American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 21 - Close Shave - full transcript
- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...
HOLY CRAP, YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
TO A COKE COLLECTOR, THIS
THING IS LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL.
DO YOU REALIZE THERE'S
ONLY, LIKE, 200 OF THESE THINGS
STILL IN EXISTENCE?
- THAT IS SWEET.
- ERIC'S A LOCAL VEGAS PICKER.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS?
- THAT'S MISSING EVERYTHING.
- YOU'RE TAKING MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET.
- WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT'S THAT?
- I HAVEN'T SEEN A
KOKEN CHAIR IN YEARS.
AND WHEN THEY GET RESTORED,
THEY CAN BE WORTH THOUSANDS.
GO OUT TO THE
BONEYARD AND INVENTORY
EVERY SINGLE NUT AND BOLT
THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S
SO RIDICULOUS.
- 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.
- HEY, RICK, LYNN
LIGHTENHAM HERE.
- LYNN, GREAT TO MEET YOU.
HOLY CRAP, LOOK AT THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
- YEAH, IT'S A VICTOR 14.
- YEAH, IT'S A
SINGLE-DOOR VICTOR,
VERY HARD TO FIND.
ALMOST EVERY DAY, I
HAVE AN INTERESTING ITEM
COME INTO THE SHOP.
BUT THIS THING? WOW.
TO A COKE COLLECTOR, THIS
THING IS LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL.
SO WHAT WE GOT HERE IS
A 1950s ONE-DOOR VICTOR
AND EXTREMELY RARE.
DO YOU REALIZE THERE'S
ONLY, LIKE, 200 OF THESE THINGS
STILL IN EXISTENCE?
- WHEN I BOUGHT THE MACHINE,
I KNEW IT WAS FAIRLY RARE,
BUT AFTER I
RESEARCHED IT AWHILE,
I FOUND OUT IT WAS REALLY RARE,
AND THAT'S WHEN I
GOT REALLY INTERESTED
IN GETTIN' IT RESTORED.
HOW COME THESE ARE SO RARE?
- THE VICTOR COMPANY WENT OUT
OF BUSINESS PRETTY DARN EARLY,
PROBABLY AROUND 1950, 1952.
THEY ONLY MADE,
LIKE, A COUPLE MODELS,
AND THEN THEY WEREN'T
DOING COKE MACHINES ANYMORE.
THEY ALSO MADE
THESE IN A TWO-DOOR,
A THREE-DOOR, AND A FOUR-DOOR.
THE ONE-DOOR IS USUALLY
NOW THE HARDEST TO GET,
BECAUSE THEY WERE THE
EASIEST TO THROW AWAY.
YOU KNOW, THEY
JUST THREW 'EM AWAY.
- REALLY?
- THIS COKE MACHINE
MAY NOT LOOK LIKE
MUCH TO THE AVERAGE JOE,
BUT DIE-HARD COLLECTORS
WOULD GO ABSOLUTELY
CRAZY TO OWN THIS THING.
IT'S GOT THREE
THINGS GOING FOR IT:
IT'S RARE, IT'S RARE,
AND EXTREMELY RARE.
IF IT EVEN HAD JUST
SOME PAINT ON IT
AND THE TOP ON IT,
I MEAN, IT'S WORTH, LIKE,
FIVE GRAND JUST AS IT SITS.
- SO IT'S A GOOD ONE.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
ABOUT DOING WITH THIS?
- I WANT YOU TO DO A
COMPLETE RESTORATION ON IT.
I WANT IT LIKE IT CAME
OUT OF THE FACTORY LINE.
- THIS THING UNDER
HERE IS STAINLESS STEEL.
LOOKS LIKE THEY TRIED
TO RESTORE IT AT ONE TIME.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S TAPE HERE.
YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
THE TOP OR THE DOOR, DO YOU?
- NO, THAT STUFF IS ALL GONE.
- THEY MADE A ROLL-TOP
DOOR ON THE TOP OF IT
SO IT'S REALLY EASY
TO GET INSIDE OF.
THIS THING RIGHT HERE WAS A CAP
CATCHER THAT WENT RIGHT HERE.
IT HAD A BOTTLE OPENER HERE,
ALL CHROME, STUCK THE
BOTTLE IN THERE AND POPPED IT.
IT HAD THE VICTOR
LOGO RIGHT HERE.
- THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S GONNA COST?
- IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO
GET THE THING BACK TO NORMAL.
ALL THE INSIDES, WE REDO THESE,
AND THEN WE HAVE TO
RE-INSULATE THE INSIDE OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND THE
TOP'S BEEN DINGED UP,
SO WHEN WE GET
THE THING SPLIT OPEN,
WE'LL POUND THAT OUT.
WE MIGHT GET LUCKY ON THIS THING
TO FIND THE PARTS YOU'RE MISSIN'
IN THE BONEYARD,
'CAUSE I DO HAVE A LOT
OF FOUR-DOORS AND THREE-DOORS
WHICH ARE JUST LIKE THIS.
- THAT'D BE GREAT.
- YEAH.
AFTER ALL THAT ASSEMBLY
AND EVERYTHING'S
GONE AND DONE THROUGH,
I'M LOOKING RIGHT AROUND $5,000.
AND I GUARANTEE THIS
THING RESTORED IS WORTH 10.
I GUARANTEE IT.
- IT'S A GO.
- OKAY.
IT'S A GO, ALL RIGHT, BUD.
STRAIGHT TO THE
POINT. I LIKE THAT.
THIS IS GONNA BE AN
AWESOME RESTORATION,
BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO
WORK ON THE ONE-DOOR BEFORE.
IF WE MESS THIS UP,
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE WE CAN GO OUT
AND FIND ANOTHER
ONE TO REPLACE IT WITH.
- GONNA NEED TO
OPEN UP THESE SIDES
SO PHIL CAN GET UP IN THERE.
- ALL UP IN IT?
- YEAH.
YOU CAN START
CUTTING THESE DOWN.
KOWBOY AND I HAVE WORKED
ON SOME OF THE
BIGGER COOLERS BEFORE,
SO THIS SHOULD BE
LESS TIME TO TEAR DOWN.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE
THE SIDE PANELS OFF
SO WE CAN GET TO THE INSIDE.
- YUMMY.
- THIS THING IS NASTY.
I WONDER WHERE HE FOUND IT.
- IN THE DESERT.
IT'S GOT TEN
POUNDS OF SAND IN IT.
CAREFUL WITH THAT.
JUST PINS IN THE BOTTOM. LOOK.
IT'S GONNA IT UP, KYLE.
I'M TELLING YOU.
I CAN SEE THAT.
A PREMONITION OF
A UP, RIGHT THERE.
- THE SIDE PANELS ON THIS COOLER
ARE WELDED TO THE FRAME,
SO WE CANNOT REMOVE 'EM,
OR ELSE WE'LL CAUSE
SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.
IT'LL BE HARDER FOR PHIL TO
BANG OUT THE DENTS LIKE THIS,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING
ELSE WE CAN DO.
- OKAY, SET IT DOWN.
WHAT'S UP, ERIC?
- HEY, WHAT'S UP,
RICK? WHAT'S UP, TY?
I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- ERIC'S A LOCAL VEGAS PICKER
THAT ROAMS ALL OVER THE
DESERT IN SEARCH OF OLD CRAP.
HE'S BROUGHT STUFF
IN HERE BEFORE,
AND SOMETIMES IT'S GREAT CRAP.
- NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT IS.
YOU TELL ME.
- I HAVE NO IDEA. DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
- MAYBE A CAPPUCCINO MACHINE.
IT'S MISSING EVERYTHING, THOUGH.
- YEAH, REALLY.
- ARE YOU INTERESTED
IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- NO, YOU TAKE THAT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
- I'VE KNOWN RICK A LONG TIME.
