Could This The Most Unbelievable Barn Find In The World Ever Discovered!?

This collection of cars could potentially be one of the most incredible i have ever discovered & filmed for this channel! There were so many rare, vintage and amazing ars here it left me speechless walking around! Every corner led to a new discovery which just blew me away! It may of taken us over 10 hours to drive too but it was worth every single minute of that journey!… hope you all enjoy this weeks video guys 🙂
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[@leeholden8658]

The white Mercedes 450 Q reg is actually Reg’d in the U.K. in Dec1987

[@KendalSmithy]

This has to be the pinnacle of your exploration career, Colin. Some of those cars must be a century old. Unbeatable.

[@philldear3346]

The other problem with these collections is local councils if they get to know about them they get hell bent in getting in there and crushing the whole lot on environmental grounds It happens to an old haps place I used to do business with I bought a motorcycle from him 50 years ago Two years later he passed on and the wretched council got in there and crushed the lot including the last known local tram car to be in existence There needs to be some protection of such such vehicles legally to stop these cretins vandalising them even if they are only good for parts

[@saqibmulla2811]

Oh shit really!!

[@Perthshire]

Bollocks. They have no rights to do so

[@wall2floortiling868]

Surely that's theft the stuff still belongs to someone

[@Tunsgate123]

The protection should be letting. Petrol heads restore them.

[@adrianpolley6709]

There used to be a field full of cars, mainly Rootes vehicles, in Steeple Bumpsted, until the council made the owner get rid of most of them. Interestingly he had , if I remember correctly, 3 Panhard Dyna x's and a PL17, which only recently went to auction.

[@simmadpaul2880]

Can you put the spoilers at the end of the video please? It would be great to discover the finds as you do. Great video and what a fantastic place.

[@TheBeardedExplorer]

I might actually try this and see what kind of response I get 😊

[@marcbeebe]

What an amazing ... tragedy. Every French marque represented, some dating back to the 1910s! It's a wonder they were scrapped during or after WW II. I'm sure I saw some Panhards as well as Simcas in the lot, and maybe some French Ford (SAF/Matford) cars as well. I'm sure that one army vehicle was a GAZ, and I thought I saw a Barkas. Ten hours to get there, and you could have spent another ten looking - and still not seen it all! Incroyable!

[@Zocky73166]

Fantastic !!! Real car porn ! 2:56 - Renault 15 (71-79) 3:10 - Renault 12 (69-80) 3:18 - looks like Fiat 500 Topolino but I'm not sure 3:22 - Dodge WC 51 (40-45) 3:50 - Renault Estafette (59-80) 4:08 - Citroen DS/ID (3rd model with turning lights - 67-75) 4:30 - Peugeot 403 (55-66) 4:52 - Citroen Traction Avant (34-57) 4:59 - left side Panhard Dyna Z (with slightly open hood) (54-59), right side Panhard PL17 (59-65) (gems) 5:08, 5:15 - Peugeot 203 (48-60) 5:22 - Renault 30 (75-84) 5:45 - two unrecognable - Traction Avants 6:14 - Opel Olympia (50-53) 6:30 - even birds knows - CX 6:50 - Mercedes seems W111 series, but not sure 7:33 - Renault 4CV (47-61) with some 20s cars 10:20 - Ford Vedette Pick Up (48-54) (gem) 10:51 - Fiat 124 Sport Coupe - series CC (third series) (72-75) 10:51 - GAZ 69 (behind Fiat) and again in 11:45 - GAZ 69 (53-72) 11:55 - big car with gorgeous interior - 1951 Oldsmobile Super 88 17:18 - Renault 4CV again 18:03 - behind Renault 4Cv and beside Jaguar - Panhard Dyna X (48-54) (gem) 18:47/18:53 - Mercedes S - serie W116 (72-80) two of them (car of the year 1973, first gen. of S class btw) 18:50 - Mercedes SLC - serie C107 (longer wheelbase) (72-81) 18:53 - behind Mercedes, blue car with open trunk - another Peugeot 403 (55-66) 19:11 - BMW 2000 CS (65-69) - you have big luck to find two abandoned CS's in a short period of time 20:57 - Panhard CT 24 (64-67) - not Citroen :)) 21:09 - Simca 9 Aronde (51-55) (gem) 21:35 - also Panhard CT 24 (64-67) 21:50 - again Panhard 24 (64-67) pre WW2 cars - IDK

