American Pickers (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Easy Riders - full transcript
This time on American Pickers... The guys are in Missouri, and after picking an inherited old farm with plenty of promise, they follow up on the ultimate lead. Danielle has tracked down a prolific collector of 'mantiques' with a rare 1937 Harley Knucklehead motorbike. Can they manage the high-roller negotiations to land the prize of a lifetime? And finally, in spite of the unwelcoming sign on her sprawling property, Darlene is anything but.
- THIS BARN IS LIKE A
JUNGLE GYM FOR PICKING!
I CAN'T FRICKIN' LEAVE
A PLACE LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE'S THIS MUCH STUFF.
- WE'RE NEVER
GETTING OUT OF HERE.
- OH, THERE SHE
GOES. SHE'S ROCKING.
THIS IS LIKE A
BEYONCE VIDEO, DUDE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF BIKE
THAT GUYS STAY UP AT NIGHT
DREAMING ABOUT.
I'M AT $18,000 DOLLARS ON THEM.
- OH, BOY, MIKEY, BOY.
- MIKE, FRANK, THERE'S
SOMETHING I REALLY
NEED TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS MOTORCYCLE.
- 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.
[rooster crows]
[phone rings]
- I GOT IT. I GOT IT. HELLO?
- MORNING.
- WHAT'S THE SCOOP?
- THERE'S A GENTLEMAN,
HIS NAME'S DAVID MYERS,
AND HE INHERITED THIS OLD FARM,
AND IT'S GOT ALL THESE
OLD BUILDINGS ON IT,
A SMOKEHOUSE.
THERE'S A BLACKSMITH SHOP.
- WHERE'S HE AT WITH
SELLING THIS STUFF THOUGH?
- HE'S READY TO SELL,
BECAUSE THIS IS STUFF
THAT HE INHERITED,
SO IT'S NOT LIKE
HE REALLY NEEDS TO HOLD ONTO IT.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LET
YOU KNOW HOW IT WENT.
- SWEET.
- OUT.
- THE GREAT THING ABOUT
THIS DAVID MYERS GUY,
HE'S AT THE POINT WHERE HE
HAS DECIDED TO SELL SOME STUFF.
- SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOT
SOME DEEP ROOTS HERE
AND A BUNCH OF
SENTIMENTAL STORIES.
I HOPE SENTIMENTAL VALUE
DOESN'T EXCEED RETAIL VALUE,
YOU KNOW?
- YEAH. WELL YOU
GOTTA REMEMBER TOO,
THIS GUY CALLED US.
THIS GUY CALLED DANIELLE.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
LOOKING GOOD, DUDE.
WE'RE ON A GRAVEL
ROAD IN MISSOURI
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
[phone rings]
HERE, YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO ANSWER THIS,
'CAUSE I SIGNED OPRAH'S PLEDGE.
I CAN'T TALK ON THE
PHONE WHILE DRIVING.
- ALL RIGHT. LET ME
HANDLE IT. HELLO?
- STOP EVERYTHING. TURN AROUND.
YOU'RE GONNA FLIP OUT.
- ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS IT?
LET ME FLIP OUT HERE.
- I HAVE GOTTEN A HOLD OF
THE ULTIMATE URBAN LEGEND.
- I THOUGHT WE WERE THE
ULTIMATE URBAN LEGEND.
- NO, YOU JUST HAVE A
REALLY BIG HEAD, THAT'S ALL.
THIS GUY'S NAME IS MIKE NEAL.
THE HOT RODS HE HAS
HE KEEPS IN A 1920s
FORD DEALERSHIP.
- OH, THAT SOUNDS COOL.
UH, GIVE US THE COORDINATES,
AND WE'LL DECIDE
IF WE'RE GONNA...
- NO, NO, NO, STOP.
I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN
TO THE GOOD STUFF YET.
HE HAS A 1937 HARLEY
DAVIDSON KNUCKLEHEAD.
[tires screeching]
- GOT MY ATTENTION NOW.
- THAT'S A RARE BIKE.
- THAT'S LIKE MY DUESENBERG
OF MOTORCYCLES.
THEY STARTED MAKING
KNUCKLEHEADS IN 1936.
THIS IS JUST ONE YEAR
LATER INTO PRODUCTION.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY RARE BIKE.
THIS IS THE KIND
OF THING WE DIG.
- ALL RIGHT. LATER. MAN.
- KNUCKLEHEAD, DUDE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT GOING
TO SEE THIS KNUCKLEHEAD,
BUT WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THIS
DAVID MYERS GUY'S PLACE.
I CAN'T SEE US NOT
STOPPING BY THERE.
WHO KNOWS? WE MIGHT
FIND SOMETHING RARE.
- WE'LL SPEED PICK IT THEN.
THAT STUFF, IT'LL
WAIT A LITTLE TIME
EVEN IF WE DON'T GET
THERE TILL TOMORROW.
- YEAH... NO! I DON'T KNOW
WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET THERE,
BUT I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO
BE AT THIS GUY'S PROPERTY
MORE THAN AN HOUR.
- IF THEY DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING GOOD,
WE'RE OUT OF THERE.
- YOU THINK THIS IS IT?
- UH, I HOPE SO.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT
OLD BUILDING DUDE.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT ONE.
- DAVID'S PROPERTY LOOKED
EXACTLY LIKE OUR KIND OF PLACE.
IT WAS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.
THERE'S ALL THESE REALLY
OLD DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS.
REAL. REMEMBER,
LET'S POWER PUMP IT.
THANKS FOR SHOWING ME THAT.
- HEY, HOW ARE YA
DOING? ARE YOU DAVE?
- I'M DAVID.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- MY NAME'S FRANK.
- IF YOU GOT TIME TO
LET US LOOK AROUND,
WE'RE EXCITED.
- I SURE DO. I'VE
GOT PLENTY OF TIME.
- DAVID WAS ONE OF
THE COOLEST GUYS.
HE LET US LOOK EVERYWHERE.
THE FIRST BUILDING
THAT DAVID TOOK US TO
WAS AN OLD BLACKSMITH'S SHOP.
- OH, YEAH, IT'S GOT THE
OLD PULLEY SYSTEM IN HERE.
THIS IS COOL.
DO YOU ACTUALLY REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WERE A KID
THIS BEING OPERABLE?
- YEAH, WHEN I WAS A KID, YEAH.
- SO THIS IS WHERE THEY
WOULD ACTUALLY SHOE HORSES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT?
- WAY BACK, YEAH.
- HE SAID HE USED TO GO IN
THERE WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE KID
AND WATCH HIM WORK
ON A LOT OF THESE TOOLS
THAT WERE STILL THERE TODAY.
- WATERTOWN, SOUTH
DAKOTA. PATENT 1918.
- A LOT OF THE STUFF, I
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS.
- YOU'RE KINDA STILL
DISCOVERING STUFF.
- OH YEAH, DEFINITELY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THERE WAS SO MUCH
STUFF, SO MANY BOXES.
I START DIGGING
AROUND IN THIS PLACE.
- OOH, YEAH.
- FRANK, THE THING IS,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
LOOK IN SOME OF
THESE BOXES. WHOA.
- WHEN I START DIGGING,
SOMETIMES I CAN'T STOP.
OOH, GLASSWARE. FRANK,
YOU INTO GLASSWARE?
- NEGATIVE.
- AHH!
- OOOH.
- YOU INTERESTED?
- I'M GONNA PASS. HOW ABOUT YOU?
- IN THE BACK OF MY
MIND, I'M THINKING ABOUT
THAT OLD HARLEY, BUT I
WANT TO PICK THIS PROPERTY.
I CAN'T LEAVE IT UNTIL
I FIND SOMETHING.
- HE'S GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER
BUILDINGS TO LOOK AT, MIKE.
- OH, I KNOW. I MEAN I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING.
- I THOUGHT WE
WERE SPEED PICKING.
HE JUST WANTS TO KEEP GOING
ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
- THERE'S MY OLD SCHWINN
STINGRAY RIGHT THERE.
- THAT'S YOURS?
YEAH, THOSE ARE
THE ORIGINAL TIRES,
THE ORIGINAL SLICK ON THE BACK.
I'VE DONE ABOUT 8
MILLION WHEELIES ON THAT.
- DAVID STILL HAD THE FIRST
BIKE THAT HE EVER OWNED.
FRANKY, THIS IS LIKE THE
MUSCLE BIKE FOR THE '60s, MAN.
IT'S GOT THE OLD
SLICK ON IT AND STUFF.
- IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- I THINK I'LL KEEP
A HOLD OF THAT.
- I LOVE THAT HE
APPRECIATES OLD THINGS.
I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE GET
RID OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
HE KEPT IT AROUND TO CHERISH IT.
- YOU ABOUT READY, OR...
- YEAH, HE WAS GONNA
SHOW ME SOMETHING.
[thunder rumbles] WHOA,
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
- I KNOW. THE CLOUDS COMING IN
WOULD BE AN APPARENT REASON
THAT WE THINK WE'RE ABOUT
READY TO LEAVE, BUT NO.
THERE'S A LOT OF
STUFF. BIG BARN.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THIS BARN IS LIKE A
JUNGLE GYM FOR PICKING!
THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
LET'S DIG A LITTLE
DEEPER BACK IN HERE.
AT THAT POINT, THE
PLAN FOR ME WAS DONE.
I WAS IMMERSED IN DIGGING,
AND I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING.
AWESOME.
I FOUND A FEW THINGS IN HERE.
FOUND THIS OLD BLOCK AND TACKLE.
IT'S CAST IRON, AND IT'S WOOD.
IT'S GOT A REALLY
NICE LOOK TO IT,
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE,
LIKE MAYBE HANG A
MOTOR OFF THE CEILING
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH.
- THIS COFFEE TIN,
THIS IS A COOL PIECE
JUST BECAUSE IT HAS
ADVERTISING ON IT.
- OKAY.
- AND THEN I'VE GOT THIS PIECE.
THIS IS LIKE WHAT
THEY CALL SALT GLAZED
WITH THESE BUTTERFLIES.
THAT'S WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE,
SO IT WAS ONE OF THE
NEAT THINGS THAT I FOUND.
- MIKE'S NOT
KEEPING HIS PROMISE,
AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
- I'D BE AT, UH, LIKE, 10 BUCKS.
THIS OLD COFFEE TIN, 5 BUCKS,
AND THEN I'D STEP
UP ON THIS AND DO 20.
SO I'M AT, WHAT, 35 BUCKS HERE.
- HOW ABOUT 40?
- 36.
- OKAY, I'LL DO 36.
- FRANK, I'M ROCKING IT.
- WE GOT A FEW LITTLE
INTERESTING ITEMS,
BUT WE MADE AN
AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD
POWER PICK THE PLACE
AND GET OUT OF THERE.
DUDE, I MEAN, I
CAN'T MAKE A LIVING
OFF TWO DOLLAR COFFEE CANS.
HEY, THERE'S NOTHING.
WE NEED TO GET TO THE MOTORCYCLE
AND CUT OUR LOSSES HERE.
WE BOUGHT A COUPLE
THINGS. I MEAN, LET'S JUST GO.
- THE WHOLE TIME I'M PICKING,
FRANKY IS BUGGING
THE HELL OUT OF ME.
I CAN'T FRICKIN' LEAVE
A PLACE LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE'S THIS MUCH STUFF.
- HE WON'T LISTEN TO YA,
AND HE JUST WON'T
TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
- THIS IS ONE TIME I WISH
WE HAD SEPARATE VEHICLES.
- LET ME LOOK AROUND
A LITTLE BIT MORE,
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
- WE HAVE A REALLY RARE
1937 HARLEY DAVIDSON
KNUCKLEHEAD THAT'S BEING
DANGLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO GET THERE, BUT
MIKE'S TAKING HIS SWEET TIME.
- WHAT'S THE
VOLKSWAGEN SITUATION?
IT'S LIKE A VOLKSWAGEN
BUG AND A BAR INSIDE OF IT.
TWO THINGS I LOVE.
I HAD TO HAVE IT.
- I'D DO 10 BUCKS.
- 10 DOLLARS?
[laughs]
- ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT 20 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT 25?
- I KNEW HE WAS TOO.
- I KNEW.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO 25.
- I'M READY TO GO TO
THE NEXT BUILDING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHEN MIKE GETS INTO
THAT BLINDER MODE, LIKE THIS,
HE GETS VERY ANNOYING.
- WHAT'S UP?
- ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS
KEEP LOOKING AND LOOKING.
- DAVID, I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
IT'S CHERRY FLAVORED,
AND IT EXPIRED IN '96.
- [laughs]
- HOW ABOUT YOUR MOTION
LAMP RIGHT THERE WITH THE TRAIN?
- THAT STILL WORKS.
- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE
A PROFESSIONAL PICKER
TO SEE THIS IS A
REALLY RAD PIECE.
IT WAS MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED ECONOLITE.
IT WAS 1956. IT'S
CALLED THE JOHN BULL.
HE TRANSFERS TO THIS PIECE.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT GO AROUND.
WHEN IT'S ON, AND IT'S
ROCKING AND ROLLING,
IT LOOKS LIKE SMOKE'S
COMING OUT OF THE STACK.
THE FIRE'S ROCKING
AND ROLLING ON IT.
A LOT OF TIMES, THOSE
THINGS GOT DESTROYED
BY PEOPLE PUTTING
TOO HOT A BULB IN THEM,
AND THEY JUST BASICALLY MELTED.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- I MIGHT SELL THAT, YEAH.
- HOW ABOUT 17?
- 17 SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M PUMPED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY UNUSUAL.
UNUSUAL SELLS.
THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT IT.
YOU GOT ANOTHER
BUILDING TO LOOK IN?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
[thunder rumbles]
- WHAT ELSE YOU GOT FOR
US TO LOOK AT REAL QUICK?
- AS WE CAME AROUND THE CORNER,
I SAW THIS EARLY '60s
KAWASAKI DEALERSHIP SIGN.
- IT'S GOT THE OLD
KAWASAKI GREEN ON IT.
- MM HMM. THOSE ARE RARE.
KAWASAKI IS A JAPANESE COMPANY.
THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF
SIGNS OVER THERE IN JAPAN,
JUST NOT VERY MANY
OVER HERE IN AMERICA.
YOU EVER SEE ANYBODY WITH
KAWASAKI TATTOOED ON THEIR ARM?
NO, BUT YOU'LL SEE A MILLION
PEOPLE WITH HARLEY DAVIDSON
TATTOOED ON THEIR ARM.
- FRANKY LIKES KAWASAKIS.
- MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SOMETHING
LIKE THAT'S WORTH, DAVE?
- OH, THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY
EXPENSIVE, DON'T YA THINK?
- I WOULD VALUE THAT
PROBABLY TO EVERY BIT OF $30.
- $30 IS EXACTLY
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
- WE'RE RIGHT ON. WE WERE,
LIKE, TELEPATHIC RIGHT THERE?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL.
- GOOD DEAL.
- FRANK, YOU GOT ANY
LOVE FOR ME HERE?
- MIKE WAS LIKE, "YOU'D
HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS
IF IT WASN'T FOR
ME." I'M LIKE...
- YOU WANTED TO LEAVE,
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T THINK
THERE WAS ANYTHING HERE.
- I DIDN'T SAY LEAVE.
I SAID START SPEED PICKING
A LITTLE QUICKER QUICKER.
- IF YOU SPEED PICK,
YOU'RE GONNA MISS.
- I WOULD NOT MISS THAT.
THAT WAS OUT IN PLAIN DAY.
- LET'S PLAY THIS GAME MY WAY.
THE BEST THING ABOUT
FINDING THE SIGN WAS FINALLY
FRANK STARTED GETTING
INTO THE GROOVE OF PICKING.
- WELL, THIS IS AN OLD GRANARY
THAT WAS BUILT AROUND
THE CIVIL WAR TIME.
- OH, WOW.
- THERE'S ALL THESE FEED
SACKS ALL OVER THE WALLS.
- THERE'S SIGNS UNDERNEATH
THOSE FEED SACKS,
YEAH, METAL SIGNS.
- CAN I PULL THESE OFF?
- YEAH, GO AHEAD.
- THERE'S YOUR TOWN CRIER.
- AH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT.
WE RIPPED THESE FEED SACKS OFF.
THERE'S SIGNS ALL
OVER THE PLACE,
AND, OH, MY GOD, THESE
THINGS HAVE GOTTA BE WORTH
SOME SERIOUS DOUGH.
YEAH, THESE ARE AWESOME.
- THE OLD TOWN
CRIER FLOUR SIGNS,
THEY WERE AMAZING.
- HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?
- YEAH, THEY'RE COOL.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE I AM GLAD I DIDN'T GO.
- CAN WE GET 'EM OFF
WITHOUT ROACHING THEM?
- YOU CAN GET 'EM OFF.
