Jersey jon: Dude, what happened last night? Robbie: Are you kidding me?
I think you were fighting way above your weight there, dude.
I mean, she was good looking. Jersey jon: She was cute.
She might've been a little out of my league dude,
But you gotta give it a shot, man.
Robbie: Listen, I was trying to save you from embarrassment.
Jersey jon: I didn't need no saving.
All you were doing was annoying the crap out of me, robbie.
(phone ringing) robbie: Hey, what's up, dani?
Danielle: Hey guys, how're you doing? Just talked to mike, he's riding solo today.
Robbie: Well let me tell you this, I'm just a little tired.
Jersey kept me out too late last night.
Jersey jon: Dani, I was trying to get a little time with some lady and robbie's like,
The worst wingman in history, as usual.
Robbie: Oh my... Danielle: Jersey, first off, like did you get her number?
Jersey jon: Yeah! Danielle: Look, folks like the long game.
So when you're coming back through town,
You hit her up then. Robbie: The long game.
Danielle: Also, are you shocked that a wolfe brother
Has no patience for somebody else?
Robbie: Dani, it's not about patience.
I mean, jersey was so far out of his league, it wasn't even funny.
Danielle: And on top of that, you did not have patience.
Like you do realize, like that's the ultimate double whammy.
Robbie: He did get a phone number, but I think she hesitated to give it to him.
Jersey jon: I haven't called her yet, so...
It might not be her phone number, who knows.
Robbie: Yeah, see? Jersey jon: It began with an '800'?
Robbie: Yeah. (laughs)
Jersey jon: We're up in the hills, boy.
I think it's up here. I got really bad reception now.
Robbie: Yeah, I see it, right here.
Jersey jon: Yeah? Robbie: Yeah.
Jersey jon: It does not look like... It's a dirt road!
Robbie: Dude, we're fine.
Jersey jon: Watch out for these rocks, dude. Right here.
Robbie: Look at that friggin' car. Jersey jon: Yeah, that's neat.
Robbie: It looks like it just got yanked out of a creek. Dang.
Jersey jon: Let me grab a flyer.
(honks horn)
Jersey jon: Oh... Whew!
Cool, man. Robbie: How're you doing?
Cooper: Good, how about you? Can I help you guys?
Robbie: Yeah, is glenn around? Cooper: My old man?
Robbie: Rob wolfe, yeah. Cooper: Hi.
Jersey jon: I'm jon. Cooper: Cooper.
Nice to meet you guys.
Yeah, I think he might be at the house or whatever.
What you got there?
Jersey jon: We're looking for stuff like this, dude.
Cooper: Ah, we probably got everything on here.
Jersey jon: Got any anvils? Robbie: He likes anything that's heavy.
Cooper: Really, yeah? (group laughing)
Jersey jon: Dude, I like your dart.
Cooper: Oh thanks, it's a '67.
Robbie: This thing looks like it just got pulled out of the field.
Jersey jon: I had a dart, I had a '69. Cooper: It's a junkyard find.
Jersey jon: Are you going to keep it this way?
Cooper: Yeah, I like the patina.
Jersey jon: Are you going to clear-coat it? Cooper: No.
Jersey jon: He's not repainting this car, man.
He's like, going to get a rat rod going with this dodge,
The dodge dart.
Cooper: I got a little 273 in here...
Jersey jon: Nice. Cooper: A two barrel, yep.
I can start it. You want me to start it?
Robbie: Yeah, let's hear it. Cooper: You guys ready?
Jersey jon: Oh yeah.
(engine starts) jersey jon: Ah ha ha!
Robbie: Leave it with open headers on it too, man. That's awesome.
Jersey jon: Sounds great!
Robbie: When you're 16, and this is your first car,
Of course you're going to tear into it.
That's how you learn.
Robbie: Dani said that your dad was a racer?
Cooper: Yeah, yeah, he was.
Jersey jon: No kidding. Did you ever race?
Cooper: Oh yeah. Ah I raced. I wasn't too good.
They called me wall-banger. Every time I hit the wall.
Robbie & jersey jon: (laughs)
(phone ringing)
Mike: Dani d, what's up?
Danielle: Well good morning, did you get my pictures?
Mike: Of course I got the pictures, I'm just,
I'm trying to take it all in, are you kidding me?
This guy's got two 356's, and a 911.
All this stuff's been bought up a long time ago, man.
Danielle: So ed reached out 'cause he's got some vw convertibles,
And he's got bugs that he wants to sell.
But... Then I saw the pictures.
And I'm not really sure what's happening
With all those porsches in the background there.
Mike: Oh, so he wants to see the volkswagen bugs,
He hasn't even said anything about the porsches yet?
Danielle: Yeah, I didn't want to get into that with him,
'cause I figured maybe in moment would be the best time
To talk to him about porsches.
Mike: Alright, I'll let you know how it goes.
Danielle: Okay, I'll let ed know you're on the way.
Mike: Alright, thanks.
Danielle: Bye. Mike: Bye.
Mike: Hey-hey, you ed? Ed: Yeah.
Mike: I'm mike. You talked to dani on the phone?
Ed: Yeah. Mike: From iowa.
Ed: Yeah. I'll be damned.
Mike: Here's the flyer she probably talked to you about something like that.
She sent me the pictures, you got 356's, you got 911's.
So how long have you been into the air-cooled stuff?
Ed: Probably first one I bought was a '59.
Mike: '59 volkswagen? Ed: Yeah.
Mike: You can see that ed's shop is legit.
I mean, he's got a body on a rotisserie,
He's got another car that's chopped.
I can see the tools laying around.
Mike: Dani said you had a bunch of bugs,
That's why you called us about, some convertibles?
Ed: Oh... Downstairs. Yeah. Mike: Oh they're downstairs. Ok.
Ed: Well, this- these... Mike: Did you build this building?
Ed: Yeah.
Mike: So who chopped the top on this thing?
Ed: I sort of bought it like that, but I didn't like it.
They added new like, 17 pieces.
