here's the real deal http://www.sportscarmarket.com/articles/archives/1110
sorry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Sportsman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 4:00 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Barn finds > It's not quite as good as it sounds. Still a good > story though, and a lot of really cool pictures. > http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp > > Scott > 73 Thing > Kansas City, MO > > > --- Robert Knupp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Volks, >> >> Slightly off-topic, but it reflects the dream we all >> share, I suspect. >> >> I friend recently sent me the following piece about >> one man's luck with an >> old barn. >> >> I enjoyed it. >> >> Bert Knupp >> >> >> The accompanying story goes as follows: >> >> >> The barn: >> >> A NY 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 yrs.; 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 NY 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...? >> >> Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm >> >> and start wishing it was you who had bought the >> place. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
