American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 18 - Batter Up - full transcript

- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...

- I CAME DOWN TODAY

TO GET MY BATTING
MACHINE RESTORED BY RICK.

THE BALLS USED
TO GO PRETTY FAST.

- THIS GUY'S IN THE FIELD,
LOSING HEADS AND ARMS.

IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A
SHOOTING GALLERY IN THERE,

AND IT'S REALLY GONNA
COMPLICATE THIS RESTORATION.

WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU'RE LATE.

- YOU'RE LATE. YOU'RE LATE.

- TRUCK'S GIVING ME PROBLEMS.
- YOU'RE LATE.

YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T YOU
SHUT THE UP FOR A MINUTE?



- A CUSTOMER WANTS
ME TO TAKE A LOOK

AT AN OLD PIECE OF AUTOMOBILIA
THAT HE'D LIKE TO GET RESTORED.

IT'S IN DECENT SHAPE
EXCEPT RUSTED SOLID.

- NOW, THAT WILL BE
HARD TO RESTORE.

- REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY
WHEN THINGS WERE MADE BY HAND

AND PEOPLE TOOK
PRIDE IN THEIR WORK?

MY NAME'S RICK DALE,

AND I BRING THESE
THINGS BACK TO LIFE.

EVERY RESTORATION HAS
ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES.

THERE'S NO OWNER'S
MANUAL FOR WHAT WE DO,

BUT THERE'S NO JOB
WE CAN'T HANDLE.

TODAY I HAVE A GUY COMING IN
FROM THE SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK.

HEY, WAS THAT A
LONG DRIVE OR WHAT?

HE WANTS ME TO TAKE
A LOOK AT SOMETHING



HE MIGHT POSSIBLY
WANT ME TO RESTORE.

LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

- WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE.

- I'M DYING TO SEE THIS.

OH, MAN, THAT IS BAD.

- I CAME DOWN TO LAS VEGAS TODAY

TO GET MY SCIENTIFIC
BATTING MACHINE

RESTORED BY RICK.

- WOW. WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

- WE HAVE A BIG, HUGE ARCADE.
- UH-HUH.

- AND THIS WAS IN THE ARCADE

FROM WHEN WE
BOUGHT IT AROUND 1941

UNTIL WE TOOK IT OUT IN
PROBABLY ABOUT 1960s SOMETIME,

AND IT GOT STUCK
UP IN THE ATTIC.

- ISN'T THAT, LIKE, THE
OLDEST BOARDWALK AROUND?

- IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST.
- YEAH.

- IT CERTAINLY IS.
WE'RE 104 YEARS OLD.

- WOW.

THIS THING IS SO COOL, AND
IT REMINDS ME OF THE 1940s

AND HOW BASEBALL WAS
SUCH A BIG DEAL BACK THEN.

THIS IS DEFINITELY WHAT
YOU'D CALL CLASSIC AMERICANA.

I'M NOTICING...
- A FEW HEADS ARE MISSING.

- YEAH.

- AND LEGS AND SEVERAL
OTHER BODY PARTS.

- IT'S LIKE... THE BALLS USED
TO GO PRETTY FAST IN HERE.

THERE USED TO BE A WOODEN
ONE, BUT WE CHANGED IT TO STEEL.

- THIS GAME WAS NOT
DESIGNED FOR STEEL BALLS,

AND OVER THE YEARS, IT
CAUSED SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.

IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A
SHOOTING GALLERY IN THERE,

AND IT'S REALLY GONNA
COMPLICATE THIS RESTORATION.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID,
EVERYTHING WAS PROJECTILE.

BUT I USED TO LOVE
DOING IT, YOU KNOW.

YOU'D HIT A BASEBALL,
AND IT'D GO FLYING.

WHEN YOU'D SHOOT A GUN, AND IT'D
ACTUALLY THROW SOMETHING OUT,

HIT A DUCK, OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, THIS THING, THE
BALL COMES DOWN, AND BOOM!

