American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 27 - Smoking Hot - full transcript

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RESTORATION...

JEEZ, THIS THING'S HEAVY!

THIS IS KILLER-LOOKING.
WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

- I GOT IT FROM A
GUY IN CALIFORNIA.

WHEN THEY CLOSED THE
SET OF BONANZA DOWN,

SOMEONE HAD GIVEN IT TO HIM.

- OH, WOW.

- I CAME DOWN TO RICK'S TODAY TO
GET MY IRISH MAIL CART RESTORED.

- THIS IS COOL.

- WE TOOK IT DOWN A HILL THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN TOO BIG FOR IT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS
THE END OF ITS LIFE.



HOLY.

- I WAS JUST IN THE
TEARDOWN ROOM,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I
HEAR SOMEONE YELL "FIRE."

WHATEVER IT IS, IT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

- 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.

- MY BUDDY DEVON JUST
SHOWED UP AT THE SHOP.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE
HAS FOR ME TO LOOK AT,



BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.

BY THE LOOKS OF YOUR SPRINGS
RIGHT HERE, IT MUST BE HEAVY.

- YEAH, IT IS.
- OH, GOD.

- IT'S A ROUND OAK
WOOD-BURNING STOVE.

- OH, THAT THING IS COOL.

- I CAME TO RICK'S
RESTORATION TODAY

TO DROP OFF MY WOOD-BURNING
STOVE FROM THE 1800s.

- JEEZ, THIS THING'S HEAVY!

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

- I GOT IT FROM A
GUY IN CALIFORNIA.

HIS FATHER WORKED... CHIEF OF
POLICE AT PARAMOUNT STUDIOS.

WHEN THEY CLOSED THE
SET OF BONANZA DOWN,

SOMEONE HAD GIVEN IT TO HIM.

- OH, WOW.

SO THIS MAY HAVE
BEEN FROM THE SET.

YEAH, FROM THE SET OF BONANZA.

- I LOVE SEEING
OLD STUFF LIKE THIS.

NOT ONLY WAS IT
BUILT TO LAST FOREVER.

IT ALSO LOOKS BADASS.

AND THE FACT THAT IT MAY BE
FROM THE ACTUAL SET OF BONANZA,

THAT'S AWESOME.

I MEAN, THESE THINGS
ARE VERY, VERY COOL,

'CAUSE THEY'RE SORT OF
LIKE THE STAPLE FOR A HOUSE.

PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE CENTRAL HEAT.

- SURE.
- YOU HAD TO HAVE ONE.

YOU HAD TO GET WARM,
OR YOU'D FREEZE TO DEATH.

AND THE REASON WHY
THEY CALLED IT ROUND OAK,

YOU WOULD OPEN THIS THING.

YOU COULD LITERALLY LOAD
A FULL ROUND PIECE OF OAK,

UNSPLIT, POOF,
RIGHT INSIDE THERE.

AND THE COOL THING IS,

ONCE YOU GOT YOUR WOOD IN
THERE AND YOU'RE BURNING AWAY,

YOU CAN ADJUST THIS TO
KEEP THAT THING BURNING HOT.

SO WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO DO TO IT?

- I JUST WANT IT LIKE
BRAND-NEW AGAIN.

- RIGHT, OKAY.

- I HAVE SOME
PICTURES THAT I FOUND

THAT CAN SHOW YOU
WHAT I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE.

- WOW. THAT'S PRETTY.

SO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
GONNA EVER USE IT OR WORK IT?

- PROBABLY WOULDN'T USE IT.

IT'D PROBABLY
JUST BE DECORATIVE.

BUT IF I WANTED
TO, I COULD, RIGHT?

- YEAH, I'M GONNA RESTORE
IT TO WHERE IF YOU WANTED

TO PUT A HUNK OF WOOD
IN THERE, FIRE IT UP...

- SO HOW MUCH IS
THIS GONNA COST ME?

