American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 24 - Cold War Cruisin' - full transcript

- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...

- I GOT A 1962 CEZETA SCOOTER.

- THAT THING'S COOL, MAN,
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A PIG.

IT WAS MANUFACTURED
IN YUGOSLAVIA,

BUT IT WAS DONE BY A
COMPANY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

I REALLY HOPE THIS THING
DOESN'T NEED ANY PARTS.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE SCREWED.

- WE'RE HEADED ACROSS
TOWN TO A JAMBOREE.

TYLER AND I ARE GONNA
GO PICKING AROUND,

SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT'S GOOD TO BUY.

HOLY.



THAT'S THE COOLEST
BIKE I'VE EVER SEEN.

- I HAVE A 1930s OIL TRUCK.

- IT'S VERY RARE.

THEY STARTED LOSING
PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF THE WAR.

THE BRASS PIECES OFF THIS TOY

COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO
MAKE BULLETS IN WORLD WAR II.

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.

- DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE
WALKING BACKWARDS?



- I GOT A CALL FROM A
MOTOR SCOOTER COLLECTOR

THAT WANTS TO RESTORE
HIS LATEST ACQUISITION.

HEY. I'M RICK.
- I'M RON.

- GOOD TO MEET YOU,
RON. WHAT DO WE GOT?

- THIS IS MY SCOOTER I
WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.

- YEAH, IT'S COOL.

- I CAME HERE TO
RICK'S RESTORATIONS

HOPEFULLY TO GET MY 1962
CEZETA SCOOTER RESTORED.

IT'S A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SCOOTER,

WHICH ISN'T SOMETHING
THAT YOU HEAR OF TOO OFTEN.

- THANK YOU, GUYS.

- THE SCOOTER IS NOT CURRENTLY
RUNNING, HAS ALL THE PARTS,

AND IT'S READY TO BE RESTORED.

- THAT THING'S COOL, MAN.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOT HERE?

- I GOT A 1962 CEZETA SCOOTER,

175 CCs.

IT'S A TWO-STROKE,
SO IT'S PRETTY SNAPPY.

- THIS THING IS... I MEAN,
IT LOOKS LIKE A PIG.

IT WAS MANUFACTURED
IN YUGOSLAVIA,

BUT IT WAS DONE BY A
COMPANY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

THEY USED THESE THINGS BECAUSE
THEY CAN GET AROUND EASIER.

THEY WERE CHEAPER THAN CARS.

EASTERN BLOC SCOOTERS
FROM THE COLD WAR ERA

ARE HARD TO COME BY.

THIS THING ISN'T ICONIC
LIKE THE ITALIAN VESPA,

BUT IT'S GOT CHARM ALL ITS OWN.

HAVE YOU RIDDEN IT?
- NOT YET.

THE SCOOTER HASN'T BEEN
RUN IN ABOUT TWO YEARS,

BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW,
ALL THE PARTS ARE HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S AROUND
18,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.

- LOT OF MILES ON A SCOOTER.

YOU KNOW WHERE THE GAS TANK IS?

- RIGHT UP FRONT
WHERE THE HEADLIGHT IS.

- RIGHT, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
HIT ANYTHING IN THE FRONT END.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING
ABOUT DOING WITH THIS?

- I'D LIKE TO HAVE
YOU RESTORE IT

TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.

- OKAY.

- I'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY
SHOW IT IN A MOTORCYCLE SHOW,

SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO KEEP
ALL ORIGINAL COLOR... SAME COLOR.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS
AD HERE THAT I FOUND.

- MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE IT
LOOK JUST LIKE THAT AGAIN.

- THE MODEL 501.

OKAY, WE'LL MAKE IT ALL
ORIGINAL BUT SHOW IN LOOKS.

WHAT WE'LL END UP DOING IS
POLISHING THE ALUMINUM OUT

AND THEN CHROMING IT,

THE PIPES, EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, REDO THIS SEAT

JUST IN THE EXACT SAME MATERIAL
THAT THEY'VE GOT ON HERE.

