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veganerd

Jul 12, 12 8:21

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Someone has to recognize it,

On a total whim we took a road trip yesterday just to check this place out. Had a ton of fun!


enemy of epilepsy


othegrch

Jul 12, 12 17:25

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The shop from "American pickers" ?
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"Sometimes it's just easier to do it the hard way."


Brandon_W

Jul 12, 12 17:41

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That's what I'm thinking, too, after seeing the VW badge.
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veganerd

Jul 12, 12 18:15

Post #4 of 15 (725 views)
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othegrch wrote:
The shop from "American pickers" ?

It was! we went there on a whim. It was a 6 hour drive and we had a ton of fun. Theyre very open to the public and nothing was really off limits. Only a couple of items werent for sale.


enemy of epilepsy


othegrch

Jul 12, 12 18:27

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Re: where am I? [veganerd] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
Awesome! I really wasn't sure, educated guess. Its one of my favorite shows. Looks like a lot of fun :-)
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"Sometimes it's just easier to do it the hard way."


ohioclyde

Jul 12, 12 18:47

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Re: where am I? [veganerd] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
veganerd wrote:
othegrch wrote:
The shop from "American pickers" ?


It was! we went there on a whim. It was a 6 hour drive and we had a ton of fun. Theyre very open to the public and nothing was really off limits. Only a couple of items werent for sale.


Great pictures, must have been a great visit. Did you get to meet any of them? The show portrays the shop as being run by just the 3 of them, wondering if they have added staff to keep up with increased sales due to the shows popularity.


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veganerd

Jul 12, 12 18:56

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Re: where am I? [ohioclyde] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
No they werent there unfortunately. There were 2 other girls worki.g the counter. other than that it was exactly as it looks on the show. The joe namath football game from the last show was for sale. I came really close to buying an okd eddy mercx bike they had but it wasnt my size.

enemy of epilepsy


john1014

Jul 12, 12 23:06

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Re: where am I? [veganerd] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
Pretty sure the Pickers had that exact sign....


j p o

Jul 13, 12 8:19

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Re: where am I? [veganerd] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
So how big is the shop?

And how overpriced are the items. Seems like with the show they'd be charging a premium for stuff sonce people would want to say they bought it from them.


veganerd

Jul 13, 12 9:11

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j p o wrote:
So how big is the shop?

And how overpriced are the items. Seems like with the show they'd be charging a premium for stuff sonce people would want to say they bought it from them.

the shop is fairly small actually. there is the main room that im standing in above and the smaller office right next to it. i would guesstemate the entire space is about 500-700 sq ft. also none of the prices seemed unreasonalble to me at all. as i mentioned i nearly walked out of there with a eddy merckx complete bike. it needed work and they were asking $200.00 for it. had i restored it i easily could have flipped it for double that.
also near the front door which leads into the office they sell tshirts for about $20.

with the exception of their upstairs office and the janitors closet the place was completely open. nothing had a sign on it that saying not to touch it, everything either had a handwritten price tag or NFS. seeing the nuckleheads and von dutch bike up close was really cool.

enemy of epilepsy


MJuric

Jul 13, 12 9:20

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Re: where am I? [othegrch] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
Wow, that's what I was thinking but I didn't remember the ceiling being so tall from the show. That's pretty cool.

They did a show about 4 blocks from where I work. It was about a guy in one of the industrial buildings that had a huge collection of antique tools and then a bunch of other stuff. IIRC the tools weren't for sale but all the other stuff was.

I was actually watching it and when I saw the buildings facade I said "Hey wait a minute I know where that's at!"

~Matt


MJuric

Jul 13, 12 9:24

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Re: where am I? [veganerd] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
It was a 6 hour drive and we had a ton of fun.

Which direction? It's about 2 hours from me, never been though.

~Matt



veganerd

Jul 13, 12 9:48

Post #13 of 15 (530 views)
Re: where am I? [MJuric] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
MJuric wrote:
It was a 6 hour drive and we had a ton of fun.

Which direction? It's about 2 hours from me, never been though.

~Matt

well im from the twin cities, mn. its really easy to find and its right behind a bp gas station right off the main road in le claire.

enemy of epilepsy


MJuric

Jul 13, 12 10:10

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I always had this impression it was in the middle of nowhere.

~Matt


Old Hickory

Jul 13, 12 11:37

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Re: where am I? [veganerd] [In reply to] Quote | Reply
Haven't they opened a shop in Nashville?

   
 
 
 
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