American Restoration (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Rev'd Up - full transcript

- UP NEXT ON AMERICAN
RESTORATION...

A FRIEND OF MINE SAYS
HE'S GOT SOME OLD SCALE

THAT HE WANTS ME TO CHECK OUT.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A
1940s ACCURATE WEIGHT SCALE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY
WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE?

- MY DAD PASSED
AWAY FIVE YEARS AGO,

AND IT'S BEEN SITTING IN MY
MA'S BASEMENT FOR A WHILE,

AND FIGURED YOU'RE
THE GUY FOR IT.

- THE LAST MATCHLESS WAS
MADE IN 1967 IN ENGLAND,

SO PARTS ARE GONNA
BE REALLY HARD TO FIND.

- RICK'S DEPENDING ON ME TO
GET THIS PROJECT DONE ON TIME.



YOU CAN HELP ME
INSTEAD OF JUST WATCHING.

JUST HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

- 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.

IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE
ME WHAT ROLLS IN MY SHOP,

AND THIS IS A WELCOME SURPRISE.

I LOVE DOING MOTORCYCLES.

LET ME GET A RAMP.
WE'LL GET IT OFF.

- I CAME TO RICK'S TODAY



TO HAVE MY DAD'S 1955
MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE RESTORED.

- COOL BIKE, HUH?

- REALLY COOL.

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

- WELL, MY DAD PASSED
AWAY FIVE YEARS AGO,

AND IT'S BEEN SITTING IN MY
MA'S BASEMENT FOR A WHILE,

AND FIGURED YOU'RE
THE GUY FOR IT.

- SO YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT GETTING IT RESTORED?

- GETTING IT RESTORED,
GETTING IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS

WHEN HE FIRST
GOT IT 55 YEARS AGO.

TO ME, IT'S NOT
JUST A MOTORCYCLE.

IT'S THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER.

IT'S THE CLOSEST THING I
REALLY HAVE THAT'S LEFT OF HIM.

SO HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ONE OF THESE BEFORE, RICK?

- I NEVER HAVE.
- YEAH, I HAVE, YEAH.

YEAH, AN OLD MATCHLESS.

THESE WERE THE GOOD
BIKES. THEY WERE LIGHTWEIGHT.

THEY WERE WAY LIGHTER
THAN THE HARLEYS.

POWER-TO-WEIGHT
RATIO WAS BETTER.

THEY WEREN'T A
LOT OF HORSEPOWER,

BUT IT WAS MORE THAN THE HARLEYS
WERE PUTTING OUT AT THE TIME.

- JEFF IS MY MOTORCYCLE GURU.

HE KNOWS EVERYTHING
THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT BIKES.

- THE BEACH BOYS PUT
IT IN ONE OF THEIR SONGS.

IN LITTLE HONDA, THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT,

"MY MATCHLESS
RUNS REALLY RIGHT."

SO, YEAH, IT WAS THE BIKE.
- I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THAT...

NEVER KNEW WHAT THE
MATCHLESS... THAT'S THIS BIKE.

- THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, YEAH.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
SEEN A MATCHLESS IN PERSON,

NOT IN A MAGAZINE
OR IN A PICTURE.

THEY STOPPED MAKING THEM IN '67,

AND THEY'RE JUST
NOT AROUND ANYMORE.

- HE BOUGHT IT 'CAUSE HE WAS
RACING MOTORCYCLES AT THE TIME.

WE GOT ABOUT 50 TROPHIES
BACK FROM THE '50s.

- SO HE DID WELL, HUH?
- YEAH, VERY WELL.

LOT OF RACES WENT
ON AROUND MICHIGAN,

AND THE RACES WERE PUT
ON BY HARLEY-DAVIDSON.

SO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AFTER
HE WAS WINNING ALL THE TIME,

THIS BEING A BRITISH
MOTORCYCLE, THERE WAS A BIG SIGN.

IT SAID NO MORE
BRITISH MOTORCYCLES.

WELL, I GOT A BUNCH OF
PICTURES THAT I BRUNG WITH ME.

