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    Portuguese Barn

    I don't know if this story is entierly true or not but this is how it go to me.
    It really is something amazing!

    "A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement
    money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a
    few acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for
    15 years.; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs.
    The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers,
    but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded
    shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in
    the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway......so,
    nobody made an offer on the place.

    The New York guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved
    in, and set about to tear in to the barn.......curiosity was killing him.


    So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders.......and
    cut thru the welds.

    What was in the barn?"

    Wow, just wow!
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    hasn't this story been around for a while already? Or is this "another" barn?
    Hugo should know.
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    Portuguese barn 3

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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    hasn't this story been around for a while already? Or is this "another" barn?
    Hugo should know.
    Oh i don't now, i got this today, but it could have been around for longer, fell free to delete if it's the same story.
    "Religious belief is the “path of least resistance”, says Boyer, while disbelief requires effort."

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    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ruim20 View Post
    Oh i don't now, i got this today, but it could have been around for longer, fell free to delete if it's the same story.
    no reason to delete, just want to know.

    Here we go

    http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...easures-2.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    just beat me...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Yeap same story :S

    The ony thing is some pictures here don't show on that thread and vice-versa.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ruim20 View Post
    Yeap same story :S

    The ony thing is some pictures here don't show on that thread and vice-versa.
    Don't worry though, it still is an interesting story. And the new pics are welcome.
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    I am actually more interested in the current situation....
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    Those are some nice finds.
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    Isn't this near Estoril, and the original post (not on UCP) of the find was sort of a hoax? I mean, the story traveled around the internets for months the last time... seems to me it was debunked. Some of the cars have been sold IIRC, and the owner isn't gone.

    Sure is fun to look at again, though...
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