- THE DEAL WITH
THIS IS, IT'S VERY OLD.

IT'S VERY RUSTED.

AND ALL THESE LITTLE
PARTS GOT TO COME OUT.

WE MAY HAVE EIGHT
HOURS TEARING IT DOWN,

MAYBE SIX HOURS IN
SANDBLASTING, BLASTING IT ALL.

THE NICKEL ALONE IS GONNA BE...

YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY
GONNA BE 600, 800 BUCKS

JUST TO DO ALL THE
PLATING ON THIS THING.

AND THEN PROBABLY, YOU
KNOW, SIX HOURS PAINTING IT.

AFTER THAT, WE'LL GO
INTO PREP AND POLISH.

ALL THESE LITTLE
PARTS WILL COME OUT.

IT'LL GO INTO ASSEMBLY.

HE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER IN
PROBABLY SIX HOURS, EIGHT HOURS.

ALL THAT SAID AND DONE, UM,

YOU'RE LOOKING AT
PROBABLY RIGHT AROUND $4,700.

- SOUNDS FAIR.
- YEAH?

YOU GOOD WITH THAT?
- YEAH.

- SO I DIDN'T STICKER-SHOCK
YOU TOO MUCH?

- NO, I KNEW IT'D TAKE SOME.

I CAN'T WAIT TILL
IT'S ALL FINISHED

AND LET PEOPLE COME
AND SEE IT IN MY STORE.

IT'S GONNA LOOK
GREAT WHEN IT'S DONE.

- LET'S POP THEM DOORS
OPEN, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

- I COULDN'T GET THEM OPEN.

- YOU COULDN'T?
- NO.

HOW DO YOU... HOW
DO YOU OPEN THEM?

I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.

ALL RIGHT.

- WE JUST GOT THIS
OLD STOVE IN THE SHOP.

NOW BRETTLY'S GONNA
HELP ME TEAR IT DOWN.

I GUESS THIS CAME FROM
THE SET OF BONANZA.

- WHAT'S THAT?

- IT'S AN OLD WESTERN.

- BONANZA HUH?

- NEVER HEARD OF IT, HUH?

YEAH, WE MIGHT HAVE
TO HEAT THESE UP TOO.

THEY'RE ON PRETTY TIGHT.

HEY!

- HEY, YOU BASTARD.

ARE WE ALMOST DONE?
- YEAH.

SHE'S ABOUT READY TO COME OFF.

OKAY, READY?

- YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

- USUALLY I GET BIG TRUCKS
SHOWING UP AT MY SHOP.

BUT WHEN A SMALLER CAR SHOWS UP

WITH NOTHING HANGING
OUT OF THE TRUNK,

I GET INTRIGUED.

- YOU MUST BE RICK DALE.
- YES, I AM.

- YOU ARE?
- NATHAN.

- NATHAN. GOOD TO
MEET YOU, NATHAN.

- GOT SOMETHING I'D LIKE
YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

- LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

IF IT'S IN THE BACK OF THAT
TRUNK, IT MUST BE SMALL.

RIGHT ON.

- I CAME DOWN TO RICK'S TODAY TO
GET MY IRISH MAIL CART RESTORED.

IT HAS A LOT OF
SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ME.

WE'RE LOOKING TO RESTORE IT SO
MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON CAN RIDE IT.

- THIS IS COOL.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?

- IT WAS MY BROTHER'S.

HE GAVE IT TO ME
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH IT.

- YOU DEFINITELY RODE
IT AROUND, THOUGH.

I CAN SEE THAT.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS
SNAPPED THAT THING UP.

- MY LAST MEMORIES OF RIDING
IT WAS ACTUALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE TOOK IT DOWN A HILL
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO BIG FOR IT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS
THE END OF ITS LIFE, SO...

YES, I HAVE VERY
FOND MEMORIES OF IT.

I CAN REMEMBER, AS A KID,

WE USED TO TOW IT
BEHIND MY GO-KART,

RIDE IT DOWN HILLS.

