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Sidebar: The XNR and a Barn Hunter’s Dream Dashed

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The XNR in its full glory. The author long lusted after this car, figuring only he remembered it was pictured in ‘National Geographic’ magazine in Kuwait. Well, someone else obviously found it and restored it. Pebble Beach show program says the owner hails from Beirut. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

By Wallace Wyss
Color Photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Car hunters find their barn finds in various and sundry ways.

One of my ways is to commit to memory cars I see in magazines and file away mentally the last known location.
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Virgil Exner Jr. Reunited with Diablo

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Virgil Exner, Jr., stands next to the Chrysler Ghia Diablo.

By Brandes Elitch
Color Photos by Brandes Elitch

Most car collectors are familiar with the GM “dream cars” of the 1950’s, the heyday of the Motorama. But not many people are familiar with the Chrysler show cars of the same period, most of which were built in Italy and styled by the famous Virgil Exner.
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