Cars In Barns UK Style

[JMF]

Most of these are from cars over here in the UK and Europe, thought you guys may enjoy

[EDIT -  **Image removed at request of picture's owner**]

[Charger74]

Some pretty nice cars going to waste over there.  Guess this kind of thing isn't just on our side of the pond....

[Jon Smith]

Just been reading through that thread myself, cant believe the army trashed Saddam and Udays car collections,    could they not have auctioned them off 
http://www.supercarforums.co.uk/chatforum/viewtopic.php?t=30
some of the stuff on there is even more unbelievable than the people who leave musclecars to rot, though I guess they're way more expensive to fix

[skip68]

That red Ferrari in the 3rd pic looks like it was flooded in that garage. Look at the walls, the water line on the walls and the dirt on the car. ?

[TruckDriver]

Was surprised to see that Superbird. Didn't someone here once post a picture of a '69 Daytona just sitting in a shed in Iraq

[dukeboy_318]

dont know but, im starting to see alot of older muscle cars finding their ways to the scrap heap with metal prices being so high, eventually there wont be any left at this rate

[BigBlackDodge]

Was surprised to see that Superbird. Didn't someone here once post a picture of a '69 Daytona just sitting in a shed in Iraq

I remember that ..............I think it was Iran though.



BBD

[RD]

Just been reading through that thread myself, cant believe the army trashed Saddam and Udays car collections,    could they not have auctioned them off 
http://www.supercarforums.co.uk/chatforum/viewtopic.php?t=30
some of the stuff on there is even more unbelievable than the people who leave musclecars to rot, though I guess they're way more expensive to fix

i personally found the site admins avatar the nicest of all pictures on that site 

[Chris G.]

What was the list price on that Countach when new? Man I love those things.

[1969chargerrtse]

Great pictures, thanks.  Love the Blue Bird.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

What was the list price on that Countach when new? Man I love those things.

You know how I feel about those bad boyz!

[evil1]

i personally found the site admins avatar the nicest of all pictures on that site 

Ya, that was the only thing I remember seeing on that site...were there pictures ?

[OldGuy]

I'll take the red Aston Martin - thank you!!   Would even consider the blue Aston Martin since it has left hand steering - easier to drive over here in the USA!!

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

WAIT.  THAT'S MY PICTURE OF THE SUPERBIRD.  Someone stole it, again.


Ryan

[Brock Samson]

Totally Awsome cars there,.. great find! anyone notice the Muria?..  many more pics on the site's actual thread...

[mikesbbody]

WAIT.  THAT'S MY PICTURE OF THE SUPERBIRD.  Someone stole it, again.
Ryan

i thought i saw it somewhere before...

[Cooperman]

Cool cars from the UK. sad to see them just sitting. They say the same about us and our cars I bet also. I'm sure one of guys will hammer me for saying this, but that Lotus Europa, the green car sitting half under the tree. I owned for a short while. I thought it was a cool car, even though I could hardly fit in it, being 6'1. But it was cool. The yellowish car behind the Silver Porsche 928 is a Lambo also, about a early 70's model. I painted one of them once, not impressed at all w/the design.
Thanks for the photos.
Mark

By Lambo I assume you mean Lamborghini? The yellow car behind the Porsche 928 is a late '70s Lotus Eclat http://www.lotusexcel.co.uk/eclatexcel.htm

You're right about the design though. An odd mix of old Rover, Toyota and Ford parts bolted to a homebrew chassis 
I live about 30 minutes from Hethel in Norfolk where they're built. Worked on a few of them for a while. Happy I don't have to these days!

[Brock Samson]

Cool cars from the UK. sad to see them just sitting. They say the same about us and our cars I bet also. I'm sure one of guys will hammer me for saying this, but that Lotus Europa, the green car sitting half under the tree. I owned for a short while. I thought it was a cool car, even though I could hardly fit in it, being 6'1. But it was cool. The yellowish car behind the Silver Porsche 928 is a Lambo also, about a early 70's model. I painted one of them once, not impressed at all w/the design.
Thanks for the photos.
Mark

Nope, that's a Lotus...

I'll take the mura,..

[C_stripes]

Thats sick 

[69bronzeT5]

WAIT.  THAT'S MY PICTURE OF THE SUPERBIRD.  Someone stole it, again.


Ryan

Here we go again

[hemigeno]

WAIT.  THAT'S MY PICTURE OF THE SUPERBIRD.  Someone stole it, again.


Ryan

Here we go again

Not if you LET it go...  (hint hint)   

[1FastCharger]

This one was posted as a Facel Vega - whatever the hell that is. Looks like a Jensen to me. See that big block Mopar motor sitting in there.

[Brock Samson]

That's a Facel Vega sitting next to it there...
The FC was the the "IT" car of the mid to late '50,.. 



wanna make a real spash at the next Carlisle, this would be the car....


http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=177&alph=ALL

hemi powered limited production europian hybred..
Frank drove one,.. Ya' know? Frank?..  the Chairman of the board?.. 







   short explaination...

Facel Vega
French metal producer FACEL (Forges et Ateliers de Construction d'Eure et Loire) was a well established French firm which decided to branch into car manufacturing in the mid-1950's. FACEL had already supplied complete bodyshells to other French manufacturers such as Simca, Panhard and Ford France.

The first Facel Vega production cars appeared in 1954 and instantly won acclaim from around the world. The secret to the success of Facel Vega was its unique blend of elegant design, a US power-plant and European build quality. The Facel Vega was regarded as a luxury Grand Tourer that could compete with both the best European and US models.

After a successful period of building the US powered models the company made a fatal decision to produce its own four cylinder engine. This move down-market forced the company to fold in 1964.



The long version..

http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-fantasy-garage/facel-vega-hk500-317075.php

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[Brock Samson]

  well,..
lemmie know if any of you guys find one of these in a barn..