- WE STARTED DIGGING
INTO 'EM, THOUGH.
LIKE, EVERY OTHER
INCH THERE WAS A NAIL.
- YEAH, WHEN THEY
PUT THEM UP HERE,
THEY PUT THEM UP
TO STAY, DIDN'T THEY?
- I ALMOST GOT ONE HERE.
- THIS IS LIKE
ALCATRAZ FOR PICKERS.
- YEAH. IT'S LIKE
WE'RE BREAKING OUT.
- WHOA. WHOA!
WE GOT SIX OF THOSE
SIGNS OFF, REALLY COLORFUL.
THEY'RE NOT IN GREAT
CONDITION, BUT, MAN,
THAT WAS WHAT I
CALL PICKING FOLKLORE.
ALL RIGHT, DAVID,
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
THE PAINT'S GONE ON THAT ONE.
CONDITION IS EVERYTHING.
SINCE THEY'RE SO ROUGH,
HOW ABOUT FIVE BUCKS A PIECE?
- DONE. IT WAS WORTH
THE FIVE BUCKS A PIECE
TO WATCH YOU GUYS.
- HEY, MAN, IT WAS FUN.
- AFTER THE SIGNS, I
STARTED FORGETTING
ABOUT SPEED PICKING.
- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND
OF COOL. CUTE, THOUGH.
THINGS STARTED
LOOKING UP FOR ME.
WOW, THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF STUFF UP HERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE ROCKING CHAIR?
- THAT WAS MY STEP
DAD'S MOTHER'S.
YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN,
IT'S BEEN ROCKED
IN AND ROLLED IN.
IT'S GOT TO BE OVER
A HUNDRED YEARS,
BUT I'M NOT SURE.
- LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY AT ONE
TIME OR ANOTHER STRIPPED IT.
THAT CHAIR REFINISHED
WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.
- COUPLE A HUNDRED BUCKS.
- I WAS... I WAS THINKING
ABOUT A HUNDRED ON IT.
IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH.
- I THINK IT OUGHT TO GO
FOR A HUNDRED AND A HALF,
DON'T YOU?
- WELL, UM, I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
I'D SPLIT IT WITH YOU FOR
A HUNDRED AND A QUARTER.
- OKAY, 130.
- [laughs]
- WOULD YOU DO 130?
- YOU KNOW WHAT? 130.
- 130. OKAY. COOL.
- I LOVED THE ROCKING CHAIR.
IT HAD A LOT OF HISTORY TO IT.
I WAS ON A ROLL.
I LOVE THIS CLOCK.
- IT'S BEEN HANGING ON THAT NAIL
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
- THIS IS A 19", SELF WINDING
WESTERN UNION CLOCK.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- OH, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE A COUPLE
HUNDRED BUCKS FOR THAT.
- YEAH I WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
- WHOA, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT NOW, DAVE.
- OH, I THINK IT OUGHT
TO BE WORTH 100.
- I'D PROBABLY BE
COMFORTABLE AT MAYBE, LIKE, $75.
- HOW ABOUT 85?
- DEAL.
- WE MET IN THE MIDDLE
AT 85. GREAT PIECE.
HAPPY TO HAVE IT.
- ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS I BOUGHT THERE
WAS THAT MOTION LAMP.
- I LOVE THE KAWASAKI
DEALERSHIP SIGN.
IT'S GOT GREAT COLOR.
I THINK IT'S GONNA
CLEAN UP, A GREAT PIECE.
- FRANKY, YOU THINK DANIELLE
COULD CLEAN THESE UP?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- RUSTIC SIGNS LIKE
THESE TOWN CRIER SIGNS
ARE INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND.
TO FIND ALL OF THEM BURIED
IN THIS TOWN CRIER TOMB
IS SUPER COOL.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE COULD GET
MAYBE $50 TO $60 A
PIECE FOR THESE THINGS.
- IF YOU DECIDE THAT
YOU FIND A BUYER FOR 'EM,
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'LL BE.
THEY'LL STILL BE NAILED
TO THAT WALL OUT THERE.
- YOU GOT SOME MORE.
- ALL RIGHT MAN.
- THE PICK TURNED OUT REAL WELL.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
- YEAH, AND BEST OF
ALL, WE MET DAVID.
HE WAS A REALLY COOL GUY.
WHEN WE'RE OUT PICKING,
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE
SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS.
WE GO BY OUR GUT.
IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
WE MADE A CONNECTION.
I MADE A GOOD DECISION.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE
INTERRUPTED OUR PILGRIMAGE
TO THE MOTORCYCLE HONEY HOLE,
WE'VE GOT TO TEAR ASS,
MAN, ACROSS THE STATE.
- WELL, YOU BETTER
CRANK IT UP THEN.
- I'M NOT GONNA BREAK ANY
LAWS, BUT I'M GONNA SEE HOW FAST
WE CAN GET BACK THESE 50 MILES
TO GO SEE THAT KNUCKLEHEAD.
DANIELLE SAID THIS GUY'S
GOT SOME MOTORCYCLE STUFF,
HARLEY DAVIDSONS.
HE'S GOT INDIANS.
I MEAN, THE GUY HAS, LIKE,
A 26,000 SQUARE FOOT
WAREHOUSE TO GO THROUGH.
DUDE, IF THIS PLACE IS
WHAT DANIELLE SAYS IT IS.
- WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCORE.
- I'M FRICKIN' JACKED UP.
I'M GETTING HOT AND SWEATY
EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS PLACE.
OH, LOOK IT. OH, MY
GOD. LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT.
- HOT RODDIN' HARLEYS.
THEY WANT TO GET
RID OF SOME STUFF.
THEY'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO US COMING.
ANYBODY THAT SAYS THEY'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO ME COMING,
I'M THERE.
- HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- HI.
- HI. I'M MIKE.
- I'M DONNA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, DONNA.
- HOW YA DOING,
BUDDY? I'M FRANK.
- FRANK? FRANK, I'M MIKE.
- THAT'S EASY, THAT'S
EASY TO REMEMBER.
HOW YA DOING, BUDDY?
- OH, THIS PLACE IS INCREDIBLE.
MIKE'S A SELF-MADE MAN.
THE GUY'S IN THE
STORAGE BUSINESS.
HE'S IN THE BAIL BOND BUSINESS.
HE'S IN THE PAWN SHOP BUSINESS.
HE'S IN HOT RODS AND HARLEYS.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT
INTIMIDATED BY MIKE AT FIRST.
- HE'S GOT THREE GOLD RINGS
ON EACH FINGER, BIG ONES.
I'M TALKING MR. T
BIG GOLD RINGS.
HE'S GOT A GUN STRAPPED
ON. HE'S GOT THE HANDCUFFS.
- IT CAN BE A LITTLE
BIT INTIMIDATING.
- DANIELLE CALLED AND SAID,
UH, YOU COLLECTED EVERYTHING.
YOU HAD A COUPLE
BUILDINGS FULL OF STUFF.
YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT
RESIDING DOWN IN FLORIDA.
- YOU KNOW, AFTER TALKING
TO THE GUY FOR A LITTLE BIT,
HE'S A REALLY NICE GUY.
AS PICKERS, LIFE
IS ALL ABOUT TIMING,
AND RIGHT NOW MIKE AND
HIS WIFE ARE AT THE POINT
WHERE THEY WANT TO DOWNSIZE
SO THEY CAN MOVE ON
AND ENJOY THEIR LIVES.
WHAT CAN WE LOOK AT HERE?
OH, MY GOD, FRANKY,
LOOK AT THIS STUFF.
- OH, YEAH.
- I'D SAY THIS GUY'S DEFINITELY
INTO MANTIQUES, MAN.
I'M TALKING AMPED UP.
- THESE ARE ALL YOUR CARS TOO?
- YEAH, THERE'S SOME
MOTORCYCLES OVER THERE.
- WOW, THIS IS AWESOME,
MAN. HE HAS A NEED FOR SPEED.
- IF IT'S NOT LOUD, ROUGH,
AND FAST, HE AIN'T INTO IT.
HE GIVES A NEW WORD
TO FAST AND FURIOUS.
- HEY, MIKE, WHAT ABOUT
THE STOP SIGN UP HERE?
- THE RUST COSTS A
LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.
- STOP SIGNS ARE
VERY COLLECTIBLE.
IT'S GOT GLASS MARBLES ALL THE
WAY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE
DIFFERENT ONE,
'CAUSE IT'S INDENTED.
YOU SEE A LOT OF THE EMBOSSED
ONES WITH THE MARBLES ON THEM
BUT HAVEN'T SEEN ONE LIKE THAT.
- PROBABLY A HUNDRED
AND A QUARTER.
- A HUNDRED AND A
QUARTER? HOW ABOUT 100?
- OKAY. THAT'LL WORK.
- I SHOULD HAVE SAID 75!
[laughter]
WE'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHTY.
THE LAST STOP SIGN
THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW,
I GOT $250 FOR.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE
BIT MORE UNIQUE,
BUT IT'S IN WORSE CONDITION,
BUT I THINK I CAN
EASILY GET $200 FOR IT.
UH OH, MIKE. LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE GETTING DOWN HERE.
- OH, MAN.
- BOY, YOU COULD GET YOUR
CLOTHES REAL DIRTY IN HERE.
- WE DON'T MIND. WE DON'T MIND.
- IT'S JUST CLUTTERED
UP. IT'S DIRTY. IT'S DARK,
JUST THE WAY WE LOVE IT.
- WOW.
- THIS IS AWESOME.
- HEY, HERE'S SOME BONES.
- MAN, THIS GUY'S HAD IT ALL.
- YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.
I NEED TO CLEAR ALL THIS OUT,
AND WE'RE GONNA SELL IT ALL.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT ME EXCITED.
GAME ON. THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.
OH, THAT'S COOL.
I LOOK OVER, AND I
SEE THE JEEP SIGN.
IT'S IN AMAZING CONDITION.
THE COLORS ARE BRIGHT.
THIS THING'S GOTTA
BE FROM THE EARLY '60s.
THE GRAPHICS ARE
COOL. IT'S A DEALER SIGN.
FOR SOMEBODY THAT
COLLECTS JEEP PRODUCTS,
THIS IS A HOT PIECE.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- 100 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT, 100 BUCKS.
I'M THINKING AT LEAST
$600 BILL ON THE THING.
ALL RIGHT. WHICH
WAY IS THIS PLACE?
- THIS WAY.
- MIKE SAYS WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANYTHING YET.
HE HAS A REALLY COOL
THEATER DOWN THE STREET
STILL TO TAKE US TO.
- WHEN WE'RE WALKING
DOWN THE STREET,
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE BEING
BACK IN A WILD WEST MOVIE.
I'M WALKING DOWN
A STREET IN KANSAS
WITH A GUY WITH
A GUN ON HIS HIP.
THIS IS LIKE A SCENE
FROM TOMBSTONE.
- OH, YEAH.
- WOW!
- OH, WOW.
- OH, MY GOD!
- WHEN YOU FIRST
WALKED IN THERE,
I WAS JUST LIKE...
NAH-NAH-NAH...
OH, MY GOD, THIS
GUY'S GOT SOME STUFF.
- LOOK AT THAT, FRANKY.
HE'S GOT A SCOUT
DOING A HILL CLIMBS.
- YOU KNOW, DANIELLE
MADE A GREAT FIND HERE.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED
IN A PLACE LIKE THIS ON OUR OWN.
HE HAD A LOT OF STUFF,
A LOT OF KILLER THINGS.
- YEAH! THIS IS COOL. MAN.
I'M SITTING ON A
FRICKIN' CHOPPER
IN THE MIDDLE OF A
1920s THEATER, DUDE.
- LIFE IS GOOD.
- THE PLACE WAS INCREDIBLE!
- SO WHAT'S ALL
THAT STUFF UP THERE?
- BOXES FULL OF STUFF.
- YOU CAN GO UP
THERE IF YOU WANT.
- THEY ALSO SAID, HEY,
THERE'S SOME STUFF
UP IN THE BALCONY. SEE YA, MIKE.
I CAN JUST IMAGINE
WATCHING MOVIES UP HERE.
- THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY HERE
TO PICK FROM, FRANK, ISN'T IT?
- I KNOW. THIS ISN'T LIKE OUR
USUAL BARN, GREASY GUS.
- HULA LAMP. LET
ME PLUG IT IN HERE.
RIGHT AWAY, I GRAVITATED
TOWARDS THAT 1940s HULA LAMP.
- OH, THERE SHE
GOES. SHE'S ROCKING.
[whistles]
IT'S HOT.
- HULA GIRL LAMPS
WITH SWIVELING HIPS
WERE ONE OF THE
FAVORITE SOUVENIRS
OF WORLD WAR II SERVICEMEN
STATIONED IN HAWAII.
THESE LAMPS FIRST
APPEARED IN 1920,
AND THEY WERE MADE
OF CHEAP POT METAL.
THE ARTICULATING HIPS ON
THAT THING, IT STILL WORKED.
THE LAMPSHADE WAS
INCREDIBLE CONDITION STILL.
ALL THAT TIKI BAR STUFF,
THAT HAWAIIAN STUFF,
IT'S REALLY HOT RIGHT NOW.
I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE IT.
HOW MUCH IS THAT, MIKE?
- OH...
- DONNA, IS THIS ONE OF
YOUR FAVORITE PIECES?
- NO.
- NO? WE GOT... DONNA,
HOW MUCH IS THIS?
SHE'S HOT.
- A HUNDRED AND A HALF.
- ALL RIGHT. WHO DO I PAY?
- I COULDN'T GET THE MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET FAST ENOUGH.
- THAT'S A GOOD BUY, MIKE.
- I LOVE THAT THING, MAN.
- THAT'S A GOOD BUY.
- I'M GONNA THROW
$4000 ON THAT THING,
HOPE TO GET 3 1/2.
- THIS IS KIND OF COOL.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS LITTLE
PUZZLE THAT SOMEBODY HAD.
- WHO ARE THE PEOPLE IN IT?
- THE NAMES THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS
ARE IN THE VICTOR CATALOGUE.
THE VICTROLA RECORD
PUZZLES WERE GIVEN OUT
PROMOTIONALS BY
DEALERS IN THE EARLY 1900s.
PUZZLES DID NOT SURVIVE.
IF ONE PIECE IS GONE, IT'S JUNK.
THIS ONE'S IN GREAT
SHAPE. IT'S BEHIND GLASS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- 25.
- HELL, THE FRAME'S
PROBABLY WORTH 20.
- THE FRAME'S NOT WORTH 20.
THE FRAME'S WORTH TWO
DOLLARS. HOW ABOUT 20?
- I'LL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL
TAKE IT FOR 20.
- THERE WAS A HOT SAUCE
THING THAT WAS BACK THERE.
- ARE YOU SERIOUSLY
LOOKING AT HOT SAUCE?
- I GOT A CLIENT THAT
LOVES HOT SAUCE.
- A CLIENT?
- IT'S 3 LITERS OF HOT SAUCE.
- OH, MY GOD.
- OBVIOUSLY, I WOULDN'T USE IT.
IT'D JUST BE A NICE
CONVERSATION PIECE.
THE HOT SAUCE THING
WAS A PROMOTIONAL ITEM,
AND THEY ONLY GAVE 'EM
OUT TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.
- LOOK AT THE WAY HE'S
HANDLING THAT THING,
LIKE IT'S HIS FIRST BORN.
- IS IT FOR SALE?
- YEAH, SURE.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- 400.
- I DON'T... I DON'T THINK
I LIKE IT THAT MUCH.
- UH, WHAT ABOUT 30?
- I'LL DO THIRTY
ON THIS FOR SURE.
IT WAS A COOL ITEM.
I THINK IT'LL BE
GREAT EVEN IF I KEEP IT
OR IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS IT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PIECE.
LOOK AT ALL THE
THINGS YOU HAVE HERE,
AND THAT'S WHAT I
GRAVITED TO GRAVITATED TO...
- THAT'S WHAT'S SCARING ME.
- WAS THE HOT SAUCE BOTTLE.
- THAT'S WHAT'S SCARING
THE HELL OUT OF ME!
WHILE FRANKY'S BASKING
IN HIS HOT SAUCE GLORY,
I'M BUSY TRYING TO FIND
THAT 1937 KNUCKLEHEAD
DANIELLE'S BEEN
TELLING US ABOUT.
I'M BUSY TRYING TO FIND THAT
NINETEEN 1937 KNUCKLEHEAD.
AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT, MAN.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- THAT IS COOL.
- ANYTHING 1940, PRIOR,
HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD
IS LIKE MINING GOLD.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THERE WAS ONE SITTING
IN THIS OLD MOVIE THEATER.
IT'S COOL, MAN.
ANY KNUCKLE'S HARD
TO FIND ANYMORE.
