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A Flock of Ford Hot Rods Found in Fairbanks, AK | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 52
Added 715 Views / 0 LikesTom finds himself in North Pole, Alaska, where he meets John, an eclectic car guy with all sorts of fun stuff. You’d never guess a stash like this– that includes several Ford hot rods and some very interesting Studebakers–could exist in
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Rare Chevy Sedan Delivery, Boss 302, and a Mercury 1 ton pickup | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 51
Added 477 Views / 0 LikesIn this episode of “Barn Find Hunter,” Tom Cotter meets Willie Vinton, curator and manager of the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Willie invites Tom to his airplane hangar, where he keeps several cars. One of them happe
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Tyler loves his Porsche 914 and doesn't care what you think - Why I Drive #16
Added 513 Views / 0 LikesOf all the possible Porsches to inspire Tyler Hauptman’s passion, why on earth is he so enthusiastic about the 914? He’d be happy to tell you, but he’d rather show you. Check out Hauptman’s loud, obnoxious, and charming 1974 Porsch
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Jim Wangers' 1969 Trans Am Ram Air IV found in Alaska | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 50
Added 516 Views / 0 LikesTom Cotter travels to North Pole, Alaska, where he meets Terry and Preston, a father/son team of muscle-car enthusiasts and fellow barn-find hunters. Just like Tom, Terry and Preston spend their weekends driving around looking for hidden treasures in near
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Through a lifetime of working on cars, Dan Walters still has the itch | Why I Drive #15
Added 7,406 Views / 0 LikesFor Dan Walters, cars represent a lifelong interest as well as a career. Walters started off working at a gas station and later a garage, then a Ford dealership, and eventually opened his own collision shop, so he has lived and breathed car culture his en
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R-Code Ford Galaxie 500, De Tomaso Pantera and MORE! | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 49
Added 590 Views / 0 LikesHidden behind a lush tree line, off a well-traveled road, lies a collection of cars that has flown under Tom Cotter’s radar for years. Among the stash is a pair of desirable K5 Chevy Blazers and an early-model De Tomaso Pantera. But the real gem is
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Driven Dirty: 100-year old race cars saved from life in museum | Why I Drive #14
Added 14.7k Views / 0 Likes"A race car that sits in a museum is a travesty," says Brian Blain, founder of the Blain Motorsports Foundation. Brian's obsession with pre-World War I race cars began decades ago when a family friend gifted him a trunk full of old racing memorabilia. He
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De Tomaso Mangusta, Lamborghini Espada, need we say more? | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 48
Added 526 Views / 0 LikesAnother day, another amazing barn find for Tom Cotter. In this episode of Barn Find Hunter, Tom meets Robert Kirk, the owner of an Art Deco-style Buick dealership built in 1946. Inside the weathered building lies a treasure trove of unique classics, inclu
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A band of Broncos hidden in the Alaskan bush | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 47
Added 410 Views / 0 LikesTom wrangles a herd of first-gen Ford Broncos outside a remote town in Alaska. As Tim, the owner of the vehicles, shows Tom around, it’s apparent that his love of classic SUVs doesn’t start and end with Ford’s iconic two-door 4x4.
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Greatest barn find collection known to man | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 46
Added 1,942 Views / 0 LikesYou’d never know that down an unmarked, unpaved road lives a barn-find collection that would melt any car enthusiast’s face off. Dodge Daytonas, a Plymouth Superbird, big block Chevys, Ford Thunderbirds, an L-82 Corvette with under 10 miles, D
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Worth the 22-year wait - 1992 Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 | Why I Drive - Ep. 13
Added 418 Views / 0 LikesIn 1995, Mark Hutchinson's classmate showed him a Japanese car magazine. There were cars he had never heard of before: Silvias, 180SXs, Celica GT-4s, and Skylines—and, most notably, the Skyline’s race-bred sibling, the GT-R. Trouble was, these
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Rare Ford Mustang Mach 1 with 429 Cobra Jet, factory four-speed, and A/C | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 45
Added 542 Views / 0 LikesAlaska: The last frontier… for finding old cars! In this episode of Barn Find Hunter, Tom Cotter heads to Fairbanks, Alaska, and finds a nice sampling of Ford Mustangs, including a rare 1971 Mach 1 with a 429 Cobra Jet engine, factory 4-speed, and
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"For Sale or For Parts" - Lori's resurrected 1948 Ford F1 truck | Why I Drive - Ep. 12
Added 583 Views / 0 LikesOld vehicles are a bit like stray puppies. They tend to adopt their owners, rather than the other way around. As evidence, Lori Bentley-Law can point to her 1948 Ford F1 pickup, which she found at a swap meet wearing a sign that read "For Sale or For Part
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$900 Richard Petty 426 Wedge Engine | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 44
Added 677 Views / 0 LikesA field full of rusty cars just off the Interstate in southern Virginia leads Tom to Snowball Bishop, an old stock car racer and true car guy. Snowball recalls a great story of buying a 426 Wedge engine from Richard Petty. Tom then browses the field of pa
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Finding Escape in a 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia | Why I Drive - Ep. 11
Added 472 Views / 0 LikesTyler Hamersma’s driveway is a perpetual game of musical cars. He can’t abide idle hands, so to keep busy he buys, fixes, and flips VWs, Audis, and BMWs. But the constant amidst this flux of German metal is Charlotte, his 1985 Volkswagen Vanag
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'67 Chevy Nova SS connects him to his past, present, future | Why I Drive - Ep. 10
Added 365 Views / 0 LikesThe grandson of a California hot rodder and son of a national drag racing champion, James Schiefer was born with gasoline in his veins. After getting a look at the Ring Brothers’ “Recoil” Chevelle build (https://youtu.be/BYNv4_CJLxI), Ja