- YOU'RE MATCHING TODAY.
YOU GOT THE BOOTS
AND THE DO-RAG.
- STYLIN' AND
PROFILIN.' YOU KNOW ME.
I GOT A FEW THINGS IN MY TRUCK
TODAY THAT HE'LL PROBABLY LIKE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
JUST PILE IT ALL UP
AND HOPE THAT HE'S
GONNA BUY SOMETHING.
GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE.
- YOU DEFINITELY DON'T
NEED ANY MORE OF THOSE.
- WHY? SHH.
- 'CAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY.
- YOU'RE TAKING MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
IT'S VEGAS, YOU
KNOW. SLOT MACHINE.
- THAT'S MISSING EVERYTHING.
- I MEAN, THAT THING'S
ABSOLUTE JUNK.
- NEXT TIME I COME OVER
HERE, HE'S GOT TO BE GONE.
- WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT'S THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I FOUND IT OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
- IT'S WORTH 20 BUCKS.
- 20 BUCKS?
WATCH YOUR TOES.
WHAT IS THAT?
- THIS IS A KOKEN
BARBER'S CHAIR.
KOKEN WAS A GERMAN GUY,
AND HE ENDED UP
INVENTING A BARBER'S CHAIR.
THIS CHAIR WAS PROBABLY
LATE '30s, EARLY '40s.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A
KOKEN CHAIR IN YEARS.
THESE THINGS ARE
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE,
AND WHEN THEY GET RESTORED,
THEY CAN BE WORTH THOUSANDS.
BEFORE 1891, YOU WOULD
HAVE HAD TO HAVE TAKEN A CHAIR
AND SPIN IT TO LET IT RAISE
OR SPIN IT THIS WAY TO LOWER IT.
KOKEN ENDED UP
DESIGNING THE CHAIR
THAT WOULD HYDRAULICALLY
LIFT UP AND DOWN.
AND WHAT YOU USED TO
DO IS, YOU'D PUMP THIS UP,
OR SEE HOW THEY PUSH THIS
AND IT'D LOWER ITSELF DOWN?
HE ALSO INVENTED THE
CHAIR THAT LEANED BACK,
'CAUSE THEY NEVER LEANED BACK.
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE
TO PUT A PADDED HEADREST
AND A PADDED FOOTREST ON IT
SO WHEN YOU LAID ON THERE,
YOU WERE COMFORTABLE.
THIS USED TO BE ALL NICKEL,
AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IS,
OVER THE YEARS IT SAT OUTSIDE...
- WHAT'S THIS?
- THIS IS PORCELAIN SO YOU
COULD KEEP THINGS CLEAN.
- PORCELAIN, LIKE MY TOILET?
JUST LIKE YOUR TOILET.
- SO WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- THE WAY IT SITS,
I'LL GIVE YOU...
I DON'T KNOW... 200 BUCKS.
- I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE 5.
RICK'S ALWAYS GOOD AT RESTORING
WHATEVER I CAN BRING HIM,
AND SO I KNOW HE'S
GONNA MAKE MONEY.
AS LONG AS I CAN
MAKE SOME MONEY TOO,
THAT'S WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS.
- 3?
ALL RIGHT, SPLIT IT, 4.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THAT'S A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS KOKEN BARBER'S
CHAIR IS REALLY RARE.
$400 IS A GREAT PRICE.
BUT THIS THING?
IT'S BEAT TO HELL.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK
TO GET IT TO WHERE I
CAN MAKE A FEW BUCKS.
- LET'S GET THIS
THING BROKE DOWN,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA
GET YOU A BARBER.
- WHY? WHAT'S
WRONG WITH MY HAIR?
- WE'RE RESTORING A
1930s KOKEN BARBER'S CHAIR
THAT I BOUGHT
OFF A LOCAL PICKER.
THE FASTER WE GET IT DONE,
THE FASTER I CAN
MAKE SOME MONEY.
SO KYLE AND BRETTLY ARE
GONNA START TEARING IT DOWN.
- I'M GONNA TAKE THESE
ARMRESTS OFF FIRST.
THAT WAY, WE CAN
GET THE BACKREST OFF.
OKAY.
UP SHE GOES.
- OH.
- FORTUNATELY,
THERE'S STILL SOME
HYDRAULIC FLUID LEFT
IN THIS BARBER'S CHAIR.
IF NOT, THE WHOLE NECK
WOULD PROBABLY BE SEIZED UP,
AND WE'D HAVE A REALLY
HARD TIME GETTING IT APART.
- YOUR LUNCH IS GONNA
BE NASTY AS HELL TODAY.
- WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A
COUPLE OF LITTLE DENTS HERE.
- A CUSTOMER DROPPED
OFF A REALLY RARE
1950s VICTOR COCA-COLA
MACHINE TO GET RESTORED.
WE HAD SOME ISSUES AND
COULDN'T GET THE SIDE PANELS OFF,
SO PHIL AND TYLER
ARE REALLY GONNA HAVE
A HARD TIME GETTING
OUT THOSE DENTS.
- CAN YOU GET IT TO
IT FROM BACK HERE?
- YEAH.
- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HOLD IT
AND THEN DOLLY IT
UP LIKE THIS SOMEHOW.
YOU DO IT.
AWKWARD, ISN'T IT?
- SUPER AWKWARD.
- YEAH, THAT'S NOT WORKIN'.
IT'S LAUGHING AT YOU.
- YOU'RE GETTING
DUST IN MY FACE.
- TYLER, HERE'S A
LIST OF THE STUFF
I NEED OUT OF THE BONEYARD
FOR THE ONE-DOOR VICTOR.
ALL RIGHT?
EARLIER, WE GOT A REALLY RARE
ONE-DOOR COKE
COOLER IN THE SHOP.
I'VE BEEN COLLECTING THESE
COOLERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS,
AND I MIGHT HAVE SOME
OF THE MISSING PARTS
IN THE BONEYARD.
SO I'M GONNA PULL TYLER
OFF OF WHAT HE'S DOING
TO GO FIND SOME OF THESE PARTS.
- WHY DON'T YOU JUST ORDER IT?
- THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
OUT THERE IN THE BONEYARD.
I DON'T WANT TO
BE PAYIN' FOR IT.
- IT'LL BE SO MUCH
CHEAPER TO ORDER IT.
- HOW THE HELL IS IT
SUPPOSED TO BE CHEAPER
FOR ME TO JUST ORDER
IT IF WE ALREADY HAVE IT?
- BECAUSE IT'S GONNA
TAKE ME TWO HOURS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY
ME MAN-HOURS, TWO MAN-HOURS,
TO SIT OUT THERE
AND FIND THE PIECE
WHEN YOU COULD ORDER IT
AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TEN
MINUTES ON THE PHONE.
AM I RIGHT, OR AM I RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- POUND IT.
THERE YOU GO.
THERE'S YOUR LIST.
THANKS.
- YEAH, THAT'S SO TRUE, MAN.
- HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, TYLER?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
- I'M USUALLY RIGHT.
THAT'S THE CASE.
- SO YOU KNOW WHAT
I WANT YOU TO DO?
I WANT YOU TO GO
OUT TO THE BONEYARD
AND INVENTORY EVERY SINGLE PART,
EVERY SINGLE MACHINE,
EVERY SINGLE NUT AND BOLT
THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S
SO RIDICULOUS.
- AND YOU KNOW WHAT, BRETTLY?
- HUH?
- YOU'RE WITH HIM.
- HA!
- NO.
- SUCKS FOR YOU.
- BOTH OF YOU GUYS
ARE IN THE BONEYARD.
START INVENTORY. GET ON
OUT THERE, BOTH OF YOU.
- YOU'RE WRITIN'.
