Jody: 4500 if you can ride it.
Mike: Okay. Rob: Wow!
Mike: Oh ho ho! Oh my gosh! I'm just seeing this.
Rob: Jody, how much is this slide today?
Jody: You'd burn your bottom on it.
Mike: Look at this thing, man! [laughs]
Rob: Ugh.
Rob: 750. Jody: Make it 8.
Rob: 750. Jody: 8.
Mike: What do you think of that number?
Jody: Alright. Mike: What?!
[laughing]
Tony: You almost gave him a heart attack.
Rob: There.
Rick: Now, that truck's been here for about a month.
[laughs]
Rob: Look at that tree growing up in there.
Mike: I feel like there's electricity
coming out of my hands.
There's just so much stuff. This is overwhelming.
[chicken clucks]
[guitar riff]
[country music]
Mike: The engine, I think is called a Fleming.
Rob: Yeah, but the engine could've been put on anything.
It's a one-off.
Mike: I mean, it's so elaborate,
you would think it's not a one-off though,
you know what I mean?
[phone rings] Mike: Because, like,
you know how the frame goes like this?
[phone rings]
Mike: Dani D, what's up?
Danielle: Hey, where are you guys at right now?
Mike: We are on our way to Cleveland.
Danielle: Okay, scratch that.
You were on your way to Cleveland.
Now you're not.
Robbie, guess who I just got a call from?
Rob: Who? Danielle: Jody Stokes.
Rob: Wow! Are you kidding me?
Danielle: No, I'm not kidding you.
But I am stoked.
Do you get it?
Danielle: So, this is a lead that Robbie gave me
a very long time ago.
Mike: Have you been there?
Rob: Usually, I go there and it's more of a social thing -
and then I buy something.
Danielle: She's never been ready to, like, let go.
Fully let go, like, sell it.
Rob: She has 5 buildings full of stuff, Mike.
Mike: What kind of stuff?
Rob: Airplanes, bicycles, cars...
Mike: Airplanes?! Rob: Jukeboxes.
Her dad collected everything.
I mean, like, on my way to Hershey...
Mike: You've - you've never told me about this place.
Rob: Well, you don't tell me about every place you go!
What the heck? Mike: Yeah, I do!
Rob: No, you do not!
Mike: I think I do. Rob: No.
Danielle: Okay, guys, guys, listen. Listen. Boys, listen.
The point is, she's ready to sell now.
So, she heard you guys were in the area,
she reached out to me, and she said that
if you can make it in today, Tony can show you around.
Can you make it in today?
Rob: So, you're saying she's willing to sell
more than one thing?
Danielle: Robbie, the past few months, she's flipped a switch.
Rob: If she's gonna let us in, we're going.
Mike: So, her dad was into bicycles, motorcycles,
and airplanes, and you didn't tell me about it?
Rob: And cars. And campers. Mike: Dude!
Rob: I mean, the guy was very eccentric.
Danielle: Mike, check this out -
from the stories that I've heard,
the dude reminds me a lot of you.
But, like, you know, at 87.
Mike: So, you're saying he was a worldly man with great taste,
spring in his step, very funny...
Rob: Eh...
Mike: And knowledgeable on a lot of things?
Is that what you're saying?
Danielle: No, no, I said he reminds me of you. Not Robbie.
Mike: Alright, we're turning around!
Danielle: I'll let Tony know you're on your way.
Mike: Bye! Rob: See you.
Danielle: Good luck, have fun.
[rock music]
Rob: I'm telling you, bro.
You're going to freak at this place.
It's right up here.
Mike: Wow, this is cool. Look at that house, man.
That's an early house.
Rob: I think he said it was like 1867 or 1862.
Yeah, all of these buildings. Look it.
They're all full.
They're usually down in here.
Mike: So, did you ever meet him?
Rob: I never met him.
He passed away like, uh, I want to say in 2019?
[honk]
Rob: Tony, what's up?
Tony: Hey guys, what's happening?
You guys get lost?
Rob: You tell us. I got the phone call, finally.
You guys are ready - Jody is ready to let some stuff go?
Mike: I'm Mike, nice to meet you.
Tony: Good to finally meet you. Mike: Nice to meet you too, man.
Tony: Yeah. Yeah, she's ready.
I hope you brought a lot of trucks.
Mike: What's changed for you guys in regards to...?
Tony: We're sick of all this.
Mike: [laughs] Are you?
Rob: You're sick of people like me stopping by?
Tony: There for a while, it was every day.
Rob: Yeah.
Mike: Somebody was coming by every day?
Tony: Every day.
Mike: So, were they friends of Pete's?
Tony: Um, yeah. Acquaintances.
They heard from somebody.
We didn't know half these people.
Tony: Pete passed away in 2019 and shortly after that,
Jody and I moved into this place.
Rob: He travelled everywhere with him.
Tony: If it weighed 3,000 pounds, he wanted it.
Tony: Pete was singularly obsessed
with collecting history.
And I don't know how he had time to do anything else to be honest
because there's just so much stuff here.
Mike: This is nuts.
Like, how long have you been hanging that up there?
Tony: How am I gonna get that down?
Mike: Yeah!
Mike: Walking into this first barn
that you cannot see the end of is pretty unbelievable.
I'm seeing carriages hung from the ceiling, Ferris wheels,
automobiles, the silhouettes of bicycles.
It's just a massive property.
Mike: This is unbelievable! Wow!
Rob: This is only one building. Tony: Yeah.
Mike: And on top of that,
there's 4 more of these buildings.
Mike: What is that? Is that a steamboat?
Tony: Yep. Mike: No way!
Tony: 1882. Rob: Wow!
Yeah, look at the steering rudder on this thing.
Tony: And I've ridden in this. Under steam power.
Mike: Oh, really? They had this fired up?
Tony: We had it out on the lake. Mike: Get out of here!
This is incredible. I mean this needs to be in a museum.
Tony: That's the real date on it.
She's got a title for it.
Mike: So, do you know if this was bought locally?
