American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Suck Up - full transcript

- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

- WELCOME TO MY WORLD.

- I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
TO EXPECT ON THIS.

- IT IS A VACUUM CLEANER.

- THIS THING IS GONNA SUCK.

- I'VE COME TO SEE RICK TODAY

TO RESTORE MY
SAV-WAY FLYER WAGON.

- I MEAN, THAT'S BEYOND RARE.

- IT WAS A CHRISTMAS
PRESENT IN 1946.

- FOR HIS SENTIMENTAL
VALUE, IT'S PRICELESS.



HAVE WE LOOKED
IN THE BOTTOM YET...

FOUND OUT WHAT'S DOWN THERE?
- NO.

- THERE'S NO TELLING
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS THING.

YOU READY?

- SWEET!
- WOW, THAT IS AWESOME.

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.

I LOVE WHAT I DO.

EVERY DAY, SOMEONE COMES
IN WITH A PIECE OF THEIR HISTORY



TO GET RESTORED.

AND SOMETIMES IT
REALLY BRINGS ME BACK

TO WHEN I WAS A KID TOO.

WOW, SAV-WAY FLYER.

I MEAN, THAT'S AN OLDIE
BUT A GOODIE, HUH?

- YES, IT CERTAINLY IS.

I'VE COME TO SEE RICK TODAY

TO RESTORE MY
SAV-WAY FLYER WAGON.

IT WAS A CHRISTMAS
PRESENT GIVEN TO ME IN 1946.

- YOU KNOW, IF
YOU THINK ABOUT IT,

THIS WAS THE STAPLE FOR KIDS.

I MEAN, JUST A WAGON WOULD
MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

- IT SURE MADE ME AWFULLY
HAPPY. I KNOW THAT.

I REMEMBER HAULING COAL,
WHEN IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT,

FROM MY FATHER TO
TAKE TO THE FURNACE,

SAND FOR THE SANDBOX,

GIVE RIDES TO THE PRETTY
FOUR- AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRLS

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF
ME IN THE SPRING OF 1947,

AND THAT'S MY FATHER
OFF TO THE SIDE.

- IT'S BLACK-AND-WHITE, THOUGH,

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT
COLOR THE WAGON WAS.

- BURIED BENEATH THAT WAS
THE ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE,

MADE OUT TO MY
MOTHER, NOVEMBER 1946,

AND IT COST $16.95.

- THAT'S GIVING ME GOOSE
BUMPS. THAT'S GOOD STUFF.

THIS THING IS AN AWESOME WAGON.

I MEAN, THEY ONLY MADE
THESE THINGS FOR A YEAR

BEFORE THEY WENT
OUT OF BUSINESS.

FOR A TOY, IT'S WORTH A LOT.

FOR HIS SENTIMENTAL
VALUE, IT'S PRICELESS.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING
ABOUT IT SAYS '40s ON IT.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK
AT THE FRONT END,

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL SWOOPED DOWN.

THE WHEELS THEMSELVES,

BECAUSE THEY'RE ORIGINAL
AND THEY SAY "SAV-WAY" ON THEM,

I MEAN, THAT'S BEYOND RARE.

- ONE THING I WOULD LIKE
YOU TO PUT BACK ON HERE,

EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T ORIGINAL,

IS THIS HUDSON NAMEPLATE
THAT'S RIGHT HERE.

MY FATHER WORKED FOR THE
HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY,

AND I WANTED TO HAVE A
WAGON JUST LIKE HIS CAR.

- OH, SO THIS WAS ORIGINAL
BODY TRIM ON A HUDSON.

- RIGHT.

- HE DID A GOOD JOB
OF PUTTING IT ON.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT BELONGED ON THERE.

HUDSON WAS A CAR COMPANY
BASED OUT OF DETROIT

IN THE EARLY 1900s.

THEY WANTED TO PRODUCE CARS
THAT WERE MORE AFFORDABLE,

UNDER $1,000.

SO BESIDES THE CHROME EMBLEM,

EVERYTHING ON IT, WE JUST
WANT TOTALLY ORIGINAL,

FROM THE WHEELS ALL THE WAY UP.

- RIGHT.

