American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Jackpot - full transcript

- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...

- I CAME TO RICK'S TODAY

TO HAVE MY PEPSI
COOLER RESTORED.

- I MEAN, YOU LITERALLY
HAVE ELECTRICITY WITH WATER.

NOT REALLY THE SAFEST AT ALL.

WATLINGS WERE TOP-OF-THE-LINE,

BUT THE INSIDE IS
MISSING ALL THE PARTS.

FINDING EACH INDIVIDUAL PART...

- COULD TAKE FOREVER.

- I GOT ONE OF THESE
FOR YOU, KOWBOY.

- THAT THING'S PROBABLY BEEN
SITTING THERE FOR 40 YEARS.



- IF YOU GET THIS
MACHINE IN MY ROOM

WITHOUT LOSING ANY
PARTS, I'LL DRINK IT.

IF YOU LOSE A
PART, YOU DRINK IT.

- BET'S ON.

- 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 A CUSTOMER'S DROPPING
OFF AN OLD PEPSI MACHINE.

I LOVE DOING PEPSI MACHINES.

THEY'RE A BIT MORE
RARE AND FLASHY TOO.



- I CAME TO RICK'S TODAY

TO HAVE MY 1940s PEPSI
COOLER RESTORED.

I'VE WANTED A PEPSI
MACHINE FOR 40 YEARS.

- SO WHY THE PEPSI MACHINE?

I DON'T GET THAT VERY
MANY REQUESTS FOR ONE.

- MY MOM AND MY
BROTHER... SINGLE MOM...

A TREAT FOR US WAS TO GO
TO THE CORNER GROCERY STORE

AND GET A PEPSI.

MY MOM HAS PASSED AWAY,

BUT THIS WOULD BE
A GREAT REMINDER

OF HOW SHE LOVED PEPSI

AND SHE TOOK HER TWO LITTLE
BOYS TO GET A PEPSI FOR A TREAT.

- AWESOME.

THAT'S WHAT THIS STUFF'S
MADE OF ANYWAYS IS MEMORIES.

THAT SOUND THAT IT
USED TO MAKE, "PSSSHT!"

AND THAT ICE-COLD...

WHAT... YOU KNOW, IT WAS
LIKE A TASTE OF HEAVEN

COMING RIGHT OUT, YOU KNOW?

WHAT YOU HAVE IS
A GENERAL ELECTRIC

EARLY '40s DOUBLE-DOT PEPSI.

THERE'S TWO HYPHENS RIGHT HERE,

AND THAT WAS PRE-'45.

THEIR SLOGAN IN THIS
ERA WAS, "HITS THE SPOT."

PRIOR TO THIS BLUE, PEPSI
WAS ACTUALLY YELLOW.

- YOU'RE KIDDING.

- YEAH, PEPSI WAS ALL YELLOW.

TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT,

PEPSI CHANGED THEIR COLORS
TO RED, WHITE, AND BLUE IN 1941.

THE DOMINANT COLOR IN THAT
COLOR SCHEME HAS BEEN BLUE,

PEPSI BLUE.

YOU HAD TO COME UP,

WALK UP TO A GAS
STATION OR SOMETHING,

AND HERE THIS THING WAS
SITTING FRONT AND CENTER,

SO YOU'RE JUST DYING TO
GO AND GET YOURSELF A SODA.

COKE AND PEPSI
HAVE BEEN BATTLING

SINCE THE DAY THEY
BEGAN IN THE 1800s.

WHAT THEY DID WAS,

YOU HAD A COKE BOTTLE
THAT WAS 6 OUNCES,

AND PEPSI ACTUALLY CAME OUT
WITH A BOTTLE THAT WAS 12 OUNCES

FOR THE SAME EXACT
PRICE, FOR A NICKEL.

- AND I REMEMBER
THE 12-OUNCE PEPSI.

TO A KID, THAT WAS HUGE.

- THAT'D KEEP YOU
RUNNING AROUND ALL DAY.

