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Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 8:45 pm
by ph4ever
Rare 1937 Bugatti supercar found in English garage
LONDON (AP) -- It was the equivalent of finding an old Picasso or an unknown Beatles tape hidden away in your uncle's attic.
Relatives of Dr. Harold Carr found an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante - a Holy Grail for car collectors - as they were going through his belongings after his death.
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Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 8:51 pm
by Salukulady
I want relatives like him.
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 8:57 pm
by pbans
Salukulady wrote:I want relatives like him.
seriously....the best I could hope for would be a 1974 Pinto Station Wagon....
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 9:00 pm
by Salukulady
pbans wrote:Salukulady wrote:I want relatives like him.
seriously....the best I could hope for would be a 1974 Pinto Station Wagon....
Sounds like my family.......
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 9:20 pm
by ragtopW
there is a Rumor that in Nor. Cal. there is a zero mile
Cobra in a barn.. the story goes .. Dad bought it for returning
from Vietnam son..... who died days prior to return...
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 9:48 pm
by Coconuts
This doesn't sound like it was "found" so much as the family didn't know he had it.
At least someone who knew something about it told the family instead of just ripping it off.
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 9:51 pm
by buffettbride
I get six Studebakers when my dad kicks it.
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 9:52 pm
by ph4ever
buffettbride wrote:I get six Studebakers when my dad kicks it.
you will definitely need a bigger garage
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 10:20 pm
by pbans
buffettbride wrote:I get six Studebakers when my dad kicks it.
As ridiculous as it sounds, a Studebaker is one of my dream cars....I love them....a '51 Commander to be exact....although I would certainly take an Avanti....but LOVE that torpedo grill!
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 3, 2009 10:57 pm
by citcat
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 8:53 am
by RinglingRingling
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 1:20 pm
by ph4ever
I'd love a 68 Camaro SS ragtop 350
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 1:33 pm
by Salukulady
57 T-bird with a porthole and a continental kit. Candy apple red with a white pearl top and baby moons for rims, (yeah, I know they're not stock, but they're so cute). White tuck-roll interior with red piping.
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 11:08 pm
by Desdamona
All these posts and no mention of the irony that his name was Dr. Harold Carr ???? 
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 11:33 pm
by Salukulady
Desdamona wrote:All these posts and no mention of the irony that his name was Dr. Harold Carr ????
Took someone with brains to notice that.
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 11:51 pm
by Desdamona
Salukulady wrote:Desdamona wrote:All these posts and no mention of the irony that his name was Dr. Harold Carr ????
Took someone with brains to notice that.
I hope that was sarcasm... 
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 4, 2009 11:54 pm
by moeron
I have a Vega. Any takers? 1 fill-up, 1 quart of oil! 1 quart of oil every week!
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 5, 2009 12:35 am
by CaptainP
This is what they found in the garage:
This is what it looked like after a clean-up:
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 5, 2009 10:07 am
by Snowparrot
Nice treasure to find.
On Flickr, I have some pictures of the treasures in my husband's cousin's barn on Prince Edward Island. Yesterday a motorcycle-photo-collector asked if they could use this one....
Re: Rare car found stored in garage
Posted: January 5, 2009 10:20 am
by buffettbride
pbans wrote:buffettbride wrote:I get six Studebakers when my dad kicks it.
As ridiculous as it sounds, a Studebaker is one of my dream cars....I love them....a '51 Commander to be exact....although I would certainly take an Avanti....but LOVE that torpedo grill!
I don't even have a clue which types he has. I know he has at least 2 sedan types, one of the sports car types, and one of the pickups. They are all older models, rather than the newer. He's into classic restoration so they really look like original condition when he's done with them.