- YEAH, 'CAUSE I CAN'T
READ YOUR WRITING.
- SHUT UP. I'LL WRITE.
- YOU GONNA SET
THAT IN THERE DRY?
- YUP.
RICK JUST FINISHED
PAINTING THE BARBER CHAIR.
BUT BEFORE WE ASSEMBLE IT,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THE HYDRAULICS WORK ON IT.
ALL RIGHT, A LITTLE
BIT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.
LET'S SEE IF THIS BABY'S
GONNA GO UP AND DOWN FOR US.
I THINK THAT
PLUNGER'S NOT SEALING.
- WHAT'S HAPPENING?
- THERE'S A LITTLE
PLUNGER ON THE BOTTOM
THAT LETS THE HYDRAULIC
FLUID IN AND OUT.
AND IF THAT THING'S
NOT CLOSING ALL THE WAY
OR IF IT DON'T OPEN ALL THE WAY,
IT WON'T LET THAT
HYDRAULIC FLUID OUT.
FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO GO UP.
IT WON'T STAY UP.
SO I GOT TO PULL THIS BACK OUT.
OKAY, YEAH, SEE THAT SPRING?
SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST
A LITTLE WORN OUT.
FOR SOME REASON, THE
SPRING IN THIS BARBER CHAIR
IS NOT FITTING JUST RIGHT.
UNEXPECTED ISSUES LIKE
THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO TEST
EVERYTHING WE WORK ON.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT BETTER.
- ARE WE READY TO TRY IT AGAIN?
- YEAH.
AH, THAT SOUNDS BETTER.
- YEAH, BUT IT STILL
SOUNDS NASTY.
- I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
- LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
WHERE DO WE START?
- WHERE DO WE END?
FOR REASONS I CAN'T
POSSIBLY COMPREHEND,
MY DAD HAS BRETTLY AND ME
TAKING INVENTORY OF
EVERY ITEM IN THE BONEYARD.
ONE, TWO... TWO PEPSI COOLERS.
- HOW MUCH ARE THOSE WORTH?
- LIKE, 500.
- NICE.
ONE PAIR SUNGLASSES.
PRICELESS.
- PRICELESS.
- PRICELESS, PRICELESS.
- LOOK AT THE THING!
- LOOK AT THE BUNNY.
- IT'S SO BABY.
- SHOULD WE INVENTORY THAT?
ONE BABY BUNNY.
WHAT KIND OF BABY BUNNY IS THAT?
IS THAT A JACKRABBIT?
THIS REALLY SUCKS, BY THE WAY.
- YEAH, THANKS FOR
STATING THE OBVIOUS.
YOU DO THAT A LOT.
- ALL THE BODYWORK
IS FINISHED UP
ON THE ONE-DOOR COKE COOLER.
WHILE TYLER AND BRETTLY
ARE OUT IN THE BONEYARD
FINDING THE REST OF THESE PARTS,
I'M GONNA GET DOWN
TO PAINTING THIS THING.
I HAVE TED LETTERING THIS THING
WITH THE CLASSIC COCA-COLA LOGO.
THEN IT'S ON TO REASSEMBLY.
- THANK GOD WE'RE DONE.
WE'VE GOT, LIKE,
THREE OR FOUR PAGES.
- IT TURNS OUT MY DAD WAS RIGHT.
WE HAD ALL THE COKE COOLER
PARTS IN THE BONEYARD.
AND IT TOOK FOREVER...
THERE'S ONLY ONE "T" IN WATER.
- I GOT IT.
- BUT WE DID THE INVENTORY.
DAD, WE'RE DONE...
- GREAT.
- WITH THAT LIST OF CRAP.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
- THANK YOU.
SEE YOU.
THAT SUCKED A LOT.
- THIS THING CAME
OUT PRETTY NICE
FOR FINDING IT IN
THE DESERT, HUH?
TYLER AND BRETTLY FOUND ALL
THE PIECES FOR THIS COKE COOLER.
- NICE AND PUFFY.
- SO KOWBOY AND I ARE READY
TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
ALL THIS NEW INSULATION WILL
KEEP THINGS NICE AND FROSTY.
GRAB THAT END.
- HEY, LYNN.
- HEY, RICK. GOOD SEEIN' YOU.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- I'M REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING
THE COKE MACHINE FINISHED,
'CAUSE IT WAS IN
REALLY TOUGH SHAPE,
AND RICK'S GOT WHAT IT TAKES
TO PUT THEM COKE MACHINES
BACK TOGETHER IN
NUMBER ONE "A" SHAPE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- I'M READY.
- COME ON IN. CHECK IT OUT.
- MAN, THAT IS SWEET, RICK.
IS THAT AWESOME OR WHAT, MAN?
- THIS THING IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN AND
LOOKED AT THAT COKE MACHINE,
IT WAS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
- YOU KNOW, YOU SAW IT,
YOU KNOW, IN THE
BEGINNING, RIGHT?
IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH AND...
- PRETTY ROUGH.
- SOME COKE MACHINES,
YOU CAN TAKE APART
AND GET AWAY WITH
JUST... TAKE THE LINER OUT
AND GO TO THE INSIDE.
WELL, VICTORS ARE
WELDED TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU RIP THESE THINGS
APART, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
IT REALLY, REALLY IS.
BECAUSE IT HAD THOSE
DENTS IN THE SIDE,
WE PEEL IT APART AND THEN
POUND THE DENTS ALL OUT,
GET 'EM ALL STRAIGHT,
TRY TO USE NO FILLER AT ALL,
ALL HAND-METALED OUT, YOU KNOW.
SO WHAT HAPPENS
IS, WE TAKE THIS PIECE,
POUND IT ALL OUT... YOU
KNOW, IT'S ALL STAINLESS...
AND THEN WE GAVE IT
THIS BRUSHED FINISH.
SEE HOW IT SORT OF MATCHES
ALL BRUSHED LIKE THAT?
- YEAH, LOOKS GREAT.
- WE PUT BOTH VICTOR EMBLEMS,
BOTH THE FRONT AND THE REAR.
WE GOT YOU A CAP CATCHER.
FOUND ONE IN THE BONEYARD.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BEZEL
WHICH KEEPS YOU
FROM SCRATCHING PAINT.
AND THEN THE
BOTTLE OPENER ITSELF,
WE ENDED UP CHROME-PLATING.
WE PAINTED IT RED,
HAND-LETTERED IT,
AND THEN CLEARED
THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING
SO IT'S ALL UNDERNEATH THAT,
SO IT WON'T GO AWAY.
AND THE LID, WE
FOUND IN THE BONEYARD.
IT'S CLEARED ON TOP WITH
INSULATION IN BETWEEN.
AND THIS HANDLE WASN'T ON THERE.
IT WAS ALL WARPED OUT, SO
WE PUT A NEW ONE ON THERE.
TOOK THE COMPRESSOR OUT.
REWIRED THE COMPRESSOR.
PUT A NEW THERMOSTAT
IN THERE FOR YOU.
IT DIDN'T HAVE A
GRATE OVER HERE,
SO I GOT YOU ONE OF
THESE GRATES FOR THE SIDE
AND THEN CHROME-PLATED IT.
ON THE INSIDE,
BRAND-NEW FAN MOTOR IN THERE,
AND THEN IT DIDN'T
HAVE A BOTTOM IN IT,
SO WE PUT THAT BOTTOM
GRATE IN THERE FOR YOU.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- IT'S GREAT, RICK.
IT'S MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
- YEAH? GOOD.
- IT IS. IT'S GREAT.
- YEAH, IT CAME OUT PRETTY.
- WELL, THANKS, RICK. I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU DID A FABULOUS
JOB ON MY MACHINE,
AND I COULDN'T ASK
FOR ANYTHING MORE.