[@jinxvrs]

The Panhard at 21:35 is a BT 24 - longer wheelbase than the CT 24 at 21:50 - you can tell by the longer rear side windows on the BT.

[@richarddinning6901]

Thank you for your time and effort putting this list together. Very grateful to you.

[@Zocky73166]

@@jinxvrs you're probably wright, I had doubts is it BT or CT but was too lazy to investigate even that

[@guikguik7520]

@@Zocky73166 u got the right

[@yrduabsellig6771]

Bonjour i m french and living on the Rover side of britanny, south. At 4 39 the blue destroyer car, is a Matra 530, two seater central engine v4 Ford 1 liter 7, like in the SAAB 96. Very rare, but not solvable. Not a lot of car there are solvable, pehaps possiblumy to make a goog panhard 24 with 3. But maint it s pile of rusted metal. But incrédule to find such places, with the very hard environnemental law who wants to eradicate everything which is not bio.

[@Lot76CARS]

Brilliant find Colin, I’m not sure about the older stuff, but equally of interest is the Panhard in the early shots and that rare Renault 20/30 find another if you can!. Those ‘Citroens’ towards the end were also, in fact, Panhards.

[@martinevans1256]

Absolutely unbelievable people like this are the reason cars become rare

[@stuarthall6631]

Fantastic! FANTASTIC! Thank you for uploading. You were lucky to get away with this. I was in a barn in Normandy once photographing two old Citroens when the farmer turned up and set his dogs on me!

[@johnhopkins6658]

First army truck you saw is a Russian Gaz/UAZ 69 (1953 -72). There's a 1950s army Dodge Power wagon there.

[@keithraymondhughes3217]

Hello again Colin. The car where you make the statement "some of these cars are unrecognisable, look at that one" is in fact a Citroën traction avant, probably from the early 50s.

[@johngaskell68]

What an amazing collection of cars Colin , a really awesome place! Definitely one of your best videos up to yet . Did you see the British Mercedes in the last 10 minutes of the video? Q960 UGL last taxed in October 1989 so gives you some indication of the length of time the other cars have been there…! Looking forward to your next one as always mate ❤️👍🏻

[@DeRikBE]

Great video again... saw some Panhards at the end (@ the TV's) , a Renault Estafette aswell (Van car in the beginning) and lots of VERY old car, the "Morris" is a 4cv of Renault aswell , and also Citroen cars from teh earlier days, great find Colin

[@oliverpaul4937]

the car with the suicide door is a Renault 4 CV . in Germany we called it Cremeschnittchen = cream slice

[@WieDrDerJonge]

The "Citroëns" in the last barn are actualy Panhards.

[@carlosfernandes802]

Fantastique , merci au type qui a gardé tout cela , témoin d'une époque . prenons exemple ! merci à toi

[@bikerbloke02]

The last few cars you thought were Citroen were actually Panhard

[@TheBeardedExplorer]

Oh wow really? They look so similar 😊

[@DerStefanAusWien]

@@TheBeardedExplorer panhard was part of Citroën

[@mmullermuller3432]

Almost tears in my eyes... A great find indeed

[@runoflife87]

Such a strange thing: someone bought the Soviet GAZ-69 jeep and rebuilt it to look like the Romanian ARO. Very unusual to be honest.

[@natasastanojevic]

Hope that these cars would be rescued by collectors. Some are great and need just minor tlc, some are for parts only, but all of them deserve some good home and a good use.

