American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Duck and Cover - full transcript

Male announcer: UP NEXT ON
AMERICAN RESTORATION...

- ME AND TYLER ARE ON OUR WAY
TO THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM

TO SEE ABOUT RESTORING
A PIECE OF NEVADA HISTORY.

WOW.
- THIS IS IT.

AN AIR RAID SIREN.

- WHEN THESE THINGS WENT OFF,

IT SENT SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE.

- I WANT TO SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE
A LOOK AT A CASH REGISTER I GOT.

- OH, MAN, THAT IS AWESOME.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I'M
GONNA HAVE WITH THIS THING,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE IF EVERY
SINGLE PIECE INSIDE THERE WORKS,



AND THERE'S A MILLION OF THEM.

- YOU GUYS GOT THE HEAVY
END. I GOT THE LIGHT END.

- THIS THING WEIGHS
500, 600 POUNDS EASY.

GO DOWN, GO DOWN.

- OH, [bleep].

- 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.

crash!

[loud banging]



ME AND TYLER ARE ON OUR WAY
TO THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM

TO SEE ABOUT RESTORING
A PIECE OF NEVADA HISTORY.

WHEN WE'RE BETWEEN
JOBS, WE'LL OCCASIONALLY

DONATE OUR TIME AND GIVE
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

I LOVE BRINGING TYLER
WITH ME TO PICK UP ITEMS

THAT TELL A STORY
ABOUT THE PAST.

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THE ERA THAT AN ITEM CAME FROM

BEFORE YOU CAN TRULY
BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.

- LET'S TAKE A WALK.
- ALL RIGHT.

- I CALLED RICK TODAY TO
LOOK AT AN AIR RAID SIREN

TO SEE WHAT HE COULD DO
IN TERMS OF RESTORING IT

SO WE CAN PUT IT ON DISPLAY.

- WOW.
- THIS IS IT.

IT'S A LITTLE LARGER THAN
YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT.

- YEAH, IT'S BIG.

- AIR RAID SIRENS WERE
IMPORTANT IN THE 1950s AND 1960s.

IT WAS PART OF THE
CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEM,

SO IT WAS A WAY OF
LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW

THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG.

- WHAT YEAR DO YOU
THINK THIS ONE WAS?

- THIS IS 1957.

THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD
ON TOP OF EVERY SCHOOL,

EVERY PUBLIC BUILDING HERE.

IF A NUCLEAR ATTACK WAS COMING,

THIS WAS HOW
PEOPLE WOULD TELL US,

"YOU NEED TO GO TO SHELTER."

- YEAH, BASEMENTS,
FALLOUT SHELTERS.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WE HAD THE TEST SITE THERE.

WE WERE ON THE FRONT
LINE OF THE COLD WAR

IN SOUTHERN NEVADA,

AND AN ARTIFACT LIKE
THIS WILL MAKE IT REAL.

- IT YOUR SCHOOL, THEY DO, LIKE,

A FIRE DRILL KIND
OF THING, RIGHT?

- YEAH, WE DO FIRE DRILLS.

- WELL, THEY USED TO
SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED.

- YEAH, THE WHOLE DUCK AND COVER

AND, YOU KNOW, GET
DOWN UNDER YOUR DESK.

COVER THE BACK OF YOUR NECK
SO THE GLASS DOESN'T HIT YOU.

- I REMEMBER THESE THINGS
WHEN I WAS BACK IN SCHOOL.

THERE'S NO MISTAKING THAT SOUND.

WHEN THESE THINGS WENT OFF,

IT SENT SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE.

AND I BET IF THIS THING
WORKED RIGHT NOW,

YOU'D BE ABLE TO HEAR IT
FOR TEN MILES, MAYBE MORE.

- WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE IS THIS PARTICULAR UNIT

STRIPPED DOWN WITH
THE ORIGINAL PAINT COLOR.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL PAINT COLOR HERE.

IT'S ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS.

- WE'RE GOING YELLOW EVERYWHERE.

- SO WE'D LIKE IT TO COME BACK
TO THAT AND TO BE FUNCTIONAL

SO THAT AT LEAST
IT CAN GO AROUND.

- I'M GONNA RUN TWO LINE
IN THIS THING RIGHT HERE

TO WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO TURN ON THE SPINNING,

AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO,
YOU CAN TURN ON THE HOTBOX

AND BLOW YOUR HORN.

