There’s nothing quite like the beauty of rural Virginia, so this episode of Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunt certainly can’t disappoint. But when the barn owner happens to be a pilot with some cool stories and a bunch of rare cars, you know you’re in for a good time.
I mean, somebody who does 600 miles per hour up in the air can’t possibly have bad taste in cars, right? With the help of Virginia local Nick, Hagerty’s barn-finding expert Tom finds just such a fellow.
The first ride on this ride is a 1984 Ford F-250, a heavy-duty truck with a lot of V8 torque that’s probably been sitting for a good number of years. Up next, we have a rare muscle car, the 1969 AMC Javelin SST.
These first-gen Javelins are extremely valuable and can be turned into wild street machines. I’m personally a huge fan of the one Ringbrothers created. This particular example has the 304 cubic-inch (5.0-liter) V8, which would have made about 213 hp in SST spec. The output went all the way to 330 hp with the 390 big-block models that year. Unfortunately, she has seen better days and has been savagely attacked by kittens.
Up next, we have an unusual barn find in the form of the 1975 Ferrari Dino. Confusingly, it doesn’t look like the Dino. That’s because you’re thinking of the first-gen Dino 246 GT streamlined shape from 1969-1974. These are the 308/208 GT4 models sold with Dino badges to differentiate them as non-V12 Ferrari.
This one was bought by a doctor who wanted to race it on the weekends. Since this is a US-specific engine, it’s most likely the 308 GT4 with the bigger 2.9-liter V8. There was a 2.0-liter available in Europe, but the owner says the Dino hits 150 mph, and that wouldn’t be possible on the little model. As she stands, this barn find mini-Ferrari is probably worth $60,000.
Turkey farm full of muscle cars
Up next is another location that’s completely full of the old cars everybody loves, covered in years of dust and begging to be restored. First to be uncovered is this beautiful 1973 Plymouth Duster with a 340 and a 4-speed in it.
That red thing next to it is something you almost never see, a first-generation Plymouth Barracuda. It’s probably a 1965 model and has a slant-six under the hood. It’s a super-reliable old engine that might actually still run, though it doesn’t make muscle car power. The 225 was the base engine that year and would have made 145 hp.
Who doesn’t love a good Camaro IROC? There’s one of those as well, although it’s engineless, so you might as well buy the LS before the car. Apparently, this was traded for a deer-hunting shotgun. People get really excited about GTO barn finds, since there are not a lot of them around. This turkey farm houses a 1966 Pontiac GTO in purple that’s apparently for sale.
