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00:00Hey, are you ready for takeoff?
00:01I'm ready.
00:06I shelled out over 13K for this car.
00:09If it doesn't run, I'm going to be heartbroken.
00:16This is picking over, man.
00:18It just keeps on going.
00:19How many acres you got?
00:20Two and a half.
00:21Two and a half acres full of junk.
00:22This guy's got stuff in the yard.
00:24He's got stuff stored inside of junk cars,
00:26and he's got semi-trailers full of stuff.
00:28I said stuff three times.
00:31That's a lot of junk.
00:32When I grow up, I'm going to be just like me.
00:35Oh, he's lighting his pipe, Frank.
00:37That means he's going to have to think about it.
00:39Read the smoke rings.
00:40What are the smoke rings telling you?
00:41If it looks like a locomotive,
00:42that means I'm starting to get a little irritated.
00:45I wear these most of the time.
00:55I'm like Wolf.
00:56And I'm Frank Fred.
00:57And we're Pickers.
01:00We travel the back roads of America looking to buy rusty gold.
01:05We make a living telling the history of America one piece at a time.
01:19We recently opened up a second store in Nashville, so while the boys are on the road picking,
01:22I am here to see Lauren, the girl I hired to manage this store.
01:26Just checking up on her to make sure that everything's running smooth in this location.
01:30Hey!
01:31Hey!
01:31How are you?
01:31How you doing?
01:32What are you doing here still?
01:33You guys are supposed to be on your way to Maine.
01:35We would be leaving to Maine if we knew where we were going.
01:38I swear, I wonder how these boys get from Monday to Tuesday without me.
01:41I sent them an email telling them when and where they needed to go.
01:44We, as of right now, are behind schedule.
01:47More importantly, the belly tank racer has been sent to Dale.
01:50So that's done taking care of he'll get it tomorrow.
01:53Really?
01:54Oh, that's good.
01:54Why are you paying attention to this?
01:55See how she's on top of it?
01:56A while back, Danny and I were up picking in South Dakota and we came across a belly tank racer.
02:02Look at that thing.
02:03It looks like a rocket ship, man.
02:04It's beautiful.
02:05It's handmade and it's pretty sexy.
02:06It looks like a cycle car on steroids.
02:09This thing is so cool.
02:1013,000?
02:11Yes.
02:12All right.
02:12It's one of a kind.
02:13It's an amazing piece.
02:14And I think that's great that you got it down to Dale because if we can get it running,
02:18that makes it worth so much more money.
02:19Dale is a friend of ours that owns a museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina called Wheels Through Time.
02:24He specializes in early vintage motorcycles.
02:27This car is perfect for him because that's exactly what it's made out of.
02:31Early vintage motorcycle parts.
02:33If anybody can get this car running, Dale can.
02:36All right, here's the deal.
02:36It's a long drive and I don't want to worry about this store while we're gone.
02:39It's great to have Danielle on the ground in Nashville.
02:43This was a huge step for us.
02:44I'm sending you to Mario in Maine.
02:47Tonnage.
02:48He has tonnage.
02:49While the boys are going to New England, it gives me time here in Nashville to do my thing
02:53with Lauren, make sure this store is running smoothly.
03:07Just get off this main road.
03:09All right, I'm turning.
03:10Look at this.
03:11This doesn't even have pavement.
03:12That's what I'm saying.
03:13Feel the bump?
03:13Feel it.
03:14Whoa.
03:14Feel that?
03:15Yeah, I feel it.
03:15Bumps are good.
03:16I feel it.
03:17We're on our way to Danielle's lead, but me and Frankie want to get in a little freestyling
03:20too.
03:21Ooh!
03:22Here we go.
03:22Hey, what about this guy right here?
03:23That's what I'm saying.
03:24Look at all these guys.
03:25Like a whole stack of rear axles.
03:27Let's just try this guy.
03:28I mean, if nothing else, you know this guy knows somebody that knows somebody.
03:31Grab a flyer.
03:32Got it.
03:34The old man's garage.
03:35I like that.
03:36Look at all the stuff he's got back in here.
03:38Right away, I can tell.
03:39This guy is either scraps, collects, junks, or all above.
03:44Looks like our kind of guy.
03:48Hello!
03:48Hey, how's it going, man?
03:50How are you?
03:50Good.
03:51All right.
03:51My name's Frank.
03:53We're pickers.
03:53Here, that's the kind of stuff we're looking for.
03:55We buy a lot of different stuff.
03:56We buy and sell stuff for a living.
03:58Just kind of gives you a little background on stuff that we're interested in buying.
04:01He says his name's Tommy, and he's real receptive.
04:04This is the kind of guy a lot of people might avoid because he looks a little bit intimidating,
04:08but not to us.
04:09To us, he looks inviting.
04:11I saw you have these railroad cars.
04:13Oh, yeah.
04:13Are you in one of those clubs?
04:15Yeah, I've been in there for 21 years.
04:16You see that, Frankie, where these guys get out on the old abandoned railways and start
04:19cranking away, man.
04:21Tom has railroad written all over him.
04:23I've always been curious about these old railroad carts.
04:26I've heard a lot about them, but I've never actually seen one.
04:29So you guys get on these, and you ride these on the abandoned railways?
04:33Yeah, they have tours all over the United States.
04:48How'd you get involved with this?
04:50I worked for a railroad.
04:51Oh, you did?
04:52Yeah, on the Hampshire North Coast up in Ossipy.
04:54So what'd you do for them?
04:55Worked in the car shop.
04:56I was a machinist.
04:58I've always been into metal, you know, making metal stuff.
05:00I see you got a lot of stuff accumulated here.
05:02You ever sell anything?
05:04Oh, yeah.
05:05Anything you chose?
05:06Oh, yeah, whatever you wanna.
05:07I mean, I'm dying to see what's in this barn.
05:09Well, don't die.
05:10Right this way.
05:11You look into a barn like this, and it's like a spider web of rust.
05:15The carburetors, the hubcaps, everything on the walls.
05:18You have to look two or three times.
05:21Man, you got a lot in here, Tommy.
05:23I see something.
