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Matt Sager is our guest on the latest edition of Today in BC. The native of Vancouver Island leads an ambitious team of classic car hunters that scour deeper into Canada含羞草研究社檚 northern wilderness than any car hunter has gone before. Their mission is to recover rare vehicles fabled to be hiding in the bush, before the cars are lost forever to history.

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The team travels by air in his 1948 Stinson and by land to extract the vehicles from their forgotten resting places.

Each team member plays a crucial role, the pilot Jess; Steve (The Wrench); autobody expert Dave; and crane operator Lee. Together they achieve the impossible, uncovering rare automotive gems and preserving the cars and the stories of the places and the people who have lived there for generations.

Sager has spent years searching out vehicles and host Peter McCully asked what happens to the vehicles they have been rescued.

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A few vehicles have made it to Sager含羞草研究社檚 personal collection for restoration.

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About the Author: Peter McCully

Peter has been a broadcaster and publisher on both of Canada含羞草研究社檚 coasts and has owned a small newspaper and run an advertising agency along the way.
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