Barn Finds and Hidden Gems 2018
 

So with the newest issue of Muscle Car Review being a brief overview of the 2017 display. I thought I would start a new thread for the 2018 display.

What did you think of 2017? Liked, disliked. What do you want to see?

I'll have my new book, Muscle Car Barn Finds (http://a.co/gIcVcW7) there, as well as a slew of new pictures of cars never before seen.

Of course we will have a whole new batch of cars coming in. There are already a few signed up!

Can't wait for November, already well into planning.

These are NOT signed up for Barn Finds, just a few pictures I'll have in rotation on the TV at my table.

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This one is actually in my new book!
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Dislikes...... ?

I really enjoyed seeing Thomas Palasty’s 1969 F85 W-31 and enjoyed meeting them even more!!

PS: this year two former Barn Finds Hidden Gems W31’s are returning for the special Invitational :-)

Ryan

Ryan... you da man! This section is awesome! This is such a cool part of the show since you can mingle with the owners and chat about the hunt/find and capture of these rare beasts! Can you do that in the main show section? Sure you can.... but your senses being overloaded with shiney paint, chrome, and the smell of fresh interiors, you can't form sentences anymore! :scholar:

Looking forward to what's in store! Anything Hemispherical in nature is always appreciated!

Cheers
Dave

We need a massive update/preview/news flash on this awesome section please!!!! Hello? Is this thing on?? Ryan? Bob? Vicki? Come in! Over!!!:scholar:

Cheers

Dave

Well...let's start with; Hemi ragtop? Check! Hurst/Olds? Check! COPO Camaro? Check! Highly unusual 4-speed Olds? Check! Car with a really huge wing on the back? Check! Boss Mustang? Check!

Yep..they ARE out there and you will see a whole new group of hidden treasures.

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member
www.mcacn.com

Aaaahhhh.... that's the stuff!!:drool:

Can't wait!!

Cheers
Dave

Ryan, I enjoyed your appearance on The Muscle Car Place podcast a couple months ago! I bought a copy of your book as well.

I'm considering attending MCACN for the first time this year.

Cheers!

Happy to hear you enjoyed my ramblings! I hope the book is one you enjoy. Definitely can't recommend MCACN enough. You won't be disappointed.

The book has been a great read. One of these days I will hook up with you and get you to sign it.

My hoping to be there! My father and I went to the Spring Carlisle Swap Meet for the first time this year, and this sounds like a great next event to attend.

He's currently very much enjoying your book. :beers:

Happy to hear you guys enjoy the book. Just a FYI, I have 2 books out if you hadn't seen them. 'Muscle Car Barn Finds' and 'Amazing Barn Finds and Roadside Relics'.

I'll be around, so just let me know!

what's the 68 camaro 'thing' ?

oh my.. My OCD makes me hyperventilate when I see those cars.. h m,an, I just want to clean them! LOL

Not quite sure, it is buried in a old warehouse in Detroit. We think it was/is an old Autorama car or unfinished one at least.

New additions for BF/HG this week; a super unusual 4-speed non 442 Cutlass and a GTO Judge that hasn't seen the light of day in 31 years.

Going to be another group of fun and surprises!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member
www.mcacn.com

OK Ford Aficionado's; let's add a Q-code 4-speed Mach 1 that was last registered in 1978. The new owner just found this one in Winslow, AZ.

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member
www.mcacn.com

Hmmmmm.... was he standing on a corner, by chance??:hmmm::hmmm:

Sorry... couldn't resist! :wink:

Cheers
Dave

That would have been a flat bed Ford, not a Q code Mach 1, but at least you had the brand right. ;)

I believe the correct lyrics are, “I was standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona looking for a Barn Find for me. It’s Mustang, my Lord, with a Q-Code Ford, and it’s coming to MCACN with me!”:headbang::drool:

Cheers
Dave

You first need to do some load loosening.....

:rolleyes2:

Your a poet and didn't know it....:smirk:

Hey Dave, that Cinnaminson NJ GT500KR that 'we' found will be at the barn finds section too this year! Cant wait!

Just helped document this one coming out of a barn, coming to MCACN.... 1963 Olds Jetfire 4-speed car, was original owner until this past weekend.

If you have any interesting Barn Finds you would like to bring to MCACN, we're always looking for cool cars.

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Very nice.

That license plate places it as local to me, I'll be interested in it's history!

I'll have the whole history here in the near future. It was an original owner car up until Saturday. Bought new at Tate Cadillac-Olds in Waterloo, IA. Driven for about 90,000 miles, something broke and it was put away.

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Let's add a '68 Roadrunner with the 999 paint code Petty (or Basin Street) Blue to the mix!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member
www.mcacn.com

Tate was one of the good, old school dealerships in town. They sold a bunch of 442s, W30s and 31s etc. I miss those days.

We are now officially FULL (sold out) for this part of the show.

I have to say that this may be the most unusual and diversified group we have ever had, and there is a long list of truly unexpected and under the radar cars joining us.

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member
www.mcacn.com

Hey Bashton, pardon my ignorance, but I assume you mean you have a full roster of cars but attendees can still buy tickets, correct?

Yes, you can still buy tickets. Just the Barn Finds section is full of max number of cars.

Thanks, that's what I assumed!

Let's see now;

Shelby; check!
Hemi Mopars; check!
GTO Judge; Check!
Cobra Jet; check!
Drag Cars; Check!
Totally unexpected surprises; Check
W30; Check!
Several that are so hidden and top secret that I cant talk about them; Check!
EARLY Turbo Olds; Check!
Cars with multiple carbs; Check!
Hurst/Olds; Check
A Chevrolet product you had no idea exists? Check!

And that is just the beginning...

Bashton

Very nice! Cannot wait! Nice job guys.

You guys have no idea how hard it is for me to NOT tell you about a few of the cars that are joining us.

Be there...you will not be disappointed!

BA

You can tell me Bob. I will have forgotten what you told me by the time I go anyway...… ;)

Yup yup, always good when you are done, and things are coming together and Bob goes... oh yeah I forgot about all these incredible cars coming............................................ ...........................

Who me?

Bashton

So now that we have been able to digest from Thanksgiving, and absorb all the awesome that was MCACN. What did you think of Barn Finds & Hidden Gems this year?

I'm going to start rolling out some quick walk around videos of some of the cars from the section.

Here's the next in the series. The 1969 AMX SS car that was all hush hush!