Barn find stories?

Here is car that was in a barn for 40 years
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My 1937 Ford "Barn Find Conspiracy" as seen in Street Rodder and on Speed Channels, Dream Car Garage.
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Bobby,

Any more info on that 37? Thanks.

Roger

 

That is 1 sweet looking '37. I hope you don't plan on making any changes to it. It looks just fine!

 

more info?

 

0086E with Fontana body...

 

Well...its not what it seems...It is a OZE fiberglass body, painted with rustoleum paint and drilled out to make it look like its rusting..it has a LS1 motor, Auto w/od, disk brakes, Air Ride Technology air ride, Vintage AC, Alpine stereo, It runs and drives like a new corvette...I guess thats why its the barn find conspiracy since its very misleading....but I have a blast with it. I bought it from the builder in california, Todd Varble. I will never sell it. I will ad another album of it under my profile when I get home with more pictures.

 

I pulled this out of a San Diego storage unit Jan. 15th. I posted in Other Italian, Bizzarrini. From help from some forum members it is possibly an Oliver Kutner body from the 80's. It was in the storage unit anywhere from '79 to '83 'til now. It has a back half of chassis, and two truckloads of parts.
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Please post progress of the re-build. I like that body.

 

Nice! Gonna go look for the thread.

 

hey steve, good to see another VT'r on here. Ive been on your site a bunch, looking at the aray of beauties you have. I would love to swing by sometime and take a look around if you dont mind. any certain time good?

also, this isnt a Ferrari, and I really dont know Jags well so I have no idea if this would be a good resto car, but I found this the other day:

Vermont Craigslist - 1974 XJ12 JAGUAR V12

 

More cars?

 

Speaking of Lake Finds.

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wasn't that ''Jim O'hares plane [thats why o'hare is named after him?

 

I think theres still a court fight on that

 

Settled years ago, with the mother having to pay the rightful owner a large portion of the proceeds. Car is in an East Coast doctor's museum today.

 

How can I get this link to work? When I clicked it it would not bring up a web site.

 

Did anthing ever happen with the Delahaye???


Bill Noon - Must be one hell of a car to even consider going through all of the trouble to resurect her! Can we assume it is a Ferrari?

 

Just love these stories, and thought I'd contribute one I have.

Sorry, no photos...

Back in 1981 or thereabouts, my dad purchased a 1934 Bugatti T57 Stelvio cabriolet sight unseen out of an advert in Hemmings...as one did back then. I recall that we received a couple of 8"x10" photos before doing the deal, and in the photos the car looked like a nice driver. My dad wired over the money. No idea why he didn't have some local bugatti club member check it out beforehand...

So, a month or so later, Passport Transport disgorges the car at Otto Zipper's place in Santa Monica (later to become Hill & Vaughn's shop, but I digress). It was immediately apparent that the photos sent us previously were not taken recently, to put it mildly! What we had purchased was a very distressed barn find Bugatti, complete but in need of a full restoration before it could turn a wheel. Most fun aspect was sifting through boxes of parts at home...everything from NOS parts in Molsheim boxes to a broken ratiator fan and sundry worn out parts...

Otto eventually got the car to fire up, but there was a baaad knock from the rear of the crankshaft, where the spur gears for the camshaft gears originated. Meanwhile, dad spots another T57 in Hemmings...a bespoke bodied 3rd series car. Dad takes the plunge for Bugatti no. 2, but that's a separate story

Dad places an advert in the Los Angeles Times...as one did back then. One heady buyer (yes, engine was started, so everyone could hear the knock) paid us what we bought the car for, and it went away....

 

It is the barn find of all barn finds, if I may say so.

 

Not one of rare Ferraris, Lamborghinis or Maseratis, but the last racecar of Scuderia Filipinetti made by Mike Parkes in early 1973. It is only a Fiat X1/9. Found in the Carribean Puerto Rico in late 2004.

Have a look to the logbook section, there you can find the story about the find.
http://fili.project-x19.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=32
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That is cool! Thanks for sharing.

 

Ferrari Boxer 512 in Kew Australia.
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Logical: who would want a white BB with light blue interior?

 

I WOULD!!!