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Old 06-13-2013, 12:53 PM   #1
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Did you guys notice the effort that Frank and Mike, "The Pickers" on American Pickers, went through to get to a '32 Roadster body shell out of a barn? In southern Ill. on a recent show, they had to "remove" = drag out a very nice and complete "barn find" stock Model A Victoria. It was a Steelback, with original looking paint and very complete.

I would be there in a heartbeat to save this little Vicky from further potential decay and get it on the road. I am amazed at just how many A's & T's are still out there hiding in varius stages of repair and disrepair. I would hop a flight to get a gander at this little gem!

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Old 06-13-2013, 12:58 PM   #2
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I would have left the 32 body and took the vicky
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Vicky was definitely in better shape than the body
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Old 06-13-2013, 01:00 PM   #4
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Many is the time I wished I had X-ray vision to peer into old garages and buildings.
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Old 06-14-2013, 10:19 AM   #5
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Many is the time I wished I had X-ray vision to peer into old garages and buildings.
Reminds me of the first time I met my BIL in Montana. We hopped into to his (group ownership) single engine plane and flew back to the ranch. I saw a lot of nice metal behind the barns that you would never see from the road. That's a great way to spot old autos.
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That reminds me off my Flight Instructor showing me the local lovers lane about a mile or so, off the end of the runway! Or the times we flew past Gunnison Beach at Sandy Hook. Gunnison Beach is clothing optional . There are three beaches very close and you could always tell which was Gunnison by the number of boats offshore. You can definitely see more from the air!
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Reminds me of the first time I met my BIL in Montana. We hopped into to his (group ownership) single engine plane and flew back to the ranch. I saw a lot of nice metal behind the barns that you would never see from the road. That's a great way to spot old autos.
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Old 02-04-2015, 09:41 AM   #7
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That reminds me off my Flight Instructor showing me the local lovers lane about a mile or so, off the end of the runway! Or the times we flew past Gunnison Beach at Sandy Hook. Gunnison Beach is clothing optional . There are three beaches very close and you could always tell which was Gunnison by the number of boats offshore. You can definitely see more from the air!
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Yes, several years ago I had a connection for sheetmetal parts & bodies from Kansas & Oklahoma where he would go to small airfields to rent a plane & pilot. Usually they would fly for about 4 hours, flying fence rows and back roads looking behind barns and in gullies. He would carry a handheld GPS and binoculars and when he saw an area where he wanted to return to, he wrote down the coordinates. Later he would return to those areas with his 4WD truck and a winch-equipped trailer and most farmers were all too happy to sell it. Much of the vintage stuff he located would be hauled to Chickasha twice a year where he would sell out in short order. So yes, you do see more from the air!
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Old 02-03-2015, 08:52 PM   #8
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Many is the time I wished I had X-ray vision to peer into old garages and buildings.
You mean you don't? Hahaha!

Should've bought those Xray Vision glasses I saw in the comic books as a kid!
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Many is the time I wished I had X-ray vision to peer into old garages and buildings.
When I first got the vintage car "bug" as a teenage boy, I used to ride my bike around my home town up and down little used streets and lanes searching for old cars stashed in back yards. The bike gave me the height I needed to allow me to look over back fences and into the privacy of people's yards (just about every suburban house block in Australia is surrounded by a 5' wooden paling fence at the sides and rear). This is exactly how I found my Nash and, for $50, extracted it from under a tree in the back corner of a house block. Mind you, that was 1970!

Here's me, aged 16 and about to become the proud owner of my find.
P.S. It's still in pieces
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Old 06-13-2013, 01:24 PM   #10
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Hop2it your are right ! what were they thinking??? that 32 body was worth what?? The reproduction 1932 bodies are super for rodding .Part of History my ass... Looking for a ass for that 32 seat to buy... That Vicky looked super solid and did i not see a pickup [not the bed but a pickup truck..??? I don't think they [pickers] left anything behind.. they called the haulers out... to pickup the cars. Check their website and see in a few weeks if forsale...???
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Old 06-13-2013, 03:33 PM   #11
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The production crew could not get the owners to sell the Model A, so the '32 was the next best thing to air a show. It's all for entertainment value, not education value.
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Old 06-13-2013, 03:46 PM   #12
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The bigger issue was the guy who said he could get that roadster body going down the road for 13-15k. A rolling chassis will cost 8-10K alone, then there is the engine, 4k min. We have not even talked about interior, body work on the roadster-plus assemble, plus, plus, plus.
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Old 06-13-2013, 05:48 PM   #13
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I can get that body going down the road for that price.. A super used F250 FORD pickup for $14,000.00 and a used snowmobile trailer....Sounds to me they did not want to pay the price for that Vicky.... ! cheap cheap like the birds...
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Old 06-13-2013, 06:28 PM   #14
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You can't take that show too seriously, watch it to see what people have stashed away in there lifetime, and you will enjoy it IMO. I'd like to have the steelback Vicky too, the '32 Roadster body was bought right, and if the chassis and other missing bits are bought right I can see a shop knocking it out for $20,000 Mike said he wanted a "Rat Rod", and that body was the one to start with. Bob
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That show is about as real wrestling.
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That show is about as real wrestling.
All the "reality" shows are scripted and staged. A friend in the media biz said at one point they were getting 200+ pitches for different show scenarios a week.
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Wrestling on TV is not real? Bummer. I am crushed to find that out. Oh my.
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Old 06-13-2013, 07:41 PM   #18
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A quote from Bart Simpson "Kids in America we are being Duped!" Always liked that one.
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A quote from Homer Simpson - Wow, they have the internet on computers now.
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Next you'll tell me Storage Wars is rigged.
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