1 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:03,070 JERSEY JON: Alright, alright, what do you mean? 2 00:00:03,237 --> 00:00:05,038 I gave you my name three times already. 3 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:07,341 Okay. Jonathan... 4 00:00:07,508 --> 00:00:09,243 Sebastian... 5 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:10,444 Szalay. 6 00:00:11,712 --> 00:00:13,080 Yeah, that's right. 7 00:00:13,180 --> 00:00:14,681 (Mike laughs) 8 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:19,586 JERSEY JON: Yeah... right... 9 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:22,022 Alright, thank you. Have a great day, bye. 10 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:24,825 MIKE: What was that?! 11 00:00:24,992 --> 00:00:26,059 JERSEY JON: They wanted my full name, 12 00:00:26,226 --> 00:00:27,060 my middle name is Sebastian. 13 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:28,462 MIKE: That's a power name, man! 14 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:30,264 You gotta use that. JERSEY JON: No. 15 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:31,465 MIKE: Where did that even come from? 16 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:32,633 Where did your parents get that? 17 00:00:32,799 --> 00:00:35,302 Is that a family name? JERSEY JON: It was a nun's name. 18 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,404 In Catholic school, I went to Catholic school, 19 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:39,439 and this was Sister Sebastian. 20 00:00:39,606 --> 00:00:41,241 MIKE: Sebastian Szalay... 21 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:43,210 JERSEY JON: Yeah. MIKE: ...is a name. 22 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:45,879 Think about that, you want your antique motorcycle 23 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:47,881 restored by Sebastian Szalay. 24 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,983 (Jersey Jon laughs) JERSEY JON: Okay, Reesa. 25 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:51,385 (laughing) 26 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:56,390 (bright music) 27 00:00:59,293 --> 00:01:01,094 MIKE: See, this is my favorite part of California. 28 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:02,963 I like this more than the beach. 29 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,831 JERSEY JON: What? Why? MIKE: Because it's just so... 30 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:06,633 JERSEY JON: It's like endless almond trees, man, 31 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:07,901 they're just, I mean, look. 32 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,871 MIKE: I don't know, I like the repetition of almond trees, 33 00:01:11,038 --> 00:01:13,173 I like that they're all in straight lines. 34 00:01:13,273 --> 00:01:15,075 I like that, very rarely, 35 00:01:15,242 --> 00:01:17,477 do you see somebody on these roads. 36 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:19,746 (phone ringing) 37 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:21,682 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? JERSEY JON: Hey. 38 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:22,883 DANIELLE: Yeah, good morning. 39 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:24,952 So I've been in contact with this guy named Marc 40 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:27,354 for a few years now, and he owns some farm land. 41 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:28,989 MIKE: A few years, what's up with that? 42 00:01:29,089 --> 00:01:30,924 DANIELLE: Any time y'all have been out there, he hasn't been around. 43 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:33,660 When I called him this time, he told me that his farming 44 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:36,396 isn't really like bringing in the money that he used to, 45 00:01:36,496 --> 00:01:38,565 so he's looking to sell off some of his collection. 46 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:40,100 So it's perfect timing right now. 47 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:41,101 MIKE: What's he got? 48 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:42,436 DANIELLE: He likes big stuff. 49 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:46,306 Large military trucks, helicopters, train cars. 50 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:48,342 MIKE: Really?! DANIELLE: Also there's smalls, 51 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,277 but it's inside the big stuff. JERSEY JON: Sounds great, man. 52 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:51,478 MIKE: Very cool. JERSEY JON: Sounds great. 53 00:01:51,645 --> 00:01:52,679 DANIELLE: Alright, you guys have fun. 54 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:54,247 JERSEY JON: Dude, I've always wanted a helicopter! 55 00:01:54,348 --> 00:01:55,716 DANIELLE: You make sure to behave yourselves. 56 00:01:55,816 --> 00:01:57,484 (laughing) 57 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:01,188 MIKE: There it is. JERSEY JON: There's a tank, dude. 58 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:02,522 MIKE: Where? JERSEY JON: Right there, look it! 59 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:04,057 MIKE: Oh, yeah. JERSEY JON: Whoa. 60 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:06,460 MIKE: Dang man. Can you imagine buying stuff like that 61 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:08,428 and moving it? There's another tank right there. 62 00:02:08,528 --> 00:02:09,696 JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 63 00:02:09,863 --> 00:02:11,465 MIKE: Guy's got some legit stuff. 64 00:02:11,632 --> 00:02:12,833 JERSEY JON: Oh, there's a helicopter! 65 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,301 MIKE: I was just going to say that. 66 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:16,236 JERSEY JON: That's a monster. MIKE: ...friggin' helicopter, man. 67 00:02:16,336 --> 00:02:18,238 MIKE: I don't think this guy deals in smalls. 68 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:21,608 JERSEY JON: Hello! Hello, hello, hello. 69 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:22,809 MIKE: Marc! 70 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:26,213 MARC: Yeah! MIKE: Hey, man. What's up? 71 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:27,681 MIKE: Talked to Dani on the phone? 72 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:28,915 MARC: Oh yeah, yeah. 73 00:02:29,016 --> 00:02:31,218 MIKE: Yeah, I guess we're finally catching up with ya. 74 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:32,719 MIKE: Hey, I'm Mike. Nice to meet you. 75 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,521 JERSEY JON: How're you doing, man? Jon. Nice to meet you. 76 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:37,991 MARC: When I was 13 years old, I salvaged a '60 Chevy Impala. 77 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:40,227 Ever since then, I just keep dragging stuff home. 78 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:41,561 MIKE: That's a '59? 79 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,397 MARC: Yeah, we found this in an old bone yard. 80 00:02:43,497 --> 00:02:44,631 MARC: My mind never stops. 81 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:46,199 MARC: We found this in a backyard, 82 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:47,634 just the body and the bed. 83 00:02:47,734 --> 00:02:49,436 We're actually going to put it together and go have 84 00:02:49,603 --> 00:02:50,704 some fun at the drag strip. 85 00:02:50,871 --> 00:02:52,639 MARC: You build one, you sell it, 86 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:54,007 you go onto the next project. 87 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:56,676 MARC: I love building customs. This was going to all OD green. 88 00:02:56,777 --> 00:02:58,879 We're gonna throw some stars on it and make a World War II 89 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:00,680 staff car out of it. MIKE: Really. JERSEY JON: Cool! 90 00:03:00,781 --> 00:03:03,116 MIKE: This is like a laboratory of creative ideas. 91 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:04,951 I mean, he's working on old cars, 92 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:08,055 with new ideas, and still loving the history. 93 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:09,990 MARC: I got my foot in the door in Hollywood now, 94 00:03:10,157 --> 00:03:12,192 so recently started renting stuff to the movies, so... 95 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:14,161 MIKE: Really? JERSEY JON: It's so cool that he has the insight 96 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:17,431 to do that, and the ambition to do that. 97 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:19,466 He's a young guy, and he's not wasting his time. 98 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,068 MIKE: What was your favorite movie you worked on? 99 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:22,436 MARC: Captain America, The First Avenger. 100 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:24,838 This truck right here was actually used in the film. 101 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:26,173 MIKE: Oh man, look at that. 102 00:03:26,273 --> 00:03:28,275 JERSEY JON: That's cool. MARC: That's the old Hydra logo, 103 00:03:28,442 --> 00:03:30,277 the German science elite. 104 00:03:30,444 --> 00:03:31,478 MIKE: Yeah. JERSEY JON: Very cool. 105 00:03:31,645 --> 00:03:33,747 MIKE: It's not like Marc's business is in Hollywood 106 00:03:33,914 --> 00:03:35,882 or Burbank. He's in the middle of nowhere. 107 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:37,617 MARC: People love comic books and stuff, 108 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:39,519 and this is the real deal from the movie. 109 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:40,787 MIKE: That's awesome! 110 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:42,622 MIKE: This is a perfect example of how impactful 111 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:44,591 your business can be online, 112 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:46,793 if you know how to market it correctly. 113 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:48,829 MIKE: Is that sign a local sign? 114 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:51,364 MARC: Oh yeah, that's actually from the town up the street. 115 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:53,166 That's the Shafter Motel. 116 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:56,103 MARC: Growing up on a small farm in rural Kern County, you know, 117 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:58,638 all the small towns around here are kind of historic to me. 118 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:00,640 MARC: They tore that old hotel down when I was a freshman 119 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:02,943 in high school, and that was sitting at the city yard 120 00:04:03,110 --> 00:04:06,246 in the weeds. And they moved locations and called me, 121 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,748 and, heck yeah, I took it in a heartbeat. 122 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,516 MIKE: This is what it takes, younger people 123 00:04:09,683 --> 00:04:12,352 that connect with history in their own way. 124 00:04:12,452 --> 00:04:14,821 Marc is doing that through advertising signs, 125 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:17,457 cars, he's keeping local history alive 126 00:04:17,624 --> 00:04:19,726 and pushing those stories forward. 127 00:04:19,826 --> 00:04:21,428 MIKE: Where'd you get the Kelly Tire sign? 128 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:23,230 MARC: Ah, that came from Preston Tire Service 129 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:25,232 out of Shafter also, so... MIKE: Really? 130 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:26,633 MARC: A lot of small town histories. 131 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,235 I love that kind of stuff. MIKE: No way. 132 00:04:28,335 --> 00:04:31,004 MIKE: Kelly Tires is one of the oldest tire companies 133 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:34,441 in America. They've been around for like 130 years, 134 00:04:34,541 --> 00:04:37,210 and eventually got swallowed up by Goodyear. 135 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:38,912 MIKE: So that came how far down the road here? 136 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:40,514 MARC: Oh, just up the road a few minutes, 137 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,082 and a little tire shop, 138 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:43,683 started way back in the '50s. 139 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:46,086 Matter-of-fact, I found a receipt in their office 140 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:47,854 from 1957 141 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:49,790 with my great-grandpa's signature on it. 142 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:50,991 MIKE: Really! MARC: Yep. 143 00:04:51,158 --> 00:04:54,427 MIKE: This is a porcelain sign, way before the 1950s. 144 00:04:54,528 --> 00:04:56,596 MIKE: How much is that? JERSEY JON: Yeah, how much is that? 145 00:04:56,696 --> 00:04:57,864 (sharp inhale) 146 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,033 MARC: Yeah, I'd probably do about 1,800 on that. 147 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,068 JERSEY JON: Huh. 148 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:05,172 MIKE: I'll give you 2,000 bucks. JERSEY JON: Yeah. 149 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,674 MARC: You know what? I-I think I would do that. 150 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:09,075 MIKE: Okay. (laughs) 151 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:10,544 JERSEY JON: Definitely dude. MARC: That would help out... 152 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,946 JERSEY JON: Good for you. MARC: That would help out the family farm. 153 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:14,681 MARC: One of the reasons why I called you guys, 154 00:05:14,781 --> 00:05:16,683 is family farming out here, especially the small guys, 155 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:17,951 it's just not the same anymore. 156 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:19,719 MARC: Small family farms are going out of business. 157 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:23,523 It's time to sell a few things off and keep the bills paid. 158 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:25,458 MARC: Cheap labor in other countries... 159 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:27,627 MIKE: Yeah. MARC: ...we can't compete. 