Tony: I do not know.
Mike: Because it would be interesting to know, like...
[bird noise]
Mike: What was that?
Tony: That was the peacock.
Mike: I like this place even more, man.
No, but seriously, like-
Tony: I'm thinking up the East Coast somewhere.
Mike: Okay, that's - you need to know, like,
the body of water this travelled on
because that might lead you to who built it.
Rob: This is like The African Queen.
Mike: Oh yeah, there you go.
Tony: It says The Queen right on it.
Mike: This is early transportation.
The first time we went anywhere without a horse,
it was steam-powered.
And it was the first mechanized power in the world.
Rob: Mike, that looks like a -
Mike: Stanley Steamer in there? Rob: Yes!
Mike: Harness all of that and put it on this boat,
that's what I'm looking at.
Mike: So, to me, this would be so confusing to even fire up.
Tony: Oh, I wouldn't try it. Mike: Yeah. [laughs]
Tony: No way. Mike: Wow! This is crazy.
Rob: There's an airplane right there.
Tony: Yep.
Mike: It's like a home-built jet.
What's this right here?
Tony: That old lady was 80-some years old
when she sold that to him.
Mike: That thing's nuts!
What year is that bus? That is cool.
Look at that, Robbie.
Tony: He did all the restoration on it.
Mike: No kidding.
This is where Robbie always sat, in the back.
Rob: I did.
Mike: With all the troublemakers.
Mike: I mean, I had no idea
I could get this excited about a bus.
Mike: It's got rolldown windows in it!
Mike: But I think it's the level of restoration
that really pushes it over the top.
Mike: This is sick, man.
Mike: I got to get out of it before I try to buy it.
Mike: Never knew I was excited about an old bus
until I saw this one, you know?
Rob: Tony! How much is the gambling wheel?
Tony: Have a price on it?
Rob: There's no price on it.
275.
Tony: I'd have to call Jody.
Rob: Oh, she's here?
Tony: Yeah, she's here.
Rob: I figured it was you that called us
and you were like,
"Hey, I need to sell some of this junk
before Jody gets home."
Tony: [laughs]
[phone rings]
Jody: Hello?
Tony: Hey. Jody: Hey.
Tony: Robbie's offering 275 on this spinning wheel down here.
Jody: Does he not know it's not a yard sale?
Rob: Hey, Dani said you were ready to sell some stuff,
so come on down here!
Jody: Alright, I suppose...
Rob: Alright.
Tony: [laughs] Jody: Bye.
Tony: Twisted her arm.
Rob: I twisted her arm.
Mike: Robbie! Rob: We're right here!
Mike: The 1880s through the turn of the century
was the heyday of the bicycle.
This was the beginning of bicycles to the masses,
but not just anybody could afford them.
You had to be wealthy to have a high wheel bicycle like this.
Tony: Can you ride that?
Mike: Um, I probably could if it had two pedals on it.
This only has one pedal.
But then obviously you could see where somebody
has messed with the seat.
It had a spring system here where the leather
travelled all the way up to here with a hook.
And then obviously this is a juvenile bike.
That's for a little kid.
But this looks like it was in a circus or something.
I mean, look at these women that they actually
mounted on the fork.
Probably a '52.
I mean, is this something you guys would consider selling or?
Tony: Absolutely.
He did tell me at one time this thing's worth 3500 bucks.
Jody: Hey. Rob: Jody. What's up?
Jody: Hey, you finally made it!
Mike: Hey, you the boss? How are you doing?
Jody: Good.
Mike: My brother's been telling me about this place for a while.
Little bit of a moment.
Jody: He's my buddy.
Rob: Yeah, where you been hiding?
Jody: In the house.
Rob: Yeah. Mike: This is amazing.
This was your dad's collection?
Jody: Yes.
Mike: I mean, I'm just walking around here, just -
I mean,
I feel like there's electricity coming out of my hands,
there's just so much stuff. It's crazy.
Your dad had a great eye.
Jody: Thank you. He loved it.
Tony: Piece of history.
Jody: He loved to preserve history.
Mike: Oh my gosh.
Well, I'll tell you what. He's preserved a lot of it.
Jody: [laughs]
Mike: So, I'm a bicycle guy. I love bicycles.
Especially the early stuff.
So, this is a Columbia, it has a radial laced wheel.
And I always go like this...
kind of like guitar strings,
to see how tight the spokes are on the wheel.
And this one's pretty tight.
The seat is missing some pieces.
What's amazing is the brake hardware is here.
This is always gone.
Your father was saying this was worth 3500.
Jody: Right.
Mike: Okay. He's not too far off.
I mean, to me, this is a 2500 to $3000 bike.
It's missing the pedal. This stuff that's going on here.
And then there's this funky paintjob.
I'm looking around, he's got circus stuff.
I don't know if a clown ever rode this
or this was like a parade bicycle
or something for somebody.
And then you've got this juvenile bike here
which is missing the brake hardware.
But other than that, it looks like it's intact.
Mike: These machines were very expensive.
So, imagine the amount of wealth
you would have to have
to buy your child a high wheel bicycle.
That's why children's high wheel bicycles are incredibly rare.
But they're just not as desirable
because the adults are the collectors.
Mike: Would you be interested in selling both of them?
Jody: I would.
Mike: Uh...
Jody: What are you thinking?
Mike: I'd pay 3000 for the pair.
Here's how I'm figuring that out.
2000 on this one and $1000 on that one.
Jody: I could do 5 for both.
Mike: Yeah. I think where you're coming from, I think,
you're valuing this at 35 and this one at 15.
So that's 5.
Jody: However you want to put it.
Mike: Yeah. Tony: [laughs]
Mike: Well, yeah, I mean - but I can't do that.
Um...
Jody: Then you won't own it. Mike: No. No, I get it.
Jody: [laughs]
Mike: Hey, I'm just - we're just getting to know each other.
Jody: My biggest regret is that I didn't talk to my dad
enough about the history of all of these things.
Jody: I'll take 4500 if you can ride it.
