Any Car buffs here?

waltherguy · 08-14-2007, 03:54 PM

Well I got this email today.. weather the story below is true or not.. it has got to be one of the most amazing finds ever! Being a fan of classic European cars myself... I couldn't do anything but drool when I saw this! The story goes....

The BARN

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 yrs.; 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 it you had bought the place.

c3006 · 08-14-2007, 04:35 PM

I cant believe there was a ford taurus in there

pipeman45 · 08-14-2007, 04:47 PM

I saw where someone goggled this and turned out to be not true.
But we can dream can't we?

waltherguy · 08-14-2007, 05:29 PM

Oh... really.. funny.. but yes.. we can dream!!! Jay Leno has a good video on his "garage" website about the "barn" Duesy he found..

Pete Ebbink · 08-14-2007, 05:33 PM

Had 2 of the Opel GT's in the 1970's...very enjoyable little car for stick-shift drivers...then I moved on to Triumph's TR-7's and TR-8's...more pocket rockets...had to have 2 of them to keep on one the road...

Now I drive a Ford F-150...but ordered the small V-8 with a manual stick...

Cannot seem to move over to automatics...

waltherguy · 08-14-2007, 05:43 PM

Pete.. Love all those cars.. did you run into the electrical Nightmares with the Triumphs? My first Car was a 70's S class Merc.. then shortly after I had a 85 300ZX with a 5 speed (still miss that car) .. Now I'm kinda boring and drive a New Audi which I do love... but I'm itchin for a toy.. thinkin maybe a Porsche 928.. someday..

davidkachel · 08-14-2007, 06:26 PM

If it was me, the barn would have been full of dead chickens.

Edward Tinker · 08-14-2007, 06:31 PM

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Originally posted by davidkachel
If it was me, the barn would have been full of dead chickens.

me too and just rotten enough to cost me a fortune in cleaning up

azlaw · 08-14-2007, 08:17 PM

The real story per Snopes...

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

... but it's OK to still dream.

My guess is that some amount of personal eccentricty, together with way too much liquid cash, was the cause of this. and maybe a prolonged illness late in life, perhaps.

H

waltherguy · 08-14-2007, 10:08 PM

Ha.. good to know the true story! I must say though.. I guess I would be considered "ill" if I had the money.. because I'd have a garage like that :-) (although they'd all have to be running and ready to drive) Granted I'd probably have a Gun safe of relative size full of Lugers as well ...

hqbmw · 08-16-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally posted by waltherguy
Ha.. good to know the true story! I must say though.. I guess I would be considered "ill" if I had the money.. because I'd have a garage like that :-) (although they'd all have to be running and ready to drive) Granted I'd probably have a Gun safe of relative size full of Lugers as well ...

You certainly wouldn't be ill by my definition. Before moving to AZ, I had a 2000 sq/ft garage at my Sierra foothill home in Pioneer CA. I decided the wonderful toy box of cars needed to be down-sized to something more managable, hence the Luger fettish was fullfilled after 25 years of denying myself the politically-incorrect (in CA) habit.

I do miss the fast mountain drives in the Maserati Bora. The collection is down to two Teutonic masterpieces to compliment the Lugers in the safe: a BMW 850Ci and a BMW K1200lt. Had most of the cars mentioned in the above posts. I owned a BMW independent for most of my life and am still a severe motorhead. Love those German cars and guns, but somehow fell in love with Asian women.

Steinar · 08-16-2007, 08:37 AM

Not sure if I could call myself a car buff ..whatever that means.. but I do have two cars in my barn, in addition to the one I use regular in my second home here in Oslo. I doubt that anyone would drool over the sight.. But that's not the reason why I have them.

