History Looking for cars in barns stories!

Hey there hot rodders!

I am on the hunt for cars in barns/fields/garages stories for a book i'm putting together.
Old Hot rods, stockers, grandma's car, muscle cars..the sky is the limit! To start you all off, here is one of my stories.

A few years ago, I was driving down a road in northern Nevada (don't ask me why) looking for the address of a friend. This was before I was aware of Mapquest and Google text, so I was pretty much screwed. Down one of the many deadends I hit on those dusty, bumpy roads, I noticed an old house with a big gray barn/shed thing next to it that was nearly as big as the house. One of the doors was open to that barn about half way, and in it I cought a flash of old chrome in a familiar shape. Naturally, my caraholic instincts kick in, and I hit the brakes and pull over to investigate.
As I walk up the dirt driveway that was at least 50 feet long, the adrenaline of the chase kicks in of what I think it may be. I get to the door, and slowly creak it open, revealing a stunning, completely original (from the outside) 1941 Ford Standard Coupe. It had boxes and old lawn mowers and suitcases all around it, and the license plate indicates that it was last registered in 1964. As I walk on my toes trying to get around the side to look into the thing, I hear, "Is that you Ed?" At this point, I freak out due to the fact that the part of town I was in seemed to have gun racks in the windows of every single pickup. I stand up straight and say "oh, sorry I was just driving by and couldn't help noticing your beautiful old Ford!" The old woman that had confronted me was easily in her 90's. With a big smile, she proceeded to tell me that this was her husbands car, the one he bought new in '41, loved it, and put a few thousand miles on it before he was drafted. When he did come back, he had 'caught a wierd bug at sea' as the old lady put it. In the mid 1950's, he decided to pull out the original flathead V8,(which was lying on a crate about ten feet away from the car), and install what he called an elephant motor. She had no idea why he called it that. When she said that, I nearly fainted. I asked politely if I could open the hood, and she said go right ahead. Staring back at me was a 1953 Chrysler 331ci Hemi with 4 Stromberg 97's. Just sitting there. Apparently his brother had bought a new Chrysler in '53 outright, and proceeded to crash it 3 months later. He parted out the car, and the man managed to score the 3,000 mile hemi. After putting about 51,000 miles on the old Ford causing hell and going through 20 or so '41 3-speeds, unfortunately the man died in '64 of a real bug aquired when he was at sea, that had been eating at him. So there the car sat until 2005. Amazingly, I was the first to ask about the old car in the 40 years the woman had been living there alone. She asked why I liked the black-laquer hunk of metal so much, and I told her I had quite a passion for old hot rods. There is nothing like the designs of the early to mid 1900's. She asked me how much money I had in my pocket. Oh crap. Is this is where she robs me? With shaking hands, I reach into my back pocket and pull out $13. She says "give me those bills, and the car is yours. I'm tired of it sitting here." After I had three heart attacks and picked my jaw up off the floor, I drove back to Utah, completely forgot to tell my friend I was't coming, got a u-haul and a truck, and picked up the car a day later.

Show me what you got!

 

...........wheres the pics?

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170994

Here is my story if you want to look.

 

Check at Barnes & Noble! There's two books in the Automotive section, I think one is titled something like "Cobra in The Barn" with an "automotive archaeology"-ish subtitle! Make sure you dont duplicate any stories without permission.

 

Here's my sad story: In the Fall of 1968 I bought a new '69 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 4 speed. In Jan 1969 I got drafted so I sold the car. When I got back from Vietnam someone told me that it had been totaled so I never looked for it. Fast forward 40 yrs: I was eating lunch at the old country store up next to the farm and the waitress recognized me and struck up a conversation. She said that my old car was the first straight shift she had ever driven and it belonged to her Cousin. The car had been wrecked but was still sitting out in a field up on the mountain. Took me a couple weeks but I finally tracked it down. It's sort of like meeting your old High School sweetheart after 40 yrs. ain't nothing like you remember. The guy that has it now won't sell it. He's "gonna restore it one of these days" thinks it's worth a fortune. Breaks my heart to see it rust into the ground but guess worse things will happen....

 

"The Cobra in the Barn" and "The Hemi in the Barn" Both cool books.........