160 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:30,363 MIKE: Growing up in Iowa, I can empathize with Marc. 161 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:32,032 There are a lot of factors 162 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:33,967 that affect the small family farm. 163 00:05:34,034 --> 00:05:37,637 But he's taking his passions and using them to help out. 164 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:39,172 MIKE: I love your wood rail. 165 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:40,440 JERSEY JON: Yeah, that's a wood rail. 166 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:42,108 MIKE: That's very cool. JERSEY JON: The graphics are cool. 167 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:43,510 MIKE: Not a lot of peeling or anything. 168 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,478 JERSEY JON: This tank is cool, what's going on with this thing? 169 00:05:45,579 --> 00:05:47,013 MARC: Yeah, that's an old oxygen tank 170 00:05:47,113 --> 00:05:48,982 from a World War II fighter. JERSEY JON: What? 171 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:50,350 MARC: And matter-of-fact, somebody made it 172 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,385 like an overflow coolant tank. 173 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:54,421 MIKE: Oh, wow. MARC: So check out the award 174 00:05:54,588 --> 00:05:56,022 that's on the cap. 175 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:59,059 This was on like an old salt flat racer at one time. 176 00:05:59,226 --> 00:06:00,393 MIKE: Wow. MARC: And that's one of his... 177 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:01,895 JERSEY JON: Southern California Timing Association. 178 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:03,630 JERSEY JON: What a life this tank has had. 179 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:06,399 It was an oxygen tank from a World War II airplane. 180 00:06:06,499 --> 00:06:08,235 It's got the S.C.T.A. sticker on it, 181 00:06:08,335 --> 00:06:10,437 the Southern California Timing Association sticker, 182 00:06:10,537 --> 00:06:12,839 which tells me that it's a legitimate tank from a hot rod. 183 00:06:13,006 --> 00:06:14,207 JERSEY JON: Vooph! MIKE: Yeah, yeah. 184 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:15,475 MARC: Yeah. It's all racing history. 185 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:17,878 MARC: Southern California is huge with salt flat racing, 186 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:20,280 drag racing, dirt track racing. 187 00:06:20,447 --> 00:06:21,581 JERSEY JON: You want to sell this? 188 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:23,250 MARC: Oof... (Mike chuckles) 189 00:06:23,350 --> 00:06:25,619 MARC: I think I'm going to hang onto that one, yeah. 190 00:06:25,785 --> 00:06:27,554 MARC: I love drag racing, I love salt flats. 191 00:06:27,654 --> 00:06:29,789 JERSEY JON: I get it. Alright. Let me see what else you got. 192 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,424 MARC: I hope you guys got your walking shoes on, 193 00:06:31,591 --> 00:06:33,460 'cause there's acres and acres of stuff to look at. 194 00:06:33,627 --> 00:06:35,061 This is an operating horse ranch, 195 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:36,229 it was built back in the '80s. 196 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:38,298 And we keep it up and running as a horse ranch, 197 00:06:38,465 --> 00:06:39,699 and we have a horse arena. 198 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:41,234 MIKE: Okay. So did you haul these in? 199 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:43,036 MARC: Yeah, actually, all three of these were getting ready 200 00:06:43,203 --> 00:06:45,372 to get crushed. These are old freezer cars, 201 00:06:45,472 --> 00:06:46,773 check out how thick these things are. 202 00:06:46,873 --> 00:06:47,874 JERSEY JON: Like, how old are they? 203 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:49,609 MARC: Late '30s, '40s. So these are old... 204 00:06:49,709 --> 00:06:51,211 MIKE: Oh, yeah. MARC: ...cold storage cars. 205 00:06:51,311 --> 00:06:52,879 They really, you know, they hold their temp-- 206 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:54,214 JERSEY JON: They put ice in these things? 207 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:55,515 MARC: Yeah, they hold their temperature really well. 208 00:06:55,615 --> 00:06:57,350 JERSEY JON: What are the flaps up there for? What's that? 209 00:06:57,450 --> 00:06:59,152 MARC: Depending on which direction this train was going, 210 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:00,787 they'd open up the vents, and there's ice blocks 211 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:03,323 at both ends, and that ice would keep everything really cold. 212 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:04,591 Vegetables, fruit. JERSEY JON: That's amazing. 213 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:06,593 JERSEY JON: They got air scoops in the front on both sides, 214 00:07:06,693 --> 00:07:08,862 the air goes over the ice, goes through the box car 215 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:10,063 and refrigerates produce. 216 00:07:10,230 --> 00:07:11,831 MIKE: Sunland, where's that at? 217 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:14,034 MARC: That's an old Sunland gasoline sign right there. 218 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,969 MARC: That actually came from Taft, California 219 00:07:16,069 --> 00:07:17,170 up the road in the hill. 220 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,239 And it was on an old service station. 221 00:07:19,339 --> 00:07:21,107 MIKE: What are you thinking on the gas sign? 222 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:22,475 MARC: Ohh... 223 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:24,544 it's got a little, a little surface rust there, 224 00:07:24,711 --> 00:07:26,746 but it's straight. But... MIKE: Yeah. A little bit, yeah. 225 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:28,148 JERSEY JON: 29.9 for a gallon of gas. 226 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:30,350 MIKE: Just seeing the price of gas on this sign, 227 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:32,952 obviously makes you realize how old it is. 228 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:34,988 MARC: Oh, I'd probably... 229 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:36,189 a couple of hundred bucks. 230 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:37,724 MIKE: How much? MARC: Couple hundred bucks. 231 00:07:37,824 --> 00:07:38,825 JERSEY JON: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... 232 00:07:38,992 --> 00:07:40,360 MIKE: Whoa, something just crawled back here. 233 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:41,628 JERSEY JON: Yeah, dude. MIKE: You see that? 234 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,463 JERSEY JON: Yeah exactly, I did. MIKE: It was a rat. 235 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:44,898 MARC: We got wild animals out here, man. 236 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:46,232 JERSEY JON: Ooh, I like this too. 237 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:47,634 (chuckles) MIKE: A big rat, man, 238 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:49,369 is what was. Let's see the other side. 239 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,037 MARC: Is that one double-sided? I thought it was, but... 240 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:53,039 MIKE: Yeah, it's about the same, same condition. 241 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:55,075 I just want to see the other side of it. 242 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:57,243 MIKE: You can just imagine a 1960s Impala 243 00:07:57,344 --> 00:08:00,347 rolling up to an old service station on Route 66 244 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:02,749 or the Lincoln Highway, 245 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:05,151 whatever, you know? I mean, when I see this thing, 246 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:06,820 that's what I'm thinking about. 247 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:08,621 MIKE: Alright, I'll do 200 bucks on it. 248 00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:09,589 MARC: Yeah. 200. 249 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:11,391 JERSEY JON: What about this? Fan. 250 00:08:11,491 --> 00:08:13,460 MARC: Throw me an offer? JERSEY JON: Um... 50 bucks. 251 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:14,761 MARC: Sure. JERSEY JON: Alright, cool. 252 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:16,830 MIKE: Let's see what else we got. 253 00:08:16,930 --> 00:08:18,665 (upbeat music) 254 00:08:22,469 --> 00:08:23,436 MIKE: What's that sign over there? 255 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:24,804 MARC: Oh... 256 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:25,972 JERSEY JON: Agh! 257 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:27,874 MIKE: Yeah, there you go, get it. 258 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:29,642 JERSEY JON: Ooh! 259 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:32,712 Welding Hard Facing and Blacksmithing. 260 00:08:32,879 --> 00:08:34,080 Oh, yeah, it's great. 261 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:35,882 Double-sided. 262 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:39,119 This is cool, it's like a hand-painted sign, 263 00:08:39,219 --> 00:08:41,755 or maybe they made stencils or something on it, you know? 264 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:44,224 There was a... a sign underneath that was hand-painted. 265 00:08:44,391 --> 00:08:46,393 MARC: Yeah. That's the old blacksmith's shop 266 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,695 that was in Shafter, California, down the road. 267 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,196 JERSEY JON: Looks like it's from the '40s. 268 00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:51,431 MARC: It's got to be early '40s, yeah. 269 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:52,832 JERSEY JON: You want to get off it? 270 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:55,201 MARC: Ohh, that's a... (chuckles) 271 00:08:55,301 --> 00:08:56,369 Local history right there. 272 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,271 JERSEY JON: Alright, I'll put it back, man. 273 00:08:58,438 --> 00:08:59,639 MARC: Tugging at the old heart here. 274 00:08:59,739 --> 00:09:01,408 JERSEY JON: This is cool, it's a mining cart, man. 275 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:02,475 MIKE: There's a couple of them. 276 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:03,877 JERSEY JON: Was there mining in this area? 277 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:05,845 MARC: Yeah, gold... JERSEY JON: That thing is super cool, man. 278 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:07,680 Look at the riveting on there. (Mike chuckles) 279 00:09:07,814 --> 00:09:08,882 JERSEY JON: You got the track. 280 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:10,917 MARC: You know, the whole California Gold Rush, 281 00:09:11,017 --> 00:09:13,553 everybody on the West Coast wants gold mining equipment. 282 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,822 JERSEY JON: So this is like 1890s, 1900s? 283 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:17,257 MIKE: Jersey's been away from Jersey too long, 284 00:09:17,424 --> 00:09:18,625 he's been in the California desert, 285 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:21,394 he hasn't had his clams, his oysters, his scallops. 286 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:23,430 JERSEY JON: Yeah! 287 00:09:23,596 --> 00:09:24,864 MIKE: You know, he's losing it. 288 00:09:25,031 --> 00:09:27,000 MIKE: He's turning into Yosemite Sam! 289 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,868 MIKE: So like, what's the value of something like that around here? 290 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:30,003 MARC: I mean, thousands. 291 00:09:30,103 --> 00:09:31,604 JERSEY JON: So this is not for sale? 292 00:09:31,704 --> 00:09:33,440 MARC: I'm going to keep that, yeah, I looked for years, 293 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:35,108 I finally got my mining carts, I'm good. 294 00:09:35,275 --> 00:09:37,277 MARC: It took me too many years to get that stuff, 295 00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:38,445 so I couldn't let that stuff go. 296 00:09:38,545 --> 00:09:39,813 MIKE: Look at this, man. 297 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:41,181 JERSEY JON: Holy mackerel, man! 298 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:43,316 MIKE: Woo, dude! What's going on? 299 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:44,751 JERSEY JON: It goes out to the horizon! 300 00:09:44,851 --> 00:09:46,219 MARC: This ranch was bare 15 years ago. 301 00:09:46,386 --> 00:09:47,821 MIKE: Alright, you got some problems, man. 302 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:48,988 JERSEY JON: Yeah, this is... MARC: Yeah... 303 00:09:49,155 --> 00:09:50,256 MIKE: None of this, none of this was here? 304 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,057 MIKE: None of this, none of this was here? 305 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:52,792 MARC: None of this was here. MIKE: Oh my gosh... 306 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:54,661 JERSEY JON: You created this? MARC: It was an empty ranch. 307 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:55,829 MIKE: Dude... JERSEY JON: Wow... 308 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,235 (train horns blows) 309 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:07,073 MIKE: So when you moved here, there was nothing on this property. 310 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:09,042 MIKE: So when you moved here, there was nothing on this property. 311 00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:12,278 MARC: No. MIKE: Oh my God, bro! Dang! 312 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:14,147 JERSEY JON: I can't even see the end of it. 313 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:15,715 It's just like an old Western, man. 314 00:10:15,815 --> 00:10:17,484 Like we're going into town. 315 00:10:17,584 --> 00:10:19,552 (tense Western music) 316 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,358 MIKE: Dude... JERSEY JON: Wow... 317 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:28,828 MARC: There's a lot of military vehicles to the right, 318 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:31,431 and all the classic car parts to the left. 319 00:10:32,999 --> 00:10:34,601 JERSEY JON: This is a pretty massive collection. 320 00:10:34,767 --> 00:10:36,369 I mean, I can't believe this guy did this 321 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,004 in 15 years or so. 322 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:39,105 MIKE: This is the militaria. 