A man buys property and had no idea hundreds of classic cars were in storage there

[husker741]

http://www.holidaysincornwall.com/ma...-barn-jackpot/

Hoe lee chit.

[BlueDubbinTDI]

Wayne Carini is crying himself to sleep right now

[sklimo]

[Cockatoo]

Jackpot!

[shiumai]

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

[vh_supra26]

Lucky SOB.

[tahdizzle]

The car gods smile upon this one.

[Ammonia]

ITS FAKE YOU CHROMOSOME COLLECTING MOFOS

[hypercarfanatic]

I jizzed in my pants

[Rampage]

Originally Posted by Ammonia

ITS FAKE YOU CHROMOSOME COLLECTING MOFOS

Yeah, I am not buying it. He buys a barn with a huge metal barn with the door welded shut and no one opened it to see what was in there? PUleaeeease!

For all you believers, I have the clear title to the Brooklyn Bridge here that was gifted to me by New Jersey Governor Christie. I will trade it straight up for a clear title to your twin.

[dem00n]

Their still in that barn. Just...waiting.

[strat61caster]

That's what I love about these n00bs, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

[Shagaliscious]

Originally Posted by shiumai

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

So he collected cars that passed through his dealership, stashed them but didn't maintain them at all? He doesn't deserve any of those cars.

[vh_supra26]

Portuguese barn houses 180 cars, all covered with decades of dust
Huge collections like the one in Portugal don't just happen. Cars are accumulated by someone with a purpose

By Tom Cotter

One day this January, I received at least ten forwarded email attachments to a web site that featured photos of an eclectic collection of old cars in a decaying building. For the next week it seemed the web was literally blanketed with these images, each giving a similar story:

“Imagine moving into an old farmhouse in the Portuguese countryside, and, while walking around “the lower 40” of your new investment, you come across an old building. Curious as to what may be inside, you pry open the rusted door and for the first time in decades, one of the largest hordes of old cars ever discovered is exposed to sunlight.”

I didn’t believe that story for a moment.

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.

I decided to investigate. I searched the web and ultimately came to an English language dead end at the Mazda Miata Club Norway web site. But I kept going, sending emails in English and hoping that some kind recipient would take a few moments to answer some questions. All indications were that the cars were hidden somewhere in Portugal, so that’s where I focused my investigation.

Through a Cobra buddy, Don Silawski of Washington, DC, I contracted with a Portuguese translator, Clara Dixon. Clara would be my tour guide and try to unearth some of the naked truth regarding this huge stash. Clara also checked the Internet for news stories that may have been written in Portuguese newspapers about the cars. I was beginning to feel like a CIA sleuth…

I must admit that for me, a lifelong barn-finder, a collection this large would be the discovery of a lifetime. My 15-year-old son, Brian, even tried to convince me to hop a flight to Portugal to see if I could actually find the collection myself.

I was eventually able to contact the photographer who was contracted by the cars’ owner to shoot the photographs that would ultimately appear on millions of car-guy computer monitors beginning on January 20.

THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY

Manuel Menezes Morais shot the photos, but he was sworn to secrecy about the cars’ location and the owner’s name. However, he was able to obtain permission from the elusive owner to give me the following information:

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.

And, aw shucks, none of the cars is for sale.

Clara was able to determine that the cars are located somewhere in the area of Sintra, near Lisbon.
I asked Morais if he could ask the owner if he had a favorite car. “He has lots of good cars in very good condition,” he says, “but he loves the Lancia Aurelia B24. He has two.”

I would ask that a European-based SCM subscriber pick this story up and help fill in the blanks. And let me know what you find ( tomgcotter@roadrunner.com). I’d like to include the true story in a future In the Barn book, as well as in SCM.

http://www.sportscarmarket.com/news/...act-or-fiction

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