50 Shades of Rust: Barn Finds You Wish You'd Discovered
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (508 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760345759 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Did I Ever Tell You About My Brief tales about cars told by their owners. Very much like the tales my buddies and I tell when we're together. Easy, entertaining read for car guys.. "Good book but as this was for someone who is" according to Carlana M.. Good book but as this was for someone who is not the biggest reader, a few more photographs of before and after the cars were found/fixed would have been a bonus. Otherwise, an entertaining and well done book.. Great book Another great book from tom cotter
Before writing his first book, Tom Cotter had long been involved in nearly every end of the automotive and racing industries. 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 is married to Pat, has one son, Brian, and lives in Davidson, N.C.
Read 'em and weep." - The Shelby American. When someone unearths a disappeared car, they are experiencing the thrill of the hunt. "Finding a long forgotten car in a barn is a thrill for the finder, whether or not he or she is able to come to terms with the car's owner. But almost as satisfying are the stories and photos of these discoveries
Author Tom Cotter is at the forefront of this movement with his In the Barn series, a line of books that inspired many of the above-mentioned television programs. So large, in fact, that the subject of automotive archaeology has inspired an entire genre of television programs, including Counting Cars, Desert Car Kings, Chasing Classic Cars, One of a Kind, What's My Car Worth?, and numerous others. Each story is accompanied by photographs from the scenes of the finds, creating a heavily illustrated book unlike any barn-find book yet published.. 101 barn-find tales sure to entice any car collector. In recent years, the quest to find and restore forgotten automotive gems has generated a cult-like following - a very large cult-like following. 50 Shades of Rust collects 90-plus of the all-time best barn-find stories