American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Art of the Deal - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... While picking in North Carolina, Mike falls for a 1950 Studebaker, but can he negotiate a good deal? Mike becomes obsessed with a pre-Airstream trailer. The guys sift through a packrat's massive collection. And, hoping to sell a choice vintage sign, they pay a visit to friend and NASCAR champion Ryan Newman.
- OH MY GOD!
- IF YOU DON'T THINK
THE FRONT END OF A
STUDEBAKER'S SEXY, YOU
BETTER CHECK YOUR PULSE.
- I'M THINKING TWO
THOUSAND BUCKS ON THE CAR.
- LET ME MULL IT OVER.
- THAT'S KINDA COOL.
MIKE, SEE THAT AIRSTREAM?
- WOULD YOU SELL IT?
- PROBABLY NOT.
- YOU KNOW, AT LEAST
GIVE ME A NUMBER!
- THAT SCOOTER, IT
HAD THE SEAT WITH IT.
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EVERY DAY.
I REALLY WANTED THAT SCOOTER.
I HAD TO STAY CALM.
- AS SOON AS I SAW THAT
SIGN, I THOUGHT OF AN
OLD FRIEND OF MINE, A NASCAR
DRIVER NAMED RYAN NEWMAN.
HE LIKES THE ART OF THE DEAL.
- WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK
OUT A LITTLE SWAP ON THAT.
- WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT CAN WE DO?
HELP ME HELP YOU.
I'M MIKE WOLFE.
- AND I'M FRANK FRITZ.
- AND WE'RE PICKERS.
- WE TRAVEL THE BACK
ROADS OF AMERICA LOOKING
FOR RUSTY GOLD.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR AMAZING
THINGS BURIED IN PEOPLE'S
GARAGES AND BARNS.
- WHAT MOST PEOPLE SEE AS
JUNK, WE SEE AS DOLLAR SIGNS.
- WE'LL BUY ANYTHING WE
THINK WE CAN MAKE A BUCK ON.
- EACH ITEM WE PICK HAS
A HISTORY ALL ITS OWN
AND THE PEOPLE WE MEET, WELL
THEY'RE A BREED ALL THEIR OWN.
WE MAKE A LIVING TELLING
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP
YOU POSTED AS FAR AS
HOW FAR WE GET TONIGHT.
WE'RE HEADING TO THE CAROLINAS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLD HERE NOW
SO WE'RE GONNA DRIVE SOUTH.
- ALRIGHT.
- WE GOT CLEAN SOCKS,
CLEAN UNDERWEAR.
- WELL, BE SAFE.
- FRANK'S GOT SOME TIC TACS.
HE'S GOOD.
- SCOPE. MINT FRESH.
- SEE YA!
- BYE!
THANK GOD.
- WE REALLY NEED TO GO
WHERE DANIELLE IS SENDING US.
SHE'S BEEN DOING
A LOT OF RESEARCH.
SHE'S GOT THE ROLODEX
CRANKING IN HER MIND AND
NOW SHE'S TELLING US GO SOUTH.
- I KNOW ONE THING. I LIKE
THE WEATHER DOWN HERE
A LOT BETTER THAN
WHERE WE CAME FROM.
- OH MY GOD.
- THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO
LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE
GET BACK HOME.
- THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD.
- TRY TO.
- YOU'RE ALWAYS
THINKING AHEAD AND YOU'RE
ALWAYS THINKING OF MY
WELFARE. I APPRECIATE THAT.
- EH.
- I GOT YOUR BACK.
- I KNOW YOU DO.
[phone rings]
- HELLO?
- HEY! JUST WANTED
TO GIVE YOU SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT A LEAD I HAVE.
A GENTLEMAN NAMED PIPPIN,
HE'S WITH HIS GRANDFATHER.
HIS NAME'S RALPH. THEY
HAVE FIFTEEN OLD CARS.
THEY'VE GOT A
STUDEBAKER, PLYMOUTH.
HE'S A JUNKER AND
COLLECTOR FOR FIFTY YEARS.
PIPPIN'S REALLY EXCITED TO SELL.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SOME
MONEY FOR HIS GRANDPA.
- SEND US THE
COORDINATES, LIKE ALWAYS,
AND WE'LL UH SEE ABOUT
GOING AND CHECKING HIM OUT.
- OKAY, SWEET. I'LL
TALK TO YOU LATER.
- THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- YOU TOO HONEY. BYE.
- SHE WAS REALLY NICE TO ME.
SHE SAID, "SEE
YOU LATER, HONEY."
- SHE WAS NICE TO YOU.
YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP YOUR
LITTLE BANTERING BACK AND FORTH.
THINK OF THE ENERGY YOU
WASTE ARGUING WITH DANIELLE.
THERE'S SOME TENSION THERE.
- NO!
- YEAH.
- I THINK SHE TOUCHES
MY STUFF TOO MUCH.
- ANYTIME DANIELLE
CALLS US AND SAYS HEY,
I GOT A JUNKYARD FOR YOU
GUYS TO PICK, WE ARE ON IT
LIKE A DUCK ON A JUNE BUG.
- OH, THERE'S THE
HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
- THIS LOOKS GOOD.
- HEY, IT DOES LOOK GOOD.
- HEY, HI, I'M MIKE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU MIKE.
- FRANK.
- FRANK, I'M PIPPIN.
COME ON IN GUYS.
- COOL. THANK YOU.
- THE REAL JUNK COLLECTOR
IS PIPPIN'S GRANDFATHER.
- RALPH, MY NAME'S FRANK.
- VERY NICE, IT'S ALWAYS
NICE TO MEET AN OLD JUNKER.
- HECK YEAH. WE LOVE THAT.
- HIS GRANDFATHER
CAN'T LEAVE HIS RESIDENCE
NOW BUT WE WANTED TO
STOP BY AND AT LEAST MEET HIM
BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO PUT A FACE WITH THE STUFF.
- DANIELLE SAID YOU
GUYS HAD QUITE A PILE.
- WELL I JUST LOVE
TO GO TO AUCTIONS.
I ENDED UP WITH BUILDINGS
AFTER BUILDINGS FULL.
ANYTHING THAT
COME ALONG, I'D BUY.
- IT'S FUN, ISN'T IT?
- OH YEAH, I LIKE TO DO THAT.
- PIPPIN'S GRANDFATHER
SOUNDS LIKE HE'S BASICALLY
THE GODFATHER OF
JUNK AROUND HERE.
- I'M EXCITED TO LOOK
THROUGH THIS STUFF.
- VERY EXCITED.
- WE SET OFF WITH HIS
GRANDSON WHICH IS PRETTY
MUCH ONE BROKER.
HIS TWIN BROTHER,
AND, IS THE OTHER.
- HOW YA DOING? I'M FRANK.
- THIS PROPERTY HERE
IS FIFTY ACRES BASICALLY
ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND WE GOT ABOUT FIVE
ACRES FILLED WITH JUNK.
- LOOK AT THAT.
- WE'RE SEEING RUSTY
CARS, VINES OVER THEM,
WE'RE SEEING SHEDS WITH
WEEDS GROWING IN FRONT OF
THE DOORS LIKE NO ONE'S
BEEN IN THEM FOR YEARS.
THIS IS AMAZING.
- HOLY CRAP.
THIS HAS GOT IT ALL, MAN.
- I MEAN THIS PLACE IS
LIKE A PICKER'S JUNGLE GYM.
- THIS IS JUST WHAT
WE LIKE TO BE IN, RIGHT
IN THE DIRT AND
DUST AND THE RUST.
- WELL I SEE SOMETHING I
LIKE ALREADY. A WHOLE BUNCH.
THEY'RE HORSESHOES.
THEY WERE GIVEN AWAY
AS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS.
GULF NO-NOX GASOLINE
WAS PROMOTED WITH A HORSE
KICKING LEAVING TWO
IMPRINTS OF HORSESHOES.
SO IT PUT THE KICK IN YOUR TANK.
- LOOK AT ALL THESE.
THESE ARE ALL THE OLD
RAILROAD LAMPS AND STUFF.
- OH, YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD.
- THOSE ARE REALLY COOL.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING LIKE
THAT'S GONNA BREAK REALLY EASY.
IF SOMEBODY'S GOT A
LANTERN THEY NEED SOMETHING
LIKE THAT FOR, THAT STUFF
CAN BE PRETTY PRICEY.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT
HERE? PEPSI COLA.
- LOOKS GOOD,
THOUGH. IT'S NOT BROKE.
- LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR.
GOT THE BOTTLE CAP
ON THE FRONT OF IT.
IT'S PROBABLY FROM THE FIFTIES.
IT'S GOT ALL THE PRICES.
CUP OF SOUP, A NICKEL.
I'M THINKING FORTY BUCKS.
- I'M THINKING SIXTY-FIVE.
- UM... HOW ABOUT FIFTY
ON THIS AND TWENTY BUCKS
FOR THE RED LITTLE SHADES?
THERE'S TWELVE OF
THEM OVER THERE.
I'M GOING UP ON
THIS A LITTLE BIT AND
I'M OFFERING TWENTY
ON THE SHADES.
- EIGHTY BUCKS FOR ALL OF IT?
- LET'S SHAKE AT SEVENTY.
- SEVENTY-FIVE AND YOU GOT IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT. SEVENTY-FIVE.
- I GOTTA DO A DOUBLE
SHAKE NOW, FRANK.
- GUYS, I'M INTERESTED IN
THESE, THESE CANS DOWN HERE.
- SURE.
- SURE.
- WHAT WOULD YOU
THINK YOU'D WANT FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THESE?
- SHOOT ME A PRICE,
MAN. SHOOT ME A PRICE.
- HOW DOES TWENTY-FIVE
BUCKS SOUND?
- THAT'S A LOT OF
THEM FOR TWENTY-FIVE.
- THAT'S LIKE ALMOST
A BUCK A PIECE.
- HOW ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE
BUCKS AND YOU
CAN TAKE THEM ALL?
- THIRTY-FIVE BUCKS
AND YOU LET ME GRAB A
COUPLE HANDFULS OF
THOSE HORSESHOES.
- WE'LL THROW IN ALL
THE PLASTIC THINGS.
- GREAT, MAN. THAT'S GOOD.
I'M THE CAN GUY. I LOVE CANS.
- THAT'S A GREAT START FOR ME.
OLD CAN COLLECTORS SEEM
TO VALUE CANS THAT HAVE
MASCOTS, HIGHLY BRIGHTLY
COLORED, ONES FROM SMALL
OIL COMPANIES, AND OF
COURSE, CANS THAT ARE FULL.
- THIS PLACE IS LOOKING GOOD.
- I'M TRYING TO
FRICKIN' BE RESERVED A
LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE THERE'S
OTHER STUFF TO LOOK AT.
- THOSE GUYS ARE
KIND OF TOUGH MAN.
THEY'RE ALREADY, YOU
KNOW, BUSTING MY CHOPS.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S,
THAT'S ALL I NEED.
THAT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S
MORE THAN I WANT TO CARRY.
- GOD.
- YEAH YOU GRAB THAT
AND I'LL GRAB THESE.
- THOSE LITTLE
PLASTIC HORSESHOES,
I GOT A BIG SACK OF THEM.
HE THREW THEM IN WITH
THE OIL CANS. GREAT DEAL.
- FRANKY, YOU GOT IT IN THERE?
- YEAH I GOT IT.
- DON'T EVER SAY FRANK,
TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
WE'RE GONNA BE HERE
FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
HE'S GONNA TRY TO
FIGURE OUT IN HIS MIND,
HE'S GONNA BE LIKE MAYBE
I SHOULD TAKE THEM ALL.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANT
TO OVERSTAY MY WELCOME.
HE'S HAVING A FRICKIN'
CORONARY OVER HERE, TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW
MANY HE CAN GRAB.
- I GOT ALL THESE.
- HE'S GOT ALL OF THEM.
- I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
A COUPLE BUILDINGS
DOWN BELOW AS WELL.
- OK.
- NO NOX.
- I LIKE THE PORCELAIN
SIGN ON THE FRONT.
- YEAH THERE'S ONE
ON THE BACK TOO.
- IS THERE? WOW.
- THE GAS PUMP WAS REALLY COOL.
IT'S CALLED A
STAINLESS STEEL TOP.
IT HAD THE SIGNS
ON THE FRONT OF IT.
THAT'S PRETTY NEAT.
WE COULD SELL STUFF
LIKE THAT PRETTY EASILY.
- I THINK WE'RE GETTING
READY TO ENTER THE REALLY
GOOD STUFF UP HERE.
- COME ON IN.
- I WALK INTO THE GARAGE
AND I'M COMPLETELY
OBLIVIOUS TO IT.
- THERE'S A LOT OF
STUFF OVER HERE, MIKE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO DIG.
- I'M LOOKING TO THE LEFT,
I'M LOOKING TO THE RIGHT.
I'M LOOKING UP IN THE RAFTERS.
- IT'S RIGHT HERE.
- I'LL CHECK THAT
ON MY WAY DOWN.
- I JUST COULDN'T SEE THE
BIG ELEPHANT THAT WAS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
- I WONDER WHAT
KIND OF CAR THIS IS.
OH, A STUDEBAKER.
- OH MY GOD.
- THE NINETEEN FIFTY
STUDEBAKER WAS WAY AHEAD
OF IT'S TIME.
THE COMPANY'S
SLOGAN BACK THEN WAS,
"FIRST BY FAR WITH
A POST-WAR CAR."
THIS IS AWESOME!
- THE MORE WE LOOKED
AT THE CAR, THE BETTER IT
STARTED LOOKING.
- IT LOOKS GREAT!
- THE INTERIOR'S GREAT.
- THE BACK OF IT'S GOT
A SPLIT WINDOW DESIGN.
THE FRONT OF IT'S A
SPLIT WINDOW DESIGN.
IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL PIECE.
IT'S UNTOUCHED.
IT'S LIKE A TIME MACHINE.
WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN
THE ROAD ON THAT THING
MAN, PEOPLE KNOW
YOU MEAN BUSINESS.
THE FRONT OF THAT THING
LOOKS LIKE A SPACESHIP.
HAVE YOU GUYS
THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU
WANTED FOR THIS CAR?
- UH WE WERE THINKING
ABOUT THREE THOUSAND.
- THAT'S GOOD FOR ME.
I MEAN I WASN'T GONNA PAY
THE THREE THOUSAND BUT
IT'S GOOD FOR ME THAT HE
THREW A NUMBER OUT THERE.
- HEY. HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
I'M GONNA OFFER HIM SOME
MONEY FOR THAT CAR, YOU KNOW?
- HOW MUCH?
- WELL HE'S AT THREE
THOUSAND BUCKS.
- THREE THOUSAND'S OUT OF IT.
- OH I KNOW. NO I'M NOT,
NO I'M NOT THINKING THAT.
I'M THINKING TWO THOUSAND BUCKS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
IF WE COULD GET HIM TO THROW
THE PUMP IN ON THE DEAL KINDA?
- ALL RIGHT. AT TWO
THOUSAND I THINK YOU'RE OKAY.
IF HE SAYS TWENTY-FOUR
OR SOMETHING I THINK
YOU BETTER WALK.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO TALK TO HIM.
BASICALLY I THOUGHT I'D
THROW THE GAS PUMP IN
THERE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA
COST A LOT OF MONEY TO GET
THAT CAR HOME.
- THANKS FOR SHOWING US
THE INSIDE OF THAT GARAGE.
THAT STUDEBAKER IS VERY COOL.
- THREE THOUSAND WE
THINK IS A LITTLE HIGH ON THAT.
- YEAH BECAUSE
THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S
LIKE GRADES FROM ONE TO
SIX AND I THINK THAT GRADE
ON THAT THING'S ABOUT A
FIVE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SIX
IS GONNA BE A PARTS CAR
AND THEN FIVE IS GONNA BE
SOMETHING THAT'S RESTORABLE.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
- SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
- AND I'M ALSO KIND OF
KICKING AROUND TOO, FRANKY
AND I HAVE BEEN CHATTING BACK
AND FORTH ON THE GAS PUMP.
- OKAY.
- OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- WELL LET'S DO THE PACKAGE.
I'M THINKING TWO THOUSAND
BUCKS ON THE CAR AND, UH,
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS
ON THE GAS PUMP.
- LET ME MULL IT OVER.
- WE PLANTED THE
TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR
NUMBER IN THEIR MIND.
WE LET THEM MULL IT
OVER WHILE WE PICKED.
- LET'S DIVE ON IN HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING MIKE?
- I COULD SMELL SOMETHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS FRANK.
I MEAN SOMETIMES ON THE
ROAD, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T
MOUSSE IN MY HAIR.
WE JUST HAVEN'T
SHOWERED FOR FIVE DAYS.
- I THINK THERE'S A
HAM HANGING UP THERE.
- OH MY GOD, THAT IS A HAM.
- IT'S A HAM?
- OH, LOOK AT THAT!
- NOTHING SURPRISES ME WHEN
I RUN INTO THINGS ON A PICK.
I MEAN A HAM THAT'S
BEEN SITTING THERE FOR
TWENTY SOME-ODD YEARS.