- I'LL HAVE TO NOTIFY
A LOT OF PEOPLE FIRST.

- I'M LIKE 40 MILES AWAY,

AND I'LL HERE IT FOR
LUNCH FROM THERE, OKAY?

- WELL, THIS IS GREAT.
WE LIVE ON DONATIONS.

I LOVE VOLUNTEERS,
AND I LOVE DONATIONS.

- YOU'LL BE WORKING
FOR FREE FOR MONTHS.

EVERY MINUTE WE
SPEND ON THIS THING

IS COMING OUT OF MY POCKET,

SO THE FASTER WE
GET THIS THING DONE,

THE LESS IT WILL COST.

I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
IT, TO BE QUITE HONEST.

IT'S AWESOME.
- THANK YOU, RICK.

WITH RICK WANTING TO RESTORE
THIS TO FULL WORKING ORDER,

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THAT MEANS THAT
WE WILL HAVE THIS,

AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW
IT TO PEOPLE AS IT WORKED.

THIS IS WHAT WAS
REAL HERE AT THIS TIME.

- GOOD THING I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON MY SQUATS.

- [groans]

UM, ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL RON,

AND WE'LL MAKE IT HIS PROBLEM.

GET THE TRAILER DOWN HERE.

ALL RIGHT?
- YEP.

- I KNEW THESE SIRENS WERE LOUD,

BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE
THEY WERE ALSO HEAVY.

I'M GONNA NEED TO GET RON
AND SOME GUYS DOWN HERE

TO PICK THIS THING UP SO
WE CAN START WORKING ON IT.

[sander whirring]

[bell dings]

HI, HOW ARE YOU?

- RICK? I'M ROB.
NICE TO MEET YOU.

- GOOD TO MEET YOU.

- I WANTED TO SEE IF
YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK

AT A CASH REGISTER I GOT.

- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

- I'M HERE TO SEE
IF I COULD GET RICK

TO RESTORE A CASH REGISTER.

MY KIDS AND I LIKE TO
COLLECT OLD THINGS,

AND I WANTED TO SEE
IF HE COULD GET IT BACK

TO THE ORIGINAL CONDITION.

- OH, MAN, THAT IS AWESOME.

THAT'S A MICHIGAN,
MAN. THOSE ARE RARE.

- IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT ONE.

I HAD NEVER SEEN ONE
THAT SAID "MICHIGAN" ON IT,

AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT
WAS PRETTY ORIGINAL.

WE GOT A GOOD DEAL ON
IT; WE'D FIGURE WE BUY IT

AND SEE IF WE
COULDN'T FIX IT UP.

- HOW'D YOU GET IT?

- MY KIDS AND I KIND OF MESS
AROUND ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND WE FOUND THIS LOCAL,
AND I BOUGHT IT FROM THE GUY,

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS KIND
OF NEAT, WITH THE MICHIGAN.

- CASH REGISTERS WERE
JUST AN AWESOME FORM

FOR THE STOREKEEPER TO
ACTUALLY KEEP TABS ON THEIR MONEY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS ACTUALLY
SOMETHING THAT REGISTERED

HOW MUCH MONEY CAME
THROUGH THE STORE,

AND IT HELPED THEM
WITH INVENTORY.

THERE'S ALWAYS MARBLE ON THERE.

WHAT THIS THING WAS FOR WAS,

WHEN YOU GOT A COIN
FROM A CUSTOMER,

HE WOULD TAP ON
THAT WITH A COIN,

AND THAT MADE A
DISTINCTIVE NOISE,

AND WHAT IT TOLD HIM IS
IF IT WAS REAL OR A SLUG.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
COUNTERFEITING MONEY

AS LONG AS THEY'VE
BEEN MAKING MONEY.

SHOP OWNERS LOVED
HAVING THE MARBLE

ON TOP OF THE CASH REGISTER,

KNOWING THAT IF THEY
TAPPED A COIN ON IT,

IT WOULD SOUND
DIFFERENT IF IT WAS FAKE.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S A
GOOD THING RIGHT THERE.

THAT USUALLY MEANS, AS ROUGH
AS IT LOOKS ON THE OUTSIDE,

THE MECHANISM ON THE
INSIDE ISN'T RUSTED OUT.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

THE OUTSIDE, WE'LL END
UP BLASTING THIS ALL OFF

AND THEN SENDING IT
TO THE PLATING SHOP,

AND THEY'LL PUT A NICE
COAT OF NICKEL ON THERE.