'CAUSE IF YOU ARE SHOWING
IT, YOU WANT TO WIN, RIGHT?

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- I'LL PROBABLY TAKE 16 HOURS
ON THE TEARDOWN ON THIS THING.

THE SIDE LIGHT LENSES ARE
GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEAL,

BECAUSE THE PIGMENT
INSIDE THE PLASTIC

HAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,
DETERIORATED A LITTLE BIT.

OVER HERE, SOMEBODY'S
GOT A LOT OF BONDO IN HERE.

DAY AND A HALF, TWO
DAYS IN BODYWORK.

THROW IT IN THE PAINT BOOTH,
SHOOT IT WITH THE TWO COLORS...

PROBABLY HAVE SIX HOURS IN THAT.

ALL THAT TOGETHER WITH ALL
THOSE HOURS, $6,000 TO $6,500

TO RESTORE THE WHOLE PIECE.

WE'RE GONNA RESTORE IT TO SHOW,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S NOT
GONNA BE JUST ALL SHOW, NO GO.

IT'S GONNA GO TOO.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
DRIVE THIS OUT OF HERE

AND GO TO ANY SHOW YOU WANT
TO GO TO AND WIN FIRST PLACE.

- LET'S DO IT.
- OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, BUD, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT IN.

IT'S... IT'S A PIG.

- WELL, I HAVE OVER A DOZEN
BIKES IN MY COLLECTION,

AND IF RICK DOES THIS BIKE WELL,

I'D LIKE TO BRING
HIM A FEW MORE.

- RON, BRING ME SOME MORE PADS,

AND, TYLER, GRAB
THE SHRINK WRAP.

THE ANNUAL JAMBOREE
IS A HUGE SWAP MEET,

WHICH IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO SHOW OFF WHAT WE DO.

SO I'M GONNA SEND
TYLER, RON, AND KELLY OUT

WITH A FEW OF OUR RESTORED
PIECES TO TRY TO SELL 'EM,

ALSO TO TRY TO DRUM
UP SOME NEW BUSINESS.

- WHOO.

- THE BEST WAY TO SHOW
A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER

THE QUALITY OF OUR WORK
IS TO PUT A RESTORED PIECE

RIGHT NEXT TO A
SIMILAR UNRESTORED ONE.

GET IT DONE.

- WHAT WAS THAT?
- LET'S GO.

- AND THE BLASTING'S
ALREADY DONE?

- YUP, SO I WAS GONNA SEE IF I
COULD TAKE AN EARLY LUNCH.

NO? ALL RIGHT.

- WE GOT A CUSTOMER COMING
IN WITH A SMALL AND RARE VEHICLE

THAT SHE WANTS TO GET
RESTORED FOR HER FATHER.

WHAT YOU GOT?

- I HAVE A 1930s OIL TRUCK.

- THAT THING IS COOL.

- YEAH, IT IS.

I CAME TO RICK'S RESTORATION

TO HAVE MY FATHER'S STURDITOY
OIL TANKER TRUCK RESTORED.

- WHERE'D YOU FIND THIS?

- I ACTUALLY FOUND
IT IN MY GARAGE.

IT BELONGED TO MY GRANDFATHER.

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER BOUGHT
THIS TRUCK FOR MY GRANDFATHER

WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS
OLD, AND SHORTLY AFTER, HE DIED,

AND THIS IS THE ONLY
MEMORY HE HAS OF HIM.

AND MY GRANDFATHER PASSED
THE TRUCK ON TO MY FATHER.

IT'S FROM THE 1930s, BUILT
IN PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND,

WITH THE STURDITOY COMPANY.

- STURDI TOY, RIGHT.

- IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO STURDY.

- ACTUALLY, YOU COULD RIDE THIS.

- YEAH, MY DAD SAT RIGHT HERE.

