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50 Shades of Rust: Barn Finds You Wish You'd Discovered Hardcover – September 15, 2014

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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. 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. 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. 50 Shades of Rust collects 90-plus of the all-time best barn-find stories. Each story is accompanied by photographs from the scenes of the finds, creating a heavily illustrated book unlike any barn-find book yet published.

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"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. When someone unearths a disappeared car, they are experiencing the thrill of the hunt. Read 'em and weep." - The Shelby American

‘Well illustrated… well written and fascinating.’

‘a great book for bite-size tales of discovery and restorations’

About the Author

Tom Cotter had long been involved in nearly every facet of the automotive and racing industries before writing his first book. 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. 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 lives in Davidson, North Carolina.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Motorbooks (September 15, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760345759
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760345757
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.94 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.33 x 0.88 x 10.33 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,389,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #498 in Automotive Pictorial Books
- #724 in Classic Cars (Books)
- #958 in Automotive History (Books)

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Tom Cotter is the Barn Find Hunter. He spent much of his life digging in barns and garages in search of buried automotive treasure. He has written 16 automotive books, many on the subject of automotive archeology. The most recent, Motor City Barn Finds, details 10 days of searching for old cars in Detroit Michigan. His books have led to a Youtube video series called Barn Find Hunter, sponsored by Hagerty Insurance and Shell. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Cotter was founder of an automotive and motorsport PR and marketing agency called Cotter Group. The agency managed many of the largest sponsors in all forms of racing including NASCAR, IndyCar/CART, SCCA, NHRA and vintage racing. He is a contributing editor for Vintage Motorsport magazine and regularly contributes to Hagerty magazine. He lives in Davidson, NC.

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Roger Corea

so others can enjoy it. Mine now occupies a solitary place on ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014

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Hey car collectors! Rust is in! You have to read this book!

50 Shades of Rust by Tom Cotter is not just another car book. It is exquisitely done. The cover, design, pictures and overall layout are very impressive and the color coordination with the varying shades of rust is masterful. It sounds strange, I know, but it is the kind of book you would want to display in a more prominent location than a bookshelf, so others can enjoy it cover as well as its contents.

Informative as well as entertaining, 50 Shades of Rust exudes the author's deep passion for the collector car hobby as wells his great sense of humor. As I proceeded through one fascinating barn find after another, I actually learned to appreciate the artistic qualities of rust! Automotive archaeology, the author's newly coined term to describe the discovery of rare automotive finds, is a very appropriate term. Some of the finds are serendipitous, others are well-planned over a period of time. All of them came about because the car collector is inspired by the "chase". Also, there is something exhilarating about the "conquest". The actual discovery, whether it is a long abandoned classic buried under garage paraphernalia or a rusty old dinosaur hidden behind an old tractor in a farmer's barn, has the capacity to ignite the passion of anyone interested in the classic car hobby.

I guarantee you will love reading this book as much as I did.

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Tom Letourneau

Lots of Photos

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2021

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Excellent pictorial content.

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Save Your Money for His Other Books

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2014

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This book should be retitled "Advances Even Pay Well for C+ Work"

I've purchased all the "...in the Barn" books Tom Cotter has written. Enjoyed them immensely. "50 Shades of Rust" is not his finest work, far from it. While an assembly of Barn Stories, they aren't well written nor even well edited, some stories seem to stop mid-way through their retelling. There are some messy typos which further confirm this. An obvious sign that the publisher was rushing to get it to market. A few of the stories were previously used in Tom's other books. Very weak.

Overall, its got a great title, a great cover photo, and a forward by Wayne Carini, but the book itself seems to have been "phoned in" to capture our dollars for a fascinating subject. Too bad Tom put his name to this one, its not worthy.

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Warren A. Lewis

This book a find in itself

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2015

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Take a look around and you find yourself wondering what automotive treasures lurk out in abandoned barns. Ninety some stories here tell you here that the age of treasure hunting is not over. Unfortunately , some finds in this book do not result in a running vehicle, and some others that run will not be restored. Still, every story has at least two photos, most in color. Even a casual enthusiast should enjoy this book.

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Harmax

Excellent, the person who it was bought for as ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2015

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Excellent, the person who it was bought for as a Christmas present thoroughly enjoyed the book. Packaging was first class and shipping was fast to the other side of the world here in New Zealand.

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Thomas Kent

Cotter knocks it out of the park again!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2014

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Great book written in the classic Cotter style. If you are into classic cars and the thrill of the hunt, this compilation of stories and adventures should be right in your wheelhouse!

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016

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My dad is a classic car fanatic and he loved unwrapping this book at Christmas. Vibrant pictures and could be used as a coffee table book.

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This book is full of interesting car stories. For ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2014

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This book is full of interesting car stories. For anyone who dreams of finding that hidden gem or at least a diamond in the rough.

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Simone P. Del Bigio

i love these stories, but...

Reviewed in Italy on May 9, 2020

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they are not nearly as informative or involving as they might be.
I love stories of barn finds, and I pursue barn finds myself. But this book (and all the other barn find books I have read so far) fall short of providing the right amount of details.
As far as I understood, this is simply a collection of stories that have been published on one or more magazines, with strict contrains on the length of each text. This means that each story is covered by 1 or 2 pictures of the car "as found" (often of mediocre quality), and 1 or 2 pictures of the car in current state.
Frankly, I struggle to believe that the owners just took 1 or 2 pictures of the car when they have found it. Myself, when I chase an unloved old car, or a barnfind, take dozens of pictures starting from the first moment I see it, then many more upon collection and hundreds during my ownership. And I think that most classic car owners in their right mind do the same.
I understand that only a couple photos may have been published on the magazine, but a book is supposed to provide more details and data than a magazine. So why not collect more pictures of each car, and maybe more detailds about the history of the vehicle (if possible) about the restoration and current use, rather than copy & paste from the author's archive?
This would mean more work for the author, of course, but would also mean more titles available, hence more books to be sold.