[laughter]
Mike: Okay!
Jody: A lot of that stuff, you know, my dad liked it.
So, I'm a little protective.
Mike: I did it!
[laughs]
Jody: I didn't see it!
Mike: Okay, so if you don't want to sell the big one,
what's your best on the little one?
Jody: 2000.
Mike: Oh, you raised the price on the little one then?
Rob: She's all about - listen,
I've been dealing with this for years.
Jody: [laughs] Rob: She's all about moving.
Mike: 1500 on the little one.
That's going back to what you thought on those.
Jody: Just take the pair.
Mike: I can't for that kind of money.
Trust me. Jody: You can do it!
Mike: But that bike, it's not 3500. It's just not.
Jody: 45 for the pair.
Take it home and love it.
It's you.
Tony: She is her father's daughter.
He was a used car dealer for years.
Mike: I'll tell you what.
This is seriously the best that I can do
because I'm paying up for them.
I'll do 4000 bucks for the pair.
That's 2000 on this one-
Jody: Split it with me. 4250.
Seal the deal.
Tony: [laughs] Mike: Alright.
Hey, we both got to feel good about it.
You know how that is.
Jody: I feel good. Mike: 4.. 4.. 42.
Jody: 4225. Tony: [laughs]
Mike: Oh my...
Rob: Man!
Jody: Are you gonna let those bikes go for that?
We got to break the ice.
42.
Mike: Shake her hand, Robbie.
Rob: 42.
Yeah. Mike: Alright.
Rob: Man, that wasn't so hard, was it?
Mike: Woo!
Jody: You're easier to deal with.
Rob: I don't know about that! Holy cow.
Mike: I'll pay up. I'll pay up.
Jody: It was fun negotiating it.
That's for sure.
But I know those guys know their bikes
and they're not gonna lead me wrong.
[rooster crowing]
[blues rock music]
Mike: This is overwhelming. Jody: It is.
Mike: Oh my gosh, I'm just seeing this!
Rob: Yeah.
Mike: Oh!
Jody: Yes. Mike: Wow!
Oh my gosh, this is cool.
Jody: It goes woo, up and down.
Mike: This is an early one. Jody: Yes.
Mike: Do you remember where he found this?
Jody: No.
Jody: I never knew what was coming home.
Tony: Yep.
And he loved mechanical things.
Mike: Look at this thing, man.
Rob: It's driven off a belt. That's it.
Tony: He took it as a challenge to get something running.
Mike: That's so cool. Robbie, did you see this?
This is a great sign frame, man.
The letters are all gone but you can paint -
Jody: It's got graphics on it.
Mike: Yeah, barely. I mean, can you read it?
Jody: I can see it from here.
Rob: Zinc.
Jody: Make me an offer.
Tony: Oh, there you go.
Rob: I like how it's actually made early.
Jody: Yeah, now you can see. Mike: You can read that?
Tony: I can see letters.
Rob: Yeah, I can see some letters.
Rob: This sign was probably made in the '20s.
I know it doesn't have anything on it
but the fact that this sign exists, that's the cool thing.
Rob: 700 bucks.
Stepping up.
Jody: Hm.
That seems awful cheap.
Mike: [laughs] Rob: What do you mean?!
It doesn't say anything on it! I'm buying a piece of metal.
Jody: Signs are popular and you know it.
Rob: If it said something on it, yes.
Jody: 850.
Rob: I'd feel better if we're at 750.
Jody: Make it 8. Rob: 750.
Jody: 8. Rob: 750.
Jody: 8.
Rob: You and I do this dance all the time. Let's do 750.
Jody: Keep in mind
that we'll try to put it together with something.
Mike: Jody, how about this cigarette machine?
I didn't even know what it was
because it was hanging down like this.
Jody: Oh yeah.
Mike: It was hanging like that. Jody: I'd take 850.
Mike: This is broken, so that's why it's not -
it's not locking.
Jody: 850.
Mike: This cigarette machine is from the late '30s, early '40s.
It's a wall mount
and the name is just as cool as the machine itself.
The Dial A Smoke.
It's not perfect but its unique design
and the way that it operates makes it extremely rare.
Mike: 700.
Jody: Where are you going to find another one?
Rob: Jody, just do 1400.
Jody: 1650.
Rob: So, that's 8 and a quarter here...
Jody: Yeah.
Rob: And 8 and a quarter. Jody: Right.
Tony: You're a math genius.
Rob: I'm telling you.
Mike: Yeah, he's got an abacus between his ears.
[laughter]
Mike: I'd do 700 on this.
Jody: No.
Mike: What's your bottom on this?
Jody: 8 and a quarter.
I've had a lot of people look at that.
Mike: Alright, 800.
Jody: We'll make it 16.
Tony: 8 apiece. Rob: 8 apiece. See?
We can get together sometimes. It's okay.
Jody: I know!
Jody: It's fun.
It's not always about the money.
It's about having fun too.
Mike: There's another whole room here.
This is a little bit overwhelming, huh?
Tony: Unreal.
Mike: Oh, that's a cool light. It's got a tag on it.
"Used to spot people on stage, Vaudeville."
Let's see if the burner is still in there.
Mike: This is very primitive, it's cool, it's steampunk.
I don't know how it's directly connected to Vaudeville.
I think that's kind of a romantic story,
maybe a little folklore that's been added to it.
Mike: What are you thinking on that?
Jody: What are you thinking?
Mike: 300 bucks.
Jody: I'm thinking 450.
Mike: Eh...
Jody: Where are you going to find another one?
Mike: I've never seen one.
Jody: I know, I haven't either.
Mike: But I mean, I've bought lighting
from this time period before.
Jody: Uh-huh. Mike: Uh, 400 bucks?
Jody: 4 and a quarter.
Let's do it.
Mike: Alright. Jody: You're alright.
Mike: I'm doing it, I'm doing it.
See, I am much easier than Robbie.
Jody: Oh, much.
I didn't know you were so nice. You should've come out first.