IT'LL BE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

- RICK, WHAT DO YOU
THINK IT WILL COST

TO GET IT TOTALLY RESTORED?

- I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I'M
GONNA HAVE WITH THIS THING IS,

TO GET EACH ONE OF THOSE
ARMS OFF THERE IS A NIGHTMARE.

I MEAN, YOU SEE HOW
RUSTED THESE ARE?

I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT
AROUND 40 MAN HOURS, OKAY?

AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE,
YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT

ABOUT $300, $400
IN NICKEL PLATING.

TOTALLY RESTORED
WITH EVERYTHING,

YOU'RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT AROUND $1,800.

- WHAT WOULD IT BE
WORTH AFTER THAT?

IS IT WORTH SPENDING
$1,800 TO GET IT DONE?

- YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM

BETWEEN $5,000 AND
$5,500 SELLING THIS.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT
I WOULD SELL IT FOR.

- THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
RICK, LET'S DO IT.

I APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- I APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING A LOOK AT IT FOR ME.

I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING
MY KIDS AND PICKING IT UP.

- AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- THANK YOU, RICK.
- YOU BET.

- I'M INCREDIBLY
EXCITED TO COME BACK

AND SEE WHAT
RICK'S DONE WITH IT,

'CAUSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT,
MY KIDS KIND OF LOOKED AT ME

AND SAID, "WHAT IN THE
WORLD ARE YOU DOING?"

- I WOULD SAY RIGHT HERE.

- HOW FAR YOU WANT TO CARRY IT?

- TODAY RICK SENT US OUT
TO GRAB AN AIR RAID HORN

OR AN AIR HORN FROM THE MUSEUM.

- ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU
GONNA HELP CARRYING IT?

- YES.

- ALL RIGHT, THEN LET'S
GET THE TRAILER CLOSER.

THE GUY THAT'S ALWAYS TALKING
ABOUT DOING THINGS THE EASY WAY.

- YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

WHEN RICK SAID "AIR RAID
HORN," I'M THINKING A LITTLE HORN,

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
YOU BEEP, BEEP.

THIS THING WEIGHS
500, 600 POUNDS EASY.

- YOU GUYS GOT THE HEAVY
END. I GOT THE LIGHT END.

- LIKE THERE WAS
ANY DOUBT WITH THAT?

- READY?
- HOLD ON.

THIS IS HEAVY AS SH...

- ABLE TO DO IT THAT WAY?

- I THINK JEFF JUST
WANTED TO MUSCLE IT.

NO, JUST GRAB IT FROM
THE INSIDE OF THAT.

- THAT THING IS SO
HEAVY RIGHT THERE.

- WE DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE NO STRATEGY.

- NO, IT'S GONNA
TAKE TWO DOWN HERE.

IT'S GONNA TAKE AT
LEAST TWO DOWN HERE.

- I GOT THIS PART FOR SURE.
- THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

- WE'LL SEE IN A MINUTE.

- WELL, AT LEAST THIS
THING ISN'T AWKWARD.

GO DOWN. GO DOWN.

- OH.

- WE NEED THREE GUYS DOWN HERE.

- SO THAT'D BE ALL OF US.

- YEAH.

[sighs]

NOW THAT I'M NOT
GONNA BE ABLE TO DO.

IF I GET A HERNIA FROM LIFTING
500 POUNDS OF DEAD WEIGHT,

RICK IS GONNA BE
COVERING MY MEDICAL BILLS.

- THAT'LL HOLD.

ALL RIGHT.

- LET'S GET SOME
BREAKFAST AFTER THIS.

- I'M ALL FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT.

- MY GUYS HAVE TO TA

[loud crash]

- SPRING LOADED,
[bleep], RIGHT THERE.

- EARLIER A GUY DROPPED OFF

A VERY RARE MICHIGAN
CASH REGISTER.

MY GUYS HAVE TO
TAKE APART THE SHELL

AND THEN GET TO WORK
ON THE MAIN MECHANISM.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE IF EVERY
SINGLE PIECE INSIDE THERE WORKS,

AND THERE'S A MILLION OF THEM.

- 10 CENT WORKS, 15 CENT, 20.

IT'S NOT ADDING UP
ON OUR TALLY HERE.

- IT SEEMS LIKE THE
MECHANISM WORKS AS A WHOLE,

BUT SOME OF THE ARMS DO NOT.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADD
SOME SPRINGS TO THESE THINGS

AND PRAY THAT THIS
THING WILL FUNCTION.

