Motor City barn finds : Detroit's lost collector cars

Ride along on the search for forgotten automotive gems in the Motor City. Detroit has been America's Motor City for decades. It's home to Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, as well as numerous auto industry companies and specialty and speed shops. At the same time, it's the poster child for urban blight and dysfunction. It's 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. Detroit's 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 America's 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, it's 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.;Machine generated contents note: 1 Mile RD Sometimes the Cars Find You -- 2 Mile RD Talk 10 Percent of the Time, Listen 90 Percent of the Time -- 3 Mile RD A Barn-Find Fantasy Park -- 4 Mile RD The Packard That Didn't Wander Far From Home -- 5 Mile RD Tim Allen and a Quartet of Hot Rodders -- 6 Mile RD Detroit's Center City -- 7 Mile RD Barn-Find Tucker ... Really -- 8 Mile RD Hot Dogs and Our Best Discoveries Yet -- 9 Mile RD The Barn find From Maranello -- 10 Mile RD A Broken Woody and an IMSA Racer. Tom Cotter returns to troll through Detroit and discover long forgotten classics in Motor City Barn Finds . You won't believe some of the rides he finds. Detroit has been America's Motor City for decades. It's home to Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, as well as numerous auto industry companies and specialty and speed shops. At the same time, it's the poster child for urban blight and dysfunction. It's 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 . Detroit's 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 America's 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, it's 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. One mile, sometimes the cars find you Two mile, talk 10 percent of the time, listen 90 percent of the time Three mile, a barn-find fantasy park Four mile, the Packard that didn't wander far from home Five mile, Tim Allen and a quartet of hot rodders Six mile, Detroit's center city Seven mile, barn-find Tucker ... really Eight mile, hot dogs and our best discoveries yet Nine mile, the barn find from Maranello Ten mile, a broken Woody and an IMSA racer. Detroit: Motor City... and the poster child for urban blight and dysfunction. This presented challenges and opportunities for Cotter, as he trolled the historic city looking for lost automobile gems. Here he tells the story of these "barn finds" and shares anecdotes of the cars and his journey