05:24Looking around everywhere in the barn, and I see this really old stoneware jug,
05:28and it's got advertising on it.
05:29L.J. Logan & Company, Dover Street, Boston, Mass.
05:34When you look at a jug like this, you're looking at something that's made by an artisan.
05:38I mean, something that was made a long time ago in a local pottery.
05:41Would you sell that?
05:42That's been here since ever I can remember.
05:46Yeah?
05:46When's the last time this thing's seen the light of day?
05:49Probably never been outside.
05:51Yeah.
05:52You know, it's part of the house type of thing, you know?
05:54It's just stuff that was here that I remember seeing ever since I was a kid.
05:58That made me want the jug even more, because it's all about the story.
06:02It's got a lot of chips in it, a little crack in the handle.
06:05If you drank out of that, you might drop it once in a while, too.
06:10I'd take a chance on it at 75.
06:13Hmm.
06:15Oh, he's lighting his pipe, Frank.
06:17That means he's gonna have to think about it.
06:19All of a sudden, he starts puffing all these big smoke rings at my face.
06:23So I don't know what the guy's thinking, because I can't even see his face anymore.
06:27Read the smoke rings.
06:29What are the smoke rings telling you?
06:30It's like you're an Indian chief.
06:31If it looks like a locomotive, that means I'm starting to get a little irritated.
06:36Whoo!
06:36What are you thinking?
06:37Uh, you know, you take care of it.
06:40I promise to take good care of it and find it a good home.
06:45Yeah, we could do that.
06:46Okay.
06:4775.
06:48Yep.
06:48All right.
06:49Thank you, my friend.
06:50We do the deal.
06:51We broke the ice.
06:52This is good.
06:53Love that.
06:54Let's see what else he's got.
06:56See this death from above?
06:58I've seen that.
06:58You made that on the bomb there?
07:00Look at that.
07:01Oh, yeah.
07:02My smelt rod.
07:03I started collecting when I could pick stuff up.
07:05Garbage night was Thursday night.
07:07I was out riding around in the neighborhood on my bike.
07:11See what I could bring home.
07:12This is a tank I picked up.
07:14Look at the craftsmanship in it.
07:16He's excited about the junk.
07:18He's excited for the fine.
07:20Tommy, what about that steam whistle up there?
07:22Can I hear it?
07:23Yeah, if you want to.
07:24Yeah, let's hear that one, man.
07:25Let's hear that, man.
07:26That's the kind of thing.
07:26It'll deafen you.
07:27This was all stuff that they had in the railroad I work for in the scrap area.
07:32And it's like, if you want any of that stuff, you know, we're not going to miss it.
07:37Get it out of here.
07:38I wear these most of the time.
07:46When Tom nailed that thing, fillings in my teeth started to loosen up.
07:52You need to get that on this ride right here, man.
07:54What year is this?
07:5633 cab and a Model A bed.
07:59Wow.
07:59I've been working on it a little bit at a time.
08:01Yeah, man.
08:02When you start talking about stuff like old cars, old railroad stuff, he starts to open up.
08:07What was the first car you ever owned?
08:0939 Ford.
08:11Really?
08:11How old were you?
08:1314, I think.
08:16That's awesome, man.
08:17No, I learned how to weld when I was 14 years old.
08:20Who taught you that?
08:20My father, he was a master machinist, and he would explain everything.
08:27When he passed away, I got all his tools.
08:29And when I graduated high school, I went to work at the same machine shop that he died at.
08:36I mean, I was a shadow.
08:38Everywhere he went, I was right there.
08:40Tom had some amazing stories.
08:42I mean, he's the kind of guy that keeps you humble, that keeps you hungry.
08:47Check out that Beamer.
08:48Looking mean.
08:50Oh, look at this, dude.
08:52He's got the little rat going around in the wheel.
08:55The more we look around, it's very clear that Tommy's into a lot of the same stuff that we're into.
08:59Tommy, what about this seat right here?
09:00That's an old Bates seat.
09:02I've had that for 100 years.
09:04Bates is a company that made quality motorcycle saddles.
09:07They made them for dirt track racers, choppers, and bobbers.
09:22Oh, yeah.
09:23There it is.
09:24I see another Bates little pad.
09:26What are you thinking?
09:27Package deal here.
09:28Boy, I can't give them all away.
09:30Oh, yeah.
09:31Well, don't sell them all.
09:31Just sell me these two.
09:33Let me find a good spot to fall down here.
09:35Don't make him light the pipe up again.
09:37I don't know.
09:38You don't have to light the pipe on that one, do you?
09:40He gets that old picker look on his face.
09:42I'm trying to come up with numbers in my mind really fast so I can make him an offer.
09:45Okay, here.
09:46I'm going to do good on you here.
09:47How about 50 bucks on this and 40 bucks on this one?
09:52Oh, boy.
09:53So, 90 for the...
09:5590 bucks.
09:5590 for both of them.
09:56All right.
09:57People are building choppers.
09:58They're building bobbers.
09:59They want original equipment, and they're getting harder and harder to find.
10:04Yeah.
10:05That's, you know, that telepathy back and forth, you know.
10:08I gotta look the other way.
10:11These seats are in incredible condition.
10:13I mean, I'm talking bolt and go.
10:16What's upstairs?
10:17Assorted stuff.
10:18Can we look up there?
10:19Oh, yeah.
10:19If you dare go up that ladder.
10:22Hell yeah, I'll go up that ladder.
10:22I'm not a real big fan of heights.
10:24It better be worth it.
10:27Hey, look at all this stuff here.
10:29Look at that.
10:29That's cool.
10:31What's this, too?
10:32Trailer plug?
10:33Pretty cool.
10:34What's upstairs?
10:35Assorted stuff.
10:36As a picker, that's music to our ears.
10:38Can we look up there?
10:39Oh, yeah.
10:39If you dare go up that ladder.
10:42Hell yeah, I'll go up that ladder.
10:43You know, the ladder, it didn't look that steep, but as I got to the top, it kind of narrowed.
10:48I'm not a real big fan of heights.
10:50It better be worth it.
10:52Watch your step.
10:53Careful where you step up here now.
10:55You could be on our next trip.
10:59Stop on red signal.
