Gladys: Don't get lost in it.
Mike: [laughs]
Robbie: You can get lost in this house?
Jerry: You realize this is not a 2-car garage.
Mike: And I'm still in the house.
Mike: This whole thing's about ready to cave in.
James: I don't want to decapitate anybody.
Mike: Alright.
James: This guy's an engineer.
Mike: There we go... [laughs]
Robbie: I'm an engineer.
Mike: When was the last time you saw one of those?
Robbie: I've seen them in books.
Mike: And that just commands the room.
James: I'll be buried with it.
Robbie: You're going to be buried with it?
James: Yeah.
Robbie: Two...
Mike: I'm not going to look.
Mike: Eight, eight, eight!
Paul: Come on four!
Robbie: Two, two...!
Mike: Come on eight, come on eight!
Robbie: Two, two! Mike: Eight!
♪♪
Mike: Dani is sending us to two brothers named paul and jerry.
Supposedly, they have 14 cars inside their house.
They've got so much stuff, that's why they've called us.
Robbie: It's right here, where are they at here?
Mike: I already got the flyer out, dude.
Pull over on this side.
Robbie: Yeah.
This house doesn't even look like it's big
Enough to have 14 cars in it.
Mike: Alright.
[honks horn]
Mike: [sighs]
Robbie: How're you doing?
Mike: Hey man...
Paul: I'm doing well.
Jerry: Hey.
Mike: You're walking like I'm walking. [laughs]
Robbie: Yeah.
Jerry: Who do we got here?
Paul: I don't have a choice.
Mike: Hey, I'm mike.
Paul: Mike, I'm paul.
Mike: Nice to meet you.
Robbie: Rob wolfe. Jerry: I'm jerry.
Mike: Hey. Yeah.
Robbie: Good to see ya.
Jerry: How're you doing? How're you doing?
Mike: Here you go, here's a flyer.
Robbie: You talked to dani on the phone?
Mike: Yeah.
Paul: I think so.
Jerry: Yeah, we've got some of those.
Mike: So what you guys got going on?
Paul: Well, we work on some junk in here.
Mike & robbie: Yeah?
Mike: When's the last time this baby ran?
Paul: Well, it's a '58, so maybe '59.
Mike: Yeah?
[group laughing]
Paul: Dad's passion mostly went to his cars,
And we had a hand in all of it.
Jerry: This is a building that we used to
Restore antique automobiles.
And other things.
Mike: Oh wow robbie, look at this.
So were you guys pulling engines out?
Paul: We, oh yeah.
Jerry: Oh yeah.
Paul: Yeah.
Mike: That's amazing.
That looks like a really old piece.
Paul & jerry: It is.
Mike: Wow.
Jerry: Came from a shop and a gentleman by the name of noll,
And nollville is where that actually came from.
But his...
Mike: Uh-huh.
His name's noll and it came out of nollville?
Paul: Yeah.
Jerry: That's right.
Mike: Really. [laughs]
No kidding?
Paul: Hard to believe it.
What are the odds.
Jerry: That and his brother...
Made sleighs and wagons.
Mike: Okay.
Mike: The engine hoist, a lot of the parts and pieces that we're
Seeing in this garage, are from another
Service garage down the road.
Mike: This is all local transportation history
And community history.
It really speaks volumes to the type of collector
Their father was.
Mike: So why have you guys decided to sell?
Paul: Well, our problem is space.
Mike: Yeah.
Jerry: We need to get rid of some of this stuff,
We have way too much.
Paul: Dad passed away in 2008.
Mother's still here, she's 96.
Jerry: Mom was the big collector.
She collected dolls, she has over 600.
We needed a dollhouse that happens to be
2- storey with 28 rooms.
Robbie: [laughs]
Jerry: Youngsters can walk around the top. So.
Robbie: 2-storeys?
Jerry: So, the house and the collection were really built
Around things that mom and dad did together.
Jerry: Our parents went to a lot of auctions.
And dad would go to estate sales,
And if something piqued his interest,
He would get in touch with us and say,
'hey need to bring a truck, need to bring a trailer,
Need to come in, we need to load things.'
Jerry: Sometimes it didn't seem so convenient,
But it didn't make any difference.
Paul: I got a room full of car parts back here
That you may be interested in.
Mike: Heck yeah.
Show us around.
Jerry: As we come up this way, you realize we have a lot of
Parts, things that we're still working on...
Mike: Oh yeah!
Jerry: ...Things that we have collected that
We really don't need to have.
Mike: So this was kind of the catch-all for everything
When you guys need it, early parts.
Jerry: Well yeah.
Mike: As soon as you walk upstairs,
It's completely different vibe than it is downstairs.
I mean, you can tell that stuff's been here
For a very long time.
Early car parts, model t, model a,
Some other off -brand stuff.
Mike: I want to get across over here and...
Jerry: Yeah you guys... Please be careful.
Paul: Please.
Jerry: Keep enough light there so you see where you're headed.
Just be cautious of walking, because the flooring we have
Through part of it, and the rest of it is not,
With flooring to walk on.
We don't want someone through the celling.
Mike: Dang.
Oh my gosh, this is crazy.
Jerry: Be careful the steel beams here, guys.
They're unforgiving.
They're unforgiving, that's right, just be cautious.
Mike: Whoa...
Mike: When you get into an area like this,
Obviously your eyes have to adjust.
And then you start trying to find anything you recognize,
You can connect to.
Obviously when I'm looking through it,
I'm looking for motorcycle parts,
Because a lot of these car guys buy out buildings,
And there could be a carburetor, there could be a dash,
There could be a taillight.
So when I'm going through it, I'm looking for anything that
I can connect to, and make a buck on.
Mike: I'm seeing if there's any...
Old tires here that are motorcycle-size.
Robbie: Look at that!
This is all the motorcycle stuff.
Mike: What!
Robbie: Yeah.
Paul: What are you finding, fellas?
Mike: No way!
Robbie: Uh, motorcycle parts.
Mike: Jd- jd parts.
Harley jd parts.
Paul: Jd, okay.
Mike: It's like '20s.
Got a transmission.
Mike: We have a transmission that's missing the kicker cover.
Mike: Yeah, it's early jd.
Here's a rear brake pedal, a mounting arm.
