Barn find
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A barn find or a garage find is mainly used to describe the discovery of an old vehicle that has been parked in one place for decades and has not been reactivated, or similarly the vehicles found in the process . But also other objects that have been forgotten and then found again, such as B. Militaria , postage stamps or household items are so called among collectors .
Vehicles were parked for a variety of reasons, e.g. B. because a repair was no longer worthwhile at the time, a financial bottleneck no longer made further restoration possible, family reasons z. B. Children require different priorities, a new vehicle has been bought or a restoration project has not been implemented. Sometimes such vehicles are not discovered until the owner has passed away .
Most motor vehicles are discovered as described above. Locomotives or other railway vehicles are very rarely found in this way. An example of this is the discovery of a former old Austrian military railway steam locomotive in the barn of a deceased farmer near Brno .
Everyday vehicles
Often they are models that were widely used everyday vehicles at the time they were stored. During their decade-long standstill, the contemporary models gradually disappeared from the street scene, so that the rediscovered vehicle, provided it is in good condition, became a rare youngtimer or oldtimer with mostly low mileage, which increased in value depending on the current image of the respective model can.
The technical and optical condition depends very much on the storage conditions. If the vehicle was covered, dry and well ventilated, it can be relatively well preserved. Poor ventilation and above all moisture can lead to mold on the interior and rust - or general corrosion damage to the body, in the tank, on the fuel line and in the carburetor.
Some parts of vehicles, especially seals made of rubber and cork , may have become unusable due to their natural aging after decades of inactivity and must be replaced. Some metal fits, e.g. B. in brake cylinders , tend to be "solid" even under the best conditions after a long period of use.
Because of the trend towards unrestored vehicles, interest in well-preserved barn finds has increased, some of which are still ready to drive. But even vehicles in a desolate condition are restored , sometimes with considerable effort . Even vehicles that have decayed to the point of being unrestorable can still generate considerable revenues as part carriers , as they often contain useful spare parts that are otherwise hardly available. One example of this was the auction of many historic vehicle wrecks in a car cemetery in the Swiss Gürbetal in 2009.
Rarities
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Rare vehicles, or vehicles that were produced in limited editions, are often after their discovery on the sale at prices auctioned far above their purchase price. Many of these vehicles bought by enthusiasts are then not used as investments or collectibles on the road . However, some are shown to the public at classic car races , classic car meetings , trade fairs , special vehicle manufacturers' exhibitions, or promotional events . Since they are often regarded as rarities or vintage cars , their use in daily road traffic is usually limited to only a few days with good weather .
Even unusual vehicles were rediscovered as "barn finds", such as B. a 1968 Aston Martin DB 6 Vantage , or a Bugatti 57 SC Atalante and could be preserved.
In the category of particularly valuable vehicles, those that are considered unrestorable due to their state of preservation are usually preserved and preserved in their original form.
Almost 50 exhibits from the Schlumpf Collection are an extraordinary barn find : They were discovered in a depot of the collection and exhibited there on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the city of Kassel (which is twin town of Mulhouse).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Sleeping Beauty Beetle
- ↑ Bidding battle for barn find
- ↑ Bugatti kissed awake
- ↑ http://www.schlafende-automobilschoenheiten.de/
literature
- Halwart Schrader and Herbert Hesselmann (photos): Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping beauties . Edition Olms, 1st edition, Oetwil am See 2007, ISBN 978-3-283005-49-8 .
- Ard op de Weegh, Kay Hottendorff and Arnoud op de Weegh: Sleeping car beauties kissed awake . Motorbuch Verlag, 1st edition, 2015, ISBN 978-3-613-03793-9 .