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 Post subject: Cars in a barn myth
PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:30 pm 
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http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/.
Interesting

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:00 pm 
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hee hee

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

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we went through all this some time ago


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:13 pm 
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Morris I love the video clip :lol:

as for the barn that carn't be real surly, no one who has some of those cars would want to hind them away like that and not enjoy them (there are some really nice ones in there which I would love to have)

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Haha, Tom Cotter's latest "in the barn" book The Corvette in the Barn has the debunking of this one and another I hadn't heard of in France from much earlier :)

The in the barn books are a great read if you like barn find stories :)


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I have just put a deposit down on a 1961 850 thats been stored in a barn for 15 years

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That yellow mini looks funny. Does anyone know anything about it?
Might be an interesting story.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:43 am 
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eheheh,

if you guys think you have seen a lot these two 'portuguese bestsellers' in Australian foruns.. you can imagine us here!! :lol:

@Minifreak_brg67 the "barn find" was real ;-) , but of course the owner knew they were there! :)

mini is just really a Khana/Slalom mini... 1600cc engine, power steering, shortened shell, and very light.

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there is a book - http://www.pitstop.net.au/view/products ... plu/23868/


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Teh Barn find reminds me of the man who cannot be mentioned Biam :cry:

he did have a use sometimes :wink:

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yeh its a bullshite story, none the less... those cars have been dry stored, take any one of them home (a complete one) give it a good wash, quick service and rego it...

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Gadgets mini wrote:
Teh Barn find reminds me of the man who cannot be mentioned BIAM :cry:

he did have a use sometimes :wink:


Ahh the memories :cry:

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