- YEAH, LET'S SEE 'EM.

- OH, YEAH.
- OH, WOW.

THIS IS EXCITING.

THESE BIKES WERE MADE IN ENGLAND
FROM ABOUT 1899 TO ABOUT 1967.

THEY JUST DOMINATED THE
RACING CIRCUIT IN THE EARLY 1900s.

- THAT'S REALLY COOL.

- TROPHIES THAT
WERE UP IN THE ATTIC.

- THEY'RE HARD TO FIND

AND EXTREMELY
VALUABLE TO COLLECTORS.

LET ME ASK YOU WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO TO THIS.

I MEAN, I SEE A BIKE THAT'S
BEEN RIDDEN FOR A WHILE.

IT'S A LITTLE ROUGH RIGHT NOW.

- WELL, I GOT A COUPLE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE.

I WENT TO A MOTORCYCLE SHOW,

AND I SEEN A BIKE THAT
WAS SIMILAR TO THIS,

THE SAME YEAR, BUT IT
WAS A DIFFERENT MODEL,

BUT I THINK IT'S WHAT
THIS LOOKED LIKE.

- THIS ONE HERE IS AN
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LOOK.

THIS IS DONE LIKE A NORMAL
RESTORATION WOULD BE.

- FACTORY.
- RIGHT.

THIS IS HOW IT'D
BE IF HE BOUGHT IT.

THIS IS CHROMED
OUT TO SHOW, OKAY?

I MEAN, SEE THE SHINE
COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONE?

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
TROPHY PIECE NOW.

IT'S STILL RIDEABLE
AND EVERYTHING,

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY
PRETTIED OUT.

- YEAH.
- IT'S PRETTIED OUT.

THE DIFFERENCE
IN PRICE, YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE PROBABLY
TALKING A THOUSAND BUCKS,

SO THAT'S THE THING I
NEED TO KNOW FROM YOU,

WHICH ONE YOU WANT.

- WELL, WITH WHAT YOU KNOW NOW,

WHICH WAY DO YOU
THINK I SHOULD GO?

- WELL, YOU'RE NOT
GONNA RACE IT AGAIN.

I WOULD DO THE SHINY,
PRETTIEST YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

- OKAY.

- SO WITH ALL THOSE
THINGS IN MIND,

TOTALLY RESTORED,
FINISHED PRODUCT TO YOU

IS GONNA RUN YOU RIGHT
AROUND $6,500 PLUS PARTS.

- OKAY.
- DOES THAT SOUND GOOD?

- YEAH, SOUNDS GREAT.

- OKAY. AWESOME.

WHY DON'T YOU COME
INTO THE OFFICE HERE?

- I'LL TAKE THE
BIKE. I'LL MOVE IT.

- THIS THING'S GONNA
BE A HUGE CHALLENGE,

BUT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU
GET TO BRING BACK THE MEMORY

OF A GUY'S FATHER.

EARLIER, I GOT A CALL
FROM A FRIEND OF MINE

THAT COLLECTS 1940s MEMORABILIA.

HE SAYS HE'S GOT SOME OLD SCALE
THAT HE WANTS ME TO CHECK OUT.

- THIS IS IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- WOW. LOOKS GREAT.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A
1940s ACCURATE WEIGHT SCALE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY
WOMAN'S NIGHTMARE?

- I REMEMBER THE PENNY
SCALES FROM WHEN I WAS A KID.

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST
DROP YOUR PENNY IN,

AND IT WOULD READ YOUR
FORTUNE, GIVE YOUR WEIGHT.

IT WAS JUST A COOL THING,

AND IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE
AROUND THE GARAGE.

- SO, JEFF, WHERE'D
YOU FIND THIS THING?

- I WAS VISITING SOME FAMILY,

AND I JUST HIT A COUPLE
OLD ANTIQUE STORES,

AND THEY HAD IT OUT BACK.

- THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY RARE
NOW BECAUSE BACK IN THE '50s,

THEY LOST POPULARITY
BECAUSE OF THE BATHROOM SCALE.

