1 00:00:02,502 --> 00:00:05,472 [western music] 2 00:00:10,878 --> 00:00:11,879 [phone rings] 3 00:00:11,979 --> 00:00:13,113 Mike: Dani D, what's up? 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,582 Danielle: Morning, guys. How are the backroads treating you? 5 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:17,618 Mike: Treating us well. What you got? 6 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:19,353 Danielle: I'm sending you guys to a grocery store 7 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:21,154 that was started in 1929. 8 00:00:21,255 --> 00:00:22,589 Mike: Really? Rob: Really? Damn. 9 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,524 Mike: So, what do they got? Like, old mercantile stuff? 10 00:00:24,625 --> 00:00:26,593 Danielle: It's one of those great family businesses 11 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:27,794 that's just been around forever. 12 00:00:27,895 --> 00:00:30,964 I've been talking to Michele and she's amazing. 13 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,299 And her grandfather is actually the one 14 00:00:32,466 --> 00:00:33,934 who started that business. 15 00:00:34,067 --> 00:00:36,670 Just for context, Michele's father is the one 16 00:00:36,837 --> 00:00:38,505 who actually started the five-and-dime. 17 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:40,307 Rob: So, he has everything in the - in the town? 18 00:00:40,474 --> 00:00:41,608 Mike: Her family's been in business 19 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:43,677 since the '20s on this street, in these buildings? 20 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:45,712 Danielle: Wild, isn't it? Mike: Wow! 21 00:00:45,879 --> 00:00:47,047 Danielle: The five-and-dime closed, like, 22 00:00:47,147 --> 00:00:48,181 a couple years ago, 23 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:50,751 but the grocery store closed, like, twenty years ago. 24 00:00:50,918 --> 00:00:52,286 Mike: They got a lot to be proud of. 25 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:54,521 They've had their business in that town that long. 26 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:55,789 Danielle: I think they're just really hopeful 27 00:00:55,956 --> 00:00:57,858 to have one of these buildings used again. 28 00:00:58,025 --> 00:01:00,627 Mike: Alright! Send us the address. 29 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:02,095 Danielle: Alright, bye. 30 00:01:09,036 --> 00:01:11,071 Rob: Alright. What's the address? 31 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:13,874 What's the address? 32 00:01:14,041 --> 00:01:15,609 Mike: What? Rob: The place. 33 00:01:15,709 --> 00:01:17,277 Mike: It's up here on the right-hand side. 34 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:18,712 Right here, right here. Pull up here. Right- 35 00:01:18,879 --> 00:01:20,580 Rob: I am. Mike: Where are you going? 36 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:32,926 Rob: Hey, is this Michele? 37 00:01:33,026 --> 00:01:34,261 Michele (phone): Yes, this is she. 38 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:36,897 Rob: Hey, um, this is Mike and Rob Wolfe. 39 00:01:37,064 --> 00:01:38,498 We're out front of your store. 40 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:40,834 Danielle, uh, talked to you about, uh, 41 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:42,302 coming down and seeing some stuff? 42 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:44,304 Michele (phone): Yes, she did... 43 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:47,874 Rob: Okay. Alright. This way. 44 00:01:48,041 --> 00:01:49,509 Mike: Okay. Rob: Okay. Alright. 45 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:50,911 Michele! 46 00:01:51,078 --> 00:01:52,312 Michele: Hey! Rob: How are you? 47 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:53,747 Michele: How are y'all? Mike: Hey! 48 00:01:53,914 --> 00:01:54,681 Michele: Surprised? 49 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:55,782 Rob: Rob Wolfe. Nice to see you. 50 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:56,950 Mike: Hey, I'm Mike. 51 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:58,318 Michele: My name is Michele Hiers, 52 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:01,455 and I am from the small town of Ehrhardt, South Carolina. 53 00:02:01,622 --> 00:02:02,456 Jason: Jason. Mike: Sup, man. 54 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:03,457 Rob: Good to see you. 55 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:05,392 Michele: Jason, he is my stepson. 56 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:08,462 He's worked on the houses around that we have. 57 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:10,030 He's worked on the store. 58 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:12,699 He's a jack of all trades, so he does a little bit of everything. 59 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:14,301 Jason: You all have fun, I'm gonna stay here 60 00:02:14,468 --> 00:02:15,602 and keep on cleaning up. 61 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:17,504 Mike: Thanks, buddy. 62 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:18,638 Michele: Alright, we're gonna head to the grocery store. 63 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:21,041 Mike: You're finally getting into, like, 64 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,275 just kind of removing some stuff? 65 00:02:22,442 --> 00:02:23,810 Michele: Trying to figure out what we're gonna do, yep. 66 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:25,278 Michele: The past two or three years 67 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:29,716 I just became involved more with the business. 68 00:02:30,217 --> 00:02:31,885 Um, my dad has dementia. 69 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:33,353 He couldn't keep up with everything. 70 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,622 Michele: When I was a kid, the streets were busy, 71 00:02:35,789 --> 00:02:36,990 especially on Saturdays. 72 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,425 That's when everybody came to town. 73 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:39,426 Mike: Yeah. 74 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:41,361 Michele: Right here was the drugstore, 75 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:43,463 and this was a tack shop. 76 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:44,698 Beautiful brick buildings. 77 00:02:44,865 --> 00:02:48,835 Michele: Back in '80s, '90s, the bigger stores, 78 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:50,404 they started coming in. 79 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:51,638 That did hurt. 80 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:53,073 Mike: When the big box stores started 81 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,410 coming in on the highway, that's how the game changed. 82 00:02:56,510 --> 00:02:58,612 And the consumer was the same. 83 00:02:58,712 --> 00:03:00,480 Their wants and needs were the same. 84 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:02,549 But the game had changed. 85 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:04,151 Unfortunately, that's what happened 86 00:03:04,317 --> 00:03:07,154 pretty much to every small town across America. 