- WHAT'S IN THE BACK?

- I DON'T KNOW. LET'S LOOK.

SO YOU CAN TELL IT'S EARLY.
I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY EARLY.

THIS IS HOW THE BALL CAME
UP, AND IT WOULD OPEN THIS UP,

ALLOWING JUST ONE
BALL TO COME IN HERE,

AND THEN IT... BOOM...
RUN IT IN THERE,

GO DOWN THE CHUTE,
GET SMACKED BACK,

AND THE BALL'D FLY UP
INTO THE UPPER LEVEL THERE.

THIS GAME IS NO JOKE.

THERE'S A LOT WE GOT
TO DO TO GET THIS THING

BACK TO THE WAY IT
WAS OVER 70 YEARS AGO.

SO HOW ARE YOU
SEEING THIS THING DONE?

- I'D LIKE TO SEE IT TOTALLY
RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE.

- ONCE I GET IT ALL
STRIPPED APART,

WE GOT TO MAKE SURE EACH
ONE OF THOSE LITTLE MECHANISMS

IN THE BACK,
THEY'RE ALL WORKING.

THEN THERE'S SOME
THINGS I GOT TO DUPLICATE.

SO THE GUY MISSING THE LEG

AND THE GUY MISSING
THE LEG AND THE HEAD,

I'M GONNA HAVE TO CAST IT AND
THEN HAND-PAINT EACH PIECE.

THEN WE GOT TO DO A LOT
OF ARTWORK INSIDE HERE.

I BET I HAVE 60 HOURS,

MAYBE EVEN 80
HOURS IN THIS THING.

YOU'RE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT ABOUT...

ABOUT 10, 10,000.

- DOLLARS?

- BELIEVE ME, IT'S
A LOT OF WORK.

- NO BREAK ON THAT?

- IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT
PLENTY OF BREAKS HERE.

THIS GUY AND THIS GUY'S
GOT TONS OF BREAKS.

- YEAH, RIGHT. THAT'S TRUE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M
GOOD. IT'S A DEAL.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BRINGING THAT IN.

- OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

- LET'S GO IN THE OFFICE AND
TAKE CARE OF SOME PAPERWORK.

AND THEN, TYLER,
PUT IT IN THE LINE.

- WHEN RICK TOLD ME
IT WAS GONNA BE $10,000,

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED.

BUT I'LL BE VERY EXCITED
I HAVE IT RESTORED

SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY IT.

- BRETTLY!

- I DON'T KNOW WHY,
BUT KYLE AND KOWBOY

ARE SHOWING UP PRETTY DARN
LATE FOR WORK THIS MORNING.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
SAY: TIME IS MONEY.

AND THERE'S ONE THING
I DON'T LIKE LOSING.

THAT'S MONEY.

- MORNING.
- MORNING.

- WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU'RE LATE.

- I'M NOT LATE. I WAS ON TIME.

- YOU'RE ON TIME FOR WHAT?

THE RIDE?
- FOR MY RIDE.

- WHAT HAPPENED?

- YOU'RE LATE. YOU'RE LATE.

- TRUCK'S GIVING ME PROBLEMS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT STALLED ON ME. WE
COULDN'T GET IT GOING.

- ALL RIGHT, GET TO WORK.

GET STARTED.

GET SOMETHING DONE.

- PITCH ME A BALL, TYLER.

OH!
- YOU'RE SO CLOSE EVERY TIME.

- THE HELL YOU GUYS DOING?

- SEEING IF THE GAME WORKS.

YOU SUCK, BRETTLY.

- SEEING IF THE GAME WORKS?
- YEAH.

- COME ON, GUYS,
QUIT MESSING AROUND.

THIS IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

Both: YEAH!

- DAMN IT.

- YOU GUYS ARE
-OFFS. JUST COME ON.