THESE WERE A FIRST.

WHEN THIS THING CAME OUT,

VENDING MACHINES
GAVE YOU A PRODUCT

LIKE SODAS, CANDY, CIGARETTES.

THIS ONE WAS SOLELY A SERVICE.

IT WAS IN FRONT OF
DRUGSTORES OR LAUNDROMATS,

PLACES LIKE THAT,

THAT YOU ACTUALLY COULD
COME UP AND WEIGH YOURSELF.

SOME OF 'EM ENDED UP
GIVING YOU A FORTUNE,

YOUR HOROSCOPE, STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND PEOPLE USED THESE THINGS.

THEY BROUGHT IN ALMOST
10 BILLION PENNIES A YEAR

ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

- THAT'S A LOT OF PENNIES.
- THAT'S A LOT OF PENNIES.

- SO HOW MUCH YOU
THINK IT'S GONNA COST?

- WELL, THE OUTSIDE
LOOKS FAIRLY EASY,

BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE'RE
GONNA HAVE IS GONNA BE IN HERE.

INSIDE HERE IS MORE
MOVING PARTS THAN POSSIBLE.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT KYLE.

- THIS ISN'T GONNA BE FUN.

I'M TELLING YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

THESE MECHANISMS
ARE REALLY DELICATE.

I CAN TELL SOMEBODY
ALREADY MESSED WITH THIS ONE.

- THIS THING SAYS
10¢ ON THE FRONT,

BUT IT USED TO BE A PENNY.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE,

SOMEONE HAS CHANGED THIS TO 10¢.

WE'RE GONNA TURN
IT BACK TO A PENNY.

- KYLE'S GOT HIS WORK CUT OUT.

- YEAH, WE'LL GET
IT DONE, THOUGH.

WE'LL GET IT WORKING BEAUTIFUL.

- AS FAR AS FINAL COST,

WE'RE PROBABLY
RIGHT AROUND $1,500,

UM, AS LONG AS THERE'S
NO HUGE PARTS MISSING.

SO HOW'S THAT FEEL?

- WELL, IT STINGS A LITTLE.

I ONLY PAID 50
BUCKS FOR IT, BUT...

- YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME
WE'RE DONE WITH THE THING,

IT SHOULD BE RIGHT
AROUND $2,500.

- WOW. THAT'S MORE
THAN I EXPECTED.

- DOES THAT MAKE IT
STING A LITTLE LESS?

- YEAH, A LITTLE BIT, SURE.

- ALL RIGHT.

- I KNEW I HAD AN
EYE FOR THIS STUFF,

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
IT WAS THAT GOOD.

IT'S WORTH $2,500.

I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT.

- ALL RIGHT, THEN.

KYLE AND I ARE GONNA
GET THIS LOADED UP,

AND WE'LL CALL YOU
WHEN IT'S READY.

- SOUNDS GREAT, RICK.
- THANK YOU, JEFF, VERY MUCH.

- ALL RIGHTY.
- ALL RIGHT.

THIS 1940s PENNY SCALE
IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

IT JUST NEEDS SOME SERIOUS TLC.

BUT THE SHOP IS Y,

AND I STILL HAVE THIS
MATCHLESS BIKE TO RESTORE,

SO I REALLY NEED KYLE TO STEP UP
AND TAKE CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE NEVER
GONNA GET IT DONE ON TIME.

YOU READY TO TEAR
THIS MONSTER DOWN?

- I BEEN DREAMING ABOUT IT.

- THE MOUNTS ON THESE SEATS...
I MEAN, IT'S SERIOUSLY MOUNTED.

I MEAN, IT'S GOT FOUR MOUNTS.

- YEAH, AND THE RUBBER
MOUNTED ON TOP OF IT.

- YEAH, THIS ONE HERE'S
GOT SAFETY WRAP.

- OH, THE HOLES FOR IT?
- YEAH.

THAT HOLE RIGHT THERE IS
FOR WIRE TO GO THROUGH,

AND YOU WRAP IT SO THAT...

