The Corvette in the Barn

The Corvette in the Barn
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2010-09-12
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1610600479

It’s every car-guy’s fantasy—to casually peer into a long-forgotten garage or barn or warehouse and find the car he has searched for his whole life. Corvette in the Barn is a collection of true, often amazing, stories and essays about car collectors and enthusiasts who have discovered unusual and desirable cars, forgotten in all manner of locations from barns, to old-school junkyards, to farmer’s fields. These are the stories that fuel the dreams of car collectors everywhere. See Tom Cotter, author of Motorbooks “In the Barn” series, interviewed by Jay Leno on JayLenosGarage.com: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/jays-book-club-the-hemi-in-the-barn/1237422/

Barn Find Road Trip

Barn Find Road Trip
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2015-09-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0760349401

Follow 3 guys as they embark on a real-world collector car hunting road trip. You'll love the stories of their adventure & the gorgeous photos of their finds.

Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales

Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0760363048

Tom Cotter is the best-known barn-find collector-car expert working today. Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales​ pulls together his best barn find stories from America and around the globe. Tom Cotter bought his first barn find some 50 years ago and has never looked back. Over the proceeding decades, he has continued to unearth automotive gems, some of which reside in his garage and others found just for the pleasure of the hunt. Tom's passion for automotive archaeology has made him a nexus for other barn finders, whose stories he has collected for more than 20 years. He’s further expanded the scope of his passion as host for The Barn Find Hunter, a Hagertys-sponsored webcast with over 20 episodes now available. Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Talespulls together the very best stories from Cotter’s previous books and adds several new tales, all of which are presented in this handsome hardcover edition. From Shelby Cobras, to classic Duesenbergs, to Harley hoards and lost supercars, Cotter brings to light the most amazing, outrageous, and unexpected finds he and his barn-finding brethren have discovered.

The Hemi in the Barn

The Hemi in the Barn
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2007-10-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760327210

Cotter's wildly popular adventures in automotive archaeology continue, with forty new stories of amazing finds and resurrections of classic cars.

Muscle Car Barn Finds

Muscle Car Barn Finds
Author: Ryan Brutt
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2018-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 076035359X

Join "automotive archeologist" Ryan Brutt as he searches for American muscle cars lost to time in barns, abandoned buildings, decrepit garages, even overgrown backyards!

The Harley in the Barn

The Harley in the Barn
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0760352593

Break into that barn - you know you want to - there might be a vintage Harley inside. If you won't break in, Tom Cotter will; amazing motorcycles await. Driving down a country road, a flash of chrome catches your eye as you pass an old farmstead. Next time you roll by, you slow down and focus on a shed behind the house. Could that be? Good lord, it is! Hard on the brakes, quick reverse, and pull in the drive. Yep, it's a vintage Triumph Bonneville peering forlornly from beneath a tattered cover. You've just begun the journey that fuels the dreams of every motorcycle collector: the long-forgotten machine, rediscovered. The Harley in the Barn offers forty-plus tales of lost Nortons, hidden Hondas, dormant Indians, and busted BSAs, all squirreled away from prying eyes but found by lucky collectors just like you. Author Tom Cotter is not only a barn-find master, he's also master of discovering the collectors with the best stories and the most outlandish finds. In The Harley in the Barn, all those great stories are told. If you can't pass a padlocked garage without wondering if there's a great old bike stashed inside, this is your book. Hell, this is your life.

Incredible Barn Finds

Incredible Barn Finds
Author: Wallace Wyss
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781583883051

While some of the stories actually are about cars found in barns or sheds, author Wyss has taken the liberty of expanding the definition of "barn find" to include any collector car found derelict, ignored, in pieces, or generally found in circumstances belying its stature. This could include cars parked in fields, found in cellars, left in parking garages, or even found under a pile of cars in a junkyard. What the cars do have in common is that they are valuable and exotic and have histories chock full of unimaginable twists and turns. Take, for instance the Two Rotor Corvette, a car that cost GM $2 million to build and then they flat gave it away to the first guy that asked. Same thing for a GT40 roadster, one of four built, and Ford goes and hands the keys to a movie car customizer who kept it for decades and never quite got it up on the big screen. That car today is worth $4 million. So, if you're into collector cars and love the thrill of the hunt, then you'll truly appreciate the 50 stories Wyss has selected for this first in the series.

The Cobra in the Barn

The Cobra in the Barn
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2010-04-03
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760336618

Here are the true stories of people who found their dream cars in the most unlikely places.

Amazing Barn Finds and Roadside Relics

Amazing Barn Finds and Roadside Relics
Author: Ryan Brutt
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2015-10-19
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1627886451

Discover the allure of forgotten cars. Something that to the rest of the world is nothing but a forgotten automotive hulk slowly degenerating into a pile of iron oxide is to the car enthusiast something so much more. Like those who restore Victorian homes or antique furniture, car guys see not a decrepit piece of junk, but a desirable object that "just needs some attention." And should the vehicle abandoned in a field or lying in a creek bed be too far gone to resurrect, car enthusiasts can simply enjoy it for what it once was (while lamenting that it has come to such a sad end). Finding a lost, restorable car is every auto collector's dream! Amazing Barn Finds and Roadside Relics taps into the thrill of the hunt with hundreds of photos of lost cars - each accompanied by detailed information covering the nature of the find and details about the car. Ride along as author Ryan Brutt, the "automotive archaeologist," travels the United States documenting lost and abandoned automotive gems.

50 Shades of Rust

50 Shades of Rust
Author: Tom Cotter
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2014-09-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1627883711

101 barn-find tales sure to entice any car collector. In recent years, the quest to find and restore forgotten automotive gems has generated a cult-like following - a very large cult-like following. So large, in fact, that the subject of automotive archaeology has inspired an entire genre of television programs, including Counting Cars, Desert Car Kings, Chasing Classic Cars, One of a Kind, What's My Car Worth?, and numerous others. Author Tom Cotter is at the forefront of this movement with his In the Barn series, a line of books that inspired many of the above-mentioned television programs. 50 Shades of Rust collects 90-plus of the all-time best barn-find stories. Each story is accompanied by photographs from the scenes of the finds, creating a heavily illustrated book unlike any barn-find book yet published.