Posted August 7, 200717 yr comment_217603 I don't know if the story goes with this link but this is how I found it.A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, soit would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; the previous owner andwife 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 New York guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, hemovedin, 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?http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/ Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
August 7, 200717 yr comment_217608 The barn is real, the story is not.http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/#findComment-217608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
August 8, 200717 yr comment_217806 Your kiddin me? :eek: But oh well.... somebody got alot of cars.. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/#findComment-217806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
August 8, 200717 yr comment_217816 Your kiddin me? :eek:But oh well.... somebody got alot of cars.. The story is an urban legand. Read the Snopes story. Somebody did get a lot of cars but he most likely bought all of them. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/#findComment-217816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
August 8, 200717 yr comment_217838 That Z in there looks really nice. The insides of the cars also look great. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/#findComment-217838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
August 8, 200717 yr comment_217842 Is there another picture of the Z somewhere? Like all of the cars it's covered with dust but also appears to have been hit in the left front. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/#findComment-217842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
August 9, 200717 yr comment_217851 These are the only 2 I could see the Z in. Neither is a good shot, but I don't see too much damage. The side looks like it has a decent dent and maybe under the bumper? Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/25122-old-barn-find-in-portugal/#findComment-217851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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