AN ABANDONED classic car dealership worth a whopping £200,000 has been discovered – after sitting in the dark for 20 years.
Incredible pictures revealed the doomed cars caked in dust – but underneath the bonnets lies a shocking surprise.
Brand new cars that had been left at a dealership for over 20 years in Brazil were discovered after the owner’s death[/caption]
There were seven dusty yet super rare vehicles in the collection[/caption]
Underneath the car bonnets lay a surprising finding[/caption]
In a shocking twist, the seven derelict-looking cars seemed to have pristine interiors.
Underneath the dusty bonnets lay spotless engine bays which looked as if they were brand new.
The now highly collectable Volkswagens went into storage when the showroom in Estrela, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul state, went out of business in 2001.
Instead of selling up the classy vehicles, owner Otmar Essig locked the cars up, only checking in to dust his stock of unsold motors.
He died in 2022, leaving his family astonished at the pricey collection of rare cars.
They have now decided to sell some of the super rare cars – some of which haven’t even clocked any miles.
The collection includes a rare VW SP2 sports coupe – made only for the Brazilian market – and two 1996 Itamar Beetles, known as the Ferraris of VWs.
The Beetles both have zero miles on the clock and have been in a shut room since they arrived without ever even touching the roads.
Additionally, there is a zero-miles 1986 Volkswagen Beetle 1600 Special Series, still with plastic covers on the seats.
And the collection is capped by a stunning 1996 Volkswagen Quantum 2.0 MI Evidence, in pearlescent royal red.
It has never been driven and was a gift from Essig to his wife.
Buyer Claude Senhoreti now plans to add the classic VWs to his collection of rare cars in the United States.
Sales broker Anderson Dick said: “After the family went through the formalities to make the sale after Otmar’s death an agent contacted me and found Claude Senhoreti.
“It was a process that took almost five months to complete.”
He added: “We got them all working except the 1986 Beetle, which has a problem with corrosion in the engine block due to ethanol mixing with the oil.
“We are restoring that one but the others just had to have the oil changed and the fuel lines cleaned, and the battery replaced.”
The family now plan to put the vehicles on show at a special exhibition for VW fans in Brazil this coming April before they leave the country.
The gorgeous cars were left squeaky clean under their bonnets[/caption]
The family of the owner now plan to sell the collection after the cars feature in an exhibition[/caption]