11:02Tommy, what do you get for this stop on red signal signs here?
11:05Here are these stop on red signs.
11:07They're spelled out in glass marbles.
11:10One marble's missing.
11:11I'm missing a few marbles, too, but...
11:13You gotta be both.
11:14You know, signs with reflected marbles are kind of hard to find, you know?
11:18I just don't see that much.
11:19What do you get for those?
11:21Probably, uh, a hundred bucks.
11:25A hundred bucks on those?
11:26Right there.
11:26That's a great deal all the way.
11:28But being the picker I am, I've got to get a bargain.
11:30I've got a bundle.
11:31He's got two of them.
11:32I've got to put them together.
11:34Would you do 150 on two of them?
11:38That's 25 bucks off each one.
11:40Yeah, I could probably do that.
11:42Miss skin.
11:43Yeah.
11:44All right.
11:44When I get back to Iowa, people will be lining up to buy these.
11:49Let's see what else we got.
11:52Looks like you've got the market cornered on the railroad cross.
11:56One, two, three, four, five, six right there.
11:59Tommy has collected all these incredible relics from all the old railroads that he's traveled over.
12:16What do you got to have for these?
12:18I think these are probably the good ones back in the half.
12:21I'm looking for no chips.
12:23I want all the glass marbles to be there.
12:25I mean, I'm looking for something that looks like it could clean up very nice.
12:29How's that one look, Mike?
12:30This one here, it's got glass marbles.
12:32Yeah.
12:32Not too bad of shapes.
12:33Missing a few.
12:35You're at 150 a piece on these?
12:37Yeah, I'd like to get at that.
12:38Okay.
12:39That's not a bad price, you know, but I've got to try to get him down.
12:42How about 125?
12:46What's $25 between friends?
12:48Uh, for that one there?
12:51Yeah.
12:52You know what?
12:53I hauled one of these around to a flea market for a year before I sold it.
12:57Exactly.
12:58Yeah, look at this.
12:59You think these happened overnight?
13:03All right, 125.
13:04125 for you.
13:06Yeah, okay.
13:06All right, there you go.
13:07Yeah, thank you.
13:07Take that.
13:08Woo!
13:08The railroad was the backbone of transportation for over a century.
13:12It's a huge part of American history, and Tommy has a real appreciation for that.
13:16I like this.
13:17Full service pick.
13:18I got the railroad crossing signed for $125.
13:22I'm gonna ask 300.
13:25I picked the stop on red signs for $150.
13:28I think I can at least double my money.
13:32Jug in the front.
13:33Jug it up.
13:34I got the jug for $75.
13:36I'm gonna ask 150.
13:40Hey, thanks, my friend.
13:42Thanks, Tommy.
13:42This was a great time.
13:43Yeah.
13:43Hey, great story.
13:45Tommy's just my type of guy.
13:46I mean, he was just filled with laughter, filled with stories.
13:49All right, Tommy.
13:50Take care.
13:52When I grow up, I'm gonna be just like me.
13:55It's like I'm happy the way I am, and that's the way I'm gonna continue to grow.
13:59Hey, Tommy!
14:15Who's that calling your boss?
14:17Hello!
14:18Hey, how you doing?
14:19Doing all right.
14:20I have some information about the belly tank racer.
14:23I talked to Dale.
14:24I mean, Dale's never worked on anything like this before.
14:27I'm not absolutely positive that he's gonna be able to get it started.
14:30But he is working his hardest.
14:31If he can't get that running, then nobody can get it running.
14:34I won't-
14:34Let him know that you guys said if anybody can do it, he can do it.
14:38Okay.
14:38We're on our way to Mario's place.
14:40Mario has everything from car parts to advertising to toys.
14:43This guy has tonnage.
14:44He has so much, and we need inventory so badly.
14:49Daniel said, you know what?
14:50You guys have got two stores now.
14:51I mean, even though you're not down here all the time, you need to double up the inventory.
14:55And you know what?
14:56She's probably right.
14:57All right, bye.
14:58All right, have fun.
15:06This looks good, dude.
15:07Ah!
15:07You guys got a Volkswagen van.
15:10If he's got this whole of stuff right here, you know he's gonna have some good stuff.
15:15Hello!
15:16You guys got a lot of grills.
15:17Coca-Cola, son.
15:18I'm scanning the yard, and it's totally packed with stuff.
15:21Hey, what's going on?
15:23How you doing?
15:23Hey, guys.
15:24Nice to meet you, Frank.
15:25Good to meet you, Mario.
15:26How you doing?
15:27Nice to meet you, too.
15:27You talked to Danny on the phone?
15:28Yeah.
15:29Looks like you got a hell of a collection.
15:31Yeah, I like everything.
15:32I can like some rusty old star to a nice car part.
15:35Really?
15:36Mario's got a really thick New England accent.
15:38He seems like a really nice guy.
15:40I've got a good feeling about this pick.
15:42We got a lot of good stuff, wealthy years.
15:44I work here in Maine.
15:45I'm an auto wholesaler.
15:46I also live on the property, so this is my home, garage, business.
15:50It's everything all together.
15:51Most of the stuff you found, did you find it in this area?
15:53There's a place down the road for me that does outdoor meets.
15:56Like a flea market?
15:57Yeah, flea market.
15:58I go there daily.
15:59I get treasure.
16:00As a kid, I used to work at dealerships, and they sent me to dump the drop-off parts,
16:04and I looked at some of the stuff that was still good and decided I'd bring them home.
16:07I just kept on going from there.
16:09How long have you been junking?
16:10I've been doing this for about 35 years.
16:12Really?
16:13Yeah.
16:13Why are you selling stuff?
16:14Go buy more stuff.
16:15I'm at home.
16:16Get some money to buy some more stuff?
16:17This guy was going for it all the time.
16:20He's like, I love my junk.
16:22There was a guy that used to write for a toy magazine, and he said the fun was always
16:25in the search, and when you think about it, that is the best part of it.
16:28The people you meet, the places you go.
16:30That's exactly right.
16:32That's what keeps us on the road.
16:33How about the Coke sign?
16:34You in love with that?
16:35I'm in love with all my junk.
