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Current Video:BJ: '29 Hamilton Metalplane|
Once again the highest selling car at Barrett-Jackson isn't a car at all, this functioning plane sells for over 600k.
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Right now we are bidding on one of the more than usual auction blocks you'll ever see. Read that Barrett Jackson paid -- pulling restored 1929. Hamilton metal -- H 47 -- You 129 manufactured and the only one that is here worthy today yeah. Unbelievable. Riveting construction using barricaded and Al had metal as she seat. -- captain Joe Kim is in 98 years old he lives in Seattle he's watching tonight he was the original pilot on this plane and was invaluable to the restorations. This plane is a great award winner fully restore. Unbelievable season his first. Sold an airplane here at Barrett Jackson last year of -- voter you maybe ask yourself well what's the automobile connection. Here's one the granddaughter of the planes co owners Stephanie lies they'll Poehler who was married to confront of this an airplane. -- a decade ago it says that. -- the window frames families were originally done it from the nineteen. 47 Nash passengers a standard. Automobile window dies mr. Nash had a financial interest in the Hamilton or manufacturing company have time of one night. This has the Pratt and Whitney Garnett engine have 525. Horsepower and Hamilton standard -- I don't usually play. Looks and sounds great. Call those beautiful details that -- comment on airplanes today. All the machine. Swirling. -- All but there are aviation. Enthusiasts from all over the country interest in this thing. Has played is eighty years old yet it has just 5224. Total hours. And 41 hours since its last maintenance over -- hundred. It's a big airplane for a single engine. But it's a beauty. And yeah. You may be able to tell from the note on the piece of corrugated aluminum. Original flies -- to creating some of the parts of this. And restoration. Okay. I lost. Yeah okay maybe I'm okay yeah. It is wrong --
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Yeah cubs' plane is not here it's -- nobody. The United States but the owners. Every three historic until it weather's conducive to -- flying it out. Or transporting him to its new home. Captain massacre of the controls.
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And that makes -- the number one sale of the auction.