Thursday, March 12, 2009
Okay, so what car enthusiast doesn't dream of finding a classic car in a long-forgotten hideout? Some people say that this is hard nowadays, and that all of the barn finds are gone and sources dried up. This couldn't be farther from the truth. As books like Tom Cotter's The Cobra in the Barn and The Hemi in the Barn demonstrate, these cars are usually right under your nose.
You find these big-game car hunters searching around the world for rare cars, but these people often miss the cars right in their hometown. There are many stories about people finding their dream car only a mile away from their house online and in those books. Case in point: just down the street from me, I discovered that my neighbor has a hot-rod GMC Panel that hasn't driven in years and has tons of junk piled on top of it. And this is at a place I can easily see from my own home. You'll be surprised how many collectors or former collectors with too many projects there are out there. This is seen in some blog posts last fall, when I tried to document the amount of classics in my neighborhood, ultimately failing in that search. Try it, they're right under your nose! photo from www.Jalopnik.com
Labels: classic cars, project cars