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00:00Tom what's going on buddy you remember me yeah yeah you look the same you're aging well yes
00:11you too what's going on dude there you go a lot of people know James from playing with Elvis leader
00:17of the TCB band lead guitar player and they asked me after I retired if I'd take care of the
00:22foundation for him so you're the guy taking care of business huh yes sir TCB you got the
00:28responsibility of it all one of the blessings to having a store in Nashville for over a decade
00:35is getting to know so many musicians that are serious collectors I was fortunate enough to
00:41meet James years ago when we had a stand-up bass that we needed authenticated it looks like to me
00:47they had the idea of making it look a little bit like a Bill Black bass but I don't think it could
00:53be Bill Black's bass James and I became fast friends because we share the same passions and
00:59his wife Louise is a real pistol so what's going on with this one they're gonna sell this to that
01:04I'm not sure when James gets here we're gonna talk to him oh yeah there's one right there that's what
01:10the 59 the 59 Corvette nice oh you guys got a Manx no way yep 69 leave it to a true Volkswagen
01:19enthusiasts to walk past the Corvette and start digging into the dune buggy this Manx is insane
01:27dude wow oh you got Burton James on there Burbank California think about these things hitting the
01:35beaches in the 60s man oh these things were huge fling back then oh my god I can't even imagine
01:41James had great taste in cars I mean he's got a Manx sitting here and then he's got the 59 Corvette I
01:48love the way that James's mind works it's like two iconic fiberglass cars that are on completely
01:55different ends of the spectrum all right I just want to get a picture of the number off the block
02:00here so I can send it to Jeff he has a business called speed vet because even if I don't buy it
02:07then James and Louise will have like a jumping off point in regards to the value of it you know yeah
02:11I get that yeah what about any of this other stuff what are they doing with all this this is probably
02:16part of his personal collection sounds like JB's here what the hell's he driving a semi does he roll
02:25around in this all the time it's a deal hell holy cow is it raining I'm freaking sopping wet dude you
02:46are getting out and doing the gas next time dude hey Danny what's up what's up girl hey listen I'm
02:54gonna send you out to meet Ronnie jr and Rhonda their dad Ronnie Sr worked at the post office so he
03:00would find all kinds of stuff on his postal route exactly he's like the meter reader yep Mike picked
03:07him years ago and he had dude he had incredible stuff I don't have no money in the stock market and I
03:13don't believe in stocks I don't either all of this is my stocks and I don't have to pay no broker fee
03:18yeah that's right man sadly Ronnie Sr has passed on oh and the kids are kind of overwhelmed they've
03:25got a lot there all right yeah I mean I appreciate it sounds like a good day except for this freaking
03:30rain is not letting up yeah call the weather service and can you put a hold in this rain for
03:34us Danny call weather service put a hold on rain got it thank you okay guys have a good one bye
03:41all right let's suit up go that's awesome yep all right cool whoo it's slippery out here man hey
03:54oh hey guys hey are you Ronnie how are you yes sir how you doing man Danielle sent us down great
03:59how you doing coming y'all come on in get off this rain all right cool it's freaking raining down here
04:04man oh wow oh wow this place is crazy come on back this is my sister Rhonda hello Rhonda I'm John
04:18Rob Wolf nice and your name is Ronnie Ron I'm Ronnie Jr. Ronnie Jr. okay it's all your dad's stuff yeah
04:24this is cool hey look it yeah I gotta drive one kind of for you we gotta here you go this is kind of
04:32stuff we're looking for and it looks like you've got a lot of it my dad was Ronnie Sanders senior
04:36and he collected a lot of things uh gas pumps license plates the jukeboxes I mean growing up you
04:43know he'd have all his the music and it played the full sound kind of loud you know when he would
04:50come home the truck would be loaded down so he was a postal worker delivering the mail saying hey
04:56you want to get rid of that gas pump right hey you want to get rid of that truck I remember he
04:59bought a truck one time the guy was pulling it up putting the for sale sign on it how many years
05:04did he beat the path there uh he was total 34. whoa wow I was 36. wow 36 and you guys work together
05:12no different offices oh wow I'm retired from the postal service my dad and my mom both retired
05:18walking in here I noticed you got some mailboxes over here oh yeah I like them both because they're
05:24let me see you Jersey but that one grass Robbie you don't see brass post office boxes very often
