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(birds chirping)

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Mike: This is god's
country, man.

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Robbie: Yeah.

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Mike: One of the most beautiful
parts of america.

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(phone ringing)

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Mike: Dani d, what's up?
What do you got, girl?
What do you got?

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Danielle: Jack. Jack's been
buying historic properties

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For most of his life.

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Mike: I love him already!

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<i> Danielle: So this guy lives</i>
<i> in saltsburg,</i>

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And really his end goal
is to revitalize the downtown.

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Mike: Very cool.
Robbie: That's cool.

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Danielle: Along the way...
(chuckles)

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...He's been buying all
of these collections he loves.

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Danielle: And he's just been
stuffing them into these

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Buildings until
he can get to them.

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Mike: That sounds familiar.

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<i> Danielle: Really?</i>
(laughs)

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Robbie: Yeah.

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<i> Danielle: Now he's</i>
<i> currently working</i>

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<i> On a 100-year-old mill</i>

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Called altman's mill.

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<i> And you guys are gonna</i>
<i> meet him there.</i>

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Robbie: Alright.
Mike: Hit us with
the directions.

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<i> Danielle: Sending them</i>
<i> your way right now.</i>

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Mike: God, I like this
town already, dude.

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Robbie: Man, look at this river.

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Mike: I know, it's like
river runs through it, man.

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Look at that,
you can almost see the bottom

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Of it right there, look,
you can see the bottom!

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You can stand there now.

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Robbie: You can probably stand
there and see the fish in there.

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Mike: All of these small towns
feel so familiar

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Because we've been there
so many times in our mind.

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We've romanticized
about main street,

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Small business, the shopkeepers,

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The architecture.

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I mean, take this town,
for example.

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It's calming,
and it's just sweet.

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Robbie: Look at the size
of this building here.

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Mike: That's where we're going.
Robbie: Right here?

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Mike: That's what the gps says.
Yeah we're going right there.
That's it.

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Robbie: Holy toledo. Wow!

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Mike: Dang! Grab a flyer.

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Robbie: Look at that.

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Mike: Hey-hey, you jack?

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Jack: Hey. Yes, what's up, guys?

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Mike: This is my brother,
robbie, I'm mike.

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Jack: My name is jack maguire.

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I'm from saltsburg,
pennsylvania.

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Mike: This is awesome.
What year was it built?

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Jack: 1912.

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Jack: I've lived in saltsburg
all my life.

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I was actually born
in the town of saltsburg.

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Mike: How're you doing, buddy?
Good to see ya.

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Jack: I just have passion
for preservation

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Of old historic buildings.

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Mike: How long have you
been doing this property?

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Jack: Well, about 10 years.
There's a group of us.

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Mike: Okay.

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Jack: And we've adopted
this building,

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Along with the one next door.

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Mike: Oh, very cool.
Oh, you're doing that one too.

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Jack: Yes.
Mike: Oh my god.

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Jack: Come on in and...
Look around.

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Mike: Go ahead, robbie.
Jack: Altman's mill

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Was a vital part of the downtown
commerce for many years.

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Mike: Wow...
Robbie: Wow!

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Mike: Oh my gosh!
There's all the line shafts.

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<i> Mike: You walk in,</i>

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<i>The wood floors, the wood walls,</i>
<i> the line shafts.</i>

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<i> I can see why they want</i>
<i> to preserve it.</i>

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Mike: So what is this,
when they're talking about this,

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Do you know, it says,
"low grade, wheat,

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3rd break, first break."

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And when they're saying
first break,

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Are they talking about
like when they're first
grinding it?

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Jack: Exactly.
Each of those shafts

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Has a belt in it
with little paddles

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That would elevate the grain
to whatever floor...

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Mike: Okay, to raise
the product.

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Jack: ...To wherever it had
to be processed next.

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Robbie: Whichever floor
it needed to be on.

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Jack: Right.
Mike: This is pretty elaborate.

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Robbie: The mill...
It's all intact,

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Like they closed the door
in 1910 and left it.

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Jack: This is just the first
floor of a four-floor process.

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Mike: Yeah.
Jack: It's a huge operation.

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And so, wanting to sell
a few things

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In order to move forward
to our next project.

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Mike: Oh that why you maybe
want to sell a few things?

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Just to put the money into this.
Jack: Right.

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Jack: My objective
in selling some items

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Is to finish the mill.

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All of this outside siding,
which is cedar,

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It needs to be replaced.

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It'll help preserve
the building also.

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Robbie: Dani said you had
a few buildings in town?

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Jack: Yes I have
the tavern building,

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Which is just up the street.
I'd like to show it to you.

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Mike: Yeah.
Jack: I collect old buildings,

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Because I value the quality
of construction,

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The craftsmanship,
and also the history.

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All the generations that enjoyed
that building in the past.

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<i> Mike: There's so many small</i>
<i> towns out there that have</i>
<i> great bones.</i>

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But they need the great people
behind the scenes.

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Jack: This building was built
in 1913 as a restaurant.

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Mike: Oh wow.
Jack: It's called martin's
restaurant.

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Jack: The first building
that I purchased
was martin's restaurant,

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Downtown saltsburg.
It's a beautiful structure.

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It had been vacant for 10 years.

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Mike: Oh man... Jack!

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Robbie: Wow!

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Jack: Yeah, this
is all original.

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Robbie: Look at
the beadboard in here.

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Jack: I would go
to that building

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When I was in
junior and senior high school.

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And really enjoyed
the atmosphere

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And the food
that was served there.

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Mike: So what was in here,
all these years

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That they never would have
touched the interior?

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Jack: The previous owner
was very particular not to have
anything destroyed or hurt...

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Mike: Yeah, I mean,
there's not even any holes
in the beadboard or anything.

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Jack: I promised her
when I bought it,
I would preserve the building.

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Mike: Yeah.
Jack: To her standard.

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<i> Mike: To be able to walk</i>
<i> into one of your old haunts</i>
<i> from junior high</i>

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And it hadn't changed at all,
imagine how rooted
that would feel.

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Jack: My wife's here somewhere.
Mike: Is she?

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Jack: Yeah. Linda!

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Linda: Yes.

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Jack: Come on out here.
Mike: Hey.

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Linda: Hi.
Mike: We're getting the tour.

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Jack: Well, I'm truly blessed.

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Linda and I have been married
for 52 years.

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When we were dating,
it'd be a Saturday night,

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And I'd call her
on the phone and say,

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"we're going to be shingling
for another hour."

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That happened a lot,
so I knew she had

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The temperament and patience

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And loved me enough
to put up with it.

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Mike: Is this this place?

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Jack: Yes.
Linda: Yes.

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Jack: That's the charlie martin,
the previous owner.

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Mike: Wow.
Jack: And that was 1919.

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Robbie: It hasn't changed...
Any.

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Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: I mean, look at that.

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Mike: Yeah, look at the counter.
Jack: Yeah.

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Robbie: Well anything,
I mean, even--

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There's your door right here.
Mike: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Robbie: The wood.

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Mike: Oh my gosh.
That's so cool.

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Mike: Places like this
didn't happen by accident.

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They didn't happen overnight.

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It took like-minded people

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That cared about
the history of the property.

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Mike: I've got like four
old buildings I'm restoring
right now.

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Jack: We have a... Half a dozen.

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(laughing)
linda: Yeah. About half a dozen.

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Mike: In this town?
Jack: Yes.

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Mike: Jack and I
are cut from the same cloth.

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Alright, well show us the way.
Where do you want to look?

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<i> Mike: This building reminds me</i>
<i> of a property that I restored</i>

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<i> In le claire, iowa,</i>
<i> like 20 years ago.</i>

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Mike: This reminds me
of the green tree
when I bought it, man.

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Robbie: I remember.

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<i> Mike: There was just so much</i>
<i> history in this building</i>

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That I wanted to preserve,
it's...

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Something that I'm
really proud of.

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And once you do something
like this,

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You want that feeling
over and over again.

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Mike: Alright, oh wow,
that's cool.
You got a separate entrance

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On the exterior
of the building.

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Jack: Yeah.
Robbie: It's easy to walk

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Through downtown
and have him tell me

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That he owned this building
and doing this over here
on this building.

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But it took him
a lifetime of passion

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To get all this done.
And that's the guy

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That you want in your community.

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Robbie: Look at this.

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Mike: Look at that. Oh that--
what is that, that stove?

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Robbie: Right here.
Mike: Oh yeah, I saw that.

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Robbie: Jack, was this
the name of the restaurant
that was upstairs?

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Jack: No, that's a brand name
for candies.

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But it was here.
Robbie: Originally.

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Jack: I would guess,
it had to be the 1930s.

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Robbie: Yeah.
Well, even earlier than that.

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Jack: Could be.
Robbie: Yeah. Would have hung,

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You know, basically
up top like that.

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Robbie: You know,
one light bulb back in there.

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Jack: Right.

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Robbie: This piece hung off
a light fixture.

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Probably over the candy area.

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You can tell that this place
not only sold candy,

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It sold ice cream,
it sold soda.

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Robbie: I've never heard
of that brand.

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This isn't etched in here,
it's actually just
painted on there.

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Most of these in the early days
were etched into the milk glass.

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I want to say
it's probably from the '20s.

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Single-sided,
which is kind of unusual.

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Mike: It's really cool.
Robbie: Yeah. 275.

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Jack: Would you go 300?

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Robbie: I'll do it, jack.
Jack: Okay.

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Mike: Alright, jack.
I saw this poking out
of the top of this box.

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This is like a slag glass.
Jack: Yeah.

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Mike: Here's what I love too,
that chain is so cool.

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I mean, even the detail
of the chain
was so important to them.

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Jack: The workmanship. Yes.

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Mike: They reproduce a lot
of stuff like this,

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But it's the detail,
it's the authenticity, you know?

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Robbie: Are there panels
in there, mike?

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Mike: Yeah, there's part of one.
There's one here.

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Mike: You could nail a room,

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Right colors, right furniture,

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Right flooring.

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But if you don't nail
the lighting, where are you at?

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Mike: So you've got some
broken glass on this side.

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Robbie: That's the only...
Right here.

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Mike: There's another one here.
Robbie: That's just one piece.

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Jack: That's right.
Mike: Yeah.

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Mike: Light,
light sets the mood.

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It sets the tone.

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Mike: Uh...

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<i> Mike: Someone that's really</i>
<i> into preservation,</i>

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<i> They're not looking for</i>
<i> a light at a big-box store.</i>

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Mike: 250.

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Jack: How about 300?

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Mike: Okay.

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Mike: They're looking
for a light

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In a basement
of a soda fountain.

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Robbie: Look at this stuff.

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Mike: What you got? You got 'em?

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Robbie: I don't know if I can
get them out of there... Ugh.

