Yes, those barn finds are still out there
How does it continue to happen? How do we keep coming across old cars that have been kept out of sight and out of mind for years, decades and even generations?
It seems impossible that a Duesenberg or Packard or expensive muscle car could have ever been locked away in a shed or barn, or forgotten in a field, and left unmolested for years. Sometimes, they almost hide in plain sight.
But make no mistake, great “barn finds” are still out there — both ordinary, everyman cars and great Classics. Sometimes, they are right under our noses, and all it takes is a phone call, the courage to walk up and knock on the right door, or the luck to “know a guy who knows a guy.”
If you’re one of those automobile lovers who can’t drive by an old garage, barn or shed without thinking to yourself, “I wonder if there’s an old car in there?” then this book is for you.
— Brian Earnest