Top 10 Barn Finds: Breaking down the top ten stories from the show | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 89
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- Over the past five years, we have come across some remarkable cars and many of them paired with amazing stories. In celebration of the five-year mark, we decided to do a breakdown of Tom Cotter's Top Ten Barn Finds and you may be shocked by his selection.
10. • Tom finds his dream ca...
9. • Two Jaguar XKs a quart...
8. • $341,000 1957 Porsche ...
7. • Jim Wangers' 1969 Tran...
6. • Sitting for 40 years: ...
5. • Lincoln Continental Wi...
4. • $900 Richard Petty 426...
3. • 1 of 1 428ci 4-Speed F...
2. • Part 1: Greatest barn ...
1. (Part 1) • Buffing out a Barn Fin...
1. (Part 2) • Rags to riches: Tom re...
Honorable Mention: • Rare glimpse inside Bl...
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Poor red, almost made me cry hearing the story about him regretting not being on film. Someone I know is exactly like that and he is like a role model to me, and he is getting old and it’s gonna be a sad day when he passes for me
Tom, I bet you got calls and/or messages from many people who thought you had omitted one of your barn finds they thought should have been in your top 10. I have to say I have no idea how in the world you were able to single out 10 (or 11) barn finds you had done up until that time because each episode you have done, all of them, have just been great. And you are correct, it wasn't just the vehicle, but more importantly it was the life story attached to the vehicle that has made "The Barn Find Hunter" a world renowned award winning great to the very last moment series. Just when I think I have seen all of your broadcasts, along comes an episode I haven't seen, and it brings a smile to my face and a tug on the heart strings. I have thanked you many times in the past for what you have done and continue to do and I so hope the thank you term has not become mundane, because they are so real, and so meaningful. You have done so much for the car industry and for families across the world. You are so good at what you do, and you give out just enough encouragement to have a person trust you and tell their life story as it relates to their cars (or trucks/buses, anything with wheels on it). I look forward to hearing the next chapter in this wonderful story you are telling in an arena we've all spent time in. Bravo Tom! Bravo!
Tom Cotter is one dude on my list of people I’d like to have a beer with.
Tom is the best. No one else would get these stories. This channel with Tom & the others is doing amazing work. Would love to see more follow up stories.
RIP Red ❤️. BFH is my favorite show on Hagerty.
If it wasn't for these Hoarders. These cars would be lost forever. So God Bless them all! Hagerty does a great job finding these Barn finds. Then showing us there still out there. What great video's. During Covid 19 many of us have worked and stayed home. Getting the chance to escape just for a little while means alot to me! Shawn.
on the other hand, if these hoarders would sell them to people who would restore them and get them back on the road, is even better!
Not a story about forgotten cars, but stories about special people that will always remember special cars even when most everyone else may have forgot. Thanks Tom for telling us these stories.
Best series on TH-cam
I totally agree with you,it fascinates me just how many amazing cars and people there are in the world.
As an Aussie whom loves American cars, Tom's channel have become one of my favorites on TH-cam. May we have many more to come.
I literally grew up in the back of a 1967 Ford Country Squire wagon. We drove across country in it twice, moving from coast to coast, as my father was a Navy pilot. But the car I miss most was our yellow 1972 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe. I learned to drive a stick at age 12 in that car and went on many a long drive with my Dad in it. He left us in 1975, but left the car behind. It sat for a year in disrepair and my Mom promised it to whomever could get it running. I was 13 when I got it running... and she gave it to my brother, who had a license. It later had an engine fire due to a lack of maintenance and was lost to me forever. I have continued to look for one over the years, but they are so hard to find.
I couldn’t agree more with Tom, the stories are the best part of car appreciation. Most of us will never own all the cars we would love to, but we can all enjoy the stories about them.👍
The honerable mention is why this is my favorite show. Tom you are quite the gentleman.
What a cool show. I haven’t missed an episode and don’t intend to. Mr. Cotter, so many of us as automotive enthusiasts owe you a debt for telling the stories we’d probably never see otherwise. Hagerty also deserves a big thanks in recognition for funding such a work of passion for old automotive history. There is so much to be learned about marques long gone and (for many not dreamt of even decades after their demise) the people that collect and cherish them. Thank you for slowing the disappearance of a certain flavor of America from memory.