05:30it was probably in a hotel lobby it was fancy it was probably polished so it was the upper scale model
05:36somebody that sold him the brass one is interested in buying it back you know had a lot of people
05:41contacting me about oh yeah okay when Jersey said I see something I want already my mind was saying
05:47don't pick up that brass mailbox because the guy who sold it to my dad would like to have it back
05:52so is this something you want to hold on to I'd like to hold the brass one okay you want to hold
05:56the brass one how about the uh the steel one the blue one I know you got attached for postal stuff
06:01and I'm trying to pull teeth here I think maybe we could put these in the equation later okay all
06:06right all right yes that sounds like the plan we'll put it in your maybe pile hey I appreciate you
06:10letting me look at them and checking out and also letting us in here you mind if we look around
06:14yeah yeah let's do it whoa wow it's like Jenga yeah the interior is building I mean it's like a
06:26cathedral of junk it's all over the place man it's like from floor to ceiling it's packed in there it's
06:31dense whoa some uh pegasus legs yeah what's up wow these are what always got broken off I mean is
06:39that you don't have the horse I know years ago he had he had a like a pair facing each other
06:44oh yeah left and right yeah these pegasus legs are always bent and broken because that was the
06:50bolt-on point for the big Peggy that went up on the building to find two of them absolutely a miracle
06:56one is a painted version and one is a porcelain version if we had the whole thing it'd be worth
07:01some money yeah I mean I've seen them sell at auction for 15 18 thousand dollars yeah but the
07:06guy that needs this that's the key yeah find that guy and this one's in good shape it's got one chip on
07:12it I mean do you want to sell them yeah sure 300 for the pair how about uh 350 no this is
07:22probably the good one I'm doing it I'm doing it my biggest concern is that now there's a pegasus
07:27horse with no legs and I hope we find it hey Jersey what find me the horse whoa are you whistling for it
07:37let's see if we can find him I'm excited to see James you're really amped up aren't you last time I
07:45talked to him he was telling me about playing with Jimmy Page Roy Orbison and Bruce Springsteen the list
07:51goes on and on he's a rock star's rock star hey is James Burton in there I want to get his autograph
07:59hey hey what's up buddy hey how are you doing good to see you good to see you been all right you look
08:07good where's Louise there she is in style you guys always roll like this yes
08:14hi how are you we're doing great we've been looking at all your stuff James has been a rock
08:20star for so long that he drives a tour bus like he drives a Toyota yeah when's the last time this 57
08:26was out James I think I drove it when I bought it back in uh was it 72 or 3 well when I got old enough
08:34to drive I got in the cars and uh if I see something I like I go for it this Manx when's the last time
08:41you drove that yeah took it to Death Valley okay and uh played around up there and that was in the
08:4970s yeah the very first dune buggies were basically Volkswagen Beetles with the body pulled off and then
08:56MP came along and started making aftermarket metal conversion kits they called the sports
09:01Bruce Myers wasn't the first guy to make a dune buggy but he was the first one to make it out of
09:07fiberglass I think about how many great American industries that were impactful that started in
09:13somebody's garage Bruce Myers is one of those guys he saw the potential he saw the impact he was an
09:19artist he was a surfer I mean he was part of the California culture what are the four pans like on
09:25this thing they're pretty solid man nope here you got some rot right through here on the on the driver's
09:30side it's starting to come through as soon as I get up underneath this Volkswagen chassis it just
09:35brings back all the memories of looking at these things over the years I mean the first thing you
09:39want to look at is the shock towers you want to look at the floor pans I mean there's a little bit
09:44of damage here there's some rot but overall this is a pretty solid vehicle Bruce Myers was a genius
09:50and now they're making Myers Manx again you know they're doing electric ones Myers Manx dune buggies have
09:54been collectible for a long time but there has been a huge resurgence in interest because the company
10:01has been resurrected and they're redesigning them in electric models so now would be the time to sell
10:07that yeah wow well I'm hey I'm a player on it maybe I don't know Rhonda I see these things here hold on
10:19they're old dive boots wow look like something Robbie would wear these dive boots are part of a deep
10:31sea diving rig they weigh you down as you're going in the water how about two and a quarter okay you
10:40do two and a quarter thank you they're really cool have you seen Robbie around or we lose them I just