- ME AND KYLE ARE GONNA
TEAR DOWN THIS AIR RAID SIREN.

WE'RE GONNA TURN IT DOWN
INTO ITS THREE MAIN PARTS:

THE HORN, THE MECHANISM
THAT TURNS THE HORN,

AND THE POLE.

WHAT?

- LOOKS LIKE WAS YELLOW BEFORE.

THIS SIREN IS BUILT TO
PUT OUT A LOT OF NOISE.

WHEN WE FIRE IT UP, YOU'RE
GONNA HEAR IT FOR BLOCKS,

MAYBE THE WHOLE VALLEY.

[magnified barking]

- THE MOST TIME-CONSUMING
PART OF THIS CASH REGISTER

IS DEALING WITH
ALL THE SMALL PARTS.

KYLE'S PUNCHING OUT
EACH ONE OF THESE NUMBERS

SO TERRY CAN REPLACE ALL THE
OLD ONES THAT AREN'T GOOD ANYMORE,

AND THEN I GOT TERRY
LINING ALL THE ARMS UP

SO WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON,
IT LIFTS THE NUMBER ON THE TOP.

IF HE MESSES UP ONE
SINGLE ARM ON THIS THING,

IT MEANS THE WHOLE THING'S
GONNA HAVE TO COME APART,

AND THAT'S REALLY GONNA
MESS WITH MY BUDGET.

- THE STAND ON THIS AIR RAID
SIREN HAS A BIG DENT IN IT.

- YOU HAVE TO HEAT IT UP

AND POUND IT WITH
A [bleep] HAMMER.

I'LL BE THE LEVERAGE
MAN. YOU BE THE HEAT MAN.

- WE'RE GONNA
TORCH THIS POLE UP,

GET IT HOT ENOUGH TO WHERE
THE METAL'S SOFT ENOUGH

SO WE CAN BEND THIS POLE.

HOPEFULLY WITH A LITTLE
DEAD WEIGHT ON THE END,

WE CAN GET IT STRAIGHT.

- THERE YOU GO.
THAT'LL HEAT IT UP.

- THAT'S WHERE KOWBOY COMES IN.

- YA!

WHOO!

[horse neighs]

- THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

- YA!

WHOO!

[laughs]

GO CHECK IT.

WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBEND IT.

SWEET. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

THERE AIN'T NOTHING HEAT AND
A LITTLE MUSCLE WON'T SOLVE.

- EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE, WE GET A PROJECT

THAT REALLY TAKES
EVERYONE TO PITCH IN.

THIS AIR RAID SIREN
FOR A LOCAL MUSEUM

HAS BEEN STRIPPED
DOWN TO BARE METAL,

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO BRING
IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR,

SAFETY YELLOW.

THE METAL BAND THAT
GOES OVER THE GEARBOX

WAS TOTALLY CRUSHED,

SO I CALLED IN MY BUDDY
BOB TO WORK HIS MAGIC.

- HEY.
- BOB, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

- I SPECIALIZE IN FABRICATINGAG

DIFFERENT TYPES OF METALS.

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE
KID, I HAD A PEDAL CAR,

AND I CRASHED IT, SO I
HAD TO HAMMER IT BACK OUT

AND GET IT RIDING
STRAIGHT AGAIN,

AND FROM THEN ON,

IT WAS JUST A PASSION
FOR ME TO DO METALWORK.

OH, MY GOD, WHAT'D YOU
GUYS DO TO THIS, TRASH IT?

- THAT ENDS UP GOING
ON AN AIR RAID SIREN,

SOMETHING OUT OF THE '50s.

IT WAS JUST
LITERALLY SMASHED IN.

WE POUNDED THE BEST WE COULD,

BUT RIGHT NOW IT NEEDS
SOME OF YOUR EXPERTISE.

I WANTED TO POLISH
IT OUT, YOU KNOW,

AND MAKE IT NICE AGAIN
INSTEAD OF JUST PAINTING IT OVER.

HOW LONG DO YOU
THINK WE GOT ON THAT?

- IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT TEN HOURS.

- TEN HOURS SEEMS LIKE A
LONG TIME ON ONE SINGLE PIECE,

BUT BOB DOES GREAT WORK.