They are not collectable (cheap as dirt)
..they are no muscle cars (about 40HP each, with their 970cc engine)
..they are far from comfortable to drive (spring suspension front and rear)
..they have no fancy equipment (just what's needed for it to work)
..and they are not even that old (1984 and 1985)

Currios how they look? Well, if you promise NO laffin, you could click here http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...murfebilen.jpg
the picture is taken a few years ago.. for some reason I have the front window down and my motorcycle stuck in the rear. Also notice the fantastic quality of my 600$ Kodak digital camera

I like them. Not that I'm a 'player of the other football team' or something.. (nothing wrong with that)
I just think they are fun car to drive. The red one I have used for 15 years, has worked like clockwork all the time and brought me to places hardly reachable by foot. (not a video of me, according to my luck, I would have got stuck on the deepest point trying something like this) It's now a little rusty, and is considered retired. The blue one is fixed up in an 'as new' original condition.

I have had about 10 different cars over the years, but these are the only ones I really enjoyed driving. ..jeah I know, it's weird

Rod WMG · 08-16-2007, 05:24 PM

Is it sad that I liked the barn better'n the autos? Now, if they hadn't had that industrial strength layer of dirt and they had been pickups and SUVs....

azlaw · 08-16-2007, 05:32 PM

Y'all Kin Have Yer Sports Cars... but this is what I'm talking about. But women, now that's a much more expensive hobby than either cars or guns.

H

waltherguy · 08-16-2007, 05:43 PM

Tac do you ever watch the show Top Gear of BBC 2? unfortunately after a short run on Discovery channel here in the U.S. .. the only place I can watch it is on You tube.. But love every second of it..!

Jack.. The Bora was always one of my favorites! And you can't go wrong with an 850! Although most in my area are into Muscle cars & cars from their childhood.. I have always been attached to German & British cars..

davidkachel · 08-16-2007, 07:05 PM

Steinar,
That was amazing. I always used to laugh at those little Suzukis, but my 4x4 can't go swimming up to its neck like that!
Now I have to get one. Do they still make them?

davidkachel · 08-16-2007, 07:13 PM

Oops, they may have a few drawbacks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2La1THaq44

Pete Ebbink · 08-16-2007, 07:47 PM

That guy in the video clip that could easily skip a few meals should have been loaded in the vehicle as "ballast stones"...

Steinar · 08-17-2007, 01:52 AM

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Originally posted by davidkachel
Oops, they may have a few drawbacks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2La1THaq44

It's quite common to modify them higher, wider, stronger and God knows what.. In this case, perhaps getting it all together with their wifes sewing thread. There are some good websides about this, www.izook.com would be one of them.
Mine is not.

They don't make the SJ410/413 (simular to Samurai in the US) any more. There is one called Jimny that have some similarity with the SJ. That one actually have some driving comfort and even a compartment to mount a radio.

Pete, I'm impressed over his 'looking skills'. There is a car crash, and he is just as calm as I would be watching the Senior Bingo Championship.
If I where a journalist, THAT's the guy I would have asked what happend!

hqbmw · 08-22-2007, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by waltherguy
Tac do you ever watch the show Top Gear of BBC 2? unfortunately after a short run on Discovery channel here in the U.S. .. the only place I can watch it is on You tube.. But love every second of it..!

Jack.. The Bora was always one of my favorites! And you can't go wrong with an 850! Although most in my area are into Muscle cars & cars from their childhood.. I have always been attached to German & British cars..

Top Gear is great. You can still view it on BBC. I ste my TIVO to record all new episodes and watch at my convenience.

08-14-2007, 03:54 PM	#1
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Any Car buffs here? Well I got this email today.. weather the story below is true or not.. it has got to be one of the most amazing finds ever! Being a fan of classic European cars myself... I couldn't do anything but drool when I saw this! The story goes.... The BARN 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 yrs.; 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 it you had bought the place. __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

08-14-2007, 04:35 PM	#2
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	I cant believe there was a ford taurus in there __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

08-14-2007, 04:47 PM	#3
pipeman45 User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I saw where someone goggled this and turned out to be not true. But we can dream can't we? __________________ Dave

08-14-2007, 05:29 PM	#4
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Oh... really.. funny.. but yes.. we can dream!!! Jay Leno has a good video on his "garage" website about the "barn" Duesy he found.. __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