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Mike: Got it. Okay.
Robbie: Here.

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Mike: One of them
or two of them?

237
00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:33,979
Robbie: There's two
of them here.

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Robbie: 45 cents grilled ham.
This one's cracked.

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Mike: There.

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Mike: Look at that.
The back of this, whoa...

241
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Robbie: Whoa. Slides out. Yeah.

242
00:08:42,256 --> 00:08:45,857
Mike: The whole thing's sliding.
The back of the frame is metal.

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The frame is metal, you know.
Robbie: Yeah.

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00:08:47,928 --> 00:08:49,994
Mike: It's very heavy.
Built to last.

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Robbie: These two
coca-cola menus, they're glass,

246
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But you could pull the back
of them and run any
advertisement you wanted.

247
00:08:55,936 --> 00:08:57,802
Whether it'd been
a grilled cheese sandwich

248
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To a hot dog
to a root beer float.

249
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Robbie: Early coke advertising,

250
00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:02,941
Pretty much the daily
special every day.

251
00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:06,410
<i> Robbie: Everybody wants</i>
<i> to relive those times,</i>

252
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<i>That they had the soda fountain,</i>
<i> or they were at</i>
<i> the soda fountain.</i>

253
00:09:09,483 --> 00:09:10,982
Robbie: I think...

254
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3-and-a-quarter for the pair.

255
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Robbie: It's a great
decorator piece,

256
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It can be used
in an existing soda fountain

257
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That's still going active today.

258
00:09:19,693 --> 00:09:21,159
Jack: I think that's fair.

259
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Robbie: That fair? Alright.
Appreciate it. Thanks, jack.

260
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Mike: Alright. So, we're in
coca-cola land over here.

261
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Robbie: I know.
Mike: This one is really cool.

262
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Jack: Yeah, yes.
Mike: This is all stenciled

263
00:09:32,839 --> 00:09:35,373
And wood, you know,
it's very deco.

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1930s, looks like.

265
00:09:37,177 --> 00:09:40,244
Robbie: It's got a marking
on it. K displays out of...

266
00:09:40,314 --> 00:09:40,978
New york.

267
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Mike: So something like this,

268
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I think the retail on this
is close to $800.

269
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Jack: Would you do 500?

270
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Mike: I would.
Jack: Okay.

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(laughing)

272
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Mike: I would, my friend.
Thank you.

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(upbeat music)

274
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Mike: Look at these,
all these are still here.

275
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Robbie: This place must've
been just like

276
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Pure coca-cola. Everywhere.

277
00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:07,672
Jack: Seemed to be
a lot of coca-cola.

278
00:10:07,874 --> 00:10:09,940
Robbie: Early soda
fountain type?

279
00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:11,943
Jack: This building,
which is built in 1913,

280
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Has had a soda fountain
ever since the beginning.

281
00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:16,815
Robbie: Since the beginning,
since 1913.

282
00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:17,949
Jack: It was tradition
at the time.

283
00:10:18,151 --> 00:10:20,418
Mike: That's why there's
so much of this down here.

284
00:10:20,487 --> 00:10:21,619
Jack: That's right.

285
00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:24,422
Jack: They served a lot of coke,
so they have a lot of

286
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Trade items that were probably
given to them by coca-cola
at the time.

287
00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:29,360
Robbie: So, this piece here,

288
00:10:29,429 --> 00:10:31,763
The frame is actually
earlier than the advertising
that's in it.

289
00:10:31,832 --> 00:10:33,898
The frame is probably
from the '30s.

290
00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,834
The advertising that's in it
is probably '60s.

291
00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:38,036
There's another piece
that's on the back.

292
00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:41,839
<i>Robbie: Coca-cola was notorious</i>
<i> for advertising.</i>

293
00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:43,307
<i> They produced</i>
<i> millions of pieces.</i>

294
00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:46,243
Robbie: You could flip
that piece out, you know,
flip it around.

295
00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:49,981
Robbie: These gold frames,
the advertising slid
inside that.

296
00:10:50,183 --> 00:10:52,583
They would send a new
advertising card out to you

297
00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:54,585
On a monthly or six-month basis.

298
00:10:54,655 --> 00:10:56,321
Robbie: What do you think, jack?

299
00:10:56,389 --> 00:10:57,388
Jack: 450.

300
00:10:57,457 --> 00:10:59,323
Robbie: There's three
other pieces that are back here.

301
00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:03,795
There's a coca-cola plastic,
which... Unbelievable,
it's not broken.

302
00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:06,464
So that's another
advertising board.

303
00:11:06,533 --> 00:11:07,665
This is from the '60s.

304
00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:10,601
You got a... Coca-cola light.

305
00:11:10,671 --> 00:11:12,937
That's late '50s, early '60s.

306
00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:15,673
Robbie: This light piece,
it hung over your booth

307
00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:17,942
To give you light on your table.

308
00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,344
Robbie: And then you have
an early coca-cola

309
00:11:19,546 --> 00:11:20,745
"pay when served"

310
00:11:20,814 --> 00:11:22,680
Which is missing
the coca-cola bottle

311
00:11:22,749 --> 00:11:24,215
That was in the middle of that.

312
00:11:24,283 --> 00:11:26,885
Robbie: You got to remember,
these guys started in the 1800s.

313
00:11:26,953 --> 00:11:29,487
And they still
are producing advertising.

314
00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,088
Robbie: 750 for all of it.

315
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Jack: I think that's fair.
Robbie: Alright. Thank you.

316
00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:33,625
Mike: Alright.
I'll shake his hand.

317
00:11:33,827 --> 00:11:36,026
Jack: Okay.
Mike: Thanks, man.

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00:11:36,096 --> 00:11:37,562
<i> Mike: It is an honor</i>
<i> to dig through a property</i>

319
00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,997
<i> With this much history.</i>

320
00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:42,033
<i> This place has been here</i>
<i> for so long,</i>

321
00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:45,036
<i> That it has its own</i>
<i> archive down in the basement.</i>

322
00:11:45,105 --> 00:11:47,572
Mike: You got one can over here
that's interesting,

323
00:11:47,641 --> 00:11:48,907
Just because it's got like,

324
00:11:48,975 --> 00:11:50,441
It's got tom sawyer on it,
or huck finn.

325
00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:54,445
Mike: You can see
the evolution of the business
through this advertising.

326
00:11:54,514 --> 00:11:56,114
Mike: Reading, pa.

327
00:11:56,183 --> 00:11:59,650
<i> Mike: There are so many people</i>
<i> that collect apothecary,</i>

328
00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,118
<i> General store, soda fountain,</i>

329
00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:03,855
<i> Because there are so many</i>
<i> different subject matters</i>

330
00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:05,523
<i> Under each one</i>
<i> of those categories.</i>

331
00:12:05,592 --> 00:12:06,590
Mike: Look at that kid.

332
00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,993
<i> Mike: Like this large tin</i>

333
00:12:09,196 --> 00:12:10,395
<i> With the huck finn character</i>
<i> on the front of it.</i>

334
00:12:10,463 --> 00:12:11,729
Mike: 100 bucks.

335
00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:14,132
Jack: I'll take that.
Mike: Okay.

336
00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,134
<i>Mike: This is a perfect example</i>
<i> of just one product</i>

337
00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:20,672
<i> That would have been sold</i>
<i> upstairs in this building.</i>

338
00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,740
Robbie: Tiger chocolate drop.

339
00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:24,943
Makers of zigzag
and quality candy.

340
00:12:25,011 --> 00:12:26,477
So some type of candy
was shipped in this.

341
00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:27,879
Jack: That's right.

342
00:12:27,948 --> 00:12:29,547
Jack: I assume that
the restaurant bought

343
00:12:29,616 --> 00:12:31,883
A whole container full,

344
00:12:31,952 --> 00:12:34,685
And kept the container
and now it's an antique.

345
00:12:34,755 --> 00:12:37,222
Robbie: $30.
Jack: How about 50?

346
00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:39,557
<i> Robbie: People are always</i>
<i> looking for advertising pieces</i>

347
00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:40,692
<i> To decorate their kitchens,</i>

348
00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,760
To decorate their family rooms.

349
00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:44,963
Robbie: Thanks, buddy.
Jack: Okay.

350
00:12:45,031 --> 00:12:45,563
Robbie: What are you finding
back there, mike?

351
00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:47,298
Mike: Look at this. Oh yeah...

352
00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:50,701
Robbie: Huh. That's killer.
Mike: The top's on it.

353
00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:51,903
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Really cool.

354
00:12:51,972 --> 00:12:55,172
And then there's this
porcelain sign. Ugh...

355
00:12:55,241 --> 00:12:58,042
<i> Jack: There were a number</i>
<i> of things that mike and rob</i>

356
00:12:58,110 --> 00:13:00,845
<i> Pulled out that I hadn't seen</i>
<i> for a few years.</i>

357
00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:03,014
Robbie: Can you get to it?
Mike: Mm-hmm.

358
00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,586
Jack: They have a good eye
for those items.

359
00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:09,720
Mike: Okay.
Robbie: There.

360
00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:11,989
Mike: Woo!
So this ice cream clock,

361
00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:14,526
This one right here,
the last one I handed down.

362
00:13:14,728 --> 00:13:15,994
This is called a pam clock.

363
00:13:17,998 --> 00:13:19,330
And this one's actually
in pretty good shape.

364
00:13:19,532 --> 00:13:23,267
What happens usually is,
somebody puts a really
bright bulb in there,

365
00:13:23,336 --> 00:13:25,803
And then it burns
this advertising off,
you know, over the years.

366
00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:29,140
So nobody has done that,
which is amazing!

367
00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:32,009
Mike: It was an event
to walk into a place like this,

368
00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:35,813
You know, to go somewhere,
get ice cream, sit down,

369
00:13:35,882 --> 00:13:37,348
Get a sandwich.
It was a big deal.

370
00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:40,751
You were bombarded
with all these different
types of advertisement.

371
00:13:40,821 --> 00:13:42,821
From a light,
to a syrup dispenser,

372
00:13:43,023 --> 00:13:46,958
To a candy sign.
You know, it was everywhere.

373
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,562
Everything was designed
to visually stimulate you,

374
00:13:50,764 --> 00:13:53,765
And it was all done through art.

375
00:13:53,967 --> 00:13:56,834
Mike: Cool subject matter.
I'd do 200.

376
00:13:56,903 --> 00:13:58,436
Jack: 225?
Mike: I'm going to do that.

377
00:13:58,638 --> 00:13:59,904
I'm going to do that.

378
00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:01,906
<i> Mike: Like this hires piece,</i>
<i> you know.</i>

379
00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:03,708
<i> There's a marquee on</i>
<i> the front and the back,</i>

380
00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:04,843
<i> It says "hires." it's chrome.</i>

381
00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:06,577
Mike: This obviously
would have clamped on

382
00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:08,445
That countertop back then.