- IT'S DEFINITELY OLD,
AND IT'S VERY, VERY RARE.

THEY STARTED LOSING
PRODUCTION BECAUSE OF THE WAR.

THE BIG THING WAS BRASS.

ORIGINALLY, THIS TOY WOULD
HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH BRASS,

BUT WE STARTED MELTING
DOWN ALL SORTS OF METALS

TO USE FOR THE WAR EFFORT.

IT'S CRAZY TO THINK
THAT THE BRASS

THAT WAS TAKEN OFF
THIS OIL TANKER TOY

COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO
MAKE BULLETS IN WORLD WAR II.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA TO DO?

- I WANT TO RESTORE IT
IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.

THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.

THE BRASS PIECES, I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THEM REPLACED,

AND HOPEFULLY, THIS
LITTLE DENT CAN COME OUT.

- "LITTLE DENT."

OKAY, SO YOU WANT
IT DONE ORIGINAL

SO IT'S ALL IN ITS RED.

TRY TO GET THESE
BRASS PIECES ON HERE,

THE STRAPS ON, AND THEN
THE NOZZLES ON THE BACK.

SO I SEE QUITE A
BIT OF BODYWORK.

AFTER THAT, IT'LL GO INTO PAINT,

A COUPLE HOURS
PAINTING THE THING.

THE ART THAT'S ON THIS, WHERE
IT SAYS "STURDITOY OIL COMPANY,"

WE'LL GO AND REPRODUCE
THIS EXACT SAME LOGO.

$1,600 TO $1,700.

BUT WE RESTORE IT RIGHT,

I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY...

BETWEEN $6,000 AND
$7,000 IS WHAT IT'S WORTH.

- AWESOME.
- 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE MINT.

- NICE.

- SO WE GOT A DEAL?
- WE GOT A DEAL.

- GET OUT OF HERE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO IN THE OFFICE.

BRETTLY, YOU GET TO CARRY IT.

BE VERY CAREFUL.

- ALL RIGHT.

- WE'RE ABOUT READY TO PULL
THE BODY OFF THE DRIVETRAIN.

- OKAY.

WE GOT IN A CZECH
SCOOTER FROM THE 1960s.

BECAUSE NOBODY IN THE SHOP

HAS EVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE,

I THOUGHT I'D GIVE JEFF A
HAND IN TEARING IT DOWN.

- YEAH, THIS THING'S A
REALLY UNUSUAL BIKE.

- IT DOESN'T HAVE,
LIKE, A FRAME.

IT'S, LIKE, HELD
TOGETHER WITH THE BODY.

- MOST BIKES HAVE A FRAME
THAT RUNS FROM END TO END.

THIS ONE DOESN'T.

THAT MEANS THAT THIS BODY
HAS TO BE STURDY ENOUGH

TO SUSTAIN ALL THE TORQUE
THAT THE FRAME NORMALLY WOULD.

- I THINK THIS IS COOL.

LOOK AT IT, JUST A
LITTLE TIRE AND A MOTOR.

- YEAH. THAT'S REALLY COOL.

- THAT'S AWESOME.
- THAT'S SO SICK.

- WE'RE HEADED ACROSS
TOWN TO A JAMBOREE.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO SHOW
OFF SOME OF OUR WORK,

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO
GONNA TRY TO SEE

IF WE CAN BUY MORE
STUFF TO RESTORE.

KELLY ALWAYS TAGS
ALONG ON TRIPS LIKE THIS.

THAT WAY, WHEN TY AND I
GO TRY TO FIND AND BUY STUFF,

SHE CAN SELL.

TREMENDOUS JOB, TYLER.

NOW LET'S GO MAKE SOME MONEY.

COMING IN HOT.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?

- DUDE, YOU GOT...

THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO LEVEL.

- WHICH WAY YOU WANT IT IN?

- FRONT FACING THAT WAY.

THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, GREAT. PERFECT!

