How American Pickers Tracked Down Jack White’s Missing, One-Of-A-Kind Trailer – Looper

They didn’t have much to go on aside from the brochure Jack White found in the truck, but Danielle Colby jumped on the phone and was able to trace down the owner — Jamie Ambrose — from a 2005 receipt that Bill Skibbe found in the truck. 

Mike Wolfe’s brother, Rob, headed to her home in Florida, accompanied by helper Diamond Dave, and the two found the trailer there. The trailer sported four flat tires and was covered in dingy white paint instead of the bright red-and-yellow-trimmed design shown on the brochure. The first indication that they found their target was the letters “QP,” for “Quiet Please,” painted on the door. 

Ambrose, who purchased it as a cargo trailer and did not know its history, asked $5,000 for it, but Rob and Dave were able to talk her down to $4,000. Considering that all the tires were flat and that the trailer no longer had its full structural integrity, they decided to put it on a flatbed and tow it back to Detroit. White was suitably impressed by the find and couldn’t hide his excitement. “I can’t wait for us to bring this back to life and have that first band record through it and see what they do with it,” he said. “Every piece of this has come together just like a puzzle, just like a story,” Colby remarks. “It was meant to be here with you.”