Mike: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Ed: Well what I'm doing is just
Cutting the pieces out that I don't like.
Ed: I'm not really a collector.
If I see something I like, I buy it.
I bought the volkswagens and porsches for me.
Mike: Initially, when I saw your photographs that you sent,
I thought you had like a volkswagen repair shop,
'cause you had so much stuff.
Ed: I did, me and my boy did work on them at one time.
Mike: Yeah, but I mean, you did it for other people?
Ed: Yeah. Mike: Oh that's cool.
Ed: Yeah. I got laid off in the mill in '82.
That's when everything went down the chute.
We went from like 100 people in the machine shop, to 17.
Being that time I was laid off,
I totally redid four or five bugs, I mean, from ground up.
Mike: That's what you were doing for a living, selling bugs?
Ed: Nah, I just did it. Mike: So you were just filling time.
Ed: Yeah. Mike: Did you go back to the mill then after that?
Ed: They called me, but I was already running a private machine shop.
In '95, is when I started my own business.
Mike: Okay.
Ed: I was 53 or 54.
You just get to the point where you want to grow.
Ed: I talked to my wife, and she was all for it,
And between the two of us, we made it.
I had a successful machine shop.
Mike: So were you doing like big commercial contracts?
Ed: I did all the repair work for the tow boats
That pushed the coal.
Made parts for them. And, I enjoyed it.
Mike: How far were they pushing?
Were they pushing all the way south to new orleans?
Ed: Yeah, all the way down to paducah, kentucky, and...
Long past, yeah.
Mike: So, where did your love for air-cooled volkswagens and porsches come from?
Ed: My brother bought a '60. Mike: '60 bug?
Ed: Brand new. Bug.
And after I start driving his
And seeing what the hell it did in the winter.
Mike: Yeah. Ed: Oh my goodness.
Mike: You can go anywhere in the winter. Ed: Oh my goodness.
Mike: Right? They're better than a four-wheel-drive truck. Ed: Yep.
Mike: I've been dancing around the subject,
But the porsches are what I really want to talk about.
Mike: So what's going on with these?
Ed: These are all for when I retire.
Mike: Okay.
That could go one or two ways.
I bought them for my retirement because I want to work on them
When I'm retired, or I bought them for my retirement
Because I'm going to cash out.
Ed: I called danielle up because of my volkswagens.
Mike: Ed does the do-si-do right away, he's like...
He goes, no let's look at the volkswagens in the basement.
Ed: I got a '72 convertible and two '70 convertibles.
But these here, like I said, was for retirement.
The only problem with that, I forgot to retire.
Mike & ed: (laughs)
Cooper: Flathead straight six motor, single-barrel carb.
My dad drove it around town a little bit, you know, three speed.
Robbie: It's actually not in bad shape.
Glenn: Hey guys. Jersey jon: Hey!
Glenn: I was at the house there. Jersey jon: How are ya?
Glenn: Good, good. Robbie: Danielle sent us out here, I'm rob.
Glenn: Yep, I talked to her on the phone.
Jersey jon: I'm jon. Glenn: Hi jon, how are you doing?
Jersey jon: Nice to meet you. Love this guy.
Glenn: This is shep. Jersey jon: Hey shep, how are you?
Robbie: Alright. Look at that. Glenn: What are you guys looking for, man?
Robbie: I'm interested in this panel.
Glenn: This panel wagon's probably not for sale.
I have a hard time getting off that one,
But that's on my bucket list, dudes,
Someday I'm going to do it, you know,
So I would sell some stuff over on the other side of the shop.
Jersey jon: Let's go take a look over there.
Cooper: Hey, nice meeting you guys. I gotta get back to work.
Glenn: My dad had a junkyard business,
Bought and sold cars, had a repair business.
And when I was young, he said, you know, you ought to
Get into that demo world,
And he got me a couple of garages to tear down,
And I liked it.
I liked kicking the door in and seeing the first thing,
What's in there?
And I just started collecting everything I could.
I think it was sort of born into me
To be a collector of stuff.
Alright guys, this is a bunch of stuff I brought in.
This is iron-rail fencing.
This come out of a mansion in johnstown.
We totally demolished it, so we saved it all.
Jersey jon: So you do a lot of demo work?
Glenn: Yeah, we're the professional home wreckers.
Jersey jon: (laughs)
Robbie: Professional home wreckers, I like that.
Glenn: When I look at a job, I look at what I can market
Out of that project.
There's a lot of people that's not well off financially.
I resell them a nice front door, a hot water tank, a furnace,
Just anything out of that house.
And it also saves our environment.
We're not just dumping it, we are recycling it,
So that's what we do.
Robbie: How long has it been sitting here?
Glenn: Well, probably 10 years, you know.
Jersey jon: What do you think, robbie?
Robbie: Let me think on it a minute, let me look around.
All this fencing needs to be repaired,
It needs to be repainted.
I've had this stuff,
It sits around till the right guy walks in the door.
Jersey jon: I love this cabinet, man, this is cool.
It's all oak. Where did it come from?
Glenn: This come out of a school up in prospect in johnstown.
Robbie: That's cool. Jersey jon: Wow.
Oh it's a built-in.
Robbie: Yeah. Jersey jon: Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...
Robbie: Yeah, so this is... Jersey jon: So this side's not finished.
That kind of affects the value, it's hard to...
Glenn: You got to try to match it.
Jersey jon: You got to match it, that's the hard part.
Glenn: Listen, dude, over in that corner, I saved the panels
Away from it, so it should match.
Jersey jon: This cabinet is fantastic.
It's a great example of commercial cabinetry.
The doors are really thick, everything is heavy-duty.
Glenn: Did you find the panels?
Jersey jon: Yeah, they're over here.
The biggest problem is that cabinet is that it's a built-in.
This moulding would be good, and the panels you could put on the side.
I mean, it's a lot of work to do that.
So what are you thinking on that cabinet?
I mean, you know, dude, furniture prices have been
Plummeting in the last decade or two, really bad.