- YOU'RE STEPPING ON A HAM TOO.
- I'M ON A HAM?
- YOU'VE GOT HAM JUICE
ALL OVER YOUR LEG DUDE.
- AH MAN!
- YOU SURE YOU
DON'T WANT THAT HAM?
I'M A LET THAT GO, OKAY?
REAL CHEAP. REAL CHEAP.
- MOVE THE HAM OVER.
WHERE'S THE GOOD STUFF?
I'LL START DIGGING.
- THIS IS COMPLETELY
RAD. I LOVE THIS.
SOMEBODY ACTUALLY TOOK THE
TIME TO TAKE ALL THE BOTTLE CAPS.
- IF YOU THINK OF THE
TIME AND ENERGY THAT
SOMEBODY TOOK TO MAKE
THAT BASKET WITH ALL THOSE
BOTTLE CAPS, IT WAS A
BEAUTIFUL PIECE, MAN.
HOW ABOUT UH TEN BUCKS?
- WOW. I JUST WALKED PAST
THAT A HUNDRED TIMES AND
NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED
IT BEING WORTH ANYTHING.
- TEN BUCKS IS, YEAH. TAKE IT.
- TEN BUCKS? I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
- THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS TO LOOK AT HERE,
A LOT TO TAKE IN BUT
THE WHOLE TIME ALL I KEEP
THINKING ABOUT IS THAT
STUDEBAKER IN THE GARAGE.
THIS THING'S SAYING,
"HEY, MAN, TAKE ME HOME."
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ANYTHING
MORE ABOUT THE CAR?
- YEAH. TWENTY-TWO IS
WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT?
- I'M AT TWO THOUSAND ON THE CAR
AND TWO HUNDRED
FOR THE GAS PUMP.
I DIDN'T THINK THE CAR
NEGOTIATION WAS GONNA
GO THAT WELL.
I MEAN HE WAS AT THREE
THOUSAND BUCKS ON IT.
- UM, TWENTY-FOUR?
WOULD YOU GIVE
TWENTY-FOUR FOR IT?
- THE THING IS FOR US TO GET
THE CAR HOME AT TWO BILLS,
I MEAN WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT
AT LEAST SIX TO EIGHT HUNDRED.
- TWENTY-TWO.
- TWENTY-TWO. ALL RIGHT MAN.
- LET'S DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
WE GOT A CAR FRANKY.
- ALL RIGHT!
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU GUYS READY
FOR THIS CHALLENGE?
- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
- MOVING THE CAR WAS
LIKE RAISING THE TITANIC.
- ONE, TWO, THREE.
- WHOA!
- THEY DON'T MESS
AROUND IN NORTH CAROLINA.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YOU GOT PLENTY
OF ROOM HERE NOW.
HEY, IT'S LOOKING
BETTER EVERY SECOND.
KEEP GOING.
KEEP ON GOING. YOU'RE FINE.
STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
- DON'T HIT THE
TOILET. WHERE AM I AT?
- KEEP ON GOING.
[cross-talk]
- FRANKY!
- WOOO!
- LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
- LOOK AT THE FRONT OF IT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU DON'T THINK THE
FRONT END OF A STUDEBAKER
IS SEXY, YOU BETTER
CHECK YOUR PULSE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY
SQUEEZE ANOTHER
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS OUT OF THE GAS PUMP.
- THE GULF MOTOR OIL,
NOW DOWN SOUTH HERE GULF
IS VERY, VERY COMMON AND
I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM OIL
CANS BACK NORTH WHERE I
LIVE AND THEY ARE GONNA BE
FIFTEEN DOLLARS
APIECE ALL DAY LONG.
- WHAT HAVE YOU GOT MIKE?
- WHAT'S THIS SAY?
TIFFANY? THAT'S COOL.
- TIFFANY?
[laughter]
- I'M JUST KIDDING.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE
COLLECT ROAD RAIL STUFF.
WHEN YOU HAVE A RAILROAD
LAMP AND YOU HAVE A
CRACKED LENS, YOU'RE
GONNA NEED ONE OF THESE.
- I WAS REAL EXCITED
TO BUY THAT PEPSI SIGN.
THAT COULD BE USED
FOR A DECORATOR ITEM IN A
BASEMENT, SOMEONE THAT'S
GONNA DO A RESTAURANT.
I THINK IT'S WORTH AT
LEAST A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- LOOKING GOOD, MAN.
THIS THING HASN'T
MOVED IN FIFTY YEARS.
- THERE'S JUST NO BIGGER
JOY THAN BEING ABLE
TO BRING SOMETHING
BACK INTO THE DAYLIGHT.
- YEAH!
- ADIOS!
- OH, IT LOOKS REALLY
GOOD FROM HERE.
[laughter]
- I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING THE CAR BACK
HOME AND SEEING EXACTLY
WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN
HERE A LONG TIME AND WE
HAVEN'T EVEN PUT
A DENT IN THE PLACE.
- NO DOUBT.
- WELL YA'LL COME BACK ANYTIME.
ENJOY THE STUFF, OKAY?
- ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE
THAT CAR HAS BEEN
THERE FIFTY YEARS?
FIFTY YEARS!
- I KNOW, IT'S INSANE.
- MAN!
- DUDE, YOU SMELL
LIKE HAM JUICE.
- DUDE I STEPPED
RIGHT IN THAT HAM.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU'RE STANDING IN A
FRICKIN' ROTTEN HAM.
- LET ME CALL
DANIELLE RIGHT NOW.
[phone rings]
- HELLO?
- DANNY D, GUESS
WHO BOUGHT A CAR?
- SHUT UP! YOU BOUGHT ME A CAR?
[laughing]
- WE BOUGHT A 1950
CHAMPION STUDEBAKER.
I MEAN THIS THING IS RAD.
- SWEET! THANK YOU,
THANK YOU FOR MY CAR.
- ALL RIGHT DANNY
D, SEE YOU LATER.
- KEEP CHECKING US THE LEADS.
- WE NEED TO FIND THE HOLY
GRAIL OF JUNK. JUNKOLOGIST.
- JUNKSTER, JUNKAHOLIC.
YEAH WE'RE DOING A
LITTLE FREE STYLING.
TOO NEW. TOO NEW.
AND FREE STYLING DOWN
HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA
SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT
EASIER BECAUSE PEOPLE
GOT MULTITUDES OF STUFF OUTSIDE.
- MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE THE
JUNK MAN OF ALL JUNK.
- HOW YA DOING? I'M MIKE.
- MIKE.
- I'M FRANK.
- FRANK.
- WHAT'D YOU DO?
BUY UP EVERYTHING IN THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA?
- WELL IF I CAN.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED OLD STUFF.
I BUY, SELL AND TRADE JUNK.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
FOR AROUND TWENTY YEARS.
- SO HAVE YOU EMBRACED
THE TERM JUNK MAN?
- NO.
- NO?
- NO, NO.
- I MEAN THIS GUY'S GOT A
LOT OF UNIQUE ITEMS HERE.
HE HAD QUITE A BIT OF SIGNAGE.
- ISN'T IT NEAT?
- IT'S AMAZING.
THE GUY'S GOT JUST A
HUGE COLLECTION OF JUST
ABOUT ANYTHING.
THIS IS A SWEAT
BACK, LIKE YOUR OWN
PERSONAL SAUNA HERE.
HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS?
- YEAH.
- I KIND OF LIKE THIS.
- YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING
TO SWEAT RIGHT NOW
JUST BEING IN... BEING IN HERE.
- I LIKE YOUR MILK CONTAINERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF
SOMETHING'S BIG,
IT DOESN'T DETER
YOU FROM BUYING IT.
ALL THIS RUSTY, SUN
BAKED, DIRTY STUFF.
THE SAME STUFF WE LIKE.
HOW OLD WERE YOU
WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED
BUYING STUFF?
- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN
IT STARTED, CAN YOU?
- YEAH. OH HELL YEAH.
- ME AND MIKE HAVE
BEEN COLLECTING STUFF
SINCE WE WERE LITTLE KIDS.
I MEAN I STARTED OUT
COLLECTING ROCKS AND BEER CANS.
- I CAN REMEMBER MY FIRST SCORE.
I WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL
AND I CAME ACROSS A BOX OF
STP STICKERS.
THAT WAS LIKE IN FIRST OR
SECOND GRADE AND YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU'RE A KID, STICKERS,
STICKERS ARE LIKE MONEY.
YOU CAN TRADE THEM FOR MILK,
PEANUT BUTTER AND
JELLY SANDWICHES.
I WAS THE MAN. I WAS GOING.
- HOW ABOUT ANYTHING
WITH TWO WHEELS, MOTORS?
- BICYCLES.
- I'VE GOT A TRICYCLE
WITH TWO WHEELS.
- ALL RIGHT. LOOK
AT THAT FRANKY.
- WHAT YEAR IS THAT FROM, MIKE?
- IT'S AN EARLY PIECE.
IT'S FROM THE THIRTIES.
IT HAD AIRFLOW HANDLEBARS
ON IT, AIRFLOW FRAME.
I THINK IT WAS MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED SKIPPY.
- WHAT DO YOU GOTTA HAVE
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIKE?
- I'D LIKE TO GET ABOUT
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS.
- TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS?
I'LL TAKE THAT MAN.
IT'S COOL. I LIKE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHAT WE
CALL THAT IN OUR BOOK?
WE JUST BROKE THE ICE.
- BROKE THE ICE.
- BROKE THE ICE.
- GOOD.
- I'M LIKE OKAY THIS
IS REALLY COOL.
THE PRICES ARE GOOD.
HE'S GOT SOME FUNKY STUFF.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
THIS GULF DEALER SIGN AT
IN THAT CONDITION?
- TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- THAT'S ABOUT WHAT
WE'D HAVE ON IT TOO.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
THE QUAKER STATE ONE?
- A HUNDRED AND A HALF.
- OKAY.
- THAT'S GOOD TO
KNOW. WE GOTTA KNOW
WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH.
BASICALLY WE'RE
TRYING TO FEEL MIKE OUT
ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS
HE'S A PICKER LIKE US.
HE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD EYE.
HE BUYS A LOT OF
THE SAME STUFF WE DO.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- YEAH BUT YOU'D
HAVE TO GET CRAZY.
- WHAT'S GETTING CRAZY ON THAT?
- TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- WOO!
- THAT'S A NICE PIECE.
IT'S GOT THE GLASS
MARBLES ON IT.
WHAT DO YOU GET FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIKE?
- SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- SO FAR EVERYTHING I'VE
ASKED ABOUT HAS BEEN
FULL BLOWN RETAIL
PLUS TEN PERCENT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S ON THE
BUSIEST CORNER IN THE COUNTY.
HE'S RETAIL. WHEN WE COME IN
AND WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING
FOR WHOLESALE PRICE,
IT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING.
- OH, THAT'S KIND OF COOL MIKE.
SEE THAT AIRSTREAM?
- YEAH. I SEE THAT, MAN.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE
STORY ON THAT THING?
- I SPOTTED IT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
- OH, MY GOD. MY
HEART SKIPPED A BEAT.
SERIOUSLY I'VE ONLY SEEN
A FEW OF THOSE IN BOOKS.
I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY
SEEN ONE BEFORE.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE
PIECE TO SEE.
IT'S JUST SO TEAR
DROPPED. IT'S SO AIRFLOW.
IT'S GOT ALL THE
PANELS ON THE TOP.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT SCALES.
LOOK AT THAT SUCKER, MAN.
IT'S LIKE A FRIGGIN' SHARK
COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
- I KNOW. IT'S NEAT.
- YOU KNOW, THE
THING IS AMAZING!
CAN I CRAWL IN THERE?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S COOL.
- MAN, THIS THING COULD TELL
SOME STORIES, COULDN'T IT?
- THAT THING IS SO
COOL, IT'S SO RAD.
I MEAN I JUST WANT
TO OWN IT FOR A WHILE.
IT WAS MADE BY A COMPANY
CALLED BOLUS PRIOR TO AIRSTREAM.
AIRSTREAMS WERE
MANUFACTURED IN OHIO.
THEY ORIGINATED IN THE 1930'S.
THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY
WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE
PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE ON
THESE HUGE AIRSTREAM TOURS
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
IT PROMOTED A MYSTIQUE
THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY.
I LOVE THESE LITTLE PORT HOLES.
- ALL OF THOSE OPENED AT
ONE TIME BY A ROD RUNNING.
- OH, YOU JUST FLIPPED
THEM ALL AT ONCE?
- AT THE VERY END HERE, SEE.
YOU JUST TWISTED THIS LITTLE
ROD THAT OPENED THEM ALL UP.
- YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. PLEXIGLAS.
- LOOK AT THAT MIKE.
- YEAH THAT LITTLE BRASS PUMP.
- THE OLD TIME PUMP.
- THIS THING NEEDS FULL
BLOWN RESTORATION.
- BUT IT'S THERE. AND AT
LEAST YOU SEE THE OUTLINE,
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- UH HUH. YEAH IT'S
COOL. IT'S DIFFERENT.
WOULD YOU SELL IT?
- PROBABLY NOT.
- I WANTED THIS THING SO BAD.
- WHAT ABOUT LIKE INSANE NUMBER?
WHAT'S INSANE NUMBER ON THIS.
- GO AHEAD AND
KICK HIM. HE LIKES IT.
- KICK ME HARD.
- KICK HIM.
- NO, I COULDN'T TELL HIM.
THE TOP OF HIS HEAD
WOULD BLOW OFF.
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT. LET ME
HOLD ONTO IT. I'M HOLDING ON.
- I SAID GIVE ME
THE CRAZY NUMBER.
WHAT'S THE CRAZY
NUMBER ON THE TRAILER?
- DO IT!
- I'M NOT DOING IT.
- DO IT.
- I WANTED THIS THING SO BAD.
- THINK ABOUT A NUMBER
AND WE DON'T CARE
WHERE THE DECIMAL POINT'S AT.
PUT IT WHEREVER YOU WANT.
- I COULDN'T LET
THE TRAILER GO, MAN.
I COULDN'T LET IT REST
SO I KEPT ASKING HIM.
WHAT'S AN INSANE NUMBER
THAT YOU WOULD TAKE FOR IT?
IF THERE IS A NUMBER THAT
YOU COULD COME UP WITH...
IF YOU AND I COULD
COME UP WITH A NUMBER...
SO THE CRAZY NUMBER
ON THAT IS WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON IT?
- I DON'T WANT TO
GO BACK THERE AGAIN.
- WELL I THINK MIKE
WAS JUST TRYING
HIS BEST TO PURCHASE THE ITEM.
- YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD
DO FOR YOU TOO MAYBE?
WE CUT SOME DEALS ON SOME STUFF.
I WAS DESPERATE.
I HAD NO CHOICE.
I DECIDED TO PULL OUT THE
OLDEST TRICK IN THE PICKER
BIBLE AND OFFER HIM A HOT LEAD.
- WE HIT SOME PICKS
THAT THERE'S JUST, THERE'S
JUST STUFF THAT'S JUST
WAY TOO BIG FOR US THAT'S
REALLY, REALLY
REASONABLY PRICED.
I MEAN I COULD EVEN TELL YOU
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT FOR IT.
HE'S GOT A BIG OLD CHESHIRE
CAT SMILE ON HIS FACE.
- I SEE, I SEE THE GEARS MOVING.
- I WAS LIKE WORK WITH ME.
LET'S GET SOME BUSINESS
GOING HERE. I GOT SOME CASH.
MAN I'VE BEEN JACKED
UP WALKING THROUGH THE
WHOLE PROPERTY GOING,
"HMM, GOD IS HE GONNA COME
UP WITH A NUMBER I'M GONNA BE
ABLE TO LIVE WITH?"
AT LEAST GIVE ME A NUMBER.
SO, ON THE AIRSTREAM
TRAILER, WHAT'S AN INSANE
NUMBER THAT YOU
WOULD TAKE FOR IT?
- IT WOULD BE SEVENTY-FIVE.
- SEVENTY-FIVE.
- YEAH.
- FINALLY MIKE THROWS
OUT THE NUMBER
SEVENTY-FIVE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE
GOT YOUR ATTENTION A
LITTLE BIT THERE, MIKE.
- SEVENTY-FIVE TURNS
INTO AT LEAST SIXTY OR
SIXTY-FIVE OR SEVEN AT THE MOST.
- WHAT KIND OF BUILDING IS THIS?
- WE CALL IT THE WIENER WAGON.
- YOU GOT ANY WIENERS IN THERE?
- NO, NOT TODAY.
- MAN I'M A HOT DOG FREAK.
- I THINK THAT ONCE WE WALK
AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SAY "HEY, WE'RE
GETTING READY TO LEAVE.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL
US SOMETHING OR NOT?"
WOW. THIS IS COOL.
IT'S GOT SOME REALLY
NEAT STUFF HERE.
- YOU KNOW, HE'S SHOWING
ME OTHER THINGS AND I'M
LOOKING AT THEM BUT IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND I'M JUST
GOING SEVENTY-FIVE,
SEVENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-FIVE.
THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT I'M ON THIS ONE.
IT'S GOT SOME COOL PATINA.
IT'S GOT SOME AGE TO IT.
- OKAY. FOR TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
- YEAH I'D DO THAT.
- DONE.
- AWESOME. I'M LOVING
THIS STUFF. I'M LOVING IT.
- EVEN IF I'M EXCHANGING
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS,
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
THERE IS WE'RE BONDING.
- HOW ABOUT YOUR
LITTLE RC SIGN THERE?
WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- NINETY DOLLARS.
- NINETY DOLLARS?
HMM... I'M GONNA WAIT.
- HOW ABOUT YOUR
VOLKSWAGEN VAN HERE WITH
NO WHEELS ON IT?
- FIVE BUCKS.
- I'D DO IT. FIVE BUCKS FRANK.
- THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
- HEY DUDE, I'D THROW
IT IN WITH THE VAN.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- THERE YOU GO.
- ALL RIGHT!
WE'RE LUBING MIKE UP HERE.
- YOU'RE GETTING HER GOING.
- ALL RIGHT. HEY, I
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
THE MORE WE WALKED
AROUND WITH THIS GUY
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT GONNA MESS IT
UP WITH A LOWBALL OFFER."
I WANTED THAT AIRSTREAM SO BAD.
I PROBABLY COULD HAVE
GOT IT FOR CHEAPER BUT I WAS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GONNA DO THE SEVENTY-FIVE.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE IT
FOR SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
- NO. UH UH.
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND.
- SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND?
- CATCH HIM FRANK.
[laughter]
- SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS HE WANTED
FOR THE TRAILER.
- SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND?
- WHOA!
- I WANT TO KEEP
IT BUT MIKE REALLY
WANTED IT SO, UH, SO I THREW
A PRICE AT HIM THAT WAS SO
HIGH THAT I THOUGHT, "WELL
THAT WILL BE THE END OF IT."
- I THINK THE WINDOW IS CLOSED.
- I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
TO COME BACK AT THAT.
DO YOU COME BACK AT
70,000? WHAT DO YOU DO?
I HAD ONE OF THOSE OUT
OF BODY EXPERIENCES.
YOU KNOW, I STARTED GOING
TOWARDS THE LIGHT AND
I WAS LOOKING DOWN UPON
MY OWN SELF WITH FRANK AND
HIM AND I JUST
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THERE'S NO WAY I COULD
DO THAT SO WE'LL JUST
HAVE TO, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO
AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT.
WHEN I SAY TAKE SEVENTY-FIVE
I THOUGHT I'D TAKE IT.
ALL RIGHT. WOO!
I'M NOT DONE WITH
IT. I'M NOT DONE.
I'M NOT GONNA LET IT GO YET.
- HE'LL DREAM ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
- I WILL.
ALL RIGHT, I'M EXCITED.
I'M LOVING THIS STUFF.
- HEY THANKS.
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
SERIOUSLY, I LOVE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I LIKE THE HANDLEBARS.
IT'S GOT A WELD ON IT BUT
IT'S STILL CUTE, MAN. NEAT.
MY OFFER STILL STANDS
ON THE AIR... THE BOLUS,
SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
- YOU KNOW, MEETING MIKE
WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE
DIDN'T GET TO BUY ANYTHING
BIG HE WAS STILL A
REALLY COOL GUY.
- WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT. BUH-BYE.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- BYE GUYS!
MIKE AND FRANK,
THEY'RE REAL NICE GUYS.
IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING THEM.
- THE ONLY THING
THAT'S GONNA SUCK IS
LISTENING TO MIKE WOLFE
FOR THE NEXT THOUSAND
MILES SING THE BLUES ABOUT
NOT BEING ABLE TO BUY THE
AIRSTREAM TRAILER.
I'LL JUST PUT SOME
AC/DC ON, CRANK IT UP AND
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.
- HOW LONG HAVE I KNOWN YOU?
- I DON'T KNOW. TOO LONG.
- FOREVER MAN.
- TOO LONG.
- I WAS SCARED OF YOU IN
HIGH SCHOOL MAN 'CAUSE
YOU HAD THAT BEARD.
YOU HAD A BEARD LIKE
THAT IN EIGHTH GRADE.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU
WERE RIDING IT HIGH, DUDE
WHEN YOU WERE ON THAT WAVE.
- I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
LIKE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.
I WAS LIVING ON MY OWN.
I HAD MY OWN HOUSE,
TWO HARLEYS, A WATERBED,
AN ANSWERING MACHINE
AND A MICROWAVE.
I MEAN I HAD THE
WORLD BY THE TAIL.
- THEY HAD MICROWAVES BACK THEN?
- THE STUDEBAKER TODAY
IS GOING TO BE ARRIVING
THROUGH OUR CARRIER
SERVICE IN LECLAIRE.
- IT COST SEVEN
HUNDRED DOLLARS TO SHIP
THE STUDEBAKER FROM
NORTH CAROLINA TO IOWA.
WE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH
ON THIS THING NOW, WE'RE
HOPING WE CAN MAKE
SOME MONEY ON IT.
WE'RE NOT EXACTLY
SURE WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- WOW.
THE STUDEBAKER. I LOVE THAT CAR.
THAT'S PRETTY BAD
ASS. OH, THAT'S SWEET.
[phone rings]
- HEY DANNY, WHAT'S UP?
- SO I WANTED TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
A BIG GREAT TURD SITTING
IN THE PARKING LOT HERE.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO WITH IT?
- GET A HOLD OF
SOMEBODY THAT'S INTO
STUDEBAKERS AND JUST,
YOU KNOW, FEEL HIM OUT, SEE IF
YOU CAN GET HIM OVER TO
THE SHOP AND, UH, AND SEE
IF THEY CAN TELL
YOU WHAT IT'S WORTH.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
WE ADD A LAYER OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO
DANIELLE'S JOB LIST.
- PUT THAT ON THE
LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
I NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHAT YEAR THE CAR IS.
I HAVE TO FIND OUT
WHAT CONDITION IT'S IN,
PLACE AN AD AND HOPEFULLY
WE'LL MAKE SOME MONEY ON IT.
HOW ARE YOU?
- FINE, DANIELLE. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. NICE TO SEE YOU.
- NICE TO SEE YOU.
- THANKS FOR COMING
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.
- IT LOOKS LIKE YOU
HAVE A BULLET NOSER.
- WE DO, YEAH BUT I
DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT
ABOUT IT SO THAT'S
WHERE YOU COME IN.
- IT'S, UM, A '50-'51
BULLET NOSE.
WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK
FOR IS RUST IN THE FLOOR PAN.
THERE'S SOME DIRT IN THERE
BUT THOSE FLOOR PANS ARE,
THEY'RE REALLY SOLID.
LOOK AT THE DASH ON THIS THING.
THAT DASH IS COMPLETE.
ALL THE KNOBS ARE
THERE. THE RADIO IS THERE.
THE GAUGES ARE THERE.
THE FENDERS ARE SOLID.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF RUST IN HERE BUT THAT'S
THE ONLY RUST I SEE ON THE CAR.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
VALUE WISE THOUGH?
- I WOULD GIVE IT
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE
THOUSAND AND THIRTY-TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- WELL THAT'S NOT BAD.
- DANIELLE, I GOTTA TELL YOU.
YOU GOT A PRETTY
COMPLETE CAR HERE.
- GOOD.
- THIS PARTICULAR CAR
IS A PRETTY SOLID CAR.
IT'D BE A GOOD
RESTORATION PROJECT.
IT WAS A GOOD FIND.
- THANK YOU.
- I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU COMING OUT.
I DID IT. I GOT THE APPRAISER,
GOT THE APPRAISAL,
FIGURED EVERYTHING OUT.
I'M GOING FOR A RIDE.
SWEET!
WHO NEEDS MIKE AND FRANK?
- HELLO, THIS IS FRANK SPEAKING.
- I HAVE SOME GOOD
NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT THE
STUDEBAKER.
- YEAH?
- HE SAYS THAT IT'S WORTH
BETWEEN THIRTY TWO TO
THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED.
- THAT'S AWESOME, MAN!
- THAT'S KILLER!
- HEY, AS LONG AS
WE'RE MAKING MONEY.
- IF YOU CAN, PUT THIRTY
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THE
WINDSHIELD OF THAT THING
AND SEE IF WE GET ANY TAKERS.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE DANIELLE AT ANTIQUE
ARCHAEOLOGY.
SHE'S DOING A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT FRANK AND I
USED TO DO AROUND THE WAREHOUSE.
WE'RE GIVING HER A LITTLE
BIT OF ROPE, SEE HOW SHE
CAN HANDLE IT, AND TODAY
SHE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
BEING IN A NEW AREA IS
SOMETIMES WE GET TO
THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE
WE KNOW EVERY CRACK IN THE ROAD.
WE KNOW EVERY FENCE POST.
WE KNOW EVERY BARN.
WHEN WE'RE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
FRESH TERRITORY,
WE'RE ALL GEARED UP.
WE'RE GONNA FLIP THE
SWITCH ON THIS AND FIND
SOMETHING TODAY.
- DARN RIGHT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
A PLACE DANIELLE SET UP
FOR US, THIS GUY NAMED CHARLES.
- WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLES
IS HE'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF.
HE'S GOT TWO
BUILDINGS PACKED FULL.
HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- ALL RIGHT.
- ARE YOU CHARLES?
- YES.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HEY CHARLES, HOW YA
DOING? FRANK. PLEASURE.
HE CALLED US SO HE'S
READY TO SELL SOME STUFF.
- I BUY OUT PLACES
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR
OLD BUILDINGS AND STUFF
AND JUST SORT OF PACK
RATTED STUFF FOR MANY YEARS.
- YOU GOT MY ATTENTION.
THE GUY IS A MEGA BUYER.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE YOU'RE JUST GONNA
DIVE ON IN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DIVE IN FRANKY.
- IF YOU CAN'T FIND
SOMETHING IN ALL THAT,
I MEAN WE'RE NOT, COME ON.
- [laughs]
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS MIGHT COME IN
HANDY ON THE ROAD FRANKY.
- UM...
- HE'S MISSING HIS PANTS.
- WHAT WE GOT?
- KINDA COOL.
LET'S SEE HERE.
THERE'S SOME CUTE LITTLE
GLASSES IN HERE, MAN.
- THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
- FRANKY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN
I LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE
THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE
ANYTHING ANTIQUITY WISE
THAT'S WORTH ANYTHING IN
THERE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK
AROUND AND YOU STOP
LOOKING AT THE ANTIQUES
AND YOU START THINKING
DECORATOR MODE ALL THESE
THINGS REVEAL THEMSELVES TO YOU.
HOW ABOUT THE HEAD?
IS THE HEAD FOR SALE?
- FIVE BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL POP.
LOOK AT THAT FRANKY.
- THE FIRST THING MIKE
BUYS IS SOME PLASTIC HEAD?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S
THINKING BUT OBVIOUSLY
HE'S GOT A METHOD
TO HIS MADNESS.
- I LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S WEIRD.
IT'S ONLY GOT ONE EYE EXPOSED.
I MEAN IT'S LOOKING SEXY.
IT'S GOT LITTLE POUTY LIPS.
THAT'S REALLY SMOKING.
- HERE'S LIKE A CHURCH
PEW OR SOMETHING?
THAT PIECE IS GONNA BE
A CENTRAL FOCAL POINT
IN SOMEBODY'S ROOM, YOU KNOW?
WE COULD PUT THIS
AT THE SHOP HERE OR
SOMETHING AND THEN WHEN
YOU STAND UP AND TRY TO GIVE
DIRECTIONS WITH THE LITTLE
GAVEL YOU CAN POUND ON IT.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
I ALWAYS PREACH TO PEOPLE?
- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M
SAYING. IT'S KINDA NEAT.
- HOW MUCH FOR
THE CHURCH PULPIT?
- TWENTY-FIVE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I'LL BUY IT FOR TWENTY-FIVE.
- OKAY.
- DEAL.
- GOT IT.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKY.
- THE KIND OF PERSON
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN THE CHURCH PULPIT
WOULD BE A DECORATOR.
WHEN I GET IT HOME AND
GET IT CLEANED UP, THAT THING
IS GONNA SHINE.
- WHAT DO YOU GET FOR
LIKE THE OLD LUGGAGE AND
THOSE HAT CASES?
- TEN BUCKS A PIECE.
- ALL OF THOSE OLD TRUNKS, THOSE
OLD SUITCASES, THEY
JUST GOT A GREAT LOOK.
THEY GOT LEATHER HANDLES.
THEY'RE BLACK. THEY'RE
MADE OUT OF FIBER.
THEY'D JUST BE
NEAT FOR DISPLAYS.
- TELL YA WHAT.
I'LL MAKE YA A DEAL.
YOU TAKE THEM ALL, I'LL TAKE
FIVE BUCKS A PIECE FOR THEM.
- TWO YEARS AGO I WOULDN'T
HAVE BOUGHT THOSE
BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE HOT.
- FIVE BUCKS A PIECE? COME ON.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M
GONNA POP ON THAT.
- ONE OF THE COOL
THINGS ABOUT CHARLES,
YOU KNOW, HE'S KINDA GOT
THE SAME VIBE AS FRANK AND I.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH ALL THAT JUNK?
WELL TO ME IT'S NOT
JUNK. IT'S A TREASURE.
- HEY HOW ABOUT THAT
PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX SIGN?
- ALL OF A SUDDEN OFF
TO THE LEFT I SEE THAT
PORCELAIN PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX
SERVICE STATION SIGN.
I'M LIKE OKAY, GAME ON.
- I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND IF I
WANT TO GET RID OF IT OR NOT.
- GAS AND OIL STUFF IS
HOT. IT'S ADVERTISING.
IT'S IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
- IS IT DOUBLE SIDED?
- YES, IT'S DOUBLE
SIDED. IT'S PORCELAIN.
- THAT THING IS HUGE.
- EVERYBODY CAN FIT A
LITTLE GUY DOWN THEIR DEN
OR SOMETHING.
BIG'S BIG, YOU KNOW?
BIG TAKES A SPECIAL GUY
FOR A BIG ONE, YOU KNOW?
- WHAT KIND OF NUMBER
ARE YOU THINKING?
- THREE FIFTY.
- HOW ABOUT TWO SEVENTY-FIVE?
HOW ABOUT TWO EIGHTY?
- TWO EIGHTY. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- UM I'M JUST THINKING
ABOUT ME LIFTING IT.
UM, I THINK, I THINK TWO
EIGHTY'S A GOOD PRICE.
THAT'S CASH. NO DEBIT
NOW. THAT'S CASH.
- OKAY. WE'LL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL. THANKS MAN.
- BOOM! I'M OWNING THAT
THING FOR TWO HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY BUCKS.
- YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING
ON THE REST OF THE PICK
HERE THAT HOPEFULLY HE'LL HAVE
ONE OR TWO MORE GOOD ITEMS.
OH, YEAH.
- THAT'S COOL.
- YEAH BATTERY OPERATED.
- WHAT'S THE LID
LOOK LIKE? IS IT NEAT?
- YEAH. IT'S GOT A TOP ON IT.
IT'S A 1950s BATTERY
OPERATED TIN CAR.
IT'S IN GREAT CONDITION
AND THE BEST THING ABOUT
THE CAR IS IT CAME
WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX.
SOMETIMES THE BOX CAN BE
WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR.
- THE TURN SIGNALS BLINK ON IT.
- MM HMM.
- OH THEY DO? THE
TURN SIGNALS WORK?
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- WHEN YOU BUY ANTIQUE
BATTERY OPERATED STUFF,
THE MORE FUNCTIONS THAT
IT HAS THE BETTER THE TOY.
HOW ABOUT FIFTY ON THE CAR?
- ALL RIGHT. WE CAN WORK THAT.
- THAT'LL WORK?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS.
JAPAN MADE MOST OF THE
BATTERY OPERATED STUFF.
YOU KNOW, TKO, MTO.
THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR.
- OH, WOW.
WHEN I WALKED INTO THE
BICYCLE ROOM I WASN'T
REALLY EXPECTING MUCH,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RARE
BICYCLES ARE HARD TO FIND.
- LOOK AT HOW SOMEBODY
MADE A BRIGGS AND STRATTON
MOTOR BICYCLE TYPE
THING GOING ON HERE.
- IT WAS A PRE-WAR
SCHWINN BIKE THAT SOMEONE
CARVED INTO A MOTORIZED BICYCLE.
IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF
MOTORCYCLE FOLK ART.
I MEAN IT'S HACKED UP
BUT IT'S GOT A LOT OF
MOTORCYCLE PARTS ON IT.
- FORTY-SIX.
- WELL THAT'S DIFFERENT.
- SOMEBODY WAS
PRETTY INGENUITIVE.
- IT'S GOT A HARLEY
DAVIDSON SEAT PAN ON IT.
IT'S GOT FOOT RESTS OFF
A HARLEY DAVIDSON ON IT.
SCHWINN HAD A SPROCKET CALLED A
SWEETHEART SPROCKET
WITH LITTLE HEARTS IN IT.