LIKE, WHEN YOU RACE AND STUFF,

THE BOLD WON'T
COME ALL THE WAY OUT.

- YEAH, YOU TIE ONE TO THE NEXT.

- YEAH.

- LOOK HOW SMALL THE
BACKBONE IS ON THIS FRAME.

- ON MY HARLEY,
IT'S, LIKE, THAT BIG.

AND IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE
THEY WENT WITH THE LIGHT WEIGHT.

THE LIGHTER THE WEIGHT, THE
FASTER THE THING'S GONNA GO.

- IT'S NOT MUCH THICKER THAN
A REGULAR BICYCLE FRAME.

- RIGHT.

IT'S NO WONDER THIS THING
ATE HARLEYS FOR BREAKFAST,

BECAUSE FROM THE FRAME DOWN,

THIS MATCHLESS WAS
BUILT TO WIN RACES.

- NOW CHECK THIS OUT, RICK.

THE WAY THE FRAME
IS ON THIS THING,

IT'S FOUR PIECES HERE...

ACTUALLY, FIVE
WITH THE SWING ARM,

AND IT COMES APART RIGHT AT
THE FRONT OF THE MOTOR THERE.

- RIGHT, INSTEAD OF
A ONE-PIECE FRAME,

THEY MADE IT MULTIPLE PIECES

AND LITERALLY
ASSEMBLED IT IN PIECES.

- YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY
ENGINEERED THIS THING,

THEY THREW THE STANDARD
PLAYBOOK RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW.

WE'VE GOT THESE
WEIRD BRITISH SCREWS,

THESE MULTIPART FRAMES,

AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN
GOT TO THE ENGINE YET.

- OH, ON THE TOP HERE?

- OKAY, YOU GOT THE
MOTOR ALL TO YOURSELF.

- YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH

UNTIL YOU TEAR INTO AN ITEM,

AND GETTING TO
KNOW THIS MATCHLESS

HAS BEEN A HELL OF
AN EXPERIENCE SO FAR.

BUT WE JUST GOT STARTED.

WE STILL HAVE A
TON OF WORK TO DO.

- RICK'S DEPENDING ON ME TO
GET THIS PROJECT DONE ON TIME.

- THE OTHER DAY, WE GOT A 1950s
MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE TO RESTORE.

THIS BIKE IS A BRITISH DESIGN

THAT'S VERY RARE
AND VERY VALUABLE.

I REALLY HOPE WE DON'T
HAVE ANY MAJOR ENGINE ISSUES,

'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO FIX THOSE.

- LOOK AT HOW THEY HAVE
THE VALVE SPRINGS SET UP.

- YEAH.
- IT'S CRAZY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM
SHAPED LIKE THAT.

- GOT THE VALVES WITH THE
SPRINGS ON THE OUTSIDE.

- THAT IS A CRAZY SETUP.

- WELL, SO FAR, SO GOOD.

IT'S PRETTY CLEAN.

- THIS ENGINE'S
OVER 50 YEARS OLD.

IF IT'S LOCKED UP, WE'RE
DEAD IN THE WATER.

TRYING TO FIND PARTS
FOR A MAJOR OVERHAUL

WOULD BE A HUGE PROBLEM.

- READY?
- YEAH.

- THIS THING AIN'T BUDGING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

THERE'S NO SCRATCHES
OR SCORING ON THE PISTON.

- BOY, THE CYLINDER
LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

YEAH.

THERE'S NOTHING. IT'S CLEAN.

- IT'S A HEMI.

- OH, IT'S A HEMI.

SURE IS.

- WE REALLY DODGED
A BULLET ON THIS ONE.

LOOKS LIKE THE OWNER
TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE

OF THIS ENGINE OVER THE YEARS.

AND TO TOP IT ALL
OFF, IT'S A HEMI.

HOW COOL IS THAT?

- LOT OF PISTONS ARE FLAT.

THIS PISTON HAS A DOME ON IT.

THEY CALL IT HEMI BECAUSE
IT HAS A HEMISPHERICAL HEAD.

THESE TWO MATCH
CLOSER, WHICH ACTUALLY,

IN THE PERFORMANCE
LEVEL, WORKS BETTER.