16:38I hear you, man.
16:39The big cool thing in this barn to me is that Coca-Cola porcelain sign, 1933.
16:46It's got a chip, it's got a crease, but it's cool, man.
17:00I bought that at one of the U.S. walk meets.
17:02That was here in Maine.
17:03What are you thinking on that?
17:04I guess I'd want to get nine and a half out of it.
17:07$9.50?
17:08To me, that's about retail on this sign.
17:11I couldn't pay more than $500 for it, because that's what I'd get out of it.
17:15I bought seven bucks.
17:16I cut you out on the break at $700.
17:17He's showing me that he wants to work with me, just not enough yet.
17:22All right, let me look around a little bit here.
17:24I'm going to keep this Coke sign in the back of my mind after we pick around a little bit,
17:28get some money flowing, hopefully that loosens them up.
17:30How much is this grill?
17:31It's teardrop shaped, it's original paint, it's got the porcelain tag, says Chevy on it.
17:37What year is that?
17:38$37.
17:39Mario's a grill guy.
17:40I can tell that.
17:41I've seen other grills on this property.
17:43He appreciates them just as much as I do.
17:45How much is that?
17:46You have that $300.
17:47$300?
17:49It's a little toasty on the bottom.
17:51It's hard to buy grills from somebody that loves grills as much as I do.
17:56I mean, this thing is cool, man.
17:58All right, you're at $300.
18:00I'm at two bills.
18:02And to be honest with you, me paying $200 for it, I think all I can make is probably $50
18:06on it.
18:07When people walk into my stores, I want them to see new merchandise.
18:12I want them to see something different.
18:14I'm a grill guy, you're a grill guy.
18:16I'm trying to treat you as fair as I can.
18:19I understand that.
18:21All right.
18:22Love it.
18:23The last grill I bought just like this is hanging in my Iowa store.
18:27This one's going to be hanging in Nashville.
18:29I've got a trailer we can take a look at over here.
18:35Oh, yeah.
18:36It's got some car parts in here.
18:38Yeah, we filled it up over here.
18:39Popcorn tins.
18:40Hubcaps.
18:41This thing is packed, man.
18:43I mean, it looks like he just buys stuff and just chucks it in there.
18:46Oh, man.
18:47Sand toy.
18:47I'm going honey badger on this thing.
18:49I want to make sure I dig to the core.
18:52Look at that.
18:53Barbie tea bucket.
18:57Hey, Mario, what about this?
18:58We're battery-operated guys.
19:00Yeah, we can let that go.
19:01It's a battery-operated McGregor doll.
19:03It goes back, takes his head off his cigarette, sits down, and then blows smoke out.
19:07I mean, battery-operated toys from the 50s are very collectible, and this one has the box.
19:24Now, most battery-operated toys don't work.
19:27The motors inside, they freeze up.
19:29I'll tell you what.
19:30I'll sell you that for $25 if it doesn't work.
19:33Okay.
19:33If it works, we put batteries in it, you give me $50.
19:37Whoa.
19:38Frank.
19:40I'll take that bet.
19:41All right.
19:42We're going to do that.
19:42All right.
19:42I really want it to work.
19:44That's making a good connection there.
19:47Ready?
19:47Maybe.
19:54I'll sell you that for $25 if it doesn't work.
19:57Okay.
19:57If it works, we put batteries in it, you give me $50.
20:01Whoa.
20:03Frank.
20:05I'll take that bet.
20:06All right.
20:06We're going to do that.
20:07All right.
20:07I really want it to work.
20:08That's making a good connection there.
20:11Ready?
20:12Maybe.
20:22You can't be in the smoke yet.
20:24That's good enough for me.
20:26It works.
20:27It just was so fun to see Frank's face.
20:29All right, Frankie.
20:30That's worth the extra $25.
20:32Boy, you are.
20:32That's great.
20:33Thanks, buddy.
20:34It's cool, man.
20:35Super cool.
20:36This is a great item.
20:37I'm glad it worked.
20:38And at $50, I made a great deal.
20:40Come on in the shop here.
20:42I got a couple of odd pieces in here.
20:46Dang.
20:46Look at all this stuff.
20:47Wow.
20:48Here's another spot that I like.
20:50It's got a lot of smalls.
20:51I mean, this guy's got a good eye.
20:53Check out the Charlie the Tuna lamp, dude.
20:55I love to buy smalls.
20:56They're easy to pack and they're easy to sell.
20:59Check out the kitty cat clock.
21:01Original.
21:02Oh, yeah.
21:02That's killer.
21:03Original box.
21:03They reproduce these now, but this is an original one.
21:06Whenever you can buy something in the original box,
21:08you can authenticate it and you can tell when it was made.
21:23What do you get for the little kitty cat clock?
21:26Oh, 75 bucks.
21:28Yeah.
21:28It's got some usage to it.
21:30Cut the tail.
21:31You cut the tail in.
21:32How about 50?
21:35He goes to flea markets three to four times a week.
21:37He knows how to play the game.
21:40How about 55?
21:43I'll do 55.
21:45Okay.
21:45I'm happy.
21:46Every single place we're going to, I'm scoring.
21:48And they're smalls.
21:49They're easy to pack.
21:50I'm loving this guy.
21:52Ooh.
21:54What is that?
21:54Glass reflector.
21:55What are you thinking, Mike, on that?
21:5710 bucks.
21:58Did you mean to say 20?
22:00No.
22:01This is car-related stuff.
22:03Me and Frankie sell that stuff all the time.
22:05And now, I'm not just picking for the Iowa store.
22:08I'm picking for Nashville, too.
22:10So anything car-related that I know I can flip right away,
22:13I'm on it like a duck on a June bug.
22:15How much is this?
22:16Got a big dent in it.
22:18The horn and the light.
22:19How's $35?
22:21I'm not even gonna argue with you.
22:22This is like $100 worth of fun all the way home driving Frank nuts.
22:27I've still got that Coke sign in the back of my mind,
22:30and hopefully, if we keep the money rolling on all of these smalls,
22:33the guy's gonna work with me later.
22:39Motorcycle.
22:40Yeah, it was on our merry-go-round.