Robbie: This is the... Speedometer.
Mike: Speedometer drive.
This is the rear brake band.
Mike: This is a perfect example of a car guy
Buying parts and pieces.
And lucky for me, some of it ended up being motorcycle.
Mike: Part of a clutch piece.
Look at that, this is what's left of a teacup pedal light.
Paul: Okay.
Mike: Yeah, it's shaped like a teacup.
Robbie: A seat.
Mike: ...Have any hardware on it. It's jd.
The seat is not useable, but the seat frame is there.
Would you guys sell these parts?
Jerry: Sure. Paul: Sure.
Mike: All this stuff adds up to a bike.
I mean, it's very rare to find a complete motorcycle anymore.
Usually you're going to find a frame or a fork or an engine.
I've built bikes before out of engines.
I've started with a 1912 indian twin engine...
Paul: Um-hm.
Mike: And then I bought the frame,
And then I bought the fork, and then I was lucky enough
To find the gas tank that had paint on it.
And then you just start the journey, you know.
Paul: Super.
Mike: Yeah. For all of it, umm...
600 bucks.
Jerry: I'd say yeah.
Mike: [laughs] okay.
Paul: I defer to my younger brother.
Mike: We're doing it? We're doing it?
Alright, we're doing it.
Jerry: Yeah.
Mike: Ahh! Robbie!
Look at that.
Robbie: Oh that's cool.
Mike: This goodyear spark plug cabinet is
A point- of- sale piece.
The cabinet looks like a horse stepped on it.
But what's interesting about it is,
The bottom of the spark plug is cut out.
There must have been a light behind that.
Robbie: I never seen that one before.
Mike: Would you guys sell this?
Jerry: Yes.
Paul: Depends on how much.
Mike: 200 bucks.
Jerry: What?
Mike: We'll do it?
Paul: Yeah, you bought it.
Jerry: [laughs]
Mike: Alright, we're doing it.
Mike: Robbie, look at this can.
It's a grease cup can, but it's huge.
I think the retail on that is...
Robbie: 275.
Mike: 150.
Paul: Absolutely.
Mike: Alright, awesome.
Thank you very much.
Jerry: Okay guys, come on in.
This is where the main house is actually located,
Where we grew up as youngsters.
Robbie: Yeah?
Jerry: And as you come in, you'll realize that...
This is not a 2-car garage, but instead a country kitchen.
Mike: Oh this was a 2-car garage?
Jerry: Used to be.
Mike: Oh wow.
Robbie: Wow!
Man, this is like family dinners.
Mike: [laughs] paul: It was.
Jerry: Absolutely.
Robbie: Yeah.
Jerry: Hey mom.
We got some folks out here we'd like for you to meet.
Mike: Hey, I'm mike.
Gladys: Hi mike.
Mike: Nice to meet you. Thanks for having us.
This is my brother, robbie.
Robbie: How're you doing, nice to meet you.
Gladys: Hi.
Mike: Yeah, we've heard a lot about you.
We heard you have a 2-storey dollhouse, in your house.
Gladys: I do.
Robbie: Look at her face, she acts like it's no big deal.
Gladys: [laughs]
Robbie: She's like, I do have a 2-storey dollhouse.
Gladys: There's over 300 dolls in this house.
Robbie: In the dollhouse?
Mike: What's the oldest doll you have?
Gladys: When I was 10 years old, she's sitting out
There by the little piano, in a high chair.
Mike: That's incredible.
Gladys: She's cute too.
Mike: Is she?
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Well, would it be okay if we looked around a little bit?
Gladys: Sure.
Don't get lost in it.
[group laughing]
Robbie: You can get lost in this house?
Gladys: Wait until you see what all's back there.
Paul: Dad always appreciated anything, everything.
Mike: All of a sudden you're just dropped
Into a dark dive bar.
You feel like you're dropped into another world.
Paul: We always called that "dad's room."
The bar and the guns and the mechanical
Machines and so forth.
The brass rail came out of a local hotel.
Jerry: When you went in that particular room
And saw it lit up, it was inviting.
Mike & robbie: Look at this. Automatic hostess.
Mike: The automatic hostess.
The jukebox is unbelievable.
I've never seen one of these in person,
Only in a book.
Robbie: You guys know where this thing came
From or where your dad or mom got it?
Paul: They bought it at auction.
It was in uso clubs.
Paul: The automatic hostess was something a soldier or
Whatever could have walked up, dropped a coin in,
And been able to talk to someone on the phone,
Which was the hostess in this case,
Who had records that could be played,
And then make a selection of something to be played.
And that's how it was actually operated.
Paul: If you look at some of the selections
To be played, all 1940s.
Mike: Uh-huh.
Paul: The very first one is anchors aweigh.
Mike: Yes.
Mike: This is brilliantly designed,
Because the way they have backlit the image of her,
It looks like you're staring at a girl in a dark bar.
It's almost like you're staring in her eyes, you know.
So if you're on the ribbon mic, you've had a few beers,
There was probably some encouragement,
Negotiation, flirting, getting you to spend more than a nickel
And get 25 cents out of you, [laughing] you know.
Robbie: What's the mechanisms on the
Bottom look like, mike?
Mike: I mean, everything seems to be intact.
I'm just looking at where the receiver action would
Have been going to a phone line.
Robbie: I can make a phone call to a guy.
Mike: Who would you call, what's his name zapps?
Robbie: Yeah, I can call bill. I mean...
Mike: Call him and ask him.
Robbie: If there's anyone to call about anything coin-op,
It's bill.
He's our go-to guy.
He's in chicago, and he grew up around this in the '50s.
[phone ringing]
Bill: Hey, its bill here...
Robbie: Hey bill, rob wolfe.
Robbie: Good. Hey I'm looking at an automatic hostess.
You familiar with that machine?
Robbie: It's pretty complete.
The outside light up bars, they're a little bit melted.
Mike: Right here, it says um...
American telephone and telegraph company western electric.
Mike: There's one speaker right here.
Mike: Uh... It says...
"automatic instro company electro dynamic speaker."
So no, it doesn't say western electric.
Robbie: It doesn't say western electric.
Mike: It does have the coin-op mechanism in it.
Robbie: And it does have the tube amps down below.
