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Past Gas

S1 Ep43: The Greatest Barn Finds of All Time

Past Gas

Donut Media

Leisure, Comedy, History, Automotive

4.97.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

A lost and found Ferrari worth millions. A guy named Greek Elvis and his Lamborghini Muira. A FAKE barn find collection that duped the internet. And a Ferrari Dino buried in the backyard. These are just some of the stories we have for you today, it’s all about barn finds! Classic cars forgotten in time, found and brought to life, we love barn finds!

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody? My name is Nolan. From Past Gas by Donut Media, we are an automotive

0:05.6

history show. It's kind of like hand that garage with your friends listing them tell a great

0:09.6

story from automotive history. On our next episode of Past Gas, the year is 1870, and a

0:15.0

samurai has just started a trading operation in a Japan still coming to grips with the modern

0:20.0

world. Through hard work, ingenious engineering, and perhaps more than a little war profiteering,

0:25.4

that company would later grow to be Mitsubishi, one of the largest companies and one of the world's

0:30.9

largest economies. But how did sales plummet to just 15% of their peak in a few short years?

0:36.3

How did the company watch Volkswagen's dieselgate unfold and then top it? And is Mitsubishi responsible

0:42.4

for the trend of naming mid-size crossovers after once iconic performance models? All that and more

0:48.0

on this week's Past Gas as we learn about the rise and fall of Mitsubishi.

1:04.0

Hey guys, welcome to the Past Gas podcast. If you like Past Gas, please help us grow by giving us

1:08.7

a good rating and a nice review on the podcast platform of your choice. It'll really help us out

1:14.3

and I really appreciate that, so thank you. All right, now for the show.

1:25.6

Certain discoveries are once in a lifetime. It's what true enthusiasts dream about.

1:31.6

Under a thing a hidden gem that's been sitting, unused and forgotten for decades.

1:37.2

For a young Nolan Sykes, that fantasy came true on one fateful day when he walked through a tall

1:43.3

field of corn and came across something truly magical. In a trance, young Nolan walks towards his

1:50.9

treasure. It was painted, ox blood red, with white accents along a trim. And although the paint

1:57.6

was chipping in places, it still retained its former glory. The design was boxy and angular,

2:03.8

just like his visions. The sliding doors came standard and as he pulled them open for the first time

2:09.5

in decades, they revealed a musty interior that smelled of cow hide and dust. It looked like she

2:15.8

was equipped with a mere three horses, but Nolan knew that wouldn't be a problem. He could get those

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