World’s MOST Unusual Cars EVER made, Found In One Warehouse | Barn Find Hunter

Episode 127: In this episode of "Barn Find Hunter," Tom gets a private tour of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN by the man himself, Jeff Lane. Those most remarkable part of the Lane museum is not available to the public eye. It's the private stash of one-off makes and models buried in the basement and warehouses surrounding the museum. Stick around to find out what is hidden within.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:19 2/3 Scale Mini Cooper's
1:36 Martin Aerodynamic
2:31 DB Panhard Race car
2:48 Skoda
3:36 Citroen Traction Avant
4:52 DKW (Audi)
5:27 Martin Stationete
6:42 Martin City Car
7:05 Errikson Aluminum bubble car
7:51 Skootavia Tripousse
8:23 World's largest Military vehicle
9:29 Citroen (Reverse) 2CV
10:10 OPEN Citroen 2CV
11:19 Hoffman
12:05 King Midget
13:00 Outro
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[@Hagerty]

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[@Michael.Sadowski]

❤️❤️😊

[@_topikk_]

If you want to turn this into a series and let Jeff tell you the story of every vehicle in his collection, I promise I will watch every damn episode.

[@DANGMOE]

same

[@VRavTech]

Same, omg

[@paintballmonkey666]

I second that

[@babaganoush6106]

several episodes on the Citroens; 2cv, Ami, Visa, DS, AZU250, Dagonet? yes please

[@Michael.Sadowski]

❤️❤️😊

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

This place deserves a 3 or 5 hour tour video. I want to see the whole collection!

[@chicobicalho5621]

How can one not love Jeff Lane! He seems utterly enlightened, and plentiful with the massive amount of fun he has running this most incredible museum. This planet needs more people like him.

[@bill392]

Jeff Lane has so much knowledge. I hope he has documented all those details. Every car has a story and interesting history, just amazing stuff.

[@yeeyee2203]

He has probably quite literally forgotten more than most people will ever know about the history of vehicles.

[@edwardwerick2420]

Thanks for preserving the BARC 60 amphibian. Thats" Barge Amphibian Resupply Cargo" and rated at 60 tons payload. I am a Vietnam era Army veteran and I was trained to work on these when I was stationed at Fort Story, Virginia. The sound of the four Detroit Diesel 6 cylinder 2 stroke engines running a full governed speed is something I will never forget! BTW you forgot to mention the crab steering feature of these machines. The steering mast was formed like a motorcycle handle bar and it had a locking pin in the center which allowed each side of the bar to move separately when it was disengaged. Pulling back on each bar together would turn the rear wheels to the right as well as the front wheels causing the BARC to side-step to the right. Pushing the bars forward would have the opposite effect. It was an odd sensation and took some getting used to.

[@patrickshaw8595]

That's awesome. I am a total gearhead and US military machinery buff going on 65 years now and I never even heard of them before. Thanks. I learned something today therefore I'm not dead yet!

[@edwardwerick2420]

@@patrickshaw8595 You are welcome, Pat. It was great seeing that behemoth. It brought back some memories for sure. The drivetrain in that thing was unbelievably complex. Everything ran through shafts.

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ht

[@bigsexymuthashutyomouth2546]

@@edwardwerick2420 Thank You For Your Service and WELCOME HOME SIR!!!

[@glennllewellyn7369]

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 ?

[@edrannou3914]

This place is amazing. Kudos to Mr. Lane for preserving these gems and sharing them with us.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Most of us real car guys woulda shot em all between thee headlights and put em out of their misery.

[@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish]

@@thekingsilverado3266 that's literally the opposite of what "real" car guys would do, but maybe someday you could be a real car guy too. We appreciate the engineering, the stories, and the history of vehicles like these.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

@@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish I am not a car guy so you are right I am a truck guy and maybe one day you could afford a real nice truck and appreciate the engineering of not getting stuck in the seat of some tiny death trap with 4 rubber tires. Besides where I come from men are Sasquach size not girly size.

[@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish]

@@thekingsilverado3266 cringe

[@TheJayant911]

Yup large and in charge kinda guy u are😮

[@ghost_rider221]

I enjoy listening to someone who is very knowledgeable in his craft..i also enjoy the history that he is able to tell of each car..i think the story is just as important as the car itself..thank you for sharing

[@jf2176]

100% agree.