- TYLER AND I ARE
GONNA GO PICKIN' AROUND,

SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE
VENDORS HAVE THAT'S GOOD TO BUY

WHILE KELLY TAKES
CARE OF THE BOOTH.

SHE'S GONNA GET RID
OF ALL THE MERCHANDISE.

WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUY CHEAP,

RESTORE, AND SELL AT THE SHOP.

HOLY... CHECK THAT THING OUT.

- WHAT IS THAT?

- THAT'S POSSIBLY THE
COOLEST BIKE I'VE EVER SEEN.

THAT THING IS ABSOLUTELY
SWEET-LOOKING.

A HEMI IN THERE.

- YEAH, DROP A HEMI.

NO NEED FOR A
TRANSMISSION OR ANYTHING.

- WE COULD TAKE A
GAS PUMP LIKE THIS

AND MAKE IT ANY
BRAND THAT YOU WANT.

- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT ANY OF THIS STUFF IS.

- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THAT'S ORIGINAL, BEFORE
YOU HAD ACTUAL POWER TOOLS.

- I KNOW, BUT WHAT IS THAT?
- IT'S FOR DRILLING.

WHAT'S THAT NASTY
SAW RIGHT THERE?

- THAT, YES.
- THAT THING.

- I THINK IT HOOKS TO A TRACTOR.

- OH, THERE YOU GO.

- IT'S NOT A DECAL. IT'S
ACTUALLY PAINTED ON.

- RIGHT, THESE ARE
ACTUALLY HAND-PAINTED.

- YEAH, THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
- ISN'T THAT NICE?

- I LIKE THAT.

- NICE.

HOW ARE YOU?

- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

- YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING?

I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS STUFF.

I LIKE BETTY BOOP.

I LOVE BETTY BOOP.

- YEAH, DUDE, I LIKE THIS.

THIS IS CUTE.

- WHAT WOULD... WHAT
DO YOU NEED THAT FOR?

THERE'S NOTHING...
YOU DON'T NEED THAT.

- IT'S BETTY BOOP. IT'S CLASSIC.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT A GOOD MEAL

WITH THIS SITTING
IN FRONT OF YOU?

HOW MUCH IS THAT?

- $25.

- I'D LIKE TO BE MORE,
LIKE, IN THE $10 RANGE.

- HOW ABOUT $12?

- YOU GOT A DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

- WHAT KIND OF GROWN MAN

CARRIES AROUND A BETTY
BOOP SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER?

OH, GOD.

- AS SOON AS I SAW THAT
BETTY BOOP SECTION,

I KNEW I WAS GONNA
HAVE A BUY IN THERE.

I LOVE MY BETTY BOOP.

- HOW'S IT GOING, RICK?
- HEY.

- I'M JOHNNY WITH TOY SHACK.

- EARLIER, A CUSTOMER DROPPED
OFF A 1930s OIL TANKER TOY.

WITH SOMETHING
AS RARE AS THIS TOY,

I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T
COMPLETELY DEVALUE THIS THING

BY RESTORING IT.

I NEED SOME EXPERT ADVICE.

- RICK CALLED ME DOWN TODAY

TO TAKE A LOOK AT AN OLD
STURDITOY FROM THE '30s,

AND HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS
AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PIECE.

THESE TOYS SELDOMLY COME
UP IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM.

- I'M SURE THAT GOES IN
THE FRONT OF THAT, RIGHT?

- YEAH, THIS IS
STURDITOY COMPANY.

THEY WERE ONLY AROUND
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

THEY PRODUCED VERY FEW TOYS.

THEY MADE STEAM SHOVELS,

THEY MADE FIRE TRUCKS THAT
YOU COME PUMP WATER OUT OF,

AND THEY SHOT
WATER OUT THE BACK.

- WHERE DID THEY RIDE?

- THESE WEREN'T... THESE
WEREN'T MADE TO BE SIT ON.

KIDS DID, AND THAT'S WHY
THESE TANKS GOT SCREWED UP.

