Old Car Buffs? How about this...

[Podunkfla]

Old Car Buffs? How about this...

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 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, he and his wife bought a generator and a couple of grinders and cut thru the welds.

What was in the barn?
Go to: www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm and start wishing you had bought the place.

[DaytonaGTS]

[raprap]

A really low lighweight tear behind a 356--now that's a combo that could catch the eye.

Rap

[asianflava]

They said the Portugese Car Barn is a hoax. The real story is almost as interesting as the hoax.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/31/port ... ng-strong/

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/Default.as ... 19Articles

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

[Podunkfla]

They said the Portugese Car Barn is a hoax. The real story is almost as interesting as the hoax.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/31/port ... ng-strong/

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/Default.as ... 19Articles

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

Now that you mention it, I think I have seen those pictures before on some old car sites. The real story is quite interesting too:

"Old Cars Weekly just tracked down the story behind the story, and the real explanation is almost as good as the hoax. What we are actually seeing in those pictures is the collection of an automobile dealer who over the years has added many vehicles that caught his fancy. He just drove them to the barn and parked them there, presumably waiting until he decided what to do with the lot of them next. About a year ago he sent in a photographer to document the collection, and those pics are the ones circulating the internet, helping to create and sustain this myth."

[Nitetimes]

Well it would certainly be excellent to walk in and find that treasure trove but as the article states, "just dust them off and drive out", I don't think so. As much as a lot of those cars look to be in very good shape, quite a few of them have parts missing (more than a few on some) and who knows what else is wrong with them. I'm sure this guy didn't drive a bunch of high dollar cars in there and lock them up. He was a car dealer, odds are a large part of them were trade ins that he took a liking to regardless of condition so he put them with the rest of his stash. My guess is at least 85% of them are going to need to be almost totally restored before they can be driven. Some may drive out but I'll bet it won't be many.
That said, I'll be happy to take the whole lot off his hands if he needs to move them out!!

Oh, and I could really use that garage he's got there!!!



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