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00:00Up next on American Restoration.
00:02Rick, this is a 1937 iron lung,
00:05common during the polio epidemic.
00:07Ah.
00:08Do you want this thing working?
00:09That's right. Here's the deal.
00:10There's a lot more to this.
00:13Wow, a lot of stuff.
00:15What'd you end up paying for these?
00:1660 bucks.
00:17That's good.
00:18Bradley got a great deal on these trikes,
00:20but I'm bracing myself for when he tells me
00:22how much he spent on one of these bigger items.
00:25Earlier, Tyler pranked me pretty good, so now it's on.
00:28Grab a seat and let's go over this for a little bit, Cole.
00:32I knew I'd get somebody!
00:34Ha-ha!
00:36Look at a man's workbench.
00:38You see his passions.
00:41His work's in progress.
00:45The things that drive him crazy.
00:50Projects that?
00:51You get the point.
00:53Anyway, every workbench tells a story,
00:55and this is ours.
00:58American Restoration.
01:05What the hell is that, Rick?
01:07My job is really rewarding because I get to work
01:10on so many different projects.
01:12But when an item comes in that's a symbol
01:14of an important historical era, that's when I get excited.
01:18What can I do for you?
01:20I'd like to have you take a look at this old respirator.
01:22I'm here at Rick's Restorations today
01:24to get my 1937 iron lung restored.
01:27It sat outside for a long time.
01:29It doesn't work anymore.
01:30I'd like to have it restored because I think that it can
01:33become an important museum piece or collector piece.
01:36Rick, this is a 1937 Drinker Collins negative pressure
01:40respirator, also known as an iron lung,
01:43common during the polio epidemic.
01:45Right.
01:45This thing's awesome.
01:46In the early 1900s, there was a polio epidemic
01:49in this country that left thousands of children
01:52and adults crippled.
01:53The worst off were those that couldn't breathe on their own.
01:56By the late 1920s, a machine called the iron lung became widely
02:00used for these polio victims.
02:02These things saved lives.
02:04And it would be an honor to restore one.
02:06The way the thing worked, of course, this had glass in it.
02:10Right.
02:11It was essentially a sealed chamber.
02:13And the patient who was paralyzed in their diaphragm
02:17and was unable to breathe would lay on a bed inside of here.
02:21Right.
02:21And their head would stick out this end.
02:24Right.
02:24And then this bellows down here would open and close
02:27from this motor driven gearbox.
02:30Right.
02:30And it'd pull a vacuum.
02:31Yeah.
02:31And then it would pressurize.
02:32And that would cause the person's lungs to go out.
02:35Spand or contract, depending on what the pressure was.
02:37It helped them breathe.
02:38Yeah.
02:39But you want this thing working?
02:41Do you want it?
02:42Basically, it's going to be a museum piece,
02:44or it's going to be in the lobby of a pulmonary cardio
02:46clinic of some kind.
02:48All right.
02:48So I think what we can do is get this thing totally working,
02:50but not to medical standards.
02:52I don't think it's going to save anybody.
02:54What has to happen is everything is going to come off.
02:56I mean, every nut, bolt, piece, bring it all the way down,
03:00because all I want is this cylinder
03:01to be sitting in front of me after we sandblast it.
03:04And then I'm going to cut it out with a torch
03:06and then patch it in.
03:07Right.
03:08We'll go through this motor, make it all work again.
03:10Make it pretty, paint it all.
03:12The same with the gearbox, of course.
03:13On the bellow, we'll go ahead and figure out if we can make this,
03:16clean that all up, make that all work correctly.
03:19So, Rick, what's it going to take to put this back together?
03:21Um, all that, I'm looking at about $12,000 to do the whole thing.
03:31Could you do this for $10,000?
03:34I think the thing's as cool as can be.
03:37And you know what?
03:38I'm going to do it for $10,000.
03:39All right.
03:40All right?
03:40It's going to be a challenge, but I got to make this restoration
03:43work for $10,000.
03:44This iron lung represents an era where the country worked together
03:48to overcome a terrible disease.