323 00:10:39,272 --> 00:10:40,473 JERSEY JON: Military stuff is cool. 324 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,675 MARC: Yeah, everything got surplused after the wars, 325 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,444 and guess where it ended up? Ranches and farms. 326 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:45,879 JERSEY JON: Sure. MARC: So this stuff is all-- 327 00:10:46,045 --> 00:10:47,547 JERSEY JON: It was still, working trucks. MARC: Right. 328 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:49,382 MARC: A lot of this stuff is just out and about, 329 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:52,285 and a lot of times, I get stuff given to me for free. 330 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:54,387 MIKE: This is a nice ride right here, what's left of it. 331 00:10:54,554 --> 00:10:56,623 MARC: What's left of it, yeah. MIKE: Yeah. This is a '59. 332 00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:58,391 MARC: '59 Impala. MIKE: Damn. 333 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:01,227 Have you had people approach you about this one? 334 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:03,830 MARC: Yeah, yeah. And I just kind of, I've hung onto it. 335 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,965 MIKE: Have ya? MARC: When I was 16, 336 00:11:06,065 --> 00:11:08,268 my very first car was a '59 Impala, 337 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:10,670 4-door hard-top. So I was the only kid-- 338 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:11,905 MIKE: Get outta here! Your first car. 339 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:13,039 MARC: First car was a '59 Impala. 340 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:14,073 MIKE: Dude, you were rolling! 341 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,308 MIKE: People that are born 342 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:18,278 with an old soul are few and far between. 343 00:11:18,378 --> 00:11:20,880 To want a 4-door '59 Impala 344 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:23,082 at the age of 16, 345 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:25,318 he's definitely part of the club. 346 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:26,920 MIKE: God, these are cool cars. MARC: Yeah. 347 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:29,756 MIKE: So great that... Anybody else would have maybe scrapped this. 348 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:31,124 It's great you're saving it. 349 00:11:31,224 --> 00:11:32,759 MARC: A lot of these have been saved 350 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,961 right before they ended up at the scrapper. 351 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:37,230 MARC: I'll intercept scrap guys 352 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:39,365 and try to buy this stuff before it gets crushed. 353 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:42,068 I mean, it's all history, it all needs to be saved. 354 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:44,671 MARC: Even if it's rough, I still think there's parts 355 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:46,706 that are worth saving. 356 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:49,275 You know, somebody out there's looking for a particular part. 357 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:52,145 MIKE: Marc has a huge heart, 358 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:54,314 and we're walking through proof of that. 359 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,950 MIKE: Can't believe this place was empty 14 years ago. 360 00:11:57,116 --> 00:11:58,952 Blowing my mind. JERSEY JON: Yeah, that is crazy. 361 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:02,388 MIKE: You know, I think you're an old romantic, dude. 362 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:03,423 (laughs) 363 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:05,158 MIKE: And I understand what he's saying, 364 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:06,526 because I've pulled the rustiest 365 00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:08,361 piece of nothing almost 366 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:10,997 out of a creek bed or something, just because it had 367 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:12,432 the head tube lug, 368 00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,234 something so far gone 369 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:16,269 that most people would step over it, you know, 370 00:12:16,436 --> 00:12:17,503 if you've got that big heart 371 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:19,172 and you love history and you're like, 372 00:12:19,272 --> 00:12:20,640 I know exactly what that is, 373 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,208 even though it can't look 374 00:12:22,308 --> 00:12:24,277 the way it looked when it was new, 375 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:26,346 I still gotta bring it home. 376 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,115 MIKE: What was this, for like a circus or something? 377 00:12:29,282 --> 00:12:31,351 MARC: Yeah, this was an old giraffe trailer for a circus. 378 00:12:31,451 --> 00:12:33,152 I guess they used it in quite a few movies. 379 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:34,387 JERSEY JON: There's no roof on it. 380 00:12:34,554 --> 00:12:35,922 MIKE: Was it really for giraffes? Dude. 381 00:12:36,022 --> 00:12:37,824 This thing's killer, man. (Jersey Jon laughs) 382 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:39,025 MIKE: I love this. 383 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:40,827 JERSEY JON: The giraffe car just gives an example 384 00:12:40,994 --> 00:12:42,629 of the diversity of Marc's collection. 385 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:43,997 JERSEY JON: It's got no roof on it. 386 00:12:44,097 --> 00:12:45,632 MARC: So the giraffe's can stick its head up there. 387 00:12:45,732 --> 00:12:46,833 JERSEY JON: Right, giraffes in it. 388 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,568 MIKE: You don't know how tall the giraffe's gonna be. 389 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:50,036 JERSEY JON: A giraffe trailer. MIKE: Crazy. 390 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:51,704 MIKE: When's the last time you saw one of those? 391 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:53,673 Does it have a value? I don't know. 392 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:55,008 JERSEY JON: I mean, there's still giraffes, 393 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,276 make it home somehow, right? 394 00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:57,410 MARC: Everybody likes the circus. 395 00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:59,012 JERSEY JON: Everybody loves the circus. 396 00:12:59,112 --> 00:13:01,514 MIKE: This is American circus history. 397 00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:03,149 MARC: Here, let me show you guys in here. 398 00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:05,818 MIKE: Oh, yeah, Jersey. 399 00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:08,755 MARC: This container actually came from a local drag racer. 400 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:10,390 MARC: I actually bought the contents 401 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,859 and the container from an estate sale. 402 00:13:13,026 --> 00:13:14,594 MARC: When I got the trailer home, I opened it up 403 00:13:14,761 --> 00:13:16,462 and all his old drag racing stuff was in here. 404 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:19,365 MARC: A lot of early drag racing trophies from a local drag racer 405 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:20,500 named Tony Waters. 406 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:21,601 JERSEY JON: These were his trophies here? 407 00:13:21,768 --> 00:13:23,236 MIKE: Look at this with the wing on the car. 408 00:13:23,336 --> 00:13:25,638 How about this one? 300. 409 00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:26,639 MARC: Oof... 410 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:28,374 MARC: I really couldn't part with one. 411 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:30,310 MARC: I'm going to have to keep this collection together. 412 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,478 MIKE: Agh! MARC: Just out of respect for the... 413 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:34,347 MIKE: Yeah. MARC: ...for the racer he was. 414 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:35,915 MIKE: Okay, well then, what are you thinking 415 00:13:36,082 --> 00:13:37,116 on the collection? 416 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:39,152 Some of them are cool and some of them aren't so cool. 417 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:41,120 MARC: Right. MIKE: 1,500 for the trophies. 418 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:42,855 MARC: It was a crazy number, I thought. 419 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:44,457 MARC: I'm going to actually hang onto 420 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:46,159 this trophy collection, guys. MIKE: Argh. 421 00:13:46,259 --> 00:13:48,628 MARC: Argh... it's gotta stay here in Bakersfield, California. 422 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:50,096 MARC: Drag racing history in Bakersfield, 423 00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:52,031 it's been around a long time. MIKE: You gotta get 'em 424 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:53,499 out of here and shine them up. 425 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,001 MIKE: I thought there were only two power houses 426 00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:57,036 that ever came out of Bakersfield, Buck Owens 427 00:13:57,203 --> 00:13:58,471 and Merle Haggard. But now, 428 00:13:58,638 --> 00:14:01,240 we're understanding there's three, Tony Waters. 429 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:02,675 MARC: There's nothing in here, I don't think. 430 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:03,943 There's yeah, some old... MIKE: Old toilet. 431 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:05,845 MARC: ...there's an old cash register, just... 432 00:14:05,945 --> 00:14:07,080 There's a few things. MIKE: Yeah... 433 00:14:07,180 --> 00:14:08,114 JERSEY JON: Frying pan? 434 00:14:08,281 --> 00:14:10,316 MIKE: Here, this is cool. How about this box 435 00:14:10,416 --> 00:14:13,786 with this star on it and a little horseshoe on it? 436 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:15,354 MARC: Yeah? MIKE: Yeah. 437 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:17,590 MIKE: A long time ago, an old picker told me, 438 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:20,393 don't step over something worth $5 439 00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:22,595 because you're looking for something worth $50. 440 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:23,629 MIKE: 20 bucks. 441 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:25,164 MARC: You know what? Yeah, I'll do that. 442 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:26,833 MIKE: Alright, cool. Shake his hand, Jersey. 443 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,067 MARC: Alright, dude, thanks bro. 444 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:29,669 MIKE: Check out these poles, Jersey. 445 00:14:29,836 --> 00:14:31,003 JERSEY JON: Huh? MIKE: See these poles? 446 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:32,105 JERSEY JON: Oh, those are cool. 447 00:14:32,271 --> 00:14:33,639 MIKE: I'm picking up pieces of wood 448 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:35,274 with cast-iron ornate handles. 449 00:14:35,441 --> 00:14:37,443 The handles is really what I'm looking at, 450 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:40,680 but the fact that the wood has robin-egg blue paint on it, 451 00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:41,681 that's a plus. 452 00:14:41,781 --> 00:14:42,915 MIKE: How about these two boards? 453 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:45,685 Ten apiece. What do you think? MARC: Yeah... 454 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:47,920 I guess I'll do that. MIKE: 10 apiece or 20 bucks. 455 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:49,655 JERSEY JON: Me and Mike are having a great time 456 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:50,923 at this pick, Marc's a great guy, 457 00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:52,925 but the one thing we're missing... (ringing cowbell) 458 00:14:53,025 --> 00:14:54,160 JERSEY JON: ...is a little more cowbell. 459 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:55,394 How much? MARC: 20 bucks. 460 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,964 JERSEY JON: 20 bucks? Haha! 461 00:14:58,064 --> 00:14:59,298 JERSEY JON: Mississippi Queen! 462 00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:00,867 MIKE: What are you thinking on that? 463 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,635 MARC: Do 30 bucks on it. JERSEY JON: 30 bucks. 464 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,404 MIKE: I'll do 30. JERSEY JON: 30? 465 00:15:04,504 --> 00:15:05,571 MIKE: Yeah. JERSEY JON: Is it bronze? 466 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:06,973 MIKE: Yep. 467 00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:09,142 MARC: Sometimes I forget what I have, you know? 468 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:10,343 JERSEY JON: Yeah, for sure. 469 00:15:11,778 --> 00:15:13,412 MIKE: People are looking for these pulleys, 470 00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:16,182 because they're actually going to make lighting out of them. 471 00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:18,751 Or if you have an old shop 472 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:20,753 with an old beam and you want to hang 473 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,222 a motorcycle engine... 474 00:15:23,389 --> 00:15:24,791 then you want to get an old rope, 475 00:15:24,957 --> 00:15:26,359 and you want to get some old pulleys, 476 00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:27,927 and you want to hang it like that. 477 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:29,428 MIKE: Alright, what do you got on this stuff? 478 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:31,030 MARC: I guess Mike has a thing for pulleys. 479 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:33,499 So he started getting into my pulley collection. 480 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,901 And... I... 481 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:36,369 I didn't want to stop the guy. 482 00:15:36,469 --> 00:15:38,471 MARC: 200 for the pile. MIKE: Whoa! 483 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:40,106 MARC: Well, I mean you could throw me an offer 484 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:41,908 and hopefully it won't hurt my feelings too bad. 485 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:44,477 MIKE: Alright, 100 bucks. MARC: Ouch! 486 00:15:44,577 --> 00:15:45,878 (Mike laughs) 487 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:47,680 MARC: You want to split it? 150. 