22:42Bought one of these out in L.A.
22:44I love the Silver King.
22:45Oh, yeah.
22:45That is super cool.
22:46Chainsaw stuff is very, very collectible.
22:49I've never, ever seen one with the graphics like this.
22:52Silver King.
22:53He's looking at this chainsaw sign like it's the Mona Lisa.
22:57What do you have on something like that?
23:05I don't think so, Frank.
23:06I'm not ready to let it go yet.
23:07Okay, I really like that.
23:09I've heard that before from people.
23:11I don't want to sell it.
23:12I've had it for a long time.
23:13But money talks, so I'm thinking, here I go.
23:16Can I throw you an offer on the sign?
23:19Yeah, throw me an offer.
23:20I'm gonna listen.
23:21How about $500?
23:24Whoa.
23:25And I was blown away.
23:26I've been traveling with this guy for 25 years,
23:29and I've never seen him offer so much money
23:33right off the bat.
23:34You must like it.
23:41I'm doing it.
23:42Dang.
23:43I like it.
23:44I did not want to leave the state of Maine
23:46without this chainsaw sign.
23:49I got one more trailer we can take a look at right here.
23:54Whoa, Frank Hu!
23:57I love picking semi-trailers because they're watertight, man,
24:01and when things are stored in them, it's bone dry,
24:03and they're usually in great condition.
24:05Ugh!
24:06You can find them, Mike.
24:07War of the worlds, man.
24:09I like the color.
24:10This is a service station light.
24:12It's from the 1950s.
24:13This would have been on a pole right in front of the pumps
24:15to light up the area.
24:17What are you thinking, Mario?
24:19Oh, shh.
24:21150 bucks.
24:23I'm only thinking, like, 75 bucks.
24:26Jeez.
24:27This thing needs total rewire and the pole.
24:31I'll do 100 on it.
24:32I'll do 100 bucks.
24:32That'll make it work for you.
24:3490.
24:3595.
24:37This guy did the last dollar, man.
24:39I'm afraid Mario is gonna pick me up by the ankles
24:41and shake me upside down to get the last dime out of my pocket.
24:46And he's big enough to do it.
24:4891!
24:49And that's kind of what the collectible business is.
24:51You negotiate.
24:52Nothing's etching the stone.
24:5492.
24:5450.
24:5592.
24:57You got it.
24:58All right.
24:58Game, set, match.
25:00Sweet!
25:01Holding it like it's the Wimbledon Truth.
25:04Found something on the way out.
25:06Shaker Heights.
25:07You can see that this cast iron stop sign is painted yellow.
25:10And what that means to me, it was made between 1920 and 1930,
25:14way before they started painting them red.
25:16Back when I got it, I just liked it because of the marbling on it.
25:18Yeah, glass marbling on it.
25:19What are you thinking?
25:20300 bucks, you can have that.
25:22Woo!
25:22Believe me, that's your bargain of the day right there.
25:25I was having an out-of-body experience.
25:27I mean, did Mario just really say 300 to me?
25:30300, man.
25:31You do love your junk.
25:32I'll cut you a break.
25:33250.
25:33Take that for 250.
25:34You'll be the happiest guy in town today.
25:36There's no meat on the bone.
25:39I'd rather see you buy the Coke sign.
25:40What are you thinking on the Coke sign?
25:43Are we at six bucks on that?
25:45He'd be at 600 on the Coke sign if he threw this in.
25:49Yeah.
25:50Boy.
25:50And I'm like, wow.
25:52Frankie, you're a genius.
25:53I like the way you think.
25:55He's been trying to get the Coca-Cola sign since we started here.
25:57I'm like, let me help him get it done.
25:59Let me bundle some stuff together because I'm the bundle king.
26:03I'm just trying to think about it.
26:03What's your best on the pair of them?
26:05Give me your best on them.
26:07700 bucks.
26:09Five and two.
26:11Oh.
26:19There you go.
26:20You guys got it done.
26:22Now we're like brothers.
26:24So with my negotiating skills, I'm able to get him the Coca-Cola sign and the stop sign
26:29for $700.
26:31Wow.
26:31Hey, where am I at?
26:32Yes.
26:33I feel like I was part of that.
26:34You're a major father.
26:34Yeah.
26:36He'll get his broker fee.
26:37Yeah.
26:38All right, Frank, carry that.
26:39When Danielle put the pressure on and said, hey, you and Frankie need to step up.
26:42We need to fill up two stores now.
26:44We did.
26:45We stepped up.
26:45We got a little bit of everything.
26:47The prices were good.
26:48We were able to walk away from here with some very cool stuff.
26:51Take it easy on this now.
26:53I know.
26:53That's your biggest purchase ever in your life.
26:55I got the Silver King chainsaw sign for $500.
26:57I think I can get at least $850.
27:02You're going to charge it for the batteries, aren't you?
27:03I can have those, can I?
27:04I'm going to give you the batteries on that one.
27:06I got the McGregor smoking toy in the box for $50.
27:09I'm going to ask at least $125.
27:14Woo!
27:15Nashville!
27:16It's made in Nashville.
27:17Maybe I can go in the Nashville store.
27:19You're dang right it's going in there.
27:21I got the Coca-Cola sign for $500.
27:23I'm going to ask $1,100.
27:27All right, Mario.
27:28Hey, thank you.
27:29Did you have a hard bargain, my friend?
27:30It's been fun.
27:31You had some good stuff, though.
27:32You had some great stuff, man.
27:33Thanks for letting us know.
27:34You had a good time.
27:35I have a hard time selling stuff because I like my stuff a lot.
27:38But once they bought a few pieces off me, it didn't hurt so bad to let some of the other
27:42ones go.
27:42Some pieces I saw, I hate to see it go.
27:44But Mike and Frank can be welcome back in any time.
27:47Thanks, buddy.
27:48I'll catch you later.
27:52Mike!
27:57Where's my James Taylor Live CD?
28:00Look at this.
28:00See that?
28:01That was my CD, but look at now.
28:03It's trash.
28:03Yeah, I know.
28:03I take care of my CDs.
28:05You got to take care of yours.
28:05Here, I'll tell you where it's worth.