10:45stumbled upon the holy grail of every 45 ever made hey your box cheap you could have a gold mine
10:51back here you got to go through every one of these boxes yeah I like comic books I don't know if I'd live
10:56that long I'll take one box for 30 bucks there you go all right that's cool it looks like a was that a
11:02bank yeah you put the coin in there and shoot it in the I look the guy and he's got his hands up he's
11:09getting held up I think it looks like from the 60s it's a die cast bank and they came up with a way
11:14to inject metal into a mold and they can do it thousands and thousands and thousands of times
11:19missing the bottom of course and that was probably got robbed well yeah very good I do 60 bucks
11:26how about 80 would that would that turn you still keep you going I'm in
11:36all right I'm finding some James Burton artifacts
11:38Le Mirage perfumes Beverly Hills New York
11:43I don't think he really wore that
11:45I don't think he was having that
11:46James basically has become a friend at this point but every once in a while
11:50it takes over me and I'm like this is James Burton man this is James Burton's Corvette this is James
11:56Burton's cologne it's overwhelming sometimes I mean the achievements he's made the talents that he has
12:02it's it's incredible and to be able to call him a friend is such an honor a girl in Beverly Hills had
12:08this car I went to school it cost her too much money to drive it yeah she got a common gear I said
12:15what do you want for it she's better off $500 back then I think I drove it a little bit but not
12:22much I paid listen I love it the way it looks like this it's almost kind of ghostly looking the
12:27way it is I love that it has no caps on it the black walls I mean everything about it well you'd
12:32like all of our cars then let me ask you this James are you gonna get this car back on the road I don't
12:40think so okay we have a picture at our foundation office with him and Elvis sitting in this car in
12:46this one well I'm at the year well Elvis did have a Myers Manx or I don't know if it was his he was in
12:52a movie with one oh so he did have one the Manx was a cultural phenomenon and not just in California
13:00it made appearances in movies like the Thomas crown affair with Steve McQueen or the opening scene of
13:07of live a little love a little with Elvis Presley he was driving a Myers Manx that was Yuma Yellow
13:13exactly like the one I'm standing in front of which makes me wonder which came first Elvis's
13:20Manx or James Burton's Manx who influenced who it's beautiful I mean it's a time capsule I mean it really
13:27is both of these cars are this is the fiberglass car corner over here James hey you've got a phone
13:35call in the house from the motor that you were waiting for James is in his 80s and he is still
13:40rocking and rolling he's a busy guy he's touring Europe he's taking phone calls I mean he's one of those
13:44guys that loves what he does and when you stop working you stop living okay well we'll pick up okay yeah take
13:52your call and I'll digest all of this stuff this is all the scientific stuff he bought what was going
14:01on you find like the old lab or something and what's going on with this thing I think it was
14:04from a school okay so I mean this is some kind of weird tuning fork with some electrical coils on it
14:10I was with dad when he bought these items from a science classroom I'm guessing that's what where
14:15they were from what the heck oh wow that's ah this is the kind of things that schools would use to
14:22demonstrate different scientific principles and techniques but what really stands out to me is his
14:28Wimhurst machine it's a demonstrator for static electricity and I mean that's the very first time
14:35we're discovering electricity is with machines like this and I think that was like the time when you
14:40know Leonardo da Vinci was around there's it starting to mess with this stuff how it works is that
14:44there's two glass discs in there and they counter rotate two opposite directions and there's these
14:49combs on each side of the glass they pick up the static electricity charge and they bring it into
14:55these capacitors and from them it discharges into these balls and it's like Frankenstein movie you
15:01know it's like it's so cool to see this I mean this piece is not made in the 15 or 1600s this is made in
15:06the 20s 1920s this one looks like it's a pretty darn good shape yeah I think it would actually work
15:11I mean look at this lamp but look at that baby it's got like a parabolic lens in there it's all
15:16like silvered also this parabolic mirror is so cool because right away what comes up in my mind is that
15:23this could be repurposed I'd be sitting on a table with Edison bulb here yeah that'd be cool that'd be
15:30wicked cool you got this little like homemade motor this came out of a school I think so yeah so your
15:36dad was buying stuff from everywhere you know if it was a good deal he was down for it it was a good deal