Glenn: I'd like, I'd like to see two and a quarter,
Somewhere in that number.
Jersey jon: Alright, what about these panels back here?
I need these to repair that.
So these four panels, and that piece...
Uh...
I don't know, 400 bucks, dude.
Glenn: Uh... I'll do it. Jersey jon: Yeah?
Glenn: I'll do it. Jersey jon: 400?
Glenn: I'll do it, brother. Jersey jon: Thank you, I appreciate it.
Robbie: I just saw the sparkle in glenn's eyes, like,
Man I found the two suckers
That are going to take some of this stuff outta here.
Glenn: No, no. You guys... Robbie: I'm telling ya.
Jersey jon: You finally climbed up our mountain.
(group laughing)
Glenn: Let's move on, then. Robbie: Alright.
Ed: I'll show you the volkswagens now,
They're downstairs. Mike: Okay.
Ed: I'm really selling the cars
Because I know that I'm not going to finish them.
I got two or three projects
That I do want to finish before I cash it in
And that's going to take a lot of my time.
Mike: Oh you got a corvair.
Ed: Yep, my son in law's been working on that.
Mike: Okay. What did you ever think of these things?
Ed: I never liked them. Mike: I didn't either.
I had one with a spider on it, you know,
I never got that thing running right.
So this is your shop
For when you're working on volkswagen stuff.
Ed: Well, I'm trying to get it started.
Mike: Okay. When did you start collecting all the convertibles?
Ed: They just come up.
Mike: It's like, once you buy one convertible,
And they start finding you, right?
These were cars that he bought when he was laid off the mill,
So he was just passing time and started doing a bunch of them.
And then the machine shop happened and life happens,
And then all of a sudden you got a basement full of volkswagen convertibles.
So do you got a number for the convertibles?
I mean, if you're thinking about selling them and you called us,
I mean, do...
Ed: I'd be a package deal.
I'd take probably five grand for everything.
Mike: For all of them. To be honest with you, with bugs,
I mean, I'm just more into the ovals and the split windows...
And I've just always been attracted to those more,
Just because they were always so hard to find.
I got a guy that I work with on my volkswagens.
He'd probably be all over these, you know what I mean?
To move this many cars, store these cars,
Piece them together to sell each one,
There's some money on the back end, but not porsche money.
To be honest with ya, when you sent all those pictures,
I mean, I kind of thumbed through these pretty fast,
And I was looking at the porsches, you know.
There was a black primered 356 also.
Where is that car?
Ed: Next door, in my house.
Mike: Okay. Well, can you entertain me and show it to me?
Ed: Yeah.
Mike: I've got one myself, I've got a '58, a coupe.
It's kind of like a survivor car
That I just had mechanically done.
And j-3, this guy, rich,
Is the one who does all that stuff for me.
Ed: It's amazing. Anybody that drives a porsche,
I was going around bends 80-mile-an-hour.
Mike: Oh yeah. Ed: Almost 90-degree bends.
Mike: Yeah. I mean, 356's, they're not fast.
I mean, you could do things to make them fast,
But you can corner really well.
Ed: That's what I'm saying. They handle...
Mike: The 356, the back of it, it's ungodly delicious, man.
But you know, you start walking around the car,
360 all the way around it, they're beautiful cars.
Can I see that 356? Ed: Yeah.
Mike: Alright, let's take a look at that.
It's great that he wants to show me the other 356,
I mean, we're on the right path.
This is where the rubber hits the road in here?
But he's never said, hey, I'll sell the 356's.
Mike: How long has this sucker been sitting here?
This looks a lot more solid,
Just from the front end than the other one.
Ed: Yeah, it is, it is. Mike: Did you do the body work on this?
Ed: No, that's the way I bought it.
It was really to go to carlisle.
All the parts, everything for it,
Is in baggies in my cupboard.
Mike: No kidding. So you caught the dude on the way to carlisle?
Ed: I caught the guy who was in his yard, he was getting ready to pack it up.
That's why it don't have an engine.
Mike: So this one doesn't have an engine
And this is what you were referring to...
Ed: That I bought the 912, right.
Yeah, it would be period-correct, the 912.
Mike: I can see you've got the seats in it.
Ed: That used to be my german shepherd's house.
Mike: (laughing) did it really? This was the dog house?
Ed: (chuckles)
Mike: So I'm going to move these over here.
We're going to pull the cars out
And see exactly what he has,
And then he can determine if he still has the energy,
The time, and the passion to want to restore them.
So it's a big deal that he's allowing me
To crawl around on them and pull them out.
Let me see if I can even move this sucker. Ugh...
I'm trying to push this thing and it's like the rock of gibraltar.
Ed: (chuckles)
Mike: Ugh... (laughing) no...
Glenn: Guys, I bought all this ground,
So I'd have a place to put my stuff.
The farm is a blessing to have.
My mother's middle name is elizabeth,
And I call it elizabeth acres.
I think it's excellent for piling my stuff up
And we farm it some too,
Not as much as we hoard on it,
I should say, alright, so.
Jersey jon: What's this log cabin, dude?
Glenn: What I did there is there's like three or four
Old log homes, I kept saving them.
And then we erected that baby there.
Robbie: I think that's a good spot for you to retire right there.
Glenn: I was thinking that, with the view and everything.
Jersey jon: Yeah, it's a beautiful view.
Glenn: That's absolutely what I was thinking.
Jersey jon: You're in god's country out here, man.
So what's in this building?
Robbie: We got to go in this door?
Glenn: Well, yeah we got to go in this...
Robbie: Alright. Glenn: Got it.
Jersey jon: Whoa... Yeah, you've got this thing packed in there,
Quite nicely, don't ya?
Robbie: Hold on. I'm going to go over the top.
Glenn: Don't flip.
Robbie: Glenn's one of those guys, I'm sure he keeps everything.
You get it? Jersey jon: Whoa...
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
Robbie: He's also one of those guys that keeps the good stuff.
You weren't kidding when you said you packed it full.
