1 00:00:02,269 --> 00:00:04,037 ROB: Hey, what's up, brother? JERSEY JON: What's up! 2 00:00:04,204 --> 00:00:05,405 ROB: Get to Chip's yet? 3 00:00:05,506 --> 00:00:07,274 MIKE: I'm almost there. I'm drinking cold brew, 4 00:00:07,374 --> 00:00:08,876 getting all jacked up for him. 5 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:11,478 That guy, that guy's got more energy than I do. 6 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:15,082 ROB: You better bring it, man. Chip Foose is the king of cool 7 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:16,583 when it comes to cars. 8 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:20,220 JERSEY JON: Mike, when you see Chip, tell him I said hey. 9 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:21,922 MIKE: You know Chip, Jersey? 10 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:23,924 JERSEY JON: No, but I'm sure he's heard of me... 11 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:25,359 Dude, I'm Jersey Jon. 12 00:00:25,459 --> 00:00:26,927 MIKE: Yeah, right! (laughing) 13 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,562 JERSEY JON: Listen, we're in the same business. 14 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:29,596 He restores stuff, I restore stuff. 15 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,198 We run in the same circles! 16 00:00:31,298 --> 00:00:33,233 MIKE: You guys are more jacked up than I am. 17 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:35,235 JERSEY JON: Hell yeah, man! ROB: Hey, brother, 18 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:37,371 I got a favor to ask. MIKE: What? 19 00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:40,073 ROB: I need you to ask Chip for a t-shirt or a hat. 20 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:41,408 MIKE: Are you serious? 21 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:42,876 ROB: Double extra-large, 22 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:45,879 and the hat I like the trucker one. 23 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:47,915 ROB: And can you tell him to sign the back? 24 00:00:48,081 --> 00:00:49,516 MIKE: I think Robbie is probably lying about 25 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:51,285 his size so I'm gonna get XXX. 26 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,186 JERSEY JON: Oh yeah, Mike, Mike, I wear small. 27 00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:55,622 I like to show my physique. (dial tone) 28 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,558 ROB: I think he hung up, Jersey. 29 00:00:57,658 --> 00:00:59,660 JERSEY JON: Dude. (Rob laughs) 30 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:06,967 MIKE: I've been doing this for a long time 31 00:01:07,034 --> 00:01:10,237 and I've been very fortunate to meet some really cool people. 32 00:01:10,337 --> 00:01:12,639 Chip Foose is one of them. 33 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:15,909 Most people know the guy as a legendary car designer 34 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:18,011 but what a lot of people don't know 35 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:21,248 is he is a serious bicycle collector too. 36 00:01:21,348 --> 00:01:22,582 We've made deals in the past 37 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:26,286 and this time I'm bringing him one of the rarest bicycles 38 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:30,424 out there, a 1930s Elgin Bluebird. 39 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:33,193 MIKE: Hey, hey! Chip! 40 00:01:34,294 --> 00:01:35,629 CHIP: We're closed to the public. 41 00:01:35,796 --> 00:01:36,830 (Mike laughs) 42 00:01:36,997 --> 00:01:38,899 MIKE: Hey, buddy! What's up? CHIP: How are you? 43 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:40,467 MIKE: Good to see you, man. How are you? 44 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:42,102 CHIP: Good to see you. MIKE: Good to see you. 45 00:01:42,269 --> 00:01:44,771 It's been too long. Here, I want to give you one of these. 46 00:01:44,871 --> 00:01:46,840 CHIP: Motor scooters? MIKE: Old bicycles. 47 00:01:47,007 --> 00:01:49,109 CHIP: I got some bicycles. MIKE: There you go, dude. 48 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:51,078 You managed to put more stuff in here. 49 00:01:51,244 --> 00:01:53,447 CHIP: I got to find places to put my stuff. 50 00:01:53,547 --> 00:01:55,182 MIKE: I know, I see that. It's looking good. 51 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:57,184 What about the Harley bike? Is that something 52 00:01:57,351 --> 00:01:58,719 you scraped together or is that real? 53 00:01:58,819 --> 00:02:00,654 CHIP: No, that was uh, a friend of mine 54 00:02:00,821 --> 00:02:03,624 had that and the Indian and I bought both of them from him. 55 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:06,059 MIKE: Chip Foose is one of those guys when you say his name, 56 00:02:06,226 --> 00:02:07,995 it just makes you smile 57 00:02:08,095 --> 00:02:10,697 because the things that he makes are so inspirational, 58 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:13,433 the designs are epic, they're legendary, 59 00:02:13,533 --> 00:02:17,037 they're timeless. They're what people call Evergreen now. 60 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,805 His stuff is beautiful, 61 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:21,041 but he's also got a big heart, man. 62 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:23,210 CHIP: I had a bike shop when I was 12 years old. 63 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:25,078 MIKE: Get out of here! CHIP: On my parents' side yard. 64 00:02:25,178 --> 00:02:26,680 MIKE: Like a brick-and-mortar? CHIP: No, no, no. 65 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:28,382 It was my parents' side yard. 66 00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:30,817 MIKE: I had a bike shop in the front yard too! 67 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:32,552 CHIP: I would go to swap meets. MIKE: Yeah. 68 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:34,021 CHIP: And garage sales and buy bikes. 69 00:02:34,187 --> 00:02:35,589 MIKE: Oh my gosh. CHIP: I'd grab the bike 70 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:37,357 and I would repaint them and then I'd bring them home-- 71 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:38,525 MIKE: Oh, you were painting them even? 72 00:02:38,625 --> 00:02:39,760 CHIP: Yeah. And then I'd reassemble them 73 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:41,161 and then the neighbor kids would come in 74 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:43,230 and I'd sell them to them. MIKE: Really? 75 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:45,298 CHIP: I'm known for doing vehicles, 76 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:48,168 but the first stuff I did for myself was a bicycle. 77 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:51,838 I wanted my bicycle to be as cool as my father's car. 78 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:53,240 So I would take my bike to the shop, 79 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:55,475 I would take it apart, I would customize the frame, 80 00:02:55,575 --> 00:02:57,678 I was doing all kinds of custom paint work 81 00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:59,846 and that's where it really started for me. 82 00:02:59,946 --> 00:03:02,115 I'm still living my childhood to this day. 83 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:03,617 MIKE: When you were painting bikes as a kid, 84 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:05,118 were you just doing it in the front yard? 85 00:03:05,218 --> 00:03:06,820 CHIP: No, my dad had the hotrod shop. 86 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:09,790 MIKE: Oh my gosh! So everything looked great even then? 87 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,191 CHIP: This quality. 88 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:12,526 MIKE: When I first met him through conversation, 89 00:03:12,626 --> 00:03:14,227 it was evident right away 90 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:16,463 that he was a bicycle guy and he'd been doing it 91 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:18,031 for a long time. And obviously, 92 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,033 he's looking for the rare stuff just like I am. 93 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:21,468 CHIP: Did you bring the Bluebird? 94 00:03:21,635 --> 00:03:22,636 MIKE: I brough the Bluebird, yeah! 95 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:24,237 We can go get it if you want to. 96 00:03:24,337 --> 00:03:25,672 CHIP: Just before you got here, I was working 97 00:03:25,839 --> 00:03:26,606 on the drawing of it. 98 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:28,008 MIKE: But at the end of the day, 99 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:29,609 the community is small 100 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:31,078 and we all help each other out. 101 00:03:31,178 --> 00:03:32,846 I mean we're all growing old together, 102 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,915 and we all love the same stuff. 103 00:03:35,082 --> 00:03:37,150 What's mine now might be his some day 104 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:38,618 and back and forth so... 105 00:03:38,785 --> 00:03:41,388 today I am so excited because this guy is epic. 106 00:03:41,488 --> 00:03:43,957 CHIP: Where's the Bluebird? MIKE: It's in the box. 107 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:45,158 (laughing) MIKE: Remember, you said 108 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:47,194 you didn't care what shape it was in. 109 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:50,297 ROB: What up, Dani D? 110 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:51,698 DANIELLE: Hey, guys. 111 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:53,433 So, I'm going to send you to meet John. 112 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,236 This property's been in their family since 1912. 113 00:03:56,336 --> 00:03:57,871 I mean, they've really just kind of left it alone 114 00:03:58,038 --> 00:03:59,272 for the last 70 years. 115 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:00,474 JERSEY JON: Wow. ROB: What?! 116 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,075 DANIELLE: On top of that, their grandparents 117 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:03,844 owned an appliance store. 118 00:04:03,944 --> 00:04:06,246 ROB: Appliance store like what, in the 1940s, '50s? 119 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:08,115 DANIELLE: Yes! I mean, they've opened it up 120 00:04:08,215 --> 00:04:10,317 but that's where it stops. They haven't really gone inside 121 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:13,587 to organize or, like, lay hands on things just yet. 122 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:15,522 It's just all kind of there. 123 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:17,390 JERSEY JON: That's cool! So, all kinds of old TVs 124 00:04:17,491 --> 00:04:18,758 and radios and stuff there. 125 00:04:18,859 --> 00:04:20,393 ROB: Alright, thanks Dani. JERSEY JON: Thanks Dani! 126 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,229 DANIELLE: Alright, have a good time, guys. 127 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:25,832 ROB: Right here. Look at this. JERSEY JON: This is cool, man. 128 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:28,034 Look, there's the store right here! 129 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:30,170 ROB: I wonder if that's a store? JERSEY JON: No, that's cool! 130 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:32,038 ROB: Wow. JERSEY JON: Yeah, that's an appliance store! 131 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:33,373 ROB: There's the address right here. 132 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:34,875 JERSEY JON: Whoa! Look at those barns! 133 00:04:34,975 --> 00:04:36,877 (honking) JERSEY JON: There he is. 134 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:40,247 JERSEY JON: Hello! I'm Jon. 135 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:41,581 JOHN: Jon. JERSEY JON: You talked to Danielle? 136 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:43,150 JOHN: I did. ROB: Rob, nice to meet you. 137 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:44,551 JOHN: Rob. Nice to meet you. 138 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:46,319 JERSEY JON: This is the kind of stuff we're looking for. 139 00:04:46,419 --> 00:04:48,822 You talk to Dani about this? JOHN: Yeah, she mentioned some of this stuff. 140 00:04:48,989 --> 00:04:50,423 This is an old house. It's third generation. 141 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:51,792 JERSEY JON: No kidding. JOHN: Yeah. 142 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,360 ROB: So, did you grow up in this house? 143 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,095 JOHN: I did not. My great-grandfather 144 00:04:55,262 --> 00:04:57,264 moved here in 1916. ROB: Yeah? 145 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:59,065 JERSEY JON: Cool place! JOHN: And my grandfather 146 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:01,301 grew up with his brothers and sisters. 147 00:05:01,468 --> 00:05:02,435 12 of them there were. Yeah. 148 00:05:02,536 --> 00:05:04,037 JERSEY JON: Very cool. So, its generations. 149 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:06,039 JOHN: It's generations. JERSEY JON: A long time. 150 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,908 JOHN: So, when my great-uncle Larry passed away, 151 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:10,076 my dad inherited the property 152 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:13,814 and then my dad passed away and it ended up being my mom's. 153 00:05:13,914 --> 00:05:15,148 JERSEY JON: Oh yeah, I love this place. 154 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:16,683 JOHN: Yeah, it's narrow stairs they had here. 155 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:18,151 JERSEY JON: It's cool. Old building. 156 00:05:18,251 --> 00:05:20,153 ROB: You can tell people were smaller and skinnier back then. 157 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:21,755 JOHN: Watch your head. ROB: Alright. 158 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:24,191 JERSEY JON: Yeah, good idea. JOHN: And this is really not a railing. 