383
00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:10,848
This is porcelain.

384
00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:12,450
<i> Mike: The base of it</i>
<i> is very deco.</i>

385
00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:13,785
<i> It's a very small piece,</i>

386
00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,720
But it's something that
grabbed your eye,

387
00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:17,788
You know,
it's really interesting.

388
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,324
Mike: It's amazing,
it's got the top.

389
00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:20,524
Jack: 300.

390
00:14:20,594 --> 00:14:22,993
Mike: 275.
Jack: Okay.

391
00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:24,796
<i> Mike: That's what's great</i>
<i> about advertising.</i>

392
00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:27,665
Advertising is art
with a mission.

393
00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:28,933
Robbie: So you got
this whitman's--

394
00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:30,868
Mike: Why don't you
buy the two together?

395
00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:32,337
Robbie: Right, that's what
I was gonna say.

396
00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:33,471
Porcelain sign,

397
00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:35,606
With the whitman's
chocolate dispenser, basically.

398
00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:37,141
And it just heated up the fudge.

399
00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:40,077
So it would be really cool
to keep these two
pieces together.

400
00:14:40,146 --> 00:14:42,146
Mike: They both
add to each other.
Robbie: Right.

401
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,616
<i> Robbie: Whitman's chocolate</i>
<i> is one of those companies</i>

402
00:14:44,818 --> 00:14:46,216
<i> That has been around forever.</i>

403
00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,952
<i> And we're not talking about</i>
<i> just the turn-of-the-century.</i>

404
00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:50,822
<i> We're talking about</i>
<i> before the civil war.</i>

405
00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:52,490
Robbie: The sign itself
is actually

406
00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:54,993
In pretty damn good shape.

407
00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:58,763
I mean, it'll clean up.

408
00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,965
Look at the color
come back on that thing.

409
00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,766
All the grommets
are intact here, all these...

410
00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:04,435
These are actually
brass grommets,

411
00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:07,705
They're all there.
It doesn't even look like
the sign ever got hung up.

412
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:09,373
I mean, I'd call it
a 9 condition.

413
00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:11,009
900 for the pair.

414
00:15:13,980 --> 00:15:15,112
Jack: I think it's fair.
Robbie: Appreciate it.

415
00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:19,584
<i> Robbie: Green and white</i>
<i> porcelain, it's dead mint.</i>

416
00:15:19,786 --> 00:15:21,051
<i>And that's when you want to buy.</i>

417
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,654
Jack: I have another property
I'd love to show you.

418
00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,923
I got more stuff
for you to see.

419
00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:26,991
Robbie: More than here?
Jack: More than here.

420
00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:32,997
(upbeat music)

421
00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,404
Jack: This is
the saltsburg academy.

422
00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:40,605
Robbie: Academy.

423
00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:42,740
Jack: Yeah, built in 1851.

424
00:15:42,809 --> 00:15:44,008
This is before
you had high school.

425
00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:46,544
The privileged can
send their kids to this school

426
00:15:46,746 --> 00:15:47,812
For 10th through 12th grade.

427
00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,214
Mike: Okay.
Jack: I have to confess,

428
00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:54,818
My first impulse
in buying the building
was mainly to save it.

429
00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:57,422
It was being threatened
to be torn down.

430
00:15:57,490 --> 00:15:58,622
Mike: Oh wow...

431
00:15:58,692 --> 00:16:00,825
So was this furniture
in here or do you
collect furniture?

432
00:16:01,027 --> 00:16:03,361
Jack: No, this was...
It was in my family.

433
00:16:03,563 --> 00:16:07,765
Jack: Once I owned it,
I ended up starting to put
all my acquisitions...

434
00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,034
(laughs)
...In the building to the point

435
00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:12,036
Where there were many items
that I had collected.

436
00:16:12,238 --> 00:16:14,305
Robbie: So this is one of your
40-year-old catch-alls.

437
00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:15,706
Jack: Yes it is.

438
00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:16,774
Mike: Wow, you got
a car in here!

439
00:16:16,842 --> 00:16:18,242
Jack: Yeah.
Mike: What the heck!

440
00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:20,911
Jack: What do you think of that?
Robbie: It's a freakin' car...

441
00:16:20,981 --> 00:16:22,981
Right in the middle of the room!
I mean, come on!

442
00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:25,249
Mike: How long has this car
been sitting in here?

443
00:16:25,452 --> 00:16:26,316
Jack: 1971.

444
00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:29,653
Jack: The 1957 chevy bel air
2-door hard-top

445
00:16:29,722 --> 00:16:33,858
Was a vehicle I bought in 1967,

446
00:16:33,926 --> 00:16:36,593
So it was 10 years old
when I bought it,

447
00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,062
Drove it to work until 1971.

448
00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:42,733
At that point, we didn't really
need the '57 chevy,

449
00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:44,935
But I wasn't ready
to part with it,

450
00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:47,471
So I put it in mothballs
and it was in mothballs

451
00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:50,942
From 1971... Till today.

452
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,810
Robbie: This is a '57 no-post.
Jack: Right.

453
00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:53,945
Robbie: There's no window post
in there.

454
00:16:54,147 --> 00:16:57,615
You roll the windows down,
it's wide open in there.

455
00:16:57,684 --> 00:16:59,484
Everybody's looking for these.

456
00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:00,884
Mike: There you go.

457
00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:02,953
You spent some time
wrenching on this, jack?

458
00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:05,023
Jack: A little bit of time.
Pretty simple motor.

459
00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:07,959
Robbie: Oh yeah, simplest motor
ever made by chevy, 350.

460
00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:11,095
Mike: So this is original paint?
Jack: That's right.

461
00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:13,698
Mike: Wow... It looks like
somebody did some bodywork

462
00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:14,966
On this corner here.
Did you do that?

463
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,435
Jack: Yeah, I did all
the bodywork necessary

464
00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:18,969
When I was 10 years old.

465
00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:20,972
<i> Mike: I love the fact</i>
<i> that jack only painted</i>

466
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,975
<i> Little parts of the car</i>
<i> that he worked on.</i>

467
00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:25,843
Mike: So you just got black
paint wherever you...

468
00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:27,845
Jack: Right.
Mike: You did bodywork on it.

469
00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:28,979
<i> Mike: Everybody wants</i>
<i> a survivor,</i>

470
00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:31,649
<i> And that comes in</i>
<i> a lot of different forms.</i>

471
00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,050
<i>You know, for example, this one.</i>

472
00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,053
<i> You know, it's got the black</i>
<i> spots on the fender</i>

473
00:17:36,122 --> 00:17:38,922
With the red paint.
So that's very cool, you know.

474
00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,792
Mike: Definitely the original
interior. God...

475
00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:44,128
This thing's cool, jack.
Jack: Yeah.

476
00:17:44,197 --> 00:17:45,997
Mike: This is awesome, man.
Let me see the floor on it.

477
00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:49,000
(grunts)

478
00:17:50,537 --> 00:17:52,003
Yeah, it's pretty rough.

479
00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:54,939
Robbie: Yeah, right here, mike.

480
00:17:55,141 --> 00:17:56,274
Mike: Look at that.
There's a hole in the frame.

481
00:17:56,476 --> 00:17:57,808
Robbie: Yep.

482
00:17:57,877 --> 00:17:58,876
<i> Robbie: It's got some</i>
<i> rust issues,</i>

483
00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:01,746
<i> And yeah it's going to take</i>
<i> some doing</i>

484
00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:03,747
To get this thing
back up on the road.

485
00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:05,149
But usually they're rusted
to hell,

486
00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:08,553
And somebody has actually
over-sprayed or painted them.

487
00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:09,620
Robbie: Here, roll that down.

488
00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:11,555
Mike: Let me get in here.
Oh yeah!

489
00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:12,990
You got the key on the seat.

490
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:18,896
Woo! So it's got 99,959 miles.

491
00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:21,766
Jack: Worth less if it was
over 100,000.

492
00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:22,433
Robbie: Oh, if it
would've rolled over.

493
00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,768
That's it right there.

494
00:18:24,838 --> 00:18:25,503
Mike: It's cool, man.
Robbie: Yeah.

495
00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:26,771
Putting on jack's sweater.

496
00:18:26,839 --> 00:18:27,705
Mike: I'm getting
the feel of it.

497
00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:28,973
<i>Mike: I look in the back seat...</i>

498
00:18:29,175 --> 00:18:31,909
It's like a sweater
from high school or something.

499
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,377
Robbie: He's actually starting
to look like you.

500
00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:34,645
Mike: Alright.

501
00:18:34,713 --> 00:18:36,046
Mike: Put it on and get out,

502
00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:37,181
You know. I thought that'd
shock him a little bit,

503
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:39,383
But he was just like...
Jack: Ah, that's a cool sweater.

504
00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:41,385
You got good taste.

505
00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:42,453
Mike: Look at that!

506
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:43,721
<i> Mike: It fits perfectly.</i>

507
00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:44,722
Jack: I'd throw this
in with the car.

508
00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:46,323
Mike: You're for sure
selling the car?

509
00:18:46,392 --> 00:18:47,458
Jack: Yeah.

510
00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:49,060
Mike: And the car feels good,
the car looks good.

511
00:18:49,128 --> 00:18:51,061
Mike: Have you thought about
what you want for it?

512
00:18:51,131 --> 00:18:54,131
Jack: I mean, I have to think
about it. I'm not sure.

513
00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,866
Robbie: Alright.
Mike: Let me look around
a little bit.

514
00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:57,735
Jack: Okay.
Mike: Think about it, though.

515
00:18:57,804 --> 00:18:59,002
Jack: Okay, I will.
Mike: Alright.

516
00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:01,872
<i> Mike: Jack has used this</i>
<i> building as a catch-all,</i>

517
00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:03,273
<i> And the guy</i>
<i> is a preservationist.</i>

518
00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:07,144
<i> So that's why there's so many</i>
<i> doors and windows and lights.</i>

519
00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,147
<i> You know, when you find</i>
<i> something that's really cool,</i>

520
00:19:09,349 --> 00:19:12,616
<i> You find a really cool door,</i>
<i> a screen door, or a sconce,</i>

521
00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:14,618
<i> Or a chandelier, something.</i>

522
00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:16,020
<i> You know, you hold on to it</i>

523
00:19:16,088 --> 00:19:18,956
<i> Until you discover</i>
<i> the right project for it.</i>

524
00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:20,491
Mike: What are you thinking
on all three pieces?

525
00:19:20,693 --> 00:19:22,760
Jack: $50.
Mike: Okay.

526
00:19:22,962 --> 00:19:24,895
Mike: You know,
that is true passion.

527
00:19:24,964 --> 00:19:27,098
Mike: Jack, what are
these corbels off of?

