World’s MOST Unusual Cars EVER made, Found In One Warehouse | Barn Find Hunter
Episode 127: In this episode of "Barn Find Hunter," Tom gets a private tour of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN by the man himself, Jeff Lane. Those most remarkable part of the Lane museum is not available to the public eye. It's the private stash of one-off makes and models buried in the basement and warehouses surrounding the museum. Stick around to find out what is hidden within.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:19 2/3 Scale Mini Cooper's
1:36 Martin Aerodynamic
2:31 DB Panhard Race car
2:48 Skoda
3:36 Citroen Traction Avant
4:52 DKW (Audi)
5:27 Martin Stationete
6:42 Martin City Car
7:05 Errikson Aluminum bubble car
7:51 Skootavia Tripousse
8:23 World's largest Military vehicle
9:29 Citroen (Reverse) 2CV
10:10 OPEN Citroen 2CV
11:19 Hoffman
12:05 King Midget
13:00 Outro
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If you want to turn this into a series and let Jeff tell you the story of every vehicle in his collection, I promise I will watch every damn episode.
same
Same, omg
I second that
several episodes on the Citroens; 2cv, Ami, Visa, DS, AZU250, Dagonet? yes please
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This place deserves a 3 or 5 hour tour video. I want to see the whole collection!
Jeff Lane has so much knowledge. I hope he has documented all those details. Every car has a story and interesting history, just amazing stuff.
He has probably quite literally forgotten more than most people will ever know about the history of vehicles.
Let's all take a moment to appreciate the joy this guy gets to feel each day going to work on the vehicles.
This place is amazing. Kudos to Mr. Lane for preserving these gems and sharing them with us.
Most of us real car guys woulda shot em all between thee headlights and put em out of their misery.
@@thekingsilverado3266 that's literally the opposite of what "real" car guys would do, but maybe someday you could be a real car guy too. We appreciate the engineering, the stories, and the history of vehicles like these.
@@Joe_Bidens_hair_fetish I am not a car guy so you are right I am a truck guy and maybe one day you could afford a real nice truck and appreciate the engineering of not getting stuck in the seat of some tiny death trap with 4 rubber tires. Besides where I come from men are Sasquach size not girly size.
@@thekingsilverado3266 cringe
Yup large and in charge kinda guy u are😮
Thanks for preserving the BARC 60 amphibian. Thats" Barge Amphibian Resupply Cargo" and rated at 60 tons payload. I am a Vietnam era Army veteran and I was trained to work on these when I was stationed at Fort Story, Virginia. The sound of the four Detroit Diesel 6 cylinder 2 stroke engines running a full governed speed is something I will never forget! BTW you forgot to mention the crab steering feature of these machines. The steering mast was formed like a motorcycle handle bar and it had a locking pin in the center which allowed each side of the bar to move separately when it was disengaged. Pulling back on each bar together would turn the rear wheels to the right as well as the front wheels causing the BARC to side-step to the right. Pushing the bars forward would have the opposite effect. It was an odd sensation and took some getting used to.
That's awesome. I am a total gearhead and US military machinery buff going on 65 years now and I never even heard of them before. Thanks. I learned something today therefore I'm not dead yet!
@@patrickshaw8595 You are welcome, Pat. It was great seeing that behemoth. It brought back some memories for sure. The drivetrain in that thing was unbelievably complex. Everything ran through shafts.
Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” Psalms 9:1 NIV ht
@@edwardwerick2420 Thank You For Your Service and WELCOME HOME SIR!!!
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I enjoy listening to someone who is very knowledgeable in his craft..i also enjoy the history that he is able to tell of each car..i think the story is just as important as the car itself..thank you for sharing
100% agree.
