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00:00What's going on buddy?
00:02How are you doing?
00:03You remember me?
00:04Yeah, I remember you.
00:05Yeah, you look the same.
00:06You're aging well.
00:07Yes, you too.
00:08What's going on dude?
00:09There you go.
00:10A lot of people know James from playing with Elvis,
00:12leader of the TCB band, lead guitar player.
00:15They asked me after I retired if I'd take care of the foundation for him.
00:19So you're the guy taking care of business, huh?
00:21Yes sir, TCB.
00:23You got the responsibility of it all.
00:26One of the blessings to having a store in Nashville
00:29for over a decade is getting to know so many musicians
00:33that are serious collectors.
00:35I was fortunate enough to meet James years ago
00:38when we had a stand-up bass that we needed authenticated.
00:41It looks like to me they had the idea of making it look
00:45a little bit like a Bill Black bass,
00:47but I don't think it could be Bill Black's bass.
00:50James and I became fast friends because we share the same passions.
00:54And his wife Louise is a real pistol.
00:57What's going on with this one?
00:58Are you going to sell this too?
00:59That, I'm not sure.
01:00When James gets here, we're going to talk to him about it.
01:02Oh yeah, yeah.
01:04There's one right there.
01:05That's what, the 59?
01:06The 59 Corvette.
01:07Nice.
01:08Oh, you guys got a Manx!
01:10No way!
01:11Yep, 69.
01:12Leave it to a true Volkswagen enthusiast
01:15to walk past the Corvette and start digging into the dune buggy.
01:21This Manx is insane, dude.
01:23Wow.
01:24Look, you got Burton James on there, Burbank, California.
01:28Think about these things hitting the beaches in the 60s, man.
01:32Oh, these things were a huge fling back then.
01:34Oh my God, I can't even imagine.
01:36James had great taste in cars.
01:38I mean, he's got a Manx sitting here and then he's got the 59 Corvette.
01:43I love the way that James' mind works.
01:46It's like two iconic fiberglass cars that are on completely different ends of the spectrum.
01:52All right, I just want to get a picture of the number off the block here so I can send it to Jeff.
01:58He has a business called SpeedVet, because even if I don't buy it,
02:02then James and Louise will have like a jumping off point in regards to the value of it, you know?
02:06Yeah, I get that.
02:07Yeah.
02:08What about any of this other stuff?
02:09What are they doing with all of this?
02:10This is probably part of his personal collection.
02:14Sounds like JB's here.
02:17What the hell's he driving, a semi?
02:20Does he roll around in this all the time?
02:24That's the deal.
02:25The hell.
02:37Holy cow, is it raining?
02:39I'm freaking sopping wet, dude.
02:41You are getting out and doing the gas next time.
02:45Dude.
02:46Hey Danny, what's up?
02:47What's up, girl?
02:48Hey, listen, I'm going to send you out to meet Ronnie Jr. and Rhonda.
02:52Their dad, Ronnie Sr., worked at the post office, so he would find all kinds of stuff on his postal route.
02:58He's like the meter reader.
03:00Yep.
03:01Mike picked him years ago, and he had, dude, he had incredible stuff.
03:05I don't have no money in the stock market, and I don't believe in stocks.
03:09I don't either.
03:10All of this is my stocks, and I don't have to pay no broker fees.
03:14Yeah, that's right, man.
03:15Sadly, Ronnie Sr. has passed on.
03:17Oh.
03:18And the kids are kind of overwhelmed.
03:20They've got a lot there.
03:21All right.
03:22Yeah, I mean.
03:23I appreciate it.
03:24Sounds like a good day, except for this freaking rain is not letting up.
03:27Yeah, call the weather service and can you put a hold on this rain for us, Danny?
03:30Yeah.
03:31Call weather service.
03:32Put a hold on rain.
03:33Got it.
03:35Okay, guys.
03:36Have a good one.
03:37Bye.
03:39All right.
03:40Let's suit up.
03:41Go.
03:42That's awesome.
03:43Yep.
03:44All right, cool.
03:45Woo, it's slipping out here.
03:46Man.
03:47Hey.
03:48Oh, hey, guys.
03:49Hey, are you Ronnie?
03:50How are ya?
03:51Yes, sir.
03:52How you doing, man?
03:53Daniel sent us down?
03:54Great.
03:55Good to see you.
03:56How you doing?
03:57Thanks for coming.
03:58Y'all come on in.
03:59Get off this rain.
04:00All right, cool.
04:01It's freaking raining down here.
04:02Man.
04:03Woo.
04:04Hey, Rhonda.
04:05Wow.
04:06Oh, wow.
04:07This place is crazy.
04:08Come on back.
04:09This is my sister, Rhonda.
04:10Hello, Rhonda.
04:11I'm John.
04:12Rob Wolf.
04:13Nice to see you.
04:14Nice to see you.
04:15And your name is?
04:16Ronnie.
04:17Ron?
04:18I'm Ronnie Jr.
04:19Ronnie Jr., okay.
04:20That's all your dad's stuff.
04:21Yeah.
04:22This is cool.
04:23Hey, look it.
04:24Yeah.
04:25I gotta drive one kind of for ya.
04:26We gotta...
04:27Here you go.
04:28This is the kind of stuff we're looking for,
04:29and it looks like you've got a lot of it.
04:30My dad was Ronnie Sanders Sr.,
04:32and he collected a lot of things.
04:35Gas pumps, license plates.
04:37The jukeboxes.
04:38I mean, growing up, you know,
04:39he'd have all his, the music,
04:41and it would play the full sound,
04:43kind of loud, you know.
04:45When he would come home,
04:46the truck would be loaded down.
04:48So he was a postal worker,
04:50delivering the mail, saying,
04:51hey, you wanna get rid of that gas pump?
04:52Right.
04:53Hey, you wanna get rid of that truck?
04:54I remember he bought a truck.
04:55One time the guy was pulling it up,
04:57putting the for sale sign on it.
04:59How many years did he beat the path there?
05:01He was total 34.