YEAH.

- BACK IN THE '40s, THERE
WEREN'T GIANT DRINKS

LIKE THERE ARE TODAY.

I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY.

BACK THEN, 6-OUNCE
DRINKS, THAT WAS A TREAT,

AND 12 OUNCES, THAT WAS
THE LATEST AND GREATEST.

NOW PEOPLE ARE
GETTING 32-OUNCE DRINKS

AND EVEN 64-OUNCE DRINKS.

THIS PARTICULAR UNIT
WAS A WATER-COOLED UNIT.

YOU FILLED IT FULL OF WATER.

THE COILS ON THE
BOTTOM GOT COLD,

ALLOWING THE WATER TO GET COLD.

IT WAS PROBABLY THE COLDEST
BOTTLE YOU POSSIBLY COULD GET,

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS,

THE WATER GOES AROUND THE BOTTLE

AND MAKES IT AN EVEN
COOLNESS ALL THE WAY UP

UNTIL YOU PULLED THAT THING UP.

THE ONLY THING THAT
PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE

WAS THAT YOU HAD A LITTLE
DRIPPY WATER, YOU KNOW?

INSIDE, BACK IN THE DAY,

THE BOTTLES WERE
PROBABLY JUST LAYING IN HERE.

MOST OF THE TIME, THEY
HAD A COVER OVER HERE

SO THE CUSTOMER
COULDN'T TOUCH IT,

GET THEIR FINGERS IN THERE.

YOU LITERALLY HAVE
ELECTRICITY WITH WATER.

- WHOO-HOO.

I CAN IMAGINE MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD

GOING IN THERE AND
STICKING HIS TONGUE IN THERE.

"HEY, PAPA. WHOO-HOO!"

GET A LITTLE JOLT.

CAN WE CONVERT
THIS SO IT'S JUST,

YOU KNOW, LIKE A REGULAR
AIR-COOLED REFRIGERATOR TYPE?

- IT MIGHT; IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.

I CAN TRY TO REDESIGN IT.

IT IS POSSIBLE. I
WOULD HAVE TO TRY.

I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND

WHY HE DIDN'T WANT THIS
WHOLE THING FILLED WITH WATER.

IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE,

BUT IT'S NOT GONNA
BE EASY EITHER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
REENGINEER THE COMPRESSORS

TO TAKE WATER OUT
OF THE EQUATION.

TO RESTORE THE WHOLE
THING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM...

COMPRESSORS, ALL THE PAINTING...

RESTORATION COST IS GONNA
BE RIGHT AROUND $3,500.

- THANKS. THANKS FOR
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.

I HAVE 17 GRANDCHILDREN.

WHEN THEY SEE THIS RESTORED

AND REALIZE THEY
CAN OPEN THIS CHEST

AND REACH IN AND GET A
PEPSI ANYTIME THEY WANT,

THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO
KEEP COMING TO PAPA'S HOUSE.

- A FEW DAYS AGO, I
GOT A CALL FROM A GUY,

AND HE WANTS ME TO COME
LOOK AT AN OLD SLOT MACHINE.

- HEY, JIM. HOW YOU DOING?

- PRETTY GOOD. HOW
ABOUT YOURSELF?

- GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- NICE TO SEE YOU.

- THIS IS KOWBOY.
- HEY, KOWBOY.

- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

- SO THIS IS IT.
- THIS IS IT.

THIS IS MY 1930s ROL-A-TOP.
- THIS IS VERY COOL.

IT LOOKS LIKE A WATLING,
A WATLING ROL-A-TOP.

EARLY '30s.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE
MADE IN CHICAGO,

AND THE THING THAT'S
COOL ABOUT SLOTS,

I MEAN, WHERE COULD
YOU GO IN CHICAGO

IN THAT ERA, YOU KNOW?

YOU HAD TO GO TO,
LIKE, A SPEAKEASY

OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT TO GET, LIKE...

YOU KNOW, GET IN THERE
AND GAMBLE, YOU KNOW?