Mike: We have the cabinet, we have the song card,
We have got incredible graphics, you've got the "talk to me"...
Robbie: The hostess is there.
Mike: ...Looks like a ribbon mic, you know.
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: It looks like it's the original paint on the cabinet
And the paint's really nice, to be honest with you.
Robbie: Yeah.
Actually I mean, the cabinet is not beat up.
Robbie: Yeah, it's in the bottom, the...
Mike: Yeah so you're, you're talking about the turntable that
Would have been at a different space for
Someone to put a record on?
Mike: Yeah, no that's, that's not here.
Robbie: That's not here.
Robbie: What kind of value is it?
Robbie: So.
Mike: Okay so...
Robbie: Now on the $4,000, bill, that-
That would be a complete one?
Robbie: Right, including, including the turntable.
Robbie: Okay.
Alright, we appreciate the input, buddy.
Thank you so much.
Robbie: Alright, have a good one. Thanks.
Robbie: There you go.
Mike: I think the cabinet on it is in incredible shape.
Do you have any idea what you'd want for it?
Jerry: 2,750.
Mike: I see 26.
Mike: What brings the value down with this
Piece is the fact that it's not complete.
You know, it's missing the turntable,
The plastic or the catalin, whatever it is that's on the
Side lights is melted pretty bad.
And who knows what else is missing.
Mike: We're so close.
Jerry: Brother paul, what do you say?
Paul: Yeah, we won't have to move it.
Jerry: Sold.
Mike: 26?
Alright, I appreciate ya. Thank you.
Paul: Absolutely.
Mike: Thank you so much.
Robbie: This is a great space.
Mike: That's a good piece.
Robbie: There's stuff everywhere.
Mike: You got a nickel?
Robbie: We're going to go for a win here.
Pick the number.
Mike: Eight.
Paul: Four.
Robbie: Two.
Mike: I'm not going to look.
Robbie: Two!
Paul: Come on four!
Mike: Eight, eight, eight!
Robbie: Two, two!
Mike: Come on eight! Come on eight!
Robbie: Two, two!
Mike: Eight!
Robbie: Ah!
There it is- 2!
Mike: Yeah...
It was so close!
Robbie: 2!
Who got 3?
Group: Nobody.
Robbie: Oh...
Mike: [laughs] robbie: Oh...
Mike: You guys want to sell this?
Paul: What are you talking?
Mike: I'd do 500.
I think it's worth like 8-and-a-half, 9.
Paul: Suits me.
Jerry: Gone. Mike: Okay.
Mike: I appreciate that. Thank you, brother.
Robbie: Hey, did you see this still over here?
Real one.
Mike: Oh no, wow yeah that is cool.
Jerry: It's a local piece.
Mike: The great thing about this still is its size.
So many of them are so large,
It's really difficult to display.
The other thing is, it's out of the hills of western virginia.
Robbie: It's complete.
Mike: People will buy it for the same reason
That you guys would have it here...
Paul: Just because.
Robbie: Yeah. Well...
Mike: ...For- for décor.
What are you thinking on this?
The worm thumper and the funnel.
Paul: 300?
You'll probably get 6 for it.
Mike: I mean, I...
I hope so. [group laughing]
Mike: I'm doing it. Alright, I'm doing the 3.
Robbie: I think we need to go check on the guys.
Gladys: No, I want to show you some dolls.
I put them together and I made their clothes.
Robbie: Okay.
Gladys: 300 out here.
Robbie: Wow.
Robbie: She has dolls everywhere.
They go up to the ceiling.
And in the middle of the room is the
Largest dollhouse I've ever seen.
Robbie: Who built this gigantic dollhouse for ya?
Gladys: Paul, and paul.
Robbie: Paul and paul did.
Gladys: Yeah.
Robbie: Oh it's amazing.
Gladys: My husband and paul.
Robbie: I appreciate looking at these dolls,
But this is not in my wheelhouse.
I'm more of a gas-and-oil guy.
Gladys: I got some more dolls I would like to show you.
Robbie: Oh okay.
Jerry: Here's another room you might like, mike.
Mike: Alright.
Whoa-ho-ho-ohh!
Oh my gosh!
Mike: You look down and there's the car collection.
Mike: And I'm still in the house.
Paul: Still in the house.
Mike: I mean, it's crazy.
It's not anything that you would ever expect because
Of how unassuming the house is from the outside.
Mike: This is nuts!
Paul: Well, a lot of people say that.
Mike: And then all along the mezzanine are different types of
Things that he collected as well-implements,
Wagons, toys-every inch of space is being used.
It's incredible.
Mike: Where's robbie at?
Mike: When I'm on a pick like this that's overwhelming,
That's huge, and that every inch of every room is mind-blowing,
I'm not concerned with what my brother's doing.
Gladys: I like sewing for dolls.
Robbie: I- I can imagine.
Gladys: I made all of those dresses.
Robbie: All these.
Gladys: I've had a doll since I was 10 years old.
And when we started collecting dolls came up,
I said, paw I need that doll.
Robbie: Where do you think those guys went?
Gladys: I don't know.
But I want to show you the dolls I have here.
Robbie: Oh okay.
Mike: So how old were you guys when this was built?
Paul: Oh we helped build it.
Mike: Oh my gosh.
Paul: Yeah, we usually work 7 days a week.
Jerry: The construction of everything that happened here
Was all from his own design, in his head.
Jerry: We didn't have any schematic
Or blueprint to go with.
And our youngsters pitched in, our wives pitched in,
So you know, it was... A family affair.
Paul: Yeah... It's always been... Been a family affair.
Mike: Oh... My... Gosh...
Robbie: There's so any of them.
Gladys: There is abraham lincoln,
George washington, martha washington...
Robbie: ...Washington.
Gladys: Abigail adams, and...
Robbie: Yeah?
Gladys: John adams.
Robbie: Wow.
Robbie: You know what, I have 3 daughters at home.
I played dolls with my daughter when they were younger.
Gladys is reliving her life through all these dolls here.
Robbie: She's 96 years old and has never lost the passion.
I love the fact that she made all the clothes for these.
The fact that paul sr. Built this dollhouse in here for her,
It shows how much love they had for each other.
Robbie: We're going to go see the guys now.
Gladys: Okay.
