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‘American Pickers’ find Aerosmith’s 1970s-era van in the woods

Posted at 12:36 PM, Aug 08, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-08 13:40:18-04

CHESTERFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Long before Aerosmith filled stadiums with tens of thousands of fans, the band traveled New England in a tiny van playing to smaller crowds.

That dilapidated van has been found in the woods of a small Massachusetts town.

Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, hosts of the History Channel show“American Pickers,” located the van in Chesterfield, a town of about 1,200 residents 100 miles west of Boston.

photo: History.com

The property owner said the 1964 International Harvester Metro van was there when he bought the land from someone with a connection to Aerosmith.

Ray Tabano, a founding member of Aerosmith, confirmed it was the van the rockers used in the 1970s.

The pickers paid $25,000 for it.

Wolfe says it’s “a piece of American rock and roll history.”