AND IT'S DEFINITELY
BEEN USED AND ABUSED.

- WHAT IT IS, IS THEY CALL
IT AN IRISH MAIL, OKAY?

IN THE 1800s, THEY
DESIGNED A CAR

TO GO ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

AND THEY WOULD RUN AROUND,
AND THEY WOULD CHECK OR INSPECT

THE TRACK TO SEE WHAT
WAS GOING ON UNDERNEATH IT.

THIS THING WAS ACTUALLY
MODELED AFTER A HANDCAR

RIDDEN BY RAILROAD
INSPECTORS IN THE EARLY 1900s

WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO GET
A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE TRACK.

THAT WAY, THEY COULD SPOT
ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

AND GET A CREW OUT
TO REPAIR IT RIGHT AWAY.

OKAY, SO HOW THIS
THING USED TO WORK:

WHEN YOU PUSHED ON IT, YOU
LITERALLY MOVED IT AROUND,

AND THEN IT SPRUNG
ITSELF BACK THE OTHER WAY.

SO THIS WASN'T THE
STEERING WHEEL.

THIS WAS TO GET YOU GOING.

HOW YOU TURNED
WAS FROM THE FEET.

THIS IS A GUARD SO YOUR FOOT
DON'T GET IN THE WHEEL, RIGHT?

AND THEN, GOD KNOWS WHEN
YOU GOT TO USE THIS, THE BRAKE,

YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN
THE HILL, RR, RR, RR.

SO YOU GOT A WHOLE
BUNCH GOING ON THERE.

YOUR FEET ARE MOVING.
BOTH HANDS ARE MOVING.

AND IF YOU GOT TO
STOP, YOU GOT TO...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
GONNA USE TO PULL THE BRAKE.

THIS LITTLE CAR IS REALLY NEAT.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S A
GREAT SOURCE OF EXERCISE

BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH UPPER
AND LOWER BODY STRENGTH

IT TAKES TO MANEUVER.

NOT TO MENTION, IT
LOOKS FUN AS HECK TO RIDE.

- SO, RICK, WHAT ARE
WE GONNA HAVE TO DO

TO GET THIS BACK UP
AND RUNNING AGAIN?

- ALL RIGHT, WELL, IS THIS
GONNA BE A MANTELPIECE,

OR ARE YOU HITTING
THE ROAD AGAIN?

- I'VE GOT A TEN-YEAR-OLD
SON THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE RIDE IT

AT LEAST FOR A
LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

AND HOPEFULLY I
CAN PASS IT TO HIM,

AND HE CAN PASS IT TO HIS KIDS.

- OH, YEAH.

WE'VE GOT MOST
OF THE PIECES HERE.

WE'LL TEAR IT DOWN.

IT'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW,
A COUPLE HOURS.

WE'LL GO INTO THE SANDBLASTING.

BECAUSE IT'S TUBING,

SANDBLASTING TAKES
US A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

IT'S NOT LIKE A FLAT
SURFACE OR SOMETHING.

SO SANDBLASTING WILL PROBABLY
TAKE FOUR HOURS, ACTUALLY.

THE POLISHING, PROBABLY
TWO TO THREE HOURS.

PAINT IT. PUT IT TOGETHER.

AFTER THE PARTS
AND THE MAN-HOURS,

YOU'RE LOOKING RIGHT
AROUND 1,200 BUCKS.

- OKAY, RICK.

- YOU ALL RIGHT WITH THAT?
- I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE'LL GET HER STARTED FOR YOU.

- CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT
RICK CAN DO WITH THIS THING

TO GET IT BACK TO
ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE

SO MY SON CAN RIDE IT AND
PASS IT DOWN TO HIS SON.

- WHAT IS THIS THING?

- I DON'T KNOW.
SOME IRISH... THING.

- IRISH? I'M IRISH.
- IRISH CART.

