“No, honey, I told you that I’m not buying any more old motorcycles or cars, I don’t remember mentioning not buying any Russian-built jets used by the Polish military”… The seller has this 1953 Mikoyan-Gurevich, or MiG, 15UTI training… more»
Airplanes
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Not Your Father’s F-85: North American F-86 Sabre
Oldsmobile built its F-85 from 1961 to 1963. It shared the new Y-body platform with the Buick Special and Pontiac Tempest using a 112 inch wheelbase and unibody construction. If you really want to impress people, you could step… more»
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1989 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 RV?
Do you have a truck that can haul 20,000 pounds? If so, this 1989 McDonnell Douglas MD-88 is a possible RV conversion and it may be what you’ve been looking for. I’m fairly sure that you won’t see another… more»
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Top Flight: 1967 Learjet 24D Flight Simulator
How many times have you wanted your own Learjet? It’s almost every day for me and for many others who travel on the crazy no-rules wild west roads of 2021. This one can’t fly though, it’s a 1967 Learjet… more»
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Dusty Hangar Find: 1963 Beechcraft Musketeer 23
Planes are a funny thing, as they’re not all that different from a Rolls-Royce or a Lincoln when discovered in barn find condition. Extremely expensive to buy new with upkeep requirements that will make your eyes water, and extremely… more»
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Hangar Find: 1940 Piper J3 Cub
We don’t just have barn finds on Barn Finds, sometimes a hangar counts as a barn. Piper Aircraft has a complicated history, changing ownership more than a few times since its founding in 1927. In the 1930s, after it… more»
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Front Yard Find: 1946 Funk B85C Airplane
I have had run-ins with neighbors over the years, namely one in particular who felt like I must be running a backyard mechanic’s operation or running an illegal used car business given the volume of vehicles that were coming… more»
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Pulse Project: 1985 Pulse Autocycle
If a person is looking for something that’s highly unusual or you just want to go full-tilt oddball with your vehicle collection, it would be hard to top this 1985 Pulse Autocycle. They are actually street legal and there’s… more»
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Amazing Build! 1957 Convair 240 Airplane-RV Conversion
Eccentric is an often over-used term. With regard to this motor home named “Andromeda”, eccentric seems to fit it perfectly. The chassis was pulled from a 1979 Pace Arrow which was then topped with a 1957 Convair 240 airplane… more»
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Paratrooper Special! 1958 Lockheed C-130A Hercules
Having garnered many milestones and accolades including “the longest, continuous military aircraft production run in history,” the C-130 (“C” for Cargo) factors into countless rescues, attacks, war stories, and other operations. This 1958 Lockheed C-130A in Airport Drive, Louisiana… more»
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Groundbreaking Design: 1981 Rutan VariEze
We have seen a number of different aircraft come across the desks here at Barn Finds, but this Rutan VariEze rates as one of the really interesting ones. That is partly because of the craft’s design, but in a… more»
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Hangar Find: Military Airplane Auction and More!
Airplane hangars often house strange and forgotten automobile finds. Many airplane owners are also car people, and the vast space afforded by a hangar is hard to resist when working on project cars. Fans of all things mechanical should… more»
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Rare Pulse Predecessor: 1982 Litestar
This rare beast is hard to classify. Is it a motorcycle? Is it a car? Is it an airplane? Is it.. well, ok, we know that it isn’t an airplane, but how would you classify this 1982 Litestar? It’s… more»
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Hangar Find: 1990 Super Fly
This 1990 Super Fly Experimental airplane has not seen any action for a while, and it currently languishes in an airport hangar. It is looking for someone who is willing to return it to the skies, so if that… more»
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1948 Lockheed F-94A Jet Interceptor Prototype?!!
How many of us have mowed around cars and trucks parked in our yards? How about a plane? Probably not too many I’m betting. This is a 1948 Lockheed F-94A Jet Interceptor prototype and it can be found here… more»
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Navy Pilot Owned: 1965 Cessna 150F
This 1965 Cessna 150F belonged to the seller’s grandfather, who apparently owned several planes that he flew following a career as a Navy and commercial airline pilot. Like any guy who loved transportation and the freedom it enabled, he… more»