- THE WAGON OVERALL
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT BEAT UP.

I CAN SEE IT PROBABLY GOT
RUSTED INSIDE HERE A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S SURFACE RUST.

BUT WHATEVER I DO AS FAR
AS TAKING THE PAINT OFF,

THAT'LL ADD MAYBE AN
HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF IN IT.

THE WHEELS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS,

WE'LL TAKE THEM AND
BLAST THEM WITH WALNUT,

WHICH WON'T
PENETRATE THAT RUBBER,

AND IT'LL MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE A BRAND-NEW TIRE.

AND THEN WE'LL GO
TO THE BODY SHOP.

WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE FOUR
HOURS IN THE BODY SHOP,

MAKE SURE IT'S PERFECT.

AND ALL THAT PUT TOGETHER,
I'LL PROBABLY HAVE $600.

- OKAY, GOOD.

- ALL RIGHT.
- IT'S A DEAL.

- I APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING IT IN.

- WELL, THANK YOU.

- COME ON IN, AND WE'LL
DO SOME PAPERWORK.

- OKAY.

THE SAV-WAY FLYER REALLY
EVOKES SO MANY MEMORIES,

AND I AM SO LOOKING
FORWARD TO COMING BACK

AND SEEING IT
PERFECTLY RESTORED.

- TODAY WE GOT A
WAGON FROM A CUSTOMER.

SHOULD BE A PRETTY EASY PROJECT,

SO RICK'S GONNA
LET ME TEAR IT DOWN.

IT'S ABOUT TIME I GET MORE
RESPONSIBILITY AROUND HERE.

LOOKS PRETTY EASY TO ME.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

HEY, JEFF!

THIS THING TURNED OUT TO
BE HARDER THAN IT LOOKED,

SO I'M GONNA HAVE
TO GET SOME HELP.

IT'S JUST THAT THESE BOLTS,

THE HEADS OF THE
SCREWS WERE SCREWED UP.

- WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
HEAT THEM UP WITH THE TORCH.

YOU WANT HELP? I'LL HELP YOU.

- ALL RIGHT.

SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW
THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT,

BUT WHEN YOU HEAT UP THE
BOLTS, IT COMES OFF EASIER.

IT'S WEIRD. I DON'T
UNDERSTAND IT.

DID YOU HAVE ONE OF
THESE WHEN YOU WERE A KID?

- YEAH, I DID.

WHEN I WAS REALLY
YOUNG, WHEN I HAD A DOG,

I USED TO DELIVER NEWSPAPERS,

AND I'D PUT MY
NEWSPAPERS IN THE WAGON

AND TIE THE WAGON TO HIS LEASH,

AND HE'D PULL THE
NEWSPAPERS FOR ME.

- SOUNDS PRETTY SMART TO ME.

NOW, THIS PIN SHOULD
JUST POUND THROUGH.

YUP.

- DO YOU REMEMBER
ALL THE DETAILS,

SINCE YOU'RE NOT
TAKING ALL THE PICTURES?

- YEAH, I GOT MIND PICTURES.

- MIND PICTURES.

NOW, HOW YOU ARE YOU
GONNA SHARE THOSE WITH US?

- YOU HAVE TO COME ASK ME.

- YOU'RE AN IDIOT.

- IF THERE'S TWO THINGS I LIKE,

IT'S UNUSUAL ITEMS
AND REPEAT CUSTOMERS.

AND NO REPEAT CUSTOMER
COMES IN WITH MORE UNUSUAL ITEMS

THAN MARK.

I RECENTLY RESTORED
A STRONGBOX FOR HIM,

AND NOW HE'S BRINGING IN
ANOTHER PIECE FROM THE MUSEUM.

- I CAME TO RICK'S
RESTORATION TODAY

TO HAVE HIM RESTORE
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ARTIFACTS.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

IT IS A VACUUM CLEANER

THAT WAS USED DURING
THE HEYDAY OF THE RAILROAD

IN THE TEENS, '20s, AND '30s,

PERHAPS THE ORIGINAL SHOP VAC.

- THAT'S QUITE THE VACUUM.

THAT LOOKS LIKE...
WHAT'D THEY USE THAT FOR?

