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00:00Up next on Amer-Restoration.
00:02This is an aerial square fork.
00:04Pretty wrecked.
00:04The pipe here in the neck looks totally bent.
00:07That is gonna cost a lot of money.
00:09It's bad.
00:10When I tip the straightness frame, I could tear it in two.
00:13Oh!
00:14That's not the frame cracking, is it?
00:16We do need the forklift.
00:18Ty, give me some help.
00:18You know how to run the forklift?
00:20I never needed to.
00:20You train them.
00:21Holy .
00:23Oh, my God.
00:24Look at that tip over.
00:28I'm Rick Dale.
00:30And at my shop, we share a passion.
00:34To give new life to pieces from the past.
00:40Every project has its challenges.
00:43But there's no job we can't handle.
00:46This is American Restoration.
00:51Hey, Rick.
00:53Hey.
00:53A customer brought in a really cool motorcycle.
00:55I got it in the boneyard.
00:57Wanna take a look at it?
00:58Absolutely.
00:58It's a good piece.
00:59Let's check it out.
01:03Rick, this is Lori, and here's her bike.
01:05Hey, Lori.
01:06Hey, Rick.
01:07Nice to meet you.
01:07Good to meet you.
01:10Wow.
01:11This is a British motorcycle.
01:12It's an aerial square fork.
01:14It's actually called a squarial.
01:16And I bought it at an auction in Nebraska.
01:18And they sold it to me as a 1952, but looking at it a little closer,
01:21I think this is actually a 1953 model.
01:24The difference is this has got four pipes instead of two.
01:27Quite honestly, it's pretty rare.
01:29They only made like 4,000 of them.
01:31They weren't really exported to this country a lot.
01:33They were mostly in Europe.
01:35We've spent 20 years looking for an aerial like this.
01:37They're very hard to find.
01:38Oh, okay.
01:38This motor was called a square four because it's got four cylinders, right?
01:42Most motorcycles are two.
01:43This is a cruiser.
01:44This will actually travel across the country very smoothly and comfortably.
01:49And it's actually fairly original.
01:50The one of the things that are different, these handlebars would be flatter.
01:53And then it's got Triumph pegs on it, so they're not the original pegs.
01:57So what do you want to do with this?
01:59My husband's originally from Australia, and his dad passed away this year.
02:03I'm sorry.
02:04This is Neville, Mark's dad.
02:06The bikes that he rode were always aerial bikes.
02:09And this is a picture of him on one of his aerials.
02:11This is a Red Hunter, 1940s.
02:14I want to do this up for my husband.
02:16And the idea is to take this back overland across Europe and Asia back to Australia.
02:20It's going to be a surprise for your husband in memory of his father.
02:24Yep.
02:25That's excellent.
02:25That's a great thing to do.
02:27This lady's husband is one lucky SOB.
02:29I just hope that we're lucky enough to restore this badass motorcycle as a surprise.
02:36The biggest challenge on this is getting the right parts.
02:39Because this bike is so rare.
02:41The other challenge is there's a lot of chrome.
02:43I mean, the forks, the shroud on the front of the headlight, the levers, all this stuff inside here is
02:49chrome.
02:49Everything on this is chrome.
02:50You know, everything we talked about, how much would this be?
02:54I'm looking at probably $25,000 to do the whole bike.
02:59Wow, that's a lot more than I was expecting.
03:03You know, if we can do it closer to $20,000, I think I can do it.
03:06Oh, $20,000.
03:09I mean, I've never done an aerial, but I've got to start somewhere, right?
03:13In my business, there's not much wiggle room.
03:15Things just cost what they cost.
03:17But sometimes, I'm a sucker, and I just don't want to see this thing walk out of my shop because
03:23of how rare it really is.
03:25I tell you what, yes, we can do it for $20,000.
03:29Let's do it.
03:30All right, cool.
03:31Awesome.
03:31That's awesome.
03:32I'm very excited to see my husband's face when he sees this.
03:35He's going to be so excited.
03:45Are we going to get these treasures unloaded or what?
03:48We've got a lot, so we've got to go in.
03:49We've got to get somebody to help us out, all right?
03:51Okay.
03:51I mean, are you sure we can't do it, just the two of us?
03:55Teamwork.
03:56There's the dynamic duo.
03:57How'd you guys do?