87 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:08,622 Mike: So, when did these go away? 88 00:03:08,789 --> 00:03:11,358 Michele: These went away probably about... 89 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:13,994 ...15 years ago? Mike: Okay. 90 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:15,662 Mike: When a business closes, 91 00:03:15,829 --> 00:03:17,464 and you can't rent that building, 92 00:03:17,631 --> 00:03:19,833 the building starts to deteriorate. 93 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:20,901 That's what happened. 94 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,636 There was no tenant to fill that space, 95 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:25,238 there was no use for that building anymore on Main Street. 96 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:27,374 Michele: And then right across the street, 97 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:30,444 we've got Granddaddy's grocery store. 98 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:31,645 Michele: Daddy will tell you, well, 99 00:03:31,745 --> 00:03:33,680 there's nothing left on Main Street, 100 00:03:33,847 --> 00:03:36,116 'cause, I mean, he remembered when it was booming. 101 00:03:36,283 --> 00:03:38,752 Michele: He opened the store in 1929. 102 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:41,254 Mike: You have to respect Michele and her family 103 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:43,190 for holding on as long as they did 104 00:03:43,290 --> 00:03:45,792 when so many buildings and businesses 105 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:46,960 were vanishing around them. 106 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,196 Michele: Alright, in 2000, my Granddad passed. 107 00:03:49,296 --> 00:03:53,066 When he passed, Daddy just pretty much closed the door 108 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:57,471 and left everything as is, and he went to the dime store. 109 00:03:57,637 --> 00:03:59,039 Mike: The level of respect 110 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:00,907 that this family has for each other, 111 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:02,876 a lot of people maybe wouldn't understand. 112 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:06,079 It's like, why would someone want to close that place 113 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:07,881 with all that money sitting inside? 114 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,449 Because inventory is money. 115 00:04:09,549 --> 00:04:10,984 Mike: This is cool. 116 00:04:11,151 --> 00:04:12,686 Mike: But to Michele and her family, 117 00:04:12,786 --> 00:04:15,388 it was done out of respect and love. 118 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:17,424 They left it exactly the way it was 119 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:20,827 because it was a reminder of how things used to be. 120 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:23,864 Just locking in time so many memories. 121 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:25,966 Mike: Oh wow, you guys got a butcher shop! 122 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:28,668 Michele: Oh yeah, Uncle Brighton, he butchered meats. 123 00:04:28,835 --> 00:04:32,172 Oh gosh, ham, bologna, and liver pudding. 124 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:33,440 Mike: Liver pudding? 125 00:04:33,607 --> 00:04:35,208 Rob: Liver pudding? Michele: Liver pudding. 126 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:36,476 Rob: They still serve it down here? 127 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:37,611 Michele: Mhm. 128 00:04:37,711 --> 00:04:39,479 You can still get it. I'm gonna get y'all some. 129 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:41,081 Before y'all leave! Mike: [laughs] 130 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:43,049 Rob: This is the epitome 131 00:04:43,150 --> 00:04:45,152 of a real southern grocery store. 132 00:04:45,252 --> 00:04:46,887 This place was the hustle and bustle 133 00:04:46,987 --> 00:04:49,790 back in the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s. 134 00:04:49,890 --> 00:04:51,558 These places are gone, man. 135 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:53,393 Just to be in there, you can feel the presence 136 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,862 of all the people that used to come here. 137 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:57,597 Mike: There's a Coke thermometer right there. 138 00:04:57,697 --> 00:04:58,899 It's inside the counter. 139 00:04:59,933 --> 00:05:01,034 There you go. 140 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,303 That one's in decent shape. That's in really nice shape. 141 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:05,038 Rob: It's made by the Donaldson company. 142 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:06,439 Mike: In the U.S.A. Rob: Yeah. 143 00:05:06,606 --> 00:05:09,309 1960s. $40. 144 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:10,744 Michele: 60. 145 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:11,912 Michele: I got to bickering. 146 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:14,447 I get that from Daddy, I mean, going back and forth. 147 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:16,149 Rob: 45. 148 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:17,284 Michele: 55. 149 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:18,685 Mike: [laughs] 150 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:21,221 Michele: [laughs] 151 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:23,590 Mike: I love this piece right here. 152 00:05:23,690 --> 00:05:24,858 Rob: It's cool. 153 00:05:25,025 --> 00:05:27,627 Mike: So, my brother and I used to work in Chicago as butchers. 154 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:29,629 All day long, I would cut porkchops. 155 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,832 That's what I would do all day long. 156 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:33,233 Rob: I did cracklings. Mike: Yeah. 157 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,234 Rob: You know what those are. 158 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:36,102 Mike: Yeah, and we would do that and you know, 159 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:37,671 we started on the kill floor. 160 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,039 Rob: My brother and I used to work 161 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:41,274 at a meat house called T & J Meat Packing. 162 00:05:41,441 --> 00:05:43,243 It was in Chicago Heights, Illinois. 163 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:44,678 Mike: I moved up to management, 164 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:46,246 I was more the face of the business. 165 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:47,781 I was on the counter, had the white coat, 166 00:05:47,948 --> 00:05:49,349 the paper hat. 167 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:50,884 They stuck Robbie at the crackling counter 168 00:05:50,984 --> 00:05:53,753 where he rendered, fried, and roasted pig skin. 169 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,188 Rob: It was cracklings, you know. 170 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:56,656 I would stir the cracklings up. 171 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:57,958 Mike: And that's where he stayed. 