[@guysumpthin2974]

Great Speaker !! No drama , no lies , just the facts , not afraid to say “we dont know” . Very concise, with a genius level of understanding what matters . A+++. No fake ego , no idolatry (not worshiping the cars , just displaying them) , just not enuf people like this (especially around big car collections)

[@piratescove4]

Let's all take a moment to appreciate the joy this guy gets to feel each day going to work on the vehicles.

[@benjaminrcross]

Didn't even scratch the surface of what they have at LMM. I planned a family vacation around visiting Lane, and the entire family (including my wife) loved it. The staff are genuinely friendly and a joy to shoot the breeze and ask questions. If you like cars as oddities, cars as works of art, cars as engineering curiosities this is the place to go. They also have a collection of unusual motorcycles and pedal bikes on display.

[@censport]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was good chatting with you too.

[@jasminbrnjak6505]

Where are they located

[@AdamsYoutubeAccount]

@@jasminbrnjak6505 Nashville, TN.

[@wi.dave3812]

I concur with your comment, great place to visit

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV

[@moparedtn]

Thank you Jeff Lane for being such a great steward of the hobby. Without people like you, we wouldn't have nearly the resources available for people to see real-life history - that we can actually experience and witness! *TOM* - Hopefully there's a "Part 2" of this visit to Lane? Heck, make it 3! Great stuff that needs more time and exposure! (Now, get your butt back to Davin's shop and help that poor boy with that old race car you two started on!) - Ed on the Ridge

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ D

[@moparedtn]

@@ka3097 The people and the stories behind the cars is what the hobby is all about to me - well, and owning something that takes me back to younger times.

[@Carchaeology]

Absolutely spectacular! I love Jeff and his enthusiasm for the odd. He and I did a trade years ago, a double ended Honda Civic for a very odd little electric car. One day I hope to visit and get the tour!

[@theburger_king]

“We bought this on eBay” 💀💀💀

[@DennisH22A]

This should be a mini series. I could watch this and listen to the guy talk for hours. And he barely scratched the surface

[@waynecreech]

Tom's show is the best thing on Hagerty.

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

That's funny... Jason Camissa is the only think that makes the channel worth watching.

[@michaelmaas5544]

Hagerty puts out a lot of great productions. I appreciate them funding shows so we can see crazy collection like this!

[@jessebaca2750]

He likes to touchy-feely cars too much😬

[@hkhvr13]

@@thetruthisonlyperspective4872 jason made me start watching Hagerty but I truly enjoyed this segment. Tom is pretty damn great.

[@moodberry]

I used to live in Nashville, and for sure if I go back I will visit the museum. But I was SO impressed by Jeff Lane's knowledge. He knew every car and the details on each one. One smart dude!

[@mrsockyman]

What's brilliant about this place is the curator is knowledgable in the pieces, not only in a "this piece is on the floor therefore I must study this piece" but in a genuine "every car has a story and I want to share" way that I'm sure thousands of people have for their own machines handed down through generations

[@rjs2005]

I went to the Lane museum last year, and I'm already planning my return trip. Such an amazing place!

[@Yora21]

Yeah, I don't think you can do this place justice in just one day. And I'm not even much of a car guy.

[@patriottowing4973]

WOW WOW WOW …..very cool You could film the next 15 episodes here, what an amazing place

[@blownspkr]

Their stories make these vehicles even more amazing

[@leololauzone]

How refreshing to have a "good bad"-on-the-weird-side collector genuinely brilliant. No cringe, just pure passion and encyclopedic knowledge! Thanks!

[@garneauweld1100]

Truly one of the best transportation museums on the planet. I stop by every time I pass through Nashville because there's always something new and interesting. There's a lot here so you don't want to rush it. I would allow at least a full morning or a full afternoon or both. A very memorable experience every time I visit.

[@robertparker3172]

Fascinating.

[@tobycatVA]

@@robertparker3172 LoL This one word comment was going to be mine, but I tacked an extra thought on. Glad I did so I didn't seem to copy another Spock fan? I'm guessing.

[@lanceprzybyla7662]

@@tobycatVA 😂....lol...👍

[@stereolababy]

this should be an hour long i want to see all of it!

[@MichaelMSchofield]

An hour... I could watch this guy talk about every single car in that complex for days strait and not get bored.

[@scottbeck7762]

haha...no they want you to visit

[@MichaelMSchofield]

Fair point

[@DopravniPoradce]

3:00 - AWWWWWW, the black Octavia!!! What a beauty!

[@Tman76]

Amazing. Being the curator of a museum like this would be a dream come true.

