is there some trick to..

[antz]

is there some kind of a trick or way of finding all these lost barn find OSF's?

 

I hear of people all the time finding cars in barns and places like it and I have no idea how they do it!!!

 

I live in the countryside and i am positive there is an old ford out there waiting for me to find it but I have no idea how to do it! *i can sense it in my bones*....cant go round farms knocking cos itd take me a month of sundays to cover a 3 mile radius!!!

 

all ive ever found is a very rotten mk1 fezza in a field and a mk1 cortina behind a pikey caravan that disappeared the week after

 

 

HOW DO YOU ALL DO IT!!!!

[Stu_B]

I guess it's usually word of mouth... someone see's you in your escort & say's "oooh my dad/uncle/gramps has an old one of them in the shed...."

 

I doubt many are found by just walking through the country peeking in barns.

[mossy]

i found all of mine no more then about 30mins from my house....in the friday ad usually!

[Rick]

put a wanted ad in shop windows

[Messenjah]

i spotted a mk3 capri and at first glace it seems like it could be a 2.8i its white and covered in green stuff has a turbo tail too im not quite sure how to get too it but i will go and nock next time im down thast way

[bigglesmk2]

My farther in-law is a farmer,anything OSF related in his barns are mine

[5hane]

got mine from a m8 of a m8 of a m8.

 

also my dads m8 knows where a escort twincam shell is.. its absolute mint. the person who ownd it left it in a barn, and when he moved he left it the new owner has no idear what hes got

[badchild]

It was word of mouth i got my avo, my da's mates mate had the shell, evrything to finish and a SHIT load of parts all for the bargian of 6 grand, he sort of kept hush about selling it because he didnt want someone to buy it and sell everything individualy or it go to rallying, got no closer to getting it on the road though

[antz]

i wish i could find one

 

might try the local newpaper for the crack and see if anything turns up

[Chris!]

i use ebay

[ratman]

There aren’t many barns in my part of south London

 

But every mouse or rat call I make I make sure I check out any garage or shed to make sure they are rodent free (and or hiding any thing OSF )

 

Did find a harrier mk2 escort a few years back Very nice lady let me have it for £40.00 It was a bit rotten but made a nice few quid it bits

[X FLOW EDDY]

Found my 2nd mk2 escort in the local paper !!!! The advert went something like " For sale, Ford escort 1.3 with rs alloys £300 ono. " It was in the paper for days so i rang the number to see if the wheels were worth haveing and an hour later i was the owner of a 2 door 1979 yellow mk2 escort And to top it off it was 10 mins from home, i must have driven past it a thousand times and never known it was there !!!!!!!!!!1

[geoffersmasher]

me brother (mk1-maher) found a nice barn find(ish garage) 4 door very solid car had been in the garage for 12 years

[surfingturnip]

i wish i could find one

 

might try the local newpaper for the crack and see if anything turns up

 

you've already got one so I claim first dibs

[mk1super]

Seen an ad up here a while ago. Went as follows- Black 2 door 1970 mk1 escort with 2.1, bvh, 45s, Rs interior, dented os front wing, spare wing included in sale just needs painting, solid shell just needs tax and mot.son has lost intrest in it. price £2800

 

was snapped up within an hour of ad going up if i'd only been faster

 

Not a barn find! But shows there are still some bargains about so keep them eyes open

[antz]

might stick an ad in the local paper and news agent for the fun of it

[shaun1.6ghia]

might stick an ad in the local paper and news agent for the fun of it

 

that works...

 

i'd check local banger racers, they know every old car in the area.

offer them a couple of hundred to find you one...

they'll probably only pay £50 for it but you'll still get a cheap osf.

[5hane]

or go to the pub and get talking wit all the old boys with there rs 1600 and 1800's in there garages

[mk1super]

or go to the pub and get talking wit all the old boys with there rs 1600 and 1800's in there garages

 

That works, a mate of mine got his old 2 door Avenger that way

[X-pack-Glyn]

Mine was a barn find.... twenty pound... found litterally burried under minibus seats...

[Vista]

or go to the pub and get talking wit all the old boys with there rs 1600 and 1800's in there garages

 

That works, a mate of mine got his old 2 door Avenger that way

 

That's exactly how capriaddict and I secured his one owner 2 door 60'000 mile mk1 escort a few weeks ago. An old boy at a local bike rally approached us when we turned up in my car. "I got one of them at home, had it since new and I'm selling it now" Andy had done a a deal on it within 4 hours.

[antz]

I dont drink so thats the pub out got better things to do.

 

Ill ge an ad in the local paper and see what turns up.

 

i dont need another OSF i wanna fidn one though and put my mind at rest that there is an osf out there waiting for me!

[5hane]

I dont drink so thats the pub out

 

lemonade? chandy? coke

 

hey then again you could go bingo ? plenty old folk there

[surfingturnip]

I dont drink so thats the pub out got better things to do.

 

Ill ge an ad in the local paper and see what turns up.

 

i dont need another OSF i wanna fidn one though and put my mind at rest that there is an osf out there waiting for me!

 

ahem, nudge nudge wink wink