It was a shock to Southold resident and classic truck fanatic Nick Antonucci when his basic automotive insurance coverage, Hagerty, reached out to faucet one in every of his vehicles for a interval tv present.
The corporate requested footage of his restored 1960 F-100 to ship to producers from widespread comedy-drama “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” who’re within the technique of capturing the present’s fourth season. Present representatives favored it sufficient that they requested for a couple of extra images, then lastly, he stated, “three producers on the present stated all proper, we wish Antonucci’s truck.”
And followers of the present will get the possibility to see the automobile in an upcoming episode of the Amazon collection.
Mr. Antonucci has been fascinated with vehicles since he was a baby. These days, he’s graduated from constructing fashions to restoring full-scale automobiles. He discovered the 1960 F-100 in Ohio “about 5 and a half years” in the past. It was “in tough situation,” however he noticed potential.
“I wish to attempt to restore them to the unique inventory look of the truck … what you might even see whenever you stroll into the showroom for this truck in 1960, what it will appear to be if you happen to rolled it out of the car parking zone — that’s what I try for,” Mr. Antonucci stated.
He additionally has a 1988 Ford F-150 that he “likes to demise,” and he’s within the technique of restoring a 1950 Chevy half-ton pickup truck in his storage.
Though Mr. Antonucci was paid for the F-100’s cameo in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” he did it for the expertise. “I’ve by no means watched the filming of a present like this,” he stated.
He left residence somewhat earlier than 4:30 a.m. in late April to get to the set in Previous Westbury by 6:30. The commute is likely to be an hour and a half for a contemporary automotive, however Mr. Antonucci’s classic truck doesn’t go quicker than 55 mph. Plus, he misplaced some components on the best way.
“I’m driving on the expressway … and there was a pothole the dimensions of the Grand Canyon. I couldn’t flip left. I couldn’t flip proper. And I simply stated my prayers, hit it and, positive sufficient, my exhaust system … dropped proper there,” he stated. A lot of his fee for the automotive’s look within the present goes into repairs.
Mr. Antonucci arrived whereas the movie crew was organising. After positioning his automobile, he caught round on set. He bumped into actress Marin Hinkle (Rose Weissman), “a really good lady” — though they “didn’t actually get to speak to at least one one other” — and at one level, stepped in to assist an actor driving a classic Rolls Royce who didn’t know how you can use a stick-shift on the column. Certainly one of his greatest revelations from the expertise, nonetheless, is that movie units are “tremendous boring.”
“My truck was stuffed with bales of hay,” Mr. Antonucci recalled. “Once they stopped capturing, I didn’t need to watch for the parents that work there to take the hay out. I simply began taking it out myself and serving to on the set. As a result of I might have been there ceaselessly.”
He would solely agree to offer his truck for one more cameo if the set have been a lot nearer to residence. However he exchanged numbers with some truckers and met “quite a lot of good people” whereas he was there.
“Now, once I learn the credit, it’s significant,” he stated. “It actually takes rather a lot to provide a present like this.”
Season 4 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” doesn’t have an official launch date but, however Mr. Antonucci’s automotive is predicted to look in episode 5.