WELL, IF YOU'RE SO
IRISH, THEN TAKE IT APART.

MY DAD IS HAVING BRETTLY AND I
TEAR DOWN THIS IRISH MAIL CART

WE JUST GOT INTO THE SHOP.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE
WHAT THIS THING IS,

BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY BEAT-UP.

- WHOA.

- SNAPPED OFF.

FIRE IN THE HOLE!

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TRIED

TO PATCH-WELD THIS
THING AT ONE POINT,

SO WE HAVE TO HEAT UP THE
FRAME WITH A TORCH TO GET IT APART.

WHOO!

- WHAT THE HELL?

WE GOT NO AIR PRESSURE.

- WHERE'S THE AIR?

- FIRE!

FIRE!

HOLY.

- I WAS JUST IN THE
TEARDOWN ROOM,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I
HEAR SOMEONE YELL "FIRE."

IT'S HARD TO TELL
WHAT'S GOING ON

WITH ALL THE SMOKE EVERYWHERE,

BUT WHATEVER IT IS,
IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

HOLY.

- THE TOP. THE TOP LET GO.

LOOK AT IT.

- I WAS TRYING TO GET
THE OFF BUTTON, MAN,

BUT THEN I COULDN'T BREATHE.

STARTED CHOKING ME OUT.

- WHAT HAPPENED ALL UP IN HERE?

- TOP BLEW OFF.
- IT BLEW UP.

SOMEHOW THE
COMPRESSOR JUST EXPLODED,

WHICH CONTROLS
ALL THE AIR PRESSURE

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SHOP.

BUT FORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE ANYBODY GOT HURT.

- MY ROOM FILLED UP WITH SMOKE.

I COULDN'T SEE.

AND THEN RIGHT AWAY, I STOPPED.

- WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NOW?

THAT'S, LIKE, T HE COMPRESSOR.

- THIS... THIS IS NOT GOOD.

- THIS IS SO NOT COOL.
MY DAD ISN'T EVEN HERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA
FINISH WITH ALL THE RESTORATIONS

WITHOUT ANY AIR PRESSURE.

FIRST THINGS FIRST, WE GOT
TO GET THIS THING OUT OF HERE

BEFORE IT SETS
SOMETHING ELSE ON FIRE.

JUST AS I MOVED THE COMPRESSOR
TO THE FRONT OF THE YARD,

MY DAD AND KELLY PULL
BACK UP TO THE SHOP.

THIS CAN'T GO WELL.

SO I GOT SOME GOOD
NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS.

GOOD NEWS IS,
WE'RE GETTING DONE.

THE BAD NEWS IS, THAT BLEW UP.

- WHAT DID?

- NO WAY.
- I SWEAR.

THERE WAS, LIKE,
A BUNCH OF WHITE.

IT WAS LIKE...

IT WAS LIKE... LIKE, THE WHOLE
THING WAS FULL OF SMOKE.

I DON'T KNOW.

- WHAT HAPPENED?
- I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS JUST, LIKE...

AND THEN IT WAS, LIKE, MADNESS.

- SO WHAT ARE WE DOING
FOR SANDBLASTING NOW?

I ONLY LEAVE FOR A FEW MINUTES,

AND MY WHOLE SHOP
ALMOST GOES UP IN SMOKE.

NOW WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO DO ANYTHING

THAT REQUIRES AIR PRESSURE.

THAT INCLUDES SANDBLASTING,
PAINTING, DIE-GRINDING.

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

LOAD IT AND START
SANDBLASTING...

BY HAND.

- BY HAND? BRETTLY!

- FIRST THING I NEED TO DO
IS START CALLING AROUND

FOR A REPLACEMENT
COMPRESSOR, PRONTO.

IN THE MEANTIME, I
SOMEHOW GOT TO FIGURE OUT

HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THE WORK
DONE ON THESE RESTORATIONS

IF WE'RE GONNA FINISH
THIS WORK ON SCHEDULE.