Robbie: Alright.
Mike: So have you guys decided what cars you
Are going to sell in here?
Paul: Not really.
Jerry: No, not really.
Mike: You guys are still talking about it as a family?
Jerry: Exactly.
Mike: Okay.
I understand that. You got the harley!
Jerry: Well yeah.
Mike: Okay, well you didn't say that, dang!
Who restored this?
You guys restore this bike?
Jerry: Nope.
That's how dad bought it.
Mike: Have you guys run this? Ever start-
Jerry: I've never, never had it started.
Mike: Never started it.
Jerry: No.
Mike: No kidding, you've never wanted to?
You've never wanted to mess around with it?
Jerry: Not a motorcycle guy.
Mike: I know, but I mean, you don't have to be a
Motorcycle guy with a sidecar on it.
Paul: [laughs]
Mike: You know what I mean?
Jerry: Yeah right.
Mike: It's- it's easy.
Paul: Yep.
Mike: Have you guys decided what you're going to do with this?
Paul: Well, we have a local fella that's interested in it.
Mike: Okay.
Jds are really starting to come around value-wise.
Paul: What kind of a value would you think it would be?
Mike: This is what I'd call a...
For lack of a better term, like old man restoration.
Mike: This is a rider's restoration,
Meaning the person that did this bike,
They were going to ride it, they were going to enjoy it,
They were going to wear it out
On the road, man.
This isn't a museum-quality restoration where everything is
Done to spec.
Mike: You know like, if you look at the cylinders on the bike,
Those have been painted silver.
Jerry: Okay.
Mike: You know, if the bike ran well, um...
Anywhere between 25 and 30, is what it would realize,
You know I mean, 30 would be like...
The high, high, high side of it.
Paul: Um-hm.
Mike: If this was a museum quality restoration that was
Done well, it would be like 50 grand.
The restoration really hurts it.
But the bike itself has a great look to me,
Because I'm a rider.
I'll ride this stuff.
And if I'm going to buy something that's restored,
This is the kind of restoration I like.
Mike: You don't got to worry about gas pouring out on the gas
Tank, you don't got to worry about scratching it.
You know, you get to enjoy it the way it was meant to be.
Mike: What about the...
The sidewalk bike with the sidecar?
Is that something you'd consider selling?
Paul: Sure.
That's the only one I've ever seen like that.
Mike: So many bicycles and toys from this time period
Were built to emulate a motorcycle.
I mean, think about this - if there's a child riding a little
Sidewalk bike, got a sidecar next to it.
Another child is riding in the sidecar,
Or their doll, or their teddy bear.
But the cool thing about it is, when you really look at it from
The side, the lines are exactly like an early sidecar.
And I can see why their father bought it,
Because it's sitting right next to the harley
That has a sidecar on it.
Mike: So there's always a theme with the father,
And he's creating all these moments with his collection.
It's pretty cool.
Mike: The sidecar is very rare, the bike is not rare.
And it's kind of a common bike.
And they even made what they called "convertibles,"
Where this, see this screw right here?
Paul: Okay.
Mike: That releases this bar, and it turns into a girl's
Or a boy's bike.
Um...
It's missing a rear fender.
The bicycle itself is like a...
75 to $150 bike.
Maybe as high as even 200 for someone that wants one real bad.
The sidecar is the big deal on it.
And if you notice too, the paint on the sidecar
Matches the bike quite a bit.
So they could have always been together.
Paul: Looks like.
Mike: You know.
Mike: I haven't seen a sidewalk bike with a sidecar
For sale in a very long time.
Mike: So the...
Robbie: Man!
This place is freakin' crazy!
What the heck!
Mike: Wow, you scared the hell out of me.
Paul: Where have you been?
Robbie: What's wrong with you guys?
Mike: Where have you been?
Mike: My brother just scares the crap out of all of us,
He's like a dog that's been tied up for 5 years
And he finally broke his chain.
Robbie: I was upstairs with your mom.
Paul: Okay.
Robbie: She was showing me all the dolls.
Mike: Did you buy one?
Robbie: ...No!
She doesn't want to sell any of the dolls,
What are you talking about?
Mike: Alright well I'm just looking at this sidecar here...
Robbie: What are you trying to buy here?
Mike: So this is a gendron sidecar, gendron bike.
I'd do 600 on it.
If that's something that you guys would do.
Paul: What do you think, brother?
Jerry: You got a deal.
Mike: Alright, my friend, thank you.
Another thing I was looking at too is this.
This is incredible.
You don't know if this neon works, do ya?
Jerry: I do not.
Mike: Is there a plug over here, robbie?
Paul: Uhh...
Jerry: Yeah, we had it plugged in years ago.
Robbie: Nothing. Probably a transformer.
It's a marquee piece, it would have had letters slid in there.
Paul: What are you thinking, 200?
Mike: No, I'd do 500 bucks on it.
Paul: Wow.
I believe you're the proud owner.
Mike: Alright, man, thank you.
Robbie: Hey guys, what about this weed chains sign?
It's actually a display piece.
This was a company in the early days that made
Chains for cars and motorcycles.
Robbie: Weed chains was one of those companies
That started in the model t era.
You had to have chains, 'cause there was no such things
As 4-wheel drive, basically.
You had to have chains for everything.
Robbie: This had little sacks that would
Have sat on here. 275.
Jerry: Sold.
Paul: I like it.
Robbie: Appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Thanks.
♪ ♪
Robbie: Wow! Holy cow!
Robbie: Wow! Holy cow! Dude...
Robbie & mike: Look at this!
Robbie: The heck!
So who was the collector of the toys?
Paul: Dad.
Paul: I can't remember when dad wasn't dragging something home.
Jerry: We'd come home, have to unload it.
Where are we going to put it?
Dad would be a driving force in saying,
It's not going to stay in the box.
We're going to put it somewhere where we
Can see it, where we can enjoy it.
Robbie: He grew up in the great depression, and...
Paul: He did.
Robbie: Yeah.
Paul: Yep. Born in 1921 and so he saw the full depression,
'cause it didn't start till '29.
Robbie: Yeah.
Yeah, he was what, 8 or 9 years old when the
Full depression was going on.
Paul: Exactly.
And it wasn't too long after that age,
8 or 9, that he bought his first car.
