Barnfind heaven!

[mk1rob]

Just been sent this via email. Dont know how old it is but ive not seen it before and thought id upload it here.

 

Next time you think of buying a place think about this…………….

 

I just heard about a guy that 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 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 guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved

in, and set out to tear into 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 AN ANGLE GRINDER TOOK CARE OF THAT!

 

Fiat Cabriolet (1200 or 1500), Ford Cortina MKII, Mercedes Benz 180/190

 

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 Coup

 

Abarth 1300 Scorpione

 

American (inspired) design

 

Interior of Alfa Romeo

 

Lancia Flaminia Coup, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet.

 

Mini, Alfa 1900 Super Sprint, Balilla

 

Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202

 

BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.

 

 

 

Valued at........... $35 MILLION!!!

[samurai]

[banarama]

very nice collection

[squadge78]

seen this before,doesnt make it any less amazing though

[fieldy1972]

thats it!!! packing my bags and f*cking off to portugal.

 

good luck to them i say. what a find. some beutiful cars there.

[Vista]

It's been posted before but the story about the bloke buying a plot of land and finding that barn full of them is internet hokum.

 

Here's the truth

 

The real story is the following, the barn was in the owners (Antonio Ferreira de Almeida) family for many years and he had a mechanic that took care of the them. The mechanic died some time before these pictures were taken and the cars were ignored for some time. The owner of the cars, who had been a VW dealer, had been collecting the cars since 1972.

[killerkerry89]

LOOK AT THOSE DASHBOARDS!!! 100% oooooOOOOOFFFFF

[retrorigg]

seen this before, out of all the cars in the pics theres only the mini that does it for me

[retrorigg]

oh and the mk2 of course