03:49And I want to do my part to keep this piece of history alive.
03:59When he's shooting, when he's fixing this in body,
04:02he can just paint this white too, you know what I'm saying?
04:04Hey, Tyler.
04:05What's up?
04:05Hey, I need you to do something for me.
04:06I need you to take my car and get it washed.
04:09Washed?
04:09You know it's my baby.
04:10It's got to be clean.
04:11Well, I'm right in the middle of something.
04:13Dude, just do it on your lunch break.
04:15No, why would I do that?
04:17You're my nephew.
04:19I've been here longer.
04:20I've also, like, changed your diaper.
04:22So you need to owe me.
04:25OK?
04:25Thanks, man.
04:27Are you serious?
04:29Ron must be delusional.
04:31I would never, ever wash his car.
04:33But I think I might use my lunch break today
04:35to teach my uncle a lesson.
04:38The iron lung we just got in is in really bad shape.
04:42And if I'm going to restore it, I got to get eyes
04:44on a complete one.
04:45Hey, Lonnie.
04:46Well, good morning, Rick.
04:48I have this friend, Lonnie, and you could say
04:50he's a bit of an oddball.
04:52His house has everything from full-scale models
04:55of spaceships to submarines.
04:57And hopefully, an iron lung is part of that collection.
05:00I hear you have an iron lung.
05:01I really do.
05:02I have one in my basement in my tomb.
05:05The tomb.
05:07Yeah, awesome.
05:08Let's go see it.
05:08Where's it at?
05:08Come on down the stairs here.
05:10OK.
05:11Where are we on?
05:12I put a tomb underneath the house
05:14so that I never have to leave the property.
05:17Who the hell has a tomb in their house?
05:19Like, do you use that as a conversation starter?
05:21Oh, yeah, we're hanging out.
05:22Let's just go down to my tomb.
05:23Wow.
05:25This is my sarcophagus.
05:27Yeah.
05:28And my iron lung from the 50s.
05:31Why do you have an iron lung?
05:33It's where I'm going to be buried.
05:34I'm going to spend eternity in there.
05:42Lonnie is Lonnie.
05:43And when he took us down to this tomb area he was talking about,
05:45I just figured it was just a dark place.
05:47Instead, it's actually where he wants to be buried.
05:50And it is literally a tomb.
05:52Lonnie, we're restoring one almost just like this.
05:55The bed comes out like that.
05:56And it has a little bit bigger lenses here.
05:59Yeah.
05:59This is interesting because I wondered,
06:02do you think this is a plex or it's glass?
06:03It is some plex.
06:04It is a plex.
06:05It's a plex, yeah.
06:06That's good to know because I was thinking about putting glass in there
06:09and it would have been extremely expensive to roll glass.
06:12Ours has a little bit different headrest situation here.
06:15This is really nice the way they made this.
06:17It actually holds the skull just perfectly there.
06:20On ours is basically you sit your head and that's it.
06:22There's actually a mirror so you could see yourself
06:24or you could put news papers in here, magazines,
06:28so they could read and that kind of stuff.
06:30And also just to talk to people so you can look at them when you're in it.
06:34This is showing me quite a bit actually.
06:36You should experience it from the inside.
06:39Get in it, Ty.
06:40No.
06:41Come on.
06:42For $100?
06:43I'll give you $100.
06:45All right.
06:45Got to get in the back here and we're going to crawl in.
06:49Lay down there on your back.
06:52Getting in this thing is creepy on multiple levels.
06:55But for $100, there's basically nothing that I won't do.
06:59Ready?
06:59Oh, my God.
07:01Here we go.
07:02Here we go.
07:03One, two, three.
07:05OK, slide on out.
07:10OK.
07:13How does that feel in there?
07:14Can I get out now?
07:15No.
07:16I've experienced it.
07:17Tough .
07:19You've experienced it for a couple of minutes.
07:22To think about you being in there as a person
07:24and only being able to blink and swallow and move your lips,
07:27that's incredible.
07:28Being in there, you can't move your arms.
07:31All you can see through is that mirror.
07:32And you don't really have many options.