Mike: [laughs] Right?
Mike: She's tough! And I love that.
And you know what?
This is a celebration of all of the history that he saved
and she was there for it.
So, if she's gonna nudge you a little bit more,
it's okay because I would want my daughter to do the same.
Mike: I see you got some wood rims off a bicycle.
I'd probably do 175.
[laughs]
What do you think of that number?
Jody: Alright.
Mike: All - what?!
Tony: [laughs] You almost gave him a heart attack.
Rob: Jody.
This is just an early tire air compressor.
I mean, it's really early.
175 because you're gonna kick me at 25 anyhow.
Jody: Alright. [laughs]
Mike: So, this is a Schwinn tank.
It's what people call a Panther tank or straight bar tank.
To a balloon tire guy like myself,
any piece is hard to find.
Tony: Yep.
Mike: See how it's got kind of a wing in the side of it?
100 bucks.
Mike: Parts and pieces like this will always excite me
because I was in the game way before the internet
when you had to drive gravel roads
and lose yourself into the landscape
and talk to people every day, all day,
to even find one bicycle part.
Now, it's at your fingertips.
You can push a button.
Tony: 100 and a quarter.
Thank you. Mike: 125.
Rob: Hold on.
Jody: Careful, he kicks!
Rob: You'll sell me this horse?
Jody: I'll sell it to you.
Rob: It doesn't have the glass eyes on it
so this is probably like 1960.
You know where this one came from?
Jody: I have no idea.
Dad probably bought it with a wagon.
Rob: So, he would always hook up the wagons
to make it look like it was a display in here?
Jody: Exactly.
Rob: This thing was a bridal horse basically
that was in a saddle shop.
It's fiberglass, it's still cool.
You can walk into a room,
you're seeing a life-sized horse,
you're not going to gravitate toward that?
You got to be kidding me. You don't find these.
Rob: 1600 bucks.
Jody: No, no, no.
2000.
Rob: 1800.
Jody: 2000.
Rob: 2000 or it's not gonna go anywhere?
Jody: He's not eating, he's not pooping.
Rob: I know, he's not doing anything.
Still looks good.
Jody: He's not kicking, he's not biting, he's sound as a dollar.
Rob: I'm doing it. Jody: Alrighty.
Rob: Hey, I bought a horse from a horse lady.
Jody: That's right, you did. Rob: Alright.
Let's go find my brother.
[country music]
Mike: How much is this?
Jody: 40,000.
Tony: There it goes. Push it, boys!
[surf rock music]
Tony: There it goes.
[laughter]
Rob: Come on up, Jody!
Jody: Nah, I'll wait.
Mike: Come on, get on!
This thing's going, boy!
Rob: This thing kicks in, man!
What's it got, a high gear and a low gear?
Mike: It's obvious that Pete was a big kid
because not only does he have this stuff,
it was very important to him that it worked.
Mike: There's no way that was made to go that fast.
Jody: Just watching it makes me topsy-turvy.
I'm not a person that likes to ride rides.
Tony: Nope.
Mike: Robbie said he was interested in that.
Jody: Yeah.
Rob: Did you guys find the rest of the parts to this?
Jody: Yep, right there. Rob: No, no.
This is one fender and a bumper.
Rob: Cushman had ice cream wagons, snow cone machines,
hotdog machines in the '40s, '50s, 60s.
This one? It's an ice cream wagon.
And the box is absolutely immaculate.
There's no dents in it. It's not all beat up.
Mike: Got it?
Rob: Yep. Mike: Alright. Woo!
Rob: Can we look around some more?
Because I know there's a fender,
I thought I found last time I was here.
Rob: This Cushman is in pieces. I understand that.
But I'm the guy that can put this thing back together.
Rob: I'm gonna dig around some more
because I know there's more parts to that.
[blues rock music]
Mike: Alright...
Mike: I finally found some motorcycle parts.
Parts and pieces.
Mike: These are some of the first motorcycle parts
that I've found,
which is surprising to me because his collection,
the core of it, is transportation related.
Whether it's a horse, or an airplane, or a boat.
It's very transportation-centric.
Mike: The cool thing about that piece
is it's in the original crate.
Tony: Yeah.
Mike: I mean, obviously it can't be used anymore,
it's cracked, but you can still read right here, Harley.
So, this is a generator.
These are what they call vented sparkplugs.
This is the external rear brake.
That's a rear stand for a Harley.
And these are leg shields.
They would put these military bikes off of WLA.
There used to be a leg shield on each side.
Tony: Who knew?
Mike: There's nothing here
that's like super earth-shattering
but it's all good stuff.
1000 bucks.
[dramatic music]
[laughs]
Mike: Does that mean yes? Tony: Yes.
Mike: It's a thumbs up from Jody/Julius Caesar.
I get to live again for the next deal.
Tony: You just got blessed.
[laughs] Mike: I feel blessed.
Thank you.
Rob: So, I know we've actually done this dance.
Come on.
Jody: Alright...
Rob: You love to do the dance every time I come.
Jody: I know it by heart.
Rob: The Crystal Gazer. Jody: Yes.
Rob: I've asked about this thing for like three years, okay?
Jody: Mhm.
Rob: We were this close last time I was here
to getting a deal done.
Jody: Right. How far apart were we?
Rob: We were 500 bucks apart.
Jody: That's what you're telling me.
I don't remember.
Rob: You trying to pull the old age card out?
Jody: Yes.
Rob: You are? Jody: Yeah.
Rob: You're not that damn old!
Jody: Okay, so what are we doing today?
Rob: Well, you thought you had the parts
to the Cushman piece, okay?
We were with the Cushman and this.
Jody: I didn't know where it all was with that Cushman.
Rob: I know. That's what I said.
And I said I - I said I would -
there's the other fender right there.
Jody: Okay, let's-
Rob: He just found the other fender.
Tony: I knew that fender was there somewhere.
Because stuff just tends to get piled.
And sure enough, there it was underneath a bunch of stuff.
Rob: Let me get this out of the way.