NOTHING WAS LEGAL
ON THAT SIDE, YOU KNOW?

- SOMEPLACE YOU'D HAVE
TO WHISPER BEHIND THE DOOR.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

KOWBOY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE
NICKNAME IS FOR ONE OF THESE?

- SURE. ONE-ARMED BANDIT.

- THAT'S RIGHT. WHY'D
THEY CALL IT THAT?

- 'CAUSE IT ONLY GOT ONE ARM.

- 'CAUSE IT STOLE
ALL YOUR MONEY.

WATLINGS WERE TOP-OF-THE-LINE.

THEY WERE HUGELY POPULAR
AND VERY HIGH-QUALITY.

NOWADAYS, EVERYTHING'S
ELECTROMECHANICAL

OR TOTALLY ELECTRONIC.

THEY WERE MADE OUT OF CAST IRON.

INSIDE, IT PROBABLY HAD

I WOULD SAY ALMOST 500
PARTS INSIDE, MOVING PARTS.

THE ENGINEERING IN
THESE WAS JUST A MARVEL,

TO BE QUITE HONEST.

WHEN YOU PUT THE
NICKEL IN THIS HOLE,

IT WOULD SPIN, AND
IT'D SPIN, AND IT'D SPIN,

AND IT'D FILL THIS WHOLE
THING UP WITH NICKELS.

AS YOU PULLED THE ARM DOWN,

THEN IT ACTUALLY SENT
ANOTHER LEVER OVER HERE

TO TELL THE REELS
TO START SPINNING.

AND THEN YOU END UP WITH
THE CHERRIES OR THE LEMONS

OR THE WHATEVER.

- OR MONEY.
- OR MONEY.

AND THEN IF YOU ENDED
UP WINNING A JACKPOT,

THEY WOULD FALL
DOWN TO THIS TRAY.

THIS WOULD OPEN UP, AND BOOM,

ALL THE MONEY
WOULD COME OUT HERE.

"KSSSHT!"

THAT'S WHAT YOU'D HEAR,

AND EVERYBODY'D TURN
AROUND AND GO, "HEY."

YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY
JUST SUCH A WORK OF ART.

IT'S A CRYING SHAME THAT
WE'VE CHANGED SO MUCH

THE WAY WE DO THINGS.

WITH OVER 500 MOVING
PARTS IN THIS MACHINE,

THIS THING'S LIKE A SWISS WATCH.

EVERYTHING'S GOT TO BE PERFECT
IN ORDER FOR IT TO RUN SMOOTHLY.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO TO IT?

- I'D LIKE TO SEE IT ORIGINAL.

- WORKING ORDER?

- WORKING ORDER, DROP A COIN IN,

LET THE KIDS PLAY
WITH IT, EVERYTHING.

HAVE A NICE TIME.

- WELL, IT'S MISSING THE REELS

AND THEN ALL THE PARTS THAT
MAKE IT PAY OUT, ACTUALLY.

I T TO BE HONEST:

NORMALLY A MACHINE LIKE THIS
THAT WAS TOTALLY COMPLETE,

I'D BE RIGHT AROUND
$3,500 TO RESTORE IT.

BUT BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING
THE PARTS IN THE BACK...

AND IF I CAN FIND THE PARTS...

I'M GONNA BE RIGHT
AROUND 5 GRAND, OKAY?

THIS THING IS A TOSS-UP.

THE OUTSIDE'S NOT TOO BAD.

MY GUYS CAN DO
IT IN A COUPLE DAYS.

BUT THE INSIDE IS
MISSING ALL THE PARTS.

YOU GOT TO KEEP
IN CONSIDERATION,

A MACHINE LIKE THIS,
FULLY RESTORED,

BEAUTIFUL, ALL
WORKING CONDITION,

IS WORTH RIGHT AROUND $7,500.

- THAT'S NICE TO HEAR.