172 00:05:58,425 --> 00:05:59,392 Rob: I like that. 173 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:01,394 Michele: Oh, yeah, 'cause they had the paper 174 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:03,296 and they had the little tag machinery. 175 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:04,631 Mike: Here you go, ma'am! Rob: Here's your bologna! 176 00:06:04,731 --> 00:06:05,632 Mike: Here you go. 177 00:06:05,732 --> 00:06:07,601 Rob: There it is. Mike: That's 5 bucks. 178 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:08,835 Mike: Standing behind the counter 179 00:06:09,002 --> 00:06:10,303 makes me a little bit nostalgic. 180 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:12,839 I mean, I can remember going, "Okay, number 14!" 181 00:06:13,006 --> 00:06:14,107 You know, you were calling numbers 182 00:06:14,274 --> 00:06:16,343 and as fast as you could fill an order, you know, 183 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:17,611 you were moving onto the next. 184 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,847 Pieces like this made you stay efficient, okay? 185 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:23,316 It's right there at the counter, you can pull it out, 186 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:25,352 you can chop stuff right there, it's wood, 187 00:06:25,452 --> 00:06:26,987 it's got a cast iron base. 188 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:29,189 The beauty of it is you can clamp this to anything. 189 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:31,992 Mike: 75 bucks. 190 00:06:32,459 --> 00:06:33,593 Michele: 100. 191 00:06:34,928 --> 00:06:36,696 Mike: Alright. 100. 192 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:37,964 Alright, I appreciate it. 193 00:06:38,064 --> 00:06:40,233 Mike: You're right, he didn't throw anything away. 194 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,234 Michele: No. 195 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:42,636 When Daddy closed the doors, 196 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:44,838 he would just come in here to check on things. 197 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,607 Mike: Being in a space like this that's that large 198 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:50,477 with this much history and this much inventory, 199 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:54,080 you really have to take time to go through everything. 200 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,516 Michele: And of course, it's still like canned goods. 201 00:06:56,616 --> 00:06:59,352 Mike: There's still gum in here. Michele: Don't y'all want some? 202 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:01,054 Mike: Oh my gosh, for sure. 203 00:07:01,221 --> 00:07:03,590 Mike: Underneath stuff, in boxes, 204 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:05,992 under the counters, in the cooler. 205 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:07,193 Rob: There we go. 206 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:08,828 Mike: There we go. 207 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:10,230 Michele: You can tell that's been in there. 208 00:07:10,397 --> 00:07:11,231 Rob: Coca-Cola. 209 00:07:11,398 --> 00:07:13,366 Michele: The round Coca-Cola thermometer. 210 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:16,202 When I'd go in there to get stuff, it'd be so cold, 211 00:07:16,303 --> 00:07:17,637 I'd be looking at the thermometer. 212 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,474 Michele: What are you thinking? Rob: 150. 213 00:07:21,908 --> 00:07:22,809 Michele: You know you can go to 2. 214 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:23,944 Rob: 165. 215 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:25,245 Michele: 180. 216 00:07:27,747 --> 00:07:28,948 Mike: [laughs] 217 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:31,318 Mike: You know, it's like you never know 218 00:07:31,418 --> 00:07:32,686 where you're going to find something 219 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:34,721 because they were stashing stuff everywhere. 220 00:07:34,821 --> 00:07:36,189 Mike: Okay, what about the mirror here? 221 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:37,190 This is really cool. 222 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,558 Michele: That has been there forever. 223 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:40,360 Mike: I can tell it's been there forever. Look at that. 224 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,162 It's for bread, it's sliced bread. 225 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:43,964 Michele: Claussen's. Mike: 90 bucks. 226 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:46,499 Michele: 125. Got a star, wow. 227 00:07:46,666 --> 00:07:47,867 Mike: 100 bucks. 228 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:49,002 Michele: 115. 229 00:07:49,536 --> 00:07:51,071 Mike: I got - I got to have a little bit of a margin. 230 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:52,405 Michele: Alright, 110. 231 00:07:52,505 --> 00:07:54,307 Mike: Michelle must have been on the wholesale side of things. 232 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:56,676 She's got her negotiation game down. 233 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:57,744 Michele: 105. 234 00:07:58,511 --> 00:07:59,713 Mike: Alright. Rob: 102. 235 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:00,714 Michele: 105... 236 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:01,948 Mike: God, you're getting me every time! 237 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:03,950 [all laughing] 238 00:08:04,117 --> 00:08:05,719 Rob: Hey, Michele. Michele: Yep? 239 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:07,520 Rob: The old Lance Peanuts jars. 240 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:08,788 Rob: Lance is one of those companies that had 241 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:10,023 a variety of products. 242 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:12,392 Peanut brittle, crackers, peanuts themselves. 243 00:08:12,559 --> 00:08:16,196 They date anywhere from 1929 all the way up to 1960s. 244 00:08:16,296 --> 00:08:17,797 Rob: Yeah, these are the older ones. 245 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:19,599 The ones that have the arrows on them. 246 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:20,967 These have no arrows on them. 247 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,268 But they're all the same lids. 248 00:08:23,636 --> 00:08:24,637 250. 249 00:08:24,804 --> 00:08:26,806 Michele: 3? Rob: 275. 250 00:08:26,906 --> 00:08:28,008 Michele: 290. 251 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:30,910 Rob: Let me ask you this. How about- 252 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:31,911 Michele: You got something 253 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:33,079 going through your mind right now? 254 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,148 Rob: Well, I actually fell in love with that fan 255 00:08:35,315 --> 00:08:36,349 when I came in. 256 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:38,752 Rob: It looks like it's a 1940s-type fan. 257 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:41,020 If you can hang this up in a shop now, 258 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:42,822 it would move air with style. 