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This is the "Barn-Find" people only read about--but it just happened to me. I can get prices and pictures on any of this stuff--it's ALL here, and in place. Only a few know about the gems inside, and I catalogued it ALL for your reading pleasure. Anyone interested in cars or parts? Let me know! What an impressive list!!!

The list is quite extensive, so I included the non-Corvette stuff too. This is a private collection in Alberta--and I think the owner is at the age where he wants to get rid of his stuff. No pictures were allowed (on this visit), but I spent a day starting cars, looking at things, and snooping around. I have a line on anything you see on this list!!

Let me know if anyone might be interested, although I am not trying to sell anything--I stumbled across this by accident while I was talking to someone about camper-vans........

Without further adieu, imagine walking into a strangers yard and seeing this:

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CORVETTE STUFF!!!:D

’67 Vette 327 eng. [ rare ] Super fun toy--comes on ’27 Ford steel-bodied roadster hot rod, older build needs tlc.

'61 Corvette huge project, good frame, rolling ,needs everything

'57 Corvette full-body, doors, hood trunk lid, ‘58 rolling chassis incl 327 (DEAL PENDING)

’67 Corvette Roadster, GREEN, rolling, huge project, incl.327 [non-numbers] 4 speed trans., new rubber kit. (DEAL PENDING)

’69 Corvette roadster, white, body from firewall back on rolling chassis, could be a builder

’71 Corvette coupe 383 stroker, auto, 450 hp, super fast ,dark blue, many upgrades, Saskatchewan car.

'75 Vet shell no frame good 1/4's and bird-cage pass-door only

’84 Corvette coupe 350 4+3 standard leather, Targa roof, 100,000 km’s. Drove and ran smooth.

C-3 Vet parts misc. hoods, doors, and one ’63-4 front fender, and much more

Chev Engines 283, 350, 327, 402, 454 (I hear I can get any of these for $1,000-$3,000)


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NON-CORVETTE STUFF (THE REST):eek:

’37 Plymouth Coupe, Old hot rod, disc front, much new metal, lots of potential (deal pending)

’39 Chev 2 door sedan, mostly complete, eng. apart, great rod material, (deal pending)

‘47 Buick 4 door sedan straight 8 not seized, body incomplete

’47 FORD 2 ton Custom TOW TRUCK, hand built, cost over $25k, set on Dodge 4x4 chassis, mostly new

49 Chrysler Windsor Royale Deluxe 4 dr

’53 Packard 400 Mayfair 2 door hardtop, extremely rare in my opinion--which means nothing!:rofl:

'56 Chrysler Windsor 4 dr sdn. Very orig. runs/drvs, but no brakes

’55 Chev Bel Aire 2 door hardtop rolling shell, clipped w/disc brakes good floors,

’55 Chev Bel Aire 2 dr. hardtop, all bodywork from firewall back done, strong 327 PG--looks to be SOLID!!!:coolgleam:

’55 Chev Bel Aire 4 dr, Red/orange, ex-hotrod, radius rear wells, hump hood, etc. needs restoration--great gasser potential

’57 Chev Bel Aire 4 dr sedan, yellow--no engine or tranny, but all else is original

'58 Pontiac Strato Chief 4-door. Origial 4
’59 Pontiac Laurentian 4 door sedan, blue in/out , 6-cylinder, 3 speed, runs exc., needs brakes, (Low-Rider potential)?

'59 Meteor Ranchwagon 4 dr. 6 stnd. This looks RARE to me!!, needs full restoration though...........:mad:

’59 Ford Fairlane retractable , all orig, 352 auto ,runs well, needs minor restore, paint red/white--great looking car from 20-feet!!

’60 Impala 2 door hardtop [ bubble-top ] new red/white interior needs minor bodywork completed--again, I don't see many of these out there.:eek:

’64 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport 2 dr htp, 327 auto buckets console, just add paint--everything else looks great!

’64 Impala SS 2 dr htp. , needs resto. rare car, was 283 auto no engine/tranny--DEAL PENDING.

'79 Lincoln Limo Ronald Reagan’s when Gov. of California. Runs/drives!!

’66 Coronet 2 door hardtop, Cream, very nice original, #’s match 318 auto, mint interior--DEAL PENDING:mad:

’66 Satellite 2 dr hardtop, white, black buckets/console, 440 auto 2 bbl, needs little, runs strong--great Roadrunner donor???

’67 GTX 2 dr hardtop w/ ’71 440, auto not running , very rare--I know these Mopars pretty well. This thing as SWEET.

’66 Satellite 2 dr. hardtop, wine, high optioned car, white buckets, engine/trans, console missing, needs restoration

’66 Charger, newer strong 383 auto,, most bodywork complete, nice black int. needs paint, front carpet, finishing-touches

’70 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 slap stick, tic tac, MATCHING NUMBERS , orig. Vitamin “C” orange, but green now.....needs paint. Similar unit sold all done @ Barrett J. for $ 180,000.00 THIS IS THE KING OF THE COLLECTION IMO

’72 Duster 2 dr htp orig. Green/green, 6 auto, runs/drives exc, some rust, comes with K-frame and 360--great potential

’64 Mercedes Benz 200d 4 dr sedan nice int, good body, but not running gas 4 cyl.

