Veloce's Sleeping Beauties

Sleeping beauty barn finds spotted in France

2012-06-27T14:53:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Jeroen Brandt for sending us these pictures!

FIAT TIPO 5 BARNFIND

2012-06-01T11:42:00.000+01:00

FIAT of White-Russian commander baron Wrangel discovered

A precious FIAT from 1913, once belonging to general Baron Wrangel, an officer in the Imperial Russian army and later commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army, is discovered in Russia. The 99 year old spectacular barnfind was made by Jan Bruijn of Galleria Style & Auto in Joure (the Netherlands). The FIAT will be shown for the first time on June 23 and 24 at the Concours d'élégance Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn (the Netherlands).

Thanks to PreWarCar for this press release. To read in full click here!

1958 Porsche Speedster - barn find of the year?

2012-05-10T14:10:00.001+01:00

Thanks to Mick Thorburn for sending us this story about an amazing barn find. An all-original 1958 Porsche Speedster with less than 100,000 miles on the clock. Found in a garage in O.C. and have been sitting since 1982. More info on the story on MotorAuthority.

Beauty found in a field in East Sussex

2012-02-20T12:23:00.000Z

Thanks to Pauline Midwinter for sending us this sleeping beauty discovery! We think it might be a Ford Anglia!

Beauty discovered in the Italian Le Marche

2011-06-14T09:33:00.001+01:00

A Fiat Cinquecento (500) discovered in the Italian Le Marche, just outside of the walled medieval village of Caudino. Thanks to Raymond Van Donk from www.triumph-tr3a.nl for sending us this Italian sleeping beauty.

This must be the ultimate accolade for any book!

2011-02-16T10:20:00.006Z

Jay Leno invited Kay Hottendorff to his Book Club

to talk about The Fate Of The Sleeping Beauties

The Most Beautiful Sleeping Beauty Photo ...

2010-10-14T12:08:00.004+01:00

This was the winning entry chosen by author Ard op de Weegh

Sample this beautiful new book from Veloce ...

2010-09-08T12:53:00.006+01:00

The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties

By Ard op de Weegh, Kay Hottendorff & Arnoud op de Weegh

The ‘Sleeping Beauties’ – an array of neglected Bugattis, Lancias,

Ferraris, Alfa Romeos, Cords and Aston Martins on a rural French

estate – have fascinated car lovers worldwide since 1983, when

they were immortalised in a sequence of photographs taken by

Herbert W Hesselmann. For 25 years, the full story behind the

collection and its fate has remained untold ... until now.

Beauties sleeping in Latvia

2010-08-26T11:49:00.005+01:00

Here are some sleeping beauties from Latvia for your

photo competition. There are two cars in different seasons

of weather and different stages of condition. The biggest

one is a 1919 Renault FU truck whose restoration we just

ended, but the smallest is a 1932 Praga Piccolo who's still

waiting for her restoration. It was hard to choose which is

the best photo with all the beauty of rust, so you can choose

which is the best. P.S. I think one of the best is that where

a sleeping beauty is sleeping on a sleeping beauty!

Says Ivars Dortans of Riga, Latvia - thanks Ivars

A 1959 Cadillac sleeping in the woods

2010-08-26T11:44:00.002+01:00

Here's some pictures of a 1959 Cadillac in the woods, a pretty

nice find here in the US, says Jeremy Nutt - thanks Jeremy

Giant beauty resting up in Shaftesbury, Dorset

2010-08-17T15:57:00.002+01:00

Many thanks to Jools for this beautiful slumbering giant

Welsh beauty on the Llandudno skyline

2010-08-17T14:45:00.005+01:00

Beauty spotted perched on high by J A O'Neill of Btws-yn-Rhos,

Conwy, as an advertisement for the local scrapyard

Beauties in the outback

2010-08-09T12:06:00.002+01:00

Many thanks to Paul Playoust for this line-up of beauties

Lined up in her last procession?

2010-08-09T11:12:00.002+01:00

Many thanks to Sandra Mitchell of Lymington, Hampshire for

this photo of a Ford Zodiac Mk4 hearse losing her shine

Two A.F. Spiders side by side

2010-07-16T14:09:00.003+01:00

Thanks to Peter Frost for these two A.F. Spiders one as found,

and one restored. Only 12 A.F. cars were made, and 7 were Spiders.

The construction is all wood! Click here for more details

Blue beauty hibernating under a blanket

2010-07-16T12:45:00.002+01:00

Many thanks to Peter Frost for this chilly reminder of last winter

Perfect combination of sleeping beauties

2010-07-15T14:52:00.003+01:00

Many thanks to Peter Frost for these beautiful shots of his 1947

Ariel 600cc side valve single motorbike and period sidecar

Another beauty is given the kiss of life

2010-07-13T14:54:00.003+01:00

Thanks to Paul Adey for these before, during and after photos

Not ready yet to draw the curtains for the last time

2010-07-13T09:23:00.004+01:00

Thanks to Tom Stewart for this photo of a Caddy Fleetwood

spotted having a nap by the railway track in Kilgore, Texas

Forties era Ford sleeping in Vermont

2010-07-12T16:10:00.003+01:00

Many thanks to David Brill for this beauty spotted in a barn

in Northern Vermont. David says there's still air in her tyres,

ready for someone to wake her up and get her going again

Beauty sleeping in a tree

2010-07-12T15:44:00.003+01:00

Many thanks to Terry Parkin for this shot of a Mini Moke

stuck up in a tree near Edam in Holland. Also, in the same

garden this colourful converted lorry and trailer (the house

belonged to a retired circus clown).

Images copyright: Terrysmodelcars@aol.com

Thor - an unidentified sleeping beauty

2010-06-07T15:52:00.004+01:00

Thanks to Matt Burke, of Rochester, NY, who recently bought this

car called the THOR. He asks: "Has anyone heard of or seen any

others like this? The chassis is a full length VW beetle pan/trans

and motor from 1956. The only id is the tags you see in the

pictures - I am trying to find out more about this car. All of the

pieces and parts are on the car. there doesn't seem to be anything

missing. One neat feature is a hand-controlled direct fuel delivery

system control from inside the cabin (see engine pictures).

If you know of anybody that may be able to help I would appreciate

you getting in touch." mkburke@hotmail.com

Beauty in Spain - not sleeping yet

2010-06-07T12:20:00.003+01:00

SEAT 600 (FIAT built under license in Spain) pictured in Ronda,

Spain, in May this year - still going strong. Don't miss the

Little Book of Microcars coming soon from Veloce Publishing

Simca sleeping outside Terrasson-Lavilledie

2010-05-24T12:55:00.004+01:00

Many thanks to Raymond van Donk for this beauty, taken in the

Dordogne region of France on the N89 outside a bric-a-brac

shop on the outskirts of Terrasson-Lavilledieu

Sleeping Minx, Trjntje, is given the kiss of life

2010-05-24T11:47:00.006+01:00

Thanks to Andre Koster who says ... 'This is Trijntje a Hillman Minx

3A Deluxe Saloon. Built in England in 1959, exported to Tsjechië,

sold to a Dutch trader in 1994. Kept in a barn till 2002. I woke her

and now go to classic meetings with her and a 41-year old caravan'