528
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:30,234
Jack: Off the railroad station,
downtown saltsburg.

529
00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:32,436
That's how I got these
was when the building
was torn down,

530
00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:33,971
These were salvaged.

531
00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,106
Jack: I had tried to buy it
from the railroad,

532
00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:39,577
They wouldn't talk to me
or anyone else about saving it.

533
00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:42,112
But those two heavy supports,

534
00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:45,516
I felt that we should save those
from the wrecking ball.

535
00:19:45,584 --> 00:19:46,584
Mike: So you saved them.

536
00:19:47,253 --> 00:19:50,454
God, that's awesome, man.
I love that. They're heavy too.

537
00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:54,191
<i> Mike: There was no way</i>
<i> that I would attempt</i>
<i> to move these on my own.</i>

538
00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:57,194
You know, so I kind of forgot
about them. And I walked on.

539
00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:58,795
Robbie: What about just opening
that door down there, mike?

540
00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,864
And pulling that stuff
out that way?

541
00:20:00,934 --> 00:20:03,267
Mike: What? Pulling all
of this stuff out?

542
00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:05,536
Oh my god, I don't know, bro.
Robbie: You don't think
we could?

543
00:20:05,604 --> 00:20:07,004
Dude, we could do it.

544
00:20:07,072 --> 00:20:08,405
Mike: Okay. I'm picking
with sergeant rock-head,

545
00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:10,007
We can do this!

546
00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:13,878
Mike: Okay...
(grunts)

547
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,146
Robbie: Got to take
that beam out of there.

548
00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:16,947
Mike: I think we're gonna
try to get those corbels out.

549
00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:19,616
Robbie: They're coming out,
I got it to move.

550
00:20:19,685 --> 00:20:20,817
Mike: Dang... Those are huge!

551
00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,620
Robbie: Can you move
that end this way?

552
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:24,755
Mike: Ugh... No,
it ain't moving!

553
00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:26,357
Robbie: Oh there we go,
right there!

554
00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:29,626
So jack, these were put back
in here when you
were a young man, huh?

555
00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:31,028
Jack: Put those in there myself.

556
00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:32,696
Mike: Alright, you put these
in here by yourself.

557
00:20:32,765 --> 00:20:34,565
Jack: That's right.
(laughing)

558
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:36,634
Mike: We had to climb over...

559
00:20:36,703 --> 00:20:38,235
Robbie: Hold on...
(grunting)

560
00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:39,837
<i> Mike: ...Quite a bit of stuff</i>
<i> to get those out of there,</i>

561
00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:40,771
<i> You know,</i>
<i> and they are not light.</i>

562
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:41,839
Robbie: So hold on...
Mike: Dang...

563
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,708
Don't hurt yourself, jack!
(grunting)

564
00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:45,042
Robbie: Hold on,
I gotta get out.

565
00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:46,843
Mike: Alright, here's one.
Robbie: Here it comes.

566
00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:48,112
Mike: Look out,
you're getting around.

567
00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,715
<i> Mike: I'm surprised jack's</i>
<i> still walking upright.</i>

568
00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:52,249
Robbie: Set her on down.
Mike: Okay.

569
00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:52,984
(grunting)

570
00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:56,721
Mike: Damn, bro!
Robbie: I told you, dude!

571
00:20:56,923 --> 00:20:57,788
I told you we'd get them
out of there.

572
00:20:57,857 --> 00:21:00,858
Jack: I... I give them
a lot of credit.

573
00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:03,594
They had the gumption to say,
we can do it,

574
00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:04,928
And they did it. It wasn't easy,

575
00:21:04,998 --> 00:21:07,931
It was very heavy,
but they just... Persevered.

576
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,267
Mike: How much do you
want for these things?

577
00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:11,936
Jack: I was going
to kid you to say,
you know, I don't even know...

578
00:21:12,138 --> 00:21:13,871
Robbie: I don't even know
if I want to sell them.

579
00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:16,007
(laughing)
you got 'em out for me now!

580
00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,209
Jack: Thanks.

581
00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:19,210
(panting)

582
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,012
Well now,
you see what they're like and...

583
00:21:21,214 --> 00:21:22,279
You make me an offer.
Mike: Yeah, they're cool, man.

584
00:21:22,348 --> 00:21:24,415
500 bucks.

585
00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:25,416
Jack: That's each?

586
00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:28,419
(chuckles)
mike: No.

587
00:21:28,488 --> 00:21:29,553
Jack: Just kidding.

588
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:32,423
Mike: I mean, it's going
to take a unique individual

589
00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:33,624
To want to buy them.

590
00:21:33,692 --> 00:21:35,359
Jack: I'll accept the offer.

591
00:21:35,427 --> 00:21:36,360
Mike: Okay.

592
00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:39,630
Mike: So, we're seriously
interested in the car.

593
00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:40,831
Jack: You make me an offer.

594
00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:42,299
Mike: Well,
let's look at it again.

595
00:21:42,368 --> 00:21:44,969
Robbie: Are you seriously
interested in selling it?
Jack: I am.

596
00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,170
Jack: I had to give
a little thought to it.

597
00:21:46,239 --> 00:21:49,240
I took a little recess. But...
When it came right down to it,

598
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:52,042
<i> Here's two guys are really</i>
<i> ambitious and have the skills</i>

599
00:21:52,111 --> 00:21:55,846
<i> To take that old chevy</i>
<i> and bring it back to life.</i>

600
00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:57,848
Robbie: It's time for it
to leave the cocoon.

601
00:21:58,050 --> 00:21:58,983
Jack: It's time to find
a new life for it.

602
00:22:00,386 --> 00:22:01,986
Robbie: Um...

603
00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:07,057
You know, I've done
a million of these projects.

604
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:08,525
Mike: I wouldn't say you've
done a million of them.

605
00:22:08,594 --> 00:22:12,129
Robbie: I've done a lot.
I can tell you, I've done
a lot of these projects.

606
00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:13,864
Whether you start
with the engine,
you go to the trannie,

607
00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:16,266
You do the gas tank, the brakes,
the tires,

608
00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:19,270
Every single thing on it.
I'm gonna put
my best foot forward.

609
00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:21,005
6,500.

610
00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:26,143
'cause I'm thinking to myself,
between 5 and 6,500

611
00:22:26,212 --> 00:22:29,880
Just in trying to get the thing
back up, mechanic-wise.

612
00:22:29,949 --> 00:22:31,882
And that's us doing
the work ourselves.

613
00:22:31,951 --> 00:22:33,684
So you know,
by the time we get it home,

614
00:22:33,753 --> 00:22:36,086
There's 1,000 in there,
that's 7.

615
00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:38,289
You know, we're going to be
closer to, you know like,

616
00:22:38,491 --> 00:22:39,823
14-15,000 in it.

617
00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:42,826
<i> Jack: I listened closely</i>
<i> to their logic</i>

618
00:22:42,895 --> 00:22:44,495
<i> Of what work</i>
<i> was going to be required</i>

619
00:22:44,564 --> 00:22:46,029
To bring it back to life.

620
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:49,099
Jack: I get your points, and...
They're all valid.

621
00:22:49,168 --> 00:22:50,901
Jack: I could see their
reasoning, and I agreed with it.

622
00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:54,004
Jack: If you guys
would come up to 7,000...

623
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,040
I'll sell it to you.

624
00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:57,708
<i> Mike: It's a huge deal</i>
<i> for him to get to the point</i>

625
00:22:57,776 --> 00:22:59,910
<i>Where he wants to sell the car.</i>

626
00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:02,846
<i> But he wants to contribute</i>
<i> in a big way</i>

627
00:23:02,915 --> 00:23:04,048
<i> To the mill</i>
<i> that he's working on.</i>

628
00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:06,984
You know, so he's kind of
trading one passion for another.

629
00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:08,652
Robbie: We're going to do it.

630
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,788
Jack: Okay.
Robbie: Alright.

631
00:23:10,857 --> 00:23:11,655
Mike: Thank you, buddy.
I appreciate it.

632
00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:12,923
Jack: Glad it got
a new home and...

633
00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:14,925
Mike: I appreciate you
trusting us with it, man,

634
00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:16,861
Because I know you've had it
for a long time.

635
00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:18,595
Robbie: You're the one
that made it survive.

636
00:23:18,664 --> 00:23:19,930
Jack: That's a good feeling.

637
00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,732
Robbie: Jack, I don't think
we put a dent in...

638
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,933
(laughing)
mike: A little bit.

639
00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:24,001
Robbie: Yeah, a little bit,
not too much.

640
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,670
Mike: With everything
that's happened in the world

641
00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:27,604
Over the last couple of years,

642
00:23:27,673 --> 00:23:30,140
People are starting to simplify.

643
00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:31,942
And they're starting to
prioritize things differently.

644
00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:34,812
And they're looking
to small towns to live.

645
00:23:34,881 --> 00:23:35,879
Robbie: Grab that,
throw her in there.

646
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:37,882
Mike: There's a stronger
sense of community,

647
00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:39,683
<i> And real estate</i>
<i> is more affordable.</i>

648
00:23:39,886 --> 00:23:41,218
Mike: There you go.
Thanks, buddy.

649
00:23:41,287 --> 00:23:44,021
Jack: You're welcome.
<i> Mike: But it's not just</i>
<i> about that,</i>

650
00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:46,557
<i> It's also about the value</i>
<i> and the quality of life.</i>

651
00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:48,092
Mike: Alright, we got it.

652
00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:50,761
<i> Mike: Guys like jack figured</i>
<i> that out a long time ago.</i>

653
00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:52,496
Mike: Good luck with
all your projects.

654
00:23:52,565 --> 00:23:53,630
Jack: Well, thank you.

655
00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:54,565
<i>Mike: Jack is a perfect example</i>

656
00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:56,033
<i> Of how one man's voice</i>

657
00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:59,637
<i> And one man's work</i>
<i> can inspire a whole community.</i>

658
00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:00,704
Mike: Appreciate you, buddy.

659
00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:03,507
Jack: Both mike and rob
have got the same philosophy

660
00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:04,774
I have on preservation.

661
00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:07,778
So I was so pleased
to meet them.

662
00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:09,380
Robbie: Thank you!
Mike: Ar-ooh!

663
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:10,981
(honks horn)

664
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:12,583
<i>Jack: I want to try to preserve</i>
<i> the buildings</i>

665
00:24:12,652 --> 00:24:15,853
For other generations to enjoy

666
00:24:16,055 --> 00:24:18,989
What I've enjoyed here
for the last 80 years.

667
00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:27,998
Robbie: Today, mike and I
are heading to elmer's pedal car

668
00:24:28,067 --> 00:24:30,267
And toy museum on the banks
of the mississippi.

669
00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:31,602
Mike: Look at this, this is it.
Fountain city right here, baby.