Glenn: (laughs)
Robbie: There's some brackets and stuff in here.
Glenn, you got any use on that?
Glenn: Nope, I don't...
Robbie: I got a ton of signs,
And basically you're always missing the brackets.
This thing's cool, if I can get it out though, jersey.
Jersey jon: Whoa! Robbie: It's a cast iron...
Jersey jon: Oh yeah. Robbie: You want to sell this cast iron...
Jersey jon: Locomotive sign?
Glenn: Yeah, I'll sell it, brother. Bring it out.
Jersey jon: It's heavy, heavy, robbie.
Robbie: I know it is, let me get a better look at it.
Jersey jon: Robbie, it's heavier than you can handle, bro.
That thing weighs... Robbie: Jersey.
Jersey jon: Yeah. Robbie: Listen.
Are you trying to say that... Jersey jon: What?
Robbie: What are you trying to say, jersey? Yeah, exactly.
Jersey jon: What, what?
Robbie: What are you trying to say about me?
Leave it to me to bust jersey about buying heavy stuff,
And here I am, buying the heavy thing.
Jersey jon: Robbie, you want me to call the ambulance now?
Robbie: Yeah, settle down here, junior.
Glenn: 20 years ago, I bought the railroad bed
From the tyrone sportsmen to alder run orchard.
This was a little crossing that sign was at.
Robbie: Railroad crossing, stop, look and listen.
Jersey jon: Yeah, that's a cool one.
Robbie: Okay, so here's the question,
You chopped that off the post?
Glenn: As soon as I bought it, I took a saw,
Cut that sign down, put it away,
I said someone's going to steal it, you know. I forgot about it.
Robbie: How much?
Glenn: Make me an offer, dude. You dug it out.
Robbie: Two and a quarter.
Jersey jon: Yeah. Got to repair it.
Robbie: Yeah. Two and a quarter.
Glenn: Done deal, brother. Robbie: Alright.
The cast iron railroad sign I got, it's incredible.
Yeah, it's got a crack in it. It tells a story.
I love the look of it.
Jersey jon: That's a cool piece. Looky there, robbie.
Mike: I'm taking pictures like crazy,
Because if I'm going to pull the trigger,
I want to have as many pictures sent to rich as I can,
Because I want his opinion.
Hey guys!
Ed: My buddy, ray, from work, he was down here
'cause I knew that I might need help.
And my son-in-law was up here, so.
Mike: He's allowing me to move the car,
To take some pictures of the car.
But I can't move the car by myself. Ray: Ah.
Mike: If you and I got behind it, and then you pulled in the front, maybe.
Just like maybe on the running light or something?
I don't know, we can maybe, see if we can even move it.
Alright, you ready? One, four, seven, eight, nine, 12... Ugh!
Son-in-law: Tire here.
Mike: Do you guys have like a portable air tank?
Ed: It's over here, I think.
Mike: Okay, so we'll get some air in the tires.
During the process of trying to move this car,
I noticed that the passenger side tire rod has been cut.
Okay, so we have to jack the car up, turn the wheels,
And make the car's wheels straight,
So we can push it out straight.
Mike: Alright cool.
Yee-haw.
It's coming up. Ray: Alright.
Mike: Let's see what we can do here.
One, two, 12, nine, seven, eight, four, seven, two!
Mike: Okay... Ray: 'kay?
Mike: Okay, okay.
(effort noises)
Mike: Okay, whoa!
(laughs)
Ed: I figured the car would come out,
Because I put it in. (laughs)
Jersey jon: Ooh, nice clock, robbie.
Neon, buddy, that's early.
That's early neon.
Robbie: Let's see here. Let me see if I can get it out here.
It needs new neon, it needs everything.
This board probably slid down in here.
You got to take this apart. Jersey jon: That's a cool piece, robbie.
Glenn: Yeah, I tore a store down in carlinsville,
It was in the attic.
I thought I was going to keep it and redo it, and...
It made it to the shed.
Robbie: Glenn, this is probably from late '30s, early '40s.
It's got double neon on it. It probably was a two color.
It could have been a sandwich board,
It could have gone in an ice cream shop.
Could have been a hardware store.
So the fact that it's got a tombstone around, it's kinda neat.
Lima, ohio neon products. They've been around forever.
Glenn: Where are we at on it, brother? What's it worth?
Robbie: If this thing was cleaned up, working,
It'd probably bring $1,000.
But, it's going to take at least 300, maybe $400
To get it back up and going.
So I'd want to be in it for like... 250.
I'll tell you what.
I asked you about that piece right there.
That hanger.
You want to sell that hanger? Glenn: Yep.
Robbie: 450. For the hanger.
Glenn: That's a done deal, brother.
Robbie: Okay. Alright, appreciate it.
Glenn: I would love to have that clock redone.
Was it going to happen? Probably never.
And I was alright with letting it go.
Jersey jon: This is a cool fan. Robbie: Four blade, yeah.
Jersey jon: Four blade, but it's wiggle wire, robbie.
Westinghouse wiggle wire fan.
It's broken here, but it's you know, it is what it is.
I love antique electric fans.
They are so cool. I collect them, I restore them.
Brass on the outside... Glenn: Still turns?
Jersey jon: Brass plate, yeah, oh yeah, yeah.
Tank motor, which is like the big, big motor,
Called tank motors.
It's got some condition issues.
There's a ceramic switch in the bottom that's all busted up.
But there's guys out there who have switches.
125 bucks.
Glenn: Bought yourself a fan, brother.
Jersey jon: Yeah, thanks brother. You got more of them?
Glenn: I got more of them. Jersey jon: I wanna see what you got.
Glenn: I have some up at the old shop.
Jersey jon: Alright, we'll dig, we'll dig them up.
Robbie, there's an old rack there I want too.
Mike: When's the last time you saw this out?
How long has this been back there?
Ed: Probably 20, 25 years. Mike: Does it look better?
Ed: It looks good out here.
Mike: Yeah, it does look good out here, I know, right?
It's looking better.
