[Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax?

Frank P. Marrone itswonderful at comcast.net
Wed Jun 27 13:39:08 MDT 2007


http://www.classiccar.com/garage/blog/index.php?/archives/241-Update-Portuga
l-Barn-Find.html


Frank
1972 MGB-GT 3.1L-V6/5 speed
1964 Sunbeam Tiger


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Max Heim
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:29 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax?
> 
> I first heard about this and saw photos in February. Since then they have
> probably had time to push a few cars around, clean up, etc.
> 
> Even in those photos a few of the later model cars were much cleaner, but
> all that means is they were put in storage much more recently. No one is
> saying this is an untouched time capsule from the 1960s -- it's just
> somebody's car collection, acquired over many years, and forgotten. The
> last
> car could have been rolled into the barn in 1995, for all we know. How
> long
> does it take for a padlock to rust in Portugal (briny sea air and all
> that)?
> 
> What is curious is the lack of follow-up stories. But it may be tangled in
> legal hassles.
> 
> 
> 
> on 6/27/07 11:12 AM, Peter Chast at pchast at francomm.com wrote:
> 
> > I wonder........
> >
> > As you look at the pictures. The cars ane not uniformly dirty. Some have
> > hand prints like they were recently pushed. The floor looks clean with
> no
> > footprints. The walls and the heating system is
> clean......................
> >
> > a bunch of things make me suspicious. Perhaps a few car clubs got
> together
> > with a breaker yard and.................
> >
> > Pete
> >
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Max Heim
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