- SOME LARGE TOY VEHICLES
WERE DESIGNED FOR RIDING.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE WASN'T,

EVEN THOUGH THE DENT ON THE TANK

SUGGESTS THIS ONE HAD ITS
FAIR SHARE OF PASSENGERS.

THE BIG QUESTION IS,

SHOULD I TRY TO FIX THIS
TANK OR GET A REPLICA?

HOW MUCH AM I GOING
TO DEVALUE THIS CAR

BY PUTTING ON
REPRODUCTION PARTS?

- A LOT OF THE
ORIGINAL PAINT IS GONE,

AND THAT'S WHERE THE VALUE IS,

IS THE ORIGINAL PAINT.

IF YOU HAD EVEN 70%
OF THE PAINT ON HERE,

I WOULD SAY JUST
PROFESSIONALLY CLEAN THE PIECE,

BUT THIS IS IN ROUGH SHAPE.

IT'S DEFINITELY A
CANDIDATE FOR RESTORATION.

- I'M NOT SURE IF RICK'S GONNA
BE ABLE TO RESTORE THAT TANK,

BEING THAT IT HAD A
LOT OF CONDITION ISSUES,

BUT IF HE IS ABLE
TO PULL IT OFF,

IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA
HOLD A LOT OF THE VALUE,

KEEPING THE ORIGINAL
TANK TO THE PIECE.

- JOHNNY, THANK YOU VERY,
VERY MUCH FOR COMING BY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT A LOT.

- NO PROBLEM, RICK.
YOU TAKE CARE, MAN.

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
- THANKS, THANKS.

WE'RE MISSING A LOT
OF PARTS ON THIS TOY,

LIKE THE BRASS STRAPS
AND THE NOZZLES,

SO IF WE CAN FIX A PART THAT
WE ALREADY HAVE, LIKE THE TANK,

AND NOT HAVE TO REPLACE
THAT PART AS WELL,

THIS RESTORATION
WILL BE EVEN BETTER.

- MY DAD SENT THE THREE OF
US OUT TO THE ANNUAL JAMBOREE.

RON AND I DECIDED WE'D LEAVE
KELLY WITH THE CUSTOMERS

AND WE'D WALK AROUND,
DO SOME PICKING,

AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND
ANYTHING GOOD FOR OURSELVES.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS
THAT I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE

AND PEDAL CARS THAT I
NEVER KNEW EVEN EXISTED.

- THAT'S AWESOME.
- THAT'S SO SICK.

- THAT'S A BATMAN VROOM.

BIGGER KIDS CAN RIDE IT,
BECAUSE IT'S GOT MORE KNEE ROOM.

- YOU HAVE SOME UNIQUE
ONES, AND WE'D LIKE THAT.

THAT'S VERY COOL.

- WHAT PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT
US AND WHAT WE DO HERE

IS THE WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE.

SEEING THE PEDAL CARS

MAKES THEM REMEMBER
THOSE GOOD TIMES THEY HAD

AND REVISIT THOSE
PRECIOUS MEMORIES.

THIS IS VERY RARE.

IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, I'VE
KNOWN OF THREE AVAILABLE.

- WOW.

- YOU JUST INDICATE
WHAT YOU'RE LIKING

AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SPEND,

AND WE'LL PUT TOGETHER
A PACKAGE FOR YOU.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR TALKING WITH US.

WE LOVE YOUR STUFF.

WE'RE GONNA GO DO A
LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH

AND TALK TO THE BIG BOY.

APPRECIATE IT.

WE MET SOME REAL,
REAL SOLID CONTACTS,

AND NO MATTER WHAT,

THOSE CONTACTS WILL
TURN INTO BUSINESS.

- THAT'S PRETTY BAD.

SOMEBODY WAS THROWING
THEIR TOYS AROUND.

- WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS OLD OIL TANKER TOY

FOR A CUSTOMER.

