Italian cars barnfind in Portugal

The story I heard about this place and I am not sure if it ius true is the following:

"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 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 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....and found all these cars in the barn"

I have no idea if the story is true.....but this is what I read.

 

WAWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Incredible such a stunning collection of cars !
There really are many very nice cars in there!
I would love to see that with my own eyes.
Many thx for sharing.

 

wild - you wouldn't happen to know who the owner is/contact?

would like to buy the Djet.

 

What an amazing find. Love to have a rummage through there. The cars look in pretty good condition generaly.

 

Isn't this the 15th tread on Fchat about this find?

 

If so, the 15th time's a charm...this is the first time I saw it and really enjoyed it. My father-in-law has a barn built in the 1800s...his family owned it since "new". When his father bought a car dealership, the dealership had tons of car parts, i.e. doors and fenders, for cars from the 40s and 50s...so they stored them in the barn to fix up the dealership. All the parts are still there. It's cool to see, but it's no "barn find" like this. Thanks for sharing for the 15th time.

 

Yeah, a fantastic find on snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

Interestingly, snopes.com seems to have prohibited copy & paste, but the owner of the cars is actually a car dealer from the 70's & 80s who recently had pics taken to document his decaying collection.
After getting this in my inbox daily for the last week, it makes me wonder if I must be the only one who had their BS meter go off the first time I saw it...?