03:58Oh, we did awesome.
03:59We do need the forklift.
04:01So, Ty, can you give me some help?
04:03There's forklifts right there.
04:04Just go take it.
04:05I've never had to do that.
04:06Do you know how to run the forklift?
04:08I never needed to.
04:09I've always had Tyler help me out with that.
04:11I can drive it for you.
04:13No, you need to be taught.
04:14I mean, it's kind of like driving a golf cart with a shovel attached to its face.
04:19It is not like driving a golf cart with a shovel attached to its face.
04:24Come here.
04:24I'm the guy who finds stuff, not the guy who moves it.
04:27The advantage of not knowing how to work a forklift is I get to sit back and watch everybody
04:32else move all the heavy crap.
04:33You need to know how to use this forklift.
04:36Tyler, I want you to train Ron.
04:37In fact, you might as well train Leonard at the same time.
04:39And find a safe place to do it.
04:41I don't want these clowns ruining my boneyard.
04:44All right.
04:44Get your toes out of the way so I can unload your stuff and go back to work.
04:49This is going to be great.
04:50Learning is good because knowledge is power.
04:53Learning sucks.
05:00All right, go ahead.
05:01Get it.
05:01All right.
05:02Got it.
05:02Seat, gas tank, and both fenders.
05:05Those are the main things we can get off first.
05:07Oh, this bolt.
05:09They're almost the same as metric, but they're not.
05:11Can I get this size wrench?
05:13I need a quarter inch.
05:16Got it?
05:18Got it.
05:26All right, good job.
05:26Got it.
05:27All right.
05:28We got majority of the stuff off as far as all the sheet metal, the gas tank, the fenders.
05:33All right.
05:33Well, just remember, all these pieces need to be sent out and polished immediately.
05:36Okay.
05:37The handlebars.
05:38She was mentioning these may be wrong.
05:39Okay.
05:40So we want to look into that, maybe find a picture and see what was originally there.
05:43Hey, Rick.
05:44Hey.
05:44Oh, this is coming along.
05:46Yeah.
05:46Yeah, it's getting there.
05:47Thank God for grease and oil.
05:48There's no rust on anything really.
05:51Do you know this?
05:53I don't know if I'm off or not, but the pipe here on the neck looks totally bent.
05:58Don't even say that.
05:59Are you serious?
06:01S***.
06:08Do you know this?
06:10I don't know if I'm off or not.
06:12The pipe here on the neck looks bent.
06:14Really?
06:16The pipe here is totally over and you can see where it's not in the center of the cylinder.
06:19Don't even say that.
06:20No, I'm not kidding.
06:21Look at this.
06:22Whoa.
06:23It's bad.
06:24It's like it got hit from this side and it just took the whole front end of the frame
06:28and tweaked it over.
06:29Because this motorcycle is so rare, if I can even find a frame, it's going to cost me thousands
06:35of dollars.
06:36I did not plan on this when I took on this restoration.
06:39I mean, that is going to cost a lot of money to buy a new frame.
06:44I wish we would have seen that off the bat so I could have told the customer.
06:47Remember she was saying she was sure the handlebars were wrong?
06:50Yeah.
06:51Maybe, you know, there was an accident.
06:52Someone replaced the front end and put different handlebars on them.
06:55Right.
06:55This is a big safety issue.
06:57Having a bike that's not in alignment, it's hard to handle the bike properly and it can
07:01be a big problem.
07:03All right, guys.
07:03I got to go make some calls.
07:05That sucks.
07:06That ruined the day, huh?
07:07Right.
07:14Hey, Dad.
07:15Yeah.
07:16We got another problem with the aerial bike.
07:18What do you mean a problem?
07:19It's got a giant hole in it.
07:21Look, it's like a failed repair that somebody did.
07:24Looks like this is the front fender.
07:25It looks like...
07:26Yeah, it's just a very, very bad repair.
07:29Yeah.
07:29It's nothing but holes.
07:31The only way to fix this fender, because this is such a rare bike and it's so hard to
07:35find parts for this thing, is cut it out and then TIG weld a new piece of metal in there
07:39with the same contoured shape.
07:40Mm-hmm.
07:41All right?
07:41I'll get you started.
07:42At least show you where to cut.
07:43Come here.
07:44This bike has been one headache after another.
