakeDoctor]

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 about to tear in to the barn ... curiosity was killing him. So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders ... and cut thru the welds.

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

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The Barn …

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



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Fiat Cabriolet (1200 or 1500), Ford Cortina MKII, Mercedes Benz 180/190.



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Aston Martin?



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Opel GT, Lotus Elan FHC, Lotus Super Seven Series IV, Lotus Elan DHC.



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Porsche 356, Austin Healey Sprite MkII, Volvo PV 544, Ford Y?



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Giulietta Sprint, Giulia Sprint Speciale (SS), Nash Metropolitan.



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Alfa Giulietta, Lotus Europa, another Lotus Elan FHC, Matra Djet?



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Lancia Flaminia Coupé.



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Abarth 1300 Scorpione.



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American (inspired) design.



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Interior of Alfa Romeo.



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Lancia Flaminia Coupé, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet.



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Mini, Alfa 1900 Super Sprint, Balilla.



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Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202.



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BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.



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BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.




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!

[J.D.]

i couldn't see the pics so I searched for it and check this out:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

[taliban]

lol false :)

[no-cd]

Holy fuckin shit!!! omfg!!!lucky fckin bastereds!!!

[thekiller]

apparently nocd didnt go to the link JD posted :p


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

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/graphics/barn1.jpg

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/graphics/barn2.jpg

The referenced pictures (the full set is viewable here (http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/index.htm)) were indeed taken in a barn somewhere in Portugal, but the "lucky find" aspect of the story doesn't quite ring true. As Tom Cotter of Sports Car Market magazine noted when he looked into this story: Huge collections of cars don't just happen. Cars are accumulated — sometimes lovingly, sometimes not — by someone with a purpose. I was sure this collection was not assembled by accident; nobody would simply sell an old farm and fail to mention to the new owners the stash of old cars in the barn.
What he found out by tracking down the photographer was that the owner of the barn (and the 180 or so vintage cars contained within) was not a lucky buyer who had just purchased the property and was astonished to find a treasure trove in one of the farm buildings. The owner was an automobile dealer in the 1970s and 1980s who had built up his assemblage of cars over the years and stashed it in the barn (locking the structure up when it was full) and who simply hired a photographer recently to document his collection.

[no-cd]

ah i didnt read the full story lol