Massive Barn Find in Portugal
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- Опубліковано 3 кві 2013
- I've identified over 190 of the 320 cars found locked away in here, can anyone recognise any others? I will add them to the video along with corrections if confirmed 100%. What is that 2nd Formula race car?
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Hi, I'm from Portugal... this is quite a novelty... I know this story very bwell, the cars belong to a friend of mine that during over 30 years boughts these cars - some of them left abandoned on the streets - and gathered more than 400 vehicles stored in different places such as this barn.
Sell it to us...lol...
Any idea why he did it? I don't understand why he went to the length of welding the doors shut so that even he couldn't go in and tinker with them over the years. What was the passion if he couldn't access them?
What most people do not realize is how expensive it is to restore a car well. Most cars cost at least 50k Euro or a multiple of that. So sadly most of these cars are not worth anything. Just parts cars.
you still there?
What a collection. This person has created a time capsule that should be preserved for future generations to admire.
Wow, what a fantastic find. Love how you have put the video together, the music goes great with the video.
Being a life long car lover this clip is amazing, the person who put this together did a great job, I think maybe he is a car nut also, REALLY WELL DONE.. Ravel would be proud...
Wow, great job identifying all that you did! Amazing collection.
That was a superb job at identifying these cars. A couple points: At 2:19 and at 12:27 one can just see the bonnet of a red Austin Healey Sprite MkI. At 5:27 the Mini is an Austin, maybe as early as 61. At 7:48, the"Sprite MkII" is a MG Midget MkI due to the side chrome. At 9:33 the Mercedes cowl grille indicates it's a "heckflosse" from 61 or later, while the side lights indicate a 180 or 190 model.
I must say you have a sharp eye to see the Alfa Romeo Montreal and the Facel Vega FVS.
Well done.
Thank you for your kind comments and useful hints to the cars you've mentioned. The car at 2:19 and 12:27 is indeed an Austin Healey Sprite Mk1. Cheers.
The Mini at 5:27 is most definitely a 1967 Austin Cooper and not a Morris as I had
described it - here's one here - www.collectioncar.com/detailed.php?ad=27072&category_id=1 same grille, bumpers and badge.
You suggest the car at 7:48 is a MG Midget Mk1 because of the side chrome, but this one has a door handle on the outside which rules this out, no?
The Merc at 9:33 has always attracted comment, and I know now it's not a 1956 model -the front bumper is unusual but the car is most likely to be a 190 C Heckflosse W 110 around 1964 - like this. www.flickr.com/photos/34107011@N08/3915118990/
***** How right you are regarding the Midget having a door handle, I was just about to conclude it was a Midget Mk2, until I saw the side curtains. Door handles were often added later, but having side curtains it must be earlier.
Sprites and Midgets with side curtains never had door handles from the factory. www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/mg/5107630.jpg .
Those with door handles had roll-up windows. The change came at the same time as the door was completely redesigned. www.britishv8.org/MG/KurtAppley/KurtAppley-AE.jpg .
Therefore modified Midget Mk1 :)
frogeye61 Ah-ha...thanks to you mate I have found out what it really is, and it ain't a Sprite or a Midget...it's a 1966 MGB.
www.bonjedwardgarage.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/cardealer-car-page-full/public/car-photos/4%20MGB%204.JPG?itok=wlyhB2Ow
Thanks for your help in finding this out.
@@TheExStig Frogeye61 is quite correct, the car at 7:48 is definitely a Mk 1 MG Midget. This model had no external door handle, but the Midgets had the chrome strip down the sides and the A-H Sprites never did. Always a quick way to tell them apart.
Ex-stig - Great video - as for the racing cars, the one at the back looks to me a bit like a Terrapin club racer and the other reminds me of an early Elva.
Whoever picked this music is a genius + I love you man!
Cheers man, the music was selected because of the length on the video...and I agree with you....I am a genius, because my other side told me so.