159 00:05:24,357 --> 00:05:26,359 It's just there for show. 160 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:28,495 JERSEY JON: Whoa, yeah. This is great. 161 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:30,997 ROB: Woo! Wow! JERSEY JON: Fantastic. 162 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:32,465 JOHN: Yeah, they'd just bring it up here 163 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:35,035 if they didn't want it anymore, and old pictures and stuff. 164 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:37,237 ROB: Any time you can get into a multi-generational 165 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:39,840 family's home, where do you want to start? 166 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:41,308 You want to start in the attic. 167 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:43,443 And I want go to the back far corner 168 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:46,546 because that's the stuff that got put in the attic first. 169 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:48,915 We're talking 100 years, one family. 170 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:52,085 JERSEY JON: Look at this! Robbie. Baseball. Who's that? 171 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:54,321 JOHN: My grandfather's in here. JERSEY JON: Wow. 172 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:55,822 JOHN: So that's my grandfather, John. 173 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:57,390 JERSEY JON: Yeah? JOHN: And my uncle Larry, 174 00:05:57,557 --> 00:05:58,725 he was in there as well. 175 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:01,361 JERSEY JON: This was made by a professional photographer. 176 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,496 It looks like it's from the late teens, early twenties. 177 00:06:03,663 --> 00:06:05,365 I mean, it's perfectly in focus. 178 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:08,034 Everybody is organized. The lighting is perfect. 179 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:09,836 And this is a New Jersey team. 180 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:11,605 That's near and dear to my heart. 181 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,039 JOHN: It was a semi-professional team. 182 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:14,507 ROB: Wow. JERSEY JON: The Eagles. 183 00:06:14,674 --> 00:06:16,276 JOHN: So, my dad used to tell me stories 184 00:06:16,443 --> 00:06:18,078 that his dad was a catcher on the team. 185 00:06:18,178 --> 00:06:20,080 JERSEY JON: So this has to be something you want to keep. 186 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:23,550 JOHN: Um. Well, it's third generation, you know. So... 187 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:25,151 JERSEY JON: So you would sell it? 188 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:26,686 JOHN: Yeah, yeah. I'll sell it. JERSEY JON: Okay. 189 00:06:26,786 --> 00:06:28,989 JOHN: Give me a price. What do you think? 190 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:30,724 JERSEY JON: 75 bucks. 191 00:06:30,824 --> 00:06:32,125 JOHN: Okay. I think that's fair. 192 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,960 JERSEY JON: Alright. JOHN: I'm not sure what photos are worth. 193 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:36,029 ROB: I think photos are cool. 194 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:38,031 That tells the history of everything. 195 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,402 ROB: A lot of people always used to store stuff in their photos. 196 00:06:42,502 --> 00:06:44,371 JOHN: Oh, I never knew that. ROB: Just checking. 197 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:46,606 Money, all kinds of different things. 198 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:48,675 JOHN: Stocks. JERSEY JON: Man... 199 00:06:49,709 --> 00:06:51,278 ROB: John, what is this? 200 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:53,346 JOHN: My grandfather and his brother, 201 00:06:53,513 --> 00:06:54,681 older brother and younger brother 202 00:06:54,781 --> 00:06:57,550 started Manville Electric. Self-taught electricians. 203 00:06:57,651 --> 00:06:59,786 ROB: I mean, to me it looks like it hung on a window. 204 00:06:59,953 --> 00:07:01,254 JERSEY JON: Yeah. ROB: Like on the outside. 205 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:03,023 ROB: And when he was done with it, he was like, 206 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:04,524 oh, I'll just put it in the back seat. 207 00:07:04,624 --> 00:07:06,393 JERSEY JON: It's like they used the family car for business. 208 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:08,428 ROB: This would've gone on a Model T, had two little hooks 209 00:07:08,528 --> 00:07:10,830 on it, it was made of leather, you hooked it on the door, 210 00:07:10,930 --> 00:07:12,999 you pulled up, you looked like a businessman. 211 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:16,036 You pulled it off, you looked like a family guy. 212 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:18,238 ROB: Two and a quarter. 213 00:07:19,739 --> 00:07:21,007 JOHN: 250? 214 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,876 ROB: Honestly, I've never seen one before like this. 215 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:24,110 I'm gonna do it. JOHN: Alright, awesome. 216 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:25,478 ROB: I appreciate it. JOHN: Thanks. 217 00:07:25,578 --> 00:07:26,680 ROB: Thank you, thank you. 218 00:07:27,514 --> 00:07:31,151 MIKE: Alright. Here, I'm gonna let you do the unveiling. 219 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:32,819 (Chip laughs) MIKE: Seriously. Check it out. 220 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:34,988 CHIP: Where'd you find this? MIKE: It came out of Texas. 221 00:07:35,088 --> 00:07:36,423 (laughing) 222 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:38,792 MIKE: Okay. CHIP: And it has a bonus frame? 223 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:40,927 MIKE: Yeah. Here, I like that you got the Bluebird 224 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:42,028 sitting right here. 225 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:43,596 CHIP: Yeah, I wanted something to, you know. 226 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,198 MIKE: Okay. Here, I'm gonna put this over here 227 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:46,800 so it won't fall and scratch that. 228 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:48,435 Okay, there you go. Look at that. 229 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:50,970 CHIP: I mean, this is the only piece that really, really was-- 230 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:52,405 MIKE: Look at this. CHIP: Wow. 231 00:07:52,505 --> 00:07:53,873 MIKE: Look how they did... they did some welding 232 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,208 or something here. CHIP: Yeah, they did. 233 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,609 MIKE: Believe it or not, 234 00:07:56,710 --> 00:08:00,013 I have a picture of this thing together. 235 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,915 MAN 1: My dad had another bike 236 00:08:02,082 --> 00:08:05,018 that he always would talk about. It's the Elgin Bluebird. 237 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:06,486 MIKE: Yeah! 238 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:07,687 MIKE: When I first saw this bicycle, 239 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:10,056 I thought of Chip Foose right away for two reasons. 240 00:08:10,223 --> 00:08:13,226 One, because he told me that he didn't care 241 00:08:13,393 --> 00:08:16,796 what condition it was, he wanted an Elgin Bluebird. 242 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:19,566 And two, he's the only guy I know that can fix 243 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,601 something like this, man. I mean, let's face it. 244 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:23,236 It's in a lot of different pieces. 245 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:24,871 It's in really bad shape. 246 00:08:25,038 --> 00:08:26,906 And it's gonna take someone 247 00:08:27,073 --> 00:08:30,710 that knows metal, that can move metal the way he can do it. 248 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:32,645 MIKE: Look at this. Here we go, baby. 249 00:08:32,746 --> 00:08:33,880 CHIP: Yep. MIKE: Oh yeah. 250 00:08:34,047 --> 00:08:37,050 Look at this thing. Heck yeah! 251 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:39,152 (laughing) 252 00:08:39,319 --> 00:08:40,987 MIKE: Isn't it killer though? CHIP: It is! 253 00:08:41,154 --> 00:08:42,155 MIKE: Look at this thing! 254 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,590 MIKE: I've always considered the Elgin Bluebird 255 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,959 the Lincoln Zephyr of bicycles 256 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:49,262 because it's so long and airflow and streamline. 257 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:51,631 And when you look at the lines of this bicycle, 258 00:08:51,798 --> 00:08:54,434 it's incredible. It's a great part of history, 259 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:57,237 you know, in America, with motorcycles and cars 260 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:59,839 and automobiles. The 1930s. 261 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:02,075 The design of the Elgin Bluebird 262 00:09:02,175 --> 00:09:05,278 stands with all of those different industries. 263 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:07,547 MIKE: I would love it to go somewhere 264 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:09,449 that somebody can restore it 265 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:10,750 or whatever you're gonna do with it. 266 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:12,585 CHIP: I want to build an electric Bluebird. 267 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:14,621 (laughing) MIKE: You do?! 268 00:09:14,788 --> 00:09:15,955 Of course you do! 269 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:18,825 CHIP: These things are heavy. If it had a pedal assist, 270 00:09:18,992 --> 00:09:20,126 I think it'd be really cool. 271 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:21,795 CHIP: I have ridden an electric assist, 272 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,062 you know, pedal assist bike. 273 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,365 And they're actually really easy to ride. 274 00:09:25,465 --> 00:09:27,434 The Bluebird is a heavy bike. 275 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,171 It's not a bike that you just go out and have a leisurely ride. 276 00:09:31,271 --> 00:09:33,440 You have to work to make that bike work. 277 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:35,442 MIKE: So, a battery would sit on top of the rack. 278 00:09:35,542 --> 00:09:37,076 CHIP: No, no, underneath it. MIKE: Oh, okay. 279 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:39,078 But then where would the electric motor go? 280 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:40,346 CHIP: That'll be in the hub. MIKE: Okay. 281 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:41,748 You're gonna do one of those. CHIP: Yeah. 282 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:44,350 So, I want to give it a bit of a curve, 283 00:09:44,451 --> 00:09:46,419 I'll drop the crank a little bit, 284 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:49,022 and this'll be a little bit softer through here. 285 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:51,191 So I want to soften that up. I'll have to lengthen it. 286 00:09:51,357 --> 00:09:54,394 So I've got to split it anyway. MIKE: Oh, it's perfect. 287 00:09:54,494 --> 00:09:56,229 CHIP: I've got to lengthen that to get that through. 288 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:58,465 MIKE: You have to actually separate this to lengthen it. 289 00:09:58,631 --> 00:09:59,899 CHIP: Yes. You know, it's interesting 290 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:02,235 that this is cracked right here because this is the weak point 291 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:05,104 of the bike. This bike wants to flex right there. 292 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,606 MIKE: All of the pressure is right here. 293 00:10:06,706 --> 00:10:08,842 CHIP: I've seen several of them that all fail there. 294 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:10,677 MIKE: One of the things that Chip pointed out 295 00:10:10,777 --> 00:10:13,680 that I didn't think about was that hole 296 00:10:13,780 --> 00:10:15,548 right where it broke, you know, 297 00:10:15,715 --> 00:10:17,750 where the speedometer cable goes through. 298 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:19,686 You've already got a thin metal there, 299 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:21,020 the seat tube is arched, 300 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:23,156 and then they've got a hole, you know. 301 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:25,992 So there's a separation in that energy there, 302 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:28,261 you know. So, him pointing that out to me, 303 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:30,363 I was like okay, that's the ah-ha moment. 304 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:33,366 That was one of the design flaws in this bike. 305 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:35,201 MIKE: I mean, what boy is not jumping off a curb 306 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:37,403 on his bicycle, you know? He's like, ugh! 307 00:10:37,504 --> 00:10:38,371 CHIP: And that's where it starts. 308 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:39,239 MIKE: When people were designing 309 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:40,907 these high end pre-war bicycles 310 00:10:41,074 --> 00:10:42,642 back in the 1930s, 311 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:44,677 they weren't designing something super durable, 312 00:10:44,844 --> 00:10:47,480 they were designing something beautiful. 313 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,916 It was basically more beauty than beast. 