05:02Whoa.
05:03Wow.
05:04I was 36.
05:05Wow.
05:06You were 36?
05:07That's an accomplishment.
05:08And you guys worked together?
05:09Oh, wow.
05:10I'm retired from the postal service.
05:12My dad and my mom both retired.
05:14Walking in here,
05:15I noticed you got some mailboxes over here.
05:16Oh, yeah.
05:17I like them both because they're,
05:19let me see a jersey.
05:20I like this one.
05:21But that one, grass, Robbie.
05:23You don't see brass post office boxes very often.
05:25It was probably in a hotel lobby.
05:27It was fancy.
05:28It was probably polished.
05:29So it was the upper scale model.
05:31Somebody that sold him the brass one
05:34is interested in buying it back, you know.
05:36I had a lot of people contacting me about different things.
05:38Oh, yeah, okay.
05:39When Jersey said, I see something I want already,
05:41my mind was saying, don't pick up that brass mailbox
05:44because the guy who sold it to my dad
05:46would like to have it back.
05:48So is this something you want to hold on to?
05:49I'd like to hold the brass one.
05:51Okay, you want to hold the brass one?
05:52How about the steel one, the blue one?
05:54I know you got to attach for postal stuff,
05:56and I'm trying to pull teeth here, I think.
05:58Maybe we could put these in the equation later.
06:00Okay.
06:01All right?
06:02All right.
06:03We'll put it in your maybe pile.
06:04Hey, I appreciate you letting me look at them
06:07and checking out and also letting us in here.
06:08Yeah.
06:09You mind if we look around?
06:10Yeah, yeah, let's do it.
06:13Whoa.
06:14Wow.
06:17It's like Jenga.
06:18Yeah.
06:19The interior of this building,
06:20I mean, it's like a cathedral of junk.
06:23It's all over the place, man.
06:24It's like from floor to ceiling.
06:26It's packed in there.
06:27It's dense.
06:28Whoa.
06:29That's some Pegasus legs, isn't it?
06:30Yeah, what's up?
06:31Oh, wow.
06:32It always got broken off.
06:34I mean, you don't have the horse.
06:35I know years ago he had like a pair facing each other.
06:39Oh, yeah.
06:40A left and a right.
06:41Yeah.
06:42These Pegasus legs are always bent and broken
06:44because that was the bolt-on point for the big Peggy
06:47that went up on the building.
06:48To find two of them, absolutely a miracle.
06:51One is a painted version and one is a porcelain version.
06:54If we had the whole thing, it'd be worth some money, you know?
06:57Yeah.
06:58I mean, I've seen them sell at auction for $15,000, $18,000.
07:01Yeah.
07:02But the guy that needs this, that's the key.
07:04Yeah.
07:05You got to find that guy.
07:06And this one's in good shape.
07:07It's got one chip on it.
07:08I mean, do you want to sell them?
07:10Yeah, sure.
07:11$300,000 for the pair.
07:13How about $350,000?
07:16No, this is probably the good one.
07:18I'm doing it.
07:19I'm doing it.
07:20My biggest concern is that now there's a Pegasus horse
07:23with no legs, and I hope we find it.
07:27Hey, Jersey.
07:28What?
07:29Find me the horse.
07:30Whoa.
07:31Are you whistling for it?
07:33Let's see if we can find him.
07:36I'm excited to see James.
07:38You're really amped up, aren't you?
07:40Last time I talked to him, he was telling me
07:41about playing with Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison,
07:44and Bruce Springsteen.
07:46The list goes on and on.
07:48He's a rock star's rock star.
07:50Hey!
07:51Hey, man.
07:52Is James Burton in there?
07:53I think so.
07:54I want to get his autograph.
07:55Hey, hey, hey.
07:56What's up, buddy?
07:57Hey, pal.
07:58How you doing?
07:59Good to see you.
08:00How you been?
08:01Good to see you.
08:02You been all right?
08:03You look good.
08:04Where's Louise?
08:05There she is, in style.
08:06Louisiana.
08:07You guys always roll like this?
08:08Here comes the boat.
08:09Yes.
08:10Hi.
08:11How are you?
08:12We're doing great.
08:13We've been looking at all your stuff.
08:15James has been a rock star for so long
08:17that he drives a tour bus like he drives a Toyota.
08:20Yeah, when's the last time this 57 was out, James?
08:22I think I drove it when I bought it.
08:24Back in, was this 72 or three?
08:28Well, when I got old enough to drive,
08:30I got in the cars.
08:31And if I see something I like, I go for it.
08:34This Manx, when's the last time you drove that?
08:37The dune buggy?
08:38Yeah.
08:39Took it to Death Valley.
08:41Okay.
08:42And played around up there.
08:43And that was in the 70s?
08:44Yeah.
08:45The very first dune buggies were basically Volkswagen Beetles with the body pulled off.
08:51And then Empey came along and started making aftermarket metal conversion kits they called the sports tour.
08:56Bruce Myers wasn't the first guy to make a dune buggy, but he was the first one to make it out of fiberglass.
09:03Think about how many great American industries that were impactful that started in somebody's garage.
09:09Bruce Myers is one of those guys.
09:11He saw the potential.
09:12He saw the impact.
09:13He was an artist.
09:14He was a surfer.
09:15I mean, he was part of the California culture.
09:18What are the floor pans like on this thing?
09:20They're pretty solid, man.
09:22Nope.
09:23Here you got some rot right through here on the driver's side.
09:25It's starting to come through.
09:27As soon as I get up underneath this Volkswagen chassis, it just brings back all the memories of looking at these things over the years.
09:33I mean, the first thing you want to look at is the shock towers.
09:36You want to look at the floor pans.
09:38I mean, there's a little bit of damage here.
09:39There's some rot.
09:40But overall, this is a pretty solid vehicle.
09:43Bruce Myers was a genius.
09:45And now they're making Myers-Manks again.
09:46Yeah.
09:47You know, they're doing electric ones.
09:48Myers-Manks dune buggies have been collectible for a long time.