Let me get this out here.
Jody: It's cool. Rob: It is cool.
But it needs to be saved is what it needs.
Jody: It does.
Rob: You can see the mechanism in here.
It's in pretty poor shape.
Rob: In the coin op field,
this is probably one of the most highly desirable pieces.
This is an early European model.
She actually moves, her hands, her head...
she pushes a ticket out, gives you a fortune.
Today, they just call it a fortune teller.
Back in those early days, it was the Crystal Gazer.
Jody: What are you thinking?
Rob: I won't do the dance this time.
We were 500 bucks apart last time.
Jody: What are we doing?
Rob: 6 grand for the Cushman and the Gazer.
Jody: We'll do 55 for the Gazer.
Rob: We were at 5500 and you were at 6 last time I was here.
Jody: Mhm. 55 for the Gazer. 1500 for the Cushman.
That's cheap.
Rob: Are you trying to teach me a lesson or something?
You trying to teach me-
Jody: Hey, you're stepping on my toes during this dance now!
Rob: [sigh] Jody: Ouch.
Rob: I just think this thing is missing so much.
Jody: Mhm.
Rob: I mean, it really is.
The coin box is here.
There's a door or something missing down here.
It's like -
Jody: Give me 55 for it and we'll be done.
Rob: 4500.
Jody: No.
55.
Rob: 4500. Jody: Nope.
Rob: How about we do this?
Jody: 55.
Rob: One time. We're going to roshambo.
Jody: No.
Rob: Come on.
Jody: Nope. I'm not a gambler.
Rob: [sigh] Jody: Take it home.
You're not gonna find another one.
Rob: I've been dealing with her for 5 years.
So, when you start throwing numbers at her,
you better be ready to negotiate.
It's a leg wrestling contest.
Rob: 5 grand. 5.
Jody: Alright.
Jody: He pushes the bargain and so do I.
I think we're both equally stubborn.
Rob: Come here.
There, okay?
Jody: Uh-huh. Rob: Now nod yes.
5 grand, there you go. Jody: Yes.
Rob: Thank you.
[laughter]
Jody: But he's always sweet and kind
and we always end up laughing afterward.
Rob: So, let's talk about the Cushman.
Tony found the other fender.
Jody: Yep.
Rob: The body is in like, woo, rough shape.
Jody: Like '50s shape.
Rob: This is a Cushman ice cream wagon.
You know what, when you see something, you buy it,
because you're not gonna see it again.
Rob: 1500 bucks.
Because of what's gonna have to happen
to put it all back together.
I think I'm gonna have to buy a new body on this.
Jody: How about 1750?
Rob: [sigh]
1600 bucks.
1600 and we're done.
Jody: Make it 17.
Rob: Nope, that's not -
that's an unequal number in our world now.
Tony? Help me here!
Tony: You're close. Rob: He wants this gone.
Jody: 1650. 1650. Meet me in the middle.
Rob: God! Man!
Jody: Always got to get that 25.
Rob: You actually got 50 out of me on that.
Tony, thanks for moving it to the door, buddy.
I appreciate that. Tony: Yep.
Tony: Had to throw Robbie a bone to keep him coming back.
[both laugh]
Jody: We have to let him win sometimes.
Mike: Jody, what about these store displays?
They were selling...
Jody: Oh yeah. Those.
Mike: ...radiator cement.
Mike: This isn't about collecting radiator cement,
it's about the graphics, the colors, the packaging,
the fact that it's dead stock, never been opened.
I mean, they're beautiful. This is really hard to find.
Mike: Some of the boxes have damage.
You know, those two are the nicest
and then you've got this one
that, you know, has a lot of damage.
We're thinking 900 for the-
Jody: 9 and a quarter.
9 and a quarter...
Mike: Grr...
Jody: Grr!
Mike: [laughs] Okay.
9 and a quarter.
Mike: The fact that her father saved this much history,
the ripple effect of that is obviously huge.
He was a mentor.
I mean he was buying stuff before a lot of guys
even thought that it was cool.
Now he's taking care of the family way beyond his death
is a tribute to the man himself.
Mike: Alright. Love this little baby.
Rob: Tony! You got something there?
Tony: Nope.
Jody: My dad would've liked the guys
but he wouldn't have sold them a thing.
Rob: It's always an interesting day when I'm here.
Jody: Always.
Rob: It always is. I can appreciate that.
Jody: Loved having you guys come out.
Rob: Hey, you know what.
You should sleep better at night knowing I came today.
Jody: Yes.
Rob: Appreciate you, buddy. Thank you so much.
Mike: Appreciate it.
Rob: Thanks for sharing Pete's stories with us today.
Mike: Come to Nashville, I'll buy you a steak dinner!
Jody: Promise.
Rob: We'll see you in October, Jody!
[honking]
Jody: See you!
[gentle guitar music]
[phone ringing]
Mike: Dani D, what's up?
Danielle: Good morning, Wolfe boys. How you doing?
Mike: Good.
Dani D, what do you got for us, man?
Danielle: I'm sending you guys to a third-generation auto shop.
How's that for you? This is a father-son duo.
And one's name is Rick, and the other's name is Rickie,
and they run the shop together.
Now, Senior's been collecting
since he started the shop in the 1950s.
Mike: Dang! What kind of cars do they collect?
Danielle: There's tons of Model As, Model Ts, '50s, '60s stuff.
Rob: Alright.
Danielle: Okay, but listen...
they've recently had two fires on their properties
and a couple of those buildings are no longer there.
They burned down.
Mike: Aw, man. Rob: Ah...
Mike: God, that sucks! Rob: Wow.
Mike: So, they're still in business?
They're still operating as an auto shop?
Danielle: Yeah, absolutely.
So, there's the father, the son,
and then there's also the son's wife
and she kind of helps keep things afloat too.
Mike: That's awesome. That's great, man.
Alright, well send us the coordinates.
Danielle: Alright, will do.
[country music]
Mike: Get the flyer, man.
This is the place right here.
