Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Foreword Keith Martin 11
Introduction 13
Chapter 1 Dream Cars 15
The Silver Dollar in the Barn 16
The Twisted Tale of the Jeffries' Porsche 20
Sniping a Mustang Prototype 26
The Enterprising Priest and His Bubble-Screened Boondoggle 30
Chapter 2 Hibernating Hot Rods 41
The Belly Tank Tribute Daniel Strohl 42
The Penny Saver Deuce Coupe Ken Gross 46
The Swindler in the Alley 52
Chapter 3 Hollywood Machines 57
The Green Hornet Strikes Again 58
A Gullwing for Big Dog Garage 63
The Producer's Imperial 66
Chapter 4 International Intrigue 69
The Price of War 70
San Juan's Secrets 74
The Truth Behind the Barn-Find Hoax of the Century Wolfgang Blaube 76
The Fate of the Sleeping Beauties Kay Hottendorff 83
Chapter 5 Prospectors and Fanatics 93
The Corvette Sleuth 94
The Snipe Hunter Harold Pace 109
The Road to Preservation Steve Katzman 116
The Lost Motor Trend Victress S1A Special Guy Dirkin 122
A Healey in the Shadows 127
The Luckiest Guy in the Room 131
The Dynamic Duo 140
The Father & Son Hunting Team 150
Chapter 6 Veterans of the Tarmac Wars 157
Coming to Grips with a Slippery Question Randy Leffingwell 158
The Sebring Alfa in the Chicken Coop 167
The Hog Farmers' Fuel-Injected Mouse Den Bill Connell 171
Uncle Eddie's Backyard Gasser Ford 177
The Twin-Engine Beer-Find Dragster 182
40-Year Itch Trans-Am Mustang 186
The Junkyard Ferrari Rob Cotter 190
Chapter 7 Reunited 195
The Snake and the Satellite 196
The Cornfield Hemi 'Cuda 201
The Back-to-School Roadster John Lee 209
Honest Mike's Lucky Day 214
Striking Carerra Gold 218
The Topless Reunion Cobra 221
Chapter 8 The Good, the Bad, and the Lucky 231
The Good Samaritan El Camino Alan Sangiacomo 232
Bad Luck Blues 235
Pikeville Purgatory 239
The Ratso Rizzo Giulietta 245
Appendix: Eleven More Barn-Finding Tips 249
Index 253