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Vikings' Joe Berger: Classic pickup, unlikely path to NFL

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Joe Berger on his restored 1953 Studebaker: "It turned out great -- just the way I wanted it to turn out. It's a fun little ride." Courtesy of Joe Berger
  • Ben Goessling, ESPN Staff Writer Close
    • Previously covered Vikings for St. Paul Pioneer Press
    • Also covered Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Wild and Washington Nationals
    • Twin Cities native and University of Minnesota graduate
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The powder blue 1953 Studebaker that sits at Joe Berger's house in Michigan -- the one he picked out and had restored at a custom auto shop in Savage, Minnesota, this spring -- could have easily been the kind of project you tinker with for years, on weekends and nights after work.