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Rare Barn Find
« on: December 07, 2014, 03:51:52 AM »
Wow! Just imagine stumbling across this treasure-trove in a barn somewhere in the outback.

I'd be like a kid in a candy shop. :cup:

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/25703701/rare-car-collection-worth-millions-found-in-barn/

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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2014, 05:11:51 AM »
Out in the bush all over Australia there would be lots of sheds with toys in them .  Might not be as big or as valuable but toys never the less . l know is a few cashes of stuff that still should be persevered , sadly they are in some cases rusting away . The Old Mate that cant bear to part with them so they sit waiting for the garage sale after he passes  :cheers:
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2014, 05:26:38 AM »
Quote from: speewa158 on December 07, 2014, 05:11:51 AM
......The Old Mate that cant bear to part with them so they sit waiting for the garage sale after he passes  :cheers:

Sad, but true.
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2014, 09:05:44 AM »
Apparently there is a GTHO sitting in a paddock out West Wyalong way and the owner tells anyone who enquires about it to P off.
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2014, 09:10:24 AM »
Reckon you'd died and gone to heaven if you found this lot .http://www.ausmotive.com/2009/02/19/ford-gt-stash-uncovered-in-south-africa.html
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2014, 10:30:01 AM »
lt would really blow your mind if you knew what was out there  . Some years ago in St Kilda Melbourne a deceased estate asked a handyman to clean out the garage of broken furniture & old mattresses  . Take it all to the tip was the orders . Some hour5s later he returned to enquire about the car , was that to go too  ??? ???  An early 1900 Rolls Royce still on blocks as it had been left many years ago .
l personably had to open a garage that had a mid 60s Rambler  V8 under a blanket in mint condition . A splash of fresh fuel & a jump start & away it went & is still running today . lts out there as long as you can find out there .     :cup: :cheers:
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2014, 12:40:24 PM »
My FIL's shed looks similar to the one in the pic but bigger. It has a few FJ Holden sedans utes and PV's, FX, FC, FB, EK, EJ, EH. HR and S series Valiant. Al, were drivable when parked in the shed over the last 30 odd years.
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2014, 01:14:59 PM »
FIL with a shed full of cars makes The Wife a Keepe :cheers:r  ???
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2014, 01:39:26 PM »
Quote from: muzza01 on December 07, 2014, 12:40:24 PM
My FIL's shed looks similar to the one in the pic but bigger. It has a few FJ Holden sedans utes and PV's, FX, FC, FB, EK, EJ, EH. HR and S series Valiant. Al, were drivable when parked in the shed over the last 30 odd years.

There's your retirement fund Muzza.  ;D
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2014, 08:15:54 PM »
Does she have a sister  ;D
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2014, 08:36:46 PM »
Quote from: 58fc chev on December 08, 2014, 08:15:54 PM
Does she have a sister  ;D

....if so, send pic of FIL's shed contents.... ;D
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2014, 08:48:55 PM »
Quote from: GeoffA on December 08, 2014, 08:36:46 PM
....if so, send pic of FIL's shed contents.... ;D

and address  ;D
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2014, 10:49:51 AM »
Yous can have the lot but you have to take the mother in law as well. ;D
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2014, 11:08:47 AM »
Quote from: raider on December 07, 2014, 09:05:44 AM
Apparently there is a GTHO sitting in a paddock out West Wyalong way and the owner tells anyone who enquires about it to P off.

There's four little LJ/LC's sitting in long grass in Brisbane around the corner from where I used to live. A pair of four door cars and a pair of two door cars. The owner won't part with them, going to do them up. 10 years ago they were salvageable, now are nothing but scrap.
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2014, 11:16:24 AM »
Quote from: Footy Shorts Shane on December 09, 2014, 11:08:47 AM
There's four little LJ/LC's sitting in long grass in Brisbane around the corner from where I used to live. A pair of four door cars and a pair of two door cars. The owner won't part with them, going to do them up. 10 years ago they were salvageable, now are nothing but scrap.

Sad that people just do that. stupid on his part, like you say, now worth nothing
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2014, 11:19:53 AM »
Quote from: Footy Shorts Shane on December 09, 2014, 11:08:47 AM
There's four little LJ/LC's sitting in long grass in Brisbane around the corner from where I used to live. A pair of four door cars and a pair of two door cars. The owner won't part with them, going to do them up. 10 years ago they were salvageable, now are nothing but scrap.
Yeah , I was talking to the FIL's mate who lives in Eskdale ( Vic ) . He has a family farm and they had a bit of a gully just behind their house. Anyway over the years any car that stopped running or was made redundant went into the gully and they eventually covered it over. He was talking old Dodge utes and even a gearstick Harley or two. I often wonder whether they would be totally gone or good for parts especially if windows were up.   
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2014, 11:25:09 AM »
Quote from: oldmate on December 09, 2014, 11:16:24 AM
Sad that people just do that. stupid on his part, like you say, now worth nothing

It is sad. A few weeks ago I looked at a 52 Hudson that an old fella was selling. Had purchased it 35 years ago and it's sat in an old shed since. When I heard about, obviously I was real keen. When I saw it, it was stuffed. He had covered it in old blankets, it sweated and is now stuffed.

(In saying that, I have an EH sitting at home quietly rusting away.  >:(  )
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2014, 11:28:19 AM »
Quote from: raider on December 09, 2014, 11:19:53 AM
I often wonder whether they would be totally gone or good for parts especially if windows were up.


Nope.

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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2014, 11:50:34 AM »

Quote from: Footy Shorts Shane on December 09, 2014, 11:25:09 AM
It is sad. A few weeks ago I looked at a 52 Hudson that an old fella was selling. Had purchased it 35 years ago and it's sat in an old shed since. When I heard about, obviously I was real keen. When I saw it, it was stuffed. He had covered it in old blankets, it sweated and is now stuffed.

(In saying that, I have an EH sitting at home quietly rusting away.  >:(  )

Come on mate. Don't be another statistic. Get cracking and bring the old girl back to life.
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2014, 11:56:45 AM »
Quote from: oldmate on December 09, 2014, 11:50:34 AM
Come on mate. Don't be another statistic. Get cracking and bring the old girl back to life.

It's in line to be done. Got another old car on the go at the moment.

Shane
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2014, 03:49:25 PM »
Quote from: muzza01 on December 09, 2014, 10:49:51 AM
Yous can have the lot but you have to take the mother in law as well. ;D

"Ouch" There goes your Christmas shares Muzza.  ;D
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2014, 08:28:45 AM »
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2014, 11:59:28 AM »
Yep that went reallllllly Well . We could replace the car with a Jeep . Solve two problems
1 At least we got rid of another Jeep left to Rust in Peace
2 Maybe the oil dripping out of it will be contained in the hole
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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2014, 12:07:51 PM »

Quote from: Footy Shorts Shane on December 09, 2014, 11:56:45 AM
It's in line to be done. Got another old car on the go at the moment.

Shane

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Re: Rare Barn Find
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2014, 12:13:30 PM »
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