259 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:44,858 Rob: 4 and a quarter for the pair. 260 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:46,126 Michele: 450. 261 00:08:46,226 --> 00:08:47,861 Rob: I'm gonna do what you did to me earlier to me today. 262 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:49,562 435. 263 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:50,964 Michele: 440. 264 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:52,499 Rob: [laughs] 265 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:54,334 I'm doing it. Michele: Okay. 266 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:55,635 Mike: Every once in a while, 267 00:08:55,769 --> 00:08:59,105 we are finding a small piece of advertising hanging on the wall. 268 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:00,807 Mike: Here's one in rough shape. Michele: Yeah, I know that. 269 00:09:00,907 --> 00:09:02,108 Mike: Right here, look at this one. 270 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:05,645 This one here is not in the best shape either, but... 271 00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:07,013 Rob: What's that one say, Mike? 272 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:09,983 Mike: It's Royal Crown, but it's all peeling but it's still cool. 273 00:09:10,150 --> 00:09:12,519 And then you got this one but there's no advertising on it. 274 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:15,422 Mike: Whether it's advertising on a mirror or a thermometer, 275 00:09:15,588 --> 00:09:17,991 there's like little pieces that are left. 276 00:09:18,091 --> 00:09:19,259 Mike: So, you've got these three. 277 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:20,393 Michele: Three. Ok. 278 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:21,828 Mike: I think - am I missing anything else here? 279 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:23,363 This was - was this the office? 280 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:25,265 Michele: Yes. That was the desk, yep. 281 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:27,434 Rob: This was the desk? 282 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:28,835 Mike: I love the filing system. 283 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:31,871 Michele: They knew where everything was though. 284 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:33,473 They knew where everything was. 285 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,475 Mike: These three. 50 bucks. 286 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:36,743 Rob: Condition is everything. 287 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:39,479 Michele: I'll go about on that because they are in bad shape. 288 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:40,713 I'd rather go 60- Mike: Wow. 289 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:41,714 Rob: Man, I was- Mike: Wow. 290 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:43,583 Rob: I was waiting for her to- 291 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,351 Michele: No, they're in bad shape. 292 00:09:45,452 --> 00:09:46,753 Mike: I can't believe that just happened! 293 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:51,458 Michele: We have talked a lot about what to do 294 00:09:51,624 --> 00:09:52,792 with the buildings. 295 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:55,428 We've talked about a beauty salon, 296 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:56,963 kind of a thrift store, 297 00:09:57,063 --> 00:10:00,166 and just open it up so people can come in 298 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:01,801 and enjoy what they remember. 299 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,236 Michele: Well, Jason... 300 00:10:03,403 --> 00:10:04,604 Mike: Oh yeah, we met earlier. Michele: Yeah. 301 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:06,072 Mike: Okay. Michele: Right, right. Yeah. 302 00:10:06,239 --> 00:10:08,608 So, he's interested. He even talked- 303 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,543 Mike: So, he's interested in doing a store in here? 304 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:12,912 Michele: A store, he's even talking about butchering. 305 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:13,947 You know... 306 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:15,081 Mike: Really? Michele: Just getting that back. 307 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:16,483 Mike: It sounds like they have a plan 308 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:18,485 and I love that it's generational. 309 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:20,687 Main Street will never be what it was, 310 00:10:20,787 --> 00:10:23,156 but the history is the foundation 311 00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:24,858 of what it could be in the future. 312 00:10:25,024 --> 00:10:27,627 A lot of these small towns are finding their feet again. 313 00:10:27,794 --> 00:10:29,229 They're embracing their roots 314 00:10:29,395 --> 00:10:30,396 and they're telling their stories. 315 00:10:34,567 --> 00:10:37,403 [gentle music] 316 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:41,307 Mike: Here's a clock right here. 317 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:43,877 That's in nice shape. 318 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:45,879 What do you got to have for that? 319 00:10:46,045 --> 00:10:46,880 Michele: 250. 320 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:48,481 Mike: [laughs] 321 00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:49,682 Michele: I'm gonna start high! 322 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:52,152 Mike: Alright, well, okay. You're ready to start high. 323 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:53,486 130. 324 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:55,755 Michele: Huh. 325 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:57,824 Mike: Well, you're going one way, I gotta go the other way. 326 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,626 Michele: Alright, we'll play. We'll play. Alright. 327 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:00,727 Mike: [laughs] 328 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:01,728 Michele: 225. 329 00:11:01,828 --> 00:11:03,062 Mike: 140. 330 00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:05,632 Michele: 220. 331 00:11:05,798 --> 00:11:08,434 Mike: I think the retail on this clock is 200 bucks. [laughs] 332 00:11:08,601 --> 00:11:09,802 Michele: Alright, 2. 333 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:11,838 Mike: That's what I'll get! 334 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:14,407 Michele: That Coca-Cola clock, I mean, that's special. 335 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,209 Because that's been there always. 