[@videovisions]

The fact that he knew so much about each one was amazing. He certainly enjoys his work.

[@ChrisLoew]

The BEST car collection I have seen in my life, worth taking a whole day to explore. The basement tour only happens once or twice on certain days so plan ahead.

[@funone8716]

If there aren't more episodes of this place I'll cry

[@frankhoward7645]

11:22. Left out the weirdest things about the Hoffman. I saw this car in 2008 when it was in Georgia and I'll never forget it. The front wheels don't steer at all as they always point straight ahead. There's no storage under the enormous parcel shelf because the motor is mounted on a swing arm which also carries the rear wheel. When the steering wheel is turned, the entire swing arm including the motor pivots left and right. Bizarre! Great video. Thanks for posting it.

[@970357ers]

That landing craft at 28mph must be one hell of a sight and experience!

[@thekillercapricorn6334]

This show could easily be 4 hrs long and it would seem like 30 min. Amazing

[@TammereMusic]

This is one of those videos I wish were longer 😢

[@rhinox0110]

Man I'd love to come visit this place it looks wonderful.

[@smukkaki]

I've been to this museum once when I first visited Tennessee, the amount of just strange crazy vehicles they have is awesome. I definitely recommend any car lover to check them out cause you won't be disappointed.

[@garage2cv]

I've spent a day with Jeff Lane at his museum many years ago. I keep a wonderful souvenir from that day !

[@jasonhill69]

We have a membership there. It's always a great place to visit. Seems like there is something new there every time we go. They also have several activities throughout the year for folks to get more involved with the displays. Jeff is a wonderful person for sharing all these wonderful machines for the public to see.

[@yapabilir]

Hello friends.... I try to dimple repair and some new things for my car and I make video that's and put this videos in KZbin, I try make a KZbin channel...I hope everybody will like that's and I can help to somebody about repair of give ideas !!!!!!

[@commodoresixfour7478]

The Model "T" fits in perfectly with these cars. Because it's more tractor than car and they had to be when paved roads didn't exist.

[@daemon.mythos]

Now this is my type of Automotive Collection...Weird, Unusual, and Quirky.

[@scratchbuiltreplicas824]

THIS EPISODE SHOULD BE 2 HOURS!!

[@marty922]

Man, I hope this guy has written all that info down. An absolute wealth of knowledge.

[@writerconsidered]

This guy is a total character, I love it. He's as eccentric as his cars.

[@southbayrickybobby5820]

Takes a special person ya know

[@davidartina5022]

It is without doubt one of the best collections in the world and looked after by the nicest people. I recently travelled all the way from the UK to visit and wasn’t disappointed. And there is much more there than this video shows. Is a must visit if you are on the same continent let alone state or city.

[@doster59]

Please give us more! This video is too short! WE WANT MORE!

[@SnowDawg]

Outstanding Barn Find Hunter! Tom and Jeff Lane are kindred spirits with interests in the usual and often forgotten. I bet these two could talk for hours about peculiarities in a cars. This entire episode made me smile! Thank you - Sno Dawg from Philadelphia

[@joeysplats3209]

This is one of the best 13 minutes I've spent on anything.

[@jameshaley8162]

I Thank you both, Tom for showing this to us...and to Jeff for preserving automotive history.

[@farmfinds]

Wow, what an amazing collection of oddballs and one-offs!

[@danielday713]

Mr. Lane has such great energy. A mental age commensurate with his age. The enthusiasm of a teenager.

[@Frontseat_Driving]

Wonderfully put!

[@danieloshaughnessy8476]

Affordable family friendly museum, with a surprisingly phenomenal bicycle collection, and kids play area! Situated in an old bread factory. Just note middle of the summer is rough as the building does not have air-conditioning! I will be back!

[@censport]

It does have air conditioning, just not very efficient air conditioning. It's on the to-do list.

[@hippiedave9076]

Lane Motor Museum is a fantastic place... there is SO much there that no video can touch on all of it. Thanks for this!

[@katerspam]

The presenter shure had a "hands on experience", touching ALL the cars they talked about 🙈😆

[@oambrosia]

They're not exactly "museum pieces"....oh wait🤣🙃

[@katerspam]

@@oambrosia hahaha 😅

[@AV20242]

I loved this video, I am glad these cars are in a great place, This person knows everything about them.

[@murraystewartj]

Never have I been so disappointed that a video ended - seemed like it was just getting started.

[@nalinux]

Amazing to see so many Citroen, even a Visa :)

[@tri-eye5554]

I sure wish this video was an hour longer.

