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 various web sites, I was able to identify a
fair number. Here is a partial list:
Abarth 1300 Scorpione
Alfa GTV
Alfa 1900 SS
Alfa Bertone
Alfa Giuiletta
Alfa Giulietta Sprint
Alfa Giulia Sprint Speciale
Alfa Sud 1.5
Austin A30
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin Healey Sprite
Austin Mini Cooper
Austin Mini Cooper S
BMW 2002
BMW 1800
BMW 501 V8 Sedan
BMW Isetta
Bristol 404 Saloon
1931 Chrysler CD
Citrokn Traction Avant
Datsun 240Z
DKW 1000SP
Fiat Cabriolet
Fiat Topolino
Fiat 500
Fiat 508 Balilla
Ford Cortina
Ford Taunus
Hillman Imp Californian
Lancia Aurelia B20 2+2
Lancia Aurelia B24
Lancia Appia
Lancia Flaminia Zagato
Lancia Flaminia Coupe
Lotus Elan DHC
Lotus Elan FHC
Lotus Elan +2
Lotus Europa
Lotus Super 7 Series IV
MG Midget
MG Magnette
Matra Djet
1923-4 Maxwell
Mini Moke
Nash Metropolitan
Opel GT
Opel Rekord
Peugeot 202
Peugeot 404 Cabriolet
Peugeot 505 Cabriolet
1939 Plymouth
Porsche 356B
Porsche 356C
Renault Dauphine
Rover P5 Saloon
Rover P6
Saab 93
Simca Coupe de Ville
Singer Gazelle
Steyr Puch
Triumph TR4
Volvo PV444
VW Beetle
Dozens of American sedans, from a 1932 Ford 2-door sedan to 1970s Olds
Cutlasses;
Dozens of 1950s and 1960s Mercedes sedans;
A couple of Formula race cars;
There may be more than one example of each of the cars listed above.
on 6/27/07 3:40 PM, Dodd, Kelvin at doddk@mossmotors.com wrote:
> I was contacted on a similar "barn find" in Los Angeles about 3 years
> ago.
>
> 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 a one man restoration shop run by an
> Englishman out of the back area. The man disappeared a number of years
> ago and the cars just sat there. Perhaps he went back to the UK?
>
> When the building sold, as is, the cars became the problem of the new
> property owner. He contacted me in the hopes of finding a buyer for the
> vehicles. I gave him the names of some British car specialists down in
> LA and that is the last I heard of the deal.
>
>> From what I remember there were about 20 cars in all including MGs and
> TRs.
>
>
> It happens closer to home too. My wife and I bought a house and property
> up in Ojai, about 10 miles from Ventura in Southern Ca. The 1/2 acre
> next door had been owned by a guy who died owing lots of taxes. His
> family didn't want anything to do with the property due to the tax
> liability, so the bank foreclosed and put it up for auction. We bid on
> the property, but came up short.
>
> There were over 50 cars on the property! Including two mid 60s Lincoln
> suicide doors, a Thunderbird two seater cvt. Volvo P1800, two TR4As and
> over 20 Rovers including a 109 station wagon, two 1980 SD1s and a couple
> of V8 powered P6Bs.
>
> Just before we moved, a crane came onto our soon to be property and
> picked up the Thunderbird, lifted it out of the yard and then
> disappeared.
>
> An enclosed trailer full of V8 engines also disappeared a couple of days
> before the new owner moved in.
>
> I ended up buying the four V8 powered Rovers from the new owner for $100
> each. Most of the American iron found new homes along with the P1800,
> the Triumphs and the 109 Landrover. The rest of the cars including the
> Rovers were crushed.
>
> Let's face it. There are a number of people in the hobby who have no
> immediate family, are reclusive and accumulate lots of dead cars.
>
> It's no wonder that barn finds happen on a fairly regular basis. Now if
> I could just find something more intriguing than Rovers I'd be set.
>
>
> Kelvin Dodd
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