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DaMulta
08-03-2007, 04:41 AM
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 15yrs.; 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.
newconroer
08-03-2007, 04:46 AM
O M G
Glitched System
08-03-2007, 05:04 AM
Wtf, lucky sob!
DaMulta
08-03-2007, 05:06 AM
http://snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp
kha1i1
08-03-2007, 05:12 AM
well that just killed it :(
PVTCaboose1337
08-03-2007, 05:15 AM
Those are some really nice cars.
anticlutch
08-03-2007, 06:46 AM
True story or not, I'd love to have those cars. I'd hate to see how much the insurance would be though (imagine Jay Leno's bill :O )
Darknova
08-03-2007, 07:38 AM
Woah...
Chewy
08-04-2007, 01:52 AM
:o
HookeyStreet
08-04-2007, 02:02 AM
LOL, another 'Urban Myth' :)
Chewy
08-04-2007, 02:07 AM
yeah deff an Urban Myth.. I actually thought it might be true at 1st lol, I always give the benifit of the doubt:shadedshu... but why the hell would some guy just weld up a STEEL barn with like 20 rare cars lol than leave! without leaving a will! dont he know anyone!
kwchang007
08-04-2007, 02:12 AM
http://snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

man that's a spoiler
WarEagleAU
08-04-2007, 02:38 AM
no, not an urban legend, one of the most blessed men about...alot of those cars are worth serious money..he is a millionaire without even restoring any of those. also, just the prestige of those cars are awesome.
Beertintedgoggles
08-04-2007, 02:41 AM
My first thought was... I hope he also found a stash of keys. But still, after reading the spoiler, the collection might have been lovingly assembled but it certainly wasn't lovingly stored.
Sasqui
08-04-2007, 02:42 AM
Yea DaMulta, I was sitting here with my pants off and a box of kleenex... you ruined it! :banghead:

LOL :roll:
TUngsten
08-04-2007, 02:44 AM
True story or not, I'd love to have those cars. I'd hate to see how much the insurance would be though (imagine Jay Leno's bill :O )
actually, an older car is insanely cheap to insure, and taxes are cheap as well. My 79 Saab costs me about $75/year to insure, my wife's 98 Subaru Outback costs ~$350

of course, if the cars are valued in the millions....you'd want to insure them as you would a picasso
Chewy
08-04-2007, 02:51 AM
Anyone have any good proof links, like cnn elc? lol I still dont buy it at all.
A Cheese Danish
08-04-2007, 03:02 AM
nice, EXTREMELY NICE cars in there!
some restoration, and they are good to go!
although, i wonder if he knows where all the keys are to those things? lol
nflesher87
08-04-2007, 03:03 AM
Yea DaMulta, I was sitting here with my pants off and a box of kleenex... you ruined it! :banghead:

LOL :roll:

:laugh:
pt
08-07-2007, 03:04 AM
fake
never heard of it and i live here
besides, i would have stolen them from me
DrunkenMafia
08-07-2007, 04:32 AM
man I love those old cars.. especially those old bmw's
pt
08-07-2007, 04:34 AM
i checked all news sites, and tv channels, and nothing appears
if it's true, i'm pretty sure t wasn't here
pt
08-07-2007, 04:35 AM
humm
the license plates are portuguese...
photoshopped?

i found the news on portuguese, on a blog...

i think i might need to edit the above links and go find a barn
ps: on the blog it doesnt say nothing about any ny man, just some ppl decided to open it
Wile E
08-07-2007, 05:58 AM
humm
the license plates are portuguese...
photoshopped?

i found the news on portuguese, on a blog...

i think i might need to edit the above links and go find a barn
ps: on the blog it doesnt say nothing about any ny man, just some ppl decided to open it
Read post 4, pt
JC316
08-07-2007, 07:40 AM
Must be my car forum surfing ways, but I have seen this several times. Would be awesome if true and I WANT those cars.
pt
08-07-2007, 01:08 PM
Must be my car forum surfing ways, but I have seen this several times. Would be awesome if true and I WANT those cars.

got it now
i was too lazy to read it all before :p
tkpenalty
08-07-2007, 02:24 PM
I want that Datsun Z :)
imperialreign
08-07-2007, 10:28 PM
http://www.sportscarmarket.com/portugesebarnfind.pdf


I can say based on my excperience in the field, many, many, many of those cars are fairly rare and worth quite a bit, especially if they have rare options on the vehicles, or OEM parts that were uncommon or only run a couple of years.

Many of those cars would probably be near mint condition if detailed properly, and would easily fetch high 5 to low 6-figure numbers if they were run through the Barret Jackson auctions
Jimmy 2004
08-07-2007, 10:41 PM
If that's real, I bet those cars were stolen. Come on, who would buy all those cars and weld them shut in a barn? Perhaps the Portuguese Mafia plans to sell them in a few years and was just storing them until they became worth more!
rhythmeister
08-14-2007, 04:17 PM
I want that Datsun Z :)


240Z isn't it? :confused:
pt
08-14-2007, 04:32 PM
If that's real, I bet those cars were stolen. Come on, who would buy all those cars and weld them shut in a barn? Perhaps the Portuguese Mafia plans to sell them in a few years and was just storing them until they became worth more!

portuguese mafia?
never heard of them :p
and the news is fake, see the story