Just pulled out of a garage in Pasadena where it was parked in 1961... a 32 three window with a 371 out of a 59 Olds 88

15 years ago a house in Pasadena was getting a renovation. In the boarded-up garage there were 8 cars, this 32, a ‘55 Ford and a ’28 Model A, etc, and the original owner had died, leaving his elderly sister as the executor of the estate.

It was parked in 1961, that’s the last registration and that’s the date on the hand painted ‘For Sale’ sign on it. That has to be pretty shortly after finishing it, since the engine is a 1959.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/troy-ladd-hollywood-hot-rods-wants-help-mysterious-1932-ford/

a '32 roadster was just pulled out of a barn where it was parked in 1955, and forgotten about.

It still has the original side curtains and top

The known history of this roadster starts with a 1946 California pink slip, the year a Eureka, California, rancher bought it.

Look at this terrific radio and radio antenna... I've never seen an antenna like this!
It's a 1930s Firestone radio, and Stewart Warner gauges

http://www.automobilemag.com/news/barn-find-1932-ford-roadster-hidden-60-years

cool cars coming to auction

The Dick Wiedenman Collection of 1932 Fords  includes this coupe with the original dealer plate along with a ration tag in the window and a spare tire cover for one of South Dakota’s first Democrats to run for governor.

In addition to this 1932 Coupe is also was also a 1932 Ford 2-door sedan, and 2 1932 Ford Trucks up for this auction at No Reserve. There is also a 1931 Plymouth along with memorabilia and parts.

And the the Jones Collection out of Minnesota. Richard and Wendy are farmers and decided to sell their collection. This collection is packed full of MOPARS and includes a rare 1969 Roadrunner with 426 hemi.

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/auction-news/amazing-barn-finds-muscle-and-more-at-automania

There will also be a 55 and a 57 Bel Air, a 57 Chev Convertible, a 68 Road Runner 383 4 Spd with only 33k miles, A 69 Charger R/T, a 70 Barracuda 340 4 spd,  http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auction_images/163/documents/Inventory.pdf

Receipts for cars they bought, (Jordan and 32 Ford) among the many things that his grandparents kept, and They Kept Everything

from Frank at http://familyephemera.tumblr.com/

11/23/28 my (Franks)  Great Grandmother purchased a green 1929 Jordan RE Sedan for $1290. My Great Grandfather had recently passed away so maybe that’s why she kept this receipt (better safe than sorry kind’a thing). This great looking auto was built in Cleveland, which is a nice reminder of how that city competed, and lost, against Detroit as a center of auto manufacturing. The sales contract lists some interesting add-on options that they bought including 1 brake light, and not 1 but 2 bumpers that my family splurged on. It also states that this beast of a car came with an engine that put out 27.3 horsepower. I would guess that it did 0 to 60 in about half a day.

10/27/33 my Grandfather traded in the Jordan for a used 1932 Ford Deluxe Coupe which is indeed the classic Little Deuce Coupe. He received $130.70 for his Jordan on the purchase of the Ford, which cost $443.70. This Ford is just great looking and has a rumble seat. What a cool concept those things were. I’m sure they disappeared for some good reasons, yet still wouldn’t it be cool to own a car that had one. (people in rumble seats were horribly injured in car crashes)

Looks like I'm not going to get the call to come see and photograph it, so let me tell you the story

Do I remember the name? Of course not. I remember the car. 1932 3 or 5 window. It doens't matter which.

Some guy working for the water department was next to a fence, he looks across the top and spots a '32 in a back yard... he tried the house, no one home.

He goes back, never finds anyone home.

He finally brings a tarp and hops into the yard, covers that deuce so no one else would spot it, and keeps trying to find someone home.

Eventually he gets there when the guy was home mowing the yard, and the guy said "Oh, You put that tarp on it, I was wondering!"

He gets told to come back the next day to talk about a deal.

So he shows up with a couple pockets full of money, thinking this could be 30-40 thou.

The guy meets him at the driveway, and says before we get to the car, you've got to take everything else, it's time for it all to find a new home, my brother has cancer, I need the money, and I haven't RACED it since the 60's

Yeah, raced it.

So he goes to the garage and opens the door to a full collection of race parts from the 60's. Organized, spaced out, a rack of cam shafts labeled. Carbs, intakes, magnetos, engines... truckloads.

Then this cost suddenly qualruples right? It doubles when it's a bonafide race car, at Lions, Irwindale, Pomona, etcetc, but with a garage FULL of race parts that cost of buying it all.. wow, just hit somewhere in the mid 6 figures right?

So then they walk out the back of the garage into the yard, cross it to the barn, and he says, you've got to take all this stuff too... and it's bodies, fenders, frames...

Well, damn. This must be a guy just out to break hearts and brag about his incredible collection of 32 Ford stuff and race car parts, right?

And then he turns to the buyer and says, "How about 5 thousand dollars?"

yeah. That really happened.

So, I've waited a couple weeks to see if I'd get an email to come see and photograph the cool stuff, and get the interview with the buyer, and bring you readers the imagery of the cool guy that struck a gold mine, and what the car looks like that kicked this off... but it doesn't seem it's going to be, and I wanted to share this incredible story with you I was lucky enough to hear at the Grand National Roadster Show last month

Barn finds, a year in review of what's been pulled out, put up for sale, or auctioned off

 That is a barn, sometimes they are easy to distinguish, and sometimes, they look like a lot of wood in a vague pile that might have space under it

 Inside you mghight find a pile of stuff... like the above 1961 Renault Carvelle, or even better the below 1956 Jaguar xk 140.

 Or sometimes you might just see that pile has a tail light under it. Right in the above photo to the bottom left

 or the above pile with a hood and a bit of windshield

 turns out to be a 1969 GTO

 Look in the back, a lot of people are not happy about every poor out of money dreamer asking if they want that car hauled away, and so they pushed it around to the back of the garage

 or threw a tarp over it. Above, a 68 Mustang, below, a Boss 302 Mustang

So.. that is about all you need to know about barnfinds, now, here are the ones that were up for sale last year

1927 Erskine (offshoot of Studebaker) model 50 sedan

32 Ford

1932 Packard

1937 Lagonda

1939 Hupmobile Senior

1947 Allard K1

1947 Pontiac woody (these woodys are worth upward of 50 thou in this condition)

A Tucker

1949 Delahaye 135

1953 Corvette (only 251 were made, they sucked, but they are worth a lot to a collector)

1954 Glasspar G2

 1957 Mercedes Gullwing 300SL

 1957 Morgan Plus 4

 cool 1959 Taylor electric cart

 1959 Morris Mini

 B/FX dragster that raced in 1966... damn, want that engine

 1968 Charger

 Even a High Country Special Mustang


now here are the Corvettes

58

 59

 63 split window

 64 Stingray

and this was found after 20 years of sitting in a shipping container in Waipahu Hawaii

So keep your eyes on http://www.barnfinds.com for the ones that come out of hiding in the future... you never can tell what rare or previously unheard of custom will be found