It's crazy how many super rare cars are found sitting in barns, hidden and often untouched for decades after a car collector stashed them there for safe keeping.
These barn finds make auto enthusiasts drool, since they get to see a car that's rarely seen, but when they confirm the existence of a mythical automobile the enthusiasts totally blow a gasket.
This is the Ferrari Daytona, a car so rare people didn't believe it actually existed until it was located in a barn in Japan:
Ferrari had, in fact, only ever commissioned one street version of its Daytona with a full aluminum body. Completed in 1969, the car was exported to a Japanese dealership in 1971 and then featured in the January 1972 issue of Car Graphic, a Japanese motoring magazine.
After passing hands several times, it ended up in the barn of its last owner, Makoto Takai, some time around 1980.
The car is in “barn find” condition and is being put up for sale unrestored. The odometer displays just over 22,000 miles. RM Sotheby’s expects the car to fetch up to 1.7 million euros ($2 million), according to the auction catalog.
The car is in remarkably clean condition considering it has been sitting around in a barn for nearly 40 years, and what it lacks in interior comfort it makes up for in old school sports car cool.
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