07:35Thanks a lot.
07:36Sure enough.
07:36I can't believe Tyler actually agreed to go inside there.
07:39There's no way in hell I'd go inside that thing.
07:41And I ain't going to give him no $100.
07:43He's just going to have to figure that out.
07:44I'm so excited to see this iron lung.
07:46All right.
07:47Here we go.
07:48Oh, check this out.
07:51This is going to be hilarious.
07:53I'm going to trick him by asking if he can go on a run with me.
07:56He'll turn on the AC.
07:57And bam.
08:00You .
08:12Earlier, a customer brought in an old iron lung
08:14from the early 1900s.
08:17Tyler and I went over to Lonnie's to do a little homework.
08:19Now it's time to rock and roll.
08:21So I got Kyle and Cowboy tearing this thing apart.
08:26Cowboy, you ever been in one of these?
08:27No.
08:29I can't hold it like this.
08:31You're going to have to go in it, Kyle.
08:33Me?
08:33You don't know what's small enough to go in there.
08:35You're going in there so we can get the done.
08:37It's harder and harder to work with you every day.
08:39I'm really not trying to get into this thing,
08:41but I guess somebody's got to do it, right?
08:44I'm feeling claustrophobic.
08:46You owe me lunch for this, Cowboy.
08:48Ready?
08:48Yeah.
08:51Really?
08:52Come on, Cowboy.
09:00Come on back, Bradley.
09:01While the guys are tearing down the iron lung,
09:03Bradley's just getting back from his first solo pick ever.
09:06This should be interesting.
09:08What's up?
09:08How'd it go?
09:09It was good.
09:10Yeah?
09:11A lot of driving.
09:11Let's see what you got.
09:13Up until now, Ron's been the only one
09:15that I've trusted alone in the field.
09:16But Bradley's been nagging me for a shot.
09:18So this is his chance to show me what he can do.
09:23There we go.
09:24A lot of stuff.
09:25That looks good.
09:26I'm really surprised just by the amount of stuff
09:29Bradley was able to get.
09:30I mean, there are times when just asking him to pick me up
09:33a cup of coffee can go wrong.
09:35So, so far, so good.
09:38This is cool.
09:39It's a really nice track.
09:40It's old because of the tires.
09:42See, the tires are all hard.
09:44It looks like it's probably 30s.
09:46It's got really cool cranks and pedals on it.
09:48And this is all original, too, huh?
09:50Yep.
09:50Everything on it's original.
09:51This one here, this is done by AMF.
09:53It's probably 60s.
09:54You got a lot of parts.
09:55So that's what this is good for.
09:56We're always missing these bearings.
09:58A lot of the handlebars are bent.
10:00So this is a good set of handlebars.
10:02So what did you end up paying for these?
10:03I got it for, like, $60, both of them.
10:05That's good.
10:06That's good for parts.
10:07And this is good for a complete restoration.
10:10Right on.
10:10Bradley got a great deal on these trikes.
10:13But I'm bracing myself for when he tells me how much he spent
10:16on one of these bigger items.
10:18This is a stoner.
10:19Stoner started this machine in the 40s.
10:21This whole design, this is all new logos.
10:23Where, you know, there's more 60s as far as the look here.
10:26The coolest thing of this machine is you got one that
10:29does both, where it's got lifesavers and gum over here.
10:32That's pretty rare.
10:33What did you pay for this?
10:34$300 for it.
10:35That's a good deal.
10:37This will sell real good.
10:38Yeah.
10:38It's awesome.
10:39And last but not least, the scale.
10:42Yeah, a penny scale.
10:43I've never seen one like this.
10:45Automatic Service Corporation.
10:46Wow.
10:47When these came out, there's no such thing as a scale at home.
10:50You would have to go to the doctor to get weight.
10:52All these did different things.
10:53Some of them read your horoscope.
10:55Some of them gave you a fortune.
10:56Some of them printed out a little picture of somebody,
10:58you know, a movie star or something.
10:59They all had a little gimmick to them.
11:01This is awesome.
11:02What did you end up paying for this thing?
11:03I got it for $100.