Ed: I didn't know what was behind it, and actually,
When we pulled the one out of there,
There must have been 15 pieces of volkswagen body panels
In there that I didn't even know I had.
Mike: Alright.
Ed: So what's it look like, mike?
Mike: Looks like somebody's taken some sort of...
Aluminum sheeting,
And they've wrapped the edge of the car here on the floor.
They've cased the floor with it on the edges.
Ed: So it's looking like it needs a new pan.
Mike: For sure, it definitely needs a new pan.
All this stuff is typical of a car this old,
That's been salted.
I mean, this is an east coast car.
But I'm totally still interested.
All of that's completely jacked up.
Ed: Yep.
Mike: Here's the hood. See if you could pop that now.
Okay, here's the...
There's the code. Where's, where's my phone?
Okay, let's get photos of this stuff.
Alright...
Do you have a 356 steering wheel for it?
Or you just got that 911 one?
Ed: I guess a 911 one. Mike: Okay, so that won't-
Ed: I don't know. All the stuff is in there.
All the trim, everything, and all the gauges.
Mike: In where? Ed: In the husk.
Mike: You know, all the parts are kind of sorted through, they're in baggies.
I mean, he tried to organize stuff the best that he could.
Okay, so you've got the... Running lights.
That's the radio, that's the glove compartment.
Take a picture of some of this stuff.
So I'm sending this to rich,
Just at least get a like an honest jumping off point.
I can take a picture of the 912 engine that's apart.
And kind of take the temperature of the whole thing,
And then see what it adds up to be.
This is all good stuff. It's stepping stones. I think...
I think he wants to sell them.
Robbie: This yard-long up here.
Those are all lightning rods. Jersey jon: Lightning rods.
What's that, is that a pedal car, robbie?
Robbie: Yeah, it's a pedal car right here, it's like a hot rod.
Jersey jon: Yeah? You want to get it?
Robbie: No, it's- I mean, it's in rough, rough shape, dude.
Jersey jon: I know. Yeah, it's in pretty bad shape.
Glenn: Wow, there's so much in there, guys.
Robbie: Ugh...
Glenn: Tight quarters in there, isn't it, guys?
Robbie: Yeah, you ain't kidding there.
Jersey jon: Whoa, holy mackerel, that's a mother of all sledgehammers, robbie.
Robbie: It's a wooden one, though.
Jersey jon: No it's not, yeah I thought it was too. But rob...
Look at that thing, put that out there.
Glenn: It's a sledge-o-matic. Robbie: A sledge-o-matic?
Jersey jon: That'll slice and dice and entice...
This is crazy.
This weighs as much as that sign you pulled out, dude.
Robbie: I'd like to see you swing it a few times, jersey.
Jersey jon: You know what, I'd have to get it going, you know.
Put your foot there.
(laughs)
This sledgehammer is legendary.
It's like the big thor hammer, man.
It's so bad to the bone. It's a monster.
You want to sell that? Glenn: Yeah, I'll sell it.
Jersey jon: What are you thinking? Glenn: 40 bucks.
Jersey jon: Ah, perfect, dude. I'm on it. Glenn: Alright, brother. Sold.
Jersey jon: Good thing that I bought it,
'cause robbie's not going to be able to lift that thing.
Jersey jon: Hey, look at that copper kettle, robbie.
Robbie: I see it, right here? Jersey jon: Yeah.
Glenn: Throw a number at that, jersey.
Jersey jon: 150 bucks.
Glenn: 175. It's a deal.
Jersey jon: 160 bucks.
Glenn: It's yours.
Jersey jon: This copper kettle is probably 1790,
1810, in that vicinity.
It's got the iron handle,
It's all hand-forged blacksmith work,
It's got an iron rim around it,
And the copper wraps around the iron rim.
So it's a really special piece.
Robbie: This is cool. Esslinger beer?
It's got two cracks in it. 50 bucks.
Glenn: It's yours.
Robbie: Okay. So hey glenn, what is- there's just like
No rhyme or reason to anything that's in here.
Glenn: It was like a catch-all for everything.
I keep thinking I'm going to decorate my log home,
And it's too good to throw out,
Not good enough to shine up and put in the living room.
So we put it in the milk house.
Robbie: You just never know what you're going to find.
And this was actually a little honey-hole.
Glenn: I can unload here on my way home after work.
Robbie: And your wife wouldn't know what you got.
That's exactly what it is. Glenn: Absolutely.
It's such a blessing that I have a place.
I build another building, and fill it up.
Robbie: What else you got?
Glenn: Well, I can take you guys on up my main shop.
Jersey jon: Yeah? Glenn: Just maybe a half mile.
Robbie: I think he's trying to tell us he saved the best for last.
Glenn: Yeah... Maybe so, brother.
I wanted to see if you really did have any money, guys.
Robbie: Is that what it is? Lead the way.
Glenn: Alright, guys. Let's try it.
Mike: Alright...
(grunts) ray: Oh, it's rolling.
Mike: Urgh...
Ed: Don't scratch it, ramone. Ray: Okay.
Mike: Pull it back, there we go, okay, wait.
Alright, so...
Man, I can see that sucker's rough, man.
Ed: The 356 upstairs, it was rusted pretty bad.
Mike: This thing's bad.
Well at least we can get at it now.
Ed: But it had everything.
Steering wheel, trans axle, motor, gauges,
Everything was there. It was just a numbers-match car.
Mike: Okay. I think we got it enough to where I can see
What the hell's going on here.
This thing is so close to just collapsing.
It really is.
Mike: Oh (bleep)! You can see the ground!
But it's a 356, it's a barn find,
It's a numbers-matching car,
It's a really cool color,
You can see the original color on the dash, it's that green.
The great thing about this one though is, it's got an engine.
Ed: I was okay with him sending out and asking other people.
But the hardest thing for me is to sell.
I'm not a seller, I'm a keeper.
Mike: Let me send these pictures off to rich.
Jersey jon: Wow... Robbie: Wow.
