5 Unbelievable Car Finds

[Dani ♡]

 

Is there a half a million dollars worth of metal sitting your grandfathers barn? It not unheard of. What you’re about to see are incredible cars found rotting in bars and backyards all over the world. Their previous owners either died, or gave up on restoration and those who inherited them either have no clue what is in their possession, or they sold them and made a small fortune.

1953 Cunningham C-3 Coupe

What you see on this image above is one of the only 25 produced C-3s in the world. It was made by a small car manufacturer called Cunningham, owned by the American motor-sport legend Briggs Cunningham that only produced four models during its brief existence. In May of 2015, one of these fully restored was sold for $869,000.

1964 Shelby Daytona

The story of this car is rather tragic. It belonged to a woman, whose late father bought this car. The woman committed suicide, and for the next 30 years, her Shelby Daytona sat in storage, forgotten. All the automotive historians believed that only five of six Daytonas ever made, survived. The sixth one, the one in the picture was also the prototype. That’s how important this car is. Fully restored, it’s worth $4 million.

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing

What apparently became a garage ornament to someone, is considered to be one of the most iconic cars that ever rolled out Mercedes-Benz. It was the fastest production car of its time, and there were only 1400 ever made. This particular piece is worth anywhere from $3 million to $4 million depending on the condition.

1962 Ferrari 250GTO

This one is especially disturbing one. Discovered in Ohio, this incredible 1962 Ferrari 250GTO was a topic of many furious discussions between the owner and numerous Ferrari collectors. The owner wanted to “restore” this GTO he bought in 1972, so he decided to leave it outside in the field, to rot. It sat there until he finally agreed to sell it in 1986. The new owner restored this forgotten 250GTO and its value is now in tens of millions of dollars.

BMW M1 Le Mans

One kid had a dream. He wanted to build his own BMW M1. After searching for body kits, he found an eBay auction for a full body kit which he quickly purchased for 2,000 Euros. What he didn’t know, but later found out, is that this was no body kit. These were genuine body panels of BMW M1 that raced at Le Mans in the 80’s. It wasn’t long before BMW got wind of this, and offered to help in rebuilding this relic.