He told me he bought his first model t,
Couldn't get it started, and so he beat it up with a hammer.
[group laughing]
Mike: There's an eagle bank, robbie.
Robbie: I saw that.
Let's see that tidy tim on there too.
Mike: Yeah.
He doesn't have any of the tools.
Robbie: I noticed that.
Mike: The brushes or anything in there.
Robbie: Yeah.
Robbie: Paul sr. Was one of those guys that grew up in the
Great depression.
And if you think about a kid that's growing up in the great
Depression, he didn't have time to play.
He was out working, trying to help his family survive.
Robbie: So as he got older, these are things
That he missed out on as a kid.
Robbie: Its condition is, I'd give it an 8.
That's tidy tim.
Paul: Right.
Robbie: He cleaned up, he walked around,
But his tools are missing.
Paul: Hmm.
Robbie: He had the broom and I think a shovel that sat in here.
And I think it works, let's- let's make sure he works here...
Yeah, he works.
So umm...
I think the retail on this without the tools
In here is right around 450.
Paul: Where are you at?
Robbie: 3-and-a-quarter.
Jerry: I'd say about it.
Paul: Yeah, that works.
Robbie: Alright.
Paul: Absolutely.
Robbie: Thank you.
Thank you, guys.
I want to ask about this bank right there.
Love it.
Feed the birds.
[laughing]
Robbie: There it goes. That's it.
Paul: Who would have thunk?
Robbie: Condition on these banks is everything.
I don't see anything broken, but I would grade this at like a 2,
Because there is no paint left on it.
I mean...
Paul: I know it's not the best condition paint-wise.
Robbie: I think the retail on this thing's going
To be right around 350.
Paul: Okay.
Robbie: I'd like to be at 2-and-a-quarter.
Paul: What do you think, brother?
Jerry: Fine.
Robbie: Appreciate it. Thank you.
Jerry: That works.
Robbie: Thank you, guys.
Mike: The great thing about this pick is that their
Father wasn't pigeon -holed into one thing.
He wasn't just collecting motorcycles or cars or signs,
He was collecting anything and everything.
Mike: This is a neat little riding toy.
It's great 'cause it still has the bulldozer
On the front of it.
I'd do uh...
100-and-a-half.
Paul: I like that.
Mike: Thank you, guys.
Mike: Walking through the house is like walking
Through all these different dioramas.
Each room has a theme and that theme is directly
Connected to the collection that sits in it.
Mike: What about this klaxon horn I saw?
This is motorcycle.
250 bucks.
Paul: You like that better than I do.
Mike: Yeah alright, man.
Robbie: Believe it or not, I've been looking for this sign.
I have the frame for it.
It's the early gulf. 550.
Jerry: It's...
Paul: It's undisturbed.
Robbie: 550.
Paul: Alright.
Robbie: 550.
Thanks, guys.
Mike: So when robbie and I are walking around here,
We're overwhelmed, but every time I see something,
I'm on top of it 'cause if I don't buy it right then,
I'm probably going to forget about it,
Because there's so much down the hall.
Mike: How about this, would you sell this?
You can see little flea bites all around it, you know.
But overall, great subject matter
And it's a good size. $800.
Jerry: Sold.
Mike: Alright, I appreciate ya.
Thanks.
Robbie: Paul, I wanted to ask you about this norwalk sign.
It's a little beat up, but it's early.
Paul: Between 1912 and 1922.
Robbie: Somebody actually just reframed it,
Is what they did.
If it had better condition, and this thing was mint,
You're probably 12 to 1,500.
Paul: Hm.
Robbie: I'm thinking 650.
Paul: I know dad didn't pay that.
He'd be glad to hear that it went for that kind of money.
So deal.
Robbie: It's going to a good home.
Paul: I'm sure.
Robbie: Yeah.
Appreciate it, thank you.
Robbie: I look at paul and jerry,
And I think, some day that's going to be my 2 sons.
And they're going to divvy out my stuff.
I'm going to look down from the pearly gates,
And I'm going to be smiling, because we're only caretakers of
This stuff for just a short time in this world.
Their father didn't want this stuff sitting around.
They want to put it out there so the general public
And other people can use it and see it.
Robbie: Tell you what, guys, it's been a good day.
Paul: We've enjoyed it.
Mike: Paul sr. And gladys were living the american dream.
They had a big family, and they had the resources and passion to
Buy and collect all of these incredible things.
It's just amazing to me what they were
Able to achieve together.
Robbie: Thank you.
Jerry: Great to have met you, mike,
Great to have met you.
Mike: Thanks for sharing your family's history with us.
Robbie: Yeah.
Jerry: We have enjoyed being here
Today with mike, robbie.
It's been a treat.
I think they enjoyed it as well.
Robbie: Thank you!
Mike: I'll see you in nashville!
Paul: I was surprised at some of the things they found.
I really was.
It's been a great experience.
[honks horn]
Mike: See you guys!
Paul: Take care!
Jerry: Yeah, drive safe, there's other nuts out there.
♪ ♪
Robbie: Yeah... Mike: [laughs]
♪♪
[phone ringing]
Mike: Dani d, what's up?
Robbie: What's up, girl?
Danielle: How are my wolfe boys doing today?
Mike: We're doing good.
What's going on, mama?
Danielle: Okay, so I have a lead for you guys.
I'm going to send you to james, okay?
So listen, james is an old racer.
I mean, he's a hot-rodder.
This dude's been racing his entire life.
Mike: Nice!
Danielle: Yeah, he says that over the course of his life,
He's had about 300 cars.
Mike: How many has he got left?
Danielle: Wellll...
I think actually he's only got like... Two left. [laughs]
Robbie: Two?
Mike: [laughs] alright, what else has he got?
Danielle: I mean, he's got a little bit of everything.
You guys are totally going to dig him.
Also, he's usually working out back.
I'm going to let him know you're coming.
Mike: Thank you.
Robbie: Thanks.
Mike: This guy sounds cool, man.
I love old hot rod guys.
Robbie: Oh those guys got the best stories in the world.
Mike: They just, they've lived the life, man.
Robbie: Drag racing.
Mike: Boo, rain, rain go away.
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Alright, grab a flyer.
Mike: Look at that, man.
