Here is an actual barn find (1925 Touring)
 

We had heard about this old car (turns out to be a 25 Touring) being stored in a barn about 15 minutes where we live. So we went to seen it, and contacted the owner who lived 4 hours away. His father had bought the car at some point in time with the hopes of restoring it, as you guessed it never happened. the gentleman we purchased it from would be in his mid 40's and had never seen it run in his entire life. We managed to work out a deal and brought it home on Wednesday of this week. With very minimal work, changing the ignition switch with one that was under the rear sear, cleaning the battery terminals, changing the coils ones we knew were working, and added some gas and water to the rad. With a little choke it actually barked on the trailer. Unfortunately we ended up flooding it. So it got pushed off the trailer and towed a mere ten feet before it sputtered to life. The last know time this car ran was during the mid fifties.....we ended up swapping the carb for another we knew was clean, what a difference. The transmission works like it should and it idles down real nice. It's not too often anymore that you find this cars out there, but i guess there's still a few kicking around.

Re: Here is an actual barn find (1925 Touring)
 

You lu ky dog! Congrats on a great find! More picks pppllleeeaaassseee!

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Man that's awesome. I can't believe they were willing to let the pigeon crap go with it. LOL. It's really something how smooth that engine idles. How are the tires, glass and upholstery? What are your plans for the car now? Did you take any photos of it in the building where you got it? You were lucky to get the top bow irons with it. When you get ready to purchase a new top I'd like to suggest Clastique Upholstery in Ham Lake MN. Very good quality and very responsive customer service. Even to the point where you're putting it on the car. They'll do everything they can to help you through it.

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Man is thatg awesome.sure wish mine wasnt locked like a drum when i got it.you have got some good luck!congrats!

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I think the plan is just to leave it as is, with the exception of some new upholstery, new glass for the windshield. It's not very often that you find one with the original paint. Althouth the paint is not show you simply can't (rare) to find original paint on a car over 80 years old. As for the tires the from actually held air and don't seem too bad, although I don't think I'll head out on a cross country tour with them. The engine sounds great no puffs of blue smoke and idles down nice on the mag. Believe it or not the rad holds water and can sit and idle without getting hot, granted it needed a can of stop leak which seems to have stoped the little leak. I'll post more pictures this weekend

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That stop leak is a miracle cure. I remember when the old man had a leak in his logging truck. He tried eggs in the radiator, then he tried, oatmeal in the radiator. Then he went out across the field and pulled another radiator out of a junk truck and put it in the "good" truck. Of course it had a leak too but it was still better than a radiator full of breakfast products. So to fix the leak in the "new" radiator he dumped in a can of pepper. He was obviously a mechanical genius with a twisted mind and needed some help. So he finally went into Coast to Coast and bought some Bars Stop Leak. And the radiator stopped leaking. But he finally took that truck across the hay field because it would never quit overheating.