WHAT WAS COOL ABOUT IT
WAS, THE THING EXISTED...
COME ON... 1937 HARLEY MOTOR.
'36 WAS THE FIRST
YEAR THAT HARLEY DID
A TWIN OVERHEAD VALVE MOTOR,
AND THE WAY THEY CAME UP
WITH THE NAME KNUCKLEHEAD
IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
WAS THAT THE ROCKER COVERS
ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE
KNUCKLES ON THE MOTOR.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IN 1936,
WHEN HARLEY DID THE
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
FOR SUCH A MOTOR, FOR
SUCH AN EXPENSIVE BIKE,
IT WAS DURING THE
DEPRESSION YEARS,
SO THEY WERE REALLY
GOING OUT ON A LIMB, MAN.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
MOTORCYCLES THERE IS.
THIS IS THE KIND OF BIKE
THAT GUYS STAY UP AT NIGHT
DREAMING ABOUT,
LOOKING AT PHOTOS OF,
AND WISHING THEY COULD EVEN
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY ONE.
THIS WAS MY OPPORTUNITY. I
WAS NOT GONNA DROP THE BALL.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING.
- SURE.
- CAN WE ROLL IT OUT?
- OH, YEAH, LET'S PULL
IT OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT AN OLD MOTORCYCLE,
THE PARTS AND THE
DETAIL ARE EVERYTHING,
THE HUBS, THE FRAME,
THE TRANSMISSION,
ALL OF THESE THINGS MATTER.
THEY MATTER TO ME, AND
THEY MATTER TO THE PERSON
I'M GONNA TRY TO
SELL THIS THING TO.
- LET ME LOOK AT THE
FRAME REAL QUICK,
AND I'LL BE ABLE TO
TELL IF IT'S A '37 FRAME.
YEAH, SEE OVER HERE
WHERE THE BRAKE PLATE GOES
INTO THE FRAME
HERE, THIS BRAZE-ON?
ON A THIRTY-SEVEN,
THIS WOULD BE GONE.
THERE'D BE NO END TO IT.
THIS HAS... THIS IS CAPPED
OFF ON THE END, OKAY,
AND THAT'S FACTORY.
YOU CAN TELL IT HASN'T
BEEN WELDED UP THERE.
I COULD SEE SOME THINGS
ON IT THAT WEREN'T CORRECT.
I DIDN'T THINK THE
FORK WAS CORRECT.
I DIDN'T THINK THE
FRAME WAS CORRECT.
- MIKE, IT'S GOT TWO
DIFFERENT CYLINDERS.
- YEAH.
- DOES IT?
THIS CYLINDER HERE HAS
A SCREW HEAD ON IT, OKAY?
THAT'S A '37 CYLINDER, OKAY?
- MM-HMM.
- THIS ONE HERE
DOESN'T HAVE ONE,
SO THIS IS
PROBABILITY LIKE A 30,
LOOKS LIKE A '39, BECAUSE
THE INDENTATION'S THERE,
BUT IT'S NOT THREADED.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
CALL A BUDDY OF MINE
JUST TO KINDA GO OVER
SOME STUFF WITH HIM.
I HAD TO CALL MY BUDDY.
- WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- THIS GUY'S MR. KNUCKLEHEAD,
MR. PAN HEAD.
THAT'S ALL HE DOES
THE RESTORATIONS ON.
HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOREVER.
- HELLO?
- HEY, JIM? YOU GOT A SECOND?
- OF COURSE.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
WE CAME ACROSS A BIKE.
IT'S A 1937 KNUCKLEHEAD, OKAY?
THE FORK ON THE FRONT,
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE
GREASE ZERKS ON THE INSIDE.
THEY'RE ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE FORK.
- OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I
NOTICED RIGHT AWAY TOO IS,
THE TAB WHERE THE BRAKE
PLATE GOES UP AGAINST THE FRAME,
IT'S CLOSED. IT'S NOT OPEN.
- I'M STILL STOKED
ABOUT THIS BIKE,
BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S
GOT MISMATCHED PARTS ON IT
REALLY AFFECTS THE VALUE.
WHAT COULD I SAFELY
PAY FOR THIS THING?
- ALL RIGHT, JIMMY.
THANKS A LOT, MAN.
- NOW I KNOW WHERE I STAND.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
I'M GOING HIGHER THAN 20 GRAND.
I MEAN, HOPEFULLY
HE'LL BUCKLE FOR LESS.
I LOVE THE BIKE. I
LIKE THAT IT'S PRE-1940.
I'M AT $18,000 ON THIS THING.
HE HAD HIS POKER FACE ON.
HE HAD THE DARK SUNGLASSES.
I COULDN'T TELL WHAT
THE GUY WAS THINKING.
- WELL, I KNOW WHAT I
TURNED DOWN A YEAR AGO.
- WHERE WAS HE AT ON IT?
- 25.
- WHEN HE THREW
OUT THE NUMBER AT 25,
I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF:
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY,
NO WAY IN THE WORLD I'M GONNA
BE ABLE TO BUY THIS BIKE, MAN.
- I'M HERE. I'VE GOT CASH.
WHAT'S THE CASH MONEY
PRICE ON IT TODAY OUT THE DOOR,
THE BIKE'S GONE?
- 22.
- I'D COME UP A LITTLE BIT.
I'D DO 20 GRAND ON THE BIKE.
AT 20 GRAND, THAT'S
ALL I CAN DO ON THE BIKE.
- OH BOY, MIKEY, BOY.
21.
- IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE
SUCKED THE OXYGEN
OUT OF THAT ROOM, MAN.
WE WERE ALMOST THERE.
- EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A
BREATHER FOR A COUPLE MINUTES
IF THEY WANT TO.
- I'M GONNA GO OUT... OUTSIDE
AND SCREAM FOR A MINUTE.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU GET TO A POINT
IN A NEGOTIATION
WHERE YOU'RE
THINKING TO YOURSELF,
YOU KNOW WHAT? AM
I UPSETTING THIS GUY?
AM I PISSING THIS GUY OFF?
YOU HAVE TO WALK SOFTLY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE
ATTENTIVE TO THEIR NEEDS.
IT'S A GREAT BIKE, AND I
WISH I COULD PAY MORE FOR IT.
I TELL YA WHAT, IF
IT WAS ALL CORRECT,
I'D GIVE YOU 30 GRAND FOR IT.
- YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.
- WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
HE'S GOT THE
FISHHOOK IN HIS MOUTH.
I'M PULLING IT IN. I DON'T
WANT TO GET SNAGGED UP.
WHAT'S $1,000 BETWEEN FRIENDS?
[laughter]
THAT'S THE THING ABOUT PICKING.
IT'S LIKE: DON'T GIVE UP.
- BOY, OH, BOY.
- HE HAD THE SWEAT BEADS
BOILING UP ON HIS FOREHEAD,
AND HE WAS RUBBING HIS
NECK, AND HE WAS LIKE, "OH, MAN."
20 GRAND, MAN.
- OH GOSH, MIKEY.
- I JUST GAVE YOU 150
BUCKS FOR THE HULA LAMP.
- OH, I FORGOT ABOUT
THAT. I'M IN THE MONEY NOW.
- THAT'S 20 THOUSAND,
YOU KNOW, 150 DOLLARS.
- LET'S DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS,
MAN. I APPRECIATE IT.
- OH, MY, GOD. I WAS SO PUMPED!
I'M OWNING A 1937
HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD.
I AM PLEASED TO OWN THIS BIKE.
- COOL.
- I TOLD YOU TO KEEP
YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- TO FIND ANYTHING PRE-1940
KNUCKLEHEAD IS INCREDIBLE.
I'M HOPING THAT MOST
OF THE STUFF ON THIS BIKE
IS REAL STEEL.
- WE'RE GETTING READY TO LEAVE,
AND AS I START TO WALK
OUT, I'M LIKE: "OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THIS YELLOW
CHOPPER. IT'S CALLING MY NAME."
HOW ABOUT THIS KAWASAKI HERE?
I LIKE THE BIKE.
IT'S A 650 MOTOR, BUT
IT'S ON A CUSTOM FRAME.
IT WAS MADE IN THE '80s.
IT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER
BIKE. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.
I DON'T WANT SOMETHING
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT,
AND, BELIEVE ME, NOBODY
ELSE HAS GOT ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S NOT FOR SALE.
WHY WOULD THAT BE?
- IT BELONGS TO
A FRIEND OF MINE.
- FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S KARMA OR NOT,
BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE
THE ONE THING I PICK OUT,
IT'S NOT THEIRS.
THEY DON'T HAVE
THE TITLE FOR IT.
THEY DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SOMEBODY LEFT IT 20 YEARS AGO.
THEY HAVE TO KEEP IT.
THEY MIGHT BE COMING BACK.
- I COULD CALL HIM.
- COULD YOU CALL HIM?
IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE IT'S
PHONE A FRIEND FOR ME.
NOW IT BECOMES COMPLICATED.
- CHICO.
- HEY, YOU GOT A KAWASAKI
CHOPPER DOWN HERE.
HAVE YOU GOT THAT FOR SALE?
- NOW THE HARD PART.
HOW DO I GET A GOOD PRICE?
WHERE CAN I BE TO
MAKE CHICO COMFORTABLE
AND MAKE FRANK COMFORTABLE?
WOULD $2,500 BUY IT?
- YEAH.
- FRANK, YOU DID
THE RIGHT THING.
- TAKE IT.
HEY, MIKE, YOU THINK WE GOT
ENOUGH ROOM IN THE TRUCK?
- WHY?
- I BOUGHT THIS.
- YOU BOUGHT THIS. YOU DID?
- THIS THING'S ALL
CUSTOM MOLDED.
IT'S ALL BEEN CHROMED.
IT'S ALL BEEN HAND PAINTED.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME
SPECIAL TIME ON THIS.
KAWASAKI HAS A
REPUTATION FOR BEING
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
ENGINES ON TWO WHEELS.
YOU JUST DON'T FIND THESE
KIND OF BIKES ANYMORE.
AND I ALREADY FOUND
THE SIGN TO GO WITH IT.
- IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE
WE BOUGHT SOMETHING BIG.
- IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.
- YEAH, WAY TOO LONG, I
MEAN, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE WE BOTH BOUGHT A
MOTORCYCLE AT THE SAME PLACE,
YOU KNOW? THEY'RE
USUALLY ONE OR THE OTHER.
- I KNOW, AND THE THING THAT
WAS WEIRD ABOUT IT WAS IS,
LIKE, HE HAD
EXACTLY WHAT I LOVE,
AND HE HAD EXACTLY
WHAT YOU LOVE.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS LIKE A
BEYONCE VIDEO DUDE.
- I PAID $150 FOR
THIS HULA LAMP.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET 350 FOR IT.
- THE VICTROLA RECORD PUZZLES,
I THINK I CAN GET BETWEEN
$200 AND $350 FOR THEM.
- WE JUST... WE JUST BOUGHT IT.
- GOOD DEAL. LOOKS
EASY TO LOAD, TOO.
THIS WAS A FANTASTIC PICK.
MIKE WAS A GREAT GUY.
HE HAD ALL THE KIND
OF STUFF THAT WE LIKE.
IT WAS AMAZING TO
LOOK THROUGH HIS STUFF.
- THERE'S SOMETHING I
LIKE ABOUT THOSE GUYS,
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
- HEY, FRANKY, DON'T
FORGET YOUR HOT SAUCE BABY.
- OH, YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
- HEY, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ME AND FRANKY BOTH
WALKED OUT OF THERE
WITH SOME AMAZING BIKES.
THESE ARE THE DAYS WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT UNTIL WE'RE 90.
- SEE YA LATER.
- BYE.
- THAT DUDE HAD
THE STUFF, DIDN'T HE?
- HE HAD EVERYTHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THE
KNUCK? YOU THINK I DID ALL RIGHT?
- WELL, MAYBE WE
SHOULD JUST THINK ABOUT
GETTING AN APPRAISAL OR
SOMETHING ON IT, YOU KNOW,
HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK AT IT AND
TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WE GOT.
- WHAT I'M BANKING ON IS,
HE SAID IT WAS WORTH IN THE
HIGH TEENS OVER THE PHONE.
I'M HOPING THAT WHEN
HE SEES THE THING,
HE'LL GO, YOU KNOW
WHAT? THIS IS NICE.
IT'S NICER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT.
- RIGHT. WHAT'D YOU
THINK OF THE BIKE I GOT?
- YOU DID GOOD, MY BROTHA.
HEY, MAN, WHAT'S UP?
- HEY, MIKE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- IS IT WHAT YOU
THOUGHT OVER THE PHONE?
- YOU LIKE... YOU LIKE
THE CHROME, DON'T YA?
- I REALLY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
WHEN THE BIKE WAS DELIVERED.
I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
- NOW THAT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT,
I'VE BEEN JONESING TO KNOW
WHAT'S REAL ON THIS THING,
WHAT'S NOT.
- THE TOOLBOX IS
ARE REPRODUCTION.
- TOOLBOX IS REPOP. THE
AIR BREATHER'S REPOP.
SO I WAS KIND OF SINKING
A LITTLE BIT LOW THERE
FOR A WHILE.
IS THE TAIL LIGHT REAL?
GIVE ME SOME GOOD NEWS.
- TAIL LIGHT IS REAL.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE THAT.
- LENS, LENS MAY BE EVEN
REAL. REAL HANDLEBARS.
NOT A CORRECT RESTORATION,
BUT THE AVERAGE PERSON
ON THE STREET, THE AVERAGE
MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST
ISN'T GONNA KNOW THE DIFFERENCE,
BECAUSE IT IS AN EARLY
KNUCKLEHEAD FRAME, RIGHT?
- CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME
AN IDEA OF THE VALUE OF IT?
- WOULD YOU TAKE
25,000 CASH TODAY?
- UM...
- AND I'M NOT SURE IT RUNS.
- THE LAST THING I EXPECTED
WAS JIM TO MAKE ME
AN OFFER ON THIS BIKE.
- LET'S GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF GETTING IT RUNNING.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE
WE'RE AT, AND, UM, IF...
- IT MIGHT REDUCE THE OFFER.
- AS A PICKER, YOU SOMETIMES
HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF
NOT TO GET TOO EMOTIONALLY
ATTACHED TO AN ITEM.
RIGHT NOW I'M HAVING A
COMPLETE EMOTIONAL AFFAIR
WITH THIS BIKE, SO I'M KINDA
NERVOUS ABOUT SELLING IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO,
BUT 25 GRAND THROWN IN OUR FACE,
THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO PASS UP.
JIM, YOU SURPRISED THE
HELL OUT OF ME WITH THAT.
LET ME, UM, LET ME THINK
ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. UH...
I THINK... I THINK
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS,
I'M GONNA GET YOU
TO GET IT RUNNING.
RIGHT NOW I'M JUST COMPLETELY
ENAMORED WITH THIS THING, MAN.
I'M TOTALLY SWEATING HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S
BECAUSE I'VE GAMBLED $20,000
OR I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE
WITH A 1937 HARLEY.
THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- THE BIKE IS IN GOOD
HANDS RIGHT NOW.
ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE THAT
HE GETS IT RUNNING, AND MAYBE,
JUST MAYBE, HE'LL WANT TO
BUY IT SOME DAY DOWN THE ROAD.
- WHILE JIM IS
WORKING ON THE BIKE,
FRANKY AND I ARE
GONNA KEEP PICKING.
WE'RE GONNA GO
DO SOME FREESTYLE.
THIS ROAD LOOKS A
LITTLE SKETCH, MAN,
LOTS OF TURNS, LOTS OF TREES.
CAN'T REALLY SEE ANY OF
THESE PROPERTIES TOO WELL.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE
GET A GLIMPSE OF SOME JUNK.
- HEY, WHAT'S THIS UP
HERE? WHAT'S THIS SIGN SAY?
- THIS SIGN SAYS,
UH, "CAR FOR SALE.
'87 BUICK." THAT'S TOTALLY YOU.
- JUST PULL IN AND CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT'S THAT SAY?
NO ENTRY. POLICE WILL BE CALLED.
- ALL RIGHT. THIS
IS LIKE FRICKIN'
MOUNTAIN GOAT CENTRAL DUDE.
- JESUS. WHOA. HEY.
- HOLY CRAP!
- HOLD ON.
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
WE'RE ON THESE WINDY ROADS,
YOU CAN'T SEE ANY
OF THESE PROPERTIES.
- THERE'S A WASH TUB.
- OOH, LOOK AT ALL THE
STUFF BEHIND THERE.
- LOOK AT THAT BUILDING.
- WE SAW THE SIGN ON
THE ROAD FOR THE CAR,
SO WE WENT BACK TO
INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTY.
SOMETIMES THAT'S A
GOOD WAY TO GET IN.
- OH, LOOK AT THIS
ONE. LOOK AT THAT ONE.
