Here It Is, Your OMFG Moment Of French

"McMike" (mcmike) 12/05/2014 at 10:50 • Filed to: barn find, frenchfriday

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French Barn find unearths 60 cars. And they are spectacular.

Back in the 1950s, a successful French transport entrepreneur dreams of having car museum and starts buying mostly obscure French cars of design. Times get tough in the 70s and has to sell off 50 of them. Since then, the remaining 60 have not been touched.

Never again, anywhere in the world, will such a treasure be unearthed," says Pierre Novikoff, motor car specialist at Artcurial auction house. He's describing a staggering collection of 60 barn-find cars that have been discovered after lying hidden for 50 years.

And if you think he's exaggerating, then let me quote our photographer, Rémi Dargegen, who reported back to us right after the photo-shoot, saying, "It's amazing, just amazing. The place is incredible… the most impressive thing is the sheer quantity of cars hidden in the barns."

Dat list.

Amilcar C6 berline

Amilcar CGS

Ariès coach

Auto Union cabriolet

Avions Voisin C15

Avions Voisin limousine C15

Avions Voisin C7 par Gallé

Ballot 8 Cyl limousine

Barré torpédo

Berliet coupé chauffeur

Berliet Type VIGB 10HP Taxi Landaulet

Bugatti 57 Ventoux

Citroën Trèfle

Delage D6

Delage D8 coach

Delahaye 135 cabriolet Faget Varnet

Delahaye 135 coach Chapron

Delahaye 235 coach Chapron

Delahaye 235 coach Chapron

Delahaye 235 coupé Chapron

Delahaye Type 43 coupé chauffeur

Delahaye GFA 148 L

Delahaye Type 43 camionnette

Delaunay Belleville limousine VL8

Facel Vega Excellence

Ferrari 250 GT California SWB

Ferrari 308 GTS i

Ferrari 400

Ferrari Mondial 3.2L cabriolet

Hispano Suiza H6B cabriolet Millon-Guiet

Hotchkiss cabriolet

Innocenti S cabriolet

Jaguar type S 3.4 L

La Buire 12 A

Lagonda LG45 cabriolet

Lancia Thema 8.32

Lorraine Dietrich B3/6 plateau

Lorraine Dietrich B3/6 torpédo par Grumman

Lorraine-Dietrich torpédo

Maserati A6G 2000 berlinetta Grand Sport Frua

Mathis cabriolet

Mathis FOH

Packard cabriolet Super Eight

Panhard-Levassor Dynamic berline X77

Panhard-Levassor Dynamic coupé X76

Panhard-Levassor limousine X72

Porsche 356 SC ex-Sonauto

Renault AX torpédo

Renault Vivastella cabriolet

Sandford cyclecar 3 roues

Singer Cabriolet

Talbot Lago 11/6 cabriolet

Talbot Lago Baby cabriolet

Talbot Lago Baby cabriolet

Talbot Lago Cadette 11

Talbot Lago coach

Talbot Lago T26 coach

Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport coupé Saoutchik

Talbot Lago T26 Record coupé Saoutchik

Talbot Lago T26 cabriolet Saoutchik ex-Roi Farouk

http://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/car…

pip bip - choose Corrour > McMike 12/05/2014 at 08:12

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all those magazines going to waste!

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/05/2014 at 08:30

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So carefully bound.

505Turbeaux > McMike 12/05/2014 at 08:40

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Jesus fucking christ DAT LIST (LUST?) indeed

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 12/05/2014 at 09:04

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Three (3!!) Voisins!

JR1 > McMike 12/05/2014 at 09:05

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Looks like a lot of rust on some great cars, sad really.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2014 at 09:07

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I just can't even. Even in really tough shape I don't see a single one that shouldn't

A. Get fixed up enough to start and drive and driven just cuz

or

B. Restored (less preferable option)

Lots of history there

Jobjoris > McMike 12/05/2014 at 09:26

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HAPPY FRENCH FRIDAY!

McMike > Jobjoris 12/05/2014 at 09:34

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No shit. #FRENCHFRIDAY

Jobjoris > McMike 12/05/2014 at 09:43

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Every Friday !

duurtlang > McMike 12/05/2014 at 09:53

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There's little left of most of those cars. While the find is spectacular, it saddens me someone capable of buying such special vehicles isn't able to store them in a better (as in: dry) building.

Cé hé sin > duurtlang 12/05/2014 at 10:53

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I don't know if they're that bad. Certainly the more exposed ones will be in a sorry state but many of those we can see don't look bad once you allow for the dirt and grotty imteriors. Many of these cars - the Delages and Chapron Delahayes - are worth a fortune if there's enough there to restore and the Ferrari 250 looks pretty good.

Cé hé sin > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/05/2014 at 10:55

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Eight Delahayes, four bodied by Chapron!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cé hé sin 12/05/2014 at 10:59

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Fuck, I missed that there were two Panhard Dynamics too.

Oh hey, my new wallpaper.

Saoul-Virage > McMike 12/05/2014 at 11:07

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NOM DE DIEU ! That's a great collection of cars.

I read Lancia Thema 8.32 on the list (Lancia with FWD Ferrari V8), it was unveiled in 1984 or 1985 so it was probably the last time someone open the barn to store a car in it.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > duurtlang 12/05/2014 at 11:17

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Even if the Delages and Delahayes are badly damaged, someone will find a way to restore them. In good condition they're worth hundreds of thousands.

philipilihp > McMike 12/05/2014 at 11:36

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That gallery in the actual article just made me really sad. There is nothing left of most of those cars. All you can do now is take lots and lots of pictures to document them but there is no restoring possible.

Manuél Ferrari > McMike 12/05/2014 at 11:47

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I'll take the Mondial for $200!

craig-oesterling > McMike 12/05/2014 at 11:47

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The one thing I can't comprehend is why those two gentlemen occasionally photographed are not weeping.

stuttgartobsessed > McMike 12/05/2014 at 11:48

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You beat me to it! Also, where'd you find the list?

RallyWrench > McMike 12/05/2014 at 13:36

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kanadanmajava1 > McMike 12/05/2014 at 14:01

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Pretty interesting stash. Not very well preserved but at least they still exist. Most were probably quite bad when they were stashed.

Thema 8.32 is pretty new compared to the others (3/4 of the Ferraris were also quite new). How did that end up there?

McMike > stuttgartobsessed 12/05/2014 at 14:05

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Where'd you find the list?

In the article I linked.

stuttgartobsessed > McMike 12/06/2014 at 00:17

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Huh. I read the same article... guess I missed the list though. Regardless - I wish I had millions in a swiss bank right now. But not for the Ferrari. Give me the Maerati A6. And all of the T-26s.

AutoSavant > McMike 12/08/2014 at 12:14

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Take's the hoarder mentality of "I'm going to restore it some day" to a whole new level. This makes me sick to my stomach. I wish I had the money to save just one. Hopefully they get restored or used to keep others running.