15:41I could see all the conversations that I could have with Ronnie senior you know I feel I'm getting
15:45to know him I'm doing it through the objects he's collected in his life before one two three four
15:50pieces here I'm thinking two and a quarter I uh in my head I was thinking 200 or above I'm taking it
15:57well I'll tell you what then I might offer you more than you wanted right yes thank you it's
16:03really cool I love early science stuff it's neat this used to be uh our guest house in our party house
16:11and nothing but fun fun fun went on here this is a pretty dang big guest house yeah 3,000 square feet
16:16that's big uh these are some of James's cartage cases that came from LA that he used in the studios
16:24what year do you think this is from oh probably the 60s oh my gosh so this is the bottom of it's
16:30blown out yeah let me tell you how to repair it here okay you put a piece of board here okay there
16:37there and there can you put it two by four because it has to slip over this right but I think we could
16:42do it this is so cool it's got his name on it it's directly connected to him playing it held his amp
16:48but the condition is just not there I love that Louise it's like what are you talking about you
16:55can fix it this way all you got to do is hammer this and glue that and Louise is spunky she's scrappy
17:01and evidently she's handy he just recorded with Brad Paisley so really and he's getting ready to do a
17:07thing with uh Ron Dunn James is obviously best known for playing with Elvis Presley but he also played with
17:13guys like Merle Haggard Glenn Campbell Johnny Cash Elvis Costello John Denver yeah people ask him when
17:22are you gonna retire and he said to what I mean he's never worked he's only played all his life so
17:28it's not work to him how about how about 300 in the condition it's in can I think about that
17:34absolutely okay absolutely think about that I mean that's one thing that I've seen here just walking
17:39in the door yeah what about the untouchables game what's going on with that
17:43this has got a bunch of his music and stuff in oh gosh that's awesome wow see that's the studio
17:56stuff he would be playing did James write songs he wrote Suzy Q oh my gosh that's right it was a sign
18:03on and sign off song that they used at the club with Dale Hawkins and so Dale finally put words to it
18:10but then how old was he when he wrote that 14 14 years old and how old was he when you came into
18:16his life I was 16 but he was 21 okay so what does your mom and dad think of that they didn't like that
18:22at all they didn't like he was a musician and they didn't like that he was older we used to have all the
18:28parties out there and it was a party house and it was decorated music stuff everywhere a lot of history
18:34history we don't throw anything out you know you got the cops and robbers these guys have shotguns
18:41driving the getaway car James loved it because it was cars it's basically a chase game you're the
18:47police you got a pistol grip in your hand the throttle at your foot you can see the pavement
18:51moving underneath them on this conveyor belt it's just such a hard game to find I mean yes this one's
18:58not in the best condition but it can be fixed it can be repaired I mean it's so cool to see it here
19:05in this pool house because of all the entertaining they did imagine who would have played this thing
19:11all right so I can see there's an eight track in here look at that oh yeah that's the sound that's
19:15the sound you know here's the deal I know these are expensive games when they're rocking and rolling
19:20and they're in really good condition you know I mean I don't know the market on it completely but
19:26I've seen these games bring as much as 10 to $12,000 when they're they're done I mean I'm talking
19:36like really nice pristine games and that's why I wanted to see the cabinet on it yeah to see how
19:42nice the paint was on it you know what I mean so this side looks pretty good too there's some nicks
19:47a little bit of nicks in it but not much I'm thinking uh 4,000 bucks Mike you got to remember we're best
19:56friends hey I know I am remembering that how about 45 and I'll throw this in 4,000 for the game and
20:08500 for the shipping case yeah okay all right thank you I love it we got a guy I think can get this fired
20:18up but the you know the untouchables eight track that might be a little bit difficult to get that
20:24rolling no you just take a little tape don't you remember how you fixed your eight tracks years ago
20:28no I have cars with eight tracks we had to fix those all the time
20:33this is probably when he was he was buying these when he was when he was doing the postal picking
20:41hey you got a guest pump out there how much is that come back he used to dig them out the woods
20:47and I remember going on vacation me and my sister would have all kind of room you know she'd have
