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00:00Coming up on American Restoration.
00:02What we'd like to do is take this thing around the country.
00:05Time. How are we looking?
00:06We've got to have it in about three months.
00:08Oh, three months!
00:10At least see if we can start the engine?
00:12Nope.
00:13I mean, this is gnarly.
00:15This is a lot of work.
00:17Check it out.
00:17Oh, it's an old shuffleboard game.
00:19It was in a Teamsters local, 985,
00:22run by a personal friend of Jimmy Hoffa's.
00:25Hoffa's not in here, is he?
00:27Way in the back in the old junkyard,
00:29there's an old red 46 Harley.
00:32And I would like to have that bike ready in two weeks
00:34if we all get together and do some work for the big raffle.
00:37Two weeks.
00:38We'll make this bike a stunner.
00:40My life is marked with crazy people.
00:45Across this country,
00:46five shops are breathing new life into classic American designs.
00:51From rusted out Mustangs,
00:53to broken down Harleys,
00:56and everything in between.
00:58Each job has a story.
01:01Love these things.
01:02Woo!
01:06This is American Restoration.
01:14Hey, buddy.
01:15Hey, Andy. How you doing?
01:16Good to see you.
01:17The CEO of Carl's Jr., Andy Puzzer,
01:19has had a real American classic dropped off today.
01:22It's a 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe.
01:25He's got a big celebration coming up
01:27that he wants this thing restored for,
01:29so he's here today to go over a game plan.
01:33What a beautiful car.
01:34Right?
01:35Man, America really knew how to build them back then.
01:37They sure did.
01:38It's huge.
01:39It's huge.
01:40Big back seat.
01:42They base this car on putting your family in it
01:44and driving across the country.
01:45The P12 Special Deluxe was Plymouth's top-of-the-line model
01:49that they put out in 1941.
01:51My most favorite years in a car are basically from 36 to 41.
01:56I love the big, swooping fenders, the big grills.
02:00Almost all of the vehicles at that time
02:02kind of had a similar styling to them
02:05that I just absolutely love.
02:07Tell me a little bit about the history of what's going on.
02:10Carl came to California from Ohio.
02:12He wanted to go into business.
02:13The only asset he had that he could borrow against
02:17was his 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe.
02:20He opened a restaurant called Carl's Drive-In Barbecue.
02:25Wow.
02:25And then he began to open smaller restaurants
02:27that served hamburgers, and he called those Carl's Jr.
02:30So now we've got about 3,000 Carl's Jr. and Hardee's
02:33in the United States.
02:34600 internationally.
02:35We're in 36 countries.
02:37And it all started with a loan on a Chrysler Plymouth Deluxe.
02:41You've got your 75th anniversary coming up.
02:43Yeah, 75 years next year.
02:45And what we'd like to do is take this thing around the country.
02:48Really make this a special event.
02:50Sure.
02:50It celebrates Carl's entrepreneurial spirit,
02:52something that starts like this
02:54and turns into a huge enterprise.
02:56Carl Karcher and I were very close,
02:58and he would always talk about how proud he was,
03:01about how the company was founded,
03:02and the humble means that it came from.
03:05And this car was a key element of that story,
03:08no matter when he told it or who he told it to.
03:10It's amazing to think people put all this together 75 years ago.
03:14I wish they still made them like this.
03:15Me too.
03:16That's actually why I do what I do.
03:17I'm trying to bring it all back.
03:19Actually, I got some images here that we came up with.
03:22I would like to keep some of the traditional aspects of it.
03:25I want it to be a classic car.
03:27I don't want to soup it up too much.
03:28I love this with the flames.
03:30We have a logo with flames.
03:32And this looks a lot like the flames in the logo.
03:35That's what I saw.
03:36It shows your colors, everything.
03:38And I think it'll go with the colors in the interior,
03:40so I think we're okay there.
03:41And motor and trans,
03:42you happy with keeping this
03:43or do you want me to put something else in it?
03:45Replace them.
03:46Okay.
03:46We are going to want to drive this thing around.
03:48I know.
03:49And not just down the block.
03:50We need to have a transmission and an engine
03:52that will get us where we need to go.
03:54Okay.
03:54It's going to cost a lot.
03:55What are you thinking?
03:57Um, up around 125.
03:59Let's go with it.
04:01If you can get it in under that, that's great.
04:02Okay.
04:03And another thing, time.
04:04How are we looking?
04:05When do I have to have this done?
04:07You know, we've got to have it in about three months.
04:09Oh, three months.
04:11Wow.
04:12Okay.
04:13We've got the anniversary coming up,
04:14so we've got to get moving.
04:15Well, okay.
04:16You're going to have to leave right now
04:17and I'm going to have to get started.
04:19I'll see you soon.
04:20Thanks, guys.
04:20All right, man.
04:21See ya.
04:22Three months may sound like a lot,
04:23but normally a job like this would take a long time.
04:25At least a year.
04:26That's a total game changer,
04:28because now he wants a new engine,
04:30a new trans.
