Best Barn Find Ever - UPDATE

[Dylan]

So yesterday, I saw this:

http://jalopnik.com/5493601/best-bar...nd-a-fast-ford

2 (yes, TWO) delivery-mileage E30 M3's, and a RS200 with a hair over 1000 miles.

And now, news comes out that there is another car included in the find:

http://jalopnik.com/5494511/best-bar...6-evolution-ii

190E Evo.

Discuss.

[MattzWarsteiner]

I like barns

[Dday216]

i want that MB

[Dylan]

if there was one of these in there, he'd have the german homologation triumvirate:

[$4c@b]

great, he found some slow old cars

[JetBlue]

O M G! Four of the sickest cars ever available. I can't believe that someone was smart enough to buy all of those cars and then never drove them. What a waste!

[ataylor]

i wish they wrote more about the back-story on these cars and the original owner? Like how do these things become forgotten?

[GQ//S4]

Wow thats a sick collection

[zephyr125]

i just crapped my pants. amazing.

[Dylan]

great, he found some slow old cars

[marty was here]

hahaha

i love this

[$4c@b]

I'd be much more psyched to find a 20 year old guitar

I bet we see these cars on the auction circuit

[MattzWarsteiner]

I'd be much more psyched to find a 20 year old guitar

I bet we see these cars on the auction circuit

or vintage amp?

[$4c@b]

or vintage amp?

nah, I'd still take the guitar

[MattzWarsteiner]

okay. i like old cars, guitars and amps.

[Kevin2772]

I dont think 350hp is anything near slow. Barn finds are so cool. I remember on ebay back in college, the picture for the car was of this old cinderblock barn. The guy was selling 4 cars. 1 of which a 250GT California Spyder, the other was a 250GT Lusso. The owner bought the cars back in the late 50's early 60's. Took all the rubber pieces off and put them at his house, and Kept the cars in the barn until the late 90's. The guy in the ebay add was selling them and each car averaged a sale price of over $750,000. I couldnt imagine walking up on an old garage or barn and finding cars like that stored away. So cool....

[Quattrotakis]

ahh the memories... The year was 1996, and i was looking for my first car. An old man by the name of Don Roby was frequent customer at our family business, and when discussion turned to cars one day, he mentioned his barn (yes an actual fukcing barn) on his land that he stored his old cars in. Mr Roby was dying of lung cancer so he was looking at unloading all his possessions before he died... he mentioned he owned a 1969 Dodge Charger, 383 4-barrel, 4 speed, numbers matching everything, 14,000 original miles... and he said it could be mine for $10,000.

My dad said NO, and then Mr Roby Died a few months later. Left all his cars in his will to my friends uncle.. they went to auction. That car sold for $40,000.

This is a true story

[$4c@b]

I dont think 350hp is anything near slow.

0-60 in 7 seconds for the Merc...yawn

what had 350 hp?

[pizzle]

Never thought I'd say this but, I want that Ford!

[Quattrotakis]

what had 350 hp?

The Ford

lol...

[$4c@b]

The Ford

lol...

[MattzWarsteiner]

cool arachnid Cabbie

[RomanA6]

I would kill for that 190E

[$4c@b]

cool arachnid Cabbie

I stoled it from the article

[MattzWarsteiner]

oh. haha. I didn't click the link till just now.

[Quattrotakis]

I guess the M3's are Sport Evo (Evo III) M3's.. of which only 600 were ever made. 2.5L 238hp

[S4jet]

I think I just figured out how I'm saving for retirement

[8520]

RS200's are pretty much bad ass. For driving pleasure alone, I'd rather have one of those than 2 of the others.

[sean1.8t]

0-60 in 7 seconds for the Merc...yawn

what had 350 hp?

it's 2010. these cars were built ~25 years ago. cut them some slack.

and at this point, the value is not based off of speed, but rarity and all around badassness!

[$4c@b]

it's 2010. these cars were built ~25 years ago. cut them some slack.

and at this point, the value is not based off of speed, but rarity and all around badassness!

I think it's cooler that the cars have such low mileage than the actual cars themselves. My parents had a E30 M3 and I always thought it was unimpressive.

[sean1.8t]

I think it's cooler that the cars have such low mileage than the actual cars themselves. My parents had a E30 M3 and I always thought it was unimpressive.

cut out your tounge!

i'd give all three of my nuts for a collection of these

[$4c@b]

they remind me of my ol' Stanza. you and your three-balls should have a blast driving them.

[MattzWarsteiner]

I have a cousin with three balls.

[S4jet]

I knew a girl in HS with three nipples. We called her trip-nip.

[itsbigj05]

[djwimbo]

Not the best barn-find ever.

Look back a few years in Car And Driver. Some dude bought a chunk of unclaimed property and found a pole barn and a couple shipping containers full of classic muscle cars. Topping the list were half a dozen original LS6 vehicles, Yenkos, and so on.
He had the cars evaluated, and they all were original with <10,000 miles, and the total of the vehicles was worth well over what he paid for the entire property.

[Dylan]

Not the best barn-find ever.

Look back a few years in Car And Driver. Some dude bought a chunk of unclaimed property and found a pole barn and a couple shipping containers full of classic muscle cars. Topping the list were half a dozen original LS6 vehicles, Yenkos, and so on.
He had the cars evaluated, and they all were original with <10,000 miles, and the total of the vehicles was worth well over what he paid for the entire property.

i'd take this find over a barn full of american muscle any day of the week

[CrtchRktRcr]

haha.. the comments after the article



pj134 03/16/10


So basically it's like going to a bar and having a girl who is insanely and way too hot for you come up and ask you to take her home, where you find out she's a virgin... and has an identical twin... and her also incredibly hot mom wants in.

Nope... nevermind... nothing compares to what this guy got. Reply

[sean1.8t]

i'd take this find over a barn full of american muscle any day of the week

yup

[eskimopunk]

haha.. the comments after the article



pj134 03/16/10


So basically it's like going to a bar and having a girl who is insanely and way too hot for you come up and ask you to take her home, where you find out she's a virgin... and has an identical twin... and her also incredibly hot mom wants in.

Nope... nevermind... nothing compares to what this guy got. Reply

LOL, so much win