ONCE THIS PART IS
SMOOTHED AND POLISHED UP,

IT'S GONNA GIVE
THE AIR RAID SIREN

THAT TOUCH OF FLASH THAT
REALLY BRINGS IT BACK TO LIFE.

- I'LL RUN THESE EDGES FIRST.

THAT'LL ALSO STIFFEN IT UP

AND GIVE YOU, YOU
KNOW, THE RIGHT CONTOUR.

I'LL GET THE BEAD
ROLLER AND START GOING.

- OKAY, SOUNDS GREAT.

- WHAT I'LL DO FIRST IS,

I'LL TAKE IT THROUGH
THE BEAD ROLLER

AND BRING THE ORIGINAL
EDGES BACK TOGETHER.

A BEAD ROLLER IS A FORMING TOOL
THAT ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS METAL.

WHAT MAKES METAL STRONGER
IS DIFFERENT SHAPES IN IT.

IF YOU LOOKED AT
A FENDER IN A CAR,

IF A FENDER WAS FLAT,

THERE WOULD BE
NO STRENGTH TO IT.

WHEN THEY PUT THE
BENDS IN IT AND THE CURVES,

THAT'S WHAT HELPS
MAKE IT STRONGER.

TO DO THIS RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE TO REALLY GET TO
KNOW THIS PIECE OF METAL,

KNOW ALL THE CURVES,

AND WHICH WAY THE METAL'S GONNA
MOVE WHEN YOU START HITTING IT.

- WHILE BOB WORKS HIS MAGIC,

I'M GONNA GO SEE HOW THE
FINISHING TOUCHES ARE GOING

ON THE CASH REGISTER.

THE CUSTOMER'S ON HIS WAY,

AND WE WANT IT TO BE PERFECT.

- BEAUTY.

- HEY, ROB.

- HEY, RICK, GOOD
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHO'D YOU BRING WITH YOU?

- I BROUGHT MY WORKERS TODAY.

THIS IS JACKSON AND PEYTON.

- JACKSON, GOOD TO MEET YOU.
- YOU TOO.

- PEYTON, GOOD TO MEET YOU.
- HI.

- SO WE'RE EXCITED TO
SEE THE CASH REGISTER.

- ALL RIGHT. LET'S
GO TAKE A LOOK.

- WE CAME DOWN TO
RICK'S RESTORATION TODAY

TO PICK UP MY 1900s
MICHIGAN CASH REGISTER.

WHEN I BOUGHT THE CASH REGISTER,

MY KIDS REALLY
THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY,

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
I WAS SPENDING MONEY

BUYING A PIECE OF JUNK,

AND I REALLY WANT THEM TO SEE
THAT YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING

AND MAKE IT LOOK GOOD
AGAIN, MAKE IT LOOK ORIGINAL.

- CHECK IT OUT.
- WOW.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THE SAME ONE, RICK.

- THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE IN ITS DAY.

WE ENDED SENDING ALL
THE OUTSIDE PORTION OF IT

TO THE PLATING COMPANY,

AND THEY PLATED IT IN NICKEL.

- I LIKE THAT IT'S
ACTUALLY SILVER

AND NOT THAT OLD
BROWN, UGLY COLOR.

- IF YOU REMEMBER, EACH ARM
WAS REALLY, REALLY RUSTED,

SO WE WENT THROUGH
EACH ONE OF THOSE.

THEY HOOKED TO THIS
FLAG THAT GOES UP.

THOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL FLAGS.

WE PAINTED THEM ALL
AND RE-LETTERED THEM ALL.

EACH ONE OF THE
KEYS WERE CORRODED.

THEY HAD, LIKE, A
PLASTIC FILM ON THEM.

THESE ARE DONE
THE EXACT SAME WAY.

SO YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT?
YOU WANT TO SEE IF IT WORKS?

- SURE.
- SURE.

Ding!
- WHOA.

- I KNEW THERE WAS
NO WAY I COULD DO IT,

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR HIM TO
TAKE APART EVERY PIECE OF THAT

AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER I
JUST THOUGHT WAS AMAZING.

- THIS RIGHT HERE, LIKE YOU
WERE SEEING THROUGH HERE,

WE MATCHED THIS WOOD IN HERE;
THIS HAS ALL BEEN PULLED APART.

- THAT BOTTOM PART WAS PRETTY
ROUGH WHEN WE BROUGHT IT IN.