04:31So to handle that horsepower and torque,
04:33I'm going to have to build a new chassis.
04:35I'm going to have to give it new suspension,
04:37new interior, new paint.
04:39I got to go through the running boards.
04:41It looks like there could be a lot of body rot.
04:43This is going to be a massive job.
04:53So why don't we start tearing out the interior?
04:56For sure.
04:56Make sure we label everything.
04:58I got bags here,
04:59because I want to put this thing back together
05:00as quick as possible.
05:01What's cool about these things is 75 years ago,
05:05they were built by hand on a real,
05:07true American assembly line.
05:09So now we're having fun,
05:10because we get to take apart all the nuts
05:13and the bolts and everything else by hand.
05:15Whoa!
05:16Mice!
05:16Look at that!
05:21This is driver.
05:22We have to categorize all of the items
05:25that we're pulling off.
05:27One box for polishing,
05:29one box for repair,
05:31one box for chrome.
05:32If I can keep those all together
05:33and send it all out,
05:35that makes everybody's life easy.
05:47They're coming off right now.
05:53Look at that.
05:54I can see that we're going to have to replace
05:56some floorboards.
05:57There's a lot more rot than I anticipated,
05:59which means our three-month deadline
06:02has turned into an almost impossible job.
06:05We're going to start doing some rust repair.
06:08We're going to have to inspect the damage
06:10on that floor pretty good.
06:11And we'll see what else lies in store.
06:13All right.
06:14All right.
06:27Let's get this display set up.
06:29It's going to be great.
06:30Where's the bike at?
06:31Bob's rolling it in now.
06:33Can't wait to see the lucky winner on this one, brother.
06:36Make way for the real deal.
06:39Here we got it.
06:39Looks like a 39 knucklehead.
06:41Every year we raffle a bike
06:43at Wheels Through Time
06:43like this Harley we're about to give away.
06:45It helps us keep our wheels rolling,
06:47and it also helps us fund next year's raffle bike.
06:50How do you like the pipes on that?
06:51Oh, I love that.
06:52Upswept, kind of old style.
06:54What do they make?
06:552,000 of these?
06:56A little bit more than that.
06:57About 2,239 ELs,
07:00and all the 39s were 61 cubic inches.
07:02Right.
07:03You know, rather than shining this bike up,
07:06we ought to be thinking about getting
07:07next year's raffle bike ready.
07:09When we're giving this bike away,
07:11it's really important to have next year's bike ready.
07:14Way in the back in the old junkyard,
07:16there's an old red 46 FL.
07:19Right.
07:19And I would like to have that bike ready in two weeks
07:22if we all get together and do some work
07:24for next year's raffle.
07:25You're dreaming.
07:26Two weeks.
07:27I can build an engine in two or three days.
07:29A tranny takes a day.
07:30We'll have some beautiful bags made.
07:32We'll make this bike a stunner,
07:33and we'll do it in two weeks.
07:34Come on, let's go check it out.
07:36My life is marked with crazy people.
07:44This is it, guys.
07:461946 NUC.
07:47And it's mostly there.
07:49Buried alive.
07:49Look at this.
07:50It is buried.
07:51Here, grab some of that stuff.
07:52I started collecting bikes many years ago,
07:54actually before I was even a Harley dealership.
07:56Some of the bikes here in the junk pile I brought with me.
07:59These Harleys are great machines,
08:01and this one's going to make a great project for our raffle.
08:03It's got a lot of good parts on it.
08:05Here, I got that.
08:05Mostly complete.
08:07The frame is straight,
08:08and the forks are straight as can be.
08:09Yeah.
08:10Hey, look at this speedometer on here.
08:11How many miles are on that?
08:12Original miles would be 44,156 miles.
08:17It's a good 46 engine.
08:19It needs a rebuild.
08:20Yeah.
08:20But it's got all the right stuff on it.
08:22World War II had just ended when this 46 Harley came off the line.
08:25Colors were minimal.
08:26Red, blue, or black?
08:27Those were your choices.
08:29And there wasn't much chrome.
08:30The essential items such as chromium and rubber
08:32were on hold from the United States government.
08:34It's really a rare bike.
08:36We're going to relive the original glory of this bike.
08:38No bobber, no chopper, bone stock, pretty as can be.
08:42I think we should go right back to the original red.
08:44Red is the way to go.
08:45I think it needs a set of Hollywood handlebars.
08:48Ooh, that's a great idea.
08:49I love that.
08:50Yeah.
08:51I got a buddy that owes me a big favor for leather work.
08:54He can probably do a seat in the bags a couple of weeks.
08:57Or less.
08:57A couple of weeks, he's going to have to.
08:58Period.
08:59Correct.
08:59Fancy bags.
09:00We want people to look at this motorcycle before they buy a raffle ticket
09:03and say, I'll buy 10 tickets for that bike.
09:06I got you.
09:06I think it's time to go to work.
09:07You're going to be a winner.
09:08Let's do it.
09:12This thing's in bad shape.
