Finally! I'm sure there are lots of us who have been hoping Tom would pull the curtain back on his own collection. Many of us have eclectic tastes, and that's one of the things I enjoy most about Barn Find Hunter. It's so interesting to see what trips Tom's trigger. I happen to be restoring a 57 rag top Beetle myself right now, with the same theme as your 60 convertible, except I will be running an Okrasa motor. Always great content Tom. And thanks to Hagerty for making these videos possible. You guys rock!
I've asked for this show in the comments of BFH many times, so glad to see it. I didn't think I could be more impressed with Tom Cotter, but now seeing that he's also a car Hoarder, it's over the top. Nice to see he's "one of us". So no VW diesels Tom??
I shot the image of the Morris on two wheels at VIR. Once in a lifetime catch. Will remember that moment. Glad you were driving and not me. You made it back down on four wheels.
We had a "64" Comet Caliente Convertible when I was in my early teens. I'm as young as you Tom. It was a burgundy with a black gut. Buckets with a console and 4 speed. It was a 6 cylinder car. Wish my father never sold it. Love the videos Tom. My father bought and sold many antique cars and trucks back in the day. Even some muscle cars. Your show brings back many fond memories. I'm very lucky to have learned so much about mid 60s cars down to 1917 cars. He even had a Franklin touring car with the aluminum nose and air cooled 6 like on your show. I recognized it immediately when I saw it. Thanks
Your GTI mirrors my uncles right to the wheels. I have great memories in that car. He took us to anything from the beach to fishing to the local circle track on a weekly basis. He wrecked it probably 3 time and I know for sure he fixed the body the last two time himself. He let it sit after the injection borked itself and I scrapped it in 03. Love your collection
A great tour of your collection. I’m glad you’re taking some of your own advice and offering up for sale some of the cars that you know you can’t get back to. I hope they move on quickly so you can focus on the remaining gems. Maybe a few more barter deals can help your projects move along even faster, like the 510 paint.
Third!!! What a great topic for a video. I've often wondered what else Tom owns besides the woody wagon. I'm going to watch this right away... and then go work on my own project before it becomes a barn find itself!
Tom thanks for sharing your collection . I love your videos, great to see all the barn finds out there. We’ve got a 59 Morris Minor 1000, not a race car but fun car. Thanks agin Tom looking forward to more great videos.
This is like watching a high functioning hoarder describe their “collections” in great detail. It’s cool how passionate he is, but I counted maybe two cars that actually might maybe still run.
@@KF247365 There's a difference in collecting and hoarding. Collecting involves knowing when you have bitten off more than you can chew. Hoarding is half the guys we see in Tom's series who buy/take whatever cars they think are cool and let them sit in a field because one day they'll "start restoring it". You don't need to be a millionaire to collect/restore vehicles. Just know when it's time to sell the car because it's more than you can handle.
I just realized you were the one in the woody wagons visiting your brother across the street from me when I grew up and your brother had the land cruiser in the driveway and the cool chickens. I've been watching your show forever and had no clue.
Vanguard was an English manufacturer of cars and Utes , my dad owned a Ute with super all traction tyres on the rear and it would go where tractors would some times not get to , with a forty four gallon drum of diesel on the back for his contracting business. Was a great Ute . They also produced a car with the six cylinder triumph motor in it , I really enjoy your show Tom , keep up the good work , there is a AMX Rambler in my town here in New Zealand , owned by a late middle aged lady in immaculate condition , I would love to own it .
Thanks for the walk through. Hope some sponsor gets on board and helps funnel a few dollars your way to hurry up some of these dreams. That speedster Morris has to happen sooner rather than later. A 1 off factory special spec in that blue you like. Talk about sensational!!! It would steal the show at any British racing meet. Bring it on!!! Excellent stuff!
Wonderful collection Tom! I'm restoring a 62 Karmann Ghia and I'm considering that blue color myself. I might be wrong but I've only heard VW airheads use the term "sanitary" when describing a car. The Vanguard "Triumph" is actually a Standard Vanguard Phase 3 for those interested (as it has been mentioned in the comments before now I see). I had no clue any made it in the US market in LHD.
There are a few Standard Vanguards in England , bought out by Triumph and were know as Standard Triumph for many years . My family worked at the factory in Coventry.
The Standard Vanguard is at least 58 or 59. The first of the unitary body Vanguards. Big torquey 4 cyl engines. The base shared with the Fergie tractor. Trans also came with an optional overdrive unit was available also. The woodies? A LOT of work. I have heard that story about being used to move people up mountains before. The 4wd from recollection was used in the military WW2
Your 510's. What we used to have here in Australia, aka as Datsun 1600's. During the 1970s were as common as house flies. You couldn't look down the road without seeing one go past.