Some people call them hoarders, and they are to a degree, but if it weren't for this sort of lifestyle we'd lose so much of automotive history. And Some of these cool cars will get restored or serve as templates and inspiration for retro based new projects. So a glass up to the forgotten hoarders, and a thank you from car lovers everywhere! Great episode Mr Cotter.
🥂🍻 Cheers
*Barn Find Hunter, Tom Cotter, Hagerty deliver the most quality content. I do not want it to ever end!*
Absolutely my favorite car series on TH-cam!
You’ve brought us along and showed us many wonderful cars and introduced the enthusiasts , to us , who have enjoyed and saved them from oblivion. Thanks
Rest In Peace Red!! I’ve seen every episode Tom and just love what you do my friend. God bless
Mr. Eubanks is such a nice genuine person he taught auto restoration for decades and let his students paint and repaint a MG TD many times. The tour he gave me wasn’t as extensive as Toms but it is still a treasured day in the life. Can’t wait for the next top 11.
I have to say...I'm so appreciative of Tom Cotter for bringing us these wonderful stories of regular people that maybe didn't realize they had a story to tell! Memories are made and remembered by the cars that people owned at the time. Thanks so much! To everyone included.
Even though every episode is just a dream for an autohead like me watching somewhat 9000 miles away, you sir and your team puts every episode beautiful and inspiring.
Huge respect!!!
This is the most intriguing, interesting, anticipated, knowledgeable, historical, fact-filled, fun, intriguing, emotional, exciting, unique, real-life, well researched, personal, varied model, something for everyone online automotive show!! Tom is the best and the crew that do the rest. May there be many more episodes ahead for us all to enjoy!! Thanks Hagerty for making it all possible!!
From one car guy to another, I really like and can appreciate the show you all are producing. Hopefully with the TH-cam generation it will plant some seeds of the fondness of old cars and the one off stories that can come with them. Keep the videos coming and keep the history alive.
#8 and #11. Love every show. And love your books. tim from alamogordo new mexico.
Tom . Absolutely top drawer ! It takes a special person to make strangers feel comfortable . You have that gift and we are fortunate and grateful to take advantage of your gift. Can't wait for life to return to normal and once again enjoy your video's. Thanks Tom.
Awesome recap, thanks Tom!
Looking forward to when this virus situation is finished so we can see more of Tom and his wonderful travels on Barn Find Hunter.
You got that right 😉.
Tom, thank you for this man.
This is THE BEST series on TH-cam, been following y'all since the very beginning will follow till I last, what a wonderful show, love from India.
I Thoroughly Enjoy Watching Every Episode Of Barn Find Hunter That You've Made. It Brings Back So Many Awesome Memories Of My Life Growing Up in The 1960's.
Thank You So Very Much For All You Do. ❤️
Out of all of the 100 videos this one is number ONE 🤨😚☺.
I look forward to these videos every month. Please keep them coming. Thank you.
I've watched all your episodes. Couldn't have picked a better list. It's about the people!
Thank you for quality content. Keeping it real....
Great Cars Great Stories and a Great Presenter,This is my favourite TH-cam series ever.
Holy crap! The bullets on the Lincoln perfectly line up with the shots in the movie! I always wonder what happens to the cars that get trashed in movies? Nice to see one of them avoided just being crushed after the film was done!
Who could blame the man for wanting his peace with the world the way it is. Amazing to know deep down he was still open to others and has more than done his part to keep the history alive.♥️
The last story was truly heartwarming.
Hands down best series on TH-cam. I love cars and the stories behind them. Keep up the great work!
I hope Tom does this series for another 5 years!
Tom, thank you for the passion and dedication. I love your videos and this one has brought tears to my eyes. I wish the UK had such an amount of land to allow us to put cars away and re-visit them just because these metal objects have such a pull for us. My Mum and Dad's Ford Capri 280 Brooklands E580 KHG is still on the road and that knowledge alone is joyful. Thank you all for what you do.
Well done whittling it down to 11, mate. Every episode has something personal in it - some story or special car the owner has kept no matter what, only because they loved it and it meant something to them. You have to be a special kind of bloke to get these people to be able to open up to you like they do - and they appreciate your interest. Thanks for recording these memorable moments. They are absolute gold to watch.
