Searching in the heart of North Carolina's NASCAR country, automobile author and Barn Find Hunter Tom Cotter endeavors into a garage full of cars and trucks and is hit with a lightning bolt. Parked before him is a silver 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/2, covered in decades of dust and spider webs. The Italian Sleeping Charm has only 13,000 miles on the clock and, Tom soon realizes, is one of just a handful that were constructed with an alloy body. It simply can't get any much better than this, Tom reasons, and after that– miraculously– along comes a 1967 Shelby Cobra 427.
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I hope you filmed the rest of the cars and do another video about them. As well as try to get the owner to speak about them, he must have some interesting stories. This could have been a hour or 2 long video and I would have gladly watched.
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Since you have some extra time, I have some swampland in Florida you may be interested in.
He left them for a reason. Maybe the “friend” is actually him, but he can’t disclose that fact LMAO.
@Allen C. You might be right as he seemed to have a command of the vehicles.
@Lewis Parker and pretty good knowledge
Read Tomās story here, which includes details on the Triumph and Morgan: https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/24/ferrari-and-cobra-barn-find
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You forgot to mention the BMW E30
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There is a company 30 miles from Charlotte that makes unbeatable lubricants and additives for the military.
You should visit the factory and offer these to the public via private label.
Not cheap and only serious car people would appreciate them
@Raphael Barone0 ,,
Few others would be as worthy to discover it…the find of a lifetime!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Impresionante.!! QuĆ© lĆ”stima que estos coches se encuentren parados en un garaje tanto tiempo…
Tom i cant imagine how you must have reacted finding out that this has been sitting for so long in your home state. Truly the Barn Find of Barn Finds!!
Great show!!! This is the mecca of finds. Great job Tom on presenting these fine automobiles.
*I wonder why the mice weren’t living in the Ferrari? Maybe they couldn’t afford to live in such a nice place š¤£*
@Paul Mark That’s the most American thing I’ve ever heard š¤šŗšøšŗšøšŗšøš¦
because the owner left the remnants of a deuce.
Leandro Machado did you forget the mondial
that cobra is 1 of 300 its more expensive than the ferrari
@unleashthesunnn the Ferrari is 1 in 8, and actualy sold “as found” for 2.3 millions, it’s in the next video… the Cobra sold for 950k and you all amurricans can now wipe your tears
Wow, what amazing finds, would’ve loved to have seen the MGTC and TR6 close ups as well. Keep these coming Tom
Oh my goodness, barn find of the century. Thanks for taking us with you to see this at the same time.
Surprising that the Goodyear Wingfoot radials on the Cobra still hold air, those were the tires to have before the Eagle VRs came out in the mid eighties for many American performance cars.
I really hope there is a follow up video with the clean up and restoration! Incredible find.
Tom , love this keep up the great work it’s always been a joy of mine to look for old cars under barns or in garages
Amazing. And so complete. It’s both exciting and a bit sad to see them in that condition. Those cara are so incredible, it would be an honor just to clean and detail them. If it was possible, I would and not charge a dime just for the experience.
Truly amazing. I’d love to see those cars cleaned up, running.
Sure loved this one find show! Haven’t watched Hagerty in a while now, and this is the reward I get! The Triumph and the Morgan are the icing on the cake.
Congratulations to you for finally finding that dream Cobra. That’s really cool.
Iāve been checking my garage for a forgotten cobra for years. Iāll keep yāall updated.
@Paman Thanos hi
Haha I’d be pretty happy with just a set of those rims
You funny man
@Paman Thanos hi
@theL81Again yes me too lol
Congratulations on this magnificent discovery ! Hope that these fabulous automobiles are well cared for today.
Wow! What a barn find, Tom. That’s one hell of a story to go along with the find as well. Keep em’ comin’, thanks.
Even more of a pleasure to watch because there was no irrelevant background music, just the conversation and the imagination. Purrfect!
Peter Jones I know. Itās like we are there in the garage listening to the conversation and the natural sounds of the vehicle being opened and viewed. I wish more channels would follow this example. Good comment.
@Joel Alexander Someone else with an appreciation of life!! Thank you š
ok boomer.
What do you think would make the music relevant? There was music as the end of the video.
@steve Kos canāt be relevant to all. I canāt rationalise background music and then canāt watch the video. Ok at beginning or end.