YOU ASK ABOUT THE CAR.
I'LL GIVE THEM THE FLIER.
- I'LL GIVE THE THING
ABOUT THE CAR.
- AFTER YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- IT CAN BE PRETTY
SKETCH WHEN YOU GO
TO SOMEONE'S FRONT
DOOR, AND YOU KNOCK ON IT.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S
GONNA BE BEHIND IT.
YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT SORT OF SITUATION
YOU'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER.
- HELLO? HI.
- DARLENE WAS AMAZING.
- MY NAME'S FRANK. WE SEEN THE
SIGN DOWN BELOW DOWN THERE.
- OH, WE SOLD IT. WE FORGOT
TO TAKE THE SIGN DOWN.
- OH, YOU SOLD THE CAR?
- OH YOU DID?
- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WE DID PULL UP THERE,
WE SEEN THAT YOU
HAD SOME OUTBUILDINGS.
- WE'RE FROM IOWA,
AND WE'RE PICKERS.
THIS IS KIND OF A LIST OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
- WELL, IF YOU GOT SOME
TIME, I CAN TAKE YOU AROUND.
THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL START OVER HERE.
- OKAY, COOL.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN
ON THIS PROPERTY?
- MOM AND DAD BOUGHT IT IN '47.
- OH, WOW.
- SO DID YOUR DAD COLLECT STUFF?
- YEAH, HE WAS A PICKER.
- HE WAS A PICKER?
- OH, HE WAS A PICKER TOO?
- WE DIDN'T CALL IT THAT.
WE JUST CALLED "DADDY'S
BRINGING MORE JUNK HOME."
[laughter]
- OH, LORD. LOOK AT
THIS FRANKY. OH, MY GOD.
- PICKER HEAVEN.
- PICKER HEAVEN.
- BICYCLES.
- WOW. I'VE NEVER BEEN
TO PICKER HEAVEN, BUT, UH...
- THIS COULD BE IT.
- THIS COULD BE IT.
- IT WAS VISUALLY
STIMULATING MAN.
I MEAN, I'M TALKING
GETTING HOT AND SWEATY
LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM.
THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF. JUNK,
DIRT, DUST, RUST, COBWEBS.
WE LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING
WORTH SOME MONEY IN HERE.
- HERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN A GREAT PIECE.
THAT'S A HOPALONG
CASSIDY LUNCH BOX.
- ARE THOSE YOUR OLD VALENTINES?
- YES.
- ARE THEY? OH, HERE'S
ONE FROM CURTIS.
- DID YOU HAVE A
BOYFRIEND BACK THEN?
- THAT WAS MY BOYFRIEND.
- "DON'T KISS YOUR LOVER
BY THE GARDEN GATE.
LOVE IS BLIND, BUT
THE NEIGHBOR AIN'T."
- MY GOD. THAT'S PRETTY
RACY FOR BACK THEN.
THAT WAS RISQUÉ. WHOA!
- IN THE BARN.
- IN THE BARN.
[laughter]
- YOU GOT ANY OF
YOUR OLD VALENTINES?
- I NEVER REALLY
GOT ANY VALENTINES.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER?
WHEN I WAS IN NINTH
GRADE, I WAS LIKE 4'6"
AND, LIKE, 72 POUNDS.
- I GOT A TON OF VALENTINES,
BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T
SEND ME A VALENTINE,
I'D BEAT YOU UP.
- [laughs]
- THERE WAS A LOT OF
LITTLE SMALL THINGS.
THERE WAS LOTS OF BOXES.
WE STARTED DIGGING AROUND
AND PICKING THROUGH THINGS,
AND DARLENE WAS EVEN
PICKING THROUGH THINGS.
- AND THEN I LOOK OVER,
AND I SEE THAT MEDICINE
CHEST ON THE WALL.
ONE SIDE'S BIGGER THAN
THE OTHER. IT'S DIFFERENT.
HAD SOME GINGERBREAD ON IT,
A NICE LITTLE
RAILING ON THE TOP.
HAD A LOT OF DETAIL. TWO DOORS.
ONE HAD A MIRROR. THE
OTHER WAS REALLY NARROW.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
- SURE.
- HOW'S 60 BUCKS?
- SOLD.
- WHEN I OFFERED DARLENE
$60 FOR THE MEDICINE CHEST.
- SHE SAID OKAY BEFORE
HE EVEN GOT THE "T" OUT.
- RIGHT THEN I KNEW I
SHOULD HAVE OFFERED THIRTY.
IT'S COOL, AND I'VE
NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS,
HAVE YOU, FRANKY, WHERE
IT'S A REAL SMALL DOOR?
- NOT WITH THE HALF DOOR. UH-UH.
- THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA
BUY THIS MEDICAL CABINET
IS SOMEBODY THAT'S
ACTUALLY GONNA USE THIS PIECE.
GOT A REALLY NEAT
CHAIR RAIL ON THE TOP.
IT'S GOT OLD WHITE PAINT ON IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING
TO RECREATE THAT LOOK.
I MEAN, THIS IS A
REALLY NEAT ITEM.
I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO OWN IT.
LET'S SEE THIS CART.
- YOU KNOW, WE'RE
CRUISING AROUND THE BARN.
I'M LOOKING FOR BASICALLY
ANYTHING I CAN MAKE A BUCK ON.
BOOM. I SEE THE RAILROAD CART.
LET'S SEE HOW BAD
THE WHEELS ARE ON IT.
THEY'RE GOOD. IT
LOOKS PRETTY SOLID TOO.
THOSE ARE AMAZING PIECES.
THEY'RE INDUSTRIAL CARTS
FROM, LIKE, FACTORIES,
BUT BASICALLY WHAT PEOPLE
ARE USING THEM FOR NOW,
THEY'RE COFFEE TABLES.
THEY'RE STAINING
THEM, CLEANING THEM UP.
THE CAST IRON WHEELS
LOOK REALLY NICE.
- DARLENE, IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN SELLING?
- I THINK SO.
- HOW ABOUT 50 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT 100?
- 100?
EVERYTHING NEEDS
TO COME OFF OF HERE.
THIS ALL HAS TO BE
SANDBLASTED, PAINTED BLACK.
HOW ABOUT 60 BUCKS?
- OKAY.
- THESE ARE RAILROAD CARTS,
WHEN THEY'RE REALLY DONE UP,
AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL,
THEY'RE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT WAS A GREAT FIND.
- IT'S DUSTY UP HERE, GUYS.
- YEAH, WE CAN TAKE IT.
- THIS PROPERTY WAS GREAT.
THERE WERE SO MANY OLD BARNS,
AND DARLENE WAS LETTING
US LOOK AROUND EVERYWHERE.
- HEY, DARLENE, WHAT'S
UP WITH THESE SADDLES?
- THAT IS A... A
ONE-OF-A-KIND SADDLE.
THOSE ARE MY MOM'S SHOW SADDLES.
- OH, SHE SHOWED HORSES?
- SHE DID. SHE
HAS ALL HER TRICKS
THAT SHE TRAINED
HER HORSE TO DO.
- DARLENE LIT UP.
SHE HAD THESE AMAZING STORIES
TO TELL ABOUT HER MOTHER.
- THE HORSE COUNTED
TO NINE OR TEN.
- REALLY?
- SHE LAID DOWN, REARED UP.
MOM RODE HER BAREBACK,
AND ROY ROGERS EVEN CAME OUT
AND WANTED TO BUY
HER WITH THE HORSE.
- OH, WOW. THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- YES.
- NOW, IS SHE STILL ALIVE?
- SHE IS STILL ALIVE. SHE'S
AT THE HOUSE, AND SHE'S...
- SHE'S UP AT THE HOUSE?
- OH, WE'LL HAVE TO MEET HER.
- I WOULD ABSOLUTELY
LOVE TO MEET YOUR MOM.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO HER.
- HI, MOM.
- SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE HAD A
WILD LIFE, A REALLY COOL LIFE.
- SO NICE TO MEET
YOU. HOW YA DOING?
- SO NICE. WE HEARD
SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.
- WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
YOU. WE SAW YOUR SADDLE.
- YOU LIKE MY SADDLE?
- YEAH.
- OH IT'S WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT?
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- YEAH.
- WOW.
- OH, YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S HER.
SHE JUST LOVED ME,
AND I LOVED HER THEN.
SHE'D COME IN THE
HOUSE IF I'D LET HER.
- WHO TAUGHT YOU
HOW TO TRAIN HORSES?
- I JUST TRAINED MYSELF.
- YOU SAID SHE COULD COUNT.
HOW DID YOU GET HER
TO DO THOSE THINGS?
- SHE LIKED MUSIC, SO YOU
USED TO PLAY THE MUSIC.
- I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
KIND OF MUSIC A HORSE LIKES.
- ANYTHING?
- OH, ANY KIND OF MUSIC,
AS LONG AS IT WAS...
AS LONG AS IT WAS MUSIC.
- OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH, YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.
- GREAT PICTURE, YEAH.
- I MEAN, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL NOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING
US SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT'S AN HONOR TO
MEET YOU, IT REALLY IS.
- SAME TO YOU.
- MEETING ALICE WAS REALLY
COOL. IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
- WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO
LOOK AROUND SOME MORE.
- OKAY.
- THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE
IN THE BASEMENT.
- ALL RIGHT. TAKE A LOOK.
- WE WALKED DOWN TO
THE BASEMENT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S LOOKING PRETTY
UNEVENTFUL, AND I LOOK OVER,
AND UNDERNEATH ALL
THIS STUFF IS A STRAP CHAIR.
- WHAT'S UP WITH THIS CHAIR?
- WELL, IT'S BEEN AROUND
FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE.
- AWESOME PIECE,
MID-CENTURY MODERN PIECE.
I THINK IT MIGHT
BE MADE BY KNOLL.
JUST A REALLY GREAT PIECE.
- I'M LOOKING AT IT
GOING "OH, MY GOD.
"I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS
IN A FARMHOUSE BASEMENT
IN MISSOURI IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE."
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
- YEAH, WE WOULD.
- LOOKS LIKE IT'S MADE
PRETTY NICE, MIKE.
- YEAH, I WAS JUST
LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM.
IT'S, LIKE, KINDA STARTING
TO GET ROTTED OFF.
- OH, IT IS?
- I'D DO 150.
- 175.
- I'M REALLY ON
THE FENCE AT 150.
I MEAN, THE BOTTOM'S... THE
LEGS ARE KIND OF ROTTED OUT.
SOMETIMES I POINT OUT THE FLAWS,
GIVE 'EM A REALITY CHECK.
THIS ISN'T THAT JEWEL
YOU FOUND 50 YEARS AGO.
I WANT TO BUY THIS THING,
BUT IT'S NOT CORRECT.
- 175.
- 150. COME ON.
- AND ABOUT THAT
TIME, I FOUND A LATE '70s,
EARLY '70s ROCK 'EM,
SOCK 'EM ROBOTS.
- 150.
- HEY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS...
YOU GUYS ROCK 'EM, SOCK
'EM OUT HERE FOR 150 OR 175?
- YOU READY?
- I'M READY.
[bell dings]
- GO!
- ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM ROBOTS
WAS A GAME MADE IN THE '70s,
MADE BY MARX COMPANY.
SLOW IT DOWN.
WHEN YOU HIT THE
PERSON ON THE CHIN,
HIS HEAD WOULD FLY UP.
- I'M HITTING DARLENE
WITH AN UPPERCUT,
I'M JACKING HER IN THE
FOREHEAD, AND, LIKE,
THE HEAD WILL NOT POP OFF.
- COME ON, MIKE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THAT'S GAS MONEY.
ALL RIGHT, HOLD
UP. HOLD UP, DUDE.
- 165!
- ALL RIGHT, 165.
THE STRAP CHAIR
NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK IT'S STILL
WORTH 400 BUCKS.
- HOW MUCH IS THE
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM?
- 15.
- HOW ABOUT 10?
- 12.50.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S MISSING THE PLATFORM.
- TEN.
- SO I OWE YOU 175.
- TEN.
- ALL RIGHT. SKIN ME. ALL RIGHT.
- '70s STUFF'S HOT, 'CAUSE
PEOPLE, LIKE, MY AGE,
YOU KNOW, 35, THEY
WANT STUFF THEY'D HAD
WHEN THEY PLAYED WITH
WHEN THEY WERE A KID.
- DARLENE, I CAN'T BELIEVE I
COULDN'T KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OFF.
- I THINK SHE HAD THE
HOME ADVANTAGE, MIKE,
BECAUSE IT WAS HER MACHINE.
- THE COOL THING ABOUT DARLENE
WAS EVERYTHING WAS FOR SALE.
- SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
- I LIKE THIS, THIS
BENT WOOD DESIGN.
I MEAN, COME ON.
THIS WAS A GOOD DAY.
- IT WAS SO NICE
MEETING YOUR MOTHER.
- I LOVED IT. YOU
GOTTA COME BACK.
- SHE WAS AWESOME.
- YOUR MOM WAS GREAT.
- SERIOUSLY, SHE WAS GREAT.
- DARLENE WAS AMAZING.
- THANK YOU.
- THANKS SO MUCH.
- BYE.
- FOR A COLD CALL,
I HAD A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC
TO MEET HER MOTHER.
- BYE!
- WE GOT A CALL FROM JIM.
MY 1937 HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD
IS READY TO GET PICKED UP.
I'M REALLY HOPING JIM
GOT THIS BIKE RUNNING.
HEY, JIM!
- HELLO!
- HEY, MAN. HOW'D IT GO?
- OH, A LOT OF WORK, MIKE,
COUPLE OF DAYS, HECTIC.
IT'S A TOUGH BIKE.
- IS IT? CAN I SEE MY BABY?
- SURE. LET ME GO GET IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
- ALL RIGHT. HANG ON.
- I'M SO NERVOUS.
I HOPE THAT JIM WAS AT
LEAST ABLE TO GET IT RUNNING.
- OH, YEAH.
- I LIKE THAT SEAT, MAN.
- JIM WAS SMILING EAR TO EAR
WHEN HE BROUGHT THE BIKE OUT.
- MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD.
- HAD VIRTUALLY ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING OFF OF IT.
- DID YOU GET IT RUNNING?
- DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT?
- YEAH. HELL, YEAH, I'LL TRY IT.
[motor roars]
- [chuckles]
YEAH! YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS,
MAN. THAT WAS AWESOME.
- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I WANTED TO HEAR, TOO.
- WHAT A GREAT FEELING
TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
OF BUYING THIS BIKE
AND THEN KNOWING
THE RIGHT GUY TO FIX THIS THING.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF
THAT KEEPS ME ON THE ROAD.
- FRANK, THERE'S SOMETHING
I REALLY NEED TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS MOTORCYCLE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF SNAPSHOTS
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA SEE, DO YOU?
- I HAVE NO IDEA.
- THIS MOTORCYCLE WAS
RESTORED AT MY SHOP
IN CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY '80s.
- NO WAY! OH, MY
GOD! THAT'S SO WILD.
- NO WONDER IT RUNS SO GOOD.
- OH, MY GOD.
THAT IS SO BIZARRE.
- I WAS APPROACHED
BY A GENTLEMAN
FROM GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.
THE INTEREST IN HAVING
AN ACCURATE RESTORATION
WASN'T IMPORTANT TO THIS MAN.
- IT WAS, IT WAS AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
IT'S... PICKING IS AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
OH, THAT'S SO COOL.
- THAT IS COOL.
- THIS BIKE WAS
MEANT TO BE MINE.
THIS BIKE WAS MEANT
TO BE RESTORED BY JIM
WAY BACK IN THE DAY,
AND NOW THIS BIKE
WAS MEANT TO BE
FIXED BY HIM RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING FELL BACK INTO PLACE.
I LOVE IT EVEN MORE
NOW. IT'S INCREDIBLE, MAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- SURE.
- I TELL YA WHAT.
I'D GIVE YOU FIRST SHOT
AT IT IF I EVER SELL IT.
- MY PRICE OR YOURS?
- UH, MINE OF COURSE.
[laughter]
I'M GONNA RIDE THIS BIKE.
I'M GONNA BE KICKING
DOWN THE ROAD
WITH A BIG OLD CHESHIRE
GRIN ON MY FACE GOING "WOO!"
FRANK, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M THINKING?
- I'M THINKING WE SHOULD
TAKE THOSE NEW BIKES
FOR A CRUISE.
JUNGLE GYM FOR PICKING!
I CAN'T FRICKIN' LEAVE
A PLACE LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE'S THIS MUCH STUFF.
- WE'RE NEVER
GETTING OUT OF HERE.
- OH, THERE SHE
GOES. SHE'S ROCKING.
THIS IS LIKE A
BEYONCE VIDEO, DUDE.
THIS IS THE KIND OF BIKE
THAT GUYS STAY UP AT NIGHT
DREAMING ABOUT.
