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**Barn Finds: The Thrill of Discovering Hidden Gems**

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Barn finds, for those who may not know the term, refer to when someone uncovers an old, dusty car in a forgotten garage or even buried under ground. You might know the term from playing Forza Horizon, which honestly, barn finds are probably the best part of that game. I'm not gonna lie, I get a little too excited knowing that I could just stumble across an old car, like a Mercedes SL300 in an old garage.

**The Story of a Rare Mercedes SL300**

This classic Benz was found in 2018 after sitting dormant for almost 50 years. It's in pretty good condition, considering how humid Florida is. Just breathing in Florida is a chore for me; I don't do well in the humidity. This particular Gullwing they found is very special because it's the 43rd SL300 that Mercedes made in a production run of only 1400 total cars.

The odometer read just over 35,000 miles, so someone obviously enjoyed this beautiful car for a little while before they abandoned it. The original owner was a lawyer who bought it back in 1957 and raced it. Then he sold it to his mechanic, who also raced it, before selling it to a Navy pilot.

**Other Barn Finds**

In a Hilton parking garage in Athens, Greece, a custom metallic brown Lamborghini Miura was found slowly decaying. It had been gifted to rally driver Stamatis Kokotas. The Lamborghini had some cool mods that were necessary for rally driving, like bolted-on fog lights and engraved alloy air vents.

**A Portuguese Barn Filled with Rare Cars**

You've probably all heard by now about this Portuguese barn with a bunch of classic cars in it, right? The story goes that a retired New Yorker bought property in Portugal only to discover a building with its doors welded shut. Him and his wife bring a grinder over and cut the doors open to reveal over 200 rare and unique cars caked in dust.

But it's not all true; the barn is there in Portugal, and it is filled with rare cars, but there is no retired New Yorker and his pretty wife, and they didn't just stumble across this treasure trove. The owner of the building is a Portuguese car dealer who collected some of the more interesting vehicles that came through his lot during the 70s and 80s.

