barn finds

cantdecide

Any boardsies responsible for some memorable barn finds?

carchaeologist

Heres some that come under that catagory..

Ali Babba

cantdecide wrote: »

Any boardsies responsible for some memorable barn finds?

Most memorable one for me was a Merc 300 SL gullwing out of a hayshed in co. Kerry about 20 years ago, the car was a German registered one owned locally that crashed 10 years previously and towed into the shed and sat there until I found out about it and bought it. I'll see if I can find some photos of it.

carchaeologist

Ali Babba wrote: »

Most memorable one for me was a Merc 300 SL gullwing out of a hayshed in co. Kerry about 20 years ago, the car was a German registered one owned locally that crashed 10 years previously and towed into the shed and sat there until I found out about it and bought it. I'll see if I can find some photos of it.

One of the Leibherr people had one of those to the best of my knowledge, though im not sure if it was in Ireland. Pics would be great.

68deville

I know of an Aston martin DB6 mk1 languishing in a shed in southest,hasnt
moved in years.

kev1.3s

Is that not a db5?

Blue850

Found a Peerless GT like above in a shed when I went to look at an Austin A35 for sale near where I live in Galway about 10 years ago.

68deville

kev1.3s wrote: »

Is that not a db5?

its a DB6 alright,have pics somewhere

Kevin_Herron

68deville wrote: »

its a DB6 alright,have pics somewhere

DB6 in Wexford?
DB5 in Wicklow?

There are Astons tucked away, some of them pointlessly awaiting better times.

carchaeologist

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

DB6 in Wexford?
DB5 in Wicklow?

There are Astons tucked away, some of them pointlessly awaiting better times.

Wasnt there pics of an irish one sticking out of a shed posted here a few years back?

Kevin_Herron

carchaeologist wrote: »

Wasnt there pics of an irish one sticking out of a shed posted here a few years back?

Thats right, NZE 800, DB5 in Wicklow.
A good few Aston Martins were Wicklow residents.

68deville

i will try and root out some pics of the DB6,its in a sorry state as of
last year,somebody has had a go at trying to do some bodywork!

d-don

kkkkkk it may not be vintage but it is a classic..... in my eyes anyways... dis regards some of the after market bumper bonnet etc... returning it to stock.... renault 5 gt turbo !!

gyppo

carchaeologist wrote: »

Heres some that come under that catagory..

Thats like a glimpse of the top of a nice stocking leg.............

bijapos

1962 VW T1 van found in a shed near Frankfurt, all mechanics seized but the body was fine apart from the roof. Did a full resto, replaced the roof with a Samba one. Whilst getting parts I found a 68 Beetle Cabrio, (no glass, no roof or interior) in a scrapyard. It would have been crushed within a day or two. Did a full resto on this.

Went with a friend to his grannys mates house near Heidelberg, it had a 1951 Brezel Beetle there that hadnt been moved or started in over 35 years. We changed the oil and spark plugs, cranked her up and she started first time.

Best find was a 1959 Mercedes 190SL that I found parked on top of a shipping container in a house in Luanda, Angola in 1997. Hadn't been moved since 1975 but it had almost no rust. Shipped it to Germany, too much work for me so I sold it. Mercedes in Stuttgart were very helpful about finding out about the origins of the car as it had no paperwork. They have an office devoted to classics.

Its pretty surprising what Africa has on old classics lying around.

DaveCol

Austin 1300GT that myself and my Dad rescued from a garage after it had been off the road for 27 years

rugbyman

Hey
Bijapos, you get around,

Rugbyman

bijapos

rugbyman wrote: »

Hey
Bijapos, you get around,

Rugbyman

I still do

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Run_to_da_hills

I came across this priceless barn find in Ennis a couple of months ago.

Hermy

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I came across this priceless barn find in Ennis a couple of months ago.

Asplain please?

Anan1

Hermy wrote: »

Asplain please?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056051740

Tomebagel

Anan1 wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056051740

Thanks for asplaining it

mondeo

I know of an 86' sierra xr4 burried under a pile of industrial waterproofing materials at the back of a house around by wicklow gap. It's white with a blue strip around it. Abit of rust here and there but far from rotten. Saw it only a week ago while with a friend collecting an antique fireplace which he bought from the owner of the Sierra. He said he had the car since 1988' but it has not been driven since 97' because of the jump in rd tax as she is a
2.9L! Pitty as it's an epic looking thing aching to get back on the road..

3nero

My barn find (kinda*)

From this.....



To this.....








