Mr Parkin said: “I got a tip from a friend who had seen another car in the same barn for sale and in the background was this Ferrari.
“I contacted the owner and found it in the middle of nowhere in a very run down barn where it had been sitting for 40 years.
“It was a very sexy set in the 60s. It was a luxury sports car that was on par with the Aston Martin DB4 or E-Type Jaguar. Someone very rich would have owned it back in the day.
“The owner bought it when he was 11 years old. It was in a garage in High Wycombe for a while after a crash repair.
“The seller used the car every day for the next 10 years, transporting the family of five in it.
“He then took it to the barn with the intention of doing some work on it, but other things took over. When the barn roof leaks, it deteriorates very quickly and it becomes increasingly daunting for him to do the work.
“It was in an absolutely shocking state when I saw it.”
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