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Tue Jul 13 2010 11:34 AM
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Coming back from our vacation in Minnesota we stopped in this little town to go through an antique mall, well, the mall wasn't open yet so I thought we would drive around and check out this little town, all of sudden I spotted what I thought was a sign stuck in a fence, made the block and came back around and this is what I spotted  So I hurred back to the front and it turned out to be a repair shop, went in and told the guy in there of my interest in the sign so he called the owner. To make a long story short I ended up with this sign, 4ft DSP  I also picked up a willard battery sign from the same shop
Barry 
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You just never know, do ya? Great sign.... Great story!!!!!!
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HOPE YOU REMEMBERED TO DO THE VICTORY DANCE....BUT NOT RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SHOP...AT HOME MAYBE LOL!
DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGE
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Awesome story there! Thanks for sharing (nice avatar by the way!)
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Very nice. Makes me think when Michelle and I took the AMTRAK you see parts of a town not normally seen.
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TRUE, BUT KINDA HARD TO JUMP TRAIN WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING OR NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE WHEN YOU DO SEE IT! I KNOW THE FEELING.
DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGE
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Wow! What a neat find! My wife did the same thing on a short trip, once upon a time! Only it was a Fry 87 Tall Boy! Pretty neat feeling to discover something like that and be able to own it too! Congratulations!
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Thats a very good find there!! Bet that was the highlight of the vacation 
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That sign probably made the whole vacation worth it, and would pay for it. 
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Nice sign, I could not get it home from my last vacation.
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That makes the vacation worth it in itself!
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Thats a very good find there!! Bet that was the highlight of the vacation Seeing my 91 year old Grandmother was the highlight, but the sign came in a close second or possibly meeting Mike from American Pickers, he was a pretty cool down to earth guy, he loved to talk, haha. Here's a picture of Me on the left, my wife, then Mike. Frank wasn't at the shop when we stopped in. The shop looks smaller in person than it does on the show. Danielle wasn't there either. 
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What a great trip and you did not know you and mike favored until you met him in person
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Wow, that's a great story!
~Jason
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