Speechless!!

[evdok]

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 barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was inthe 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 about to tear in to 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...............?

 

[evdok]

more,

 

[verytalldave]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

 

[Venomous]

Linkage please

Beat me to it..

 

[evdok]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

Poo!

Cheers.

 

[Venomous]

Here's the listing of what was found.

 

[SilverSaloon]

been posted here before, several times.

always good to see though!! lucky git!

 

[azaman]

Very old story, I'm sure its been posted in here before...

 

[Mudster]

Cut and pasted from www.autoblog.com

We receive a lot of tips here at Autoblog. Some implore us to check out camera shots of an Audi R8 spotted in Santa Monica, others relay breaking news in the industry, and still more are just personal rants about the state of all things four-wheeled. And then there are the tips we get about the Great Portuguese Barn Find.

Hundreds of tips about this amazing discovery have been pouring in for months. They all have in common the story of a New Yorker's retirement gift to himself – a house on a few acres in Portugal. The house he found had been vacant for 15 years, the owners having passed away leaving no heirs. The property was being sold to pay back taxes owed, and besides the house, there was also a large metal barn on the land with its doors welded shut. Nobody took the time to see what was inside, so the property was sold as is. When the new owner and his wife arrived, they got to work opening up the barn and found - the barn find of the millennium. Inside the structure sat around 200 dusty classic cars. What an unbelievable bit of luck for the new owner!

Follow the jump for the real story.

[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?

 

[tromppost]

who has the keys?