Images: Cars in Barns

If you’re a diehard builder, tinkerer, or just an artistic mind, you’ve probably dreamed of finding the allusive “barn car.” Though seemingly difficult to find, our friends over at Cars in Barns have quite the knack for locating them, the only problem being that the majority of the time, the owners who have stuck them in a barn (or horse pasture, or field, or backyard, etc, etc) aren’t willing to part with these relics of time passed. But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy them for what they are and Cars in Barns gives us that very opportunity, no matter where we call home.

Cars in Barns started out as a simple photo gallery of a 1968 HEMI Roadrunner that had been sitting in the driveway of Scott Robinson’s neighbor for about 14 years. Upon taking pictures of the Roadrunner and uploading them online in late 1999, Robinson quickly started a wildfire of sorts for a whole community sharing photographs of cars rotting away on various properties all over the United States and Canada.

In 2003, Jim and Dawn Brown took over the site and pushed the community forward with Cars in Barns calendars and t-shirts. By 2009, another owner stepped in to run the website. His name is Steve Jackson and he remains the head-honcho in charge of Cars in Barns.

All the photos you see on the website have been taken by fans of the site and submitted for everyone’s viewing pleasures. Usually accompanying the photos are stories or snippets of information about the cars, their current state, and why they’re sitting in the conditions they are. Cars in Barns won’t reveal, and most of the time doesn’t know, where the cars pictured are, or if they are for sale.

That information is for you to figure out if you’re so inclined, as the best way to buy a “barn car” is to go ask the farmer whose field holds the treasure you’re after.

If you know where any dilapidated cars are rotting away in fields or driveways, Cars in Barns would be happy to take a look at any photos you have of them. After all, if we can’t scoop them all up and turn them back into road-worthy projects, we might as well enjoy them no matter their state while they’re still around!

Be sure to check Cars in Barns’ website regularly for new photos and stories.