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Cobra in the Barn Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

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ISBN-10: 0760319928

ISBN-13: 9780760319925

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Tom Cotter, Peter Egan

List price: $25.95
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It’s the fantasy of every car enthusiast: Pull a tarp off a pile in a barn, or hear a farmer say ""there’s an old car out back"" and discover a classic collectible such as a Hemi ‘Cuda, a rare Porsche, or a Jaguar E-Type racer. Many such tales told during enthusiasts’ bench racing sessions are urban myths. But this book is full of true tales of rare gems pulled out of haystacks or junkyards—and there are before and after photos to prove it! Author Tom Cotter uses his engaging writing style in telling the tales of found Cobras, a rare Delehaye found disassembled in Czechoslovakia that eventually won Best in Show at Pebble Beach, a Ferrari racer found in a California woodchip pile, and…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MBI Publishing Company LLC
Publication date: 11/10/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

The title on Tom Cotter's business card reads: "Certified Car Geek." For the past 30 years, Cotter has worked on nearly every end of the car business: mechanic, car sales, automotive public relations and marketing executive, auto racing authority, historian, racer, collector, restorer, journalist, and author. He has authored 10 automotive books, including the popular In the Barn series for Motorbooks. He has written for the New York Times and Road & Track magazine. Whenever he sits down at his keyboard to write another book, you can be sure that he has grease under his fingernails. � Official Website: www.cobrainthebarn.com

Peter Egan is one of the most readable writers in the motorcycle enthusiast world. His work first appeared in Cycle World magazine in 1977, and he has been a regular fixture there ever since. Peter lives near Madison, Wisconsin with his wife, Barb, a houseful of dogs and cats, and a garage filled with motorcycles, cars, and the sound set for his garage blues band.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Barn Finds
The Cobra in the Barn
Ferrari Dreams
Fifty-Eight Cars for $1,500
The Tomato Farm Jag
A Propane Gas Delivery Man's Discovery
Gone but Not Forgotten
The Faucet Fixing Adventure
Found and Lost and Found Again!
Fetching the Lotus
Rare Birds
A Ford Built for Royalty
The Cape Cod Healey
An MG to Remember
A Ferrari Behind the Barn
The Ojai Sports Cars
The Cobra in the Bedroom
The Abarth Biposto
The Low-Mileage TV Guide State Pen Corvette
A Rotting Relic
A Hollywood Phantom
Childhood Dreams
Going Backwards
A Grade School Tudor
The Discovery of Splinter
A Twelve-Year-Old's Dream
Chance Conversation Strikes a Cord
The Silver Bullet
MGs in the Barn
The Wrecking Yard Coupe
Racing Relics
Lost and Found
Stumbling upon an SCCA Champion
Rescuing an Allard
The Missing Lightweight
"Professional" Car Hunters
A Car Hunter's Tale
A Nose for Cobras
The Automotive Archaeologist
This Coupe Ain't for Chickens
The Shelby Wrangler
Dr. Zagato Reveals His Secret for Buying Not-for-Sale Cars
Unconventional Discoveries
Marrying into a '32 Three-Window
Tax Benefits
A Shotgun, a Hired Dick Tracy, and the California Kid
Surfin' Safari
From Behind the Iron Curtain
Flea Market Photos Lead to Unusual, One-Off Truck Find
Death Be Not Proud
My Own Finds (Over 35 Years of Searching)
Sleeping Beauties
Index