Jersey jon: This guy's got it going on, man.
Look at this, man. Robbie: Look at this.
Jersey jon: Stuff all over the place.
Robbie: Look at this building. Jersey jon: Yeah.
Robbie: Ha! Jersey jon: There he is.
Robbie: Man, you're hiding the best for last, huh?
Ugh...
Man.
Glenn: Here's everything, man. Robbie: This is everything, huh?
Glenn: This is where the whole mess started.
Robbie: Who's race car?
Glenn: Uh, it's an old one of mine. I run...
Robbie: How long ago? Glenn: Uh... 2013.
Glenn: As soon as I could drive, I got in a race car.
Had no money, had no idea what I was doing,
And I... Raced. (laughs)
Glenn: That's 358, 2,200 pounds.
Jersey jon: The whole thing? Glenn: Yeah.
Jersey jon: Man, it's like a go-kart.
Glenn: It's like you're in a guided missile.
When I get in a dirt race car,
It is a thrill out of this world.
You're adrenaline's so high, you never shut off.
And you want more. It's about more.
We growed up as a racing family.
My dad run race cars. Jersey jon: Cooper races too.
Glenn: My boy, cooper, raced.
My boy, tyler, run motor-cross.
Robbie: So you got three generations.
Glenn: Yeah. I got myself burned out on the racing.
The tire bills, the fuel bill is phenomenal.
I let my business go,
Because it's always about a new tire
Or something for a race car.
Just fun, guys.
Jersey jon: Like a lot of fun, man.
Robbie: There's the million-dollar question...
Glenn: Okay. Robbie: 'cause I love road style signs.
Saw that one as I came in the door.
Glenn: I think it's pretty rough.
Robbie: It is rough, but they call these lighthouse signs.
See the outside edge right here?
That's ribbed in, it actually stood up and went inside.
And there was four porcelain signs to a piece.
When you find these lighthouse signs, you always buy them.
This one's like swiss cheese, you know,
But it's a piece of art to me.
You know what, it exists, and it tells a story.
We all exist and tell a story.
We just don't show all our scars.
Glenn: Some of us, some of us, brother. (laughs)
Robbie: 50 bucks. Glenn: It's yours, brother.
Jersey jon: Yeah, cool. That's cool.
Robbie: I think you were saying that so fast...
He's like, I got a sucker here today.
I was going to say, this came out of the scrap yard.
Glenn: Yeah, it came in my scrap yard, you know, that's a piece,
I bring it home, I set it there, and say why.
Robbie: So here's a question,
How long have you owned the scrap yard?
Glenn: All my life.
Robbie: So, did you ever have guys
Bringing the motorcycles in?
Glenn: I did. Never had no money, so we processed them.
Jersey jon: Whoa, process, like you're... Crushing them.
Glenn: Yeah, well I needed the money, bro.
Robbie: Yeah. You got to keep the money rolling.
Jersey jon: You got to crush some knuckleheads?
Glenn: Oh years ago, I did it all. I did it all.
Robbie: Oh chiefs, indians, everything.
Jersey jon: He's in that business, scrapping,
He's processing metal, he's processing equipment.
Glenn: So I got some signs here.
Jersey jon: And these are all the antiques
That he's collected, that are on the periphery of that.
What do you got there, robbie?
Robbie: Planters peanuts. There's the jar.
Jersey jon: Oh that's cool, got the peanut on top?
Robbie: Planters peanuts is one of those companies
That's like a classic american heritage brand.
The peanut butter maker, peanuts on one side...
Jersey jon: Yeah on the top, crank it.
And it would come out the side, yeah.
Robbie: Whoever thought of a peanut dancing around,
It would be iconic in america.
Robbie: There's a bunch of peanuts stuff here.
This is a mr. Peanut...
Jersey jon: Yeah, there's some over here too, robbie.
This is like the whole mr. Peanut gallery.
Robbie: You always see collectors gravitate
Towards the things that came from their area.
So planters peanuts came out of pennsylvania.
Yeah, it's cool.
350 for all of them.
Glenn: How many is there, guys? Six.
Robbie: Six, there's six of them.
Jersey jon: One' missing a lid. Glenn: Six glasses.
I'll do it. Robbie: That work?
Glenn: I'll do it robbie, yeah.
Mike: What's up with the 912 engine?
Ed: I was looking for a 356 engine.
And I found this 912 engine,
Which is period-correct for the car.
So I bought it. It was together when I bought it.
Mike: Okay. So you were in the process of rebuilding it.
Ed: So I tore, I tore it apart. Mike: Where's the carburetors?
Ed: Everything is in a tupperware thing.
Mike: Oh, these extra parts right here.
Ed: Everything. Mike: Okay, I got you.
I was just looking at this, okay.
So you got the carbs and everything, alright.
This is a nice piece then. Ed: Yeah.
Mike: The 912 engine in pieces is worth like, three grand.
Obviously, it's worth more
If it was rebuilt and all together, all that stuff.
But that's not the case.
Would you rebuild this for me for $500?
Ed: No. Mike: (laughs)
Ed: If I was going to rebuild it,
I'd get a lot of money for it.
Mike: I know, exactly.
Robbie: I got to ask, glenn, this looks like it has
An upstairs here. Glenn: We have an upstairs.
Jersey jon: Let's go check it out. Robbie: Show me the way.
Jersey jon: Thank you. Hey, hey, wait, wait...
This is cool.
Robbie: What is it? Illinois...
Jersey jon: It's cast iron, man, for one thing.
It's lincoln's gettysburg address.
Robbie: Look at the casting on that.
Jersey jon: This is cool, dude.
Glenn: That probably come off a building I tore down or something.
Jersey jon: This guy's a scrapper,
This is a typical example.
He probably ran into a building that this was sitting on,
And he's not going to destroy it, he saved it.
Glenn: So you're saying it's a real piece?
Jersey jon: Oh yeah, this is a real piece. Oh for sure, man.
This was done probably around the turn of the century.
You know, maybe before you know...