THIS IS THE SPROCKET TO
THE FRONT OF THE BIKE SO
THAT'S THE SWEETHEART
SPROCKET AND LOOK AT THE,
HOW ELABORATE THEY MADE
THE BOLT PATTERN HERE AND THE
WAY THEY CLAMPED THIS
TOGETHER AND JOINED IT TO THE HUB.
WHOEVER MADE THAT THING
WAS, THEY WERE PRETTY CLEVER.
- WHAT YEAR?
- '46.
- NORTH CAROLINA '46.
- THAT'S COOL.
- WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ON IT?
I WAS THINKING THREE
HUNDRED BUCKS.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- UH, SOUNDS GOOD. FAIR IS FAIR.
- IT'S GOT A GREAT LOOK.
I THINK THE LICENSE PLATE
ON THE BACK IS EASILY A
HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL.
THAT SEAT PAN'S
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS.
A MOTORCYCLE GUY WOULD
BUY IT JUST FOR THE PARTS AND
I COULD STILL MAKE MONEY ON IT.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS
PIECE RIGHT HERE?
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ON THIS
RIGHT HERE, THIS LITTLE TRIKE?
- YOU TAKE THE SEAT OUT.
- YEAH I SAW THAT.
- AND TURN THE SEAT
AROUND AND IT DOUBLES
FOR A SCOOTER.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
TO HAVE ON SOMETHING LIKE
THIS CHARLES?
- I'D TAKE A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE FOR IT.
- THE THING THAT MAKES
THAT SCOOTER RARE IS
IT ALSO WAS A BICYCLE.
IT HAD A SEAT UP IN THE FRONT.
YOU COULD BICYCLE IT AND
THEN IF YOU GOT TIRED OF
THAT YOU COULD FLIP THE
SEAT AROUND AND YOU COULD
USE IT AS A SCOOTER.
JUST A GREAT PIECE.
- HOW ABOUT A HUNDRED?
- UH...
- GOTTA ASK. THAT'S MY,
THAT'S MY JOB, YOU KNOW?
- I HAVE TO THINK ON THAT.
REALLY I MEAN IT'S
PRETTY UNUSUAL.
- LET ME THINK THIS OVER
FOR A COUPLE MINUTES HERE.
- ALL RIGHT. WE CAN WORK ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
FRANK'S NOT GONNA PULL THE
TRIGGER ON THAT SCOOTER BIKE.
- I THINK THAT'S A
NEAT PIECE FRANK.
- YEAH.
- I REALLY DO.
- A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS, COME ON!
GIVE THE GUY THE
CASH. LET'S MOVE ON.
- I REALLY WANTED THAT
SCOOTER BUT I HAD TO
STAY CALM.
I HAD TO STAND MY GROUND
ON THE HUNDRED DOLLAR OFFER.
- IT'S ALL THERE.
- YOU KNOW, THE GOOD PART UM.
- YOU KNOW, TELL ME
THESE WEREN'T ALWAYS
MISSING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- ONE THING ABOUT THAT
SCOOTER WAS IT HAD THE
SEAT WITH IT AND, YOU KNOW,
KIDS TOOK THEM OFF SOMETIMES.
THEY'D LAY THEM DOWN,
USE THEM AS A SCOOTER.
THE SEAT WAS GONE.
- IF HE DOESN'T
BUY IT, I'M GOING TO.
THAT'S AN AMAZING PIECE.
THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO FIND.
- CAN WE GET TOGETHER
AT A HUNDRED ON THAT BIKE,
ON THAT LITTLE SCOOTER BICYCLE?
- I BELIEVE I'M GONNA HAVE
TO HOLD OFF ON THAT ONE.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
I'M GONNA DO A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- SOUND GOOD?
- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
AT THE END OF THE
DAY, I DIDN'T WANT TO
LET A GREAT FIND LIKE
THIS FIZZLE AWAY OVER
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
THAT IS AN EARLY
BIKE, '30s, '40s I'M SURE
AND YOU JUST DON'T RUN
ACROSS THAT STUFF ANYMORE.
- I DON'T EVEN CARE
IF I SELL IT FOR A WHILE.
THAT'S HOW MUCH I'M LOVING IT.
- IT IS COOL, MAN, LOOK AT IT.
- IT IS COOL.
- THE CAR, WHEN I GET
BACK HOME I HAVE A TOY GUY
THAT USUALLY BUYS A
LOT OF TOYS FROM ME.
HE LIKES HIGHER END STUFF
AND HE LOVES BOXED STUFF.
I THINK THAT'LL BE
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
SOLD VERY EASY.
- OOH. OOH! OOH THERE'S
TWO. I WANT THAT ONE.
- YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
POPPED OPEN THE HAT
SALESMAN BOXES AND THERE
WERE STILL HATS IN THERE,
HEY THAT'S PRETTY COOL, MAN.
- HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU KID.
IT'S LARGE, IT'S IN CHARGE
AND IT'S THE CATCH OF THE DAY.
LOOKS GOOD MAN.
- LOOKS REAL GOOD.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANKS FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
- MIKE AND FRANK, THEY'RE
BOTH SUPER NICE GENTLEMEN.
IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT
THERE OTHER PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT ARE
BASICALLY JUNKERS.
- YOU KNOW WHO WE SHOULD
CALL ABOUT THAT SIGN?
- WHO?
- RYAN.
- RYAN WHO?
- RYAN NEWMAN.
- THE NASCAR GUY.
- YEAH. HE FRICKIN'
LOVES GAS AND OIL STUFF.
HE COLLECTS CAR STUFF.
HE'S GOT A HUGE BUILDING.
- PLUS HE'S DOWN HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA, ISN'T HE?
- HE'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.
I'M GONNA CALL HIM RIGHT NOW.
[phone rings]
- HEY RYAN, THIS
IS FRANK AND MIKE.
WE'RE DOWN HERE IN YOUR
NECK OF THE WOODS AND CAME
ACROSS AN ARTICLE HERE
WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE.
- HEY IT'S A PHILLIPS
SIXTY-SIX ORANGE AND BLACK
LIKE PRETTY BIG SHIELD SIGN.
- SOUND LIKE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN?
- YEAH, THAT'D BE
PERFECT FOR MY SHOP.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT GUYS,
YOU DRIVE SAFE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY, THANKS MAN.
THAT'S COOL.
- THAT'S COOL.
YOU KNOW IT'S COOL WHEN
HE'S TELLING US TO DRIVE SAFE.
[laughing]
- HOW COME THERE'S
NO CHECKERED FLAG AT
RYAN NEWMAN'S HOUSE?
- NO DOUBT.
IF ANYBODY HAD A
CHECKERED FLAG, IT'D BE HIM.
- HERE'S THE STRATEGY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- LEAVE HERE WITH NO SIGN.
- 10-4.
- HI. HOW YA DOING?
- HOW YA DOING, MAN?
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SO WHAT'S UP MAN? YOU
BEEN BUYING ANYTHING?
- I BOUGHT A FEW
THINGS BUT NOT, NOT THE
QUALITY OF THINGS
THAT YOU GUYS FIND.
- WHEN I SAW THIS SIGN I
THOUGHT OF YOU 'CAUSE
LAST I TALKED TO YOU, YOU
KNOW, YOU SAID YOU WERE
KIND OF INTO GAS AND
OIL STUFF A LITTLE BIT AND
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF SPACE
AND THIS THING'S PRETTY BIG.
THIS IS NOT, IT'S
NOT A SPACE SAVER.
USUALLY REALLY HARD
TO SELL BIG SIGNS BECAUSE
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE THAT KIND OF ROOM.
- WHOA. FRANK, YOU
KNOW HE'S GOT A BAD BACK.
- OH, I KNOW. I'M TRYING, RYAN.
- WHAT FRANK AND
I ALWAYS SAY IS,
"THE TIME TO BUY AN ANTIQUE...
- IS WHEN YOU SEE IT."
- IT'S MISSING BULLET HOLES.
- WELL WE COULD
PROBABLY, YOU COULD
PROBABLY ADD A COUPLE,
COULD PLINK A COUPLE OF
THEM IN THERE.
- I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
COOL BECAUSE FOR ONE
THE COLORS ARE STILL BRIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE
BULLET HOLES AND IT'S JUST
LARGE AND IN CHARGE MAN.
- SO YOU'RE THINKING
LIKE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY,
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS.
- WELL THAT WOULD BE OUR, THAT'D
BE PROBABLY OUR DELIVERY CHARGE.
- IT'S ALREADY HERE.
- YOU'RE RIGHT.
- HE LIKES THE ART OF THE DEAL.
WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT IS I'M
THINKING SIX HUNDRED BUCKS.
- IF I CALL FOUR
HUNDRED THEN WE COULD
FLIP, FLIP A QUARTER.
- HALF THE FUN WHEN
YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING IS
DICKERING BACK AND FORTH.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I
THINK WE SHOULD DO?
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST
KINDA LET IT, LET IT JUST
KIND OF SEASON
HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
LET IT KIND OF
BLEND IN A LITTLE.
- YEAH TAKE IT ALL IN.
CAN WE LEAN IT UP
AGAINST THAT WALL THERE?
- YEAH LET'S DO THAT.
- 'CAUSE THE LONGER
IT STAYS HERE, RYAN THE
BETTER IT'LL KIND
OF START LOOKING.
- WELL IT HAS POTENTIAL
TO BE HUNG OUTSIDE TOO.
- OH YEAH.
- I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
- IT'S RAD. IT'S PRETTY
RAD. I MEAN - WHOA FRANK!
- WHAT?
- I'D RECOMMEND NOT EVEN
TAKING YOUR SUNGLASSES
OFF LOOKING AT THAT THING.
- OH IT DOES HAVE A SHINE.
- COME ON FRANK, YOU'RE
TAKING THE PATINA OFF.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'LL LET IT
SIT THERE AND THEN WHAT HAVE
YOU GOT TO SHOW US?
- OH YEAH.
- DIFFERENT THINGS.
- OH MY GOD, LOOK
AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT.
- WHEN I SEEN RYAN'S
CAR COLLECTION
I WAS JUST LIKE, WOW.
MY JAW DROPPED.
- I'D ALWAYS WANTED A
SANFORD AND SON TRUCK.
I THINK I GAVE LIKE EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED BUCKS FOR
IT OR SOMETHING.
- IN THIS SHAPE?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S AWESOME THOUGH, MAN.
IT'S GOT SOME PERSONALITY TO IT.
- DARN RIGHT IT DOES.
- THIS WAS MY
VERY FIRST HOT ROD.
- OH MY GOD. THAT'S BAD ASS.
- WHAT DO YOU SEE?
- OH.
- IT'S RIGHT IN YOUR
PERIPHERAL VISION.
- BELOW THE BUGS
OR ABOVE THE BUGS.
- I DIDN'T REALIZE THE
DEPTH OF HIS COLLECTION.
IT WAS AWESOME TO
WALK THROUGH IT WITH HIM.
- THIS IS A FORTY-NINE JAGUAR.
- LOVING IT.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- IT IS PRETTY COOL.
- THAT'S LIKE A
MOVIE STAR CAR MAN.
- RIGHT NEXT TO US OVER
HERE, THE GREEN ONE?
THAT'S ONE OF THE FOUR
CARS THAT THEY USED IN THE
MOVIE "RAIN MAN."
- TOM CRUISE WAS
KICKING IT IN THIS THING?
- YUP. YUP.
- LET ME TOUCH IT.
- THIS WAS MY FIRST
POLE I EVER WON
MAY OF 2001 AT CHARLOTTE.
- CAN I SIT IN THIS THING?
- OH YEAH. AND THE LEFT LEG.
YOU CAN SIT ON, SIT
ON TOP OF THE DOOR.
- OKAY.
- I WAS REALLY
SURPRISED ON HOW HARD IT
WAS TO GET IN IT.
AND I'M SCRAWNY, MAN.
I MEAN LOOK AT
ME. I'M A BUCK FIFTY.
IT'S TIGHT, MAN.
I MEAN I HAVE NO
ROOM TO MOVE AT ALL.
I MEAN IT WAS LIKE
A BODY CONDOM.
I MEAN I COULDN'T EVEN BREATHE.
MY, MY WHOLE
RIBCAGE IS LIKE, "UGH!"
- YEAH. YOU'RE NOT AS
TOUGH AS YOU THINK YOU ARE
SO THAT'S PART OF IT.
- I MEAN SERIOUSLY.
HE'S A BIG DUDE. THAT'S
WHAT I WAS ASKING.
I WAS LIKE I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU FIT IN THIS THING.
ALL RIGHT, FRANKY, LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS THE HONEY HOLE
OF NASCAR RIGHT HERE.
- OH THIS IS THE
SUITS AND STUFF?
- THAT'S ONE OF MY
OLD ALLTEL UNIFORMS.
- MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS.
- GLOVES AND EVERYTHING.
- GLOVES.
- OH MY GOD.
- THAT ALMOST LOOKS
LIKE IT WOULD FIT YA.
- WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK
OUT A LITTLE SWAP ON THAT.
- LOOK AT THAT. REALLY?
- I MEAN YOU ALREADY
SAT IN HIS CAR.
WHY DON'T YOU
TRY HIS CLOTHES ON?
- OH MY - YEAH, HEY.
CAN I TRY THIS ON?
- YEAH, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I RIPPED MY COAT OFF
RIGHT AWAY, PUT THE THING ON.
I WAS SUPERMAN FOR FIVE MINUTES.
- STRIKE THE POSE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.
- I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF.
WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT
CAN WE DO? HELP ME HELP YOU.
- IN THE COLLECTIBLE
FIELD THAT'S PROBABLY
WORTH TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A
HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF THE SIGN.
- THAT SOUNDS, THAT
SOUNDS RATIONAL.
- I'LL LOOK REALLY POOR
AS A BUSINESSMAN BUT
I KNOW HOW MUCH HE
LIKES THAT UNIFORM.
- SERIOUSLY? I THINK I'M JUST
GONNA WEAR THIS AROUND.
I MEAN THIS WOULD
BE GREAT TO PICK IN.
- WE'LL SHAKE ON THAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I KNOW THAT I GAVE
THEM A BETTER DEAL THAN
THEY GAVE ME BUT
I'M COOL WITH IT.
JUST SO IT'S CLEAR,
THAT IS FOR BOTH OF YOU.
- OH, IT'S FOR BOTH OF US!
- SO ANY KIND OF PROFIT
THAT WOULD COME
FROM THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.
- OKAY. RYAN I'M GLAD
YOU GOT THAT OUT THERE.
- JUST BECAUSE THE
SUIT FIT MIKE DIDN'T MEAN
IT WAS JUST HIS.
IT WAS BOTH OF OURS.
- APPRECIATE YOU THINKING OF ME.
- NO, SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I MEAN I KNOW YOU GOT A BUSY
SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS JUST COOL THAT IT
WORKED OUT FOR US AND FOR
YOU TOO TO OWN THIS.
- THIS IS MY FIRST SIGN
I'VE EVER GOT SO THE
PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX SIGN IS
I'M GUESSING THE FIRST OF
MY COLLECTION OF MANY.
- HE WAS REALLY
PASSIONATE OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
RACING AND HE WAS
PASSIONATE ABOUT CARS AND
NOW HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT
A PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX SIGN.
- I'M SURE WE'LL BE DOING
SOME MORE BUSINESS.
- COOL. SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT DUDE.
- THANKS. TAKE CARE.
- I'M WEARING IT, DUDE.
- IT'S HALF MINE,
REMEMBER? RYAN SAID.
- THEN HE SAID IT WASN'T.
- YEAH HE DID.
[horn honks]
- IT'D SURE BE NICE IF I HAD
HELP HANGING THIS SIGN.
- RYAN NEWMAN SPANKED YOU, DUDE.
- HE SAID THAT
SUIT'S BOTH OF OURS.
- NO. YOU'RE HERE. I'M HERE.
I'M BIG.
I'M LIKE THIS TO RYAN.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT? YOUR HEAD SIZE OR?
- NO. THIS IS OUR FRIENDSHIP.
THIS IS ME, THIS IS
RYAN AND I'S FRIENDSHIP.
THIS IS YOU AND
RYAN'S FRIENDSHIP.
- I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
I THINK THAT HE SAID
IT WAS HALF, HALF MINE.
- AND THEN HE WINKED.
HE GAVE ME THE
HAIRY EYEBALL FULL ON.
BUT I'M WILLING TO DOUBLE
DOWN AND LET YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OWN
THE SUIT FOR A FLIP.
WHAT ARE WE FLIPPING FOR?
- FOR THE RYAN NEWMAN
SUIT. YOU CALL IT.
- ALL RIGHT. HEADS.
[laughter] YOU GOT SPANKED!
- IF YOU DON'T THINK
THE FRONT END OF A
STUDEBAKER'S SEXY, YOU
BETTER CHECK YOUR PULSE.
- I'M THINKING TWO
THOUSAND BUCKS ON THE CAR.
- LET ME MULL IT OVER.
- THAT'S KINDA COOL.
MIKE, SEE THAT AIRSTREAM?
- WOULD YOU SELL IT?
