The Hemi in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology - Tapa dura

...new sequel to his highly successfull' The Cobra in The Barn'. These are great stories of Automotive Archeology, as Cotter proves again that the fantasy of finding a classic car in some dusty old garage or barn remains a possibility --Road & Track

Author Tom Cotters adventures in automotive archaeology continue with more than 40 new stories of amazing finds and ressurections. As entertaining as these stories are, they are also full of tantilizing hints and information for readers intent on finding their own dream cars. --East Riding Mail/Yorkshire Post/ Hull daily mail

Exactly two years ago i reviewed Tom Cotter's 'The Cobra In The Barn'. Today it's time to critique the sequal' The Hemi In The Barn'. Sequals rarely measure up to the origionals....be it books or movies... but in this case the follow up may be even better than the original. 'The Hemi In The Barn' is a treasure map...a how to book for those wishing to hunt down their own dream cars. it's also great fun to read even if the only cars you collect are of the die-cat variety. I rate it four out of five lug nuts. --SpeedTV

For years I thought I was the only person who was looking behind sheds, barns and garages while traveling, but I was mistaken. There are a lot of us out there. I think you will find yourself taking this book with you should you find quiet time during your day. A great gift for that gearhead on your list--Still Runnin Magazine-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--Muscle Car Enthusiast--It contains more fascinating tales of those elusive and often rare vehicles still waiting to be discovered--Car and Parts magazine--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 --Edmonds dot com

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--Car collector magazine-The book is highly entertaining, often exciting and should hold universal appeal for all car enthusiasts--Hemmings Muscle Machines--Just like Cobra, Hemi is chocked with such gems for the eager and patient reader to extract and enjoy--Izoom dot com--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--Cruzin--As entertaining as these tales are, they re also full of tantalizing hints and suggestions--Antique Automobile--Tom Cotter has written two books on barn finds. 2005's 'The Cobra in the Barn' was followed by 'The Hemi in the Barn' in 2007. I found 'Cobra' and 'Hemi' difficult to put down --San Diego Union Times

Reviews:
“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 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/