Google Earth Barn Find of the Century

[Farbin Kaiber]

That bike, Jesse James, eat your heart out.

[Miasma]

I saw that bike posted a few days ago, Fucking amazing looking...

And my aunt has had my grandfather's '67 Mustang Fastback rotting in her garage for 20 years, She says she is gonna give it to me but that has yet to happen.

[namsayin]

i wish i could find rare cars like this!

[Moto-Mucci]

Bumping this with a new amazing crate find:

1934 BMW R7
The bike was found in a crate in June, 2005, where it'd lain neglected since the second world war. Now restored to as-new condition, the R7 is traveling to bike shows across Europe. The full story is really interesting, you can read about it over on BM Bikes.
-Hell For Leather









More pictures at above link.

[TrentW]

Back in the mid 70's (yeah I can remember that far back),
my Dad and I came across this huge corner lot outside of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa where I grew up, that had all kinds of
VW bugs, a few micro buses, a Thing, and some 40's & 50's
cars--including a '59 turquoise & white EL Camino. I had a
'64 canvas sunroof Bug then and we stopped to see about
buying some parts. When we pulled in the driveway there
was a large metal building out back with an open front and
some very dusty cars and equipment inside. I immediately
noticed one in the middle that was black, had a large,
curved trunk and sported Mercedes Benz emblem. Turned
out to be a 1955 MB limousine. In the back corner was a
green 1953 MB Cabriolet! I remember the owner's name
was Gene Leon, and he invited us in to show us photos of
him racing old stripped-down Duesenbergs and Cords in
the 40's & 50's. After about an hour, he had agreed to sell
my Dad the limo for $2000. Within minutes of the deal
having been made, his wife came home from grocery
shopping and said "You're not selling that car!" My Dad
called me about five or six years ago and said Gene had
passed away and his wife sold everything at auction, made
a small fortune and moved to the West Coast.
Segway to about a year after finding the limo--My Dad and
I are pheasant hunting with another guy and his son near
Amana, Iowa and come upon an old farm. House is
demolished, but there's a steel-wheeled tractor, some old
farm equipment, a 1938 Buick sedan and an old brick
garage. The garage ended up being filled with Model T
parts--two engines, transmissions, complete tops, doors
with the original leather panels, fenders, you name it.
I think you could've built a complete car with parts leftover.
My Dad bought everything and we sold it at a swap meet.
One of the best parts I remember is that we borrowed Gene
Leon's '59 El Camino to haul some of the parts home and I
got to ride in the back to make sure nothing fell out. Never will forget that.

[Hick]

whoa! that e21 could look nice

[structured]

I win.








Sorry about size/quality. Photobucket hates me.

[netcsk]

I think I found your unicorn.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4308308

Interesting. Jasper is my hometown. Don't recognize any of the pictures though.

[dirty30]

Since we're on the topic of barn finds, does anyone know the story on this Ur-Quattro?




I've had that picture for several years, but never did find out what the hell the deal was.

I think I found your unicorn.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4308308

[Moto-Mucci]

4 pages and not one word about the true barn-yard find in the original poster's pic: 1980 Chevy Citation.

Hahaha that's what we were joking about at work when my co-worker showed me the pic.

Epically bad design.

[brettholomew21]

Meh, it's no E30.

That it's not. It's far better.

[mikeedler]

whats all this crap about people "hoarding" cars.

come and visit Germany-- you arent allowed to "hoard" cars and keep them on your property. there are so few older nice/cool cars to find in germany to "restore" or just clean up and keep around.

-- be happy that people do keep these old classics around like that vette. 15 years ago that wasnt even a parts car-- now its a sacred piece of artwork.

I think about it all the time with my 55 Chevy--- 20 sumthin years ago my father bought it-- an ex gasser/dragcar that had been stripped of everything-- was supposed to be a parts car-- after 10 years it was roadworthy-- now i have it here and am redoing it again because it just sat for so long-- but at one time in its life it wasnt even worth 50 dollars-- but it has been saved-- eventhough it sat in a garage for 15 or so years-- being "hoarded"

I think we should start a clan that goes around the world and smacks the crap out of every e30 owner that hasnt completely tricked out their e30 yet.-- or parted a running e30 for that matter.

be happy it is so lax in so many parts of the u.s.-- so cool cars can be found and not crushed --because they are " eyesores"

[Kovs]

4 pages and not one word about the true barn-yard find in the original poster's pic: 1980 Chevy Citation.

[structured]

well, we don't have very many barns in brooklyn, so barn finds are rare. either way i did find something sweet this weekend. i was driving to nj on saturday morning when i saw, parked right on the street, a clean buick gnx. clean might be the wrong word because it has about an inch of dust on it. other than a wash and a new tire, it looks good. it was still there when i came back late sunday and it doesn't look like it's going anywhere. i can give the location if anyone is interested.

[Super Sedan]

Not exactly an amazing barn find, but my uncle owns my dad's old Delphin '87 325is autotragic with Zender(?) skirts and rear apron, plus full cardinal interior. It has been sitting in my grandmother's garage for at least five years, the last time it was running it had overheated pretty badly. We don't know how the engine is. Uncle has since moved to California. I have really been thinking about taking a visit to "help grandma with some yardwork" to nab those skirts and rear apron.