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Join “The Barn Find Hunter” Tom Cotter for a thrilling, illustrated behind-the-scenes look at how he deploys his well-honed auto-archaeology skills to ferret out amazing collector car stashes.
Since 2016, author Tom Cotter has been The Barn Find Hunter for an ongoing series sponsored by Hagerty Classic Insurance and found on their popular YouTube channel. Since that time, Cotter and crew have filmed more than 100 episodes throughout the US and even visited the UK. Some of Cotter’s most popular episodes have views in excess of 5 million!
Cotter has uncovered everything from pre-WWII classics to postwar exotics like Porsche, Jaguar, and Ferrari. He’s a dyed-in-the-wool car guy, and the collectors he finds can’t resist sharing their treasure and revealing the stories behind their stashed cars.
In Secrets of the Barn Find Hunter, Cotter gives you an entertaining and informative look at how he works his barn-find magic, offering tips, hard-won perspectives, and why the thrill of discovery never dies in his pursuit of the next “lost” car. The book is illustrated throughout with images from his most epic finds.
Attend any auction or any car show and it’s immediately clear that collectors cannot get enough of barn-find and survivor vehicles and the stories behind them. In Secrets of the Barn Find Hunter, Cotter takes you along for what has been the ride of his lifetime.
Secrets of the Barn Find Hunter The Art of Finding Lost Collector Cars
by Cotter, Tom; Hagerty, McKeelFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2022-05-24
Publisher(s): Motorbooks
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Summary
Author Biography
Tom Cotter has been involved in nearly every end of the automotive and racing industries over the span of his career. 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.
Table 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
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
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