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What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by ModelT46 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:43 pm

What "Barn find" would you like to find" and buy.
I assume we are looking for early Fords, but do not limit yourself to Model T Folrds. My choice would be a Model K, perhaps a late production one. My other choice would be the original engine from Model T number one, for the original engine was replaced soon after assembly.

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Quickm007 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:53 pm

1927 Bugatti Type 35B...

See bellow what I mean...

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Super Mario Bross ;)

1911 Touring
1914 Speedster

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Quickm007 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:07 pm

1927 Bugatti Type 35B Sold in 2014 for only $US 2,970,000... Hope you like the color :lol:
Super Mario Bross ;)

1911 Touring
1914 Speedster

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Angmar » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:31 pm

Living wood 4x4 and a good set of cast steel wheels.
Still crankin old iron

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by perry kete » Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:03 pm

MY BARN FIND

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1922 Coupe & 1927 Touring

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Michael Peternell » Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:11 pm

perry kete wrote:
Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:03 pm
MY BARN FIND


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I suppose.... if you're into that kinda thing.
Pick me! Pick me!

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:19 pm

What a mind boggling question Darel. I don't know where to start or stop.
When did I do that?


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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:29 pm

I’d like to find a real barnfind, such as this relic from an earlier post...

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Rob » Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:42 pm

Typically I'd reply Ford Model B, or a 1908 built two pedal two lever Model T. However, I saw this car sell at an RM auction at Hershey several years ago, and still think about it. With a long hood, it resembles a six cylinder car of the period. I suspect the long hood would give more battery space for better range and performance. It would be something to take on early brass tours.

1908 Baker Electric Roadster:
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Ruxstel24 » Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:50 pm

How many things are in this here barn ?? :lol:

This would work, 1938 Indian 4 ;)
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by 23ford » Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:36 pm

1909 2 pedal 2 lever

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by TRDxB2 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:55 am

Not telling where it is but the owner couldn't get it started :D
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Burger in Spokane » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:28 am

An early 20's Stutz Bearcat would work for me.

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More people are doing it today than ever before !

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by david_dewey » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:41 am

A steam car, any one would be nice, but a Doble would be over the top (except I probably can't afford to restore it, so a Stanley would be more realistic).
Perry, I KNOW I couldn't afford the upkeep on your Barn Find!
T'ake care,
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Its_Always_T_Time » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:10 pm

That '38 Indian looks so modern and so classic at the same time... awesome bike.
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Mark Gregush » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:41 pm

I would be happy finding the correct back half of a 1920 Dodge Brothers touring with fenders to make mine correct and maybe a hood. Ok maybe 5 usable 33X4 tires too! I would be sorta elated if it were a whole complete body with top. :o
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup


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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by John Codman » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:40 pm

A Model A Roadster with the rumbleseat.

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Oldav8tor » Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:18 pm

Almost any pre-1930 car that would be within my means to restore or any pre-1946 airplane. I had a pilot friend once who was called by a lady who was selling her property which had featured a small grass airport in the 1930's. She said she had some old airplane parts of her husband's in a barn and he could have them so she wouldn't have to pay to have them hauled to a dump. Not expecting much, he found a complete, disassembled WACO Cabin Biplane. She just wanted it removed but he forced her to take $500....feeling guilty even then. I should have such luck....
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by ModelT46 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:28 pm

The Waco plane is great. I beleive that Amellia Earhart owned one when she first started flying.

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Sean Butler » Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:03 pm

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1907 Thomas Touring. David's point about being able to afford the restore is valid, though. I guess that means in a best case scenario the barn find should be complete, original, and ready to tour! :o
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Burger in Spokane » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:48 pm

Boat people have a saying, that boats are just a hole in the water that
you pour money in to ....

Are airplanes just a hole in the sky that one pours money in to ???
More people are doing it today than ever before !


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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Burger in Spokane » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:54 pm

Honestly, my ultimate barn find would be one of these:

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Not just any steam locomotive, but an 1880's narrow gauge Consolidation
type freight hauler in it's original 1880's form, as seen here. Not a very
practical toy, but who's counting ?
More people are doing it today than ever before !


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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:10 pm

I'd just like to find the barn! Need space for my cars...

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Susanne » Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:27 pm

Burger in Spokane wrote:
Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:48 pm
Boat people have a saying, that boats are just a hole in the water that
you pour money in to ....

Are airplanes just a hole in the sky that one pours money in to ???
High powered motor with a spinning shredder blade on the front, that you rev up as fast as you can, stand in front of it, and throw bundles of hundreds at.

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Duey_C » Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:58 pm

An unmolested model N Ford that might run and drive with some tinkering. (drool)
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Gil Fitzhugh » Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:00 pm

Car: T-head Mercer Raceabout. Plane: Beech Staggerwing.


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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by jiminbartow » Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:17 pm

World War II Jeep, still in the original crate! Some assembly required. Jim Patrick

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by John Heaman » Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:24 pm

I don't know why Perry's barn find came with a gun and mine has a chicken?

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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by JEC » Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:12 am

When I was young I wanted a f4F Fighter
Later in life it was a Porsche 550A.
In my down hill years I would settle with the Porsche 356 Convertible D that I sold so that we could buy our house in Tucson.
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by tmodeldriver » Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:11 am

John, the girl in your barn is prettier and she ain't packing a pistol. There's nothing funny about a woman with a gun. :lol:

For me it would be a Jaguar XK-150 S. I owned one for a few years back on the sunny slopes of long ago. That car was pure fun and with the right exhaust system Jags make the best stack music of any six cylinder engine ever made.


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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by JEC » Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:54 pm

I wouldn't mind having my Waco UEC/OEC back but the Piper J-5 that is in the hangar would have to go.
I traded the Waco that needed recovering for a J-3 Cub. The Waco ended up in England.
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Re: What "barn find" would you like to find?

Post by Dan Haynes » Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:56 pm

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