Somewhere in Portugal there are cars in a barn with some rare and forgotten cars.
There are a number of websites suggesting that a retired guy from New York bought some land and accidentally found the barn locked up with these cars in them. But that’s not true.
Journalist Tom Cotter researched the story and identified the photographer of the photo’s below as Manuel Menezes Morais. The owner of the cars had asked Morais to take the pictures, but was also sworn to secrecy of the location of the cars and identity of the owner.
However we do know that the owner was a car dealer in the 1970s and 1980s. He had decided to keep the more interesting cars that came through his doors. When the barn was full, he padlocked and “soldered” the doors shut.
Apparenty the owner isn’t selling any? Why let them rot, this I don’t understand!
Anyway there are about 180 cars in total and Tom Cottor from Sports Car Market has managed to identify some of them from the photos as follows:
American cars from a 1932 Ford 2-door to 1970s Olds Cutlasses
A number of 1950s and 1960s Mercedes saloons
A couple of Formula race cars
Abarth 1300 Scorpione
Alfa GTV
Alfa 1900 SS
Alfa Bertone
Alfa Giuiletta
Alfa Giulietta Sprint
Alfa Giulia Sprint Speciale
Alfa Sud 1.5
Austin A30
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin Healey Sprite
Austin Mini Cooper
Austin Mini Cooper S
BMW 2002
BMW 1800
BMW 501 V8 Saloon
BMW Isetta
Bristol 404 Saloon
Chrysler CD
Citroën Traction Avant
Datsun 240Z
DKW 1000SP
Fiat Cabriolet
Fiat Topolino
Fiat 500
Fiat 508 Balilla
Ford Cortina
Ford Taunus
Hillman Californian
Lancia Aurelia B20 2+2
Lancia Aurelia B24
Lancia Appia
Lancia Flaminia Zagato
Lancia Flaminia Coupe
Lotus Elan DHC
Lotus Elan FHC
Lotus Elan +2
Lotus Europa
Lotus Super 7 Series IV
MG Midget
MG Magnette
Matra Djet
Maxwell
Mini Moke
Nash Metropolitan
Opel GT
Opel Rekord
Porsche 356B
Porsche 356C
Peugeot 202
Peugeot 404 Cabriolet
Peugeot 505 Cabriolet
Renault Dauphine
Rover P5 Saloon
Rover P6
Saab 93
Simca Coupe de Ville
Singer Gazelle
Steyr PuchSo
Triumph TR4
Volvo PV444
VW Beetle
(Ignore the stories attached to the videos)
Cars in a barn
Cars in a barn
