Does this count as a Barn find?

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Does this count as a Barn find?

Post by NigelBickle »

So, is this a ‘ barn find’? My barn, I knew it was there - I’ve just been given “ permission by Management” to retrieve this & the other Italian/ German nonsense.
When my 1st wife stitched me up, big time, I hated women. Used& abused, using the toys to pump/ dump. Easiest thing in the world to ‘ accidentally’ reverse a rubber bumper 911 turbo or SC into their car ( never doing any damage but with a very high success rate).
My (2nd) wife worked out that she was one, of several, taken in by these ‘ reprehensible’ tactics. Once she got past the anger, we agreed that they would be used for our wedding - then barned. And there they have sat, dry & dark, since the Millenium.

I’m now reaching pensionable age, my ‘ wandering’ days have passed & she’s agreed to relax the rules. So this morning, I extracted this, the one on the top.

It’s an 84 Mondial QV, 3.2 from memory. Pretty low mileage, with a full history - till it was laid up.
A cursory glance shows it substantially sound, sills seems ok, but I’ll investigate in a few weeks. The engine is the biggy - if it’s seized, and belts are a nightmare (unless the lumps extracted) . Anyway, it’s the first of several “ exotic” 4 seaters - needed to motivate customers & clients back in the 80’s. Heady days…
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Re: Does this count as a Barn find?

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Oh ffs. Can someone turn them round for me, pls? Bloody iPads!
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BEN!!!
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Get the staff
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Post by SiC »

Nice number plate on that. Complete with the obligatory strategically placed white fixing.
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Been on there about 35 years! Sad, eh!
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Keep the dirt when you wash it, you can sell it on ebay as genuine barn dirt for others to create barn finds with.
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Metric wheels?
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Post by Broccoli »

Nice! Looking forward to seeing the SC.
I have an early SWB 912 that I essentially swapped for my last SC. The SC was a fun car and quite quick - well, it could keep up with the wife’s Aldi people carrier anyway. The 912 has no hope!
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