670
00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:33,404
A lot of memories up here, man.

671
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:34,805
Robbie: Yeah.

672
00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:36,406
<i> Robbie: Mike and I have</i>
<i> visited there</i>

673
00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:37,274
<i> So many times.</i>

674
00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:39,543
Mike: My blood is frozen.
Robbie: Yeah.

675
00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:40,411
Mike: Right now it is...

676
00:24:40,613 --> 00:24:41,745
Robbie: 28 degrees.

677
00:24:41,948 --> 00:24:43,948
Mike: Right now
it's 28 degrees out.

678
00:24:44,016 --> 00:24:47,684
Welcome to springtime in...
In wisconsin.

679
00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:49,019
(laughing)
robbie: In wisconsin.

680
00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:51,421
<i>Mike: My brother and I have been</i>
<i> self-employed</i>

681
00:24:51,491 --> 00:24:52,556
<i> For over 30 years.</i>

682
00:24:52,758 --> 00:24:54,825
But we are not self-made men.

683
00:24:55,027 --> 00:24:56,160
Mike: I want to drive
by the monarch, man.

684
00:24:56,362 --> 00:24:58,896
How many times did you have
lunch with elmer
at the monarch?

685
00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,898
Robbie: Well, it was his
favorite place to eat.

686
00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:03,834
<i>Mike: Our mom, school teachers,</i>
<i> coaches,</i>

687
00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:06,837
Guys like elmer,
helped us along the way.

688
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:09,372
Robbie: I remember meeting
elmer at... Iola.

689
00:25:09,441 --> 00:25:12,176
<i> Robbie: Iola was one</i>
<i> of the biggest swap meets</i>
<i> in the country.</i>

690
00:25:12,378 --> 00:25:13,777
Robbie: You know,
him and bernadette
would be sitting there.

691
00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:16,113
He had eight or nine
booths set up.

692
00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,047
Everybody's gathering
around his space, I was like,

693
00:25:17,116 --> 00:25:18,916
Who's everybody talking to?
And they're like,

694
00:25:18,985 --> 00:25:20,984
That's elmer duellman.
He was like the king.

695
00:25:21,053 --> 00:25:22,786
Mike: He was always so gracious
to everybody too.

696
00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:24,521
Robbie: Oh yeah.
Mike: When I met elmer,

697
00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:26,390
I was in my early 20s,

698
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:29,793
And just trying to figure out
how to make a living
in this business.

699
00:25:29,996 --> 00:25:30,728
Mike: Remember the golden
frog down here?

700
00:25:30,930 --> 00:25:32,796
Robbie: Oh yeah.
Mike: How many nights

701
00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:33,730
Did you ever spend
at the golden frog?

702
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:36,066
Robbie: Oh, with elmer?
(laughing)

703
00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:37,935
<i> Robbie: If we were picking</i>
<i> in wisconsin or minnesota,</i>

704
00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:40,938
<i> Mike and I would go out</i>
<i> of our way to see elmer.</i>

705
00:25:41,007 --> 00:25:42,740
Robbie: Gives you the goose
bumps right there.

706
00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:43,874
Mike: It does, man,
it really does.

707
00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:46,610
<i> Robbie: After a long life</i>
<i> well-lived,</i>

708
00:25:46,812 --> 00:25:48,011
<i>Elmer passed earlier this year.</i>

709
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,880
(sighs)
<i> so today, we're back</i>
<i> in fountain city</i>

710
00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:51,982
<i> To visit his kids</i>
<i> and his collection.</i>

711
00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:55,619
(grunts)

712
00:25:55,688 --> 00:25:56,987
Robbie: Take off the glasses...

713
00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,624
Mike: Alright, woo...

714
00:26:00,826 --> 00:26:02,960
Hey-hey!
Melissa: Hey-hey, mike!

715
00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:04,828
Mike: It's freezing.
Robbie: How're you doing?

716
00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:05,829
Melissa: Hey les, robbie
and mike are here.

717
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,965
Mike: Melissa...
It's freezing out, man.

718
00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,033
Melissa: It's freezing out here.
Robbie, how are you?

719
00:26:10,102 --> 00:26:11,368
Robbie: Good to see you again,
les, how're you doing?

720
00:26:11,437 --> 00:26:13,837
Melissa: Mike, why didn't
you bring some
warm weather with you?

721
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,705
Mike: I know, can you
believe this, dude?

722
00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:16,774
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: It's crazy.

723
00:26:16,976 --> 00:26:17,975
Mike: When we started
coming up here,

724
00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:20,577
We were trying to think about it
on the way up here,

725
00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:21,978
I think it was like 1989,

726
00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,982
Somewhere around there.
So like, 33 years ago.

727
00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:26,850
Melissa: Wow.
Mike: So this was the only place

728
00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:29,520
That you could come,
to see things like this.

729
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:33,123
Robbie: I don't care how many
times you come here,
you can't take it all in.

730
00:26:33,192 --> 00:26:35,992
Les: Well, when you got stuff
stacked 6, 7 deep, you know,

731
00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:37,795
You're looking in the back,
look in the middle,

732
00:26:37,863 --> 00:26:38,928
There's always something
new to see.

733
00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:40,531
The museum collection
kind of came together

734
00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,132
Over a long period of time.

735
00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:45,469
Dad started collecting
some of the cars
in the late '60s.

736
00:26:45,671 --> 00:26:47,737
Then pedal cars and toys.

737
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:49,205
Mike: Oh my god,
I never seen that.

738
00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,875
That's what I'm talking about,
every time I can't believe it.

739
00:26:52,078 --> 00:26:54,545
That's like a spaceship
that's a volkswagen.

740
00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:56,146
Les: And in the early '90s,

741
00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:57,815
He decided that, you know,
maybe we should start opening

742
00:26:57,883 --> 00:26:59,683
This up a couple
of weekends a summer

743
00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:02,886
And sharing it with the public.

744
00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:03,887
Mike: See, how many times
have I been here,

745
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,755
I'm now still seeing
stuff I've never seen.

746
00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:08,158
Robbie: This thing is...
That's nuts.

747
00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:09,693
I've never even seen that.
Les: That's a super rare piece.

748
00:27:09,761 --> 00:27:11,895
That's actually from argentina.

749
00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:13,563
<i> Robbie: All the great stuff</i>
<i> in the museum</i>

750
00:27:13,633 --> 00:27:14,964
<i> Is going to be auctioned.</i>

751
00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:16,500
Robbie: That freakin' motorcycle
toy right here.

752
00:27:16,569 --> 00:27:17,968
Never seen that before.

753
00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:20,838
<i> Robbie: But elmer's collection</i>
<i> was deep.</i>

754
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,305
Les: You guys ready
to go out to the barn?

755
00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:24,374
I think brad's out there,
he's probably freezing
his butt off...

756
00:27:24,443 --> 00:27:27,711
Mike: Oh, he's out there?
Melissa: I'm not gonna
go out with you guys.

757
00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:28,912
Melissa: It's too
cold out there.

758
00:27:28,980 --> 00:27:31,181
<i> Robbie: There is no doubt</i>
<i> in my mind</i>

759
00:27:31,249 --> 00:27:33,784
<i>That his scratch-and-dent rooms</i>
<i> are out of this world.</i>

760
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:34,984
Mike: God, I haven't
seen brad in years.

761
00:27:35,054 --> 00:27:36,853
<i> Robbie: When I first met</i>
<i> elmer and bernadette,</i>

762
00:27:36,922 --> 00:27:38,655
<i> Les was actually running</i>
<i> the junkyard,</i>

763
00:27:38,724 --> 00:27:40,924
And brad was still at college.

764
00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:42,192
Robbie: Brad, how're you doing?
Good to see you.

765
00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:44,594
Brad: Good, nice to see ya.
Mike: What's going on, buddy?

766
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:45,996
How are ya?
Brad: Good.

767
00:27:46,064 --> 00:27:47,530
<i>Robbie: But elmer and bernadette</i>
<i> talked about</i>

768
00:27:47,599 --> 00:27:48,999
<i> Their kids constantly.</i>

769
00:27:49,201 --> 00:27:51,735
<i> I felt like I knew them,</i>
<i> like I grew up with them.</i>

770
00:27:51,804 --> 00:27:53,670
Mike: Brad, man.
Robbie: Hub-mobile.

771
00:27:53,739 --> 00:27:55,873
Mike: Oh my gosh, look at this.

772
00:27:55,941 --> 00:27:57,941
This didn't happen overnight,
did it?

773
00:27:58,010 --> 00:27:59,676
<i> Mike: You know, elmer always</i>
<i> had a smile,</i>

774
00:27:59,745 --> 00:28:01,010
<i> He was always in a great mood,</i>

775
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,413
<i> And he never got so big</i>
<i> in his mind with money</i>

776
00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:06,683
<i> And all those kind of things</i>
<i> that usually control</i>
<i> people later on.</i>

777
00:28:06,752 --> 00:28:08,552
Mike: That's an incredible
piece.

778
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:09,820
Robbie: Is that a turner?

779
00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,955
Mike: Pressed steel,
that big, that early.

780
00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:13,957
<i> Mike: He always remained</i>
<i> in his small house,</i>

781
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,094
<i> Next to his museum,</i>
<i> surrounded by his family,</i>

782
00:28:17,163 --> 00:28:18,962
<i> Surrounded by every single</i>
<i> thing that he ever loved.</i>

783
00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,031
Mike: Oh man... What a life,
what a life, man.

784
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:25,002
<i> Mike: So when we walk in here,</i>
<i> seeing his family...</i>

785
00:28:25,638 --> 00:28:29,506
Um... Wow, you know?

786
00:28:29,575 --> 00:28:32,709
I mean, I think about like,
what charlie's going to be like
as she gets older

787
00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:34,711
<i> With my collection, you know?</i>

788
00:28:34,780 --> 00:28:36,646
<i> And it's a celebratory moment,</i>

789
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,248
<i> We're celebrating his life.</i>

790
00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:40,851
Mike: This was always one of my
favorite pedal cars of his, man.

791
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,586
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: The patina, the color.

792
00:28:42,655 --> 00:28:44,922
I always joked with your pops

793
00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:47,124
About trying to buy this car
when I was in here.

794
00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:48,725
Les: You weren't gonna buy
that kind of stuff from dad.

795
00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:50,327
Robbie: No.
Mike: No I mean...

796
00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,196
Les: Everything that's
in the collection,
he wasn't going to sell.

797
00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:53,863
Mike: Your dad wouldn't even
have sold me that license plate.

798
00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:55,933
(laughing)
robbie: No. He wouldn't have.

799
00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:58,268
Brad: But we do have
some stuff downstairs.

800
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:59,737
Les: There's some cool stuff,
that's what we got
ahold of you for.

