A barn find is a classic car that has been discovered after being stored for a long period in a place such as a barn or shed. The term also applies to similarly stored motorcycles and aircraft. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “A Barn Find Is Kind of the Opposite of a Showroom Piece”
Grant, you probably already know this term, but I came across it in something I was reading.
I wish I could remember what it was, but it’s the term barn find.
That was a new one for me.
Is this from antiquers and people who love to go to estate sales, that sort of thing?
It’s sort of along those lines.
A barn find is typically a classic car that’s been rediscovered after it’s been stored for many, many years, usually in a barn.
But people get all excited about these kinds of, you know, like a 1967 Shelby GT500 that’s got a layer of dust on it.
That’s apparently a valuable thing, too.
When you find one of these barn finds, you don’t necessarily want to clean them up, apparently.
Well, what you do want to do, though, is change all the rubber because that rubber is probably cracked and stuff and re-lubricate everything.
But, yeah, I can see the joy in that.
Who doesn’t like a bit of discovery in their life?
Yeah, I just love the element of surprise there.
Apparently this is true for classic motorcycles or even aircraft.
Somebody described it online as resulting from when life plans go wrong.
You know, maybe the owner died or went bankrupt or had an accident.
And this car just sits there for years and years and then somebody rediscovers it.
And, you know, something like that is going to mean something to somebody.
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