WHEN IT'S DOMED LIKE THAT,

IT ACTUALLY GIVES MORE
HORSEPOWER, BETTER COMPRESSION.

THERE'S NO DOUBT
THIS ENGINE WAS BUILT

FOR STRAIGHT-UP PERFORMANCE.

JEFF'S GONNA TEAR DOWN
THE REST OF THE COMPONENTS,

CLEAN THE HECK OUT OF 'EM,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA
SEE WHERE WE STAND WITH IT.

- WHAT'S DOWN THERE?

- RICK AND I PICKED UP THE
PENNY SCALE FROM THE CUSTOMER.

NOW KOWBOY AND I ARE
GONNA TAKE IT APART.

WE'VE GOT TO BE SUPER
CAREFUL WITH THIS.

WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH OR
PULL ANYTHING THE WRONG WAY.

THAT MAY CAUSE
SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE,

AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY
INCREASE OUR WORKLOAD.

CAREFUL, KOWBOY.

- I KNOW. I GOT IT, WIENER.

IT'S GONNA BE SWEET.

- THE GAS TANK FROM THE
MOTORCYCLE'S ALL BEAT UP,

SO I'M GONNA SANDBLAST IT

AND GET IT READY
FOR THE BODYWORK.

- THIS THING'S BEEN
BASHED AND TRASHED

FROM YEARS OF RACING,

AND NOW I NEED TO
GET THE DENTS OUT

AND BE ABLE TO
MAKE IT ALL SMOOTH.

SINCE I CAN'T GET GOOD ACCESS
FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TANK,

THEN I'M GONNA WELD
SOME STUDS ON THERE

AND USE A SLIDE HAMMER

AND LITERALLY PULL THE
DENTS RIGHT OUT OF THE TANK.

- THE OTHER DAY, MY DAD WENT

AND PICKED UP A
1940s PENNY SCALE

FROM A CUSTOMER ACROSS TOWN.

HE'S GOT HIS HANDS FULL WITH
THIS MOTORCYCLE THAT CAME IN,

SO HE TOLD ME TO HELP
KYLE WITH THE SCALE.

- OKAY, THIS LITTLE
BRACKET SITS ON HERE.

PULLS DOWN THIS WHOLE NECK. SEE?

- YEAH.

- LOT OF STUFF NEEDS TO
BE LUBED UP RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK IT
WOULD BE ACCURATE.

YOU CAN HELP ME
INSTEAD OF JUST WATCHING.

- I PREFER WATCHING.

OH.

IS IT RIGHT? NO.

- IT'S DAMN CLOSE.

THAT'S A 20 RIGHT THERE, RIGHT?

- YEAH, THAT'S A 20.
- THERE WE GO.

LOOKIT.
- AWESOME.

- IT'S OFF BY ABOUT,
LIKE, A POUND AND A HALF.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT ZEROED
OUT RIGHT THERE,

BUT TILL WE GET THE
NEW ONE ON THERE,

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL.

BUT THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

LET ME GET SOME LUBE.

WE'LL CLEAN IT OUT
WITH SOME WD-40.

JUST HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.

RICK'S DEPENDING ON ME TO
GET THIS PROJECT DONE ON TIME,

SO I'M GLAD IT JUST NEEDS A
LITTLE CLEANING AND TWEAKING

INSTEAD OF A MAJOR OVERHAUL.

THAT WILL SAVE US A LOT OF TIME.

- OOPS.

- WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?

- IT SLIPPED.

- WHAT SLIPPED?

- THIS SLIPPED.

THIS DOODAD.

- YOU BROKE IT.

RICK'S GONNA TRIP.

- CAN'T YOU JUST FIX IT?

AND THEN HE'LL NEVER KNOW.

- YEAH, BUT WHEN HE
SEES ME MESSING WITH IT,

HE'S GONNA KNOW.

- HE'S NOT GONNA KNOW.

- ALL RIGHT, LET ME
SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

JUST STAY AWAY FROM THIS, MAN.

- ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK.

- HERE'S ANOTHER
FOUR HOURS OF WORK.

THANKS, TYLER.

- A FEW DAYS AGO,

A GUY DROPPED OFF A 1950s
MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE.

THERE'S A TON OF PARTS THAT
NEED TO BE PRIMED AND PAINTED,

SO JEFF'S GONNA TACKLE THE
FRAME AND THE MOTOR PARTS

WHILE TED'S WORKING ON
THE ARTWORK ON THE GAS TANK.

I LOVE PAINTING.

IT REALLY BRINGS AN
ITEM BACK TO LIFE AGAIN,

AND THIS THING IS NO EXCEPTION.

- WE'RE HANGING THE FRAME
PARTS TO GET A NICE, EVEN COAT.

IT'S A TRICK I LEARNED
OVER THE YEARS.

IF YOU LAY THE PARTS FLAT
AND PAINT ONE SIDE AT A TIME,

YOU'LL GET SOME
OVERSPRAY WITH THE PAINT,

AND IT'LL LOOK REALLY SLOPPY.

- YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE
BOTH SIDES OF THE TANK

AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT

THAT THE STRIPING
BE AS MIRROR IMAGE

AS YOU CAN GET ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE TANK.

RICK HAD A CHOICE OF WHICH LOGO
TO USE ON THIS PARTICULAR TANK,

AND, OF COURSE, HE
HAD TO PICK THE ONE

THAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT

WITH THIS MICROSCOPIC
DETAIL ON IT.

- THESE PARTS LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE FACTORY NEW,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THE CLIENT WANTED.

ONCE THESE PARTS GET DRY,
WE CAN START THE REASSEMBLY.

- IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER,

I'D THINK YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

- SEEMS THAT WAY
SOMETIMES, DON'T IT?

RICK'S UP TO HIS EYEBALLS

WITH THIS MOTORCYCLE
THAT CAME IN,

SO NOW I'M CHARGE OF THIS SCALE.

I FIXED THE PART
THAT TYLER BROKE,

LUBED UP THE MECHANISM, AND
NOW IT'S WORKING PERFECTLY.

LET'S ROLL IT ON AROUND.

- BE CAREFUL, 'CAUSE
YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT.

IT'S LIKE NEUROSURGERY.

SOMETIMES YOU DO GOOD
WORK. YOU SURPRISE ME.

- THANK YOU, KOWBOY.

EVERYTHING FITS JUST
RIGHT ON THIS MACHINE.

ONLY ONE MORE THING
TO DO: TEST IT OUT.

IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE HOW FAT KOWBOY IS.

- GO AHEAD. YOU GET UP ON THERE.

- ALL RIGHT, ALL
RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS GOOD TO ME.

- WOMAN WEIGHT.

- LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.

- I KNOW WHAT I GOT.

I'M A FIT 210.

- YEAH, RIGHT.

- YOU NEED TO TAKE
IT APART AGAIN, KYLE.

- OH, 230?

- IT'S LYING.
- YOU LOOK ABOUT 230.

- IT'S LYING.

- TRUST ME, THIS
THING'S CALIBRATED.

READY TO GO.

YOU'RE JUST GETTING FAT.

NOW, GET OFF OF THERE
BEFORE YOU BREAK IT.

- LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

- THANKS, KOWBOY.
I OWE YOU A BEER.

- A LIGHT BEER, THOUGH.

- THAT'S WHAT YOU
NEED TO SWITCH TO.

WE'RE FINALLY PACKING UP
THE PENNY SCALE FOR DELIVERY.

IT WENT OFF THE
RAILS A LITTLE BIT

WHEN TYLER BROKE IT,
BUT IT'S ALL FIXED NOW.

- WHAT'S UP, GUYS?

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
DONE FOUR OR FIVE HOURS AGO.

WHAT'S TAKING SO MUCH TIME?

- WE HAD A LITTLE COMPLICATION.

I HAD TO GO BACK
INSIDE OF IT FOR A MINUTE,

BUT IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF NOW.

WE'RE READY TO ROLL.

- ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET ME KNOW.

- ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.

GET THIS THING OUT OF HERE.

- I OWE YOU ONE.

- MAKE IT A SIX-PACK.

- WE'LL SEE.

- TODAY WE'RE DROPPING OFF
THIS 1940s ACCURATE WEIGHT SCALE.

MY HANDS HAVE BEEN TOTALLY TIED
WITH THIS MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE,

BUT KYLE AND THE GUYS
HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP

ON THIS INCREDIBLE RESTORATION.

I JUST HOPE JEFF IS AS
HAPPY WITH IT AS I AM.

HEY, JEFF. SO YOU
READY TO SEE THIS?

- YEAH, BEEN ANXIOUSLY
WAITING TO SEE THIS.

I'VE ALREADY GOT A SPOT
IN THE GARAGE READY FOR IT.

IT'S GONNA SIT RIGHT IN
MY LATE '40s COLLECTION.

- I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
THAT '40s THEME, YOU KNOW,

AND I THINK WE REALLY HIT THAT.

OKAY, YOU READY?
- I'M READY.

- ALL RIGHT.
- LET'S SEE IT.

- ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

GO.

- WOW, THAT'S
INCREDIBLE. THAT REALLY IS.

THAT'S FAR BETTER THAN I
THOUGHT IT WOULD COME OUT.

- DIDN'T THAT COME OUT AWESOME?

- UNBELIEVABLE.

THE SCALE LOOKS GREAT.

THE WAY HE MADE ALL THE
CHROME POP AND THE COLORS...

YOU KNOW, IT LOOKED
PRETTY DRAB AT THE START,

BUT IT TURNED OUT
JUST FANTASTIC.

- WHAT WE DID TO THIS THING
IS, WE TOTALLY TORE IT DOWN,

AND EVERY SINGLE PIECE,
WE MADE WORK AGAIN.

EVERYTHING ON THIS
THING WAS ALL PAINTED.

THESE WERE PAINTED.
THIS WAS PAINTED.

EVERYTHING THEY HAD
ON HERE WAS PAINTED.

YOU KNOW, SO YOU
COULDN'T SEE ALL THE DETAIL.

IT HAD BROKEN GLASS

AND NO LENSES INSIDE HERE,

SO YOU REALLY COULDN'T TELL
HOW BEAUTIFUL THE THING WAS.

BUT WHEN WE TOOK IT
APART PIECE BY PIECE,

WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF THESE
PIECES WERE ALL ALUMINUM,

SO THAT REALLY GIVES IT A SNAP.

- IT SURE DOES. IT
LOOKS FANTASTIC.

- SO IT'S ALL ORIGINAL, JUST
THE WAY IT USED TO LOOK.

- CAN I WEIGH MYSELF?

- YEAH, SURE. HERE'S A PENNY.

- ALL RIGHT.

- HOW'D WE DO?

- WOW, THAT'S RIGHT ON.

187, SO WE'RE
LOOKING RIGHT AT 187.

FANTASTIC, RICK.
- RIGHT ON.

- GLAD WE DID BUSINESS.

THE SCALE WAS RIGHT ON.

IT WAS JUST AS
ACCURATE AS CAN BE.

I'M VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

- KYLE REALLY HELPED
ME DODGE A BULLET

- WE'VE BEEN DOING A TON OF WORK

ON A MATCHLESS
MOTORCYCLE FROM THE 1950s.

IT THREW US FOR A FEW LOOPS,

BUT WE HAVE ALL THE
PARTS READY TO GO.

AND NOW ALL WE HAVE
TO DO IS PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND JUST IN TIME, BECAUSE
JEFF'S ON HIS WAY DOWN.

- HEY, RICK.

I CAME DOWN TO RICK'S
RESTORATION TODAY

TO PICK UP MY DAD'S 1955
MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE.

I'M KIND OF NERVOUS ABOUT IT,

JUST BECAUSE THE FACT
THAT THAT'S THE CLOSEST THING

I CAN REALLY GET TO MY DAD
SINCE HE PASSED AWAY, SO...

