American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 28 - Milking It - full transcript
When Rick's brother Ron and son Tyler encounter a 1950s milk vending machine for sale, they attempt to squeeze out a good deal. And later, the guys restore two kiddie handcar trains from the 1950s.
- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...
- WAIT TILL YOU SEE THESE.
- OH, MAN. THOSE ARE AWESOME.
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE RIDE.
- THIS IS GONNA BE
A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
- I'M HOPING YOU'RE THE GUY
THAT'S GONNA MAKE THESE WORK.
- UM...
- TYLER AND I ARE OUT
FOLLOWING UP ON A PICKING LEAD.
LOOK AT THIS THING.
- THAT IS AN OLD MILK MACHINE.
- I KNOW I'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE OF THESE.
- I'VE NEVER... NOT IN MY LIFE.
THE BEER FUND.
IT'S OURS FOR THE TAKING.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
THERE'S ONE THING
YOU DON'T MESS WITH,
AND THAT'S A MAN'S BEER MONEY.
- REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY
WHEN THINGS WERE MADE BY HAND
AND PEOPLE TOOK
PRIDE IN THEIR WORK?
MY NAME'S RICK DALE,
AND I BRING THESE
THINGS BACK TO LIFE.
EVERY RESTORATION HAS
ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES.
THERE'S NO OWNER'S
MANUAL FOR WHAT WE DO,
BUT THERE'S NO JOB
WE CAN'T HANDLE.
TODAY I'M SENDING
RON AND TYLER OUT
TO A PLACE THAT I HEARD OF
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A GOLD MINE FOR PICKERS.
I'VE GIVEN THEM 2 GRAND TO SPEND
AND INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING
BACK AN ASSORTMENT OF THINGS
THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY SELL.
- OKAY, TYLER.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY
GONNA BE A MECCA
OF VERY COOL,
UNUSUAL, RARE STUFF.
- WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS IS RON?
- I'M RON. WE TALKED
ON THE PHONE.
I'M RICK'S BROTHER.
- HI, RON.
RICK SENT A COUPLE
OF HIS GUYS OVER
TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
OF MY JUNK, AS WE CALL IT.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME
COOL STUFF OVER HERE,
COIN MECHS AND STUFF THAT
BELONGED TO THE SODA MACHINES.
- THAT WOULD BE COOL
IF IT WAS 50 YEARS OLD.
- YOU DON'T LIKE THAT?
- NO.
- WE HAVE A LITTLE
OLDER STUFF UP HERE.
JUST FOLLOW ME.
I KNOW THEIR BUSINESS
IS RESTORATION,
SO I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS
THAT THEY MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN TO RESTORE.
NOW, HERE'S AN OLD
TRUCK OVER HERE,
1954 FORD, 90% RESTORED.
- 90%?
- 90%.
- AWESOME.
- HEY, "T," 90% RESTORED,
IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.
THAT'D BE TOO EXPENSIVE.
- I LIKE THAT SQUARE DR. PEPPER.
BUT THAT'S STILL KIND OF NEW.
- YEAH, IT'S GETTING CLOSER.
- NOW, THESE ARE A BUNCH
OF CASH REGISTERS UP HERE.
FROM THE OLD '40s AND '50s.
THEY'RE CALLED A CANDY STORE.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO SMALL.
THEY ONLY WENT UP TO...
MOST OF 'EM... A DOLLAR.
- I'VE SEEN CASH REGISTERS
LIKE THAT AND LIKE THAT,
BUT I'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE LIKE THIS.
- YEAH.
- THAT'S UNUSUAL.
- THAT IS UNUSUAL.
- YOU GUYS LIKE THE
CASH REGISTERS?
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
HONESTLY, THEY ARE...
THEY'RE DIFFERENT,
THE ONE, ESPECIALLY.
BEFORE WE START TALKIN'
PRICE, I REALLY WANT TO SEE
WHAT ELSE THIS GUY
HAS HIDDEN IN HERE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA WHAT THIS IS?
- THESE ARE, I'M
GONNA HAVE TO SAY...
NAUTICAL?
- YES. THESE ARE OFF OLD SHIPS.
- LIKE, "FULL STEAM
AHEAD" KIND OF THING?
- FULL STEAM AHEAD. YES.
- WHAT KIND OF SHIP WAS
THIS ON? DO YOU KNOW?
- PROBABLY A NAVY
SHIP BEFORE THE '50s.
THIS WAS, LIKE, THE EARLY '40s.
- OKAY.
- THIS WOULD LOOK REALLY
GOOD POLISHED, I THINK.
- THESE SHIP
THROTTLES COULD EASILY
GO TOGETHER AS A PACKAGE.
BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE
THAT THIS IS THE GOLD MINE
THAT RICK WAS HOPING FOR.
- EARLIER, I GOT A
CALL FROM A GUY
THAT WANTS ME TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHIN'
THAT HE MIGHT POSSIBLY
WANT TO GET RESTORED.
I'M EAGER TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
HEY.
- HEY, RICK. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD.
- WAIT TILL YOU SEE THESE.
- OH, MAN. THOSE ARE AWESOME.
- I CAME DOWN TO RICK'S TODAY
WITH TWO AMUSEMENT
PARK HAND CARS
THAT I WANT TO GET RESTORED.
- VERY STURDY.
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE RIDE.
I COULD HARDLY WAIT
TO GET TO THE PARK
TO RIDE THESE CARS.
- WOW. THOSE ARE COOL.
- I GREW UP OUTSIDE CHICAGO,
RIGHT OFF OF ROUTE
66, WHERE IT BEGAN.
- RIGHT.
- MY FATHER USED TO TAKE ME
TO A LOCAL AMUSEMENT
PARK CALLED KIDDIELAND.
AND THIS IS WHERE THEY
HAD THIS PARTICULAR RIDE.
THIS IS THE FIRST RIDE
THAT I WOULD RIDE...
- YEAH.
- AND I'D ALWAYS MAKE SURE
I KEPT THAT EXTRA TICKET,
BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO
THE LAST RIDE THAT I
WOULD RIDE ON THE WAY OUT.
- NOT A LOT OF
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES
ARE POWERED BY PASSENGERS.
BUT THESE HAND-OPERATED
CARS THAT RAN ON A TRACK
WERE A MAINSTAY IN
KIDDIE PARKS IN THE '50s.
THE FASTER THE KID
WOULD TURN THE CRANK,
THE FASTER THE CAR WOULD GO.
THESE WERE MADE BY HODGES.
THEY WERE OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS
AND STARTED BEING
MADE, LIKE, IN '34, '35.
THESE THINGS WERE MEANT TO LAST.
I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE ROUGH.
IT'S BEEN OUT IN THE WEATHER.
BUT I ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU COULD
STILL SIT ON THAT THING
AND PEDAL IT AROUND.
- WELL, FROM THREE-YEAR-OLDS
TO TEN-YEAR-OLDS,
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOOK
A LITTLE OF ABUSE...
- TEN-YEAR-OLDS.
- AND HELD UP.
THIS ONE, SOMEBODY
HAD TRIED TO RESTORE.
AND THEY DID IT
IMPROPERLY. IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO I'M HOPING YOU'RE
GONNA BE THE GUY
THAT'S GONNA MAKE
BOTH OF THESE WORK.
- YEAH.
I'VE FIXED MORE THAN A FEW
BOTCHED RESTORATION JOBS.