I'M AT $18,000 DOLLARS ON THEM.
- OH, BOY, MIKEY, BOY.
- MIKE, FRANK, THERE'S
SOMETHING I REALLY
NEED TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS MOTORCYCLE.
- 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.
[rooster crows]
[phone rings]
- I GOT IT. I GOT IT. HELLO?
- MORNING.
- WHAT'S THE SCOOP?
- THERE'S A GENTLEMAN,
HIS NAME'S DAVID MYERS,
AND HE INHERITED THIS OLD FARM,
AND IT'S GOT ALL THESE
OLD BUILDINGS ON IT,
A SMOKEHOUSE.
THERE'S A BLACKSMITH SHOP.
- WHERE'S HE AT WITH
SELLING THIS STUFF THOUGH?
- HE'S READY TO SELL,
BECAUSE THIS IS STUFF
THAT HE INHERITED,
SO IT'S NOT LIKE
HE REALLY NEEDS TO HOLD ONTO IT.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LET
YOU KNOW HOW IT WENT.
- SWEET.
- OUT.
- THE GREAT THING ABOUT
THIS DAVID MYERS GUY,
HE'S AT THE POINT WHERE HE
HAS DECIDED TO SELL SOME STUFF.
- SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOT
SOME DEEP ROOTS HERE
AND A BUNCH OF
SENTIMENTAL STORIES.
I HOPE SENTIMENTAL VALUE
DOESN'T EXCEED RETAIL VALUE,
YOU KNOW?
- YEAH. WELL YOU
GOTTA REMEMBER TOO,
THIS GUY CALLED US.
THIS GUY CALLED DANIELLE.
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, THIS IS
LOOKING GOOD, DUDE.
WE'RE ON A GRAVEL
ROAD IN MISSOURI
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
[phone rings]
HERE, YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO ANSWER THIS,
'CAUSE I SIGNED OPRAH'S PLEDGE.
I CAN'T TALK ON THE
PHONE WHILE DRIVING.
- ALL RIGHT. LET ME
HANDLE IT. HELLO?
- STOP EVERYTHING. TURN AROUND.
YOU'RE GONNA FLIP OUT.
- ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS IT?
LET ME FLIP OUT HERE.
- I HAVE GOTTEN A HOLD OF
THE ULTIMATE URBAN LEGEND.
- I THOUGHT WE WERE THE
ULTIMATE URBAN LEGEND.
- NO, YOU JUST HAVE A
REALLY BIG HEAD, THAT'S ALL.
THIS GUY'S NAME IS MIKE NEAL.
THE HOT RODS HE HAS
HE KEEPS IN A 1920s
FORD DEALERSHIP.
- OH, THAT SOUNDS COOL.
UH, GIVE US THE COORDINATES,
AND WE'LL DECIDE
IF WE'RE GONNA...
- NO, NO, NO, STOP.
I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN
TO THE GOOD STUFF YET.
HE HAS A 1937 HARLEY
DAVIDSON KNUCKLEHEAD.
[tires screeching]
- GOT MY ATTENTION NOW.
- THAT'S A RARE BIKE.
- THAT'S LIKE MY DUESENBERG
OF MOTORCYCLES.
THEY STARTED MAKING
KNUCKLEHEADS IN 1936.
THIS IS JUST ONE YEAR
LATER INTO PRODUCTION.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY RARE BIKE.
THIS IS THE KIND
OF THING WE DIG.
- ALL RIGHT. LATER. MAN.
- KNUCKLEHEAD, DUDE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT GOING
TO SEE THIS KNUCKLEHEAD,
BUT WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THIS
DAVID MYERS GUY'S PLACE.
I CAN'T SEE US NOT
STOPPING BY THERE.
WHO KNOWS? WE MIGHT
FIND SOMETHING RARE.
- WE'LL SPEED PICK IT THEN.
THAT STUFF, IT'LL
WAIT A LITTLE TIME
EVEN IF WE DON'T GET
THERE TILL TOMORROW.
- YEAH... NO! I DON'T KNOW
WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET THERE,
BUT I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO
BE AT THIS GUY'S PROPERTY
MORE THAN AN HOUR.
- IF THEY DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING GOOD,
WE'RE OUT OF THERE.
- YOU THINK THIS IS IT?
- UH, I HOPE SO.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT
OLD BUILDING DUDE.
- OH, LOOK AT THAT ONE.
- DAVID'S PROPERTY LOOKED
EXACTLY LIKE OUR KIND OF PLACE.
IT WAS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.
THERE'S ALL THESE REALLY
OLD DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS.
REAL. REMEMBER,
LET'S POWER PUMP IT.
THANKS FOR SHOWING ME THAT.
- HEY, HOW ARE YA
DOING? ARE YOU DAVE?
- I'M DAVID.
- HEY, I'M MIKE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- MY NAME'S FRANK.
- IF YOU GOT TIME TO
LET US LOOK AROUND,
WE'RE EXCITED.
- I SURE DO. I'VE
GOT PLENTY OF TIME.
- DAVID WAS ONE OF
THE COOLEST GUYS.
HE LET US LOOK EVERYWHERE.
THE FIRST BUILDING
THAT DAVID TOOK US TO
WAS AN OLD BLACKSMITH'S SHOP.
- OH, YEAH, IT'S GOT THE
OLD PULLEY SYSTEM IN HERE.
THIS IS COOL.
DO YOU ACTUALLY REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WERE A KID
THIS BEING OPERABLE?
- YEAH, WHEN I WAS A KID, YEAH.
- SO THIS IS WHERE THEY
WOULD ACTUALLY SHOE HORSES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT?
- WAY BACK, YEAH.
- HE SAID HE USED TO GO IN
THERE WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE KID
AND WATCH HIM WORK
ON A LOT OF THESE TOOLS
THAT WERE STILL THERE TODAY.
- WATERTOWN, SOUTH
DAKOTA. PATENT 1918.
- A LOT OF THE STUFF, I
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS.
- YOU'RE KINDA STILL
DISCOVERING STUFF.
- OH YEAH, DEFINITELY.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THERE WAS SO MUCH
STUFF, SO MANY BOXES.
I START DIGGING
AROUND IN THIS PLACE.
- OOH, YEAH.
- FRANK, THE THING IS,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
LOOK IN SOME OF
THESE BOXES. WHOA.
- WHEN I START DIGGING,
SOMETIMES I CAN'T STOP.
OOH, GLASSWARE. FRANK,
YOU INTO GLASSWARE?
- NEGATIVE.
- AHH!
- OOOH.
- YOU INTERESTED?
- I'M GONNA PASS. HOW ABOUT YOU?
- IN THE BACK OF MY
MIND, I'M THINKING ABOUT
THAT OLD HARLEY, BUT I
WANT TO PICK THIS PROPERTY.
I CAN'T LEAVE IT UNTIL
I FIND SOMETHING.
- HE'S GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER
BUILDINGS TO LOOK AT, MIKE.
- OH, I KNOW. I MEAN I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING.
- I THOUGHT WE
WERE SPEED PICKING.
HE JUST WANTS TO KEEP GOING
ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
- THERE'S MY OLD SCHWINN
STINGRAY RIGHT THERE.
- THAT'S YOURS?
YEAH, THOSE ARE
THE ORIGINAL TIRES,
THE ORIGINAL SLICK ON THE BACK.
I'VE DONE ABOUT 8
MILLION WHEELIES ON THAT.
- DAVID STILL HAD THE FIRST
BIKE THAT HE EVER OWNED.
FRANKY, THIS IS LIKE THE
MUSCLE BIKE FOR THE '60s, MAN.
IT'S GOT THE OLD
SLICK ON IT AND STUFF.
- IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- I THINK I'LL KEEP
A HOLD OF THAT.
- I LOVE THAT HE
APPRECIATES OLD THINGS.
I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE GET
RID OF STUFF LIKE THAT.
HE KEPT IT AROUND TO CHERISH IT.
- YOU ABOUT READY, OR...
- YEAH, HE WAS GONNA
SHOW ME SOMETHING.
[thunder rumbles] WHOA,
DID YOU HEAR THAT?
- I KNOW. THE CLOUDS COMING IN
WOULD BE AN APPARENT REASON
THAT WE THINK WE'RE ABOUT
READY TO LEAVE, BUT NO.
THERE'S A LOT OF
STUFF. BIG BARN.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THIS BARN IS LIKE A
JUNGLE GYM FOR PICKING!
THIS PLACE IS AWESOME.
LET'S DIG A LITTLE
DEEPER BACK IN HERE.
AT THAT POINT, THE
PLAN FOR ME WAS DONE.
I WAS IMMERSED IN DIGGING,
AND I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING.
AWESOME.
I FOUND A FEW THINGS IN HERE.
FOUND THIS OLD BLOCK AND TACKLE.
IT'S CAST IRON, AND IT'S WOOD.
IT'S GOT A REALLY
NICE LOOK TO IT,
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE,
LIKE MAYBE HANG A
MOTOR OFF THE CEILING
OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH.
- THIS COFFEE TIN,
THIS IS A COOL PIECE
JUST BECAUSE IT HAS
ADVERTISING ON IT.
- OKAY.
- AND THEN I'VE GOT THIS PIECE.
THIS IS LIKE WHAT
THEY CALL SALT GLAZED
WITH THESE BUTTERFLIES.
THAT'S WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE,
SO IT WAS ONE OF THE
NEAT THINGS THAT I FOUND.
- MIKE'S NOT
KEEPING HIS PROMISE,
AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
- I'D BE AT, UH, LIKE, 10 BUCKS.
THIS OLD COFFEE TIN, 5 BUCKS,
AND THEN I'D STEP
UP ON THIS AND DO 20.
SO I'M AT, WHAT, 35 BUCKS HERE.
- HOW ABOUT 40?
- 36.
- OKAY, I'LL DO 36.
- FRANK, I'M ROCKING IT.
- WE GOT A FEW LITTLE
INTERESTING ITEMS,
BUT WE MADE AN
AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD
POWER PICK THE PLACE
AND GET OUT OF THERE.
DUDE, I MEAN, I
CAN'T MAKE A LIVING
OFF TWO DOLLAR COFFEE CANS.
HEY, THERE'S NOTHING.
WE NEED TO GET TO THE MOTORCYCLE
AND CUT OUR LOSSES HERE.
WE BOUGHT A COUPLE
THINGS. I MEAN, LET'S JUST GO.
- THE WHOLE TIME I'M PICKING,
FRANKY IS BUGGING
THE HELL OUT OF ME.
I CAN'T FRICKIN' LEAVE
A PLACE LIKE THIS
WHERE THERE'S THIS MUCH STUFF.
- HE WON'T LISTEN TO YA,
AND HE JUST WON'T
TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
- THIS IS ONE TIME I WISH
WE HAD SEPARATE VEHICLES.
- LET ME LOOK AROUND
A LITTLE BIT MORE,
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
- WE HAVE A REALLY RARE
1937 HARLEY DAVIDSON
KNUCKLEHEAD THAT'S BEING
DANGLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO GET THERE, BUT
MIKE'S TAKING HIS SWEET TIME.
- WHAT'S THE
VOLKSWAGEN SITUATION?
IT'S LIKE A VOLKSWAGEN
BUG AND A BAR INSIDE OF IT.
TWO THINGS I LOVE.
I HAD TO HAVE IT.
- I'D DO 10 BUCKS.
- 10 DOLLARS?
[laughs]
- ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT 20 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT 25?
- I KNEW HE WAS TOO.
- I KNEW.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO 25.
- I'M READY TO GO TO
THE NEXT BUILDING.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHEN MIKE GETS INTO
THAT BLINDER MODE, LIKE THIS,
HE GETS VERY ANNOYING.
- WHAT'S UP?
- ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS
KEEP LOOKING AND LOOKING.
- DAVID, I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
IT'S CHERRY FLAVORED,
AND IT EXPIRED IN '96.
- [laughs]
- HOW ABOUT YOUR MOTION
LAMP RIGHT THERE WITH THE TRAIN?
- THAT STILL WORKS.
- YOU DON'T NEED TO BE
A PROFESSIONAL PICKER
TO SEE THIS IS A
REALLY RAD PIECE.
IT WAS MADE BY A
COMPANY CALLED ECONOLITE.
IT WAS 1956. IT'S
CALLED THE JOHN BULL.
HE TRANSFERS TO THIS PIECE.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT GO AROUND.
WHEN IT'S ON, AND IT'S
ROCKING AND ROLLING,
IT LOOKS LIKE SMOKE'S
COMING OUT OF THE STACK.
THE FIRE'S ROCKING
AND ROLLING ON IT.
A LOT OF TIMES, THOSE
THINGS GOT DESTROYED
BY PEOPLE PUTTING
TOO HOT A BULB IN THEM,
AND THEY JUST BASICALLY MELTED.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D SELL?
- I MIGHT SELL THAT, YEAH.
- HOW ABOUT 17?
- 17 SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT. I'M PUMPED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY UNUSUAL.
UNUSUAL SELLS.
THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT IT.
YOU GOT ANOTHER
BUILDING TO LOOK IN?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT.
[thunder rumbles]
- WHAT ELSE YOU GOT FOR
US TO LOOK AT REAL QUICK?
- AS WE CAME AROUND THE CORNER,
I SAW THIS EARLY '60s
KAWASAKI DEALERSHIP SIGN.
- IT'S GOT THE OLD
KAWASAKI GREEN ON IT.
- MM HMM. THOSE ARE RARE.
KAWASAKI IS A JAPANESE COMPANY.
THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF
SIGNS OVER THERE IN JAPAN,
JUST NOT VERY MANY
OVER HERE IN AMERICA.
YOU EVER SEE ANYBODY WITH
KAWASAKI TATTOOED ON THEIR ARM?
NO, BUT YOU'LL SEE A MILLION
PEOPLE WITH HARLEY DAVIDSON
TATTOOED ON THEIR ARM.
- FRANKY LIKES KAWASAKIS.
- MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SOMETHING
LIKE THAT'S WORTH, DAVE?
- OH, THAT'S PROBABLY PRETTY
EXPENSIVE, DON'T YA THINK?
- I WOULD VALUE THAT
PROBABLY TO EVERY BIT OF $30.
- $30 IS EXACTLY
WHAT I WAS THINKING.
- WE'RE RIGHT ON. WE WERE,
LIKE, TELEPATHIC RIGHT THERE?
- YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL.
- GOOD DEAL.
- FRANK, YOU GOT ANY
LOVE FOR ME HERE?
- MIKE WAS LIKE, "YOU'D
HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS
IF IT WASN'T FOR
ME." I'M LIKE...
- YOU WANTED TO LEAVE,
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T THINK
THERE WAS ANYTHING HERE.
- I DIDN'T SAY LEAVE.
I SAID START SPEED PICKING
A LITTLE QUICKER QUICKER.
- IF YOU SPEED PICK,
YOU'RE GONNA MISS.
- I WOULD NOT MISS THAT.
THAT WAS OUT IN PLAIN DAY.
- LET'S PLAY THIS GAME MY WAY.
THE BEST THING ABOUT
FINDING THE SIGN WAS FINALLY
FRANK STARTED GETTING
INTO THE GROOVE OF PICKING.
- WELL, THIS IS AN OLD GRANARY
THAT WAS BUILT AROUND
THE CIVIL WAR TIME.
- OH, WOW.
- THERE'S ALL THESE FEED
SACKS ALL OVER THE WALLS.
- THERE'S SIGNS UNDERNEATH
THOSE FEED SACKS,
YEAH, METAL SIGNS.
- CAN I PULL THESE OFF?
- YEAH, GO AHEAD.
- THERE'S YOUR TOWN CRIER.
- AH, YEAH. LOOK AT THAT.
WE RIPPED THESE FEED SACKS OFF.
THERE'S SIGNS ALL
OVER THE PLACE,
AND, OH, MY GOD, THESE
THINGS HAVE GOTTA BE WORTH
SOME SERIOUS DOUGH.
YEAH, THESE ARE AWESOME.
- THE OLD TOWN
CRIER FLOUR SIGNS,
THEY WERE AMAZING.
- HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?
- YEAH, THEY'RE COOL.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
MAYBE I AM GLAD I DIDN'T GO.
- CAN WE GET 'EM OFF
WITHOUT ROACHING THEM?
- YOU CAN GET 'EM OFF.
- WE STARTED DIGGING
INTO 'EM, THOUGH.
LIKE, EVERY OTHER
INCH THERE WAS A NAIL.
- YEAH, WHEN THEY
PUT THEM UP HERE,
THEY PUT THEM UP
TO STAY, DIDN'T THEY?
- I ALMOST GOT ONE HERE.
- THIS IS LIKE
ALCATRAZ FOR PICKERS.
- YEAH. IT'S LIKE
WE'RE BREAKING OUT.