[@robrain4330]

This is the coolest museum i have ever seen.The knowledge this man has is amazing i hope he has been sharing it with an apprentice. Good stuff

[@stuartkseels]

What an absolutely remarkable collection. I could spend a week in there!

[@reedstemen]

My friend and I have gone here a couple times, amazing collection. I want to make the 400 mile drive there in our Saab Sonett, seems like an appropriate trip.

[@beatglauser9444]

A friend had a Skoda convertible. It was actually an older and prettier model that the one shown here. At the beginning I saw one of my absolute fauvorite oddball cars: The Tatras. The models of the late Fifites were exotic but really beautiful. With the three headlights, the special front fenders and an aircooled engine in the back.

[@kittycorner8526]

When I saw one of those LARCs in Vung Tao, Vietnam in 1970, I thought I'd never see another one. Wow! They're so big and loud, literally EVERYONE on the street stops and stares at it as it goes by. Four huge 2-stroke Detroit motors like those used in earth movers. Totally awesome vehicle.

[@madaro504]

This needs a part 4

[@all-flat-engines]

Love Lane museum, but this gave me an entirely different appreciation to know Jeff Lane (the owner) has this much knowledge/love of cars, I appreciate this quirkily little place all the more Thank you!

[@jamiebray8532]

Tom please put out some more stuff from this museum. He's got some awesome stuff!

[@geoff3610]

Glad to see another Geoff/Jeff giving and getting so much love!

[@billc6087]

I wish I had some pictures but I don't. In the mid-1960s a friend of mine took a wrecked 1964 Cadillac Coupe De Boat De Ville with a 454ci V8, and shortened it by close to half. Essentially removed the rear seat and trunk. Cut the drive shaft. And created what he called the 'Cadiddle'. It sat two in the front seat and would do a wheelie with little more than a tap on the accelerator pedal! Truly a one-off!

[@tonyking9235]

WHAT A NICE COLLECTION. NICE TO SEE THE UNUSUAL. THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@The-Real-Blissful-Ignorance]

Tom, you could do a 10 part series on this place!

[@yapabilir]

Hello friends.... I try to dimple repair and some new things for my car and I make video that's and put this videos in KZbin, I try make a KZbin channel...I hope everybody will like that's and I can help to somebody about repair of give ideas !!!!!!

[@steveducell2158]

When I was a young boy, my Dad had the DKW. No water pump. It used convection currents to move the water upward to the radiator. No fuel pump. No Distributor. It had 3 sets of points and condensers, right off of the crank. 2 Stroke, so no valves or camshaft. You did have to add oil to the gas yourself. Very reliable.

[@radicalrick9587]

*Jay Leno has just been one upped by Jeff Lane. This is the best and most unique car collections I've ever seen.*

[@cornpowa]

This place is great! I was on a trip in Nashville four or five years ago when one day I happened to pass by a sign for the museum. On a whim, I decided to add it to my list of places to check out later on in the week. I'm glad I went early in the day. The place is huge and has loads to see!

[@lanceprzybyla7662]

Dang!!! I used to travel to Nashville a few years ago a few days a month...wish knew it was there!!! Time for a road trip!!

[@nunyabusiness4651]

Ive seen this place on Aging Wheels. He reviewed several of their vehicles. They have super rare and obscure stuff for sure!

[@Trueidentity1]

4:52 A guy in my town here in Sweden has two of these! Beautiful car to see riding around every once in a while.

[@MileyonDisney]

Far out! Jeff Lane made the already awesome tour even better with all of the knowledge he shared. He's a walking encyclopedia!

[@kevinfleming9919]

Love that place! Coolest vehicles you will find ranging from military, one offs, planes, movie vehicles like the one wheeled vehicles driven in "Men In Black", and even fan powered cars/canoes/and bicycles! There are even displayed vehicles in the parking garage. Wish I could have driven my Durango up into the huge military transport and gotten a picture of how small it would look inside it! BTW, that "flat piece of metal" hanging on the rack beside it is a whole car they drove over and pancaked into a couple inch thick wall hanging! lol!

[@Frontseat_Driving]

That's right I'm pretty sure the anniversary 911 I looked at in the garage thinking it was a visitor's car was in this video at 1:20!

[@dianamruri]

I didn’t want this ep to end. So much interesting cars

[@DopravniPoradce]

7:56 Hey, that's a Škoda 100, that's marvelous how they managed to put their hands on so many vintage Czech cars. I had one for a short period of time.