THIS IS USUALLY HARDER TO DO,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDO
WHAT THE GUY DID BEFORE
AND THEN START ALL OVER AGAIN.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S GONNA COST?
WHERE ARE WE AT?
- OKAY. THIS ONE HERE
NEEDS SOME WOODWORK.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE
AND REMAKE A TOP FOR IT.
NOW, THIS PIECE HERE IS CAST.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE
OUR BIGGEST DEAL ON THIS ONE,
IS ME TO GET THIS PIECE MADE.
DOING TEARDOWN ON THIS,
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE
SIX HOURS, FOUR
HOURS IN SANDBLASTING.
I'LL HAVE PROBABLY
SIX HOURS PAINTIN' IT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME
PINSTRIPING INVOLVED,
COUPLE HOURS THERE,
REUPHOLSTER THE SEAT.
SO RESTORING BOTH CARS,
I'M LOOKIN' RIGHT AT...
I'M LOOKING AT $4,000 FOR
THE BOTH, EVERYTHING.
YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN
LITTLE AMUSEMENT RIDE
IN YOUR BACKYARD.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT
SOUND LIKE? ARE YOU READY?
- FOR THE MEMORIES,
IT'S WORTH IT TO ME.
- ALL RIGHT, FOR THE MEMORIES.
- THANK YOU, RICK.
- YEAH. NO, THANK YOU.
- HE UNDERSTANDS
WHERE I'M COMING FROM
AND WHAT IT IS I'M
TRYING TO CAPTURE.
NOW COMES THE TIME
THAT I HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THESE CARS TO BE RESTORED.
IT'S GOING TO REMIND ME OF
THE TIME THAT I WAS WAITING
FOR MY FATHER TO TAKE
ME TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK
JUST TO RIDE THESE.
- UNCLE RON AND I ARE OUT
FOLLOWING UP ON A PICKING LEAD.
MY DAD WANTS US TO
FIND A BUNCH OF ITEMS
WE CAN BUY AND RESTORE.
SO FAR, WE'VE FOUND A FEW ITEMS
BUT NOTHING WITH THAT WOW
FACTOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
- I'VE GOT A FEW MORE THINGS
OVER HERE TO SHOW YOU.
- HOLD ON A SEC.
LOOK AT THIS THING.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- THAT IS AN OLD MILK MACHINE.
- IT'S A VENDO.
- MEANING, LIKE,
COKE MACHINE VENDO?
- MEANING COKE MACHINE
VENDO. SAME COMPANY.
- OKAY.
- BUT IT WAS DESIGNED
AS A MILK MACHINE.
- AS A MILK MACHINE.
CARTON OF MILK WOULD
BE DISPLAYED UP HERE,
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MILK.
- YEAH, YOU GOT
CHOCOLATE, WHOLE, 2%.
I WONDER IF IT WAS
JUST, LIKE, A TWO-TONE.
- THAT'S ORIGINAL PAINT.
- THAT'S THE ORIGINAL PAINT?
- IT'S ORIGINAL THE WAY IT
IS. IT'S ORIGINAL TWO-TONE.
- WHAT THEY DID IS, THEY MADE,
ACTUALLY, THREE STYLES OF THIS.
THEY HAD MILK, ICE CREAM,
AND ANOTHER ONE FOR
CANNED FOOD, LIKE, HOT FOOD.
- THAT IS BIZARRE.
- WOULD YOU EXCUSE MY
NEPHEW AND I FOR A SECOND?
- YEAH, SURE. YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
- YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AS FAR AS
WHAT YOU WANT TO
GET RID OF IT FOR?
- YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY A
GOOD PRICE OF ABOUT $3,500.
- MACHINES LIKE THIS,
WE STILL HAVE SO
MUCH WORK TO DO ON IT.
WE WERE THINKING MORE
PROBABLY IN THE $1,500 RANGE,
RIGHT AROUND THERE.
- COULDN'T DO ANY LESS
THAN PROBABLY ABOUT $2,500.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE
REALLY MY BOTTOM DOLLAR.
- I WANT TO SAY,
WITHOUT HAVING MY
BROTHER REAM ME,
THIS NEEDS TO BE AROUND $2,100
IS ABOUT THE MAX
I CAN GO ON HER.
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO REALLY
BE FIRM ON THE $2,500.
DAD'LL PROBABLY JUST LOVE IT.
- IT'S UP TO YOU.
- RICK ONLY GAVE US
2,000 BUCKS TO WORK WITH,
BUT THIS GUYS DOESN'T
WANT TO DROP BELOW $2,500.
NORMALLY, THIS IS WHEN I WOULD
ACCEPT DEFEAT
AND JUST WALK AWAY.
ALL RIGHT, UM...
WILL DO.
- GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THAT'S THE GOLDEN
NUGGET THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
- I APPRECIATE IT. YUP.
- THIS THING IS JUST WAY
TOO COOL FOR ME TO PASS UP.
I JUST HOPE RICK
SEES THE VALUE IN IT.
OTHERWISE, HE'LL PROBABLY
END UP DOCKING SOME OF MY PAY,
AND THAT WOULD SUCK.
- MY UNCLE RON AND I
ARE JUST GETTING BACK
FROM PICKING A MILK
VENDING MACHINE.
MY DAD TOLD US TO GET A
BUNCH OF STUFF ON THIS TRIP,
BUT WE ONLY ENDED UP WITH ONE.
- SO WHAT'D YOU TWO SCALAWAGS
COME UP WITH THIS TIME?
- I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
MY DAD'S REACTION ON THIS ONE.
- THIS THING IS
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
THAT'S ALL WE CAN SAY.
- BRING HER.
- BRING HER OUT.
- THIS THING IS BADASS.
I MEAN, YOU... THIS IS A SCORE,
AS FAR AS EVEN
FINDING ONE OF THESE.
- RON WAS TELLING ME THIS
IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE HIM.
- YEAH. YEAH. IT'S AWESOME.
I MEAN, I KNOW OF
SO MANY COLLECTORS
THAT WANT THIS IN
THEIR COLLECTION,
'CAUSE YOU GOT GUYS THAT
COLLECT COKE, 7UP, PEPSI,
DR. PEPPER, ROYAL
CROWN, IN THAT ORDER.
YOU KNOW, ROYAL
CROWN'S THE BIG ONE.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE TO FIND.
- BETTER THAN ROYAL CROWN?
- THIS IS BETTER
THAN ROYAL CROWN.
- WOW.
- YES!
- AS LONG AS YOU DIDN'T SPEND
YOUR MILK MONEY GETTIN' IT.
WE TRIED TO GET IT FOR $2,000.
WE TRIED, WE TRIED, WE TRIED.
THIS GUY WOULDN'T DO
ANYTHING AT ALL LESS THAN $2,500.
- $2,500? I ONLY
GAVE YOU 2 GRAND.
HOW...
- IT WAS A GOOD DEAL.
WE GOT IT, ALL RIGHT?
IT'S ONLY 500 BUCKS MORE.
- HERE'S THE DEAL.
I MEAN, I-I WAS EXPECTING
A BUNCH OF PIECES,
YOU KNOW, FOR THE $2,000,
AND $2,500 ACTUALLY
ISN'T A BAD DEAL AT ALL.
SO I THINK YOU
GUYS DID A GOOD JOB,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
- AWESOME.
THAT'S SURPRISING
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
- TWO KNUCKLEHEADS.
AS AWESOME AS THIS THING IS,
I HATE PUTTING ALL OF
OUR EGGS INTO ONE BASKET.