- PROBABLY NOT.
- YOU KNOW, AT LEAST
GIVE ME A NUMBER!
- THAT SCOOTER, IT
HAD THE SEAT WITH IT.
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EVERY DAY.
I REALLY WANTED THAT SCOOTER.
I HAD TO STAY CALM.
- AS SOON AS I SAW THAT
SIGN, I THOUGHT OF AN
OLD FRIEND OF MINE, A NASCAR
DRIVER NAMED RYAN NEWMAN.
HE LIKES THE ART OF THE DEAL.
- WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK
OUT A LITTLE SWAP ON THAT.
- WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT CAN WE DO?
HELP ME HELP YOU.
I'M MIKE WOLFE.
- AND I'M FRANK FRITZ.
- AND WE'RE PICKERS.
- WE TRAVEL THE BACK
ROADS OF AMERICA LOOKING
FOR RUSTY GOLD.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR AMAZING
THINGS BURIED IN PEOPLE'S
GARAGES AND BARNS.
- WHAT MOST PEOPLE SEE AS
JUNK, WE SEE AS DOLLAR SIGNS.
- WE'LL BUY ANYTHING WE
THINK WE CAN MAKE A BUCK ON.
- EACH ITEM WE PICK HAS
A HISTORY ALL ITS OWN
AND THE PEOPLE WE MEET, WELL
THEY'RE A BREED ALL THEIR OWN.
WE MAKE A LIVING TELLING
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
ONE PIECE AT A TIME.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP
YOU POSTED AS FAR AS
HOW FAR WE GET TONIGHT.
WE'RE HEADING TO THE CAROLINAS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLD HERE NOW
SO WE'RE GONNA DRIVE SOUTH.
- ALRIGHT.
- WE GOT CLEAN SOCKS,
CLEAN UNDERWEAR.
- WELL, BE SAFE.
- FRANK'S GOT SOME TIC TACS.
HE'S GOOD.
- SCOPE. MINT FRESH.
- SEE YA!
- BYE!
THANK GOD.
- WE REALLY NEED TO GO
WHERE DANIELLE IS SENDING US.
SHE'S BEEN DOING
A LOT OF RESEARCH.
SHE'S GOT THE ROLODEX
CRANKING IN HER MIND AND
NOW SHE'S TELLING US GO SOUTH.
- I KNOW ONE THING. I LIKE
THE WEATHER DOWN HERE
A LOT BETTER THAN
WHERE WE CAME FROM.
- OH MY GOD.
- THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO
LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE
GET BACK HOME.
- THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU.
YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD.
- TRY TO.
- YOU'RE ALWAYS
THINKING AHEAD AND YOU'RE
ALWAYS THINKING OF MY
WELFARE. I APPRECIATE THAT.
- EH.
- I GOT YOUR BACK.
- I KNOW YOU DO.
[phone rings]
- HELLO?
- HEY! JUST WANTED
TO GIVE YOU SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT A LEAD I HAVE.
A GENTLEMAN NAMED PIPPIN,
HE'S WITH HIS GRANDFATHER.
HIS NAME'S RALPH. THEY
HAVE FIFTEEN OLD CARS.
THEY'VE GOT A
STUDEBAKER, PLYMOUTH.
HE'S A JUNKER AND
COLLECTOR FOR FIFTY YEARS.
PIPPIN'S REALLY EXCITED TO SELL.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SOME
MONEY FOR HIS GRANDPA.
- SEND US THE
COORDINATES, LIKE ALWAYS,
AND WE'LL UH SEE ABOUT
GOING AND CHECKING HIM OUT.
- OKAY, SWEET. I'LL
TALK TO YOU LATER.
- THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- YOU TOO HONEY. BYE.
- SHE WAS REALLY NICE TO ME.
SHE SAID, "SEE
YOU LATER, HONEY."
- SHE WAS NICE TO YOU.
YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP YOUR
LITTLE BANTERING BACK AND FORTH.
THINK OF THE ENERGY YOU
WASTE ARGUING WITH DANIELLE.
THERE'S SOME TENSION THERE.
- NO!
- YEAH.
- I THINK SHE TOUCHES
MY STUFF TOO MUCH.
- ANYTIME DANIELLE
CALLS US AND SAYS HEY,
I GOT A JUNKYARD FOR YOU
GUYS TO PICK, WE ARE ON IT
LIKE A DUCK ON A JUNE BUG.
- OH, THERE'S THE
HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
- THIS LOOKS GOOD.
- HEY, IT DOES LOOK GOOD.
- HEY, HI, I'M MIKE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU MIKE.
- FRANK.
- FRANK, I'M PIPPIN.
COME ON IN GUYS.
- COOL. THANK YOU.
- THE REAL JUNK COLLECTOR
IS PIPPIN'S GRANDFATHER.
- RALPH, MY NAME'S FRANK.
- VERY NICE, IT'S ALWAYS
NICE TO MEET AN OLD JUNKER.
- HECK YEAH. WE LOVE THAT.
- HIS GRANDFATHER
CAN'T LEAVE HIS RESIDENCE
NOW BUT WE WANTED TO
STOP BY AND AT LEAST MEET HIM
BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO PUT A FACE WITH THE STUFF.
- DANIELLE SAID YOU
GUYS HAD QUITE A PILE.
- WELL I JUST LOVE
TO GO TO AUCTIONS.
I ENDED UP WITH BUILDINGS
AFTER BUILDINGS FULL.
ANYTHING THAT
COME ALONG, I'D BUY.
- IT'S FUN, ISN'T IT?
- OH YEAH, I LIKE TO DO THAT.
- PIPPIN'S GRANDFATHER
SOUNDS LIKE HE'S BASICALLY
THE GODFATHER OF
JUNK AROUND HERE.
- I'M EXCITED TO LOOK
THROUGH THIS STUFF.
- VERY EXCITED.
- WE SET OFF WITH HIS
GRANDSON WHICH IS PRETTY
MUCH ONE BROKER.
HIS TWIN BROTHER,
AND, IS THE OTHER.
- HOW YA DOING? I'M FRANK.
- THIS PROPERTY HERE
IS FIFTY ACRES BASICALLY
ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND WE GOT ABOUT FIVE
ACRES FILLED WITH JUNK.
- LOOK AT THAT.
- WE'RE SEEING RUSTY
CARS, VINES OVER THEM,
WE'RE SEEING SHEDS WITH
WEEDS GROWING IN FRONT OF
THE DOORS LIKE NO ONE'S
BEEN IN THEM FOR YEARS.
THIS IS AMAZING.
- HOLY CRAP.
THIS HAS GOT IT ALL, MAN.
- I MEAN THIS PLACE IS
LIKE A PICKER'S JUNGLE GYM.
- THIS IS JUST WHAT
WE LIKE TO BE IN, RIGHT
IN THE DIRT AND
DUST AND THE RUST.
- WELL I SEE SOMETHING I
LIKE ALREADY. A WHOLE BUNCH.
THEY'RE HORSESHOES.
THEY WERE GIVEN AWAY
AS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS.
GULF NO-NOX GASOLINE
WAS PROMOTED WITH A HORSE
KICKING LEAVING TWO
IMPRINTS OF HORSESHOES.
SO IT PUT THE KICK IN YOUR TANK.
- LOOK AT ALL THESE.
THESE ARE ALL THE OLD
RAILROAD LAMPS AND STUFF.
- OH, YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD.
- THOSE ARE REALLY COOL.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING LIKE
THAT'S GONNA BREAK REALLY EASY.
IF SOMEBODY'S GOT A
LANTERN THEY NEED SOMETHING
LIKE THAT FOR, THAT STUFF
CAN BE PRETTY PRICEY.
WHAT HAVE WE GOT
HERE? PEPSI COLA.
- LOOKS GOOD,
THOUGH. IT'S NOT BROKE.
- LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR.
GOT THE BOTTLE CAP
ON THE FRONT OF IT.
IT'S PROBABLY FROM THE FIFTIES.
IT'S GOT ALL THE PRICES.
CUP OF SOUP, A NICKEL.
I'M THINKING FORTY BUCKS.
- I'M THINKING SIXTY-FIVE.
- UM... HOW ABOUT FIFTY
ON THIS AND TWENTY BUCKS
FOR THE RED LITTLE SHADES?
THERE'S TWELVE OF
THEM OVER THERE.
I'M GOING UP ON
THIS A LITTLE BIT AND
I'M OFFERING TWENTY
ON THE SHADES.
- EIGHTY BUCKS FOR ALL OF IT?
- LET'S SHAKE AT SEVENTY.
- SEVENTY-FIVE AND YOU GOT IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT. SEVENTY-FIVE.
- I GOTTA DO A DOUBLE
SHAKE NOW, FRANK.
- GUYS, I'M INTERESTED IN
THESE, THESE CANS DOWN HERE.
- SURE.
- SURE.
- WHAT WOULD YOU
THINK YOU'D WANT FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THESE?
- SHOOT ME A PRICE,
MAN. SHOOT ME A PRICE.
- HOW DOES TWENTY-FIVE
BUCKS SOUND?
- THAT'S A LOT OF
THEM FOR TWENTY-FIVE.
- THAT'S LIKE ALMOST
A BUCK A PIECE.
- HOW ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE
BUCKS AND YOU
CAN TAKE THEM ALL?
- THIRTY-FIVE BUCKS
AND YOU LET ME GRAB A
COUPLE HANDFULS OF
THOSE HORSESHOES.
- WE'LL THROW IN ALL
THE PLASTIC THINGS.
- GREAT, MAN. THAT'S GOOD.
I'M THE CAN GUY. I LOVE CANS.
- THAT'S A GREAT START FOR ME.
OLD CAN COLLECTORS SEEM
TO VALUE CANS THAT HAVE
MASCOTS, HIGHLY BRIGHTLY
COLORED, ONES FROM SMALL
OIL COMPANIES, AND OF
COURSE, CANS THAT ARE FULL.
- THIS PLACE IS LOOKING GOOD.
- I'M TRYING TO
FRICKIN' BE RESERVED A
LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE THERE'S
OTHER STUFF TO LOOK AT.
- THOSE GUYS ARE
KIND OF TOUGH MAN.
THEY'RE ALREADY, YOU
KNOW, BUSTING MY CHOPS.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S,
THAT'S ALL I NEED.
THAT'S ENOUGH. THAT'S
MORE THAN I WANT TO CARRY.
- GOD.
- YEAH YOU GRAB THAT
AND I'LL GRAB THESE.
- THOSE LITTLE
PLASTIC HORSESHOES,
I GOT A BIG SACK OF THEM.
HE THREW THEM IN WITH
THE OIL CANS. GREAT DEAL.
- FRANKY, YOU GOT IT IN THERE?
- YEAH I GOT IT.
- DON'T EVER SAY FRANK,
TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
WE'RE GONNA BE HERE
FOR A COUPLE HOURS.
HE'S GONNA TRY TO
FIGURE OUT IN HIS MIND,
HE'S GONNA BE LIKE MAYBE
I SHOULD TAKE THEM ALL.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANT
TO OVERSTAY MY WELCOME.
HE'S HAVING A FRICKIN'
CORONARY OVER HERE, TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW
MANY HE CAN GRAB.
- I GOT ALL THESE.
- HE'S GOT ALL OF THEM.
- I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
A COUPLE BUILDINGS
DOWN BELOW AS WELL.
- OK.
- NO NOX.
- I LIKE THE PORCELAIN
SIGN ON THE FRONT.
- YEAH THERE'S ONE
ON THE BACK TOO.
- IS THERE? WOW.
- THE GAS PUMP WAS REALLY COOL.
IT'S CALLED A
STAINLESS STEEL TOP.
IT HAD THE SIGNS
ON THE FRONT OF IT.
THAT'S PRETTY NEAT.
WE COULD SELL STUFF
LIKE THAT PRETTY EASILY.
- I THINK WE'RE GETTING
READY TO ENTER THE REALLY
GOOD STUFF UP HERE.
- COME ON IN.
- I WALK INTO THE GARAGE
AND I'M COMPLETELY
OBLIVIOUS TO IT.
- THERE'S A LOT OF
STUFF OVER HERE, MIKE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO DIG.
- I'M LOOKING TO THE LEFT,
I'M LOOKING TO THE RIGHT.
I'M LOOKING UP IN THE RAFTERS.
- IT'S RIGHT HERE.
- I'LL CHECK THAT
ON MY WAY DOWN.
- I JUST COULDN'T SEE THE
BIG ELEPHANT THAT WAS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.
- I WONDER WHAT
KIND OF CAR THIS IS.
OH, A STUDEBAKER.
- OH MY GOD.
- THE NINETEEN FIFTY
STUDEBAKER WAS WAY AHEAD
OF IT'S TIME.
THE COMPANY'S
SLOGAN BACK THEN WAS,
"FIRST BY FAR WITH
A POST-WAR CAR."
THIS IS AWESOME!
- THE MORE WE LOOKED
AT THE CAR, THE BETTER IT
STARTED LOOKING.
- IT LOOKS GREAT!
- THE INTERIOR'S GREAT.
- THE BACK OF IT'S GOT
A SPLIT WINDOW DESIGN.
THE FRONT OF IT'S A
SPLIT WINDOW DESIGN.
IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL PIECE.
IT'S UNTOUCHED.
IT'S LIKE A TIME MACHINE.
WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN
THE ROAD ON THAT THING
MAN, PEOPLE KNOW
YOU MEAN BUSINESS.
THE FRONT OF THAT THING
LOOKS LIKE A SPACESHIP.
HAVE YOU GUYS
THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU
WANTED FOR THIS CAR?
- UH WE WERE THINKING
ABOUT THREE THOUSAND.
- THAT'S GOOD FOR ME.
I MEAN I WASN'T GONNA PAY
THE THREE THOUSAND BUT
IT'S GOOD FOR ME THAT HE
THREW A NUMBER OUT THERE.
- HEY. HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
I'M GONNA OFFER HIM SOME
MONEY FOR THAT CAR, YOU KNOW?
- HOW MUCH?
- WELL HE'S AT THREE
THOUSAND BUCKS.
- THREE THOUSAND'S OUT OF IT.
- OH I KNOW. NO I'M NOT,
NO I'M NOT THINKING THAT.
I'M THINKING TWO THOUSAND BUCKS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
IF WE COULD GET HIM TO THROW
THE PUMP IN ON THE DEAL KINDA?
- ALL RIGHT. AT TWO
THOUSAND I THINK YOU'RE OKAY.
IF HE SAYS TWENTY-FOUR
OR SOMETHING I THINK
YOU BETTER WALK.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO TALK TO HIM.
BASICALLY I THOUGHT I'D
THROW THE GAS PUMP IN
THERE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA
COST A LOT OF MONEY TO GET
THAT CAR HOME.
- THANKS FOR SHOWING US
THE INSIDE OF THAT GARAGE.
THAT STUDEBAKER IS VERY COOL.
- THREE THOUSAND WE
THINK IS A LITTLE HIGH ON THAT.
- YEAH BECAUSE
THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S
LIKE GRADES FROM ONE TO
SIX AND I THINK THAT GRADE
ON THAT THING'S ABOUT A
FIVE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SIX
IS GONNA BE A PARTS CAR
AND THEN FIVE IS GONNA BE
SOMETHING THAT'S RESTORABLE.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
- SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
- AND I'M ALSO KIND OF
KICKING AROUND TOO, FRANKY
AND I HAVE BEEN CHATTING BACK
AND FORTH ON THE GAS PUMP.
- OKAY.
- OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- WELL LET'S DO THE PACKAGE.
I'M THINKING TWO THOUSAND
BUCKS ON THE CAR AND, UH,
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS
ON THE GAS PUMP.
- LET ME MULL IT OVER.
- WE PLANTED THE
TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR
NUMBER IN THEIR MIND.
WE LET THEM MULL IT
OVER WHILE WE PICKED.
- LET'S DIVE ON IN HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING MIKE?
- I COULD SMELL SOMETHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ME.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS FRANK.
I MEAN SOMETIMES ON THE
ROAD, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T
MOUSSE IN MY HAIR.
WE JUST HAVEN'T
SHOWERED FOR FIVE DAYS.
- I THINK THERE'S A
HAM HANGING UP THERE.
- OH MY GOD, THAT IS A HAM.
- IT'S A HAM?
- OH, LOOK AT THAT!
- NOTHING SURPRISES ME WHEN
I RUN INTO THINGS ON A PICK.
I MEAN A HAM THAT'S
BEEN SITTING THERE FOR
TWENTY SOME-ODD YEARS.
- YOU'RE STEPPING ON A HAM TOO.
- I'M ON A HAM?
- YOU'VE GOT HAM JUICE
ALL OVER YOUR LEG DUDE.
- AH MAN!
- YOU SURE YOU
DON'T WANT THAT HAM?
I'M A LET THAT GO, OKAY?
REAL CHEAP. REAL CHEAP.
- MOVE THE HAM OVER.
WHERE'S THE GOOD STUFF?
I'LL START DIGGING.
- THIS IS COMPLETELY
RAD. I LOVE THIS.
