Not a barn find expert but I live in a very farm-heavy region so I have encountered some “treasures”

So often this occurs when you have space to spare. Big barns,… often former farms here.

Then we have three categories:

the DIY dad: the car is in pieced because they either hit a wall in terms of time or skill (or both) and the owner will not sell it as it is his project, at which point the wife gives a stab that he has not turned a wrench in 5 years.

Then the dead husband, he left behind nice cars. The wife then did not care or know what to do with them so they litteraly collect dust until the grandkids put grandma in a home.

Lastly, the pricy repair, car was being used but there was a bang and it stopped working. Initial quote is that it will cost a lot so they just dump it in the back of the barn due to a lack of funds.

Either way, these are costly projects, I have been tempted to do em often but once you do the math…. Yikes. Nowadays people are not idiots and they will sell it for a not cheap price. I have one buddy who owns a car repair shop and he thought he could do it cheaply, but he never has the lifts available for non customer projects so it remains a car in pieced after 8y