20:51the whole back I'd have the two the middle section yeah and then on the way home we'd like ride on top
20:56everything you bought we're all built the same way my dad used to do the same thing we'd go out
21:01on the flea market and we'd you know sell a bunch of stuff and we'd have a big dinner on the way home
21:05and that was kind of like see this is how it works a lot of time when you're collecting these gas pumps
21:09you're buying them for parts you're buying them because you need the top for one to make the other
21:14one complete so this is kind of like the graveyard of gas pumps I mean I'd be interested in both the
21:20haze pumps this haze that's here with the top it's missing the cylinder on it it's square size yeah
21:25and this one here this right here this this you know paint the paint's flaking off it but it's
21:32another haze it's missing the cylinder and it's missing the top on here so I'd like to try and
21:37find the top of the cylinder if we could for this these are haze visible pumps most of the visible
21:43pumps you see around at the bottom these are actually squared off and taper to the top and if
21:50you look at the top it looks like a mushroom so it's just a little bit different pump a little bit
21:54harder to find parts for but these are more valuable would you sell this I would I'd do 2600
22:01if I could find the top and a cylinder for the for the tube yep yeah I think I saw some inside
22:08let's just do 2500 for what we're looking at here okay and if we find the cylinder we can negotiate
22:17that because I'm not sure if the cylinder's got BB holes in it or cracks in it you know we didn't
22:22really look at the yeah 2500 for what we're looking at okay that work yeah cool thank you awesome
22:32can I look at these slot machines over here yes you can they came out of a ski lodge we owned part of
22:40years ago from Calgary Canada and Happy Valley that's where you guys were at up there now it's all
22:47subdivisions we were one of the owners at one time of it there's a lot of memories in here not just like
22:52from parties and stuff but all these items you know from different places they've been so you know
22:57the fact that like you know she's telling me that the slot machines came from a casino that they were
23:03investors in in Canada I mean that's just shows like all the little things that they were doing on
23:09the side besides playing music you know they were they were running a business the business of life this
23:16one's called the mills extraordinaire and this one is the rockola revamp they're both from the same
23:22time period which is the 1930s they need work I'd like to be at like 400 a piece I tell you what I
23:30know they're worth around 1200 each if they're restored yeah if they're new and I'm not gonna do
23:36anything with them so I'll make you an offer you can't refuse okay 450 each and they're yours
23:44all right we're doing it we're doing it shake your hand Tom Tom is just as surprised as I am
23:52Louise is selling stuff we sold something yeah sold something
23:58can I look up there yes oh yeah up here yeah there's stairs right here all the way around the
24:09whole message up there when you walk into most collector spaces I mean you kind of know what
24:12the vibe is you know right away hey this guy collects cars he collects tools he collects you know
24:16boats whatever with this pig there's a variety here I don't know where to focus oh he made this one
24:24he made it looks like it was a clock body he made yeah and fit it in there Ronnie senior looked like
24:31he was a guy that liked to tinker with different things this acto gas lens they took a clock body
24:36and put a glass lens on the inside of it and then lit it up from behind I mean it's genius it's a piece
24:42of folk art but man I tell you what I'm gonna start doing this when I saw it I thought it was a pump
24:47globe you know and then it's like wait well that's what it would have gone on this would have gone
24:51out of the lens the lens would have but he put it in a clock body is what he did so it's unique
24:56250 I think retail on it after we yeah probably wire it and do everything to it maybe 400 yeah it's
25:05like a folk art piece is what it is I mean the lens is where the value is could you do 275 just to
25:11kind of sweeten it up a little bit 275 okay great love it I got a feeling that your dad built that he may
25:19have the TCB band oh my Emery Gordon jr James Burton Ronnie Tut Jerry chef Glenn Harden that's the
25:36only record they ever made too and we got a box of me so this was Elvis's band yep they didn't even go
25:42on the market so they never went they were never released never really no have you ever seen one
25:49of these sell just once what'd it go for it was up for 85 but I think 300 is closer they've never been
25:57released what year this come out 78 okay the next year after Elvis went to heaven and that was the TCB
26:05band would you sell would you sell any of these yeah I'm thinking 200 would be the minimum a piece