314 00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:51,751 MIKE: You want to keep the same lines 315 00:10:51,918 --> 00:10:53,553 but just kind of celebrate them more. 316 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,054 CHIP: It's going to get stretched a little bit 317 00:10:55,221 --> 00:10:57,323 so I can put a longer fender both front and rear. 318 00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:59,359 MIKE: So, it's gonna be longer than this? 319 00:10:59,459 --> 00:11:00,326 CHIP: Yes. 320 00:11:00,426 --> 00:11:02,028 MIKE: Oh my gosh. That's gonna be crazy! 321 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,763 CHIP: And then add the electric power. 322 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:05,265 MIKE: It's just so cool 323 00:11:05,431 --> 00:11:07,433 to see him geek out about bicycles. 324 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,402 I mean, hell, he creates things like this. 325 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:12,772 He takes a piece of paper, draws a vehicle on it, 326 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:15,875 and then he will actually build it. 327 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:17,677 And he's one of the best in the world. 328 00:11:17,777 --> 00:11:18,845 CHIP: I have the drawing over here, 329 00:11:18,945 --> 00:11:20,280 I can show you what I'm gonna do. 330 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:21,581 MIKE: Oh my God, dude. I want to see that. 331 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:26,953 ROB: Jersey. 332 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:28,121 JERSEY JON: What do you got, Robbie? 333 00:11:28,221 --> 00:11:29,422 ROB: You're always talking about what? 334 00:11:29,589 --> 00:11:31,591 Your favorite thing. Coal and steam. 335 00:11:31,758 --> 00:11:33,359 JERSEY JON: Oh! Actual blueprints. 336 00:11:33,459 --> 00:11:36,696 ROB: Yeah. And the notes. JERSEY JON: That's cool. 337 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:39,098 This is an early engineering project. 338 00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:40,667 Pratt Institute. Wow. 339 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:43,036 JOHN: So, uncle Larry went to the Pratt Institute. 340 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:45,505 Um, that's where he learned electrical engineering. 341 00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:47,373 JERSEY JON: Because that was the very beginnings 342 00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:49,676 of engineering and electrical engineering at least, right? 343 00:11:49,776 --> 00:11:52,812 JOHN: It was at its infancy, right? Was early 1900s. 344 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:54,347 JERSEY JON: Sure, yeah. JOHN: Electricity was... 345 00:11:54,514 --> 00:11:55,682 JERSEY JON: Fascinating stuff back in the day. 346 00:11:55,782 --> 00:11:57,584 I mean, this guy was, like, beyond his time almost, 347 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:59,285 like thinking forward. JOHN: He was. 348 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:00,420 He was very forward-thinking. 349 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:01,788 JERSEY JON: I've been restoring antiques 350 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:02,922 for a very long time 351 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:04,591 and I've been really interested in anything 352 00:12:04,691 --> 00:12:07,794 that's going to help me make the things be period-correct. 353 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:10,964 The right fasteners, the right materials to use, 354 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:12,265 and that's what's in these books. 355 00:12:12,432 --> 00:12:14,867 JERSEY JON: Practical engineering and drawings. 356 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:16,703 Industrial control catalog. 357 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:19,038 This really is how to build a power plant. 358 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:20,673 JERSEY JON: Very little of the information 359 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,077 that's in these books is available on the internet 360 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:25,912 because it's lost technology. 361 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:28,881 And that's what I'm capturing from these early volumes. 362 00:12:29,015 --> 00:12:30,783 JERSEY JON: I might glean one little piece of information. 363 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:33,987 Like, oh, wow, that's how that switch works in this circuit. 364 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:35,822 You know? JOHN: This is something you would keep then? 365 00:12:35,989 --> 00:12:37,156 JERSEY JON: Yeah, yeah. This is something 366 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:38,591 I would put in my own personal library. 367 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,059 It's just something New Jersey related. 368 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:41,661 JOHN: Absolutely. JERSEY JON: It's just a cool 369 00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:44,831 piece of engineering history. 370 00:12:44,998 --> 00:12:45,832 50 bucks. 371 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,401 JOHN: Yeah, that sounds good. JERSEY JON: Good? 372 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:50,003 JOHN: Yeah. I can't even negotiate on that. 373 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,270 JERSEY JON: Dude, thank you, man. 374 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:52,839 JOHN: He was looking at the numbers 375 00:12:53,006 --> 00:12:54,841 and how the different formulas were there, 376 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:56,843 and the different pictures and blueprints. 377 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,278 He got really excited about it. 378 00:12:58,378 --> 00:12:59,612 JERSEY JON: Robbie, thank you buddy. 379 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,447 ROB: You know, listen. Now I'm going to have to listen 380 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,182 to this for the next freaking three months. 381 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,417 JERSEY JON: I'm gonna read this. 382 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:06,085 I'll read the whole thing in the van to him 383 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:07,553 as we go cross country. JOHN: That'll be great. 384 00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:08,955 JERSEY JON: Yeah, by the time we're done, 385 00:13:09,055 --> 00:13:10,790 we're gonna have a power plant done. 386 00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:16,095 MIKE: Oh my God, that's so freaking cool! 387 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:17,997 CHIP: It's just got a little bit of that 388 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:19,232 more of a teardrop feel 389 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:22,001 and it's almost like an Indian fender. 390 00:13:22,168 --> 00:13:23,469 A little bit lighter on the front, 391 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,571 a little bit heavier here to play with that line 392 00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,040 coming off the bottom. MIKE: Yeah, yeah. 393 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,574 MIKE: This is incredible. 394 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:32,078 Seeing Chip put pen to paper, it's nuts man. 395 00:13:32,245 --> 00:13:34,480 I mean, this artwork is so gorgeous. 396 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,849 CHIP: Really, the important part was the tank. 397 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:38,351 MIKE: Okay. CHIP: And you have that there. 398 00:13:38,518 --> 00:13:40,186 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. CHIP: So, that's why 399 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:41,554 that frame works, you know. 400 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,790 I've got a nice one here but it's a shame to cut it up 401 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:46,025 because I want this softer. MIKE: Yeah. 402 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:48,795 CHIP: And this to have a bit of that art to it. 403 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:51,297 And you know the Stewart Warner front hubs? 404 00:13:51,464 --> 00:13:52,665 The springer hub? MIKE: I saw that. 405 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,201 I saw what you were doing. I've seen them in magazines. 406 00:13:55,368 --> 00:13:57,403 I haven't actually seen one. CHIP: They're cool. I have one. 407 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:58,971 MIKE: Oh, okay. CHIP: It's from the '50s, 408 00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:02,275 but I'm not building something to look like 1930s. I mean. 409 00:14:02,442 --> 00:14:04,310 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. CHIP: I just want to build something fun. 410 00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:06,279 MIKE: I mean, think about the chance of something 411 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:08,414 like this happening where you find a bike 412 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:11,350 that was motorized, broken in half, separated, 413 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:14,187 and then he has had the idea 414 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:17,190 all this time of finding something like this himself, 415 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:19,459 or someone bringing it to him like I am, 416 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:22,128 and he's going to motorize it, but with an electric motor. 417 00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:24,397 CHIP: Because they're so heavy, they're not fun to ride. 418 00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:25,765 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 419 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:27,166 CHIP: But this would be fun to ride. 420 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:28,768 MIKE: People are gonna freak when they see this thing 421 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:30,169 going down the road. No, I mean seriously! 422 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:32,238 I mean, I love the way you're skirting the fenders. 423 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:33,239 CHIP: Thank you. 424 00:14:33,406 --> 00:14:34,374 MIKE: So, this is the perfect donor 425 00:14:34,474 --> 00:14:35,408 for what Chip wants to do 426 00:14:35,508 --> 00:14:38,077 because it's basically like the heart, 427 00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:39,879 the lungs, the kidneys, you know. 428 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,281 The liver. All of it's there. 429 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:43,916 MIKE: Let me throw this at you. 430 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:47,186 What about, um, possibly doing something in trade? 431 00:14:47,353 --> 00:14:48,721 CHIP: I love trades. MIKE: Okay. 432 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:50,823 If I can see what you got parts-wise 433 00:14:50,990 --> 00:14:52,658 or even bicycle-wise. CHIP: Yeah. 434 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:54,160 MIKE: Then maybe we can just trade for it. 435 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:55,461 CHIP: Yeah. MIKE: Oh, by the way, 436 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:59,165 I got to ask you. Have you ever heard of Jersey Jon before? 437 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:02,435 CHIP: Jersey who? MIKE: Jersey Jon. 438 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:05,571 CHIP: The plumber. (laughing) 439 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:07,240 MIKE: That's what I'm talking about, okay. 440 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:08,708 That's what I needed to know. 441 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:10,109 That's just like an inside thing 442 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:11,711 between me, Jersey, and Robbie. 443 00:15:11,878 --> 00:15:13,346 ROB: I found a couple cool pieces. 444 00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:14,947 JERSEY JON: Is that wooden? ROB: I don't know, 445 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:16,382 it's really early, though. This is the stand. 446 00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:18,818 This is uh, this is like-- JOHN: That's for dress making, right? 447 00:15:18,985 --> 00:15:20,286 ROB: Yeah. JOHN: Oh, that is fragile. 448 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:21,954 ROB: I think it's early. JOHN: I'm surprised it survived 449 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:23,589 this long in the attic. ROB: In the heat. 450 00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:25,858 JOHN: I found out that my great-grandmother 451 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:28,428 made all the clothes for all the kids. 452 00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:30,229 JOHN: She used to make all her dresses and stuff 453 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:31,464 for the family. JERSEY JON: Wow. 454 00:15:31,631 --> 00:15:33,232 ROB: Back in those days, heck yeah. 455 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:34,834 JOHN: So that's why-- JERSEY JON: In the '30s. 456 00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:36,502 JOHN: With all the measurements on it and stuff, 457 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:37,970 it was probably for making dresses. 458 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,239 JERSEY JON: Absolutely. ROB: And then you got this religious... 459 00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:41,774 JERSEY JON: Mary. JOHN: Oh, I didn't know that. 460 00:15:41,874 --> 00:15:43,409 ROB: Look at the condition of her. 461 00:15:43,509 --> 00:15:44,911 JERSEY JON: Look at the way her hands are. 462 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:46,679 JOHN: Is that porcelain? What is it made out of? 463 00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:47,947 ROB: No, it's... JERSEY JON: Plaster. 