Comments on: Urban Legend, Reality or Both? Amazing Collection of Hidden Vintage Cars Found

By: Sleestak

Sleestak — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:38:37 +0000

Looks like a storage garage near the site of a volcano, 9/11 or something.

By: Tom Taborda

Tom Taborda — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:28:36 +0000

Sorry, folks, my bad!

I just saw the brick walls, the dusted vintage cars and my mind linked to the sad fate of ‘Museu do Automóvel’, completely abandoned.

And I didn’t notice the Portuguese license plates (completely different from Brazilian ones). Tks for calling my attention.

One such barns was too much for me; now there’s two!

By: renderanything

renderanything — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:12:29 +0000

Os edificios sao completamente differentes Tom Tamborda. The two collections bear only passing resemblance to one another. Nao tem placas de identificacao nem nada semelhante.

I’m a Datsun Z car nut myself and was hoping the photos showed the rims on that 240Z because the 1000 S30′s that were shipped to Portugal had magnesium rims as standard equipment.

No doubt this collection will one day be unearthed again whenever the owner/interested parties decide.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:33:56 +0000

Just looked, those do look like the plates that were used in Portugal from 37-92

Brazil had some similar plates but they look more like the Portuguese ones.

At first I thought you meant the language on them was Portuguese which wouldnt prove much if it was in Brazil.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:01:52 +0000

@ Tom Taborda

Dude… don’t say what you don’t know… This barn is located in Portugal near Sintra, this came to surface around 2 years ago, it’s nothing new to me.
Oh, and if you don’t believe me, look at the license plates, they’re all portuguese.

cheerios

By: Tom Taborda

Tom Taborda — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:23:26 +0000

Altough the language is Portuguese, the barn is located in Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil.

It once was the ‘Museu do Automóvel’, owned by collector and businessman Robert Lee.

Since he passed away, his collection gather dust, due to inheritor’s feuds.

Googling ‘Museu do Automóvel’ + ‘Robert Lee’ you’ll be able to get the sad picture.

http://autoblog.jrmania.com.br/index.php/categoria-geral/o-museu-do-au tomovel-precisa-da-sua-ajuda/

http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/museu-do-roberto-lee-na- tv/

(I never been there, but my father always remember visiting the museum when it was in sparkling condition)

By: Baby Carrots

Baby Carrots — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:56:10 +0000

No! But its true! A friend of a friend of mine has seen it! Sounds like everyone else commenting knows the same person! – HELLO DEFINITION OF AN URBAN MITH….

By: Lostfiniel

Lostfiniel — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:14:54 +0000

A friend claims to know that someone who bought a barn similar to this with tons of beautiful old cars, never before used.

By: Adam Stanhope

Adam Stanhope — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:03:13 +0000

My father has been a lifelong collector of many cool things – not including cars. He has a 300 year old barn stuffed to the gills with things. Growing up with him and joining him on his hunts for cool things, I’ve seen many abandoned (or nearly so) barns, houses, warehouses, etc. filled with treasure around the world. As other commenters here have pointed out, these things do exist and most such incredible things do eventually emerge to see the light of day.

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:21:18 +0000

It’s like a car dork’s lost paradise

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:01:15 +0000

I cannot comment on the collection in question, but having seen a similar car collection in person, I can say that they do exist and are unlikely to see the light of day until the third generation.

By: Frau

Frau — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:36:59 +0000

Having read The Hemi in the Barn – I think I will await the story of this particular barn.

I know of a barn or two down the ways that have some nice “finds”. I have been trying now for over a year to get the old guy to sell me an early 50′s British Ford escort.

By: warren

warren — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:19:40 +0000

Some how I don’t think that a harem full of women would all be covered in dust and rotting. Vroooooooooooom!

By: dark horse

dark horse — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:27:22 +0000

sorry, i think that’s just evil. those cars were meant to be driven, that’s like having a harem of beautiful women, with a locked door, and letting them just rot unloved. pathological narcissism.