WE JUST SENT THE
COMPRESSOR OUT TO GET FIXED.

UNTIL THEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE

TO KEEP WORKING
ON STUFF BY HAND.

SO I'M HAVING BRETTLY
START ON HAND-SANDING

THE IRISH MAIL CART
AND THEN THE STOVE.

- I JUST FINISHED THE MAIL CART.

NOW I'M ON TO THE STOVE.

MAN, THIS SUCKS.

BY THE TIME I GET
DONE WITH THIS,

I'M GONNA BE OLD AS PHIL.

- BRETTLY, WHAT THE
HELL ARE YOU DOING?

- I'M SANDING THIS 'CAUSE
THE COMPRESSOR BROKE.

- HOW LONG YOU
BEEN SANDING THIS?

- UH, HOURS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

- DUDE, I GOT TO PAY
MORE ATTENTION TO YOU.

SO I JUST CAME OUTSIDE

TO SEE WHAT'S TAKING
BRETTLY SO DANG LONG.

AND I CAN SEE THAT HE'S
BEEN SANDING THIS THING

THE WHOLE TIME WITH SANDPAPER.

THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT

WHEN I TOLD HIM
TO SAND IT BY HAND.

SO THIS IS AN ELECTRIC
ONE, WIRE WHEEL.

THIS WILL ALLOW YOU
TO GET INTO THE SPOTS,

MOVE AROUND LIKE THAT.

OKAY?

SHOULD BE ABOUT
TEN TIMES AS FAST,

SO I'M EXPECTING, WHAT, TEN
MINUTES INSTEAD OF HOURS.

- THANK YOU. THIS
IS A LIFESAVER.

- ALL RIGHT.

SOMETIMES I WONDER
ABOUT THIS KID.

- AW, MAN, THIS
THING IS AWESOME.

- NOW THAT I HAVE
BRETTLY SQUARED AWAY,

TYLER AND I ARE GONNA START
WELDING THE BROKEN PARTS

ON THIS IRISH MAIL CART.

SO WE KNOW THIS GOES LIKE THIS,

OKAY, 'CAUSE IT WAS
BROKE RIGHT IN HALF.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS,
WE CAN TIG WELD THIS.

BUT I NEED YOUR HELP SO WE CAN
HOLD THIS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT.

- OKAY.
- OKAY?

THEN THE FRAME,
SOMEBODY HAD TRIED TO FIX IT.

SEE HOW THEY'VE
GOT A PATCH IN THERE?

- YEAH.

- SO WE'RE GONNA
DO THE SAME THING,

BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT.

WHEN WELDING
SOMETHING TO THE FRAME,

IT HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

IF NOT, IT'LL BE OUT OF BALANCE,

AND WHEN SOMEBODY
GETS ON IT, IT'LL BREAK AGAIN.

YOU GOT TWO JOBS RIGHT NOW:

ONE, TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE ON THE MARK,

AND TWO, TO MAKE SURE
IT'S PERFECTLY STRAIGHT.

'CAUSE IF YOU END UP GOING DOWN,

THIS THING'S GONNA
LOOK LIKE THIS.

WE WANT IT STRAIGHT.
OKAY, YOU READY?

TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE STRAIGHT.

- I'M STRAIGHT.

PULL.
- TACKED?

LET'S DO THE NEXT ONE.

YOU GOT TO HOLD
IT STRAIGHT, OKAY?

- MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT.
- YOU GOT IT?

- YEP.
- DOES IT LOOK GOOD?

- YEAH.

- COOL.

THE AIR COMPRESSOR IS
STILL DOWN HERE AT THE SHOP.

AND I'M REALLY STARTING TO WORRY
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE

TO FINISH THESE
RESTORATIONS ON SCHEDULE.

WITHOUT AIR FROM THE COMPRESSOR,

WE CAN'T USE THE SPRAY
GUN TO PAINT ANYTHING.