28:07See that?
28:07Well, I can't.
28:08I don't keep track of yours.
28:10Hello.
28:11Hey, Mike Wolf, Dale Locksler.
28:12Hey, what's up, Dale?
28:14What's going on?
28:15Dale's a buddy of ours that we've known forever.
28:17We sent the race car to him.
28:18Hopefully, this guy's got some good news for me.
28:20Did you get it running?
28:21Hey, I love that thing.
28:22I'll tell you what.
28:23I'm just fiddling with it.
28:24I think Matt and I can get that thing cranked up.
28:26You're the dude.
28:27You're the guy to get it running.
28:28I'm really pumped, man.
28:29You guys got to go down here.
28:30We'll head down there.
28:31We'll head down that way.
28:32I'll text you as we get closer.
28:34Okay, sounds great, man.
28:35You guys carry on.
28:36Stay second.
28:37All right, buddy.
28:38Bye.
28:39I can't wait to see that thing run, Frankie.
28:42Dale, what's up, man?
28:44Mike and Frank.
28:44Dale and his son, Matt, are working on this car.
28:47There's no precedent for how to work on a car like this.
28:50It's the only one that there is.
28:52Did you get it running yet?
28:56Well...
28:58We're on our way to Dale's.
28:59Let's check out the work he's done on the belly tanker.
29:01But it doesn't matter where we're at or where we're headed.
29:03We're always looking for a good freestyle.
29:06I'm looking for anything.
29:07An old wheel leaning up against a garage.
29:09A handlebar sticking out of the weeds.
29:11Look at that barn. Look at that barn.
29:12And then all of a sudden, we see it.
29:14Oh, my God.
29:16This looks good.
29:17What do you mean it looks good?
29:18This looks great.
29:19Man, if he had this much stuff at your house,
29:21why would you ever leave?
29:22Get your pick on, son.
29:23Got it, baby.
29:25This place looks killer.
29:27This guy in or what?
29:28Man, he could use some money for a lawnmower.
29:30Don't say that.
29:31I won't.
29:32It can be pretty sketch
29:33when you go to someone's front door and you knock on it.
29:35You never know what sort of situation you're gonna encounter.
29:38I don't think so.
29:39Yep.
29:41Hey, how you doing?
29:43Hi, how you doing?
29:43What's up, man?
29:44Hey, my name's Frank.
29:44How you doing, Frank?
29:45Nice to meet you.
29:46Hey, I'm Mike.
29:47How you doing, Mike? I'm Bruce.
29:48Here's this guy.
29:49He comes out with a ponytail.
29:50He's got a great big beard.
29:51I mean, just our kind of guy.
29:53We're pickers.
29:54We buy a lot of junk.
29:55We buy a lot of rusty gold.
29:56Bruce, those are some of the things we buy, Bruce.
29:58That just kind of shakes your memory a little bit.
30:00Yep.
30:00Can we take a look around?
30:01Yep, I'll be right out.
30:03All right, thanks.
30:04People don't knock on my door very often
30:06because they know that I don't want to part with a lot of stuff.
30:10This is picking overload.
30:11It just keeps on going.
30:13How many acres you got?
30:13Uh, two and a half.
30:15Two and a half acres full of junk.
30:16This guy's got stuff in the yard.
30:18He's got stuff stored inside of junk cars.
30:21And on top of that, he's got semi-trailers full of stuff.
30:24I said stuff three times.
30:26That's a lot of junk.
30:27What about these heads here?
30:29Those are, uh...
30:30Sportster.
30:31Sportster.
30:32Here's a couple Harley Sportster heads.
30:34You know, these are for Ironhead motorcycles.
30:35Harley Davidson made them, 1957.
30:37They make them till today.
30:48The seals are okay.
30:50Broken fins on top.
30:51Yeah.
30:51What do you get for a set of these?
30:53I'd take 20 for those.
30:5520 for the set?
30:56Yeah.
30:5610 bucks a pair.
30:57I don't know if I can use them, but I'll take them for that price.
31:00That's a great price.
31:01I'll have no problem finding a Harley lover to buy these pieces.
31:05Is this your old rig here, man?
31:06Yeah, this is one I bought for parts, and I never...
31:09Whoa!
31:10See, parts!
31:11When I was out trucking, the boss would say,
31:14you're supposed to be out working for me,
31:17and you're out scrounging for some old antique...
31:20How long you been on this property?
31:21Since 1978.
31:23This is my grandmother's land here.
31:25Oh, okay.
31:25Oh, that's awesome.
31:26Gotcha.
31:27We can take down that trailer right here.
31:28This trailer right here?
31:29Yeah.
31:30Oh, my God!
31:32I love the smell of this bad boy.
31:33Rest and death.
31:36With this amount of stuff, I mean, it's gonna be a lot of work,
31:38but we got high hopes on this pick.
31:40We're chomping at the bit.
31:45Ooh, look at this one.
31:46Oh, wow.
31:47How much for Rocket Racer?
31:48I love that.
31:49How about 10?
31:51All right, cool.
31:52How much is the oil lamp?
31:5320.
31:54All right, we'll do 20.
31:5520.
31:55The thing that got me most excited about this pick was the sheer magnitude of stuff.
32:00How much is this Zenith radio?
32:02How about 10?
32:02I love it.
32:03$10.
32:04How about this light up here?
32:06You want it for 20 light?
32:07Sure.
32:08Gold.
32:08All right.
32:08Daniel wants inventory?
32:10We'll give it to her.
32:14Are these fat jeans?
32:15Yeah.
32:16Awesome.
32:16Yeah.
32:16Early bill.
32:22Ooh, look at this one.
32:23That's killer.
32:24What can you tell me about this gun?
32:26I bought that at a flea market.
32:28It was leaning up against the table, and I think I paid $4 for it.
32:33$4?
32:33$4.
32:34How long ago was that?
32:35Two or three years ago.
32:36Uh-huh.
32:37And I walked around the flea market with it, and everybody kind of...
32:41Moved as you went by them?
32:42Yeah, they kind of zigged a little bit.
32:44Everybody looked at me like, this guy's got a gun.
32:48So it was never made to fire.
