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The Hemi in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
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“Tom Cotter's sequel to last year's best-selling The Cobra in the Barn relays one great tale after another, with players unearthing rare cars to die for. The treasures include an armored Mercedes-Benz Aktion P command car discovered in pieces in Russia, a desirable Dodge Daytona Hemi virtually abandoned behind bushes in a guy's yard, a bushel of Bugattis in a barn, the ‘Divorcee Cobra,’ and a GTO owned by a mobster. These are great stories about great cars.” - Edmunds.com
“The book is highly entertaining, often exciting and should hold universal appeal for all car enthusiasts.” - Hemmings Muscle Machines
About the book:
It's every car lovers fantasy: the perfectly preserved classic automobile discovered under a blanket in some great-grannys garage. And as Tom Cotter showed us in The Cobra in the Barn, it's a fantasy that can come true. Cotters' adventures in automotive archaeology continue in The Hemi in the Barn, with more than forty new 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--the only unrestored one around--that Jay Leno found in a Burbank garage. There's another 1931 model Dusenberg Leno found in a parking garage in New York City that was parked in 1933 and was never moved. There's a Plymouth Superbird found buried in a hedge out of sight in Alabama. There's the rescue of the first 1955 Corvette ever built. There's the find of legendary race builder Smokey Yunick's Boss 302 Trans-Am car. And there's the story of the original Cobra Daytona Coupe built by Peter Brock and sold to Phil Spectre--a story that somehow involves a chauffeur's daughter setting herself and her rabbits on fire. As entertaining as these tales are--and some are truly corkers--they're also full of tantalizing hints and suggestions for readers setting off on their own adventures in automotive archaeology.
Chapter 1: Exotic Destinations
Chapter 2: The Find Next Door
Chapter 3: Rare Finds
Chapter 4: Stranger Than Fiction
Chapter 5: The Luck of the Car Hunters
Chapter 6: Family Jewels
Chapter 7: Playboys, Princesses, and Spies
Appendix: Top 20 Barn-Finding Tips
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #59323 in Books
- Published on: 2007-10-15
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
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Edmunds.com, June 2007
“Tom Cotter's sequel to last year's best-selling The Cobra in the Barn relays one great tale after another, with players unearthing rare cars to die for. The treasures include an armored Mercedes-Benz Aktion P command car discovered in pieces in Russia, a desirable Dodge Daytona Hemi virtually abandoned behind bushes in a guy's yard, a bushel of Bugattis in a barn, the ‘Divorcee Cobra,’ and a GTO owned by a mobster. These are great stories about great cars.”
Cars & Parts Magazine, December 2007
“Anyone who grew up with tales of buried treasure, loves a good mystery, or simply a rousing good read, are sure to enjoy both titles.”
Musclecar Enthusiast, January 2008
“It contains more fascinating tales of those elusive and often rare vehicles still waiting to be discovered.”
Hemmings Muscle Machines, August 2007
“The book is highly entertaining, often exciting and should hold universal appeal for all car enthusiasts.”
Car Collector Magazine, December 2007
“Cotter manages seven chapters in his latest automotive archeology book, ranging from a simple phone call to come look at a car, like my experience, to the most bizarre chances of luck, and a few adventures (misadventures) in foreign countries that could have gone wrong, very wrong. Cotter has 39 great stories in this book, with cars valued from just a few thousand dollars to the high six figures. The author also gives readers the benefit of his experiences with an appendix containing 20 Barn-Finding Tips. From domestic work-a-day cars to muscle cars, racecars, sports cars and rare American and European classics, there are stories to delight, entertain, and inspire in this work. The Hemi in the Barn is a good read, and the operative word is read because this is a story book, and all the heroes have wheels.”
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.”
From the Inside Flap
“Tom Cotter tells fascinating tales of dream cars discovered everywhere . . . the stuff of every enthusiast’s fantasy.” — Road & Track
Yes, the dream really does come true. Finding a great classic car hidden under a tarp in some great-granny’s garage is not a myth, as author Tom Cotter proves again with his follow-up to The Cobra in the Barn. With nearly forty more stories of cars long lost and eventually found, The Hemi in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology continues the search for amazing barn finds, detailing every tip and hunch followed along the way.
Some of the treasures found include a rare, unrestored Duesenberg that Jay Leno discovered in a Burbank garage, another Duesie long abandoned in a New York City parking garage, as well as a Plymouth Superbird hidden in an Alabama hedge. And there’s the story of the original Cobra Daytona Coupe built by Peter Brock and sold to Phil Spector—a story that somehow involves a divorcée setting herself and her rabbits on fire. As entertaining as these tales are, they’re also full of tantalizing hints and suggestions for your next barn-finding adventure. Time to stop dreaming and start hunting.
From the Back Cover
“Every car enthusiast dreams about finding an old car in a barn. I’ve been lucky to find a few cars that way, and two of those stories are in this book. Sometimes ‘barn finds’ are valuable; sometimes they’re not. But they’re usually great stories.
“Tom Cotter shared those stories in his first book, and he’s done it again with this one.
“I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.”
— Jay Leno, host of The Tonight Show
Customer Reviews
The Hemi in the Barn
I have the first book, "The Cobra in the Barn", this book is as good if not better, worth the price!
Hemi in the Barn
If you are into old cars then its a good book written is chapeters you can easily pick up and put down .
Interesting stories with good ideas for your own search
A good read and there are interesting search methods which others have employed to make their barn finds a reality. Many of the stories point out how dedicated and diligent people have gotten in finding these more unique barn finds. This is a good compilation of the story behind the car, or more specifically a set of stories which can complete the car enthusiasts education.