[@WthaHatchet]

Wow... This is impressive. Someone has got to start saving those. I would love to see a drone shot. Stunning there's so much. The owner must have been one interesting person.

[@fourwheelswobble]

'Four Wheels Wobble' here, Great video, well made and very entertaining, cheers.

[@haydnbroughton148]

What a impressive find Colin.A serious collection of classics from a bygone era .

[@PiersLortPhillips]

I'm not a car perv but I get how this cuts you to the quick. It actually verges on criminal negligence

[@lindseykaine-walley6339]

Oh My, what a sight!! There should be a law against it. So many cars that could have been saved. Could any sill be saved? Brilliant video, Brilliant find!!

[@stickyboots2679]

If it wasn't for people collecting cars like this there would be less around. That's what a barn find is. Some one had the space an hindsight to preserve most of them in a barn that's good. What has happened to the owner happens to us all in the end he got old I'll probably died. But these cars will more than likely make it one day to a auction /dealer an get done up by an enthusiast or be a doner to keep another on the road.. Let's face it most people these days just scrap them when they start to cost to much to get through the mot.. They will all be old one day. An if you have the space an get some thing cheap cus it's an mot fail an is 20 years old park it in a barn for another 20 years an its worth a lot more than you paid..

[@spikeyplants438]

An absolute gem of a find,those cars would be worth a fortune if done up with a little tlc!!! That was a superb video,I do not know how you find these places but please keep doing it.I look forward to next weeks.😃

[@natasastanojevic]

6:14 is 1952 Opel Olympia. 7:52 early post-war Renault 4cv 8:20 1930s Peugeot 10:10 Soviet GAZ 69 jeep, sort of like Russian Land Rover 11:35 early 1950s Oldsmobile 88 15:20 Citroën U23 17:06 Peugeot 202

[@mattaker896]

The car you sat in was an Oldsmobile, 1951/52. "Rocket" V-8 powered!

[@ClotEastwood]

Even if they can't be restored they should be in a museum I wonder how much money they spent collecting through the years

[@nickthomas181]

Yellow Renault a 15 (17 had twin lights)

[@RadialSkid]

What I can ID (avoiding some of the more obvious ones): 2:55 - The yellow car is a Renault 15. The blue car behind it is a Renault 12. Early '70s, both. 3:17 - The light blue car with the aero front is a prewar Peugeot 202. 3:21 - Dodge WC-series military truck, WWII-vintage. 3:49 - The red and white van is an early Renault Estafette, 1959 to mid 1960s. You correctly identified the Citroen DS next to it, and in front of that (light blue truck) is a mid-1930s Renault. 4:24 - Firetruck is an early '40s Ford. 4:37 - Can't see it very clearly, but probably an early '60s Peugeot 403. 4:50 - Probably a Citroen 11 BL, mid-1930s. 4:57 - Two Panhard PL-17s, early '60s. 1950s Peugeot 203 on the other side. 5:18 - Another Peugeot 203. The '70s hatchback next to it is a Simca 1307, or one of its many derivatives. 5:34 - Renault 4CV to the left. 6:09 - Opel Olympia, early 1950s. 6:41 - Chenard & Walcker Aigle 22, prewar. VERY rare, amazing find! 7:10 - The black truck (behind the unidentified dual-cowl tourer) is an early 1930s Renault of some kind. The light green truck behind it appears to be a late-1920s Chevrolet model, and the truck facing the camera on the opposite side looks like a B-series Citroen truck from around the same time period. I can't identify the car between them, but the one in front of that, seen well from about 7:33, is another Renault 4CV. 8:19 - Renault Primaquatre, mid-1930s. 10:16 - Ford Vedette, late 1940s/early 1950s, hacked into a pickup at some point. 11:35 - 1951 Oldsmobile 88 series. The military vehicle in front of it is a GAZ-69. 14:46 - Signature Renault split grille, but I can't place the model. Early 1930s, probably. Vivaquatre, maybe? 15:17 - You called it. Citroen PS5, 1950s-vintage. 16:05 - The Peugeot is mid to late 1920s vintage. Probably a Type 181. 17:07 - Another Peugeot 202. 17:17 - Another Renault 4CV. Panhard Dyna X behind it. 20:58 - Not a Citroen, but a Panhard 24. 21:09 - Simca 9 Aronde on the right. 21:23 - Two more Panhard 24s.

