May New Release - Hemi in the Barn

Title: Hemi in the Barn

             

Subtitle: More Great Stories of 

Automotive Archaeology

Author/s: Tom Cotter

RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9780760342985

Format:  Paperback, 256 pages

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Aust. Release Date:  May 2012

Book Description/Synopsis:

It’s every car lover’s fantasy: the perfectly preserved classic automobile discovered under a blanket in some great-granny’s garage. And as author Tom Cotter has discovered time and again, it’s a fantasy that can come true. The Hemi in the Barn offers more than forty 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 and the heart-stopping payoff. There’s the forgotten Duesenberg - probably one of the last unrestored ones around - that Jay Leno found in a Burbank garage. Unbelievably, Leno found another Duesenberg in a parking garage in New York City - a car that was parked in 1933 and never moved. There’s a Plymouth Superbird found buried in a hedge in Alabama as well as the rescue of the first 1955 Corvette ever built. As entertaining as these tales are, they’re also full of tantalising hints and suggestions for readers setting off on their own adventures in automotive archaeology.