r/BarnFinds

Found this 1987 BMW 750iL outside in the forest last winter where it’s been sitting untouched for over a decade.

On a positive note, The M70 V12 isn’t seized and she cranks and holds oil pressure. The main body structure, subframes, and shock towers are surprisingly rock-solid, and the overall visual of this long-wheelbase autobahn cruiser is still incredible.

The bad news?
The car was parked in tall grass, and moisture did what moisture does, the outer sills are rusted out and will need patch sections welded in. On top of that a slightly leaking rear window has turned the interior into a biohazard.

As a industrial designer/builder, I’m taking this on as a full re-engineering project rather than just a basic cleanup. The plan is to get her mechanically 100%, and then start bring it up to todays spec with OEM+ upgrades.

Excited (and slightly terrified) to dive into this V12 money pit. What's the first thing you'd tackle on a revival like this?

I have a 2008 Ford Focus SES that hasn’t been driven in 6 years. It only has 70k miles on it. It’s been sitting in a driveway.

Spark plugs were replaced in 2017. Service records are good. Only one owner.

What could I realistically sell this for?

I’ll be taking it to a shop to get a full inspection. I’m assuming it’ll need fluids, new tires, and a new battery. Does the engine bay look OK?

Just moved to NY and was scrolling thru face book market place and wanted to see what was available and also look on ebay then saw this.

I looked it over and saw a couple cons all the rust and the top vinyl needing work but it said it ran so now I have it need alot of work but I can manage

the buick is running

​In teoria un fuoristrada nasce per dominare i boschi e macinare chilometri, in pratica a volte finisce parcheggiato in un uliveto, ferito da un incidente e costretto a una lunga pausa forzata tra la polvere e i ricordi.

​Ma guardatelo bene sotto questa spessa patina di tempo. Questo Land Rover 90 — rigorosamente pre-300, della generazione in cui il nome "Defender" non era ancora comparso sui cataloghi — ha una storia di fatica e ingegno che traspare da ogni dettaglio. Sul frontale, tra i fari supplementari e la calandra, spicca quella barra verticale saldata al paraurti: un capolavoro di artigianalità contadina nato per montare un arrotolatore per tubi, trasformando il muso del fuoristrada in una comoda stazione di lavoro.

​Se ci si sposta all'interno, l'abitacolo racconta senza filtri i segni del vissuto: i sedili sono completamente divorati dal tempo con la spugna a vista, il volante e la plancia sono avvolti dalle ragnatele, e il pavimento in metallo porta i segni dell'età. Eppure, scendendo sotto il pianale, si nota un telaio e una meccanica robusta che, nonostante la ruggine superficiale e il colpo che l'ha fermato, mantengono quella solidità tipica di un mulo che non ha alcuna intenzione di arrendersi alla ruggine.

​Un mezzo così non si rottama, si rispetta e si recupera. E c'è una gran voglia di vederlo presto rimettersi in moto. Voi che dite, gli diamo la seconda chance che si merita? Scrivetelo qui sotto

Back in septermber '25 i remember seeing this car in plain view in the middle of a camp near a main road, we decided to take a look at it but it's pretty much destroyed and it seems like a stupid question to ask.

It was indeed in a farm sitting there for almost 15 years (seen on google maps)

So it sat between farm animals such as pigs and all the type of things.

It's been under the rain and all type of stuff since it was outside all the time.

The "owner" said the engine turns on but one of the turbos doesn't work.

"Owner" because we don't even know the story of this car, which is kind of a mystery, because the guy keeping it said the original "owner" lives in a very far city, up north of the country, while i live in the south.

It has no plates, and no papers apparently, so i have no idea how that car is there and what really happened to it.

It's a very beautiful car, i love the color, but i know for sure, sitting in the open air for decades completely made it unsalvageable, the electronics must be fried, same with the wheels and probably all the chassis, very sad tho.

The car has now been moved from the trees it was sitting under and is now exposed to the direct sunlight, which probably means that at this point the car is meant to become dust in a couple of years.

Such a sad thing to see...

My aunts car, she got it in 90 or 91, the ac went out in the early 2000s and it’s been in a garage ever since. She said she wanted to get rid of it. I asked if I could post it up to give her an idea of what it’d be worth to the right people. If I had the money I’d restore it myself.

What is it?
Opel kadett c coupe 1.2sr from 1974

Original complete car. Needs 3 small welding spots already runs & drives.

No it’s not for sale there are 3 more that i do want to get rid of but need more work than this!

I had never sent a card for grading until I rediscovered these two Flower rookie cards in my old childhood collection.

I collected goalie cards pretty obsessively from 1997 until the 2004 lockout, which coincided with my going off to college. I moved on from the hobby at that point, and spent the next two decades blissfully not thinking about hockey cards.

That changed earlier this year, when I returned to my collection as a source of comfort during a very tough battle with cancer. I decided to celebrate all these old cards one last time and sell off the ones that I could.

Even after finding that I had successfully pulled and protected these two cards back in the day, I debated whether I wanted to pay to spin the grading roulette wheel. Obviously, today, I'm glad I did.

This is probably the closest I've come to recapturing the feeling that I think a lot of us "relapsed" mid-life hobbyists are after – that childhood thrill of chasing, and maybe even finding, a monster pull that makes your eyes bug out of your head. This hobby can be very silly, but it also – sometimes, occasionally – produces a beautiful moment or two.

Found in the Cornish countryside, it is some kind of old commercial vehicle. The flat windshields make me think it might be something really old (WW2-ish?)

But there seems to be a plastic hose in the engine-compartment.

• Location : Brazil
• Condition : project
• Stock : #8726
• YEAR : 1950
• Body Style : Schnellaster Auto Union
• Ext Color : black
• Additional Info : Project
• https://www.brazilianclassiccars.com/store/p/schnellaster-auto-union-project-for-sale