THAT'S JUST NOT SMART BUSINESS.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
GET CRANKIN' ON THIS PROJECT
RIGHT AWAY.
BRETTLY! COME ON OVER.
LET'S START GETTIN'
THIS THING TORE DOWN.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
- MY DAD LOVES THIS
MACHINE RON AND I PICKED.
AND TO MAKE OUR MONEY
BACK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE,
WE HAVE TO START IT RIGHT AWAY.
OH.
- SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A KEY,
WE HAVE TO USE A DRILL
TO KNOCK OUT THE LOCK.
- THERE IT IS!
- PRETTY MUCH ALL
VENDING MACHINES
USE THE SAME SIZE LOCK,
SO THIS SHOULD BE
PRETTY EASY TO REPLACE.
GET THE TEST LEADS.
NEXT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THIS THING WORKS.
IF IT'S RUNNING, IT'LL
SAVE US A BUNCH OF TIME.
AWESOME.
- ALL RIGHT, DO YOU
WANT THE COINS?
- HELL, YES, I DO.
- FORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE
AT LEAST THE COIN
BANK IS STILL GOOD.
NOW LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY NICKELS IN THIS THING.
WHOA.
- OH, MY GOD. THERE'S SO MANY.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU COUNT THAT
WHILE I ACTUALLY SO SOMETHING.
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE,
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DAMN MONEY.
WE SHOULD GO ORDER A PIZZA.
- DUDE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA,
BUT THIS ISN'T ENOUGH
FOR A WHOLE PIZZA.
- OH. WELL, THEN
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
- UH, WELL, I MEAN, WE
GOT THIS CHANGE HERE,
SO I GUESS WE CAN
START A... START A FUND.
WE CAN KEEP TEARING
DOWN MACHINES,
AND THEN FRIDAY MAYBE WE'LL
HAVE ENOUGH TO GET LUNCH.
- THERE WE GO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO KEEP THIS HIDDEN.
- YEAH, I KNOW. SO WHERE
ARE WE GONNA PUT IT?
- KOWBOY'S TOO FAT
TO GET ON THE COUNTER,
SO I'M THINKIN' UP THERE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GO FOR IT.
BRETTLY AND I ARE
OFFICIALLY STARTING
OUR OWN FUND HERE AT THE SHOP.
MOVE OVER, BEER FUND.
MAKE WAY FOR THE PIZZA FUND.
- YEAH?
- YEAH. I CAN'T SEE IT.
- EARLIER, WE GOT A COUPLE
OF OLD KIDDIE PARK HAND CARS
INTO THE SHOP.
BRETTLY JUST FINISHED
WITH THE SANDBLASTING.
NOW I GOT PHIL POUNDING
OUT ALL THE DENTS,
WHILE KOWBOY AND KYLE
WORK ON REPLACING ALL
THE DAMAGED WOOD PIECES.
- JUST LIKE BUTTER, HUH?
- COOL. THINK THAT'LL DO IT?
- YUP.
- SWEET.
- WE'RE GETTIN' THERE.
YEAH!
- WE'RE WORKING ON RESTORING
A PAIR OF AMUSEMENT
PARK HAND CARS.
AND NOW THAT ALL
THE BODYWORK'S DONE,
I'M PUTTIN' ON SOME NEW PAINT,
WHILE KOWBOY AND KYLE
FINISH UP THE WOODWORKING.
- SO HOW YOU GONNA DO THESE?
- I CAN USE THAT 1
3/4 INCH PADDLE BIT.
- YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S AT?
- I THINK IT'S IN
BRETTLY'S ROOM.
- I'LL BE BACK.
- ALL RIGHTY.
IT'S IN THE BLACK TOOLBOX!
- BLACK TOOLBOX.
AW, HELL.
WHAT THE HELL?
PIZZA FUND?
AW, HELL, NO.
KOWBOY.
- YO.
CHECK THIS OUT.
- PIZZA FUND?
WHERE IN THE HELL
DID YOU GET THAT?
- UP ON THE TOP SHELF.
- TO HELL WITH THE PIZZA
FUND. THIS IS FOR BEER.
- IT WAS IN THE BEER CUP.
- WE GON' FIX THAT COOKIE WAGON.
THERE'S ONE THING
YOU DON'T MESS WITH,
AND THAT'S A MAN'S BEER MONEY.
WHO THE HELL DO
THEY THINK THEY IS?
EVERYBODY HERE AT THE SHOP KNOWS
ALL THE CHANGE WE FIND
GOES IN THE BEER CUP.
DAMN KIDS.
NO PIZZA FUND NO MORE.
BEER FUND.
- OKAY, TY, WHATEVER YOU DO,
MAKE SURE THOSE DON'T TOUCH
METAL WHEN I'M TOUCHING THIS,
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA
SEND ME DOWN ON THE FLOOR,
WIGGLING LIKE A WORM.
WE JUST FINISHED PAINTING
THE OUTSIDE OF
THIS MILK MACHINE.
AND NOW TYLER AND I ARE
GONNA TEST OUT THE MECH.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, WHEN YOU HIT
IT, THIS SOLENOID RIGHT HERE,
THAT SHOULD KICK UP IN THE AIR.
OKAY, PERFECT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE
AMUSEMENT PARK HAND CARS
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND NOW TED'S PUTTING
ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES
BEFORE THE CUSTOMER
COMES TO PICK 'EM UP.
- YO, RICK!
RICK!
- HEY.
MARTIN, YOU'RE A LITTLE EARLY.
- OH, MAYBE. I'M
EXCITED. I'M EXCITED.
- YEAH, THAT HAPPENS.
- I'VE COME DOWN TO
PICK UP MY HAND CARS
THAT I'VE HAD RESTORED.
- TYLER! BRETTLY!
- THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON
IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW
THAT I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT HE'S DONE TO IT,
BUT I'M HOPING TO BE SURPRISED.
OH, NO! WHOO-HOO!
- COME ON, BUDDY.
YOU GO SO DAMN SLOW.
- CHOO-CHOO!
- THAT'S PERFECT. PERFECT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO.
YOU'VE HAD YOUR FUN.
GET BACK TO WORK.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- LOOK, YOU'VE EVEN
GOT THE PLATES.
WHEN I BROUGHT THEM
HERE, THEY WERE A MESS.
NOW I CAN'T EVEN TELL
WHICH ONE IS WHICH.
YEAH.
ONE CAME IN FULLY INTACT
AND ALL IN... IN GOOD PIECES.
THE OTHER ONE CAME IN TO
WHERE THE BOTTOM WAS JUST...
IT WAS ROTTED. IT WAS WASTED.
AND THEN OF COURSE,
ONE OF THE GUARDS
WAS TOTALLY GONE.
- RIGHT. NOW THEY
LOOK IDENTICAL.
THEY'RE... THEY'RE...
THEY'RE PERFECT.
- YEAH.
- WHEN I SEE THOSE TWO
CARS ON THE TRACKS,
I JUST CAN'T HELP
REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE
30 YEARS AGO WHEN I
RODE THOSE MYSELF.
NEVER IN MY WILDEST IMAGINATIONS
WOULD I HAVE EVER THOUGHT
THEY WERE GOING
TO LOOK THIS GREAT.
NOW, TELL ME. WHERE
ARE WE AT ON THE PRICE?
DID YOU HIT THE MARK? OVER?
UNDER?
- WELL, UM, WHAT
DID I SAY? $4,000?
- YES.
