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Hemi in the Barn More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

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ISBN-10: 0760327211

ISBN-13: 9780760327210

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Jay Leno, Tom Cotter

List price: $25.95
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It's every car lover's fantasy: the perfectly preserved classic automobile discovered under a blanket in some great-granny's garage. And as Tom Cotter showed us in The Cobra in the Barn," it's a fantasy that can come true. Cotter's 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…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date: 10/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.672
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

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Exotic Destinations
The Baltic Bulletproof Aktion P
The Costa Rican Alfa Romeo Drag Comet in Paradise
A Crusade to Brooklyn
The Incredible Disappearing Chevelle
The Find Next Door Theyrsquo;re Under Your Nose
A Cunningham in the Neighborhood
The Divorcee Cobra Officer Barn Find
The Authorrsquo;s Barn Finds
Rare Finds
The Superbird in the Bushes
The First rsquo;55 Vette
The Pinto with a Pedigree Rescuing a Red Farmer Rust Bucket
A Checkered Past Smokey and the Boss
High-Tech Barn Finder Lenorsquo;s Duesies
Stranger Than Fiction
The Mob GTO
The Rewards of Persistence Barn-Find Bandits
The Star-Crossed Flaming Rabbit Daytona Coupe
The Watermelon Man and the Cobra
TheLuck of the Car Hunters Between the Devin and the Deep Blue Sea
This Triumph Was Almost Overlooked
The Greatest Barn Find Story Ever Told High School
Hot Rod A Nose for Rare Vettes
Family Jewels
Help Stamp Out
Hot Rods! Finding a Friendrsquo;s
Old Hot Rod Honoring a Pact Father Knows Best
The Winemakerrsquo;s Bora My Iso Grifo
Playboys, Princesses, and Spies
An AMX Fit for a Playmate
The Princess Jaguar SS1
The MG in the Coffin
The Robber Baronrsquo;s Bugatti
Boondoggle Gingerrsquo;s Hemi in the Barn
Appendix Top 20 Barn-Finding Tips