Regular readers may well be aware that I spent several years as editor of a BMW enthusiast magazine and indeed it was that title which originally brought me to the door of Kelsey Publishing a decade ago. And the person which originally got me interested in ’80s BMWs was none other than CW contributor Andrew Everett who introduced me to the delights of the second-generation ‘E28’ 5-Series.

The term ‘barn find’ is one that seems to be banded about far too willingly. People on eBay stating their 2002 Mondeo with MOT is a ‘barn find’ because it’s been under the carport for six months. You know exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about. In fact, if there were as many barns in the UK as there are ‘barn find’ listings online, then really, we should all be living on the streets as there can’t possibly be any space for houses. The whole thing is, frankly, getting o

In May of 2019 we found ourselves excitedly driving to a barn in Gloucestershire. It’s not that barns excite us all that much, this isn’t Grand Designs. We’re more motivated by what can be found within them, which as we all know, is more often than not, a classic car or two. Steve Curtis of Classic Bahnstormers didn’t have a barn find though. He had nine. And every one of them was a BMW E28, arguably the most iconic and most handsome 5 Series of them all.