***** Do you mean ''My other half = My wife'' ? Which is Cockney Rhyming slang. Or are you schizophrenic?
I'd love to get a print copy of the picture above!
***** thanks for the foto info, that was kind of you! are you in Australia?
Bolero,Maurice Ravel.
Locked away for 15 years, and they're still cleaner than my car!
thats coz Harvey weinstien sat in the back often with druged women.
The car companies that made all those cars, should pony up and offer to restore them, as it should feel like a great honor to have their cars in that room. And BOLERO seems a great choice of music to work up our emotions, and then crashing to a great climactic ending. God bless all you Packrats among us.
+tubermier yes get austin to restore some good idea lol
Absolutely the most fantastic volume of automotive history, just too lovely for words! A gorging great feast of beautiful, fabulous cars in great identifiable condition. Exciting, Thrilling!!!!!!!!! Would love to see more......
What a treasure trove! Hope all these fine automobiles will get some major TLC and shine & move as they once did. I love so many of them, especially the 1954 yellow Buick and the '55 Chev Bel Air. :D Great to see this and the music was fitting for all the '10's that were there in that barn! ;)
I have cried .. It is Beautifull this cemetery of car treasures
Somebody probably already pointed it out: the Citroen DS early on is really an SM.
Wow vintage car collections
I enjoyed very much . great collection...proud to see that .
GRACIAS!!! Una gran colección,
Well done.!! A great documentary. Many thanks for your time and effort.
Fantastic video Exstig, thank you.
Brilliant find so many classics that just want to be lovingly restored. Wish I had the money both to buy and restore.
I'm totally in awe what wonderful collection sure hope that most can be restored and loved
This is an incredible find worth millions!
Hah the music made this so perfect.
Thanks for posting this. The music is perfect for the occassion.
Wow what I find. They are all rare cars indeed. It's a crying shame their left sitting in a barn like that. Cars like this need to be driven. loved, restored, seen by others who love cars for what they are. Part of our motoring history. I myself own a classic car, although it's not as old as some of these cars but every day less and less are being seen on the road. I know there will be lots of people say that's not a classic car but how old does a car have to be before it's classic?My car is 26 years old and still runs and looks like a new car it's been in my shed for 11 years now and has never been touched since it was new. Original motor, gearbox, and body. Even the same paint too and it doesn't have the headlining hanging down like most cars I see on the road. No parts hanging off it and no broken lights. It gets driven every Sunday for 1 hour to keep the car in top condition. Most people forget that a car is a machine and if its not used it will degrade faster letting it sit.My car is a classic Nissan Skyline. Or as my son says it's OLD SKOOL DAD. Don't sell it cause someone will just turn it into a drift car and wreck it.
wow. I would straight up pass-out if I walked in on this. Holy Smokes.
Did I hear that the only one that started, when it's key was turned, was a '62 VW Bug. Or did I see that in a Woody Allen movie? Never mind...forget it!
200 year old Volkswagen discovery scene from Woody Allen's, "Sleeper" (1973)
Jay Leno must have been on the first flight to Lisbon when this find went public
On his Private Jet you mean half way there before the News segment was over on this :D
wow..i just cant believe my eyes. the cars...the music...its a goosebump.to me.
this is one of the craziest barnfinds i've ever seen...so many beauties and most of them are in a good condition...woooow thanks for your great video!
This is a seriously expensive and well preserved barn find i hope people can save the cars before the building falls in on itself in another 30 years....
That... is like in my dreams
*seen the video months ago*
Good to see the cars saved ,maybe before the roof collapsed and damages them, and gone to good homes, or museums, have had American and English car's amongst that display, great find ,good video,
An MG Magnette 1957 and a Mercedes 190 Saloon was shown. I owned both cars way back in time!