11:05Oh, wow.
11:06That's a great deal.
11:07Yeah, sure.
11:08You stole that.
11:08They were nice, yeah.
11:09That's a great, great deal.
11:11Wow.
11:12I see these machines going for $600 to $800.
11:15So I can't believe how well Bradley did.
11:17I mean, I don't think anyone has brought back so much stuff
11:20for so little money.
11:21I think Ron's going to have to start stepping up his game.
11:24You keep this up, you're going to take over Ron's job.
11:26Good job, bud.
11:27All right.
11:27Awesome job.
11:28See you, Nana.
11:29All right.
11:29Good job to you, too.
11:30All right.
11:41Earlier, Ron had the balls to ask me to get his car cleaned.
11:44Wash my car, OK?
11:46Thanks, man.
11:47Really?
11:48He was so obnoxious about it that now I just got to punk him.
11:52A little flower in the air duct should do the trick.
11:54This is going to be hilarious.
11:56I'm going to trick him by asking if he can go on a run with me,
11:59go get in his car, not think anything of it,
12:01turn on the AC, and bam.
12:04You got a couple minutes?
12:05Yeah.
12:06I got to go on a run, and we got to go pick up some compressors,
12:09but there's no truck here.
12:10So what, you and me going?
12:10Yeah, I mean, go out and get some lunch.
12:12Oh, yeah, get me out of the boneyard, dude.
12:14Wait, I thought you were supposed to get my car washed at lunch.
12:16In your dreams, pal.
12:35This was a classic one by Tyler.
12:36He got me.
12:37He got me big time.
12:38As soon as I turn my ignition on,
12:41all this white stuff coming out,
12:42then I got my nephew next to me,
12:44and he's laughing like crazy.
12:45Have fun cleaning that up.
12:48That was frigging stupid, Tyler.
12:56Right now, we're restoring this 30s iron lung for Larry.
12:59First, Manny's replacing all the rusted out sections
13:01of this cylinder,
13:02rebuilding this thing from the ground up.
13:05Then, to give this thing a long-lasting finish,
13:07we're powder-coating it in the original green.
13:09And the bedding in this thing was also completely ruined.
13:12So I have Charlie making a pair of custom mattresses
13:15and a new headrest.
13:17But what's really got me worried
13:19is how the heck we're gonna make a new bellow system,
13:22which is what pumps the air in and out
13:24and keeps the patient alive.
13:25It's the heart of the machine.
13:27It has to work.
13:29All right, so this is the most important piece.
13:31It's the thing that actually makes a vacuum,
13:34like a diaphragm,
13:36pushing the air in and then sucking it out
13:38so that the person can breathe.
13:39Same thing your lungs are doing.
13:41Right.
13:41Just like your lungs,
13:42the bellows have to be airtight.
13:44So we have to find a practical material to use
13:47to ensure that no air leaks out.
13:49Okay, so this is what I want you to do.
13:51Take an inner tube
13:52and figure out this dimension right here
13:53and then cut it to where we can stretch it out.
13:56We're gonna make it airtight.
13:57That's the problem.
13:58Why can't we stitch it
14:00like the leather?
14:01I think it's gonna leak,
14:02but I think you could glue it.
14:04Glue it.
14:05And then go around it,
14:06make sure we got a seam
14:07on the leather and on the rubber.
14:09Glue it together
14:10so we've got a leather ring on the outside,
14:12we've got a rubber ring on the inside,
14:14and then we have two bands on top and bottom.
14:17And then when that arm
14:18is going up and down like this,
14:20it's pushing that
14:21and should have nice airflow.
14:22You got suction and exhaust.
14:24Suction and exhaust.
14:25And hopefully this thing's gonna work.
14:27All right.
14:28Okay.
14:29It's hard to say
14:29if we can actually get this thing functioning again,
14:32but I certainly didn't take on this job to quit now,
14:34so I'm definitely anxious to see what happens.
14:46Sweet.
14:46Nobody's in here.
14:49Earlier, Tyler pranked me pretty good,
14:51so now it's on.
14:53Let's see how my little nephew
14:55likes this old air horn seat.
14:58This is gonna be priceless.
15:00Hey, you got a couple minutes?
15:02I wanted to go over those work orders
15:03that your dad wants to go over.
15:04Yeah, I guess.
15:05I'll be there in a sec.
15:06Okay, it'll only take a couple minutes.
15:07Thanks.
15:08All right.
15:08Bye.
15:09I gotta admit,
15:10I've been wanting to get somebody
15:11with this prank for a long time,
15:13and Tyler just gave me
15:15the perfect opportunity.
15:16This is gonna scare
15:17the out of him.
15:19What's up?
15:19Hey, dude.
15:20What's up?
15:20Grab a seat.
15:21Let's go over this for a little bit.
15:22Cool?
15:26What's up?
15:27Get over here.
15:30Dude, that was supposed to scare
15:31the crap out of you.
15:32That was my prank.
15:33You didn't get scared at all.
15:34You're not gonna get me.
15:36I mean, what?
15:39You suck, dude.
15:40Are we doing work orders?
15:41No.
15:41No, that was a prank.
15:43That was one of my best, too.
15:44Why don't you go cry about it
15:46in your dirty car?
15:47Son of a...
15:48Next time,
15:48I'm just gonna put
15:49a whole pile of live tarantulas
15:51on his desk.
15:53If you've ever stained wood before,
15:55you've probably run into this problem.
15:56Wood stain on your hands
15:58that can set in for days.
15:59What common household item
16:01is safe and effective
16:02at removing oil-based stain
16:04from your hands?
16:05A, baby powder.
16:06B, oranges.
16:08C, olive oil.
16:09D, petroleum jelly.
16:11The answer and more coming up.
16:18What common household item
16:20is safe and effective
16:21at removing oil-based stain
16:23from your hands?
16:24The correct answer is C, olive oil.
16:27What you do is rub a little olive oil
16:29into your hands.
16:30What it's doing is removing the stain
16:32because olive oil is actually
16:34a natural solvent
16:35and it removes the pigment
16:36of the stain.
16:37For more intense stains,
16:39add salt or sand as an abrasive
16:40and that should do the trick.
16:49This iron lung has been
16:50one hell of a project.
16:52All the parts are done,
16:53so now I've got Kyle and Fonzie
16:55assembling it for the customer
16:56who's coming in
16:57to pick it up later today.
17:00Hey, Dad.
17:01Yeah?
17:02Larry's here, you know,
17:03for the iron lung.
17:04Oh, hey.
17:05Hi, Rick.
17:05Good, how you been?
17:06Good, I'm so excited
17:07to see this iron lung.
17:09All right.
17:09Being able to take this machine
17:11back to South Dakota
17:12in a restored condition
17:13is very important to me.
17:14It saved lives
17:15and helped people
17:17that otherwise wouldn't be here.
17:19All right, so you remember
17:20what this looked like, right?
17:21I mean, it came in just trash.
17:22Yes, sir.
17:23All right, you ready?
17:24All right.
17:24One, two, three.
17:28Oh, check this out.
17:30What do you think?
17:31This is fantastic.
17:33Right out of the factory.
17:35Absolutely spectacular.
17:37When I first saw the iron lung,
17:39I was blown away.
17:41The first thing I noticed
17:42were all of the beautiful plated parts.
17:44Just spectacular shining parts
17:47all over the machine.
17:48Compared to how this was
17:49when I brought it in,
17:52it's unbelievable.
17:53You know, it was a huge
17:54learning experience for us
17:56to figure out how it operated,
17:58what each part did,
17:59and then I ended up
18:00going over to a friend of mine's,
18:01and believe it or not,
18:03he actually had one
18:04down in his basement,
18:05but it wasn't as old as this.
18:07It was 50s.
18:08It actually inspired me
18:09about some ideas of the machine
18:11and how it worked and everything,
18:12and actually,
18:13Tyler ended up
18:14getting inside of it.
18:15No kidding.
18:15You were inside?
18:16Yeah, I was in it.
18:17But I still haven't seen
18:19my $100 for doing it.
