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A lucky purchase

Postby soc » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:08 pm

Taken from another forum...


A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs.

The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut.

Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway... so, nobody made an offer on the place.

The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth; moved in, and set about to tear in to the barn. Curiosity was killing him. So, he and his wife bought a generator and a couple of grinders... and cut through the welds.

What was in the barn?

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:23 pm

Jeebus! Get out the spit and polish!
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Postby DirtyLopez » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:47 pm

The guy simply found millions$$$$$ in this barn. Most of those cars are worth over 50k... jesus... lucky old man
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Postby Sebastian » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:49 pm

lucky indeed
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Postby Nutjob » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:53 pm

Some real gems there
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Postby Mustang » Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:27 am

this story has been doing the rounds for quite a while now.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp
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