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. List-member
Rui Gigante lives in Portugal - if the storage
facility really is in Portugal. Perhaps he has
insight?
rick
--- Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca> wrote:
> 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
> be already dirty! Floor is not clean and there is
> bound to be a lot
> of disturbance by several people not just the
> photographer. I doubt
> anyone would stage such a display because it serves
> no purpose
>
>
> At 02:12 PM 6/27/2007, Peter Chast wrote:
> >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 heating system is
> clean......................
> >
> >a bunch of things make me suspicious. Perhaps a few
> car clubs got together
> >with a breaker yard and.................
> >
> >Pete
> >
> >On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:08:06 -0400, Mike Duvall
> <duvallcom@sbcglobal.net>
> >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I bet they are all stolen! Keep us updated. I
> curious what the laws
> > > down there say and how it gets handled.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >> My nephew just emailed me this and thought the
> group might be
> > >> interested...
> > >>
> > >> Imagine you're going to live in Portugal.
> > >>
> > >> You find a lovely farmhouse set on a decent
> plot of land. The place
> > >> has been
> > >> empty for 15 years...
> > >>
> > >> While exploring your new property you find a
> large barn.
> > >>
> > >> The door is padlocked and welded shut and it's
> all rusted solid.
> > >>
> > >> So you grind the padlock and the welds off
> and.........
> > >>
> > >> <http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm>
> > >> http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm
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