18:20Yeah, no, it was ridiculous.
18:23The tank itself
18:25was rusted out first.
18:26We had to roll the metal
18:27and then weld it all in.
18:29It had to be airtight.
18:30Yep.
18:30We ended up doing
18:31a lot of body work
18:32and fabrication.
18:33We re-nickel plated everything.
18:35This is actually Plexiglas,
18:37and that's what they would have used
18:38back then on this particular one.
18:40So that's all been redone.
18:41Now you can see through there.
18:42Yep.
18:43Ted went and redid
18:44your face plate
18:45of the water pressure gauge
18:46right there,
18:47so that's all new
18:48and been re-put back together.
18:49Fantastic.
18:50The motor itself,
18:52we sent the motor out,
18:53redid all the electrical.
18:54All the electrical's been done.
18:56Yep.
18:56Where the bellows went up in it,
18:58it was all rusted out.
18:59Yeah.
18:59So we had redo it,
19:00re-weld it,
19:01remount it.
19:02So cool.
19:03On the bellows,
19:04we saw that it was leather
19:05on one side,
19:07inner tube material
19:08in the middle of it
19:09as the diaphragm,
19:10and then all of a sudden
19:11we're figuring out
19:12what are we going to use
19:13for the rubber?
19:13We ended up buying
19:14like three or four
19:15different kinds of tires
19:16to try to figure out.
19:17We finally figured out
19:18the one that would work,
19:18and then boom,
19:19that thing fed in there.
19:20I'm amazed.
19:21I'm really eager
19:21to go through it
19:22and see all the pieces.
19:24So you want me to fire it up
19:25and show you how it works?
19:26Turn it on.
19:27You haven't seen that
19:28happen yet, have you?
19:28No, sir.
19:29All right.
19:30I know this is
19:31a really tough project
19:32for Rick.
19:33I'm hoping he was able
19:34to do everything
19:35that he thought he could do
19:36to bring this machine
19:37back to life.
19:38I'm ready.
19:38Hit it.
19:41Check it out.
19:41Wow!
19:42Look at that!
19:45Oh, that's beautiful!
19:47Isn't it quiet?
19:47Oh, it's quiet!
19:49Think of that thing
19:49running and running
19:51and running.
19:51Yeah, yeah.
19:52All day.
19:53Yeah.
19:56I think that you really
19:57need to get the full effect
19:58of what it would be like.
20:00I think we need
20:00to stick him in it.
20:01Yes!
20:02What?
20:02He knows.
20:03You're getting in it,
20:04he said.
20:04No, I'm not getting in it.
20:06Yeah, I got in
20:06the first time.
20:07Now it's time for you
20:08to get in it.
20:09Now you've got to get in it.
20:10I mean, next time,
20:11you should have just
20:12given me my $100.
20:13Come on.
20:18Oh, no.
20:19Come on.
20:20Oh, no.
20:20Don't be scared.
20:22Oh.
20:25This is very weird.
20:28Oh, my.
20:29Oh.
20:32Oh, I can,
20:33oh, you can feel
20:34the suction for sure.
20:36Really?
20:36That's freaky.
20:37Yeah.
20:37Hopefully it just sucks
20:38the money right
20:39out of your pockets.
20:41While you're in there,
20:42that $100 you owed me
20:43seems awfully accessible.
20:45Hey!
20:46Where's your wallet?
20:46Get out of my pockets.
20:47I took my wallet out.
20:50Experiencing the iron lung
20:51firsthand really taught
20:53me a few lessons.
20:54First, what a struggle
20:55it was for the people
20:56who had to live in them.
20:58Second, not to
20:59stiff Tyler on a bat.
21:00It's absolutely spectacular.
21:02Thanks for bringing it in.
21:03Thanks, Tyler.
21:04Awesome.
21:04Not a problem.
21:18I knew I'd get somebody.
21:20Oh, my God.
21:24Did it work?
21:25That was perfect, dude.
21:27Perfect.
21:27Next time, pay me
21:28my $100.
21:28Sucker.
21:31Bastard.
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