[@Frontseat_Driving]

They have a HUGE collection of Tatras.

[@mcconn746]

It is amazing how much he knows about that many cars. Mr. Lane has an incredible memory.

[@jannwilkins5631]

This was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielulz1640]

I LOVE weird cars! You could do a year's worth of videos at that place (and I wish you would).

[@misryluvsco8169]

Boy! This guy REALLY knows his cars!!

[@johngardner2807]

I LOVED this tour! I have seen many of these cars,in my lifetime(I'm 70 yrs old.),and I always marveled at the ingenuity of them.

[@pdcichosz]

DAMN I want to visit Lane even more now. And it's so amusing to watch a walk through the basement of a 'weird' car collection from the European's perspective, seeing cars that I regularly see on the streets and listening to someone explaining what Skoda is and that it still exists today :D Awesome.

[@rais1953]

Yes except that nothing remains of Škoda except the name. They're just Volkswagens.

[@pdcichosz]

@@rais1953 I think the people of Mlada Boleslav would disagree.

[@rais1953]

@@pdcichosz I'd like to think you were right Piotr but they are built on VW designs with VW engines and here in Australia VW engines have a terrible reputation. A member of my family replaced the engine in their VW twice before getting rid of it and buying a Toyota.

[@pdcichosz]

@@rais1953 I know. What I meant was that despite being built on shared platforms and engines, they still have their own designs, a factory and the brand associated with their nation. That's not badge engineering, which is 'just the name' slapped on the exact same car.

[@rais1953]

@@pdcichosz True it's not badge engineering, Škoda vehicles have distinctive styling. I like them actually but knowing Australian experience with VW engines I wouldn't risk buying one.

[@FirstSuiGeneris]

I can spend all day there, going through every car. That is heaven right there!

[@Sjalabais]

The dedication and open-mindedness of Jeff Lane is impressive. Imagine remembering all these facts with spirit!

[@stevest1300]

I'd love to see Jeff and Jay Leno walk around this collection.

[@seandoole6504]

Interesting to see that Hoffman made it into another museum! Used to be at the Bruce Weiner microcar museum.

[@craigmonteforte1478]

another great video Inregards to the King Midgets i have often seen them for sale on Ebay over the last 15 to 20 years very reasonably priced in Various Condition but what i like to refer to as very restorable and mostly Complete and /or Original

[@fabieneldridge3414]

Lane seems to know everything there is about these rare cars . Thanks Jeff

[@Z-Twinturbo]

I could spend hours in a place like this. All so interesting! We really needed more of this museum!

[@simes1969]

King Midget looks like the love child of a Mini Moke an a VW Thing. Yet pre-dates both......?

[@madmilko3507]

Always wanted a Mini Moke

[@alistairmcdonald2382]

The genius & the passion produced some remarkable (individual) vehicles) 👍

[@racang]

This is an amazing museum, to think there are so many different cars that have been constructed, either by individuals or companies that you never hear, I think I could spend weeks just looking at the history. Great work.

[@maryagrusa9850]

I am a docent at the Savoy Automobile Museum and Cartersville and we have a treasure trove of cars the Lane Museum has graciously loaned us. The Hoffman is one of them and it is truly and "unique" car (using that term loosely). Thank you Lane Museum.

[@kevinmckinzie]

Put the Barn Find Hunter Logo back in the thumbnail!!

[@stephenswift9868]

I’ve said it before but we need longer videos! I could have watched a hour of this!

[@TheGamingGeek2001]

Such an incredible collection, and Jeff's knowledge and care about each and every car is beautiful to hear. I'd love to spend a few days wandering this whole museum

[@akesha4138]

What is truly impressive about this presentation is the production quality. From precise editing to camera angles, blocking and flow it shows true excellence in line with the outstanding subject matter. Pro quality all the way, well done!

[@AjGalloway95]

That amphibious monstrosity is amazing. Humans are awesome

[@toyomatt84]

I've been to Lane as well. Its an absolutely magical place!

[@studiocalder818]

Exceptional. This collection reminds me of the Righini Collection in Castelfranco Emilia. Righini was a car junkyard passionate about cars, and in that area he started collecting treasures from the end of the II WW, including the first Ferrari built, which was called Auto Avio. Later he bought an uninhabited castle and brought all the cars there. A must visit if you are in Emilia Romagna

[@sjones8738]

This is a great collection of cars. What is even greater is they are in outstanding condition.