Imagine finding this - long story...Copy and pasted from an email
06-18-2008, 05:58 AM
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Imagine finding this - long story...Copy and pasted from an email
<center><img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992 ee19db3da0"></center><p>A recently retired New York man wanted to use his retirement funds wisely, 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 estate was being sold to pay back taxes. There had been several lookers,
but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. No one
wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't
complimentary to the property anyway... so, no one made an offer on the place.
The New York gentleman bought it as is, paying just over half of the property's
worth; moved in, and set about to access 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...?
The Barn
The doors were welded shut, but a grinder took care of that.
A warehouse full of vintage high performance cars!!!
Aston Martin
Opel GT, Lotus Elan 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 Elan FHC, Matra Djet?
Lancia Flaminia CoupÃ<em>f</em>©
Abarth 1300 Scorpione
American (inspired) design
Interior of Alfa Romeo
Lancia Flaminia CoupÃ<em>f</em>©, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet.
Mini, Alfa 1900 Super Sprint, Balilla.
&nb sp;
Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202.
BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.
Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.
Amazing
Total value of all vehicles over 35 Million!
The man and his wife had full title to the complete lot of vehicles.
They're having a great retirement!
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.4&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.5&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.6&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.10&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.11&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.11&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.16&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.13&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; the owner and wife
both had died, and there were no heirs.
The estate was being sold to pay back taxes. There had been several lookers,
but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. No one
wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't
complimentary to the property anyway... so, no one made an offer on the place.
The New York gentleman bought it as is, paying just over half of the property's
worth; moved in, and set about to access 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...?
The Barn
The doors were welded shut, but a grinder took care of that.
A warehouse full of vintage high performance cars!!!
Aston Martin
Opel GT, Lotus Elan 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 Elan FHC, Matra Djet?
Lancia Flaminia CoupÃ<em>f</em>©
Abarth 1300 Scorpione
American (inspired) design
Interior of Alfa Romeo
Lancia Flaminia CoupÃ<em>f</em>©, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet.
Mini, Alfa 1900 Super Sprint, Balilla.
&nb sp;
Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202.
BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.
Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.
Amazing
Total value of all vehicles over 35 Million!
The man and his wife had full title to the complete lot of vehicles.
They're having a great retirement!
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.3&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.4&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.5&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.6&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0">
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.10&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.11&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
<img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.11&disp=emb&view=att&th=11a992ee19db3da0" >
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06-18-2008, 06:18 AM
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The real story:
One of the many "fortunate discovery" scenarios that people sometimes fantasize about involves taking possession of a dwelling and turning up something of great value
left behind by a previous resident -- perhaps a forgotten stash of currency, discarded coins that were once common but are now worth a pretty penny to collectors, jewelry hidden away and never retrieved, etc. Purchasing an old farmhouse and discovering that the property included a barn stuffed full with a few hundred vintage automobiles is a reverie probably outside the range of even the most optimistic daydreamer's imaginings, but that's the backstory that was created to enliven a set of photographs showing an "eclectic collection of old cars in a decaying building."
The referenced pictures (the full set is viewable here) 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:
<i>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>
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.
A partial inventory of the various models of automobiles stored in the barn can be viewed here.
Last updated: 20 July 2007<ul><li><a href="http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp">http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp</a</li></ul>
left behind by a previous resident -- perhaps a forgotten stash of currency, discarded coins that were once common but are now worth a pretty penny to collectors, jewelry hidden away and never retrieved, etc. Purchasing an old farmhouse and discovering that the property included a barn stuffed full with a few hundred vintage automobiles is a reverie probably outside the range of even the most optimistic daydreamer's imaginings, but that's the backstory that was created to enliven a set of photographs showing an "eclectic collection of old cars in a decaying building."
The referenced pictures (the full set is viewable here) 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:
<i>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>
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.
A partial inventory of the various models of automobiles stored in the barn can be viewed here.
Last updated: 20 July 2007<ul><li><a href="http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp">http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp</a</li></ul>
06-19-2008, 12:40 PM
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Re: Imagine finding this - long story
<ul><li><a href="http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp">http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp</a</li></ul>
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