[@chrissuchomski1696]

Impressive you were able to identify all those! Are any particularly rare or valuable?

[@RadialSkid]

@@chrissuchomski1696 - All of the prewar cars are rare, although some appear to be pretty far gone. A few with good chassis and cowling could be rebodied, though.

[@obryan240]

That red and white one at about 10:45 looks like a homemade pickup from a 4 door sedan.

[@johngreen6375]

The first yellow car was a Renault 15. Very rare. My mum had the Renault 17 which was similar and equally as rare. In the last barn the white Mercedes was uk registered on a Q plate. Last taxed in Blighty in 1989! Great find mate!

[@steviepee8624]

Found this quite upsetting….people like these hoarders need to learn to let go…enjoy and then move them onto others so they can be preserved

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

If I was such a huge motor car enthusiast, I would want to live and die amongst these beautiful old machines! A complete mind exploding sensation to be amongst all of those lovely relics!

[@oliverpaul4937]

the yellow car is a Renault R15

[@Nightcrawlis]

So sad to see this yet it's an amazing site. Plenty still worth saving there and they should be. Should be illegal to just let such old cars rot away like that :(

[@paulrubery1042]

A Hot Rodders dream all those old boddies and bits . A great find mate I could get lost in there for days. Great job mate keep em coming.👍👍

[@Petrolheadonism]

I am truly blown away... the 2000CS is the cherry on the top! Wow, well done mate!

[@TheBeardedExplorer]

Thanks buddy 😁

[@mini4x]

Rare and weid as they are, they aren't worth much - I was expecting much higher value that I found.

[@scottmartin356]

I see amazing opportunities for cars, or parts, that have survived by hook or crook, waiting to live again!!

[@59BIGTED]

That BMW rocker cover has recently been removed and unusual to see the british registered Mercedes too.

[@christophemasset198]

20:50 Renault truck 1950s 20:51 Renault car late 1920s

[@jagmannracing4081]

Wow. In the last barn, it was not Citroëns but Panhards.

[@rosalam2706]

Best place you have ever been. Pity video was so rushed

[@jamessimpson4421]

The first car in the video that's yellow I'm sure it's an Renault 17 love the video.

[@jamessimpson4421]

There was Renault 15 and 17 with same body shape made from 1971 to 1979

[@andywalker]

These are Peugeot 203s, the first Renault is a Renault 15 TS - very very rare.

[@davewhittles]

some great history there and some of those cars could be saved

[@chrismellott7343]

It looks like they start in the 1920 and range to the 1980s that is amazing I am in New Mexico USA love what you are lookin at. cheers blokes

[@chrismellott7343]

Thanks you all. Cheers!

[@michelatef3292]

u enter a museum these carsmust be saved thank u for ur effort

[@mmullermuller3432]

Many Panhards, some very rare

[@briangroombridge3931]

Amazing. A sad end for some great cars. Thank you for this video.

[@juliancrowe9754]

OH MY GOD THESE FUNDS ARE AMAZING THERE WAS STUFF ABOUT LIKE THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER 40 ODD YRS AGO BUY MOST OF ITS BEEN CLEARED UP TO BUILD IN....THANKS FOR A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. CROWEMAN IN THE UK

[@mathieudongevin9349]

18:00 it's a Panhard Dyna X.