- WHEN THE TRAINS
CAME IN AT NIGHT,

THE COACH-CLEANING CREWS
WOULD VACUUM OUT THE TRAINS,

AND THIS IS THE
VACUUM THAT THEY USED.

- A LOT OF PEOPLE
IN THIS COUNTRY

LOVE OLD TRAINS
FOR A LOT OF REASONS.

TO ME, IT'S A REMINDER

OF HOW WE USED TO BUILD BIG,
POWERFUL, RELIABLE MACHINERY.

- THERE HAD TO BE, LIKE, A
50-FOOT VACUUM CLEANER HOSE.

- RIGHT. WHAT YEAR?

- 1915.

- HOLY MOLY.

DO YOU HAVE THE
INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THIS?

OR AM I JUST GONNA HAVE TO...
- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUNT.

- PUZZLE.
- YEAH.

WELCOME TO MY WORLD.

- YEAH, WELCOME TO MY WORLD.

YOU JUST BROUGHT IT HERE.

NOW YOU WANT ME
TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I'VE WORKED ON A LOT OF PIECES
FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY,

BUT I'VE NEVER
WORKED ON A PROJECT

THAT DIDN'T HAVE
A SURPRISE FOR ME.

SO HOW LONG WAS IT IN SERVICE?

- UNTIL JULY 31, 1941.

AFTER THAT, IT WAS
PUSHED INTO A SHED

AND SORT OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT.

- SO, YOU KNOW,
IT'S STOPPED IN TIME.

SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK'S INSIDE OF IT?

- A LOT OF TRASH,
CIGARETTE BUTTS.

- YEAH? WELL, YOU
CAN ONLY IMAGINE.

- WE COULD FIND SOME
OLD COINS IN THERE.

- YOU JUST NEVER KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND

IN OLD THINGS LIKE THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SITTING
AROUND FOR 50 YEARS.

YOU COULD FIND COINS,
BUGS, FINGERNAILS.

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

RESTORATION. OKAY.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
THIS THING IS GONNA SUCK.

- I MEAN, IT'S GONNA
BE SO MUCH WORK.

THERE'S A LOT OF
EXPERIMENTAL STUFF GOING ON,

AND THEN THERE'S
THE MANUAL LABOR,

PROBABLY 20 HOURS
OF SANDBLASTING,

8 HOURS OF BODYWORK,

AND THEN PROBABLY
6 HOURS OF PAINTING.

AND THEN WHO KNOWS HOW
MUCH TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE ME

TO PUT IT TOGETHER?

WITH ALL THAT IN CONSIDERATION,

I'M LOOKING RIGHT AROUND $5,800

TO GET THE WHOLE THING RESTORED.

GREAT.

- ALL RIGHT?
- COOL.

- OKAY, THANKS A LOT.

I'LL GET THE GUYS TO UNLOAD IT.

LET'S COME ON IN.
- ALL RIGHT.

AND WE'LL DO THE PAPERWORK.
- ALL RIGHT.

MARK ACTUALLY WANTS TO USE
THIS ON HIS TRAINS IN HIS MUSEUM,

SO I NEED TO BECOME AN EXPERT

ON EARLY-20TH-CENTURY
TRAIN VACUUMS REAL FAST.

EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

- HURRY THE HELL UP.

- WE'RE IN THE FINAL
STRETCH OF THIS WAGON.

- ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS ASKED
US TO RESTORE A TRAIN VACUUM

THAT WAS BUILT IN 1915.

THE LAST TIME THIS
THING WAS USED WAS 1941.

SO IT'S BEEN SITTING
IN A SHED EVER SINCE.

KOWBOY, HOW MUCH YOU
WANT TO BET THIS THING SUCKS?

THIS BOLT SUCKS.

- PERFECT!

SWEET!

- HAVE WE LOOKED
IN THE BOTTOM YET...

FOUND OUT WHAT'S DOWN THERE?
- NO.

- LET'S GO AHEAD AND FIGURE
OUT HOW THIS BOTTOM COMES OFF.

MARK SEEMED TO THINK THERE
WERE SOME REALLY COOL RELICS

INSIDE THIS THING,
AND I GOT TO ADMIT

I'M THINKING THE SAME THING.