AFTER I HAD AN
EXPERT LOOK AT IT,

I HAD KYLE AND
COWBOY TEAR IT DOWN

AND BRETTLY SANDBLAST THE TANK.

NOW I GOT PHIL
DOING THE BODYWORK.

THE MAIN ISSUE IS
THE DENT IN THE TANK.

I'D MUCH RATHER
FIX THE ORIGINAL ONE

THAN BUY AN
AFTER-MARKET REPLICA.

- HERE WE GO.

ON THIS OIL TANKER TOY,

I'M TRYING TO PUSH IT
FROM THE INSIDE OUT

AND HAMMER IT ON THE OUTSIDE

IN ORDER TO GET THE TANK
BACK INTO SHAPE AGAIN.

ACTUALLY, RIGHT ON
THE HIGH SPOT HERE.

RIGHT THERE.
- RIGHT HERE?

- THERE WE GO, YEAH. OKAY.

- WELL, HOW'D IT GO?

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
IT WENT VERY WELL.

- WE MADE SOME GOOD LEADS.

- NO SALES?

WHAT KIND OF LEADS DID YOU MAKE?

- WELL, WE MET A
LADY NAMED GLENA

WHO OWNS A COMPANY THAT
JUST RESTORES, COLLECTS,

DOES ALL THESE DIFFERENT
PEDAL CARS, LIKE PLANES AND BOATS.

- SO THEY DO THE
SAME STUFF WE DO?

- SHE OUTSOURCES TOO, SO
SHE HAS SOMEBODY DO IT FOR HER.

SO YOU CAN BE THAT GUY WHO
CAN RESTORE THEM FOR HER.

SHE WILL SELL A BUNCH OF
PEDAL CARS UNRESTORED TO YOU

FOR GOOD PRICES.

- DID YOU FIND ANYTHING COOL?

- RON, I THINK THAT'S
WHERE YOU COME IN.

- I FOUND THIS.

- WHAT THE...

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

THAT'S BETTY BOOP
SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

- ALL RIGHT, GET
THIS THING UNLOADED,

AND GOOD JOB ON
THE LEAD, THOUGH.

GOOD JOB.
- AWESOME.

- BETTY BOOP.

- I GUESS THIS IS THE BEST
EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEY'VE GOT,

BUT THEY'RE IN REALLY,
REALLY AWFUL SHAPE.

THEY'RE FADED AND
REALLY, REALLY HARD TO FIND.

- WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS AWESOME CZECH SCOOTER

FOR A LITTLE WHILE,

AND NOW THAT WE'VE FINISHED

WORKING ON THE
MOTOR AND THE BODY,

I'M HAVING TED AND TYLER
MANUFACTURE NEW COVERS

FOR EACH OF THE
INDICATOR LIGHTS.

- GONNA BE A TWO-PIECE MOLD,

BECAUSE IT HAS AN
INSIDE AND AN OUTSIDE.

IT HAS LITTLE TEXTURES
IN THERE, YOU KNOW,

THAT MAKE IT REFLECTIVE.

LUCKILY, ONE OF THE BLINKER
LENSES IS STILL INTACT,

SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT
BLINKER LENS TO MAKE A MOLD,

AND FROM THAT MOLD

WE WILL MAKE OUR OWN
BRAND-NEW BLINKER LENS.

I KNOW THE BOX IS REALLY SMALL,

BUT TRY TO MAKE
IT INSIDE THE BOX.

- NOT TO GET IT ALL
OVER THE EDGES?

- WE'VE POURED HALF OF THE MOLD.

ONCE THAT HALF OF THE MOLD
IS CURED, WE WILL FLIP IT OVER...

HEY, LOOK AT THAT. NOT BAD.

TAKE SOME OF THE CLAY OUT

THAT WE USED TO CREATE
THE FIRST PART OF THE MOLD.

THEN WE'LL REPLACE THAT
CLAY WITH MORE SILICONE,

AND THAT WILL MAKE THE
SECOND HALF OF OUR MOLD.