'71 Mercedes Benz 280s 4 dr sedan nice interior, good body, I couldn't start this one....

’79 Mercedes Benz 450 SL 2 tops, Silver on red leather. New looking blk soft-top.

’83 Mercedes 380 SEL black very nice, nds minor, but ran beautifully

’85 Porsche 944 , white, auto runs/drives, White, looks good, but was told is salvaged--will need inspection.

’86 Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio, silver red/grey leather, newer black soft top--is this the car from "The Graduate"

’86 Mercedes 560 SEC, ran strong, ideal donor car, body reasonable, rough interior.

’88 Mercedes 560 SEC 2 door hardtop, runs well but bad lifter, needs interior work, but this is a rare body style

’91 Mercedes 190e Cobalt Blue/grey leather, w/2.6 six. LOADED and in great overall shape.

’92 BMW 325i 4-dr sedan, nice cond. 141,000 km’s, gray, runs and drove well.

’98 BMW 325i 4-dr, runs/drives/looks great, black/black leather, needs inspection though.

'48 Humber Super Snipe body-off restored finished. Another RARE looking car.

'64 Humber Super Snipe Black on Red leather and wood.

'50's Thames Freighter--looks RARE F

’59 Anglia 2 door all orig. and complete engine rebuilt, but great body--(DEAL PENDING)

’59 Renault Dauphine Gordini 4-door very orig/complete--not running

'66 Vanden Plas 4-Litre Princess 4 door needs resto. Rolls-Royce engine--I think this is a RARE VEHICLE.

'69 and '70 Sunbeam Alpine GT's [ Rapier] package deal F

’75 Jaguar XJ6C 2 door hardtop, extremely rare Jag, 350/400 Chev engine, needs rust attention, but great potential.

’87 Jaguar XJS 2 dr coupe very strong V-12, IRS, ideal donor for streetrod proj. many spare parts to buyer....

'64 Python fibreglas body ,very rare--was told only 45 were ever produced.

’68 Firebird Sask car, 455 auto, ratchet shifter, wild power, Fresh pearl white body, gauges, rally wheels--DEAL PENDING

'68 Buick Skylark 2 dr htp. Maroon/white rans/drove well, no paint or exhaust

'72 Chev Impala convertible 402 [same block as 427] auto runs/drives Brown v-rough. There are no doors, hood or trunk lid, no interior, it is just a body and super clean rolling chassis.

’67 Chevelle Malibu 2 dr. hardtop buildable 396 400 buckets console, solid but needs restoration

’67 Malibu 2 dr htp frame pntd, great body, nw BB hood, buckets, builder,

’67 Malibu 2 dr htp body shell, sits on perfect rolling chassis....

’78 Ferrari 308 GTS Red/black, 37,000 original miles, mint mint Magnum PI Car

'75 Lemans Sport Coupe, WHITE/WHITE good driver, but a great project

’50 Chev 3/4 ton w/9 foot box, quite rare, not running but complete--red and rare.

’61 Chev
 
WOW!!!

What a huge barn that must be.
I don't know what's more impressive, the number of cars or the fact that you managed to catalog them all.
Must have been an amazing feeling to be there, shame no photos allows.

And again WOW
 
No auction--everything listed is for sale though.

I am going to try and get the green light to take some pictures though. Most of the catalog was copied and pasted then my own comments added. I did get to start a few cars, and drove several others--although not for any length of time. Just put it in gear and around the driveway.

there's other stuff there too (memoriabilia, clothes, you name it). I took his old list, and crossed-out stuff that was already gone, and then looked closer at some of the other. I really want to go back........I'd love to have this collection on my yard.
 
I started going cross-eyed near the end of the list! Did anybody get a count of the number of vehicles? Hard to fathom.
 
You wanted pics--here's a few pictures I snapped off today. The Challenger and Ferrari are INCREDIBLE, so I went back to start them up. The 'Vette stuff is IMO a major project, and not worth doing, but I'll show some pics of that. He has a school bus and cube van full of parts--enough parts to bring that 69 Roadster back to life.

Parts of body.



My internet connection is really crappy in this hotel, but I will post some more pics in a few days.
 
Hey Vince.......in his memorabilia....did he have any old Jersey Gas Pumps or porcelain gas station signs??

I am so impulsive....thank god i wasn't on site at the barn.....or the wife would have to park outside.....

Cheers, Fitzy
 
I think the best thing would be to take the Z Adam, then it would be ok. If you took a cube van, then I imagine you could get into some trouble! :D

Looking forward to more pics Vince! Thanks for posting!!!!
 
I will try getting more pics. I sent some directly to another member, but my phone isn't hooked up to email, so I can't get them to photobucket..........

Anyway, I do believe there was some old neon gas signs, but they weren't for sale. There was a cool 1950s pinball machine which was. I thoughtnit would look dynamite in the mancave!
 
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