Posted by Dan d on 8/3/2012, 20:11:26, in reply to "Re: A FC more elusive than the "Mighty Sasquatch!""
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Diffinately an adventure for the record books! It's an amazing find and the well preserved history of the truck itself is awesome. Still can't believe you found it and I got the first drive!!!! Wahoo!!!!! It's going to be even more amazing when it's restored!
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: You are my idol! How do you find these FC's?
: I cant even find wheels!
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: "FC" Dan DeVries and myself went
: on a little Safari of sorts to the
: "Wilds" of Minnesota in search of
: a creature that has not been recorded in the
: public eye for over 50 years, the ever
: elusive FC-170 with the 'Jeep' Factory
: Approved "Trav-L-Aire camper. After a
: 570 mile journey we came upon a gravel road
: that I swear you could hear the banjo from
: the movie "Deliverance" playing!
: Think that would turn us away? So the guy
: lived off the grid a bit and preferred it
: that way, there she was, the Trav-L Aire! A
: T-4 model with a Koenig PTO winch none the
: less!!!!! After careful scrutiny and the
: negotiating power of Mike & Frank from
: "American Pickers" my navigator
: Dan drove the mighty beast up on the
: trailer, I lashed her down, and we
: "Beat Feet" before he could change
: his mind. It is now safely in my lair where
: further inspection and a pictorial will
: surely follow!
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: Craig
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