- YEAH. WE MADE
BUDGET, RIGHT AT 4 GRAND.
I LOVE YOU, MAN.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- YOU BET. YOU BET.
- I WAS VERY PLEASED
THAT HE MET THE MARK.
I WOULD EVEN HAVE BEEN PLEASED
IF IT HAD GONE A
LITTLE BIT OVER,
BECAUSE AFTER
SEEING WHAT HE DID,
IT WAS PERFECT.
- COME ON IN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
- YOU GOT TO SHAKE
IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
COME ON, BABY!
ALL WEEK, BRETTLY AND I
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND
WHATEVER CHANGE WE
CAN AROUND THE SHOP
TO ADD TO OUR PIZZA FUND.
- DUDE, I THINK WE'RE
JUST ABOUT THERE.
- WE JUST FOUND A BUNCH
OF UNTOUCHED COIN MECHS,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE
MIGHT FINALLY HAVE ENOUGH.
WHAT THE HELL? BRETTLY!
SO I GO TO COLLECT
OUR PIZZA FUND
THAT BRETTLY AND I HID EARLIER,
AND ALL I FIND IS
A SINGLE TOKEN.
BRETTLY!
WOW. REALLY?
- WHAT? LET'S GO EAT.
- WE'VE BEEN ROBBED.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WE'VE BEEN ROBBED?
- LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT IN THERE.
AND LOOK AT IN...
OOH... LOOK AT IN THERE.
THAT'S A TOKEN.
THAT'S NOT EVEN...
THAT'S NOT WORTH NOTHING.
- YOU THINK THEY PUT
OUR STUFF IN THERE?
- YOU THINK THEY
GOT ALL THAT MONEY?
I'M GUESSING... both: KOWBOY.
- I SAY WE PUT IT ALL BACK.
WE TAKE BACK WHAT'S
RIGHTFULLY OURS.
- I'M DOWN FOR THAT.
- LET'S DO IT.
IT'S OURS FOR THE TAKING.
- FILL 'ER UP. GO.
OH, OOPS.
- FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS,
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON RESTORING
THIS SUPER-RARE
VENDO MILK MACHINE
THAT RON AND TYLER PICKED UP.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PUTTING
ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES
BEFORE RON BRINGS
IN A POTENTIAL BUYER
TO CHECK IT OUT.
- YOU ARE GONNA LOVE THIS THING.
- CAME ON DOWN TO
RICK'S RESTORATION TODAY
AND BOUGHT THIS
MILK VENDING MACHINE.
- COME ON OVER
HERE. IT'S OVER HERE.
- I SELL DAIRY SUPPLIES
TO THE DAIRYMEN.
I'M ALSO A DAIRY FARMER.
BOY, AND I SURE AM
VERY INTERESTED IN IT,
SO I MADE A SIX-HOUR
TRIP TO COME TAKE A LOOK.
- HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE.
- OH, MY GOSH.
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, THAT'S... THAT'S
A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE MACHINE,
I WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED.
THE FIRST THING THAT CAUGHT
MY EYE WAS THAT TOP PIECE
THAT CARRIES ALL THE
CARTONS AS A DISPLAY.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
- NOW, THESE ARE JUST
CONTAINERS IN HERE.
PROBABLY NEVER HAD MILK
IN 'EM, 'CAUSE THEY'D BE BAD,
SO THEY'RE JUST A LOOK.
- IT'S AN
AWESOME-LOOKING MACHINE.
AND HOW WAS IT WHEN
YOU FIRST BOUGHT IT?
- WELL, WHEN WE FIRST
GOT IT, IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.
- OKAY.
- IT WAS FADED.
ALL THE CHROME, OF
COURSE, WAS JUST PITTED
AND IT WASN'T
REALLY REALLY PRETTY.
ALL THESE PLASTICS WERE BROKE.
THIS PLASTIC WAS BROKE
OUT ON THE BOTTOM.
AND THE HARDEST THING
IS... IN STUFF LIKE THIS
IS ACTUALLY THE INSIDES.
IT'S GETTIN' EM TO
FUNCTION AGAIN,
BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNIBALIZE
PARTS AND MESS THINGS UP.
AND WE DID QUITE A BIT
OF WORK TO THE INSIDE
TO GET IT TO ACTUALLY WORK.
YOU OPEN IT UP...
- NOW, IS THAT FULL
OF MILK IN THERE?
OR THOSE JUST FREE CARTONS?
- NO, THIS IS REAL MILK.
- IT IS REAL MILK?
COMES WITH THE PRICE?
- YEAH, COMES WITH THE PRICE.
- OKAY.
- AS SOON AS YOU PUSH
THE BUTTON OUT THERE,
IT TELLS YOU WHICH
ONE THAT YOU WANT.
BOOMP, DROPS DOWN,
COMES RIGHT OUT THE FRONT.
- YOU GOT A DIME?
- OH, I GUESS I GOT
TO PROVIDE THE DIME?
- WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO.
- YOU'RE THE ONLY
GUY WITH CHANGE.
WHAT YOU GONNA GO
FOR, CHOCOLATE OR...
- I'M GONNA GO FOR CHOCOLATE.
- CHOCOLATE SOUNDS GOOD.
- SOUNDS GOOD SO FAR.
- PUSH DOWN.
- THIS IS BETTER
THAN A SLOT MACHINE.
I GOT SOMETHING
BACK FOR MY MONEY.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YEAH.
- HE'S GONNA HAVE
A MILK MUSTACHE.
IT'S GONNA BE FUNNY.
IS IT GOOD?
- VERY GOOD.
- GOOD.
- NICE.
- JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT.
BEING IN THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY ALL MY LIFE,
DIFFERENT PLACES I GO,
I NEVER SEEN A
MACHINE LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME FIND.
OKAY, RICK, WITH ALL THIS...
WONDERFUL PIECE OF MACHINERY
YOU GUYS GOT HERE,
WHAT'S YOUR ASKING PRICE?
- UM...
I'M WANTING RIGHT
AROUND 12 GRAND FOR IT.
- LIKE, $9,000, $9,500?
- UM... NO, THAT'S, LIKE, COST.
I NEED TO... WE NEED
TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
IF YOU WERE LIKE,
$9,500, ABOUT THE LOWEST
I COULD TAKE RIGHT NOW IS, UH...
I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT MAYBE $11,000?
- $10,000?
- UM... YEAH.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH.
- EXCELLENT JOB.
- OKAY.
- THANK YOU.
- AWESOME.
- THANK YOU, RON.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO IN THE OFFICE,
AND I'LL TAKE SOME
OF YOUR MONEY.
- THE $10,000, I THINK, WAS A
FAIR PRICE FOR BOTH OF US.
PUT IT RIGHT THERE NO
TOO FAR FROM MY DESK
SO WHEN I GET THIRSTY, I'LL BE
ABLE TO PUT MY DIME IN THERE
AND GET MY CARTON
OUT OF CHOCOLATE MILK.
WELL, I'M DONE FOR TODAY. -30.
- COOL.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
- WHAT?
- BEER'S ON YOU, KYLE.
- WHAT?
OH, THAT'S BULL.
- HOW'S THE PIZZA?
- THAT'S GOOD.
- YOU LIKIN' THAT?
- LOVIN' IT.
I GOT CHOCOLATE MILK IN MY NOSE.
I LOVE CHOCOLATE MILK.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
RESTORATION...
- WAIT TILL YOU SEE THESE.
- OH, MAN. THOSE ARE AWESOME.