It's like the joe dirt mobile right there.
Robbie: Oh, a ranchero, man.
Mike: Yeah.
Robbie: Hello.
James: Hello there.
Mike: Hey-hey-hey, hey.
Robbie: Hey.
Mike: This looks a little different from the curb appeal.
James & robbie: Yeah.
Mike: What's going on, my friend?
James: Oh we're trying to...
Mike: Trying to sort through it?
James: Sort through it.
Good seeing ya.
Robbie: How're you doing?
Mike: I'm mike, this is robbie.
James: I collect automobile memorabilia.
Robbie: Dani talked to you about it?
James: Yeah, we got a little bit of everything here.
Robbie: Yeah.
James: Objects are important to me.
I'm a very insecure person.
Mike: 81 years of ford guy, huh.
James: Yeah at least.
Mike: Yeah? [laughs]
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: I'm a ford guy too.
James: Good.
Mike: Yeah, what time period do you like?
James: I really like '32 to '48, the flathead stuff.
Robbie: Oh yeah.
Mike: Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, me too.
James: I'm a flathead man.
Mike: When you collect old cars, you get
Immersed in certain time periods.
Like he's talking about, he loves the 1930s into 1948,
The flathead era.
That's exactly what I love too.
Mike: When I'm driving my old cars,
It's like a time machine.
I love 1930s fords, the '32 ford,
The '33, the '34.
I mean, all that stuff.
I love to drive it.
I'm living in that time period when I'm driving it.
Mike: Have you been blessed to have any '32s?
James: 18, I think.
Robbie: [laughs] mike: Really!?
James: Yeah.
Mike: Wow!
James: I had my first car at 13.
It was a model t, it was all apart.
Got it running, then got into v8s.
Over the years, I've had over 450 cars.
James: There's a lot of old people collect cars and parts.
Mike: So how long have you had these sheds back here?
This is kind of where you've been-
James: They're about 24 years old.
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Can we look in here?
James: Certainly.
Let me show you how to do this. It's...
Mike: Alright. You got like a...
James: Kind of...
Robbie: It's a tricky one, huh.
Mike: You got your security...
James: Well...
I don't want to decapitate anybody.
Robbie: Oh, there you go.
We don't want that to happen.
James: No. Grab ahold of this.
Mike & robbie: Okay.
James: The 2 of you.
Robbie: Yeah?
James: And go on up, go on up.
Robbie: Okay.
James: Go on up.
Robbie: Alright.
James: Go on up.
And see where it's come off the roller there?
Mike: Yeah. Robbie: Oh yeah. Okay.
James: Alright now let's take a stick, that- that'll work.
Robbie: This one right here.
James: And put it right there.
Robbie: Right here.
Mike: Alright.
James: The guy's an engineer.
Robbie: There we go.
Mike: [laughs] robbie: I'm an engineer.
Mike: Alright.
Robbie: There you go.
Mike: What's going on in here.
There's posters that have been eaten up.
Ugghh-rawr...
Alright...
Mike: When I'm in a building like this,
It's game on.
I love places like this.
The more I have to dig, the more excited I get.
Mike: Alright, I'm seeing some Saturday evening posts,
Life magazines, girl magazines.
Mike: I'm seeing a lot of paper, and it's not in a great shape,
Obviously, because of the condition of the building.
Mike: This whole thing's about ready to cave in.
Robbie: Yeah.
James: Don't hurt yourself back in there.
Robbie: Whoa, whoa, whoa! James!
James: Yes sir.
Robbie: What's up with this battery rack here?
An early one.
James: Yeah that is, that's for sale.
Robbie: It says "continental batteries" on it.
James: Yes, it's for sale, sir.
Robbie: Alright. Uhh...
James: How about 235?
Robbie: 235 dollars?
James: Yes sir.
Robbie: That's kind of an odd number.
James: Well how about 240?
Robbie: Umm...
Mike: He's using the old, throw a number at the wall
To see if it sticks, technique.
This is part of the dance, this is how you
End up respecting each other... Or not.
[chuckles]
Robbie: I was thinking like 60.
James: Well, you were thinking wrong.
Robbie: It's not that early.
I want to say it's probably from the '60s...
James: I have no idea.
Robbie: Here, hold on here, let me pull this thing out.
I'm showing you what it looks like.
James: It's very useful.
How about 175?
Robbie: 100 bucks.
James: 101.
Robbie: You got a deal, james.
James: Okay.
Mike: [chuckles]
Mike: James comes down $139 [laughs] to sell that piece.
He's just trying to get to know us,
We're trying to get to know him.
James: I'm 81 years old.
I would like someone to come in and buy it all.
I would crawl up to my bed and suck my thumb.
James: How about y'all go and buy it all, just one price?
Mike: [laughs]
Robbie: Buy it all, one price.
♪ ♪
Robbie: So you knew buddy holly?
James: Yes I did.
Robbie: You went to school with him?
James: I went in, in... We started in junior high.
Mike: What? What about buddy holly?
Robbie: He went to school with buddy holly.
Mike: Really!?
James: Junior high.
James: Knew buddy quite well.
Joe b. Mauldin and jerry allison, the crickets,
Knew them personally.
James: The trio played in assemblies and then they started
Picking up little things.
Joe b. Mauldin, he was the bass player,
And jerry was the drummer.
We had a hot rod club called the road dusters,
And we would go to amarillo, and we drag raced.
I mean, that was what we did on the weekends.
Mike: Nice.
James: I started racing when I was 16.
Friday nights, you would go racing,
And the local cops would stop you.
I remember going to jail one time.
James: Did that for years till I was in- in college.
James: We all met at the hidey-hole.
Everybody, you know, driving their cars around...
Mike: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Robbie: How many clubs were in lubbock at the time?
James: Well, they had the plainsmen,
The road dusters, the sun downers.
Mike: James lived in an era that I dream about -
Post- war america.
He lived through the time period of the hot rodding and the car
Culture, and the music, the movies - movies like hot-rod
Girl, rebel without a cause, the wild one.
When I'm talking to somebody like him,
It's living archives.
Mike: Alright, what do you got going on back here?
James: Oh I've been messing.
Mike: [laughs] robbie: Messing?
Mike: Look at that. That's pretty cool.
