one family owned 1928 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 ‘S’ Type Sports Tourer up for grabs at auction

parked in the same garage since the 1930’s, and laid up since the 1950’s, its unworn 1928 logbook evidences a passage of ownership within the same family throughout.

Found on http://www.sportscardigest.com/mercedes-s-type-offered-at-bonhams-goodwood-revival-2012/ via the weekly Vintage Racing League newsletter

2 days left on barn find 1961 hartop convertible Vette parked since 1968, 283 cu in, 4 spd manual, 93k miles, bidding stopped at $39k, reserve not met

learned about it on Jalopnik, images all from the Ebay listing  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130701315257&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#v4-43

1958 Porsche Speedster finally gets out of the garage after 30 years

 cats love walking on cars I've noticed

found on http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2012/5/12/1958-Porsche-Speedster-Barn-Find-Extraordinaire-7708753/

The interesting Porsches at the Desert Classic Concours D'Elegance

barnfind Devin was hiding a Ferrari 340 America chassis... that will fetch 10000 times the ebay sale price of 26 thou if restored

Full story at http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-08-13/travel/0608130044_1_chassis-racers-collectors

But the short story is that this was a significant racecar, and when the original body was thoroughly damaged, a fiberglass Devin body was mounted 46 years ago, and the Ferrari lineage was forgotten. Out of sight, out of mind.

The seller bought it as a $200 project 15 years ago. It's a factory competition Ferrari, as the even numbered ones were, #0202 precisely. The car raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1952.

 Luigi Chinetti bought it in 1953 and sold it to Ernie McAfee in Los Angeles.

Shaughnessy has the edge. "I already have a running engine, rear end, transmission, pedal box, radiator and oil cooler."
He even thinks he knows where the original V-12 engine is and hopes he might be able to persuade the owner to trade for his motor, which is close to the same number.

 if restored, the Ferrari will look like the below photo

Photos from http://www.gatsbyonline.com/main.aspx?page=text&id=758&cat=auto 

I learned about this barnfind at http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News/All-Articles/2012/01/26/Top-five-barn-finds?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=January%20Hagerty%20News 

(1 of 206) 1969 Z28, JL8 optioned, stripe delete... was sold in 1977, and finally bought back in 2010... wow! Home after 33 years, with only 22,133 orig miles

 Original everything, paint, interior, hell... it's probably got 1969 air in the tires!

the second owner put it in the garage in 1982... and left it there... BARNFIND!

this is a X-33 car and was ordered with custom (deluxe) interior, fold down back seat, radio delete, headlight washers (only 116 non-RS cars were ordered with this option), and rear window defroster.

Tom sold this car in 1977, located and purchased it back in Feb. 2010.  Not only is it a 22,133 mile 1969 Z28, but it is a rare JL8 Factory Option  (Four Wheel Power Disc Brake 1 of 206) and a Stripe Delete car.  He still has the Warranty Card & Protect-O-Plate that he kept when he sold the car in 1977, not for any reason except they were not important back then and rarely did anyone ask for it when they were purchasing a car from a private party

GT 350 Shelby Mustang barnfind, just 44 thousand original miles, and pulled out 2 years ago, now coming to auction

I just stumbled across the top two images in Hemmings Muscle Machines, and came home to find a comment on this blog from Kurtis letting me know about it.

All images are originally from Barrett Jackson Auctions though, here's the post they have about it http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1263.1&aid=443&pop=0

If anyone learns about any other cool barnfinds, let me know and I'll post about it here and share the info!   at jbohjkl@yahoo.com 

Larry Shinoda's Boss 302, a barnfind

Found while looking through a forum that evolved into photos, brochures and info about the most rare and cool musclecars from 1962 - 1972... great stuff! http://www.highdefforum.com/car-forum/115098-muscle-cars-1962-1972-a-252.html