- RIGHT, SO WE ENDED UP
RE-VENEERING THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

AND THEN THIS HERE WAS
CRACKED IN A MILLION PIECES,

SO WE GOT A NEW PIECE OF MARBLE,

AND WHAT THIS
THING WAS FOR IS...

- TO MAKE SURE IT WAS REAL?

- YEAH, EXACTLY, IF YOU
TAP THE COIN ON THERE,

YOU CAN TELL THE
SOUND OF IT, RIGHT?

THIS FAKE ONE, SO YOU
CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A FAKE
COIN AND A REAL COIN.

BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS
WORTH COUNTERFEITING A NICKEL,

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A NICKEL
WAS A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW?

- I GOT TO TELL YOU,
I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED.

WE STARTED DOING THIS,
AND WE LASTED 15 MINUTES.

I'M LIKE, "WE CAN'T DO THIS.
THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY."

- AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THAT HE
WAS KIND OF CRAZY FOR BUYING IT.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT
HE COULD RESTORE IT.

IF HE TRIED TO
DO IT ALL HIMSELF,

HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
MESSED IT UP AND RUINED IT,

SO I'M GLAD HE
TOOK IT TO SOMEONE

WHO KNEW HOW TO ACTUALLY DO IT.

- APPRECIATE IT.
- THANK YOU.

- GUYS, SHAKE HIS HAND.

- THANKS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET SOMEBODY
TO HELP US LOAD THIS,

AND I'LL TAKE SOME
OF YOUR DAD'S MONEY.

- I'M USED TO THAT.

I'M JUST REALLY GLAD
THAT MY KIDS GOT TO SEE IT

FROM THE WAY IT LOOKED
WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT IT

TO WHAT THE END RESULT IS NOW.

AFTER I'M GONE, I CAN
HAND IT DOWN TO THEM,

AND THEY CAN GIVE
IT TO THEIR KIDS,

AND THEY GOT A STORY ABOUT
GOING TO GET IT AND RESTORE IT.

I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT...
JUST A GREAT THING.

- BYE-BYE.

- THIS AIR RAID SIREN HAS
BEEN A LOT OF WORK SO FAR.

BUT TODAY'S THE DAY
WE GET TO DELIVER IT.

- IF WE CAN GET THIS
THING WORKING AGAIN,

IT'S GONNA BE LOUD; IT
MIGHT EVEN MAKE THE DEAD.

HELL, IT MIGHT EVEN WAKE ME UP.

- MARK WANTS THIS THING TO
SPIN LIKE IT DID BACK IN THE DAY,

BUT I'M GONNA TAKE
IT ONE STEP FURTHER,

AND I'M GONNA WIRE THIS THING UP

TO WHERE THE SIREN'S
GONNA WORK TOO.

[loud beeping]

SOMETIMES IN THIS BUSINESS,

DELIVERING AN ITEM IS A MUST.

- PAY ATTENTION TO THAT LEG.

- AND IT CAN BE
ONE OF THE HARDEST

AND MOST DANGEROUS
PARTS OF THIS JOB.

- THIS.

- WATCH THE FRONT
WHEN IT FALLS OVER.

[loud beeping]

- JUST LIKE THAT, OKAY?

AS SOON AS WE GET THIS
SIREN TO THE MUSEUM,

WE GOT TO GET IT
SET UP AND SECURED

BEFORE WE SHOW MARK.

LAST TIME HE SAW THIS THING,

IT WAS A BIG PILE OF JUNK.

SO HOPEFULLY HE'S GOING
TO BE EXTREMELY HAPPY

WHEN HE GETS TO SEE THIS.

GET THE POLE OFF AND SET
IT DIRECTLY ON THAT PAD.

[indistinct chatter]

- TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE.

- OKAY, RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE, GUYS.

WE CAN... [coughs]

[drill whirring loudly]

I PUT A LOT OF TIME AND A
LOT OF ENERGY INTO THIS THING,

AND IF ANYTHING
HAPPENS TO IT NOW,

I'M GONNA FREAK OUT.

- DO IT.

- GO UP, WE'LL PUT THIS ON.

THIS HORN HAS TO
WEIGH 500 POUNDS,

AND WE GOT TO LIFT THIS
THING UP 12 FOOT HIGH

TO ATTACH IT TO THE POLE.

- RIGHT THERE. DOWN.

- EASY, EASY. LOOKING GOOD.

NOW THAT THIS
THING'S ALL SET UP,

IT'S TIME TO SHOW MARK.

- HEY, RICK. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU GOT SOMETHING FOR ME?

