trimacar Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 With all the talk and hype about barn finds, this shows up...and I'm convinced it's a staged photo....just a little too pat with just enough hay spread around on the ground to cover tire and foot tracks....I could be wrong, but just doesn't look right...and to me would border on false advertising... http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/man-finds-dollar180k-dodge-charger-daytona-rusting-away-in-barn/ar-AAgfGrn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36 D2 Coupe Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Agreed. It looks just a little too staged. No real farmer would have it posed like that, speaking from experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermontboy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) I've helped haul a few vehicles out of barns, sheds and carriage houses over the years and I have never once seen an engine compartment in a covered storage area look like that. No way on earth could it look like that naturally with the hood up or down. And as stated above, no farmer would ever take up so much space by parking it askew in the middle of a storage area, it would be tight against a wall. Edited December 13, 2015 by vermontboy (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 While that particular photo is most likely staged, this car and the find are real. It's old news that was covered in the car magazines a while ago. Apparently this new round of press is timed to coincide with the car hitting winter auction circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 The tractor that would have piled up those round bales would have had to drive over the floor area that the car is sitting on. Definitely posed in its pictured location. Greg in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 All that shot lacks is a couple of stuffed chicken sitting on it and the farmer's 19 year old "daughter",in short shorts and skin tight blouse, standing next to it holding a pitch fork........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Ah man, Bhigdog, that is a great mental picture, and a missed photo op! I wasn't questioning how authentic the car might be, but rather the ubiquitous "barn find" tag that's being carried to extremes. I'd bet that some future owner will have that picture framed on his garage wall, and brag "yeah, it was pulled out of a hay barn by gosh, there it is!"....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I didn't follow the link but if it is the Daytona the car was found in a car port not a barn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Maybe it's one of those P. T. Barnum finds. Barn for short. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Yes, it's a Daytona...just trying to point out how ludicrous the whole barn find descriptor is becoming...with ads saying "barn find...not touched in 30 years" and sheesh, that's 1985 for goodness sake....show me something in a shed or barn since 1940 or 1950, and maybe I'll have some interest... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 The wheels and tires are to clean compared to the rest of the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Barn find / an adjective used in ones add to attract multiple interest or to increase value of said vehicle. {B} A vehicle left over night in covered storage generally refer to as a barn by said older gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Standin' on the corner park ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 If it brings $180,000 in restored condition, how much money do you think will be lost on this "barn find"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intimeold Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 That car was staged there. Yes, it was stored improperly somewhere; but not right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Daytonas bring more than Superbirds. Much more to them and the Charger base is better than the Road runner. Still 180k seems steep for a 440/automatic car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrNova Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 The car has a lot of green on it, that much green did not come from sitting under open air what appears to be fairly dry cover. It was pulled out of a leaking damo old shed or from under a tarp, I am guessing tarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Man Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 and here is the "rest of the story" http://www.hotrod.com/cars/barn-finds/1511-barn-find-1969-dodge-daytona-charger-discovered-in-alabama/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 The car has a lot of green on it, that much green did not come from sitting under open air what appears to be fairly dry cover. It was pulled out of a leaking damo old shed or from under a tarp, I am guessing tarp Probably correct, but here in Oregon cars will turn green just about anywhere they are parked unless heated and dehumidified.I see moss growing in the rain gutters and leaves and such gathering in the vents and gaps along hoods and trunks. Even in carports.The first thing I do when I drag something like that home is a thorough pressure washing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rp1967 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 With the Internet , there very few real Barn ""finds" anymore.99% of the population knows that a charger Daytona is rare and valuable, as I'm sure the owner of this car did.Most are just holding on until they feel it's the right time to cash in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG57Roadmaster Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) With all the talk and hype about barn finds, this shows up...and I'm convinced it's a staged photo....just a little too pat with just enough hay spread around on the ground to cover tire and foot tracks....I could be wrong, but just doesn't look right...and to me would border on false advertising... http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/man-finds-dollar180k-dodge-charger-daytona-rusting-away-in-barn/ar-AAgfGrn I love the artful way the hay is strewn about the pole building, but instead of of Bhigdog's conjuring of a hot chick on the hood, I'd go for Grant Wood's "American Gothic" couple, just to keep it classy. That, or maybe a Photoshopped "Hee Haw" set as a backdrop. I know folks have been finding such cars for decades, but there was a thread years ago on the Forum about when the term really started catching on as a descriptor; it's not in my '84 or '87 Webster's Dictionary. It's probably in that well known barn find book, but I don't have a copy. It's good that Graham Man provided the dirt on the Daytona's find. Two things I hope for...that the photographer was paid well for realizing the auction house's art director's "vision", and that the manifold moss is still green when the Daytona crosses the block. TG Edited December 16, 2015 by TG57Roadmaster (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I hear that moss only grows on the North side of barn finds. Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I hear that moss only grows on the North side of barn finds. Is this correct? It is true that moss grows MOSTLY on the North side of trees (and barns).But I see it on all sides tops and bottoms around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sold for $90K at Mecum... http://www.hotrod.com/cars/barn-finds/1602-barn-find-daytona-sold-at-mecum/?_wcsid=978BEDEDDC09B15723A3C23D632FF3D367ADE39EE60F83FA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 With the Internet , there very few real Barn ""finds" anymore.99% of the population knows that a charger Daytona is rare and valuable, as I'm sure the owner of this car did.Most are just holding on until they feel it's the right time to cash in.With the Internet , there very few real Barn ""finds" anymore.99% of the population knows that a charger Daytona is rare and valuable, as I'm sure the owner of this car did.Most are just holding on until they feel it's the right time to cash in.You could not be more correct. A game of synantics to attract attention and cash. All it does is destroy the vendors integrity. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gashog Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 ^ Joe Dirt's car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gashog Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 ^ Joe Dirt's car. Aint no HEMI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Aint no HEMI! Most of them were 440s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gashog Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Most of them were 440s. Guess you had to see the movie "I could sell you a car for 450 bucks, but it ain't gonna be no hemi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joelonzello Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Found this 57 Ragtop on third floor of an old Cab Company Bldg in 1976 along with a 35 Chevy Coupe with bullet holes. Took six hours to lower both cars down the shaft...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I would drive Joe Dirts car any day if it were indeed the real thing.He always seemed to get the hot babes with it. (Jamie Presley, one of my fave's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Yes, the car sold at the auction...and in the television coverage of the car, there were pine needles artfully strewn on the trunk....sheesh, what corny showmanship..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) I saw the car in person while on display prior to it going on the block, I thought it was a POS, but I also new somebody with more money then brains would buy it. In my opinion it was not a "Barn Find" there is point where when the become just a good parts car, this car was one of them Edited February 12, 2016 by John348 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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