464 00:15:48,114 --> 00:15:50,283 ROB: It's like a plaster. JOHN: I know they used to have 465 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:52,151 a lot of religious artifacts and stuff throughout the house. 466 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:54,353 JERSEY JON: My family as well. We were born and raised 467 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,155 Catholics, whole 9 yards, so we had a lot of this 468 00:15:56,255 --> 00:15:57,990 kind of stuff laying around. JOHN: How about 100 bucks? 469 00:15:58,090 --> 00:15:59,392 For both. 470 00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:01,194 Good. Done. ROB: Not gonna argue with you. 471 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,196 JOHN: It's getting hot up here. JERSEY JON: Yeah, oh my God. 472 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,164 JERSEY JON: New Jersey summers are notoriously hot 473 00:16:05,264 --> 00:16:06,232 and now this is proving it 474 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:08,000 because we're in a New Jersey attic. 475 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,236 I mean, it is crazy hot in there. 476 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,672 I mean, I can't even see sometimes but the sweat's 477 00:16:12,839 --> 00:16:13,773 dripping in my eyes. 478 00:16:13,873 --> 00:16:15,107 JERSEY JON: I think it's like table legs, 479 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:17,443 it's like pieces, this is probably from lamps 480 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:19,679 or something like that. It's got a cloth in the back. 481 00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:21,314 JOHN: It's all wood? JERSEY JON: Yeah, it's wood 482 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,149 and this is a cast-iron piece in here. 483 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:24,951 It just looks like somebody made it. 484 00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:27,386 JOHN: 125? JERSEY JON: I'd do 100. 485 00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,956 JOHN: How about 110? JERSEY JON: Alright, 110. 486 00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:31,657 JOHN: Sounds good. Alright. JERSEY JON: You got it. 487 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:32,992 ROB: Christmas must have been big around here 488 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:34,727 because I'm finding a ton of Christmas stuff here. 489 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,028 JOHN: It was, yeah. It was. 490 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:38,197 JOHN: When Robbie pulled out that base for the tree, 491 00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:40,566 I thought that was really cool and you just imagine them 492 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,401 setting up their tree on that. 493 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,170 We'd all get together on Christmas 494 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:45,638 and it was a really good time. 495 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:48,274 JOHN: Is it cast iron? ROB: Yeah. It's 100%-- 496 00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:50,476 Oh, there's some of the balls right there. Look at that. 497 00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:51,677 JOHN: There you go. You found them. 498 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:52,945 ROB: Wow. JOHN: They were underneath. 499 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:54,680 ROB: Yeah, they were in here. JOHN: Oh, they were inside? 500 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:56,482 ROB: They were inside this. 75 bucks. 501 00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:57,750 JOHN: Alright, sounds good. ROB: That work? 502 00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:59,318 JOHN: Yeah, absolutely. ROB: Appreciate it, man. 503 00:16:59,318 --> 00:16:59,719 JOHN: Yep. ROB: Thank you. 504 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:05,625 CHIP: You've been up here before. 505 00:17:05,791 --> 00:17:07,660 MIKE: Yeah, but it's been years. 506 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:10,396 CHIP: I don't know if I had all the hooks up here before. 507 00:17:10,496 --> 00:17:11,998 MIKE: Oh, you got the wheels up. Okay. 508 00:17:12,098 --> 00:17:13,633 CHIP: Wheels, and I've got frames over there. 509 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:14,800 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 510 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:16,002 MIKE: The last time I was here, 511 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:18,237 it was to buy an old bicycle. It was a shaft-drive 512 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:20,406 Columbia, wood rim, but it had a leaf spring 513 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:22,875 front end on it. And I just kind of kicked myself 514 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,411 for not digging deep into his parts 515 00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:27,079 because the guy's been doing this 516 00:17:27,246 --> 00:17:28,548 I mean just as long as I have, 517 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:30,383 so who knows what's up there? 518 00:17:30,550 --> 00:17:33,219 CHIP: This is either late 1800s, or early 1900s. 519 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:35,721 That's a tall unicycle. I haven't rid that one yet. 520 00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:37,556 MIKE: Whoa, where'd you get that at? 521 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:39,058 CHIP: Uh... MIKE: That's a unicycle 522 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:41,827 from that time period? CHIP: Yep. 523 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:44,397 MIKE: God, this thing's nuts. 524 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,032 Dude, it's got the brass tag on it. 525 00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:47,433 CHIP: Yeah. MIKE: Have you seen that before? 526 00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:49,135 CHIP: That's from the Schwinn. MIKE: Exactly. 527 00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:51,637 Every piece that I've ever seen has this 528 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:54,040 brass tag on it was from the Schwinn family collection. 529 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:56,042 CHIP: That's what he told me, it was from the Schwinn family. 530 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:57,143 MIKE: He's exactly right then. 531 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,245 MIKE: I was lucky enough to be in the right place 532 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,547 in the right time when Schwinn opened up 533 00:18:01,714 --> 00:18:03,683 a building that they had housed 534 00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:05,217 all these old bicycles in. 535 00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:07,153 There was a guy named James Herd 536 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,755 that was kind of heading up the Schwinn collection, 537 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:11,190 he was marketing it. 538 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:13,659 And so there were swap meets held in Chicago 539 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,594 and there was actually like a little museum 540 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:17,063 down on Navy Pier. 541 00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:19,165 It was a cool time to be, 542 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:20,866 kind of, entering the hobby. 543 00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:22,401 MIKE: But in that building 544 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:24,604 where all those old bicycles were at, 545 00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,572 every one of them had that brass tag. 546 00:18:26,672 --> 00:18:28,641 You know. You've seen them in auctions later on 547 00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:30,876 and maybe at swap meets and when you see the brass tag, 548 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:33,446 you're like, that's from the Schwinn family. 549 00:18:33,546 --> 00:18:34,947 So this is a very special piece. 550 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:37,516 And on top of that, the guy rides a unicycle, 551 00:18:37,683 --> 00:18:40,486 okay, so I'm learning all the stuff about Chip today. 552 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:41,954 MIKE: Do you know how to ride this? 553 00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:44,023 CHIP: Yes. MIKE: Holy crap. Are you kidding me? 554 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:47,059 CHIP: I probably haven't ridden this in probably five years. 555 00:18:47,226 --> 00:18:50,696 MIKE: No kidding. What do you value the big long one at? 556 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:53,899 CHIP: I don't know that I would want to sell that one. 557 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:55,368 MIKE: I don't blame you, man. 558 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:56,636 MIKE: Picking 101, don't ask a guy 559 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:58,638 that rides unicycles to buy 560 00:18:58,738 --> 00:19:01,774 his rarest unicycle, because it ain't gonna happen. 561 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:05,211 MIKE: Oh, Dubuque. Dude, this is Iowa. 562 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:06,545 CHIP: Yeah? MIKE: That's Dubuque, Iowa 563 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:08,547 right there, baby. What are these bars 564 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:10,583 down here you got? What are these off? 565 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,918 CHIP: Uh, I'm not sure. MIKE: These look like they're off a track bar, 566 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:14,987 track bike or something. Look at this. 567 00:19:15,154 --> 00:19:16,889 CHIP: And the grips are on. And those are Perelli. 568 00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,791 MIKE: Are they? Oh yeah, Perelli grips. 569 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:21,060 So like what would you want for these in trade? 570 00:19:21,227 --> 00:19:22,995 CHIP: I don't even know what they're worth. 571 00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:25,097 MIKE: I mean, to me, I'll tell you what they're worth. 572 00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:27,833 To me, they're worth uh, a couple hundred bucks to me. 573 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,769 CHIP: He's in my cabinet of old bike parts 574 00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:32,038 and everything he's pulling out, "Well, maybe this." 575 00:19:32,204 --> 00:19:33,873 And I'm thinking in my head, I didn't say anything, 576 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,609 but I'm thinking, "No!" (laughs) 577 00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:38,144 MIKE: That chain ring's interesting. 578 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,445 CHIP: That's a Remington. 579 00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:40,746 MIKE: We'll leave that out. Let me... 580 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,282 That might be something I would be interested in. 581 00:19:43,449 --> 00:19:44,817 MIKE: I'm spotting a lot of small things 582 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:46,419 in this parts cabinet, you know, 583 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:49,155 20 here, 150 there, 200 there. 584 00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:51,223 And then I start realizing, you know what, 585 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:52,858 this doesn't add up to a lot 586 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:55,161 and there's a reason why this stuff's in this cabinet. 587 00:19:55,261 --> 00:19:57,296 He put it behind glass. 588 00:19:57,463 --> 00:19:59,832 CHIP: See these two Hot Wheels? MIKE: Yeah. 589 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:02,334 CHIP: These are the rarest Hot Wheels ever made. 590 00:20:02,435 --> 00:20:03,402 MIKE: Really? 591 00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:04,670 CHIP: These were never sold 592 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:07,640 because they were pre-production prototypes. 593 00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:09,442 CHIP: Do you remember when Mother's Wax, 594 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:11,077 when you bought wax... MIKE: Yeah. 595 00:20:11,243 --> 00:20:12,645 CHIP: They had a Hot Wheel in it. 596 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:14,046 MIKE: Oh, cool. CHIP: They wanted to build 597 00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:17,049 the Grandmaster, which is a car that I designed and built here. 598 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:18,918 They created all the tooling, 599 00:20:19,018 --> 00:20:22,955 and then Mother's and Hot Wheels got into a legal battle. 600 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,757 MIKE: Okay. CHIP: Mattel just wanted 601 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:26,759 the rights to make this. MIKE: Yeah. 602 00:20:26,859 --> 00:20:28,527 CHIP: But they couldn't because I had a deal with... 603 00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:29,862 MIKE: Oh! So they never made them. 604 00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:32,431 CHIP: Only six of the prototypes were ever built. 605 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:34,467 I have two of them, Mattel has the other four. 606 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,469 MIKE: So, has anybody estimated what they would bring? 607 00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:38,237 CHIP: I have no idea what they would bring. 