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE RIDE.
- THIS IS GONNA BE
A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
- I'M HOPING YOU'RE THE GUY
THAT'S GONNA MAKE THESE WORK.
- UM...
- TYLER AND I ARE OUT
FOLLOWING UP ON A PICKING LEAD.
LOOK AT THIS THING.
- THAT IS AN OLD MILK MACHINE.
- I KNOW I'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE OF THESE.
- I'VE NEVER... NOT IN MY LIFE.
THE BEER FUND.
IT'S OURS FOR THE TAKING.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
THERE'S ONE THING
YOU DON'T MESS WITH,
AND THAT'S A MAN'S BEER MONEY.
- REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY
WHEN THINGS WERE MADE BY HAND
AND PEOPLE TOOK
PRIDE IN THEIR WORK?
MY NAME'S RICK DALE,
AND I BRING THESE
THINGS BACK TO LIFE.
EVERY RESTORATION HAS
ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES.
THERE'S NO OWNER'S
MANUAL FOR WHAT WE DO,
BUT THERE'S NO JOB
WE CAN'T HANDLE.
TODAY I'M SENDING
RON AND TYLER OUT
TO A PLACE THAT I HEARD OF
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A GOLD MINE FOR PICKERS.
I'VE GIVEN THEM 2 GRAND TO SPEND
AND INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING
BACK AN ASSORTMENT OF THINGS
THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY SELL.
- OKAY, TYLER.
THIS IS HOPEFULLY
GONNA BE A MECCA
OF VERY COOL,
UNUSUAL, RARE STUFF.
- WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS IS RON?
- I'M RON. WE TALKED
ON THE PHONE.
I'M RICK'S BROTHER.
- HI, RON.
RICK SENT A COUPLE
OF HIS GUYS OVER
TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
OF MY JUNK, AS WE CALL IT.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME
COOL STUFF OVER HERE,
COIN MECHS AND STUFF THAT
BELONGED TO THE SODA MACHINES.
- THAT WOULD BE COOL
IF IT WAS 50 YEARS OLD.
- YOU DON'T LIKE THAT?
- NO.
- WE HAVE A LITTLE
OLDER STUFF UP HERE.
JUST FOLLOW ME.
I KNOW THEIR BUSINESS
IS RESTORATION,
SO I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS
THAT THEY MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN TO RESTORE.
NOW, HERE'S AN OLD
TRUCK OVER HERE,
1954 FORD, 90% RESTORED.
- 90%?
- 90%.
- AWESOME.
- HEY, "T," 90% RESTORED,
IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.
THAT'D BE TOO EXPENSIVE.
- I LIKE THAT SQUARE DR. PEPPER.
BUT THAT'S STILL KIND OF NEW.
- YEAH, IT'S GETTING CLOSER.
- NOW, THESE ARE A BUNCH
OF CASH REGISTERS UP HERE.
FROM THE OLD '40s AND '50s.
THEY'RE CALLED A CANDY STORE.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO SMALL.
THEY ONLY WENT UP TO...
MOST OF 'EM... A DOLLAR.
- I'VE SEEN CASH REGISTERS
LIKE THAT AND LIKE THAT,
BUT I'VE NEVER
SEEN ONE LIKE THIS.
- YEAH.
- THAT'S UNUSUAL.
- THAT IS UNUSUAL.
- YOU GUYS LIKE THE
CASH REGISTERS?
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
HONESTLY, THEY ARE...
THEY'RE DIFFERENT,
THE ONE, ESPECIALLY.
BEFORE WE START TALKIN'
PRICE, I REALLY WANT TO SEE
WHAT ELSE THIS GUY
HAS HIDDEN IN HERE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA WHAT THIS IS?
- THESE ARE, I'M
GONNA HAVE TO SAY...
NAUTICAL?
- YES. THESE ARE OFF OLD SHIPS.
- LIKE, "FULL STEAM
AHEAD" KIND OF THING?
- FULL STEAM AHEAD. YES.
- WHAT KIND OF SHIP WAS
THIS ON? DO YOU KNOW?
- PROBABLY A NAVY
SHIP BEFORE THE '50s.
THIS WAS, LIKE, THE EARLY '40s.
- OKAY.
- THIS WOULD LOOK REALLY
GOOD POLISHED, I THINK.
- THESE SHIP
THROTTLES COULD EASILY
GO TOGETHER AS A PACKAGE.
BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE
THAT THIS IS THE GOLD MINE
THAT RICK WAS HOPING FOR.
- EARLIER, I GOT A
CALL FROM A GUY
THAT WANTS ME TO
TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHIN'
THAT HE MIGHT POSSIBLY
WANT TO GET RESTORED.
I'M EAGER TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
HEY.
- HEY, RICK. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD.
- WAIT TILL YOU SEE THESE.
- OH, MAN. THOSE ARE AWESOME.
- I CAME DOWN TO RICK'S TODAY
WITH TWO AMUSEMENT
PARK HAND CARS
THAT I WANT TO GET RESTORED.
- VERY STURDY.
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG,
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE RIDE.
I COULD HARDLY WAIT
TO GET TO THE PARK
TO RIDE THESE CARS.
- WOW. THOSE ARE COOL.
- I GREW UP OUTSIDE CHICAGO,
RIGHT OFF OF ROUTE
66, WHERE IT BEGAN.
- RIGHT.
- MY FATHER USED TO TAKE ME
TO A LOCAL AMUSEMENT
PARK CALLED KIDDIELAND.
AND THIS IS WHERE THEY
HAD THIS PARTICULAR RIDE.
THIS IS THE FIRST RIDE
THAT I WOULD RIDE...
- YEAH.
- AND I'D ALWAYS MAKE SURE
I KEPT THAT EXTRA TICKET,
BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO
THE LAST RIDE THAT I
WOULD RIDE ON THE WAY OUT.
- NOT A LOT OF
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES
ARE POWERED BY PASSENGERS.
BUT THESE HAND-OPERATED
CARS THAT RAN ON A TRACK
WERE A MAINSTAY IN
KIDDIE PARKS IN THE '50s.
THE FASTER THE KID
WOULD TURN THE CRANK,
THE FASTER THE CAR WOULD GO.
THESE WERE MADE BY HODGES.
THEY WERE OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS
AND STARTED BEING
MADE, LIKE, IN '34, '35.
THESE THINGS WERE MEANT TO LAST.
I MEAN, THIS IS A LITTLE ROUGH.
IT'S BEEN OUT IN THE WEATHER.
BUT I ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU COULD
STILL SIT ON THAT THING
AND PEDAL IT AROUND.
- WELL, FROM THREE-YEAR-OLDS
TO TEN-YEAR-OLDS,
YOU KNOW, IT'S TOOK
A LITTLE OF ABUSE...
- TEN-YEAR-OLDS.
- AND HELD UP.
THIS ONE, SOMEBODY
HAD TRIED TO RESTORE.
AND THEY DID IT
IMPROPERLY. IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO I'M HOPING YOU'RE
GONNA BE THE GUY
THAT'S GONNA MAKE
BOTH OF THESE WORK.
- YEAH.
I'VE FIXED MORE THAN A FEW
BOTCHED RESTORATION JOBS.
THIS IS USUALLY HARDER TO DO,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDO
WHAT THE GUY DID BEFORE
AND THEN START ALL OVER AGAIN.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S GONNA COST?
WHERE ARE WE AT?