SOMEBODY ACTUALLY TOOK THE
TIME TO TAKE ALL THE BOTTLE CAPS.
- IF YOU THINK OF THE
TIME AND ENERGY THAT
SOMEBODY TOOK TO MAKE
THAT BASKET WITH ALL THOSE
BOTTLE CAPS, IT WAS A
BEAUTIFUL PIECE, MAN.
HOW ABOUT UH TEN BUCKS?
- WOW. I JUST WALKED PAST
THAT A HUNDRED TIMES AND
NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED
IT BEING WORTH ANYTHING.
- TEN BUCKS IS, YEAH. TAKE IT.
- TEN BUCKS? I
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
- THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS TO LOOK AT HERE,
A LOT TO TAKE IN BUT
THE WHOLE TIME ALL I KEEP
THINKING ABOUT IS THAT
STUDEBAKER IN THE GARAGE.
THIS THING'S SAYING,
"HEY, MAN, TAKE ME HOME."
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ANYTHING
MORE ABOUT THE CAR?
- YEAH. TWENTY-TWO IS
WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT?
- I'M AT TWO THOUSAND ON THE CAR
AND TWO HUNDRED
FOR THE GAS PUMP.
I DIDN'T THINK THE CAR
NEGOTIATION WAS GONNA
GO THAT WELL.
I MEAN HE WAS AT THREE
THOUSAND BUCKS ON IT.
- UM, TWENTY-FOUR?
WOULD YOU GIVE
TWENTY-FOUR FOR IT?
- THE THING IS FOR US TO GET
THE CAR HOME AT TWO BILLS,
I MEAN WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT
AT LEAST SIX TO EIGHT HUNDRED.
- TWENTY-TWO.
- TWENTY-TWO. ALL RIGHT MAN.
- LET'S DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
WE GOT A CAR FRANKY.
- ALL RIGHT!
- ALL RIGHT.
- YOU GUYS READY
FOR THIS CHALLENGE?
- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
- MOVING THE CAR WAS
LIKE RAISING THE TITANIC.
- ONE, TWO, THREE.
- WHOA!
- THEY DON'T MESS
AROUND IN NORTH CAROLINA.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YOU GOT PLENTY
OF ROOM HERE NOW.
HEY, IT'S LOOKING
BETTER EVERY SECOND.
KEEP GOING.
KEEP ON GOING. YOU'RE FINE.
STRAIGHTEN IT OUT.
- DON'T HIT THE
TOILET. WHERE AM I AT?
- KEEP ON GOING.
[cross-talk]
- FRANKY!
- WOOO!
- LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
- LOOK AT THE FRONT OF IT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF YOU DON'T THINK THE
FRONT END OF A STUDEBAKER
IS SEXY, YOU BETTER
CHECK YOUR PULSE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY
SQUEEZE ANOTHER
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS OUT OF THE GAS PUMP.
- THE GULF MOTOR OIL,
NOW DOWN SOUTH HERE GULF
IS VERY, VERY COMMON AND
I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM OIL
CANS BACK NORTH WHERE I
LIVE AND THEY ARE GONNA BE
FIFTEEN DOLLARS
APIECE ALL DAY LONG.
- WHAT HAVE YOU GOT MIKE?
- WHAT'S THIS SAY?
TIFFANY? THAT'S COOL.
- TIFFANY?
[laughter]
- I'M JUST KIDDING.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE
COLLECT ROAD RAIL STUFF.
WHEN YOU HAVE A RAILROAD
LAMP AND YOU HAVE A
CRACKED LENS, YOU'RE
GONNA NEED ONE OF THESE.
- I WAS REAL EXCITED
TO BUY THAT PEPSI SIGN.
THAT COULD BE USED
FOR A DECORATOR ITEM IN A
BASEMENT, SOMEONE THAT'S
GONNA DO A RESTAURANT.
I THINK IT'S WORTH AT
LEAST A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- LOOKING GOOD, MAN.
THIS THING HASN'T
MOVED IN FIFTY YEARS.
- THERE'S JUST NO BIGGER
JOY THAN BEING ABLE
TO BRING SOMETHING
BACK INTO THE DAYLIGHT.
- YEAH!
- ADIOS!
- OH, IT LOOKS REALLY
GOOD FROM HERE.
[laughter]
- I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING THE CAR BACK
HOME AND SEEING EXACTLY
WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN
HERE A LONG TIME AND WE
HAVEN'T EVEN PUT
A DENT IN THE PLACE.
- NO DOUBT.
- WELL YA'LL COME BACK ANYTIME.
ENJOY THE STUFF, OKAY?
- ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE
THAT CAR HAS BEEN
THERE FIFTY YEARS?
FIFTY YEARS!
- I KNOW, IT'S INSANE.
- MAN!
- DUDE, YOU SMELL
LIKE HAM JUICE.
- DUDE I STEPPED
RIGHT IN THAT HAM.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU'RE STANDING IN A
FRICKIN' ROTTEN HAM.
- LET ME CALL
DANIELLE RIGHT NOW.
[phone rings]
- HELLO?
- DANNY D, GUESS
WHO BOUGHT A CAR?
- SHUT UP! YOU BOUGHT ME A CAR?
[laughing]
- WE BOUGHT A 1950
CHAMPION STUDEBAKER.
I MEAN THIS THING IS RAD.
- SWEET! THANK YOU,
THANK YOU FOR MY CAR.
- ALL RIGHT DANNY
D, SEE YOU LATER.
- KEEP CHECKING US THE LEADS.
- WE NEED TO FIND THE HOLY
GRAIL OF JUNK. JUNKOLOGIST.
- JUNKSTER, JUNKAHOLIC.
YEAH WE'RE DOING A
LITTLE FREE STYLING.
TOO NEW. TOO NEW.
AND FREE STYLING DOWN
HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA
SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT
EASIER BECAUSE PEOPLE
GOT MULTITUDES OF STUFF OUTSIDE.
- MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS.
- THIS LOOKS LIKE THE
JUNK MAN OF ALL JUNK.
- HOW YA DOING? I'M MIKE.
- MIKE.
- I'M FRANK.
- FRANK.
- WHAT'D YOU DO?
BUY UP EVERYTHING IN THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA?
- WELL IF I CAN.
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED OLD STUFF.
I BUY, SELL AND TRADE JUNK.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
FOR AROUND TWENTY YEARS.
- SO HAVE YOU EMBRACED
THE TERM JUNK MAN?
- NO.
- NO?
- NO, NO.
- I MEAN THIS GUY'S GOT A
LOT OF UNIQUE ITEMS HERE.
HE HAD QUITE A BIT OF SIGNAGE.
- ISN'T IT NEAT?
- IT'S AMAZING.
THE GUY'S GOT JUST A
HUGE COLLECTION OF JUST
ABOUT ANYTHING.
THIS IS A SWEAT
BACK, LIKE YOUR OWN
PERSONAL SAUNA HERE.
HOW MUCH YOU
WANT FOR THIS THING?
- TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS?
- YEAH.
- I KIND OF LIKE THIS.
- YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING
TO SWEAT RIGHT NOW
JUST BEING IN... BEING IN HERE.
- I LIKE YOUR MILK CONTAINERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF
SOMETHING'S BIG,
IT DOESN'T DETER
YOU FROM BUYING IT.
ALL THIS RUSTY, SUN
BAKED, DIRTY STUFF.
THE SAME STUFF WE LIKE.
HOW OLD WERE YOU
WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED
BUYING STUFF?
- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN
IT STARTED, CAN YOU?
- YEAH. OH HELL YEAH.
- ME AND MIKE HAVE
BEEN COLLECTING STUFF
SINCE WE WERE LITTLE KIDS.
I MEAN I STARTED OUT
COLLECTING ROCKS AND BEER CANS.
- I CAN REMEMBER MY FIRST SCORE.
I WAS WALKING TO SCHOOL
AND I CAME ACROSS A BOX OF
STP STICKERS.
THAT WAS LIKE IN FIRST OR
SECOND GRADE AND YOU KNOW
WHEN YOU'RE A KID, STICKERS,
STICKERS ARE LIKE MONEY.
YOU CAN TRADE THEM FOR MILK,
PEANUT BUTTER AND
JELLY SANDWICHES.
I WAS THE MAN. I WAS GOING.
- HOW ABOUT ANYTHING
WITH TWO WHEELS, MOTORS?
- BICYCLES.
- I'VE GOT A TRICYCLE
WITH TWO WHEELS.
- ALL RIGHT. LOOK
AT THAT FRANKY.
- WHAT YEAR IS THAT FROM, MIKE?
- IT'S AN EARLY PIECE.
IT'S FROM THE THIRTIES.
IT HAD AIRFLOW HANDLEBARS
ON IT, AIRFLOW FRAME.
I THINK IT WAS MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED SKIPPY.
- WHAT DO YOU GOTTA HAVE
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIKE?
- I'D LIKE TO GET ABOUT
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS.
- TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS?
I'LL TAKE THAT MAN.
IT'S COOL. I LIKE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- YOU KNOW WHAT WE
CALL THAT IN OUR BOOK?
WE JUST BROKE THE ICE.
- BROKE THE ICE.
- BROKE THE ICE.
- GOOD.
- I'M LIKE OKAY THIS
IS REALLY COOL.
THE PRICES ARE GOOD.
HE'S GOT SOME FUNKY STUFF.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
THIS GULF DEALER SIGN AT
IN THAT CONDITION?
- TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- THAT'S ABOUT WHAT
WE'D HAVE ON IT TOO.
- WHAT DO YOU VALUE
THE QUAKER STATE ONE?
- A HUNDRED AND A HALF.
- OKAY.
- THAT'S GOOD TO
KNOW. WE GOTTA KNOW
WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH.
BASICALLY WE'RE
TRYING TO FEEL MIKE OUT
ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS
HE'S A PICKER LIKE US.
HE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD EYE.
HE BUYS A LOT OF
THE SAME STUFF WE DO.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- YEAH BUT YOU'D
HAVE TO GET CRAZY.
- WHAT'S GETTING CRAZY ON THAT?
- TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- WOO!
- THAT'S A NICE PIECE.
IT'S GOT THE GLASS
MARBLES ON IT.
WHAT DO YOU GET FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIKE?
- SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- SO FAR EVERYTHING I'VE
ASKED ABOUT HAS BEEN
FULL BLOWN RETAIL
PLUS TEN PERCENT.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S ON THE
BUSIEST CORNER IN THE COUNTY.
HE'S RETAIL. WHEN WE COME IN
AND WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING
FOR WHOLESALE PRICE,
IT JUST WASN'T HAPPENING.
- OH, THAT'S KIND OF COOL MIKE.
SEE THAT AIRSTREAM?
- YEAH. I SEE THAT, MAN.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE
STORY ON THAT THING?
- I SPOTTED IT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
- OH, MY GOD. MY
HEART SKIPPED A BEAT.
SERIOUSLY I'VE ONLY SEEN
A FEW OF THOSE IN BOOKS.
I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY
SEEN ONE BEFORE.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE
PIECE TO SEE.
IT'S JUST SO TEAR
DROPPED. IT'S SO AIRFLOW.
IT'S GOT ALL THE
PANELS ON THE TOP.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT SCALES.
LOOK AT THAT SUCKER, MAN.
IT'S LIKE A FRIGGIN' SHARK
COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
- I KNOW. IT'S NEAT.
- YOU KNOW, THE
THING IS AMAZING!
CAN I CRAWL IN THERE?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S COOL.
- MAN, THIS THING COULD TELL
SOME STORIES, COULDN'T IT?
- THAT THING IS SO
COOL, IT'S SO RAD.
I MEAN I JUST WANT
TO OWN IT FOR A WHILE.
IT WAS MADE BY A COMPANY
CALLED BOLUS PRIOR TO AIRSTREAM.
AIRSTREAMS WERE
MANUFACTURED IN OHIO.
THEY ORIGINATED IN THE 1930'S.
THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY
WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE
PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE ON
THESE HUGE AIRSTREAM TOURS
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
IT PROMOTED A MYSTIQUE
THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY.
I LOVE THESE LITTLE PORT HOLES.
- ALL OF THOSE OPENED AT
ONE TIME BY A ROD RUNNING.
- OH, YOU JUST FLIPPED
THEM ALL AT ONCE?
- AT THE VERY END HERE, SEE.
YOU JUST TWISTED THIS LITTLE
ROD THAT OPENED THEM ALL UP.
- YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. PLEXIGLAS.
- LOOK AT THAT MIKE.
- YEAH THAT LITTLE BRASS PUMP.
- THE OLD TIME PUMP.
- THIS THING NEEDS FULL
BLOWN RESTORATION.
- BUT IT'S THERE. AND AT
LEAST YOU SEE THE OUTLINE,
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- UH HUH. YEAH IT'S
COOL. IT'S DIFFERENT.
WOULD YOU SELL IT?
- PROBABLY NOT.
- I WANTED THIS THING SO BAD.
- WHAT ABOUT LIKE INSANE NUMBER?
WHAT'S INSANE NUMBER ON THIS.
- GO AHEAD AND
KICK HIM. HE LIKES IT.
- KICK ME HARD.
- KICK HIM.
- NO, I COULDN'T TELL HIM.
THE TOP OF HIS HEAD
WOULD BLOW OFF.
- THAT'S ALL RIGHT. LET ME
HOLD ONTO IT. I'M HOLDING ON.
- I SAID GIVE ME
THE CRAZY NUMBER.
WHAT'S THE CRAZY
NUMBER ON THE TRAILER?
- DO IT!
- I'M NOT DOING IT.
- DO IT.
- I WANTED THIS THING SO BAD.
- THINK ABOUT A NUMBER
AND WE DON'T CARE
WHERE THE DECIMAL POINT'S AT.
PUT IT WHEREVER YOU WANT.
- I COULDN'T LET
THE TRAILER GO, MAN.
I COULDN'T LET IT REST
SO I KEPT ASKING HIM.
WHAT'S AN INSANE NUMBER
THAT YOU WOULD TAKE FOR IT?
IF THERE IS A NUMBER THAT
YOU COULD COME UP WITH...
IF YOU AND I COULD
COME UP WITH A NUMBER...
SO THE CRAZY NUMBER
ON THAT IS WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ON IT?
- I DON'T WANT TO
GO BACK THERE AGAIN.
- WELL I THINK MIKE
WAS JUST TRYING
HIS BEST TO PURCHASE THE ITEM.
- YOU KNOW WHAT WE COULD
DO FOR YOU TOO MAYBE?
WE CUT SOME DEALS ON SOME STUFF.
I WAS DESPERATE.
I HAD NO CHOICE.
I DECIDED TO PULL OUT THE
OLDEST TRICK IN THE PICKER
BIBLE AND OFFER HIM A HOT LEAD.
- WE HIT SOME PICKS
THAT THERE'S JUST, THERE'S
JUST STUFF THAT'S JUST
WAY TOO BIG FOR US THAT'S
REALLY, REALLY
REASONABLY PRICED.
I MEAN I COULD EVEN TELL YOU
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT FOR IT.
HE'S GOT A BIG OLD CHESHIRE
CAT SMILE ON HIS FACE.
- I SEE, I SEE THE GEARS MOVING.
- I WAS LIKE WORK WITH ME.
LET'S GET SOME BUSINESS
GOING HERE. I GOT SOME CASH.
MAN I'VE BEEN JACKED
UP WALKING THROUGH THE
WHOLE PROPERTY GOING,
"HMM, GOD IS HE GONNA COME
UP WITH A NUMBER I'M GONNA BE
ABLE TO LIVE WITH?"
AT LEAST GIVE ME A NUMBER.
SO, ON THE AIRSTREAM
TRAILER, WHAT'S AN INSANE
NUMBER THAT YOU
WOULD TAKE FOR IT?
- IT WOULD BE SEVENTY-FIVE.
- SEVENTY-FIVE.
- YEAH.
- FINALLY MIKE THROWS
OUT THE NUMBER
SEVENTY-FIVE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE
GOT YOUR ATTENTION A
LITTLE BIT THERE, MIKE.
- SEVENTY-FIVE TURNS
INTO AT LEAST SIXTY OR
SIXTY-FIVE OR SEVEN AT THE MOST.
- WHAT KIND OF BUILDING IS THIS?
- WE CALL IT THE WIENER WAGON.
- YOU GOT ANY WIENERS IN THERE?
- NO, NOT TODAY.
- MAN I'M A HOT DOG FREAK.
- I THINK THAT ONCE WE WALK
AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SAY "HEY, WE'RE
GETTING READY TO LEAVE.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL
US SOMETHING OR NOT?"
WOW. THIS IS COOL.
IT'S GOT SOME REALLY
NEAT STUFF HERE.
- YOU KNOW, HE'S SHOWING
ME OTHER THINGS AND I'M
LOOKING AT THEM BUT IN
THE BACK OF MY MIND I'M JUST
GOING SEVENTY-FIVE,
SEVENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-FIVE.
THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT I'M ON THIS ONE.
IT'S GOT SOME COOL PATINA.
IT'S GOT SOME AGE TO IT.
- OKAY. FOR TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
- YEAH I'D DO THAT.
- DONE.