488 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,849 MIKE: I mean, there's not a lot of money left on that. Okay... 489 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:52,452 MIKE: Give me... 100... 125. 490 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:53,152 MIKE: Give me... 100... 125. 491 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:54,620 MARC: Might as well. It'll help me out. 492 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,590 MIKE: Alright. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. 493 00:16:03,229 --> 00:16:04,964 (clucking) 494 00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:07,066 MIKE: Damn... look at these, Jersey. 495 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:09,535 Are these parts for the other one that you got over there? 496 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:11,204 MARC: Yeah, yeah. JERSEY JON: He's got the helicopters, 497 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:12,238 huge helicopters; 498 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:14,307 he's got the box cars, huge box cars; 499 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,442 he's got big trucks, big trucks. 500 00:16:16,609 --> 00:16:18,277 Marc's not afraid of going big, man. 501 00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:20,613 MIKE: Now where would you buy something like this? Like is that... 502 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:22,915 MARC: These came-- MIKE: What swap meet would have this? 503 00:16:23,082 --> 00:16:24,750 (Marc laughs) MARC: These actually came out 504 00:16:24,851 --> 00:16:26,752 of the bone yard down in Tucson, Arizona. 505 00:16:26,853 --> 00:16:28,588 JERSEY JON: What do you, polish them up and sell them? 506 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:30,523 MARC: Yeah, I've already sold one to a collector in San Diego. 507 00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:31,824 We rebuild them and find other parts-- 508 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,593 MIKE: Like a complete one or one like this? MARC: Complete. 509 00:16:33,693 --> 00:16:36,395 MARC: This is what they start as, and we just have to run down all the parts. 510 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,064 JERSEY JON: This is Vietnam Era? MARC: Vietnam Era. 511 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:40,566 There's guys hanging off the side of these things with machine guns, 512 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,201 like an M-16 machine gun. JERSEY JON: Right, yep. 513 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:44,070 MARC: It was a troop carrier, it was a medevac. 514 00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:46,038 JERSEY JON: I mean, these are Sikorsky helicopters. 515 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:48,441 These were like the tractor trailers of the air. 516 00:16:48,541 --> 00:16:50,109 They moved a lot of material. 517 00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:51,677 MIKE: Ah, Jersey, look at this one. 518 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:53,079 JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah. 519 00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:54,480 MARC: So this one's a cool one, 520 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:56,148 because it's an actual Marine bird, know what I mean? 521 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,284 JERSEY JON: Marines, man, yeah, baby. Woo! 522 00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:00,353 JERSEY JON: This guy, there's like no fear. 523 00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:01,821 MIKE: Look how light this stuff is. 524 00:17:01,988 --> 00:17:03,322 MARC: Yeah, so he's moving the whole tail. 525 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:04,957 JERSEY JON: I'm picking the whole damn thing up. 526 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:06,392 MIKE: Damn, something dead in there. 527 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:07,827 JERSEY JON: He sees potential in a lot 528 00:17:07,994 --> 00:17:09,128 of really strange things. 529 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:10,563 MARC: These are kind of rare nowadays. 530 00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:13,232 MIKE: I'm sure. Oh, yeah, look at that. 531 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:14,867 JERSEY JON: What got you going on this? 532 00:17:15,001 --> 00:17:17,103 MARC: My grandfather was in the Pacific during World War II 533 00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:18,838 and got me started on that history. 534 00:17:19,005 --> 00:17:21,040 Full tour, '41 to '45. MIKE: Oh, wow. 535 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:23,242 MARC: And he would always tell me stories when I was little 536 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:24,710 and that's what got me going 537 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,279 with the whole military history thing. 538 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:27,747 And so I started collecting. 539 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:30,449 It's kind of ballooned into all era's, 540 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:34,220 the Korean War, the Vietnam War, even in Desert Storm, so... 541 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,355 JERSEY JON: That's cool. MARC: Having my grandfather in the military, 542 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:38,624 I started collecting, you know, helmets, uniforms. 543 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:41,360 When I got out of high school, I started collecting vehicles. 544 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:43,796 And then it went to a little bit bigger things 545 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,631 when I got older, so aircraft, 546 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:48,868 and then it's restoring aircraft to go fly again. 547 00:17:49,035 --> 00:17:50,503 MARC: I have my own BT-13 548 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:51,837 that's about halfway restored. So I-- 549 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:53,506 JERSEY JON: You're gonna fly it? MARC: I like flying, 550 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:54,674 I love flying, yeah. 551 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,509 MARC: It's a dream come true, and there again 552 00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:58,210 it's a connection to that history and story. 553 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:00,313 MIKE: Dude, I love how much you're into it, you're the-- 554 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:01,681 MARC: Just the... MIKE: You're the historian, 555 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:02,848 you're the curator, man. 556 00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:04,116 MIKE: We've all been told stories 557 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:05,751 and we've all been read stories. 558 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:07,186 But Marc is one of those guys 559 00:18:07,353 --> 00:18:09,388 that just soaks it up like a sponge. 560 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:11,257 He retains it, and then it becomes 561 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:13,793 part of who he is, it's part of his life. 562 00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:15,728 All the stories that his grandfather told him 563 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:18,998 about World War II, really resonated with him. 564 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:22,468 You know, again, young guy, old soul. 565 00:18:22,635 --> 00:18:24,303 MIKE: You know, and that's what we need in this industry; 566 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:26,405 that's what we need in this country, 567 00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:29,608 for younger people to be interested in our history. 568 00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:30,876 (explosion) 569 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,878 Marc's a hands-on history guy. 570 00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:35,915 MARC: You know, gas pumps, they pop up on these farms 571 00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:38,184 and ranches around here, and a lot of times the old... 572 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:39,952 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. MARC: ...the old guys just want them gone. 573 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,420 MARC: I've always liked the old gas pumps, 574 00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:42,488 and I've always drug them home. 575 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:44,824 MIKE: Too bad that this one's so roached. 576 00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:46,993 MARC: Yeah, that's a Sunland right there, 577 00:18:47,093 --> 00:18:48,928 the gasoline logo there, still. MIKE: Yeah. 578 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:51,163 MARC: Honestly, I have so much from gas stations, 579 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:53,232 I probably should build a gas station 580 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:54,634 to rent out to the movie studios. 581 00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:56,135 MIKE: How much is this one? 582 00:18:56,235 --> 00:18:58,104 MARC: You can throw out an offer, it's a little rough. 583 00:18:58,270 --> 00:19:00,373 MIKE: Yeah, I know, it's rougher than a cob. 584 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:01,807 MARC: 400. 585 00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:05,511 MIKE: I'm going to do it. You know what I'm going to use it for? 586 00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:06,846 We do... 587 00:19:06,946 --> 00:19:08,481 We do a little bit of prop rental. 588 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:10,216 We're in Nashville... MARC: There you go. 589 00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:11,751 MIKE: ...music videos and stuff. 590 00:19:11,851 --> 00:19:13,552 MARC: Put it to good use. MIKE: Well yeah, absolutely. 591 00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:15,421 MARC: Yeah. JERSEY JON: I gotcha, bro. 592 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:16,989 (Mike chuckles) JERSEY JON: Whoa! 593 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:20,159 MIKE: Okay, ah... JERSEY JON: Watch it, buddy. 594 00:19:20,259 --> 00:19:22,561 JERSEY JON: Don't chip it. MIKE: Oh, yeah... 595 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:24,497 MARC: My grandmother always said I was an old soul, 596 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:26,832 and I must have come back from a previous life. 597 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:28,234 MIKE: Dude. JERSEY JON: Good day. 598 00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:30,436 MARC: Nice meeting ya. MIKE: Love your passion for local history. 599 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:31,837 MARC: It's all about the history. 600 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:33,906 MIKE: Hell yeah, buddy. You got it, it's all about that story. 601 00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:36,442 MIKE: I'll tell you what, you're writing a pretty big one yourself. 602 00:19:36,542 --> 00:19:38,077 JERSEY JON: Yeah, you are. 603 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,745 MIKE: The great thing about today, 604 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,648 is that the whole experience was brought to us 605 00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:44,116 by a younger guy 606 00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:47,420 that loves history just as much as we do. 607 00:19:47,586 --> 00:19:49,021 MIKE: Come to Nashville, I'll buy you a beer. 608 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:50,389 MARC: You got it. JERSEY JON: Alright, buddy. 609 00:19:50,556 --> 00:19:51,924 MARC: Hey, you guys drive safe. JERSEY JON: Yep. 610 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,660 MIKE: Marc is a hands-on hard-working, big dreamer. 611 00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:56,562 I wanted to buy a lot more, 612 00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:58,431 but it was really cool to see him 613 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,467 love things so much that he didn't want to sell it. 614 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:02,668 (honks horn) 615 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:03,903 JERSEY JON: Hasta Luego! 616 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,771 MARC: See you later! JERSEY JON: See you later! 617 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,073 MIKE: I can respect that. 618 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:15,648 JERSEY JON: So give me some more details, where are we going? 619 00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:17,083 MIKE: Okay, I don't have a lot of details. 620 00:20:17,183 --> 00:20:18,884 I mean, this is a guy, his name's Mike, 621 00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:20,553 long grey-haired dude, 622 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,121 met him at Davenport years ago. 623 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,222 You probably might even know him. 624 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:24,590 JERSEY JON: There's a lot of long grey-haired 625 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:25,925 dudes in Davenport, dude. 626 00:20:26,025 --> 00:20:27,393 JERSEY JON: Okay man, he's got long grey hair, 627 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,595 and he's got like a black motorcycle jacket on. 628 00:20:29,695 --> 00:20:31,964 That's everybody at an antique motorcycle swap meet, dude. 629 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:33,499 There's like a thousand guys like that running around. 630 00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:34,600 JERSEY JON: What's his last name? 631 00:20:34,700 --> 00:20:35,801 MIKE: I don't know, I mean, 632 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,903 he just gave him his name, Mike, and he's never... 633 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,805 When he comes down for it, he never... 