I love old cars in barns
I really hope these cars get sold and get back to there former glory and driven again i would love one of the 3 1967 coopers and the mini moke actually no i would love all 4 :P
phil ryan their former glory
A journalist that knew about it convinced him to go there and take some pictures and the novelty begun there with the next person adding a little of romance to the story. True is that all models have been/are being sold, some after restauration, some in the condition of the film and all the romance about it played a good part on turning the sales easier...
I think Austin Healey Sprite (bug eye) was first introduced in 1958....a friend of mine had one in Germany....this was certainly a hypnotic video :)
15 years ? That looks like 3o, look at the dust btw , now you have to find keys %)
you got a starter motor for a 1966 vw beetle?
11:50 the car directly behind the simica 9 sport coupe is a Volkswagen vanagon
Wooow. I really want to photograph those cars. Amazing!
This should be a new Indiana Jones movie called: Indiana Jones in the Temple of Vroom.
The Readers Corner lol Perfect!!
Rob Washere Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it.
+The Readers Corner up you go
Watchfulseven 52 If that comment was for me, then quit talking about yourself.
+The Readers Corner I have removed his comment for you, and blocked further comments from him.
I've no word! It's incredible!
+Astor Mingus That's a contradiction-- Incredible will do.
that's actually five words
SAUDADES DOS CARROS QUE MARCARAM A HISTÓRIA DO AUTOMOBILISMO DE TODOS OS TEMPOS!
very nice video- I like the 1971 Opel GT at the 4:52 mk - ultra mod
Well must be in Portugal. The license plates are the old school ones they used. I was born there & remember seeing them. I remember some of those rides on the street in the 80's. Doubt someone brought them to "Dallas Texas"
1:13 at background Ford 1946 coupe
1:17 1950's BMW 501 or 502
1:38 early 60's Austin Mini, probably Cooper
2:29 Ford 1946 Coupe
2:55 Fiat 500 Topolino (1936-1955)
3:18 Mercedes 300 D (W189) Maybe 1957
*9:33 is not a 1956 MB 190. Is a W110 1961-1965
Wow! and from what you can see of it, in pretty good nick, including the Italian stuff. Mind-bogglingly valuable (hope the spares value doesn't see any broken up un-necessarily) :) I'll take the Pug404 Cabrio (in my dreams!)
Impressive car barn !!!! I hope these vehicles will be restored and not scrapped...
What amazes me is Why would someone go through the trouble to collect these cars and leave them in a barn to decay? It's like a time capsule created by an insane person. the effort and cost is beyond comprehension.
Some people are hoarders and maybe the guy was a car thief?
People are insane *_+
The only good thing I can see about it is the petina but other than that I think your comment is right on.
The petina on the paint and any good trim is the only thing you can really save.Everything else has to be replaced and/or rebuilt.
***** You are a self critic too.
Probably was a man's collection at one point and the guy happened to past
"The story behind the pictures: a property on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal, which belonged to a former dealer of vehicles was sold after his death, and what drew the attention of the buyer was a barn that had the doors sealed by welding. So that was open, showed a real treasure - dozens of cars, acquired by the former owner to compose your personal collection. Under the dust accumulated for years, rarities of European and U.S. automotive industries, such as Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Alfa-Romeo, Lotus, among others. Some very damaged, but others in conservation status impeccable."
nope thats a lie..a collector had them professionally photographed....
Vou partilhar e mencionar o seu nome, ok ?
really nice video, pure Enjoyment to see these old timers just sitting in a barn and not thinking about time that passes away, i'm quite sure that they are there since at least 20 - 30 years considering the dust too, and the plates are for sure dutch. To be onest i hope they remain where they are, because they are part of motoring history and almost unique. Riccardo from Italy.
Not dutch, portuguese, does are all Portuguese plates man, I'm thinking why you say that, because it's obvious you don't have a clue, is that just show-off (i know a lot about cars n' all) no you don't.
