Try to imagine how one day you’re cleaning your parent’s garage and in the back, you see something glowing – a piece of chrome. Just after you remove the last box you find this amazing, German barn find for sale that is something a lot of collectors will appreciate. This barn find for sale is a very valuable and rare car, that in the moment of the ‘finding’ was in a pretty good condition. When restored, this two-door, luxury barn find for sale will definitely become the car that was intended to be – sleek lines, fine details, power under the hood and fully independent suspension. Actually, if you’re looking for this barn find for sale, you might still have a chance!

This barn find for sale has actually a pretty interesting history. It is recorded that the barn find for sale was first owned by a professor, tutoring in the University of Oxford. The history report of this vehicle also tells us, that the professor, whose name is Geoffrey Blackman, sold this beauty in 1978. The new owner of this now barn find for sale intended to repair the engine of the car. The history reports told experts that it was sold the next year, but unfortunately, it was dry stored somewhere far from someone, who will cherish and love it. It was later discovered as a barn find for sale and in 2011 it was auctioned for more than $400 000. Some might say that this is not that big of a barn find for sale, but we have to mention, that this particular model has only 70 built and for its time, it was a very desirable vehicle.

Okay, some of you might remember, that we used to talk about this car in a light, way different than a bar find for sale. When we talked about old classic cars, we positioned this vehicle on the ninth place in the list of our top 10 most stylish cars. And that is not all – this barn find for sale is actually seventh in the list of ‘rarest vehicles in the world’ with only 29 of these beauties built. If this was not a barn find for sale, this car would sell for more than $1.5 million. This is why we’re so excited to talk about this barn find for sale. The history report of his particular car says that it was intended as a graduation present to a student in the United States. In the early 1970s, the transmission of this beauty gave up, and the owner decided to put it in the garage and leave it over there. It was found over 2 decades later by an enthusiast, who made the owner sell the car. And, maybe until this day, the owner loves this person! When Wellmer, the owner of this barn find for sale, decided to sell this old beauty, the alloy-bodied vehicles of the line can be priced 5 times higher than the regular 300SL. This how, this barn find for sale was sold for over $2.5 million.

This is no joke, trust us. And no, we haven’t lost our minds. Many of you, who follow PassionList and have read some of our other articles know that this particular barn find for sale, this precise year and model is the most expensive car ever sold on an auction. The Ferrari 250GTO from 1962 was sold for over $38 million, which set three records – a record for Ferrari, for an Italian car in general and for an auction, that took place in the United States. So, since we’ve made this clear, we are still going to tell you – no, we’re not joking. The history report of this particular barn find for sale tales us, that is has been waiting for over a decade, just to be restored. It was bought in the early 1970s by a man, named Joe Korton. He had a very interesting idea for this barn find for sale – he didn’t buy the car to restore and drive it, rather that he bought it just to let it rot in his backyard. The history of this barn find for sale tells, that at a certain point, children used as a slide and a playground. The owner of this barn find for sale didn’t show any interest in the various offers he received from many other collectors. People, who adored the Italian beauty tried to save it a couple of times, but without any luck. The rare barn find for sale was eventually sold more than 14 years later to a Swiss collector, who then gave her all the care he needed – he restored the car and is still the current owner of this barn find for sale.

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