26:12that you'd want yeah H4 I would want for all right man I mean it's incredible to see so many of them
26:17there's not any I knew nothing about this album I nobody does we're getting ready to do a big show
26:23yeah I'm gonna release them and they're gonna be very very very expensive yeah and they'll sell if you
26:30saw them for 85 a piece what about a hundred a piece for one case how many's in a case I don't
26:36know 150 because I know how valuable they are I think there's 25 but okay Louise knows she can get
26:45more for these albums than anyone else because she has a direct connection to Elvis's fans they've got a
26:51big promotion coming up and and she wants to sell them at top dollar how about I buy one for your 150
26:58and James will sign it and James will sign it yes of course Louise has been around the block long
27:04enough to know if James puts his name on something it's worth more money and she's right okay all right
27:11I'm doing that it's cool I love it look at this railroad sign dude that's a railroad crossing sign it's
27:21cast iron this is probably what your dad was gonna do there's one piece probably so and there's the
27:27other piece probably so I mean it's missing a chunk missing a chunk out but still I weld these
27:31Robbie you put a nickel rod on it you can weld them the people who buy these railroad signs they're
27:35model train collectors they're like the railroad buffs and they're cool it's cast iron they're
27:39kind of hard to find I got a book press here yep it still works it's got some decoration on it
27:48you're making me want to keep it yeah well it's a cast iron pile my dad was always working on
27:56something always had a project always saw something and thought how he could make a better fix it for
28:03that sign right there I go 100 bucks this book press here this one here retails for probably around two
28:09and a quarter so I do a hundred and a half on it for both for 250 for boom and boom yeah unless you
28:17want to book press no are you sure you have some books you want to press down to get some leaves
28:21I think that's a good good luck with that thank you look at this this is 66 okay I see that yeah man
28:35dang James when I got it it was like brand new you bought it in Vegas did you buy this in the 70s
28:42or oh yeah yeah were you guys living in Vegas at the time we had a home there and one in Toluca Lake
28:47California okay so we'd go back and forth I can't even imagine James and Louise's life Vegas early 70s
28:55Elvis has a residency there they've got a house they're cruising the strip in a Corvette what a hard-earned
29:01life can we look at the engine yeah okay it's still there it's still there so did you put the
29:09tri-power on this James no that was on there when you bought it yeah okay our neighbor on this and
29:15he kept asking him and finally he gave up and sold it to him oh James kept bugging him that's how he
29:21gets all these cars okay James is like what's like one of the most famous guitar players in
29:27the world imagine him living next door to him he's like hey I want to buy your car I want to buy your
29:31car I love that I love that he's like really never forgot where he came from these guys still have a
29:37house in Shreveport they're both such down-to-earth people for the lives that they have lived that speaks
29:43volumes to how he feels about these cars you know he's looking beyond the dust he's looking beyond the
29:48repairs and he's he's thinking about those snapshots those memories in his life of like you know when
29:54he got them James never lets me drive any of his cars I have to buy my own if I want to drive them
30:02I'm funny about my cars uh she can drive the automatic easier like he got me a Camaro SS he'd buy me cars
30:10but that was my car he didn't want me touching his cars I mean Elvis bought people cars did he ever buy
30:17you guys cars no I had more cars than he did at that time did he try to buy you a car James yeah
30:23the Eldorado the Bicentennial he called us and said I found one and they only made 250 and the dealers were
30:31keeping them we got in the car and ran over there and bought it when I worked Las Vegas with Elvis I
30:37don't think he could drive very good because you know the guy was a little shaky leg and uh I never
30:46would let him drive my car well I figured if he had the money to buy it you know he would do it but
30:52I went ahead and jumped the gun yeah yeah you wanted to make sure you can get it
30:57hey Ron what you got found a milk glass body oh yeah it looks like a 13 and a half inch one side
31:11shape Robbie yeah oh shucks I wasn't like that earlier what are you saying I did what I didn't do
31:19that I just picked the thing up it wasn't like that earlier it does stink I saw this piece right
31:26here it's just it's pieces you know this would have been advertised in the barber shop yeah it's
31:30at least it's a fancy one Robbie yeah I mean all the chrome that's on here that I don't see him too