336 00:11:16,309 --> 00:11:18,244 Mike: Let me leave that there, we'll think about it. 337 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,146 Michele: I couldn't give it less. I couldn't. 338 00:11:20,313 --> 00:11:22,749 Mike: Alright, what about this right here? 339 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:23,983 Michele: The counter? 340 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:25,618 Mike: That's the table, counter table. 341 00:11:25,785 --> 00:11:28,354 What's interesting about it is that everything is open. 342 00:11:28,454 --> 00:11:30,590 Which is great, you know, I mean for retail, 343 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,559 because you can approach it from either side. 344 00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:34,227 Michele: What are you thinking? 345 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:35,795 What do you have in mind? Mike: I don't know! 346 00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:37,030 Michele: You got something on your mind. 347 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:38,464 I know you got something! Mike: Of course, I do. 348 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:41,434 Of course, I do. But you got something brewing in there too. 349 00:11:41,601 --> 00:11:43,603 I mean, I'm so scared to say a number 350 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:44,704 because you're gonna double it. 351 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:46,072 Michele: Not necessarily. 352 00:11:46,239 --> 00:11:47,707 Mike: Well, I mean... Michele: Not necessarily, 353 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:49,909 but you know I'm gonna shoot for higher. 354 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:53,112 Mike: Well, I know. So, okay, 250 bucks. 355 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:54,314 Michele: 3. 356 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,183 Mike: Alright. See, because I wanted it for 3 anyway. 357 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:58,751 [laughs] 358 00:12:00,386 --> 00:12:02,388 Mike: Obviously, there is a lot of history here, 359 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:03,656 there's a lot of memories. 360 00:12:03,823 --> 00:12:05,658 But it doesn't have to be sad. 361 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,994 You know, when we're cutting up with each other 362 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,996 and bartering back and forth, 363 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:11,497 you know, we're having a good time. 364 00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:16,369 It's a celebration of like what her family was able to achieve. 365 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:18,438 Michele: See, we got another scale over here! 366 00:12:18,538 --> 00:12:20,440 There's a scale over here we can use. 367 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:21,641 Mike: Oh, that's the meat scale? 368 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:22,842 Michele: No, that's not the meat scale. 369 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:23,843 Mike: Okay. 370 00:12:23,943 --> 00:12:25,078 Michele: That was like the produce. 371 00:12:25,178 --> 00:12:26,879 Mike: Okay, that's the produce? Cheese. 372 00:12:27,046 --> 00:12:29,182 Rob: Cheese, vegetables, things like that. 373 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:30,917 Mike: Whoever's going to buy this isn't gonna - 374 00:12:31,017 --> 00:12:32,585 you know, they're not gonna reuse it as a scale. 375 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:34,554 It's gonna be just, like, a piece of décor. 376 00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:36,389 I mean, it's a great display piece. 377 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:37,757 50 bucks. 378 00:12:37,857 --> 00:12:38,958 Michele: Sold. 379 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,194 Mike: Oh... Michele: Yeah. 380 00:12:41,294 --> 00:12:43,029 Mike: Who are you? What's going on right now? 381 00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:44,397 Michele: You just wait. Mike: What's happening? 382 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:45,798 What's happening right now? 383 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:47,300 Mike: So, whose station was this? 384 00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:48,801 Michele: This was Uncle Hebert's. 385 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:50,003 Mike: Uncle Hebert. 386 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,671 To me, what a lot of this stuff looks like 387 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,506 is somebody made this, you guys made this. 388 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:57,010 This isn't like a piece you would order out of a catalogue. 389 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,879 Alright, so I paid 300 for the big one. 390 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:01,080 Michele: Right. 391 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:03,316 Mike: And now you got that little dinky one and this one. 392 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:04,484 What are you thinking on these? 393 00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:06,519 Michele: "Little dinky one..." [laughs] 394 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:08,755 Mike: It's dinky compared to the other one! 395 00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:11,724 Michele: Alright, I'm gonna start with 150. 396 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:14,661 Mike: [laughs] Michele: You know I had to. 397 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:17,664 I mean, I'm putting two together, like the big one. 398 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:18,665 Mike: I know, I know! 399 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:21,234 I appreciate it. I appreciate it. Alright. 400 00:13:23,269 --> 00:13:24,604 Michele: Let's go in the back. 401 00:13:24,704 --> 00:13:27,240 Now, this is the back of the grocery store. 402 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:28,308 Rob: Yeah? 403 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:30,410 Michele: So, this is where a lot of them would sit. 404 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:33,079 After they'd get their lunch, meat, and the cheese... 405 00:13:33,246 --> 00:13:34,814 Mike: Brother, there's signs right there. 406 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:36,449 Right here. 407 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,018 Are these the signs? What does that say? 408 00:13:39,185 --> 00:13:43,856 Rob: It says, uh, the grocery... DAN... 409 00:13:44,023 --> 00:13:46,192 Mike: This one is growing into the tree. 410 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:47,994 Rob: Jim Dandy? Michele: Jim Dandy. Dog food. 411 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,862 Rob: Oh, it's Jim Dandy dog food. 412 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:52,298 Let's tip this up. Right there. 413 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:54,500 These are all the compressors, Mike. 414 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,437 That's what it was, a cover. That one's toasted. 