634 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,208 he never sets up, so I don't know what kind of bikes he has. 635 00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:43,709 JERSEY JON: The swap meets that we go to, 636 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,244 to buy all these antique motorcycle parts, man, 637 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:46,879 they're like the Woodstock for us, I mean, 638 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:48,848 that's like we find all the great parts, 639 00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:52,151 it's like a hangout, but you meet characters at these places. 640 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:55,921 MIKE: But he said he's got, get this, an Indian 4-cylinder. 641 00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:58,057 JERSEY JON: No way, dude! MIKE: Skirted 4, 642 00:20:58,224 --> 00:21:00,226 like a '40 or a '41, 643 00:21:00,392 --> 00:21:02,194 said he'd be interested in selling it. 644 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:03,395 JERSEY JON: Really? MIKE: Yes! 645 00:21:03,496 --> 00:21:04,630 JERSEY JON: Indian 4-cylinders, 646 00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:07,766 they're like the Duesenbergs of antique motorcycles. 647 00:21:07,867 --> 00:21:09,568 JERSEY JON: Did you get any pictures? Did you see it? 648 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,837 MIKE: He hasn't sent me anything. He just said he's got a bike 649 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:13,639 that he probably would sell. 650 00:21:13,806 --> 00:21:15,040 JERSEY JON: Dude. Let's do it. 651 00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:17,042 MIKE: That's what I'm saying. JERSEY JON: Yeah! 652 00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:19,345 (upbeat music) 653 00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:25,284 MIKE: So what's the GPS saying here? Okay, so we go this way. 654 00:21:25,384 --> 00:21:26,719 MIKE: Alright, this is a dead-end circle. 655 00:21:26,819 --> 00:21:28,420 JERSEY JON: I thought you knew where you were going, dude, 656 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:30,356 we took a wrong turn again. MIKE: I'm following the G-- 657 00:21:30,456 --> 00:21:32,124 I'm following the GPS, dude. 658 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:34,460 I mean, you just don't-- JERSEY JON: Alright, then, where are we going? 659 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:35,995 MIKE: We're going right here. 660 00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:37,897 JERSEY JON: This is not even a road, it's somebody's driveway. 661 00:21:38,063 --> 00:21:39,632 MIKE: Yeah, I just went down that road, I know. 662 00:21:39,732 --> 00:21:41,433 JERSEY JON: Dude, we're going to get shot at, dude. 663 00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:43,836 MIKE: So there's a big gate. Holy crap, look at the size of these gates! 664 00:21:43,936 --> 00:21:45,037 (honks horn) JERSEY JON: Wow. 665 00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:47,039 MIKE: No way. JERSEY JON: That's not a gate, dude. 666 00:21:47,206 --> 00:21:48,374 (laughing) 667 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:50,209 That's like the entrance to Jurassic Park. 668 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:52,444 MIKE: Holy crap! (laughing) 669 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:55,214 JERSEY JON: Look at this guy. MIKE: Who's this guy? 670 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,316 JERSEY JON: That's the guy? MIKE: No, that ain't the guy. 671 00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:58,384 Ask him. 672 00:21:58,551 --> 00:22:00,019 (tense music) 673 00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:01,587 JERSEY JON: Hey. MIKE: Hey, what's up, man? 674 00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:03,789 JERSEY JON: How are ya? CHARLIE: Alright. Who are you looking for? 675 00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:06,025 JERSEY JON: Guy named Mike here? CHARLIE: Yeah, you're looking for Mike? 676 00:22:06,192 --> 00:22:07,660 MIKE: Yeah. Okay. CHARLIE: He's right over here. 677 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:09,061 CHARLIE: Park right here, I'll show you... 678 00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:10,763 MIKE: Alright. JERSEY JON: Dude, look at this place, 679 00:22:10,863 --> 00:22:13,199 it's like going into the... MIKE: Look at this, this is you! 680 00:22:13,299 --> 00:22:15,167 JERSEY JON: Kingdom of Junk. MIKE: Look at all these tools, 681 00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:16,535 there's you, that's you, dude. JERSEY JON: Yeah. 682 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:18,470 MIKE: That's totally you. JERSEY JON: Jacks. 683 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:20,206 This is great. 684 00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:23,242 MIKE: Hey, what's up, man? CHARLIE: How's it going? 685 00:22:23,409 --> 00:22:24,877 MIKE: Hey, I'm Mike. JERSEY JON: How you doing, man? 686 00:22:25,044 --> 00:22:26,879 CHARLIE: Charlie. MIKE: Nice to meet you, Charlie. This is Jersey Jon. 687 00:22:27,046 --> 00:22:28,681 CHARLIE: Jersey Jon, where are you from, Jersey? 688 00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:29,882 JERSEY JON: Dude! 689 00:22:29,982 --> 00:22:31,750 That ain't a California accent, man. What's up with you? 690 00:22:31,917 --> 00:22:33,786 CHARLIE: No, no, it's not. MIKE: They're sizing each other up, 691 00:22:33,953 --> 00:22:35,588 they're like a couple of dogs that are like... 692 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:37,456 sniffing around, checking the zip code or something. 693 00:22:37,623 --> 00:22:39,391 (Mike laughing) They were... 694 00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:41,193 This is going to be an interesting day. 695 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,862 JERSEY JON: Where are you from? CHARLIE: Ozone Park. 696 00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:44,630 JERSEY JON: Oh, Queens? CHARLIE: Queens. 697 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:46,232 JERSEY JON: I thought Joe Pesci died in '86 698 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:47,766 right after Goodfellas. No, here he is. 699 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:49,068 MIKE: What are you doing out here, dude? 700 00:22:49,235 --> 00:22:50,870 CHARLIE: I help him out all the time, doing nothing. 701 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:52,438 MIKE: No kidding. CHARLIE: Yeah. Fisher! 702 00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:53,606 JERSEY JON: Wow... MIKE 2: Yeah! 703 00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:55,708 CHARLIE: Over here, some guys are here to see ya. 704 00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:57,543 MIKE: Hey, what's going on? 705 00:22:57,710 --> 00:22:59,078 MIKE 2: Hey Mike, good to see ya. 706 00:22:59,245 --> 00:23:01,046 MIKE: Yeah, good to see you too. Here's my buddy, Jersey Jon. 707 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:02,882 Do you recognize him? MIKE 2: Hey, how are you doing? 708 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:05,117 JERSEY JON: Yeah man, you look, I met you before in Davenport. 709 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:06,785 MIKE: I was telling him that you never set up 710 00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:08,020 at Davenport, but you're always there. 711 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:09,488 MIKE 2: Yeah, yeah. MIKE: So have you seen 712 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:10,556 Jersey before at Davenport? 713 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:12,424 Have you ever, ever seen him there? 714 00:23:12,591 --> 00:23:14,660 (tense music) 715 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,431 MIKE 2: Um... 716 00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:20,799 Maybe! (group laughing) 717 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,635 JERSEY JON: You look familiar. MIKE: That was a maybe, Jersey. 718 00:23:22,801 --> 00:23:25,604 JERSEY JON: It's a maybe. (laughs) 719 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:26,872 MIKE: So tell me about the 4-cylinder. 720 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:29,041 MIKE 2: I was thinking about getting rid of that 4. 721 00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:30,242 MIKE: Okay. JERSEY JON: That's cool. 722 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,910 MIKE: If you're a motorcycle collector, 723 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,880 at some point in your life, you want to hear those words, 724 00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:38,350 "I have a 4-cylinder I want to sell." 725 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:39,952 MIKE: What shape's it in? 726 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:41,787 MIKE 2: Shape of a motorcycle. 727 00:23:41,954 --> 00:23:43,289 (laughing) 728 00:23:43,389 --> 00:23:45,190 MIKE: That's what's happening today. 729 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:45,524 MIKE: That's what's happening today. 730 00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:46,859 MIKE 2: Why don't I just show you? 731 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:48,227 MIKE: Okay. MIKE 2: I'll show you around 732 00:23:48,394 --> 00:23:49,862 here a little bit. MIKE: I'd like to look around. 733 00:23:50,029 --> 00:23:50,529 JERSEY JON: I'd love to see this place. 734 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:55,200 MIKE 2: This is my rusty fence. 735 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:55,834 MIKE: Alright, is there any motors-- 736 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:56,835 JERSEY JON: It's a rusty garden, man. 737 00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:58,003 MIKE 2: No motorcycle parts. 738 00:23:58,170 --> 00:23:58,270 JERSEY JON: I like the locomotive jacks up there. 739 00:23:59,238 --> 00:23:59,905 JERSEY JON: I like the locomotive jacks up there. 740 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:01,974 MIKE 2: Yeah. JERSEY JON: It's your locomotive. That's cool. 741 00:24:02,074 --> 00:24:03,509 MIKE: So are these like mining cars? 742 00:24:03,676 --> 00:24:04,710 MIKE 2: Some of them are, 743 00:24:04,877 --> 00:24:06,445 but most of them came out of the orchards. 744 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:08,614 JERSEY JON: So pulling fruit out of the orchards with those things? 745 00:24:08,714 --> 00:24:10,082 JERSEY JON: Like a railroad tracks in the orchards? 746 00:24:10,249 --> 00:24:11,784 JERSEY JON: That's a lot of fruit, man. 747 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:13,352 MIKE: Are you the one that laid this out? 748 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,520 MIKE 2: Oh yeah. 749 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:17,022 MIKE 2: You know what, a lot of people accuse me 750 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:21,060 of being an artist. I don't draw or anything, 751 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:22,828 but I've succumbed to the fact that yeah, 752 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:24,396 I probably am an artist. 753 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:26,298 MIKE: Look at all the, Jersey, he did all these wrenches. 754 00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:28,667 JERSEY JON: Yeah, that's brilliant. What a great idea. 755 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:30,169 JERSEY JON: Gorgeous stuff. MIKE: Yeah, very cool. 756 00:24:30,269 --> 00:24:32,037 JERSEY JON: This is cool. MIKE: It's got the dinner bell. 757 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:33,972 (bell dings) JERSEY JON: Wow. He used a lot of blacksmithing tools. 758 00:24:34,073 --> 00:24:35,374 I'm seeing tongs, I'm seeing hammers, 759 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:36,575 I'm seeing forge dyes. 760 00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:38,844 Mike's creativity is everywhere. 761 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:40,279 MIKE: So you from this area? 762 00:24:40,446 --> 00:24:41,847 MIKE 2: Yeah, I'm from California. 763 00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:44,350 MIKE: Okay. MIKE 2: I bought this about 40 years ago. 764 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:45,384 MIKE: No kidding. 765 00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:46,952 MIKE 2: When I bought the place, 766 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:48,187 there was nothing here. No buildings, 767 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:49,755 outbuildings, structures. 768 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:52,791 And I retired about two years ago, 769 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:55,728 and my passion has been really just 770 00:24:55,828 --> 00:25:00,232 to develop this into more of an art property. 771 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:02,735 MIKE 2: I engineered and designed 772 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:04,069 all the buildings here. 773 00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:05,804 MIKE: That's cool, I love that. JERSEY JON: It's beautiful. 774 00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:08,207 JERSEY JON: The man door, amazing. I mean, look at that, Mike. 775 00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:09,775 MIKE: Oh, yeah. JERSEY JON: Where's the door? 776 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:11,043 MIKE: Yeah, very cool. 777 00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:13,545 MIKE: As collectors, we create our own worlds. 778 00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:15,614 We surround ourselves with all of these things 779 00:25:15,714 --> 00:25:17,816 we love, we put the on display, 780 00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:20,419 gas pumps, pottery, textiles. 781 00:25:20,586 --> 00:25:23,322 You know, but Mike has taken that to the next level. 782 00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:24,823 MIKE: The pinwheels are very cool. 783 00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:27,760 MIKE: He's doing architectural elements 784 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,561 that tie into his collection. 785 00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:31,063 You know, the guy, he is an artist. 786 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,232 He's truly an artist. 787 00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:36,168 MIKE: So do you have any old signs... 788 00:25:36,268 --> 00:25:37,636 MIKE 2: I don't have any signs... 789 00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:38,704 MIKE: What about bicycles? 790 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:39,972 JERSEY JON: Early bicycles. Like early bikes. 791 00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:41,907 MIKE 2: Yeah, I have a couple. Indians. 792 00:25:42,074 --> 00:25:43,308 MIKE: Indian bicycles? MIKE 2: Uh-huh. 793 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:44,843 JERSEY JON: A lot of people don't even realize, 794 00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:46,478 Indian made bicycles as well. 795 00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:47,646 JERSEY JON: You have an Indian bicycle? 