- I'VE NEVER HAD A SINGLE-DOOR,
AND I ALWAYS WANTED ONE.
SO YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS
ONE. I WANT TO KEEP IT.
- I CAN'T WAIT TO GET
THIS COKE MACHINE
BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA AND
GET IT IN MY HUNTING LODGE
AND USE IT AND ENJOY IT.
- PUT THAT BOLT THROUGH THERE.
- EARLIER, KYLE AND KOWBOY
GOT THE HYDRAULICS WORKING
ON THE KOKEN BARBER'S CHAIR.
SO NOW KYLE AND BRETTLY
ARE GONNA PUT THIS
THING BACK TOGETHER.
I HAD THE SEAT
CUSHIONS REUPHOLSTERED
WITH A FLASHY
BLACK-AND-WHITE HORSEHIDE.
THAT REALLY MAKES
THIS CHAIR UNIQUE.
AND HOPEFULLY, THAT'LL
TURN IT INTO A BIGGER PAYDAY.
- LOOKS GOOD.
- JUST GOT TO TIGHTEN
UP A FEW PARTS.
SLIDE THIS HEADREST DOWN.
- SWEET.
- A FEW WEEKS AGO,
A PICKER SOLD ME A REALLY RARE
BUT BEAT-UP KOKEN
BARBER'S CHAIR.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH
BROUGHT THIS THING BACK TO LIFE.
THIS THING IS BEAUTIFUL,
BUT NOW MATTER HOW AWESOME
THIS THING LOOKS IN MY EYES,
IF I CAN'T SELL THIS
THING FOR A GOOD PRICE,
ALL THAT MONEY AND
TIME WILL BE FOR NOTHING.
- YOU MUST BE RICK.
- I AM, AND YOU ARE?
- EARLE.
- EARLE. GOOD TO
MEET YOU, EARLE.
- I CAME DOWN TO
RICK'S RESTORATION
TO LOOK AT A BARBER CHAIR
THAT THEY HAD CALLED
ME THAT THEY HAD.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING TO GET
ONE AND ADD IT TO MY HOUSE.
HAD A COUPLE CALLS FROM KELLY.
YOU GOT A CHAIR THAT I
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- LOOKING A BARBER'S CHAIR.
YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED
TO SHOW YOU THIS THING.
IT JUST CAME OUT AWESOME.
- KIND OF LOOKING
FOR A FEATURE PIECE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE,
SO I'M HOPING IT'S GONNA
FIT IN WITH, YOU KNOW,
WHAT THE HOUSE IS
AND WHAT I'M LOOKIN' FOR.
- IT CAME OUT
REALLY, REALLY NICE.
- WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.
- YOU READY?
- YUP.
- OKAY.
HERE WE GO. COME ON IN.
- WOW.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- WOW.
THAT IS THE COOLEST THING.
THE BARBER CHAIR LOOKED GREAT.
REALLY LOVED IT.
I LOVE THE DETAIL,
LOVE THE WORK.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHAIR.
- YOU LIKE THAT?
- I LOVE IT, YEAH.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
- THIS IS A KOKEN
BARBER'S CHAIR.
IN THE BEGINNING,
BARBER'S CHAIRS WERE
MADE OUT OF WOOD.
AND THEY SCREWED UP
AND DOWN, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S HOW THEY...
HOW THEY GO UP AND
DOWN, YOU GET A HAIRCUT.
SO THIS GUY ACTUALLY
INVENTED THE HYDRAULIC UNIT.
HIS NAME WAS
ERNEST, ERNEST KOKEN.
BEFORE THAT,
HE INVENTED HAVING A FOOTREST
AND TILTIN' IT BACK.
THESE ARE TWO THINGS
THAT WERE A HUGE
INNOVATION IN THE DAY.
EVERY PIECE ON IT
IS JUST DISTINCTIVE
OF WHAT THIS GUY INVENTED.
IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
- SO THIS IS ALL HYDRAULIC,
ALL MECHANIZED?
- THE CHAIR ITSELF
IS TOTALLY WORKING.
IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE.
YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN?
- YEAH, I SURE DO.
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP.
- YEAH, HE WOULD COME BACK.
HE'D TILT UP YOUR THING,
GET YOUR HEADREST
SET FOR YOUR HEAD.
YEAH, YOU CAN LEAN BACK.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS
IS, WHEN YOU LEAN IT BACK...
- OH, WOW.
- OKAY, SO NOW
YOU'RE READY TO SHAVE.
OKAY, IF WE GO BACK TO
WANTING TO GO BACK UP,
YOU'RE GONNA LEAN UP,
AND THEN IF I'M GONNA
GIVE YOU A HAIRCUT,
I'M GONNA PUMP YOU UP...
- YEAH, I REMEMBER THESE
FROM WHEN I WAS A KID.
- SO I CAN REACH YOU
SO WHEN I TAKE THE HEADREST OFF,
I CAN COME BACK HERE
AND CUT YOUR HAIR.
- LIKE THE FACT
THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW,
FROM THE '30s AND HE'S
GOT IT WORKING AGAIN,
THE HYDRAULICS, IT LEANS BACK,
EVERYTHING'S
WORKING GREAT ON IT.
REALLY A NICE JOB.
- WE ENDED UP GOING THROUGH
AND NICKEL-PLATING EVERYTHING.
EVERY SINGLE PIECE ON IT
THAT WAS METAL GOT REPLATED.
YOU'RE ALMOST
SPENDING 1,000 BUCKS
JUST FOR PLATING ALONE.
AND THEN ALL THIS
GOT RE-ENAMELED.
HEAVY-DUTY SANDBLASTING,
GETTING THE STUFF ALL
THE WAY OFF TO THE BONE.
AND THEN WHEN WE PAINTED IT,
WE USED A REALLY,
REALLY CATALYZED PAINT.
IT WON'T CHIP OR ANYTHING.
- IT'LL LAST A LIFETIME.
- YEAH, IT'LL LAST A LIFETIME.
- THE HORSEHAIR, WAS
THAT A COMMON THING,
OR WAS THIS FOR A
SPECIAL SHOP OUT WEST,
OR WAS THIS SOME IDEA OF YOURS?
- THIS IS AN IDEA OF MINE.
- OKAY.
- ALL CHAIRS CAME IN
LEATHER, NEVER ANY VINYL,
NEVER ANYTHING ELSE BUT LEATHER.
SO THIS IS STILL LEATHER,
'CAUSE IT CAME OFF THE HORSE.
I JUST FORGOT TO
GIVE HIM A SHAVE.
- I LIKE THE LOOK.
I LIKE THE
BLACK-AND-WHITE. IT'S GREAT.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU PUT
A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
SOMETHING I THINK
I'D LIKE TO HAVE.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET
7,500 FOR THIS CHAIR.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK... I THINK I
COULD GO AROUND 5.
I DON'T THINK I'M WILLING
TO LET IT GO FOR THAT.
- UM...
- 55?
- HOW ABOUT 7?
- IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.
WOULD YOU TAKE 65?
FIRST HAIRCUT'S FREE?
OKAY. YOU GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, - AWESOME, AWESOME.
- SOUNDS GOOD, I LOVE IT.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
I GOT A PLACE PICKED OUT
RIGHT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
I THINK IT'S GONNA LOOK PERFECT.
- BRETTLY, I CAN'T READ THIS.
I CAN'T DECIPHER ANYTHING
YOU'VE GOT GOING ON HERE.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT SAY?
ONE B-B-BAB...
- ONE BABY BUNNY. YUP.
BUT I THINK IT'S A JACKRABBIT.
- DO IT OVER.
- NO WAY.
- OVER.
RESTORATION...
HOLY CRAP, YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
TO A COKE COLLECTOR, THIS
THING IS LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL.