801
00:28:59,939 --> 00:29:02,806
Mike: If your dad had
a private stash,

802
00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:04,541
It's probably way better
than anything

803
00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:05,608
That we probably own now.

804
00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:07,944
(laughing)
robbie: Yeah.

805
00:29:08,013 --> 00:29:09,146
Robbie: Never even been
invited in this area.

806
00:29:09,215 --> 00:29:10,948
<i> Robbie: All the years</i>
<i>that I went up to that property,</i>

807
00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:12,816
<i> I don't think I was ever</i>
<i> in the catch-all room.</i>

808
00:29:13,018 --> 00:29:14,684
Brad: Hang a right.
Robbie: Hang a right.

809
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:15,886
Mike: Hang a right.
(laughing)

810
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:17,955
Mike: Everybody has been
in the top of the barn.

811
00:29:18,023 --> 00:29:19,690
That's where so many things
are on display,

812
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:22,159
That's part of the museum tour.

813
00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:26,296
But we're walking in the back
door of the bottom of the barn.

814
00:29:26,365 --> 00:29:28,699
Mike: So this was,
this was kind of his
pedal car hardware store?

815
00:29:28,901 --> 00:29:30,567
Brad: Yeah.
Mike: Parts and pieces

816
00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,903
To repair his pedal cars, huh?

817
00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:34,104
Brad: Yep.
Les: And other things he just

818
00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:36,106
Didn't want to put in the museum
or didn't have room for.

819
00:29:36,174 --> 00:29:37,707
Les: You know, it was just about
upgrading his collection

820
00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:39,843
Because he had space
limitations.

821
00:29:39,911 --> 00:29:40,577
Brad: The stuff that dad
never showed,

822
00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:41,778
Never displayed to the public.

823
00:29:41,847 --> 00:29:43,981
Les: Just the hidden
secret stuff.

824
00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:45,849
Brad: Hidden, secret stuff,
yeah, the gems.

825
00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:46,717
Mike: What about the carnival
ride here?

826
00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:48,118
Would you guys
consider selling this?

827
00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:50,320
Les: It's pretty realistic,
when you look at it, you know,

828
00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:54,057
As far as a carnival ride
having like a clutch handle
and brake handle.

829
00:29:54,126 --> 00:29:55,325
Mike: Yeah.
Les: It almost looks
like a real bike,

830
00:29:55,394 --> 00:29:57,260
Not just a carnival ride.
Mike: It's got a speedo
on it too.

831
00:29:57,329 --> 00:30:00,397
Les: Yeah.
Mike: I mean, the retail
on this thing's probably...

832
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,199
800 to 1,000.

833
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:03,600
I'd do...

834
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:05,135
Oh look at that, that's cool.

835
00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:08,005
I can't believe
that's not broken off.

836
00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:11,008
I'd do like 6 on it?

837
00:30:12,077 --> 00:30:13,877
Les: I think that's fair.
Brad: We can go 600.

838
00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:15,612
Mike: Alright,
shake his hand, robbie.

839
00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:17,413
Robbie: Alright. Thanks, brad.

840
00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:19,148
<i> Mike: This is all part</i>
<i> of the evolution</i>

841
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:23,887
<i>Of elmer becoming the rock star</i>
<i> collector that he was.</i>

842
00:30:23,956 --> 00:30:26,690
<i> Think about it,</i>
<i> aerosmith didn't start out</i>

843
00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:28,491
<i> Playing madison square garden,</i>

844
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,627
They started at the vfw.

845
00:30:30,696 --> 00:30:31,962
You know, it's the same thing.

846
00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:34,564
Mike: So this is another
carnival piece, right here.

847
00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:36,700
Brad: Correct. I believe so.

848
00:30:36,769 --> 00:30:38,702
Mike: This is really
super heavy.

849
00:30:38,771 --> 00:30:40,037
This whole body
is cast aluminum,

850
00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:43,840
And you can see the tag
on the right-hand side,

851
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:47,110
W.F. Mangels,
coney island, new york.

852
00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:49,846
Not that this was necessarily
used in coney island,

853
00:30:49,915 --> 00:30:52,182
But it was manufactured
in coney island.

854
00:30:52,251 --> 00:30:53,917
<i> Mike: There's a couple pieces</i>
<i> down here that I'm really</i>

855
00:30:53,986 --> 00:30:56,586
<i> Surprised that elmer didn't</i>
<i> have on display,</i>

856
00:30:56,655 --> 00:31:00,524
<i> Like these carnival items,</i>
<i> you know, like the motorcycle</i>
<i> and the fire truck.</i>

857
00:31:00,726 --> 00:31:02,859
But he was a pedal car guy,

858
00:31:02,928 --> 00:31:05,128
He was into details
and he was into rare.

859
00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:07,931
Mike: Look it, it's got one
of the original ladders on it.

860
00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:08,798
Brad: Ladders, yep.
Mike: So this looks like

861
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:11,802
The paint would clean up
pretty decently.

862
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,003
This is what they call
park paint,

863
00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:15,605
Where they would have
painted it in the park.

864
00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:17,807
That back wheel is missing,

865
00:31:17,877 --> 00:31:20,143
And somebody made it
out of wood. Um...

866
00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:22,746
You know, I'd be interested
in it for like 5-and-a-half.

867
00:31:22,815 --> 00:31:23,947
Brad: 5-and-a-half,
we'd do that.

868
00:31:24,016 --> 00:31:25,282
You're going to have fun
getting it out, though.

869
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:26,984
Mike: You're gonna have to help
me get it out of here, man.

870
00:31:33,425 --> 00:31:35,358
(grunting)

871
00:31:35,427 --> 00:31:35,993
(bell ringing)

872
00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:40,630
Mike: Alright, look at this.

873
00:31:40,699 --> 00:31:41,564
Look at this. Look at that.

874
00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:43,033
Robbie: It's freakin' huge!

875
00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:45,902
Mike: Just a really large
pressed steel riding toy.

876
00:31:45,971 --> 00:31:47,571
Robbie: Toy. Crane.
Mike: That's a crane.

877
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,172
Les: Excavator, yeah...

878
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,774
Robbie: That thing's cool.
Look at how big that thing is.

879
00:31:50,843 --> 00:31:52,509
Les: Oh... Geez.
Robbie: For a kid's toy.

880
00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:53,776
<i> Honestly, looking at it,</i>

881
00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:55,512
It's probably from
the '30s or '40s.

882
00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:56,847
It stood the test of time.

883
00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:58,715
Robbie: Needs a little work.
It's still cool.

884
00:31:58,917 --> 00:31:59,917
Les: It's all there,
it looks like.

885
00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:02,919
Robbie: The thing still
has original paint on it.

886
00:32:02,988 --> 00:32:04,587
It doesn't look like
it got used too much.

887
00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:05,989
Brad: No.
Robbie: 75 bucks.

888
00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:09,860
Brad: No it's big...
100-and-a-quarter on it.

889
00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,461
Les: It's a cool piece,
so I mean, it...

890
00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:14,063
Brad: It was in the bottom
of the barn, nobody's
even gonna to see it.

891
00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:15,999
Les: Right. I mean,
that was part of it, is that...

892
00:32:16,068 --> 00:32:18,067
You know, these were pieces
that nobody has seen,

893
00:32:18,136 --> 00:32:20,670
And we haven't hardly been
in the bottom of the barn,

894
00:32:20,739 --> 00:32:22,405
You know,
over the last few years.

895
00:32:22,474 --> 00:32:24,074
Robbie: 100 bucks.

896
00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:26,009
Brad: 100-and-a-quarter.

897
00:32:26,077 --> 00:32:27,678
Robbie: Brad's stuck.
He's liking this thing.

898
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,079
Les: I think brad
likes this one.

899
00:32:29,147 --> 00:32:32,682
Mike: It's hard to negotiate
with the sons of a guy

900
00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:35,085
That I learned
to negotiate from.

901
00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:38,989
Those guys learned from
the best, just like we did.

902
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,424
Robbie: 100-and-a-quarter,
I'll do it.

903
00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:42,492
Brad: Sounds good.

904
00:32:42,561 --> 00:32:43,760
Les: Brad, do you think
the crane went too cheap?

905
00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:44,961
Brad: I think he got
a good deal.

906
00:32:45,030 --> 00:32:47,097
Mike: Robbie, grab this.
Robbie: What do you got?

907
00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:50,900
Mike: A zephyr wagon.
Robbie: Oh yeah. That's cool.

908
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,235
Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: Yeah, this is not the...

909
00:32:52,905 --> 00:32:54,104
Les: Oh watch it...
Robbie: Here we go.

910
00:32:54,306 --> 00:32:56,706
Les: You're gonna kill yourself.
Robbie: Yeah, look at that.

911
00:32:56,775 --> 00:32:58,508
Lincoln-zephyr.
You know, they...

912
00:32:58,577 --> 00:33:00,043
The airflow, art deco.

913
00:33:00,112 --> 00:33:01,978
Les: There you go, yeah,
art deco airflow style, yeah.

914
00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:03,847
Brad: Oh yeah.
<i> Mike: Everything and anything</i>

915
00:33:04,049 --> 00:33:06,116
<i> Was airflow,</i>
<i> whether it was a toaster,</i>

916
00:33:06,318 --> 00:33:09,453
<i> Or an airplane, or a train,</i>
<i> or a motorcycle, or a car.</i>

917
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:11,188
<i> Everything was airflow.</i>

918
00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:13,924
We all...

919
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,592
As collectors,
romanticize about that time.

920
00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:17,594
Brad: So this is like the '30s?

921
00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:18,728
Robbie: Yeah, around the 1930s.

922
00:33:18,797 --> 00:33:21,264
It's got a great look to it,
I think.

923
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,267
Robbie: This zephyr wagon
still has the zephyr
on the side of it.

924
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,804
<i> The fenders are humped,</i>
<i> it's got headlights</i>
<i> coming out.</i>

925
00:33:27,872 --> 00:33:28,805
Robbie: The tongue's still
on these,

926
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,273
They always got beat up
and broken off.

927
00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:31,808
Robbie: 150.

928
00:33:31,876 --> 00:33:32,943
Brad: What do you
think of that one?

929
00:33:33,145 --> 00:33:35,679
<i> Robbie: Back in the day,</i>
<i> this same zephyr wagon,</i>

930
00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:36,679
<i> I would bring this to elmer,</i>

931
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,882
<i> And he'd give me $800 for it.</i>

932
00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:41,485
You didn't see hundreds
of these pieces.

933
00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:43,219
Les: Yeah, probably, yeah.

934
00:33:43,288 --> 00:33:45,689
<i> Robbie: When the internet came</i>
<i> out, all that stuff dropped.</i>

935
00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:46,689
Brad: Let's do it.
Les: Yeah.