796 00:25:47,746 --> 00:25:49,314 MIKE: Where are those at? MIKE 2: In the office. 797 00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:51,450 MIKE: Can we look at those? MIKE 2: Yeah, head down that way. 798 00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:53,018 I'm going to get my Segway. 799 00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:55,554 MIKE: Motorcycles and early bicycles, 800 00:25:55,721 --> 00:25:57,222 go like this, hand-in-hand. 801 00:25:57,389 --> 00:26:00,058 Yale, Excelsior, Harley, 802 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,060 Indian, Flying Merkel, 803 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,196 all of those are motorcycle companies 804 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:06,865 that also dipped their toe in the bicycle world. 805 00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:09,268 MIKE: Check him out, dude, here he comes, look at him. 806 00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:10,536 Yeah! 807 00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:12,004 (Jersey Jon laughs) MIKE: That's a 2-wheel drive. 808 00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:14,239 (Mike 2 laughs) JERSEY JON: That thing's bad-to-the-bone, man. 809 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:16,575 MIKE: So both wheels move, it's got posi? 810 00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:18,043 MIKE 2: Yeah, uh-huh. 811 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:20,245 MIKE: The evolution of transportation is so fascinating. 812 00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:21,880 Because it went from the horse, 813 00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,249 to the bicycle, to the motorized bicycle, 814 00:26:24,349 --> 00:26:25,584 to the car. 815 00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:26,985 MIKE: How fast will it go? 816 00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:28,787 MIKE 2: 12-and-a-half miles-an-hour. 817 00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:31,290 MIKE: You know, all of this is intertwined. 818 00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:33,258 MIKE: What about this Indian sign here, man? 819 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,327 What's going on with that? Who made that? 820 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:36,962 MIKE 2: I don't know who made it. 821 00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:38,897 MIKE: Oh, there's the bottom of it, or the top of it. 822 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:40,466 It's this part. 823 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:42,401 JERSEY JON: It's not plywood, it's like on redwood. 824 00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:44,369 MIKE: How long have you had it? MIKE 2: I don't know. 825 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:45,671 MIKE: Forever? MIKE 2: Yeah. Forever. 826 00:26:45,838 --> 00:26:47,406 MIKE: Would you sell it? MIKE 2: You want that? 827 00:26:47,506 --> 00:26:48,707 MIKE: Why not, man? 828 00:26:48,874 --> 00:26:50,509 MIKE: It's cool, I mean, it's really weathered 829 00:26:50,676 --> 00:26:52,644 and beat-up and broken down. JERSEY JON: It's weathered, it's got the look. 830 00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:54,847 MIKE: Since 1847. MIKE 2: No, I think I want to keep that. 831 00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:57,249 MIKE: Dude, I don't blame ya. JERSEY JON: We never should've said anything about it. 832 00:26:57,349 --> 00:26:58,984 MIKE: I don't blame him. I mean, it's cool. 833 00:26:59,151 --> 00:27:00,986 MIKE: So did you do this with all these pulleys? 834 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:03,122 MIKE 2: Oh, yeah. MIKE: Would you sell any of this stuff? 835 00:27:03,222 --> 00:27:05,357 MIKE 2: Uh... no. MIKE: Ugh. 836 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:06,725 JERSEY JON: All the pulleys in here are... 837 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:08,794 MIKE: So you hung all this stuff up on here like this. 838 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:11,163 MIKE 2: Every bit of it, yeah. MIKE: Wow, look at this, Jersey. 839 00:27:11,263 --> 00:27:12,831 Did you carve that? Who carved that? 840 00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:13,899 Did you carve that one? 841 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:15,634 MIKE 2: No, no. 842 00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:17,603 MIKE: Did you carve this? MIKE 2: No. 843 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:19,171 Now that pulley, I had that made. 844 00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:20,472 MIKE: Oh my God... JERSEY JON: Oh, great. 845 00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,040 MIKE: That's like the laughing Indian. MIKE 2: Yeah. 846 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:25,410 MIKE 2: I hosted the Antique Indian Motorcycle Rally 847 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:27,479 for like 15 years. 848 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:30,282 One of those years, I went to Bali 849 00:27:30,449 --> 00:27:32,551 and I gave 'em a little sketch 850 00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:35,154 of the laughing Indian head, 851 00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:39,158 and I had about 15 of them made. 852 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:40,726 MIKE 2: So you want that, Mike? MIKE: Yeah. 853 00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:42,060 What do you want for it, how much? 854 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:43,462 JERSEY JON: It's really nicely done. 855 00:27:43,629 --> 00:27:45,197 MIKE 2: It is nice. JERSEY JON: Really nicely done. 856 00:27:45,297 --> 00:27:46,632 MIKE: 100 bucks. MIKE 2: Alright. 857 00:27:46,732 --> 00:27:48,166 (laughing) JERSEY JON: It's cool. 858 00:27:48,267 --> 00:27:50,202 MIKE 2: You got it. MIKE: It's awesome, man! 859 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:52,237 MIKE: You got this custom-made. MIKE 2: Yeah. 860 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:53,639 MIKE: God, that's super cool, man. 861 00:27:53,739 --> 00:27:55,641 JERSEY JON: Amazing how skillful that's done. Amazing. 862 00:27:55,741 --> 00:27:57,409 MIKE 2: Those guys are awesome. MIKE: This is your office. 863 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:59,144 MIKE 2: Yeah. I got a couple of bikes in here, 864 00:27:59,311 --> 00:28:01,680 you want to look at 'em? JERSEY JON: This is where the bicycle is? 865 00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:03,482 MIKE: Jersey, you wanna see it? JERSEY JON: Yeah, I do. 866 00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:04,883 MIKE: Alright, come on in, dog. 867 00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:06,184 JERSEY JON: Alright, let me in there. 868 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:08,554 Hi, come on. Come on, baby. MIKE: Wow, this is cool! 869 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,322 JERSEY JON: I ain't never seen an office like this, man. 870 00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,224 This thing is off the hook. JERSEY JON: The inner sanctum. 871 00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:13,725 MIKE: Ooh... JERSEY JON: Very cool. 872 00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:14,993 JERSEY JON: It's like Disney World 873 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:16,795 for guys like me and Mike. 874 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:18,196 MIKE: Oh, wow... JERSEY JON: Woo! 875 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:20,165 MIKE: Oh, yeah, there you go. JERSEY JON: Man... nice bike. 876 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:22,167 MIKE: So this Indian bike right here... 877 00:28:22,267 --> 00:28:24,036 MIKE 2: That's a new one. MIKE: That's British. 878 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:26,038 JERSEY JON: But this one's not, this is made in America. 879 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:28,473 MIKE: Yeah. JERSEY JON: That one's sold by the Indian dealers. 880 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,275 MIKE: Would you care if we pulled that down? 881 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:31,710 Can we look at it? MIKE 2: Sure. 882 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:33,879 MIKE: Alright Jersey, you got it? 883 00:28:33,979 --> 00:28:35,881 JERSEY JON: I don't know. MIKE: Dude, you handle this? 884 00:28:36,048 --> 00:28:38,250 JERSEY JON: This one's gonna come off, it's gonna be a little harder. 885 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:40,152 MIKE: Let me help ya. JERSEY JON: That'd be nice, Mike. 886 00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:42,554 MIKE: Okay, well I'm just... Alright, here we go. 887 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:44,690 JERSEY JON: We have to find out what model this is. 888 00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:46,124 MIKE: Here, push it outside. 889 00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,226 JERSEY JON: It looks like it's from early '20s, 890 00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:50,395 but they made the same kind of style 891 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:52,798 from 1917 to 1928, 892 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:54,566 and they're all different varieties. 893 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:55,834 JERSEY JON: Wow, this thing is cool. 894 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:58,136 MIKE 2: Jersey's really liked the bicycle, 895 00:28:58,236 --> 00:28:59,504 he liked it a lot. 896 00:28:59,671 --> 00:29:01,106 And myself, I'm not into them. 897 00:29:01,273 --> 00:29:03,642 I mean, I hang it in my office 898 00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:06,278 for I don't know how many years. 899 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:07,679 JERSEY JON: Wow... 900 00:29:07,779 --> 00:29:09,815 MIKE 2: You know, I... don't know anything about them. 901 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:12,117 MIKE 2: That's barn fresh... find, yeah. 902 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,552 JERSEY JON: Mike, look at... MIKE: No, it's insane. 903 00:29:13,719 --> 00:29:15,120 JERSEY JON: Decals. MIKE: The stenciling on it. 904 00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:17,189 JERSEY JON: Stenciling on here. MIKE: It's got Indian on the down tube. 905 00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:19,224 JERSEY JON: I've never seen one with this fancy stenciling. 906 00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:21,193 MIKE: Yeah, I've seen a couple, not very many. 907 00:29:21,293 --> 00:29:22,995 It depends on the year. JERSEY JON: She's a beauty. 908 00:29:23,095 --> 00:29:25,497 MIKE: Look at this, it says Indian script in the red pedal block. 909 00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:27,566 JERSEY JON: Oh, it's got the aluminum pedal blocks. 910 00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:29,434 MIKE: Yeah, it's cast aluminum. 911 00:29:30,035 --> 00:29:31,570 JERSEY JON: Yeah, it's got the right pedal crank. 912 00:29:31,670 --> 00:29:33,005 MIKE: The paint on it's nice. 913 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:34,640 What part of the country did it come out of? 914 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:36,241 JERSEY JON: Clad rims. Yeah. MIKE 2: I got it 915 00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:38,610 just up in the foothills. MIKE: Okay. It's a California bike. 916 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:39,678 JERSEY JON: California bike. 917 00:29:39,845 --> 00:29:40,946 JERSEY JON: It's got the right pedal cranks, 918 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:43,081 it's got the right paint, it's got the right fenders, 919 00:29:43,248 --> 00:29:44,850 it's got the right chain, it's got the right hubs. 920 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:46,985 MIKE: It's got the glass jewel on the back. 921 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:48,754 This was obviously added. 922 00:29:48,854 --> 00:29:50,389 This was an Indian spotlight, though. 923 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:51,757 JERSEY JON: The condition of the paint 924 00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:52,991 is really phenomenal. 925 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:55,193 It's got the decals on it, it's got the right color, 926 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,728 it hasn't been repainted. 927 00:29:56,828 --> 00:29:58,030 It's in its original condition. 928 00:29:58,196 --> 00:30:00,065 JERSEY JON: That's Person's Manufacturing Company... 929 00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:01,300 That's the correct seat for this bike. 930 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,601 MIKE 2: Is it? JERSEY JON: Person's Manufacturing, 931 00:30:02,768 --> 00:30:04,202 they're from Massachusetts, from Worcester. 932 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:06,171 JERSEY JON: And they made the seats for Indian. 933 00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:08,974 MIKE 2: He was going around it, all around it, 934 00:30:09,074 --> 00:30:11,109 looking at all the fine details of it. 935 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:13,679 And he knew way more about it than I did. 936 00:30:13,779 --> 00:30:15,947 MIKE: The lines of it, with that straight down tube, 937 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,083 man, and that little camel back bend there. 938 00:30:18,183 --> 00:30:19,751 JERSEY JON: And also how it's got the reinforced fork, 939 00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:21,787 like the motorcycle does. MIKE: Yeah, absolutely. 940 00:30:21,953 --> 00:30:23,522 JERSEY JON: When you're dreaming about that original paint bike 941 00:30:23,622 --> 00:30:25,223 that you want to find, this is it. 942 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:27,659 JERSEY JON: So, what's the story, man? 943 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,661 MIKE 2: I've had it for years. 944 00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,730 JERSEY JON: Well, I mean, you want to get rid of? 945 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,632 MIKE 2: Ahh... 946 00:30:33,732 --> 00:30:35,967 Maybe. Give me some time to think about this, I-I... 947 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:37,936 I called you on the 4-cylinder. JERSEY JON: Yeah. 948 00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:38,470 Oh, I definitely, I want to see that 4. 949 00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:39,838 Oh, I definitely, I want to see that 4. 