Buy Farm, Get Bonus 180 Classic Cars

February 20th, 2007

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Buy Farm, Get Bonus 180 Classic Cars

The details are sparse, and possibly apocryphal, but here are the basics from Metafilter, via the Cellar Image of the Day:

Imagine you live in Portugal and you’re moving into a lovely farm house on a large swath of land. The place has been empty for 15 years! While exploring your new property you find a large barn in the trees. The door is padlocked shut and its all rusted solid. so you grind the padlock open…

The story of this phenomenal barn find has been flying around auto enthusiast message boards for a few weeks, but nothing has been confirmed, so it could be a hoax. It sure seems too good to be true, but regardless, it is an amazing series of photos rare European cars found in one place. As a (non-car) collector, I’d like to believe that this kind of find can still happen.

Here are the photos–and they look pretty amazing. One reason to think it’s legit: how many car enthusiasts would cover their precious babies in dust just to take these shots?

FYI, posting will be light this week with all of the Northern Voice madness on top of the usual insanity.

Comments: 6 Responses so far

Richard Akerman
February 20th, 2007
8:23 pm

The story is nice, but if you look at some of the other photos pointed to in the Digg discussion, “giant concrete warehouse in the middle of a field” appears to be a more accurate description that “barn in the woods”.

http://digg.com/motorsport/Man_buys_farm_finds_vintage_cars

http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/portugalwarehouse/

http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/portugalwarehouse/838359

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Never Yet Melted » Man Buys Farm in Portugal, Cuts Open Padlock on Barn, and Finds…
February 24th, 2007
8:45 am

[...] It is still unconfirmed, and an urban legend/hoax of some kind is suspected, but the story is he found 180 vintage cars. [...]

Drew Coogan
March 7th, 2007
3:23 pm

WOW That would be a dream barn for me I restored vintage cars for a living and as a hobby in canada thanks for the great pics wished you were closer to visit .Good luck a huge car fan Drew

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hitler aol michelle manhart hilary duff.fergalicious » Buy Farm, Get Bonus 180 Classic Cars
April 10th, 2007
9:47 am

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