HAUS AUTO GROUP IN CANFIELD IS SEALING AND CLEANING THE PARKING LOT THIS WEEKEND TO GET READY FOR OUR HUGH INVENTORY SALE !!

HAUS AUTO GROUP IN CANFIELD IS SEALING  AND CLEANING THE PARKING LOT THIS WEEKEND TO GET READY FOR OUR HUGE INVENTORY SALE  !! THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER !!! MAKE SURE YOU STOP UP MONDAY!  WE WILL BE STOCKED UP OVER 100 + VEHICLES  TO CHOOSE FROM ALL MAKES AND MODELS THE PRICES WILL BE UNBEATABLE SAY YOU SAW THIS ON FACE BOOK AND GET. FREE CAR WASHES FOR LIFE ON YOUR NEW VEHICLE PURCHASE !!

The Great Portugese Barn Find hoax debunked but still going strong

Frank Filipponio  |  Jul 31st 2007 3:25 PM EDT

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We receive a lot of tips here at Autoblog. Some implore us to check out camera shots of an Audi R8 spotted in Santa Monica, others relay breaking news in the industry, and still more are just personal rants about the state of all things four-wheeled. And then there are the tips we get about the Great Portuguese Barn Find. 

Hundreds of tips about this amazing discovery have been pouring in for months. They all have in common the story of a New Yorker's retirement gift to himself – a house on a few acres in Portugal. The house he found had been vacant for 15 years, the owners having passed away leaving no heirs. The property was being sold to pay back taxes owed, and besides the house, there was also a large metal barn on the land with its doors welded shut. Nobody took the time to see what was inside, so the property was sold as is. When the new owner and his wife arrived, they got to work opening up the barn and found - the barn find of the millennium. Inside the structure sat around 200 dusty classic cars. What an unbelievable bit of luck for the new owner!

Follow the jump for the real story.

[Source: Old Cars Weekly]
And we do mean unbelievable. Of course the whole thing was a net hoax, but some people still want to believe it is true, and so the story continues to circulate. After all, there's a whole gallery of dusty classics sitting in a dark warehouse that's pretty compelling. How could it be a lie? 

Old Cars Weekly just tracked down the story behind the story, and the real explanation is almost as good as the hoax. What we are actually seeing in those pictures is the collection of an automobile dealer who over the years has added many vehicles that caught his fancy. He just drove them to the barn and parked them there, presumably waiting until he decided what to do with the lot of them next. About a year ago he sent in a photographer to document the collection, and those pics are the ones circulating the internet, helping to create and sustain this myth. So now you know the truth behind the Great Portugal Barn Find, and you all can stop sending us tips to cover it. Okay?