Super classic in the wardrobe
07/16/2022
The heavy wooden door opens with a long, unpleasant creak. The first rays of light penetrate the dusty air that has been trapped behind it for years. The contours of a sports car emerge. Then those of two more, a pre-war classic and a very spherical vehicle that can only have come from Wolfsburg and doesn't really fit in with the line-up of flat-roaders. When the eyes finally adjust to the twilight, it is hard to believe them: the VW Beetle, which has already been identified, is flanked by the Bugatti EB 110, Ferrari Testarossa, Ferrari 250 LM and Mercedes-Benz 500 K Special Roadster.
The finder can hardly believe his luck, even though the cars are certainly not worth millions. Because they didn't turn up in an abandoned barn in the country, but in a cupboard in the attic of his parents' house. They are 1/18th scale models that were once played with by children and then forgotten here. They are in a sad state of repair, with cracks in the paint, bent windshield wipers and broken small parts. But they have survived. The story of how each car once came into our possession is still known: the souvenir from Italy, the promotional gift from the tile wholesaler and the grandfather's showpiece cheekily appropriated by the grandson.
Of course, all five will soon leave their dark storage place and return to the light of day. And the same question arises as with the big barn finds: Restore them or leave them as they are?