DO YOU REALIZE THERE'S
ONLY, LIKE, 200 OF THESE THINGS
STILL IN EXISTENCE?
- THAT IS SWEET.
- ERIC'S A LOCAL VEGAS PICKER.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS?
- THAT'S MISSING EVERYTHING.
- YOU'RE TAKING MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET.
- WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT'S THAT?
- I HAVEN'T SEEN A
KOKEN CHAIR IN YEARS.
AND WHEN THEY GET RESTORED,
THEY CAN BE WORTH THOUSANDS.
GO OUT TO THE
BONEYARD AND INVENTORY
EVERY SINGLE NUT AND BOLT
THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S
SO RIDICULOUS.
- 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.
- HEY, RICK, LYNN
LIGHTENHAM HERE.
- LYNN, GREAT TO MEET YOU.
HOLY CRAP, LOOK AT THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
- YEAH, IT'S A VICTOR 14.
- YEAH, IT'S A
SINGLE-DOOR VICTOR,
VERY HARD TO FIND.
ALMOST EVERY DAY, I
HAVE AN INTERESTING ITEM
COME INTO THE SHOP.
BUT THIS THING? WOW.
TO A COKE COLLECTOR, THIS
THING IS LIKE THE HOLY GRAIL.
SO WHAT WE GOT HERE IS
A 1950s ONE-DOOR VICTOR
AND EXTREMELY RARE.
DO YOU REALIZE THERE'S
ONLY, LIKE, 200 OF THESE THINGS
STILL IN EXISTENCE?
- WHEN I BOUGHT THE MACHINE,
I KNEW IT WAS FAIRLY RARE,
BUT AFTER I
RESEARCHED IT AWHILE,
I FOUND OUT IT WAS REALLY RARE,
AND THAT'S WHEN I
GOT REALLY INTERESTED
IN GETTIN' IT RESTORED.
HOW COME THESE ARE SO RARE?
- THE VICTOR COMPANY WENT OUT
OF BUSINESS PRETTY DARN EARLY,
PROBABLY AROUND 1950, 1952.
THEY ONLY MADE,
LIKE, A COUPLE MODELS,
AND THEN THEY WEREN'T
DOING COKE MACHINES ANYMORE.
THEY ALSO MADE
THESE IN A TWO-DOOR,
A THREE-DOOR, AND A FOUR-DOOR.
THE ONE-DOOR IS USUALLY
NOW THE HARDEST TO GET,
BECAUSE THEY WERE THE
EASIEST TO THROW AWAY.
YOU KNOW, THEY
JUST THREW 'EM AWAY.
- REALLY?
- THIS COKE MACHINE
MAY NOT LOOK LIKE
MUCH TO THE AVERAGE JOE,
BUT DIE-HARD COLLECTORS
WOULD GO ABSOLUTELY
CRAZY TO OWN THIS THING.
IT'S GOT THREE
THINGS GOING FOR IT:
IT'S RARE, IT'S RARE,
AND EXTREMELY RARE.
IF IT EVEN HAD JUST
SOME PAINT ON IT
AND THE TOP ON IT,
I MEAN, IT'S WORTH, LIKE,
FIVE GRAND JUST AS IT SITS.
- SO IT'S A GOOD ONE.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
ABOUT DOING WITH THIS?
- I WANT YOU TO DO A
COMPLETE RESTORATION ON IT.
I WANT IT LIKE IT CAME
OUT OF THE FACTORY LINE.
- THIS THING UNDER
HERE IS STAINLESS STEEL.
LOOKS LIKE THEY TRIED
TO RESTORE IT AT ONE TIME.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S TAPE HERE.
YOU DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
THE TOP OR THE DOOR, DO YOU?
- NO, THAT STUFF IS ALL GONE.
- THEY MADE A ROLL-TOP
DOOR ON THE TOP OF IT
SO IT'S REALLY EASY
TO GET INSIDE OF.
THIS THING RIGHT HERE WAS A CAP
CATCHER THAT WENT RIGHT HERE.
IT HAD A BOTTLE OPENER HERE,
ALL CHROME, STUCK THE
BOTTLE IN THERE AND POPPED IT.
IT HAD THE VICTOR
LOGO RIGHT HERE.
- THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S GONNA COST?
- IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO
GET THE THING BACK TO NORMAL.
ALL THE INSIDES, WE REDO THESE,
AND THEN WE HAVE TO
RE-INSULATE THE INSIDE OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND THE
TOP'S BEEN DINGED UP,
SO WHEN WE GET
THE THING SPLIT OPEN,
WE'LL POUND THAT OUT.
WE MIGHT GET LUCKY ON THIS THING
TO FIND THE PARTS YOU'RE MISSIN'
IN THE BONEYARD,
'CAUSE I DO HAVE A LOT
OF FOUR-DOORS AND THREE-DOORS
WHICH ARE JUST LIKE THIS.
- THAT'D BE GREAT.
- YEAH.
AFTER ALL THAT ASSEMBLY
AND EVERYTHING'S
GONE AND DONE THROUGH,
I'M LOOKING RIGHT AROUND $5,000.
AND I GUARANTEE THIS
THING RESTORED IS WORTH 10.
I GUARANTEE IT.
- IT'S A GO.
- OKAY.
IT'S A GO, ALL RIGHT, BUD.
STRAIGHT TO THE
POINT. I LIKE THAT.
THIS IS GONNA BE AN
AWESOME RESTORATION,
BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO
WORK ON THE ONE-DOOR BEFORE.
IF WE MESS THIS UP,
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE WE CAN GO OUT
AND FIND ANOTHER
ONE TO REPLACE IT WITH.
- GONNA NEED TO
OPEN UP THESE SIDES
SO PHIL CAN GET UP IN THERE.
- ALL UP IN IT?
- YEAH.
YOU CAN START
CUTTING THESE DOWN.
KOWBOY AND I HAVE WORKED
ON SOME OF THE
BIGGER COOLERS BEFORE,
SO THIS SHOULD BE
LESS TIME TO TEAR DOWN.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE
THE SIDE PANELS OFF
SO WE CAN GET TO THE INSIDE.
- YUMMY.
- THIS THING IS NASTY.
I WONDER WHERE HE FOUND IT.
- IN THE DESERT.
IT'S GOT TEN
POUNDS OF SAND IN IT.
CAREFUL WITH THAT.
JUST PINS IN THE BOTTOM. LOOK.
IT'S GONNA IT UP, KYLE.
I'M TELLING YOU.
I CAN SEE THAT.
A PREMONITION OF
A UP, RIGHT THERE.
- THE SIDE PANELS ON THIS COOLER
ARE WELDED TO THE FRAME,
SO WE CANNOT REMOVE 'EM,
OR ELSE WE'LL CAUSE
SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE.
IT'LL BE HARDER FOR PHIL TO
BANG OUT THE DENTS LIKE THIS,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING
ELSE WE CAN DO.
- OKAY, SET IT DOWN.
WHAT'S UP, ERIC?
- HEY, WHAT'S UP,
RICK? WHAT'S UP, TY?
I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- ERIC'S A LOCAL VEGAS PICKER
THAT ROAMS ALL OVER THE
DESERT IN SEARCH OF OLD CRAP.
HE'S BROUGHT STUFF
IN HERE BEFORE,
AND SOMETIMES IT'S GREAT CRAP.
- NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT IS.
YOU TELL ME.
- I HAVE NO IDEA. DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
- MAYBE A CAPPUCCINO MACHINE.
IT'S MISSING EVERYTHING, THOUGH.
- YEAH, REALLY.
- ARE YOU INTERESTED
IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
- NO, YOU TAKE THAT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
- I'VE KNOWN RICK A LONG TIME.
- YOU'RE MATCHING TODAY.
