Texas Barn Find: Five Pre-war Automobiles Discovered 

The style of cars I’ve always wanted. Even though I’ve never driven one, just admired the style. Amazing that they’re still in original form.

1930 - 1950, these are my favorite years for cars.

2yrs on and the story these classics barn find is one on my favorite. Victoria is beautiful car, and I think the name suits her well also. Pretty amazing..

That Victoria is a marvelous machine, truly once in a lifetime find. That vehicle needs to be restored, not just the normal restoration, but a full frame off restoration with factory original parts, and then placed in a museum.

Like finding a treasure trove. They're beautiful works of art and priceless

1970's - In Walker, Michigan there was a local small business owner there who operated his lawn equipment business out his barn. Next to that barn, he had a collection of really rare old cars parked in an open field that covered about three acres or so. Not loosely - but door to door tight. You could not just walk out into the pasture and take a look at them. He had the area secured with electrified barbed wire by the road, and the cars enclosed by a fortress fence. About every 12 feet there was a sizable sign that read; "NO TRESPASSING. Area under surveillance. Violators will be prosecuted to the full extend of the Law. However, the road was at such an attitude parallel to the field, that you could see the car tops - so as any young curiosity adventurers would, we stood on top of an old school bus-motor-lodge with binoculars and took a look. He had some rather impressive vehicles out there - notably, one of them I wanted so badly I couldn't stand it- it was a 1939 LaSalle business coupe with dual side mount tires! There was what looked to be an old Cord sedan as well. Many of the cars were later 1920's - some mid 1930's, and a lot of 40's cars. We were warned not to go to his house and ask about the cars. Same at his business- if you mentioned them, he'd tell you it was none of your business. Then one day, my dad went there to buy a rider lawn mower from him. Since my dad drove his 33 Ford/ chevy powered hot rod there - they got to swapping car stories. ( I was, unfortunately not with him ) Dad was taken into the basement/lower level of the barn and shown the owners "running" collection. It included a couple of Auburn's, one being a boat-tail, a hand full of Packard Sedans from the 1930's, some late 40's and early 50's Cadillac's - and model T and A Fords. He also has a huge collection of old motorcycles piled up in the lofts of the barn. He rides an old Indian Chief. He told my Dad he was being driven NUTS by the guys who kept pestering him to sell some of the cars in the field. That is why he tried to keep them from view. Then he was catching guys in there at night looking around with flashlights. Finally, the owner had enough of it - and suddenly over night, every car in the field was gone including the fortress fence. Poof! Vanished into thin air. Just a huge deadened grass area was left. Rumor has it, he moved every car in the dead of night to another location where NO ONE WILL EVER SEE THEM AGAIN! That was 40 years ago. That man is still living, however - in his late 80's. Men like him and my Dad, who is 89, will cling onto their old collectible cars and motorcycles until they drop dead. They do not care what anyone thinks about them or the fact they aren't very open to other car guys. Such as my Dad for instance. If he doesn't know you, then he won't talk to you! My Mother also keeps a tight reign on who has access to my Dad. His garage is chocked full of car and motorcycle stuff going back the mid 1950's when he first got in the hot rod car thing and also hydroplane racing boats.The heyday for my Dad was in the early 60's, as he was able to find and buy vintage car parts - cheap. He also bought and sold vintage cars and trucks for a while. He dabbled with vintage motorcycles but even then the competition for them was fierce. Today, it's insane! In the next 10 to 15 years, there will many such "BARN FIND" stories like this one making the news - because there must be hundreds of such collections still out there, silently hidden away, not talked about, waiting in the dark - waiting for that one glorious day, again, see the light of day and a new wealthy as hell owners who'll spare no expense to restore them to their former glory and then be seen by thousands of admirers for the next 100 years and beyond! Many will also end up in Museums-forever- because they are just too rare and valuable.

Although this is a few years old it still amazes me that barn finds like this can still be found! Wonder where they are now.

Holy Crap... They are all so beautiful.

Wonderful barn find story! Keep 'em coming guys.