09:14Nothing left with a floor left.
09:15We got to basically make our own.
09:17I mean, this is gnarly.
09:19This is a lot of work.
09:20I wasn't planning on all this rust, that's for sure.
09:31Andy.
09:33Hey, what's up, Scotty?
09:35Listen, I got something really cool out here in the truck.
09:38What you got?
09:40This piece means a lot to me, Andy.
09:42Over the years, I've done a number of projects for Scott.
09:45He's a really great guy and he has a lot of cool things.
09:47Check it out.
09:49That's sweet or what?
09:50Oh, it's an old shuffleboard game.
09:51Yeah.
09:52Pull it out?
09:53Yeah.
09:54Awesome.
09:54This thing's cool, dude.
09:56It is.
09:57So where'd you get it?
09:58It was in a Teamsters local, 985, which was run by a notorious union lawyer, William
10:04Buffalino.
10:05Really?
10:06Yeah.
10:06And he was a personal friend of Jimmy Hoffa's.
10:09Hoffa's not in here, is he?
10:10No.
10:11Okay.
10:12Jimmy Hoffa was the president of the Teamsters Union from 1958 to 1971.
10:18His disappearance in 1975 is still one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history.
10:23The possible tie-in to this famous labor boss makes the restoration on this game super interesting.
10:28It looks to be an old 52 Chicago coin-off shuffleboard machine.
10:33They were started by three guys back in 31.
10:36Chicago was like the hotbed for amusement games back then.
10:39These guys made electromotive driving machines, the original ones.
10:43They made the ski ball.
10:44A lot of amusement stuff.
10:45Some cool stuff, man.
10:46Chicago coin-off made some of the coolest bowling machines out there.
10:50This 1952 version is a hybrid between shuffleboard and bowling.
10:54If your aim was good with the puck, it'd trigger a sensor, flip the pins, give you your score.
10:58Everybody had a blast with these.
10:59They were fun as can be.
11:01What exactly do you want to get in on this thing?
11:03Do you want me to strip it down and start over?
11:06You want just to fix it up?
11:08I mean, what are you looking at doing?
11:09You know, Andy, I'd like a full restoration on it.
11:12The reason why I picked this up, I met my wife around a table like this.
11:16Wow.
11:17A local bar.
11:17Then we started playing shuffle bowling together and it went from there.
11:2234 years later, I'm here, you know?
11:25You know, looking at it, it's really not in horrible shape.
11:29Right.
11:29Looks like the shield's broke on it.
11:31We can fix that.
11:32Some of this paint's in decent shape in its original.
11:35Personally, I'd clean it up and touch it up.
11:37Yeah.
11:37Because these graphics are in good shape and we can bring it back to the way it was.
11:42Right.
11:42What kind of budget are you dealing with, though?
11:44Right around $1,500.
11:46Okay.
11:46We'll see what we can do with that.
11:48In order to keep with Scott's budget of $1,500, I have to keep costs down any way I can.
11:54Hopefully, we don't have to replace any parts.
11:56The biggest thing right now is the back glass.
11:58I think I'm going to have to send that out to a specialist.
12:01It's a very hard process to do and I want to make sure it's right.
12:04Does she know about it?
12:06No.
12:06Awesome.
12:07So it's a secret?
12:08Yeah.
12:09Get your back playing with your old lady again.
12:11Yeah.
12:11Having some fun.
12:12For sure.
12:13All right.
12:13Thank you, sir.
12:14Thanks.
12:20What do we got, Andy?
12:21New project.
12:23Oh, boy.
12:24I have something right up your alley.
12:26I bet you do.
12:29Scott's 1952 Shuffle Bowler needs some cosmetic work for sure.
12:33The big wild card on this is mechanical electronics.
12:36If this machine doesn't work mechanically or electronically, it could throw the budget out of whack.
12:41Let's plug it in.
12:42All right.
12:43Here we go.
12:45Doesn't work.
12:47We're off to a bad start.
12:49No power, no lights, nothing.
12:50I'm going to have to go to Craig.
12:52He's my in-house electrical guru.
12:54If he can't get it rolling, nobody can.
12:56Get the top off this thing and see where we're at.
12:58Okay.
12:58That way we're level high.
13:00I can work on it.
13:00So let's get a feel for the weight of it first.
13:05Okay.
13:05I got it.
13:06Tilt.
13:09Holy electronics.
13:10Yeah.
13:13See anything, Craig?
13:14This right here is a power cord.
13:16Looks like it's already been spliced together once, so we'll cut it a little bit short,
13:20put the power cord on it, and plug it in and see what happens.
13:23All right, Andy.
13:24Let's get this thing up.
13:25We're going to put it back on?
13:26Yeah.
13:26All right, I'll grab this in.
13:28Okay, you ready?
13:29All right.
13:29Got it.
13:30Come on through.
13:32There we go.
13:32Just tilt it back and rest it on that edge.
13:35Got it.
13:36Then we're going to get the head unit put on.
13:38Okay, I got it.
