What a Retirement...!

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My wife sent this to me
I haven't even checked to see if snopes has it as true or not.

But WOW!
Can you imagine!
Keep scrolling all the way to the bottom:
A recently retired New York man wanted to use his retirement funds wisely,
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 estate was being sold to pay back taxes. There had been several
lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded
shut. No one
wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it
wasn't complimentary to the property anyway... so, no one made an offer on
the place.

The New York gentleman bought it as is, paying just over half of the
property's worth; moved in, and set about to access 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...?


A warehouse full of vintage high performance cars!!!



Aston Martin?




Opel GT, Lotus Elan FHC, Lotus Super Seven Series IV, Lotus Elan DHC.




Porsche 356, Austin Healey Sprite MkII, Volvo PV 544, Ford Y?


Giulietta Sprint, Giulia Sprint Speciale (SS), Nash Metropolitan.




Alfa Giulietta, Lotus Europa, another Lotus Elan FHC, Matra Djet?




Lancia Flaminia Coupé




Abarth 1300 Scorpione




American (inspired) design


Interior of Alfa Romeo



Lancia Flaminia Coupé, Peugeot 504 cabriolet & 404 cabriolet.



Mini, Alfa 1900 Super Sprint, Balilla.



Fiat Topolino II, Triumph TR4, Peugeot 202.




BMW V8, Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.


Formula racers, Chryslers, Mercedes, Austin A30.
Amazing?

Total value of all vehicles? over 35 Million!
The man and his wife had full title to the complete lot of vehicles.
They're having a great retirement!
 

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I'll bet Dirk Pitt and Jay Leno are drooling like fools.
someday I might get lucky too
that's one great find
 

theres story on this in the Cars section,but i heard its not true
 

Would that be called your ship coming in? :thumbsup:
Burdie
 

Either discovered or not its still a nice little retirement egg ;D
 

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