I SURE HOPE HE CAN
FIND ALL THE PARTS,

MAKE EVERYTHING FIT RIGHT,

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT SEEING IT DONE.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD?

- YEAH, WE'RE GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

- THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

- MOST PEOPLE THAT CAME
IN CONTACT WITH THESE

LOST MONEY.

I HOPE THAT WE FARE A
LOT BETTER THAN THAT.

THIS PEPSI COOLER IS
GONNA BE A HUGE JOB.

FIRST THING WE HAVE TO
DO IS TEAR IT INTO PIECES.

KOWBOY IS GOOD AT
TEARING STUFF APART,

AND KYLE HAS SUCH A
GOOD EYE FOR DETAIL,

HE'S AWESOME AT
PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE THEM
WORK ON IT AS A TEAM.

- I GOT ONE OF THESE
FOR YOU, KOWBOY.

- THAT THING'S PROBABLY BEEN
SITTING THERE FOR 40 YEARS.

I AIN'T DRINKING THAT.

YOU DRINK IT.

TELL YOU WHAT:

IF YOU GET THIS
MACHINE IN MY ROOM

WITHOUT LOSING ANY
PARTS, I'LL DRINK IT.

- NO PROBLEMO.

- IF YOU LOSE A
PART, YOU DRINK IT.

- I AIN'T DOING
THAT. IT'S STUPID.

- AFRAID YOU'RE
GONNA LOSE A PART?

- NO, I'M AFRAID YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO DRINK IT

AND GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

- BET'S ON.

- BET'S ON.

IT'S GOT RIVETS IN THE BOTTOM.

- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT
TO DRILL THAT OUT.

- WE'RE GONNA SAVE THE
COMPRESSOR IN THE COOLING UNIT

AND CONVERT IT SO IT
DOESN'T NEED WATER TO WORK.

IT'S IMPORTANT WE
DON'T KINK THE LINES IN IT

WHEN WE MOVE IT.

- 60 YEARS OLD.

- LOOK, KYLE. PECANS.

WE TAKE ALL THE CHROME
OFF SO IT CAN BE POLISHED.

THIS THING'S GONNA LOOK
COOL WHEN WE GET DONE.

IT'S GONNA LOOK EVEN COOLER
WHEN I'M DRINKING A BEER

WHILE KYLE'S DRINKING
A 40-YEAR-OLD PEPSI.

- YOU'RE MISSING
YOUR LOWER FINGERS,

- ONE OF OUR PROJECTS
IS A SLOT MACHINE.

IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS,

IT'S MISSING ABOUT 50%
OF THE MECHANICS INSIDE.

SO I CALLED IN A SPECIALIST,

AND HE'S GONNA TAKE
A LOOK AT IT FOR US.

- I OWN LAS VEGAS ANTIQUE
SLOT MACHINE COMPANY.

I'VE BEEN RESTORING THESE
MACHINES FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

I HAVE MANY FAVORITE SLOTS.

I CAN'T JUST PICK OUT ONE.

IT'S LIKE WHEN I WAS SINGLE.

I HAD GIRLFRIENDS.

WHO'S MY FAVORITE GIRLFRIEND?

IT'S NOT RIGHT TO PICK
ONE OUT, YOU KNOW?

IT'S A 1930s WATLING
ROL-A-TOP SLOT MACHINE.

WHEN THEY COME OUT IN '36,
THE COINS WERE AMERICAN COINS.

- RIGHT.
- RIGHT.

WELL, THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T
LIKE YOU COPYING AMERICAN COINS,

SO WHAT WATLING DID, THEY
PUT A HELMET ON LINCOLN.

THE BUFFALO, THEY TURNED
INTO AN ELEPHANT, YOU KNOW.

- SO THEY CHANGED THINGS AROUND

SO THEY WOULDN'T
OFFEND OUR GOVERNMENT.

- RIGHT.

THOSE OLD SLOT MACHINES
ARE FILLED WITH HISTORY.

