Pickers TV Show

[schuyler]

Last night (Cal. time) as I was watching the TV show "Pickers", the boys went to a property that was FULL of NOS Studebaker parts. Perhaps some of you know this man? He's maybe in Indiana? I mean a LOT of NOS parts! The property owner said he had the opportunity to buy a huge lot of Studebaker parts many years ago. He also had quite a few Studebaker cars and trucks. He even had a Studebaker COE truck and which he claimed that Studebaker was the first to have COE trucks. In one of the many sheds he had a Studebaker pedal car. It was missing parts and had dents, but it sold for $1,000 ! In another barn he had a 1963 Avanti. It looked like it was turquoise outside, maybe fawn inside, and automatic. The paint was faded and the front end had been damaged. When asked the value of the Avanti, the owner said 50 to 60 thousand. The show was a great episode for us Studebaker fans. Its always good to see our Avanti's get a little notoriety.

[r1lark]

Was it Jim Bahr up in Wisconsin? He was on a year or so ago.

The first episode of this year, the Pickers went to Zane Leek's place. It was a really good episode, lots of Studebakers, Kaisers, and a few Packards. But as soon as the Pickers saw the motorcycles, the cars were forgotten...........