32:49It was just a little kid's gun that somebody carved.
32:51Yeah.
32:51So it's a piece of folk art.
32:53Yeah.
32:53I mean, you can see each piece of it where they whittled it out here.
32:56Yeah, I know.
32:56This gun is speaking to me.
32:58It's grabbing a hold of me.
32:59It says WASP, and it's got a bolt action on the top of it from a real gun, but the
33:04rest
33:04of it is carved by hand.
33:07Well, how much do you want for this?
33:08I really want to hang onto that.
33:10You want to hang onto it?
33:11Yeah, I do.
33:11When a guy says NFS, I flip the switch.
33:15What's a crazy number on it that you'd sell it for?
33:19You wanted to break up with it.
33:26Probably a hundred bucks.
33:29I bought that thing for $4.
33:32If I can get a hundred bucks for it, I go absolutely nuts.
33:36When it comes to folk art, it's...
33:38I know.
33:39Beauty is in the eye of the holder.
33:41Yeah.
33:43I'll take it for a hundred.
33:45I haven't really had it that long, but you just have to let things go sometimes.
33:49And that's what I did.
33:51See that trailer right there?
33:53You need a sledgehammer?
33:55Oh!
33:56Oh!
33:58Ooh!
33:58Look at that!
34:01Frank Cycles!
34:02Oh my gosh!
34:03You need that.
34:04It's a motorcycle, too.
34:05Look, it's got the Bosch plugs.
34:06Yep.
34:06Where was that at?
34:08It was at Melrose Mass right there.
34:09Okay.
34:10I got those from the guy that used to own a bicycle shop.
34:15The guy used to sell minibikes and bicycles.
34:18Okay.
34:18There's another one over here.
34:20People love buying things with their name on it.
34:23Look at me.
34:23I'm in love.
34:24I'd be interested in maybe that one and this one.
34:27Yeah.
34:28If I can make this deal happen, all I need to do is find another guy named Frank,
34:31and he would love to have it in his man room.
34:35There are two red pieces and this here.
34:38Mm-hmm.
34:38I was kind of hesitant on getting rid of them.
34:45About 75.
34:53I think you got a deal.
34:56To be able to combine both these items and be able to buy them at a great price,
35:00I think I got a great deal.
35:01Oh, look at this.
35:02Bam!
35:03I see hanging on the back wall a stone cold cool Oldsmobile dealership sign.
35:09How much is the Oldsmobile sign?
35:11I'd probably have to get 90 out of that.
35:13Dude, I would pay more than that for it.
35:15It's rusty, it's crusty, it's a little bit sweaty, but it's just the way I like them.
35:19It's two pieces?
35:20It might be two pieces.
35:21Yeah, right there.
35:22I think it is.
35:23Yeah, it's been cut.
35:37It's dated 1951.
35:38Yeah.
35:39Is it double-sided or just one side?
35:40It's double-sided.
35:42Can you tell me where it came from?
35:44Uh, Western Massachusetts.
35:46Okay.
35:46I'd offer double that.
35:48I'd offer 180 bucks.
35:51Yeah.
35:51You wanna do that?
35:52All right.
35:53That's cool, man.
35:54I love it.
35:54It made me feel like he was more of a friend than a business guy.
36:00That's delivered to the van, right?
36:01Yep.
36:02He was like the Andy Warhol of junk.
36:05He saw through the rust, the dirt, and the grime, and collected and appreciated everything.
36:09That's what I like about the round signs.
36:11You can roll it.
36:11I bought the Oldsmobile dealer sign for $180.
36:14I'm gonna ask $425.
36:17I got the Frank Cycle signs for $75.
36:20I think I could at least triple my money.
36:24I got the FolkArt gun for $100.
36:26I'm gonna ask $200.
36:30All right, buddy.
36:31It's a great day when you can come across a place like this on a freestyle.
36:35Thanks, man.
36:35I mean, I love Iowa and New Hampshire.
36:38I love you today.
36:39We appreciate you making us feel at home so far away.
36:41Thanks.
36:42Mike and Frank, they're good people.
36:43We come from the same Easter basket.
36:46I would like to see them back here again.
36:49I know I would have a good time with them.
36:51See ya, Bruce!
36:55Hey, guys.
36:56I gotta have this thing.
36:58This thing is too cool, man.
36:59You know, it fits me great.
37:00It's got little, you know, I got short legs.
37:02Him and his son are drooling over this thing.
37:04He's had it for a few days.
37:05I mean, they're like a one-eyed dog in a meat factory, man.
37:11He's gonna get busted.
37:11Let me and Frank are heading south.
37:12You're gonna check out the belly tank racer.
37:14Hopefully, Dale's got this thing running.
37:16All right, here you go.
37:19Whew!
37:20This place is awesome, man.
37:21Dale's the kind of guy that's known throughout the motorcycle world
37:24as the guy who has everything.
37:26He has an amazing museum, and his claim to fame is
37:29every single thing in his museum runs.
37:32Dale!
37:33Mike and Frank!
37:34How you doing, man?
37:35How you doing, Mike?
37:36How you doing?
37:37How you doing, man?
37:37Dale and his son, Matt, are working on this car.
37:40This is a father and son team here, you know?
37:43And you can tell the excitement on both their faces.
37:45It looks like a fighter jet.
37:46Yeah.
37:47Yeah.
37:47You know, I've never really seen a midget race car
37:49with an Indian four-cylinder engine.
37:51Totally unheard of.
37:52And the styling with the belly tank look,
37:54I've never seen anything quite like that.
37:56This looks like something else built in Hughes Engineering
37:58by the Howard Hughes Company
37:59because the engineering involved in this
38:01is so far ahead of its time.
38:13This is something that Howard Hughes
38:15would have had one of his people build.
38:17It has all the components of California-based,
38:20high-tech, had the money to build something extremely special.
38:24And it all runs like an airplane.
38:26All your controls run down the side hidden in panels.
38:29It wasn't a shade tree mechanic.
38:30No, no backyard mechanic on this.
38:32I mean, this took some time and some energy.
38:33Of course.
38:33There's no precedent for how to work on a car like this.
38:36It's the only one that there is.