- WHOA. WHOA!
WE GOT SIX OF THOSE
SIGNS OFF, REALLY COLORFUL.
THEY'RE NOT IN GREAT
CONDITION, BUT, MAN,
THAT WAS WHAT I
CALL PICKING FOLKLORE.
ALL RIGHT, DAVID,
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
THE PAINT'S GONE ON THAT ONE.
CONDITION IS EVERYTHING.
SINCE THEY'RE SO ROUGH,
HOW ABOUT FIVE BUCKS A PIECE?
- DONE. IT WAS WORTH
THE FIVE BUCKS A PIECE
TO WATCH YOU GUYS.
- HEY, MAN, IT WAS FUN.
- AFTER THE SIGNS, I
STARTED FORGETTING
ABOUT SPEED PICKING.
- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND
OF COOL. CUTE, THOUGH.
THINGS STARTED
LOOKING UP FOR ME.
WOW, THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF STUFF UP HERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE ROCKING CHAIR?
- THAT WAS MY STEP
DAD'S MOTHER'S.
YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN,
IT'S BEEN ROCKED
IN AND ROLLED IN.
IT'S GOT TO BE OVER
A HUNDRED YEARS,
BUT I'M NOT SURE.
- LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY AT ONE
TIME OR ANOTHER STRIPPED IT.
THAT CHAIR REFINISHED
WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.
- COUPLE A HUNDRED BUCKS.
- I WAS... I WAS THINKING
ABOUT A HUNDRED ON IT.
IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH.
- I THINK IT OUGHT TO GO
FOR A HUNDRED AND A HALF,
DON'T YOU?
- WELL, UM, I'LL TELL YA WHAT.
I'D SPLIT IT WITH YOU FOR
A HUNDRED AND A QUARTER.
- OKAY, 130.
- [laughs]
- WOULD YOU DO 130?
- YOU KNOW WHAT? 130.
- 130. OKAY. COOL.
- I LOVED THE ROCKING CHAIR.
IT HAD A LOT OF HISTORY TO IT.
I WAS ON A ROLL.
I LOVE THIS CLOCK.
- IT'S BEEN HANGING ON THAT NAIL
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
- THIS IS A 19", SELF WINDING
WESTERN UNION CLOCK.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- OH, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE A COUPLE
HUNDRED BUCKS FOR THAT.
- YEAH I WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
- WHOA, I DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THAT NOW, DAVE.
- OH, I THINK IT OUGHT
TO BE WORTH 100.
- I'D PROBABLY BE
COMFORTABLE AT MAYBE, LIKE, $75.
- HOW ABOUT 85?
- DEAL.
- WE MET IN THE MIDDLE
AT 85. GREAT PIECE.
HAPPY TO HAVE IT.
- ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS I BOUGHT THERE
WAS THAT MOTION LAMP.
- I LOVE THE KAWASAKI
DEALERSHIP SIGN.
IT'S GOT GREAT COLOR.
I THINK IT'S GONNA
CLEAN UP, A GREAT PIECE.
- FRANKY, YOU THINK DANIELLE
COULD CLEAN THESE UP?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- RUSTIC SIGNS LIKE
THESE TOWN CRIER SIGNS
ARE INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND.
TO FIND ALL OF THEM BURIED
IN THIS TOWN CRIER TOMB
IS SUPER COOL.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE COULD GET
MAYBE $50 TO $60 A
PIECE FOR THESE THINGS.
- IF YOU DECIDE THAT
YOU FIND A BUYER FOR 'EM,
YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'LL BE.
THEY'LL STILL BE NAILED
TO THAT WALL OUT THERE.
- YOU GOT SOME MORE.
- ALL RIGHT MAN.
- THE PICK TURNED OUT REAL WELL.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
- YEAH, AND BEST OF
ALL, WE MET DAVID.
HE WAS A REALLY COOL GUY.
WHEN WE'RE OUT PICKING,
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE
SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS.
WE GO BY OUR GUT.
IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
WE MADE A CONNECTION.
I MADE A GOOD DECISION.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE
INTERRUPTED OUR PILGRIMAGE
TO THE MOTORCYCLE HONEY HOLE,
WE'VE GOT TO TEAR ASS,
MAN, ACROSS THE STATE.
- WELL, YOU BETTER
CRANK IT UP THEN.
- I'M NOT GONNA BREAK ANY
LAWS, BUT I'M GONNA SEE HOW FAST
WE CAN GET BACK THESE 50 MILES
TO GO SEE THAT KNUCKLEHEAD.
DANIELLE SAID THIS GUY'S
GOT SOME MOTORCYCLE STUFF,
HARLEY DAVIDSONS.
HE'S GOT INDIANS.
I MEAN, THE GUY HAS, LIKE,
A 26,000 SQUARE FOOT
WAREHOUSE TO GO THROUGH.
DUDE, IF THIS PLACE IS
WHAT DANIELLE SAYS IT IS.
- WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCORE.
- I'M FRICKIN' JACKED UP.
I'M GETTING HOT AND SWEATY
EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS PLACE.
OH, LOOK IT. OH, MY
GOD. LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT.
- HOT RODDIN' HARLEYS.
THEY WANT TO GET
RID OF SOME STUFF.
THEY'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO US COMING.
ANYBODY THAT SAYS THEY'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO ME COMING,
I'M THERE.
- HEY, HOW YA DOING?
- HI.
- HI. I'M MIKE.
- I'M DONNA.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, DONNA.
- HOW YA DOING,
BUDDY? I'M FRANK.
- FRANK? FRANK, I'M MIKE.
- THAT'S EASY, THAT'S
EASY TO REMEMBER.
HOW YA DOING, BUDDY?
- OH, THIS PLACE IS INCREDIBLE.
MIKE'S A SELF-MADE MAN.
THE GUY'S IN THE
STORAGE BUSINESS.
HE'S IN THE BAIL BOND BUSINESS.
HE'S IN THE PAWN SHOP BUSINESS.
HE'S IN HOT RODS AND HARLEYS.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT
INTIMIDATED BY MIKE AT FIRST.
- HE'S GOT THREE GOLD RINGS
ON EACH FINGER, BIG ONES.
I'M TALKING MR. T
BIG GOLD RINGS.
HE'S GOT A GUN STRAPPED
ON. HE'S GOT THE HANDCUFFS.
- IT CAN BE A LITTLE
BIT INTIMIDATING.
- DANIELLE CALLED AND SAID,
UH, YOU COLLECTED EVERYTHING.
YOU HAD A COUPLE
BUILDINGS FULL OF STUFF.
YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT
RESIDING DOWN IN FLORIDA.
- YOU KNOW, AFTER TALKING
TO THE GUY FOR A LITTLE BIT,
HE'S A REALLY NICE GUY.
AS PICKERS, LIFE
IS ALL ABOUT TIMING,
AND RIGHT NOW MIKE AND
HIS WIFE ARE AT THE POINT
WHERE THEY WANT TO DOWNSIZE
SO THEY CAN MOVE ON
AND ENJOY THEIR LIVES.
WHAT CAN WE LOOK AT HERE?
OH, MY GOD, FRANKY,
LOOK AT THIS STUFF.
- OH, YEAH.
- I'D SAY THIS GUY'S DEFINITELY
INTO MANTIQUES, MAN.
I'M TALKING AMPED UP.
- THESE ARE ALL YOUR CARS TOO?
- YEAH, THERE'S SOME
MOTORCYCLES OVER THERE.
- WOW, THIS IS AWESOME,
MAN. HE HAS A NEED FOR SPEED.
- IF IT'S NOT LOUD, ROUGH,
AND FAST, HE AIN'T INTO IT.
HE GIVES A NEW WORD
TO FAST AND FURIOUS.
- HEY, MIKE, WHAT ABOUT
THE STOP SIGN UP HERE?
- THE RUST COSTS A
LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.
- STOP SIGNS ARE
VERY COLLECTIBLE.
IT'S GOT GLASS MARBLES ALL THE
WAY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.
IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE
DIFFERENT ONE,
'CAUSE IT'S INDENTED.
YOU SEE A LOT OF THE EMBOSSED
ONES WITH THE MARBLES ON THEM
BUT HAVEN'T SEEN ONE LIKE THAT.
- PROBABLY A HUNDRED
AND A QUARTER.
- A HUNDRED AND A
QUARTER? HOW ABOUT 100?
- OKAY. THAT'LL WORK.
- I SHOULD HAVE SAID 75!
[laughter]
WE'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHTY.
THE LAST STOP SIGN
THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW,
I GOT $250 FOR.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE
BIT MORE UNIQUE,
BUT IT'S IN WORSE CONDITION,
BUT I THINK I CAN
EASILY GET $200 FOR IT.
UH OH, MIKE. LOOKS LIKE
WE'RE GETTING DOWN HERE.
- OH, MAN.
- BOY, YOU COULD GET YOUR
CLOTHES REAL DIRTY IN HERE.
- WE DON'T MIND. WE DON'T MIND.
- IT'S JUST CLUTTERED
UP. IT'S DIRTY. IT'S DARK,
JUST THE WAY WE LOVE IT.
- WOW.
- THIS IS AWESOME.
- HEY, HERE'S SOME BONES.
- MAN, THIS GUY'S HAD IT ALL.
- YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET.
I NEED TO CLEAR ALL THIS OUT,
AND WE'RE GONNA SELL IT ALL.
- ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT ME EXCITED.
GAME ON. THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT.
OH, THAT'S COOL.
I LOOK OVER, AND I
SEE THE JEEP SIGN.
IT'S IN AMAZING CONDITION.
THE COLORS ARE BRIGHT.
THIS THING'S GOTTA
BE FROM THE EARLY '60s.
THE GRAPHICS ARE
COOL. IT'S A DEALER SIGN.
FOR SOMEBODY THAT
COLLECTS JEEP PRODUCTS,
THIS IS A HOT PIECE.
- WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HAVE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
- 100 BUCKS.
- ALL RIGHT, 100 BUCKS.
I'M THINKING AT LEAST
$600 BILL ON THE THING.
ALL RIGHT. WHICH
WAY IS THIS PLACE?
- THIS WAY.
- MIKE SAYS WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANYTHING YET.
HE HAS A REALLY COOL
THEATER DOWN THE STREET
STILL TO TAKE US TO.
- WHEN WE'RE WALKING
DOWN THE STREET,
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE BEING
BACK IN A WILD WEST MOVIE.
I'M WALKING DOWN
A STREET IN KANSAS
WITH A GUY WITH
A GUN ON HIS HIP.
THIS IS LIKE A SCENE
FROM TOMBSTONE.
- OH, YEAH.
- WOW!
- OH, WOW.
- OH, MY GOD!
- WHEN YOU FIRST
WALKED IN THERE,
I WAS JUST LIKE...
NAH-NAH-NAH...
OH, MY GOD, THIS
GUY'S GOT SOME STUFF.
- LOOK AT THAT, FRANKY.
HE'S GOT A SCOUT
DOING A HILL CLIMBS.
- YOU KNOW, DANIELLE
MADE A GREAT FIND HERE.
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER STOPPED
IN A PLACE LIKE THIS ON OUR OWN.
HE HAD A LOT OF STUFF,
A LOT OF KILLER THINGS.
- YEAH! THIS IS COOL. MAN.
I'M SITTING ON A
FRICKIN' CHOPPER
IN THE MIDDLE OF A
1920s THEATER, DUDE.
- LIFE IS GOOD.
- THE PLACE WAS INCREDIBLE!
- SO WHAT'S ALL
THAT STUFF UP THERE?
- BOXES FULL OF STUFF.
- YOU CAN GO UP
THERE IF YOU WANT.
- THEY ALSO SAID, HEY,
THERE'S SOME STUFF
UP IN THE BALCONY. SEE YA, MIKE.
I CAN JUST IMAGINE
WATCHING MOVIES UP HERE.
- THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY HERE
TO PICK FROM, FRANK, ISN'T IT?
- I KNOW. THIS ISN'T LIKE OUR
USUAL BARN, GREASY GUS.
- HULA LAMP. LET
ME PLUG IT IN HERE.
RIGHT AWAY, I GRAVITATED
TOWARDS THAT 1940s HULA LAMP.
- OH, THERE SHE
GOES. SHE'S ROCKING.
[whistles]
IT'S HOT.
- HULA GIRL LAMPS
WITH SWIVELING HIPS
WERE ONE OF THE
FAVORITE SOUVENIRS
OF WORLD WAR II SERVICEMEN
STATIONED IN HAWAII.
THESE LAMPS FIRST
APPEARED IN 1920,
AND THEY WERE MADE
OF CHEAP POT METAL.
THE ARTICULATING HIPS ON
THAT THING, IT STILL WORKED.
THE LAMPSHADE WAS
INCREDIBLE CONDITION STILL.
ALL THAT TIKI BAR STUFF,
THAT HAWAIIAN STUFF,
IT'S REALLY HOT RIGHT NOW.
I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE IT.
HOW MUCH IS THAT, MIKE?
- OH...
- DONNA, IS THIS ONE OF
YOUR FAVORITE PIECES?
- NO.
- NO? WE GOT... DONNA,
HOW MUCH IS THIS?
SHE'S HOT.
- A HUNDRED AND A HALF.
- ALL RIGHT. WHO DO I PAY?
- I COULDN'T GET THE MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET FAST ENOUGH.
- THAT'S A GOOD BUY, MIKE.
- I LOVE THAT THING, MAN.
- THAT'S A GOOD BUY.
- I'M GONNA THROW
$4000 ON THAT THING,
HOPE TO GET 3 1/2.
- THIS IS KIND OF COOL.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS LITTLE
PUZZLE THAT SOMEBODY HAD.
- WHO ARE THE PEOPLE IN IT?
- THE NAMES THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS
ARE IN THE VICTOR CATALOGUE.
THE VICTROLA RECORD
PUZZLES WERE GIVEN OUT
PROMOTIONALS BY
DEALERS IN THE EARLY 1900s.
PUZZLES DID NOT SURVIVE.
IF ONE PIECE IS GONE, IT'S JUNK.
THIS ONE'S IN GREAT
SHAPE. IT'S BEHIND GLASS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- 25.
- HELL, THE FRAME'S
PROBABLY WORTH 20.
- THE FRAME'S NOT WORTH 20.
THE FRAME'S WORTH TWO
DOLLARS. HOW ABOUT 20?
- I'LL DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT. I'LL
TAKE IT FOR 20.
- THERE WAS A HOT SAUCE
THING THAT WAS BACK THERE.
- ARE YOU SERIOUSLY
LOOKING AT HOT SAUCE?
- I GOT A CLIENT THAT
LOVES HOT SAUCE.
- A CLIENT?
- IT'S 3 LITERS OF HOT SAUCE.
- OH, MY GOD.
- OBVIOUSLY, I WOULDN'T USE IT.
IT'D JUST BE A NICE
CONVERSATION PIECE.
THE HOT SAUCE THING
WAS A PROMOTIONAL ITEM,
AND THEY ONLY GAVE 'EM
OUT TO CERTAIN PEOPLE.
- LOOK AT THE WAY HE'S
HANDLING THAT THING,
LIKE IT'S HIS FIRST BORN.
- IS IT FOR SALE?
- YEAH, SURE.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- 400.
- I DON'T... I DON'T THINK
I LIKE IT THAT MUCH.
- UH, WHAT ABOUT 30?
- I'LL DO THIRTY
ON THIS FOR SURE.
IT WAS A COOL ITEM.
I THINK IT'LL BE
GREAT EVEN IF I KEEP IT
OR IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS IT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PIECE.
LOOK AT ALL THE
THINGS YOU HAVE HERE,
AND THAT'S WHAT I
GRAVITED TO GRAVITATED TO...
- THAT'S WHAT'S SCARING ME.
- WAS THE HOT SAUCE BOTTLE.
- THAT'S WHAT'S SCARING
THE HELL OUT OF ME!
WHILE FRANKY'S BASKING
IN HIS HOT SAUCE GLORY,
I'M BUSY TRYING TO FIND
THAT 1937 KNUCKLEHEAD
DANIELLE'S BEEN
TELLING US ABOUT.
I'M BUSY TRYING TO FIND THAT
NINETEEN 1937 KNUCKLEHEAD.
AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT, MAN.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- THAT IS COOL.
- ANYTHING 1940, PRIOR,
HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD
IS LIKE MINING GOLD.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THERE WAS ONE SITTING
IN THIS OLD MOVIE THEATER.
IT'S COOL, MAN.
ANY KNUCKLE'S HARD
TO FIND ANYMORE.
WHAT WAS COOL ABOUT IT
WAS, THE THING EXISTED...
COME ON... 1937 HARLEY MOTOR.