- OKAY. THIS ONE HERE
NEEDS SOME WOODWORK.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE
AND REMAKE A TOP FOR IT.
NOW, THIS PIECE HERE IS CAST.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE
OUR BIGGEST DEAL ON THIS ONE,
IS ME TO GET THIS PIECE MADE.
DOING TEARDOWN ON THIS,
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE
SIX HOURS, FOUR
HOURS IN SANDBLASTING.
I'LL HAVE PROBABLY
SIX HOURS PAINTIN' IT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME
PINSTRIPING INVOLVED,
COUPLE HOURS THERE,
REUPHOLSTER THE SEAT.
SO RESTORING BOTH CARS,
I'M LOOKIN' RIGHT AT...
I'M LOOKING AT $4,000 FOR
THE BOTH, EVERYTHING.
YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OWN
LITTLE AMUSEMENT RIDE
IN YOUR BACKYARD.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THAT
SOUND LIKE? ARE YOU READY?
- FOR THE MEMORIES,
IT'S WORTH IT TO ME.
- ALL RIGHT, FOR THE MEMORIES.
- THANK YOU, RICK.
- YEAH. NO, THANK YOU.
- HE UNDERSTANDS
WHERE I'M COMING FROM
AND WHAT IT IS I'M
TRYING TO CAPTURE.
NOW COMES THE TIME
THAT I HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THESE CARS TO BE RESTORED.
IT'S GOING TO REMIND ME OF
THE TIME THAT I WAS WAITING
FOR MY FATHER TO TAKE
ME TO THE AMUSEMENT PARK
JUST TO RIDE THESE.
- UNCLE RON AND I ARE OUT
FOLLOWING UP ON A PICKING LEAD.
MY DAD WANTS US TO
FIND A BUNCH OF ITEMS
WE CAN BUY AND RESTORE.
SO FAR, WE'VE FOUND A FEW ITEMS
BUT NOTHING WITH THAT WOW
FACTOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
- I'VE GOT A FEW MORE THINGS
OVER HERE TO SHOW YOU.
- HOLD ON A SEC.
LOOK AT THIS THING.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- THAT IS AN OLD MILK MACHINE.
- IT'S A VENDO.
- MEANING, LIKE,
COKE MACHINE VENDO?
- MEANING COKE MACHINE
VENDO. SAME COMPANY.
- OKAY.
- BUT IT WAS DESIGNED
AS A MILK MACHINE.
- AS A MILK MACHINE.
CARTON OF MILK WOULD
BE DISPLAYED UP HERE,
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MILK.
- YEAH, YOU GOT
CHOCOLATE, WHOLE, 2%.
I WONDER IF IT WAS
JUST, LIKE, A TWO-TONE.
- THAT'S ORIGINAL PAINT.
- THAT'S THE ORIGINAL PAINT?
- IT'S ORIGINAL THE WAY IT
IS. IT'S ORIGINAL TWO-TONE.
- WHAT THEY DID IS, THEY MADE,
ACTUALLY, THREE STYLES OF THIS.
THEY HAD MILK, ICE CREAM,
AND ANOTHER ONE FOR
CANNED FOOD, LIKE, HOT FOOD.
- THAT IS BIZARRE.
- WOULD YOU EXCUSE MY
NEPHEW AND I FOR A SECOND?
- YEAH, SURE. YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
- YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AS FAR AS
WHAT YOU WANT TO
GET RID OF IT FOR?
- YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY A
GOOD PRICE OF ABOUT $3,500.
- MACHINES LIKE THIS,
WE STILL HAVE SO
MUCH WORK TO DO ON IT.
WE WERE THINKING MORE
PROBABLY IN THE $1,500 RANGE,
RIGHT AROUND THERE.
- COULDN'T DO ANY LESS
THAN PROBABLY ABOUT $2,500.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE
REALLY MY BOTTOM DOLLAR.
- I WANT TO SAY,
WITHOUT HAVING MY
BROTHER REAM ME,
THIS NEEDS TO BE AROUND $2,100
IS ABOUT THE MAX
I CAN GO ON HER.
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO REALLY
BE FIRM ON THE $2,500.
DAD'LL PROBABLY JUST LOVE IT.
- IT'S UP TO YOU.
- RICK ONLY GAVE US
2,000 BUCKS TO WORK WITH,
BUT THIS GUYS DOESN'T
WANT TO DROP BELOW $2,500.
NORMALLY, THIS IS WHEN I WOULD
ACCEPT DEFEAT
AND JUST WALK AWAY.
ALL RIGHT, UM...
WILL DO.
- GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- THAT'S THE GOLDEN
NUGGET THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
- ABSOLUTELY.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
- I APPRECIATE IT. YUP.
- THIS THING IS JUST WAY
TOO COOL FOR ME TO PASS UP.
I JUST HOPE RICK
SEES THE VALUE IN IT.
OTHERWISE, HE'LL PROBABLY
END UP DOCKING SOME OF MY PAY,
AND THAT WOULD SUCK.
- MY UNCLE RON AND I
ARE JUST GETTING BACK
FROM PICKING A MILK
VENDING MACHINE.
MY DAD TOLD US TO GET A
BUNCH OF STUFF ON THIS TRIP,
BUT WE ONLY ENDED UP WITH ONE.
- SO WHAT'D YOU TWO SCALAWAGS
COME UP WITH THIS TIME?
- I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
MY DAD'S REACTION ON THIS ONE.
- THIS THING IS
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
THAT'S ALL WE CAN SAY.
- BRING HER.
- BRING HER OUT.
- THIS THING IS BADASS.
I MEAN, YOU... THIS IS A SCORE,
AS FAR AS EVEN
FINDING ONE OF THESE.
- RON WAS TELLING ME THIS
IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT I DIDN'T REALLY BELIEVE HIM.
- YEAH. YEAH. IT'S AWESOME.
I MEAN, I KNOW OF
SO MANY COLLECTORS
THAT WANT THIS IN
THEIR COLLECTION,
'CAUSE YOU GOT GUYS THAT
COLLECT COKE, 7UP, PEPSI,
DR. PEPPER, ROYAL
CROWN, IN THAT ORDER.
YOU KNOW, ROYAL
CROWN'S THE BIG ONE.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE TO FIND.
- BETTER THAN ROYAL CROWN?
- THIS IS BETTER
THAN ROYAL CROWN.
- WOW.
- YES!
- AS LONG AS YOU DIDN'T SPEND
YOUR MILK MONEY GETTIN' IT.
WE TRIED TO GET IT FOR $2,000.
WE TRIED, WE TRIED, WE TRIED.
THIS GUY WOULDN'T DO
ANYTHING AT ALL LESS THAN $2,500.
- $2,500? I ONLY
GAVE YOU 2 GRAND.
HOW...
- IT WAS A GOOD DEAL.
WE GOT IT, ALL RIGHT?
IT'S ONLY 500 BUCKS MORE.
- HERE'S THE DEAL.
I MEAN, I-I WAS EXPECTING
A BUNCH OF PIECES,
YOU KNOW, FOR THE $2,000,
AND $2,500 ACTUALLY
ISN'T A BAD DEAL AT ALL.
SO I THINK YOU
GUYS DID A GOOD JOB,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
- AWESOME.
THAT'S SURPRISING
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
- TWO KNUCKLEHEADS.
AS AWESOME AS THIS THING IS,
I HATE PUTTING ALL OF
OUR EGGS INTO ONE BASKET.