- THAT WAS IN THE HIGH STANDS.

- I GOT TO WORK
PRETTY LATE TODAY

'CAUSE MY DAMN TRUCK BROKE DOWN.

NOW RICK HAS ME WORKING

WITH DUMB AND DUMBER
ON THIS BASEBALL GAME.

TAKE A PICTURE FAR AWAY
AND THEN WORK IN CLOSE

SO WE KNOW WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT.

- ALL RIGHT, CALM DOWN.

- I'M CALM, REAL CALM.

FREE?
- YEAH.

OH, IT'S LIKE A
SPIDERWEB OF WIRES.

- OH, THAT'S NICE. THEY
DISCONNECTED ALL THE WIRES.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY GOT IT MARKED.

THE INSIDE OF THIS
THING IS A COMPLETE MESS.

THIS COULD BE A REAL NIGHTMARE.

THERE YOU GO.
- HO-OH!

- HEY, RICK?
- WHAT'S UP, BABE?

- JACK'S HERE.
- OH, OKAY.

- TODAY I GOT A GUY COMING IN
THAT WANTS ME TO TAKE A LOOK

AT AN OLD PIECE OF AUTOMOBILIA
THAT HE'D LIKE TO GET RESTORED.

WOW, THAT THING IS COOL-LOOKING.

- I CAME DOWN TO RICK'S
RESTORATION TODAY

TO GET MY WEAVER
TIRE CHANGER RESTORED.

- WHERE'D YOU FIND IT?

- I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT

WHO SPECIALIZES IN
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS,

AND A COUPLE LISTED
THEIR HOME WITH ME.

THIS WAS IN THE
BACKYARD, AND THEY SAID,

"OH, I'M SURE YOU COULD
FIND SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT."

RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST
A RUSTY PIECE OF IRON,

ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN A
GREAT PIECE OF YARD ART

IN MY YARD FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

- QUITE HONESTLY, IT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL THERE.

YOU EVEN GOT
THE I.D. PLATE ON IT.

IT'S IN DECENT SHAPE
EXCEPT RUSTED SOLID.

I MEAN, THIS THING
BACK IN THE 1920s

SOLD FOR ALMOST 50 BUCKS.

CARS WERE, I THINK,
$900 BACK THEN.

SO THIS WAS A HUGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY

AND INVESTMENT FOR THE GUY
THAT NEEDED TO CHANGE TIRES.

EVEN THOUGH THIS
THING WAS EXPENSIVE,

IT WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY.

PULLING A TIRE OFF A RIM BY HAND

WAS A HUGE, TIME-CONSUMING
PAIN IN THE BUTT,

SO THIS TIRE CHANGER
SAVED THE MECHANIC

A LOT OF TIME AND
MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

OKAY, SO WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT DOING WITH THIS?

- I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR
IT TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL

AND WORKING THE
WAY IT DID IN 1926 OR SO.

BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE ALL
THE LETTERING AND THE NUMBERS

TO REALLY POP AND STAND OUT.

- YEAH.

I'D SAY WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA
HAVE EIGHT HOURS ON THIS THING,

TEARING IT APART, ACTUALLY.

SANDBLASTING WILL PROBABLY
TAKE THEM FOUR OR FIVE HOURS.

WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY
FOUR HOURS IN PAINTING.

THEN WE'LL GO INTO ASSEMBLY.

SO WITH ALL THAT SAID AND DONE,

WE'RE LOOKING
RIGHT AROUND $1,200.

- $1,200, UH, OKAY.

UM...

I COULD COMMIT TO
THAT KIND OF A BUDGET.

- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, IT'S A DEAL.

- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.

WHATEVER THE
OUTCOME, IT'S GONNA BE

SO MUCH BETTER THAN A
PIECE OF RUSTY OLD IRON.

I DON'T THINK I'LL BE
DISAPPOINTED AT ALL.