EVERYBODY HAD 'EM:

THE MOB, THE ELKS'
CLUBS, THE MOOSE HALLS,

SMALL, LITTLE CASINOS
THAT PEOPLE WOULD SET UP,

BACK ROOMS... EVERYWHERE.

- THE STUFF ON THE FRONT

SORT OF LOOKS LIKE
IT'S ALL COMPLETE.

WHAT WE NEED IS WHAT'S IN BACK.

ALL RIGHT.

- WOW.

WHERE DO I START?

- IT'S LIKE A SKELETON.

YOU'RE MISSING
YOUR LOWER FINGERS,

YOUR SLIDES, YOUR COVER.

YOU'RE MISSING
YOUR TIMING LEVERS.

SOMEBODY REALLY GUTTED THIS.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER
TO REPLACE THE MECHANISM,

FIND ONE THAT'S COMPLETE.

- BECAUSE FINDING
EACH INDIVIDUAL PART...

- COULD TAKE FOREVER.

- WHAT'S IT GONNA COST ME,
ONCE YOU GET A MECHANISM,

TO PUT IT ALL BACK
TOGETHER, MAKE IT SPIT-SHINED?

WHAT'S THAT COST?

- $1,100.
- WOW.

ALL RIGHT.

I NEED TO GET STARTED
ON THE OUTSIDE,

AND THE CUSTOMER'S
WAITING, LIKE USUAL.

- WELL, LET'S DO IT.

- ALL RIGHT. AWESOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MIKE IS GONNA TAKE CARE OF
THE INSIDE MECHANISM FOR US

BECAUSE HE SPECIALIZES
IN THIS KIND OF THING,

SO HE'S GONNA BE ABLE
TO DO IT IN HALF THE TIME.

IT'S GONNA BE CHEAPER
IN THE LONG RUN

THAN TO FIND ALL THE
LITTLE MISSING PARTS.

- I GUESS WE'LL
START FROM THE BACK.

NO MONEY IN THIS SUCKER TODAY.

- NEVER MONEY IN SLOT MACHINES.

- YOU EVER TAKE ONE
OF THESE APART BEFORE?

- NOPE.

- ALL RIGHT, WE GOT IT.

VOILA.

- VOILA!

- NOW, THAT'S TIGHT.

- AFTER TEARING DOWN AND
SANDBLASTING THE PEPSI COOLER,

NOW IT'S TIME TO PAINT,

AND THERE'S ONLY ONE COLOR
TO PAINT THIS PEPSI COOLER,

AND THAT'S PEPSI BLUE.

IN ORDER TO GET THE
COLOR PEPSI BLUE,

I ENDED UP FINDING
THE INSIDE OF A MACHINE

BY RIPPING IT APART,

AND I MATCHED THAT COLOR.

IT WAS REALLY HARD
FINDING THAT FORMULA.

WHEN IT'S WET, IT'S NOT
THE SAME AS WHEN IT'S DRY.

AFTER TEST AFTER
TEST, I FINALLY NAILED IT.

THAT PEPSI BLUE POPS.

- THIS PEPSI MACHINE CAME
WITH A WATER-BASED COOLER

WHICH WE'RE GONNA CONVERT TO AIR

SO THAT WHEN THE CUSTOMER
REACHES THEIR ARMS IN THERE,

THEY DON'T GET WET.

LET'S PUT THIS NEW FAN IN.

- I'LL START WIRING
UP THE THERMOSTAT.

- OKEYDOKEY.

CAN'T GET IT OUT OF THE BAG.

- MOUNT THAT SUCKER.

HOLD IT DOWN.

COMPRESSOR'S WIRED.

THERMOSTAT'S WIRED.

- THE GROUND IS ON.

- JUST GOT TO WAIT
FOR IT TO GET COLD.

- WE'RE DONE, THEN.

GREAT.

WE TAKE ALL THE CHROME
OFF ON THIS 1940s PEPSI COOLER

SO IT CAN BE POLISHED.

ALL RIGHT, WHO STOLE MY
GENERAL ELECTRIC LOGO?