Great Speaker !! No drama , no lies , just the facts , not afraid to say “we dont know” . Very concise, with a genius level of understanding what matters . A+++. No fake ego , no idolatry (not worshiping the cars , just displaying them) , just not enuf people like this (especially around big car collections)
Their stories make these vehicles even more amazing
Thank you Jeff Lane for being such a great steward of the hobby. Without people like you, we wouldn't have nearly the resources available for people to see real-life history - that we can actually experience and witness! *TOM* - Hopefully there's a "Part 2" of this visit to Lane? Heck, make it 3! Great stuff that needs more time and exposure! (Now, get your butt back to Davin's shop and help that poor boy with that old race car you two started on!) - Ed on the Ridge
Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” Psalms 9:1 NIV D
@@ka3097 The people and the stories behind the cars is what the hobby is all about to me - well, and owning something that takes me back to younger times.
Didn't even scratch the surface of what they have at LMM. I planned a family vacation around visiting Lane, and the entire family (including my wife) loved it. The staff are genuinely friendly and a joy to shoot the breeze and ask questions. If you like cars as oddities, cars as works of art, cars as engineering curiosities this is the place to go. They also have a collection of unusual motorcycles and pedal bikes on display.
Glad you enjoyed it! It was good chatting with you too.
Where are they located
@@jasminbrnjak6505 Nashville, TN.
I concur with your comment, great place to visit
Repent to Jesus Christ “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” Psalms 9:1 NIV
How refreshing to have a "good bad"-on-the-weird-side collector genuinely brilliant. No cringe, just pure passion and encyclopedic knowledge! Thanks!
What's brilliant about this place is the curator is knowledgable in the pieces, not only in a "this piece is on the floor therefore I must study this piece" but in a genuine "every car has a story and I want to share" way that I'm sure thousands of people have for their own machines handed down through generations
This should be a mini series. I could watch this and listen to the guy talk for hours. And he barely scratched the surface
I went to the Lane museum last year, and I'm already planning my return trip. Such an amazing place!
Yeah, I don't think you can do this place justice in just one day. And I'm not even much of a car guy.
I used to live in Nashville, and for sure if I go back I will visit the museum. But I was SO impressed by Jeff Lane's knowledge. He knew every car and the details on each one. One smart dude!
Absolutely spectacular! I love Jeff and his enthusiasm for the odd. He and I did a trade years ago, a double ended Honda Civic for a very odd little electric car. One day I hope to visit and get the tour!
WOW WOW WOW …..very cool You could film the next 15 episodes here, what an amazing place
Tom's show is the best thing on Hagerty.
That's funny... Jason Camissa is the only think that makes the channel worth watching.
Hagerty puts out a lot of great productions. I appreciate them funding shows so we can see crazy collection like this!
He likes to touchy-feely cars too much😬
@@thetruthisonlyperspective4872 jason made me start watching Hagerty but I truly enjoyed this segment. Tom is pretty damn great.
3:00 - AWWWWWW, the black Octavia!!! What a beauty!
Amazing. Being the curator of a museum like this would be a dream come true.
The fact that he knew so much about each one was amazing. He certainly enjoys his work.
this should be an hour long i want to see all of it!
An hour... I could watch this guy talk about every single car in that complex for days strait and not get bored.
haha...no they want you to visit
Fair point
Truly one of the best transportation museums on the planet. I stop by every time I pass through Nashville because there's always something new and interesting. There's a lot here so you don't want to rush it. I would allow at least a full morning or a full afternoon or both. A very memorable experience every time I visit.
Fascinating.
@@robertparker3172 LoL This one word comment was going to be mine, but I tacked an extra thought on. Glad I did so I didn't seem to copy another Spock fan? I'm guessing.
@@tobycatVA 😂....lol...👍
11:22. Left out the weirdest things about the Hoffman. I saw this car in 2008 when it was in Georgia and I'll never forget it. The front wheels don't steer at all as they always point straight ahead. There's no storage under the enormous parcel shelf because the motor is mounted on a swing arm which also carries the rear wheel. When the steering wheel is turned, the entire swing arm including the motor pivots left and right. Bizarre! Great video. Thanks for posting it.
This is one of the best 13 minutes I've spent on anything.
This show could easily be 4 hrs long and it would seem like 30 min. Amazing
If there aren't more episodes of this place I'll cry
That landing craft at 28mph must be one hell of a sight and experience!
“We bought this on eBay” 💀💀💀
Please give us more! This video is too short! WE WANT MORE!
