Cars in Barns - The Abandoned Car Thread

Ive always been fascinated by abandoned, forgotten about cars and the stories behind them.

here's a story of a New Yorker's retirement present to himself.

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/

Forgotten about classic Skylines at a disused Gas Station - Japan

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/11/20/car-life-gt-gt-abandoned-skylines.aspx

Datzun 240Z in Japan

http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/anythinggoes/archive/2009/11/17/abandoned-cars-in-japan.aspx

Huge archive of American Muscle

http://www.carsinbarns.com/

griffo20022 wrote:

http://index.hu/gal/?dir=totalcar/blogok/belsoseg/2009/07/cosworth/

OMG! huge post griffo, whats the story behind them?

Japanese Finds - some rare jap cars, and alot of european cars too.

each icon will list a number of finds so click each one

http://www.medianetjapan.com/2/20/entertainment/hibiscus/haisyalist.htm

and is that a convertible prelude in the first post?

halfway down check out the EXTREME wing on the white crown

http://www.medianetjapan.com/2/20/entertainment/hibiscus/haisyalist027.htm

Pass on the story I'm not sure, just remember seeing it on a site AGES ago. Don't get me wrong I'm no hardcore blue oval fan but man its ashame!

me neither, but a cosworth is a cosworth! shame

Dubai Mondial

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5749936/the-forgotten-ferrari-mondial-of-dubai/gallery/

cars left to rot under canadian overpass

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5765054/old-cars-left-to-rot-under-canadian-overpass

Mazda Cosmo Graveyard

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5748888/photographer-finds-ten-rare-cars-rotting-in-japanese-countryside

Brand New 26yo Buick GNX

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5712437/how-a-brand+new-buick-gnx-still-sits-in-a-dealer-showroom

it makes me sad, like really oissed off sad!

how could you own these.....and resist driving them

Ford RS200 and not one........but two Brand New E30 M3's

http://jalopnik.com/#!5493601/best-barn-find-ever-two-brand+new-bmw-e30-m3s-and-a-fast-ford

turns out the same guy that found the RS200 and pair of delivery millage m3's also discovered this

a Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II

possibly

http://jalopnik.com/#!5494511/best-barn-find-ever-gets-better-mercedes-190-e-25+16-evolution-ii

"Hi Guys thanks for all the really nice comments!!!

A few people have asked how did i come to own the cars? well like life its self we all need a bit of luck from time to time!! i was in a hospitality suite at the Silverstone GP last year and got talking to a chap there about cars i mentioned that i collect cars and he took an interest in the subject and went on to say that he had a couple of cars himself and went on to tell me that he bought 2 m3's for his son's when they were kids for future investments there now 21 and 22, that's why there are 2 red ones (save's the arguments i guess we all know what kids are like) and he also went on to say that he also owns a merc evo 2 and an RS200 and there all brand new and unregistered, you can imagine how i reacted my chin hit the floor lol!
So we swapped telephone numbers and he said if he ever wants to sell the he would give me first refusal i thought that's the last i would ever hear from him,then in January i got a phone call out of the blue from him to ask if i wanted to have a look at the cars and see if we could come to an agreement on price if i was interested so we made arrangements to view the cars and it turned out the guy is a very very wealthy business man so much so he's a billionaire, you would never know he's very down to earth!!! so we agreed a price and the rest is history!!! Well chuffed!!!!!"

http://www.7tune.com/wtf-neglected-mercedes-300sl/

Sad Sad Times

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe

(scroll down)

http://ca.jalopnik.com/281644/shelby-cobra-daytona-coupe

here is the history behind this particular daytona

http://www.norcal-saac.org/archive/csx2287.html

Charles Manson's Getaway Truck - Dodge Power Wagon

http://ca.jalopnik.com/5665953/charles-mansons-forgotten-getaway-truck

abandoned exotics

http://www.caradvice.com.au/9186/where-are-they-now-supercars-abandoned/

that cobra post is mad, 15 hours of burning....

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=20301&page=1

some rare stuff ust of the first page, fiat 131, scirocco mk1,
215 pages in total

something about seeing these cars discovered makes me feel warm inside, they should be deligated to people who will restore them.

tbh theres something about the look of a freshly dicovered old skyline that makes me want to put it in a glass box with its immediate surroundings as a peice of art