09:52But there has been a huge resurgence in interest because the company has been resurrected and they're redesigning them in electric models.
10:01So now would be the time to sell that.
10:03Yeah.
10:04Wow.
10:05Well, hey, I'm a player on it, maybe.
10:07I don't know.
10:13Rhonda, I see these things here.
10:14Hold on.
10:16Ah, they're old dive boots.
10:18Wow.
10:19Looks like something Robbie would wear.
10:20Get some light.
10:22These dive boots are part of a deep sea diving rig.
10:28They weigh you down as you're going underwater.
10:31Two, 50.
10:32How about two and a quarter?
10:34Okay.
10:35Two and a quarter?
10:37They're really cool.
10:38Have you seen Robbie around or did we lose them?
10:40I just stumbled upon the holy grail of every 45 ever made.
10:44I'd sell you a box cheap.
10:45You could have a gold mine back here.
10:47You got to go through every one of these boxes.
10:49Yeah, I don't know.
10:50It's like comic books.
10:51I don't know if I'd live that long.
10:52I'll take one box for 30 bucks.
10:54There you go.
10:55All right.
10:56That's cool.
10:57It looks like a, was that a bank?
10:58Yeah.
10:59You put the coin in there.
11:00Coin in there and shoot it in the.
11:02Oh, look at the guy.
11:03And he's got his hands up.
11:04He's getting held up.
11:05I think it looks like from the 60s.
11:07It's a die cast bank and they came up with a way to inject metal into a mold.
11:12And they could do it thousands and thousands and thousands of times.
11:14Missing the bottom, of course, and that was probably.
11:16Got robbed.
11:17Well.
11:18Yeah.
11:19Very good.
11:20I do 60 bucks.
11:21How about 80?
11:22Would that, would that turn you?
11:24Still keep you going?
11:25I'm in.
11:31All right.
11:32I'm finding some James Burton artifacts.
11:34Le Mirage Perfumes, Beverly Hills, New York.
11:38I don't think he really wanted that.
11:40I don't think he was having that?
11:42James basically has become a friend at this point, but every once in a while,
11:46it takes over me and I'm like, this is James Burton, man.
11:49This is James Burton's Corvette.
11:50This is James Burton's cologne.
11:52It's overwhelming sometimes.
11:54I mean, the achievements he's made, the talents that he has, it's incredible.
11:58And to be able to call him a friend is such an honor.
12:01A girl in Beverly Hills had this car, drove it to school.
12:05And it cost her too much money to drive it.
12:07Yeah.
12:08And she got a common gear.
12:10And I said, what do you want for it?
12:11And she said, uh, $500.
12:14Back then.
12:15I think I drove it a little bit, but not much.
12:17Hey, listen.
12:18I love it the way it looks like this.
12:20It's almost kind of ghostly looking the way it is.
12:23I love that it has no caps on it, the black walls.
12:26I mean, everything about it.
12:27Well, you'd like all of our cars then.
12:30Well, let me ask you this.
12:31James, are you going to get this car back on the road?
12:34I don't think so.
12:35Okay.
12:36We have a picture at our foundation office with him and Elvis sitting in this car.
12:41In this one?
12:42Well, I'm at the air.
12:44Well, Elvis did have a Myers-Manks, or I don't know if it was his.
12:47He was in a movie with one.
12:48Yeah, I saw his, yeah.
12:49Oh, so he did have one?
12:51Mm-hmm.
12:52The Manx was a cultural phenomenon, and not just in California.
12:56It made appearances in movies like the Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen,
13:00or the opening scene of Live a Little, Love a Little with Elvis Presley.
13:05He was driving a Myers-Manks that was Yuma Yellow exactly like the one I'm standing in front of.
13:11Which makes me wonder, which came first?
13:14Elvis' Manx or James Burton's Manx?
13:17Who influenced who?
13:19It's beautiful.
13:20I mean, it's a time capsule.
13:21Yeah.
13:22I mean, it really is.
13:23Both of these cars are.
13:24This is the fiberglass car corner over here.
13:28James, hey, you've got a phone call in the house from the promoter that you were waiting for.
13:33James is in his 80s, and he is still rocking and rolling.
13:36He's a busy guy.
13:37He's touring Europe.
13:38He's taking phone calls.
13:39I mean, he's one of those guys that loves what he does, and when you stop working, you stop living.
13:44Okay, well, we'll pick up the...
13:46Okay.
13:47Yeah, take your call, and I'll digest all of this stuff.
13:53This is all the scientific stuff he bought.
13:55What was going on?
13:56Did you find, like, an old lab or something?
13:58I mean, what's going on with this thing?
13:59I think it was from a school.
14:00Okay.
14:01So, I mean, this is some kind of weird tuning fork with some electrical coils on it.
14:05I was with Dad when he bought these items from a science classroom.
14:08I'm guessing that's where they were from.
14:10What the heck?
14:11Oh!
14:12Oh, wow.
14:13That's...
14:14Oh!
14:15This is the kind of things that schools would use to demonstrate different scientific principles and techniques.
14:21But what really stands out to me is this Wimhurst machine.
14:24It's a demonstrator for static electricity.
14:27Wow.
14:28And, I mean, that's the very first time we're discovering electricity is with machines like this.
14:33And I think that was, like, the time when, you know, Leonardo da Vinci was around.
14:36They're just starting to mess with this stuff.
14:38How it works is that there's two glass discs in there, and they counter-rotate two opposite directions.
14:43And there's these combs on each side of the glass.
14:46They pick up the static electricity charge, and they bring it into these capacitors.
14:51And from them, it discharges into these balls.
14:54And it goes, like, Frankenstein movie, you know?
14:56It's, like, it's so cool to see this.
14:58I mean, this piece is not made in the 15 or 1600s.
15:00This is made in the 20s, 1920s.
15:03This one looks like it's in pretty darn good shape.
15:05Yeah, I think it would actually work.
15:06I mean, look at this lamp.
15:08But look at that, baby.
15:09It's got, like, a parabolic lens in there.