'36 WAS THE FIRST
YEAR THAT HARLEY DID
A TWIN OVERHEAD VALVE MOTOR,
AND THE WAY THEY CAME UP
WITH THE NAME KNUCKLEHEAD
IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
WAS THAT THE ROCKER COVERS
ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE
KNUCKLES ON THE MOTOR.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IN 1936,
WHEN HARLEY DID THE
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
FOR SUCH A MOTOR, FOR
SUCH AN EXPENSIVE BIKE,
IT WAS DURING THE
DEPRESSION YEARS,
SO THEY WERE REALLY
GOING OUT ON A LIMB, MAN.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
MOTORCYCLES THERE IS.
THIS IS THE KIND OF BIKE
THAT GUYS STAY UP AT NIGHT
DREAMING ABOUT,
LOOKING AT PHOTOS OF,
AND WISHING THEY COULD EVEN
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY ONE.
THIS WAS MY OPPORTUNITY. I
WAS NOT GONNA DROP THE BALL.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING.
- SURE.
- CAN WE ROLL IT OUT?
- OH, YEAH, LET'S PULL
IT OUT HERE A LITTLE BIT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING
AT AN OLD MOTORCYCLE,
THE PARTS AND THE
DETAIL ARE EVERYTHING,
THE HUBS, THE FRAME,
THE TRANSMISSION,
ALL OF THESE THINGS MATTER.
THEY MATTER TO ME, AND
THEY MATTER TO THE PERSON
I'M GONNA TRY TO
SELL THIS THING TO.
- LET ME LOOK AT THE
FRAME REAL QUICK,
AND I'LL BE ABLE TO
TELL IF IT'S A '37 FRAME.
YEAH, SEE OVER HERE
WHERE THE BRAKE PLATE GOES
INTO THE FRAME
HERE, THIS BRAZE-ON?
ON A THIRTY-SEVEN,
THIS WOULD BE GONE.
THERE'D BE NO END TO IT.
THIS HAS... THIS IS CAPPED
OFF ON THE END, OKAY,
AND THAT'S FACTORY.
YOU CAN TELL IT HASN'T
BEEN WELDED UP THERE.
I COULD SEE SOME THINGS
ON IT THAT WEREN'T CORRECT.
I DIDN'T THINK THE
FORK WAS CORRECT.
I DIDN'T THINK THE
FRAME WAS CORRECT.
- MIKE, IT'S GOT TWO
DIFFERENT CYLINDERS.
- YEAH.
- DOES IT?
THIS CYLINDER HERE HAS
A SCREW HEAD ON IT, OKAY?
THAT'S A '37 CYLINDER, OKAY?
- MM-HMM.
- THIS ONE HERE
DOESN'T HAVE ONE,
SO THIS IS
PROBABILITY LIKE A 30,
LOOKS LIKE A '39, BECAUSE
THE INDENTATION'S THERE,
BUT IT'S NOT THREADED.
I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
CALL A BUDDY OF MINE
JUST TO KINDA GO OVER
SOME STUFF WITH HIM.
I HAD TO CALL MY BUDDY.
- WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- THIS GUY'S MR. KNUCKLEHEAD,
MR. PAN HEAD.
THAT'S ALL HE DOES
THE RESTORATIONS ON.
HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOREVER.
- HELLO?
- HEY, JIM? YOU GOT A SECOND?
- OF COURSE.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAN.
WE CAME ACROSS A BIKE.
IT'S A 1937 KNUCKLEHEAD, OKAY?
THE FORK ON THE FRONT,
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE
GREASE ZERKS ON THE INSIDE.
THEY'RE ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE FORK.
- OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I
NOTICED RIGHT AWAY TOO IS,
THE TAB WHERE THE BRAKE
PLATE GOES UP AGAINST THE FRAME,
IT'S CLOSED. IT'S NOT OPEN.
- I'M STILL STOKED
ABOUT THIS BIKE,
BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S
GOT MISMATCHED PARTS ON IT
REALLY AFFECTS THE VALUE.
WHAT COULD I SAFELY
PAY FOR THIS THING?
- ALL RIGHT, JIMMY.
THANKS A LOT, MAN.
- NOW I KNOW WHERE I STAND.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
I'M GOING HIGHER THAN 20 GRAND.
I MEAN, HOPEFULLY
HE'LL BUCKLE FOR LESS.
I LOVE THE BIKE. I
LIKE THAT IT'S PRE-1940.
I'M AT $18,000 ON THIS THING.
HE HAD HIS POKER FACE ON.
HE HAD THE DARK SUNGLASSES.
I COULDN'T TELL WHAT
THE GUY WAS THINKING.
- WELL, I KNOW WHAT I
TURNED DOWN A YEAR AGO.
- WHERE WAS HE AT ON IT?
- 25.
- WHEN HE THREW
OUT THE NUMBER AT 25,
I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF:
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY,
NO WAY IN THE WORLD I'M GONNA
BE ABLE TO BUY THIS BIKE, MAN.
- I'M HERE. I'VE GOT CASH.
WHAT'S THE CASH MONEY
PRICE ON IT TODAY OUT THE DOOR,
THE BIKE'S GONE?
- 22.
- I'D COME UP A LITTLE BIT.
I'D DO 20 GRAND ON THE BIKE.
AT 20 GRAND, THAT'S
ALL I CAN DO ON THE BIKE.
- OH BOY, MIKEY, BOY.
21.
- IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE
SUCKED THE OXYGEN
OUT OF THAT ROOM, MAN.
WE WERE ALMOST THERE.
- EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A
BREATHER FOR A COUPLE MINUTES
IF THEY WANT TO.
- I'M GONNA GO OUT... OUTSIDE
AND SCREAM FOR A MINUTE.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU GET TO A POINT
IN A NEGOTIATION
WHERE YOU'RE
THINKING TO YOURSELF,
YOU KNOW WHAT? AM
I UPSETTING THIS GUY?
AM I PISSING THIS GUY OFF?
YOU HAVE TO WALK SOFTLY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE
ATTENTIVE TO THEIR NEEDS.
IT'S A GREAT BIKE, AND I
WISH I COULD PAY MORE FOR IT.
I TELL YA WHAT, IF
IT WAS ALL CORRECT,
I'D GIVE YOU 30 GRAND FOR IT.
- YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.
- WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
HE'S GOT THE
FISHHOOK IN HIS MOUTH.
I'M PULLING IT IN. I DON'T
WANT TO GET SNAGGED UP.
WHAT'S $1,000 BETWEEN FRIENDS?
[laughter]
THAT'S THE THING ABOUT PICKING.
IT'S LIKE: DON'T GIVE UP.
- BOY, OH, BOY.
- HE HAD THE SWEAT BEADS
BOILING UP ON HIS FOREHEAD,
AND HE WAS RUBBING HIS
NECK, AND HE WAS LIKE, "OH, MAN."
20 GRAND, MAN.
- OH GOSH, MIKEY.
- I JUST GAVE YOU 150
BUCKS FOR THE HULA LAMP.
- OH, I FORGOT ABOUT
THAT. I'M IN THE MONEY NOW.
- THAT'S 20 THOUSAND,
YOU KNOW, 150 DOLLARS.
- LET'S DO IT.
- ALL RIGHT. THANKS,
MAN. I APPRECIATE IT.
- OH, MY, GOD. I WAS SO PUMPED!
I'M OWNING A 1937
HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD.
I AM PLEASED TO OWN THIS BIKE.
- COOL.
- I TOLD YOU TO KEEP
YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER.
- ALL RIGHT.
- TO FIND ANYTHING PRE-1940
KNUCKLEHEAD IS INCREDIBLE.
I'M HOPING THAT MOST
OF THE STUFF ON THIS BIKE
IS REAL STEEL.
- WE'RE GETTING READY TO LEAVE,
AND AS I START TO WALK
OUT, I'M LIKE: "OH, MY GOD.
LOOK AT THIS YELLOW
CHOPPER. IT'S CALLING MY NAME."
HOW ABOUT THIS KAWASAKI HERE?
I LIKE THE BIKE.
IT'S A 650 MOTOR, BUT
IT'S ON A CUSTOM FRAME.
IT WAS MADE IN THE '80s.
IT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER
BIKE. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE.
I DON'T WANT SOMETHING
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT,
AND, BELIEVE ME, NOBODY
ELSE HAS GOT ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S NOT FOR SALE.
WHY WOULD THAT BE?
- IT BELONGS TO
A FRIEND OF MINE.
- FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S KARMA OR NOT,
BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE
THE ONE THING I PICK OUT,
IT'S NOT THEIRS.
THEY DON'T HAVE
THE TITLE FOR IT.
THEY DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SOMEBODY LEFT IT 20 YEARS AGO.
THEY HAVE TO KEEP IT.
THEY MIGHT BE COMING BACK.
- I COULD CALL HIM.
- COULD YOU CALL HIM?
IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE IT'S
PHONE A FRIEND FOR ME.
NOW IT BECOMES COMPLICATED.
- CHICO.
- HEY, YOU GOT A KAWASAKI
CHOPPER DOWN HERE.
HAVE YOU GOT THAT FOR SALE?
- NOW THE HARD PART.
HOW DO I GET A GOOD PRICE?
WHERE CAN I BE TO
MAKE CHICO COMFORTABLE
AND MAKE FRANK COMFORTABLE?
WOULD $2,500 BUY IT?
- YEAH.
- FRANK, YOU DID
THE RIGHT THING.
- TAKE IT.
HEY, MIKE, YOU THINK WE GOT
ENOUGH ROOM IN THE TRUCK?
- WHY?
- I BOUGHT THIS.
- YOU BOUGHT THIS. YOU DID?
- THIS THING'S ALL
CUSTOM MOLDED.
IT'S ALL BEEN CHROMED.
IT'S ALL BEEN HAND PAINTED.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME
SPECIAL TIME ON THIS.
KAWASAKI HAS A
REPUTATION FOR BEING
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
ENGINES ON TWO WHEELS.
YOU JUST DON'T FIND THESE
KIND OF BIKES ANYMORE.
AND I ALREADY FOUND
THE SIGN TO GO WITH IT.
- IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE
WE BOUGHT SOMETHING BIG.
- IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.
- YEAH, WAY TOO LONG, I
MEAN, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE WE BOTH BOUGHT A
MOTORCYCLE AT THE SAME PLACE,
YOU KNOW? THEY'RE
USUALLY ONE OR THE OTHER.
- I KNOW, AND THE THING THAT
WAS WEIRD ABOUT IT WAS IS,
LIKE, HE HAD
EXACTLY WHAT I LOVE,
AND HE HAD EXACTLY
WHAT YOU LOVE.
- YEAH.
- THIS IS LIKE A
BEYONCE VIDEO DUDE.
- I PAID $150 FOR
THIS HULA LAMP.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET 350 FOR IT.
- THE VICTROLA RECORD PUZZLES,
I THINK I CAN GET BETWEEN
$200 AND $350 FOR THEM.
- WE JUST... WE JUST BOUGHT IT.
- GOOD DEAL. LOOKS
EASY TO LOAD, TOO.
THIS WAS A FANTASTIC PICK.
MIKE WAS A GREAT GUY.
HE HAD ALL THE KIND
OF STUFF THAT WE LIKE.
IT WAS AMAZING TO
LOOK THROUGH HIS STUFF.
- THERE'S SOMETHING I
LIKE ABOUT THOSE GUYS,
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.
- HEY, FRANKY, DON'T
FORGET YOUR HOT SAUCE BABY.
- OH, YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
- HEY, MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ME AND FRANKY BOTH
WALKED OUT OF THERE
WITH SOME AMAZING BIKES.
THESE ARE THE DAYS WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT UNTIL WE'RE 90.
- SEE YA LATER.
- BYE.
- THAT DUDE HAD
THE STUFF, DIDN'T HE?
- HE HAD EVERYTHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THE
KNUCK? YOU THINK I DID ALL RIGHT?
- WELL, MAYBE WE
SHOULD JUST THINK ABOUT
GETTING AN APPRAISAL OR
SOMETHING ON IT, YOU KNOW,
HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK AT IT AND
TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WE GOT.
- WHAT I'M BANKING ON IS,
HE SAID IT WAS WORTH IN THE
HIGH TEENS OVER THE PHONE.
I'M HOPING THAT WHEN
HE SEES THE THING,
HE'LL GO, YOU KNOW
WHAT? THIS IS NICE.
IT'S NICER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT.
- RIGHT. WHAT'D YOU
THINK OF THE BIKE I GOT?
- YOU DID GOOD, MY BROTHA.
HEY, MAN, WHAT'S UP?
- HEY, MIKE.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- IS IT WHAT YOU
THOUGHT OVER THE PHONE?
- YOU LIKE... YOU LIKE
THE CHROME, DON'T YA?
- I REALLY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
WHEN THE BIKE WAS DELIVERED.
I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
- NOW THAT YOU
CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT,
I'VE BEEN JONESING TO KNOW
WHAT'S REAL ON THIS THING,
WHAT'S NOT.
- THE TOOLBOX IS
ARE REPRODUCTION.
- TOOLBOX IS REPOP. THE
AIR BREATHER'S REPOP.
SO I WAS KIND OF SINKING
A LITTLE BIT LOW THERE
FOR A WHILE.
IS THE TAIL LIGHT REAL?
GIVE ME SOME GOOD NEWS.
- TAIL LIGHT IS REAL.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
- ALL RIGHT. I LIKE THAT.
- LENS, LENS MAY BE EVEN
REAL. REAL HANDLEBARS.
NOT A CORRECT RESTORATION,
BUT THE AVERAGE PERSON
ON THE STREET, THE AVERAGE
MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST
ISN'T GONNA KNOW THE DIFFERENCE,
BECAUSE IT IS AN EARLY
KNUCKLEHEAD FRAME, RIGHT?
- CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME
AN IDEA OF THE VALUE OF IT?
- WOULD YOU TAKE
25,000 CASH TODAY?
- UM...
- AND I'M NOT SURE IT RUNS.
- THE LAST THING I EXPECTED
WAS JIM TO MAKE ME
AN OFFER ON THIS BIKE.
- LET'S GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF GETTING IT RUNNING.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE
WE'RE AT, AND, UM, IF...
- IT MIGHT REDUCE THE OFFER.
- AS A PICKER, YOU SOMETIMES
HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF
NOT TO GET TOO EMOTIONALLY
ATTACHED TO AN ITEM.
RIGHT NOW I'M HAVING A
COMPLETE EMOTIONAL AFFAIR
WITH THIS BIKE, SO I'M KINDA
NERVOUS ABOUT SELLING IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO,
BUT 25 GRAND THROWN IN OUR FACE,
THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO PASS UP.
JIM, YOU SURPRISED THE
HELL OUT OF ME WITH THAT.
LET ME, UM, LET ME THINK
ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. UH...
I THINK... I THINK
WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS,
I'M GONNA GET YOU
TO GET IT RUNNING.
RIGHT NOW I'M JUST COMPLETELY
ENAMORED WITH THIS THING, MAN.
I'M TOTALLY SWEATING HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S
BECAUSE I'VE GAMBLED $20,000
OR I'VE FALLEN IN LOVE
WITH A 1937 HARLEY.
THANKS, MAN.
- ALL RIGHTY.
- THE BIKE IS IN GOOD
HANDS RIGHT NOW.
ALL WE CAN DO IS HOPE THAT
HE GETS IT RUNNING, AND MAYBE,
JUST MAYBE, HE'LL WANT TO
BUY IT SOME DAY DOWN THE ROAD.
- WHILE JIM IS
WORKING ON THE BIKE,
FRANKY AND I ARE
GONNA KEEP PICKING.
WE'RE GONNA GO
DO SOME FREESTYLE.
THIS ROAD LOOKS A
LITTLE SKETCH, MAN,
LOTS OF TURNS, LOTS OF TREES.
CAN'T REALLY SEE ANY OF
THESE PROPERTIES TOO WELL.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE
GET A GLIMPSE OF SOME JUNK.
- HEY, WHAT'S THIS UP
HERE? WHAT'S THIS SIGN SAY?
- THIS SIGN SAYS,
UH, "CAR FOR SALE.
'87 BUICK." THAT'S TOTALLY YOU.
- JUST PULL IN AND CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT'S THAT SAY?
NO ENTRY. POLICE WILL BE CALLED.
- ALL RIGHT. THIS
IS LIKE FRICKIN'
MOUNTAIN GOAT CENTRAL DUDE.
- JESUS. WHOA. HEY.
- HOLY CRAP!
- HOLD ON.
- WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
WE'RE ON THESE WINDY ROADS,
YOU CAN'T SEE ANY
OF THESE PROPERTIES.
- THERE'S A WASH TUB.
- OOH, LOOK AT ALL THE
STUFF BEHIND THERE.
- LOOK AT THAT BUILDING.
- WE SAW THE SIGN ON
THE ROAD FOR THE CAR,
SO WE WENT BACK TO
INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTY.