I never thought an episode of Barn Find Hunter would bring tears to my eyes but this episode did. Every persons collection be it cars or vintage cameras (I collect vintage cameras)has a back story filled with memories and marvellous stories. I often hear them when I find an old camera and ask is there a story. I love vintage technology and the stories behind them. Thank you Tom for a wonderful series and I look forward to the next episode.
That last one is #1 to me. I am only 47.. but started on my first license at 15. of course it was still all carbs then. I watched these enthused junk yards fade away quickly and grow in, and even go to crushers. Your show woke up that old guy to feeling good, and it made me feel good too.
All Barn Find Hunter episodes are #1 to me, I sincerely hope to see you do videos for years to come, for as long as there's barn finds to be made and stories to be heard! 🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻
To be honest I watch every episode and learn lot, and learn America and honour Tom and crew, more than a car, you all are amazingly secure these history for the future generations.
Tom, Thanks to you and Hagerty for making the top ten! The Blake Family is honored to be the Honorable mention! Jimmy? I can live with that, thanks for the shout out!
Hands up the people that's been here since day one.
Whenever people find Tom’s Channel its Day One for them!
Barn find hunter is addictive
Damn #9 gave me the chills it was so sad with a cool ending.. good on you helping her sell that thing
Tom, thanks for bringing back the memories of these stroys of the car you and your team had found. I too enjoy the story of any cars.
An amazing series, top-notch entertainment. Thanks to Hagerty and Tom Cotter! And hopefully we will se at least a hundred more episodes :)
The last one really got me. Red, what cool old dude.
I love Tom. He's my kinna people. Thank you for 5 great years.
As you have said, it's about the story, not the cars or their value. I have no idea how I found myself watching this episode but I love it. I've never wanted an American car and that's not changed, I have a 1987 Jaguar V12 XJS and a 1930 MG M-Type but that doesn't detract from your great story.
You’re a terrific story teller Tom. I appreciate your work and live vicariously through your camera’s lense.
As always Tom, you deliver the very best stories. Thank you and your crew and Hagerty so much for these wonderful episodes.
I sure hope this episode doesn't signal the end of BFH! This channel is a shining jewel of TH-cam content and all that is wonderful about free and honest content about the love of cars. One of the best out there, by far. Thank you Tom and Hagerty for producing this superb series. We look forward to many more, I hope! All the best from Singapore. Cheers!
Lots more Barn Find Hunter to come!
Hagerty Wonderful! Thanks so much. 🙏🏻
Number 11. That pic you took of him. Way to start my morning emotionally. Now I am going to go put a radiator in my friends 1963 Monterey with 12,000 original miles. Sat for 7 years the last spell. Outside. Saved it just before it started deteriorating. Beautiful Pacific Blue Mercury color. Solid everywhere. He just got it. What a score.
Tom, its definitely the story behind the car for me. I bought a car once just because of the story behind it. Also your #11 was my #1. I've watched that episode a few times. Just amazing. Thank you for this awesome content.
one of the best channels on TH-cam keep on rolling Tom 😁👍👍👊👊🏎
Five years where did that time go thanks for the ride👍
Tom...you are awesome! Thanks for posting this. 👍
Excellent episode. As a young guy driving the country my eyes were always scanning behind barns and houses looking for that forgotten gem. Later it drove my wife crazy. As an airmen in the Air Force I depended on many wrecking yards to keep my rides functional and met a lot of really cool elderly gentlemen that helped me with their knowledge and supply of hidden parts. Now that I'm one of those elderly guys this video brought back a lot of fond memories of those times and those old cars that we won't forget. Thanks!
I just love this series for the exact reason Tom states - the cars are wonderful, of course - and
the thrill of discovering them is cool and all, but it's the STORIES behind the cars that matter.
The people and their backgrounds with these cars are tales that need told and preserved.
Otherwise, what's going to happen to them all in the future?
I hope more young folks get into this end of the hobby, so that all our cars we've lovingly
brought back from the brink won't be wasted once we're gone.
Thanks as always, Tom!
-Ed on the Ridge
I actually saw that Porsche go across the stage in Hershey! That’s awesome that I now know the story behind it. That is what being a car enthusiast is all about! Thank you for sharing.
I’ve seen them all.....perfect top 11... keep them coming ....thanks
Tom I liked this video so much I watched it Twice! Thank u forsharing!
