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parkerlewis Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2005 Posts: 180
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: 'Barn find' stories what's your best find? |
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If there is a thread about this already, please let me know where! Otherwise let's hear your best paddock/barn find stories......
_________________ 1961 Double Cab (Sealing Wax Red) |
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CarreraRS2.7 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 688 Location: Woodstock, GA
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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There was a barnyard thread that was started a while ago, I can't remember where it is though. _________________ If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Gigi: Saturn Yellow 1974 Karmann Ghia Cabriolet
El Barto: Rosso 2017 Fiat 500 Abarth |
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vwluver74 Samba Member
Joined: February 29, 2004 Posts: 889 Location: at the buffet in the fetus room
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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i found my 29 chevy coupe in all original complete condition in a chicken house. not a vw, but still rare |
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60freak Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2002 Posts: 861 Location: Indiana
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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I found a very early Jaguar convertible in complete original condition, and it's still there today afaik. In the same barn there is a '55ish BMW Isetta ragtop. Also found a 64 Walkthru Kombi closeby, sitting with a '68 Westy.
Best one was a '66 Westy, all original, original owner, had the original westy roofrack as well. I wasn't into buses at the time (12 years ago) and passed it up. It was offered to me for $50.00.....doh! |
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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I found this '61 15 window in a Barn. The guy that told me about it noticed my VW shirt & looked at my truck and figured I was a VW fan.....
_________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76939 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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joe h. Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2005 Posts: 782 Location: Seattle, Wa
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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That is a really cool pic Glenn! What's the story? |
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Seb67 Samba Member
Joined: December 02, 2003 Posts: 1006 Location: New England
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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The most legendary barn find I know of was John Henry's 11E Splitty. But the telling of that tale is up to him. _________________ 1964 Type 1 |
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BulletBus Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2005 Posts: 1276 Location: Panama City Beach
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Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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Some acquaintances of a friend said they found a split camper at this guys house he would sell for 600 bucks. Said they were gonna part it out for their crappy panel. So, naturally we had to try and find it to check it out. (They wouldn't say where except for the neighborhood) Turns out, it's an all origianl 67 Westy with 68,000 original miles, original owner in perfect condition. No way were we gonna let those knuckelheads take it apart, so we paid the guy cash on the spot and had AAA come tow it to my house. Shady? Maybe. But it felt like the thing to do to save it from sure ruin. So, after a few weeks of ownership, we sold it to another (good) bus guy for 3500. A week later, he went back to the guys house to pick up the title they guy finally found and wouldn' ya know it, the guy says "Oh, and here's the rack for it and the tent I forgot I had". Are you kidding me!? That was about 6 or 7 years ago and I still kick myself over that one. The 21 window for 900 with an NOS middle seat is another story..... _________________ 53 Hatch Barndoor
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If it's not a bus, it's bus money waiting to happen. |
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Typ311Dave Samba Member
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 1253 Location: San Diego, CA "6-Volt"
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Some acquaintances of a friend said they found a split camper at this guys house he would sell for 600 bucks. Said they were gonna part it out for their crappy panel. So, naturally we had to try and find it to check it out. (They wouldn't say where except for the neighborhood) Turns out, it's an all origianl 67 Westy with 68,000 original miles, original owner in perfect condition. No way were we gonna let those knuckelheads take it apart, so we paid the guy cash on the spot and had AAA come tow it to my house. Shady? Maybe. But it felt like the thing to do to save it from sure ruin. So, after a few weeks of ownership, we sold it to another (good) bus guy for 3500. A week later, he went back to the guys house to pick up the title they guy finally found and wouldn' ya know it, the guy says "Oh, and here's the rack for it and the tent I forgot I had". Are you kidding me!? That was about 6 or 7 years ago and I still kick myself over that one. The 21 window for 900 with an NOS middle seat is another story |
Man, stories like that really make me sick.........no not really, cry is more like it! |
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Boosted75Mini Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2001 Posts: 36 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: |
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Man I love these pictures... makes me want to drive up to my uncles house and go through his 3 barns... I know there was an all original Cosworth Vega in there, a 69 Dodge Swinger, a 67 Camaro and several other cars _________________ Steve Waters |
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15144 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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just this past week browsing thru the local buy/swap paper an ad for a Diesel fired ESPAR cabin heater.. NEW... $40..
PROMPTLY call the next day.. fella says.. yeah they're in the back barn
THEY'RE??
yeah I have 4 of them..