 

The family and I were out for a Sunday drive trying to get lost. It was great weather and we just wanted to get out of the house. So we find ourselves on the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com</st1:Street><st1:address w:st="on">Pulaski Highway</st1:address> in between <st1:City w:st="on"><ST1Columbia</ST1</st1:City> and Pulaski. We pass an old boarded up building on the corner that looked like it had been a shop and gas station at some point. When right after it about 50 yards from the road side I see a light blue fender sticking out of the woods. I look at my wife and her face is lit up and she says before I can "Turn around we have to check that out" On our walk back to the woods what from the road looked like a small group of trees was actually a Ford Gerstenslager. It was the book mobile for <ST1<st1:City w:st="on">Athens</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">TN.</st1:State></ST1 All the lettering was oxidized and you could still read it all. Well we made it back to the woods and what we thought was 1 car turned out to be 4 more. 1 <st1:City w:st="on">Plymouth </st1:City><st1:State w:st="on"><ST1Savoy</ST1</st1:State>, a belvedere, Buick roadmaster and a 65 Pontiac Bonneville convertible. In the over growth on the other side of the tree line was a row of hotel rooms. Some of the rooms had been filled with trash but others was like someone just shut the door 2 years ago and walked away. Some rooms we still set up like the were ready for business, well other then the paint peeling of the walls, roof falling in and other weathering. After some more research and a lot of pictures (Wife is a photographer) turns out the motel was a segregated motel from the 50's. Got a hold of the current owner and he didn't want to come off the cars. Went back last summer and the cars are all gone and more rooms kicked in and filled with trash.

 

http://www.carsinbarns.com/

Look here for cars in barns................lots of them

 

Very cool so far guys...keep them coming!
Also. When I got into the glove box of the '41 with the HEMI I found old time slips from Pomona and The Bonneville Salt Flats, along with the original title. Awesome!

 

Come on show some pics of that great find.

 

stop at a guys house on rt 64 to look under a tarp. there was a coupe with the top cut off sitting on a home made frame and a 302. the guy came out with some pictures of other cars he owned and came across a 5 window coupe. i asked if he still had it. he did it was in the barn. so 3 weeks later i sold my Chevy ii convertible and bought both of the cars for $4000. i have sold the cut up one and used the motor and frame for another build. i still have the 5 window plans for that one will be next year. its been about 10 years since i have bought them..

 

I've had several barn finds over the years. My first barn find: In high school, I was working on my brother-in-laws ranch, and found a 46 ford out setting in the field were they kept all the old junk farm equipment. I asked the brother-in-law about it and he told me it had quit on them one day on the way to town a few years back so they towed it home and parked it. Never had time to tinker with it. Then he told me if I was interested in it to ask his dad. I did. He told me that if I could get it running I could have it and he showed me a room full of flathead V8 parts that I could raid in order to work on it. Three hours later I drove it around to the ranch house and he gave me the title. 46 Ford 4 door sedan with Mercury flathead V8, and a four on the floor. Unfortunately the four speed was a truck tranny, which went with the 3/4 ton truck rearend they had stuck under the car. I changed the 3/4 ton rearend for a half ton. Couldn't go back to a car rearend because they'd changed it over to regular leaf springs in the rear. It wasn't a real fast car, but it could climb hills in granny gear almost like jeep.

My last barn find was a few months ago. My neighbor has had a 49 Ford F1 setting in his back yard since 1978. It once had a FE engine in it. When I found out about it I traded two old Subarus and two minivans (all needing work) for it. He thinks I got the worse end of the deal. My wife is happy because I got rid of four junkers. He's happy because he can make two running vehicles from the four junkers and I'm happy because I've got a 49 Ford pickup. Seems like a win-win-win situation to me. Although the engine and tranny are gone, it does still have the cheater slicks on the back from it's drag racing days. AND, my wife's brother was given a 48 ford 1 1/2 ton farm truck last year. He wants the frame and hoist and said I can have the rest of it. It's got a running flathead V8, tranny, radiator and wiring harness in pretty good condition. In fact, it's got just about everything I'd need to put the 49 back to an almost original condition and so far, no money out of pocket. I just can't decide if I want to go with the flathead or try to trade that for a 390.

I could go on and on, and most of you would probably freak if you knew what I let go for cheap because I didn't know what I had.....

 

Click the link in my sig for the story and pics of my "shed find" Essex.

 

Go to my alblum and the first 8 pictures were taken two days ago from the street in Portland Ore. , they are still out there. None of these are mine yet.

 

I found this old hot rod in a barn...

