I stumbled across a massive barn find!
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As the title says
I spent the weekend in the South West with my sister and brother in law. Yesterday on our way to a boot fair my brother in law showed me a site with some old commercial greenhouses. They were FULL of classic cars in various states. The green houses were in a real state, broken glass and full of brambles but inside were MANY cars from memory we re talking Lotus Elan, 1960 s fastback Mustang, Rolls Royce silver shadow and Spirit, old Austins, vintage cars, Caterham, Opel Monza 3 litre etc etc etc and those were just the cars I could make out. There were at least 100 cars under covers! If you look you ll see a couple if the greenhouses that are just green, they are brambles inside the greenhouses and under the brambles are classic cars!
We drove away amazed and wanting to know more obviously!
Here s a google earth pic that backs up my story ..I ve blanked out road names etc.
I spent the weekend in the South West with my sister and brother in law. Yesterday on our way to a boot fair my brother in law showed me a site with some old commercial greenhouses. They were FULL of classic cars in various states. The green houses were in a real state, broken glass and full of brambles but inside were MANY cars from memory we re talking Lotus Elan, 1960 s fastback Mustang, Rolls Royce silver shadow and Spirit, old Austins, vintage cars, Caterham, Opel Monza 3 litre etc etc etc and those were just the cars I could make out. There were at least 100 cars under covers! If you look you ll see a couple if the greenhouses that are just green, they are brambles inside the greenhouses and under the brambles are classic cars!
We drove away amazed and wanting to know more obviously!
Here s a google earth pic that backs up my story ..I ve blanked out road names etc.
The Rotrex Kid said:
paddy1970 said:
Yes... Very easy to find the location even with the road blanked... Took me the best part of 10s...please remove the pic
Really? Could be literally anywhere! Caddyshack said:
The Rotrex Kid said:
paddy1970 said:
Yes... Very easy to find the location even with the road blanked... Took me the best part of 10s...please remove the pic
Really? Could be literally anywhere! Then it said its Choice Plants, Romsey, which it isn't
As a point of pedantry, a "barn find" is where a car or cars that have previously been lost of forgotten about are found languishing in the back of a barn hidden away. Presumably, given the proximity of the houses, the owner knows exactly what is there. So more that you "...found cars in a barn..." than a "barn find".
Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
Dapster said:
As a point of pedantry, a "barn find" is where a car or cars that have previously been lost of forgotten about are found languishing in the back of a barn hidden away. Presumably, given the proximity of the houses, the owner knows exactly what is there. So more that you "...found cars in a barn..." than a "barn find".
Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
It highlights the location to people who may not know about it. A house 2 doors down from us was derelict for 15 years and an urban explorer made a video about it, without the location provided, it then became popular with similar people with multiple break-ins. Eventually one of them started a fire and it was significantly damaged, then another did the same and it was burnt to the ground. Worst was the garage was being used to store a Bentley Blower, which fortunately had been removed after the original urb-ex video. Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
The owner was a 98 year old who lived just down the road in assisted living who visited the house daily. He was our local nutter. It broke him and he passed away a few weeks later. Was all a very sad affair. The only positive being it’s now having a new house being built on the plot.
Do not underestimate what some people will do when these locations are flagged on the internet.
Dapster said:
As a point of pedantry, a "barn find" is where a car or cars that have previously been lost of forgotten about are found languishing in the back of a barn hidden away. Presumably, given the proximity of the houses, the owner knows exactly what is there. So more that you "...found cars in a barn..." than a "barn find".
Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
That does indeed sounds pedantic; I'd qualify any scenario which involves any old, long-left car and the epiphany that it's a thing of value and importance (as opposed to a rusting vestig of Mad Uncle Jack's hoardomania.) Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
JQ said:
It highlights the location to people who may not know about it. A house 2 doors down from us was derelict for 15 years and an urban explorer made a video about it, without the location provided, it then became popular with similar people with multiple break-ins. Eventually one of them started a fire and it was significantly damaged, then another did the same and it was burnt to the ground. Worst was the garage was being used to store a Bentley Blower, which fortunately had been removed after the original urb-ex video.
The owner was a 98 year old who lived just down the road in assisted living who visited the house daily. He was our local nutter. It broke him and he passed away a few weeks later. Was all a very sad affair. The only positive being it s now having a new house being built on the plot.
Do not underestimate what some people will do when these locations are flagged on the internet.
I get that and agree with such examples but Google Earth images are available to anyone with an internet connection and doesn't require someone illegally breaking and entering and posting their content on the 'net. I can't see any elevated security risk of posting public domain images - any more than I see the need to cover reg plates of interesting cars posted on the Supercars Spotted thread so long as they are taken on the public road regardless of where they are or how much they are worth. The owner was a 98 year old who lived just down the road in assisted living who visited the house daily. He was our local nutter. It broke him and he passed away a few weeks later. Was all a very sad affair. The only positive being it s now having a new house being built on the plot.
Do not underestimate what some people will do when these locations are flagged on the internet.
If the owner came on and asked for the pics to be removed I would agree that one should do so out of courtesy but otherwise, what's the issue?
I get your point but I can't see the risk
AmyRichardson said:
Dapster said:
As a point of pedantry, a "barn find" is where a car or cars that have previously been lost of forgotten about are found languishing in the back of a barn hidden away. Presumably, given the proximity of the houses, the owner knows exactly what is there. So more that you "...found cars in a barn..." than a "barn find".
Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
That does indeed sounds pedantic; I'd qualify any scenario which involves any old, long-left car and the epiphany that it's a thing of value and importance (as opposed to a rusting vestig of Mad Uncle Jack's hoardomania.) Also what's the issue of showing the pics? It's a Google earth image anyone can find. It's not as if the OP climbed over a fence and took pics from private land, or is showing how to get in, or indeed any of the contents?
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