08-14-2007, 05:43 PM	#6
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pete.. Love all those cars.. did you run into the electrical Nightmares with the Triumphs? My first Car was a 70's S class Merc.. then shortly after I had a 85 300ZX with a 5 speed (still miss that car) .. Now I'm kinda boring and drive a New Audi which I do love... but I'm itchin for a toy.. thinkin maybe a Porsche 928.. someday.. __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

08-14-2007, 05:33 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Had 2 of the Opel GT's in the 1970's...very enjoyable little car for stick-shift drivers...then I moved on to Triumph's TR-7's and TR-8's...more pocket rockets...had to have 2 of them to keep on one the road... Now I drive a Ford F-150...but ordered the small V-8 with a manual stick... Cannot seem to move over to automatics...

08-14-2007, 06:26 PM	#7
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	If it was me, the barn would have been full of dead chickens. __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

08-14-2007, 08:17 PM	#9
azlaw User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 204 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	The real story per Snopes... http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp ... but it's OK to still dream. My guess is that some amount of personal eccentricty, together with way too much liquid cash, was the cause of this. and maybe a prolonged illness late in life, perhaps. H

08-14-2007, 10:08 PM	#10
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ha.. good to know the true story! I must say though.. I guess I would be considered "ill" if I had the money.. because I'd have a garage like that :-) (although they'd all have to be running and ready to drive) Granted I'd probably have a Gun safe of relative size full of Lugers as well ... __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

08-16-2007, 08:37 AM	#12
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	Not sure if I could call myself a car buff ..whatever that means.. but I do have two cars in my barn, in addition to the one I use regular in my second home here in Oslo. I doubt that anyone would drool over the sight.. But that's not the reason why I have them. They are not collectable (cheap as dirt) ..they are no muscle cars (about 40HP each, with their 970cc engine) ..they are far from comfortable to drive (spring suspension front and rear) ..they have no fancy equipment (just what's needed for it to work) ..and they are not even that old (1984 and 1985) Currios how they look? Well, if you promise NO laffin, you could click here http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload...murfebilen.jpg the picture is taken a few years ago.. for some reason I have the front window down and my motorcycle stuck in the rear. Also notice the fantastic quality of my 600$ Kodak digital camera I like them. Not that I'm a 'player of the other football team' or something.. (nothing wrong with that) I just think they are fun car to drive. The red one I have used for 15 years, has worked like clockwork all the time and brought me to places hardly reachable by foot. (not a video of me, according to my luck, I would have got stuck on the deepest point trying something like this) It's now a little rusty, and is considered retired. The blue one is fixed up in an 'as new' original condition. I have had about 10 different cars over the years, but these are the only ones I really enjoyed driving. ..jeah I know, it's weird __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

08-16-2007, 05:24 PM	#13
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Is it sad that I liked the barn better'n the autos? Now, if they hadn't had that industrial strength layer of dirt and they had been pickups and SUVs....

08-16-2007, 05:32 PM	#14
azlaw User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 204 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Y'all Kin Have Yer Sports Cars... Y'all Kin Have Yer Sports Cars... but this is what I'm talking about. But women, now that's a much more expensive hobby than either cars or guns. H

08-16-2007, 05:43 PM	#15
waltherguy User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: FL Posts: 201 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tac do you ever watch the show Top Gear of BBC 2? unfortunately after a short run on Discovery channel here in the U.S. .. the only place I can watch it is on You tube.. But love every second of it..! Jack.. The Bora was always one of my favorites! And you can't go wrong with an 850! Although most in my area are into Muscle cars & cars from their childhood.. I have always been attached to German & British cars.. __________________ "In a man to man fight the winner is the one who puts an extra round in his magazine" -Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

08-16-2007, 07:05 PM	#16
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Steinar, That was amazing. I always used to laugh at those little Suzukis, but my 4x4 can't go swimming up to its neck like that! Now I have to get one. Do they still make them? __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

08-16-2007, 07:13 PM	#17
davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Oops, they may have a few drawbacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2La1THaq44 __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

08-16-2007, 07:47 PM	#18
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	That guy in the video clip that could easily skip a few meals should have been loaded in the vehicle as "ballast stones"...