Robbie: Did you see glenn's eyes when you said that was a real piece?
Glenn: Oh yeah, I see numbers. (laughs)
Robbie: You did, I saw it, he was like, man, they just keep racking them up.
Jersey jon: It's cool that it even exists, you know,
It's so neat, rob, it's not broken.
You sell that? Glenn: I'll sell her.
Jersey jon: What are you thinking?
Glenn: 100 and a half, something like that.
I know this about it.
Jersey jon: I'll tell you what, dude, I'll do 100 and a half.
I'm not even going to dicker with you. I like it, it's cool.
Glenn: Done deal, brother. Jersey jon: You know what?
If this turns out to be something like super rare...
Glenn: You're going to send me money!
Jersey jon: I will send you some money.
Glenn: Jersey, he was on it, he liked it.
I thought he should have it.
Jersey jon: Okay. Let's go upstairs.
Glenn: Alright, man, I'll lead you up, guys.
Robbie: Hold on, hold on.
Are you putting this up?
Glenn: I don't know. It's too big.
Robbie: Single sided.
They always put two signs back to back when they did these.
Glenn: Really. Robbie: Yeah.
So this is a later version
Called the dog ear on the outside.
Any time you can find a 6 foot gas and oil sign,
I don't care if it's beat up, it doesn't matter.
You buy those. Why?
'cause there's always a collector out there
That wants something like this.
It's still got character though.
And it's not all bent up, and they didn't crease it.
You know, really clean, this sign will demand
About 15, 1,600 bucks.
In this shape...
800 bucks.
Glenn: Well, let's do 850, brother.
Robbie: 825.
Glenn: Sold. Robbie: Alright.
Glenn: Alright, thanks, brother.
Robbie: Yeah. Alright. Show me what you got upstairs.
Glenn: I got a bunch of stuff upstairs, guys, yeah.
Robbie: What do you got upstairs?
Mike: Rich has been doing porsches forever.
I mean, especially metal work, you know.
So I'm trying to give rich the best description that I can,
Not just send him photographs.
Rich (on phone): What?
Mike: Did you get the photos?
Rich (on phone): Yes sir, sure did.
Mike: Let me tell you, man, that silver one
Is like swiss cheese, buddy.
I'm not kidding you.
Rich (on phone): Unfortunately, most of them are.
Mike: But dude, you know what,
I mean, even to find them like that,
I was excited just to see them, you know.
Rich (on phone): Oh sure.
I mean, any time you got a complete car,
There's value in it, man.
Your retail number, I think you might be able to get
15 grand out of that.
Mike: Really. What about the black, the 356 in primer?
Rich (on phone): That car would be perfect
For somebody to build a hot rod.
Cause it's not a numbers-match,
You don't have the original engine for it.
Looks like a decent car,
Might be able to get 15 grand out of that on a good day.
Mike: Okay. The 911.
You know, I mean, what is that car worth sitting the way it is?
Rich (on phone): If you got 15 grand out of that,
I think you're doing well.
I mean, there's nothing special about that car.
It's a t if I'm not mistaken, right?
Mike: Yeah. I'd probably got about, what...
I don't know, like maybe $1,000 apiece in shipping.
Rich (on phone): Yeah, I mean, diesel's still up there,
You're probably going to pay more than that, depending on where you're going.
Throwing a dart, based off what I've seen from what you've got,
Your number, in my opinion,
You're going to want to be wholesale, 30k max.
You do not want to go over that,
Because if you're going to sit on those cars,
You're going to be working way too hard
To squeak money out of them.
Mike: Rich has given me a number on the cars
To kind of circle the wagons around.
To not go over 30,000, that's what he's saying.
Alright, man, I very much appreciate it.
But again, he hasn't even said he would sell the cars yet.
So, this is where the rubber hits the road,
And we just kind of take the temperature with each other.
Rich (on phone): Alright, man, safe travels, dude. See ya.
Mike: Alright, bye.
Glenn: This is my first office, guys.
When I started my business,
I just outgrew it or maybe I out-filled it.
The upstairs was where I worked out of, a dispatch,
As we grew out of this shop,
I bought another building, brother,
I just started piling this one full, so...
That was my assistant's office, jersey.
Jersey jon: Man, this place is packed.
Glenn: Yeah, it's a lot, isn't it, brother.
Jersey jon: Whoa man...
Glenn: Advertising I laid in here, and got broke, probably.
Jersey jon: Yeah. I guess so, ooh that's kind of cool...
Urgh... What did these come off of?
Glenn: Oh no, something I tore down, brother.
Jersey jon: This is neat. Look at that, caramel slag glass?
Glenn: There should be a pair of them, maybe.
Jersey jon: Oh yeah? Glenn: Maybe.
Jersey jon: Hold on a second. Hey, here's the second one, man. It's here.
Glenn: Yeah, I thought there was two of them, guys.
Jersey jon: Yeah, there it is. They match.
Robbie: Hey man, what are you doing?
Jersey jon: (laughing) what are you doing, robbie?
Glenn: Early in my business, I couldn't afford a p.A. System.
Robbie: That was it. Hey, get to work!
(group laughing)
Jersey jon: Robbie, look at these lights, dude.
Robbie: Dude, those are nuts!
Why don't you put them back down, I'll buy them.
Jersey jon: These cast iron lights are phenomenal.
I mean, they're leaded glass like a stained glass window,
But it's caramel slag.
It's really cool, especially when it's back-lit.
What do you want for these things?
Glenn: 40 apiece.
Jersey jon: Dude, they're worth more than 40 apiece.
Glenn: Really? Jersey jon: Yeah, dude.
I would gladly give you 100 bucks apiece for these things. Glenn: I'll gladly take it.
Jersey jon: Yeah, that's 200 bucks for these two, alright?
Glenn: Alright, brother, I'll take it.
Jersey jon: Thank you, man. I appreciate that.
Let's go down to the other room and see what we can find.
Mike: Okay. So I talked to the porsche prophet.
I mean, all of them, obviously
Need a high level of skilled labor.