Don't have any interest in the 510's or other BUT that Bugeye Sprite in the background - YES! In 1968, I was stationed at Arlington Hall Station, Arlington, VA and bought a 1960 Bugeye Sprite for $800. The engine was fine (needed a tuneup), body was perfect but of course being a 20 year old "soldier" with full access to our little 5 bay PX "garage" of course I had to do something with that "terrible" sage green color. And, no radio. Gotta have a radio. Took the metal dash out and replaced it with a piece of mahogany, hand rubbed, all gauges back to original position BUT took the curve out at the bottom and made the bottom straight and put my "had to have" radio there. Had one of the guys in my unit that was restoring a Jag 140 paint it for me that popular GM rusty red color and drove it to Montana, left it in storage at the Ford garage (very small town) owned by a guy I knew before I enlisted. After 27 months in Taipei, Taiwan, back home to get my "baby" and on to Salt Lake City duty station only to be told the owner's son took the car without permission, wrecked it and well, sorry man. No offer to pay for it and NO wrecked car to show me (he had to close his dealership in the meantime). Something stunk but at 22 and the owner a big wig in my small hometown, that was the end of my Bugeye. Yes! I shed tears. I still believe my Bugeye is out there somewhere. Every now and again, I'll take a quick look on eBay but nothing. Now at 73, I don't have the money or inclination to buy a nice one or restore a bucket of bolts. Moral: Make sure you have a SAFE place to store you car. There must have been a reason for all this; I just don't know what it was. Blessings.
Tom I have owned a number of 510s. I got a 68 4 door out of a junk yard and it had an L18 under the hood. It had the wide speedometer like the old one in this episode. I also had a 69 2 door that had the same wide speedometer dash. Sadly all my 510s are gone including the L 16 with a rajay turbo. That I built with competiition O rings set in the block.
Hi Tom, the Standard Vanguard in Keith’s field was most popular in the UK in the fifties and sixties. My Uncle Phil had a nice two-tone cream and blue model that I rode in when I was very young. I guess a keen restorer in the US could probably still source an engine and drive train from over here. 😊🇬🇧
My Dad had several Vangards back in the 1940s and 50s. I was too young to remember them except in old photos of me standing in front of them as a toddler.
Interesting collection, though there's a difference between collecting & hoarding; either follow through on your restorations--I always have--or sell the car to someone who will.
So, Tom, you actually are a 510 fan ! You've great tastes in cars man ! It always been my dream to build a copy of John Mortons' BRM car. Not the looks but all the trick mechanical changes they made with 240Z parts ! Pure genius ! Imagine, it woud be a Wild Sleeper 👹
I can relate to your Datsun fetish. I was the odd guy in the late 1960;s early 1970s who owned Datsun 510's, and subtly modified them to be autocross like daily drivers. My dream car was a BMW 2002, but being a young man could not afford one, so the 510.s were most closely equal, with their independent suspension and overhead cam engine..
Well actually surprisingly yes, the Standard Vanguard shares its engine with the Ferguson TE20 which sold millions (built originally at Standard/Triumph factory at Banners Lane, then in India). The electrics is Lucas of course, shared by Triumph, Jags and Rollers. The panels are rarer, but UK was deep in debt after WWII and owed money not just to the USA but to AUS, NZ and Canada, so thousands of Vanguards were exported CKD form to Oz and NZ. Many Vanguards ended up in Oz in dry land country, just type in 'Cooma wrecking yard' or ' Flynn's wrecking yard'. In the southern hemisphere, a car recycling yard is known as a wreckers or wrecking yard
my barn find is a1961 studebaker hawk with a 289 v8 and factory 4sp floor shift and bucket seats. got it for 6k last year runs and drives but rough body
Absolutely best episode with Hagerty! Tom your an inspiration and a valid reason for us all to "hoard" our valuables! From rust & beyond. Thank you! Thank Hagerty
Morris Minor would look great sitting outside with a Buick V6 in it waiting for me to drive :) That VW looks good too. I like Marlins. Damn! 1k for that Vanguard.
Did you see the six American Bantam cars Dennis Collins just purchased out in West Virginia how did you ever miss those one of them was even a woody how cool is that.
He swapped it to the guy for the paint job on his blue 510. Anf the man plans to restore it but, as all first grade place, he's loaded with customers' cars. One day hopefully. I always loved the look of this car.
Tom - It is painted in "a Porsche paint colour" - Beautiful! What Porsche colour is it! I would love to paint my own project car in a similar blue colour.
Tom, your suffering from the same affliction that your barn find subjects are stricken with. Too many projects that you dream of starting one dayitus. It's a common disease. It's curable but most die having never recovered completely. I pray that someday you'll stay the course of treatment yourself and be free of all things rusty, incomplete and inoperable. Great stories but very sad. 👍👍