415 00:13:57,603 --> 00:13:58,771 Michele: Yeah. 416 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:01,074 Rob: Like, the sign like this where you can barely read it. 417 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,242 There's a product called Prep & Etch, 418 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:05,311 they use it for, uh, etching concrete. 419 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:07,513 You can actually get the sign to come back. 420 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:08,915 Michele: Can you really? Rob: Yeah. 421 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:12,018 Mike: 10 or 15 years ago, I wouldn't buy signs like this. 422 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:14,754 But advertising has gone crazy 423 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,789 and they are making products now 424 00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:19,225 that will bring back some of this color. 425 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:21,794 Mike: So, you got what, you got one, two - what's this one? 426 00:14:21,894 --> 00:14:23,629 Rob: Homelite Chainsaws. Mike: Chainsaws. 427 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:25,898 Michele: Homelite, is that like - I mean... 428 00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:26,899 Rob: Yeah, it's Homelite Chainsaw. 429 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:27,900 Michele: Chainsaw, yeah. 430 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,235 Mike: How about all three, uh... 431 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:31,971 all three, 400 bucks. 432 00:14:32,071 --> 00:14:34,240 Rob: I think my brother's taking a chance on these. 433 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:36,743 But if they clean up just enough, 434 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:39,045 they would look pretty damn cool on a barn. 435 00:14:39,145 --> 00:14:40,613 Michele: 450. 436 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:41,948 Mike: 425. 437 00:14:42,682 --> 00:14:44,117 Michele: [laughs] 438 00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:45,551 Rob: She's got that grin on her face. 439 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:48,755 Mike: I know! When she hits you with the grin, man. 440 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:49,989 Forget about it. Rob: She's like, forget it. 441 00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:51,157 Mike: Which way we going? 442 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:53,526 Michele: Alright, we got the barn right over here. 443 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:54,594 Rob: Yeah. 444 00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:56,796 Michele: And Jason. You got those bolt cutters. 445 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:57,797 Jason: I'm back. 446 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:58,798 Rob: He's back with the bolt cutters. 447 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,666 So, was this like the meat house? 448 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:02,268 Jason: This is just an old storage barn. 449 00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:03,669 Rob: There you go. 450 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:07,640 Mike: Shopping carts. Rob: Holy [bleep]. 451 00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:10,410 Alright, here Mike. 452 00:15:11,177 --> 00:15:12,879 Pepsi sign right off the bat. 453 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,248 There. 454 00:15:16,382 --> 00:15:17,583 Mike: Might be one underneath it. 455 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,952 Michele: What in the world could these be? I mean, I was curious. 456 00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:22,155 I was like, okay, what is in here? 457 00:15:22,822 --> 00:15:23,723 Rob: There we go. 458 00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:26,392 Up all the way. And I'll take that end out. 459 00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:30,263 Right there, I got it. I got it, right here. 460 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:31,430 Let me see. 461 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,833 [grunting] 462 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:34,967 There. 463 00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:37,103 Rob: It has original wax paper on them, 464 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:38,571 like they were never even put out. 465 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:39,872 Mike: There's another one. 466 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:42,041 Rob: Yeah, this one's got a little rust on it right there. 467 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:43,943 The fact that they were stacked, 468 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:45,444 that was the top one and that was the one 469 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:46,712 that got most of the moisture on it. 470 00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:49,382 Rob: It's typical of any sign that you find 471 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:52,351 that's been in a barn or a building like this, 472 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:55,755 the bottom edge was laying in some type of moisture. 473 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:57,423 Mike: That's not gonna come back. 474 00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,058 Rob: The first one had the most on it, 475 00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,460 but then the second one didn't have that much. 476 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:03,229 Then the third one actually looked cleaner. 477 00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:04,297 Mike: Are they dated? 478 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:06,833 Rob: It says 162, it's out of St. Louis. 479 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:08,801 It's not dated though. Self-framed- 480 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:09,969 Mike: Yeah, it is. Right there. 481 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:11,604 Rob: '66. Mike: '66. Yeah. 482 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:15,641 Michele: The color on the Pepsi-Cola signs, it was unreal. 483 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:17,476 Especially on the two of them 484 00:16:17,577 --> 00:16:20,480 that were inside and had that paper over them. 485 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:22,715 Rob: So, in varying conditions right here, 486 00:16:22,882 --> 00:16:25,218 you got about $2000 in retail. 487 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:27,220 Michele: Okay. Rob: I'm saying 1400 bucks. 488 00:16:27,386 --> 00:16:28,754 Mike: I was gonna say 1300. Rob: Yeah. 489 00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:31,991 Well, I already knew - here's how that works, Michele. 490 00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:34,961 I knew that he was gonna say 1300. 491 00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:38,598 I knew I better come in at 14 because you're gonna say 1450. 492 00:16:38,698 --> 00:16:40,466 Mike: No. Rob: Or you're gonna say 1500. 493 00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,668 Mike: No, that's now how you deal, little brother. 