Barn Find Barn Find Espada Not Touched For Over 30 Years
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Its chassis #9200 apparently.
I think everyone wants to know its back story.
Here is a screen grab from the Late Brake Show video, and a comment from the instagram post that had a brief mention of the rego number and chassis number;
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I think everyone wants to know its back story.
Here is a screen grab from the Late Brake Show video, and a comment from the instagram post that had a brief mention of the rego number and chassis number;
[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/PfRkFkBH[/url][url]|https://thumbsnap.com/D4enz5vb[/url]Chassis 9200 would be one of the RHD Espadas supplied new during my era, so I must have driven it at some time. I cannot remember who owned it !
There were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
There were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
Bob the Cop said:
Chassis 9200 would be one of the RHD Espadas supplied new during my era, so I must have driven it at some time. I cannot remember who owned it !
There were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
Was one of the Cheshire guys the owner of a Supermarket chain? I met his son a few years back, can't remember what Lambo he told me his Dad owned in the 70'sThere were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
Bob the Cop said:
Chassis 9200 would be one of the RHD Espadas supplied new during my era, so I must have driven it at some time. I cannot remember who owned it !
There were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
Do you remember a white (I think!) Espada registration '2 FAR'? It was the first supercar I ever saw in the mid 70's. Made quite an impact and hence the reason I've had a soft spot for them ever sinceThere were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
cgt2 said:
Bob the Cop said:
Chassis 9200 would be one of the RHD Espadas supplied new during my era, so I must have driven it at some time. I cannot remember who owned it !
There were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
Was one of the Cheshire guys the owner of a Supermarket chain? I met his son a few years back, can't remember what Lambo he told me his Dad owned in the 70'sThere were a couple of Espada owners in Cheshire and another in Aberdeen. Come to think of it there were several Espada owners "Up North".
I will give it some more thought.
TLU 8M is chassis 9256 so definitely not the same car.
rat rod said:
If they have an address which in this case i doubt they would have to write warning of their intentions or put a ad in a local paper maybe,
We assume the arrears that's mounted up plus the disappearance of the owner would be reason enough to give the title over.
I would imagine that the original owner died which is why it was left. However he or she may have family around. With regards legal ownership people become very mercenary when people pass on. Who's to say that the barn owner even wanted paying for the storage or even if there was a contract drawn. It was hardly a storage business. Would be interesting to see if anyone bothered tracing the owner.We assume the arrears that's mounted up plus the disappearance of the owner would be reason enough to give the title over.
Edited by rat rod on Sunday 19th September 23:01
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I would suspect the choice of auction house was down to legalities in the winding up of a deceased person’s estate.
I watched the original late brake video a year ago and don’t recall any involvement or mention of “family members “.
My guess is the barn and contents could have been part of an estate owned by a person who had no family or next of kin, in this case , If a person dies without any known blood relatives and without leaving a Will, it is the Bona Vacantia division of the Treasury Solicitor’s department that is tasked with administering the estate.
The proceeds of the estate are held by the crown .
So in short, all assets are liquidated in the easiest way, and in this case, the easiest way was to take the espada to the nearest auction house to where it was found.
I watched the original late brake video a year ago and don’t recall any involvement or mention of “family members “.
My guess is the barn and contents could have been part of an estate owned by a person who had no family or next of kin, in this case , If a person dies without any known blood relatives and without leaving a Will, it is the Bona Vacantia division of the Treasury Solicitor’s department that is tasked with administering the estate.
The proceeds of the estate are held by the crown .
So in short, all assets are liquidated in the easiest way, and in this case, the easiest way was to take the espada to the nearest auction house to where it was found.
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