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1. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "Peter Chast" <pchast@francomm.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:12:27 -0400
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 heati
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00323.html (9,508 bytes)

2. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "DON SCOTT" <rowdon@sonoma-county.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:17:30 -0700
why bother???? Has anyone Snopesed it? If not, maybe someone should submit it for their review. I wonder........ As you look at the pictures. The cars ane not uniformly dirty. Some have hand prints l
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00324.html (9,775 bytes)

3. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:16:17 -0400
Of course they are not uniformly dirty. Dust, bird droppings, rain from roof leaks. condensation, and assorted similar stuff is not uniform. And the cars could have been stored many years apart...and
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00325.html (10,984 bytes)

4. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:25:17 -0700 (PDT)
Agreed. I suspect the cars are as found. They are a nice mix of new(ish) and old, LHD and RHD, etc. The romance surrounding the 'find' may be fanciful lore but the collection of iron is impressive. L
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00326.html (12,571 bytes)

5. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:28:51 -0700
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 clea
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00327.html (9,204 bytes)

6. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "Frank P. Marrone" <itswonderful@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:39:08 -0700
http://www.classiccar.com/garage/blog/index.php?/archives/241-Update-Portuga Frank 1972 MGB-GT 3.1L-V6/5 speed 1964 Sunbeam Tiger _______________________________________________ Edit your replies Mgs
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00328.html (10,550 bytes)

7. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:07:12 -0700
Ah.... A collection, but not forgotten. Just an eccentric, who eventually felt compelled to "leak" his secret. But not, apparently, enough to let anyone visit it personally. This kind of miserly hoar
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00329.html (11,229 bytes)

8. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "frank" <frankk@intap.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:12:11 -0400
I checked out that website but couldn't find the Portugal update. Is it my lack of computer knowledge? Frank Krajewski _______________________________________________ Edit your replies Mgs@autox.team
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00332.html (8,526 bytes)

9. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:37:38 -0700
I'll make you a deal on a bunch of MGAs that are rusting away in my pasture. If you are interested, give me yell. Kelvin Dodd On eventually let the have in __________________________________________
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00333.html (9,668 bytes)

10. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:16:50 -0500
It is quite possible that this is not a hoax. Look at this article of a similar find in De Pere, WI. This sort of thing does happen. http://tinyurl.com/avs24 Larry Daniels 79 MGB LE 60 Bugeye 67 Aust
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00335.html (8,303 bytes)

11. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:40:53 -0700
I was contacted on a similar "barn find" in Los Angeles about 3 years Someone bought a building in LA and found that the back storage area was full of British cars. The story I got was that there was
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00336.html (10,874 bytes)

12. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:20:49 -0700
Heh heh... Then they'd be rusting in MY pasture... -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires _________________________________________
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00337.html (10,183 bytes)

13. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Chris Attias <cattias@ucsc.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:44:04 -0700
The best explanation of the Portuguese collection I've seen was in Sports Car Market a few months back. See: http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1110 -- Chris Attias Felton, CA '64 MGB _
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00338.html (7,948 bytes)

14. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:50:17 -0700
Just for fun, here is the list that SCM magazine compiled from the photos... So, What9s In There? All the cars are dusty and the lighting is pretty poor, but searching through photos of these cars on
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00339.html (11,943 bytes)

15. [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "dynajim" <dynajim@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:28:48 -0400
Well, I Keep Wondering, "WHY CAN'T I FIND ONE of THESE DEALS!!" (Sigh) Dynajim '72 Midget _______________________________________________ Edit your replies Mgs@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/ma
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00340.html (6,058 bytes)

16. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Aeseeyou@aol.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:43:05 EDT
There a fellow, who lives up at the end of Soule Rd. in Ojai, that still owns every car he's ever had. He has never sold any of his cars. Plus he also owns about 100 others. I counted seven XKE's, a
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00341.html (8,213 bytes)

17. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:44:43 -0700
Then there's a guy in Castroville with a large metal building that must have 50-60 cars, including a Lambo, a Roller, Bristols, TVRs, Jags and the usual motley assortment of MGs, Fiats and whatnot. N
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00350.html (9,236 bytes)

18. Re: [Mgs] Old Barn Find - Hoax? (score: 1)
Author: "James Kleemeyer" <jkk@adams.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:15:41 -0500
There is a guy in Quincy, Il who is supposed to have 50 or 60 MGAs. I've been in one of his buildings where he works on his cars and have seen 10 or 12 MGAs stored on racks against the walls as well
/html/mgs/2007-06/msg00385.html (8,114 bytes)


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