07:46I mean, it's going to be all hands on deck.
07:48And Tyler's going to have to step up on this one.
07:51Cut out between here and here.
07:52Yeah.
07:53That's all good metal there.
07:54And then come out to about here.
07:55Okay.
07:55Take a flat piece of metal and then you're going to roll it this way and then roll it
08:00this way.
08:00Don't heat it up so much that it's warping the metal and at the same time it's smooth
08:05again.
08:05You think you got that?
08:06Yep.
08:07Okay, this is your test.
08:08I want to see it when you're done.
08:09All right.
08:33This bent frame on this aerial is a huge problem.
08:36So I talked to my buddy Ace and he said he might be able to straighten it out.
08:40Oh!
08:41So I sent Chris and Brentley over so he can see it firsthand.
08:45Hey, Brentley.
08:45Hey, Ace.
08:46How's it going, buddy?
08:47How you doing?
08:48We need your help.
08:48They brought me a 1953 Ariel square four.
08:52Most sought after motorcycle in the world today.
08:54When you have one with a bent frame, this could be disastrous.
08:57You're talking about a frame selling for $18,000.
09:01All right.
09:02Let's get it up here.
09:03About six years ago, I wanted to straighten the frame on the motorcycle.
09:06It had no way to do it other than heating it, pounding on it.
09:10You could spend a week, maybe two.
09:12You'd be cutting sections out of it, bend it with pry bars, hit it with hammers.
09:17Even the very best at it didn't ever make them completely right.
09:21So I set about designing a frame machine.
09:24We're able to cold pull, meaning no heat.
09:27All right, guys.
09:28We're going to apply pressure to this frame hydraulically.
09:32It's going to move the frame very slightly.
09:35Look at this angle.
09:36You see that white beam?
09:37Yep, yep, yep.
09:37You're going to watch that move.
09:39You see the red light starting to flash under there?
09:41That's a laser.
09:42The laser's going to transmit the measurements to the computer screen.
09:46Well, hey, let's see you do your magic.
09:47All right.
09:48Let's get it done.
09:49You're going to watch it as it starts to progress.
09:51It'll start to move.
09:53You've got to know we're dealing with 20 tons of pulling power.
09:55Looking at this frame, it could have a multitude of sand.
09:58happening to it.
09:59You could have breaks in the frame.
10:01You could have bad welds.
10:02When I attempt to straighten this frame, I could tear it in two.
10:05I don't know.
10:07Oh!
10:08Ace, that's not the frame cracking, is it?
10:11Holy .
10:31Ace, that's not the frame cracking, is it?
10:33Absolutely not.
10:34I really made a comment that he heard a snapping sound.
10:38Holy crap.
10:39He thought the frame was snapping.
10:40There's chains holding this bike down to the machine.
10:43And they were simply flexing.
10:45Now it's going to start to move.
10:47Really start to move right now.
10:54Done.
10:56Ace nailed it.
10:57This frame is straight as it could be.
10:59Right into position, huh?
11:00He saved us time and money.
11:01We didn't have to buy a frame.
11:02We didn't have to spend a lot of time working on it.
11:04So bringing it here was definitely a good thing.
11:06Thank you, guys.
11:07You guys pulled through.
11:08Literally, man.
11:11Caveman, we'll see you at night.
11:12Bring me a challenge.
11:14Yeah.
11:14Or a bottle of whiskey.
11:15That'll work.
11:24Hey, Ty.
11:26How's it going?
11:27I'm about done.
11:28You patched that all the way around there.
11:30Let me see.
11:30You got it nice and flat and straight.
11:32You did the compound curve both ways.
11:34And it just fits on there like I can't even feel it.
11:37Look, one piece.
11:39I mean, it's pretty much the same sound.
11:41So it's basically all fused together.
11:43I continue to impress you, don't I?
11:46Yeah, you did pretty good.
11:47But now, if I could get you to do something with dyeing your hair just one color,
11:51it'd be great.
11:53You dye your hair more than I do.
11:55This is my natural brown look, you know.
11:56But if this is gray, why is that a different color?
11:59I dye this.
12:02The problem I got now is somebody has drilled a hole in this tank at some point to pull
12:07a dent.
12:08You can't have a hole in the gas tank.
12:09Put Bondo on there.
12:10It'll eventually eat through it.