13:42There we go.
13:48Yep.
13:50Something's jammed up.
13:52It's alive and that's a good thing.
13:54Hopefully Craig can figure out whatever problems are going on right now with the electronics
13:58in this thing.
13:59Time is money and we don't have that to spare.
14:01I don't know.
14:02No, it's plugged in.
14:08It jumped right across, but that number one's still getting power for some reason.
14:12Something's sticking.
14:14Yep.
14:15Here we go.
14:17All right.
14:18To the hinge.
14:19Figure out where the problem is and work back from there.
14:23Hey, Craig?
14:23Yes, sir.
14:24We got two wires that look like they might have been connected that are pulled apart back here.
14:28Let me take a look.
14:30That could be the problem right there.
14:32That's broke off and that's broke off, which is catching the power.
14:36That's probably it.
14:37It's going to take some time to get into it, gentlemen.
14:53I'm about to cut the whole front end off of this thing.
14:56I'm going to take a look.
14:57Modernizing cars is my specialty.
14:59It's what I love to do.
15:00This 41 Plymouth, it really needs it.
15:03Andy from Carl's Jr. has come to me and asked me to restore this Plymouth because he wants
15:08to take this thing on tour across the country.
15:10So to put a bigger motor, a 5.7 Hemi V8 in this thing, I'm going to have to lop
15:16off the front end of this.
15:18I'm going to have to beef up the suspension to handle everything we're about to do with it.
15:24None of these things were ever straight or perfectly level from the factory.
15:28So I try to make sure that I keep all my lines and all my cuts exactly the same.
15:33That way when I put my new frame rails in, that helps strengthen it because I'm going to run the
15:38frame rails down inside the old frame quite a bit.
15:40I'm going to box a lot of the old original frame and that'll help stiffen it up and handle the
15:46extra horsepower.
15:51I'm going to put it on the lift, make sure everything's nice and level.
15:56All right, time to cut this out.
16:33Next step, time to make some frame rails.
16:37I'm going to rebuild this engine right now because the glue is drying.
16:42I've really never pre-fit an engine. When I went to fit the engine, it didn't fit.
16:56This is why they call it a knucklehead right there, that little thing. It's a knuckle.
17:00Knucklehead was an engine that was designed in 1936.
17:03They carried it through to 1947, replaced with a panhead engine.
17:07A lot of the real experts say that the knucklehead was a better engine.
17:11And they're very valuable.
17:14We only have two weeks to finish restoring the 1946 knucklehead for the Harley-Davidson raffle.
17:19And it's extremely important the bike is done on time.
17:21If it's not, the raffle could be in jeopardy.
17:24All I have to do now is install the cam cover on the engine.
17:27Sometimes it can be time-consuming.
17:28My sealer is in the process of drying.
17:32And you can't let it get dry ahead of the process.
17:37Everything's got to be pre-fit.
17:39And lubrication is really the king.
17:43This engine has to turn so smoothly.
17:53I have pre-fit hundreds of engines.
17:56And I've really never pre-fit an engine.
17:59When I went to fit the engine, it didn't fit.
18:01But things are not going well.
18:02That's causing quite a bit of drama right now.
18:10The problem apparently is the size of the bearing.
18:14So what I'm going to have to do now is take these roller bearings and find a smaller size bearing.
18:26These are all bearings made by Harley-Davidson in undersizes.
18:32So this is a good shot that this will work.
18:35This could be my lucky day.
18:37Where's my cages?
18:38Because the glue is drying.
18:41Bearing cage intact.
18:45Fitted.
18:49And the big test.
18:50Will he make it?
18:51Will he make it?
18:52Will he make it?
18:56And the answer is no.
19:02The clearance factor on the Harley lower end is one thousandths of an inch.
19:06Any oversize in the cases won't fit.
19:08In this case, they're not fitting.
19:10Back in the 30s, Harley-Davidson produced undersized bearings.
19:13If I can find the correct undersized bearings and bolt the cases together,
19:17the sealer won't dry out, pausing wasted time.
19:20The next step is to try to find some bearings that are more than four ten-thousandths undersized.
19:24I found a set of one-thousandths undersized bearings.
19:291929 last bearing installed.
19:33A little bit of oil.
19:37Let her roll.
19:40Will it go?
19:42Yeah!
19:44That's what I'm talking about.
19:52Moving onward.
20:02Bam!
20:04There's our knucklehead.
20:08You're gonna run great.
20:10You hear me?
20:24Now that we've got the electronics working properly and the paint done,
20:28Craig's gonna move on to fixing the woodwork on this.
20:30It's cracked and deteriorated from years of abuse.
20:32We only have a few days left before Scott's anniversary,
20:35and we gotta get this thing done.
20:36There's a crack in the wood here.
20:38It tends to leave a dark spot when you clear coat it or when you lay stain down.
20:42So what you do is you just take the crack and just reopen it.
20:46So I'll just use my razor knife here for now and see if I can open up a valley in
20:51here.
20:51Sand them down, clean them out, lay the putty.