THE LAST TIME THIS
THING WAS USED WAS 1941.

THERE WAS A WAR GOING ON,

PEOPLE MOVING ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.

THERE'S NO TELLING
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS THING.

YOU READY?

THERE'S NOTHING IN IT.

- IT'S NICE AND CLEAN.

- I SWEAR TO GOD THIS WAS, LIKE,

THE CLEANEST
VACUUM I'VE EVER SEEN.

I'M A LITTLE BUMMED

THAT THERE WAS
NOTHING INSIDE THIS THING,

BUT IT'S ONE LESS THING
WE GOT TO CLEAN OUT.

ALL RIGHT, I GOT TO GO
CHECK ON SOMETHING.

THIS WAGON IS A
STRAIGHTFORWARD RESTORATION,

BUT IT HAS SOME SERIOUS
MEANING TO THE CUSTOMER.

- RICK SAID THESE WHEELS
ARE REALLY HARD TO REPLACE,

AND I CAN'T USE THE SANDBLASTER
'CAUSE IT'S TOO POWERFUL,

SO I'M GONNA BLAST THEM
WITH CRUSHED WALNUT DUST

SO I CAN GENTLY REMOVE THE PAINT

AND CLEAN THE TIRES.

- THIS WAGON WAS BRIGHT
RED BACK IN THE DAY.

MATCHING PAINT IS ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

WHEN RESTORING AN ITEM,

AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY
SHADES OF REDS THERE ARE?

TONS.

IF WE'RE OFF ONE SHADE,
WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING

THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE FIRE ENGINE RED

BE CHERRY RED.

AND I'M TELLING YOU,

THE CUSTOMERS THAT I
GET EVERY DAY WILL NOTICE.

THE RESTORATION
ON THIS TRAIN VACUUM

HAS BEEN A REAL BIG UNDERTAKING.

THERE'S DOZENS OF
BIG CAST-IRON PARTS

THAT NEED TO BE
THOROUGHLY SANDBLASTED

BEFORE IT GOES
INTO THE PAINT ROOM.

THERE ARE SOME PIECES OF BRASS
THAT KOWBOY NEEDS TO POLISH UP.

THEN THERE'S TWO
PIECES OF SHEET METAL

THAT GO AROUND THE ENGINE
BELT THAT NEED A TON OF BODYWORK,

AND I GOT JUST THE GUY.

PHIL'S AMAZING AT WHAT HE DOES,

AND HE'S UP FOR ANY
CHALLENGE THAT I THROW AT HIM.

- THE UNIQUE THING
ABOUT THESE COVERS IS,

THEY WERE MADE ENTIRELY BY HAND.

THEY WERE BENT,
FLATTENED, AND RIVETED

BY GUYS WHO REALLY KNEW
WHAT THEY WERE DOING,

NOT SOME MACHINE.

THESE THINGS ARE 100 YEARS OLD,
AND THEY'RE REALLY BANGED UP.

I'M GONNA NEED TO HAMMER 'EM OUT

AND GRIND DOWN ANY HAMMER MARKS.

- FIND ANYTHING, KOWBOY?

- THERE AIN'T NO PICTURES
OF A WAGON EVEN ON HERE.

- OH, WELL, LET'S FIGURE IT OUT.

WE'RE IN THE FINAL
STRETCH OF THIS WAGON.

WHEN BRETTLY TORE
THIS THING DOWN,

HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY
PICTURES AT ALL.

LUCKILY, I HAVE AN IDEA HOW
TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.

WE NEED TO GET
SOME LUBE ON THIS.

- LUBE IT.

- I CAN'T BELIEVE BRETTLY DIDN'T
TAKE ANY PICTURES OF THIS THING.

- WELL, THAT'S BRETTLY.

- GOT THE LUBE IN THE
LITTLE HOLES THERE.

- THERE'S THREE SIMPLE
RULES TO ASSEMBLY:

DON'T BREAK IT,
DON'T SCRATCH IT,

AND DON'T GET IT DIRTY.

YOU GOT GREASE ALL OVER YOU.

GET THAT OFF.

- HAND ME A RAG.

- YOU GREASY GREASER.

