more importantly big al,     usa 5  canada 4 in world juniors,   wild draft picks all looked very good in the tourney.    sorry for slow reply,  been working out of town.  

Sorry Jim, the Blue Jackets won, 15 Straight, great for Pro hockey in Ohio, as if Columbus hasn't had enough winners what with OSU football

Big AL

Most of the "content" on that show is scripted - just think about it; it has to be... Explain how are the cameras already there, the folks always home, and no vicious dogs biting their ankles... That said, I believe that a good majority of the items they find are genuine purchases, but it's clear some are "plants".
There is a old boy in Louisville was visited by the guys a few years ago and subtly laughed when I was asking him about them. He didn't want to say any more than that, but it's clear the TV action is not all that real in reality. 
But it's still entertainment and I will watch it if it's on and I'm not doing anything (usually when I'm traveling)... much better than that south beach tow / gold rush fake crap!

i think most times he already has a buyer lined up at a set price before he purchases something.   it is a tv show where everything is scripted.  my guess is that it has a new home

https://youtu.be/eiKCRxJgKXg 

Back to the topic at hand.  Recorded the episode on Mom's DVR.  Saw the episode NYE and it looked like a fairly good deal.  We'll just have to wait and see if you can buy it from Antique Archeology or if it has already been sold.  If I had to guess, it's gone already but what do I know?  

Bill, you and I have been to a few of the same Triumph sponsored shows and I regularly attend the local MG show.  I would not categorize MG and Triumph owners the same as the Jag and big Healey owners.  Most MG and Triumph guys I know are very social and do not have big check books to pay others to fix their cars.  Most MG and Triumph guys I know around here are like me and have done all their own mechanical and body work.

Also, statements from your post such as  "...we all hang around together...and do NOT pay the other owners a lot of attention... " suggest that Mini owners are snobs.  At shows I seldom stay with my car but wander around to see what others brought and talk with them.  Most car owners are going to be partial to what they brought to a show.  That doesn't mean they are lazy, rich, anti-social, or "pricks".  

i love torts,   would be fabulous to have a seat behind visitor bench and be able to listen to him.  game can go either way,  great day for hockey with the usa and canada in the world juniors too.  

Jim:

Right you are ,two NHL teams, one on a 14 game win streak and your team on a 12

Something's got to give,

I like the Blue Jackets only because "torts" can get his team, the Blue Jackets up for a game like this- I used to go to see Buffalo Sabres every New Years Eve, for their "Pucks & Tux nite" , but sadly they gave that up

It was weird, women in full gowns and furs, men in tails and top hats and we Canadians in blue jeans and wind breakers

Maybe Trump will change all that and make The Sabres "Great Again"

Big AL

A blue loud mini is definitely an eye catcher and an ear catcher too...







ooops! 

People love the mini around here in NJ .Truckers from all over the place park down the road a little and always stop and see it if its out.I usually never works with the garage door open with that car because of that reason.I like to be left alone and don't really want to answer questions.Usually I chose to drive it at night as well but apparently the lights are unusual and people spot it.

I totally agree with BC , when i went to one of the British car show somewhere in a sunny part of California, i noticed that only the classic mini owners hang around with each other and no other brit car owners even go around and look at the little minis or even talk to the owners, indeed it's either you hate or love the mini, some people don't even bother to look at them, some goes all smiles when they see one, and some intentionally avoid looking at them but when no one is looking they'd give it a quick glance, as if they are embarrassed when they are seen by people looking at minis. i dunno why. That is why, i've been asking people here what is the reputation of classic mini in the classic car world.  Because i notice, the only ones who are attracted to classic minis are the kids inside the schoolbus, the senior citizens and some other random people.   The worse people you can be driving along with on the road are the mustang and camaro owners, and the big block V8 owners and the ricers....they always think that classic minis are not street legal, and that it is not capable of keeping up with the normal traffic.  HeyL with them!!!

jimfai.. nobody likes classic  mini guys..  ever notice.. we are the rowdy ones at the british car shows.and we all hang around together...and do NOT pay the other owners a lot of attention... and the other brit owners have their nose stuck in the air.. with their little PINKIE stuck out drinking tea.. ( think the proper work  for them  is PRICK)and  it is because MOST classic mini folks actually restored their car.. unlike the check book.. jag, rolls/ bentley,truimph. MG  guys..  happy new year.. bc

"who breaks into somebody elses barns, old studios, old garages" etc      sounds like you are describing big al?     what do you think of the game tomorrow big al?   should be a barn burner that might go to ot. 

I said IOWA as that is where American Pickers operate out of scouraging the States for treasure

Big AL

Ill be checked in a 5 star hotel tomorrow , im sure they have cable where i can watch this picker show.  I can't remember this show but I believe they are the two guys(one guy looks like jeremy Thorpe and the other guy looks like danny devito ) who breaks into somebody else's barns, old studios, old garages to look for antiques, relics,old toys,just about anything with value to them

The show should be re-run on Mon. night. I believe they were picking in Detroit. Randy

thanks,  the car had FL plates which is where they were i think?   they dont seem like mini guys, i would think he would just flip asap as long as he could get a profit.  

Everything was stock for a 68 cooper s...twin tanks and some other stock stuff. Seller had the engine rebuilt in UK when he first bought it. There is a club in Iowa...is it madman???

Any link to the video?