THAT'S JUST NOT SMART BUSINESS.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
GET CRANKIN' ON THIS PROJECT
RIGHT AWAY.
BRETTLY! COME ON OVER.
LET'S START GETTIN'
THIS THING TORE DOWN.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
- MY DAD LOVES THIS
MACHINE RON AND I PICKED.
AND TO MAKE OUR MONEY
BACK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE,
WE HAVE TO START IT RIGHT AWAY.
OH.
- SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A KEY,
WE HAVE TO USE A DRILL
TO KNOCK OUT THE LOCK.
- THERE IT IS!
- PRETTY MUCH ALL
VENDING MACHINES
USE THE SAME SIZE LOCK,
SO THIS SHOULD BE
PRETTY EASY TO REPLACE.
GET THE TEST LEADS.
NEXT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THIS THING WORKS.
IF IT'S RUNNING, IT'LL
SAVE US A BUNCH OF TIME.
AWESOME.
- ALL RIGHT, DO YOU
WANT THE COINS?
- HELL, YES, I DO.
- FORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE
AT LEAST THE COIN
BANK IS STILL GOOD.
NOW LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY NICKELS IN THIS THING.
WHOA.
- OH, MY GOD. THERE'S SO MANY.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU COUNT THAT
WHILE I ACTUALLY SO SOMETHING.
- SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE,
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DAMN MONEY.
WE SHOULD GO ORDER A PIZZA.
- DUDE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA,
BUT THIS ISN'T ENOUGH
FOR A WHOLE PIZZA.
- OH. WELL, THEN
WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
- UH, WELL, I MEAN, WE
GOT THIS CHANGE HERE,
SO I GUESS WE CAN
START A... START A FUND.
WE CAN KEEP TEARING
DOWN MACHINES,
AND THEN FRIDAY MAYBE WE'LL
HAVE ENOUGH TO GET LUNCH.
- THERE WE GO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO KEEP THIS HIDDEN.
- YEAH, I KNOW. SO WHERE
ARE WE GONNA PUT IT?
- KOWBOY'S TOO FAT
TO GET ON THE COUNTER,
SO I'M THINKIN' UP THERE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GO FOR IT.
BRETTLY AND I ARE
OFFICIALLY STARTING
OUR OWN FUND HERE AT THE SHOP.
MOVE OVER, BEER FUND.
MAKE WAY FOR THE PIZZA FUND.
- YEAH?
- YEAH. I CAN'T SEE IT.
- EARLIER, WE GOT A COUPLE
OF OLD KIDDIE PARK HAND CARS
INTO THE SHOP.
BRETTLY JUST FINISHED
WITH THE SANDBLASTING.
NOW I GOT PHIL POUNDING
OUT ALL THE DENTS,
WHILE KOWBOY AND KYLE
WORK ON REPLACING ALL
THE DAMAGED WOOD PIECES.
- JUST LIKE BUTTER, HUH?
- COOL. THINK THAT'LL DO IT?
- YUP.
- SWEET.
- WE'RE GETTIN' THERE.
YEAH!
- WE'RE WORKING ON RESTORING
A PAIR OF AMUSEMENT
PARK HAND CARS.
AND NOW THAT ALL
THE BODYWORK'S DONE,
I'M PUTTIN' ON SOME NEW PAINT,
WHILE KOWBOY AND KYLE
FINISH UP THE WOODWORKING.
- SO HOW YOU GONNA DO THESE?
- I CAN USE THAT 1
3/4 INCH PADDLE BIT.
- YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S AT?
- I THINK IT'S IN
BRETTLY'S ROOM.
- I'LL BE BACK.
- ALL RIGHTY.
IT'S IN THE BLACK TOOLBOX!
- BLACK TOOLBOX.
AW, HELL.
WHAT THE HELL?
PIZZA FUND?
AW, HELL, NO.
KOWBOY.
- YO.
CHECK THIS OUT.
- PIZZA FUND?
WHERE IN THE HELL
DID YOU GET THAT?
- UP ON THE TOP SHELF.
- TO HELL WITH THE PIZZA
FUND. THIS IS FOR BEER.
- IT WAS IN THE BEER CUP.
- WE GON' FIX THAT COOKIE WAGON.
THERE'S ONE THING
YOU DON'T MESS WITH,
AND THAT'S A MAN'S BEER MONEY.
WHO THE HELL DO
THEY THINK THEY IS?
EVERYBODY HERE AT THE SHOP KNOWS
ALL THE CHANGE WE FIND
GOES IN THE BEER CUP.
DAMN KIDS.
NO PIZZA FUND NO MORE.
BEER FUND.
- OKAY, TY, WHATEVER YOU DO,
MAKE SURE THOSE DON'T TOUCH
METAL WHEN I'M TOUCHING THIS,
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA
SEND ME DOWN ON THE FLOOR,
WIGGLING LIKE A WORM.
WE JUST FINISHED PAINTING
THE OUTSIDE OF
THIS MILK MACHINE.
AND NOW TYLER AND I ARE
GONNA TEST OUT THE MECH.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, WHEN YOU HIT
IT, THIS SOLENOID RIGHT HERE,
THAT SHOULD KICK UP IN THE AIR.
OKAY, PERFECT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE
AMUSEMENT PARK HAND CARS
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND NOW TED'S PUTTING
ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES
BEFORE THE CUSTOMER
COMES TO PICK 'EM UP.
- YO, RICK!
RICK!
- HEY.
MARTIN, YOU'RE A LITTLE EARLY.
- OH, MAYBE. I'M
EXCITED. I'M EXCITED.
- YEAH, THAT HAPPENS.
- I'VE COME DOWN TO
PICK UP MY HAND CARS
THAT I'VE HAD RESTORED.
- TYLER! BRETTLY!
- THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT ARE GOING ON
IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW
THAT I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT HE'S DONE TO IT,
BUT I'M HOPING TO BE SURPRISED.
OH, NO! WHOO-HOO!
- COME ON, BUDDY.
YOU GO SO DAMN SLOW.
- CHOO-CHOO!
- THAT'S PERFECT. PERFECT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO.
YOU'VE HAD YOUR FUN.
GET BACK TO WORK.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- LOOK, YOU'VE EVEN
GOT THE PLATES.
WHEN I BROUGHT THEM
HERE, THEY WERE A MESS.
NOW I CAN'T EVEN TELL
WHICH ONE IS WHICH.
YEAH.
ONE CAME IN FULLY INTACT
AND ALL IN... IN GOOD PIECES.
THE OTHER ONE CAME IN TO
WHERE THE BOTTOM WAS JUST...
IT WAS ROTTED. IT WAS WASTED.
AND THEN OF COURSE,
ONE OF THE GUARDS
WAS TOTALLY GONE.
- RIGHT. NOW THEY
LOOK IDENTICAL.
THEY'RE... THEY'RE...
THEY'RE PERFECT.
- YEAH.
- WHEN I SEE THOSE TWO
CARS ON THE TRACKS,
I JUST CAN'T HELP
REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE
30 YEARS AGO WHEN I
RODE THOSE MYSELF.
NEVER IN MY WILDEST IMAGINATIONS
WOULD I HAVE EVER THOUGHT
THEY WERE GOING
TO LOOK THIS GREAT.
NOW, TELL ME. WHERE
ARE WE AT ON THE PRICE?
DID YOU HIT THE MARK? OVER?
UNDER?
- WELL, UM, WHAT
DID I SAY? $4,000?
- YES.
- YEAH. WE MADE
BUDGET, RIGHT AT 4 GRAND.
