I've never really liked American barges myself, Paul. This find is in Portugal... I'm fascinated with all the Alfa Romeos and Lancias. Perhaps they're worth nothing, but they're beautiful.
Godfrey On Aug 22, 2007, at 9:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. The guy who posted this isn't very > fond of American cars, is he? :-)). One of the cars he labeled > "American barges" appears to be a '64 Dodge. If it's one of the > first hemi cars, it's worth at least a quarter million. And judging > by the quality of the rest of the collection, I wouldn't be > surprised if it was exactly that. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> My buddy Sam Solomon sent me this. Fun to look through and >> imagine ... >> >> G >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> >>>> Subject: Car found in barn >>>> >>> >>> >>>> A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement >>>> money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a >>>> few acres in Portugal. >>>> >>>> The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; the owner >>>> and wife both had died, and there were no heirs. >>>> >>>> The house was sold to pay taxes. >>>> There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel >>>> doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the >>>> extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't >>>> complimentary to the property anyway......so, nobody made an offer >>>> on the place. >>>> >>>> The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's >>>> worth, moved in, and set about to tear in to the >>>> barn.......curiosity was killing him. >>>> >>>> So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of >>>> grinders.......and cut thru the welds. >>>> >>>> What was in the barn...............? >>>> >>>> Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm >>>> >>>> Click on the index for a faster download >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