20:54I bought a can of wood putty that was somewhat similar to the color of the wood that we're gonna
20:58use.
20:59Don't let it harden all the way.
21:01It only takes a few seconds for this stuff to start drying,
21:03so you wanna get right back after it.
21:07Clean this up.
21:10And then we'll start sanding it smooth.
21:16This machine's been around a long time.
21:18It came to us in rough shape, but better take a little extra time.
21:22Get it done, get it done right.
21:23Let's give them something they can be proud of.
21:26Then we're gonna clear coat it, and once it's clear coated, it'll be as good as new.
21:36I'm just gonna go ahead and be as careful as I can along the edge.
21:40Perfect.
21:40I'm gonna let this dry.
21:42That's the first coat.
21:43It's gonna soak in.
21:44I'm gonna come back and give it somewhere between two and four more coats,
21:48and then this thing is gonna be good to go.
22:06We're working on this 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe.
22:10This thing had a ton of body rots, so Kirk's working on replacing the floorboards,
22:15fixing what he can, but making new pieces when we have to,
22:19to get this thing done and ready to go out to body and paint.
22:22The floor was so bad in most of these areas, especially the main floor.
22:26There was no trunk floor left, so I just made a new trunk floor.
22:30Right now I'm just getting it all finished, welded in, and then move on to the main floor.
22:51Hey man, how's it going?
22:52The trunk looks good.
22:54This thing was in bad shape, wasn't it?
22:56Yeah, there wasn't nothing left of the floor left.
22:59Just chewed up from the bottom.
23:01The original entrance were part of the floor.
23:04Yeah.
23:04So I just kind of built the little thing up where we could build the floor off of.
23:10I got a couple of placement panels, but...
23:13We gotta basically make our own?
23:15Yeah, I gotta make a couple of sections right here.
23:18I mean, this is gnarly.
23:19This is a lot of work.
23:21Just fix all the rot, whatever you need to do as soon as possible,
23:24because we gotta get this thing knocked out.
23:25I wasn't planning on all this rust, that's for sure.
23:29It's like trying to give a bid on a house.
23:32And you open up the walls and...
23:34Exactly.
23:34Alls it is is crap.
23:37Oh, f**k.
23:39I'm looking at the floorboards, and they are way more rotted out than I expected.
23:44Alls I do a lot more work than I originally thought.
23:48We posted.
23:48I'll check back in in a while.
23:53Because it was a little worse off, the price went up.
23:56500 bucks.
23:58500 bucks?
23:59We can bowl for it.
24:00If you win, I'll eat 500.
24:02Let's do this.
24:10The goal is to run these two wires through a pipe that runs all the way to the part that's
24:15hinged.
24:16So the important thing is to get it through this hinge portion where it doesn't get pinched.
24:20We've made a lot of headway on the 46 knucklehead we found back in the wheels through time junk pile.
24:25I've got the engine complete, and the correct flight red paint is back from the painter.
24:30What John is doing right now is installing the taillight wires in the rear fender.
24:33Now I've taken the liberty to replace the stock 46 taillight with the 1947 Tombstone taillight.
24:40It's a great looking taillight in chrome, and it's going to look great on this year's raffle bike.
24:45I end up using a separate wire to push it in with and then pull it back out with.
24:50The saddest thing is when this comes apart.
24:52So let me get my solder going here.
24:57Just a touch of lead on there is all we need.
25:00It just keeps it from coming apart mid-pipe as we're pulling this thing through.
25:07Okay, so that's through.
25:10Right through.
25:11Ha ha! Look at that!
25:13Looks like taillight time, John.
25:15Okay, we can stand this up anytime you're ready, my friend.
25:17Okay, let me get this little guy here on there.
25:19All we need is a lighter to shrink this shrinker.
25:22Barbecue time.
25:24Put a little flame on it, and it shrinks right down. No water will ever.
25:28Blow charge!
25:30Look at that.
25:30That's good.
25:31Get that one.
25:31Shrunk down.
25:32That's good.
25:34Now you go.
25:35Oh, that's a gratifying feeling right there.
25:37Oh, yeah, it is.
25:38How about that?
25:38Yeah.
25:40What do you think about putting this on the frame?
25:42That's what I was thinking.
25:43Let's do it, buddy.
25:44Okay, you pick up just like that.
25:47Yep.
25:47And walk that baby right over.
25:49Now you're going to spread it right here.
25:51You've got to grab this strut right here.
25:53Like that.
25:54Oop, it came off.
25:55There you go.
25:56Right there.
25:56That's what that means.
25:57You know what we've got to do next?
25:58What's that?
25:59Tomorrow.
26:00The chrome fender trim on the side.
26:02The Heather's Leather saddlebags.
26:04Sweet.
26:19Oh.
26:20That's hurt.
26:22Wow, that's all we need.
26:24We're finishing up Scott's awesome 1952 shuffle bowling machine.
26:28That is, unless somebody scratches this thing up and sends us back into pain.