950 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:42,007 MIKE: What's going on with that? MIKE 2: It's up the hill. 951 00:30:42,107 --> 00:30:43,442 MIKE: It's up the hill? Okay. JERSEY JON: Up the hill, huh. 952 00:30:50,916 --> 00:30:52,517 MIKE: So how many bikes do you have? 953 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:53,752 MIKE 2: Oh, 20 or so. 954 00:30:53,919 --> 00:30:55,087 MIKE: Do you really? MIKE 2: Left, yeah. 955 00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:57,589 MIKE: No kidding. Left, he's got 20 left, he said. 956 00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,758 JERSEY JON: Ha! MIKE 2: I collect a lot of things. 957 00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:01,226 Motorcycles... 958 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:03,762 Uh, Volkswagens... 959 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,997 Ex-wives. 960 00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:07,833 (laughs) 961 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:09,234 MIKE: You got any Knuckleheads? 962 00:31:09,401 --> 00:31:10,736 MIKE 2: I got a couple. MIKE: Okay. 963 00:31:10,836 --> 00:31:12,237 JERSEY JON: Ooh. MIKE: What year? 964 00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:15,107 MIKE 2: Uh... a '38 and a '46. 965 00:31:15,273 --> 00:31:16,208 MIKE: Oh, nice. 966 00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:17,476 MIKE 2: I mean, in the past, 967 00:31:17,642 --> 00:31:18,844 I've done very little selling. 968 00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:20,679 But I started to sell now. 969 00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:22,280 I have a lot of stuff, 970 00:31:22,447 --> 00:31:25,550 and my daughter is not going to want to mess with it. 971 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,185 MIKE: Where's the 4 at? 972 00:31:27,352 --> 00:31:31,723 MIKE 2: Uh, the 4 is... that one. 973 00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:33,525 (laughing) JERSEY JON: What?! 974 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:36,061 MIKE: Oh, man. JERSEY JON: Holy mackerel, dude! 975 00:31:36,228 --> 00:31:39,398 MIKE 2: That went through a fire, in 1992. 976 00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:42,000 MIKE 2: That was one of the bikes that I lost in the fire. 977 00:31:42,167 --> 00:31:44,970 I lost 15 kick-start bikes in a fire. 978 00:31:45,070 --> 00:31:46,505 JERSEY JON: You didn't say that, dude. 979 00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:47,572 MIKE: He didn't tell me! 980 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:48,974 MIKE: So it's on a pole. 981 00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:50,675 MIKE: Now I know why you didn't send me a picture! 982 00:31:50,842 --> 00:31:52,310 (group laughing) 983 00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:55,881 MIKE: It's been in a fire, and um... it's a piece of art. 984 00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:57,549 MIKE: Is that for sale, really? 985 00:31:57,716 --> 00:31:59,151 MIKE 2: Yeah. JERSEY JON: It's a 4-cylinder, 986 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:00,619 it's a 4-cylinder frame. 987 00:32:00,786 --> 00:32:03,155 It's a 1940 4-cylinder frame. 988 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:06,458 MIKE 2: When I had it, before it was in a fire, 989 00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,026 it had the original paint on it, 990 00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:10,729 original script, Indian script, tires. 991 00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:12,631 MIKE: Really, it was all original paint. 992 00:32:12,798 --> 00:32:14,232 MIKE 2: All original paint. MIKE: Oh my gosh. 993 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:15,901 MIKE 2: 38,000 miles on it. 994 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:17,169 MIKE: Oh my gosh. 995 00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:19,070 JERSEY JON: The 1941 Indian 4-cylinder 996 00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:21,606 probably one of the rare antique motorcycles in the world. 997 00:32:21,706 --> 00:32:24,042 I mean, it's a great bike, it's a skirted fender bike, 998 00:32:24,209 --> 00:32:26,178 they are beautiful machines going down the road, 999 00:32:26,278 --> 00:32:28,680 they're stylish, they sound wonderful, 1000 00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:30,615 and they really function well. 1001 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:33,151 MIKE 2: That came from New Hampshire. 1002 00:32:33,318 --> 00:32:35,587 MIKE: Really? JERSEY JON: Is this thing going to fall over? 1003 00:32:35,754 --> 00:32:36,955 MIKE 2: Maybe. MIKE: Look at the handlebars... 1004 00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:38,990 (laughing) Look at the handlebars. 1005 00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:41,560 They're all like curled up. Is that from the heat? 1006 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:42,594 MIKE 2: Stuff fell on it. 1007 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:44,162 MIKE: How long has it been up there? 1008 00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:45,931 MIKE 2: Uh... 20 years. 1009 00:32:46,031 --> 00:32:48,400 MIKE 2: Actually, I've been, there's been numerous people 1010 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:50,468 have wanted to buy that, 1011 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,804 that bike in that condition. 1012 00:32:52,904 --> 00:32:54,506 But I just wanted to look at it. 1013 00:32:54,673 --> 00:32:56,575 JERSEY JON: The tubing's not rotted, Mike. 1014 00:32:56,675 --> 00:32:58,443 You could see it clearly, it's not rotted away. 1015 00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:00,045 MIKE: Let's see the other side of it. 1016 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:01,646 The tanks are... the tanks are shot. 1017 00:33:01,746 --> 00:33:04,216 MIKE 2: It's in definitely worse shape now than it was. 1018 00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:06,117 The tanks were in fairly good condition 1019 00:33:06,284 --> 00:33:08,353 when I put them up there, but they're rusted through. 1020 00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:10,522 JERSEY JON: Very cool, the rear rack is the cast-iron rack, 1021 00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:11,957 Mike, that's not going nowhere, that's good. 1022 00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:13,391 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, look at that. 1023 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:14,826 MIKE: Seeing this for the first time, 1024 00:33:14,993 --> 00:33:17,162 I mean, obviously, you're knocked back on your heels. 1025 00:33:17,262 --> 00:33:19,164 But then Jersey's up there looking at it and he's like, 1026 00:33:19,264 --> 00:33:20,765 hey, there's no cracks in the frame, 1027 00:33:20,866 --> 00:33:22,400 it looks solid, you know, 1028 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,035 it looks like it's pretty much all there. 1029 00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:25,570 MIKE: It's got the toolbox on it. 1030 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,439 JERSEY JON: The fenders are there, they're not rotted away. 1031 00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:29,241 I've worked with worse on early bikes. 1032 00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:30,475 MIKE: Yeah, definitely, man. 1033 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:31,810 MIKE: I mean, we have found 1034 00:33:31,910 --> 00:33:33,712 motorcycle frames over the years 1035 00:33:33,879 --> 00:33:38,216 that I've had to chip out of frozen chicken crap. 1036 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:39,584 DANIELLE: There's a dead chicken above your head, 1037 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:41,520 look at it! Ah! MIKE: Here, you want a leg? 1038 00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:43,889 MIKE: We've dealt with a lot of different types 1039 00:33:43,989 --> 00:33:45,757 of motorcycles, you know, 1040 00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:47,926 they were like literally sitting in the dirt. 1041 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,160 MIKE: Ya-hoo! 1042 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:50,829 MIKE: But, you know, Jersey's the man 1043 00:33:50,996 --> 00:33:52,063 when it comes to frame repair 1044 00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:53,198 and he's looking at it going, 1045 00:33:53,331 --> 00:33:54,432 this ain't that bad. 1046 00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:56,234 JERSEY JON: Wow cool. Alright so... 1047 00:33:56,401 --> 00:33:58,937 MIKE: So what are you, what are you thinking on that? 1048 00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:03,842 MIKE 2: 20,000? (laughs) 1049 00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:06,077 (group laughing) 1050 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,349 MIKE: Look at your dog, your dog even fell over. 1051 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,418 (laughing) 1052 00:34:13,585 --> 00:34:14,886 MIKE 2: Make an offer. 1053 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:16,688 MIKE: Yeah, I mean... 1054 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:18,890 JERSEY JON: Well, I mean, I'm interested in that bicycle. 1055 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,825 So maybe we can like, make a deal work. 1056 00:34:20,992 --> 00:34:22,160 MIKE 2: Make a package deal. 1057 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,428 JERSEY JON: Yeah, like a package deal. 1058 00:34:23,595 --> 00:34:24,763 MIKE: Look at the front fender, Jersey, 1059 00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:26,031 it's all warped from the heat. 1060 00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:27,032 JERSEY JON: Yeah, for sure. 1061 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:28,967 Definitely, Mike, it needs some help. 1062 00:34:29,034 --> 00:34:31,770 MIKE: Gotta kinda looks bent up there from the heat, 1063 00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:33,705 and Jersey, this is no big deal for Jersey. 1064 00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:35,106 MIKE: Well, here's the deal. 1065 00:34:35,273 --> 00:34:36,841 I have... 1066 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:39,244 a '41 Indian 1067 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:40,679 4-cylinder engine. 1068 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:42,647 MIKE 2: Oh, you do. MIKE: I have a complete engine. 1069 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,082 MIKE 2: Oh, there you go. 1070 00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:46,084 MIKE 2: You got the hard part done. 1071 00:34:46,184 --> 00:34:47,586 JERSEY JON: No, the hard part's up there. 1072 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:48,586 MIKE: Boom, right in there. 1073 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:50,188 MIKE: I just bought an engine. 1074 00:34:50,355 --> 00:34:51,890 You know, and the engines are around, you know, 1075 00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:53,758 people took the engines and they used them to run 1076 00:34:53,858 --> 00:34:55,660 a pump or a corn sheller, whatever it was, 1077 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:57,362 the chassis is... 1078 00:34:57,462 --> 00:34:58,763 is so hard to find. 1079 00:34:58,863 --> 00:35:01,633 MIKE: This is a great project to restore. 1080 00:35:01,733 --> 00:35:03,068 MIKE: Like, how are you gonna get it down? 1081 00:35:03,234 --> 00:35:04,202 MIKE 2: I got a forklift. 1082 00:35:04,369 --> 00:35:05,804 JERSEY JON: You got a forklift-- MIKE 2: Easy. 1083 00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:07,606 MIKE: If you get the forklift, then why don't we just 1084 00:35:07,706 --> 00:35:09,908 pull it down, I can look it over really good. 1085 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,244 (Jersey Jon laughs) 1086 00:35:13,378 --> 00:35:16,214 MIKE 2: Dude, we're going to have a deal before I pull it down. 1087 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:18,016 MIKE: Oh, you want a deal before you pull it down. 1088 00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:19,184 (sighs) 1089 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,559 JERSEY JON: This 4-cylinder motorcycle 1090 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:27,826 is one of the rarest motorcycles in the world. 1091 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:29,394 is one of the rarest motorcycles in the world. 1092 00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:31,463 We're not going to walk away from this chassis on a pole. 1093 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:34,032 MIKE: Why don't we just pull it down, I can look it over really good. 1094 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:37,002 MIKE: I want to pull it down, really examine it, 1095 00:35:37,102 --> 00:35:38,803 before we make an offer on it. 1096 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:41,006 MIKE 2: We're going to have a deal before I pull it down. 1097 00:35:41,106 --> 00:35:43,274 MIKE: He's like, no, that's not coming down 1098 00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:46,811 unless it's bought before it comes down. 1099 00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:49,447 So that's kind of an interesting spin here. 1100 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,549 JERSEY JON: I'd get it. MIKE: Ahh... 1101 00:35:52,384 --> 00:35:53,852 Jersey, you interested in the bicycle? 1102 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:55,387 JERSEY JON: Absolutely, yes. 1103 00:35:56,121 --> 00:35:58,089 MIKE: So, um... 1104 00:35:58,189 --> 00:36:00,358 JERSEY JON: It's amazing that we have an opportunity 1105 00:36:00,525 --> 00:36:02,660 to even find this bike in the wild. 1106 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,396 You just don't see these things. 1107 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:06,998 I mean, this is an Indian 4-cylinder, 1108 00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:09,200 on a pole, in California. 1109 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:10,602 It's surreal. 1110 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:13,171 (sighs) 1111 00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:17,008 MIKE: 10,000 bucks. 1112 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:18,243 MIKE 2: For this? 1113 00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:20,045 MIKE: 10,000 bucks for this... 1114 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:21,346 JERSEY JON: And... 1115 00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:26,584 Two grand for the bicycle. 1116 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:28,420 MIKE 2: 2,200 for the bicycle. 1117 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:31,222 MIKE: Okay. JERSEY JON: So 12.2. 