 

Hi, I&#8217;ve got two for you. A 58 Corvette and a 55 Thunderbird. Neither car is mine but I was heavily involved in the restoration of the first one and am now deep into the second one. The first one is a 58 Vette that had a very interesting history before my friend ever found it. It was bought new by an engineer, whose company built airports and bases for the military all over the world.
He took the car with him when he was based in the middle east, mostly Iran. He kept it over there till 1983 when he retired and moved back to Chicago. The poor guy died a couple of years later and his widow sold it to a guy that promptly disassembled it, down to the last nut and bolt. Overwhelmed with the project, it sat like that till 1997 when he decided to sell it as is. That&#8217;s when I stumbled across the ad and my buddy bought it and drug it home in pieces. We worked on that basket case for several years and it was finally done last spring. I&#8217;m not into all that judging and stuff the Vette guys do, but anyway the car has gotten 'Topflight' awards all three times he has had it judged, so we&#8217;re both real pleased with the way it turned out.





Yeah, that's the same car...
The whole story here on the C-1Registry-
http://www.c1registry.com/index.php?job=ShowWeblogs&wl_id=16&uid=5072



The Thunderbird does have as much history but is interesting because it was a car we both had heard about numerous times over the years but never checked out.
A fellow co-worker we&#8217;ve known over 20 years, who&#8217;s not into cars, had claimed his mother drove a T-bird to school, way back when. He came to work one day saying his folks were cleaning out one of their sheds on the farm and all the old cars had to go. Both the 32 Ford 5 window, and the 55 T-bird. We were speechless. Never dreamed THAT was what the cars were. Anyway, the coupe was already spoken for, but the Bird was still there. They had been setting in that dirt floored shed for years. The coupe since 58 and the Bird since 64. Since the coupe sat up higher it didn&#8217;t fare too bad from the dampness, but the poor ole Bird was a mess because it sank into the dirt. We have just barely got started on it, but it needs lots of attention from the door handles down, whew!

 

shouldabeenhotrods, ford with a hemi, come on, you cant say that on here without showing pics. lol. pleazzzzzzze. great stories, cheers.

 

How 'bout cars in barns "Destroyed by Fire!!??

