Car enthusiasts often dream of striking gold with a “barn find” — a valuable classic vehicle discovered under a tarp in some farmer’s outbuilding. There have been some pretty impressive barn finds, according to : two Mustangs (one stunt car and one “hero” car) featured in the 1968 Steve McQueen crime thriller “Bullitt,” a rare ’69 Dodge Charger Daytona built for NASCAR racing, and a Porsche 901 (“so rare that even the Porsche factory didn’t have one in its collection”). Now we can add another amazing discovery to the list.
It’s a 1970 P400 S that apparently spent 24 years in its original owner’s living room. Yes, that’s right: The rare sports car spent nearly a quarter of a century tucked away inside a house in Long Island, New York, according to . That statement raises a lot of questions in the non-car-enthusiast’s mind, not the least of which are, “Who stores a Lamborghini in their living room for 24 years? And why? And how did they get it in there?” Most of these average man-on-the-street questions went unanswered by the mainstream and automotive journalists, who evidently were caught up in the excitement of such a rare, pristine and extremely valuable find.
And valuable it is. The car is expected to bring up to $2.5 million at auction in August, the reported.
It “will be the auction highlight of on August 17 and 18,” the report said. The vehicle’s styling is what really grabs the hearts of automotive enthusiasts. “Car fans are c.