IT'S ALL OVER YOUR KNUCKLES.

YOU GOT GREASE ON EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE A DIRTY LITTLE BOY, KYLE.

- YOU GOT GREASE
ON YOUR HANDS, PHIL.

STARTING TO SOUND LIKE RICK.

"MAKE SURE YOUR HANDS ARE CLEAN

WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING
THIS STUFF TOGETHER."

- THAT'S THE PROCEDURE.

DAMN, YOU GOT GREASE EVERYWHERE.

- TODAY KEN'S COMING IN TO
PICK UP HIS SAV-WAY WAGON.

SINCE HE WANTED IT
TO LOOK JUST LIKE IT DID

WHEN HE GOT IT FOR
CHRISTMAS IN 1946,

IT SEEMED SORT OF FITTING
TO GET MY TWO LITTLE ELVES

TO ADD ONE FINAL TOUCH.

- ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT WAGON
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

- YEAH?

WELL, I'M HOPING
YOU'RE AS ANXIOUS

AS YOU WERE IN 1946
AROUND CHRISTMAS.

- WELL, YEAH, I WAS
FOUR YEARS OLD THEN...

WOW.

OH, YEAH, CHRISTMASTIME 1946.

FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC.

CAN I OPEN MY PRESENT, THOUGH?
- YEAH.

- AS I WAS RIPPING
THE PAPERS OFF,

I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK OF
THAT WONDERFUL TIME IN 1946

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE WAGON.

OH, WOW.

ALL THOSE MEMORIES WERE RUSHING
THROUGH MY MIND AT THE TIME.

I KNEW IT WAS IN
THE RIGHT HANDS,

AND HE CAME THROUGH
WITH FLYING COLORS.

- YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD THING
MY GUYS ARE BETTER AT RESTORING

THAN WRAPPING, THAT'S FOR SURE.

OH, YEAH, RIGHT.

- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- IT'S FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC,

JUST LIKE BRAND-NEW,

JUST LIKE BRAND-NEW.

- ALL THIS ARTWORK IN
HERE, WE MATCHED IT...

YOU KNOW, TOOK A PATTERN
OFF OF THE FRONT OF IT,

PUT THE VINYL DECAL ON,

AND THEN WE CLEARED
OVER TOP OF IT.

SO YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

IT WON'T COME OFF.

IT'S ALL CLEARED OVER TOP OF.

- IT'S GREAT THAT YOU WERE
ABLE TO SAVE THE TIRES TOO,

BECAUSE THEY DO SAY
"SAV-WAY, DETROIT" ON THE TIRES.

- YEAH, YEAH, IT
WORKED OUT GOOD.

WE ENDED UP DOING
WALNUT BLASTING ON THESE.

IT'S ALL WORKING AGAIN.

IT'S READY FOR A RIDE.

- I UNDERSTAND THE HANDLE
WAS A REAL INNOVATION

OF SAV-WAY INDUSTRIES,

BECAUSE IT WAS ANGLED AS
OPPOSED TO BEING STRAIGHT.

- RIGHT, WHICH... I MEAN,

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY
IT STOPS RIGHT THERE,

IT DOESN'T HIT THE WAGON.

- RIGHT. JUST FANTASTIC.

- YOU KNOW, THE PLATE ITSELF,

WE ENDED UP GETTING
IT RE-CHROME-PLATED,

AND THEN WE ENDED UP PINSTRIPING

THE INSIDE OF IT
WITH THAT BLACK.

- WHEN I SAW THAT NICELY
BRILLIANT RE-CHROMED NAMEPLATE,

I COULDN'T HELP BUT
THINK OF THE TIME

WHEN I ASKED MY
FATHER TO PUT THAT ON,

'CAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE
A CAR JUST LIKE HIS CAR.

WELL, RICK, HOW
DID WE DO ON COST?

- WELL, I QUOTED YOU THE
$600, AND WE HIT IT DEAD-ON.

- NOW IT IS CHRISTMAS
MORNING. THANK YOU.

- YOU BET.

- RICK DID MORE THAN
RESTORE A WAGON.

HE RESTORED A FLOOD
OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.

