Where are best happy hunting grounds for barn finding Ferraris?

I am thinking the e\wealthy neighborhoods like Malibu (population 11,000 average house $1 million) where bit players who get a major role buy a toy, get bored with it and buy another. Plus they are about 20 miles from an authorized dealer so when it breaks they just leave it. Maybe Palos Verdes ,but they are closer to dealers and ind. mechanics. Newport Beach--those million dollar "cottages" don't have parking, so hence the springing up of warehouse storage for exotic cars.

Jumping from Callie, I always thought Hawaii. Guys bring a car to an island where there's not a skilled mechanic, it sit. If nobody on that island ants it..and it's difficult to get mainlanders to come over to look at it, plus the cost of shipping it back!

A British car finder. Colin Crabbe, told me he liked islands. He would pick remote ones, fly in, stay in the best hotel, bribe all the bellboys to beat the bushes. In Cuba he found two XKSS, or D-types, one the predecessors had passed by because after an accident it had been fitted with n E-type nose...

 

I've had pretty good luck in areas where there are actual barns.

 

Exactly. Look for old engineers living in log cabins they built themselves into the side of a cliff. Several dead tractors and large steel containers on the property are great clues. Bring a bottle and a tape recorder...

 

1. Ferrari Chat

2. Follow Tom Shaughnessy

 

If you follow Tom - they have been "found"

 

Yep. I bought my '67 Alfa Duetto from a nearly retired Engineer who lived in the same house for probably 50 years in Santa Ana (or was it Orange). House was very modest but the garage had 3 desirable Alfas, a classic muscle car, and an old 911 - all in various states of reconditioning.

 

I see what you did there.

 

I wish I could elaborate more on this

There are still really, reallllllly cool cars out there.

A teaser from my afternoon yesterday... NorCal too
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In case someone says "that's not a Ferrari!" Well, to the right...
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Who cares about the Ferrari when you just found a double-bubble!!!!! Wow.

 

There is an (in)famous junkyard in Los Angeles on Alameda.Rounded by Rudy Klein (deceased). They have maybe 100 cars, one old prewar Mercedes reported to be worth $11 million and reportedly scads of 300SLs, 904s, Porsche 356s, etc. The crème d' la crème of junkyards worldwide. I only went there once and they set a dog on me. I should of brought a bigger dog (what dog can take a German shepherd?)
Anyway I typed their address into Google satellite view yesterday and I know they have lots of cars outside (the lesser valued ones) but the picture is too damn fuzzy to see what cars they are. Could you please ask Google to lower the altitude of their satellite and refocus? Is there a premium price you can see to get a high resolution picture? Are these satellite pictures still being kept fuzzy to throw off Russian ICBM targeting? Hey the cold war is over...

We need to know what's there (and I'm still looking for that BIG dog!

 

Street Address please.

 

This is why they invented drones.

Get yourself a remote controlled drone with a camera attached to it.

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That should have told you something!

How would that help your situation? - Having a bigger dog with you to attack their dog is hardly going to make you any more welcome there! (And chances are you'd end up going home with a dead dog full of shotgun rounds in it!)

Why? It's not really any of your business what's there, and they appear to have made it clear that you're not welcome there - Get the message!

Why do you think having an attack dog with you is going to make people want to do business with you?

Yes - It will give the owners of the site some useful target practice!

 

from googling:

originally operated as porsche foreign auto
8935 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90002
(323) 589-2162

 

some pics here in this link: (9 posts down)

LA classic-car junkyard? - Pelican Parts Technical BBS

 

article in this link:

One-off Mercedes 500K barn find discovered in South Central, LA salvage yard - Autoblog

 

if google street pics are not adequate then a camera drone is another option

 

https://www.terraserver.com/view?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_text=8935+S+Alameda+St%2C+Los+Angeles%2C+CA+90002&searchLat=&searchLng=&lat=&lng=&bbox=&center=

Pay $200, get a high resolution image here. There are several satellite services that provide high resolution images. These guys can even provide them over a range of times.

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That's true. I love DB's. Such cool little cars with lots of spirit. We literally pulled it out with three guys and a chain. It's brakes were semi frozen and catching. My back hurts

 

Why wouldn't they open the doors and sell off the cars, hasn't this establishment aided enough in the deterioration? I would be embarrassed to have taken any part in this? My unneeded speculation is probably go too greedy and instead of selling off the parts to go towards restoring cars over the years held onto it so long it became rust and dust. RIP to all those once usable scraps.

 

We gotta figure out how to get Dave posting again!

 

The Velocity Network is also a good place from what I have seen.

 

I came across with this today. I don't know what it is but it looks interesting. Maybe a future book..

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