great barn find

[tpraceman]

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 concrete barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody
wanted to deal with the strange barn, and it wasn't
> complimentary to the property anyway......so, nobody made an offer on the place.

The New York guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth,
moved in, and set out to deal with the barn....... His curiosity was getting to
him. So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders.......and cut thru the welds and opened the doors of the strange structure.
What was inside...............eek:eek

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm

 

[B O N Y]

Not in New York.... look carefully and you will see where:wink

 

[Edson]

Sorry Guys, this one is a hoax.

[Source: Old Cars Weekly]
And we do mean unbelievable. Of course the whole thing was a net hoax, but some people still want to believe it is true, and so the story continues to circulate. After all, there's a whole gallery of dusty classics sitting in a dark warehouse that's pretty compelling. How could it be a lie?

Old Cars Weekly just tracked down the story behind the story, and the real explanation is almost as good as the hoax. What we are actually seeing in those pictures is the collection of an automobile dealer who over the years has added many vehicles that caught his fancy. He just drove them to the barn and parked them there, presumably waiting until he decided what to do with the lot of them next. About a year ago he sent in a photographer to document the collection, and those pics are the ones circulating the internet, helping to create and sustain this myth. So now you know the truth behind the Great Portugal Barn Find, and you all can stop sending us tips to cover it. Okay?

 

[tpraceman]

Sorry Guys, this one is a hoax.

[Source: Old Cars Weekly]
And we do mean unbelievable. Of course the whole thing was a net hoax, but some people still want to believe it is true, and so the story continues to circulate. After all, there's a whole gallery of dusty classics sitting in a dark warehouse that's pretty compelling. How could it be a lie?

Old Cars Weekly just tracked down the story behind the story, and the real explanation is almost as good as the hoax. What we are actually seeing in those pictures is the collection of an automobile dealer who over the years has added many vehicles that caught his fancy. He just drove them to the barn and parked them there, presumably waiting until he decided what to do with the lot of them next. About a year ago he sent in a photographer to document the collection, and those pics are the ones circulating the internet, helping to create and sustain this myth. So now you know the truth behind the Great Portugal Barn Find, and you all can stop sending us tips to cover it. Okay?

Ok come on.....Print the ledgend its better.......

Remember the end of Who shot liberty Valance Not Jimmy but John shot him but as the editor said ""When the legend becomes fact," the editor says, "print the legend." :eek

Paul Revere was made a hero for his ride in a Longfellow poem, the real hero was Israel Bissell, but we print the ledgend.

So let us gaze and at least revel in the collection anyhow (now in a old dealers barn):lol