I LOVE YOU, MAN.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- YOU BET. YOU BET.
- I WAS VERY PLEASED
THAT HE MET THE MARK.
I WOULD EVEN HAVE BEEN PLEASED
IF IT HAD GONE A
LITTLE BIT OVER,
BECAUSE AFTER
SEEING WHAT HE DID,
IT WAS PERFECT.
- COME ON IN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
- YOU GOT TO SHAKE
IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
COME ON, BABY!
ALL WEEK, BRETTLY AND I
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND
WHATEVER CHANGE WE
CAN AROUND THE SHOP
TO ADD TO OUR PIZZA FUND.
- DUDE, I THINK WE'RE
JUST ABOUT THERE.
- WE JUST FOUND A BUNCH
OF UNTOUCHED COIN MECHS,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE
MIGHT FINALLY HAVE ENOUGH.
WHAT THE HELL? BRETTLY!
SO I GO TO COLLECT
OUR PIZZA FUND
THAT BRETTLY AND I HID EARLIER,
AND ALL I FIND IS
A SINGLE TOKEN.
BRETTLY!
WOW. REALLY?
- WHAT? LET'S GO EAT.
- WE'VE BEEN ROBBED.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN
WE'VE BEEN ROBBED?
- LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT IN THERE.
AND LOOK AT IN...
OOH... LOOK AT IN THERE.
THAT'S A TOKEN.
THAT'S NOT EVEN...
THAT'S NOT WORTH NOTHING.
- YOU THINK THEY PUT
OUR STUFF IN THERE?
- YOU THINK THEY
GOT ALL THAT MONEY?
I'M GUESSING... both: KOWBOY.
- I SAY WE PUT IT ALL BACK.
WE TAKE BACK WHAT'S
RIGHTFULLY OURS.
- I'M DOWN FOR THAT.
- LET'S DO IT.
IT'S OURS FOR THE TAKING.
- FILL 'ER UP. GO.
OH, OOPS.
- FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS,
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON RESTORING
THIS SUPER-RARE
VENDO MILK MACHINE
THAT RON AND TYLER PICKED UP.
AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PUTTING
ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES
BEFORE RON BRINGS
IN A POTENTIAL BUYER
TO CHECK IT OUT.
- YOU ARE GONNA LOVE THIS THING.
- CAME ON DOWN TO
RICK'S RESTORATION TODAY
AND BOUGHT THIS
MILK VENDING MACHINE.
- COME ON OVER
HERE. IT'S OVER HERE.
- I SELL DAIRY SUPPLIES
TO THE DAIRYMEN.
I'M ALSO A DAIRY FARMER.
BOY, AND I SURE AM
VERY INTERESTED IN IT,
SO I MADE A SIX-HOUR
TRIP TO COME TAKE A LOOK.
- HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE.
- OH, MY GOSH.
- OH, YEAH.
- OH, THAT'S... THAT'S
A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE MACHINE,
I WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED.
THE FIRST THING THAT CAUGHT
MY EYE WAS THAT TOP PIECE
THAT CARRIES ALL THE
CARTONS AS A DISPLAY.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
- NOW, THESE ARE JUST
CONTAINERS IN HERE.
PROBABLY NEVER HAD MILK
IN 'EM, 'CAUSE THEY'D BE BAD,
SO THEY'RE JUST A LOOK.
- IT'S AN
AWESOME-LOOKING MACHINE.
AND HOW WAS IT WHEN
YOU FIRST BOUGHT IT?
- WELL, WHEN WE FIRST
GOT IT, IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.
- OKAY.
- IT WAS FADED.
ALL THE CHROME, OF
COURSE, WAS JUST PITTED
AND IT WASN'T
REALLY REALLY PRETTY.
ALL THESE PLASTICS WERE BROKE.
THIS PLASTIC WAS BROKE
OUT ON THE BOTTOM.
AND THE HARDEST THING
IS... IN STUFF LIKE THIS
IS ACTUALLY THE INSIDES.
IT'S GETTIN' EM TO
FUNCTION AGAIN,
BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNIBALIZE
PARTS AND MESS THINGS UP.
AND WE DID QUITE A BIT
OF WORK TO THE INSIDE
TO GET IT TO ACTUALLY WORK.
YOU OPEN IT UP...
- NOW, IS THAT FULL
OF MILK IN THERE?
OR THOSE JUST FREE CARTONS?
- NO, THIS IS REAL MILK.
- IT IS REAL MILK?
COMES WITH THE PRICE?
- YEAH, COMES WITH THE PRICE.
- OKAY.
- AS SOON AS YOU PUSH
THE BUTTON OUT THERE,
IT TELLS YOU WHICH
ONE THAT YOU WANT.
BOOMP, DROPS DOWN,
COMES RIGHT OUT THE FRONT.
- YOU GOT A DIME?
- OH, I GUESS I GOT
TO PROVIDE THE DIME?
- WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO.
- YOU'RE THE ONLY
GUY WITH CHANGE.
WHAT YOU GONNA GO
FOR, CHOCOLATE OR...
- I'M GONNA GO FOR CHOCOLATE.
- CHOCOLATE SOUNDS GOOD.
- SOUNDS GOOD SO FAR.
- PUSH DOWN.
- THIS IS BETTER
THAN A SLOT MACHINE.
I GOT SOMETHING
BACK FOR MY MONEY.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
- YEAH.
- HE'S GONNA HAVE
A MILK MUSTACHE.
IT'S GONNA BE FUNNY.
IS IT GOOD?
- VERY GOOD.
- GOOD.
- NICE.
- JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT.
BEING IN THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY ALL MY LIFE,
DIFFERENT PLACES I GO,
I NEVER SEEN A
MACHINE LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME FIND.
OKAY, RICK, WITH ALL THIS...
WONDERFUL PIECE OF MACHINERY
YOU GUYS GOT HERE,
WHAT'S YOUR ASKING PRICE?
- UM...
I'M WANTING RIGHT
AROUND 12 GRAND FOR IT.
- LIKE, $9,000, $9,500?
- UM... NO, THAT'S, LIKE, COST.
I NEED TO... WE NEED
TO MAKE SOME MONEY.
IF YOU WERE LIKE,
$9,500, ABOUT THE LOWEST
I COULD TAKE RIGHT NOW IS, UH...
I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING ABOUT MAYBE $11,000?
- $10,000?
- UM... YEAH.
- OKAY.
- YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH.
- EXCELLENT JOB.
- OKAY.
- THANK YOU.
- AWESOME.
- THANK YOU, RON.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S
GO IN THE OFFICE,
AND I'LL TAKE SOME
OF YOUR MONEY.
- THE $10,000, I THINK, WAS A
FAIR PRICE FOR BOTH OF US.
PUT IT RIGHT THERE NO
TOO FAR FROM MY DESK
SO WHEN I GET THIRSTY, I'LL BE
ABLE TO PUT MY DIME IN THERE
AND GET MY CARTON
OUT OF CHOCOLATE MILK.
WELL, I'M DONE FOR TODAY. -30.
- COOL.
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
- WHAT?
- BEER'S ON YOU, KYLE.
- WHAT?
OH, THAT'S BULL.
- HOW'S THE PIZZA?
- THAT'S GOOD.
- YOU LIKIN' THAT?
- LOVIN' IT.
I GOT CHOCOLATE MILK IN MY NOSE.
I LOVE CHOCOLATE MILK.
- THAT'S AWESOME.