608 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:39,638 MIKE: Oh my gosh. 609 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,373 MIKE: There are so many companies that have aligned 610 00:20:41,474 --> 00:20:43,275 with him. I mean, here, we're looking at Hot Wheels, 611 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:45,811 he's worked for Dodge, he's worked for Ford. 612 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,214 I mean he's created his own wheel line. 613 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:50,249 I mean, you know, sometimes I forget all that stuff 614 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:52,485 because we're such bike geeks, you know. 615 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,353 But when he pulls out the Hot Wheel and he's like, 616 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:55,988 "This is one of the rarest Hot Wheels," 617 00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:57,790 and he's telling me why, I'm like, wow man. 618 00:20:57,890 --> 00:20:59,758 What talent this guy has. 619 00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:01,393 MIKE: So what are you saying, you'll give me these 620 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,661 for the Bluebird? 621 00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:04,029 CHIP: Uh, how many Bluebirds do you have? 622 00:21:04,130 --> 00:21:06,365 (laughing) 623 00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:08,734 MIKE: Is that where you're going with this? Is that-- 624 00:21:08,834 --> 00:21:10,369 CHIP: I just wanted to share the story with you. 625 00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:11,971 MIKE: No, I love, no, it's great! 626 00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,640 JOHN: My great uncle, he uh, 627 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,876 started this with my grandfather and his brother. 628 00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:18,711 ROB: How convenient is that? He lived next door 629 00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:20,679 and he could come right here to the business every day. 630 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,047 JOHN: Yeah, just walk right over, right? 631 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:23,315 It's like working from home. 632 00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:25,684 JERSEY JON: This is cool. It looked like tile. 633 00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:27,186 ROB: Oh wow! You weren't kidding here! 634 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:28,220 JERSEY JON: Whoa, man! 635 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:29,955 ROB: Look at this! Look at this, Jersey. 636 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:31,991 Look at the lights! JERSEY JON: This is great. 637 00:21:32,091 --> 00:21:34,593 JERSEY JON: Walking into this old appliance store 638 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,496 is amazing because there's new-old stock 639 00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:41,367 appliances from like 1960, 1955. 640 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,736 Black and white televisions that are brand new. 641 00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:46,472 There was never a I Love Lucy episode on there. 642 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:49,308 JERSEY JON: $219.95. ROB: Yeah. 643 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:51,076 JOHN: Back then that was a lot of money. 644 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:52,545 JERSEY JON: That was a lot of money, man. 645 00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:53,879 JERSEY JON: That was a couple weeks paycheck. 646 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:57,049 ROB: I see toasters, I see lighting and radios? 647 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:59,818 JOHN: Yeah. So, he would fix the radios and TVs, 648 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,020 Uncle Larry did. 649 00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:04,223 JOHN: It was just a store that existed in time 650 00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:05,958 and it kind of, Uncle Larry left it 651 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,194 and no one really touched it. 652 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,196 JERSEY JON: What's this Pratt Institute stuff here? 653 00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:12,498 That's like a 1920s felt banner. JOHN: The pennants. 654 00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:14,066 That's Uncle Larry, yeah. 655 00:22:14,233 --> 00:22:16,068 JERSEY JON: The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. 656 00:22:16,235 --> 00:22:17,870 JERSEY JON: Man, the lettering style is neat. 657 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:19,038 JOHN: When I was a kid, 658 00:22:19,205 --> 00:22:20,673 the place wasn't in business still, 659 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,642 but he would come out here and tinker and work on radios. 660 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,277 He's got a little workshop in the back. 661 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:26,879 JERSEY JON: Oh, he's got a workshop in the back? 662 00:22:27,046 --> 00:22:28,347 JON: So, this guy was also proud that he 663 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:30,482 was a graduate of the Pratt. JOHN: That he went to school. Yeah. 664 00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:32,084 JERSEY JON: These felt banners are really cool because 665 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,419 they're from the Pratt Institute. I mean, 666 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,521 this is something he hung up on his wall, he wanted to show 667 00:22:35,621 --> 00:22:37,189 his customers, he wanted to show his family, you know, 668 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:38,390 his school pride. 669 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,359 They got that vintage look you can't fake. 670 00:22:40,459 --> 00:22:42,461 JERSEY JON: So, I mean, this has got a big hole in it 671 00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:45,364 unfortunately. Moth damage, or whatever. 672 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:47,366 ROB: You can frame that up and put a piece-- 673 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:48,634 JOHN: 1928. JERSEY JON: Yeah, 1928. 674 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:50,269 But this one's nice. This one's pristine. 675 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:53,772 It's really in great shape. 175 bucks for the both. 676 00:22:55,608 --> 00:22:57,042 JOHN: How about 200? 677 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:58,677 ROB: The cost of framing that's gonna add... 678 00:22:58,777 --> 00:22:59,745 JERSEY JON: I know... 679 00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:01,080 ROB: Because you're gonna have to frame that. 680 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:03,482 JERSEY JON: Yeah. I'm at the edge, really. 681 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:05,751 JERSEY JON: I mean, I'd go 180 bucks. 682 00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,152 JOHN: Okay. Yeah. JERSEY JON: You'd do that? 683 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:08,988 JOHN: Yeah, I'll meet you there. JERSEY JON: Alright. Thank you. 684 00:23:09,154 --> 00:23:10,489 JERSEY JON: Alright. Cool. JOHN: Great. 685 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:11,957 ROB: This one was for radio and television. 686 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,759 It's backlit here underneath. 687 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,861 JOHN: Uh-huh. ROB: So it's got a little bit 688 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:18,097 of flaking on the back of it, but the tube in it 689 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:22,201 indicates like 1957, 1962 to me. 690 00:23:22,368 --> 00:23:23,569 JOHN: Okay. ROB: Somewhere in there. 691 00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:25,471 You can see the tube in there. JOHN: Oh yeah, florescent tube. 692 00:23:25,638 --> 00:23:29,174 ROB: Yeah. That piece and this clock... I can't tell. 693 00:23:29,275 --> 00:23:30,509 JERSEY JON: Is that porcelain, Robbie? 694 00:23:30,676 --> 00:23:32,945 ROB: Well, let me get up there. Can I stand on this? 695 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:34,680 JOHN: Uh, yeah, I guess. ROB: Does that work? 696 00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:36,081 JERSEY JON: You sure? ROB: Yeah. I mean, 697 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:38,951 it's a washer and dryer. I used to jump on 'em as a kid. 698 00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:41,754 ROB: These two pieces have been hanging on the wall in here 699 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,658 for a long time. RCA, when you see the advertising up there, 700 00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:48,160 that's probably from the '50s. But RCA was one of those 701 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:51,096 companies that started in the early 1900s 702 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:52,631 developing the radio. 703 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:54,199 ROB: CBS. 704 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,168 Hytron tubes, it says. 705 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:57,836 Certified quality service. 706 00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,672 Radio and TV in the back of it. 707 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:01,106 JERSEY JON: It's a good-looking piece. 708 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,841 ROB: Oh yeah. Still has the markings on it. 709 00:24:03,008 --> 00:24:04,643 ROB: Look how they did the cord on this. 710 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,078 JERSEY JON: Oh yeah, they wrapped it around. 711 00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:07,880 ROB: Wrap it around there. The hooks were never even used. 712 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:09,481 It's still here. I think this thing just 713 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:11,183 comes right off of here. 714 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:12,918 Yeah, look at that. 715 00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:15,154 It still has the tags on the back of it. 716 00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:16,989 JERSEY JON: Ohio Advertising Display Company. 717 00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:19,591 ROB: Yeah. Are you interested in selling both pieces, John? 718 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:20,826 JOHN: Sure, yeah. I am. 719 00:24:20,993 --> 00:24:23,262 ROB: Would you do 750 for the pair? 720 00:24:23,429 --> 00:24:25,831 JOHN: Um, you know, it's been in the family 721 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:30,402 for quite some time. And yeah, it's good to see a new home. 722 00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:31,904 ROB: Get it out to the masses. 723 00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:33,472 JOHN: Yeah, it'd be great to see it. 724 00:24:33,639 --> 00:24:35,040 ROB: Shake his hand, Jersey. JERSEY JON: That's cool. 725 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:35,708 ROB: Awesome. JOHN: That's great. 726 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,515 JOHN: You're probably the first one to look up in there. 727 00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:45,150 ROB: Well, yeah. It looks like it too. 728 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,485 There's some dust up there. JOHN: 60 years. 729 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,354 ROB: Yeah. I mean, he was basically 730 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,090 bringing out to the people that live in this town 731 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:52,791 everything that was new back then. 732 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:54,827 JERSEY JON: Right. The new appliances as they came down. 733 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,362 ROB: The new appliances. JOHN: The latest and greatest. 734 00:24:56,462 --> 00:24:59,031 JOHN: At the time. ROB: Yeah, in this tiny, little building here. 735 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:01,900 JERSEY JON: It was so cool to be in this space 736 00:25:02,034 --> 00:25:04,436 and to imagine people coming in from around the community 737 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:06,305 and buying their appliances. 738 00:25:06,472 --> 00:25:08,073 Some guys were living paycheck to paycheck, 739 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,641 but they wanted a TV set, 740 00:25:09,742 --> 00:25:11,443 or they needed a washing machine. 741 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:13,679 This was a nice family-run business. 742 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:16,014 You shopped close to home. 743 00:25:16,115 --> 00:25:18,050 Your money stayed in your community. 744 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,752 JERSEY JON: Here's the bubble lights. 745 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:21,420 JOHN: That's cool, too. Oh, the old bubble... 746 00:25:21,587 --> 00:25:22,921 JERSEY JON: Yeah, the old bubble lights. 747 00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:24,556 JOHN: That's when they had the water. 748 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,792 JERSEY JON: They had an oil or something in there. Those I'm interested in. 749 00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:27,993 JOHN: The bubble lights were really cool. 750 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:30,062 They would have oil in them and when they heat up, 751 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:32,464 they would blow, little bubbles would pop up. 752 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:34,233 JERSEY JON: This is like Christmas morning, man. 753 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,001 (John laughs) 754 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:38,904 JERSEY JON: Manville Electric. He wrapped up everything, didn't he? 755 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:40,806 It had lights in it, see, it had lights in it. 756 00:25:40,906 --> 00:25:43,275 JERSEY JON: This Christmas display is something you use 757 00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:45,010 to advertise these bubble lights. 758 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:46,712 I mean, they reproduced these but it's not the same 759 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:50,115 kind of deal. The chemistry that's inside those old ones, 760 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:51,517 they can't use it anymore. 