Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms "The Best Barn Find Classic Car...."

Here's a question for you - Would you dip your DB4 in seawater?

This Aston will end up at Auction.There was a similar one on Bangers and cash.

Great that they got it started.

So he bought the Ferrari thinking he was not getting the Aston Martin and the Aston sat in his garage for 20 years meaning he has had the Ferrari longer and it doesn't look like a lot has happened. Sadly I do feel he is not going to finish any car in his lifetime.

By his pension fund I assume he plans to sell the Aston Martin as it is to fund his retirement.

Also the deal of "I will sell you the car on the condition you leave it to my son in your will" is pretty crazy. It sort of implies a few things.

• You can't sell it to live on later on.
• If you spend any money on it restoring it that is also given to my son.

Meaning really the deal the seller wanted was "You pay me to for the privilege of storing the car at your premises and your expense for the benefit of looking getting to look at it while it slowly rusts away".

It is great to see these barn finds but frustrating that people have the skills to fix them up and don't get around to doing anything for decades.

I watched the first 5 mins, but the bloke made me want to slit my wrists so couldn't carry on.......

It was quite interesting, fortunately there is a method of fast forwarding.

I've watched a couple of his shows and I think he drones on quite a bit as well.

It was the 'engineer bloke' that did it for me. I could see the presenters eyes glaze over when he started on his 'career highlights' - at least he managed to cut him off at '1991' as they'd probably still be filming......

Part of his career highlight is obviously F'ing around talking and not getting things done like restoring the cars he has. If he can get the engine going in a couple of days why wait 20 years. To me either admit you don't have time and pay someone to do it, or pull your finger out and do it, or admit it is to you not worth the effort and sell to someone more motivated. It is such a shame to see a car sit for so long slowly turning into just rust. Only the rear went in the salt water and the owner said everything upfront is fine, but the door are just falling apart and the panel the bonnet catch goes on has as the reporter said turned into cornflakes. I hope brownbaker is right and now the car has had publicity it is auctioned off to someone who will not F around for another 20 years.

In 1961 I bought my very first car - a barn find from St Cleer Cornwall for 45 GBP. It ran and I drove it home to Devon and knowing very little about engines or much else I happily tinkered with it. The first job was to strip dirty silver paint off the wire wheels with Nitromores and polish up as best I could. The cable brakes were pretty dire and the MOT just managed to get 45% efficiency if the brake pedal was stamped on.
The image here is not the actual car but one very similar.... I found it advertised in the Western Morning news and later found a 1949 MG tc to replace the PB priced at GBP 175. Those were the days when such finds were rapidly being exported to the US. Terry and Barry Bone were the go-to guys for bits and spares.