YOU GOT THE BOOTS
AND THE DO-RAG.
- STYLIN' AND
PROFILIN.' YOU KNOW ME.
I GOT A FEW THINGS IN MY TRUCK
TODAY THAT HE'LL PROBABLY LIKE.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS
JUST PILE IT ALL UP
AND HOPE THAT HE'S
GONNA BUY SOMETHING.
GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE.
- YOU DEFINITELY DON'T
NEED ANY MORE OF THOSE.
- WHY? SHH.
- 'CAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY.
- YOU'RE TAKING MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
IT'S VEGAS, YOU
KNOW. SLOT MACHINE.
- THAT'S MISSING EVERYTHING.
- I MEAN, THAT THING'S
ABSOLUTE JUNK.
- NEXT TIME I COME OVER
HERE, HE'S GOT TO BE GONE.
- WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT'S THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I FOUND IT OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
- IT'S WORTH 20 BUCKS.
- 20 BUCKS?
WATCH YOUR TOES.
WHAT IS THAT?
- THIS IS A KOKEN
BARBER'S CHAIR.
KOKEN WAS A GERMAN GUY,
AND HE ENDED UP
INVENTING A BARBER'S CHAIR.
THIS CHAIR WAS PROBABLY
LATE '30s, EARLY '40s.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A
KOKEN CHAIR IN YEARS.
THESE THINGS ARE
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE,
AND WHEN THEY GET RESTORED,
THEY CAN BE WORTH THOUSANDS.
BEFORE 1891, YOU WOULD
HAVE HAD TO HAVE TAKEN A CHAIR
AND SPIN IT TO LET IT RAISE
OR SPIN IT THIS WAY TO LOWER IT.
KOKEN ENDED UP
DESIGNING THE CHAIR
THAT WOULD HYDRAULICALLY
LIFT UP AND DOWN.
AND WHAT YOU USED TO
DO IS, YOU'D PUMP THIS UP,
OR SEE HOW THEY PUSH THIS
AND IT'D LOWER ITSELF DOWN?
HE ALSO INVENTED THE
CHAIR THAT LEANED BACK,
'CAUSE THEY NEVER LEANED BACK.
HE WAS THE FIRST ONE
TO PUT A PADDED HEADREST
AND A PADDED FOOTREST ON IT
SO WHEN YOU LAID ON THERE,
YOU WERE COMFORTABLE.
THIS USED TO BE ALL NICKEL,
AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IS,
OVER THE YEARS IT SAT OUTSIDE...
- WHAT'S THIS?
- THIS IS PORCELAIN SO YOU
COULD KEEP THINGS CLEAN.
- PORCELAIN, LIKE MY TOILET?
JUST LIKE YOUR TOILET.
- SO WHAT'S IT WORTH?
- THE WAY IT SITS,
I'LL GIVE YOU...
I DON'T KNOW... 200 BUCKS.
- I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE 5.
RICK'S ALWAYS GOOD AT RESTORING
WHATEVER I CAN BRING HIM,
AND SO I KNOW HE'S
GONNA MAKE MONEY.
AS LONG AS I CAN
MAKE SOME MONEY TOO,
THAT'S WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS.
- 3?
ALL RIGHT, SPLIT IT, 4.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THAT'S A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THIS KOKEN BARBER'S
CHAIR IS REALLY RARE.
$400 IS A GREAT PRICE.
BUT THIS THING?
IT'S BEAT TO HELL.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK
TO GET IT TO WHERE I
CAN MAKE A FEW BUCKS.
- LET'S GET THIS
THING BROKE DOWN,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA
GET YOU A BARBER.
- WHY? WHAT'S
WRONG WITH MY HAIR?
- WE'RE RESTORING A
1930s KOKEN BARBER'S CHAIR
THAT I BOUGHT
OFF A LOCAL PICKER.
THE FASTER WE GET IT DONE,
THE FASTER I CAN
MAKE SOME MONEY.
SO KYLE AND BRETTLY ARE
GONNA START TEARING IT DOWN.
- I'M GONNA TAKE THESE
ARMRESTS OFF FIRST.
THAT WAY, WE CAN
GET THE BACKREST OFF.
OKAY.
UP SHE GOES.
- OH.
- FORTUNATELY,
THERE'S STILL SOME
HYDRAULIC FLUID LEFT
IN THIS BARBER'S CHAIR.
IF NOT, THE WHOLE NECK
WOULD PROBABLY BE SEIZED UP,
AND WE'D HAVE A REALLY
HARD TIME GETTING IT APART.
- YOUR LUNCH IS GONNA
BE NASTY AS HELL TODAY.
- WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A
COUPLE OF LITTLE DENTS HERE.
- A CUSTOMER DROPPED
OFF A REALLY RARE
1950s VICTOR COCA-COLA
MACHINE TO GET RESTORED.
WE HAD SOME ISSUES AND
COULDN'T GET THE SIDE PANELS OFF,
SO PHIL AND TYLER
ARE REALLY GONNA HAVE
A HARD TIME GETTING
OUT THOSE DENTS.
- CAN YOU GET IT TO
IT FROM BACK HERE?
- YEAH.
- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HOLD IT
AND THEN DOLLY IT
UP LIKE THIS SOMEHOW.
YOU DO IT.
AWKWARD, ISN'T IT?
- SUPER AWKWARD.
- YEAH, THAT'S NOT WORKIN'.
IT'S LAUGHING AT YOU.
- YOU'RE GETTING
DUST IN MY FACE.
- TYLER, HERE'S A
LIST OF THE STUFF
I NEED OUT OF THE BONEYARD
FOR THE ONE-DOOR VICTOR.
ALL RIGHT?
EARLIER, WE GOT A REALLY RARE
ONE-DOOR COKE
COOLER IN THE SHOP.
I'VE BEEN COLLECTING THESE
COOLERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS,
AND I MIGHT HAVE SOME
OF THE MISSING PARTS
IN THE BONEYARD.
SO I'M GONNA PULL TYLER
OFF OF WHAT HE'S DOING
TO GO FIND SOME OF THESE PARTS.
- WHY DON'T YOU JUST ORDER IT?
- THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING
OUT THERE IN THE BONEYARD.
I DON'T WANT TO
BE PAYIN' FOR IT.
- IT'LL BE SO MUCH
CHEAPER TO ORDER IT.
- HOW THE HELL IS IT
SUPPOSED TO BE CHEAPER
FOR ME TO JUST ORDER
IT IF WE ALREADY HAVE IT?
- BECAUSE IT'S GONNA
TAKE ME TWO HOURS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY
ME MAN-HOURS, TWO MAN-HOURS,
TO SIT OUT THERE
AND FIND THE PIECE
WHEN YOU COULD ORDER IT
AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TEN
MINUTES ON THE PHONE.
AM I RIGHT, OR AM I RIGHT?
- YEAH.
- POUND IT.
THERE YOU GO.
THERE'S YOUR LIST.
THANKS.
- YEAH, THAT'S SO TRUE, MAN.
- HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, TYLER?
YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
- I'M USUALLY RIGHT.
THAT'S THE CASE.
- SO YOU KNOW WHAT
I WANT YOU TO DO?
I WANT YOU TO GO
OUT TO THE BONEYARD
AND INVENTORY EVERY SINGLE PART,
EVERY SINGLE MACHINE,
EVERY SINGLE NUT AND BOLT
THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT'S
SO RIDICULOUS.
- AND YOU KNOW WHAT, BRETTLY?
- HUH?
- YOU'RE WITH HIM.
- HA!
- NO.
- SUCKS FOR YOU.
- BOTH OF YOU GUYS
ARE IN THE BONEYARD.
START INVENTORY. GET ON
OUT THERE, BOTH OF YOU.
- YOU'RE WRITIN'.
