The popularity of so-called 'barn find' videos has encouraged everybody to be observant for dilapidated-looking outhouses that could potentially conceal a rare classic. The reality, however, is that most old barns have already been converted into luxury accommodation, and the car we really need to concentrate on recommissioning has been under our nose all along – left in the garage or sat on our driveway for the past couple of years.
Even the average car is parked for around 95% of its life. So when other activities conspire to get in the way of that remaining five percent, it is all-too easy for a once-cherished car