James: I love old chili signs.
Robbie: Chili.
I know, that's a cool sign.
Mike: The subject matter, the graphics,
The color, the size - this is one of those signs
You can only find in texas.
Robbie: Who doesn't like freakin' chili?
James: Yeah, that is a neat sign.
I got that at the factory, down in corsicana.
Robbie: Is it aluminum, mike, or just tin?
James: I think it's tin.
Mike: This is tin.
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: What about this sign, would you sell this sign?
James: Yeah.
I know what I paid for this sign.
Mike: Yeah?
What do you got to have for that?
James: 400 bucks is what I paid for it.
I want 450 for it.
Mike: Austex chili...
James: That's a neat sign.
Mike: Alright, shake the man's hand.
There we go.
Robbie: Got it.
Mike: Alright, we're doing it.
Robbie: Hey james, what's the deal with that
Summit lubricants behind you?
James: That's a stencil.
They painted on top of barrels.
Robbie: Correct.
James: 75.
Robbie: 60.
James: 85.
Robbie: Holy cow, you're going up.
James: I know it. I want 75.
Robbie: 50.
James: No, I want 75 for it.
Robbie: 75.
James: Okay.
Mike: What's that, "stanley customs,
Mike stanley owner."
James: That is an old boy over in oak cliff that built
A lot of great hot rods.
Mike: It's metal.
What are you thinking on this?
James: 100-and-a-half.
Mike: Alright, I'll do it.
James: Okay.
Mike: Alright, thanks buddy.
Mike: What about in the garage?
Can we look in there?
I saw you had a black car in there.
James: Well, it's got a lot of good ol' stuff in it.
That's a '51 ford victoria.
Mike: Did you restore this car?
James: I restored that car.
There's not a thing non-stock on this car.
It runs.
Robbie: It's a beautiful car.
James: It just...
[wolf whistles]
Mike: You need that, robbie.
James: Fascinating car.
Robbie: I'm good.
Mike: James, you got a series of books over here.
James: I bet I do.
Mike: Let me see...
James: [laughs] I've got all kinds of books.
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Here... Hand these out, robbie.
It's like a whole series of them.
Robbie: Right here.
James: Those are auto guides or I mean yeah...
Automo- yeah.
Mike: Yeah, a lot of it's like, old articles, uh...
James: They're great.
Mike: I know, they've got some great graphics.
Robbie: Oh I like that.
Mike: When you really get into collecting cars or motorcycles,
The next phase is the literature.
Robbie: Wow.
Mike: You know, you got probably...
James: I've got all of them.
Mike: I don't know, maybe like 50 of them.
Mike: A lot of this information is on the internet now.
But there's something about having the actual library,
You know, of all these different time periods at your fingertips,
Where you can turn the page, the glossy photographs -
That's still pretty cool.
Robbie: This one's all racing, mike.
Mike: Is it?
James: They're in nice shape.
Mike: They're great. I love them.
What are you thinking on those?
Robbie: Wow.
James: $20 apiece.
Mike: $20 apiece?
James: Yeah.
Mike: Wooh!
James: Try to find them.
Mike: I get that.
James: I haven't found one in 10 years.
Mike: You bought them all!
Mike: Literature has always been hot.
Sales brochures, books, dealer manuals.
You know, if you collect something,
You're looking at things that connect to it.
Mike: If I buy them all...
James: Uh-huh.
Mike: Can I get them for...
15 apiece?
James: Yes.
Mike: That was a quick yes.
Robbie: [laughs] james: How about no?
[group laughing]
James: That's a hell of a...
Mike: Well here's the deal - 15 times 50 is 750 bucks.
James: Okay.
Mike: There might be a little less,
There might be a little more.
Let's do 800.
Robbie: For all.
James: Is that with confederate money or american money?
Mike: Straight yankee money.
James: Okay.
Mike: Shake his hand, robbie.
Robbie: Alright.
Mike: Alright, we're doing it.
James: [laughs]
Mike: Thank you, my friend.
Robbie: I wanted to ask you about this
Flanged sign right here.
"south wind car heater, heats up in 90 seconds."
James: 80.
Robbie: 80 bucks?
Mike: Alright.
Robbie: I'll take it.
Mike: Oilzum.
Robbie: Oilzum.
Mike: '60s.
Mike: This marquee license plate is not in great shape,
But what carries it through is the brand that it represents.
Mike: Oilzum has always been one of those flagship brands.
Mike: What do you want for that?
James: Oh 3,000.
Robbie: [laughs]
Mike: Really. I thought you were going to say $3.
James: 30.
That's a low-ball.
Mike: Alright, here we go.
James: Oh.
Mike: Appreciate you, brother.
Robbie: Mobil freezone.
James: 75.
Robbie: I was thinking like 50, the paint's off of it.
James: No, no. I love it. I'll keep it.
I'll be buried with it.
Robbie: You're going to be buried with it?
James: Yeah. Have you ever seen one?
Robbie: 65 bucks.
James: Have you ever seen one?
Robbie: I've seen these before, but with more paint on them.
James: I have never seen- I...
Mike: What about this sign right here?
Hardware company.
Mike: The hardware store sign isn't in great shape.
But what it's got going for it, is the privilege panel.
That blank space in the center of it,
Where the dealer can put his name.
It says "hope, arkansas," so it connects it to a place.
Mike: And I saw this.
That came out of a train car.
You put your hat up there, maybe a newspaper.
James: That's a neat piece.
Mike: The train car shelf is cool.
Detailed, overbuilt, ornamental cast iron.
Anybody can use this anywhere.
That's the beauty of it.
Mike: 100 on that, and 70.
James: Okay.
Mike: Each one of these little deals adds up to
Us making some money in the store.
Mike: What about stuff like this?
Hot rod yearbook.
Look at that.
James: Look at the workmanship on that.
Mike: I know.
James: It's unbelievable.
Mike: It's crazy, right? 35.
James: Okay.
Mike: I appreciate ya.
James: Would you like to come in the house?
Mike & robbie: Yeah.
Robbie: Got more stuff?
Mike: You done looking around out here?
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: Thought you'd never ask.
♪ ♪
Robbie: Man, you got some stuff in here.
Mike: What about the poster?
Is that anything you'd consider selling?