- NOW, THAT WILL BE
HARD TO RESTORE.

- SOMEBODY JUST DROPPED
OFF THIS OLD TIRE CHANGER

THAT KOWBOY AND I ARE
GONNA START TEARING APART.

THIS THING LOOKS ROUGH.

- GOT IT?
- YEP.

SMOKING.

- WHOA!

NOW, THAT WILL BE
HARD TO RESTORE.

THEM THINGS, THEY'LL NEVER TURN.

- NOPE.

THIS THING IS A
TOTAL RUST BUCKET.

THE ONLY WAY WE'RE EVER
GONNA GET IT WORKING AGAIN

IS TO GET THESE GEARS MOVING,

SO I'M GONNA HAVE BRETTLY

TRY TO GET THE RUST
OFF WITH A SANDBLASTER.

- NOPE. NOPE.

- IT AIN'T BUDGING.

- I DON'T SEE IT BREAKING
LOOSE WITHOUT BEING HEATED UP.

THIS THING MIGHT BREAK FREE
IF WE USE A ROSEBUD TORCH,

'CAUSE IT'LL HEAT UP A
BIGGER AREA AT ONE TIME.

- SHOULD JUST TAKE THIS THING

AND DROP IT IN THE
BOTTOM OF LAKE MEAD.

- MAKE A GOOD BOAT ANCHOR.

- THIS THING IS SERIOUSLY
RUINING MY DAY.

WE'VE THROWN
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT AT IT,

AND IT HASN'T EVEN
BUDGED AN INCH.

SO NOW I'M GONNA PLAY DIRTY.

I'M GONNA MAKE A PICKLE
BATH HERE AT THE SHOP.

WHAT THIS DOES EXACTLY IS,

THE ACID IN THE BATH SHOULD
EAT UP ENOUGH OF THE RUST

SO WE CAN START GETTING
THESE GEARS TO TURN

OR AT LEAST LOOSEN UP.

HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE ENOUGH
TO GET THIS THING APART.

COME ON, BABY. DO THE TRICK.

NOW I JUST NEED TO
LET THIS SIT FOR A WHILE.

- WE HAVE FOUR
DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

WE GOT A BATTER,
WE GOT A CATCHER,

WE GOT A FIELDER,
AND WE GOT A PITCHER.

- OKAY.

- I NEED TO HAVE
NEW PIECES MOLDED

FOR THE BASEBALL
GAME WE'RE RESTORING,

SO I'M GONNA HAVE TYLER
HELP OUT TED WITH THAT.

- WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS,
WE HAVE TO REPAIR IT,

TURN IT INTO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CAST
THEM OUT OF A MODERN RESIN

THAT'S BASICALLY THE
SAME THING THAT THEY MAKE,

LIKE, ROLLERBLADE WHEELS OUT OF.

SO IT'S TOUGH, AND IT'S
GONNA TAKE A LICKING.

YOU CAN PLAY IT
ALL YOU WANT NOW.

IT AIN'T GONNA BREAK.
- THIS IS REALLY COOL.

I THINK THE ONLY TIME I'VE
EVER WORKED WITH CLAY

IS MESSING AROUND WITH
SILLY PUTTY AT SCHOOL,

SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED
TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS.

- WE START WITH A BLOCK OF CLAY

AND THE REPAIRED ORIGINAL.

WE PRESS HIM INTO THE CLAY.

GOT TO BE CAREFUL
WE DON'T BREAK HIM.

AND THEN WE POUR THE
MOLDING ON TOP OF HIM.

ONCE WE POUR THE MOLD,
WE LET IT SIT FOR A BIT,

LET IT HARDEN, AND THEN WE
WILL REMOVE THE ORIGINAL FIGURE

THAT WE REPAIRED.

SO LET'S PULL THIS APART.

- LET'S DO IT.
- AND LET'S SEE HOW HE CAME OUT.

HERE WE GO. LOOK AT THAT.

