Lets take a stroll through the BARN I found.

A few weeks ago I followed up on a tip of a farmer who has stash of cars and parts and after talking with the old man, he instructed his son to give me a tour of the joint and show me what he has.

This is my car in his front yard


I walked to this normal barn/ shed and when the doors opened this is what I saw through the opening, it was dark and it took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust but here are some of the pics I got on this trip, I will be going back soon for more detailed pics. Oh yeah all the brown and black spots you see on the ground in these picture is cow SHIT, this is a cow shed and they have free roam of the shed to do as they please. They have done alot of damage to every vehicle in the shed.

Barn # 1
32 Ford truck

parked behind I found this


behind it on the ground

along side it was this unknown truck


along it was this Allstate ? Not sure if it is or just a custom



here is the owner son just looking around, notice the TT behind him



There was something else buried next to the TT but could make it out or get pics.

The long Fire truck, unknown make looks 31,32 ish

the front grill/hood

smaller fire truck in front of the bigger fire truck next to the ALLSTATE


finally, the remains of this unknown fire truck

steering wheel and dash of unknown truck



That’s all for this barn

 

I was escorted to a second barn inside this barn was this truck they drive this one regularly in parades and such, the owners son was sure to crank on the hand sirens and blow out my ear drums since I was standing not more than two feet in front of the truck.

that’s all for shed 2.

Off to shed 3

This Pontiac Convertible is sleeping , he said about 20 years ago they found a crack in the frame so that is where they left it, they haven’t opened the doors to this shed in 15 years.


The property owner is big on steam engines and he has a dozen or so around in different sheds


Shed 4

This roadster was staring at me



next to the roadster was this 2 door sedan

buried under a pile of junk is the ?

a few doors down in this shed this was peeking through the door at me


Next door to it I caught a glimpse of this between the large steam tractors



turn the corner to the last bay was this 31 sport coupe

 

what town was this in?

 

The 5th pic is a Hercules XB series engine out of a Cletrac, or Oliver OC-3.

 

Wow.

 

Never knew Allstate did a rag top. Anyone know if Henry J did? Got to be rare.

 

Sory man that information I cannot share with anyone at the owner request.

 

Wow, those pics were worth the wait. Cool find, buying anything?

 

This subject is being debated here:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212826

 

From what I could make out there is no steam powered stuff, the tractors are gassers/ distilate powered, looked like a IHC Mogul or a titan, hard to tell, too bad it's so dark in there ! Sure looks like a hell of a find though ! Guess the barn finds are still out there, good work !

 

Allstate looks lto be an "owner modified" to me. Looks like they covered the window slots along the tops of the doors with wood.

 

cool stuff , my Dad is into the hit & miss engines he sure would like to see those..

 

My wife just came in to see if I was ok cause I was squeeling like a girl each time I scrolled to the next picture picture.

 

Thats not wood, it is years of dust and cow shit, seriously!

 

WOW. what a cool find. I also read you other post about the allstate/Henry J earlier. Did the Tall T's come like that with a wood cab or is that some redneck shit the farmer did? I live to stumble on a stash like that. Would the owner sell ANYTHING to you?

James

 

I love the STAG ON TAP sign

cool barn full of stuff

 

Now that's what I call a stash.

 

West Voorheesville, NY or thereabouts, would be my guess.

 

looks like a good stash alright, but I suspect the owner is a hoarder, not a car builder.

 

I'm guessing they won't part with any of it,just keep it for the cows to shit on.

 

Thanks for sharing the photos

Let me guess.. He does not want to sell anything either

 

According to my Standard Catalog of American Cars, neither the Allstate or the Henry J were produced in anything other than 2 dr sedans.

 

well, duh! you know the 80 yr old mans gonna fix them all up someday!

killer find...now get him to sell it for it falls further apart!!!PLEASE~!

 

there is a guy down the street from me has an allstate convert....

 

blue roadster please.

 

Yep, that's a lot of junk that you'll never get to have. When that guy dies some relative will have the scrap man haul it all away, the end. Don't cry, it's not your junk it's that guys junk and he can hoard his junk if he wants to, not that I agree that he should not find loving homes for that stuff, but just because you want it does not make your need to have it more improtant than his need to hoard it. Spilled milk kiddies...

 

Holy shit Batman !.....Damn....between the other post and this one....It's got me wantin a firetruck!!

 

what an honor it would be to check out someones buried treasures like that.

 

The greasy old tractor parked by the Model T roadster is a Rumsley Oil Pull. They were fueled and cooled by a big oil reservoir.
I just bought a steering wheel off Ebay just like the one in the dismantled red fire tuck that has the frontend missing. I thought the wire S in the middle of the horn button was homemade but this one is the same. I'd like to know the brand of the firetruck. Anyone?

Frank

 

I'll guess on the fire truck as a Simplex ?