494 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:45,872 If you would've said the 13, she would've hit you at 1450. 495 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:47,406 Rob: Right, so that's why I'm already at 14. 496 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:49,475 Michele: 16. 497 00:16:49,642 --> 00:16:51,277 Mike: Now she's gonna say that. Rob: 16... 498 00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:52,945 Mike: 1500 bucks. 499 00:16:53,746 --> 00:16:56,582 Michele: 1550. Mike: 1520. 500 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:57,783 Michele: 1530. Rob: 15. 501 00:16:57,950 --> 00:17:00,186 Mike: 1525. Rob: 15. 15! 502 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:01,420 Michele: 1530. 503 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:05,024 Mike: $1525. 504 00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:06,259 Michele: No. 1530. 505 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,028 [laughs] 506 00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:10,029 Mike: Ah! 507 00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:17,103 Mike: Alright, what else do we got in here? 508 00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:18,971 Jason: Yeah, I'm curious to see what y'all can find. 509 00:17:19,071 --> 00:17:20,473 Michele: I know! We don't know what's in there. 510 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:21,908 Mike: That's a crate of them. 511 00:17:22,074 --> 00:17:26,045 Rob: Pepsi-Cola, Rock Hill, South Carolina. 512 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:29,649 For that kind of money, Michele... 513 00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:31,150 Michele: What do you want thrown in? 514 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:32,585 Rob: You got to have the crate. 515 00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:35,087 Michele: Alright, we're gonna give you the crate, okay? 516 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:36,422 Rob: You're gonna give me the crate. 517 00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:38,391 Michele: Right. Because you're such a bad negotiator. 518 00:17:38,491 --> 00:17:40,026 Mike: [laughs] Rob: Wow! 519 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:45,197 Rob: Anything up there? Michele: How y'all doing? 520 00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:46,699 Rob: Those are pop racks right there, Mike. 521 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:47,867 Mike: We're doing good. 522 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:50,202 You want me to look up in this rafter? 523 00:17:50,336 --> 00:17:51,704 Rob: That's what I'm doing right now. 524 00:17:52,705 --> 00:17:54,106 Trying to, at least. 525 00:17:54,273 --> 00:17:56,242 I can't really see anything up there. 526 00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:58,311 Mike: There's a thing up here that says Brooms on it 527 00:17:58,477 --> 00:17:59,679 that looks really cool. 528 00:18:00,513 --> 00:18:01,814 Rob: Ugh. Michele: Can you get to it? 529 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,582 Oh, you alright back there? Rob: I'm fine. 530 00:18:05,351 --> 00:18:06,352 Michele: The excitement, 531 00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:08,554 you can tell in their voice the excitement was like, 532 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:10,756 wait a minute, there's something more back here. 533 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:14,026 It's like... oh my goodness. What else are they gonna find? 534 00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:15,227 Mike: Wait until you see this, Robbie, 535 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:16,462 that you [bleep]ed up on. 536 00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:17,630 Alright? 537 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:20,032 Rob: Typical of my brother to throw it in my face. 538 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:23,035 Like, I was up there looking at something and I couldn't see it. 539 00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:24,637 Mike: Should I show up my bro, or what? 540 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:26,172 He looked in the same spot. 541 00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:27,373 Rob: Well, he had the different angle! 542 00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:29,041 Rob: Blue-Kat-Brooms. 543 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:30,543 It's a store display. It went like this. 544 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:33,079 Rob: Then he came over to my side and pulled it out. 545 00:18:33,245 --> 00:18:34,113 That's what happened. 546 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,348 Mike: Here, hand me that. 547 00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:38,417 Mike: This is very early, might've been a sidewalk piece 548 00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:41,287 or probably just floated on the floor of the store. 549 00:18:41,387 --> 00:18:43,990 Mike: I'll make this easy for you. 300. 550 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:47,460 Mike: Advertising is hands-on American history. It's art. 551 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:51,030 And it can be very clever. It can be utilitarian. 552 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:53,232 This cat - it's brilliant. 553 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:54,800 Michele: 325. 554 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,838 Mike: 320. 320. Michele: 325. 325, 325! 555 00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:00,373 325! 325! 325! 556 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:02,008 Rob: She's been there all day. 557 00:19:02,108 --> 00:19:03,309 Mike: What did I pay? 558 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:06,078 Michele: 325. Mike: Alright. 559 00:19:06,245 --> 00:19:08,547 Alright, I'm tapping out. I'm tapping out. 560 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:10,049 Michele: Okay. Mike: Okay. 561 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:12,184 Mike: Sometimes, when you do something for so long, 562 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:15,788 for decades, it really becomes a part of who you are. 563 00:19:15,955 --> 00:19:16,956 Mike: Alright, here we go. 564 00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:19,625 Mike: Now, imagine connecting that to your community. 565 00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:21,394 Mike: You got the brooms? Michele: Of course! 566 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:23,596 Rob: You guys found the brooms? Mike: [laughs] 567 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:25,765 Mike: Michele's family continued to be there 568 00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:28,734 for the community even when so much of it 569 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:29,935 was disappearing around them. 570 00:19:30,036 --> 00:19:32,638 Physically disappearing, buildings gone, 571 00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:36,308 and businesses gone, her family has stuck it out. 572 00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:39,645 Mike: Thank you so much. Michele: That's very nice. 573 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:40,646 Mike: You're awesome. Thank you. 574 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:42,081 Michele: Thank you. Mike: Had a great time. 575 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,482 Michele: The stores, 576 00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:47,153 I know they need to be restored or done away with. 577 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:48,888 They've been neglected to a point. 