- WOW.

- NOW WE'RE GONNA
PUT THIS BACK TOGETHER.

LET'S MIX UP SOME RESIN

AND REALLY SLOWLY
POUR THAT IN THERE.

ONCE THE URETHANE
CASTING HAS CURED,

WE REMOVE IT FROM THE MOLD,

AND WE REVEAL THE
NEW DRAFT TO THE LINEUP.

- BAM.
- THERE YOU GO.

- DID YOU CAST THIS
GUY'S FACE AFTER ME, TED?

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE.

- HANDSOME DEVIL, ISN'T HE?
- HE IS.

- THE GEARS IN THIS TIRE
CHANGER HAVE BEEN SOAKING

IN THIS PICKLE BATH I'VE
MADE FOR A WHILE NOW.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE'S A LOT OF SLUDGE

FROM ALL THE RUST
THAT HAS DISSOLVED.

BRETTLY AND I HAD TO
CLEAN OUT THE SLUDGE

AND GREASE UP THE GEARS TO
SEE IF WE CAN GET IT TO MOVE NOW.

- WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
THIS IS LIKE, KYLE, HONEY?

- NOT QUITE.

IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, I'M
THROWING IN THE TOWEL,

'CAUSE I'VE TRIED
EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK.

HELL, YEAH!

YEAH, BABY.

WE FINALLY GOT
THESE GEARS MOVING.

NOW WE NEED TO GET THIS
THING MOVING DOWN THE LINE

IF WE WANT TO GET
IT DONE ON TIME.

- THAT DID REALLY
GOOD, ACTUALLY.

- WHERE'D YOU GET THIS HAT FROM?

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, BROTHER.

- DID YOU REALLY
JUST DO THAT, KYLE?

KYLE?

- EARLIER, KOWBOY AND
I WERE LATE TO WORK

'CAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH MY TRUCK.

NOW THAT I FINALLY GOT THE
TIRE CHANGER GEARS MOVING,

I'M GONNA TRY TO GET
THIS THING RUNNING.

OTHERWISE, ME AND KOWBOY
ARE GONNA BE WALKING HOME.

THE HELL'S THIS GO TO?

- HEY!

CAN WE TRADE TOOLS? 'CAUSE
YOURS IS WORKING BETTER.

- YOU KNOW WHAT?

MINE'S NOT WORKING
BETTER. YOU'RE JUST SLOW.

WE'RE WORKING ON RESTORING
A 1940s BASEBALL ARCADE GAME.

TYLER AND I JUST
SANDED DOWN THE BODY,

AND NOW WE'RE GONNA
TEST THE MECHANISM

AND MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING.

UNPLUGGED?
- IT'S UNPLUGGED.

- OKAY, NOW, WHEN
YOU PLUG IT IN,

THIS SOLENOID SHOULD POP DOWN.

THIS GAME USED ELECTROMECHANICAL
SWITCHES CALLED SOLENOIDS

TO KEEP TRACK OF THE SCORE.

IF THE ELECTRIC
MECHANISM DOESN'T WORK,

THAT MEANS IT'S GONNA
COST A TON OF TIME,

AND THAT MEANS EVEN MORE MONEY.

- ARE YOU READY?
- YEAH, I'M READY.

- FIRE IN THE HOLE.

- STOP.

OKAY, IT'S ONLY A QUICK INSTANT.

YOU HOLD IT ON THERE TOO LONG,

YOU'LL BURN THE
SOLENOID OUT, OKAY?

SO GIVE IT ONE
SHOT AND THEN OUT.

GOOD. SO THIS SOLENOID'S GOOD.

- AWESOME.

SON OF A.

I'VE BEEN OUT IN
THIS HOT WEATHER

FOR A WHILE NOW TRYING
TO GET MY TRUCK TO WORK.

AT THIS POINT, MY CHANCES OF
DRIVING OUT OF HERE TONIGHT

AIN'T LOOKING TOO GOOD.

