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Title: amazing barn find
Post by: VW BUSH on 13 December 2014, 22:12

Anyone spot the Cortina

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1095801_100-car-french-barn-find-includes-rare-ferraris-bugatti-video

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: DubFan on 14 December 2014, 11:25

Link not working in the UK.

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: VW BUSH on 14 December 2014, 19:59

Fixed it :wink:

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: Waspy on 14 December 2014, 22:41

Can you imagine the excitement?!

I would find a team of mechanics, tell them we would split the profits and restore them one by one. My life would be complete

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: Sam on 15 December 2014, 11:22

What's the car in image 20?  :cool:

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: Sam on 15 December 2014, 22:55

Sticking my neck out here, is 20 a lancia astura?

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: Thom89 on 16 December 2014, 13:33

Sam, looks French to me, so probably a Delahaye, or Delage from the mid 30s stunning all the same!

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: Sam on 16 December 2014, 16:03

Thom,

According to their official press release car 20 is a "Talbot Lago T26 cabriolet Saoutchik" once owned by a king and in a custom spec. I assume this is why the front end has some extra lights, this is the only similair pic I can find...

(http://www.oldtimer.400.pl/SAOUTCHIK/Talbot-Lago_T26_Cabriolet_Saoutchik-1947.jpg)

and the press release:

http://www.artcurial.com/pdf/presse/2015/cp-Collection-Baillon-en.pdf

Title: Re: amazing barn find
Post by: Thom89 on 16 December 2014, 20:18

Quote from: Sam on 16 December 2014, 16:03

Thom,

According to their official press release car 20 is a "Talbot Lago T26 cabriolet Saoutchik" once owned by a king and in a custom spec. I assume this is why the front end has some extra lights, this is the only similair pic I can find...

(http://www.oldtimer.400.pl/SAOUTCHIK/Talbot-Lago_T26_Cabriolet_Saoutchik-1947.jpg)

and the press release:

http://www.artcurial.com/pdf/presse/2015/cp-Collection-Baillon-en.pdf

Dammit! Talbot Lago would have been my 3rd guess lol, but at least I got the French bit right :wink:
It also gets a bit confusing because of the 3 mentioned, all would use same "Carrosserie house's" to build individual bodies, in the same way that Rolls Royce, Bentley and Daimler would all use Mulliners, Barclays, etc

What a find though!

Thom