'Barn find'

SpitfireIV

I'm just wondering as I seem to be seeing this phrase popping up more often on DD (or maybe its just because I'm spending more time in recent months looking through the 'classic & vintage cars'). But what is a 'barn find'?! I didnt think we had many 'barns' over here, surely 'shed find' :P would be more apt?

It conjours the image of an abondoned old house out on the prairie, with a big old timber barn at the rear, in which, sleeping under 30+ years of dust and a big heavy tarp is a sleeping beauty!


Seriously though, whats with all these barn finds. Should read 'had this hape of junk rusting away in the back of the cattle shed' lol.

sogood

CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »

I'm just wondering as I seem to be seeing this phrase popping up more often on DD (or maybe its just because I'm spending more time in recent months looking through the 'classic & vintage cars'). But what is a 'barn find'?! I didnt think we had many 'barns' over here, surely 'shed find' :P would be more apt?

It conjours the image of an abondoned old house out on the prairie, with a big old timber barn at the rear, in which, sleeping under 30+ years of dust and a big heavy tarp is a sleeping beauty!


Seriously though, whats with all these barn finds. Should read 'had this hape of junk rusting away in the back of the cattle shed' lol.

LOL, yes, but paper never refused ink, or electrons in this case. Basically, an abandoned, neglected, forgotten motor, brimming with potential etc. etc. just needs a little TLC and a ton of money!

aujopimur

It's just a sexy name for shid.

swarlb

aujopimur wrote: »

It's just a sexy name for shid.

Maybe, but every now and again, you find a gem.

kev1.3s

swarlb wrote: »

Maybe, but every now and again, you find a gem.

Aruelia which is now painted white?

kev1.3s

But it's just a fashionable word designed to extract more out of people for projects IMO.

gobnaitolunacy

More chance of a genuine 'barn find' (sic.) in the uk.

Here we tended to store cars outdoors and drove them until they fell apart, both figuratively and literally.

w124man

I found this .....

rugbyman

w124man wrote: »

I found this .....

Oh, ,..nice find w124 man..nice restoration project,

Scortho

Speaking of barn finds; this popped up on the icci earlier on today.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131210/CARNEWS01/131219988

w124man

rugbyman wrote: »

Oh, ,..nice find w124 man..nice restoration project,

Yeah it doesn't have tax or an NCT though ......