SO I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE
THAN TO HAVE MY GUYS

USE CANS OF SPRAY
PAINT TO FINISH THE JOB.

- SO HOW LONG IS
THIS GONNA TAKE?

LIKE, WITH A GUN,
IT'S LIKE, BAM,

AND IT'S, LIKE, FOUR.

LIKE, THIS IS, LIKE, A PENCIL.

- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
IT IS. IT'S LIKE A PENCIL.

YOU'RE GONNA...

- I'M GONNA DRAW IT ON.

- IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE,
BUT THE KEY IS, REALLY,

IF YOU LEARN OUT OF A SPRAY
CAN, TO PAINT FROM A SPRAY CAN,

A SHAKER CAN, WHEN YOU
GET A GUN IN YOUR HAND,

YOU'RE A BETTER PAINTER, OKAY?

AS MUCH AS I HATE USING
STUFF OUT OF A SHAKER CAN...

IT'S JUST... IT'S AEROSOL.

IT'S THE SAME PAINT.

IT'S JUST HARD TO
GIVE A GOOD FLOW.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO USE YOUR LITTLE PENCIL

WITH GOOD FLOW.

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT?

- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.

AND HURRY UP.

- OH, ALL RIGHT.

OH, GOD.

I'VE GOT TO ADMIT, I
WAS PRETTY SCARED

WHEN MY DAD TOLD ME I HAD TO
PAINT THIS WITH AN AEROSOL CAN.

I HAVE TO MAKE THIS PAINT
JOB LOOK JUST AS GOOD

AS IT WOULD WITH A SPRAY GUN,

OR THE CUSTOMER
ISN'T GONNA BE HAPPY.

I REALLY HOPE I
CAN PULL THIS OFF.

- YOU GONNA RIDE THIS
WHEN WE GET IT DONE?

- PROBABLY NOT.

- YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
LIGHT ENOUGH TO RIDE IT.

THIS LITTLE WHEELED
CART'S TAKING FOREVER

'CAUSE THE DAMN
COMPRESSOR'S DOWN.

NOW THAT I GOT THIS THING
PAINTED WITH A SHAKER CAN,

ME AND KYLE IS GONNA
PUT IT TOGETHER.

PUT THIS BAD BOY ON?

- YEAH.

THIS THINGS ABOUT READY, HUH?

- HEY, NATHAN, HOW YOU DOING?

- HEY, RICK.

- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- YEAH, YOU TOO.

- SO WHO'D YOU BRING?

- THIS IS MY SON, COLE,
I BROUGHT WITH ME.

- COLE, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

SO YOU GUYS EXCITED?
- YEAH, I AM.

- ABSOLUTELY. SUPER EXCITED.

- YOU LOOK EXCITED.

- WE CAME TO RICK'S
RESTORATION TODAY

TO PICK UP OUR IRISH MAIL CART.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW IT LOOKS.

- YOU READY?

- YOU READY?
- YEAH.

- HE LOOKS READY, HUH?

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

- OH, MY GOSH!
- OH, MY GOSH.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- HOLY CRAP.

- THAT IS AWESOME.

IT LOOKS GREAT.

IT'S JUST LIKE I REMEMBER
WHEN I WAS A KID.

AND I'M VERY,
VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT
THAN WHEN YOU DROPPED IT OFF?

- ABSOLUTELY. I NEVER
REMEMBER IT THIS NICE.

- YEAH, THAT'S GOT A LOT OF
COATS OF PAINT ON IT, YOU KNOW?

- YEAH, AND THAT'S THE
BLUE YOU GUYS FOUND, EH?

- YEAH, WHEN WE WENT
AND TOOK ALL THE PAINT OFF,

WE FOUND A REAL, REAL FAINT AREA

WHERE IT WAS, LIKE,
THAT LIGHT BLUE.

WE PUT A REALLY, REALLY
GOOD COAT OF PRIMER ON IT

AFTER WE WELDED IT ALL UP.