VEGETAZZZ100 My Society and i, in case of any doubts regarding VINTAGE CAR MOTORING HISTORY, we will request you HIGH experties. BEFORE I FORGET Instead of DOES you should have wrote THOSE.
riccardo delli colli
"My Society and i, in case of any doubts"...As matrículas são PORTUGUESAS
I will translate to you the plates ARE PORTUGUESE… EXPERT
Hélder Gomes Hélder eu vi um video sobre carros abandonados na Europa com carros da Holanda, Alemanha, França, epa e na verdade apareciam lá matriculas iguais ás nossas, e aí nos comentários um tuga veio dizer que a partir de uma certa data é que as tugas passaram a zeros e ficaram diferentes da holanda, eu também repliquei essa cena de serem tugas estas do video e acho que são, um amigo meu disse-me à poucos dias que havia um armazém aqui perto de Setúbal com cerca de duzentos carros de todos os tipos eu acho que eram estes, ele diz que eram de um antigo patrão dele ... num* sei... fica bem !!!
@@vegetazzz100os armazéns não ficavam em Setúbal mas sim em Sintra se não estou enganado
Great! gotta love these collectors sometimes. barn finds are exiting!
3:23 is not a DS 23 - it's a Citroen SM with Maserati engine.
Incrivel como uma riqueza destas e so descoberta 15 anos depois...
Wow what a complete tease . Awesome collection
The first F1 car seems to have a VW Fan Shroud visible under the engine bonnet. Formula VW or something but not F1
...thanks for the helpful info.
NOSLEEPATALL a
What is the exact location? Thanks!!!
Still waiting for your answer, I see!
Very professional video. Thanks! I want all these cars :)
OMD! Vou já visitar esse celeiro de carros antigos. Tinha aí uns carros mesmo fixes!
Someone should call Jay Leno.
..Phew..
This is not car collecting or car enthusiasm, this is car *hoarding* . He must have have had an insane infatuation for cars and collected them for the sake of collecting. That he kept them locked away and hidden proves it. He didn't want anybody else to even have a look at his cars or even offer him a nice price to buy one or a few of them. When a car enthusiast can't find time or gets too old to take car of his cars or they just collect dust over the years it's a nice thing to sell them to other enthusiasts who'll keep them running in pristine order. That's passing the torch.
I mean this guy is like an Egyptian pharao, getting buried together with his treasure so that it can be his in the afterlife too. You can't take your treasure with you buddy, when you're dead you're gone.
Although I don't like jumping to conclusions regarding people my guess is this person was one of those lonely, old, rich folks who isolated himself like Greta Garbo and compensated his lack of social interaction with cars.
I also doubt all these cars can just be dusted off and driven away, they will require some work.
I don,t think your giving the collector enough credit . Where else in the World does a history timeline of cars exist. If he was advertising & allowing the viewing of them . He would be constantly be harassed to sell them or break them down for sale as parts .Or be at risk of having them stolen . To restore them & keep them in mint working condition may not have been financially possible. Hoarding would be more like a wreckers yard of cars of same makes models & random years scattered & grouped with no real thought other than i might get it going or need a part one day .This seams like an attempt to save as many special makes & models and park them carefully for the future when they die. For car lovers to enjoy ,(starting with this video) the discovery of them & hopefully the restoration & creation of a musem
When you video the 1947 Ford coupe what was the car at the back it looked like a standard vanguard estate any Ideas pls let me know thanks my family grew up with vanguards cars
Great find!! There are so many cars and car makers I love in that video.
That video was one of the saddest things on youtube.I want to buy every alfa romeo and Lancia there and restore them until not a single part of them is dirty or rusted or broken.
HI! I'm discovering your video almost 6 years after you posted it. Do you know what happened to all those cars?
Just some of them...ua-cam.com/video/GiV60W-mtbc/v-deo.html
9:27 look at that car from 1939 and how good it looks original tires idk
they are many masterpieces of art!!!
Beautiful thanks for sharing
Take the cars out of the barn, wash them, put them back in the barn, put hoodies on all of them. How hard can it be ?
lol
how is he supposed to wash 320 cars all at once?