40+ Year Collection of Cars/Parts Destroyed in Fire​

by Bill Wonder - Cruisin' News Magazine​

John Bergan of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<st1:City w:st="on">Ithaca</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Nebraska</st1:State></st1lace> is an old car enthusiast, plain and simple, having acquired a fine collection of machines and parts over the past 40 years or so. Many while he was still in high school. Like many of us, he collected the things he liked, or things that he recognized as ‘unique’. . .things that had the potential to be rare and valuable someday.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
Like many of us, John knew he would probably never have the time to get to all of his projects, but unlike most of us, he had the foresight to pick up this stuff and stow it away over the years. And enjoy it in his own way, and at his own pace.
<o>Then, on a cold Winter’s night (December 15 to be precise) a series of events would ultimately end in the loss of John’s collection. . .a collection that represented a passion that took a lifetime to put together, and just a few short hours to turn into twisted and crushed hunks of steel.<o></o>
The two-story building housing John’s “stuff” was not only filled with the vehicles he loved, but a myriad of tasty other parts and collectibles he’d gathered together over the years. This included beverage and petroleum signs and other memorabilia, not to mention piles of used original and NOS sheetmetal, engines, trans-missions, rear ends and more.<o></o>
The chain of events began when John was using a torch on the runningboards of a ‘00 Ford Crew Cab (of all things) pickup that was in the shop, igniting some plastic. He was able to get that truck out of the building, but in restrospect, feels some sparks or flaming molten
plastic must have found its way into some obscure corner of the building. . .smoldering and rekindling into the destructive fire. According to Fire Chief Josh Price, the first call came in around 6:45 that evening.<o></o>
John and a friend gave a sigh of relief after the firemen left, but remained at the shop for the next few hours, and everything appeared to be just fine when they headed for home. The fire department was recalled to the scene shortly after 12:30 a.m. to find the building totally engulfed in flames, and fought the fire and elements in sub-zero temperatures until nearly 3:30 a.m.<o></o>
John looked on in horror as the firemen became ice covered while brightly glowing embers and billowing smoke filled the cold, night sky. The loud snaps and crackles of the wood burning was only interrupted by the deafening crashes as the building’s floors could be heard collapsing from within. This was followed by the “pop” of bursting tires and exploding glass shattering on the main floor followed by the guttural moans and groans of once beautiful Detroit iron being twisted and resculptured into barely recognizeable shapes from the flames and intense heat.<o></o>
On the second floor, were stacks of nice original sheetmetal, including doors, fenders, grilles, bumpers, frames, chassis and suspension parts and more. . .parts that ultimately collapsed on top of the vintage vehicles stored below. Vehicles parked outside next to the building were also destroyed or badly damaged by the blaze.<o></o>
Although no one was injured, the list of items destroyed forever is pretty daunting, and irreplaceable in today’s market.<o></o>
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· First, the apparent ‘fire starter’. . .the 2000 Ford Crew Cab pickup parked outside the door didn’t survive the fire the second time.<o></o>
· Shop tools and equipment, along with a personal collection of Coke and gas station memorabilia items.<o></o>
· Stacks of original fenders, doors (some NOS) grilles, bumpers and more.<o></o>
· Vintage Flathead engines and smallblock Chevrolet and Ford engines. . .many with vintage speed equipment and aluminum dress-up items.<o></o>
· Numerous transmissions and rear ends including several rare, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Columbia</st1lace></st1:City> 2-speeds and quick change rear axles.<o></o>
· Various frames, front axles, brakes and other suspension components, including two original ’32 frames.<o></o>
· AND this list of vehicles, which is sure to make all of us feel John’s loss: ’32 Ford Tudor Sedan; ’32 Ford Pickup Cab; ’33 Ford 5-window Coupe; ’34 Ford 5-window Coupe; ’34 Ford Cabriolet Roadster; ’34 Ford 3-window Coupe; ’35 Ford 5-window Coupe; ’36 Ford 5-window Coupe; ’37 Ford 5-window Coupe (vintage stock car); ’37 Ford 5-window Coupe; ’37 Ford Tudor Sedan; ’39 Ford Standard Tudor; ’39 Ford Tudor Sedan; ’39 Dodge COE Truck (w/NOS front fenders); ’40 Ford Coupe body; (2) ’49 Ford Convertibles (one an old custom w/unique body mods); ’49 Ford 2 dr. Sedan; ’51 Ford Victoria Hardtop; ’53 M38A1 Jeep; ’56 Chevrolet Big Window Pickup; ’57 Chevrolet Panel Delivery Truck; ’57 Chevrolet 210 2 dr. Sedan; and a ’57 Chevrolet 4 dr. Belair Sedan.<o></o>
Keep in mind that many of these were running, driving, finished rides, while others were old rods with clean original bodies in need of rebuilding, or projects in various stages of completion!!<o></o>
John says he has rummaged through the mess, and anything that looked as though it could be saved or reused has been placed inside a semi trailer. He plans on having an auction the weekend of April 18, which is also the weekend of the Wahoo Swap Meet.<o></o>
Sadly, much of this stuff could never be replaced and is, without doubt, a lot harder to find these days then it was over the past 40 years. To replace such a collection would take yet another lifetime, but the memories associated with what has been lost here would never be the same today!!<o></o>
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Here's a few more shots from Ithaca. . .

 

Yup, and the opther one's "The Hemi inThe Barn", by Tom Cotter, great books.

 

olskool31coupe, that may be the most saddening thing I have ever seen/heard! All that metal..god. Makes me scared for my own cars!
Pics of the '41 are coming all! I'm proud to say she's running like she was in the '60s.
Keep the stories coming...if you want to be in the book, send me as much detail as you can as well as some pictures to shouldabeenhotrods@gmail.com

 

