http://www.geenstijl.nl/paginas/mirror/20070215-pritt-mazda/index.html
OMG....that's better than winning the lottery!!! O0
somebody buys enough land that they don't see or know a building that size is on it?? weird, but if it is true, i would be keeping my mouth shut about it... government finds out somebody died and had no successors to the estate and they'd be claiming their part :2guns:.
That's amazing!
How would you be claiming that though?
I don't know how it works overseas, but wouldn't you need titles or something to that effect?
I am especially drooling over that original Porsche 356 and Lotus Seven....delicious :icon_lol:
is there a story on this in english lol?
Bizarre. Maybe inherited a second time? Well a piece of property with a warehouse that large wouldn't be cheap in itself. Certainly not a "moving house and opening the barn" type scenario.
Ive heard about these types of things before. Family members die and leave no trace of the will. Eventually the house is reposed by government, mortgage people in order to sell it on to pay off any debts. They don't bother inspecting they just sell it as quick as they can, not worried as much for the value either. Then the new owner finds all sorts of lost treasures.
My grandad bought a house in the last 5 or 6 years i think it is. We were out in the garden one day, we were helping him landscape an overgrown garden. Hit something metal and dug it out. It was a metal/steel i think, hatch a couple of foot below the soil level. We opened it up, there were collapsed stairs so we used a ladder to get down, all the electrics had gone but it was a full intact air raid shelter, no one even knew about it, the previous owner hadn't and nor had my grandad. It had gas masks and food rations, helmets, bunk beds, admittedly lots of rotting matress etc.. but all in all preserved. Historical people came in and took loads of pictures and we donated most of the stuff to them to put in museums etc... Fantastic place though . We kept it intact and just sealed it up again to preserve it for the next generation of people.
Quote from: Kasumi on February 21, 2007, 03:31:56 PM
Ive heard about these types of things before. Family members die and leave no trace of the will. Eventually the house is reposed by government, mortgage people in order to sell it on to pay off any debts. They don't bother inspecting they just sell it as quick as they can, not worried as much for the value either. Then the new owner finds all sorts of lost treasures.
My grandad bought a house in the last 5 or 6 years i think it is. We were out in the garden one day, we were helping him landscape an overgrown garden. Hit something metal and dug it out. It was a metal/steel i think, hatch a couple of foot below the soil level. We opened it up, there were collapsed stairs so we used a ladder to get down, all the electrics had gone but it was a full intact air raid shelter, no one even knew about it, the previous owner hadn't and nor had my grandad. It had gas masks and food rations, helmets, bunk beds, admittedly lots of rotting matress etc.. but all in all preserved. Historical people came in and took loads of pictures and we donated most of the stuff to them to put in museums etc... Fantastic place though . We kept it intact and just sealed it up again to preserve it for the next generation of people.
the way the world is going you might have to use it again.
Air raid shelter... thats a cool discovery.
>>the way the world is going you might have to use it again.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1755/0021553ud5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Jah, the world has always been going to hell in a handbasket, at least since recorded history.
Quote from: nightrider on February 21, 2007, 04:37:53 PM
Air raid shelter... thats a cool discovery.
>>the way the world is going you might have to use it again.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1755/0021553ud5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Jah, the world has always been going to hell in a handbasket, at least since recorded history.
hintz why he might have to use it again. .. I would love to have an old shelter. I would turn it into a wine cellor or somthing.
I'll take the Lotuses and the 356 and call his debt to society good, thank you.
Quote from: Susuki_Jah on February 21, 2007, 02:30:16 PM
is there a story on this in english lol?
Here you go....be sure to look at the lower posts in the thread on the story.
CLICK HERE (http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/open-sesame-warehouse-opening-in-portugal-reveals-forgotten-collection-231918.php)
He was a pack rat for classic sportsters. 180 cars? that's a lot. Imagine all the time he spent buying those cars. I wonder if its a neuroses.
Cor, wow, I used to have a Hillman californian in 70/71 - it was a bit of a collecters item even then.
Quote from: starwalt on February 21, 2007, 07:37:34 PM
Quote from: Susuki_Jah on February 21, 2007, 02:30:16 PM
is there a story on this in english lol?
Here you go....be sure to look at the lower posts in the thread on the story.
CLICK HERE (http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/open-sesame-warehouse-opening-in-portugal-reveals-forgotten-collection-231918.php)
Did you see that other article on the bottom of the page?
Clicky Click (http://jalopnik.com/cars/retro/peter-max-corvettes-collect-dust-in-brooklyn-121123.php)
I would have messed myself with joy if I'd stumbled on three of those cars... :o
But....... That many cars may have killed me.
Coroners Report: Cause of Death: Excessive Joy