AND IF ONLY MY
PARENTS WERE HERE,

THEY'D BE VERY, VERY HAPPY
TO SEE THAT RIGHT NOW.

- BRETTLY COULD HAVE
MESSED UP OUR PROFIT MARGIN

- THE TRAIN VACUUM,
IT'S BEEN A TON OF WORK.

BRETTLY SPENT AN ENTIRE
DAY SANDBLASTING THE THING.

PHIL SPENT TWO DAYS

HAMMERING OUT ALL THE
DENTS IN THE BELT GUARD.

AND JEFF AND I HAVE
PUT IN A TON OF HOURS

PAINTING EVERYTHING.

AND WE STILL HAVE TO
DO THE HARDEST PART,

AND THAT'S PUT IT ALL
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

- YOU READY?
- YUP.

- WE GOT IT UPSIDE DOWN.

- THESE PARTS ARE REALLY
HEAVY, SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE

WE DON'T SCRATCH
UP THE PAINT JOB

WHILE WE'RE PUTTING
IT BACK TOGETHER.

IT LOOKS LIKE BABY.

SWEET.

THIS THING AIN'T MUCH DIFFERENT
FROM YOUR HOME VACUUM.

IT'S JUST A LOT BIGGER.

IF YOU WERE CLEANING BETWEEN
THE CUSHIONS WITH THIS THING,

IT WOULD SUCK UP
YOUR WHOLE COUCH.

- OKAY, LET GO.

NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE.

- SO ANYWAY, SO, YOU
KNOW, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE

WE GET THIS DONE.

HEY, THERE'S MARK.

WE GOT A TRAIN VACUUM
THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE BEAST,

AND NO PART OF
THIS THING WAS EASY,

BUT WE MADE IT HAPPEN.

THE CUSTOMER'S
HERE TO PICK IT UP.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

- HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?
- WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.

HE WANTED IT LOOKING
BRAND-NEW AND WORKING

SO THAT HE COULD SHOW THE
PEOPLE HOW THEY CLEANED THE TRAINS

BACK IN THE DAY.

YOU READY?
- I'M READY.

- ALL RIGHT.
- LET'S SEE IT.

OH, MY GOD!

OH, THAT IS AMAZING.

INCREDIBLE.

- YEAH? IT'S COOL, HUH?
- YES!

THEY JUST REALLY, REALLY
AND TRULY OUTDID THEMSELVES.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST
ROLLED IN FROM THE FACTORY.

- I MEAN, QUITE HONESTLY,
THIS IS PROBABLY

ONE OF THE PIECES I
CHERISH MOST TO HAVE DONE.

THIS THING IS ONE AWESOME
PIECE OF MACHINERY.

- IT WOULDN'T
SURPRISE ME ONE BIT

IF MY DAD REPLACED HIS
PICTURE OF ME ON HIS DESK

FOR A PICTURE OF THIS.

- WELL, I CAN SEE THAT.

I'VE BEEN WONDERING
WHAT YOU FOUND IN THERE.

I'M HOPING FOR, YOU
KNOW, SOME COINS

FROM THE EARLY
PART OF THE CENTURY.

- THIS THING WAS
SO GRIMY AND DIRTY,

AND IT WAS VERY
HARD GETTING OFF.

IT'S STUCK ON THERE.

WE FINALLY POPPED
THAT THING OPEN...

- UH-HUH? UH-HUH?

- WAITING TO SEE
WHAT'S INSIDE THERE.

I OPEN IT UP,
AND ALL I SEE IS...

NOTHING.
- NOTHING?

- NOT ONE SPECK OF DIRT.

- THAT BUCKET ON THE BOTTOM,

I WAS EXPECTING IT TO
BE FILLED WITH STUFF,

SO IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE
TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,

HE OPENED IT UP
AND IT WAS CLEAN.

- WE ENDED UP DOING
ALL THE BODYWORK,

AND THE ELECTRICAL BOX
GOT REDONE BODYWORK.

OF COURSE, EVERYTHING WAS DENTED

OVER THE ALMOST 100
YEARS, IT'S BEEN ABOUT.

- SURE.

- ON THIS BACK SHROUD,
IF YOU REMEMBER,

IT WAS JUST... REMEMBER
HOW POUNDED IN THAT WAS?

