How dreams in a barbershop led to a vintage car collection full of stories. Peter Learmont’s 24 piece car collection is for sale.
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00:00Hi, my name is Andrew Leamont and this is our Father's Vintage and Classic Car Collection.
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03:40Went to Oshawa, where we picked up the cars.
03:45Went to Oshawa, where we picked up the cars.
03:50Had to drive them through to New York and go across the Brooklyn Bridge from the mainland.
03:55Had to drive them through to New York and go across the Brooklyn Bridge from the mainland.
04:00But then we had to put them on the Brooklyn Walk.
04:05Our feet was in them and our legs used to freeze up to about here.
04:10We had to pull up at truck stops and let them thaw out and get going again.
04:15But that was a trip on the way through, there in the snow, without heating.
04:20But that was a trip on the way through, there in the snow, without heating.
04:25So when you got into the Brooklyn Walk, they went into containers?
04:30The only way we could get them to Australia in time was deck cargo.
04:35But they weren't even in the compartments.
04:40We had to cut across about a million cars to get them onto the Brooklyn Walk, which is right underneath us.
04:45And guess what, we did it without getting anything built.
04:50Now girls, you'll get an extra prize if you can tell me where to put the petrol in.
04:55I couldn't find where to put the petrol in.
05:09Good enough for the boys.
05:17And this is probably the most talked about car in the whole pavilion.
05:22Terraplane Hudson. In 1932, Hudson Car Company were going broke.
05:27In 1932, Terraplane Hudson were going broke.
05:32Terraplane Hudson. In 1932, Terraplane Hudson were going broke.
05:37The prize was on the Hudson. That was going broke.
05:42So we decided to get together and we called this one the Terraplane Hudson.
05:47The Terraplane Hudson.
05:52It was 1934 Terraplane to there.
05:57It was 1934 Terraplane to there.
06:02And from there to there it was 1929 Hudson.
06:07And from there to there it was 1929 Hudson.
06:12Hudson.
06:17I called it then the Hudson Terraplane.
06:22Tremendously popular.