Ed: Well, let me tell you this first,
They all got titles.
Mike: As soon as he says, I got titles for the cars,
I know that he's thinking about selling them.
And I know that you were kind of leaning towards
Whether or not you wanted to sell all of them or just one of them.
Ed: Sell them whole.
Mike: You want to sell them whole, okay.
Ed: I need room. Mike: Okay.
Suddenly, we go from maybe me buying one of them,
To buying all of them. That was the moment.
If this is a numbers matching car.
Ed: It is. Mike: Okay.
The other one, obviously, the other 356
Is never going to be a numbers-matching car.
Ed: No, without the motor.
Mike: And then the 911, you said the top end was done,
Probably on the motor on that.
Ed: Right.
Mike: I mean... 30,000 bucks.
Ed: For all three of them?
Mike: For all three of them the way they are.
That's not the 912 engine or anything.
That's the cars sitting the way that they are.
Ed: What I was thinking was like... 15 for all of them.
That comes to what, 45 with the engine, throw the engine in.
Mike: The 912 engine is 3,000 bucks.
Ed: Three done, right.
Mike: You know, I don't want to pay retail for the 912 engine, obviously.
Ed: Right, exactly.
Mike: And I don't want to pay retail for the cars either.
There's a whole mathematical equation going on,
And then also the emotional connection to them.
He had these cars for 50 years.
He's always managed to hold on to these cars.
Ed: And I'd go at 40.
Mike: There ain't enough money for me to even mess around with it.
Jersey jon: What about this? Robbie: Yeah, there you go.
Glenn: Oh, I'll sell it, brother.
Jersey jon: I like that sucker.
Glenn: It's got the one side missing.
I don't know much about it.
Robbie: Where's the other lens? Did you break it?
Glenn: Probably did, brother. Probably did.
Jersey jon: It's a large globe, it's the 14-inch, it's steel.
You know, it's got a lot of patina going on it,
The steel casing that holds the lens
Is worth more than the lens itself.
Alright, you sitting down? Glenn: Yes sir.
Jersey jon: 400. Glenn: 400.
Jersey jon: Yep. Right, robbie?
Robbie: Yeah, that's not a bad price.
Glenn: What year do you think that is?
Robbie: That size globe right there,
Has got to be anywhere from 1940
All the way up into the '50s...
Jersey jon: Robbie is the sign expert.
I'm always busting robbie's chops about everything.
But man, robbie is a sign guy, man,
He knows his signs inside out.
He's like, phew. He's my sign guy.
I think I'm solid at 400, man.
I mean, the fade at the bottom messes it up.
Glenn: Uh, I think I'll take that 400.
Jersey jon: 400? Glenn: I'll take it, brother.
Jersey jon: Thank you. Thanks, robbie.
Robbie: Do you want to sell these too?
Glenn: Sure.
Robbie: With the canon bomb in the middle of it.
Glenn: Ah. Yeah.
Robbie: This is actually in good shape, I think.
Glenn: That's a nice sign.
Robbie: Yeah. Three and a quarter.
On this one.
And this one here, 200 bucks.
525 for the pair.
Actually, here, I'll do this.
Jersey, pick that soda sign up right there, look at that.
Condition again...
Just a wall-hanger. Jersey jon: Jack frost.
Robbie: You know, these are entry level signs
For somebody that's starting to get into this.
Glenn: Saving.
Robbie: Um... We're at five and a quarter, 550, for all three.
Glenn: I'll do 550, brother. Robbie: That work?
Glenn: Yeah, yeah. Robbie: Alright, I appreciate ya.
Glenn: I'll take it, brother. Robbie: Appreciate it.
Glenn: I don't think I would have sold to anybody
But those couple guys.
Robbie: Come on, jersey, get that light thing in there,
You picked the smallest thing to pick up.
Jersey jon: Yeah. Glenn: (laughs)
When you see someone else that's into their work,
Love their work, take the problems out of it.
I liked them instantly, so.
We're on, you know.
Robbie: So, listen.
You're not going to process anymore motorcycles.
Glenn: No more motorcycles, brother. (laughs)
Robbie: Okay, you're going to call us.
Any signs, gas pumps, any of that stuff.
Glenn: We just need more money and bigger trailers.
Robbie: Exactly. Glenn: Oh man, it'll be fun.
Robbie: I can do that.
Glenn is one of those guys that you love to go picking with.
Glenn: See ya brother, thanks guys. Robbie: Thank you!
He's down to earth, he's self made.
You have to work for what you want.
He's that guy. And I love being around those people.
(honks horn)
Mike: I want to give you as much as I can on them,
But I also want us both to feel good about it.
Ed: Yeah, I understand.
Mike: But I don't want you to feel like, hey, I left some money on the table.
Ed: If I would do 35.
I'd do that, I'd do 35.
Mike: And I'm like, okay.
I'm only supposed to spend 30, that's rich j-3 porsche prophet,
That's what he's saying, that's where I need to be.
Mike: The cars, with the 912 engine,
35 grand.
I'm doing the 35 grand, because there's three of them
Sitting here, and the opportunity is here.
It will balance out.
Ed: 35 and I get a lot of space.
Mike: Ray's loving this moment, right now. He's...
I think ray thinks you need the space too.
Ed: Uh...
Alright. Mike: I appreciate you.
Ed: 35. Mike: Thank you. 35.
Ed: Hey, I like you, mike.
I felt good about it. Felt good. I had them for 50 years.
I mean, (laughs) you get attached to them.
Mike: Alright, man.
Ed: I might miss them for a day or so, but what I want
Is I got room.
Mike: I'll have dani get ahold of you guys.
Ed: Okay.
It was fun, it was just a pleasure
To be talking to mike about cars.
And he's a gearhead himself.
Mike: Alright, we'll get ahold of you, buddy.
Ed: Alright, thanks. Mike: Thank you so much.
He held onto them for an investment, and he did well.
We both feel good about it.
And this is like an epic day with air-cooled porsche.