Re: Fw: Unbelievable find in a barn in Portugal....

[Menko <menkoj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I hate to rain on a good thing, but the barn find isn't entirely a true story.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp

BUT the cars do exist and live in that barn.

MJ


On 9/12/07, Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What a find.  Would be able to spend your retirement tinkering with some
> of the more rare car's in the collection.  Whenenver get low on funds,
> just sell one to keep going.  Hopefully ownership papers are somewhere
> to be found ;-).
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:38:23 +0000, "Paul Lennemann" <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>
> said:
> >
> >
> > david orr wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > You got to see these talk about car in barn  Dave O
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Terry H Miller
> > > To: Dave Orr
> > > Cc: Terry & Barb Miller
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:46 PM
> > > Subject: Fw: Unbelievable find in a barn in Portugal....
> > >
> > >
> > >  Found Outlook Express! Don't know how to use it. Working on it.
> > > Subject: Unbelievable find in a barn in Portugal..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > WOW!!! OK car freaks!  Go wild!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >     (17250)
> > >
> > >     You just never know...it's amazing find!!!
> > >
> > >       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 in the barn,
> > >      and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway... so, nobody made an
> > >      offer on the place.
> > >       The NY 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?
> > >       Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm and start wishing you had
> > >       bought the place.  Click on the index for a faster download.
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> > Well, if the guy was wondering what to do with his retirement time......
> >  I hope the story is true.  If I lucked into the same situation upon
> > retirement I'd have to equate it with hitting the lottery
> >
> > Paul L.
> > '63 Sport Fury
> > 440/727
> > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> >
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