- AWESOME. I'M LOVING
THIS STUFF. I'M LOVING IT.
- EVEN IF I'M EXCHANGING
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS,
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
THERE IS WE'RE BONDING.
- HOW ABOUT YOUR
LITTLE RC SIGN THERE?
WHAT DO YOU VALUE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT?
- NINETY DOLLARS.
- NINETY DOLLARS?
HMM... I'M GONNA WAIT.
- HOW ABOUT YOUR
VOLKSWAGEN VAN HERE WITH
NO WHEELS ON IT?
- FIVE BUCKS.
- I'D DO IT. FIVE BUCKS FRANK.
- THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
HOW MUCH IS THAT?
- HEY DUDE, I'D THROW
IT IN WITH THE VAN.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- THERE YOU GO.
- ALL RIGHT!
WE'RE LUBING MIKE UP HERE.
- YOU'RE GETTING HER GOING.
- ALL RIGHT. HEY, I
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
THE MORE WE WALKED
AROUND WITH THIS GUY
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
"YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT GONNA MESS IT
UP WITH A LOWBALL OFFER."
I WANTED THAT AIRSTREAM SO BAD.
I PROBABLY COULD HAVE
GOT IT FOR CHEAPER BUT I WAS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GONNA DO THE SEVENTY-FIVE.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE IT
FOR SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
- NO. UH UH.
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND.
- SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND?
- CATCH HIM FRANK.
[laughter]
- SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS HE WANTED
FOR THE TRAILER.
- SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND?
- WHOA!
- I WANT TO KEEP
IT BUT MIKE REALLY
WANTED IT SO, UH, SO I THREW
A PRICE AT HIM THAT WAS SO
HIGH THAT I THOUGHT, "WELL
THAT WILL BE THE END OF IT."
- I THINK THE WINDOW IS CLOSED.
- I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
TO COME BACK AT THAT.
DO YOU COME BACK AT
70,000? WHAT DO YOU DO?
I HAD ONE OF THOSE OUT
OF BODY EXPERIENCES.
YOU KNOW, I STARTED GOING
TOWARDS THE LIGHT AND
I WAS LOOKING DOWN UPON
MY OWN SELF WITH FRANK AND
HIM AND I JUST
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THERE'S NO WAY I COULD
DO THAT SO WE'LL JUST
HAVE TO, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO
AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT.
WHEN I SAY TAKE SEVENTY-FIVE
I THOUGHT I'D TAKE IT.
ALL RIGHT. WOO!
I'M NOT DONE WITH
IT. I'M NOT DONE.
I'M NOT GONNA LET IT GO YET.
- HE'LL DREAM ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
- I WILL.
ALL RIGHT, I'M EXCITED.
I'M LOVING THIS STUFF.
- HEY THANKS.
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
SERIOUSLY, I LOVE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I LIKE THE HANDLEBARS.
IT'S GOT A WELD ON IT BUT
IT'S STILL CUTE, MAN. NEAT.
MY OFFER STILL STANDS
ON THE AIR... THE BOLUS,
SEVENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
- YOU KNOW, MEETING MIKE
WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE
DIDN'T GET TO BUY ANYTHING
BIG HE WAS STILL A
REALLY COOL GUY.
- WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT. BUH-BYE.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- BYE GUYS!
MIKE AND FRANK,
THEY'RE REAL NICE GUYS.
IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING THEM.
- THE ONLY THING
THAT'S GONNA SUCK IS
LISTENING TO MIKE WOLFE
FOR THE NEXT THOUSAND
MILES SING THE BLUES ABOUT
NOT BEING ABLE TO BUY THE
AIRSTREAM TRAILER.
I'LL JUST PUT SOME
AC/DC ON, CRANK IT UP AND
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.
- HOW LONG HAVE I KNOWN YOU?
- I DON'T KNOW. TOO LONG.
- FOREVER MAN.
- TOO LONG.
- I WAS SCARED OF YOU IN
HIGH SCHOOL MAN 'CAUSE
YOU HAD THAT BEARD.
YOU HAD A BEARD LIKE
THAT IN EIGHTH GRADE.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU
WERE RIDING IT HIGH, DUDE
WHEN YOU WERE ON THAT WAVE.
- I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
LIKE EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD.
I WAS LIVING ON MY OWN.
I HAD MY OWN HOUSE,
TWO HARLEYS, A WATERBED,
AN ANSWERING MACHINE
AND A MICROWAVE.
I MEAN I HAD THE
WORLD BY THE TAIL.
- THEY HAD MICROWAVES BACK THEN?
- THE STUDEBAKER TODAY
IS GOING TO BE ARRIVING
THROUGH OUR CARRIER
SERVICE IN LECLAIRE.
- IT COST SEVEN
HUNDRED DOLLARS TO SHIP
THE STUDEBAKER FROM
NORTH CAROLINA TO IOWA.
WE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH
ON THIS THING NOW, WE'RE
HOPING WE CAN MAKE
SOME MONEY ON IT.
WE'RE NOT EXACTLY
SURE WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- WOW.
THE STUDEBAKER. I LOVE THAT CAR.
THAT'S PRETTY BAD
ASS. OH, THAT'S SWEET.
[phone rings]
- HEY DANNY, WHAT'S UP?
- SO I WANTED TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
A BIG GREAT TURD SITTING
IN THE PARKING LOT HERE.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO WITH IT?
- GET A HOLD OF
SOMEBODY THAT'S INTO
STUDEBAKERS AND JUST,
YOU KNOW, FEEL HIM OUT, SEE IF
YOU CAN GET HIM OVER TO
THE SHOP AND, UH, AND SEE
IF THEY CAN TELL
YOU WHAT IT'S WORTH.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
WE ADD A LAYER OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO
DANIELLE'S JOB LIST.
- PUT THAT ON THE
LIST OF THINGS TO DO.
I NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY
WHAT YEAR THE CAR IS.
I HAVE TO FIND OUT
WHAT CONDITION IT'S IN,
PLACE AN AD AND HOPEFULLY
WE'LL MAKE SOME MONEY ON IT.
HOW ARE YOU?
- FINE, DANIELLE. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. NICE TO SEE YOU.
- NICE TO SEE YOU.
- THANKS FOR COMING
ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.
- IT LOOKS LIKE YOU
HAVE A BULLET NOSER.
- WE DO, YEAH BUT I
DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT
ABOUT IT SO THAT'S
WHERE YOU COME IN.
- IT'S, UM, A '50-'51
BULLET NOSE.
WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK
FOR IS RUST IN THE FLOOR PAN.
THERE'S SOME DIRT IN THERE
BUT THOSE FLOOR PANS ARE,
THEY'RE REALLY SOLID.
LOOK AT THE DASH ON THIS THING.
THAT DASH IS COMPLETE.
ALL THE KNOBS ARE
THERE. THE RADIO IS THERE.
THE GAUGES ARE THERE.
THE FENDERS ARE SOLID.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF RUST IN HERE BUT THAT'S
THE ONLY RUST I SEE ON THE CAR.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
VALUE WISE THOUGH?
- I WOULD GIVE IT
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE
THOUSAND AND THIRTY-TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS.
- WELL THAT'S NOT BAD.
- DANIELLE, I GOTTA TELL YOU.
YOU GOT A PRETTY
COMPLETE CAR HERE.
- GOOD.
- THIS PARTICULAR CAR
IS A PRETTY SOLID CAR.
IT'D BE A GOOD
RESTORATION PROJECT.
IT WAS A GOOD FIND.
- THANK YOU.
- I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU COMING OUT.
I DID IT. I GOT THE APPRAISER,
GOT THE APPRAISAL,
FIGURED EVERYTHING OUT.
I'M GOING FOR A RIDE.
SWEET!
WHO NEEDS MIKE AND FRANK?
- HELLO, THIS IS FRANK SPEAKING.
- I HAVE SOME GOOD
NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT THE
STUDEBAKER.
- YEAH?
- HE SAYS THAT IT'S WORTH
BETWEEN THIRTY TWO TO
THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED.
- THAT'S AWESOME, MAN!
- THAT'S KILLER!
- HEY, AS LONG AS
WE'RE MAKING MONEY.
- IF YOU CAN, PUT THIRTY
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON THE
WINDSHIELD OF THAT THING
AND SEE IF WE GET ANY TAKERS.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE DANIELLE AT ANTIQUE
ARCHAEOLOGY.
SHE'S DOING A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT FRANK AND I
USED TO DO AROUND THE WAREHOUSE.
WE'RE GIVING HER A LITTLE
BIT OF ROPE, SEE HOW SHE
CAN HANDLE IT, AND TODAY
SHE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS.
WHAT'S COOL ABOUT
BEING IN A NEW AREA IS
SOMETIMES WE GET TO
THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE
WE KNOW EVERY CRACK IN THE ROAD.
WE KNOW EVERY FENCE POST.
WE KNOW EVERY BARN.
WHEN WE'RE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
FRESH TERRITORY,
WE'RE ALL GEARED UP.
WE'RE GONNA FLIP THE
SWITCH ON THIS AND FIND
SOMETHING TODAY.
- DARN RIGHT.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
A PLACE DANIELLE SET UP
FOR US, THIS GUY NAMED CHARLES.
- WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLES
IS HE'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF.
HE'S GOT TWO
BUILDINGS PACKED FULL.
HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- ALL RIGHT.
- ARE YOU CHARLES?
- YES.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- HEY CHARLES, HOW YA
DOING? FRANK. PLEASURE.
HE CALLED US SO HE'S
READY TO SELL SOME STUFF.
- I BUY OUT PLACES
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR
OLD BUILDINGS AND STUFF
AND JUST SORT OF PACK
RATTED STUFF FOR MANY YEARS.
- YOU GOT MY ATTENTION.
THE GUY IS A MEGA BUYER.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE YOU'RE JUST GONNA
DIVE ON IN.
- ALL RIGHT.
- DIVE IN FRANKY.
- IF YOU CAN'T FIND
SOMETHING IN ALL THAT,
I MEAN WE'RE NOT, COME ON.
- [laughs]
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS MIGHT COME IN
HANDY ON THE ROAD FRANKY.
- UM...
- HE'S MISSING HIS PANTS.
- WHAT WE GOT?
- KINDA COOL.
LET'S SEE HERE.
THERE'S SOME CUTE LITTLE
GLASSES IN HERE, MAN.
- THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
- FRANKY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN
I LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE
THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE
ANYTHING ANTIQUITY WISE
THAT'S WORTH ANYTHING IN
THERE BUT WHEN YOU LOOK
AROUND AND YOU STOP
LOOKING AT THE ANTIQUES
AND YOU START THINKING
DECORATOR MODE ALL THESE
THINGS REVEAL THEMSELVES TO YOU.
HOW ABOUT THE HEAD?
IS THE HEAD FOR SALE?
- FIVE BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT, I'LL POP.
LOOK AT THAT FRANKY.
- THE FIRST THING MIKE
BUYS IS SOME PLASTIC HEAD?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S
THINKING BUT OBVIOUSLY
HE'S GOT A METHOD
TO HIS MADNESS.
- I LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S WEIRD.
IT'S ONLY GOT ONE EYE EXPOSED.
I MEAN IT'S LOOKING SEXY.
IT'S GOT LITTLE POUTY LIPS.
THAT'S REALLY SMOKING.
- HERE'S LIKE A CHURCH
PEW OR SOMETHING?
THAT PIECE IS GONNA BE
A CENTRAL FOCAL POINT
IN SOMEBODY'S ROOM, YOU KNOW?
WE COULD PUT THIS
AT THE SHOP HERE OR
SOMETHING AND THEN WHEN
YOU STAND UP AND TRY TO GIVE
DIRECTIONS WITH THE LITTLE
GAVEL YOU CAN POUND ON IT.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
I ALWAYS PREACH TO PEOPLE?
- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M
SAYING. IT'S KINDA NEAT.
- HOW MUCH FOR
THE CHURCH PULPIT?
- TWENTY-FIVE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I'LL BUY IT FOR TWENTY-FIVE.
- OKAY.
- DEAL.
- GOT IT.
- ALL RIGHT, FRANKY.
- THE KIND OF PERSON
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN THE CHURCH PULPIT
WOULD BE A DECORATOR.
WHEN I GET IT HOME AND
GET IT CLEANED UP, THAT THING
IS GONNA SHINE.
- WHAT DO YOU GET FOR
LIKE THE OLD LUGGAGE AND
THOSE HAT CASES?
- TEN BUCKS A PIECE.
- ALL OF THOSE OLD TRUNKS, THOSE
OLD SUITCASES, THEY
JUST GOT A GREAT LOOK.
THEY GOT LEATHER HANDLES.
THEY'RE BLACK. THEY'RE
MADE OUT OF FIBER.
THEY'D JUST BE
NEAT FOR DISPLAYS.
- TELL YA WHAT.
I'LL MAKE YA A DEAL.
YOU TAKE THEM ALL, I'LL TAKE
FIVE BUCKS A PIECE FOR THEM.
- TWO YEARS AGO I WOULDN'T
HAVE BOUGHT THOSE
BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE HOT.
- FIVE BUCKS A PIECE? COME ON.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M
GONNA POP ON THAT.
- ONE OF THE COOL
THINGS ABOUT CHARLES,
YOU KNOW, HE'S KINDA GOT
THE SAME VIBE AS FRANK AND I.
- A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH ALL THAT JUNK?
WELL TO ME IT'S NOT
JUNK. IT'S A TREASURE.
- HEY HOW ABOUT THAT
PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX SIGN?
- ALL OF A SUDDEN OFF
TO THE LEFT I SEE THAT
PORCELAIN PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX
SERVICE STATION SIGN.
I'M LIKE OKAY, GAME ON.
- I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND IF I
WANT TO GET RID OF IT OR NOT.
- GAS AND OIL STUFF IS
HOT. IT'S ADVERTISING.
IT'S IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
- IS IT DOUBLE SIDED?
- YES, IT'S DOUBLE
SIDED. IT'S PORCELAIN.
- THAT THING IS HUGE.
- EVERYBODY CAN FIT A
LITTLE GUY DOWN THEIR DEN
OR SOMETHING.
BIG'S BIG, YOU KNOW?
BIG TAKES A SPECIAL GUY
FOR A BIG ONE, YOU KNOW?
- WHAT KIND OF NUMBER
ARE YOU THINKING?
- THREE FIFTY.
- HOW ABOUT TWO SEVENTY-FIVE?
HOW ABOUT TWO EIGHTY?
- TWO EIGHTY. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- UM I'M JUST THINKING
ABOUT ME LIFTING IT.
UM, I THINK, I THINK TWO
EIGHTY'S A GOOD PRICE.
THAT'S CASH. NO DEBIT
NOW. THAT'S CASH.
- OKAY. WE'LL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL. THANKS MAN.
- BOOM! I'M OWNING THAT
THING FOR TWO HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY BUCKS.
- YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING
ON THE REST OF THE PICK
HERE THAT HOPEFULLY HE'LL HAVE
ONE OR TWO MORE GOOD ITEMS.
OH, YEAH.
- THAT'S COOL.
- YEAH BATTERY OPERATED.
- WHAT'S THE LID
LOOK LIKE? IS IT NEAT?
- YEAH. IT'S GOT A TOP ON IT.
IT'S A 1950s BATTERY
OPERATED TIN CAR.
IT'S IN GREAT CONDITION
AND THE BEST THING ABOUT
THE CAR IS IT CAME
WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX.
SOMETIMES THE BOX CAN BE
WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR.
- THE TURN SIGNALS BLINK ON IT.
- MM HMM.
- OH THEY DO? THE
TURN SIGNALS WORK?
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- WHEN YOU BUY ANTIQUE
BATTERY OPERATED STUFF,
THE MORE FUNCTIONS THAT
IT HAS THE BETTER THE TOY.
HOW ABOUT FIFTY ON THE CAR?
- ALL RIGHT. WE CAN WORK THAT.
- THAT'LL WORK?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE IT. THANKS.
JAPAN MADE MOST OF THE
BATTERY OPERATED STUFF.
YOU KNOW, TKO, MTO.
THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR.
- OH, WOW.
WHEN I WALKED INTO THE
BICYCLE ROOM I WASN'T
REALLY EXPECTING MUCH,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RARE
BICYCLES ARE HARD TO FIND.
- LOOK AT HOW SOMEBODY
MADE A BRIGGS AND STRATTON
MOTOR BICYCLE TYPE
THING GOING ON HERE.
- IT WAS A PRE-WAR
SCHWINN BIKE THAT SOMEONE
CARVED INTO A MOTORIZED BICYCLE.
IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF
MOTORCYCLE FOLK ART.
I MEAN IT'S HACKED UP
BUT IT'S GOT A LOT OF
MOTORCYCLE PARTS ON IT.
- FORTY-SIX.
- WELL THAT'S DIFFERENT.
- SOMEBODY WAS
PRETTY INGENUITIVE.
- IT'S GOT A HARLEY
DAVIDSON SEAT PAN ON IT.
IT'S GOT FOOT RESTS OFF
A HARLEY DAVIDSON ON IT.