The BEST car collection I have seen in my life, worth taking a whole day to explore. The basement tour only happens once or twice on certain days so plan ahead.
I Thank you both, Tom for showing this to us...and to Jeff for preserving automotive history.
Lane Motor Museum is a fantastic place... there is SO much there that no video can touch on all of it. Thanks for this!
This is one of those videos I wish were longer 😢
THIS EPISODE SHOULD BE 2 HOURS!!
Never have I been so disappointed that a video ended - seemed like it was just getting started.
Man I'd love to come visit this place it looks wonderful.
We have a membership there. It's always a great place to visit. Seems like there is something new there every time we go. They also have several activities throughout the year for folks to get more involved with the displays. Jeff is a wonderful person for sharing all these wonderful machines for the public to see.
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I've spent a day with Jeff Lane at his museum many years ago. I keep a wonderful souvenir from that day !
I could spend hours in a place like this. All so interesting! We really needed more of this museum!
This is the coolest museum i have ever seen.The knowledge this man has is amazing i hope he has been sharing it with an apprentice. Good stuff
Outstanding Barn Find Hunter! Tom and Jeff Lane are kindred spirits with interests in the usual and often forgotten. I bet these two could talk for hours about peculiarities in a cars. This entire episode made me smile! Thank you - Sno Dawg from Philadelphia
Man, I hope this guy has written all that info down. An absolute wealth of knowledge.
What a cool collection. The guy’s enthusiasm and passion for collecting is awesome.
Now that was fabulous! Thank you all so much for sharing these historic vehicles with us!
Wow, what an amazing collection of oddballs and one-offs!
The presenter shure had a "hands on experience", touching ALL the cars they talked about 🙈😆
They're not exactly "museum pieces"....oh wait🤣🙃
@@oambrosia hahaha 😅
Such an incredible collection, and Jeff's knowledge and care about each and every car is beautiful to hear. I'd love to spend a few days wandering this whole museum
This is an amazing museum, to think there are so many different cars that have been constructed, either by individuals or companies that you never hear, I think I could spend weeks just looking at the history. Great work.
WHAT A NICE COLLECTION. NICE TO SEE THE UNUSUAL. THANKS FOR SHARING.
I've been to this museum once when I first visited Tennessee, the amount of just strange crazy vehicles they have is awesome. I definitely recommend any car lover to check them out cause you won't be disappointed.
Glad to see another Geoff/Jeff giving and getting so much love!
This guy is a total character, I love it. He's as eccentric as his cars.
Takes a special person ya know
Now this is my type of Automotive Collection...Weird, Unusual, and Quirky.
I loved this video, I am glad these cars are in a great place, This person knows everything about them.
I LOVED this tour! I have seen many of these cars,in my lifetime(I'm 70 yrs old.),and I always marveled at the ingenuity of them.
Amazing to see so many Citroen, even a Visa :)
It is without doubt one of the best collections in the world and looked after by the nicest people. I recently travelled all the way from the UK to visit and wasn’t disappointed. And there is much more there than this video shows. Is a must visit if you are on the same continent let alone state or city.
Tom please put out some more stuff from this museum. He's got some awesome stuff!
Lane seems to know everything there is about these rare cars . Thanks Jeff
I think this is the best episode i've ever watched on barn find hunter , such a heart warming beautiful cars that takes you to the good old days thank you TOM ❤
What an absolutely remarkable collection. I could spend a week in there!
This was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.
This is stunning, thank you so much for sharing!
It is amazing how much he knows about that many cars. Mr. Lane has an incredible memory.
Love Lane museum, but this gave me an entirely different appreciation to know Jeff Lane (the owner) has this much knowledge/love of cars, I appreciate this quirkily little place all the more Thank you!
I’ve said it before but we need longer videos! I could have watched a hour of this!
Loved every minute of this! Would love to see more of the collection.
What is truly impressive about this presentation is the production quality. From precise editing to camera angles, blocking and flow it shows true excellence in line with the outstanding subject matter. Pro quality all the way, well done!
I LOVE weird cars! You could do a year's worth of videos at that place (and I wish you would).