15:11It's all, like, silvered.
15:13Also, this parabolic mirror is so cool because right away, what comes up in my mind is that this could be repurposed.
15:19I'd be sitting on a table with an Edison bulb here.
15:23Yeah.
15:24That'd be cool.
15:25That'd be wicked cool.
15:26You got this little, like, homemade motor.
15:28This came out of a school?
15:30I think so, yeah.
15:31So your dad was buying stuff from everywhere.
15:33You know, if it was a good deal, he was down for it.
15:35Yeah, if it was a good deal.
15:36I could see all the conversations that I could have with Ronnie Sr.
15:39You know, I feel like I'm getting to know him.
15:41I'm doing it through the objects he's collected in his life.
15:44Four, one, two, three, four pieces here.
15:47I'm thinking two and a quarter.
15:49I, uh, in my head, I was thinking 200 or above, I'm taking it.
15:53Well, I'll tell you what.
15:54Then I'm gonna offer you more than you wanted, right?
15:56Yes, you do.
15:58It's really cool.
15:59I love early science stuff.
16:00It's neat.
16:01This used to be, uh, our guest house and our party house.
16:06And nothing but fun, fun, fun went on here.
16:08This is a pretty dang big guest house.
16:10Yeah, 3,000 square feet.
16:12It's big.
16:13Uh, these are some of James' Cartage cases that came from L.A.
16:17that he used in the studios.
16:19What year do you think this is from?
16:20Oh, probably the 60s.
16:22Oh, my gosh.
16:23And, uh...
16:24So this, the bottom of it's blown out.
16:26Yeah.
16:27Let me tell you how to repair it.
16:28Here we go.
16:29Okay.
16:30A piece of board here.
16:31Okay.
16:32There, there, and there.
16:33Can you put it two by four?
16:34Because it has to slip over this, right?
16:36But I think we could do it.
16:38This is so cool.
16:39It's got his name on it.
16:40It's directly connected to him playing.
16:42It held his amp.
16:43But the condition is just not there.
16:45I love that Louise is like, what are you talking about?
16:50You can fix it this way.
16:51All you gotta do is hammer this and glue that.
16:54And Louise is spunky.
16:55She's scrappy.
16:56And evidently she's handy.
16:58He just recorded with Brad Paisley.
17:00Really?
17:01And he's getting ready to do a thing with Ron Dunn.
17:04James is obviously best known for playing with Elvis Presley.
17:07But he also played with guys like Merle Haggard, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Elvis Costello, John Denver.
17:15Yeah, of course.
17:16People ask him, when are you gonna retire?
17:17And he said, to what?
17:19I mean, he's never worked.
17:21He's only played all of his life, so it's not work to him.
17:24How about 300 and the condition it's in?
17:28Can I think about that?
17:29Absolutely.
17:30Okay.
17:31Absolutely.
17:32Think about that.
17:33I mean, that's one thing that I've seen her just walking in the door.
17:35Yeah.
17:36What about the Untouchables game?
17:37What's going on with that?
17:38This has got a bunch of his music and stuff in it.
17:47Oh, gosh.
17:48That's awesome.
17:49Wow.
17:50See, that's the studio stuff he would be playing.
17:53Did James write songs?
17:54He wrote Suzy Q.
17:55Oh, my gosh.
17:56Yeah.
17:57That's right.
17:58It was a sign-on and sign-off song that they used at the club with Dale Hawkins.
18:03And so Dale finally put words to it.
18:05But then...
18:06How old was he when he wrote that?
18:07Fourteen.
18:08Fourteen.
18:09Fourteen years old.
18:10And how old was he when you came into his life?
18:12I was 16, but he was 21.
18:14Okay.
18:15And what did your mom and dad think of that?
18:16They didn't like that at all.
18:17Yeah.
18:18They didn't like he was a musician, and they didn't like that he was older.
18:22We used to have all the parties out there, and it was a party house.
18:26And it was decorated music, stuff everywhere.
18:29A lot of history.
18:30There's a lot of history out there.
18:31We don't throw anything out.
18:33You know, you got the cops and robbers.
18:35These guys have shotguns driving the getaway car.
18:38James loved it because it was cars.
18:40It's basically a chase game.
18:42You're the police.
18:43You got a pistol grip in your hand, a throttle at your foot.
18:46You can see the pavement moving underneath them on this conveyor belt.
18:50It's just such a hard game to find.
18:52I mean, yes, this one's not in the best condition, but it can be fixed.
18:56It can be repaired.
18:57I mean, it's so cool to see it here in this pool house because of all the entertaining they did.
19:04Imagine who would have played this thing.
19:06All right.
19:07So I can see there's an eight track in here.
19:08Look at that.
19:09Oh, yeah.
19:10That's the sound.
19:11That's the sound.
19:12You know, here's the deal.
19:13They're expensive games when they're rocking and rolling and they're in really good condition.
19:17You know, I mean, I don't know the market on it completely, but I've seen these games bring as much as $10,000 to $12,000.
19:28Wow.
19:29When they're done.
19:30I mean, I'm talking like really nice, pristine games.
19:34And that's why I wanted to see the cabinet on it.
19:36Yeah.
19:37To see how nice the paint was on it.
19:38You know what I mean?
19:39So this side looks pretty good, too.
19:41There's some nicks, a little bit of nicks in it, but not much.
19:43I'm thinking, uh, $4,000.
19:47Mike, you've got to remember we're best friends.
19:52Hey, I know.
19:53I am remembering that.
19:55How about $45 and I'll throw this in.
20:00$4,000 for the game and $500 for the shipping case.
20:06Yeah.
20:07Okay.
20:08All right.
20:09We're doing it?
20:10Good deal.
20:11Okay.
20:12All right.
20:14I love it.
20:15And if you're using the touchables eight track, that might be a little bit difficult to get that rolling.
20:19No, it's not.
20:20No.
20:21You just take a little tape.
20:22Don't you remember how you fixed your eight tracks years ago?
20:24No.
20:25I have cars with eight tracks.
20:27We had to fix those all the time.