SCHWINN HAD A SPROCKET CALLED A
SWEETHEART SPROCKET
WITH LITTLE HEARTS IN IT.
THIS IS THE SPROCKET TO
THE FRONT OF THE BIKE SO
THAT'S THE SWEETHEART
SPROCKET AND LOOK AT THE,
HOW ELABORATE THEY MADE
THE BOLT PATTERN HERE AND THE
WAY THEY CLAMPED THIS
TOGETHER AND JOINED IT TO THE HUB.
WHOEVER MADE THAT THING
WAS, THEY WERE PRETTY CLEVER.
- WHAT YEAR?
- '46.
- NORTH CAROLINA '46.
- THAT'S COOL.
- WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ON IT?
I WAS THINKING THREE
HUNDRED BUCKS.
- REALLY?
- YEAH.
- UH, SOUNDS GOOD. FAIR IS FAIR.
- IT'S GOT A GREAT LOOK.
I THINK THE LICENSE PLATE
ON THE BACK IS EASILY A
HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL.
THAT SEAT PAN'S
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS.
A MOTORCYCLE GUY WOULD
BUY IT JUST FOR THE PARTS AND
I COULD STILL MAKE MONEY ON IT.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS
PIECE RIGHT HERE?
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ON THIS
RIGHT HERE, THIS LITTLE TRIKE?
- YOU TAKE THE SEAT OUT.
- YEAH I SAW THAT.
- AND TURN THE SEAT
AROUND AND IT DOUBLES
FOR A SCOOTER.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE
TO HAVE ON SOMETHING LIKE
THIS CHARLES?
- I'D TAKE A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE FOR IT.
- THE THING THAT MAKES
THAT SCOOTER RARE IS
IT ALSO WAS A BICYCLE.
IT HAD A SEAT UP IN THE FRONT.
YOU COULD BICYCLE IT AND
THEN IF YOU GOT TIRED OF
THAT YOU COULD FLIP THE
SEAT AROUND AND YOU COULD
USE IT AS A SCOOTER.
JUST A GREAT PIECE.
- HOW ABOUT A HUNDRED?
- UH...
- GOTTA ASK. THAT'S MY,
THAT'S MY JOB, YOU KNOW?
- I HAVE TO THINK ON THAT.
REALLY I MEAN IT'S
PRETTY UNUSUAL.
- LET ME THINK THIS OVER
FOR A COUPLE MINUTES HERE.
- ALL RIGHT. WE CAN WORK ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
FRANK'S NOT GONNA PULL THE
TRIGGER ON THAT SCOOTER BIKE.
- I THINK THAT'S A
NEAT PIECE FRANK.
- YEAH.
- I REALLY DO.
- A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS, COME ON!
GIVE THE GUY THE
CASH. LET'S MOVE ON.
- I REALLY WANTED THAT
SCOOTER BUT I HAD TO
STAY CALM.
I HAD TO STAND MY GROUND
ON THE HUNDRED DOLLAR OFFER.
- IT'S ALL THERE.
- YOU KNOW, THE GOOD PART UM.
- YOU KNOW, TELL ME
THESE WEREN'T ALWAYS
MISSING, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- ONE THING ABOUT THAT
SCOOTER WAS IT HAD THE
SEAT WITH IT AND, YOU KNOW,
KIDS TOOK THEM OFF SOMETIMES.
THEY'D LAY THEM DOWN,
USE THEM AS A SCOOTER.
THE SEAT WAS GONE.
- IF HE DOESN'T
BUY IT, I'M GOING TO.
THAT'S AN AMAZING PIECE.
THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO FIND.
- CAN WE GET TOGETHER
AT A HUNDRED ON THAT BIKE,
ON THAT LITTLE SCOOTER BICYCLE?
- I BELIEVE I'M GONNA HAVE
TO HOLD OFF ON THAT ONE.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
I'M GONNA DO A HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE ON IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- SOUND GOOD?
- SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.
AT THE END OF THE
DAY, I DIDN'T WANT TO
LET A GREAT FIND LIKE
THIS FIZZLE AWAY OVER
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
THAT IS AN EARLY
BIKE, '30s, '40s I'M SURE
AND YOU JUST DON'T RUN
ACROSS THAT STUFF ANYMORE.
- I DON'T EVEN CARE
IF I SELL IT FOR A WHILE.
THAT'S HOW MUCH I'M LOVING IT.
- IT IS COOL, MAN, LOOK AT IT.
- IT IS COOL.
- THE CAR, WHEN I GET
BACK HOME I HAVE A TOY GUY
THAT USUALLY BUYS A
LOT OF TOYS FROM ME.
HE LIKES HIGHER END STUFF
AND HE LOVES BOXED STUFF.
I THINK THAT'LL BE
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
SOLD VERY EASY.
- OOH. OOH! OOH THERE'S
TWO. I WANT THAT ONE.
- YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
POPPED OPEN THE HAT
SALESMAN BOXES AND THERE
WERE STILL HATS IN THERE,
HEY THAT'S PRETTY COOL, MAN.
- HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU KID.
IT'S LARGE, IT'S IN CHARGE
AND IT'S THE CATCH OF THE DAY.
LOOKS GOOD MAN.
- LOOKS REAL GOOD.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANKS FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
- MIKE AND FRANK, THEY'RE
BOTH SUPER NICE GENTLEMEN.
IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT
THERE OTHER PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT ARE
BASICALLY JUNKERS.
- YOU KNOW WHO WE SHOULD
CALL ABOUT THAT SIGN?
- WHO?
- RYAN.
- RYAN WHO?
- RYAN NEWMAN.
- THE NASCAR GUY.
- YEAH. HE FRICKIN'
LOVES GAS AND OIL STUFF.
HE COLLECTS CAR STUFF.
HE'S GOT A HUGE BUILDING.
- PLUS HE'S DOWN HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA, ISN'T HE?
- HE'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.
I'M GONNA CALL HIM RIGHT NOW.
[phone rings]
- HEY RYAN, THIS
IS FRANK AND MIKE.
WE'RE DOWN HERE IN YOUR
NECK OF THE WOODS AND CAME
ACROSS AN ARTICLE HERE
WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE.
- HEY IT'S A PHILLIPS
SIXTY-SIX ORANGE AND BLACK
LIKE PRETTY BIG SHIELD SIGN.
- SOUND LIKE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN?
- YEAH, THAT'D BE
PERFECT FOR MY SHOP.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT GUYS,
YOU DRIVE SAFE.
- ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY, THANKS MAN.
THAT'S COOL.
- THAT'S COOL.
YOU KNOW IT'S COOL WHEN
HE'S TELLING US TO DRIVE SAFE.
[laughing]
- HOW COME THERE'S
NO CHECKERED FLAG AT
RYAN NEWMAN'S HOUSE?
- NO DOUBT.
IF ANYBODY HAD A
CHECKERED FLAG, IT'D BE HIM.
- HERE'S THE STRATEGY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- LEAVE HERE WITH NO SIGN.
- 10-4.
- HI. HOW YA DOING?
- HOW YA DOING, MAN?
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SO WHAT'S UP MAN? YOU
BEEN BUYING ANYTHING?
- I BOUGHT A FEW
THINGS BUT NOT, NOT THE
QUALITY OF THINGS
THAT YOU GUYS FIND.
- WHEN I SAW THIS SIGN I
THOUGHT OF YOU 'CAUSE
LAST I TALKED TO YOU, YOU
KNOW, YOU SAID YOU WERE
KIND OF INTO GAS AND
OIL STUFF A LITTLE BIT AND
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF SPACE
AND THIS THING'S PRETTY BIG.
THIS IS NOT, IT'S
NOT A SPACE SAVER.
USUALLY REALLY HARD
TO SELL BIG SIGNS BECAUSE
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE THAT KIND OF ROOM.
- WHOA. FRANK, YOU
KNOW HE'S GOT A BAD BACK.
- OH, I KNOW. I'M TRYING, RYAN.
- WHAT FRANK AND
I ALWAYS SAY IS,
"THE TIME TO BUY AN ANTIQUE...
- IS WHEN YOU SEE IT."
- IT'S MISSING BULLET HOLES.
- WELL WE COULD
PROBABLY, YOU COULD
PROBABLY ADD A COUPLE,
COULD PLINK A COUPLE OF
THEM IN THERE.
- I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
COOL BECAUSE FOR ONE
THE COLORS ARE STILL BRIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE
BULLET HOLES AND IT'S JUST
LARGE AND IN CHARGE MAN.
- SO YOU'RE THINKING
LIKE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY,
TWO HUNDRED BUCKS.
- WELL THAT WOULD BE OUR, THAT'D
BE PROBABLY OUR DELIVERY CHARGE.
- IT'S ALREADY HERE.
- YOU'RE RIGHT.
- HE LIKES THE ART OF THE DEAL.
WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT IS I'M
THINKING SIX HUNDRED BUCKS.
- IF I CALL FOUR
HUNDRED THEN WE COULD
FLIP, FLIP A QUARTER.
- HALF THE FUN WHEN
YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING IS
DICKERING BACK AND FORTH.
- YOU KNOW WHAT I
THINK WE SHOULD DO?
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST
KINDA LET IT, LET IT JUST
KIND OF SEASON
HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
LET IT KIND OF
BLEND IN A LITTLE.
- YEAH TAKE IT ALL IN.
CAN WE LEAN IT UP
AGAINST THAT WALL THERE?
- YEAH LET'S DO THAT.
- 'CAUSE THE LONGER
IT STAYS HERE, RYAN THE
BETTER IT'LL KIND
OF START LOOKING.
- WELL IT HAS POTENTIAL
TO BE HUNG OUTSIDE TOO.
- OH YEAH.
- I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
- IT'S RAD. IT'S PRETTY
RAD. I MEAN - WHOA FRANK!
- WHAT?
- I'D RECOMMEND NOT EVEN
TAKING YOUR SUNGLASSES
OFF LOOKING AT THAT THING.
- OH IT DOES HAVE A SHINE.
- COME ON FRANK, YOU'RE
TAKING THE PATINA OFF.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT. WELL WE'LL LET IT
SIT THERE AND THEN WHAT HAVE
YOU GOT TO SHOW US?
- OH YEAH.
- DIFFERENT THINGS.
- OH MY GOD, LOOK
AT THAT. LOOK AT THAT.
- WHEN I SEEN RYAN'S
CAR COLLECTION
I WAS JUST LIKE, WOW.
MY JAW DROPPED.
- I'D ALWAYS WANTED A
SANFORD AND SON TRUCK.
I THINK I GAVE LIKE EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED BUCKS FOR
IT OR SOMETHING.
- IN THIS SHAPE?
- YEAH.
- THAT'S AWESOME THOUGH, MAN.
IT'S GOT SOME PERSONALITY TO IT.
- DARN RIGHT IT DOES.
- THIS WAS MY
VERY FIRST HOT ROD.
- OH MY GOD. THAT'S BAD ASS.
- WHAT DO YOU SEE?
- OH.
- IT'S RIGHT IN YOUR
PERIPHERAL VISION.
- BELOW THE BUGS
OR ABOVE THE BUGS.
- I DIDN'T REALIZE THE
DEPTH OF HIS COLLECTION.
IT WAS AWESOME TO
WALK THROUGH IT WITH HIM.
- THIS IS A FORTY-NINE JAGUAR.
- LOVING IT.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- IT IS PRETTY COOL.
- THAT'S LIKE A
MOVIE STAR CAR MAN.
- RIGHT NEXT TO US OVER
HERE, THE GREEN ONE?
THAT'S ONE OF THE FOUR
CARS THAT THEY USED IN THE
MOVIE "RAIN MAN."
- TOM CRUISE WAS
KICKING IT IN THIS THING?
- YUP. YUP.
- LET ME TOUCH IT.
- THIS WAS MY FIRST
POLE I EVER WON
MAY OF 2001 AT CHARLOTTE.
- CAN I SIT IN THIS THING?
- OH YEAH. AND THE LEFT LEG.
YOU CAN SIT ON, SIT
ON TOP OF THE DOOR.
- OKAY.
- I WAS REALLY
SURPRISED ON HOW HARD IT
WAS TO GET IN IT.
AND I'M SCRAWNY, MAN.
I MEAN LOOK AT
ME. I'M A BUCK FIFTY.
IT'S TIGHT, MAN.
I MEAN I HAVE NO
ROOM TO MOVE AT ALL.
I MEAN IT WAS LIKE
A BODY CONDOM.
I MEAN I COULDN'T EVEN BREATHE.
MY, MY WHOLE
RIBCAGE IS LIKE, "UGH!"
- YEAH. YOU'RE NOT AS
TOUGH AS YOU THINK YOU ARE
SO THAT'S PART OF IT.
- I MEAN SERIOUSLY.
HE'S A BIG DUDE. THAT'S
WHAT I WAS ASKING.
I WAS LIKE I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU FIT IN THIS THING.
ALL RIGHT, FRANKY, LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS THE HONEY HOLE
OF NASCAR RIGHT HERE.
- OH THIS IS THE
SUITS AND STUFF?
- THAT'S ONE OF MY
OLD ALLTEL UNIFORMS.
- MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS.
- GLOVES AND EVERYTHING.
- GLOVES.
- OH MY GOD.
- THAT ALMOST LOOKS
LIKE IT WOULD FIT YA.
- WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK
OUT A LITTLE SWAP ON THAT.
- LOOK AT THAT. REALLY?
- I MEAN YOU ALREADY
SAT IN HIS CAR.
WHY DON'T YOU
TRY HIS CLOTHES ON?
- OH MY - YEAH, HEY.
CAN I TRY THIS ON?
- YEAH, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I RIPPED MY COAT OFF
RIGHT AWAY, PUT THE THING ON.
I WAS SUPERMAN FOR FIVE MINUTES.
- STRIKE THE POSE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.
- I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF.
WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT
CAN WE DO? HELP ME HELP YOU.
- IN THE COLLECTIBLE
FIELD THAT'S PROBABLY
WORTH TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY A
HUNDRED DOLLARS OFF THE SIGN.
- THAT SOUNDS, THAT
SOUNDS RATIONAL.
- I'LL LOOK REALLY POOR
AS A BUSINESSMAN BUT
I KNOW HOW MUCH HE
LIKES THAT UNIFORM.
- SERIOUSLY? I THINK I'M JUST
GONNA WEAR THIS AROUND.
I MEAN THIS WOULD
BE GREAT TO PICK IN.
- WE'LL SHAKE ON THAT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I KNOW THAT I GAVE
THEM A BETTER DEAL THAN
THEY GAVE ME BUT
I'M COOL WITH IT.
JUST SO IT'S CLEAR,
THAT IS FOR BOTH OF YOU.
- OH, IT'S FOR BOTH OF US!
- SO ANY KIND OF PROFIT
THAT WOULD COME
FROM THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.
- OKAY. RYAN I'M GLAD
YOU GOT THAT OUT THERE.
- JUST BECAUSE THE
SUIT FIT MIKE DIDN'T MEAN
IT WAS JUST HIS.
IT WAS BOTH OF OURS.
- APPRECIATE YOU THINKING OF ME.
- NO, SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I MEAN I KNOW YOU GOT A BUSY
SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS JUST COOL THAT IT
WORKED OUT FOR US AND FOR
YOU TOO TO OWN THIS.
- THIS IS MY FIRST SIGN
I'VE EVER GOT SO THE
PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX SIGN IS
I'M GUESSING THE FIRST OF
MY COLLECTION OF MANY.
- HE WAS REALLY
PASSIONATE OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
RACING AND HE WAS
PASSIONATE ABOUT CARS AND
NOW HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT
A PHILLIPS SIXTY-SIX SIGN.
- I'M SURE WE'LL BE DOING
SOME MORE BUSINESS.
- COOL. SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT DUDE.
- THANKS. TAKE CARE.
- I'M WEARING IT, DUDE.
- IT'S HALF MINE,
REMEMBER? RYAN SAID.
- THEN HE SAID IT WASN'T.
- YEAH HE DID.
[horn honks]
- IT'D SURE BE NICE IF I HAD
HELP HANGING THIS SIGN.
- RYAN NEWMAN SPANKED YOU, DUDE.
- HE SAID THAT
SUIT'S BOTH OF OURS.
- NO. YOU'RE HERE. I'M HERE.
I'M BIG.
I'M LIKE THIS TO RYAN.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT? YOUR HEAD SIZE OR?
- NO. THIS IS OUR FRIENDSHIP.
THIS IS ME, THIS IS
RYAN AND I'S FRIENDSHIP.
THIS IS YOU AND
RYAN'S FRIENDSHIP.
- I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
I THINK THAT HE SAID
IT WAS HALF, HALF MINE.
- AND THEN HE WINKED.
HE GAVE ME THE
HAIRY EYEBALL FULL ON.
BUT I'M WILLING TO DOUBLE
DOWN AND LET YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OWN
THE SUIT FOR A FLIP.
WHAT ARE WE FLIPPING FOR?
- FOR THE RYAN NEWMAN
SUIT. YOU CALL IT.
- ALL RIGHT. HEADS.
[laughter] YOU GOT SPANKED!