Cars in barns

There is a website called carsinbarns.com which features classic cars of all rotting away in barns and yards etc. There is 55 pages of classic Fords, Mercs and Shelbys pictured. Most people wont sell or want way too much money. One guy said he would rather let the car rot then to sell it for less than what he feels it is worth. Now I wonder why, if these cars are worth so much, why do people insist on letting them rot and keeping them filled with garbage? Its like my LTD, I spent two days cleaning the garbage out of it, and dont get me started on the pine tar that was all over it. Oh, I love the car so I will keep it under a pine tree. Dumb f%cks.

The only vehicles in barns around here is Amish buggies.

I have taken over one hundred photos of restoreable cars in the last year. Many of the people who own them I know personally. In many cases its a power thing. By them telling you no it's not for sale gives them a power rush. My wifes cousin has a '55 Ford Custom I would love to have and he tells me he has told fifty different people no not for sale. I really think he gets a high out of knowing you want it and he has the power to say not going to happen.

It is his car and he can do whatever he pleases with it but he does seem to be vindictive about it.

Sure, I understand its their car but at least take a little better car of it. At least then there will be something left to restore. In my area around Ithaca NY, there is a 68 LTD, a couple 64 Galaxies, and a 67 Galaxie sitting in the weeds rotting away. And those are just the ones I can think of right now. I do need to see if the LTD has the hideaway headlight motor.

Just tell them "thanks you did me a favor by telling me no, because I don't have the thousands that it would take to restore it. I sometimes am impulsive and get into things way over my head."

Or " thanks, it's really not the car I was looking for"
In other words take some of the blow out of their sails.

When I was coming up in my home town there man who had a whole field full of old rare classics on the edge of town there was 57-59 skyliners ,55-57 nomads and safaris,2dr hd tops early 50s vickys 53-57 mercs rare studs and kaizers lots of very cool stuff just sitting there rotting away and there was know way he was going to sell anything . I think he died in the early 90s and somebody hauled it all away .Things like that make me want to go out to my truck and loosen the lug nuts with my ass cheeks JD

While I respect that it's somebodies property and they can do whatever they want with it. I HATE to see history just rot away because someone just wants to have what amounts to a huge steel garden gnome sit in their field. There's a point in which they have to be honest with themselves, if its been sitting for the past 30+ years and it hasn't so much as moved an inch, chances are good they not going to ever restore it in their life, or even the next if they had one. If their kids hadn't already asked for it, chances are good that they don't want it. They could at least let car enthusiast, whether its restored or rodded, preserve the things that are unique to American history and culture.


There's a late 20's early 30's, I've been told it's either a dodge or chevy, sedan sitting in our field. Although it is covered and protected from the elements at least. I uncovered some of it and peeked a little underneath and the paint is still there. Unfortunately it was slightly chopped and used as a farm truck. I'd love for that to be my next project, but the skill level needed is currently to great for me. We also have 3 tractors still, an Allis Chalmers model M crawler, a ford 850 and an International Cub. All three are in sheds covered up but, they still need some maintenance, and until the early 90's my dad's uncle regularly started and maintained them all. Now he's been dead since 2004 and my dad wont bring them out to service them(I don't know how to drive a tractor). I hate history just wasting away.

MENTAL ILLNESS, My brother-n-law owns a junk yard and his crazy uncle (and I do mean crazy) just had him scrap out fifty cars. most of them were the run of the mill late 70's early 80's stuff but their was a 71 ford truck, a 71 maverick and a 73 maverick, they were all so rusted that they were falling apart just loading them. My dad had this old minature Subura Van that was supossed to be limit in pruduction. My aunt gave it to him somtime around 81 or 82 when she got a divorce. I bet 50 people stopped and tryed to buy it over the years and he would never sell it. People offered $2000.00 and $3000.00 for it and he would not budge. Last year after it sat and rusted for nearly 28 years he finaly sold it for $200.00!!! MENTAL ILLNESS

I talked about this car before but there is a 65 mustang about ten miles from me that I stopped and tryed to buy when I was 16 and they would not sell it "gona fix-it up". I am now 38 and it is still sitting in the same spot never moved in 22 years! But they are gonna fix it up!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by 347LX

I talked about this car before but there is a 65 mustang about ten miles from me that I stopped and tryed to buy when I was 16 and they would not sell it "gona fix-it up". I am now 38 and it is still sitting in the same spot never moved in 22 years! But they are gonna fix it up!!!!!!!!!!

And the owners like 150 years old, and he's/she's gonna fix it up some day still? Time for a reality check.