[@base7022]

Unbelievable what is this?? Your heart will stop there! Matra 530 LX Targa, Panhard Dyna, Peugeot 203, GAZ, Citroen DS, Citroen "Cream Cake", Peugeot 402 B, Dodge WW2, again the rare BMW C / CS 2000 (Shark) and, and, and....! Craziness! Thanks very much! Greetings Klaus from Düsseldorf

[@terot8341]

This is just unbelieble find. Part of me want to keep it that way, part wants to save what's saveable. Nice job Colin.

[@karenfountain1352]

Hi Colin, what a journey to a great find, I think one of them car's was from 1910 to 1920, 1930s up outstanding to see, what a beautiful place of car's, just wish these could all be saved 😳🙊😪❤

[@Robin-bj8yw]

A lot off French cars 😱 A cold mine😄

[@Robin-bj8yw]

Renault 15 in yellow 😳🥰

[@bugpach]

Au début on voit une carcasse de Matra 530 ! Panhard 24 ct, beaucoup de voitures d'avant guerre aussi !

[@lespanharddufurania]

Les Panhard , ils y avaient de vraies merveilles lorsqu'elles ont été stockées dans ces lieux, sans oublier la Matra530 ... 😍Merci pour le partage ... ! 👍

[@jeremypayne8001]

Wowsers! Incredible find.

[@RetroRatz]

Excellent historical 🚗 cars

[@bond0666]

Greed kills them, let someone else restore them, I hate hoarders.

[@lelandimler3562]

Looks to me like a Facel Vega at 5:57. Which is also a French car.... Amazing. That blue rear clip looks like a possible AC Ace.....? So much to see! Fantastic.

[@azawilson1]

You're right. I've never understood why people hored many cars with the intention of never restoring them and letting them rust to dust absolute shame all these cars could of went to people who would of saved and restored them

[@bertenjudithvandermolen6875]

In the last part you called those cars Citroéns, they aren't. Thes cars are Panhard cars.

[@FuelwithDave]

Crazy.. great find Colin 🙂

[@littlehenham]

Hi.. Thanx for uploading... Quite simply, one of the best barn finds.....probably ever !!! There are cars in there, that are probably, the last one of their type in the world..... The whole collection, must be worth a lot of money.....and thats the ones you can actually see...... What else is buried...... Love the 1920s and 30s stuff....ans the Dodge or Chevy weapons carrier.... Incredible find..... Wow !!!!!! Never seen so many....in one place... Who owns that lot ? Keep uploading m8..... Thanx

[@V5A50CC]

2:54, a Yellow Renault R15, 5:35, a Matra... (Blue and Yellow), 10:13 a Ford Vedette, 17:07 a Peugeot 202, 17:28, it's a Renault 4 CV not a Morris,18:02 a Panhard maybe a Dyna X, at 20:55 it's a Panhard 24 BT or CT( it depends on the wheelbase, wheter it's a short one (CT) ir a longer one (BT) not a Citroën, and 21:33 Panhard 24 CT as well as 22:33

[@murraynossel114]

yes - accurate

[@screwthecabal6453]

Okay, THIS is blowing me away big time! How the hell did you find this?!?

[@dommahon191]

One of best vids ever colin, at beginning the blue Renault at back of yellow coupe sure is a Renault 12 my dad had a red Estate

[@jobel5120]

The yellow coupe is a Renault 15 !!

[@williamdeegan7840]

At 20:51 that might be a Renault. Looks to around the late teens , early '20's. And the truck next to it may be a Ford AA

[@donnawood5043]

Over from beardo gets scared. Love this ❤

[@roberthatfull3816]

Wow theres some old french metal there some real gems cheers for takein us on the adventure 👍

[@davidjohn6276]

Omg what fantastic video of those great cars most of them was on the road right back in the olden days av seen em on utube most of em are left hand drive and the numbers on the number plates and the bikes are old as well I really don't know how they are left like that the owner have brought them and he must have been a hoarder and letf them to rot and I know that you are so confused about it don't you wish that they was all yours you would not even neglect em what a shame he must need his head seeing to what a great find

[@robertmustard1711]

Great find there colin

[@leeholden8658]

Car with the suicide doors is a Peugeot 203

[@glynmatthews6697]

Staggering!! Someone could make an absolute fortune auctioning that lot off!

