If you are into cars and read books on occasion, then there is a good chance you have heard of Tom Cotter’s Cobra In The Barn series. A while back, in collaboration with Tom, we even ran many of the stories from his books right here on the site. Well, many of you may not have known that he has a new book out and it’s called 50 Shades of Rust. The title may not be as catchy, but the stories inside are just as good. In fact, a couple of them were sourced from us! When we were running stories from his past books, we also held a competition to see who could send in the best barn find story. Many good ones were submitted, but winner was the Thorndyke Special! It’s in the new book along with dozens of other fascinating discoveries. You can pick up your own copy here on Amazon or at your local bookstore.

When you receive your copy be sure to take a look at the back cover. Do you recognize anything? That’s right, the publisher was kind enough to give us credit for the story and they even printed the Barn Finds logo on the dust cover! I’m not sure how many people will even see it back there, but it sure was a nice gesture. Be sure to keep sending in your own stories because there is no telling when Tom might call up and ask us for a good tall tale!