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Zusatztext Izoom.com! September 2007 “Just like Cobra ! Hemi is chocked with such gems for the eager and patient reader to extract and enjoy.” Cruzin Magazine ! November/December 2007 “If there’s one thing most car nuts have in common it’s the desire to find an old car that has languished for decades in a barn or garage. The Hemi in the Barn is a collection of forty such stories of cars that have been stored and found.” Antique Automobile ! November/December 2007 “As entertaining as these tales are! they’re also full of tantalizing hints and suggestions.” Informationen zum Autor Tom Cotter had long been involved in nearly every facet of the automotive and racing industries before writing 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.) He lives in Davidson! North Carolina. Klappentext Get your kicks from searching for rusty relics? Barn finding is an addiction! and these stories show that the treasure hunt for old cars can be great human interest stories. Zusammenfassung It’s every car lover’s fantasy: the perfectly preserved classic automobile discovered under a blanket in some great-granny’s garage. And as author Tom Cotter has discovered time and again! it’s a fantasy that can come true. The Hemi in the Barn offers more than forty stories of amazing finds and automotive resurrections. Avid collectors big and small recall the thrills of the hunt! the tips and hunches followed! clues pursued! the heart-stopping payoff. There’s the forgotten Duesenberg—probably one of the last unrestored ones around—that Jay Leno found in a Burbank garage. Unbelievably! Leno found another Duesenberg in a parking garage in New York City—a car that was parked in 1933 and never moved. There’s a Plymouth Superbird found buried in a hedge in Alabama. There’s the rescue of the first 1955 Corvette ever built. As entertaining as these tales are! they’re also full of tantalizing hints and suggestions for readers setting off on their own adventures in automotive archaeology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Foreword by Jay Leno Acknowledgments Introduction One Exotic Destinations The Baltic Bulletproof Aktion P The Costa Rican Alfa Romeo Drag Comet in Paradise A Crusade to Brooklyn The Incredible Disappearing Chevelle Two The Find Next Door They’re Under Your Nose A Cunningham in the Neighborhood The Divorcee Cobra Officer Barn Find The Author’s Barn Finds Three Rare Finds The Superbird in the Bushes The Fir...