Thank You, what a Great Family oriented show
great stories. This is why i am subscribed, stories of cars and people.
Too cool! The human interest part was the best 👍we all love the cars. But these stories show how we are more alike than we are different. How else would a older gentleman that I have never met touch my heart through his story?! Thank you so much for helping us connect with friends we haven't met yet 👍.
Have a house in St. Helena a few blocks from where you saw Russ's 32 Coupe. I was never a "close friend" of Russ but had met and talked with him on a couple of occasions after spotting the cars around his barn. I still have some of his business cards. One shows the coupe, one with a 40 pickup at Bonneville, one with the Buick convertible he had that was used in the Movie "Pearl Harbor". A real nice as well as unique individual. RIP Russell !!!
Wow!! Glad I watched to the end. That was quite the touching story !!! RIP Red !!!
Tom cotter you are by far one of the best story tellers out there. I love watching and listening to these stories. I hope to meet you one day just to chat
It should be about the story, that's truly what keeps it alive... Thanx !
Thanks for posting and sharing this amazing review. Really nice to see which episodes were chosen for the top ones.
Always awaiting new episodes of The Barn Find Hunter, I've been watching for several years now and have seen each and every episode. One of my all time favs is when the hood of that Cadillac was opened and the unsuspecting opossum came rolling out, hilarious!!! Keep up the good work and keep em coming Tom!!!
Tom wonderful top 11.
I always look forward to next episode thanks so much
We love it Tom. Look forward to many more episode's !
In my teens I dated a girl who drove a '62 Falcon wagon. The car was somewhat unusual because it was a factory V8, 4-speed, bucket seats and console. She and I didn't get on very well but I sure loved driving that little wagon. I wonder what ever became of her (the car)...
Two of the episodes that I watch over and over made the list. #3 and #1. Plus now I look forward to checking out the rest of the list!
Brilliant Tom! I love the cars and like you love a good human interest story even more. Please keep doing BFH as long as you can.
Many thanks from here in Queensland, Australia.
Some of these stories brought tears to my eyes. Thanks Tom. It's as much about the the people we meet as the cars they own.
thank you for sharing. awesome story about awesome stories. and the reason i love the Barn Find Hunter is the story behind the people. always interesting.
I remember all of them! And you're right Tom, it's the stories not so much the cars!
great series!
I was gutted when I noticed that I have watched every episode... Please make more
Incredible. This show is the best.
That Porsche was such a beautiful story
Congratulations!! Let's go for many more
God Bless these men. Rest now, Red Blake, and Russ Aves, and the simpler time these great cars came from.
Just seeing all these reminds me of all those episodes and it is just those type of stories I watch for . Tom when covid is over can you please try to do a trip to Australia . There are so many fields and sheds full of old cars here I think the world needs to see
Tom Cotter somewhat looks like and has the same personality as my dad. What a legend. And just out of these 11, that wagon in number 1 is the nicest of all imo. Cheers.
Wow, great list! I ESPECIALLY appreciate the bit on Red at the end. What dreams are made of! ✌✌
That Lincoln at the end was awesome!
The best stories make the best cars. Love the series!
You guys are a class act! Great stories.
Great stories Tom. Thanks so much for being out there and finding these cars. The cars on Reds lot, wow.
Thank you for continuing to share these stories with other passionate automotive enthusiasts! Just holler if you need someone to right shotgun with you!
I binge watched this show daily on the treadmill once I discovered it. I have watched all Jay Leno's and needed something else. This is a wonderful show. Thanks Tom, Haggerty and Shell. The one request, and a minor one, is that I wish Tom would bone up on GM products. Many of us are huge fans. Most of us know they factory never put a 502 in a Chevelle. That is just one minor example. Keep up the good work and thanks.
Next binge watch Cold War Motors here on You Tube
Thank you Tom ( and Hagerty). Very rare for someone to come across as so naturally genuine. I absolutely love the videos and hope once we have mastered living with this blasted plague you are able to keep doing what you do.
Priceless stories.... thanks Hagerty and Tom and crew !
Thanks for this incredible scenes and videos ❤️ What an incredible story about Tom, will never forget ! Love yooo
wow the last one . what an amazing ending.
coolest Ep of the series yet! keep them coming!