Yes Sir, most definitely the stories behind all Cars & Trucks, Milburn is soooooo Heart stopping..... BAM

Wow! Amazing find.

WOW! Incredible find!

Love those caddy’s.....once in a life time find.

Where am I when all these old landmarks are found??? Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

The designs were so beautiful..

love this channel keep up the good work guys.

Wow!! What a find!

Thanks. I enjoyed this.

Thank you for making these beautifully crafted videos. I'm surprised your channel doesn't have more subscribers but confident that will change soon. Please keep posting. :)

I would be reluctant to even "restore" these (maybe get them running). They are in such good condition, I would leave clean them up professionally and leave them as-is in a museum or something.

a lot of old cars are being found in texas i just found a rust free original paint 52 chevy styleline runs and drives love it

When I was 19, (1972), I bought a 1936 Cadillac Limousine V16, and it ran. I paid 400.00 for it, I had a hell of a time finding a gasket set for it, found it on J.C. Whitney co, I kept it and over the next 15 years , I restored it. By no means am i rich, I still have it to this day. Love your video, Thanks.....

Be nice to see a follow up video showing them restored.

exelente material,gracias por compartirlo.

Muy buena coleccion de autos conservados y no restaurados; nunca visto por mis ojos. Felicito a la persona que los conserva tal cual vinieron al mundo !!

Beautiful vehicles.

Give Mr. Leno a call

WOW I'm in awe

Would love to have one of these Cadillac

Woo boy, that is one sweet garage full o' cars

Great collection

Gave a Thumbs Up ! Happy Holidays !

Thank you for posting and sharing. We don't have a lot of that up here. I'm in ontario canada. Thanks again. Sigh! I live in the wrong country for my passion.

Great video!

Nice video! Thank you! :)

great thanks

Good find.

Terrific video. Wish there was a Packard or Pierce Arrow. Thank you.

@ 1:36 The MILBURN Electric made me sit up & take notice ! Thanks ATB " T " God Bless

These are pieces of rolling art

Great cars thanks :) We have 2000 cars in one video :)

This is way cool!

01:50 this Melbourne Electric (?) is soooo cute! Looks like straight out of a cartoon.

c 'est trop génial de voir des voitures abandonnées qui datent des années 30 ou d'avant

Just a big WOW

Wonderfull machine

Anyone else notice the original match safe on the hood of the REO? It contains matches with the white phosphorus tips that are period to the car. They stopped making them decades ago & replaced them with "Safety" matches (red-tipped) as the white tipped ones were known to spontaneously combust. I'm sure these matches were used to light the hood lanterns when needed.

Good video!

Give them a good clean and bring them back on the road as they are : What a tremendous find ! A bit of TLC and they will purr around like in the old days

That Reo is going to be beautiful. the convertible caddy's original colour is heavenly. That's another big plus. Each car has it's own individual identity. I've been a machinery nut since I was a kid (including cars) and this find knocks all four pitches out of the park! I don't even want to figure out the probability of this happening. If you weren't religious before this, you probably are now. :-)

WOW !

keep these cars far... far.. FAR away from rat rodders

I'd like to have the Milburn Electric, as a reminder of the time when electric cars were nearly as popular as internal-combustion powered cars.

Incredible .... If i had a choice , I would have rather lived back in the roaring 20s on than now. such beautiful cars

Jeckpot!! Good luck

I'am in heaven coolest cars ever!

What he meant to say: When I originally opened the barn doors, I smelled mega dollars.

My favorite conversation with car hoarders. "Are you planning on restoring the car?" "Yes." "How long has it been in the barn?" Forty years.."

The REO cars and trucks were built by Ransom E olds. He is buried in the Mt Hope Cematary in Lansing Mi. The company merged with the Dimond T and was known for mant years as Dimond Reo.I worked on a repair job on the old plant shortly before it was dismantled. My father worked at oldsmobile when WW2 started and helped assemble the last civilian auto before it started building for the military

Money is crucial when collecting these priceless items.