20:32This is probably when he was, he was buying these when he was doing.
20:35When he was picking.
20:36When he was doing the postal picking.
20:37Postal picking.
20:38Postal picking.
20:39Postal picking.
20:40He was out on the road.
20:41He was finding, hey, you got a gas pump out there.
20:42How much is that?
20:43Come back for it this week.
20:44At the location, me and my sister would have all kind of room.
20:46You know, she'd have the whole back.
20:47I'd have the middle section.
20:48Yeah.
20:49And then on the way home, we'd like ride on top of stuff.
20:52Yeah, we'd like.
20:53Top of everything you bought.
20:54We're all built the same way.
20:55My dad used to do the same thing.
20:56We'd go out at the flea market and we'd sell a bunch of stuff.
20:59And we'd go have a big dinner on the way home.
21:01And that was kind of like, see, this is how it works.
21:03A lot of time when you're collecting these gas pumps, you're buying them for parts.
21:06You're buying them because you need the top for one to make the other one complete.
21:11So this is kind of like the graveyard of gas pumps.
21:13I mean, I'd be interested in both the haze pumps.
21:16This haze that's here with the top, it's missing the cylinder on it.
21:19It's square size.
21:20Yeah.
21:21And this one here, this one right here, this one, you know, the paint's flaking off it,
21:27but it's another haze.
21:28It's missing the cylinder and it's missing the top on here.
21:31So I'd like to try and find the top and the cylinder if we could for this.
21:36These are haze visible pumps.
21:38Most of the visible pumps you see are round at the bottom.
21:41These are actually squared off and tapered to the top.
21:44And if you look at the top, it looks like a mushroom.
21:46So it's just a little bit different pump.
21:48A little bit harder to find parts for, but these are more valuable.
21:52Would you sell this?
21:53I would.
21:54I'd do 2,600 if I could find the top and a cylinder.
21:59For the, for the, the two?
22:01Yep.
22:02Yeah, I think I saw some inside.
22:05Let's just do 2,500 for, for what we're looking at here.
22:09Okay.
22:10And if we find the cylinder, we can negotiate that.
22:13Cause I'm not sure if the cylinder's got BB holes in it or cracks in it.
22:16You know, we, we didn't really look at the.
22:18Yeah.
22:192,500 for what we're looking at.
22:21Okay.
22:22That worked.
22:23Cool.
22:25Awesome.
22:28Can I look at these slot machines over here?
22:30Yes, you can.
22:31They came out of a ski lodge we owned part of years ago from Calgary, Canada and Happy Valley.
22:39That's where you guys were at up there?
22:41Yeah.
22:42Now it's all subdivisions.
22:43We were one of the owners at one time of it.
22:45There's a lot of memories in here, not just like from parties and stuff, but all of these items, you know, from different places they've been.
22:51So, you know, the fact that like, you know, she's telling me that the slot machines came from a casino that they were investors in in Canada.
22:59I mean, this just shows like all the little things that they were doing on the side besides playing music.
23:06You know, they were, they were running a business, the business of life.
23:10This one's called the Mills Extraordinaire.
23:13And this one is the Rockola revamp.
23:15They're both from the same time period, which is the 1930s.
23:19They need work.
23:20I'd like to be at like $400 a piece.
23:23I tell you what, I know they're worth around $1,200 each.
23:28If they're restored, yeah.
23:29If they're new and I'm not going to do anything with them.
23:32So I'll make you an offer you can't refuse.
23:35Okay.
23:36$450 each.
23:37And they're yours.
23:39All right, we're doing it.
23:42We're doing it.
23:43Shake your hand, Tom.
23:44Tom is just as surprised as I am.
23:48Louise is selling stuff.
23:50We sold something.
23:51Yeah.
23:52Sold something.
23:57Can I look up there?
23:58Yeah.
23:59Up top here?
24:00Yeah.
24:01There's stairs right here.
24:02I'm just looking at the mezzanine all the way around.
24:04The whole mezzanine up there.
24:05When you walk into most collector spaces, I mean, you kind of know what the vibe is.
24:08You know right away, hey, this guy collects cars.
24:10He collects tools.
24:11He collects, you know, boats, whatever.
24:13With this pick, there's a variety here.
24:16I don't know where to focus.
24:18He made this one.
24:20He made it into it.
24:21It looks like it was a clock body.
24:22He made the, yeah, and fit it in there.
24:25Ronnie Sr. looked like he was a guy that liked to tinker with different things.
24:29This Acto gas lens, they took a clock body and put a glass lens on the inside of it,
24:34and then lit it up from behind.
24:35I mean, it's genius.
24:37It's a piece of folk art, but man, I tell you what, I'm going to start doing this.
24:41When I saw it, I thought it was a pump globe, you know, and then it's like, wait.
24:44Well, that's what it would have gone on.
24:46This would have gone on a pump.
24:47The lens.
24:48The lens would have, but he put it in a clock body is what he did.
24:50Yeah.
24:51It's unique.
24:52250.
24:53I think retail on it, after we probably wire it and do everything to it, maybe 400.
24:59Yeah.
25:00It's like a folk art piece is what it is.
25:01Yeah.
25:02I mean, the lens is where the value is.
25:03Could you do 275 just to kind of sweeten it up a little bit?
25:08275.
25:09Okay.
25:10I'll do it.
25:11Great.
25:12I love it.
25:13I got a feeling that your dad built that.
25:14He may have.
25:16The TCB band.
25:23Look at that.
25:24Oh, my.
25:25Emery Gordon Jr., James Burton, Ronnie Tut, Jerry Sheff, Glenn Hardin.
25:30That's the only record they ever made, too.
25:33And we got a box up.
25:34So this was Elvis' band?
25:36Yep.
25:37They didn't even go on the market, so.
25:39They never went on the market?
25:40No.
25:41Never.
25:42Really?
25:43No.
25:44Have you ever seen one of these sell?
25:45Just once.
25:46And what did it go for?
25:48It was up to 85, but I think 300 is closer.