38:38Did it fire up or anything before you guys did anything?
38:40Well, what happened was after we did all the basics
38:42and got it ready to run,
38:43it's got this big pull arm,
38:44so Matt pulled that thing and went pop, pop, pop,
38:47kind of ran.
38:47So it ran?
38:48Well, it sputtered.
38:49That's good.
38:49Okay.
38:50And then all of a sudden it went totally blank,
38:52so Matt got in here and reworked the ignition.
38:54We haven't run it.
38:55You guys just got here,
38:56but I think we've got everything in pretty good shape.
38:58So it's ready to rock?
38:59It should be ready to rock.
38:59Let's start this thing up.
39:01When I saw Dale climb into the driver's seat,
39:04it was perfect, man.
39:06It fit him like a glove.
39:09Dale, you ready for takeoff?
39:10I'm ready.
39:11I shelled out over 13K for this car.
39:14If it doesn't run, I'm going to be heartbroken.
39:16Give it a couple of primes.
39:17A couple of prime kicks.
39:26Woo!
39:27Dale way!
39:28Right here.
39:2930 times.
39:30Dale way!
39:32Good job, man.
39:33It's smoking.
39:34It's going crazy.
39:35He's going through the gears,
39:36knocking through them.
39:39Woo!
39:40Woo!
39:41Woo!
39:43Got headlight.
39:43You do.
39:44You're a taillight.
39:45You're a taillight.
39:45The taillight works.
39:46No way.
39:48Make it break.
39:49It's great.
39:50Break it.
39:52Low steer is perfect.
39:54Dale has treated this race car like it's his baby.
39:57I mean, he's taken a lot of time to nurture it,
39:59get it going,
39:59and now I can tell the way he's looking at it.
40:01He's in love.
40:02Hey, guys, I got to have this thing.
40:05This thing is too cool, man.
40:06You know, it fits me great.
40:07It's got little, you know, I got short legs.
40:09Right then, we knew we had it.
40:11Now what do we do?
40:12That was just that one little thing.
40:14Yeah, it's just that thing called money.
40:17Him and his son are drooling over this thing.
40:19He's had it for a few days.
40:20I mean, they're like a one-eyed dog in a meat factory, man.
40:22They're looking at it.
40:23They got to have it.
40:24It's kind of cool to be in the position that I'm in right now,
40:27standing here in your shop.
40:28When you know that.
40:30With something that you don't have.
40:32But, I mean, we did have a guy look at it.
40:34I mean, what kind of value would you put on it?
40:37You know, it's one of those things I've said to you before.
40:40It's like, it's worth what somebody will pay.
40:44So, I have an idea what I'm in it at.
40:47But the real deal is, what's your idea?
40:49Well, how about 20 grand?
41:03Well, we're close.
41:05Right then, I knew he was serious about this.
41:07And if he was going to do 20, I knew he'd do more.
41:10You know what?
41:11You're at 20K, and that's a really good offer.
41:14But, how about, I'm thinking if he came up with like, how about 23 grand?
41:22Dale comes back right away at 23K.
41:25Right then, I knew I had him against the ropes.
41:27For me, it's important that it goes somewhere where people can see it.
41:32You know, we've got a museum to run here.
41:34People come in here every day expecting to see new and different things.
41:37All American made.
41:38But there's only so much money to work with.
41:39I was like, you know what?
41:40Maybe I need to back off.
41:42Frankie saw the tension.
41:4623 grand is a pretty fair offer.
41:49It looked like Mike was ready to bite.
41:52What are you hearing, Frankie, 23?
41:54How mind if we talk about it for a minute?
41:56Oh, man, take all the time you want.
41:58All right.
41:58There's a lot of money being thrown around here.
42:00And I want to make sure that Mike has a clear head before he settles on a final price.
42:04What the heck is wrong with you?
42:06Nothing, dude.
42:06Just take a triple.
42:07He wants it.
42:08He's signing it.
42:09He's got it going.
42:10This is so cool, man.
42:11I'm telling you, there is nothing like this anywhere else in the world.
42:14If he'll do 23, he'll do 25.
42:18You think they ought to cut us a deal?
42:19We got 20 hours into it already.
42:21That's what I'd like to think.
42:22Here's the deal.
42:23I don't want to piss the guy off.
42:25Sometimes in negotiations, you can push someone over the edge.
42:28If they don't feel like they're getting a good deal, then they kind of pull back.
42:32I didn't want Dale to pull back.
42:34I wanted it to flow.
42:35Listen to me this one time.
42:36You can always go down, but you can't go back up.
42:39You tell him 25.
42:41I'll tell him 25.
42:41You tell him.
42:42And then I can be like, and then he won't get mad at me and be mad at you.
42:45I don't care.
42:45In our game, a couple extra thousand, it's a lot of diesel.
42:49Well, you know, we talked a little bit about it.
42:51And we'd like to get 25 out of it.
42:54That's what we feel it's worth.
43:01When Dale looked at his son, I wasn't sure if he was going to kick us out or take the
43:05car.
43:12We got a deal at 25.
43:14At 25?
43:14Really?
43:15You got it.
43:16Yeah.
43:17Thank you, guys.
43:18You know, I just could not picture that thing leaving wheels for time.
43:21This is a one-of-a-kind place, full of one-of-a-kind things.
43:23This fits right in.
43:25I can't imagine a better place for it.
43:27I really can't.
43:27And I get to drive it once.
43:29And you get a ride.
43:29Let's rock.
43:31All right.
43:32I don't know, man.
43:33Goggle up, though.
43:35All right.
43:35Okay, quick once-over.
43:37There's a clutch in there and a shifter here.
43:39All right.
43:39I'm going to use that brake right there.
43:40Crank it, Frankie.
43:41Ready?
43:47Woo-hoo!
43:49All right.
43:50Look at that, baby.
43:52That is cool.
43:56Woo-hoo!
43:57Woo-hoo!
43:57Woo-hoo!
43:58Woo-hoo!
43:58Woo-hoo!
43:59Woo-hoo!
43:59Woo-hoo!
43:59Woo-hoo!
43:59Woo-hoo!
43:59Woo-hoo!
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