donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

You won't believe what this guy collected !


http://www.coolestone.com/media/3728/America039;s-Ultimate-Barn-Find/

the_imaginist Loc: St. Louis, MO

After watching the video I wondered what the auction brought so I looked into this a little further. That whole collection brought in just a little under $4 million dollars. What a great collection! Thanks

DigitalDon Loc: Calgary, Alberta

WOW...thats incredible. Thank you for the post!

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

After watching the video I would say $4 million was way low.

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

Absolutely breathtaking!

NOTLguy Loc: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

A Friend of mine sent me a similar story

ALWAYS CHECK THE BARN!!!!... you might get a surprise

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.

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

> Aston Martin

Opel GT, Lotus Élan 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 Élan 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.

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

VALUED AT $35 MILLION DOLLARS.
THE MAN AND HIS WIFE HAD FULL CLAIM
TO THE LOT .

THEY HAD A GREAT RETIREMENT

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I saw this story a while ago and sorry to be the bearer of bad news but although the photos are real, the story behind them not so much. Google "barn full of classic cars in portugal". There are numerous references including Snopes.com and Hoax-slayer.com.

"Journalist Tom Cotter researched the story and finally identified the photographer as Manuel Menezes Morais. Morais was contracted to take photographs of the cars by their owner. Due to the wishes of the owner, Morais was unable to reveal exact details of the barn's location or the owner's name, but he did give Tom Cotter some general information about the origin of the vehicle collection. In an article about the cars for Sports Car Market Magazine (http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1110), Tom Cotter notes:
The owner of the cars was a car dealer in the 1970s and 1980s, and decided to save the more interesting cars that came through his doors. When the barn was full, he padlocked and "soldered" the doors shut. (Perhaps welding was too permanent.)

Web sites varied on the number of cars: 58, 100, and 180 were speculated. According to Morais, there are 180 cars in the barn.
Cotter's research indicates that the cars are probably located in an area near Lisbon, in Portugal.

Thus, it seems that the "retired New Yorker" cover story is no more than a fictional embellishment."

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

Sounded good to me, besides it was on the internet, thought it was the truth!

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I screwed this post up but couldn't remove it.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

If you tried the referenced link and it didn't work then you can try this one:
http://www.sportscarmarket.com/columns-blogs/news/2709-portuguese-barn-find-fact-or-fiction

NOTLguy Loc: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

To be honest with you, I take everything I read on the web, with a pinch of salt.

I guess the fact that someone is or has managed to stash away all of these cars (there were many more photographs attached to the original e-mail showing the individual cars - too much trouble to attache them all) is amazing. Who knows, maybe this will become a true story 10 or 20 years from now.

I still think it's amazing that anyone could do this with such priceless gems. I wonder if Jay Leno knows about this?

:lol:

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

hopefully you realize my last was "tongue in cheek" about being true.