View Full Version : Another cache of brilliant cars
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 11:59 AM
Not very far from where i stay here in South Africa, this barn full of cars is stashed away. The owner will not sell any, but still eye candy......
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 12:09 PM
Some do need rebuilding...
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 12:20 PM
Others are complete but not in a running condition..
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 12:31 PM
And THEN there's his museum of wonderfully reconditioned cars....Magic stuff...i would like them in my garage
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 12:39 PM
more magic cars......
f6fhellcat13
10-24-2010, 12:44 PM
Fantastic stuff! I really hope I stumble into one of these someday.
What is the second picture in the first post? It is gorgeous.
Is the thrid car in post five an F5000?
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 12:46 PM
Fantastic stuff! I really hope I stumble into one of these someday.
What is the second picture in the first post? It is gorgeous.
Fiat Dino, apparently Ferrari engined..
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 12:48 PM
Is the thrid car in post five an F5000?
Not sure, but i'll find out tommorrow
Ferrer
10-24-2010, 12:54 PM
It's a Fiat Dino Coupé.
Fiat Dino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shares the engine with another homolagtion special, the Stratos.
coolieman1220
10-24-2010, 03:28 PM
the GT40 looks like a kit
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 03:35 PM
the GT40 looks like a kit
It is a kit yes..
csl177
10-24-2010, 07:50 PM
Always fun to wander into someone's hoard... are the R10, Lotus or 911RS real?
willysjeep
10-24-2010, 11:07 PM
All real and the R10 is actually an R8...very rusted[parts car]. The red one that is..blue one is a Gordini
clutch-monkey
10-24-2010, 11:19 PM
how much for the RS and the falcon GT? :D
csl177
10-25-2010, 09:17 PM
Good luck with that, clutch... but just for yuks... if possible please advise the SN for the RS. Inquiring Porsche sleuths must know.
clutch-monkey
10-25-2010, 10:11 PM
haha the RS is even RHD and everything!
DesmoRob
10-25-2010, 10:13 PM
How does someone just end up with that stuff? Did they all come with the place when the guy bought it? I can't imagine him having owned all them and let them go to shit over the years... but then who'd be dumb enough to leave them there? I'm confused.
They may not all be my cup of tea, but nevertheless its still pretty exciting.
henk4
10-26-2010, 01:01 AM
Good luck with that, clutch... but just for yuks... if possible please advise the SN for the RS. Inquiring Porsche sleuths must know.
and further to that, the Lotus Eleven Registrar might surely want to know the number of the 11.
willysjeep
10-29-2010, 05:05 AM
How does someone just end up with that stuff? Did they all come with the place when the guy bought it? I can't imagine him having owned all them and let them go to shit over the years... but then who'd be dumb enough to leave them there? I'm confused.
They may not all be my cup of tea, but nevertheless its still pretty exciting.
The owner is also a classic car collector and bought the cars randomly as they came up forsale. His workshop will then take it ,rebuild it and stash it in the museum. Preserving cars for the future is a dream to some of us South Africans......I'll see if they will let me have the serial numbers.
DesmoRob
10-29-2010, 10:00 AM
Preserving cars for the future is a dream to some of us South Africans.
Ask around here and I think you'll be pleased to find most of us have that same dream :D.
willysjeep
10-31-2010, 01:12 PM
Ask around here and I think you'll be pleased to find most of us have that same dream :D.
You're right there Rob...here in South Africa is a lot of guys like this. The only thing that happens here is the day when this guy dies the wife calls in the scrapmetal merchant and sell the lot to him.
It happened a couple of times. She builds up a hate for cars over the years and then cant wait for the old man to pass on.....some 64 cars from one collector went that way about 5 yrs ago.....
Also the reason why i call them scrap mental merchants :p