761 00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:54,353 It's got a different quality to the light, 762 00:25:54,453 --> 00:25:56,388 something you can't reproduce. 763 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:59,324 JERSEY JON: With the bubble lamps and that display there, 764 00:25:59,425 --> 00:26:01,360 uh... 765 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:03,729 I'd do 125. 766 00:26:03,829 --> 00:26:05,297 JOHN: I can't argue with that. JERSEY JON: Okay? 767 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,433 JOHN: Yeah, that's perfect. JERSEY JON: Okay, good. I mean, that's cool. 768 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:09,535 JERSEY JON: A lot of kudos to the guy that's running this store. 769 00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:11,403 I mean, it's really neat that they were that organized. 770 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:12,971 Everything is priced out, everything is inventoried, 771 00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,707 everything is boxed up nicely and protected. 772 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,910 ROB: This is an advertising piece of some sort. 773 00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,711 I think it just advertised the bulbs. 774 00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:21,246 JOHN: Does it light up? ROB: Well, it would. 775 00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:22,848 Do you want to see how bright the bulb is, 776 00:26:22,948 --> 00:26:24,283 boom, you can turn it on and off. 777 00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:25,584 JOHN: Gotcha. ROB: When you wanted to buy 778 00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:26,952 a bulb, you walked into the store, 779 00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:29,922 these actually displayed all the different bulbs on top 780 00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:31,824 and they could light them up individually. 781 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:33,392 ROB: How about 160 bucks? 782 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:35,194 JOHN: Can you do 200 on that? 783 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:36,995 ROB: Um... JOHN: It's got a great look on it. 784 00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:39,264 ROB: How about 180 bucks? JOHN: Okay. 785 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:40,466 JERSEY JON: Do it? ROB: That work? 786 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:41,800 ROB: Shake his hand, Jersey. JERSEY JON: Beautiful. 787 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:42,835 JERSEY JON: Beautiful! 788 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:45,671 MIKE: So, this is like old school where, you know, 789 00:26:45,838 --> 00:26:47,573 like, we've bought some concept art before. 790 00:26:47,673 --> 00:26:49,775 CHIP: Yeah. MIKE: Now everybody does this on a computer. 791 00:26:49,875 --> 00:26:50,642 CHIP: Right. 792 00:26:50,742 --> 00:26:51,810 MIKE: But you're still 793 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,145 doing everything by hand? CHIP: Yeah. 794 00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:55,848 MIKE: Everything? CHIP: Like that bicycle this morning. 795 00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:59,218 CHIP: I was never introduced into the automotive industry. 796 00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:02,354 I was born into it. My father did this for a living. 797 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,824 He went on his own when he was 14, started a hotrod shop. 798 00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:07,726 So at the age of three, 799 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:09,795 I would sit next to him whenever he was drawing 800 00:27:09,895 --> 00:27:11,830 something and I would copy what he was doing. 801 00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:14,833 And I wanted to be as good as him. 802 00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:17,202 MIKE: So, like, how long does it take you, 803 00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:19,104 like, if you sat down, how long does it take you 804 00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:20,639 to do something like this? 805 00:27:20,739 --> 00:27:22,441 CHIP: Is it worth more if I say a long time? 806 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:23,842 (laughing) 807 00:27:23,942 --> 00:27:25,477 MIKE: I don't know! I'm just wondering. 808 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,913 CHIP: That drawing was probably about an hour. 809 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,081 MIKE: That's it? 810 00:27:29,181 --> 00:27:30,415 MIKE: What I'm doing here 811 00:27:30,516 --> 00:27:35,154 is what every car enthusiast with a pulse would love to do. 812 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,956 Look through Chip Foose's archives, man. 813 00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:42,060 All the artwork that he has done for cars. 814 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:44,363 The last time something like this happened to me 815 00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:47,065 with another car legend was with George Barris. 816 00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:50,202 You know, same thing. Going through this cabinet 817 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:52,037 and looking at all this artwork. 818 00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:54,006 MIKE: George, did you draw these or who drew these? 819 00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:55,774 GEORGE: Well, I have an artist that worked with me. 820 00:27:55,874 --> 00:27:57,176 GEORGE: I designed it. 821 00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:58,443 FRANK: This has got the Munster's Coach. 822 00:27:58,544 --> 00:27:59,878 MIKE: This is Chip's life's work. 823 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:01,480 And he's showing it to me, man. 824 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:03,515 And he's just, he's so humble. 825 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:05,350 MIKE: When you build a car for somebody, 826 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,719 are they always wanting the original artwork? 827 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:09,154 CHIP: I don't give them the original artwork. 828 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,290 I keep the originals for my kids, 829 00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:13,992 but if I'm doing an original piece of artwork 830 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:15,527 for somebody, and giving that to them, 831 00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:16,929 that's normally 10 grand. 832 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:18,630 MIKE: So, if somebody commissions you 833 00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:20,098 to do a piece or artwork. CHIP: Commissions, yeah. 834 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:21,567 Then it's 10 grand. MIKE: Okay. 835 00:28:21,667 --> 00:28:24,636 CHIP: You know, I was involved with the first two Cars films. 836 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:27,039 So, I designed the graphics for Lightning McQueen 837 00:28:27,139 --> 00:28:29,608 and Ramone and a couple of the other Cars. 838 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:33,478 And then when Disney decided to build Radiator Springs 839 00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:35,347 in the theme park in Disney Land, 840 00:28:35,514 --> 00:28:37,883 Pixar called me and said, "I need your help here." 841 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,418 So, for two and a half years, 842 00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:41,553 that was an absolute dream job. 843 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,121 MIKE: You've set the bar so high 844 00:28:43,222 --> 00:28:46,224 for so many different people which sounds like unobtainable, 845 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:48,126 but it also, it just inspires everybody. 846 00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:50,729 CHIP: I have been so blessed. Hotrods aren't necessary. 847 00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:51,863 MIKE: Yes. 848 00:28:52,030 --> 00:28:53,198 CHIP: But they're passion-driven. 849 00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:54,666 MIKE: When I first walked into this building, 850 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:56,268 the only thing that I was thinking about 851 00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:59,771 was bicycle parts, you know. That was on the brain. 852 00:28:59,871 --> 00:29:03,775 But now, he's got me thinking about some art, you know. 853 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:07,079 Because it's so sought after, and it's so valuable. 854 00:29:08,547 --> 00:29:11,016 JOHN: So yeah, there's two cars in here. There's a Nash Rambler. 855 00:29:11,116 --> 00:29:12,351 ROB: Okay. JOHN: And then there's like 856 00:29:12,451 --> 00:29:15,387 a '49 I think Mercury in here. 857 00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:17,723 ROB: You got a '49 Mercury? JOHN: I got a '49 Merc, yeah. 858 00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:19,157 JOHN: That was my Uncle Larry's. 859 00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:20,359 ROB: Okay. JOHN: Uncle Larry 860 00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:21,860 and my grandfather 861 00:29:22,027 --> 00:29:24,196 were able to borrow the car 862 00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:26,632 from the uh, funeral home, 863 00:29:26,732 --> 00:29:29,234 as long as they took care of it. And then they ended up 864 00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:30,936 actually buying the car from them. 865 00:29:31,036 --> 00:29:33,005 JERSEY JON: When you hear the term barn find, 866 00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:36,174 barn fresh, this defines that moment. 867 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,576 ROB: This open, Jersey? We got to pull. 868 00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:39,144 Whoa, whoa, don't break the door. 869 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:42,147 (grunting) 870 00:29:42,314 --> 00:29:44,449 JOHN: I'll let you guys do the heavy lifting. 871 00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:48,086 ROB: Dude, look at this thing, Jersey. Wow. 872 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:52,557 JERSEY JON: That's the Merc, Robbie? 873 00:29:52,724 --> 00:29:54,426 ROB: Oh-ho-ho, it's a Merc, alright. 874 00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:57,329 JERSEY JON: It's like you're walking into a burial vault. 875 00:29:57,429 --> 00:29:59,798 Lo and behold, the light is like shining 876 00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:01,500 on this beautiful Mercury. 877 00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:04,436 This thing hasn't been touched in decades. 878 00:30:04,603 --> 00:30:06,438 JERSEY JON: Wow. ROB: Oh yeah, the Merc motor. 879 00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:09,007 JERSEY JON: Yeah. Yeah. ROB: There it is. Look at that. 880 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:10,308 JERSEY JON: Look, that paint's still on there. 881 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:11,643 ROB: Look at the carburetor on that thing. 882 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:13,145 JERSEY JON: Even the air cleaner is still beautiful. 883 00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:14,546 Actually really in pretty good shape. 884 00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:17,516 ROB: In 1949, Mercury introduced this new model. 885 00:30:17,683 --> 00:30:19,518 It was produced by the Ford Motor Company 886 00:30:19,618 --> 00:30:21,153 which owned the Mercury brand. 887 00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:23,689 The Mercury front grill is what makes this thing 888 00:30:23,789 --> 00:30:26,358 so distinctive. I mean, it's incredible. 889 00:30:26,458 --> 00:30:28,326 This thing has such sleek lines on it. 890 00:30:28,427 --> 00:30:29,795 ROB: The fact that this thing even exists, 891 00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:32,230 this was like the greatest hotrod they ever built. 892 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:33,865 JERSEY JON: Yeah. ROB: They call it the lead sled. 893 00:30:34,032 --> 00:30:35,801 Oh, they chopped it, they do everything to it. 894 00:30:35,901 --> 00:30:37,235 JERSEY JON: The grill on this is outrageous. 895 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:39,204 ROB: Pre-1949, cars were blocky, 896 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:42,040 they were big. This thing was sleek and long. 897 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:43,875 ROB: It's got the skirts on the back here. 898 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,110 JERSEY JON: And it's a coupe, Robbie. 899 00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:46,712 JOHN: Yeah, you'd think it would be a four-door 900 00:30:46,878 --> 00:30:48,413 if it was for a funeral home. 901 00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,949 ROB: That's what I thought too. JERSEY JON: But it's cool that it's a coupe, man. 902 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:53,185 ROB: There's very few 1949 Mercuries left 903 00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:55,354 that have not been customized in some way. 904 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,957 It's like the most iconic car in American hotrod history. 905 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:02,127 It's dirty, it's dusty, but it exists. 906 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:03,962 The fact that this thing is standing in front of us 907 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:06,164 right here unchopped, unmolested, 908 00:31:06,264 --> 00:31:07,999 that's what you want to save. 909 00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:11,002 ROB: Look at the dash, man! JERSEY JON: How many miles on it, Robbie? How many miles? 910 00:31:11,103 --> 00:31:13,071 ROB: It shows 79,000. 