Mike. power wash
He won't wash them all at once, but one at a time. :P
citroen sm maserati not ds 23 ie
I can only imagine, as a car lover, opening those doors would have been like the scene from National Treasure where they came upon the room full of lost treasure.
fudge...and I just dreamed of having 3Cars and this guy found 180cars and CLASSIC CARS!!! I'd love to be in his shoes. I'd make a museum if I were him. Its the Classiccccccc 😁😁😁 Car Lust 😍😍😍😍
Yes!! Omg 😍
Adidas shoes lol
OH MY GOODNESS,WHERE DID ALL THESE BEAUTYS GO TO ??
All cars is beautiful curve,unique style, I will be so much fun.
I like them so much.
Today, new cars is very easily driving in all ground.
performance, ability, power, all is progress.
But, any car is the resemble design and not unique. not have fun as watching.
now, i fun it will be seeing the reverse side of the new cars.
love that grammar
The ReactionGuy
"love that grammar"
I was not being a grammar nazi. Just simply pointing out his um, unique sentence structure
The ReactionGuy Bottom line. He is learning the language. chances are he speaks 2 or 3 languages. Sure his grammar was a bit daft, but nonetheless he's still speaking a foreign language. If you ever find yourself on a video from his country (wherever it is) you will find that you are at a loss. Where as he can come here and communicate with you. Badly granted but a hell of a lot better than the reverse. I say fair play to him for that.
I know, and I meant it not to be mean spirited, but simply to point out the humor in his comment.
I think you found a gold mine inside that old bard how lucky! who would ever dream of such a discovery. I recognize a lot of those cars but I am sure about a some of them, by now I'm you have everything down pat. best of luck with your new found fortune!
omg, i cant keep watching this video, hit repeat 3 times already :P
There is some of mistakes in recognising a cars...
At 3:54 it is not a 1939 BMW 327/28, it's a 501/502 from '50/'60.
At 6:30 is Mini Cooper from '80, not 1968 Morris Cooper.
At 9:13 is not VW 1302S, it is a '50 VW 1200.
At 10:05 - Hillman Imp was produced 1963-1976, not '50.
14:25 is a Formula Vee car.
I have already corrected those errors using the UA-cam 'Annotations' feature.
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The Mini at 6.30 is a '68 Cooper S, 1980 models had an indicator light fitted on the front wings just above the wheel arch this feature was added to the Mini around '72.
Thanks for your input it's much appreciated.
***** Not the all Mini '80 models has side indicators, they were fitted only on some markets.
I reckon is a '80s model (mk V), because of different front bumper and wheelarches extensions.
no it was a private dealer
i died and this barn go to sale
wen the buyer open the doors this was inside
ps: i am portuguese
Me atrapó la música 🤗🙋♂️ es la correcta . Gracias
Puissance énigmatique toutes ces voitures en robe de poussière. Merci pour les noms et dates de chaque modèle !!!!
Un petit film passionnant que je collectionne aussitôt comme un cadeau.
Boys toy heaven, I could spend the rest of my life there.
If this indeed is portugal ... Why do all the cars have dutch licence plates?
Someone posted these links 3 months ago....
www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/EU_NETH.html
www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/EU_PORT.html
These are all old Portuguese plates.
These plates were circulating from 1-1-1937 to 1-1-1992.
Bruno Nogueira Strange that they have the exact same plates as oldtimers in the Netherlands do! :S
They are indeed very similar mate, but Netherlands old plates have dots separating the numbers and letters and Portuguese ones have a small have a "-" separating the Letters and numbers, like "FH-22-41"
And the type of letter is slightly different.
Cheers
Dutch plates were dark blue + white. Portuguese plates in that time were black + white. So it could be Portuguese plates. Dutch read (my car 1965 GM-68-75) These are different.