FINALLY.

- I'LL BE THE HOSE MASTER.

- THIS THING REALLY
HAS TO BE LUBED UP.

IF NOT, THE GEARS ARE
GONNA BE GRINDING ON IT.

- IT'S A LUBE JOB.

- A LITTLE WHILE AGO,

A CUSTOMER DROPPED
OFF A WEAVER TIRE CHANGER

THAT WAS COVERED IN RUST.

IF IT WASN'T FOR
KYLE'S PICKLE BATH IDEA,

THIS RESTORATION
MIGHT HAVE FALLEN FLAT.

- IT'S A DIRTY JOB, BUT
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO DO IT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE
IF THIS IS GONNA CRANK.

- THAT SOUNDS YUCKY.

- IT'S A GOOD THING.

- HEY, RICK?

- HEY, JACK.

- I'VE COME DOWN TO RICK'S TODAY

TO PICK UP THE 1920s
WEAVER TIRE CHANGER

THAT HE'S BEEN RESTORING FOR ME.

- ALL RIGHT, SO READY
TO SEE THIS THING?

- YEAH, I'M EXCITED.
- ALL RIGHT.

- I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO
EXPECT WHEN RICK SHOWS IT TO ME.

IT'S BEEN A RUSTY PIECE
OF YARD ART FOR TEN YEARS.

I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED FOR IT.

- COME ON OVER HERE.

- OH, MY GOODNESS.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- UNBELIEVABLE!

WELL, WHEN I FIRST WALKED
AROUND THE CORNER,

IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE
IT WAS THE SAME MACHINE.

IT REALLY, REALLY POPPED.

IT WAS SO EYE-CATCHING
AND SO DRAMATIC

COMPARED TO WHAT IT
WAS WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN.

- THIS THING HERE MUST
HAVE BEEN SITTING 100 YEARS.

I MEAN, IT WAS A
PLANTER AT SOME POINT,

BECAUSE IT WAS SO FULL OF WATER.

- WELL, THAT'S HOW I
USED IT FOR TEN YEARS,

SO I'M AMAZED YOU COULD
EVEN GET THE TOP OFF,

NEVERTHELESS GET
INTO THE GUTS OF IT.

- WE PULL THAT THING
OFF. IT'S FULL OF RUST.

FIRST WE HEATED IT UP, AND
THEN WE SUPER HEATED IT UP.

I MEAN, WE GOT IT HOT,
HOT, HOT, HOT INSIDE HERE.

AND IT WAS SO HARD, I
MEAN, WE COULDN'T GET IT.

WE ENDED UP HAVING TO
SOAK THIS THING IN ACID

TO EAT ALL THE RUST.

- WHOA. I AM SO
TOTALLY IMPRESSED.

- ORIGINALLY IT LOOKED
LIKE IT HAD SOME GREEN ON IT

WITH THE GOLD LETTERING,

BUT AFTER I RESEARCHED IT, I
NOTICED THAT THEY CAME BLACK.

- WELL, I THINK I LIKE THE
BLACK A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

NOW, DID YOU ACTUALLY
GET IT WORKING?

- THIS IS ONE WILD
PIECE HOW IT WORKS.

YOU SET THE TIRE DOWN,

YOU PUT THESE OVER TOP OF
THE RIM SO IT DOESN'T MOVE,

AND THEN IT ADJUSTS.

- WOW, THEY REALLY TURN
NOW. THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

- SO YOU'D SET IT UP.

YOU GET IT DIALED IN TO
WHERE THE RIM WAS RIGHT THERE.

IT'D CATCH THE EDGE OF THE RIM.

THEN YOU'D TAKE THIS,
AND YOU'D PUT IT IN HERE.

YOU'D POP IT.

YOU'D PUSH THIS
BUTTON, AND YOU'D SPIN IT.