26:32I'm going to put some light bulbs in while you're putting the lock on it.
26:35All right.
26:35Cool.
26:36Right in the slot.
26:39Boom.
26:41Come on.
26:42Get in.
26:43This is it.
26:44Magic.
26:45Make sure this thing fires up right.
26:47Scotty's on his way here shortly.
26:49All right.
26:50I'm going to have to play a few games.
26:52Well, as long as it's done by the time he gets her.
27:00Come on in, Scotty.
27:02We'll show you what we got for you.
27:04Oh, my God.
27:05I can't believe this, Andy.
27:13Holy smokes, man.
27:15This is for real.
27:16That's the same machine, my friend.
27:17Awesome.
27:18Awesome.
27:20Unbelievable.
27:21I couldn't believe that they restored this machine to its originality.
27:26I mean, it was beautiful.
27:28Everybody had a lot of fun working on it.
27:31The woodwork is, I mean, this was bad.
27:35Yeah, a couple of cracks.
27:36You had a lot of smoke on it, a lot of whiskey on that wood.
27:40So it's been all stripped down.
27:41You got about five coats of clear.
27:42If you remember, this was broken.
27:44Right.
27:45We fused the two together, put a new rubber on it for you.
27:47Got it looking good for you there, bud.
27:49Yeah, you do.
27:50Paint was redone completely.
27:53You got a little overspray around the graphics and stuff just the way it was.
27:57Wow.
27:58Yeah.
27:59A lot of masking and fabulous job.
28:01Dry brushing.
28:03I can't believe it.
28:04The glasses.
28:05We couldn't fix the glass you had, man.
28:07It just, it wouldn't have looked right.
28:08When you lit it up, it looked bad.
28:10Yeah.
28:10There's only one guy in the world that does this kind of work.
28:12He's actually down the road and he did a beautiful job for you.
28:16Yes, he did.
28:16Will you clean up the circuitry in back for you?
28:19You did?
28:20And all the cobwebs and stuff that was in there.
28:24When I first brought this game in, it looked terrible.
28:27I don't think the electronics were quite right in it.
28:29It is pristine.
28:32Here's a little trinket for you.
28:34I saved the Teamster decal for you.
28:36Awesome.
28:37We went to the ninth degree on the detail on this thing.
28:41One of the coolest things about restoring pieces is imagining the people that experienced them before us.
28:46Imagine Jimmy Hoff and his Teamster buddies sitting around the smokey-filled room playing this game.
28:51It's just awesome.
28:52I don't know how to tell you this, but because it was a little worse off, the price went up.
28:57How much?
28:59500 bucks.
29:01500 bucks?
29:03Because we had to repaint it and we had to redo the glass.
29:06And I got more projects for it.
29:08I know.
29:08So I'm going to give you an option.
29:12We can bowl for it.
29:14If you win, I'll eat the 500.
29:16One frame apiece?
29:17One frame apiece.
29:19Let's do it.
29:23I'm feeling confident.
29:25I'm used to this.
29:26You know, I've done it many times.
29:29Let's do this.
29:30My house, I go first.
29:32Oh, go ahead.
29:33500 bucks.
29:36All right, here we go.
29:37Here we go.
29:42Oh!
29:43Oh, I like that.
29:45Uh-oh.
29:45Six pins.
29:48Here we go, man.
29:50500 bucks.
29:51Got it right.
30:01Come on, man.
30:03Oh, wow.
30:05That's awesome.
30:06I got to go home and tell my wife I just lost 500 bucks.
30:09So tell her.
30:10I met my wife on a similar machine to this.
30:13She's going to be super excited, I know, with the grandkids.
30:17And she'll be telling them, hey, this is how I met your papaw.
30:27So what we've got to do is we've got to drill 10 holes.
30:32Are you in the tires?
30:35You didn't drill in the tires.
30:37You just drilled a hole in the tire?
30:39I did.
30:39There it is.
30:39Damn it!
30:49Well, we've got some saddlebags.
30:51Whoa, Wayne has arrived.
30:53Just in time.
30:54Yes, sir.
30:54There they are.
30:55It's low even weight.
30:56And there's letters.
30:57There you go.
30:57Oh, my God.
30:59This is like Christmas morning.
31:01Wow.
31:03Well, raffle day is here, and we're really excited.
31:05Some lucky soul is going to ride off on a great vintage bike.
31:08But it's also the day we unveil next year's raffle bike, the 1946 knucklehead that's gone
31:14through an amazing two-week transformation.
31:17Wayne is here with the saddlebags, which is really going to set this bike off.
31:20Each one of these little squares is a single tool that you have to bang in on.
31:24And what you do, you wet the leather and you stamp it in.
31:27That's called stamping.
31:28Look at the detail in that.
31:29That looks like something you would have done at the factory.
31:31It's like a machine.
31:31So what we've got to do is we've got to drill 10 holes.
31:34Okay, we've got to make a template up real quick.
31:35I thought about that, and I actually pre-made y'all a template.
31:40Oh, what a guy.
