American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 23 - Wheel and Deal - full transcript

- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...

CHECK THAT THING OUT.

NORMALLY, STUFF SHOWS UP
IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

THIS THING IS THE SIZE
OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

I ACTUALLY HAVE NO CLUE

HOW MUCH TIME IT'S
GONNA TAKE ME TO DO.

- TA-DA.
- OH GOD.

MY GUYS WON'T TOUCH THIS.

- KOWBOY WILL JUST THINK
IT'S HIS NAME SPELLED WRONG.

- KOTEX.

- UM... FEMININE CARE.



- WHAT A SWEETHEART. ARE
YOU SHOPPING FOR YOUR MOM?

- ACTUALLY, THIS IS FOR MY DAD.

- OKAY.

- 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.

WHOA, CHECK THAT THING OUT.

EVERY DAY AT THE SHOP
KEEPS ME ON MY TOES.

NORMALLY, STUFF SHOWS UP
IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

THIS THING IS THE SIZE
OF A PICKUP TRUCK.



I'M RICK.

- TOM GOODSPEED. HOW ARE YOU?

- TOM, GOOD TO MEET YOU.
THIS IS MY BROTHER, RON.

- HI, RON.
- TOM.

- COME TO RICK'S TODAY
TO HAVE HIM RESTORE

MY LATE-1800s STANDARD
OIL FUEL OIL DELIVERY WAGON.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN
RODE HARD AND PUT AWAY WET,

BUT I KNOW THAT
RICK WILL BE ABLE

TO MAKE IT LOOK REALLY
GOOD WHEN HE'S DONE.

- TOM, IS THIS,
LIKE, IN THE 1800s?

- YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING
AROUND 1888, '89.

- WHAT IS IT, THOUGH?

- WELL, IT'S A FUEL OIL WAGON

USED FOR DELIVERING
KEROSENE AND STOVE OIL.

- GOOD GOD.
- YEE-HAW.

- THIS IS COOL.

- I SEE THERE'S THREE
DIFFERENT FAUCETS UP HERE.

- IT'S A 500-GALLON
THREE-COMPARTMENT TANKER.

THE FRONT COMPARTMENT AND
THE MIDDLE COMPARTMENT ARE 200,

AND THE BACK
COMPARTMENT IS 100 GALLONS.

- IT'S PROBABLY GOT A
BAFFLE INSIDE IN BETWEEN.

- THE RIVETS ARE FOR THE BAFFLE.

- BACK IN THE DAY, PEOPLE
NEEDED KEROSENE FOR LAMPS,

OIL FOR HEATING AND COOKING.

THANKS TO GOOD ENGINEERING
AND STURDY CONSTRUCTION,

THIS WAGON WAS ABLE TO TRANSPORT

UP TO THREE
DIFFERENT FUELS SAFELY.

IT WAS BASICALLY THE
FIRST SUPERTANKER.

- WHAT WAS THE
HORSEPOWER OF THIS THING?

- TWO.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY
MULES, EVERYTHING I SAW.

- SO I'LL BET YOU THE MULES
WERE REALLY NOT TOO HAPPY

ABOUT BACKING UP TO THIS
AND HOOKING UP, WERE THEY?

- NO. I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT
OF WEIGHT FOR A WAGON.

IF YOU HAD FUEL IN THIS THING

AND IT WAS BETWEEN 7
AND 8 POUNDS PER GALLON,

THAT'S 4,000 POUNDS JUST IN
THE WEIGHT OF THE FUEL ALONE.

MULES ARE MULES, THOUGH, MAN.

THEY TOWED A LOT OF STUFF.

I MEAN, WE USED
THEM FOR EVERYTHING.

- THEY'RE STRONG AND
NOT TOO BRIGHT, HUH?

- YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY
YOU'RE MY DELIVERY GUY,

SAME REASON.

NICE.

SO, TOM, WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

- WE FOUND IT IN SUMMIT
VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.

WE HAD A CUSTOMER OF OURS
THAT WE WERE DELIVERING FUEL TO.

- SO YOU'RE A DISTRIBUTOR.
YOU HAVE BIG TRUCKS THAT...

- YEAH, WE DO. THEY DON'T
LOOK LIKE THIS, THOUGH.

BIGGER HORSES TOO.

- WHAT DO YOU
WANT TO DO TO THIS?

- WE WANT TO DO IT
AS ORIGINAL AS WE CAN.

I'VE GOT A PICTURE,

PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY USED
TO LOOK LIKE BACK IN THE DAY.

- THIS IS COOL.

GIVE US SOMETHING TO GO BY.

I'VE WORKED ON CARS
AND MOTORCYCLES BEFORE

BUT NOTHING EVER THIS BIG.

I CAN TELL RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE GONNA NEED

A LOT OF MUSCLE AND TIME
TO MAKE THIS FUEL WAGON

LOOK THE WAY IT
DID WHEN IT WAS NEW.

SO AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE
GONNA DO FOR THE RESTORATION,

WE'LL START TEARING IT APART.

I ACTUALLY HAVE NO CLUE

HOW MUCH TIME IT'S
GONNA TAKE ME TO DO.

IT COULD BE 5 HOURS.

IT COULD BE 50 HOURS.

THERE'S A LOT OF HEATING,
TORCHING, UNDOING,

HOPEFULLY NOT
BREAKING ANY BOLTS.

ONCE WE GET IT APART,

WE'LL BLAST IT ALL
DOWN TO BARE METAL,

BUILD THE WOOD.

WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT
OF BODYWORK TO DO.

ALL THAT WORK DONE,
I'M PROBABLY LOOKING

RIGHT AROUND 9,500 TO 10 GRAND.

THIS IS A BIG PROJECT, SO...

- UH...

ABOUT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING
AT, RICK, RIGHT IN THAT RANGE,

AND I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

THIS THING IS PRICELESS,
AND WE CAN'T WAIT

TO GET HER DONE AND
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING IT IN; APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL GO IN THE OFFICE
AND DO SOME PAPERWORK,

AND RON IS GONNA
TAKE THAT THING OFF.

WELL, IT'S BEEN A DREAM
OF US FOR QUITE A WHILE

TO GET THIS THING RESTORED,

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
AND HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY,

AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

- GUESS I GOT TO GO FIND A
HORSE OR A DONKEY OR A MULE.

ALL RIGHT, SO I GOT THIS END?

- THAT THING
WEIGHS 4,000 POUNDS.

- YOU AND ME, PODS, YOU AND ME.

- THIS FUEL WAGON
IS A HUGE CHALLENGE,

BECAUSE IT'S OLD, HEAVY,
AND ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
WORK ON THIS IN PARTS,

AND THE FIRST STEP IS TO
REMOVE THE BIG STEEL TANK

FROM THE FRAME OF THIS WAGON.

- WHAT ARE WE DOING,
COMING OVER HERE?

- HE WANTS IT HERE, YEAH. HO!

- IF THIS THING FALLS,

IT'S GONNA BE LIKE
KINDLING WOOD.

WHOO!

THIS FRAME IS EXTREMELY FRAGILE,

BASICALLY ROTTED
WOOD AND RUSTED METAL.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEAR IT
DOWN BEFORE IT FALLS APART.

- LIKE A GLOVE.

- IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG
TIME GETTING THIS THING APART.

- DID THEY DECIDE THEY'RE
GONNA GO WITH MICHELINS

OR BF GOODRICH?

- A 42 IS THAT BIG, BUT A
44 IS SO MUCH SMALLER.

- RICK, LOOK WHAT I GOT.

- HEY.

- DO YOU REMEMBER HOW I TOLD YOU

AT I WANTED TO RESTORE SOMETHING

FOR THAT BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS FUND-RAISER?

- YEAH.
- I'VE GOT IT.

- KELLY'S BEEN TELLING ME
ABOUT A CHARITY AUCTION

THAT SHE'S WANTED TO
PARTICIPATE IN FOR A WHILE NOW.

SHE'S GREAT AT TRACKING DOWN
PARTS AND NEW ITEMS TO RESTORE,

SO THIS COULD BE ANYTHING.

TA-DA.

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

- YOU SAY YOU CAN
RESTORE ANYTHING.

YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS.

- MY GUYS WON'T TOUCH THIS.

- KOWBOY WILL JUST THINK
IT'S HIS NAME SPELLED WRONG.

HE WON'T EVEN KNOW.

- KOTEX.

- COME ON. HELP ME OUT HERE.

- THAT WOULD BE FUNNY.

- THIS IS PERFECT.
LET'S DO THIS.

PLEASE.

- WHAT THIS THING IS, IT'S A
KOTEX FEMININE NAPKIN MACHINE,

AND THIS HOSPITAL
SPECIALTY COMPANY,

THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS,
LIKE, A LONG, LONG TIME.

THEY WOULDN'T SELL
THEM IN THE STORE.

THEY'D BE IN THE STORE, AND
NOBODY'D BUY THEM, YOU KNOW,

SO THEY STARTED PUTTING
THEM IN VENDING MACHINES.

IT'S THE SAME WITH CONDOMS.

- WHOO.
- CONDOMS WERE THE SAME THING.

AND THEY BECAME MORE POPULAR,

AND THEN PEOPLE
FINALLY CAME ABOUT

AND STARTED BUYING
THEM IN THE STORES.

SO THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY TO
BUY A KOTEX FEMININE NAPKIN.

- THAT'S SO AWKWARD.

THAT'S SUCH AN
AWKWARD WAY TO SAY IT.

- I'VE DONE A LOT OF
VENDING MACHINES IN MY DAY,

BUT THIS THING,

IT'S THE FIRST AND
HOPEFULLY THE LAST

FEMININE NAPKIN DISPENSER
WE EVER HAVE TO DO.

- SO WHAT'S THE
INSIDE LOOK LIKE, THEN?

- IT'S EITHER ROTARY,

OR IT'S JUST GOT
THE LITTLE SHELF,

LIKE A CANDY MACHINE,

ALTHOUGH IT'S QUITE
UNLIKE A CANDY MACHINE.

- NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM THAT.
- HEY, THESE ARE NEEDED, OKAY?

DON'T BE SHY. DON'T
BE EMBARRASSED.

- EVEN THOUGH MY
GUYS MAY NOT BE JAZZED

ABOUT WORKING ON THIS MACHINE,

IT IS VINTAGE,

AND KELLY WANTS TO AUCTION
IT OFF FOR A GREAT CAUSE,

SO YOU GOT TO DO
WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.

- MY IDEA IS TO
PAINT IT BABY PINK...

- OH, GOD.

- DO A PRETTY PINK RIBBON
FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS,

AND WE'LL JUST POLISH
THIS UP, AND IT'LL BE DONE.

- ALL RIGHT, I'LL GIVE
YOU A HAND WITH IT,

BUT I CAN'T GET
STARTED ON IT NOW.

I'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.

- OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BABE, THANKS.

WELL, I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT,

SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

- YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO, MAN.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
GET ME OUT OF SOME OF THIS.

- KOWBOY, WILL YOU
HELP ME DO THIS?

- NO WAY.
- THIS IS AN EASY PROJECT.

- I'LL NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT.

KOWBOY AND HIS
FRICKIN' KOTEX MACHINE.

- PLEASE.

- OH, HELL, NO.

I AIN'T TOUCHING
THIS KOTEX MACHINE.

KELLY IS OUT OF HER MIND.

- COME ON. WHERE'S THE TOOLS?

- IF I'M NOT GONNA GET
OUT OF TEARING THIS DOWN,

I'M GONNA GET IT OVER
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

- AWESOME.

ARE WE FINISHED?

- NO.
- OH.

- NOW WE GOT TO
GET THIS MECH OUT.

I'M NOT...

- RIGHT THERE, AND THEN
THERE'S ONE ON BACK.

- LET'S LEAVE THAT
THING TOGETHER.

- COOL.

- BAG IT AND TAG
IT, AND I'M DONE.

- THANKS, KOWBOY.

- I NEED TO GET THE
HELL OUT OF THIS ROOM

BEFORE ANYBODY FINDS OUT I
HELPED KELLY WITH THIS ONE.

- I SEE THEY SENT ME THE
HEAVY-HITTER OUT HERE.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- THE OTHER DAY,
WE GOT THIS GIANT

LATE-1800s FUEL DELIVERY
WAGON IN TO RESTORE.

WE TOOK THE TANK OFF OF IT.

NOW I HAVE RON AND KYLE
BREAKING DOWN THE BASE.

I HOPE RON DOESN'T CRY
IF HE GETS A SPLINTER.

- LOOK AT THAT POWER.

- WE GOT ONE NUT OFF.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I GOT IT.

- THERE'S SO MANY
PIECES ON THIS THING,

IT'S GONNA TAKE
FOREVER TO TEAR DOWN.

I GUESS WE JUST
HAVE TO TAKE IT APART

ONE RUSTY BOLT AT A TIME.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S A START.

- MY DAD IS SENDING ME ON A
RUN TO GO GET FEMININE NAPKINS.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MY UNCLE RON

WEASELED HIS WAY OUT
OF GOING ON THIS RUN.

I MEAN, HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE

FOUND SOME
ENJOYMENT IN DOING IT.

I HATE MY LIFE.

KOTEX.

UM...

FEMININE CARE.

KOTEX.

KOTEX ULTRA-THIN.

NOW, WHY ULTRA-THIN?

AS IN OPPOSED TO THE
OTHER ONE IS ULTRA-THICK?

I DON'T SEE MUCH
OF A DIFFERENCE.

"HEAVY FLOW."

WHAT THE DOES THAT MEAN?

"BODY FIT."

HOW ARE THESE
DIFFERENT BESIDES THE...

OH, THAT'S HOW
THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

I HAD NO IDEA THERE
WERE SO MANY OPTIONS.

THIS IS HORRIBLE.

I SWEAR, I'M GONNA HAVE
THE WORD "PROTECTION"

IN MY NIGHTMARES FOR MONTHS.

- THIS FUEL TANK IS HUGE,

AND IT'S TAKING FOREVER JUST
TO SANDBLAST A SMALL PATCH.

IF I'M EVER GONNA GET THIS
DONE, I'M GONNA NEED SOME HELP.

- BODYWORK ON THE
TANK HAS STALLED.

BRETTLY CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT
HE COULDN'T SANDBLAST THE PAINT.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM OUT HERE?

- I'VE BEEN BLASTING ON
THIS FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS.

- TWO HOURS. I MEAN,
THAT'S GONNA KILL US.

I MEAN, IT'S GONNA TAKE
ALMOST TWO WEEKS.

YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE
POWDER COATING ON THERE.

THE POWDER COATING PROCESS
IS, LIKE, THEY HEAT UP THE METAL,

THEY PUT ON POWDER, AND
THEN THEY HEAT IT BACK UP AGAIN,

AND IT ELECTRICALLY, LIKE,
CHARGES ITSELF TO THE METAL,

AND THEN IT DOESN'T COME OFF.

ALL YOU'RE REALLY GONNA
NEED TO DO IS SCUFF THE THING,

AND THEN WE'LL BE READY
TO GO WITH BODYWORK, OKAY?

- COOL.
- ALL RIGHT.

POWDER COATING IS
ACTUALLY A GREAT PRIMER.

ALL THAT WE'RE GONNA
NEED TO DO ON THIS THING

IS SCUFF THE REST OF IT.

THEN WE CAN DO THE
BODYWORK AND PAINT IT.

- OH, MY GOD.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

"TAMPONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME."

WHAT'S GONNA WORK
IN THIS MACHINE? LIKE...

FOR SOME REASON, MY DAD
SENT ME TO THE DRUGSTORE

TO GET FEMININE NAPKINS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE
MORE EMBARRASSING THAN THIS.

OH, WAIT, NOTHING, NO-THING.

I'LL TAKE SOME OF THOSE.

ALL RIGHT, I HOPE I HAVE ENOUGH,

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING.

- HOW ARE YOU DOING?

- ALL RIGHT.

- WHAT A SWEETHEART. ARE
YOU SHOPPING FOR YOUR MOM?

- ACTUALLY, THIS IS
FOR MY DAD, BUT... YEAH.

- OKAY.

- I'M GONNA NEED ALL OF THESE.

- SO THAT IS $32.37.

- CAN YOU DOUBLE-BAG THOSE?

- THERE WE GO.

- THE FUEL WAGON PROJECT
IS BIG ENOUGH TO INVOLVE

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE AT THE SHOP.

PHIL AND BRETTLY ARE WELDING
UP PATCHES FOR THE TANK

AND SMOOTHING OUT THE FACE.

- GOOD?
- YEAH, NOT BAD, NOT BAD.

- ALL RIGHT, SO YOU
READY TO PUT THE BACK ON?

- YEAH, LET'S PUT THE BACK ON.

- MEANWHILE KYLE AND
KOWBOY ARE MAKING A NEW SEAT

PATTERNED AFTER
THE METAL FRAMING

THAT CAME WITH THE WAGON.

- ALL RIGHT.

- NOW, ARE YOU
GONNA PUT THE SPRINGS

IN THE CENTER OF THESE TWO?

'CAUSE THE LEGS ON THAT
SPRING IS GONNA STICK OUT SO FAR,

YOU'RE ONLY GONNA
GET ONE PERSON IN THERE,

UNLESS THEY'RE GONNA
BE STRADDLING THE SPRING.

- HOW MANY PEOPLE IS GONNA BE
RIDING AROUND ON A FUEL WAGON?

A GUY AND A DOG.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.

- WELL, WHAT IF A GUY
WANTS TO TAKE THIS WIFE OUT

ON A FUEL RUN?

- SHE CAN RIDE ON THE BACK.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO LUNCH.

- YEAH, I'M STARVING.

I BROUGHT SOME BEANS.
YOU WANT SOME BEANS?

- BEANS.

- MY DAD SENT ME
TO THE DRUGSTORE,

WHERE I LEARNED WAY TOO
MUCH ABOUT FEMININE PRODUCTS.

I SWEAR, I'M SCARRED FOR LIFE.

- ALL RIGHT, GREAT,
YOU GOT THE SUPPLIES?

- YEAH, I GOT THEM.

THE FUEL WAGON
IS READY FOR PAINT.

BRETTLY HAD A TOUGH
TIME SANDBLASTING,

UNTIL WE REALIZED THAT THE
ORIGINAL POWDER COATING

JUST NEED A SLIGHT SCUFFING
TO GET IT READY FOR PRIMING,

AND NOW THE NEW PAINT IS
GOING ON NICE AND SMOOTH.

- ARE WE READY TO TEST IT?

- YEAH, I'D SAY WE NEED
TO TEST IT RIGHT NOW...

- DID WE GET ANYTHING?

- YEAH, YEAH, TYLER
GOT A WHOLE BAG OF...

- HE GOT A BAG OF WHAT?

- HE GOT A BAG OF PRODUCTS.

EARLIER, I SENT TYLER
TO THE DRUGSTORE

TO GET SUPPLIES FOR
THE KOTEX MACHINE,

SO HOPEFULLY, WE'RE GONNA
FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS

FOR OUR TEST RUN.

WE NEED A BOX, BECAUSE
THIS THING HERE IS GONNA...

THIS IS GONNA GET BOUND
UP ON US PRETTY GOOD.

WHEN YOU PULL THIS... YOU READY?

- YEAH.

- OH, HOW CUTE.

THAT WORKED.

- SO IT'S CLOSE, BUT WE NEED

TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT SOME BOXES.

WE'RE ON THE FINAL STAGES
OF THE KOTEX PROJECT

AND JUST IN TIME.

WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAD OFF TO
THE EVENT TO AUCTION IT OFF.

- LOOK AT ALL THE PINK.

TODAY WE'RE AT
THE SUSAN G. KOMEN

BREAST CANCER
FUND-RAISING EVENT,

AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT
WE GET TO AUCTION OFF

THAT KOTEX MACHINE.

- THIS THING MAY BE SMALL,
BUT IT DEFINITELY WASN'T EASY.

I'VE GOT A SHOP FULL OF GUYS,

AND GETTING THEM TO WORK ON
SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN

WAS LIKE PULLING TEETH,

BUT THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

- WE HAVE GOT A
RESTORED KOTEX MACHINE

PINK AND READY FOR YOU LADIES.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, FROM THE 1940s.

- THIS PROJECT WAS A
GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK,

BUT IT WILL BE ALL FOR NOTHING

IF IT DOESN'T MAKE
THIS CHARITY SOME CASH.

I REALLY HOPE SOME
OF THESE LADIES

SEE THE BEAUTY IN THIS PIECE.

- ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE GONNA
START THIS BIDDING RIGHT HERE

AT $250.

$300.

- MY DAUGHTER IS ONE OF THE TOP
BREAST RADIOLOGISTS IN AMERICA.

I KNEW THAT SHE WOULD WANT THIS.

I MADE A BID IMMEDIATELY.

- $350. AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

- AND THEN THEY STARTED
GOING OVER MY PRICE LIMIT.

- I'M AT AN AUCTION.

AND I CALLED HER UP, AND
SHE SAID, "GO FOR IT, MOM."

- DO WE HAVE ONE MORE BID?

$400?

$400.

LET'S HEAR IT. $400.

- WE FOUND THIS THING AND
BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE.

IT REALLY IS AWESOME-LOOKING,
BUT THE BEST PART OF IT ALL IS,

ALL THE MONEY IS GOING
STRAIGHT TO CHARITY.

- THIS IS A LOT OF PIECES.

"CARNEGIE COMPANY, USA."

ALL OF THE GUYS HAVE BEEN PART

OF THE MASSIVE
FUEL WAGON PROJECT.

THIS THING IS IN A MILLION

PAINTED, POLISHED,
AND STAINED PIECES.

NOW ALL WE GOT TO
DO IS PUT IT TOGETHER.

- OH, HERE WE GO.

- HI, KELLY.
- HI, TOM. HOW ARE YOU?

- VERY GOOD, YOURSELF?
- GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

- YEAH, LIKEWISE.

- SO I GUESS YOU'RE HERE
TO PICK UP THE FUEL WAGON.

- MOST CERTAINLY AM.
- WELL, COME ON.

I COME DOWN HERE TODAY
TO RICK'S RESTORATION

TO PICK UP MY FUEL WAGON.

- YOU EXCITED?
- YES, I AM.

I'M A THIRD-GENERATION
OIL COMPANY,

AND IT WOULD BE NICE
TO HAVE IT IN THE OFFICE.

IT WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE,

SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

- YAH!

I DON'T HAVE ANY
ACTUAL MULES IN MY SHOP,

BUT I'VE GOT AN IDEA TO
REVEAL IT TO THE CUSTOMER

THAT'S GONNA BE
THE NEXT BEST THING.

YAH! LET'S GO, BOYS.

YAH!

WHOO-HOO! LET'S GO.

I'VE GOT SOME FUEL TO DELIVER.

- OH, THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
- YAH! LET'S GO.

- ARE THOSE HORSES OR MULES?

- I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DONKEYS,
SO I HAD TO GO WITH JACKASSES.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT JOB.

- THAT LOOKS SWEET, RICK.

- DO YOU LIKE IT?

- I MOST CERTAINLY DO.

THAT IS AWESOME.

I WAS OVERWHELMED.

I KNOW RICK DOES
SOME AWESOME WORK,

BUT THEY JUST DID
A FANTASTIC JOB,

JUST FROM THE FRONT
ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.

- THIS WAS JUST SO MUCH WORK,

SO MUCH MORE THAN
ACTUALLY I THOUGHT IT WAS.

I MEAN, THIS THING
WAS MORE THAN A CAR,

TO BE QUITE HONEST,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

WE TOOK IT APART,
TOOK THE TANK OFF,

AND THEN WE STARTED
TO SANDBLAST THE TANK.

WELL, THE TANK
WAS POWDER COATED.

IT'S A PAIN TRYING
TO TAKE IT OFF.

COME TO FIND OUT ON
THE POWDER COATING

WAS THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY
A REALLY GOOD BASE,

AND IT ACTUALLY HOLDS BETTER
THAN A LOT OF THE PRIMERS.

WE PAINTED A LOT OF
GREEN BASE COAT ON IT,

AND THEN WE PAINTED
A LOT OF CLEAR ON.

TED, OUR PINSTRIPER
ARTIST, CAME IN AND DID THIS.

WE MATCHED THE SAME
DESIGN THAT WAS ON...

YOU KNOW, IN THIS ERA.

KOWBOY DID THE FRONT SEAT

AND THE PLACE WHERE
YOU PUT YOUR FEET.

JEFF AND KOWBOY ENDED UP
DOING THAT WHOLE BACK TOOLBOX.

AND NOW YOU CAN JUST STORE
WHATEVER YOU NEED IN THERE.

- YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THEY'D PUT
THE FIVE-GALLON BUCKETS IN HERE.

- RIGHT, THAT WAS QUITE
A FEW HOURS THERE,

BUT THE FRAME ITSELF WAS
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DEAL.

- PRETTY MUCH REDID
ALL THE WOOD TOO, RIGHT?

- YEAH, EVERY
SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD

ON THIS THING HAS BEEN REDONE.

IT'S ALL IN OAK. WE TOOK
OFF WHAT YOU GAVE US.

AND WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW,
MATCH IT THE BEST WE COULD,

PUT IT ON, AND THEN
WE HAD TO RESHAPE IT.

JUST THE FRAME ALONE, THEY
PROBABLY HAD 100 HOURS ON IT.

THIS TOTAL PIECE
HAS IN MAN-HOURS

ABOUT 318 HOURS.

- WOW.

YEAH...

A LOT OF TIME.

- WELL, IT WAS...
IT NEEDED WORK.

- ALL RIGHT, SO IS THIS
HOW YOU IMAGINED IT?

- KNOWING AND SEEING
WHAT YOU'VE DONE, RICK,

YEAH, I KNEW IT WAS
GONNA COME OUT BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS... THIS IS AWESOME.

- HAPPY?
- YEAH, I SURE AM.

THANK YOU, RICK.

- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO IN AND
FINISH OUT THE PAPERWORK,

AND THEN I'LL GET MY
GUYS TO LIFT THIS BEAST UP

ONTO THE TRAILER, ALL RIGHT?

- OKAY, VERY GOOD.

I CAN'T WAIT TO BRING
THIS BACK TO THE COMPANY

AND TO SHOW IT TO EVERYBODY.

THEY'RE ALL EXCITED,

AND IT'S GONNA BE QUITE A
SURPRISE FOR EVERYBODY.

IT'S LOOKS, ACTUALLY, BRAND-NEW,

AND I THINK IT CAN LAST
ANOTHER 100 YEARS.

- DUDE.
- WHAT?

- THIS SUCKS.

- ALL THE JOBS WE DO SUCK.

- WELL, AT LEAST I HAVE
SOMEONE HERE TO...

- KEEP YOU COMPANY.
- YEAH.

- THERE ARE TIMES
AROUND THE SHOP

WHEN MY DAD MAKES BRETTLY
AND I DO REALLY LOW-END JOBS.

RIGHT NOW, HE'S GOT
US CLEANING TOOLS.

- WE STILL HAVE THE
BOTTOM DRAWERS TO DO.

- THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE
WORST JOBS AROUND HERE.

IT TAKES FOREVER.

AH, IT'S HOT.

- THIS SHOULD
FINISH OUT OUR DAY.

- HEY.
- WHAT?

- I NEED ONE OF YOU GUYS
TO GO ON A RUN FOR ME.

- OH, I'LL DO IT. I DON'T
WANT TO DO THIS.

- YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE ME HERE?
- YEP.

YOU'RE GONNA BE
DOING THIS ALL DAY TOO.

- COME ON. LET'S GO.

- ALL RIGHT.

- TAKE THAT.
- THANKS.

- DON'T FORGET MY RECEIPT.

- OH, MY GOD.

REALLY, WITH THE KOTEX AGAIN?

I HATE MY JOB.