quite possibly the luckiest relatives to have lived....

link to article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...ur5HJAD95F2M600

link to image:

http://www.channel4.com/4car/gl/gallery/gallery/16/10

just seen it on the times website. that fella must have been minted. the garage had a few other cars in... e type jag, aston martin, the usual stuff you know... ultimate garage find

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5430023.ece

Edited 2 January, 200917 yr by ben_reza

just seen it on the times website. that fella must have been minted. the garage had a few other cars in... e type jag, aston martin, the usual stuff you know...

I've got one of them in my garage

just seen it on the times website. that fella must have been minted. the garage had a few other cars in... e type jag, aston martin, the usual stuff you know...

thats what i thought, desperatly hope my dad has a lockup i dont know about

just seen it on the times website. that fella must have been minted. the garage had a few other cars in... e type jag, aston martin, the usual stuff you know...

I've got one of them in my garage

your address if you please lol

what really does my head in is that if the family had any interest in their uncle and/or cars they would of known that he had a lock up with a stash of amazing cars in it.

My guess is they never went to see him and they all drive round in jags already. where is the justice???

My granda was an awesome guy, but he only left us a Rover 214.

Edited 2 January, 200917 yr by ben_reza

something the same with the original knightrider car aint it?some old man bought it told no one about it and stored it in his garage then he passed away and someone came across it..still though this would have been an amazing find!!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...icle1298511.ece

altho if i was gonna but a car off the flea-bay, i would have this one...

http://jalopnik.com/cars/auctions/dr-brown...ebay-176882.php

Edited 2 January, 200917 yr by ben_reza

tbh i would auction of the jag and all the other cars but keep the bugatti.

Hope no one wipes out the homebrew crew in a single hit or our families are going to do their nut trying to sort out all the crap we've got hoarded.

Hope no one wipes out the homebrew crew in a single hit or our families are going to do their nut trying to sort out all the crap we've got hoarded.

Maybe you should start labeling and pricing the crap you lot have got in you are units?

just seen it on the times website. that fella must have been minted. the garage had a few other cars in... e type jag, aston martin, the usual stuff you know...

I've got one of them in my garage

I'll give you £50 for it.. get some 72 year old scrap off your hands. you'll get next to nothing if you weigh it in!

Bastard E-Types, all they do is take up workshop space!

what really does my head in is that if the family had any interest in their uncle and/or cars they would of known that he had a lock up with a stash of amazing cars in it.

My guess is they never went to see him and they all drive round in jags already. where is the justice???

Spot on.

Having inherited that, I would drag it out, clean the points, spend a couple of quid on some easy start and go to work in it for a few weeks. Just to annoy some old crustys.

Its a hideous looking car though.

Saw a similar thing on another forum a few months back, possibly the best property purchase Ever!

Enjoy

A recently retired New York man wanted to use his retirement funds wisely, so decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal .The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; due to the owner and wife both passing away and there were no heirs. The estate was being sold to pay back taxes. There had been

several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. No one wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway... so, no one made an offer on the place.

The New York gentleman bought it as it is, paying just over half of the property's worth; moved in, and set about to access the barn... curiosity was killing him. So he and his wife bought a generator and a couple of grinders and cut through the welds.

What was in the barn...?

The Barn

The doors were welded shut, but a grinder took care of that.

A warehouse full of vintage high performance cars!!!

Aston Martin,

Opel GT, Lotus Elan FHC, Lotus Super Seven Series IV, Lotus Elan DHC,

Porsche 356, Austin Healey Sprite MkII, Volvo PV 544,

Ford Y, Giulietta Sprint, Giulia Sprint Speciale (SS), Nash Metropolitan,

Alfa Giulietta,Lotus Europa, another Lotus Elan FHC, Matra Djet,

Lancia Flaminia Coupé,

Abarth 1300 Scorpione,

American (inspired) design,

Interior of Alfa Romeo,

Lancia Flaminia Coupé, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet,

Mini, Alfa 1900 Super Sprint, Balilla, Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202,

BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30,

Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30,

Total value of all vehicles over 35 Million!

The man and his wife had full title to the complete lot of vehicles.

They're having a great retirement!

Edited 2 January, 200917 yr by Roly

Fucking hell!

omg! how come people can just pull classic cars out of the arse?

:(

Sorry to piss on your bonfire but it was a hoax. Those pictures were infact taken for an insurance valuation that the guy had done on his collection of cars.

..All the children would laugh at him when he tinkered with his cars in the street,because he wore a rubber tube on his head to prevent oil getting in his hair..

He left behind more than a car. What a legend.

is it a hoax tommo, cos i heard the welded shut warehouse story a few months ago as well, but i can see it could be a lot of rubbish.

Yeah the pictures were taken by an insurance bloke. They got leaked out along with the hookey story.

IMHO its such a waste, it cant be doing them any good in there.

A quick google brought this up...

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/31/portugu...l-going-strong/

oh my days that bugatti looks shweeeeet!!!

Saw one of those Type 57's in Autostadt Wolfsburg. Amazing cars!

shit dosnt everyone have one of those in their garage?