LET IT CURE.

WHEN IT'S CURED,
WE'LL COME BACK,

WE'LL PULL THAT
ORIGINAL LENS OUT,

MIX UP A LITTLE BIT OF PLASTIC,

POUR IT IN THERE, AND
WE'LL MAKE ANOTHER ONE.

- THE OIL TANKER TOY PROJECT
IS IN THE HOMESTRETCH.

WE'VE JUST GOT
PAINT AND ASSEMBLY.

THEN WE'RE READY TO SHOW OFF
THE PRODUCT OF OUR HARD WORK

TO THE CUSTOMER.

- OKAY, IT'S IN.

- HI.
- HOW YOU DOING?

- GREAT TO SEE YOU, RICK.
- GOOD.

- THIS IS MY FATHER, MARTIN.

- HI, MARTIN, HOW YOU BEEN?

- I'M HERE TODAY TO PICK
UP MY 1930s OIL TANKER.

CHECK OUT YOUR WORK.
- OKAY.

- IT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND
IN MY GARAGE FOR YEARS,

AND MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY
WANTED TO DO IT HERE AT RICK'S,

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

- YOU READY?

- CAN'T WAIT.
- CAN'T WAIT.

- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, COME ON IN.

CHECK IT OUT.

- OH, MY GOD.

- UNBELIEVABLE.
- THIS LOOKS AWESOME.

I WAS BLOWN AWAY AS SOON
AS I WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR.

NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS

DID I IMAGINE IT COULD
COME OUT LOOKING LIKE THAT.

- YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME IN
PICTURES OF BRAND-NEW ONES,

AND THAT LOOKS BETTER
THAN A BRAND-NEW ONE.

- THE DENT... THE
HUGE DENT'S GONE.

- PHIL, MY BODY MAN,

ENDED UP GOING AND
POUNDING THAT THING ALL OUT

AND TOTALLY FIXING
IT TO MAKE IT PERFECT.

SO NOW EVERYTHING'S
ORIGINAL ON THERE,

EXCEPT FOR THE STUFF
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE.

- WHEN I GOT IT,
THESE WERE MISSING.

- THEY SOLD 'EM OR SOMETHING.

- MY AUNT DID IT WHEN MY
DAD WAS IN THE SERVICE,

SO I HAD NEVER SAW IT WITH THIS.

AND THE DENT IN THE TANK CAME
BECAUSE KIDS USED TO DRIVE THIS.

I ACTUALLY SAT ON
THE CAB OF THAT.

- YEAH, I WAS ASKING THE EXPERT,

AND HE SAID, "NO, THEY
WEREN'T MEANT TO BE RIDDEN ON."

SO I FIND THAT FUNNY,

BECAUSE I ACTUALLY
THOUGHT THEY WERE.

IT'S CALLED "STURDITOY"
FOR WHAT REASON, RIGHT?

- YEAH, WANT TO
GO FOR A RIDE, DAD?

YEAH, YOU READY TO RIDE IT NOW?

- FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE?

- SO IF YOU'RE HAPPY...

- BETTER THAN I COULD
HAVE EVER IMAGINED.

- IT CAME OUT BEAUTIFUL.

- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- YOU BET. YOU BET, GUYS.

- DID A WONDERFUL
JOB. THANKS SO MUCH.

- LET'S GO INSIDE, TAKE
CARE OF SOME PAPERS.

- CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW MY MOM.

SHE'LL BE BLOWN AWAY,

'CAUSE SHE USED TO THINK THIS
THING WAS A BIG HUNK OF JUNK.

"MARTY, WHEN ARE YOU
GETTING RID OF THIS?"

SHE'LL BE PLEASED
TO SEE... "OH, MY GOD."

SHE'LL ACTUALLY
WANT IT IN THE HOUSE.

- FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS,

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
REALLY COOL CZECH SCOOTER,

AND NOW I HAVE TED AND TYLER
MAKING NEW SIDE BLINKER LIGHTS.

