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 Daughter's fiance dropped by the house  last night. Knows the stuff we all are looking for. We were talking on the weekend and he knows where there's a couple of tall boy gas pumps. He knows the guy and phoned him. The sounds like he just wants to get rid of them now. "Peter" stops by (forgets to take pics the dumb a$$) and the guy shows him a small barn/drive shed crammed to the rafters. He didn't have time to go through it and had to leave. The guy phones him on his cell a while  later saying there's a few old cash registers in there as well somewhere's and are we interested in them?
 I don't want to get my hopes up but you never know. We're going there Sunday bright and early. I've been on chases before and sifted through piles of junk but I've found that 1 "gem" in the pile to make up for it.

where ar e you located?

He's in Canada...

Good luck on the hunt.. hope you find some gems

Good luck. It sounds like  it would be a fun hunt, even if it turns out to be a bust.

Good luck!  You will have to give us all a thorough report, so we can live through you on this one!!   :happydrinkers:

I hope things work in your favor and he doesn't change his mind!
Keep us posted though...

Sounds like an adventure. Good luck!

Send us lots of pictures! I am still waiting for my barn find....the only thing I have picked up out of a barn was an embossed Coca Cola slider...but there weren't ten other things to go with it. Good luck!

Trick I used to do was drive around with a 39 or a master in the back of my truck and sure enough someone would always approach me at a gas station or store and said they have 1 or 1 like it. Go to thier place sometimes and it'd be in the barn and go from there.
 My buddy Matt Daly found the "Daly 32" that way in Michigan

I have had similar experiences but have found nothing rare. But now that you mention the idea, I believe I will put a master in the back of 72 Cheyenne and see if it still works.

so this would be like trowling for machines

Great idea.. i thought about doing that after coming back from Chicago with a load.. got a few people giving me the "look" and asking about stuff.. no leads but It gets peoples attention,and could turn into a find...

I don't really get out there and hunt for this stuff.  I've been collecting for a while and know a few people here and there.  A few weeks back Coke_and_stuff (Joey) was here and had a load in the back of his truck.  I think 3 people stopped him and wanted to know if he was buying or selling!!   

Maybe I need to get an old van and have it wrapped like a Coke 81 to get some attention.

mmmmmm

where i live, if you leave a 39 on the back of your wagon

you'll probably only have a wagon, pretty soon..............



GP

Drove an hour each way in a snow storm for nothing. One of many busts. I couldn't find a thing to spend any money on. Threw him an offer of $200 for the pump and that was about it. Said he'd let me know tomorrow.

Oh well. The search continues

Sorry to hear things didn't pan out...
There will always be another find!

That's the story of my life also. Keep your head up and don't let one bad hunt kill your morale.

     You drove an hour and were there with cash in hand..............and he said he will let you know tomorrow?

     Tell him you will pay him $200 if he delivers it to you  :veryangry: