Man buys abandoned farm, discovers large barn filled with vintage cars

Greenstijl ^

[LibWhacker]

Tons of pictures at the link: http://www.geenstijl.nl/paginas/mirror/20070215-pritt-mazda/index.html

[OldCorps]

Any Austin-Healy with wire wheels? British racing green, please.

Didn't see any. Saw a mini cooper.

[papasmurf]

That dang near stopped my heart! I wonder if he needs an old shop boy?


:O)

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[3dognight]

btt wow

[OldCorps]

I'm cryin! Why couldn't this happen to me?

[LibWhacker]

LOL

[rabidralph]

What a find, indeed! I guess I'll take those "abandoned farm" ads a little more seriously.

[The KG9 Kid]

Nice score.

I counted only five that I would keep. The rest need to get the hell out of my barn pronto.

[LibWhacker]

Lol, uh-oh your comment just made me realize that I violated a hard and fast rule here at Free Republic: We're not supposed to make up our own titles!

So... Moderator... If you see this, please change the title to:
Den koselige gården var til salgs, så vi kjøpte den......
Thank you. ;-)

[GoforBroke]

they belong to the state now.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Why would they belong to the state now? Most of the cars are post WWII, but not all. I hope that Hemmings does a story on this find.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I have a question. If a car has been buried for fifty or sixty years in a dry climate, can it be restored and would it be worth the effort?

[Southack]

None of the cars were stored properly. Some may be worth restoring, but they could have been worth dramatically more had the owner been an enthusiast.

For instance, the open exhaust pipes on the old cars (this was before cats) will allow air/moisture in through the open exhaust valves...which is not a great idea for a cast iron block, or iron valves, or for iron pistons.

Obviously the cars had no dust covers or rodent blocks/traps, nor even suspensions supported (e.g. on blocks).

From the above alone I'd guess that the poor owner left the old brake fluid in to harden in the brake lines (bye, bye) and clutch lines...and the old motor oil was probably left in to acidize, too.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sit down before you click the link ping!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Yo!

[geopyg]

My brother and a friend were out hunting and asked the lady at the farm if they could hunt. She said yes - and there's lots of pheasant out in the field past the barn. In walking past the barn the friend spied an old Porsche covered in dust and bird droppings. It was the kind that had real rounded sloping edges both forward and rear - fairly rare he said.

Anyway, after hunting he asked about buying it. It was the widow's husbands car or something and he got it for a song. (Not exactly sure why a farmer would have a Porsche though?)

[Joe 6-pack]

"Why would they belong to the state now?"

Because this is Europe....

[toomanygrasshoppers]

*Car Ping*

[PAR35]

Or maybe a prewar stash

Almost everything pictured is post war. A lot of them are from the 60's, a few are from the 50s and perhaps 70s. Only a handful of really old ones.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I emailed the folks at Hemmings.

[TexanToTheCore]

So many Alfas...... so many ringjobs to do.....sigh....