12:11Eat through it.
12:12And then eat the whole paint job.
12:13Yeah.
12:14I think because the hole's so small, I think you might want to try to braise it.
12:18How do you feel about doing that?
12:19I don't know.
12:20I've never done that before.
12:21Manny does that, but I've never done it.
12:22If you don't feel comfortable doing it, then take it in to Manny.
12:26But I want you to watch and learn.
12:27Because you did really, really good on that fender.
12:30All right.
12:30To Manny's room.
12:35If this was soldering, it'd be one thing, but we have to braise it.
12:38The brass filler has a higher melting temperature, which requires more heat.
12:42And that means a better chance of warping the tank.
12:44So that's why I'm having Manny do it.
12:46Once he has the hole filled, he cools it down and then grinds it to make the tank smooth.
12:50Manny makes it look easy, but it really does take a lot of practice.
12:54It looks great.
12:59Tyler, I don't see any forklifts.
13:01No, we're not driving forklifts.
13:02I'm taking you to bigger things.
13:03When my dad found out that Ron didn't know how to operate a forklift,
13:06do you know how to run the forklift?
13:07I never needed to.
13:08I've always had Tyler help me out with it.
13:10My dad told me that I had to train Ron and Leonard,
13:13but I couldn't do it at the shop because they might break something.
13:16So we're going to try him out on some really big stuff.
13:18How are you doing, Dave?
13:19I am. It must be Tyler.
13:20Yeah.
13:20They need to learn how to operate a forklift,
13:22and if they can operate these giant things, they can operate a forklift.
13:25I can operate anything. Just let me at it.
13:28Let's start by putting these dust on.
13:30Okay.
13:31You got me wearing shoes and now this frickin' bra.
13:34What is this?
13:35You need a bra anyways.
13:36So we're driving those things?
13:37Yeah.
13:38The giant excavator.
13:39Let's try this one to race or something. Let's do a competition.
13:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's race.
13:43Do a little race on our tire section.
13:45And whoever transplants their pyramid to the other end, there's your winner.
13:48It's totally going to be me.
13:49I mean, I've been playing video games since I was five.
13:52I mastered the joystick.
13:53You look like you're good with joysticks.
13:55That I am.
13:57Things are awesome, dude.
13:59All right, Ron.
13:59You can go ahead and jump into this first one here.
14:01Number one. Number one.
14:06All right, guys.
14:06Let's go ahead and start them up.
14:09Go ahead and push both of them forward.
14:11Come out onto the dirt a good 10 feet.
14:16Move your left joystick left and right.
14:22Lower those buckets down to the ground so they're touching.
14:26Keep pushing forward on your right joystick.
14:28I think we're going to do a nice big push-up.
14:29Push-up.
14:30Whoa.
14:32Holy .
14:32Yeah.
14:35Whoa.
14:35Oh, that's bad.
14:37That's bad.
14:38Holy .
14:39You're going to tip over.
14:42.
14:42That.
14:43Come on, Ron.
14:44Don't be a coward.
14:45That's good, Leonard.
14:46Leonard, stop right there.
14:47Oh, my God.
15:05This thing is awesome.
15:07Lower yourselves back down nice and slow.
15:09Holy .
15:10That was sketchy.
15:12Ron and Leonard are about to have a race using some heavy machinery.
15:15That is if Leonard doesn't destroy his excavator first.
15:18All right, guys.
15:19See your stacks of tires down here on the end?
15:21I'm going to have Tyler tell you guys when to go.
15:23You're going to pick up that top tire and you're going to do a 180.
15:26And you're going to set that tire down by the cone here.
15:29And we're going to repeat that two more times until whoever finishes the pyramid first.
15:32All right?
15:33Okay.
15:34All right.
15:35You guys ready?
15:37Three, two, one, go.
15:44Hello.
15:44Hello.
15:47Let's go.
15:52Ron and Leonard each have their first tire.
15:56Yes.
15:57First one down.
15:58Right back in, pal.
16:00It's on now.
16:03Hey, Leonard, your shoe's untied.
16:06Oh, you missed it.
16:07You can't find the hole.
16:08Ron, now's your chance.
16:09Come on, Ron.
16:10You got it.
16:11Bring it down.
16:11Bring it down.
16:12Bring it down.
16:13There we go.
16:14There we go.
