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Davidson, North Carolina
List of contents
Introduction by McKeel Hagerty
Prologue: The Gateway Drug to the Old Car Hobby
1 Collector-Car Cold Calling
2 Genesis of a Barn Find Hunter
3 “I’ll Never Sell.” The Fine Art of Hoarding
4 Top 25 Barn Find Hunting Pro Tips
5 The Barn Find Author
6 Barn Find Hunter Video Series
7 Rust Never Sleeps
8 Hiding in Plain Sight (Unless You Look)
9 How the Pros Do It
10 The Academic Approach by Geoff Hacker
11 My Wildest Finds
12 My Biggest Screwups
13 First You Must Sell Yourself
14 The Barn Find Bookshelf
15 The Best of Barn Find Hunter
16 The Future of Barn Finding
Index
About the Authors
About the author
Tom Cotter had long been involved in nearly every end of the automotive and racing industries before he even wrote his first book. From mechanic and auto salesman to heading the public relations department at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Cotter formed his own racing and automotive PR and marketing agency, Cotter Group. The agency represented some of the largest clients in NASCAR, IndyCar/CART, drag racing and road racing. He has written biographies of the legendary Holman-Moody race team, Tommy Ivo and Dean Jeffries, but is best known for his series of barn find books, such as Cobra in the Barn, 50 Shades of Rust and Barn Find Road Trip. Cotter appears in the Barn Find Hunter video series, which is distributed by Hagerty Insurance. He teaches public relations at Belmont Abbey College, sits on the advisory board of McPherson College's Auto Restoration program, and is a member of the Road Racing Driver's Club (RRDC).
Summary
Automotive archaeologist Tom Cotter is “The Barn Find Hunter” in Hagerty’s popular YouTube series. In Secrets of the Barn Find Hunter, he reveals how he finds amazing collector cars otherwise long forgotten.