**More Barn Finds**

In 2009, a Ford RS200 with a thousand miles on it, an unregistered Mercedes 190E Cosworth Evo, and two E30 M3's, with a combined 94 miles on their odometers, were bought from a British man who had purchased them for his boys that never drove them. Who are these kids? I'm gonna drive the heck out of those things!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- There are tons of valuablecars rotting away in barns,waiting for you to discover them.That's right.Today we're talking barn finds.(upbeat music)A huge thank to oursponsor this week, Current.If you don't know already,Current is a mobile bank accountthat comes with a Visa debit cardand has no minimum balance,and absolutely no hiddenfees or overdraft fees.The app is great, it's really fast.My favorite part arethese personalized podsthat help me save money,because I'm really bad at savingmoney on my own. It's true.I'm not a huge fan of banks.Sometimes it takes so longto process my paychecks.It makes me sick.But Current is better.You can get this premium,black card accountthat processes paychecks fasteronce you set up a direct deposit.Two days faster.You can get Current for freeon your iPhone or Android,and it takes like two minutes to set up.So set up your account with Current todayand get paid faster.A barn find is when someoneuncovers an old, dusty carin a forgotten garage, oreven buried under ground.You might know the termfrom playing Forza Horizon,which honestly,barn finds are probablythe best part of that game.I'm not gonna lie, Iget a little too excitedknowing that I could juststumble across an old car,like a Mercedes SL300 in an old garage,which is exactly what happenedin Jacksonville, Florida of all places.(fun hip-hop music)This classic Benz was found in 2018,after sitting dormant for almost 50 years.It's in pretty good condition,considering how humid Florida is.Just breathing in Floridais a chore for me.I don't do well in the humidity.It's very hot, by the way.I'm sweaty, just sweaty right now.This particular Gullwingthey found is very specialbecause it's the 43rdSL300 that Mercedes madein a production run ofonly 1400 total car.It has a bunch of prototype-like features.Gooseneck shifter, those onlymade it in the first 50 cars,bolted on eyebrows on the fenders,and these corn-lookingthings on the bumperthat didn't make it ontothe later production models.The odometer read just over 35,000 miles.So someone obviouslyenjoyed this beautiful carfor a little whilebefore they abandoned it.The original owner was a lawyerthat bought it back in 1957 and raced it.Then he sold it to hismechanic, who raced it as well,before selling it to a Navy pilot.This pilot wanted to repaint the carand somewhere in the processof stripping it down,something went wrong andit was never finished.A newspaper found in thebackseat is from 1965,which is likely the lastyear this SL300 was driven.Luckily, the car was found just last yearand bought for justover a million dollars.It made its way back to Stuttgart, Germanyand was cleaned up by Mechatronik,just feet where it wasproduced 64 years ago.It's truly amazing.(cool rock music)In a Hilton parkinggarage in Athens, Greece,a custom, metallic brown Lamborghini Miurawas found slowly decaying.It had been gifted to rally driverand Greek Elvis (Chuckles),Stamatis Kokotas.The Lamborghini had some cool modsthat were necessary for rally driving,like bolted on fog lightsand engraved alloy air vents,and a passenger grab handlefor those oh, (beep) moments.Kokotas drive the hell out of this Miura,and when it fell into disrepair,I guess he forgot about itin a hotel parking lot for 40 years.You've probably all heard bynow about this Portuguese barnwith a bunch of classic cars in it, right?The story goes that a retired New Yorkerbought property in Portugal,only to discover a buildingwith its doors welded shut.Him and his wife bring a grinder overand cut the doors open toreveal over 200 rare and uniquecars caked in dust.It's pretty amazing, right?Lucky ass dude.Well, it's not all true.The barn is there in Portugal,and it is filled with rare cars,but there is no retired NewYorker and his pretty wife,and they didn't just stumbleacross this treasure trove.The owner of the buildingis a Portuguese car dealerthat collected some of themore interested vehiclesthat came through his lotduring the 70s and 80s.When it became full, hesoldered the doors shut.Kind of weird.The doors were only opened one time,for a photographer to come inand document the entire lot.He counted 180 cars total.Cars like the AbarthScorpion, a rare Alfa Romeo,some BMWs, a LotusEuropa, and a Ford Taunus.Pretty cool.Don't get your hopes up though,because none of these cars are for sale,and the photographer was sworn to secrecyto the location of the warehouse.I'll take that BMW 2002 off your hands.In 2009, a Ford RS200 witha thousand miles on it,an unregistered Mercedes190E Cosworth Evo,and two E30 M3's,with a combined 94 mileson their odometers,were bought from a British manwho had purchased them for his boys,that never drove them (sighs heavily).(hardcore rock music)Who are these kids?I'm gonna drive the (beep)out of those things."Oh, look at me."Oh, oh, thanks, Dad, yeah."E30, nice. I'm playing Fortnite."While we're on the subjectof BMW, this 1981 BMW M1was found in a garage in Southern Italywith only 4500 miles on it,despite it never being registered.That's weird.It had been collectingdust for over 30 years.These cars were special.BMW only made 453 M1sbetween 1978 and '81.This one was lovinglyrestored by a companycalled Mint Classics, and soldin 2016 for (clears throat),a million dollars.This next barn find wasn'tin a barn at all (laughs),but buried underground ina Los Angeles neighborhood.(classic jazz music)(car accelerating)In 1974, a plumber in theLos Angeles area bought aPininfarina-designed Dino246 GTS for his wife.Lucky lady.And she drives it around for a weekbefore it gets mysteriously stolen.The car was never foundand the plumber got fullcompensation for the stolen vehiclefrom his insurance company.Pretty cool, right?Then, four years later,some kids are digging inthe backyard of their house.They discovered the car.The cops are called in andstart digging the Dino up.The lead detective was worried thatthere might have been a body in the car,but was pleasantly surprised to find thatA, there was no dead body,and B, whoever buried the sports carhad painstakingly padded the interiorwith towels around the seamsto sop up any moisturethat got in the cabin.Pretty thoughtful, right?The outside, unfortunately,did not fare as well.The moisture had pockmarked theentire body with white spotsand rust had pretty much eatenthrough the metal everywhere.It was in really bad shape.The story gets weirder though,because it came out that no childrenhad ever been digging in the yard,and that story was made-upto protect an informant.What really happened wasthe plumber hired somegoons to steal the carfor the insurance claim, andthey were supposed to scrap it.But the goons, they fell inlove with the Italian Stallionand decided to bury itinstead, to dig it up later.But they forgot where they buried it.Same year the car was dugup, a man named Brad Howard,bought the rusted heapand began restoring it to its full beauty.He repainted it a dark green,and now the license plate reads, "Dug Up."And you can still seeBrad driving the Dinoaround Southern California car meets.I personally haven't seen it yet,but now that I know this,gonna be on the lookout.One of the craziest barn find stories everalso took place in SoCal,involving one of the most covetedand most famous race cars in history.This one is insane.(big band music)Shelby only built sixDaytona Coupes in England,and only five of themwere known to survive.The whereabouts of thesixth car remained a mysteryuntil October of 2000,when a woman name DonnaO'Hara lit herself on fire.I'll explain that part in a second.Locked away in her storage spacewas the missing Daytona Coupe.Not only was it one of the original six,but it was the first.People caught wind of the lostCobra, but she wouldn't sell.She wouldn't even let people look at it,including the man whose namewas on the car, Carroll Shelby.That's crazy.The coupe retired from racing in 1965,and Shelby sold it toa guy for 4500 bucks.Apparently it was so loudthat the guy needed to weldeight Smithy mufflers to itto make it quiet enoughto drive on the street.That's awesome.Respect to Carroll Shelby.A year later it was soldto none other than recordproducer Phil Spector.The Daytona had some prettyinsane stuff painted on the sidelike "Winner 33 Grand Prix"and "Land speed record 227,"which were ludicrously false claims.Like, why couldn't you justput the real accomplishmentson the side of the car?I mean, why even putthings on the side at all?The race car was a totalcop magnet, obviously,and Spector later sold it tothe manager of his mansion,and father of Donna O'Hara.Donna agreed to store the car for her dad.After she passed away,her mother sold the carto a British Shelby enthusiastfor a cool $3 million,who then flipped it for $4 million.Takes money to make money,that's business 101.That's all for now.Go say hi to your grandpaand tell him you love him.And before we end this episode,don't forget to takeadvantage of Current'sfree mobile banking app.Thank you, Current, forsponsoring the episode.And while you're at it,take a peak in his garage,because you just might come acrossthe next million dollar barn find.My grandpa had a Caprice in his garage.I don't think that'd beworth a million dollars.- What you got there, Nolan?- I got my rug here.Now I own two rugs.I'm a man with two rugs and silverware.