I'll be right over.. talk with fella, hem and haw.. 3 New IN Box shelf wear(dust) 1 previously installed, 4 installation kits, 2 thermostats, and instruction books.. bought all 4 for the price of 3..
have a buncha Diesel campers to install into. (dad's & mine)
Was a auction buy lot from a Diesel equipment service center back in 1983..
retail on Ebay right now is $500~ each..
just had to share the find.. |
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diy570 Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2003 Posts: 1062 Location: Maggie Valley, NC
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Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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my last good barnfind was 7 years ago. it included a ghia vert, a '65 standard bus and a '60 mango double door standard complete with a nice double flipper middle seat.
i got the standard for 150 bucks loaded to the hilt with bus parts including an early middle and rear seat. another samba regular from penna. got the mango. |
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rustybugs Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Good question
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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A friend of mine just picked up a '61 Kombi he's got the story posted on his site, kinda interesting. Actually he has the Kombi listed here on the Samba if anyone's looking for a nice bus. '61 Kombi Bus Story
...Then the pavement ends, and after another four and a half miles you'll take a left on Loose as a Goose road". _________________ Steal my cash but leave my bug alone
Vintage VW Cars and VW Kit Car Maniac |
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Campy Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2005 Posts: 4933 Location: Chico, CA
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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This is one I missed out on:
About three years ago, I was in a local paint store when I overheard a man telling the employee that he had found a 1949 VW with the funny turn signal things on the side in a barn. He said that he knew nothing about Volkswagens and didn't know what to do with it. I told him to not cut it up and gave him my telephone number in case he decided to sell it. That was a mistake. I waited ten days and he never telephoned so I went to the paint store and asked the employee if he had decided to sell it and he said that he had sold it for $100. My mistake was not getting his telephone number and contacting him the next day.
This was a good deal:
Five or six years ago, a 1958 VW camper had been abandoned at a funky VW repair business near Chico when the owner gave up on it. I paid $150 for it and a CHP officer came to my house and recorded the VIN on one of three forms that I got at DMV. The forms were completed and left at the DMV, along with $37 for title and registration (not in DMVs computer), which arrived two weeks later.
It didn't have the camper interior or bumpers, but it had the side windows, front seats and two engines, the 1500cc one having been in real good shape and is currently in my 1963 camper. |
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Ninamashr Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 1400 Location: City of Round Rock in the Great State of Texas
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: |
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This is not my story but it's probrably one of the greatest barnfind stories ever...You just never know about them old VW drivers
http://coolcatcorp.com/millerauction/MillerAuction.html _________________ 1957 Karmann Kabriolet "Franky"
1957 Allstate trailer |
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Plantman Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2004 Posts: 688 Location: Brevard,NC
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Not a find yet but a search. A guy I know told me that his uncle has a '53 beetle parked in his barn just down the road from me. I haven't been able to get hold of the uncle, he lives in FL part of the year. . The guy doesn't know anything about the current condition, He just remembers riding in it when he was a kid and he's in his 40s now. On a side note, in the woods in back of my house is a '61 or '62 Vet hardtop vert. The woman who owns the property won't sell it and in fact moved it into the woods so people would quit asking her to sell it. Unfortunatly it is just going to spend the remainder of its existence in the woods, as least its restorable existance. It's not quite a parts car but soon will be. I want to post a pic in one of the Vet forums just to make them drool.
David _________________ Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day,
No matter where you go, there you are.
'69 bug & '71 Ghia |
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Tylinol Samba Member
Joined: August 28, 2006 Posts: 541 Location: TN
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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My biggest find ever was a Porsche Typ 12 Beetle prototype with perfect interior and OG paint.
Ok, not really. A friend of mine told me he has a couple ghias in the yard. One is 68-72 silver coupe, the other one is post-68 convertible. _________________ 75 Deluxe Microbus - Finally alive and kicking!
72 Fiat 850 Spider - Finally alive and...oh wait, never mind...wait there it goes!...whoops, false alarm...oh - wait wait...nope, nothing. |
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Mr. Loaf Samba Member
Joined: March 30, 2005 Posts: 2098 Location: Okra, Oklahoma
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: Barn Find? |
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When I was 19 my neighbor's Daughter took me out to their barn. Said she wanted to show me something. I used to drool over this Girl back then and so I gladly followed her. Once we were out there sitting on the very top of the stacked hay bales she decided to show me just were Heaven was! Whew, never did notice the "Oval" sitting over in the corner. _________________ Never drive faster than your Angel can fly
$24,100 was too hard to resist................. |
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Ace Samba Member
Joined: July 07, 2003 Posts: 1903
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: |
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You would be amazed of all the old vw tucked away. I still have a untouched 62 vert that has been sitting for 30 years. I was thinking of selling it as a $15K hoodride since putting a narrowed beam on anything seems to increase the value $10k. |
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