31:41Oh, that's perfect.
31:42Pull that up.
31:43Let's see what you got.
31:45This is full-service Wayne right here.
31:47That's great.
31:48Perfect. Thank you, buddy.
31:51The table actually stabilized the bed a little bit, so there's less chance of it wandering.
31:57Right.
31:58Okay.
31:59Right there we are.
32:02Are you in the tires?
32:04Are you in the tires?
32:05You didn't drill in the tire.
32:09You drilled in the tire.
32:13Damn.
32:14You just drilled a hole in the tire?
32:15I did.
32:15Sure did.
32:18There it is.
32:20This sucks.
32:21Time to slow down.
32:23Let's take the back tire off it.
32:25While you guys are drilling the holes, I'll put a tube in the tire.
32:28Okay.
32:29Okay.
32:29Yeah, I think right now, I'm going to let y'all, too, enjoy y'all's sales right here.
32:35I may be back a little bit later.
32:37All right, buddy.
32:38Sorry you were doing this.
32:39May the rest of the day go better.
32:41It's always when you rush things that the simplest mistakes happen.
32:45And in this case, the punctured tire is going to set us way behind.
32:48Dropping the tire is tedious.
32:50Replacing the tube takes time.
32:52And we don't have time.
32:54Only one hour, and this bike has to be on the stage.
33:01This really can't be.
33:02Damn it!
33:04We're going to have to change the tire.
33:05Oh, yeah.
33:06Start drilling.
33:07You don't need a block anymore.
33:09No.
33:28The last hour has been very stressful.
33:30Got the saddlebags on.
33:32Got the tire reinstalled.
33:33But I'm really excited about the crowd of people that is here.
33:37Unveiling this bike in front of such a crowd will allow us to sell raffle tickets,
33:40which is very important.
33:41The raffle is what keeps wheels through time rolling.
33:44Once again, if you will, cast your eyes on this year's raffle prize,
33:47a real nice 1939 bobber.
33:49Here in a minute, we're going to give this away.
33:51Wait a minute.
33:52Is that...
33:53Do I hear my pal?
33:58Once again, your host, our friend, Bill Walsh.
34:02Woo!
34:06And I know you all came to watch us pull the winning ticket on the 39 Harley.
34:11But I'm going to tell you for just a moment a little bit about the bike right in front of
34:15me.
34:151946 Harley Davidson.
34:17One year from today, we'll be drawing the winning ticket on this machine.
34:21Woo!
34:22It is one of the finest bikes I've built.
34:24And I can honestly say in all the 13 years that we've been building bikes,
34:28this is a huge combination of a lot of effort.
34:31We all teamed up.
34:32Thank you very much.
34:33And we're all really proud of this bike.
34:36Just two weeks ago, this bike was gathering dust and rust in the back of wheels through time.
34:41We've gone through and done everything.
34:43I've got the engine and transmission rebuilt.
34:45The flight red paint is perfect.
34:47And we've topped it off with a beautiful seat and handmade leather saddlebags.
34:51Every inch of this bike has been repaired or restored with original parts.
34:55And it's ready to go.
34:56Right now, we're going to get ready to draw the ticket on the next motorcycle, the 1939 Harley.
35:03And I've got a very special young lady.
35:05Amber!
35:07Okay.
35:08Drop her in.
35:09Woo!
35:10She's getting a ticket.
35:12She's got a ticket.
35:13She has how many tickets?
35:15One ticket.
35:17There it is.
35:18All right.
35:20The winner of the 1939 Harley-Davidson at the Wheels Through Time raffle is Ralph Adams.
35:30We're going to call Ralph right now.
35:33This year's raffle is a huge success.
35:35And with this 1946 Harley on the table, next year's raffle is going to be even better.
35:40This allows Wheels Through Time to continue its legacy of providing the history of American motorcycling to all of its
35:47visitors.
35:53So you remember what it looked like when you brought it, right?
35:55Yep.
35:56Yep.
35:56You ready?
35:57I'm ready.
35:59Oh, that's just gorgeous.
36:01Look at that car.
36:11All right, dude.
36:12I feel pretty comfortable with the way everything's mocked up right now.
36:15We're days away from wrapping up this 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe for Carl's Jr.
36:20They're getting ready to head out on tour in a couple of days for their 75th anniversary.
36:25We've got the new fuel tank installed.
36:27We've got the new 5.7 Hemi V8 installed.
36:30This thing's looking good and ready to rock and roll.
36:35That looks good.
36:36It's great.
36:38Next up, paint.
36:40I've flown in famous airbrush artist Mike LaValle to airbrush his true fire flames on this thing.
36:46I mean, this is going to set this car off and it's going to scream Carl's Jr.
36:50We're putting that on top of a jet black paint that's going to look awesome by the time it's finished.
36:56Check it out, man.
36:57Wait, you said 41?
36:59Yeah.
37:00And I want it to feel like Carl's Jr.