936
00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:47,623
Robbie: Alright.
Les: Here you go.

937
00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:48,958
Robbie: Alright. Awesome, man.

938
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:50,427
Les: That's a nice piece.
The art deco styling,

939
00:33:50,629 --> 00:33:52,095
And the airflow style.

940
00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:54,031
Brad: Yeah, a lucky kid
to get that when it was new.

941
00:33:54,233 --> 00:33:55,565
<i> Mike: There's just...</i>
<i> A little bit of everything.</i>

942
00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:56,900
<i> Some pedal car parts...</i>

943
00:33:56,969 --> 00:33:58,702
Mike: They're hood ornaments
for pedal cars.

944
00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:01,037
Some are reproduction,
some aren't.

945
00:34:01,106 --> 00:34:02,639
<i> Mike: ...And there's</i>
<i> reproduction pedal car parts</i>

946
00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:06,910
<i> That he probably cast</i>
<i> so he could have pieces</i>
<i> for his cars, you know.</i>

947
00:34:06,979 --> 00:34:09,045
<i> It's like, I'm just seeing</i>
<i> a side of him</i>

948
00:34:09,114 --> 00:34:10,647
<i> That I never saw before,</i>
<i> which is really cool.</i>

949
00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,782
Mike: I want to see this thing.

950
00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:14,250
Hey, pull on that
bike right there.

951
00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:14,985
(grunting)

952
00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:19,523
Mike: Popping a wheelie.

953
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:20,991
Check out the twin cylinder.

954
00:34:21,926 --> 00:34:23,926
Woo! This is like
a harley servi-car.

955
00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:25,929
<i> Mike: This is a pressed steel</i>
<i> riding toy</i>

956
00:34:26,131 --> 00:34:27,998
<i> That was modeled after</i>
<i> the harley servi-car.</i>

957
00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,867
<i> It's got the b-twin</i>
<i> engine in it, you know,</i>

958
00:34:30,936 --> 00:34:34,337
<i> The servi-car box</i>
<i> on the back of it.</i>

959
00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:35,338
Super cool.

960
00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:37,006
Mike: What's cool about
this is, you know,

961
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:39,409
What was happening in that
time period with cars,

962
00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:41,011
Motorcycles, boats.

963
00:34:41,213 --> 00:34:44,014
They were taking into
the children's toys, you know?

964
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:46,816
<i> Mike: Like say you had</i>
<i> a harley servi-car.</i>

965
00:34:46,885 --> 00:34:49,886
And little bobby
wanted a harley servi-car.

966
00:34:49,955 --> 00:34:52,022
You could go to the store
and buy one for him.

967
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,991
That was a big deal.
That was a huge connection.

968
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:57,627
Mike: 200 bucks.

969
00:34:57,695 --> 00:34:58,495
Brad: I was thinking like 4.

970
00:34:58,697 --> 00:35:00,630
Mike: I think that's
what I can get, yeah.

971
00:35:00,699 --> 00:35:01,631
How much you want me to come up?

972
00:35:01,699 --> 00:35:02,999
Brad: Split the difference?

973
00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:05,635
Mike: At what, 3?
Brad: 3?

974
00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:08,105
<i> Mike: Toys were built to last.</i>

975
00:35:08,307 --> 00:35:11,641
<i> I mean, this can be anywhere</i>
<i> from the '40s or the '50s.</i>

976
00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:13,777
<i> But you know, it's solid, man.</i>

977
00:35:13,845 --> 00:35:16,580
Built to last here
in this country.

978
00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:18,315
Mike: How about... 250?

979
00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:20,049
Brad: We'll do it.
Les: Yeah, he's gotta make
some money too.

980
00:35:20,119 --> 00:35:21,852
Mike: I appreciate you.
Les: That's a pretty cool piece.

981
00:35:22,054 --> 00:35:23,920
Les: That's right up
your alley with the twin.

982
00:35:23,989 --> 00:35:24,787
Mike: Actually, this is starting
to look familiar,

983
00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:26,790
I might have sold this
to your dad.

984
00:35:26,992 --> 00:35:27,723
Les: Oh no, really?
Mike: I don't know,

985
00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:29,125
I think I've seen
it before, man.

986
00:35:29,194 --> 00:35:32,796
Mike: I knew there was gonna
be stuff that we had sold elmer.

987
00:35:32,998 --> 00:35:34,864
And now walking through it
with his sons,

988
00:35:34,933 --> 00:35:36,933
I mean, we're walking down
memory lane.

989
00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:38,601
Mike: I'll tell you a story
about your dad.

990
00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:41,071
I used to run a bicycle shop,

991
00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:44,007
And I was selling your dad
antique bicycles at that time.

992
00:35:44,209 --> 00:35:48,612
And I had made the transition
from getting a paycheque

993
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,813
To working as a sales rep.

994
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,016
And I wasn't making hardly
any money,

995
00:35:53,085 --> 00:35:54,751
And it took forever
to get your cheque, you know.

996
00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:55,952
Les: Oh.
Mike: You know, so anyway,

997
00:35:56,021 --> 00:36:00,289
So I found these two glass
reversed-painted signs

998
00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:04,094
In the basement
of an old building
here in wisconsin somewhere.

999
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:06,763
And I called your dad,
it was really late, he's like,

1000
00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:07,897
"come on, I'll look at them,
come on."

1001
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:11,901
And he gave me $800 cash
for those two signs.

1002
00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:14,904
Mike: The $800 that he gave me
back then...

1003
00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:16,973
I mean, I lived off
of for a few months.

1004
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:20,042
Mike: And that was money
that like, I needed so bad.

1005
00:36:20,111 --> 00:36:22,912
Les: Yeah.
Mike: You know,
I never forgot that.

1006
00:36:22,981 --> 00:36:25,048
Mike: My father left us
when I was two.

1007
00:36:25,117 --> 00:36:27,651
My mom was actually pregnant
with robbie when he left.

1008
00:36:27,853 --> 00:36:30,120
Never gave my mom a dime,
you know,

1009
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,856
And we never really had
a role model other than a coach.

1010
00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:33,990
Les: I think you were
his friend right away,

1011
00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:35,659
As soon as you showed some
interest in this stuff.

1012
00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:36,860
Mike: Oh, absolutely.
Les: Yeah.

1013
00:36:37,062 --> 00:36:38,528
<i> Mike: When elmer came along</i>
<i> in our lives</i>

1014
00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:40,597
<i> At such a young age,</i>

1015
00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:41,397
<i> He taught us a lot of things,</i>

1016
00:36:41,466 --> 00:36:43,600
Beyond antiquing.

1017
00:36:43,669 --> 00:36:44,401
<i> You know, beyond collecting.</i>

1018
00:36:44,469 --> 00:36:46,670
(horn blaring)

1019
00:36:46,738 --> 00:36:47,871
Mike: You know, he was kind of

1020
00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:49,606
A father figure to us
in a lot of ways.

1021
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:51,741
Robbie: Wow. That's early.

1022
00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:52,876
Mike: Let's flip
it over this way.

1023
00:36:53,078 --> 00:36:55,812
Robbie: Super... Tool-die...
And machine work.

1024
00:36:56,014 --> 00:36:57,813
Mike: Machine work.
That's a cool sign.

1025
00:36:57,882 --> 00:36:59,683
And if you look
at the font on this,

1026
00:36:59,885 --> 00:37:02,552
With the, you know,
detail here...

1027
00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:03,286
How bad's the other side?

1028
00:37:03,488 --> 00:37:05,422
Let's see it.

1029
00:37:05,624 --> 00:37:05,989
Let's see it in the sun.

1030
00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:08,758
Oh yeah...
Robbie: The rust is on it.

1031
00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:09,825
Mike: You're right.
Robbie: Yeah.

1032
00:37:09,894 --> 00:37:10,760
Mike: The subject matter's
interesting.

1033
00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:12,962
And it's an early sign.
Robbie: Yeah.

1034
00:37:13,031 --> 00:37:15,831
Mike: Look at this, man.
That's probably a .38.

1035
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,566
Les: Bigger than a .22,
that's for sure.

1036
00:37:17,636 --> 00:37:19,035
Mike: Would you sell this?

1037
00:37:19,104 --> 00:37:20,770
Brad: It was a neat piece.
Les: It was a cool piece.

1038
00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:21,904
Brad: Hand-painted.
Les: Hand-painted.

1039
00:37:21,974 --> 00:37:23,306
Brad: It was something
that should've been up

1040
00:37:23,508 --> 00:37:24,241
In the museum.

1041
00:37:24,443 --> 00:37:26,009
Brad: 750?

1042
00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:28,011
Mike: Alright. I'll do it.
Les: There you go.

1043
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:36,853
Robbie: Well, there's
more in here.
Les: Yeah.

1044
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:37,921
Robbie: Elmer was a typical
big collector.

1045
00:37:37,989 --> 00:37:39,722
When you have space,
you're going to fill it.

1046
00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:43,059
He was filling vans up,
buses up.

1047
00:37:43,128 --> 00:37:45,128
Anything he could find
to keep it out of the weather.

1048
00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:47,863
Mike: Look at this, this is
all new-old stock beer trays.

1049
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,600
<i> Mike: There were so many</i>
<i> different beers</i>

1050
00:37:50,669 --> 00:37:51,534
That were brewed in wisconsin.

1051
00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:52,402
Robbie: Look at that.

1052
00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:53,869
Les: Wow, brand new.

1053
00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:55,271
Robbie: Old style.
Mike: What year, though?

1054
00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:56,806
Les: 1977.

1055
00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:58,675
Mike: You got miller,
you got lakefront,

1056
00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:00,277
You got schlitz,
you got old style.

1057
00:38:00,479 --> 00:38:01,477
Mike: Ahh...

1058
00:38:01,546 --> 00:38:04,014
Mike: In wisconsin, there's like
a bar on every corner.

1059
00:38:04,216 --> 00:38:07,283
Robbie: I got it. I got
the grand-daddy of them all.

1060
00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:09,419
Here it is.

1061
00:38:09,488 --> 00:38:10,620
(laughing)
brad!

1062
00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:12,989
Brad: See ya.
(laughing)

1063
00:38:13,959 --> 00:38:14,958
Robbie: The fact that
you got the top.

1064
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,826
Brad: Yep.
Robbie: You hook that
all together,

1065
00:38:17,028 --> 00:38:18,961
And you got yourself
a nice display piece.

1066
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:21,164
Brad: Beautiful.
<i>Robbie: Back in the early days,</i>

1067
00:38:21,233 --> 00:38:24,167
<i> Budweiser would build pieces</i>
<i> that were always in motion,</i>

1068
00:38:24,369 --> 00:38:26,502
<i> You know, and what's the most</i>
<i> famous thing for budweiser?</i>

1069
00:38:26,571 --> 00:38:27,837
<i> The clydesdale horse.</i>

1070
00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:29,706
Robbie: That needs
to be cleaned up,
there's some moisture

1071
00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:31,374
That got inside of it.
Brad: Yep.