- OH, YEAH, WE
GOT IT ALL SET UP.

YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT?
- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

- THIS THING LOOKS GREAT,

BUT SOMETIMES WHEN
YOU TRANSPORT AN ITEM

AND HAVE TO BUILD IT ON-SITE,

IT LEAVES SOME QUESTION
IF IT'S GONNA WORK OR NOT.

- WHOA! LOOK AT THAT.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT.

RICK HAS DONE A
GREAT JOB WITH THIS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A
PIECE THAT WE CAN NOW USE

TO TALK ABOUT A WHOLE TIME
PERIOD IN LOCAL HISTORY HERE.

YOU GUYS DID A
GREAT JOB ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT,

THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU
TOOK OUT OF HERE.

SO WHAT ALL DID YOU DO HERE?

- YOU KNOW, OF COURSE
WE HAD TO DISASSEMBLE IT.

REMEMBER THE BOX? THAT
BOX PROTECTS THE GEAR.

THERE'S AN ELECTRIC
MOTOR IN THERE,

A FAN BELT.

WE DID A LOT OF
BODY WORK ON THAT.

THERE WAS A FLANGE THAT
LITERALLY COVERED THE BOX

FOR ELECTRICAL
BASICALLY JUST FOR WATER.

YOU KNOW, IT
COVERED IT FOR WATER,

SO WE POLISHED THAT ALL OUT.

THAT WAS SMASHED IN, REMEMBER?

IT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.

- THESE ARE STILL
THE ORIGINAL PARTS.

- EVERYTHING'S
ORIGINAL, EVERYTHING:

SCREWS, NUTS, BOLTS,
EVEN THE PIPE COMING DOWN.

OF COURSE, WE PUT
AN OUTLET DOWN HERE

THAT'S WATERPROOF.

YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE WITH THIS THING

WAS MOVING IT AROUND.

IT'S VERY AWKWARD.

- GO DOWN, GO DOWN.

- OH.

- IT'S NOT LIKE YOU
CAN JUST LIFT IT UP.

- THIS IS GONNA
BE A GREAT PIECE.

WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
TALK ABOUT THE COLD WAR,

ABOUT THE TEST SITE,
ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

WE HAD THESE ON TOP OF EVERY
SCHOOL IN THE VEGAS VALLEY.

- RIGHT, RIGHT.

- I ALMOST HATE TO ASK YOU THIS.

DOES IT ACTUALLY WORK TOO?

- WELL, I THINK WE NEED
TO CHECK IT OUT, 'CAUSE...

- IT'S GONNA WAKE
UP THE NEIGHBORS.

- OKAY, ON THIS,
WHAT WE DID WAS,

ONE OF THE SWITCHES TURNS IT

TO WHERE IT JUST
SPINS ALL THE TIME.

AND THIS ONE HERE ACTUALLY
MAKES THE HORN GO OFF.

OKAY?

- OKAY, LET'S SEE
WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.

- OKAY, THERE'S THAT.

THAT'S THE HORN SPINNING AROUND.

NOW, YOU READY FOR THE LOUD ONE?

- I'M NOT SURE, BUT
LET'S GIVE IT A SHOT.

[loud, droning siren wails]

- IT GETS LOUDER AND
LOUDER AND LOUDER.

- OKAY, LET'S BRING IT DOWN.

- HE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT...
- FROM THE NEIGHBORS.

- [laughs]

- THAT WAS FRICKIN'
AWESOME, DUDE.

- WITH THE HOUSING
BEHIND THE MUSEUM

AND THE APARTMENTS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF BOULDER HIGHWAY HERE,

THEY'RE PROBABLY
WONDERING A LITTLE BIT

WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER
HERE AT THE MUSEUM TODAY.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY
RIGHT. THAT'S THE SOUND.

- I KNEW IT WOULD WORK.

- RICK, THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU.

- GREAT WORK. GREAT JOB, GUYS.

THANK YOU A LOT.

THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION
TO THE GROUNDS HERE.

VOLUNTEERS ARE PEOPLE
THAT ALLOW US TO FUNCTION.

IN THIS CASE, RICK HAS
VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME

IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE

AND TO HAVE IT
AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW,

THE PEOPLE OF PARK COUNTY

AND ALL OF THE THOUSANDS
OF VISITORS WE GET OUT HERE.

[loud, droning siren wails]

[siren wailing in distance]

- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, KYLE?