37:02So what I'm thinking is your true fire going down the side right here, starting about right here behind the
37:10front fender, coming down, and then going into a Carl's Jr.
37:15star back here on the trunk.
37:16They're kind of edgy with their commercials and everything.
37:18So I want this to stand out like that.
37:20I hate to rush you, but I've got to rush you.
37:22We've got literally four days left.
37:23I know the drill.
37:24Okay.
37:25You can count on me.
37:30True fire is something I developed a few years ago, the true representation of realistic fire.
37:35To make it look real, okay, the back layers are the darkest colors and they get progressively lighter.
37:42So you want blurry layers in the background, crisp layers in the foreground, and then when it all comes together,
37:47it looks like real fire.
37:49It looks like it's moving.
37:49It looks like you can stick your hand right down inside of it.
37:54It's like a dance.
37:56You want the fire to move.
37:57If one lick is going this way below it, you want the other one to go this way.
38:01So when you look at them all together, your brain perceives all these different layers in every bit of movement,
38:07and it actually makes it look like it's moving.
38:13He knows that we're limited on time.
38:15We've got to get this thing done.
38:17It's a huge company that we're doing this for.
38:20If he can't do this, he knows I got nothing.
38:26Uh-oh.
38:27What do you think?
38:28That is bad.
38:30I mean, this thing going down the road is going to look so freaking cool.
38:34I'm going to get the guys ready to prep to get this thing in there and start putting it back
38:38together.
38:39Thanks.
38:44You remember what it looked like when you brought it, right?
38:46Yep.
38:47Yep.
38:47Good.
38:48Because it looks totally different.
38:51We've put in a ton of work over the last three months on this 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe.
38:56It's got a new chassis.
38:58It's got a new 5.7 liter V8 Hemi.
39:01It's got a brand new paint job.
39:03We literally just pulled off the impossible.
39:06All right.
39:07I'm ready.
39:09Oh, that's just gorgeous.
39:12Look at that car.
39:13The logo looks like it came through the flame.
39:16That's what we wanted.
39:17Yeah, that's just gorgeous.
39:18I love the black, too.
39:20Yeah.
39:21It's beautiful.
39:22Oh, it's just amazing.
39:24We went through everything from top to bottom.
39:26All the trim's all been gone through, straightened, re-chromed, polished, new leather interior.
39:33It's got a whole new chassis.
39:35It's almost like a new car.
39:36Why did you have to do a new chassis?
39:38You wanted the motor.
39:39Right?
39:40The motor.
39:40Remember that?
39:41You wanted the motor.
39:42So to do that, we had to make some serious changes to the chassis.
39:47I love the new car smell.
39:49And I love the old car smell.
39:51The amazing thing is, this is a car you could have gotten in 1941 if you drove a bread truck
39:56and you had an 8th grade education.
39:58Yeah, that's amazing.
39:59You want to take a look under the hood?
40:00Yeah, yeah, let's take a look.
40:02Yeah, I think you're going to like it.
40:04I love this.
40:05Product of Chrysler Corp USA.
40:07Pretty cool, huh?
40:08Takes your back, huh?
40:09Every time we do a car, we like to incorporate as many original pieces as possible.
40:16Whoa, that's sure a whole lot different than the car you used to have.
40:20Yeah.
40:22How many horsepower is this?
40:24480.
40:24All modern technology, fuel injected.
40:26You got a modern touch to an old classic.
40:30You guys did such a spectacular job.
40:32You really did.
40:33Thank you very much.
40:34Got the original horns, and those are big horns.
40:37Those things are about 12 inches long.
40:39Carl would have loved this.
40:40Would he?
40:41Yeah, he absolutely would have loved it.
40:42I wish he were still around to see it.
40:44The importance of getting Bodie to redo this car was that we're about to celebrate our 75th anniversary,
40:49and we wanted something that reflected our history and our tradition, but also brought it into modern times.
40:57Oh, yeah.
41:01Oh, what a great feel.
41:03This is just amazing.
41:04Are these the original gauges, or did you?
41:06Those are the original gauges.
41:07Oh, they look brand new.
41:08It works with the new motor.
41:10It's all satellite, so your Speedo works off the satellite.
41:14Wow.
41:14It's a perfect car, Porsche.
41:15You did a spectacular job.
41:17Thank you, Andy.
41:18Oh, you want to take it for a ride now?
41:19Let's go.
41:20Let's go.
41:20It's amazing.
41:21You really have the feel that you're driving this car from the 1940s, what Carl must have felt.
41:26As he was there heading to work at the hot dog cart or going to the grocery store,
41:30it was a feeling that you really can't describe very well.
41:33I just want to, first of all, thank you for doing this.
41:35It's an incredible job.
41:36I know you put your heart into it.
41:38I can feel it while I'm driving.
41:40I can see it in the car.
41:41I couldn't have imagined it would come out this good.
41:43Thank you very much.
41:44That really means a lot to me.
41:45We're going to take this car around to various restaurants so people get a feel for the sense
41:50of the tradition of our company.
41:51And I think this car says all of that.
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