- OKAY, I'D SAY IT'S
PROBABLY GONNA BE FINE.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WHAT
WE GOT TO DO IS GENTLY...

- OH, MOMENT OF TRUTH.

- LOWER THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER.

GIVE IT ABOUT AN HOUR.

WHEN YOU THINK IT'S DONE,

GO AHEAD AND SEPARATE
THE TWO HALVES,

JUST LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.

- THE LAST STEP OF THE PROCESS

IS POPPING THE NEW PLASTIC
PIECES OUT OF THE MOLD.

- OH, LOOK AT THAT.

- NOW WE CAN FINISH THE ASSEMBLY

AND GET IT READY TO ROLL
OUT FOR THE CUSTOMER.

- THAT LOOKS GOOD.

HOW'S IT GOING, RON?
- GOOD.

- READY TO SEE THE SCOOTER?
- READY TO SEE THE SCOOTER.

- LET'S DO IT.

HEY, DAD, THE GUY'S HERE
ABOUT THE CZECH SCOOTER.

- I CAME DOWN HERE TODAY TO
PICK UP MY 1960s CZECH SCOOTER,

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED
TO SEE HOW IT RIDES.

I'VE NEVER RIDDEN IT.

OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

LOOK AT THIS.

WHEN HE DROVE THE BIKE OUT,

I HAD NEVER SEEN THE
BIKE RUNNING BEFORE,

SO THAT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

- WELL?

- THAT'S MINE?

YEAH, THIS IS YOURS.

- IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I
CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

LOOK WHAT YOU DID WITH IT.

IT IS LIKE BRAND-NEW.

IT'S BETTER THAN BRAND-NEW.

- I LOOKED ONLINE, AND
THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE... A FEW...

IN THE UNITED
STATES OF THIS BIKE,

SO THAT MEANS ONE
THING: PARTS ARE A BITCH.

THESE SIGNAL INDICATORS HERE,
THEY WERE JUST WEATHER-STRICKEN,

SO TED AND MY SON, TYLER,
MADE THESE OUT OF SCRATCH.

THE MIRROR WAS TRASHED.
WE MADE A NEW MIRROR.

THE SEAT GOT ALL REUPHOLSTERED.

THE CHROME ALL GOT REDONE.

I MEAN, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE
"CZ" ON THE SIDE IN HERE.

BOTTOM LINE FOR A
MOTORCYCLE OR A SCOOTER

IS, IF IT LOOKS GREAT
BUT DOESN'T WORK,

IT'S PRETTY MUCH A PAPERWEIGHT.

THIS THING LOOKS
GREAT, AND IT'S CRANKING.

THE THRILL OF REVVING
UP AND TAKING OFF

IS WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO.

- FELT GREAT TO RIDE IT.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT
OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.

RICK WAS RIGHT ON THE
MONEY WITH THIS ONE.

OKAY, RICK, YOU'VE
TOLD ME THE THINGS

THAT YOU'VE REPLACED,
RESTORED, REPAIRED.

GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS.

WHAT'S THE FINAL NUMBER?

- I QUOTED YOU $6,000,

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PARTS
THAT WE HAD TO MAKE ON IT.

WITH ALL THAT, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING WE HAD GOING ON...

I HATE TO TELL YOU
THIS, BUT WE WENT OVER.

WE WENT OVER.

WE OVER A TOTAL OF...

$55 FOR YOUR BATTERY.

- SWEET.

- IT'S HOT, MAN. THANKS.

- YOU BET. YOU BET. THANK YOU.

LET'S GO INSIDE AND TAKE CARE
OF SOME OF THAT MONEY STUFF.

- RICK KNOCKED IT OUT OF
THE PARK WITH THIS ONE HERE.

HE'S GREAT AT WHAT HE DOES.

THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY
I BROUGHT MY SCOOTER HERE,

AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.

- MUCH BETTER.

GOOD GIRL.