Barn Finds

[19_again]

I know these aren't all MGs but since Tony was recently in Europe, he oughta know what was on the other side of that mountain. Enjoy and drool.
https://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm

 

[Camshaft]

This gets re-posted every couple of weeks, but I never tire of it. Imagine stumbling upon that find yourself!

 

[tony barnhill]

Yep & the usual stories about it are a crock.....nobody bought a building without going inside & unlocked it to find that collection! Nobody inherited a building from a long lost relative in Portugal (or somewhere) & when they got there found this collection!

 

[jlaird]

But there it is in pics and ain't it great.

 

[19_again]

I usually go to snopes.com and sniff out what sounds like a Too-Good_To Be True deal, my email freinds thing I'm a party pooper for always sending them the truth. This time, the story was stupid, but what great cars.

 

[19_again]

THe truth is at https://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

 

[ronzi]

As Camshaft said, this particular bunch of photos and the "barn find" story have been circulating on the web for over a year now that I know of. Sometimes the owner was a Portuguese doctor, sometimes the buyer was a doctor, sometimes the place was bought at auction, sometimes from a relative who didn't want to monkey with it.
All I can say about the SCM "truth" is that if somebody paid a "professional photographer" for those photos, they got a good screwing to begin with.
The truth is out there, but I'm not sure that's it.

 

[Bruce74B]

Still, it is a shame that they are there in that condition for whatever the reason is. I hope someone liberated them!

 

[jlaird]

You know that one day they will get liberated.

 

[tony barnhill]

There are garages everywhere ful of cars that don't want to be 'liberated'....though after a person passes that's usually what happens....some folks collect just for the joy of collecting!