THERE WAS A GENERAL
ELECTRIC PIECE

THAT WAS ON THE
FRONT OF THIS MACHINE,

AND SOMEBODY'S COME DOWN HERE
AND HID IT FROM ME OR SOMETHING.

I AIN'T DRINKING NO
40-YEAR-OLD PEPSI.

- IF YOU LOSE A
PART, YOU DRINK IT.

BET'S ON.

- BRETTLY!

- WHAT'S UP?

- HAVE YOU SEEN
ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE?

SMALL, SHINY?

- NO. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

- IT'S NOT THAT I TRUST
BRETTLY, WHICH I DON'T.

I JUST KNOW HE AIN'T SMART
ENOUGH TO PLAY DUMB.

I'M GONNA BE IN PEPSI HELL
IF I CAN'T FIND THIS PART.

WE JUST GOT THE INTERNAL
MECHANISM FOR THE SLOT MACHINE

BACK FROM MIKE,

AND ME AND KYLE
ARE GONNA INSTALL IT.

- WE BREAK ANYTHING ON
THIS THING, WE'RE SCREWED.

- GOTCHA.

- HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

- MY SIDE'S READY.

THERE IT IS.

SWEET. THAT LOOKS PERFECT.

- LET'S SEE IF THIS
THING IS GONNA WORK.

- IT BETTER, AFTER ALL
THE WORK WE PUT INTO IT.

WINNAH! WINNAH!

LOSAH.

IT'S GOOD. LET'S GO.
- LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

THE CUSTOMER'S REALLY
GONNA BE HAPPY WITH THIS.

- REAL HAPPY.

- WHEN I STARTED ON
THIS SLOT MACHINE,

IT WAS BEAT-UP,

THE PAINT WAS FALLING OFF,

AND THE MECHANICS
WERE HALFWAY MISSING.

BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
EXTREMELY HARD ON IT,

AND NOW IT'S TIME TO
SHOW THE CUSTOMER

JUST EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE CAPABLE OF.

ALL RIGHT, JIM, YOU
READY FOR THIS?

- I'VE BEEN READY FOR A WHILE.
- ALL RIGHT.

- I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT SEEING IT DONE.

IT'D PROBABLY LOOK REALLY
NICE IN MY FRONT ROOM,

A NICE THING FOR GUESTS
TO COME OVER AND PLAY WITH.

♪ DUN, DUN, DUN-DUN ♪
DRUMROLL.

- BAM.

- OH, THAT'S SWEET.

THAT LOOKS SPECTACULAR.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT TOOK A LOT OF
WORK. I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

- I'LL BET.

- OKAY, CABINET: HAD
TO TEAR IT ALL DOWN,

SAND IT ALL DOWN,
MAKE A NEW BASE,

LACQUER IT, VARNISH IT.

WE HAD TO NICKEL-PLATE
EVERYTHING,

BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT
ORIGINALLY WAS, WAS NICKEL.

THEN EVERYTHING
GOT ALL HAND-PAINTED,

AND THEN ON THE
INSIDE, THE MECHANISM

WAS JUST ROBBED
OF ALL OF ITS PARTS,

SO I GOT SOMEBODY THAT
FOUND US A MECHANISM,

BUT THEN ONCE HE
FOUND THE MECHANISM,

HE ACTUALLY HAD TO
RESTORE THE MECHANISM.

- WHAT HE'S REALLY
TRYING TO SAY IS,

THIS WAS HARD AS HELL.

- OH, LOOK AT THAT.

ALL FRESH, NICE, NEAT, NEW.

- IT'S JUST AN EXTREME
NIGHTMARE INSIDE THERE,

WITH MORE SPRINGS AND LEVERS.

ANYTHING MECHANICAL IN
THE DAY WAS AN ENGINEER'S...

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A
NIGHTMARE OR A DREAM.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A TOTAL
WORK OF ART INSIDE THERE.

SO THIS BABY'S FULLY FUNCTIONAL?