16:15There you go.
16:15Now it's going around.
16:15Got some catching up to do.
16:24Leonard's stall.
16:25Ron's got the chance to seal the win here.
16:27Oh, it's coming down to the wire.
16:30Damn, Leonard's got some speed on Ron.
16:32Ron's slow.
16:33Neck and neck, but I'm going to win this thing.
16:36That's enough out of you, Leonard.
16:38Leonard's coming back.
16:39It's anybody's game.
16:40Yeah, Ron, you got some catching up to do.
16:42What's going on over there?
16:43Me kicking your butt, that's what's going on.
16:48Yeah!
16:51Oh!
16:54Victory is mine.
16:56Oh, my gosh.
16:59Oh, my gosh.
17:00Woo!
17:01Leonard wins.
17:03That's how we do it.
17:04That's how we do it.
17:07Hey, Ron, was that the recess bell?
17:09Because I think you just been schooled.
17:11Oh, my God.
17:12You got to be kidding me.
17:14You won.
17:15You won.
17:16You won.
17:16And I did.
17:17That sucks.
17:19Leonard may have won, but that just means that Leonard should be the one doing all the
17:23forklift work.
17:24That's awesome.
17:25Awesome.
17:26You're back.
17:27Yeah.
17:34Rick is hiding somewhere, I'm sure.
17:37So, Mark, do you know why you're here?
17:38Do you know what your wife did for you?
17:40No idea.
17:42I'm pretty good at this.
17:43Awesome.
17:44Well, you've got quite a surprise ahead of you.
17:46Yeah, she's pretty sneaky.
17:48Let's see if we can find him.
17:49Rick!
17:54There he is.
17:56What?
17:57Oh, wow.
18:03You're kidding me.
18:07Wow.
18:08That's crazy.
18:09That is crazy.
18:11I'm just blown away.
18:13This is just incredible.
18:15I know you've been missing your dad a lot after he passed away, but I thought the aerial
18:19connection was something that you guys kind of shared.
18:21Whenever I think of my father, it's just him with his bike.
18:24He was obviously a big part of his life.
18:26My father would just be absolutely blown away.
18:31Wife of the Year.
18:33Yeah, I guess so.
18:34What do I owe you now?
18:36How did you do this?
18:37And when she brought it, it was not running.
18:40It was rusted.
18:41All the chrome was rusted.
18:43All the paint was faded.
18:44And the first problem I found was that the frame was bent.
18:47I had a friend named Ace, and he actually straightened the frame.
18:50I ended up finding a whole new front end.
18:52All this is new for the right year.
18:54And I shouldn't say it's new.
18:55These parts are so hard to find.
18:57Mm-hmm.
18:58The other thing was the tank had a hole in it, so we had to braise that up.
19:02This is the original red that was on this particular serial number of this year.
19:06So we painted that all red.
19:07I mean, there was a lot of chrome.
19:09Everything that was chrome is chrome.
19:11The details are just amazing.
19:13I can't believe it's the same bike.
19:15It's just stunning.
19:16Just amazing.
19:17Wow, Rick.
19:18I just, I can't thank you enough.
19:19This is...
19:20Oh, yeah.
19:21Big and straight.
19:23And you.
19:27Oh, boy.
19:28I'd love to take it for a spin.
19:30Absolutely.
19:30There's absolutely no comparison between the bike I brought in and the bike we saw today.
19:35Rick just knocked it out of the ballpark.
19:37He did an amazing job.
19:42Let her up!
19:46Woo!
19:50My father was a really important person to me.
19:53It's going to be a great reminder to look at the bike and to think of him, you know,
19:57it's just the sort of bike that he would have loved to have had back in the day.
20:19This is forking awesome!
20:25Oh, come on!
20:29What the hell was that?
20:30I don't know.
20:31Oh, God.
20:32That kid.
20:33You're going to be kidding me.
20:34Oh, ****.
20:35Leonard, hold on!
20:37What happened?
20:39So, uh, Ron told me to forklift this thing and there was a glitch with the joystick.
20:44A glitch with the joystick?
20:45I think it was a glitch with the operator.
20:47Leonard, no forklift, okay?
20:48I'm going to go get Tyler.
20:49Tyler!
20:50****.
20:51Leonard.
20:53Stick to video games, dude.
20:55Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
20:56You
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