James: Oh boy, I knew you'd...
Mike: I know, right?
Robbie: Yeah.
Mike: I mean, that just commands the room.
Mike: The carnival fun fair poster - very large,
Very colorful.
It's got the ghost train with the skull on the front -
It's an incredible piece.
Mike: What's the crazy number on that, james?
James: I'd take 3 grand for it.
Mike: Wooh!
Mike: He actually put a number on it.
Even though I know he doesn't want to sell it,
That number's just a little bit too rich for my blood.
Mike: Where'd you find that at, you remember?
James: Kinda.
Mike: Same place you got the knock-downs?
The knock-downs are gorgeous.
James: No, I know where- 'cause I got that in corsicana.
This guy come up on the street with that one right over there,
The single one?
Mike: Oh yes, single, okay.
Robbie: Yeah.
James: I said, where are you going?
He said, I'm going to sell this. And I said, no.
Mike: [laughs]
Mike: A knock-down is basically a figure
That you would throw a baseball at,
To knock down, to win a carnival game.
Some of them that are really crude that are hand-painted,
Can command a pretty penny.
Mike: So I- I see you're committed on the knock-downs
There, obviously, they're bolted to the wall.
James: Yeah.
Mike: But what about the freestanding one over here?
Would you sell that?
James: Yeah. Cockeyed.
Mike: I was going to say, did you see his name?
Cockeyed. [laughs]
James: Yeah.
Mike: This one is mass-produced.
The artwork is printed on the canvas.
Mike: What do you want for this one?
James: It's- it's amazing how the condition of them.
Mike: Yeah.
James: 200.
Mike: Woo...
James: That's a neat, that's a piece of americana, right there.
Mike: It is, man. I'll do 150.
James: No.
Mike: 175.
James: 175.
Mike: Alright. Alright, man, thank you.
What's this piece?
Robbie: It's a little kid.
James: That's a, that's a...
Mike: Wls. That's chicago.
Look at that.
James: That's a theater kit.
Mike: Look at that, robbie.
Mike: When I was a little kid standing on the seat next to my
Mom driving down the road, I can remember clear as day from the
Dashboard speaker, "wls chicago."
So I see that on the box, and it resonates with me.
Robbie: The theater kit in it, mike?
Mike: Oh yeah, it's got the makeup.
Robbie: It's- everything's in there.
James: Got the mustache...
Robbie: It's got- look at this.
Mike: Face powder.
James: Beard.
Robbie: Look at that.
Mike: Oh yeah, there you go.
Robbie: It's got leather on it.
James: Isn't there a little beard there, somewhere.
Robbie: Oh there's a mustache, beard, everything.
Mike: Look it, there's an old braid.
Mike: I'm assuming that this was a character actor's box
For somebody that worked for wls radio.
A lot of early radio shows were performed
In front of a live audience.
Which explains what's in the box with the makeup
And the fake beards and stuff.
Mike: Would you sell this?
James: Uh yes I would.
Mike: What do you got to have for this?
James: I want 300 for it.
Mike: Man, that's cool, you're on it.
James: You won't see another one.
Mike: Alright, you said it.
James: Okay.
Mike: Makes it real, it makes it real.
Mike: James.
Robbie: What's that?
Mike: Old charter whiskey.
This is just a box, this one's got a bottle in it.
Robbie: 1929?
Mike: What's really unique about the bottle is it's sealed,
And it's got a tax stamp from illinois.
Mike: 100 bucks for this and the box.
Robbie: ...And then the box.
James: Okay.
Mike: Some of the alcohol has evaporated.
The more alcohol that's evaporated,
The less value the bottle has.
This isn't something I would drink,
I look at it more as an artifact,
From the kentucky bourbon trail.
Robbie: What do you want for that?
James: 100.
Robbie: You got it out of europe, didn't you?
James: Yeah.
Robbie: 100.
James: Okay.
Robbie: But it's a pennsylvania company.
James: Yeah.
Robbie: Bell gasoline. I have the globe.
Robbie: Anybody that collects gas pumps,
That's an ad glass that went on top of the pump that they need.
That's the holy grail to finish their pump with.
James: 85.
Robbie: I'll take it. You're the man.
James: Okay.
Mike: James, what about these 2 pieces?
Airplane.
Mike: This is a radial engine airplane hood ornament.
The great thing about it is, it lights up.
There's a cord that comes out of the back that would have been
Powered to the car.
Imagine this thing going down the road,
It's got the propeller spinning, it's lit up -
It's an incredible piece.
James: Um...
Mike: Alright, this says...
Robbie: Giro plane.
Mike: The other cast iron airplane is unique that it's got
A propeller on the top and on the front.
Mike: For the 2... 450.
James: I'll do that.
Mike: Okay.
See, we agree, see I'm easy.
How about this thing? Mobil.
James: Isn't that neat?
Mike: What do you think of that?
Mike: Smoking was ubiquitous.
It was so popular, the ashtray became a
Design element in your home.
I mean, a lot of them were on elaborate cast iron stands,
They lit up, they were made out of marble,
They were made out of pottery, they were figures and shapes -
I mean, they were very creative, very artistic.
Mike: "in recognition of over 10 years, friendly
Business relationships with mobil oil company."
Mike: I think this was an award given to a distributor for
10 years of good service.
Maybe the guy that did 5 years got a keychain.
You do another 5, you get an ashtray.
It was a big deal to have this on your desk.
The flying horse...
[pretending to inhale cigarette] balling.
James: 175.
Mike: 200.
James: 200, okay.
Mike: I appreciate ya.
Hey, you know what, I don't take any of this stuff lightly.
The fact that you're even showing us around and,
And letting us see these things, means a lot.
Mike: Guys like james are the reason that I do what I do.
Their stuff, their stories, their passion - they're like an
Encyclopedia of car culture.
Robbie: James, I can tell you this much,
It's been one of those interesting days, my friend.
James: They're out here to make a buck.
I'm here to make a buck.
This is a game.
You got to love this thing or you wouldn't be doing it.
Mike: Thank you, my friend.
Appreciate ya.
James: Had a lot of fun.
[honks horn]
Robbie: Thanks, james!
James: Hey. Hasta luego.
Robbie: Keep it on 4 wheels, buddy.