YOU COULD LITERALLY
SPIN IT ALL THE WAY AROUND

TO WHERE IT LOCKED IN.

- LOCKED IN PLACE.

- YOU CAME BACK UP, POPPED IT.

- WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT

IT'S HARDLY ANY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT THEY'RE USING

AT MODERN-DAY TIRE SHOPS.

THE CONCEPT'S EXACTLY THE SAME.

- BUT LOOK AT HOW OLD
THIS IS, AND I GUARANTEE

ONE OF THE NEW ONES
AREN'T GONNA LAST THIS LONG.

- I'M THRILLED TO DEATH WITH IT.

IT'S GONNA LOOK ABSOLUTELY
FABULOUS IN MY FRONT YARD.

THANK YOU.

- YOU BETCHA. YOU BETCHA, JACK.

THANK YOU.
- ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.

- ABSOLUTELY.

I'M GONNA BE TAKING IT HOME

AND PUT IT RIGHT
BACK WHERE IT WAS.

NOW IT'S GONNA HAVE A REAL
PLACE OF PROMINENCE IN MY YARD

AS A REAL EYE-POPPING
PIECE OF ART.

- WE'VE BEEN DOING A TON OF WORK
ON A 1940s BASEBALL ARCADE GAME.

WE STILL HAVE A FEW
MORE BASES TO ROUND

BEFORE WE CAN BRING IT HOME.

TED AND TYLER DID AN AMAZING JOB

RE-CREATING ALL THE
FIGURINES FROM SCRATCH,

AND NOW THEY'RE
HAND-PAINTING EACH PLAYER.

- AWESOME!

- WELL, HELLO, RICK.

- HEY, CHARLES. HOW YOU BEEN?

- WELL, I'VE BEEN
VERY WELL, THANK YOU.

I'M HERE FROM THE
SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK

TO PICK UP OUR 1940s
BASEBALL MACHINE.

- ALL RIGHT, I KNOW
IT'S BEEN A WHILE,

BUT I THINK YOU'RE
REALLY GONNA LIKE IT.

- WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.

WHEN WE DROPPED IT OFF,

THE MACHINE WAS
REALLY IN POOR CONDITION,

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING IT BRAND-NEW.

- ALL RIGHT, CHARLES, YOU READY?

- I'M READY.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU READY, TYLER?

- YEAH, COUNT IT DOWN.

- ONE, TWO, THREE.

- WOW, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!

BOY, IT NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE
BASEBALL GAME FULLY RESTORED,

I WAS TRULY AMAZED.

THE COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL.

THE WHOLE THING CAME OUT
JUST THE WAY I EXPECTED IT WOULD.

YOU EVEN GOT THE BASEBALL
PLAYERS ALL FIXED UP.

- THEY GOT THEIR
HEADS ON THERE NOW.

- WELL, IT LOOKS WONDERFUL.

YOUR FELLOWS DID
AMAZING WORK ON IT.

- THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THERE'S, LIKE, SEVEN
DIFFERENT COLORS

ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE MACHINE.

SO AS WE'RE TAKING STUFF OFF,
YOU WOULD SEE PAINT UNDERNEATH,

SO WE MATCHED THOSE COLORS.

- EVEN ALL THE LITTLE PEOPLE IN
THE BLEACHERS CAME OUT WELL.

- THE WHOLE AUDIENCE.

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL NEW WOOD,

ALL NEW WOOD,
BECAUSE IT WAS PELTED.

IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE
BEEN A BB GUN MACHINE.

IT WAS JUST BEAT TO DEATH.

HE WENT IN AND DIGITALLY PUT
EACH LITTLE PERSON IN THERE

AND THE GUYS WAVING AND
THE HATS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT HE DID.

THE SAME WITH THE
SCOREBOARD THERE,

WHERE IT GOES 1 TO 15,

THAT'S A BRAND-NEW
PIECE OF PLEX INSIDE THERE,

BUT IT'S ALL BEEN RESCREENED.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.

