Motor City Barn Finds (eBook)

Tom Cotter returns to troll through Detroit and discover long forgotten classics inMotor City Barn Finds. You wont believe some of the rides he finds. Detroit has been Americas Motor City for decades. Its home to Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, as well as numerous auto industry companies and specialty and speed shops. At the same time, its the poster child for urban blight and dysfunction. Its truly a city of contrasts, which presented challenges and opportunities in equal measure to barn finder Tom Cotter.In Motor City Barn Finds, Cotter plies his trade in a locale rich with automotive history. Detroits lost cars are abandoned in empty lots, resident in decrepit buildings, squirreled away in garages, and stashed in historic wrecking yards. Behind the wheel of his classic 1939 Ford Woodie, Cotter trolls the back streets and neighborhoods of this historic city looking for lost automotive gems accompanied by photographer Michael Alan Ross.As Americas Motor City, Detroit is an emotional and historical mecca for car enthusiasts, capable of drawing hundreds of thousands of car people for events like Woodward Dream Cruise and attracting design-forward companies like Shinola. At the same time, its intimidating to navigate, with numerous dodgy neighborhoods and risky abandoned factory sites. Add it all together and you have fascinating and intriguing opportunities to dig for barn-find gold.