Good one Loren, but the car collection is simply amazing, whether its found
or accumulated.

On 8/28/07, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And now the rest of the story
> http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp
>
> On 8/28/07, Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@uws.edu.au> wrote:
> >
> > Dunno if the story is true, but the find in the barn is worth a look...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve O
> >
> >
> > Apparently a man from New York retired and wanted to use his retirement
> > money wisely. So it would last he decided to invest in a house and a few
> > acres in Portugal. A modest farmhouse that had been left vacant for 15
> > years after the former owner and his wife had died with no heirs.
> >
> > The farmhouse, with industrial size barn and the property was to be sold
> > to pay taxes. While it was for sale there had been several people
> > looking but it had little interest. Mainly because of a large
> > unattractive barn with large steel doors that had been welded shut.
> >
> > It seems nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to open it up to see
> > what was inside the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property
> > anyway......so, there had not been any offers on the place.
> >
> > Regardless the New York guy bought it at just over half of the
> > property's value, he moved in, but .......curiosity was killing him.
> >
> > So, the new owner and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of
> > grinders.......and cut through the welds.
> >
> > What was in the barn...............?
> >
> > Go to;
> >
> > http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds
> >
> > and start wishing you had
> > bought the place.
> >
>

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