YOU CAN DROP NICKELS
IN IT AND MAKE HER SPIN?

- YEAH, IT TOTALLY WORKS,
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.

YEAH, YOU WANT TO
THROW SOME NICKELS IN IT,

SEE HOW IT TRIES OUT?

- SURE, YEAH.

NICKEL NUMBER ONE.

UH-OH.

OH!

- FIRST TIME.
- FIRST TIME, A WINNER.

- FIRST TIME, A WINNER.

- THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL ME.

- IT'S 1 IN 100.

- IT WAS PRETTY NICE TO BE
ABLE TO PUT THE FIRST COIN IN

AND HAVE IT PAY
OFF THE FIRST TIME.

THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

- THE VALUE ON IT IS RIGHT
AROUND $8,500 TO $9,500.

IT JUST KEEPS GOING UP.

- WELL, IT'S SPECTACULAR.

LET'S DROP ANOTHER NICKEL.

- ONE-ARMED BANDIT
STRIKES AGAIN.

- YOU SURE YOU'RE
NOT MISSING ANYTHING?

- A LITTLE WHILE AGO,

WE WERE WORKING
ON THIS PEPSI MACHINE.

KYLE, BEING THE
PERFECTIONIST AND THAT HE IS,

WE MADE A BET
THAT I WOULDN'T LOSE

ANY OF THE PARTS ON THIS MACHINE

OR I'D HAVE TO DRINK
A 40-YEAR-OLD PEPSI,

WHICH I AIN'T
GETTING READY TO DO.

- MISSING ANYTHING?
- NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

THE PEPSI MACHINE IS ALMOST
READY TO SHOW THE CUSTOMER,

EXCEPT FOR I'M MISSING
A LITTLE CHROME PIECE

THAT I THINK SOMEBODY
SNAGGED OUT OF MY BOX.

- DID YOU GO THROUGH
ALL THE PIECES?

- NO, I HAVEN'T YET. I'M
TRYING TO GET THIS TOGETHER.

- IT'S EASIER TO GET IT TOGETHER

IF YOU LAY EVERYTHING
OUT AND SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

- WELL, YOU GO LAY
IT ALL OUT, THEN.

- YOU SURE YOU'RE
NOT MISSING ANYTHING?

- I DON'T KNOW, KYLE.
WHAT AM I MISSING?

- THERE WAS A LITTLE
GENERAL ELECTRIC EMBLEM.

- BUT I DIDN'T LOSE IT.

- GUESS WHAT. YOU
JUST LOST THE BET.

THAT'S YOURS.

- I AIN'T DRINKING
THAT NASTY PEPSI.

- THAT'S THE BET. MAN UP.

COME ON. ALL YOURS.

- OH, HELL, NO.

- BET'S A BET. MAN UP.

COME ON, BRO. YOU CAN HANDLE IT.

- ACTUALLY, WASN'T ALL THAT BAD.

IT TASTED BETTER THAN
SOME BEER I'VE DRANK.

- WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD

TO RESTORE A CUSTOMER'S
1940s DOUBLE-DOT PEPSI COOLER.

THESE THINGS WERE
BEAUTIFUL BACK IN THE DAY,

AND I HOPE HE THINKS THIS
IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL TODAY.

HOW YOU DOING, CLAY?
- HEY, RICK.

GREAT TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

- I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I'VE WANTED A PEPSI
MACHINE FOR 40 YEARS.

- YEAH, I WANT YOU TO CLOSE
YOUR EYES BEFORE YOU GO IN.

- MY KIDS WILL BE
VERY INTERESTED

TO SEE WHAT I COME HOME WITH.

- ALMOST THERE.

ALMOST THERE.

YOU READY TO SEE THIS?

- I'VE BEEN READY
FOR TWO MONTHS.

- ALL RIGHT, OPEN YOUR EYES.

- AWESOME!

YOU AND YOUR GUYS HAVE
OUTDONE YOURSELVES.

HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO
GET THIS THING SO AWESOME?

- IT WAS PRETTY
ROUGH TO START WITH.

ALL THE CHROME CAME OFF,

THE CAP CATCHER, ALL THE RUBBER.

- THAT'S SPECTACULAR.

- THIS MACHINE HAS A
LOT OF RAISED LETTERS,

FOUR SIDES, AND TWO LIDS.

ABNORMAL FOR ANY MACHINE
TO HAVE THAT MUCH ART,

WHERE YOU WOULD
GO INTO THE STORE

AND THERE'S NO WAY
YOU COULD MISS IT.

THE SECOND GUY, HE'S ALWAYS
SHOOTING FOR NUMBER ONE, ALWAYS,

BUT YOU CAN RESPECT
THAT, YOU KNOW?

- MY MOTHER USED TO
TAKE US TO GET A PEPSI,

AND I CAN REMEMBER
THOSE OLD COOLERS

AND REACHING IN THERE
AND PULLING ONE OUT.

IT WAS ICE-COLD.

I'D TAKE AN HOUR
TO DRINK ONE PEPSI,

'CAUSE WE DIDN'T
GET IT VERY OFTEN.

- I MADE YOU YOUR FRONT.

THIS USED TO BE OPEN HERE.

WE REMADE A PIECE OF SHEET METAL

AND PUT EDGES ALL
THE WAY AROUND IT

AND MOUNTED IT INSIDE THERE
SO IT'S ALL NICE AND TIGHT,

AND THEN WE TOOK
THE BOTTLE CAP OPENER,

AND IT'S ALL BEEN
CHROMED UP INSIDE HERE,

SO WHEN YOU OPEN IT,

IT'S GOT PLENTY OF ROOM
FOR LOTS OF BOTTLE CAPS.

- OH, YEAH.

- NOW, THE INSIDE,
IF YOU REMEMBER,

IT WAS RUSTED OUT,
AND YOU WANTED IT AIR.

IT USED TO BE WATER.
- YEAH.

- SO CHECK THIS OUT.

- WOW! THAT IS NEAT.

- IT'S ALL BEEN SEALED UP

TO WHERE THIS WHOLE
AREA INSIDE HERE

IS GONNA KEEP
EVERYTHING NICE AND COLD.

- SO THIS IS JUST BASICALLY
A REFRIGERATOR NOW,

AND I CAN PUT MY
PEPSIS IN THERE.

- RIGHT, RIGHT.

THIS IS YOUR EVAPORATIVE COOLER.

IT KEEPS EVERYTHING
COOL IN THE BOX.

BUT AROUND THE CORNER HERE,

THIS IS YOUR COMPRESSOR.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A MOTOR.

THE MOTOR IS RAN
WITH FREON INSIDE OF IT,

ALLOWING THAT TOP
UNIT TO GET COLD.

IT'S ALL BEEN REDONE.

- TO SEE IT NOW, AFTER
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE...

INCREDIBLE. JUST AWESOME.

THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH

FOR THE GREAT JOB
YOU AND YOUR CREW DID.

- IT'S A PLEASURE DOING
BUSINESS WITH YOU.

I LOVE DOING THIS STUFF, SO...

LET ME HELP YOU WHEEL THIS OUT,

AND WE'LL GET IT LOADED.

- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT?

- TO SEE THIS MACHINE AGAIN
REMINDS ME OF MY MOTHER.

YOU KNOW, SHE JUST LOVED
PEPSI TILL THE DAY SHE DIED,

AND SHE WAS AWESOME,
AND PEPSI WAS,

AND THIS MACHINE IS TOO.

- KOWBOY.

IT'S BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME.

SORRY, BRO. I DIDN'T SEE IT.

- HERE. YOU GET THE OTHER HALF.

OH-HO-HO, HELL, NO.

- DRINK YOUR HALF.

AND I PUT MY TONGUE IN IT.

SERVES YOU RIGHT.

I HOPE YOU THROW UP.