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gt1953
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 Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:47 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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Saw the episode, appears to have one repaint on it, you can see the over spray on the semaphore. It also is a Euro body due to the lack of overrider bumper support holes. They did get a nice deal on it. Hopefully Pickers will show the car to the VW community when completed.
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splitjunkie
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 9:39 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| gt1953 wrote: |
| S It also is a Euro body due to the lack of overrider bumper support holes. |
There were no overriders in '52. The earliest you could get them was mid to late '54. Splits have completely different bumpers from the later cars so overriders wouldn't even fit.
From all of the visible details and the description of the previous owners it is a very high probability that this was an officially imported Hoffman car.
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hitest
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| Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:19 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| splitjunkie wrote: |
| Sorry you didn't get it. It sucks when something like that slips through your fingers. |
X2- I have been in your shoes. Obviously the way the family farm deal went down changed the way the split deal went. Me thinks the FIL owner of the car threw up his hands on all the farm's contents, if the show depicted the farm deal as it went. I hate when legwork figuratively dies with the previous owner. I've met many folks around here who said something like, "well here's the farm, but the beetle is going to my brother." Obviously the seller did not do that, or the young buck with the farm thought, "to hell with that, I see dollar signs." The lure of being on reality TV weighed in I'm sure.
I have also been the guy that gets the green light, though a guy like you had done all the recent legwork. This happened to me a few months ago when I bought a split bus. I had visited the guy for years, but it was another guy who got the man to finally talk about selling. Unbeknownst me, it was a friend who did the recent legwork, but opted out- setting me up to pick up the spare. This I did with no hesitation or dickering.
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jeremy57ride
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:47 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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To bad the car didn't stay in PA. I was just in this area... and passing all the farms and sheds wondering what might be behind some of those doors.
Just curious what you guys actually think of the deal. I was surprised. I would've jump all over 10k for this beetle. Can you imagine freshening up that engine, leaving the barn dust there, and slipping it through the various auctions available?
Maybe I'm out of touch with the split beetle scene, but I see value in that car for that price.
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JonL 
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| Forget auctions, I would have kept it. It was a good buy. |
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hitest
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| JonL wrote: |
| Forget auctions, I would have kept it. It was a good buy. |
This ^^^. What a story at a good price. You could look for split for years and never find one in a barn loft.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:20 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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hmm I got an idea tor a new show...Mexican pickers!!or redneck pickers!!Canadian pickers!! then another show..."I shot a picker !!"  kaint they read??  |
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:31 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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mark tucker..  ... You should pitch for your own show "The Knows Picker" .. . 
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Bob Loblaw
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| Canadian pickers!! |
It's been done.
http://www.history.ca/canadian-pickers/
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| the antique knows pickers do it best. first episode trying to keep grandpa alive when his o2 stops up...... it'snot for the faint of heart. |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| mark tucker wrote: |
| the antique knows pickers do it best. first episode trying to keep grandpa alive when his o2 stops up...... it's not for the faint of heart. |
WTF are you talking about?
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iowegian
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| Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:41 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| mark tucker wrote: |
| the antique knows pickers do it best. first episode trying to keep grandpa alive when his o2 stops up...... it's not for the faint of heart. |
WTF are you talking about? |
Who are we to question the extremely hilarious humor of Marktucker? |
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aa390392
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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Saw a recent picker episode where the eng. Was going to be rebuilt, somewhere in Tennessee, but the engine was toast, due sitting on the ground at some time. The engine builder stated that the car was worth 20k?
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fla2smoker
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| aa390392 wrote: |
| Saw a recent picker episode where the eng. Was going to be rebuilt, somewhere in Tennessee, but the engine was toast, due sitting on the ground at some time. The engine builder stated that the car was worth 20k? |
J-3 Restoration has it.
http://j-3restoration.com
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saltfactor
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:02 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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I can't be alone in catching Mike Wolfe ask about the "35 horse" motor in the '52 when they picked it up from J-3. But he's a "VW guy",...surely he wouldn't utter such a verbal transgression. Perhaps just a moment of cereberal flatulence.
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brotherbob
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| saltfactor wrote: |
| I can't be alone in catching Mike Wolfe ask about the "35 horse" motor in the '52 when they picked it up from J-3. But he's a "VW guy",...surely he wouldn't utter such a verbal transgression. Perhaps just a moment of cereberal flatulence. |
I noticed that too. Ole Mike is a good guy and a die hard VW guy too, he isnt a Samba period correct or nothing else kinda guy , but a great dude none the less. He enjoys old VWs and know quite a bit really, we'll caulk that 35 hp up to a brain fart....
I'm kinda jaded he does drive my ole 62 VW Single Cab truck... 
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neil68
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:24 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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He just got 25 and 36 hp mixed up and blurted out 35 instead 
Just saw the episode tonight...cool story!
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Fish
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:24 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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I didn't see the episode so I don't know any thing about this. This was sent to me by my wife. "Last night @ 3:06am" She has insomnia. She is the best wife ever!!
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BlastMasterMannyFresh
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:42 am Post subject: Re: American Pickers |
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| Fish wrote: |
I didn't see the episode so I don't know any thing about this. This was sent to me by my wife. "Last night @ 3:06am" She has insomnia. She is the best wife ever!!
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I haven't seen it either, but I'm sure Mike was dropping VW Knowledge on Frank at that particular moment. |
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