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Saturday, 6 December 2014

Now where did I park my 60 cars? Incredible treasure trove of rusting classics worth £12MILLION is found languishing in a French farm garage after 50 years



The haul of 60 rusting motors, which includes a Ferrari (left of top right picture) once sat in by Jane Fonda and a Talbot-Lago (right of main picture) previously owned by an Egyptian king, was found on a farm in western France. Among the supercars up for sale are a Ferrari once sat in by Jane Fonda and a Talbot-Lago previously owned by Egyptian King Farouk. The cars were collected from the 1950s to the 1970s by entrepreneur Roger Baillon, who dreamt of restoring
them to their former glory and displaying them in a museum, but they have laid dormant since his death 10 years ago.

The cars were collected from the 1950s to the 1970s by entrepreneur Roger Baillon, who wanted to restore and display them in a museum

A Talbot-Lago T26 Cabriolet owned by Egyptian King Farouk is also among the vast haul of classic cars found on the farm

Mr Baillon's grandchildren had no idea of the extent of the collection, calling in car specialists Matthieu Lamoure and Pierre Novikoff of auctioneers Artcurial Motorcars to estimate its value

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