1118 00:36:32,323 --> 00:36:33,792 MIKE: Delivered, to here. 1119 00:36:33,958 --> 00:36:36,428 JERSEY JON: Yeah, get that off of there, right here. 1120 00:36:36,594 --> 00:36:37,462 (Mike laughs) 1121 00:36:37,629 --> 00:36:39,397 JERSEY JON: Right? MIKE 2: Okay, yeah. 1122 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:40,398 Yeah, I can do that. 1123 00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:43,234 (laughing) MIKE: Thanks, man. 1124 00:36:43,401 --> 00:36:44,869 JERSEY JON: Thank you, buddy. Dude, this is working out 1125 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:46,604 really good. It's a good day. MIKE: This is cool. 1126 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,406 JERSEY JON: This is fantastic. MIKE: Holy crap. 1127 00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:50,642 JERSEY JON: I didn't know what I was going to be this morning, man. 1128 00:36:50,809 --> 00:36:53,178 And here I am getting an Indian 4-cylinder frame off a pole. 1129 00:36:53,278 --> 00:36:55,046 JERSEY JON: I can't tell you the last time 1130 00:36:55,146 --> 00:36:57,248 I even had an opportunity to buy 1131 00:36:57,348 --> 00:36:59,984 a 1941 Indian 4-cylinder chassis. 1132 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:01,753 They don't show up. I mean, 1133 00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:03,588 I don't think I've ever seen one for sale. 1134 00:37:03,755 --> 00:37:05,356 MIKE: Alright, it's that one dude again. 1135 00:37:05,457 --> 00:37:07,392 (laughs) 1136 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,561 Here, come over here. 1137 00:37:09,661 --> 00:37:12,197 MIKE: Here comes the random guy with the forklift. 1138 00:37:12,297 --> 00:37:14,766 And we're like, let's just get on this, Jersey. 1139 00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:16,434 MIKE: We're both getting on it? JERSEY JON: Yeah, yeah. 1140 00:37:16,601 --> 00:37:17,635 MIKE: Alright. JERSEY JON: (Bleep)! 1141 00:37:17,802 --> 00:37:19,971 MIKE: Whoa! Whoa! JERSEY JON: (Bleep)! Easy, buddy. 1142 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,474 (indistinct shouting) MIKE: Whoa, whoa, whoa! 1143 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,476 (laughing) MIKE:It's so... um... 1144 00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:26,411 We're on top of the forklift. 1145 00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:28,947 MIKE: Whoa! Okay! JERSEY JON: (Bleep)! 1146 00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:31,449 MIKE: And we don't even know this guy that's driving this forklift! 1147 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:32,917 JERSEY JON: Alright, hang on. 1148 00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:35,954 MIKE: Whoa... JERSEY JON: (Bleep)! Easy! 1149 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:37,155 (Bleep)! 1150 00:37:38,790 --> 00:37:40,024 JERSEY JON: That's good. 1151 00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:43,661 MIKE: That sign, that's going to have to come down. 1152 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:45,330 JERSEY JON: Okay... MIKE: I got this side. 1153 00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:47,465 JERSEY JON: Put it on the lift. MIKE: I am. Okay. 1154 00:37:47,632 --> 00:37:49,968 JERSEY JON: Lay it down. MIKE: You gotta lower us down really slowly. 1155 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:51,369 CHARLIE: Okay. JERSEY JON: Wait-- 1156 00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:54,639 MIKE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 1157 00:37:54,806 --> 00:37:56,241 (indistinct chatter) 1158 00:37:57,442 --> 00:38:00,411 JERSEY JON: Alright, you ready? MIKE: Okay, yeah. 1159 00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:01,746 JERSEY JON: Come off, come off. MIKE: Alright. 1160 00:38:01,913 --> 00:38:03,481 MIKE 2: Let me take that off of there. 1161 00:38:03,581 --> 00:38:05,717 CHARLIE: Okay, go ahead. MIKE: Here, lay it down. 1162 00:38:05,817 --> 00:38:07,118 Hey, how much is this sign? 1163 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,521 JERSEY JON: Yeah, we want the sign too. 100 bucks. 1164 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:12,157 MIKE 2: No, (bleep), you! (laughing) 1165 00:38:12,323 --> 00:38:14,792 MIKE: How much is it? How much is it? 1166 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,261 MIKE 2: I don't know, 300 bucks. 1167 00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:17,796 MIKE: Ugh... 300 bucks. JERSEY JON: Done, man. 1168 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:19,430 JERSEY JON: Yeah. We'll take it. MIKE: We got it. 1169 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:20,765 JERSEY JON: Good, good, dude. MIKE: Alright. 1170 00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:22,634 JERSEY JON: This is fun. MIKE: Now that the sign is bought, 1171 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,802 Charlie gets on it, he goes up there, 1172 00:38:24,903 --> 00:38:26,804 and I can see that the plate 1173 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:28,706 that was welded on the bottom of the motorcycle 1174 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:31,676 has a post in it, and he stuck that post in the other one. 1175 00:38:31,843 --> 00:38:33,044 MIKE: Hey, he's got it, he's got it! 1176 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,113 MIKE: So all he has to do is get that forklift under there 1177 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:36,247 and lift it up. 1178 00:38:36,347 --> 00:38:37,615 MIKE: Lower it down a little bit. 1179 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:39,150 JERSEY JON: Let's see. CHARLIE: Kill it, Mike. 1180 00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:40,919 MIKE: No way, dude! 1181 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:43,354 MIKE: Now we could actually see it, we could put our hands on it. 1182 00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:44,956 MIKE: Let's see if we can get on it. 1183 00:38:45,123 --> 00:38:47,225 MIKE: We're looking it over and it just, it looks pretty cool. 1184 00:38:47,392 --> 00:38:48,259 MIKE: Whoa! 1185 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:49,527 MIKE: I'm engaged now, you know, 1186 00:38:49,627 --> 00:38:51,729 I'm locked in, okay, I'm already in for 10 grand, 1187 00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,032 so it's like, I'm hoping this is going to be 1188 00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:55,667 what I think it's going to be. 1189 00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,969 JERSEY JON: The speedometer's still there. The Corbin speedo. 1190 00:38:58,069 --> 00:38:59,137 (Mike laughs) 1191 00:38:59,237 --> 00:39:00,572 MIKE: And it looks so much better 1192 00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:03,975 and so much more beautiful, looking at it eye-to-eye. 1193 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:05,777 MIKE: You've seen bikes worse than this restored. 1194 00:39:05,877 --> 00:39:07,111 MIKE 2: Oh, yeah. JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah. 1195 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:08,513 JERSEY JON: To restore a motorcycle like this, 1196 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,049 is probably going to cost 80,000 to restore a bike 1197 00:39:11,149 --> 00:39:13,384 like this, to take it apart, put it back together again. 1198 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:17,088 It doesn't matter, I mean, these bikes are exceeding $100,000 now. 1199 00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:19,490 MIKE: Alright, so what do we got to do then? We're gonna cut that off 1200 00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:21,860 or how do you want to do it? We can just cut this. 1201 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:23,528 MIKE: Imagine the life that this bike has lived. 1202 00:39:23,628 --> 00:39:26,064 30-something thousand original miles, original paint. 1203 00:39:26,231 --> 00:39:28,433 (metal saw cutting) 1204 00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:31,002 (Mike chuckles) 1205 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:33,137 MIKE: New Hampshire, rugged country, 1206 00:39:33,238 --> 00:39:34,772 running wild through the mountains. 1207 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:36,574 (metal saw cutting) 1208 00:39:37,942 --> 00:39:39,978 MIKE: Comes to California, gets burned out, 1209 00:39:40,078 --> 00:39:42,413 its soul ripped from it, it's on a post. 1210 00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:44,082 And then boom, now it's being lowered, 1211 00:39:44,182 --> 00:39:48,119 and now we're cutting the bolts from the anchor 1212 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:52,090 that it's been chained to all these years. We're rolling it off. 1213 00:39:52,190 --> 00:39:54,158 MIKE: Yeah, she's free. Jersey, you got the front? 1214 00:39:54,325 --> 00:39:57,228 JERSEY JON: Yeah, hold on, hold on, hold on... Argh! 1215 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:58,863 MIKE: There we go. There we go. 1216 00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:00,965 MIKE: You know, we're giving it a new life, 1217 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,667 we're breathing air into this thing, 1218 00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:04,369 and I just love this moment. 1219 00:40:04,469 --> 00:40:06,170 MIKE: Here, let's sit, let's put it on the center stand, 1220 00:40:06,271 --> 00:40:08,039 will that move? I'll lift it up. 1221 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:09,440 JERSEY JON: That stand ain't going to move. 1222 00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:10,875 MIKE: I bet it will. Lift the stand. 1223 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:12,510 JERSEY JON: That stand ain't going nowhere, dude. 1224 00:40:12,677 --> 00:40:14,679 MIKE: With your leg? Kick it. JERSEY JON: No, it ain't going nowhere. 1225 00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:16,547 MIKE: Really? JERSEY JON: It's rusted solid, dude. Come on. 1226 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:18,716 It's been on a post for the last 40 years. (Mike laughs) 1227 00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:20,351 JERSEY JON: What's wrong with you? 1228 00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:22,687 MIKE 2: I think Mike might find out that there's more 1229 00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,589 to that than he thinks. 1230 00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:27,025 He's probably going to have to take that whole frame apart. 1231 00:40:27,191 --> 00:40:29,160 Although, Jersey picked up on it. 1232 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,829 Mike wasn't too concerned about that. 1233 00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:36,067 MIKE: I've bought a lot of motorcycles before, 1234 00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:38,936 but this is probably one of the most exciting times 1235 00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:41,639 that I've ever bought a motorcycle, because we're on a forklift, 1236 00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:43,875 the bike is in the air, we're checking it out, 1237 00:40:44,042 --> 00:40:46,244 I got to buy it before I even get the bike down, 1238 00:40:46,411 --> 00:40:47,912 there's grinding. You know, I'm seeing it 1239 00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:49,948 for the first time, and it's kind of... urgh! 1240 00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:52,016 You know... the back end's over here 1241 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:55,553 and the fork's going this way. But it doesn't matter. 1242 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:57,355 It's an Indian 4-cylinder, 1243 00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:01,159 it's a '41 skirted fenders, plunger frame. 1244 00:41:01,259 --> 00:41:02,627 I already have the engine. 1245 00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,429 Come on, it's a no-brainer, right? 1246 00:41:04,595 --> 00:41:05,964 MIKE: Yeah! 1247 00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:07,198 (laughing) 1248 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:09,834 (thudding) JERSEY JON: Whoa... 1249 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:11,636 MIKE: Urgh! 1250 00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:13,204 JERSEY JON: That's it. MIKE: Woo. Okay. 1251 00:41:13,371 --> 00:41:15,473 JERSEY JON: That's it, it's in. MIKE: Let me see the bike here. 1252 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,608 MIKE 2: They're very knowledgeable, and I found 1253 00:41:17,709 --> 00:41:19,978 that I didn't know as much as I thought I did. 1254 00:41:20,078 --> 00:41:21,679 JERSEY JON: Dude... MIKE 2: There's the sign. 1255 00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:24,148 MIKE 2: Yeah, it was nice being able to talk 1256 00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:26,684 the same language with them. 1257 00:41:26,784 --> 00:41:28,152 MIKE: Oh, yeah, you got her, you got her? 1258 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:29,387 Here, give it here. Ugh. 1259 00:41:29,554 --> 00:41:31,222 JERSEY JON: Just goes to show, that you never know 1260 00:41:31,389 --> 00:41:32,623 where your day's gonna end up. 1261 00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:33,758 JERSEY JON: What a day, huh? 1262 00:41:33,925 --> 00:41:35,326 JERSEY JON: I never would've thought 1263 00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:37,662 that a lead that Mike picked out of his back pocket today 1264 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:40,431 would have been the best lead that we had in a decade. 1265 00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:41,899 JERSEY JON: I don't ever remember finding 1266 00:41:42,066 --> 00:41:43,534 an Indian up in the air like that. 1267 00:41:43,634 --> 00:41:45,002 MIKE: Dude. JERSEY JON: This is killer. 1268 00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:46,137 MIKE: It's epic, man. 1269 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:47,338 MIKE: One of the things I love 1270 00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:48,806 about the antique motorcycle world, 1271 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:50,641 is that there are always someone out there 1272 00:41:50,742 --> 00:41:52,443 that's willing to take something 1273 00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:53,778 to the next level. 1274 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:55,480 MIKE: Thanks, buddy. JERSEY JON: Thanks, buddy. 1275 00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:56,447 MIKE 2: Okay. 1276 00:41:56,547 --> 00:41:57,882 MIKE: This bike is beginning 1277 00:41:57,982 --> 00:42:00,385 a new journey with Jersey Jon and I. 1278 00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:03,688 Mike made sure it was preserved 1279 00:42:03,788 --> 00:42:07,291 until someone like us crazy guys came along. 1280 00:42:07,392 --> 00:42:08,526 MIKE: See you down the road, buddy! 1281 00:42:08,626 --> 00:42:12,263 MIKE 2: Alright.