An Automotive Monument<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>​

Thanks for the Memories. . .<o></o>​

<o> by Bill Wonder - Cruisin' News Magazine</o>​

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Several years ago, I stopped by an old salvage yard in the heart of a large city. This yard had been closed since the early ‘60s, and no car within it’s confines was newer than ’59 or ’60. Cars were piled several vehicles high all around, forming a wall within a wall of now rusted and bent corrugated steel which made up the yard’s original fencing. It encompassed roughly one square city block in size.<o></o>
As stated, this was in the early to mid-eighties when I visited the yard, which I had passed on many occasions, but never ventured in to. The yard was abandoned by some previous owner and had reverted to the city for back taxes. Over the years, it had been surrounded by a city park and playground on the north and a softball complex on the south, standing majestically in the center of the two. A monument of it’s own time and place, and to cars of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s contained within. . .almost as if it was caught in a time warp.<o></o>
Over the years, the corrugated steel fencing had fallen, collapsed and bent in, undoubtedly compromised by others to pilfer what parts they could while going unnoticed once inside. At the time I became curious enough to venture inside, the front gate was also ajar and made gaining entry easy. With civic improvements and environmental regulations what they were even back then, I was amazed the yard had remained into the 1980s!! I also realized that it wouldn’t be long and it would be gone.<o></o>
The day that I and several friends finally decided to check it out, a city crew just happened to be working on the street running to the ballpark. Determined to go inside, we inquired as to the ownership of the cars within and asked if we could take a leisurely stroll through this park of automotive dinosaurs. This was when we learned that it had become city property. Although they undoubtedly had no authority to let us in, they told us we could go inside, inviting us to. . . ”take whatever you want”, but just don’t let anything fall on you”.<o></o>
As we entered the yard, we were amazed at the sheer number of vehicles which one couldn’t begin to realize from the outside of the fence. . .and were to find out later, that nearly 3,500 vehicles rested in this location!!<o></o>
To our right, were between fifteen and twenty ’49-’50 and ’51 Mercury’s all in a row. Both 2 doors and 4 doors, and all relatively complete. By complete, we’re talking glass, chrome, interiors, engines, transmissions and. . .options!! To say the least, we were ecstatic. Countinuing in a little further, we noticed many ’54, ’55, ’56, ’57 and ’58 Chevrolets. Again, 2 doors, 4 doors, wagons and even convertibles. And all, fairly complete. Of course, these were all at eye level.<o></o>
Taking a brief minute to pause and catch our breath, we looked up to find ourselves literally surrounded by stacks of cars four, five and six deep, and were looking at the undercarriages and gas tanks of most. All these were carefully staked in fairly neat and even rows, while others were just thrown in piles. The second row of cars surrounding the entire yard just within the corrugated steel fence, were more stripped out and more crudely thown or tossed about, but apparently made a very good supportive wall for those stacked more carefully inside. To avoid a kink in our necks, we again center our attention more at eye level.<o></o>
We passed rows of big Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, Chryslers, Mercurys, Cadillacs and Lincolns of the ‘50s. There were also a large number of ’54, ’55, ’56, ’57 and ’58 Fords, including not only 2 doors, 4 doors and wagons, but an occasional ’55-’56 Sunliner convertible and ’57-’58 Retractable Skyliners!!<o></o>
Being late in the afternoon of an early Spring day, and with snow still blanketing some of the cars, we decided to come back another day “equipped with some tools” and see what we could “use”!!<o></o>
Unfortunately, as it turned out, it would be more like a couple of months before my friends and I would be able to return to this automotive shrine. To our dismay, when we did return, a salvage company had been contracted and was just setting equipment in motion to begin reducing these vehicles to “shredded sheet”!! It seems the city had, after all these years, finally solicited bids to dispose of the yard and this company had received the contract. Cars were to be unceremoniously picked up by a loader and fed to the now rear, on-site crusher!!<o></o>
The gentlemen working the operation seemed very obliging and allowed us to walk among the now sentenced relics, while they went about their work. . .which they obviously enjoyed very much!! Having shuffled the vehicles a bit, we were able to see many that had been well-hidden during our previous trek. . .a ’57 Ford Country Sedan wagon caught our eye, so we walked over to take a closer look. This wagon was very straight and virtually rust-free. Even the original green paint was presentable, although slightly oxidized. The chrome and stainless glistened in the afternoon sun and we discovered the car was powered by the optional 312 with standard three-speed transmission, and was about as complete and undamaged as you could want to find one.<o></o>
We then turned to see a nice ’54 Mercury Monterey 2 door hardtop. This car was a dark maroon color and was another solid, rust-free example with great chrome, stainless and tinted glass, power steering, power brakes, Ford-O-Matic and new for that year, 161 horsepower V8. . .and no visible damage. A very memorable car, which we seriously thought about trying to buy. We did find out later, that we could have bought most any vehicle in this yard from the salvage company before they reached the crusher for about $100 a pop!!<o></o>
Leaving the Mercury, we crossed the oil-soaked yard which was cluttered with old rims, jack bases, broken glass, bolts, springs, twisted chrome strips and various other pieces of once great automobiles. As we walked, we spotted some other unique vehicles which were indeed, a little worse for wear. These included a very rusty, ’37 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, a well-stripped ’36 Oldsmobile Coupe, a burned-out hulk of a ’49 Ford Coupe, a very weathered ’47 Ford convertible with the shredded top still attached to the bows and blowing in the breeze. We gazed at many, many other s before a nice-looking ’54 Crestline <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Victoria</st1lace></st1:State> caught our attention.<o></o>
Tucked in behind some other vehicles and surrounded by stacks of tires, 55 gallon oil drums, lumber and miscellaneous other items, this car also appeared to be complete, and undamaged, down to the factory hubcaps and wide whites. The front seat was stacked full of hubcaps, and although it was very dusty, the condition appeared to be excellent. Due to the tires, barrels and dust, we couldn’t get the doors open to see the mileage on the odometer, which we were curious about because of the car’s overall condition.<o></o>
Moving some of the items piled in front of the car, we discovered something we felt was very interesting. . .this ’54 Crestline Victoria, oddly enough, had 1954 Iowa license plates still attached to the bumpers, yet apparently had no body damage, rust or parts missing. We couldn’t help but wonder if this car may not have been stolen when fairly new and carefully “stashed” deep within this salvage yard?<o></o>
Still pondering over the story behind the ’54 <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State></st1lace>, we turned to inquire about the sharp little Mercury we had seen just a short time before. . .remember that one? To our horror, we had turned just in time to see the fork lift peeling back the hood of this maroon little gem, ripping the carb from atop the intake and unmercifully piercing the car’s tinted windshield. Then, the lift operator, who was now grinning a rather sinister grin, carefully (and I know that sounds like a contradiction in terms) raised the car to the top of the lift, which swung around and laid it in the open mouth of the hungry crusher.<o></o>
We could bear no more, and left the yard amidst the sounds of crunching metal, shattering glass and visions of waste and destruction that we would not soon forget. . .<o></o>
Unfortunately, I did not get any photos of the finer speciman’s in this yard that have been recalled here, but do have photos taken around the outer perimeter and fence the first time we toured the place. These are not the finest examples contained in this yard, but do show several cars of the ‘50s, including a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Lincoln</st1lace></st1:City> and a Snowshoe White ’55 Sunliner convertible.<o></o>
All we can now do, is regret that we never returned to this automotive monument sooner, with tools in hand, or with a pocket full of “C” notes while the crusher was at work. All we can do now, however, is quote a popular old song of thier day, and say. . .”Thanks for the Memories”!!<o></o>

