Barn Finds

  • 1963 Jaguar E-Type on Jay Leno's Garage

    Jay Leno checks out a car that has been called the world's most beautiful.

  • Ferrari barn find collection (photo via RM Sotheby's)
    Ultimate Ferrari barn find collection heads to auction

    A collection of rare Ferraris including one previously owned by a Moroccan king is headed to auction.

  • 1931 Duesenberg Model J garage find
    1931 Duesenberg Model J was hidden in garage for 56 years

    An original Duesenberg in relatively good condition is finally seeing the light of day after nearly six decades in storage.

  • 1967 Toyota 2000GT chassis no. MF10-10100  - Photo credit: Darin Schnabel/RM Sotheby's
    1967 Toyota 2000GT sells for $912,500, while another is discovered in a Sydney garage

    Few Japanese classic cars regularly sell around the $1 million mark, though a major exception is the Toyota 2000GT.

  • 1954 Jaguar XK120 FHC barn find
    1954 Jaguar XK120 barn find headed to auction, one of just 151 built

    A 1954 Jaguar XK120 in desperate need of a restoration is heading to auction in the UK.

  • BMW 5-Series found abandoned in Bulgaria
    11 new E34 BMW 5-Series discovered in Bulgarian warehouse

    There are barn finds, and then there are treasure chests. While 11 brand-new BMW 5-Series isn't exactly a gold mine, it's an incredible discovery nonetheless. This group of 11 E34-generation (1988-1996) 5-Series models was discovered in a warehouse in Bulgaria, according to a Facebook post by a...

  • Little Red Shelby GT 500 Ford Mustang prototype found

    Long thought crushed and lost to time, a fascinating piece of Shelby and Ford history has recently been found. The car is known as "Little Red" and it's a one-off GT500 notchback coupe used by Shelby American to develop performance parts. Back in 1967, Ford sent Carroll Shelby and his team a Mustang GT notchback coupe with a vinyl roof. This was an extremely rare model fitted with the 428 cubic-inch V-8 engine. In fact, it's the only GT coupe that came from the factory wearing a pair of four-barrel carburetors. When Ford stuffed the 428 between the front fenders of this coupe, it was just the...

  • Grandma's 1981 Lamborghini Countach is still cool even covered in dust
    Neglected Lamborghini Countach gathering dust in grandma's garage

    A Reddit user visiting his grandma took the opportunity to check out a pair of cars he knew to be sitting neglected in the family garage. One is a Ferrari 308 and the other is a Lamborghini Countach, both of which need some serious love and affection. Regardless of the current state of both cars...

  • 1938 Jaguar SS-100
    ‘Missing’ 1938 SS-100 Jaguar recovered after 60 years in shed

    Terry Larson enters his underground garage in Mesa, Arizona, with the distracted air of someone accustomed to the remarkable. And once again, he is showing off an amazing discovery. In his sprawling restoration shop, which has seen so many Jaguar and SS sports and racing cars brought back to life...

  • Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider found in a yard in Southern Indiana, 2006
    My first barn find: reuniting two Alfa Romeo roadsters

    It was one of those deceptive early spring days, the kind where the calendar and the sun peeking through the clouds hint at warmer conditions than I was actively experiencing as I zipped along with the top dropped back in my dangerously rusty 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate. Whenever I had...

  • 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB barn find
    Tag along on $4 million barn find that unearths 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/2, 427 Cobra

    It's almost impossible to think that owners would leave their valuable cars behind or simply forget about them. But, as they say, life happens. That's the case with this $4 million barn find that Hagerty's series "Barn Find Hunter" and its host Tom Cotter stumbled upon. Sitting in a North Carolina...

  • The Barn Find Hunter unearths a C1 Corvette
    Yes, there are still amazing barn finds out there

    Tom Cotter is hard at work on the hunt. That hunt is for rare old cars, and he's often poking his nose into overgrown yards, dust-filled sheds, and yes, into the odd barn here and there. You'd think in this day and age that the idea of a barn find car would be something from a past era devoid of...

  • A 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible with less than 1,000 miles

    How do you measure a person's restraint? If that person is Jim Kevan, it's easy to measure because it's right there for you to see in its dust-covered, un-driven glory. You see Kevan is the owner of a 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible. This one is wearing lovely Bryar Blue paint, and it boasts a massive 454 cubic inch V-8 engine under its hood. Also, it's been driven less than 1,000 miles over the course of 45 years. According to Hot Rod, back in 1972, then 22-year-old Jim had a few bucks to spend and he wanted a Corvette ZR1. This was the Corvette to have if you fancied taking your car...