911 00:31:13,238 --> 00:31:15,640 JERSEY JON: Wow, 79,000 miles. Somebody drove this thing. 912 00:31:15,807 --> 00:31:17,642 ROB: Yeah. JOHN: It was the driver. Yeah. 913 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:19,878 JERSEY JON: Obviously. That's a lot of miles for a car like this. 914 00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:22,314 ROB: John, is there a, do you have a key to this car? 915 00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:24,549 Do you have a title to it? JOHN: Don't have a title. 916 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:26,051 ROB: Okay. JOHN: Don't have a key. 917 00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:27,552 ROB: These cars are for sale? 918 00:31:27,652 --> 00:31:30,922 JOHN: Um... Yeah, I'd have to consult my mom 919 00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:31,957 real quick just to see. 920 00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:34,226 ROB: Here's the deal, even if she says 921 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:35,594 they're not for sale, 922 00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:37,396 I can at least help you with a value on it. 923 00:31:37,496 --> 00:31:39,765 JOHN: Alright, yeah. Let me check with her. And then, uh... 924 00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:41,500 ROB: Yeah, Jersey and I will open these doors real quick. 925 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:42,968 You want to go check with her? JOHN: Yeah. 926 00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,402 ROB: Alright, sounds good. JERSEY JON: Let's do it. 927 00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:45,804 ROB: Awesome. 928 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:51,376 MIKE: You got your Robins. Woo! CHIP: I have, yeah, I have... 929 00:31:51,476 --> 00:31:53,278 MIKE: You still have the shaft drive Robin? 930 00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:55,046 CHIP: I have the shaft drive and then these two, 931 00:31:55,147 --> 00:31:56,481 and then look at this. 932 00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:59,084 MIKE: Oh, you got the Skylark. Is that original paint? 933 00:31:59,184 --> 00:32:00,886 CHIP: Yes. MIKE: God dang, that's nice. 934 00:32:00,986 --> 00:32:04,156 MIKE: Juan Raydolphus Morgansky is the gentleman 935 00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,224 that designed the Elgin Bluebird, 936 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:08,326 the Robin, and the Skylark. 937 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:10,829 Okay, if you can't say that three times fast, 938 00:32:10,996 --> 00:32:13,598 then just say John Morgan. That's what most people say. 939 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:15,233 MIKE: Basically, he was a genius 940 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:17,436 and what these bicycle companies were doing 941 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,237 was they were trying to outdo each other. 942 00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:21,873 So, they were hiring all these industrial artists 943 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,442 to change the game and that is what 944 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:27,913 Juan Raydolphus Morgansky, John Morgan, 945 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:30,916 did when he created the Elgin Bluebird. 946 00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:33,218 Elgin was Sears' bicycle brand. 947 00:32:33,385 --> 00:32:35,554 Not only in their brick-and-mortar stores, 948 00:32:35,654 --> 00:32:37,556 but also in their catalog. 949 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:39,558 MIKE: So, what do you value this Robin at 950 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,560 that's painted with a dead chicken? 951 00:32:41,660 --> 00:32:43,228 CHIP: I paid seven grand for that. 952 00:32:43,395 --> 00:32:45,130 MIKE: Did you? CHIP: What would you value it at? 953 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:47,032 MIKE: You know, the market is all over the place. 954 00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:48,800 You know what I mean. A lot of the times 955 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:50,335 on real deco bikes, 956 00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:51,736 the guys that are paying more money 957 00:32:51,837 --> 00:32:53,605 are the guys that aren't bike guys. 958 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,241 To a bicycle guy, like we see this stuff. 959 00:32:56,408 --> 00:33:00,045 But to a car guy that's got a '30s Auburn 960 00:33:00,145 --> 00:33:02,147 or whatever the hell he's got and he's like, 961 00:33:02,314 --> 00:33:05,984 "Oh my gosh, it would be great to build that story 962 00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,619 from that time period," you know? 963 00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:09,321 So, I think that's what those go for. 964 00:33:09,421 --> 00:33:11,590 CHIP: I think these are worth more than the Bluebird 965 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:13,124 that you brought me. MIKE: Oh yeah, 966 00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:14,726 well, that thing's broken in half! 967 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:16,361 MIKE: Basically, what's happening here 968 00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:18,864 is Chip and I love the same stuff. 969 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:20,665 You know, I'm geeking out on the Skylark, 970 00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:22,467 I'm geeking out on the Elgin Robins, 971 00:33:22,634 --> 00:33:24,736 you know, the Harley bike, all that kind of stuff. 972 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:26,972 So, at the end of the day, I've got a Bluebird 973 00:33:27,072 --> 00:33:29,407 that's broken in half, okay? 974 00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:31,376 And I'm trying to make a trade. 975 00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:33,011 With these bikes at this caliber 976 00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:34,546 and the value that they're at, 977 00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:36,615 and how much he really loves them, 978 00:33:36,715 --> 00:33:37,682 it's not going to happen. 979 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,284 CHIP: What are you thinking? 980 00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:41,620 MIKE: Okay, here's what I'm thinking. 981 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:43,555 I paid 3,200 bucks for it. 982 00:33:43,655 --> 00:33:44,990 CHIP: Mm-hmm. MIKE: You know? 983 00:33:45,156 --> 00:33:49,528 I'm thinking just from a parts standpoint, 984 00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:51,997 I'd like to get 38 out of it. You know. 985 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:53,965 CHIP: Do you want cash or was there anything 986 00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:55,967 that you saw that you're interested in? 987 00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:58,136 MIKE: I mean, to be honest with you, 988 00:33:58,236 --> 00:33:59,371 I mean a lot of the bikes, 989 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:01,406 you and I have been doing bikes for so long, 990 00:34:01,506 --> 00:34:04,242 and we've got different examples of the same thing. 991 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:06,444 I love the artwork. I really do. CHIP: Thank you. 992 00:34:06,544 --> 00:34:08,914 MIKE: I mean, the car artwork. And I get why you have never 993 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,349 sold any of it before because you know, 994 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,952 it just becomes part of your portfolio. You know. 995 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:17,489 I mean you can look back through all the decades 996 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:20,158 you've been doing this and it's all a story 997 00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:22,594 being told through the artwork, through all the cars. 998 00:34:22,694 --> 00:34:23,962 CHIP: If you want a piece of art, 999 00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:26,164 I'll trade you for some art. 1000 00:34:26,264 --> 00:34:28,099 MIKE: I mean, to be honest with you, I was blown away 1001 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:29,534 by the art you did on this. 1002 00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:31,970 I mean, that's a very detailed drawing. 1003 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,805 It really falls into line 1004 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,007 with what I collect and what I do. 1005 00:34:36,107 --> 00:34:38,209 CHIP: When he started talking about the drawing, 1006 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:41,346 I was so excited because that is the huge 1007 00:34:41,513 --> 00:34:44,883 compliment to me that he wanted something that I created 1008 00:34:44,983 --> 00:34:47,552 over some of the stuff that he's always looking for. 1009 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,522 CHIP: I told you what I get when I do commission work. 1010 00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:52,958 MIKE: Yeah. CHIP: I would think a bicycle, 1011 00:34:53,058 --> 00:34:55,193 probably about half of that. MIKE: You would trade me 1012 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,530 the Bluebird for the... CHIP: For the Bluebird. 1013 00:34:58,630 --> 00:35:00,298 (laughing) 1014 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:01,967 MIKE: Okay. You'll trade me the Bluebird 1015 00:35:02,067 --> 00:35:04,436 that I can touch right here that's in front of me 1016 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:06,871 for the Bluebird on paper? CHIP: Yeah. 1017 00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:08,473 If you're good with that, I'm good with it. 1018 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,308 MIKE: Done. Okay! (laughing) 1019 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:11,843 MIKE: Thank you. Seriously? We're doing this? 1020 00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:13,678 CHIP: No, thank you. Yeah, no, I'll do that. 1021 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,013 MIKE: Okay! Hell yeah! 1022 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:17,082 MIKE: The last thing that I thought I was gonna 1023 00:35:17,248 --> 00:35:18,283 walk out of here today with 1024 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:21,686 was a drawing of an Elgin Bluebird, 1025 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,555 but it's a Chip Foose drawing. 1026 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:25,690 To have that, the only one, 1027 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:28,793 something that he did and he's such a close friend, 1028 00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:31,363 that's something that I want to have, 1029 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:33,064 to cherish, to put on my wall, 1030 00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:35,667 because one, it's bicycle, 1031 00:35:35,834 --> 00:35:38,003 two, it's Chip's. 1032 00:35:38,103 --> 00:35:39,671 And that is priceless. 1033 00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:41,239 CHIP: Awesome. MIKE: Seriously, man. 1034 00:35:41,339 --> 00:35:42,841 CHIP: Well, that's a good day in Huntington Beach. 1035 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:44,476 MIKE: I love it, I love it. Thank you, buddy. 1036 00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:45,877 I appreciate you working with me. CHIP: My pleasure. 1037 00:35:49,681 --> 00:35:51,683 JOHN: So yeah, I just talked to my mom. She said, uh... 1038 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,185 ROB: It's for sale? JOHN: Yeah. On the right price. 1039 00:35:54,352 --> 00:35:56,121 ROB: Look underneath the car on that side. 1040 00:35:56,221 --> 00:35:57,422 JERSEY JON: Alright. Let me get under here. 1041 00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:59,124 ROB: We'll try to get underneath this one right here. 1042 00:35:59,224 --> 00:36:01,393 ROB: What are you seeing, dude? JERSEY JON: Yeah, okay, 1043 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:04,029 the rockers are blown out on this side, Robbie. 1044 00:36:04,195 --> 00:36:05,997 ROB: Oh yeah. Right here too. JERSEY JON: Yep. 1045 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:07,332 ROB: It's gone. 1046 00:36:07,432 --> 00:36:08,967 JERSEY JON: It's been in the New Jersey salt. 1047 00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:10,869 JOHN: Oh really? ROB: Yep, yep, yep. 1048 00:36:11,036 --> 00:36:12,637 JERSEY JON: I'm getting handfuls of rust. 1049 00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:14,272 JERSEY JON: Coming out of the bottom here. 1050 00:36:14,439 --> 00:36:15,640 ROB: Same thing I got on this side. 1051 00:36:15,740 --> 00:36:17,175 JERSEY JON: Yeah. ROB: This thing was 1052 00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:18,777 through the New Jersey winter. JERSEY JON: The salt. 1053 00:36:18,877 --> 00:36:20,645 They use a lot of salt on the roads and that, 1054 00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:22,680 you know, the salt eats the cars away. 1055 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:24,349 ROB: Yeah. 100%. 1056 00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:26,718 JERSEY JON: To me, Robbie, that's a big deal. 1057 00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:29,487 JERSEY JON: We have to make sure that this is not something 1058 00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:31,122 we're gonna have to spend too much money 1059 00:36:31,222 --> 00:36:33,358 to get a return out of it. 1060 00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:36,394 We have to be really careful not to get too emotional. 1061 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:38,530 ROB: I think there's something that we could do with it. 1062 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:41,366 But at the end of the day, it's like anything, 1063 00:36:41,466 --> 00:36:42,834 you got to buy it at the right price. 1064 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,002 JERSEY JON: Mm-hmm. JOHN: Sure. 1065 00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:45,837 ROB: What kind of money are you thinking on this thing? 