1072
00:38:31,576 --> 00:38:32,909
Robbie: Um... 650.

1073
00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:34,044
<i> Robbie: I know it probably</i>
<i> doesn't work.</i>

1074
00:38:34,246 --> 00:38:37,847
It's probably going to need
the gears inside lubed up.

1075
00:38:37,916 --> 00:38:38,982
It might need a little
bit of electrical.

1076
00:38:39,184 --> 00:38:40,317
Brad: I've seen them,
they've been going for like,

1077
00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:42,385
Yeah... 12 to 15.

1078
00:38:42,453 --> 00:38:43,253
8-and-a-half?

1079
00:38:43,455 --> 00:38:44,921
Robbie: 750.

1080
00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:46,455
Brad: Alright. You got a deal.
Robbie: 750.

1081
00:38:46,524 --> 00:38:47,991
Alright, thank you.

1082
00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:49,325
Mike: 750, holy (bleep)!

1083
00:38:49,394 --> 00:38:50,660
(laughing)

1084
00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:51,794
Mike: Is there anything in here?

1085
00:38:51,863 --> 00:38:53,530
Brad: He always filled
everything up.

1086
00:38:53,732 --> 00:38:54,798
Mike: Ugh...
Robbie: Wow.

1087
00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:55,865
Mike: This is a good
bike right here.

1088
00:38:55,934 --> 00:38:57,801
Robbie: That's a truss frame.
Mike: Yeah.

1089
00:38:58,003 --> 00:39:00,136
<i> Mike: Truss bridge frame,</i>
<i> arch bar,</i>

1090
00:39:00,204 --> 00:39:03,206
<i> There are a lot of different</i>
<i> terms for this design.</i>

1091
00:39:03,275 --> 00:39:06,543
<i> Iver johnson though,</i>
<i> is the company</i>
<i> that kicked it off</i>

1092
00:39:06,611 --> 00:39:07,877
<i> In the early 1900s.</i>

1093
00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:09,412
And their patent ran out,
I don't know,

1094
00:39:09,614 --> 00:39:11,214
10, 14 years later.

1095
00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:15,485
And then, it was game on for
everybody to have that design.

1096
00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:17,620
<i> Straight top tube,</i>

1097
00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:20,556
<i>With that arched tube underneath</i>

1098
00:39:20,625 --> 00:39:21,291
<i> With the small connection.</i>

1099
00:39:21,493 --> 00:39:23,493
Mike: Miami...

1100
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:24,994
Cycle manufacturing.

1101
00:39:25,497 --> 00:39:27,030
Middletown, ohio.

1102
00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:29,899
<i>Mike: Miami cycle manufacturing</i>
<i> in middletown, ohio,</i>

1103
00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:33,636
<i> Didn't just make bicycles,</i>
<i> they also made</i>

1104
00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:35,238
<i> Flying merkel motorcycles.</i>

1105
00:39:35,307 --> 00:39:39,576
<i> So there's a direct connection</i>
<i>there from the bicycle industry</i>

1106
00:39:39,778 --> 00:39:41,043
<i> To the motorcycle industry.</i>

1107
00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,646
Mike: And then there are
what they call tiller bars.

1108
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,248
The back wheel's split in half.

1109
00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:47,450
Robbie: So is the front.
Mike: Both wheels
are split in half.

1110
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:49,652
I'd do... Like 600.

1111
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:50,853
Les: I'd be happy to do that.

1112
00:39:50,922 --> 00:39:51,921
Mike: If the wheels were solid
a lot more,

1113
00:39:51,989 --> 00:39:54,523
And there was more
paint that was, you know,

1114
00:39:54,592 --> 00:39:55,792
More evident on the bike.

1115
00:39:55,861 --> 00:39:56,792
Mike: We're basically
in the parts room

1116
00:39:56,861 --> 00:40:00,397
Catacombs of
his bicycle collection.

1117
00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:03,533
<i> You know, a lot</i>
<i> of the stuff, you can see</i>
<i> has never been displayed.</i>

1118
00:40:03,601 --> 00:40:05,001
Mike: It's a bike frame.

1119
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:07,604
<i> Mike: The stuff I'm pulling</i>
<i> off the walls</i>

1120
00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:11,007
<i>Is just dripping in spider webs.</i>

1121
00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:13,476
Mike: Whoa!

1122
00:40:13,545 --> 00:40:15,278
It's breaking loose!

1123
00:40:15,347 --> 00:40:16,412
(grunting)

1124
00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:19,015
<i> Mike: The curiosity of like,</i>
<i> why they're here.</i>

1125
00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:19,949
Mike: We should haul some
of this stuff outside.

1126
00:40:20,017 --> 00:40:21,684
<i> Mike: I think a lot of it</i>
<i> was parts</i>

1127
00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:23,686
<i> Or he was going to find a rim</i>

1128
00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:24,754
<i> And he was gonna</i>
<i> put it on there.</i>

1129
00:40:24,823 --> 00:40:26,623
Robbie: A nice saddle.
Mike: Yeah, man.

1130
00:40:26,691 --> 00:40:27,824
Robbie: It's a great saddle.

1131
00:40:27,893 --> 00:40:30,493
Mike: Or he just loved
the nickel-plating

1132
00:40:30,562 --> 00:40:31,561
And how it was rusting.

1133
00:40:31,630 --> 00:40:33,563
Mike: Look at that old
nickel-plating coming off,

1134
00:40:33,631 --> 00:40:35,164
It's just dropping off.

1135
00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:37,633
Mike: Like these motorbike bars,
you know, they just come back

1136
00:40:37,702 --> 00:40:39,768
Like a shotgun at you, real low.

1137
00:40:39,838 --> 00:40:41,971
Mike: These are carlisle
white walls.

1138
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,840
They're actually made
in carlisle, pennsylvania.

1139
00:40:43,909 --> 00:40:45,575
See, it's got the lightning
with the...

1140
00:40:45,644 --> 00:40:46,776
With the indian head on it?

1141
00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:47,911
Brad: Oh sure.
Les: Look at that.

1142
00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:50,580
Mike: I'm just like him,
I've got parts and pieces

1143
00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:53,049
That I've held onto for years,

1144
00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:55,451
Because I'm waiting for
the right project for it.

1145
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,119
Mike: It says... Superb.

1146
00:40:57,188 --> 00:41:00,456
<i> Mike: Like the seat. I've got</i>
<i> a bicycle for that seat.</i>

1147
00:41:00,525 --> 00:41:04,059
<i> Those handlebars,</i>
<i> I've got a bicycle</i>
<i>for those handlebars, you know?</i>

1148
00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,995
Mike: That's the first
straight wood rim we've seen.

1149
00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:08,064
Les: That's funny.
Robbie: I like how big that is.

1150
00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,132
Mike: Yeah, it's a tall frame.
Robbie: It's a tall frame.

1151
00:41:10,202 --> 00:41:11,935
Mike: And then look at this
wishbone. Look at that wishbone.

1152
00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:13,336
Robbie: Look how thick that is.
Les: Stiff, yeah.

1153
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:15,138
Mike: 400.

1154
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:17,006
Brad: Is that including that
bicycle or it's just the parts?

1155
00:41:17,075 --> 00:41:18,674
Mike: No, yeah, that includes
this one here too.

1156
00:41:18,743 --> 00:41:20,677
Brad: Aw man...
(all laughing)

1157
00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:22,545
Mike: That includes this one.

1158
00:41:23,214 --> 00:41:24,213
Brad: 4-and-a-half.
Mike: Alright, 4-and-a-quarter.

1159
00:41:24,282 --> 00:41:25,948
Brad: 4-and-a-quarter's a deal.
Mike: Alright, cool.

1160
00:41:26,017 --> 00:41:29,886
<i> Mike: He kept these bikes</i>
<i> for a reason.</i>

1161
00:41:29,955 --> 00:41:32,422
Maybe I'm the guy.
Maybe he put them in there

1162
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:33,890
For me years ago.

1163
00:41:33,959 --> 00:41:35,892
I'm the one that's supposed
to finish them.

1164
00:41:35,961 --> 00:41:37,961
Mike: This thing's got
dirt bike tires on it.

1165
00:41:38,163 --> 00:41:39,828
Robbie: And I'm just happy
it's got air and rolls.

1166
00:41:39,898 --> 00:41:41,364
Les: Dad really respected
mike and robbie.

1167
00:41:41,433 --> 00:41:43,299
Mike: Whoa! Okay.

1168
00:41:43,368 --> 00:41:44,234
(grunting)

1169
00:41:44,436 --> 00:41:45,835
Les: They are the only ones
that were allowed

1170
00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:49,171
To come in and look,
and purchase anything.

1171
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,040
Robbie: Alright.
Mike: You guys wore
me out a little bit.

1172
00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:52,374
Les: You know, not just
long-time business associates,

1173
00:41:52,443 --> 00:41:53,710
But friends too.

1174
00:41:53,912 --> 00:41:54,711
Mike: Love and respect,
my friend.

1175
00:41:54,779 --> 00:41:56,111
Les: Yes, sir.
Brad: Thank you.

1176
00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:57,580
Brad: Today would have not
happened with anybody else.

1177
00:41:57,782 --> 00:41:59,582
Les: I think dad would be proud.

1178
00:41:59,784 --> 00:42:00,783
He's been sitting watching us.

1179
00:42:00,986 --> 00:42:02,585
Mike: I know. You know what,
every time when I was buying

1180
00:42:02,654 --> 00:42:04,053
One of those old rusty bicycles,

1181
00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:05,788
He was probably like,
"he'll do something with that."

1182
00:42:05,857 --> 00:42:07,790
Robbie: Yeah.
<i> Mike: Being able to see</i>

1183
00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:09,926
<i> A small part</i>
<i> of elmer's collection,</i>

1184
00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:11,861
That really no one
has ever seen before...

1185
00:42:12,063 --> 00:42:13,596
Les: See you guys!
Brad: Bye, rob! Bye, mike!

1186
00:42:13,798 --> 00:42:15,331
<i> Mike: ...Is a huge deal to us.</i>

1187
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:16,266
(honks horn)

1188
00:42:16,468 --> 00:42:17,934
<i> Mike: That they thought</i>
<i> of robbie and me.</i>

1189
00:42:18,003 --> 00:42:19,868
<i> Just because</i>
<i>of the connection that we've had</i>

1190
00:42:19,938 --> 00:42:22,605
<i> For so many years</i>
<i> with their father.</i>

1191
00:42:22,674 --> 00:42:24,274
This has been an honor for me.

1192
00:42:24,476 --> 00:42:27,010
(soft music)