Mother of all "Barn Finds"... - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

bobby · 07-29-2007, 05:58 AM

.....a long story short,someone bought this barn in Portugal, site unseen,it had welded shut steel doors....once opened !

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm

xoxoxoo

Jetée · 07-29-2007, 06:20 AM

Psycho Dad · 07-29-2007, 08:27 AM

I've seen some of this before on the 'net somewhere (in fact I thought you posted it bobby). I would love to know more of this story. There is certainly some fantastic automotive history in that old building.

BadNick · 07-29-2007, 08:45 AM

I recently read an update on this story. One of the original reports was that somebody purchased a property and "surprise!" found all these cars in a barn. Apparently the true story is that the barn belongs to a car dealer/collector. It is a great collection but the dumb-luck purchase part of the story seems to be false.

LoganSnake · 07-29-2007, 08:58 AM

Yeah, this is the original thread: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...hlight=imagine

ngdawg · 07-29-2007, 01:44 PM

Gotta love Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

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Originally Posted by Snopes

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.... the owner was an automobile dealer in the 70's and 80's who had built up his assemblage of cars over the years and stashed it in the barn(locking up the structure when it was full) and who simply hired a photographer recently to document his collection.

I have, through the years, found a 1958 Cadillac at a used car dealer in mint condition, brought it by a farmer who traded it with about 15,000 miles on it for a 'newer' car, a Harley Davidson from the 1930's that a bike restorer found in a barn and purchased and recently came across a 1937 Plymouth rotting in a yard. There are collectables stashed in barns and elsewhere and I believe there's a site devoted to just that, but the name of it escapes me at the moment.

Psycho Dad · 07-29-2007, 04:48 PM

I think this is what you are thinking of ng: http://www.carsinbarns.com/

ngdawg · 07-29-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad

I think this is what you are thinking of ng: http://www.carsinbarns.com/

yep!

BadNick · 07-30-2007, 06:09 AM

Thanks for the carsinbarns link. I remember seeing that a while back but now I saved the link.

I'm taking a couple days off at the end of this week to clean out my garage and I'm hoping to find a real cool car in there someplace. I'll post pics if I find one. Otherwise, at least it'll make room for our cars.

Ilow · 07-30-2007, 08:04 AM

Yeah, I thought I'd seen this here before.
The captions are annoying. "American Barges," Oh, you mean cars with more than 2 liter engines, I see.

troit · 07-31-2007, 09:39 PM

That would certainly be one hell of a find....

07-29-2007, 05:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	Mother of all "Barn Finds"... .....a long story short,someone bought this barn in Portugal, site unseen,it had welded shut steel doors....once opened ! http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo Last edited by bobby; 07-29-2007 at 06:24 AM..

07-29-2007, 06:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	__________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-29-2007, 08:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	I've seen some of this before on the 'net somewhere (in fact I thought you posted it bobby). I would love to know more of this story. There is certainly some fantastic automotive history in that old building. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

07-29-2007, 08:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	Yeah, this is the original thread: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...hlight=imagine __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

07-29-2007, 04:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	I think this is what you are thinking of ng: http://www.carsinbarns.com/ __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

07-29-2007, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I recently read an update on this story. One of the original reports was that somebody purchased a property and "surprise!" found all these cars in a barn. Apparently the true story is that the barn belongs to a car dealer/collector. It is a great collection but the dumb-luck purchase part of the story seems to be false.

07-30-2007, 06:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Thanks for the carsinbarns link. I remember seeing that a while back but now I saved the link. I'm taking a couple days off at the end of this week to clean out my garage and I'm hoping to find a real cool car in there someplace. I'll post pics if I find one. Otherwise, at least it'll make room for our cars.

07-30-2007, 08:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Ilow Junkie Location: Pats country	Yeah, I thought I'd seen this here before. The captions are annoying. "American Barges," Oh, you mean cars with more than 2 liter engines, I see. __________________ "Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about" --Sam Harris

07-31-2007, 09:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	That would certainly be one hell of a find.... __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...