Tom breaks every barn find rule and still finds hidden treasure | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 71

- Yeah, so it's a stove bolt six, I think it's like 216 cubic inches? - 216. - Yes. Single downdraft, probably a carburetor. How long have you had it running? - I'm going to say it's been about six months, I guess, since I came in and got it going. I just started it and poured gas into the carburetor. I didn't move it back and forth or anything. - Yes, yes, the water pump is frozen there. Now, what would you ask for something like this? - $1,500 dollars. - $1,500. Well, it has big chrome wheels on the back on this side. - No, it does not have the original wheels.

Not the original wheels. (door creaking) - Yeah, look, you can see the floor needs to be replaced here. Actually, on both sides. This is an ambitious project. - And I have this '39 in the store, you can come in and see it. - Oh, look at this. -He's in the elevator, I can't get him down. - '39 Chevy? - '39 Chevy. It's all original, I have the rear fenders that I had remade. I've had all these things that aren't here because it's a radiator. - So four-door '40 Chevy. Did you have this one working? - Yes, I drove it to where it is. - Okay, and that's the hood over there? - That's the hood over there. - Okay, you've already had those ten years, so what are you asking for that? - $3,500. - And that's a runner right now? - I drove it there and it hasn't been started since. - If I understand. -But he's not stuck. - Yes. - I had the bumpers and grill re-chromed. - Really? - That cost me half of what I would pay for the car. - Good looking, jeez.

Alright, we'll

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you, we'll just come back. - Okay, I'll be here. He knocks on the front door at least. - OK thanks. You have a lot of things back here. So it's a '59 Chevy Biscayne two-door. I actually think it's a pretty nice car. So it's a three on the tree. So someone could make a rat rod with this. The body looks good, leaving it as is, putting a modern transmission with disc brakes, it would be a great car. Someone might be interested in having Volkswagen watch this show. Hello, we are here. No, it's quite wrinkled.

But you know, I think there are guys who can take cars like this and turn them into hot rods. You know, I guess as long as the body is decent. It looks like it's the ground, I mean, I can't see any holes in the ground. (hood creaks) There's the problem, you're missing a spark plug wire. (hood noise) And a Mercedes E class. A Mustang, (laughing) look, it's like a terrarium in there. A five liter Mustang GT terrarium, T top. That would be good just for the transmission, I think it pulls it. Another Mercedes. Nobody drives a Mercedes Benz.

Nobody takes things like that and puts small block Chevys in them. I think it's a car that cries out for attention. You know the prices he gave us, he said, that's my selling price. So I think if any of you are interested in those cars, the asking price I think in this case is the starting point for the negotiation because he said, I just want to get rid of this stuff. So let's go see that '59 Ford, I guess, over there. Two doors, chrome fender skirts, wow, isn't that something extraordinary? Three on the tree. It has a clutch pedal there.

So tell me how you

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these cars. Do you just like driving around neighborhoods looking for old cars? - Well, if you see something you stop and ask. - Have you always done that? - Yes, sometimes you understand them, sometimes you don't. - Yes Yes Yes. What about the '59 Ford? - They come from Kings Mountain. - Oh really. That's too far away. - Yes, but the man gave it to me. I mounted it on a dolly. - So, are there old cars in this area? - No sir, no. Well, you can contact Beets. He has a lot of old cars, but he just got into an accident and is in pretty bad shape.

The collectors have been there several times. - I don't want to go where the collectors went. - Well, they've been there several times. -Yes. Well, we met Buddy and they told us that he had some interesting things and he does have some interesting things. So we met him, he gave us a little tour. He has at least one, two, three, four, five, six old cars and probably 50 newer cars that he would like to sell. But he said: I just want them to go away. And you know, he wants to sell

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thing. So if something here excites you, pursue it.

But keep in mind that this is the problem with living in an area that gets a lot of humidity and rain and they will need some work so you better be a good fabricator or welder or maybe his brother in law has a welder. . This hasn't been the most productive Barn Find Hunter trip we've ever taken, but it's real life. Sometimes you find gold and other times you find land. So he just goes into the record books, sometimes we get really lucky and find someone with a hundred cars in buildings. And sometimes you just find a guy with one car.

It is what it is. It's not a science, so join us next time. Where we take you on the magical wooden wagon to southern Utah. (upbeat country music) Happy hunting. - Only there for forty years? - He wants to participate. - Blah blah blah blah.