- YEAH, 'CAUSE I CAN'T
READ YOUR WRITING.
- SHUT UP. I'LL WRITE.
- YOU GONNA SET
THAT IN THERE DRY?
- YUP.
RICK JUST FINISHED
PAINTING THE BARBER CHAIR.
BUT BEFORE WE ASSEMBLE IT,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THE HYDRAULICS WORK ON IT.
ALL RIGHT, A LITTLE
BIT OF HYDRAULIC FLUID.
LET'S SEE IF THIS BABY'S
GONNA GO UP AND DOWN FOR US.
I THINK THAT
PLUNGER'S NOT SEALING.
- WHAT'S HAPPENING?
- THERE'S A LITTLE
PLUNGER ON THE BOTTOM
THAT LETS THE HYDRAULIC
FLUID IN AND OUT.
AND IF THAT THING'S
NOT CLOSING ALL THE WAY
OR IF IT DON'T OPEN ALL THE WAY,
IT WON'T LET THAT
HYDRAULIC FLUID OUT.
FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO GO UP.
IT WON'T STAY UP.
SO I GOT TO PULL THIS BACK OUT.
OKAY, YEAH, SEE THAT SPRING?
SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST
A LITTLE WORN OUT.
FOR SOME REASON, THE
SPRING IN THIS BARBER CHAIR
IS NOT FITTING JUST RIGHT.
UNEXPECTED ISSUES LIKE
THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO TEST
EVERYTHING WE WORK ON.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT BETTER.
- ARE WE READY TO TRY IT AGAIN?
- YEAH.
AH, THAT SOUNDS BETTER.
- YEAH, BUT IT STILL
SOUNDS NASTY.
- I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
- LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
WHERE DO WE START?
- WHERE DO WE END?
FOR REASONS I CAN'T
POSSIBLY COMPREHEND,
MY DAD HAS BRETTLY AND ME
TAKING INVENTORY OF
EVERY ITEM IN THE BONEYARD.
ONE, TWO... TWO PEPSI COOLERS.
- HOW MUCH ARE THOSE WORTH?
- LIKE, 500.
- NICE.
ONE PAIR SUNGLASSES.
PRICELESS.
- PRICELESS.
- PRICELESS, PRICELESS.
- LOOK AT THE THING!
- LOOK AT THE BUNNY.
- IT'S SO BABY.
- SHOULD WE INVENTORY THAT?
ONE BABY BUNNY.
WHAT KIND OF BABY BUNNY IS THAT?
IS THAT A JACKRABBIT?
THIS REALLY SUCKS, BY THE WAY.
- YEAH, THANKS FOR
STATING THE OBVIOUS.
YOU DO THAT A LOT.
- ALL THE BODYWORK
IS FINISHED UP
ON THE ONE-DOOR COKE COOLER.
WHILE TYLER AND BRETTLY
ARE OUT IN THE BONEYARD
FINDING THE REST OF THESE PARTS,
I'M GONNA GET DOWN
TO PAINTING THIS THING.
I HAVE TED LETTERING THIS THING
WITH THE CLASSIC COCA-COLA LOGO.
THEN IT'S ON TO REASSEMBLY.
- THANK GOD WE'RE DONE.
WE'VE GOT, LIKE,
THREE OR FOUR PAGES.
- IT TURNS OUT MY DAD WAS RIGHT.
WE HAD ALL THE COKE COOLER
PARTS IN THE BONEYARD.
AND IT TOOK FOREVER...
THERE'S ONLY ONE "T" IN WATER.
- I GOT IT.
- BUT WE DID THE INVENTORY.
DAD, WE'RE DONE...
- GREAT.
- WITH THAT LIST OF CRAP.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
- THANK YOU.
SEE YOU.
THAT SUCKED A LOT.
- THIS THING CAME
OUT PRETTY NICE
FOR FINDING IT IN
THE DESERT, HUH?
TYLER AND BRETTLY FOUND ALL
THE PIECES FOR THIS COKE COOLER.
- NICE AND PUFFY.
- SO KOWBOY AND I ARE READY
TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
ALL THIS NEW INSULATION WILL
KEEP THINGS NICE AND FROSTY.
GRAB THAT END.
- HEY, LYNN.
- HEY, RICK. GOOD SEEIN' YOU.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- I'M REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING
THE COKE MACHINE FINISHED,
'CAUSE IT WAS IN
REALLY TOUGH SHAPE,
AND RICK'S GOT WHAT IT TAKES
TO PUT THEM COKE MACHINES
BACK TOGETHER IN
NUMBER ONE "A" SHAPE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- I'M READY.
- COME ON IN. CHECK IT OUT.
- MAN, THAT IS SWEET, RICK.
IS THAT AWESOME OR WHAT, MAN?
- THIS THING IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN AND
LOOKED AT THAT COKE MACHINE,
IT WAS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
- YOU KNOW, YOU SAW IT,
YOU KNOW, IN THE
BEGINNING, RIGHT?
IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH AND...
- PRETTY ROUGH.
- SOME COKE MACHINES,
YOU CAN TAKE APART
AND GET AWAY WITH
JUST... TAKE THE LINER OUT
AND GO TO THE INSIDE.
WELL, VICTORS ARE
WELDED TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU RIP THESE THINGS
APART, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
IT REALLY, REALLY IS.
BECAUSE IT HAD THOSE
DENTS IN THE SIDE,
WE PEEL IT APART AND THEN
POUND THE DENTS ALL OUT,
GET 'EM ALL STRAIGHT,
TRY TO USE NO FILLER AT ALL,
ALL HAND-METALED OUT, YOU KNOW.
SO WHAT HAPPENS
IS, WE TAKE THIS PIECE,
POUND IT ALL OUT... YOU
KNOW, IT'S ALL STAINLESS...
AND THEN WE GAVE IT
THIS BRUSHED FINISH.
SEE HOW IT SORT OF MATCHES
ALL BRUSHED LIKE THAT?
- YEAH, LOOKS GREAT.
- WE PUT BOTH VICTOR EMBLEMS,
BOTH THE FRONT AND THE REAR.
WE GOT YOU A CAP CATCHER.
FOUND ONE IN THE BONEYARD.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BEZEL
WHICH KEEPS YOU
FROM SCRATCHING PAINT.
AND THEN THE
BOTTLE OPENER ITSELF,
WE ENDED UP CHROME-PLATING.
WE PAINTED IT RED,
HAND-LETTERED IT,
AND THEN CLEARED
THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING
SO IT'S ALL UNDERNEATH THAT,
SO IT WON'T GO AWAY.
AND THE LID, WE
FOUND IN THE BONEYARD.
IT'S CLEARED ON TOP WITH
INSULATION IN BETWEEN.
AND THIS HANDLE WASN'T ON THERE.
IT WAS ALL WARPED OUT, SO
WE PUT A NEW ONE ON THERE.
TOOK THE COMPRESSOR OUT.
REWIRED THE COMPRESSOR.
PUT A NEW THERMOSTAT
IN THERE FOR YOU.
IT DIDN'T HAVE A
GRATE OVER HERE,
SO I GOT YOU ONE OF
THESE GRATES FOR THE SIDE
AND THEN CHROME-PLATED IT.
ON THE INSIDE,
BRAND-NEW FAN MOTOR IN THERE,
AND THEN IT DIDN'T
HAVE A BOTTOM IN IT,
SO WE PUT THAT BOTTOM
GRATE IN THERE FOR YOU.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- IT'S GREAT, RICK.
IT'S MORE THAN I EXPECTED.
- YEAH? GOOD.
- IT IS. IT'S GREAT.
- YEAH, IT CAME OUT PRETTY.
- WELL, THANKS, RICK. I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU DID A FABULOUS
JOB ON MY MACHINE,
AND I COULDN'T ASK
FOR ANYTHING MORE.