É fantástico e gratificante ver estas verdadeiras relíquias, na verdade, obras de arte, exemplares únicos, que muitas vezes nos transporta para um passado de esplendor e encantamento, onde, em tudo que se via havia brilho, principalmente nos automóveis da década de ouro e glamour, que para mim, foi e é, uma das maiores criações até hoje conhecida. maneco - Rio Grande do Sul -Brasil.

nice...

Who played the music on this video please?

I have a 1996 Honda Civic, can you do a video for me Hagerty?

Hey, You're A Real Trooper! lunch bless What's your opinion about it 1!

All new woodwork STAGED

In February, 1923, General Motors purchased the Milburn Body Plant for $2 million with Milburn being retaining its right to make electric vehicles under their name. Milburn workers remained in the body plant for the two months following, finishing up cars and bodies previously under contract. Fisher Body Works was to move into the Milburn Body Works building to be able to handle the expected growth in sales of Buicks and other vehicles. Evidently, the extra capacity wasn't needed as GM offered the Milburn factory for sale just months after in August of 1923. Meanwhile, Milburn's remaining operations had moved to one of their smaller locations and evidently continued to produce trucks and on demand and subject to available parts and remaining bodies, their Model 27L Brougham.

Hello! what song is that? It's very good!

those cars look so beautiful to me that it hurts.

Hi could anyone tell me which music or group plays in the background? Thank you, Ed

Saw a Morris Minor in there

1:47 Is that a V16 or V12 Morris Minor 1000 creeping into the scene? ;-)

I am salivating. excessively!

OMG OLD CARS!!!

TheSLAPTrain1 Real life barn find! Thought you may find this interesting.

I'd hate to ride a storm out in that REO!

Random Thoughts: 1. Super Neat and Rare cars. 2. "Barn Find" has become such an overused phrase in the old car world. In my mind at least, a true barn find would be if Jack, the owner of these cars kept them hidden away and upon his passing - some relative (who had no prior knowledge of the cars existence) wondered down to "dear old departed Uncle Jack's" barn - kicked open the door and WOW...! 3. With all that said in #2 above - I guess they are a "barn find" to the rest of the world in the sense that we just FOUND them on Hagerty Classic Cars! Good Job and Thanks.

Excelente presentación. Los automóviles no se ven Abandonados y en el OLVIDO. Solo necesitan un poco de tiempo y de Cariño...

Damn ... all I ever find in old barns are rusty rakes and antique cowpies ...

They've now been sold. Not really barn finds, because it was an intentional collection in a warehouse behind their house that was intended for them, not just some old barn with old cars no one knew about in it.

i have a 1930 Cadillac v16 in very immaculate condition... it is a very nice hood ornament lol

wOw! Wish I'd been there when they opened those doors.

multi cylinder cadillac? you mean the build cadillacs with more than one cylinder? mind = blown

REO was NOT started by Oldsmobile. It was started by Mr. Olds, for whom the company was named.

wow

V16 sold?

Could someone tell me the name of the music in this video?

Barn Find My ass! Change the title. This is a collection.

How can one look and find a barn full of classic cars like this?

an REO . cool .

As it happens, I watched this video earlier today then this evening I watched "A Piece of the Action", in which Kirk drives "poorly" a V12 Caddy convertable. I don't think it's the same car, but is their any chance?

Actually the founder of REO was Ransom E Olds, (Hence REO) Oldsmobile was the car, not the person.

what afind treasures out there

So the auction was 2015.. where do we find out what they sold for and who bought them :)

In 1948, Preston Tucker introduced fuel injection and seat belts in the Tucker automobile somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 years before Detroit had. 1:53 Imagine what vehicles would be like today if big greed corporations would stop prohibiting progress. Can't be too mad at the corporations because the little guys sell out to them.

Can you keep the cars in the barn find ?

American Car Super!!!👍🤘❤️✊

That'[s nothing, you should see my grand fathers barn. What you see in there is something you only read about in books. And he refuses to sell any of it. 95 years old and he still thinks he'll get around to them someday.

Where in tx was this at??

Would've like to seen the engines!!!