SO THAT THING, YOU KNOW,
GOT TOTALLY REWORKED.

THERE WAS A LOT, A LOT
OF MAN-HOURS IN THIS.

- THE COVER FOR THE
LEATHER BELT IN THE BACK

LOOKED LIKE A CRUMPLED
PIECE OF NEWSPAPER,

AND NOW IT IS SMOOTH.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL JOB.

I DID NOT REALIZE THERE
WAS SO MUCH BRASS.

OH, THAT IS JUST...
- YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, HUH?

KOWBOY JUST WENT
NUTS ON POLISHING.

- IT'S AN ART PIECE IN ITSELF.

- THIS RIGHT HERE
IS THE I.D. PLATE.

POLISHED THAT ALL UP.

AND WE ENDED UP REDOING
ALL THIS LETTERING ON HERE.

- OH, THAT IS JUST...
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

THAT IS...

- WITH THE GOLD LEAF.

- THE LOGO ON THE FRONT
OF IT, HE CAPTURED THAT.

HE NAILED THAT JUST
LIKE THE ORIGINAL.

IN THE LIGHT, IT JUST GLITTERS.

- THIS IS THE MOTOR, OKAY?

- OH, OH, OH.

- YEAH, THAT'S
ALL DONE IN THERE.

NEW BRUSHES, ALL WIRED UP.

ALL YOUR PLATES
ARE ALL POLISHED UP.

- YES.

- PRETTY.
- OH, GOD, YES, YES.

I AM TRULY BLOWN AWAY.

BUT THE $64,000 QUESTION IS,

DOES IT WORK?

- WE GOT 50 FEET OF HOSE,

AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE
THIS ON ALL YOUR TRAIN CARS.

- COOL!

- OKAY, SO, TYLER,
GO PLUG IT IN.

- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT.

- THE WHOLE POINT
OF THIS RESTORATION

WAS TO GET THIS
VACUUM WORKING AGAIN.

MARK DOESN'T KEEP PIECES
AT HIS MUSEUM BEHIND GLASS.

HE ACTUALLY USES THEM.

FIRE IN THE HOLE.
- FIRE IN THE HOLE.

OH, WOW.

- COOL, HUH?
- YEAH, REALLY COOL.

SO DOES IT WORK?
DOES IT ACTUALLY SUCK?

OH. OH, OKAY.

- CLEAN HIS HAIR ALL UP.

ALL UP.

- OH, MAN, LOOK WHAT'S
COMING OUT OF THERE.

- YEAH, REALLY.

TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT
SUCK UP, YOU KNOW,

THE DIRT AND EVERYTHING,

IT DOESN'T GET MUCH
BETTER THAN THAT.

IT REALLY EXCEEDED
MY EXPECTATIONS.

YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING
JOB, JUST TRULY AN AMAZING JOB.

- I'D NEVER TELL MY DAD
THIS, BUT I GOT TO SAY,

WHEN YOU SEE THE
CUSTOMER GET THIS EXCITED,

IT MAKES ME APPRECIATE
ALL THE HARD WORK.

AND IT'S COOL TO BE
A SMALL PART OF IT.

- YOU LIKE?
- I LIKE. FABULOUS JOB.

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH.

TYLER, GREAT JOB.
- OF COURSE.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA IMAGINE,
"EH, A VACUUM CLEANER.

BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW,
MOM USES THAT."

AND THIS IS A VACUUM CLEANER!

- BRETTLY COULD HAVE
MESSED UP OUR PROFIT MARGIN

ON THIS OLD WAGON WE DID.

HEY.

WE GOT SOME LEFTOVER
WRAPPING PAPER.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO
TEACH HIM A LESSON.

KOWBOY BROUGHT YOU A PRESENT.

THE NEXT TIME, IT MIGHT
NOT BE AN EASY FIX.

- OH, I LIKE PRESENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GUYS GOT ME A CAMERA?

THANKS, GUYS.

- THAT'S THE SHOP CAMERA.

START USING IT.

- ALL RIGHT.

HEY, WAIT. WAIT. WAIT.

SAY, "PURPLE."