nervousdog
nervousdog HalfDork
4/24/15 9:15 a.m.

Cool to see but it looks like a lot of these cars are too far gone. Nice patina on some of the 40's trucks though.

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Basil Exposition
Basil Exposition Dork
4/24/15 9:56 a.m.

And manages to stretch the definitions of both "gem" and "barn find" in a single sentence...

BlueInGreen44
BlueInGreen44 HalfDork
4/24/15 9:58 a.m.

I don't see the barn

bmw88rider
bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
4/24/15 10:30 a.m.

I don't see a single car really worth saving in the whole lot. The only thing I see is financial heartburn for anyone who tries unless one of those mustangs was a 428 car.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill PowerDork
4/24/15 10:34 a.m.

We have had quite a few show up in quarries around here, only they were stolen, stripped and pushed into flooded quarries.

gearheadmb
gearheadmb Reader
4/24/15 12:06 p.m.

This gets at one of my pet peeves. I think the term "barn find" means a complete, solid, unmolested car that was pushed into the barn and forgot about many years ago, basically leaving you with a very dusty time capsule. Those are special. A car with the drivetrain, interior, glass and front fenders missing is not a barn find. It is not valuable. It is not special. I don't care what you saw on Barrett Jackson. The rusty shell is not a treasure. Its an old piece of tin. Its not worth thousands. In most cases its not worth hundreds. Sorry, just ranting, I do that.

itsarebuild
itsarebuild GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
4/24/15 12:15 p.m.

Yeah. Looks like junk to me . But the picture of the mustang humping the Camaro is funny.

D2W
D2W New Reader
4/24/15 2:17 p.m.
itsarebuild wrote: Yeah. Looks like junk to me . But the picture of the mustang humping the Camaro is funny.

I don't think the mustang is humping the camaro. I think its more like Hannibal Lector or Leatherface cutting the face off their victim and wearing as a disguise.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/24/15 2:18 p.m.

Few could be saved and it's debatable whether any are worth saving...

The0retical
The0retical Dork
4/24/15 2:58 p.m.
spitfirebill wrote: We have had quite a few show up in quarries around here, only they were stolen, stripped and pushed into flooded quarries.

I was thinking someone drained a quarry and found a bunch of old cars. Wasn't too far off considering the state of pretty much all of those cars pictured.

frenchyd
frenchyd New Reader
4/25/15 1:03 p.m.

pieces could have value.. I saw a flathead ford and various other cars that had potential for the person with the ambition and vision

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
4/25/15 2:40 p.m.

I can't help but find humor in the fact that what was a perfectly mundane (but certainly cool) junkyard in the days of my youth has become newsworthy today.

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
4/25/15 2:43 p.m.
bmw88rider wrote: I don't see a single car really worth saving in the whole lot. The only thing I see is financial heartburn for anyone who tries unless one of those mustangs was a 428 car.

the 40ish ford delivery. and i need the headlight surround from the chevelle.

Will
Will SuperDork
4/25/15 3:58 p.m.

The 55 Pontiac hardtop looks fairly solid, but missing all the chrome, and that gets expensive on 50s cars.

PubBurgers
PubBurgers SuperDork
4/25/15 9:42 p.m.

Came in expecting a weird sequal to Snakes on a Plane, leaving disappointed.

XLR99
XLR99 GRM+ Memberand Reader
4/26/15 11:03 a.m.

I was picturing a Top Gear event of extreme ridiculousness:

Car Cannon

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