* I left it there in the first place :pac:

RossDonegan

mondeo wrote: »

I know of an 86' sierra xr4 burried under a pile of industrial waterproofing materials at the back of a house around by wicklow gap. It's white with a blue strip around it. Abit of rust here and there but far from rotten. Saw it only a week ago while with a friend collecting an antique fireplace which he bought from the owner of the Sierra. He said he had the car since 1988' but it has not been driven since 97' because of the jump in rd tax as she is a
2.9L! Pitty as it's an epic looking thing aching to get back on the road..

Is it for sale, can you find out ? Would be interested if its not too rotten. Would be restored not scrapped.

shineon23

3nero wrote: »

My barn find (kinda*)

From this.....



To this.....








* I left it there in the first place :pac:

is that a dharma initiative logo on the front? looks like a great ol van!

3nero

shineon23 wrote: »

is that a dharma initiative logo on the front? looks like a great ol van!

Yes

I made it and stuck it on there as an "in joke". all the vans on the island had one. it was cheaper than buying a proper VW badge :P

I was totally expecting it to get nicked but 2 years later and it's still on there :rolleyes:

stoneruile

shineon23 wrote: »

is that a dharma initiative logo on the front? looks like a great ol van!

I saw that at a garage in bray last week and was wondering if it was a dharma initiative logo.

Nice van!

carchaeologist

shineon23 wrote: »

is that a dharma initiative logo

Quirky, but cool!

3nero

stoneruile wrote: »

I saw that at a garage in bray last week and was wondering if it was a dharma initiative logo.

Nice van!

Finally!!.......evidence that my van has a life of it's own...I always suspected it was getting up to no good when i wasn't looking...and what's even more surprising is, i took the engine out 2 weeks ago and haven't put it back in yet :eek::D

stoneruile

might have been longer than last week but i definitely remember seeing it. Do you be around bray at all?

3nero

stoneruile wrote: »

might have been longer than last week but i definitely remember seeing it. Do you be around bray at all?

Sometimes i'm around Bray but most of the time i try to avoid it

Kevin_Herron

This isnt a barn find in the true sense, but I went to look at this 8 or 9 years ago when I was chasing Mk2 Jaguars. It hadnt seen the light of day for 25+ years. Although it was only a 2.4 it came with a spare 3.8 engine.
I didnt buy it, it wasnt worth the asking price but it was super straight, totally original and had very little rust.

Ali Babba

The base models were horrible though, plastic seats instead of leather, real poverty spec compared to the 3.8 or 3.4 even.

Kevin_Herron

Ah I found them charming enough. There wouldnt have been a whole bunch of difference, they all had leather until late '66 when they went to Ambla it became an optional extra on the 240 and 340.

PaulK_CCI

Ali Babba wrote: »

The base models were horrible though, plastic seats instead of leather, real poverty spec compared to the 3.8 or 3.4 even.

??? Not sure where you base that on, because all the 240's I have seen had almost the exact same interior as the 3.4 and 3.8: walnut dash, leather seats, carpets etc etc... It was only the engine which in my mind made it a less desireable car, because the heavy cars felts quite underpowered with the 2.4 lump, but flipside was that it was as tough as boots!

sid131

great storage containers those yokes lol!

68deville

i know where a white/cream Merc 280 sl pagoda auto has been sitting up
since 2000! last time taxed anyway,nearly certain an old irish reg but
cant be 100% ,had been vandalised also but nothing too serious...no pic
im afraid

choo choo man

68deville wrote: »

i know where a white/cream Merc 280 sl pagoda auto has been sitting up
since 2000! last time taxed anyway,nearly certain an old irish reg but
cant be 100% ,had been vandalised also but nothing too serious...no pic
im afraid

Is it for sale ?

68deville

Not a hope,i asked at the time and he maintained he is going to restore it soon!!!!;),he is into Mercs and has a couple more convertibles stashed
away

MercMad

I posted this before, but this Irish reg's 1970 Rover P5b was in a garage since 1978, one owner car.




I made a half hearted bid as I needed the money for something else and I didn't think the owner was that pushed about selling it........next thing I know its sold and gone and repainted !

Big Nasty

Great thread!;)

68deville

I have a 1972 Rover P5b saloon that could be called a barn find! one owner from new and only done 26000mls!have it ten years now
and previous owner always had it garaged,although car was in Ireland
its not an irish reg which is a pity,will put up some pics later.

68deville

some pics of the P5B

kev1.3s

Nice!

Hermy

68deville wrote: »

some pics of the P5B

Absolutely gorgeous!

68deville

a few pics of that DB6

kev1.3s

Wow how can someone do that to such a wonderful car!

John12345678

have you any idea if that is still there in the same condition?

68deville wrote: »

a few pics of that DB6

w124man

John12345678 wrote: »

have you any idea if that is still there in the same condition?

After 5 years???

John12345678

yes

w124man wrote: »

After 5 years???