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    1. #1
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      Always check the barn.....


      h ow bout this for a surprise

      Always check the barn..................!

      • A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement
        money wisely, so it could last, and decided to buy a home and afew acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for15 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 weldedshut.
        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 New York guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved

        in, and set out to tear into the barn.......curiosity was killing him.


        So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders.......and

        cut thru the welds.


        What was in the barn..............?


        The Barn



        The doors were welded shut, but an angle grinder took care of that.




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        Bloody WICKED


        VALUED AT $35 MILLION
        DOLLARS.
        THIS IS A TRUE STORY THE MAN AND HIS WIFE HAD FULL CLAIM
        TO THE LOT


        THEY HAD A GREAT RETIREMENT









    2. #2
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      pics aren't coming up, but cool stroy..that lucky *******!

    3. #3
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      This is old news and a myth.
      Matt


      Current project: " Chain Reaction "

      A.K.A. " BIG " by wife, biatch in garage.

      1969 RS Camaro L92 T56 Quadra-link, CW sub, Ford 9" a progressive build.

      Ex track car: 1995 Camaro LS1 T56

    4. #4
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    5. #5
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      Old story? Absolutely.
      True storyline? Not likely.
      Legitimate "cars in barn"? heck yeah.
      pictures are everywhere for this. here's some: http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/index.htm
      69 RS
      LS7, T56 and other cool stuff
      Back on track in late 2020!
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    6. #6
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      Patterson, NY
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      I heard a similar, but different story from a coworker. He knew someone that bought a government property, and when he looked in one of the buildings he found some wartime Harley Davidsons. He contacted the government to see if they wanted them (and probably to make sure he wouldn't get in trouble for having them) and was told that he bought everything that was on the property.
      He gave one of the cycles to a Harley Museum.

      (No pics or verification, but I liked the story.)
      Jason Scheer

    7. #7
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      Greg Fast
      (yes, the last name is spelled correctly)

      1970 Camaro RS Clone
      1984 el Camino
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      (Soon to be an SCCA H/Prod limited prep)

    8. #8
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      Way to bring the tech.
      True T.

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    9. #9
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      I found cow dung in my barn.

      Life is Better Spent in the Garage
      Laine O

      72 Camaro, 468, TH400, 3:42 = FUN!
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    10. #10
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      Quote Originally Posted by Chevrolaine View Post
      I found cow dung in my barn.
      You, too?! Damn, I thought I was the only one.
      1966 Pontiac Catalina Ventura
      389/TH400, Wide-Track Darksider
      Bars, springs, disc brakes, etc.

      1962 Falcon 2-dr
      "just getting started"

    11. #11
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      The only antique in our barn was grandpa.

    12. #12
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      Feb 2008
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      i dont believe the part about they wanted to tear it down thats a bad ass barn no man in his right mind would tear something with that much car storing ability down




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