EACH ONE OF THE PLAYERS,

THEY WERE ALL MISSING
HEADS, LEGS, ARMS

BECAUSE THEY GOT SHOT UP.

TYLER AND TED MADE A MOLD

AND ACTUALLY CASTED
EACH ONE OF THESE MEN.

ONCE THEY GET THAT
FINAL PIECE OUT THE MOLD,

THEY HAVE TO HAND-PAINT IT.

AND THEN YOUR
CATCHER, HE WAS GONE,

SO WE ENDED UP MAKING
A BRAND-NEW CATCHER.

- I MEAN, I'M REALLY BLOWN
AWAY AT HOW WELL IT CAME OUT.

- ON THE MECHANISM, WE
RE-CHROME PLATED THIS

AND GOT THE GUN
ALL BACK TO SHAPE,

AND IT ALL TOTALLY FUNCTIONS.

I MEAN, EVERY LITTLE DETAIL.

THAT LITTLE ARROW TELLS YOU
WHAT TO DO WHEN IT COMES DOWN,

THAT GOT REDONE,

ALL THE WAY UP TO
TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO

AND HOW GOOD YOU ARE
AND HOW BAD YOU ARE.

- AMATEUR TO BATTING CHAMP.
- RIGHT.

- WELL, THAT'S... IT REALLY
CAME OUT BEAUTIFUL.

I'M REALLY FLABBERGASTED.

IT WAS IN BAD SHAPE.

- BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE
A BRAND-NEW MACHINE.

IT'S PROBABLY, WHAT,
90% TOTALLY ORIGINAL.

AND NOW YOUR GUYS GOT
THEIR HEADS LEFT STILL.

- WELL, IT LOOKS GREAT,
BUT DOES IT REALLY WORK?

- I JUST WANT TO PLAY IT.

- ALL RIGHT, OKAY, LET'S
GET SOME NICKELS OUT.

- READY?
- YEAH, I'M READY.

- OKAY.
- I'M EXCITED.

All: WHOA!

- THAT WAS A DOUBLE.
- A DOUBLE.

- THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

- HE'S PLAYING. HE'S PRACTICING.

- CAN I PLAY IT?
- GET IN LINE.

OKAY, HERE COMES THE NEXT BALL.

- OH, OKAY. ALL SET.

All: WHOA!
- HOME RUN!

- THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.

- WELL, GOT TWO RUNS THERE.

- HOW ARE YOU SO GOOD?

- I COULD SPEND A
WHOLE AFTERNOON

SWINGING AT THOSE BALLS.

- THAT'S AWESOME.

- RICK REALLY DOES GREAT WORK,
AND I FEEL, THIS TIME, HE REALLY

KNOCKED THE BALL RIGHT OUT
OF THE PARK WITH THIS MACHINE.

THANK YOU, RICK.
BEEN A PLEASURE.

- YOU BET. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TAKE
CARE OF SOME PAPERWORK,

AND TYLER'S GONNA GET THAT THING
PADDED UP AND LOADED FOR YOU.

OKAY?
- OKAY.

- TYLER'S NOT GONNA DO
ANYTHING. TYLER'S GONNA PLAY.

COME ON.

HEY! OH.

I'M NOT GOOD AT ALL.

- I'M THIRSTY, KYLE.

- LET'S GO HAVE A BEER.

- LET'S GO!

- THE HELL, KYLE?

- I HAD IT RUNNING EARLIER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

- I'LL DRIVE. YOU PUSH.

- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
RIDE YOUR BIKE NEXT TIME.

- SCOOT BACK SO I CAN SHIFT.

- DAMN, KOWBOY, YOU
NEED TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT.

- WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?

- YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN WALK
OR GET IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW?

DOING Y'ALL A FAVOR.

- KOWBOY...
- GET IN THE BACK.

- MAN.