AND WE PAINTED IT WITH THE BLUE.

- RIGHT.
- LOOKS GOOD, HUH?

- LOOKS WONDERFUL.

- I MEAN, WE GOT
NEW RUBBER ON IT.

WE WENT AND RE-CHROMED
ALL THE RIMS AND EVERYTHING.

- YEAH, THE WHEELS
LOOK FABULOUS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.
THEY CAME OUT WONDERFUL.

- THESE ARE ALUMINUM WHEELS.

AND THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL,
THIS DESIGN THAT'S IN THEM.

I LOOKED ONLINE, AND I
DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THEM

WITH THIS KIND OF A WHEEL.

SO THIS IS A RARE PIECE.

WHEN WE TOOK IT APART,
THIS THING WAS A LOT OF WORK

BECAUSE ALL THE ABUSE
YOU AND YOUR BROTHER

PUT IT THROUGH, YOU KNOW?

YEAH, YOU REMEMBER THE
AXLE WAS SNAPPED IN HALF?

IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO
GET THAT THING BACK TOGETHER.

THIS IS THE BRAKE MECHANISM.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
BRAKE, IT SLIDES ON THE TIRE,

AND THE FRICTION STOPS IT.

- RIGHT.

- THE SEAT WAS EXTREMELY PITTED

FROM SITTING
AROUND, SITTING OUT.

SO WE ENDED UP
SHOOTING IT THIS WHITE.

AND WE CLEAR-COATED ALL THAT.

- RICK, IT JUST... IT
CAME OUT WONDERFUL.

I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED
WITH THE RESULT.

THIS IS DEFINITELY THE HOT
ROD OF IRISH MAIL CARTS.

I LOVE IT. IT IS JUST FABULOUS.

- AS LONG AS YOU'RE
HAPPY, I'M HAPPY.

- YOU HAPPY?

GIVE ME.

OKAY, BUD.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO INSIDE,

AND WE'LL TAKE CARE
OF SOME PAPERWORK.

- ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD.
- OKAY.

- COME ON, COLE. YOU
GOT TO PAY FOR THIS.

- I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

- THAT'S A LOT OF PAPER ROUTES.

- NOT HAVING AN AIR
COMPRESSOR HOW YOU DOING?

HAS REALLY SLOWED DOWN
WORK HERE AT THE SHOP.

BUT MY CREW HAVE
BEEN DOING THEIR BEST

TO KEEP THINGS ON TRACK.

- WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

- UH...

YOU HELPED TAKE IT APART,

SO I GET TO HELP
YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.

- SWEET.

- SINCE PHIL IS
THE METAL MASTER,

I'M HAVING HIM GIVE BRETTLY
A HAND WITH THIS OLD STOVE.

- ALL THE BODYWORK I
DID ON THIS IS FOR NOTHING

IF WE CAN'T FIT ALL THOSE
PIECES BACK TOGETHER.

HOLD THIS SCREW?
- YEP.

- THERE.

- NOW THAT THE
STOVE'S READY TO GO,

TYLER AND I ARE GONNA DELIVER IT

TO THE CUSTOMER'S
FROZEN CUSTARD SHOP.

- YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WAITING
A FEW WEEKS TO SEE THE STOVE.

WHEN I TOOK IT TO RICK, IT
WAS JUST A PIECE OF JUNK.

HEY, RICK. HOW YOU DOING?

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

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

- YOU READY FOR THIS?
- SURE.

- ALL RIGHT.

- WOW.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

WOW, THAT THING TURNED OUT
EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE A ROCKET SHIP.

IT JUST... IT'S AWESOME.

- WHEN WE ENDED
UP SANDBLASTING IT,

WHAT HAPPENED WAS,
OUR COMPRESSOR BROKE,

OUR BIG COMPRESSOR.

SO BRETTLY HAD TO GET OUT

AND HAND-DO THIS WHOLE
THING WITH A WIRE WHEEL.

- THAT IS REALLY NICE.