Rob: I like that Chevy. Mike: Yeah, look at that.
Yeah.
Mike: This reminds me of Uncle Richard's place.
Rob: Yeah. [indiscernible]. Totally.
Rick's Wife: Yes, can I have him give you a call back?
Hey, what can I do for you?
Mike: We're looking for Rick.
He talked to Danielle about some old cars.
Rick's Wife: Oh, okay. Mike: We're from Iowa.
Rick's Wife: Hang on just a second.
Rick, you talked to Danielle about some people
wanting to come look at some stuff?
Rick: Okay, yeah.
Rick's Wife: Hey guys, come on back.
Mike: Alright, thank you.
What's up, buddy? How are you doing?
Rick: Hey! How you doing?
Mike: I'm doing good. Hey, I'm Mike.
Rick: Rick.
Mike: Good to see you. That's my brother Robbie.
Rick: Robbie. Great, nice to meet you.
Rob: You talked to Danielle? Rick: Yes, my dad did.
Mike: Alright. So, what do you guys got going on?
Rick: Uh, he's got a good bit of old cars, just old stuff.
We've been here for years and years.
I'm third generation of the business.
Mike: I know, that's what we heard. That's awesome, man.
So, how old were you when you started working here?
Rick: Man, I was probably 7th grade?
Now, my dad started here a lot younger than me.
Mike: What was he doing? How old was he?
Rick: Probably 7 years old, honestly.
Rob: Really?
Rick: Yeah. So, I just sort of followed the footsteps.
This is all I've ever done.
Mike: Hey, it's a blessing, you know what?
Rick: It is a blessing. Mike: It's a blessing.
Mike: This is the epitome of a family business.
His wife works here, he works here,
his father still works here.
I mean this is the American dream.
Mike: So, your dad's the one who called us?
Rick: My dad, yes.
Mike: Okay.
So, he's got some cars that he's thinking about selling?
Rick: He does.
Rick's Wife: Sounds like y'all got this handled.
Nice to meet you guys. Rob: Alright.
Mike: Nice to meet you too.
So, how do we find him then?
Rick: He's down at a bus.
He's been cleaning some stuff out from my granddad's.
He had a housefire, so...
Mike: That's what Dani said. Rick: Yeah.
Mike: She said you guys had a couple of them.
Rick: A couple, yeah.
Mike: So, how long ago did you guys have the fire?
Rick: Uh, the last one? Two weeks ago.
Rob: Really? Rick: Yep.
Rob: Nobody wants to go through a fire,
especially in a family home.
Rick: So, we'll head up this way.
Rob: But they get up, they go to work every day,
they're putting one foot in front of the other.
Rick: This was my granddad's house.
Rob: Okay.
Rick: And this was the house my dad pretty much grew up in.
Mike: Oh, so he grew up right next to the shop?
Rick: He did. He did, yeah.
Mike: That's awesome.
Rick: Over here, this is where the fire started.
There was a lot of sentimental pieces in that house,
you know, that my dad was holding onto.
Mike: Absolutely.
Rick: The bus he's at is where we're storing
some of the stuff that we could save.
Mike: Okay. Rick: Come on, I'll show you.
Mike: Alright, thank you.
Rob: So, this is where you got to play as a kid?
Rick: I did. It was a lot of fun.
You see the roads we have cut through here?
Mike: Yeah.
Rick: I mean, full oilers, dirt bikes, man, we had a blast.
Had a blast!
Rob: I can only imagine.
Rick: When they were bringing these cars in,
I always remembered, I'd go through them
and I'd find change, you know,
put it in my pockets, thought I was rich.
That truck's been here for about a month.
[laughs]
Rob: Look at that tree growing up in there!
[laughter]
Rick: So, here's the bus. Hey, daddy!
Rickie: Yeah?
Rick: I got two gentleman that want to see you.
Rickie: Hey, how about that. Mike: Hey, how's it going?
Rickie: Good, how are y'all doing?
Mike: Hey, how are you?
Rob: Nice to see you. Rickie: Robbie.
Mike: Sorry to hear about your problems
you've been having with all the fires.
Rickie: Yep. It's been a trying time
but there's better days coming.
Rickie: I don't know what to say.
It just was a bad situation.
Mike: So, this is all out of the house?
Rickie: It is. Just be careful.
Don't break yourselves.
Mike: Whoa!
There's some Legos, Robbie. Alright, alright, alright!
A lot of this is like a lot of household stuff,
some clothing and pots and pans.
There's Elvis, man. That's kind of cool.
How about this plaster Elvis?
Rickie: Yeah, that's Elvis, isn't it?
[laughing]
Mike: He was the King for so long,
there were so many different chapters in his life.
We all kind of embrace one that connects with us the most.
I like the '50s Elvis, you know. You might like the '60s Elvis.
You might like the '70s Elvis.
There was an Elvis for everybody.
Rickie: My mom was a big fan.
Rickie: That was my mom's statue.
She loved Elvis.
Mike: What are you thinking on that?
Rickie: Make me an offer.
Mike: Uh...
This is 1978, Continental Studios, Atlanta.
He's got a little bit of chips in his cuffs and on his finger.
Other than that, I mean, I'll tell you what,
for going through a fire he don't look too bad.
Rickie: He was the King.
Mike: 50 bucks.
Rickie: It's yours.
Mike: Alright! Rickie: Yeah.
Mike: Grab Elvis. Got him?
Mike: He was American royalty and he will always be the King.
There will never be another Elvis.
Rob: It's kind of killer. Mike: It's cool, I know.
[rooster crowing]
[rock music]
Rickie: Guys, this is our antiques building.
That's where kept our old antique cars,
A Model, T Model, stuff like that.
But then about two weeks ago,
they was burning trash or something here
and it crossed the road on these leaves.
Rickie: It was really depressing to know
that it was burning everything in the shop,
the parts and all that stuff in there.
Rickie: This was my dad's Cadillac.
It's a low mileage car.
I put it on here to try to keep it from ruining.
Rob: Wow.