25:51They've never been released.
25:53What year did this come out?
25:5478.
25:55Okay.
25:56The next year, after Elvis went to heaven.
25:59And that was the TCB band.
26:01Would you sell any of these?
26:03Yeah.
26:04I'm thinking 200 would be the minimum.
26:07A piece that you'd want for them.
26:09Yeah, each.
26:10All right, man.
26:11I mean, it's incredible to see so many of them.
26:13There's not even.
26:14I knew nothing about this album.
26:15Nobody does.
26:16We're getting ready to do a big show.
26:18Yeah.
26:19I'm gonna release them, and they're gonna be very, very, very expensive.
26:23Yeah, yeah.
26:24And they'll sell.
26:25If you saw them for 85 a piece, what about 100 a piece for one case?
26:29How many's in a case?
26:31I don't know.
26:33150.
26:34Because I know how valuable they are.
26:36I think there's 25, but.
26:38Okay.
26:39Louise knows she can get more for these albums than anyone else because she has a direct
26:44connection to Elvis' fans.
26:46They've got a big promotion coming up, and she wants to sell them at top dollar.
26:50How about I buy one for your 150, and?
26:54And James will sign it.
26:56And James will sign it?
26:57Yes, of course.
26:58Louise has been around the block long enough to know if James puts his name on something,
27:02it's worth more money.
27:03And she's right.
27:04Okay.
27:05All right.
27:06I'm doing that.
27:07It's cool.
27:08I love it.
27:11Look at this railroad sign, dude.
27:14That's a railroad crossing sign.
27:16It's cast iron.
27:17This is probably what your dad was gonna do.
27:19There's one piece.
27:20Probably so.
27:21And there's the other piece.
27:22Probably so, yeah.
27:23I mean, it's missing a chunk.
27:24It's missing a chunk out of it.
27:25But still, I weld these, Robbie.
27:27You put a nickel rod on it, you can weld them.
27:29The people who buy these railroad signs, they're model train collectors.
27:32They're railroad buffs.
27:33And they're cool.
27:34It's cast iron.
27:35They're kind of hard to find.
27:36I got a book press here.
27:38Yep.
27:39It still works.
27:40Still works.
27:41Oh, wow.
27:42It's got some decoration on it.
27:44You're making me want to keep it.
27:45Ugh.
27:46Well, hey, look.
27:47I'm kidding.
27:48Yes.
27:49It's a cast iron pile.
27:50My dad was always working on something.
27:53Always had a project.
27:54Always saw something and thought how he could make a better fixie.
27:58For that sign right there, I'd go $100.
28:01This book press here, this one here retails for probably around $2.25.
28:06So I'd do $100.50 on it.
28:08$250.
28:09For $250 for boom and boom.
28:11Yeah.
28:12Unless you want a book press.
28:13No, I really don't.
28:14Are you sure?
28:15You have some books you want to press down?
28:16You got some leaves?
28:17You good?
28:18I think that's good.
28:19Good luck with that.
28:20Good luck with that, man.
28:21I know.
28:25Look at this.
28:28This is 66.
28:29Okay.
28:30I see that.
28:31Yeah, man.
28:32Dang, James.
28:33When I got it, it was like brand new.
28:35You bought it in Vegas.
28:36Did you buy this in the 70s or?
28:38Oh, yeah.
28:39Yeah.
28:40Were you guys living in Vegas at the time?
28:41We had a home there and one in Toluca Lake, California.
28:43Okay.
28:44So we'd go back and forth.
28:45I can't even imagine James and Louise's life.
28:49Vegas, early 70s.
28:51Elvis has a residency there.
28:53They've got a house.
28:54They're cruising the strip in a Corvette.
28:56What a hard-earned life.
28:58Can we look at the engine?
28:59Yeah.
29:00Okay.
29:01It's still there.
29:02It's still there.
29:03So did you put the tri-power on this, James?
29:05Push.
29:06No.
29:07That was on there when you bought it?
29:08Yeah.
29:09Okay.
29:10Our neighbor on this and he kept asking him and finally he gave up and sold it to him.
29:14Oh, James kept bugging him?
29:16That's how he gets all these cars.
29:18Okay.
29:19Most of them.
29:20James is like one of the most famous guitar players in the world.
29:23Can you imagine him living next door to him?
29:25He's like, hey, I want to buy your car.
29:26I want to buy your car.
29:27I love that.
29:28I love that he's like really never forgot where he came from.
29:31These guys still have a house in Shreveport.
29:33They're both such down-to-earth people for the lives that they have lived.
29:37That speaks volumes to how he feels about these cars.
29:41You know, he's looking beyond the dust.
29:42He's looking beyond the repairs.
29:44And he's thinking about those snapshots, those memories in his life of like, you know,
29:49when he got them.
29:50James never lets me drive any of his cars.
29:54I have to buy my own if I want to drive them.
29:57I'm funny about my cars.
29:59She can drive the automatic easier.
30:01Like he got me a Camaro SS.
30:04He'd buy me cars, but that was my car.
30:07He didn't want me touching his cars.
30:09I mean, Elvis bought people cars.
30:11Did he ever buy you guys cars?
30:13No, I had more cars than he did at that time.
30:16Did he try to buy you a car, James?
30:18Yeah, the Eldorado.
30:19Okay.
30:20The bicentennial.
30:21He called us and said, I found one.
30:23And they only made 250.
30:25And the dealers were keeping them.
30:27We got in the car and ran over there and bought it.
30:30When I worked in Las Vegas with Elvis, I don't think he could drive very good.
30:35Because, you know, the guy was a little shaky leg.
30:40And I never would let him drive my car.
30:43Well, I figured if he had the money to buy it, you know, he would do it.
30:47But I went ahead and jumped the gun.
30:50Yeah, yeah.
30:51You wanted to make sure you can get it.
30:59Hey, Ron.
31:00What you got?
31:01Found a milk glass body.
31:02Oh, yeah.
31:03Looks like a 13 and a half inch.
31:05One side broke.
31:06Good shape, Robbie?
