Tour Report: Farmhouse "Henry"

The abandoned farmhouse with the old Ford models was also back on the agenda when we returned to Denmark in January 2020 after two good friends showed great interest in it. And I don't usually turn down a trip to Denmark!

At this point, there's not really anything spectacular to report about the revisit because, as with the first visit, we were completely undisturbed and the location hadn't changed in any way.

I took the opportunity to photograph a few more perspectives of the beautiful old cars. As already described in the post about my first visit, this location offers nothing more than just the cars in the barn, so we were on our way again relatively quickly to pay another visit to the third location.

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Tour Report: Farmhouse "Oldtimer"

After we found a farm full of old cars on our 2019 Christmas tour with my mother and mother-in-law in Denmark, two good friends of mine also expressed an interest in visiting this exciting spot.

So one cold morning in January, we made our way north, crossed the border into Denmark and reached our destination about two and a half hours later.

Just like the first time, we parked in the driveway between the house and a hedge, so at least the car didn't immediately catch the eye. Then we set off straight away to take a look at the classic cars.

Sure - it had only been about four weeks since my first visit, but I was still pleased to see that nothing had changed in that time. In the past, we had already had the experience of buildings being demolished at short notice or the inventory being removed.

We took our time to absorb all the details and enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather. We could hear the neighbors' children playing in the plot next door, but no one bothered us while we inspected the wrecked cars in the garden.

Even when one of my colleagues accidentally collapsed a huge pile of axles, which naturally didn't go quietly, nobody noticed us.

So we remained undisturbed and set off again after about two hours. The second location we had visited on the Christmas tour was also on the agenda again...

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Tour Report: Farmhouse "Henry"

After discovering and photographing the farmhouse with all the beautiful vintage cars, we made our way to the second location on our 2019 Christmas tour.

In this case, too, I had been given a tip that there were some beautiful old cars on the property. Plus, the place wasn't too far away from the first spot, so we only had to drive for about thirty minutes to get there.

The nearest residential buildings were far away, so we were able to park conveniently right next to the location.

The old farmhouse consists of a residential building connected at right angles to two farm buildings. Opposite is a large barn. The residential building was completely empty and didn't really offer any good photo opportunities, nor did the two farm buildings, which were in a terrible state of disrepair inside.

The barn didn't make a spectacular impression from the outside either: there was a lot of garbage lying around outside the barn door, the walls were thin and shaky, and the roof didn't make the best impression either.

On the other hand, it was very easy to get in because the barn door was slightly open, so we only had to climb over the garbage to get in.

Inside we found... vintage cars!

Most of the cars were Ford models. I particularly liked the Ford Taunus XL and the Ford Taunus Coupe GT from the early 1970s. These models are also known as the “Knudsen Taunus” due to the characteristic protrusion in the radiator grille, named after the former chairman of the board Semon E. “Bunkie” Knudsen.

In addition to the “Knudsen-Taunus”, we also found other representatives of the Ford family: a Ford Escort from the 1980s and a British Ford Thames 400E van.

Another little treasure was the Renault 8 (R8 for short), which probably dates from the mid-1960s.

Less spectacular were the two Daihatsu Charades from the 1980s.

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Tour Report: Farmhouse "Oldtimer"

It was our 2019 Christmas tour - and what great Christmas presents we received that day!

Together with my mother and mother-in-law, we went on a little day trip to Denmark. I had been given a few tips on very interesting and promising locations that we really wanted to see - but we had no idea what to expect.

The first location we went to was an abandoned farmhouse about 250 kilometers from our hometown. According to the information, there were supposed to be “a few old cars” there.

As is so often the case in Denmark, the house was in the middle of the countryside, so there was no public parking lot nearby. Parking “inconspicuously” a little further away also seemed pointless, as four people with photographic equipment walking along a lonely backcountry road in Denmark on Boxing Day would have been conspicuous in any case.

So we opted for the audacious option and parked directly in the driveway. As soon as we parked, we spotted a sky-blue old Opel Olympia Rekord from the 1950s - so it was a very promising start.

When we turned the corner to get to the two barns, we were in for another surprise: there were several Volvos in various stages of disrepair in the yard - including cars from the PV and Amazon series - as well as a Mercedes Coupe from the W123 series.

But that was by no means the end of the story.

We entered the first of two barns. It was full of Volvos. So full, in fact, that it was almost impossible to move around inside, making it difficult to take photos.

The models were exclusively from the PV and Amazon series - a total of more than ten vehicles, some of which were in surprisingly good condition.

The second barn was even bigger. When we entered it, we were greeted by a huge amount of scrap metal. This was also mostly car parts, but also building materials as well as motorcycles, bicycles and parts thereof.

We also found “several” classic cars in this barn - the highlight was a Mercedes from the 170 series, presumably a 170DS, of which only just under 13,000 were built between 1952 and 1953.

We found another Mercedes from this series, or rather the rest of it, which was barely recognizable as such, a little further back in the barn - next to a BMW 2000CS, an NSU Prinz and other cars. We couldn't even photograph some of the cars as they were buried under too much garbage and material.

In total, we found around 30 classic cars on the property - an incredible collection!

The farmhouse itself was locked and apparently completely empty, so we were able to make our way directly to the next location after enjoying the sight of the rusty beauties once more.

At that second location, more vintage cars were waiting for us...so stay tuned!

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