- AND AS HE'S CLEANING IT OFF,
WELL, THE SIDES HAD BOWED OUT.

YOU DIDN'T NOTICE IT.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT
WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT IN.

- YOU COULD FEEL IT
WHEN YOU WERE SANDING?

- YEAH, WHEN YOU... YEAH.

SO IT HAD TO GO
INTO THE BODY SHOP

AND BE ALL POUNDED STRAIGHT.

SO HE TOOK AND HEATED IT
UP, POUNDED THE METAL DOWN,

SMOOTHED IT ALL OUT,

AND GOT IT TO WHERE IT'S
ALL NICE AND SMOOTH AGAIN.

- WOW.

- AND THE OTHER THING IS,
THESE PINS WERE SNAPPED OFF,

SO WE HAD TO RE-DRILL ALL THESE,

YOU KNOW, PUT NEW
PINS INSIDE OF THEM.

EVERYTHING GOT NICKEL-PLATED,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
THEY DID IN THIS ERA.

THERE WAS NO CHROME BACK THEN.

- WELL, THE OUTSIDE
LOOKS AWESOME.

WHAT DOES THE INSIDE LOOK LIKE?

- YOU OPEN IT UP.

IT'S ALL BRAND-NEW IN THERE.

- YEAH, IT LOOKS GREAT.

- IT WOULD DEFINITELY
WORK RIGHT NOW.

YOU COULD PUT THE LOG IN.

YOU COULD PUT THE PAPER IN
THE BOTTOM, STOKE THE FIRE,

GET A LITTLE AIR TO HER.

- HOW HOT CAN THAT
GLASS GET BEFORE IT JUST...

- THIS IS ACTUALLY ROCK.

IT'S CUT REAL, REAL THIN.

I MEAN, IT'D PROBABLY
MELT AT, LIKE, WHAT,

2,000, 2,500 DEGREES?

BUT IT DEFINITELY WON'T
MELT AT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 1,500.

- IT'S WAY MORE THAN I EXPECTED.

IT'S AWESOME.

BECAUSE WE'RE IN VEGAS,

I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL
EVER NEED THE STOVE.

BUT IT'S REALLY NICE TO KNOW

THAT I CAN USE
IT WHEN I NEED IT.

SO WE DECIDED WE'RE GONNA
TRADE FOR CUSTARD, RIGHT?

- NOT QUITE, BIG FELLA.

- OH, I THOUGHT
THAT WAS THE DEAL.

- BUT I'LL TAKE SOME.
- OKAY, SURE.

RIGHT HERE.

THE STOVE LOOKS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, NOW
THAT IT'S FINISHED,

IT'LL SIT IN MY SHOP
FOR EVERYONE TO SEE

A PIECE OF BONANZA HISTORY

RIGHT HERE IN LAS VEGAS.

- OOH, IT IS GOOD.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THIS ISN'T WORKING.

FOR SOME REASON, THE
REPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR ISN'T FIRING.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO

IF THIS THING DOESN'T WORK.

DID YOU DO THE AIR FILTERS?
- YEAH, I DID THAT.

- ALL RIGHT, DID YOU
DO THE FUEL FILTER?

- YEP, DID THAT.

- IT'S... IT'S FULL OF WATER?

- GOT WATER.

- DID YOU CHECK THE BATTERY?

- YEAH, I LOOKED AT
THE BATTERY, JUMPED IT.

- ALL THE CONNECTIONS ARE READY?

YEAH, THEY'RE ALL DONE.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S PLUGGED IN.

YOU GOT DIESEL, RIGHT?

- YEAH, I GOT DIESEL.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

- BRETTLY, YOU GOT TO PUT
IT IN IN ORDER FOR IT TO RUN.

SOMETIMES YOU... GET
THE... GOD, UNBELIEVABLE.

- I WAS JUST TOLD TO GET
THE DIESEL, NOT PUT IT IN.

- OH, MY GOD.