Barn find exploring an abandoned ranch now owned by an investment group, property will be razed and developed.

I was surprised this was in the only structure on the property with intact windows and was structurally sound. Just left this here, which strikes me as beyond odd. Signs that someone padlocked the door to the garage/barn and took steps to barricade garage door in last 10 years, but has not been a family owned property for nearly a decade - just held by real estate investment company.

Looks like a 1962 Pontiac Catalina? I'd love to somehow get this car saved, ideally would like someone like Vice Grip garage come get it running and drive it off but no idea if there is even an engine under the hood. Possibly a battery charger cable sticking through grill, as if someone was maintaining a bit at some point? No window sticker or license plates, no idea when it last ran but interior is a mess.

Some of those 1962's came with 421 Super Duty block. It's the rarest motor by Pontiac

The 421 Super Duty was originally a race-only drag car upgrade, but it became a complete car for buyers. The 1962 Catalina with the Super Duty 421 could go from 0-60 mph in 5.3 seconds

You wonder if it's real? I took these photos myself, today. Photos always looks a bit better than reality, but even in photos you can see the rust, missing grill decal, appears the hood is wired shut, interior is bad (but better in photo than what I saw through the window).

How long it's been in that spot, I can't verify. All I have access to is tax record and historical google earth imagery. The lady who owned the property passed away in her 90's in 2012. Obituary shows no kids, but nieces and nephews to leave a car to. Owned by a family trust until 2019, then real estate investment LLC since then. Google earth shows no cars parked there and dirt driveway disappearing since at last 2006. A newer house on property was built early 80's but I think no one has lived in it since 2004ish. The older house a couple hundred yards away appears to be at least 35+ years abandoned, the original ranch house, and the garage this car is in is behind that older house. Seems unusual to not have license plate or old registration sticker. Appeared to be tarp on ground next to car, as if it was covering the car at one time, but tarp also looked pretty new. The inside of that garage way cleaner than any other building and all glass was good - doors to older house wide open, broken glass, and a foot of trash on floors.

Lock in the garage looked pretty new. But it makes no sense to me that the family, or anyone tied to real estate llc , would store this car on an abandoned property on a major highway, no fence to jump to walk to it, just a risky place to store. But also amazing it's unmolested, no graffiti on the houses seems like not really explored by people.

I was just really shocked to see it at this location, and overall it does look pretty good and saveable. I haven't looked up value, maybe these aren't worth much and my surprise is not warranted.

Were you around for the MF Barnes takedown? It began when Barnes posted an amazing "barn find" that was a total fraud. The parallels are there

So I'm joking a little bit.

But reading your last post, it sounds like even you can't quite believe it.