Rickie: And then the fire of course got it too.
Rob: Yeah. That fire must've got hot.
Rickie: It did.
Rick: Yeah, so before the fire, all this -
I mean it was well organized.
Everything was in the original boxes.
Mike: Oh man.
Rick: The majority of the parts
were to fix up the older cars, you know.
Mike: Yeah, so this was like
your guys' new-old stock parts room.
Rick: Exactly. I mean all this was in Ford boxes.
In a matter of minutes, gone.
You know? It's just...
Mike: I feel for you guys. I really, truly do.
Mike: This fire is extremely devastating
because it's directly connected to what they still do.
There was a lot of parts in here and they work on old cars.
Mike: How's this been on your dad?
Rick: It's been hard.
It's been hard.
I mean, you got to keep going, so...
Rickie: Come on in.
You see this, all this - I hope.
Rob: Oh, wow.
Rob: There's a lot of parts
and salvageable stuff in this side of the building.
You can tell that the fire didn't reach over here.
The roof of the building actually was pulled down
by the firemen and it's just collapsed inside here.
Rob: These were all the project pieces
you were putting together.
Rickie: Yep, they was.
They were in line, we just never got to them. Yep.
Rob: Let's see what this grill is doing right here.
Rickie: That's a grill out of a...
Rob: Looks like a '35 Ford grill.
Rickie: Uh-huh. Rob: I'm looking here.
Bars... there's a little bit of, you know,
you got some serious pitting on this.
You'd have to find a guy that would want, you know,
either to redo this or was gonna put it on an original car.
Rickie: Okay.
Rob: This is a great grill and it's very hard to find.
Rickie: We didn't have a car for it,
but it was a good-looking grill at the time.
I said, well, we could probably use it some time.
So, we bought the thing.
Rickie: What do you think? You need it? You want it?
Rob: Well, the pitting hurts it a little bit, you know,
but I like original stuff.
600 bucks.
Rickie: Yeah, I'll let you have it there, Robbie.
Rob: Thank you. Rickie: Thank you.
Rob: These are hard to find in any condition.
Yeah, it needs to be re-chromed, but there's somebody out there
that's gonna be looking for this.
Rickie: Here's the other antique cars.
Rob: Wow.
Rob: When you first see this building, you think, man,
everything in there is destroyed because it's just charred.
But as you get in there
and you start getting closer to the things,
the cars aren't in that bad a shape.
They're gonna need some work.
A little smoke damage on them and maybe a little bit of paint
you know, and some upholstery work,
you're right back into them.
Rob: How many cars do you think in your lifetime you restored?
Rickie: Oh...
I would have to say probably 100 or more.
Rob: What's the best one your memory of?
Rickie: The best memory was not restoring it,
it was assembling, and that would be this thing.
Rob: Really? Rickie: It was difficult.
Rob: It's a Gazelle kit car, is that what it is?
Rickie: Yes, that's what it is. 1928 Gazelle.
My dad and I both had a need for speed
so we put a Boss 302 engine in it.
Rob: You did? Rickie: Yeah.
Rob: I bet you this thing freaking - wow! Wow!
Rickie: It goes, it goes pretty good.
Rob: He put a 302 in it?
This thing's gonna fly down the road.
Rob: There's no weight to the thing.
Rickie: No. Rob: Yeah.
Rob: You could tell that he did a great job on this,
it's just not our cup of tea.
We don't buy kit cars.
Mike: What year is the touring car?
Rickie: It's a 1910. Mike: Okay.
Mike: In 1908,
Henry Ford unveiled to the world the Model T.
This is a 1910. This is two years later.
The early years of production are more desirable
because they didn't make a lot of them.
Rickie: We're going to sell it
because there's been two fires
and it's done all this damage to these cars.
Mike: Yeah, absolutely.
Rick: Yeah, before the fire, I mean,
you could walk in here, they looked mint.
They were clean, dry, no soot, ceiling wasn't falling.
We would like to see them go to a safer place.
Mike: Where are you guys at in your mind
on something like this?
Rickie: We think about 15,000.
Mike: $15,000 for this car is doable
if everything's correct,
but I can tell the headlights are reproduction.
I look at the rearend, it's a later rearend.
Open the hood, it's a later engine.
And the whole interior has to come out of the car.
I mean, you're never going to
get that soot and smoke smell out of that.
Mike: Let us - let us kind of take it all in too.
Will this door open?
Rickie: We can try. Rick: We can try.
Mike: I mean, let's try that.
Rob: If you look at the ceiling, it should.
Rickie: A little bit more.
Mike: There we go.
This was a car that somebody made into a truck.
Rickie: I think it was already a truck
but they cut the back of it off.
Rob: To make it a Roadster truck.
Rickie: Right. Rick: Yeah.
Rickie: I was 30 years old
when my dad and I got the truck in pieces
and put it together from the frame up.
It was a long task.
It was enjoyable to do it and it let us spend time together.
Mike: It's got a look to it, though.
Mike: If you look at this vehicle,
immediately you think Model A Roadster pickup,
but it started out life as a Model A truck,
and then they cut the top of it off.
And they did a good job.
Mike: Is there another building that has other cars in it
other than this one?
Rickie: We do.
We have another building, we call it the body shop.
Mike: I'm interested in this vehicle
but I want to see everything
before we start pulling the trigger on anything.
Mike: Show us the way to the other one.
Rickie: Alright, come on. We'll go up.
[hard rock music]
Rickie: This is a 1930 Roadster.
This has the rumble seat and all that in it.
Mike: There you go.
Rickie: Got the luggage rack on the back.
Mike: So, was this ever a driver for you guys?
Rickie: It was.
Mike: This has got the look to it.
Rickie: I'm thinking about selling it.
Mike: When's the last time this ran?
Rickie: About 4 or 5 years ago. Rick: Yeah.
We had them all running, you know.
Mike: So, was it running to the point
where you could drive it, or just run it?
Rick: Oh yeah, we drove it around.
Rickie: Drove it around. Mike: Okay.