SOMETIMES THAT'S A
GOOD WAY TO GET IN.
- OH, LOOK AT THIS
ONE. LOOK AT THAT ONE.
YOU ASK ABOUT THE CAR.
I'LL GIVE THEM THE FLIER.
- I'LL GIVE THE THING
ABOUT THE CAR.
- AFTER YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- IT CAN BE PRETTY
SKETCH WHEN YOU GO
TO SOMEONE'S FRONT
DOOR, AND YOU KNOCK ON IT.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S
GONNA BE BEHIND IT.
YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT SORT OF SITUATION
YOU'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER.
- HELLO? HI.
- DARLENE WAS AMAZING.
- MY NAME'S FRANK. WE SEEN THE
SIGN DOWN BELOW DOWN THERE.
- OH, WE SOLD IT. WE FORGOT
TO TAKE THE SIGN DOWN.
- OH, YOU SOLD THE CAR?
- OH YOU DID?
- WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN WE DID PULL UP THERE,
WE SEEN THAT YOU
HAD SOME OUTBUILDINGS.
- WE'RE FROM IOWA,
AND WE'RE PICKERS.
THIS IS KIND OF A LIST OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
- WELL, IF YOU GOT SOME
TIME, I CAN TAKE YOU AROUND.
THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL START OVER HERE.
- OKAY, COOL.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN
ON THIS PROPERTY?
- MOM AND DAD BOUGHT IT IN '47.
- OH, WOW.
- SO DID YOUR DAD COLLECT STUFF?
- YEAH, HE WAS A PICKER.
- HE WAS A PICKER?
- OH, HE WAS A PICKER TOO?
- WE DIDN'T CALL IT THAT.
WE JUST CALLED "DADDY'S
BRINGING MORE JUNK HOME."
[laughter]
- OH, LORD. LOOK AT
THIS FRANKY. OH, MY GOD.
- PICKER HEAVEN.
- PICKER HEAVEN.
- BICYCLES.
- WOW. I'VE NEVER BEEN
TO PICKER HEAVEN, BUT, UH...
- THIS COULD BE IT.
- THIS COULD BE IT.
- IT WAS VISUALLY
STIMULATING MAN.
I MEAN, I'M TALKING
GETTING HOT AND SWEATY
LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM.
THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF. JUNK,
DIRT, DUST, RUST, COBWEBS.
WE LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING
WORTH SOME MONEY IN HERE.
- HERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN A GREAT PIECE.
THAT'S A HOPALONG
CASSIDY LUNCH BOX.
- ARE THOSE YOUR OLD VALENTINES?
- YES.
- ARE THEY? OH, HERE'S
ONE FROM CURTIS.
- DID YOU HAVE A
BOYFRIEND BACK THEN?
- THAT WAS MY BOYFRIEND.
- "DON'T KISS YOUR LOVER
BY THE GARDEN GATE.
LOVE IS BLIND, BUT
THE NEIGHBOR AIN'T."
- MY GOD. THAT'S PRETTY
RACY FOR BACK THEN.
THAT WAS RISQUÉ. WHOA!
- IN THE BARN.
- IN THE BARN.
[laughter]
- YOU GOT ANY OF
YOUR OLD VALENTINES?
- I NEVER REALLY
GOT ANY VALENTINES.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER?
WHEN I WAS IN NINTH
GRADE, I WAS LIKE 4'6"
AND, LIKE, 72 POUNDS.
- I GOT A TON OF VALENTINES,
BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T
SEND ME A VALENTINE,
I'D BEAT YOU UP.
- [laughs]
- THERE WAS A LOT OF
LITTLE SMALL THINGS.
THERE WAS LOTS OF BOXES.
WE STARTED DIGGING AROUND
AND PICKING THROUGH THINGS,
AND DARLENE WAS EVEN
PICKING THROUGH THINGS.
- AND THEN I LOOK OVER,
AND I SEE THAT MEDICINE
CHEST ON THE WALL.
ONE SIDE'S BIGGER THAN
THE OTHER. IT'S DIFFERENT.
HAD SOME GINGERBREAD ON IT,
A NICE LITTLE
RAILING ON THE TOP.
HAD A LOT OF DETAIL. TWO DOORS.
ONE HAD A MIRROR. THE
OTHER WAS REALLY NARROW.
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
- SURE.
- HOW'S 60 BUCKS?
- SOLD.
- WHEN I OFFERED DARLENE
$60 FOR THE MEDICINE CHEST.
- SHE SAID OKAY BEFORE
HE EVEN GOT THE "T" OUT.
- RIGHT THEN I KNEW I
SHOULD HAVE OFFERED THIRTY.
IT'S COOL, AND I'VE
NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS,
HAVE YOU, FRANKY, WHERE
IT'S A REAL SMALL DOOR?
- NOT WITH THE HALF DOOR. UH-UH.
- THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA
BUY THIS MEDICAL CABINET
IS SOMEBODY THAT'S
ACTUALLY GONNA USE THIS PIECE.
GOT A REALLY NEAT
CHAIR RAIL ON THE TOP.
IT'S GOT OLD WHITE PAINT ON IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING
TO RECREATE THAT LOOK.
I MEAN, THIS IS A
REALLY NEAT ITEM.
I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO OWN IT.
LET'S SEE THIS CART.
- YOU KNOW, WE'RE
CRUISING AROUND THE BARN.
I'M LOOKING FOR BASICALLY
ANYTHING I CAN MAKE A BUCK ON.
BOOM. I SEE THE RAILROAD CART.
LET'S SEE HOW BAD
THE WHEELS ARE ON IT.
THEY'RE GOOD. IT
LOOKS PRETTY SOLID TOO.
THOSE ARE AMAZING PIECES.
THEY'RE INDUSTRIAL CARTS
FROM, LIKE, FACTORIES,
BUT BASICALLY WHAT PEOPLE
ARE USING THEM FOR NOW,
THEY'RE COFFEE TABLES.
THEY'RE STAINING
THEM, CLEANING THEM UP.
THE CAST IRON WHEELS
LOOK REALLY NICE.
- DARLENE, IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN SELLING?
- I THINK SO.
- HOW ABOUT 50 BUCKS?
- HOW ABOUT 100?
- 100?
EVERYTHING NEEDS
TO COME OFF OF HERE.
THIS ALL HAS TO BE
SANDBLASTED, PAINTED BLACK.
HOW ABOUT 60 BUCKS?
- OKAY.
- THESE ARE RAILROAD CARTS,
WHEN THEY'RE REALLY DONE UP,
AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL,
THEY'RE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT WAS A GREAT FIND.
- IT'S DUSTY UP HERE, GUYS.
- YEAH, WE CAN TAKE IT.
- THIS PROPERTY WAS GREAT.
THERE WERE SO MANY OLD BARNS,
AND DARLENE WAS LETTING
US LOOK AROUND EVERYWHERE.
- HEY, DARLENE, WHAT'S
UP WITH THESE SADDLES?
- THAT IS A... A
ONE-OF-A-KIND SADDLE.
THOSE ARE MY MOM'S SHOW SADDLES.
- OH, SHE SHOWED HORSES?
- SHE DID. SHE
HAS ALL HER TRICKS
THAT SHE TRAINED
HER HORSE TO DO.
- DARLENE LIT UP.
SHE HAD THESE AMAZING STORIES
TO TELL ABOUT HER MOTHER.
- THE HORSE COUNTED
TO NINE OR TEN.
- REALLY?
- SHE LAID DOWN, REARED UP.
MOM RODE HER BAREBACK,
AND ROY ROGERS EVEN CAME OUT
AND WANTED TO BUY
HER WITH THE HORSE.
- OH, WOW. THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
- YES.
- NOW, IS SHE STILL ALIVE?
- SHE IS STILL ALIVE. SHE'S
AT THE HOUSE, AND SHE'S...
- SHE'S UP AT THE HOUSE?
- OH, WE'LL HAVE TO MEET HER.
- I WOULD ABSOLUTELY
LOVE TO MEET YOUR MOM.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO HER.
- HI, MOM.
- SHE SEEMED LIKE SHE HAD A
WILD LIFE, A REALLY COOL LIFE.
- SO NICE TO MEET
YOU. HOW YA DOING?
- SO NICE. WE HEARD
SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.
- WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
YOU. WE SAW YOUR SADDLE.
- YOU LIKE MY SADDLE?
- YEAH.
- OH IT'S WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT?
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- YEAH.
- WOW.
- OH, YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S HER.
SHE JUST LOVED ME,
AND I LOVED HER THEN.
SHE'D COME IN THE
HOUSE IF I'D LET HER.
- WHO TAUGHT YOU
HOW TO TRAIN HORSES?
- I JUST TRAINED MYSELF.
- YOU SAID SHE COULD COUNT.
HOW DID YOU GET HER
TO DO THOSE THINGS?
- SHE LIKED MUSIC, SO YOU
USED TO PLAY THE MUSIC.
- I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
KIND OF MUSIC A HORSE LIKES.
- ANYTHING?
- OH, ANY KIND OF MUSIC,
AS LONG AS IT WAS...
AS LONG AS IT WAS MUSIC.
- OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH, YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.
- GREAT PICTURE, YEAH.
- I MEAN, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL NOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING
US SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
IT'S AN HONOR TO
MEET YOU, IT REALLY IS.
- SAME TO YOU.
- MEETING ALICE WAS REALLY
COOL. IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
- WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO
LOOK AROUND SOME MORE.
- OKAY.
- THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE
IN THE BASEMENT.
- ALL RIGHT. TAKE A LOOK.
- WE WALKED DOWN TO
THE BASEMENT, YOU KNOW,
IT'S LOOKING PRETTY
UNEVENTFUL, AND I LOOK OVER,
AND UNDERNEATH ALL
THIS STUFF IS A STRAP CHAIR.
- WHAT'S UP WITH THIS CHAIR?
- WELL, IT'S BEEN AROUND
FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE.
- AWESOME PIECE,
MID-CENTURY MODERN PIECE.
I THINK IT MIGHT
BE MADE BY KNOLL.
JUST A REALLY GREAT PIECE.
- I'M LOOKING AT IT
GOING "OH, MY GOD.
"I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS
IN A FARMHOUSE BASEMENT
IN MISSOURI IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE."
IS THIS SOMETHING
YOU'D CONSIDER SELLING?
- YEAH, WE WOULD.
- LOOKS LIKE IT'S MADE
PRETTY NICE, MIKE.
- YEAH, I WAS JUST
LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM.
IT'S, LIKE, KINDA STARTING
TO GET ROTTED OFF.
- OH, IT IS?
- I'D DO 150.
- 175.
- I'M REALLY ON
THE FENCE AT 150.
I MEAN, THE BOTTOM'S... THE
LEGS ARE KIND OF ROTTED OUT.
SOMETIMES I POINT OUT THE FLAWS,
GIVE 'EM A REALITY CHECK.
THIS ISN'T THAT JEWEL
YOU FOUND 50 YEARS AGO.
I WANT TO BUY THIS THING,
BUT IT'S NOT CORRECT.
- 175.
- 150. COME ON.
- AND ABOUT THAT
TIME, I FOUND A LATE '70s,
EARLY '70s ROCK 'EM,
SOCK 'EM ROBOTS.
- 150.
- HEY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS...
YOU GUYS ROCK 'EM, SOCK
'EM OUT HERE FOR 150 OR 175?
- YOU READY?
- I'M READY.
[bell dings]
- GO!
- ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM ROBOTS
WAS A GAME MADE IN THE '70s,
MADE BY MARX COMPANY.
SLOW IT DOWN.
WHEN YOU HIT THE
PERSON ON THE CHIN,
HIS HEAD WOULD FLY UP.
- I'M HITTING DARLENE
WITH AN UPPERCUT,
I'M JACKING HER IN THE
FOREHEAD, AND, LIKE,
THE HEAD WILL NOT POP OFF.
- COME ON, MIKE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THAT'S GAS MONEY.
ALL RIGHT, HOLD
UP. HOLD UP, DUDE.
- 165!
- ALL RIGHT, 165.
THE STRAP CHAIR
NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK IT'S STILL
WORTH 400 BUCKS.
- HOW MUCH IS THE
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM?
- 15.
- HOW ABOUT 10?
- 12.50.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S MISSING THE PLATFORM.
- TEN.
- SO I OWE YOU 175.
- TEN.
- ALL RIGHT. SKIN ME. ALL RIGHT.
- '70s STUFF'S HOT, 'CAUSE
PEOPLE, LIKE, MY AGE,
YOU KNOW, 35, THEY
WANT STUFF THEY'D HAD
WHEN THEY PLAYED WITH
WHEN THEY WERE A KID.
- DARLENE, I CAN'T BELIEVE I
COULDN'T KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OFF.
- I THINK SHE HAD THE
HOME ADVANTAGE, MIKE,
BECAUSE IT WAS HER MACHINE.
- THE COOL THING ABOUT DARLENE
WAS EVERYTHING WAS FOR SALE.
- SOLD.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
- I LIKE THIS, THIS
BENT WOOD DESIGN.
I MEAN, COME ON.
THIS WAS A GOOD DAY.
- IT WAS SO NICE
MEETING YOUR MOTHER.
- I LOVED IT. YOU
GOTTA COME BACK.
- SHE WAS AWESOME.
- YOUR MOM WAS GREAT.
- SERIOUSLY, SHE WAS GREAT.
- DARLENE WAS AMAZING.
- THANK YOU.
- THANKS SO MUCH.
- BYE.
- FOR A COLD CALL,
I HAD A GREAT TIME.
IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC
TO MEET HER MOTHER.
- BYE!
- WE GOT A CALL FROM JIM.
MY 1937 HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD
IS READY TO GET PICKED UP.
I'M REALLY HOPING JIM
GOT THIS BIKE RUNNING.
HEY, JIM!
- HELLO!
- HEY, MAN. HOW'D IT GO?
- OH, A LOT OF WORK, MIKE,
COUPLE OF DAYS, HECTIC.
IT'S A TOUGH BIKE.
- IS IT? CAN I SEE MY BABY?
- SURE. LET ME GO GET IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
- ALL RIGHT. HANG ON.
- I'M SO NERVOUS.
I HOPE THAT JIM WAS AT
LEAST ABLE TO GET IT RUNNING.
- OH, YEAH.
- I LIKE THAT SEAT, MAN.
- JIM WAS SMILING EAR TO EAR
WHEN HE BROUGHT THE BIKE OUT.
- MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD.
- HAD VIRTUALLY ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING OFF OF IT.
- DID YOU GET IT RUNNING?
- DO YOU WANT TO TRY IT?
- YEAH. HELL, YEAH, I'LL TRY IT.
[motor roars]
- [chuckles]
YEAH! YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS,
MAN. THAT WAS AWESOME.
- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I WANTED TO HEAR, TOO.
- WHAT A GREAT FEELING
TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
OF BUYING THIS BIKE
AND THEN KNOWING
THE RIGHT GUY TO FIX THIS THING.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF
THAT KEEPS ME ON THE ROAD.
- FRANK, THERE'S SOMETHING
I REALLY NEED TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THIS MOTORCYCLE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF SNAPSHOTS
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA SEE, DO YOU?
- I HAVE NO IDEA.
- THIS MOTORCYCLE WAS
RESTORED AT MY SHOP
IN CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY '80s.
- NO WAY! OH, MY
GOD! THAT'S SO WILD.
- NO WONDER IT RUNS SO GOOD.
- OH, MY GOD.
THAT IS SO BIZARRE.
- I WAS APPROACHED
BY A GENTLEMAN
FROM GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.
THE INTEREST IN HAVING
AN ACCURATE RESTORATION
WASN'T IMPORTANT TO THIS MAN.
- IT WAS, IT WAS AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
IT'S... PICKING IS AN
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
OH, THAT'S SO COOL.
- THAT IS COOL.
- THIS BIKE WAS
MEANT TO BE MINE.
THIS BIKE WAS MEANT
TO BE RESTORED BY JIM
WAY BACK IN THE DAY,
AND NOW THIS BIKE
WAS MEANT TO BE
FIXED BY HIM RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING FELL BACK INTO PLACE.
I LOVE IT EVEN MORE
NOW. IT'S INCREDIBLE, MAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- SURE.
- I TELL YA WHAT.
I'D GIVE YOU FIRST SHOT
AT IT IF I EVER SELL IT.
- MY PRICE OR YOURS?
- UH, MINE OF COURSE.
[laughter]
I'M GONNA RIDE THIS BIKE.
I'M GONNA BE KICKING
DOWN THE ROAD
WITH A BIG OLD CHESHIRE
GRIN ON MY FACE GOING "WOO!"
FRANK, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M THINKING?
- I'M THINKING WE SHOULD
TAKE THOSE NEW BIKES
FOR A CRUISE.