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Looking at the main picture most of us can imagine interesting cars parked inside having collected dust over many years. And though in many cases it appears to be no, in this case it was yes: a beautiful collection, most of them american and prewar, unused and covered by dust. An usual "barn find"? Not entirely. Some of the cars, as the Ford V8 of photo 4 seems to have been subject of a complete restoration, although it hasn´t been driven for years. So what we have here? The remains of the garage of an old collector who deceased some years ago. He restored beautifully many classic cars, and what you are seeing are his "reserves", many of the cars he was going to restore. In fact many of them are unmolested "oily rag" examples which probably were bought to its original owners. The Buick of photo 3 seems utterly complete and original, as is the huge 1929 Cadillac of photo 6, whose engine has curiosities as an old can, an oil filler and two carburettors fitted! (photo 7). There are even trucks, as the very original 1930 Dodge Brothers of photo 5, or a Willys-Knight with its sleeve valve engine, among others. And this is the meaning which the words "Barn find" are becoming: Old collections reunited years ago by pioneering classic car fans unused for years, as is becoming increasingly difficult to find real barns which have never been seen by afficionados and still belong to the original owners.
        

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