Ali Baba Garage!

[cooperluke]

Well, this is incredible. It looks like a guy in Portugal has a garage that has around 180 cars, all closed up since 1990-1991. The doors were sealed, and were opened last week.

Cars from, Mini Coopers, Aston martin, Lotus Seven, Lotus Elan, Opel GT, Alfa Gt Junior, MGs, Datsun Z, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Lancia, Triumph, Fiat, Honda, Matra, etc.

It's still very hard to understand why someone left those cars there, locked for 15 years, but it's an amazing collection!!

Here are some pictures:


http://www.interclassico.com/curipics/afa70.jpg
http://www.interclassico.com/genpics/afa84.jpg
http://www.interclassico.com/genpics/afa80.jpg
http://www.interclassico.com/genpics/afa52.jpg
http://www.interclassico.com/genpics/afa9.jpg



The link with lots more pictureshere:
http://www.interclassico.com/index.php?action=pach&id=89

[McLaren4eVa]

That would call for one extremely expensive car was bill.

[ViperASR]

:shock:
Wow, all those beautiful cars locked away for no one to look at and admire. A real shame. Hopefully he will sell them so someone can clean them up and show them

[sameerrao]

I wonder if he was hiding them for some reason - avoid taxes or have them sold of to pay debts.

I like Formula 2 or is it Formula Jr cars there. Sad to see the cars with so much dirt on it. It will take a lot of TLC to get them all running again. :cry:

[Stoopie]

Now that's a nice surprise! Nice collection indeed! :D

[cooperluke]

Amazing, isn't it??

I suggest we try to make a list of all the cars there, just for the fun!

I will start:
Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.5
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Austin Cooper 1000 MKI
Austin Cooper 1000 MKI
Austin Cooper S MKI
Morris Cooper S MKII
Datsun 240Z
Fiat 500
Ford GT
Lotus Seven
Lotus Elan
Lotus Elan
Mini MK3 (Can be a Cooper)
Porsche 356

[cooperluke]

From what I've know, it looks the owner of the garage died, and they were there all those years because of the heirs.

Let's see if they restore them to their original and mint condition! :D

[ARMAN]

I have a feeling that there was some of my far relatives(grangranpa's) in Portugal... I gotta check my family tree right now :D :mrgreen:

[Mers]

Wow, some definitely nice cars there...all of which could probably be restored to a fine condition...

[TopGearNL]

Thats a great find! Awesome collection!

[ferrarif1fan89]

it hurts to see so many special cars in such bad condition. fantastic collection, though.

[cooperluke]

Dani... haven't you seen the Alfas??

And the Datsun 240Z?

And the Aston Martin???

The Formulas?

But well, there are 180 cars there, I think we could gather some you'd like, LOLOL

[novass]

WOW :shock: :shock: How sweet would it be if you bought a farm or a big piece of land with a barn on it that was all sealed up and when you cracked it open, that was inside?!

I really wonder why they were locked up.

[callen]

some of these cars are just totally gone....but lots can be saved i think! what a strange and rare find!

[cooperluke]

Totally gonne??? LOL

No, a good expert could repair all, it's just a matter of money!! :D