HEY, RICK.

I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN ALL DONE.

- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- BEAUTIFUL.

BEAUTIFUL.

- UNBELIEVABLE.

- THIS BAD BOY IS BAD.

- WHEN I FIRST SAW IT AND IT
CAME AROUND THE CORNER,

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO SAY, REALLY.

I JUST... IT WAS
LIKE I SEEN A GHOST.

I JUST WAS JUST IN AWE.

THIS THING LOOKS LIKE
BRAND-NEW, RIGHT OUT OF THE CRATE.

1955.

- FOR IT BEING SO RARE

AND THE HERITAGE THAT
COMES ALONG WITH IT,

WITH YOUR DAD
RUNNING IT AND STUFF,

IT'S JUST... IT WAS A
THRILL DOING THIS.

EVERY SINGLE PIECE ON
THIS THING GOT REDONE.

WE HAD A BODY GUY POUNDING
ON FENDERS TO GET IT STRAIGHT

AND THEN KOWBOY GETTING...
POLISHING IT ALL OUT.

I MEAN, YOU WANTED IT FOR SHOW,

SO I CHROMED EVERYTHING
THAT I POSSIBLY COULD,

ALL THE WHEELS, ALL THE DISCS.

HAD THE SEAT ALL UPHOLSTERED.

THE TANK'S BEEN PAINTED.

THIS IS ALL HAND-DONE.

AND THEN WE CLEARED
THE WHOLE THING.

INSTEAD OF PUTTING
THE DECAL ON IT,

WE MATCHED THE DECAL.

I MEAN, IT'S A
FULL-BLOWN RESTORATION.

EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE IT.

- AND IT FIRES RIGHT UP, RIGHT?

WOW. YEAH.

- YOU WANT TO GET ON IT?

- YEAH. HECK, YEAH!

I REMEMBER SITTING
ON THIS THING,

WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THE HELL TO DO WITH IT.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOU
KNOW, YOU TOOK IT ON.

I WAS GONNA TACKLE
IT, ME AND MY BROTHER,

AND WE LOOKED AT IT AND
SAID WE COULDN'T DO IT.

AND I KNEW IT WAS
A BIG CHALLENGE,

AND THAT'S WHY I FOUND RICK.

I KNEW HE COULD DO IT.

YOU BASICALLY TOOK THAT
OLD MEMORY THAT I HAD OF IT

AND THEN MADE A
NEW MEMORY FOR ME.

- YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE WHEN
YOUR DAD GOT IT, FIRST DAY.

- YEAH.

- MY BUSINESS IS,
ONE, TO RESTORE STUFF

AND, TWO, TO BRING
BACK THOSE MEMORIES.

IT REALLY IS.

- THIS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

HOW MUCH DO YOU
THINK WE'RE TALKING NOW?

- WELL, THE $6,500
FOR THE RESTORATION

WAS WHERE IT WAS AT,

BUT THE PARTS ON THIS THING WERE
SO HARD TO GET AND SO EXPENSIVE,

SO WE'RE RIGHT AT $8,800
WITH EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

- OH, THAT'S A VERY FAIR
PRICE FOR WHAT YOU DID

AND WHAT YOU GOT INTO IT.

I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH
ON HOW IT TURNED OUT.

- OKAY.
- AWESOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- YOU BET.

- I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO
GET BACK TO OUR HOUSE.

AND MY DAD IS SMILING RIGHT NOW.

HE'S LOOKING DOWN,
AND HE'S PROUD.

- KYLE REALLY HELPED
ME DODGE A BULLET

WHEN I BROKE THE PENNY SCALE.

IF MY DAD WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT,

I WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN A LOT OF TROUBLE,

SO THE LEAST I CAN DO
IS PICK HIM UP A SIX-PACK.

MAN, KYLE, I CAN'T
THANK YOU ENOUGH.

- CAME THROUGH, HUH?

- I TRY.

- THANK YOU, TYLER.

- YOU'RE WELCOME.

- YOU'RE A MAN OF YOUR WORD.

JUST IN TIME TO GO HOME.

SODA?