31:34much like this I mean yeah the chrome is nice on it porcelain a barber pole tells you that they're
31:40gonna actually treat you like a professional they're gonna give you the next shave they're gonna trim the
31:45ears up they're gonna trim the eyebrows trim up the beard they're gonna make you look like a million
31:51dollars when you leave 400 on this and 400 on this yeah I think it's a thousand dollars put together
31:59how about 850 do it appreciate it thank you all man that's cool well it's been hidden up here and
32:07yeah we only broke one side of that so far you know yeah you get it out of here before uh before the
32:15other side gets broken yeah James has a disease called the wonitis okay and everything he sees he
32:26wants okay is that the way you still are with the guitars James if it's rare enough or interesting
32:36you normally give them to me yeah he doesn't buy guitars but we have this foundation that we give
32:42guitars all over the world I know I know you guys do how many guitars have you guys given out thousands
32:47we never even counted them I started playing guitar when I was very young and I never thought I'd make
32:53any money doing it but just playing the instrument was what really made me happy then I decided I want to
33:00help the kids try to do something with music you know or some want pianos but they're too heavy to carry
33:05around yeah we don't get piano we give them to vets too so blessed to be able to do that in hospitals
33:12st. Jude's Reiner's it changes their life we get written all these songs found purpose yeah they write
33:18songs that tell what's in their heart absolutely in their mind and that's our outlet now after getting
33:24to know James and Louise one of the things I love about them is how spiritual they are and how giving
33:30they are they understand that James's legacy goes way beyond him being one of the most famous guitar
33:36players in the world they know that we're all here to take care of each other and if anybody understands
33:42the impact a guitar can have on a child's life it's James did you paint this uh one of your cans of uh
33:51with the heat undercoating decided to start shooting itself here oh the can blew up yeah can blew up
33:58and spread undercoating all over it we should have left them in California well the Louisiana
34:04weather it's very humid when you keep them in garages they sweat the upholster drives out and
34:10cracks paint's all dried out I know there's pieces that are coming off of it oh my god can I take a
34:17picture of the block number yeah so I can send it to my Corvette guy just so you know you'll you'll find
34:23something out too whether or not this is the original engine to the car I mean obviously this has been
34:27altered and I love the tri power on it James cares about these cars he loves these cars they're they
34:33were a big part of his life it's just that they've led such a busy lifestyle you know he's been on the
34:39road for so long he's still touring in Europe now you know it's it's not that he's forgotten about the
34:44cars it's just that he knows they're there and that's enough for him let me ask you this James is
34:50this something that you would consider selling either this car or the 59 well since I'm a car
34:57collector I might consider selling one James I'm obviously interested in this car I really am I mean
35:09I would drive it just the way it looks I mean mechanically it has to be completely gone through
35:13it needs tires it needs everything oh no but I mean it's great it runs great and it will run great
35:19I'm sure much it works for the dirt rubber well you're talking about this is extra yeah to walk
35:27out of here with any car is obviously a long shot because I understand how much these mean to him
35:33in James's mind he's still 25 because he lives his life like he is I mean the guy is still touring he's
35:40still rock and rolling you know he's young at heart man and that's why now I think he's kind
35:45of thinking okay you know I can get these back on the road I can get them running again I want to
35:50drive these cars again and him having these cars that feel like family to him hey nothing hey I'm
35:58with I'm with James and Louise and Tom and we're looking at the 59 Corvette right now what can you
36:03tell me about this 59 in regards to the condition of it and the value of it well it needs to be
36:09completely restored but it's kind of a cool patina looking car from what I can see from the
36:14pictures I know and that's what I like about it too how long has he had that car Mike the USC decal
36:19where she went to school says 71 she was in school when we bought it okay so they bought it in the
36:25early 70s in Southern California set it for 50 years that's pretty cool yeah but yeah I mean it looks
36:31like it's all there you know the way it sits I think a fair price for both parties would probably be in
36:37the $30,000 range 25 would be low but 30 would be a fair price hey did you get a chance to look at
