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Old 11-23-2011, 11:15 PM
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Great video. This has to take the cake for finds, maybe forever? Overwhelming, really, to see that many sets and that much variety.

I know 2 semi-retired TV repairmen and both have some stuff in buildings. The one guy I have talked to again and again; he always seems very anxious for me to help him clean out but then he never calls me. Around 20 years ago he offered to let me borrow his utility trailer to haul sets from one building but I never followed up. I have no idea what he has or doesn't have. One day a couple years ago a big pile of sets showed up in the front yard of a farmhouse on a lonely backroad. I investigated, turned out this repairman had talked the owner into letting him store sets there; the owner's grandson had inherited it and was cleaning it out. There was a $ervice $aver 23v console & a flatchassis solid state plus a variety of later 70s stuff. Most ended up at the dump. Who knows how many places he had stuff hid away.

The other guy has a building on his property, a decent sized 2-door commerical garage. I was in there close to 20 years ago and sets were stacked 3 high, packed tight. I have no idea what might be in there, but have often daydreamed. He did tell me that he had a couple Predictas.

But, again, the find in this video beats all!
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