[@suzannewhiting623]

Amazing find Colin!! Never seen so many vintage cars in one place, so sad 😢

[@simes205]

Renault 15 that first one. I can probably name most . The van is a Renault estafette. Looks like you’re in Brittany (22) or Normandy (50). If it’s 50 both my mum and brother live there. Nice Renault 4cv in (morris!) there too. Those you like are Ford Vedette’s. Nice Panhards too (not Citroens)

[@williamdeegan7840]

16:20 was definitely '20's era with the wood spoke wheels.

[@jeromedjey5072]

Magnifique 🤩

[@williamdeegan7840]

Your best video yet.

[@paulfomin6292]

Green old military SUV - UAZ/Gaz 69 ( 1953-1975) also produced in Poland and Romania. The green car with suecidal doors is a Renault 4, behind it in the corner is a Panhard Dyna X. And also in that hangar with the Jaguar you can see the Opel Captain/Admiral, in the hangar with BMW and Mercedes three cars with a coupe body - Panhard 24. Greetings from the fans of vintage cars !

[@fahren1962]

Quelle est l'histoire de cet endroit et de son propriétaire. Mystère...

[@gearheaddave9639]

Seeing that BMW 2000CS abandoned like that made me shed a tear!

[@daverickards7647]

It breaks my heart

[@williamdeegan7840]

At 11:37 was an Oldsmobile from the USA. Looks to be from around 50-52.

[@colingarner6175]

What you thought was Citroen was actually Panhard which Citroen bought , I think in the sixties .

[@williamdeegan7840]

17:07 - 17:17 Peougot 304? And a Renault 4CV, with the suicide doors.

[@krisneal7725]

Lol,, the old bike looks like it was ridden hard and put away wet,, and broken 🤣

[@dungbetel]

The small car at around 18 mins is a Renault 4CV and the one behind is a Dyna X I think

[@richarddinning6901]

Thank you Colin fantastic remember and tell our bro stu this is right up his street 👍.

[@jacquesmichel9232]

I think it’s somewhere in Bretagne or Normandie. We have lots of fabulous French Cars : Very old Peugeots and Citroens and newer ones like the famous DS .some Panhards 24 ( not Citroens ) 1 Dina Panhard , Renault 4 cv. 1 Mercury,Blue Citroen truck,Renault Estafette, Renault fire engine and other Renault truck,French Ford Comet ( El Camino style ),1 blue Simca Aronde,Some Mercedes Benz,1 BMW 2000cs, 1 Jaguar MK 2 , maybe a Bugatti chassis. And many more that I could not identified. Voila. Thanks for your great 👍 reportage on this very sad 😂but important find .Its cruelty to a Classic Cars Lover like me . A big MERCI to you .

[@acarcalledmercedes4750]

Best find specially the cs n the 116’s

[@Ajd7]

What a find, the yellow Renault is probably a 15, I had one very similar but it was a 17 with twin round headlights, same colour as well. Shame I don't have it now! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@bobly]

District Urbain Dinan Sapeurs Pompiers is a French fire truck Colin, sorry I don't have much info on this

[@FRFRANKIE]

Hi Colin, hope you guys are doing well. I loved that video. Loved seeing that BMW 2000 CS. Loved seeing all of those Citroens too. So many bikes left behind too. What a shame. Take care and stay safe.

[@garydavies478]

nice find pal

[@bobly]

A vehicle enthusiast would have a field day looking at this lot, and a car restorer would want to take some of these vehicles back with them to bring them back to life. And if some can't be saved some of the parts that can be used would be ideal, it's like the fairground stuff why leave it? It may be rubbish but someone else's treasure