1066 00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,272 JOHN: Um... 1067 00:36:47,439 --> 00:36:50,241 Maybe at least 10,000. 1068 00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:53,812 ROB: It's going to cost me probably 1,000, 1,500 1069 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:56,247 to get it home. At 10, that'd be 11,500. 1070 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:58,016 And then by the time I got through everything, 1071 00:36:58,116 --> 00:36:59,784 I'd be into it, you know, minimum, 1072 00:36:59,951 --> 00:37:01,586 there's a minimum what's going to go into this car 1073 00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:03,088 to even make it run, 1074 00:37:03,188 --> 00:37:05,090 you're gonna be between 3 and 5,000. 1075 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,925 Now you got to body work to it. 1076 00:37:07,025 --> 00:37:08,660 ROB: Or, you got to take this and the guy 1077 00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:10,929 that we would even try to sell it to, 1078 00:37:11,029 --> 00:37:13,465 this might be a candidate where they would take it and chop it. 1079 00:37:13,631 --> 00:37:15,266 JERSEY JON: Yeah. ROB: With that being said, 1080 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:16,835 I think I'd have to be at like... 1081 00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:22,907 ...six grand. JOHN: Mm. Um... 1082 00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:24,709 ROB: I mean, at that, I'd have 7,500 in it. 1083 00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:26,411 JERSEY JON: Yep. JOHN: Yep. 1084 00:37:26,511 --> 00:37:29,114 ROB: And I think 7 would be... JOHN: 6 is a little low. 1085 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,648 ROB: I think 7's my max on it. 1086 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,917 I mean, that would be my max with the shipping. 1087 00:37:33,017 --> 00:37:34,786 JOHN: You want to take a look at it outside maybe? 1088 00:37:34,953 --> 00:37:37,622 See if we can get it outside and check it out? 1089 00:37:37,789 --> 00:37:39,758 ROB: I'd love to see it out of here. 1090 00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:41,259 JOHN: Well, we got to get it out anyway. 1091 00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:42,760 ROB: I'd love to see it out of here. 1092 00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:44,796 JOHN: We can check it out and we'd love to move on. 1093 00:37:44,896 --> 00:37:46,197 ROB: You got an air compressor? 1094 00:37:46,364 --> 00:37:47,966 JOHN: I do. Let's see if we can get it going. 1095 00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:49,834 JERSEY JON: You have got to get it out of that space 1096 00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:52,203 so we can really see it in the light. 1097 00:37:52,303 --> 00:37:53,605 ROB: It's going up. 1098 00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:54,873 (John laughing) JOHN: It's going up! 1099 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:56,474 JERSEY JON: It's holding air. ROB: I'm watching the compressor 1100 00:37:56,641 --> 00:37:59,077 go up 20 pounds right now. 1101 00:37:59,244 --> 00:38:01,212 JERSEY JON: There's a lot that can go wrong here. 1102 00:38:01,312 --> 00:38:03,114 I mean, we can smash a door, 1103 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:04,716 we can scratch the paint, 1104 00:38:04,883 --> 00:38:07,118 we can pull the side of the barn down. 1105 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:08,786 You know, there's a lot of things that can happen 1106 00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:10,355 if we're not really careful 1107 00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:13,424 about how we pull this car out of this space. 1108 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:14,792 ROB: Alright. Slowly, John. 1109 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,528 Slowly. I'm going to give you a tipper, 1110 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:19,531 see if this thing's gonna move. Go ahead. 1111 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:24,602 JERSEY JON: Whoa. 1112 00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:27,005 ROB: Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! 1113 00:38:27,172 --> 00:38:28,907 JERSEY JON: We're awfully close to the wall. 1114 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:33,511 ROB: Okay, we probably should've hooked it up 1115 00:38:33,678 --> 00:38:34,879 to the other shackle. JOHN: Okay. 1116 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:36,281 ROB: Because we hooked it up to that one 1117 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:38,082 and it didn't pull it. I'm trying to get the car 1118 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:39,684 to go this way. 1119 00:38:39,784 --> 00:38:41,186 So, we need to do it slowly. 1120 00:38:41,352 --> 00:38:43,721 Listen to me, I'm going to pull on that strap 1121 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:45,690 to try to get it to pull. As I'm pulling, 1122 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:48,726 you're pulling out. We get that to happen, we're golden. 1123 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,929 JOHN: Robbie came up with an idea to shift over 1124 00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:53,598 the actual toe strap to the other side 1125 00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:56,801 and kind of give it an oomph as it's coming out. 1126 00:38:57,302 --> 00:38:59,604 ROB: Little bit, John! Little bit! 1127 00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:01,206 JERSEY JON: Every time that Robbie's pulling this thing, 1128 00:39:01,306 --> 00:39:02,640 the wheels are moving a quarter inch 1129 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:04,242 and I can tell by looking down 1130 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:05,844 that the front wheel is locked up, 1131 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,645 the brake is locked up. There's something going on. 1132 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:09,848 We're dragging it out, you know. 1133 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,083 Like an old grizzly bear out of the cave. 1134 00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:16,754 ROB: Okay, stop! 1135 00:39:16,921 --> 00:39:19,157 ROB: I am going to get this thing out of here, 1136 00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:20,558 hell or high water. 1137 00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:21,960 It might knock the garage down, 1138 00:39:22,060 --> 00:39:23,561 but we're going to save the Mercury. 1139 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:25,730 ROB: Little bit. There you go. Straight back. 1140 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:29,033 Keep going. Keep going. 1141 00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,969 Keep going. 1142 00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:32,370 Keep going. JERSEY JON: Alright, you got it! 1143 00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:33,838 ROB: Keep going. 1144 00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:35,874 JERSEY JON: You're out. ROB: You're good! 1145 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,042 JERSEY JON: Damn! Wow. JOHN: It's finally seeing the light of day. 1146 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,311 ROB: Look at that. JERSEY JON: It's been a long time. 1147 00:39:40,478 --> 00:39:42,046 JOHN: Raccoon poop and all. JERSEY JON: Yeah. Raccoons 1148 00:39:42,146 --> 00:39:43,281 had a field day with this thing. 1149 00:39:43,381 --> 00:39:45,250 ROB: Look at the dirt on this thing, look at this. 1150 00:39:45,350 --> 00:39:47,518 I just want to look at that engine now. 1151 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:49,621 Oh, man. 1152 00:39:51,623 --> 00:39:53,191 JERSEY JON: Wow, look at how black that oil is. 1153 00:39:53,358 --> 00:39:56,027 Dude, you needed an oil change a long time ago. 1154 00:39:56,194 --> 00:39:57,729 ROB: There's no grit in it. JERSEY JON: I know, 1155 00:39:57,829 --> 00:39:59,430 but still, dude. Look how black that sucker is. 1156 00:39:59,597 --> 00:40:01,833 ROB: I don't mind black oil. JERSEY JON: Yeah. There's no water in it. 1157 00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:03,635 ROB: This is what I was talking about, John. Right here. 1158 00:40:03,801 --> 00:40:05,603 Look at that. JERSEY JON: On both sides, Robbie. 1159 00:40:05,770 --> 00:40:08,106 ROB: Look at that whole area. JERSEY JON: Robbie, this side is just as bad. 1160 00:40:08,273 --> 00:40:10,041 ROB: Yeah. I mean, that's all gone. 1161 00:40:10,208 --> 00:40:11,643 JERSEY JON: Look, dude. 1162 00:40:13,478 --> 00:40:16,247 ROB: Yeah. JERSEY JON: I mean, it is falling apart. 1163 00:40:17,348 --> 00:40:21,352 And that's the whole thing in here. It's just leaking rust. 1164 00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:23,021 JOHN: There was so much rust. 1165 00:40:23,187 --> 00:40:26,758 And then what he said made a lot of sense. The Jersey winters. 1166 00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:28,359 They always put salt on the road. 1167 00:40:28,459 --> 00:40:31,396 And back then, they probably never washed it off. 1168 00:40:31,496 --> 00:40:32,930 ROB: What are you thinking, Jersey? 1169 00:40:33,031 --> 00:40:34,265 JERSEY JON: Well, I mean... 1170 00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:35,800 ROB: Did your thoughts change after it came out? 1171 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,235 JERSEY JON: That side's worse with rust 1172 00:40:37,402 --> 00:40:39,203 than the driver's side. 1173 00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:41,839 ROB: Tell you what. I was at 6. 1174 00:40:43,207 --> 00:40:44,709 At 65... JERSEY JON: 65? 1175 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:46,477 ROB: I got 1,500 in shipping. 1176 00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:49,280 JOHN: I'm kind of firm at 7. Um... 1177 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,516 ROB: Remember that Mary upstairs that I bought from you? 1178 00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:53,718 JOHN: Yeah. JERSEY JON: It's a Hail Mary for us, man. 1179 00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,153 ROB: I'm just taking, I'm praying to Mary 1180 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,554 that the engine's not stuck 1181 00:40:56,721 --> 00:40:57,989 and I can actually get it running. 1182 00:40:58,156 --> 00:40:59,023 JOHN: I got an idea. 1183 00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:01,359 We do a coin flip for it. 1184 00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:03,795 Coin flip, 6500, 7? 1185 00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:06,130 ROB: There are a lot of different ways to negotiate 1186 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:09,200 when it comes to picking. The bundle, the walkaway, 1187 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:12,003 and maybe the most popular: the coin toss. 1188 00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:13,838 MAN 2: Heads I win, tails you lose. 1189 00:41:14,005 --> 00:41:15,239 MIKE: On the ground. 1190 00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:17,575 (laughs) It's heads. He won. 1191 00:41:17,675 --> 00:41:18,910 FRANK: It's heads. MIKE: Alright, here's 1192 00:41:19,077 --> 00:41:20,511 my professional flipper right here. 1193 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:23,014 MAN 2: Heads. MIKE: God! 1194 00:41:23,114 --> 00:41:24,749 MAN 3: And you called what? MIKE: I called heads. 1195 00:41:24,916 --> 00:41:26,918 MAN 3: Bingo! MIKE: Ah! 1196 00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:28,152 (Frank laughs) 1197 00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:31,189 MIKE: I hate flipping coins because I lose, man. I lose. 1198 00:41:31,356 --> 00:41:34,525 ROB: But unlike my brother, I don't lose. 1199 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:36,027 ROB: Alright. 1200 00:41:36,194 --> 00:41:37,395 JERSEY JON: It's got a heads and tails. 1201 00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,397 ROB: It's got a heads and tails. Are you calling it, Jersey? 1202 00:41:39,564 --> 00:41:41,566 JERSEY JON: Yeah, I'll call it. Unless you want to call it. 1203 00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:44,268 JOHN: No, you can call it. JERSEY JON: Alright. Heads. 1204 00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:46,804 Whoa. 1205 00:41:47,605 --> 00:41:50,241 ROB: It's tails. 7 grand. JOHN: 7,000. 1206 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,243 JERSEY JON: You won! ROB: That's alright, dude. 1207 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:53,311 JERSEY JON: That's alright, dude. 1208 00:41:53,478 --> 00:41:54,445 ROB: Seriously, John. That's alright, 1209 00:41:54,612 --> 00:41:55,880 I appreciate you, man. JERSEY JON: Thank you. 1210 00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:57,949 ROB: It's 7 grand, we're gonna have 1,500 in it 1211 00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:00,118 to get it home, that's 8,500. 1212 00:42:00,284 --> 00:42:02,320 I'm praying and hoping that I can get the engine running. 1213 00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:04,355 If I can't and I got to replace the engine 1214 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:06,224 and I got to replace the transmission, 1215 00:42:06,391 --> 00:42:07,825 it could become a money pit. 1216 00:42:07,992 --> 00:42:09,627 ROB: You don't mind this sitting here for a couple days? 1217 00:42:09,794 --> 00:42:11,162 I'll have Danielle get a hold of you. 1218 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:12,764 ROB: And then she'll work on the shipping of this. 1219 00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,732 But the other stuff, we'll grab and take today. 1220 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:15,867 JOHN: Sounds good. 1221 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,335 JOHN: I'm really glad that it's going to someone 1222 00:42:17,435 --> 00:42:19,804 that is going to be passionate about fixing up the car 1223 00:42:19,904 --> 00:42:21,773 and getting it back on the road 1224 00:42:21,873 --> 00:42:24,509 and maybe it'll have another life. 1225 00:42:24,675 --> 00:42:25,643 JOHN: Bye, guys! (honking) 1226 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:28,146 ROB: Thank you! JERSEY JON: Thank you!