  • Tom Cotter uncovers priceless barn finds on his show
    This stunning Spanish sports car is a $1 million barn find

    Pegaso is a Spanish company that built trucks, buses, and armored vehicles. It had done so from its founding in 1946 through 1994, the year truckmaker Iveco took over the company. In the 1950s, though, Pegaso built another, very different kind of vehicle. It was called the Z-102, a lovely sports...

  • Pair of Mercedes-Benz 300SLs
    Unrestored Mercedes 300SL and 300SL Roadster head to auction

    Some cars stand the test of time, while others don't fair so well. However, when it comes to this pair of Mercedes-Benz 300SLs tucked away in a garage somewhere, they've been kept in meticulously good shape. They aren't just any old pair of sought after Mercedes-Benz either. So the story goes, the...

  • Swiss castle collection of cars
    Vintage cars found in Swiss castle sell for millions

    Finding one rare vehicle tucked away and buried under the dust of time is one thing, but 12 cars? That's something else. And the cars in this story weren't your typical barn finds. They were stored away in a Swiss castle. The 12 cars included a 1958 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, a 1921 Rolls-Royce...

  • 1987 Buick Regal Grand National Barn Finds
    Pair of 1987 Buick Grand Nationals each driven less than 1,000 miles found in Oklahoma

    While technically not a "barn find" as collectors like to say, the pair of 1987 Buick Regal Grand Nationals certainly meets all the criteria of one. According to GM-EFI, William Avila and friend Shawn Matthews went to investigate a pair of 1987 Grand Nationals for sale in their small Oklahoma town...

  • Alpine A210 Le Mans prototype in French shed
    Historic Alpine Le Mans prototype preserved in French shed

    It's hard to imagine a more romantic barn find than a dust-covered Le Mans prototype quietly sitting, waiting, in a dilapidated wood shed covered with moss in the south of France. When vintage car racer/restorer Graham Long and I first saw it on a cold, winter evening, it was as if we'd stumbled...

  • BMW M1 garage find

    What's the best thing to do with a BMW M1 supercar? If your answer is to drive it just under 4,600 miles then let it sit in a garage for 34 years to be used only as a makeshift shelf for miscellaneous junk, then you are just as crazy as the former owner of this now-rescued M1. Between 1978 and 1981, BMW produced only 453 examples of its mid-engine M1, and 54 of those were race cars. The road-going car featured a 273-horsepower twin-cam 3.5-liter inline-6 and a 5-speed manual transmission. The Italian owner of this particular car drove it just 7,392 kilometers (that's 4,593 miles), then...

  • A 1970 Plymouth GTX barn find
    1970 Plymouth GTX pops out of the barn and up for auction

    Mopar muscle cars bring mo money when it comes to the auction block, and they have for some time. Buying a clean example of a desirable Plymouth or Dodge muscle car will separate from a large sum of money. The barn finds are still out there, though, and the latest example is a 1970 Plymouth GTX...

  • Matt Hummel and his 1956 Porsche 356
    Here's the story behind a famous Porsche 356 with "really cool character"

    Matt Hummel is not your average kind of car enthusiast, so it should come as very little surprise that his legend-in-its-own-time Porsche 356 is an especially interesting example of the rear-engined Porsche breed. Oh, did we mention that his 1956 classic is regularly exercised where only Jeeps and...

  • 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 barn find
    Is this 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 a modern barn find?

    When we think about automotive barn finds, we normally envision a dusty car tucked away in storage after something went wrong on it many years ago. Usually, someone had intentions of fixing it up—or at least saving it until the market supported restoration of it. This 2010 Ford Motor Company...

  • 1968 Aston Martin DBS barn find
    Rare Aston Martin DBS barn find comes up for auction

    A rare Aston Martin DBS has emerged from a 30-year slumber in a barn on the quiet island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. Headed for auction later this month at the historic Silverstone circuit in the United Kingdom, the DBS is a remarkably well-preserved example of a largely...

  • 1972 Porsche 911 2.5 S/T
    Porsche restores dilapidated Le Mans-winning 911

    Porsche used this past week’s Techno Classica event in Essen, Germany to present a beautifully restored 911 with an impressive motorsport pedigree. The car is a 1972 Porsche 911 2.5 S/T that was discovered only a few years ago sitting in a dilapidated state somewhere in the United States...

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