Tom Cotter, author and Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunter, will be at the museum for the day with his Cunningham C-3. He will gve a presentation at 2pm, and will have some of his books available throughout the afternoon as well.
Mr. Cotter spent much of his life digging in barns and garages in search of buried automotive treasure. A former contributor to Road & Track and The New York Times, Tom Cotter is the author of sixteen automotive books, many on the subject of automotive archeology. The most recent, Motor City Barn Finds, details ten 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.