After the "barn"; the discovery in the Naples catacombes

[58_spyder]

A German website tells a story of another amazing discovery. In Naples of a herd of cars that have been placed in the catacombes of Naples (40meter below the surface) by the police.
The cars included are Lancias, Fiats and I believe one Alfa 2500 Convertible.
The restoration of these cars is a bigger challenge then the Portugese barn due to the high humidity....

The text below is the opening in German:
Vergessene Oldies in den Katakomben von Neapel
Unter Müll begraben und von der Welt vergessen: In den Katakomben von Neapel blieben 30 historische Autos jahrzehntelang unentdeckt. Jetzt stieß ein Geologe bei seinen Arbeiten auf die fossilen Automobile.

Which would translate into:

Forgotten oldtimers in the catacombs of Naples
Covered by garbage and forgotten: in the catacombsof Naples, 30 old cars have remained undiscovered for decades. Recently a geologist found the "car fosiles"while he was working.

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Enjoy the 45 pictures (I did)

Unfortunately I do not know how to reduce the pics to the 249 Kb limit, as they are over 600 Kb each, otherwise I would post some.

regards,

Jelle

[58_spyder]

I managed to resize the pics, will be uploading some more, please enjoy:

[58_spyder]

some more ompressions:









Love the Lancia's, they are very nice cars. Appearently some cars have been stored in a garage.

regards

[58_spyder]

I am pretty sure this is an Alfa 2500. it was quite common to have right hand drive cars in Italy untill after WWII.
The details of the steering wheel etc are similar to the car currently on offer by Steutel in the Netherlands, as posted in the "limited production (1910-1949) category.












The Fiat spider is a great car as well.

[biz5300]

definitly an Alfa 6c 2500 cabrio there.. PF I think.. What is the cab to the right of it? Fantastic find this..

Nik

[58_spyder]

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Originally Posted by biz5300 definitly an Alfa 6c 2500 cabrio there.. PF I think.. What is the cab to the right of it? Fantastic find this.. Nik

[velocedoc]

I wonder what is underneath all of that dust. For the most part the cars have been sheltered from the weather, but if the catacombs are damp, it can be just as bad. I would think catacombs would be dry to preserve bodies for eternity. Another 6c found. Awesome.

[smestas]

very interesting *subscribed*

[58_spyder]

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Originally Posted by biz5300 definitly an Alfa 6c 2500 cabrio there.. PF I think.. What is the cab to the right of it? Fantastic find this.. Nik

[PeterC]

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Originally Posted by velocedoc I wonder what is underneath all of that dust. For the most part the cars have been sheltered from the weather, but if the catacombs are damp, it can be just as bad. I would think catacombs would be dry to preserve bodies for eternity. Another 6c found. Awesome.