36:43both cars the 66 and the 59 and whether they're matching numbers cars I did Mike I looked at the
36:5066 and that does show that it's a matching number car it's a 327 350 horse which is an L79 car
36:58the 59 does not appear to be a numbers matching car from what I could read from the bin number it
37:03doesn't appear that it's uh being that it's a manual transmission car should have different
37:08digits on the block so I don't think that's uh the original motor for that car okay so that's good
37:13information you know the way it sits I think that 66 is probably worth about the same around the $30,000
37:19range it needs to be completely restored of course okay so you think the value of the cars is both the
37:24same the piece and then we also have to take into consideration that they were James's cars as well
37:29all right buddy thank you for everything I appreciate it you bet thanks Mike see y'all later
37:34bye you know you get too much stuff and uh you have to pick and choose what you want to keep
37:39yeah so here's what I'm thinking okay $30,000 for this one $20,000 for this one $50,000
37:48whoa look at this thing hey Ron yeah man come here buddy look at this thing what you got oh this is cool
38:03oh the service center yeah you know about this day and night oh look it's got a 59 on there yeah
38:12look at the El Camino right here you know it's toys back in the day they were the bomb the best even
38:17on the inside Robbie oh cool this has never been played with this is an exciting time in America
38:23you know back in the 50s people have extra money now post-war they're going on vacation they're
38:28bringing their kids they're seeing these service stations on the road and here's a toy that emulates
38:33that typical post-war toys they're just going transitioning from you know making war materials now
38:39they're starting to stamp out stuff out of tin yeah you know and then and that was comes into
38:42stuff that's made of plastic toys there's plastic pieces with tin pieces so it's very interesting it's
38:48like a transition toy like a 60s this thing would have been all blow molded plastic so it's mostly
38:53complete retailing something like this four to five hundred bucks what you think two and a quarter
39:03about 250 just a 250 bid I got you man all right appreciate it man no 250 I'm glad you like yeah I'm in
39:12it Rhonda and Ron respect the collection they understand why their dad put it together they're
39:18taking their time with it they're almost reliving their father's memory through this collection thank
39:24you thank you guys and I have a lot of respect for that that's really a great way to celebrate the guy
39:29put it together I would like to be at $50,000 for both of these cars and I would put them I would
39:39put them both back on the road let's think about it Mike okay the cars he told me today he didn't
39:47want to sell was the Corvettes the t-bird and one of his Cadillac convertibles a 76 we can handle four
39:55cars really good and he can drive them and enjoy them I tell you we'll take 25 on that and that's
40:02a steal 25 I sent some pictures to my guy Louise and I wanted to be fair with you guys and I and I
40:09get it but at the end of the day it's like he sent me back a message and said hey this is a $25,000
40:15car running down the road I mean it just needs a lot of work 24 hey I came down I know you know after
40:26collecting Volkswagen's for so long starting out with Carmen Ghia's and then with Volkswagen bugs and
40:32then with vans it's like all the barns I've been to over all the years I have come across dune buggies
40:39before but now I'm starting to look at him with different eyes because you know what Bruce Myers did
40:44is really incredible I mean Southern California culture you know people connected to music fashion
40:51surfing all of that stuff but the dune buggy is always right there it's so original you could
40:58polish that paint it's not how about this I want you to have that $23,000 okay all right all right we did
41:11that's his car James actually James I'm proud of you for selling a car I am too aren't you are you proud of
41:18he told me if anybody he would ever sell it to he wouldn't like to have it so we said sure okay so we
41:25did that yeah I'd be glad to get it back on the road I'd like to see that I hope this has a bunch of
41:32nickels in it it might it might James and Louise have such a bright light and it's not just from him
41:40being a star it's who they are as people their spirituality their humility and their generosity
41:47that is what shines through all right I'll talk to you guys soon I'll see you in Nashville
41:53we'll have another catfish dinner together hey thanks for all your help buddy I want to get this
41:58Myers-Manks running drive to James's house in Nashville and give him a ride on the Natchez Trace
42:04that's the day I'm looking forward to all right TCB taking care of Burton you got it
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