Thread: Confirmed Barn Finds
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09-25-2007 01:35 PM #1
I will get the pics, this is the second time I have been out there, and sadly this time I was sober (although I guess for the rules that is better).
Red
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09-25-2007 02:03 PM #2
Just joking!! Pics are nice though.....it gives everyone a little excitement since it shows us that things like this are really possible to find!! Imagine how many cars are socked away in barns, garages, basements, and old industrial buildings...... there are still gold in the hills.
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09-25-2007 02:29 PM #3
I was with my cousin that owns a body shop when he picked up a 67 chevy. He told me he only paid 500 for the car. I about messed my pants when I saw what he was dragging out of the shed out behind this little old ladies house. A 1967 427, 4spd VETTE! The fiberglass was spiderwebbed from the front of the fenders to the rear of the quarters. It had the Hardtop and the convertible top with it.
The car was in really rough shape, but definately worth getting to work on. After 3 years of sei-constant work on the car it was a shiny new car.
I was there, I helped him rebuild it and even got to drive it at the ripe old age of 12!!! Man that thing would scoot!
I have a million pictures of it in my head, but the camera there doesn't have any film! LOL
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