 

...never heard of one of the early hemis being called an elephant motor....thought that started with the 426

 

yeah,No Pics, No glory.

 

I got this 52 hardtop from my father inlaw who found it in a barn in Missouri. I bought it from him before he passed away from cancer. It had all the accesories on it. Sold most away to customize. It had Rusted floors and other areas, but all there and good around the window areas and everything was intact as is was back in the day. All stock engine numbers and tranny matching. Non molested. Tons of parts in the trunk also. Just my new project now. I have the whole car apart and it is blasted and primered now. Ground up resto.

 

Here is one that just happened on Monday............50 merc convert in garage.
40 merc 4 door convert primo and a 41 merc 4 door sedan.........you cannot even see it in the photo.......all have new homes.........82 year old decided it was time. 51 Victoria may also roll away
I will put up more photos as they are removed. There are 12 cars in front of the garage that will have to be removed before these get to roll.

 

Its lunch time and I am standing in line at the roach coach at work, I order a burger and I then I hear the voice of a guy behind me say &#8220;Hey David, you like old cars, right?&#8221;
It&#8217;s Homer (real name), he works in the next building over. Homer tells me his daughter recently bought a house and the previous owner of the home left an old car in the garage.
Homer tells me it&#8217;s an old Ford. I ask what year? Homer says &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. It&#8217;s black and its old and my daughter wants it out of the garage, want it?&#8221;
Homer offers to show me the car after work, and we end up in the city of El Segundo in a very nice 50&#8217;s style track home community. For all I know I am on my way to look at a Pinto, as Homer stops in front of his daughter&#8217;s new home.
As I look up the driveway I can see the grill of a &#8216;50 Ford shoebox.
It had been moved out of the garage to make room for a pool table that had been delivered the week before. I try to keep my cool aa I step closer, its then I realize it&#8217;s a business coupe. Black California plates with a registration sticker showing the date 1971. Mice got to the interior and it has a 6-cylinder under the hood but it&#8217;s rust free, never been hit and wears the original black paint.
Homer asks if I want it and in a knee-jerk response losing all semblance of cool I say &#8220;YES!&#8221; Homer tells me I can pick it up the next day. I call him the next morning and miraculously overnight Homer has discovered the internet, e-bay and online classifieds.
In the end my free shoebox cost me 2K. but I am smiling.

 

Wow what a nice car, and 2K is cheep!!!

 

I found this old T bird drag car in a garage.

 

This car isnt mine, but I saw it somewhere on the internet, someone found this v-16 Caddy in a barn.