- I'VE NEVER HAD A SINGLE-DOOR,
AND I ALWAYS WANTED ONE.
SO YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS
ONE. I WANT TO KEEP IT.
- I CAN'T WAIT TO GET
THIS COKE MACHINE
BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA AND
GET IT IN MY HUNTING LODGE
AND USE IT AND ENJOY IT.
- PUT THAT BOLT THROUGH THERE.
- EARLIER, KYLE AND KOWBOY
GOT THE HYDRAULICS WORKING
ON THE KOKEN BARBER'S CHAIR.
SO NOW KYLE AND BRETTLY
ARE GONNA PUT THIS
THING BACK TOGETHER.
I HAD THE SEAT
CUSHIONS REUPHOLSTERED
WITH A FLASHY
BLACK-AND-WHITE HORSEHIDE.
THAT REALLY MAKES
THIS CHAIR UNIQUE.
AND HOPEFULLY, THAT'LL
TURN IT INTO A BIGGER PAYDAY.
- LOOKS GOOD.
- JUST GOT TO TIGHTEN
UP A FEW PARTS.
SLIDE THIS HEADREST DOWN.
- SWEET.
- A FEW WEEKS AGO,
A PICKER SOLD ME A REALLY RARE
BUT BEAT-UP KOKEN
BARBER'S CHAIR.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH
BROUGHT THIS THING BACK TO LIFE.
THIS THING IS BEAUTIFUL,
BUT NOW MATTER HOW AWESOME
THIS THING LOOKS IN MY EYES,
IF I CAN'T SELL THIS
THING FOR A GOOD PRICE,
ALL THAT MONEY AND
TIME WILL BE FOR NOTHING.
- YOU MUST BE RICK.
- I AM, AND YOU ARE?
- EARLE.
- EARLE. GOOD TO
MEET YOU, EARLE.
- I CAME DOWN TO
RICK'S RESTORATION
TO LOOK AT A BARBER CHAIR
THAT THEY HAD CALLED
ME THAT THEY HAD.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING TO GET
ONE AND ADD IT TO MY HOUSE.
HAD A COUPLE CALLS FROM KELLY.
YOU GOT A CHAIR THAT I
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
- LOOKING A BARBER'S CHAIR.
YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED
TO SHOW YOU THIS THING.
IT JUST CAME OUT AWESOME.
- KIND OF LOOKING
FOR A FEATURE PIECE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE,
SO I'M HOPING IT'S GONNA
FIT IN WITH, YOU KNOW,
WHAT THE HOUSE IS
AND WHAT I'M LOOKIN' FOR.
- IT CAME OUT
REALLY, REALLY NICE.
- WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.
- YOU READY?
- YUP.
- OKAY.
HERE WE GO. COME ON IN.
- WOW.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- WOW.
THAT IS THE COOLEST THING.
THE BARBER CHAIR LOOKED GREAT.
REALLY LOVED IT.
I LOVE THE DETAIL,
LOVE THE WORK.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CHAIR.
- YOU LIKE THAT?
- I LOVE IT, YEAH.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
- THIS IS A KOKEN
BARBER'S CHAIR.
IN THE BEGINNING,
BARBER'S CHAIRS WERE
MADE OUT OF WOOD.
AND THEY SCREWED UP
AND DOWN, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S HOW THEY...
HOW THEY GO UP AND
DOWN, YOU GET A HAIRCUT.
SO THIS GUY ACTUALLY
INVENTED THE HYDRAULIC UNIT.
HIS NAME WAS
ERNEST, ERNEST KOKEN.
BEFORE THAT,
HE INVENTED HAVING A FOOTREST
AND TILTIN' IT BACK.
THESE ARE TWO THINGS
THAT WERE A HUGE
INNOVATION IN THE DAY.
EVERY PIECE ON IT
IS JUST DISTINCTIVE
OF WHAT THIS GUY INVENTED.
IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
- SO THIS IS ALL HYDRAULIC,
ALL MECHANIZED?
- THE CHAIR ITSELF
IS TOTALLY WORKING.
IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE.
YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN?
- YEAH, I SURE DO.
A LITTLE OFF THE TOP.
- YEAH, HE WOULD COME BACK.
HE'D TILT UP YOUR THING,
GET YOUR HEADREST
SET FOR YOUR HEAD.
YEAH, YOU CAN LEAN BACK.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS
IS, WHEN YOU LEAN IT BACK...
- OH, WOW.
- OKAY, SO NOW
YOU'RE READY TO SHAVE.
OKAY, IF WE GO BACK TO
WANTING TO GO BACK UP,
YOU'RE GONNA LEAN UP,
AND THEN IF I'M GONNA
GIVE YOU A HAIRCUT,
I'M GONNA PUMP YOU UP...
- YEAH, I REMEMBER THESE
FROM WHEN I WAS A KID.
- SO I CAN REACH YOU
SO WHEN I TAKE THE HEADREST OFF,
I CAN COME BACK HERE
AND CUT YOUR HAIR.
- LIKE THE FACT
THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW,
FROM THE '30s AND HE'S
GOT IT WORKING AGAIN,
THE HYDRAULICS, IT LEANS BACK,
EVERYTHING'S
WORKING GREAT ON IT.
REALLY A NICE JOB.
- WE ENDED UP GOING THROUGH
AND NICKEL-PLATING EVERYTHING.
EVERY SINGLE PIECE ON IT
THAT WAS METAL GOT REPLATED.
YOU'RE ALMOST
SPENDING 1,000 BUCKS
JUST FOR PLATING ALONE.
AND THEN ALL THIS
GOT RE-ENAMELED.
HEAVY-DUTY SANDBLASTING,
GETTING THE STUFF ALL
THE WAY OFF TO THE BONE.
AND THEN WHEN WE PAINTED IT,
WE USED A REALLY,
REALLY CATALYZED PAINT.
IT WON'T CHIP OR ANYTHING.
- IT'LL LAST A LIFETIME.
- YEAH, IT'LL LAST A LIFETIME.
- THE HORSEHAIR, WAS
THAT A COMMON THING,
OR WAS THIS FOR A
SPECIAL SHOP OUT WEST,
OR WAS THIS SOME IDEA OF YOURS?
- THIS IS AN IDEA OF MINE.
- OKAY.
- ALL CHAIRS CAME IN
LEATHER, NEVER ANY VINYL,
NEVER ANYTHING ELSE BUT LEATHER.
SO THIS IS STILL LEATHER,
'CAUSE IT CAME OFF THE HORSE.
I JUST FORGOT TO
GIVE HIM A SHAVE.
- I LIKE THE LOOK.
I LIKE THE
BLACK-AND-WHITE. IT'S GREAT.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU PUT
A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
SOMETHING I THINK
I'D LIKE TO HAVE.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
- I'D LIKE TO GET
7,500 FOR THIS CHAIR.
- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK... I THINK I
COULD GO AROUND 5.
I DON'T THINK I'M WILLING
TO LET IT GO FOR THAT.
- UM...
- 55?
- HOW ABOUT 7?
- IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.
WOULD YOU TAKE 65?
FIRST HAIRCUT'S FREE?
OKAY. YOU GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, - AWESOME, AWESOME.
- SOUNDS GOOD, I LOVE IT.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
I GOT A PLACE PICKED OUT
RIGHT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
I THINK IT'S GONNA LOOK PERFECT.
- BRETTLY, I CAN'T READ THIS.
I CAN'T DECIPHER ANYTHING
YOU'VE GOT GOING ON HERE.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT SAY?
ONE B-B-BAB...
- ONE BABY BUNNY. YUP.
BUT I THINK IT'S A JACKRABBIT.
- DO IT OVER.
- NO WAY.
- OVER.