I didn’t want this ep to end. So much interesting cars
what a joy to watch this. Thank you both.
Boy! This guy REALLY knows his cars!!
This place is great! I was on a trip in Nashville four or five years ago when one day I happened to pass by a sign for the museum. On a whim, I decided to add it to my list of places to check out later on in the week. I'm glad I went early in the day. The place is huge and has loads to see!
Dang!!! I used to travel to Nashville a few years ago a few days a month...wish knew it was there!!! Time for a road trip!!
Tom, you could do a 10 part series on this place!
Hello friends.... I try to dimple repair and some new things for my car and I make video that's and put this videos in KZhead, I try make a KZhead channel...I hope everybody will like that's and I can help to somebody about repair of give ideas !!!!!!
wonderful. thanks Tom & Jeff.
What a privilege to see such rare and interesting vehicles! Thanks for posting this.
That amphibious monstrosity is amazing. Humans are awesome
My friend and I have gone here a couple times, amazing collection. I want to make the 400 mile drive there in our Saab Sonett, seems like an appropriate trip.
oh, this guy is great, outside the box yet eclectic
This is awesome. Stories along with each of those cars are fascinating too.
A friend had a Skoda convertible. It was actually an older and prettier model that the one shown here. At the beginning I saw one of my absolute fauvorite oddball cars: The Tatras. The models of the late Fifites were exotic but really beautiful. With the three headlights, the special front fenders and an aircooled engine in the back.
I sure wish this video was an hour longer.
We need a part 2 of this! awesome video
What a great video, I was surprised when it came to the end so fast, felt like only few mins passed.
Mr. Lane has such great energy. A mental age commensurate with his age. The enthusiasm of a teenager.
Wonderfully put!
Ive seen this place on Aging Wheels. He reviewed several of their vehicles. They have super rare and obscure stuff for sure!
Wow, what a cool museum. That two-fronted 2CV is such an awesome example of the creativity of days past. Resources were limited, and they needed a solution, bureaucrats weren't there to tell them they couldn't do this or that. They (all the old creatives) followed their needs and passions. Love it.
Thank you for showing us this! Now I plan to go there... fun, fun!
Affordable family friendly museum, with a surprisingly phenomenal bicycle collection, and kids play area! Situated in an old bread factory. Just note middle of the summer is rough as the building does not have air-conditioning! I will be back!
It does have air conditioning, just not very efficient air conditioning. It's on the to-do list.
Thank you so much for letting us see these awesome cars!
This needs to be much longer there are so many wonderful cars to see.
Love that place! Coolest vehicles you will find ranging from military, one offs, planes, movie vehicles like the one wheeled vehicles driven in "Men In Black", and even fan powered cars/canoes/and bicycles! There are even displayed vehicles in the parking garage. Wish I could have driven my Durango up into the huge military transport and gotten a picture of how small it would look inside it! BTW, that "flat piece of metal" hanging on the rack beside it is a whole car they drove over and pancaked into a couple inch thick wall hanging! lol!
That's right I'm pretty sure the anniversary 911 I looked at in the garage thinking it was a visitor's car was in this video at 1:20!
another great video Inregards to the King Midgets i have often seen them for sale on Ebay over the last 15 to 20 years very reasonably priced in Various Condition but what i like to refer to as very restorable and mostly Complete and /or Original
When I saw one of those LARCs in Vung Tao, Vietnam in 1970, I thought I'd never see another one. Wow! They're so big and loud, literally EVERYONE on the street stops and stares at it as it goes by. Four huge 2-stroke Detroit motors like those used in earth movers. Totally awesome vehicle.
Wow, what an unusual and rare collection. Kudos for taking the time and interest to show us these fine cars! Without this, many of us would never see or even hear of such unique cars and ideas 💡
Interesting to see that Hoffman made it into another museum! Used to be at the Bruce Weiner microcar museum.
The genius & the passion produced some remarkable (individual) vehicles) 👍
4:52 A guy in my town here in Sweden has two of these! Beautiful car to see riding around every once in a while.
One of thee best tours. Fun stuff!! Great show Tom.