The owner of the cars was a car dealer in the 1970s and 1980s, and decided to save the more interesting cars that came through his doors. When the barn was full, he padlocked and soldered the doors shut. The photos were taken by Manuel Menezes Morais and has been sworn to secrecy about the location and the owners name.
Great job you've done here. I can help you with a couple:
5:20 Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato. 13.18. Oldsmobile Cutlass 1971, I think.
13.42: Dodge Coronet late 60'ies.
That's worth a fortune, although it doesn't look much on these pictures. The lucky buyer of that barn turned into a millionaire, if he sold them all.
Seegal Galguntijak
And no flat tires on any car
2.00
15:06
12:02
Awesome .You guys are dedicated... good eyes on all of you.... you do know i was just being a smartass though... i hope. Peace
Mika Saarinen moi
My mother had a 1961 Buick Special station wagon. And I had a 1971 Volkswagen...both long gone by now. They did not survive in this warehouse in Portugal.
My Friend you surely know your cars,thanks for all the hardwork.Think the Chev at 13.01 is closer to an 1952 model.Thanks really enjoyed watching.
Thank you for your kind comments George, it is definitely a 1949 Fleetline. What makes you think it's closer to '52?
Europe is awesome
Good Day,
Woo, that is, by far, *the* highest amount of unrestored "classics/antiques" I have ever seen!
My impression of the Building etc I say the original owner sealed the place up in 1990, +/- 2 Years.
If He is still alive, He could cash in on what would have been an amazing investment.
I doubt a Cash investment could accrue value like this Stable of beauties undoubtedly has!
It's high Time these Time Machines cease to be Bird & Mouse poop accumulators.
Anther thing; it's bad to have them all clustered in ONE Building!
I have heard *MANY* Times, News Stories of Fires breaking out in Auto Barns & loss of the entire collection. A Strom can drop the Roof down also.
The owner is now dead, and that's why the barn was opened (against his requests). But man, a lot of those don't even need restored! They'd all clean up so nicely
this appears to be fake,, I might be wrong,,but at 12:35 u can see a perfectly clean car in the frame when all the rest is covered with dust,,that's very strange
I would guess, that a Blanket or Tarp was placed over it, & it was removed so it could be viewed. My Grandfather did the same thing so the dust or Bird Poo would not damage the Finish.
portugal as some of the greatest colections of all original classic cars, some in barns and this is a real find that giullia SS is an example of what you can find in an old mans barn
at 9:14 the 1302s was basically a beetle fitted with a 1600 air cooled engine I worked on quite a few of those years ago
I saw this when first uploaded---so what happened to them ? At least they were sheltered indoors in a warm climate, away from rain--the destroyer.
Philip Croft Some of them here - ua-cam.com/video/GiV60W-mtbc/v-deo.html
wtf? this video had blown my mind....
i have car nissan sunny leprix turbo 73 gt my father die but his car in my garage i save
What an interesting assortment of cars. I think many look to be in worse shape than they really are due to the layer of dust on them but all have suffered due to improper long-term storage. Many look to be viable restoration projects, some would make good parts cars and others beg the question - why were they collected in the first place?
In a morrocan radio station they said that the cars where estimated around 36 million dollars
peugeot 404 not found
I Have one 404 Pick up
I am not sure, if all these cars have been owned through a legal way, I think that family had slaughtered the owners of these cars in a different decades, like what usually happens in the Hollywood's horror movies. To prove my claim, you can see the wall stained with spots of blood in addition to that, most of these cars were parked in a strange way, as if its owners do not want to use again, and also most of cars's windows are remained wide open.
its sad to see this cars rotting away. I'm a big fan of Old cars and there are lots of them in there. i which i could buy at least few of them. its rare to find this kind of awesome collection. :)
Lets hope they all found caring and appreciative new homes:)
wow awsome find , petrol head orgasmic forget number plates models ect it all has been put together so well and the music is the cherry on the top thank you to all concerned..mrmencap