Rickie: I think it's the starter now. Needs starter.
Rob: The way this Roadster sits,
it is a 20-year restoration project.
He bought it at the right time, the paint wasn't flaking off.
Rob: I love the paint on that. Mike: You like the paint on it?
Rob: The plus to this is,
this car shows all the bare metal underneath it.
Mike: The paint's really coming off in sheets over here.
Rick: Is it?
Rob: It's not all filled up with body filler.
This is real deal, real steel.
Mike: There's that wolf whistle.
[whistles]
It'd be fun to take this thing to the carwash
and clean it and see what's left of the paint.
[all laughing] Rick: Yeah!
Mike: See how much is left on it!
Rick: You might need to repaint after you do that.
Rickie: The paint and all was in good shape
when we bought it.
We brought it back here, put the transmission on it,
and put it in parades.
Mike: But overall, I mean, it's a solid car.
Rick: It is. Rickie: Yeah.
Rickie: I go up there
and I see how it's gotten over the years it's been sitting.
It will really make you emotional.
And the longer it sits, the worse it's going to get.
But somebody can get some good out of it.
Mike: So, what are you guys thinking on this one?
I mean, knowing what it's gonna take
to get it to where it's rocking and rolling.
Rickie: I hadn't really put a price on it
in my head with that.
I was thinking around 18, 20,000.
What do y'all think?
Mike: [chucklel] I think...
Rickie: Are we close?
Mike: The condition the car is in going down the road...
I think it's...
I mean a $15,000 car at the most.
Rob: Yeah. I was gonna say 12, 14.
Mike: Yeah, I mean, I'm trying - that's the high side of it.
Rickie: Yeah. So, you said 15?
Mike: That's what I think the retail is.
Rickie: Oh, okay. Rob: Yeah.
Mike: That's going down the road, running.
You know, the last time I had one of these gone through,
we paid a guy 3500 bucks to, like, you know,
go through the fuel system, the brakes, put new tires on it,
go through the whole dang car.
For me to haul this north up to Nashville or to Iowa
and to go through it, I go to be at like, uh...
[sighs] I got to be at 8.
Rickie: Oh, really? Mike: Yeah.
Rickie: They will have to pay somebody to do that.
Rick: That's right.
Rickie: And it's going to cost them more than it would
if we did it ourselves.
I mean, they'll have more money into the car
and I understood that.
Mike: You can do so much of it yourself.
Rickie: Yeah. But the thing about that is...
Rick: The time. Rob: It's time.
Rickie: I got more time behind me than I got ahead of me.
Rob: You got time on your hands.
Rick: Yeah. Not with six kids.
Rob: Six kids?! Rick: Six kids.
Rick: It did cross my mind, look, maybe I can make time.
But once you think about it...
Mike: The other vehicle I'm interested in
is the pickup that somebody chopped.
Those are the two, I think, out of all of them
would be easiest to sell.
Rickie: Right.
Mike: Out of either of these vehicles,
which one would you rather sell?
Rickie: That one.
Mike: This one? Rickie: Mhm.
Mike: You like that truck, don't you?
Rickie: I love the truck.
[laughter]
Rick: That's one of his favorites.
I sort of knew my dad wasn't gonna let that go.
Rickie: Rick would ride in the parades in the truck.
It brought us together,
and so it's a sentimental value with that one.
Mike: What is your number on this vehicle
where you feel comfortable where you would let it go?
Rickie: Man, I'd let it go 12.
Mike: I can't.
I wish we could get together on them.
This is obviously the better side of it.
But looking at this side...
Rob: The paint on the door is actually gone, Mike.
Mike: And here, all of this.
Rob: It's starting to all flake off.
Mike: It's all coming off, and then the fender's not -
if you wash this, I think all of this is gonna come off.
I don't think anybody primed it.
Mike: I love that the paint's gone on this thing
and there's a lot of people that do like barn finds
but it gets to a point where it goes beyond that, you know.
This one's on the edge.
Mike: What's your bottom dollar on this vehicle?
Rickie: [laughs]
Mike: I mean, how many times have you been here before?
Right there, this moment.
Maybe not with this car but buying and selling cars.
Rickie: Many times.
Rickie: It's real important to us to move these cars
and try to get them to people who love them like we did,
and will enjoy them like we have,
and that way they won't just be sitting and rotting.
Rickie: I just want somebody to get some good out of it,
that's all.
Mike: Oh my gosh. Hey, so do I.
[sighs] I got to be at 8.
Rickie: How about 85? Mike: 85 for this?
Rickie: Yeah.
85 for this.
Mike: Alright, 85 on this.
Rickie: Alright, man. Appreciate it.
[laughs]
Rickie: It's a good feeling
knowing that they will take the car
and they most likely will sell it.
But they'll sell it to somebody
that will get some good and enjoyment out of it.
Rick: That's right.
Rickie: And it won't sit there and continue to rot away.
Mike: Alright!
Little Elvis here...
Rickie: We've been here since 3 generations.
He's the third generation
and we have serviced a lot of people's cars
in Newton County and Rockdale County,
and we enjoy doing it.
Rick: There you go.
Rick: I've got a 14-year-old son and an 11-year-old son.
Mike: We did it!
Rick: This past summer, they spent a lot of time here.
Rickie: Alright!
Rick: Still pretty much a family affair.
Mike: Thanks buddy.
Rick: And we're working on that fourth generation.
Mike: Thanks for having us. Rob: Thank you.
Rickie: Oh, we appreciate it.
Mike: We did it, we got there together.
We got there.
Rickie: Yeah, we finally. Mike: Yeah. Alright, man.
Thank you, guys.
Rick: Y'all have a safe trip back.
Mike: I love the fact that there's a couple cars in there
that they're still connected to.
They're gonna pull those out, they're gonna get them running,
or maybe... Rickie's got six kids!
Maybe it'll be one of them.
[honk honk]
Rob: See you in Nashville guys!
Rick: See you! Rickie: Y'all be careful.