[ROVERNET - UK] any Rovers in this barn?

[S Manwell]

Peter,

Check it out -- at least two P4's in the collection.

http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa26.htm

Thanks to Dan Suter for the link to the photos and correct story.

--Steve (catching up on older Rovernet threads, so this may have been 
mentioned already...)



peter king wrote:
> Did anyone see this? Sorry if I'm repeating any information posted 
> earlier...
>
> Peter
>
> ___________________
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> BARN
>
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> A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, 
> so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal.
>
> The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 yrs.; the owner and wife 
> both had died, and there were no heirs.
>
> The house was sold to pay taxes.
>
> There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, 
> and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra 
> expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to 
> the property anyway......so, nobody made an offer on the place.
>
>
> The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved 
> in, and set about to tear in to the barn.......curiosity was killing him.
>
> So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of 
> grinders.......and cut thru the welds.
>
> What was in the barn...............?
>
>
> Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm    and start wishing you had 
> bought the place.
>
> Click on the index for a faster download
>
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>
> peter king + company
> 21 drydock avenue
> floor 7
> boston, ma 02210
> t-617.292.7877
> f-617-292-4739
> www.king-co.com
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