31:07Yeah, one side broke.
31:08Oh, shucks.
31:09It wasn't like that earlier.
31:10What?
31:11Are you saying I didn't?
31:12What?
31:13I didn't do that.
31:14I just picked the thing up.
31:16It wasn't like that earlier.
31:17It does stink.
31:19I saw this piece right here.
31:21It's just, it's pieces.
31:22You know, this would have been advertised in the barber shop.
31:24Yeah, and it's a fancy one, Robbie.
31:26Yeah, I mean, all the chrome that's on here.
31:28I don't see them too much like this.
31:30Yeah.
31:31I mean, the chrome is nice on it.
31:32Porcelain.
31:33A barber pole tells you that they're going to actually treat you like a professional.
31:37They're going to give you the neck shave.
31:39They're going to trim the ears up.
31:41They're going to trim the eyebrows, trim up the beard.
31:44They're going to make you look like a million dollars when you leave.
31:48400 on this and 400 on this.
31:52Yeah.
31:53I think it's $1,000 put together.
31:55How about 850?
31:58Do it.
31:59Appreciate it.
32:00Thanks, buddy.
32:01Thank y'all, man.
32:02Yeah, it's cool.
32:03Well, it's been hidden up here and we only broke one side of that so far.
32:06You know?
32:07Yeah.
32:08One side.
32:09You get it out of here before.
32:10Before the other side gets broken.
32:11Yeah.
32:16James has a disease called the wonitis.
32:19Okay.
32:20And everything he sees, he wants.
32:22Okay.
32:23Even today.
32:24Even today.
32:25Brother, I might need it.
32:26Yeah.
32:27Is that the way you still are with the guitars, James?
32:30If it's rare enough or interesting enough?
32:32They normally give them to me.
32:33Well, he doesn't buy guitars, but we have this foundation that we give guitars all over
32:38the world.
32:39I know.
32:40I know you guys do.
32:41For 19 years.
32:42How many guitars have you guys given out?
32:43Thousands.
32:44I started playing guitar when I was very young, and I never thought I'd make any money doing
32:49it.
32:50But just playing the instrument was what really made me happy.
32:53Then I decided I want to help the kids try to do something with music, you know?
32:58Or some want pianos, but they're too heavy to carry around.
33:01Yeah.
33:02We don't give piano.
33:03We give them to vets, too.
33:05So blessed to be able to do that.
33:06Children in hospitals, St. Jude's, Reiner's.
33:09It changes their life.
33:10We get written all these songs.
33:11They found purpose.
33:12Yeah.
33:13They write songs that tell what's in their heart.
33:15Absolutely.
33:16In their mind.
33:17And that's their outlet now.
33:19After getting to know James and Louise, one of the things I love about them is how spiritual
33:24they are and how giving they are.
33:26They understand that James' legacy goes way beyond him being one of the most famous guitar
33:31players in the world.
33:33They know that we're all here to take care of each other.
33:36And if anybody understands the impact a guitar can have on a child's life, it's James.
33:43Did you paint this?
33:44One of your cans with the heat undercoating decided to start shooting itself here.
33:51Oh, the can blew up.
33:53Yeah, the can blew up and sprayed undercoating all over it.
33:56We should have left them in California.
33:58Well, the Louisiana weather is very humid.
34:01When you keep them in garages, they sweat.
34:04The upholster drives out and cracks.
34:06The paint's all dried out.
34:08I know.
34:09There's pieces that are coming off of it.
34:10I know.
34:11Oh, my God.
34:12Can I take a picture of the block number?
34:14Yeah.
34:15So I can send it to my Corvette guy?
34:16Yeah.
34:17Just so, you know, you'll find something out, too, whether or not this is the original engine
34:20to the car.
34:21I mean, obviously, this has been altered, and I love the tri-power on it.
34:24Yeah, check it out.
34:25James cares about these cars.
34:26He loves these cars.
34:27They were a big part of his life.
34:30It's just that they've led such a busy lifestyle.
34:33You know, he's been on the road for so long.
34:35He's still touring in Europe now.
34:37You know, it's not that he's forgotten about the cars.
34:40It's just that he knows they're there, and that's enough for him.
34:43Let me ask you this, James.
34:45Is this something that you would consider selling, either this car or the 59?
34:50Well, since I'm a car collector, I might consider selling one.
35:00James, I'm obviously interested in this car.
35:03I really am.
35:04I mean, I would drive it just the way it looks.
35:06I mean, mechanically, it has to be completely gone through.
35:08It needs tires.
35:09It needs everything.
35:10Oh, no.
35:11It runs great.
35:12It runs great?
35:13It will run great, I'm sure.
35:15I should work for the dirt number.
35:17Well, you're talking about this is extra?
35:18Yeah.
35:19Yeah.
35:20There you go.
35:21To walk out of here with any car is obviously a long shot because I understand how much these
35:28mean to him.
35:29In James' mind, he's still 25 because he lives his life like he is.
35:34I mean, the guy is still touring.
35:35He's still rock and rolling.
35:37You know, he's young at heart, man, and that's why now I think he's kind of thinking,
35:41okay, you know, I can get these back on the road.
35:43I can get them running again.
35:44I want to drive these cars again.
35:46And him having these cars that feel like family to him.
35:50Hey.
35:51What's going on?
35:52Nothing.
35:53Hey, I'm with James and Louise and Tom, and we're looking at the 59 Corvette right
35:57now.
35:58What can you tell me about this 59 in regards to the condition of it and the value of it?
36:03Well, it needs to be completely restored, but it's kind of a cool patina looking car
36:08from what I can see from the pictures.
36:09I know, and that's what I like about it, too.
36:11How long has he had that car, Mike?
36:13The USC decal where she went to school says 71.
36:16She was in school when we bought it.
36:18Okay.
36:19So they bought it in the early 70s in Southern California.
36:21They said it for 50 years.
36:23That's pretty cool.
36:24Yeah.
36:25But, yeah, I mean, it looks like it's all there.
36:28You know, the way it sits, I think a fair price for both parties would probably be in
36:32the $30,000 range.
36:3425 would be low, but 30 would be a fair price.
36:36Hey, did you get a chance to look at both cars, the 66 and the 59, and whether they're
36:43matching numbers cars?
36:44I did, Mike.
36:45I looked at the 66, and that does show that it's a matching number car.
36:49It's a 327, 350 horse, which is an L79 car.
36:54The 59 does not appear to be a numbers-matching car from what I could read from the VIN number.
36:58It doesn't appear that it's a manual transmission car.
37:02It should have different digits on the block.
37:04So I don't think that's the original motor for that car.
37:07Okay.
37:08So that's good information.
37:09You know, the way it sits, I think the 66 is probably worth about the same.
37:13Around the $30,000 range, it needs to be completely restored, of course.
37:17Okay, so you think the value of the cars is both the same, the piece, and then we also
37:21have to take into consideration that they were James' cars as well.
37:25All right, buddy.
37:26Thank you for everything.
37:27I appreciate it.
37:28You bet.
37:29Thanks, Mike.
37:30See you all later.
37:31Bye.
37:32You know, you get too much stuff, and you have to pick and choose what you want to keep.
37:35Yeah.
37:36So here's what I'm thinking.
37:38Okay.
37:39$30,000 for this one, $20,000 for this one, $50,000.
37:44Whew.
37:47Whoa.
37:48Look at this thing.
37:51Hey, Ron.
37:52Yeah, man.
37:53Come here, buddy.
37:54Look at this thing.
37:55What you got?
37:56Oh, this is cool.
37:58Oh, the service center.
38:01Yeah.
38:02You know about this?
38:04Day and night.
38:05Oh, look.
38:06It's got a 59 on there.
38:07Yeah.
38:08Look at the El Camino right here.
38:09It's toys back in the day where they were the bomb.
38:12The best even on the inside, Robbie.
38:14Oh, cool.
38:15Yeah.
38:16And this thing's never been played with.
38:17This is an exciting time in America.
38:18You know, back in the 50s, people have extra money now, post-war.
38:22They're going on vacation.
38:23They're bringing their kids.
38:24They're seeing these service stations on the road.
38:26And here's a toy that emulates that.
38:28Typical post-war toys.
38:30They're just going, transitioning from, you know, making war materials.
38:34Now they're starting to stamp out stuff out of tin.
38:36Yeah.
38:37You know, and then now it comes into stuff that's made out of plastic toys.
38:40There's plastic pieces with tin pieces.
38:42So it's very interesting.
38:43Yeah.
38:44It's like a transition toy.
38:45Like the 60s, this thing would have been all blow molded plastic.
38:47So it's mostly complete.
38:49Retail on something like this, four to five hundred bucks.
38:54What do you think?
38:56Um, two and a quarter.
39:00How about 250?
39:01Just a...
39:02250 bid?
39:03I got you, man.
39:04All right.
39:05Appreciate it, man.
39:06Yeah, man.
39:07New 250.
39:08I'm glad you like it.
39:09They respect the collection.
39:10They understand why their dad put it together.
39:13They're taking their time with it.
39:15They're almost reliving their father's memory through this collection.
39:19Thank you, guys.
39:20And I have a lot of respect for that.
39:21That's really a great way to celebrate the guy who put it together.
39:28I would like to be at $50,000 for both of these cars.
39:33And I would put them, I would put them both back on the road.
39:36Let's think about it, Mike.
39:39Okay.
39:40The cars he told me today he didn't want to sell was the Corvettes, the T-Bird,
39:45and one of his Cadillac convertibles, a 76.
39:49We can handle four cars really good, and he can drive them and enjoy them.
39:54I tell you, we'll take 25 on that, and that's a steal.
39:5725, we have it yet.
39:59I sent some pictures to my guy, Louise, and I wanted to be fair with you guys,
40:03and I get it, but at the end of the day, it's like he sent me back a message and said,
40:08hey, this is a $25,000 car running down the road.
40:12I mean, it just needs a lot of work.
40:1424.
40:16Hey, I came down.
40:18I know.
40:19That was a lot of money.
40:20I gotta get out of here.
40:21You know, after collecting Volkswagen for so long, starting out with Carmen Ghia's and then with Volkswagen Bugs and then with Vans,
40:28it's like all the barns I've been to over all the years, I have come across dune buggies before.
40:34But now I'm starting to look at them with different eyes because, you know, what Bruce Myers did is really incredible.
40:40I mean, Southern California culture, you know, people connect it to music, fashion, surfing, all of that stuff.
40:48But the dune buggy is always right there.
40:51It's so original.
40:52You could polish that paint.
40:54It's not, it would come right off.
40:56This is a Yuma.
40:57How about this?
40:58I want you to have that.
40:59$23,000.
41:01All right.
41:03Okay.
41:04All right.
41:05Okay.
41:06All right.
41:07We did it.
41:08That's his car.
41:09James actually, James, I'm proud of you for selling a car.
41:11I am too.
41:12Aren't you?
41:13Are you proud of him?
41:14He told me if anybody he would ever sell it to, he wouldn't like to have it.
41:18So we said, sure.
41:19Okay.
41:20So we did that.
41:21Yeah.
41:22I'd be glad to get it back on the road.
41:24I'd like to see that.
41:25I hope this has a bunch of nickels in it.
41:28It might.
41:29It might.
41:30It might.
41:31James and Louise have such a bright light, and it's not just from him being a star.
41:36It's who they are as people.
41:39Their spirituality, their humility, and their generosity, that is what shines through.
41:45All right.
41:46Okay.
41:47I'll talk to you guys soon.
41:48I'll see you in Nashville.
41:49We'll have another catfish dinner together.
41:51Hey, thanks for all your help, buddy.
41:52I want to get this Myers-Manks running, drive to James' house in Nashville, and give him
41:57a ride on the Natchez Trace.
41:59That's the day I'm looking forward to.
42:02All right.
42:03TCB taking care of Burton.
42:05You got it.
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