578 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:49,955 Jason: Have a good one! 579 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:51,257 Michele: Safe trip. Mike: See you guys. 580 00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:54,026 Michele: It was hard, but it's - we'll always have the memories. 581 00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:55,194 [honk, honk] 582 00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:56,529 Mike: See you guys! Jason: See you! 583 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:57,630 Michele: Take care! 584 00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:01,834 [western music] 585 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:03,903 [phone rings] 586 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,037 Mike: Dani D, what's up? 587 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:06,839 Danielle: Hey! Everything's good. 588 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:09,875 Hey, this morning, I'm sending you guys to meet Sammy. 589 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:13,045 Sammy's been collecting vintage cars his entire life. 590 00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:14,313 Mike: Really? 591 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,082 Danielle: Yeah, he even owned a hotrod shop back in the day. 592 00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:19,085 Mike: Nice! Alright, send us the coordinates. 593 00:20:19,185 --> 00:20:21,954 Danielle: Just don't bring home anything that I wouldn't drive. 594 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:22,955 Rob: We got you, Dani. 595 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:25,324 Danielle: Bring me sexy. I want sexy cars. 596 00:20:25,424 --> 00:20:26,325 Rob: Sexy. 597 00:20:26,425 --> 00:20:27,593 Danielle: Alright, bye boys. Have a good day. 598 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:28,994 Mike: Alright, bye. Rob: See you. 599 00:20:29,829 --> 00:20:31,397 Rob: Man... Mike: Sexy. 600 00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:33,232 I think - what does she drive now? 601 00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:35,468 Like, Toyota... '85...? 602 00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:37,436 Rob: I think she drives a - she drives a 4-door Caprice. 603 00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:40,840 Mike: No, it's a Taurus! Rob: It's a Ford Taurus? 604 00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:41,841 Mike: It's a Taurus. 605 00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:43,309 Rob: That's not even sexy at all! 606 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:44,310 Mike: What's she talking about, 'sexy?' 607 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:47,680 [rock music] 608 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:52,017 Mike: Look at that building. 609 00:20:52,184 --> 00:20:53,819 Wild façade on the front of it. 610 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:54,820 Rob: Brick. 611 00:20:54,987 --> 00:20:56,021 Mike: It's a big building though. 612 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:57,857 There you go, look at that, Jeep Wagoneer right there. 613 00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,959 Rob: That's a Belvedere right there, man, 614 00:21:00,059 --> 00:21:00,960 with the big fins on the back. 615 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:03,062 A Plymouth. Holy cow. 616 00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,231 Mike: Oh yeah, look at that. 617 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:06,265 There you go, I think that's- 618 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:07,633 Rob: There's a truck. 619 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,001 There's another truck. 620 00:21:09,168 --> 00:21:10,503 Mike: Oh, look at that Impala, man. 621 00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:11,704 Rob: 4-door. 622 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:13,105 Mike: Oh yeah. 623 00:21:13,272 --> 00:21:15,407 Rob: 4-door. 240Z! Mike: Oh yeah! 624 00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:16,609 Rob: 240Z! 625 00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:19,044 Mike: Oh my God, that brings back some memories, dude. 626 00:21:19,145 --> 00:21:21,013 Look at that, a 4-door Taurus! 627 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,748 Rob: Yeah, that's why Dani sent us here. 628 00:21:22,915 --> 00:21:24,717 Mike: [laughs] 629 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:27,486 Rob: Alright. 630 00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:30,756 Mike: Hey, you Sammy? 631 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:31,757 Sammy: Yes, sir. 632 00:21:31,857 --> 00:21:33,359 Mike: What's going on, my friend? 633 00:21:33,459 --> 00:21:34,360 Rob: How you doing? 634 00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:36,529 Mike: I like your yard here. Rob: Yeah. 635 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:37,630 Sammy: Thank you. Thank you. 636 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:39,899 Mike: How long did this take to get together here? 637 00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:42,735 Sammy: Well, uh, been here since 1984. 638 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:44,036 Mike: No kidding? 639 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:46,906 Sammy: My name's Sammy Campbell, and I've always been a car nut. 640 00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:49,842 You can't buy happiness, but you can buy another car 641 00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,443 and it's almost the same thing. 642 00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:54,213 Mike: What are you doing now? What do you got going on? 643 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:56,715 Sammy: Got a '53 Studebaker. 644 00:21:56,882 --> 00:22:01,754 Sammy: When I was 13, my parents bought a 1950 Studebaker. 645 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:03,355 Mike: This has always been one of my favorite 646 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:04,590 body styles that they did. 647 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:05,724 Sammy: Mine too. 648 00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:08,394 I wanted one ever since I was in junior high school. 649 00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:09,628 Mike: No way. 650 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:11,797 Sammy: There was one morning that - one Saturday morning, 651 00:22:11,897 --> 00:22:15,234 got up, and I asked my dad to take me up to the church 652 00:22:15,401 --> 00:22:17,503 because I was carrying the bulletins. 653 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:18,604 And he said, 654 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:20,639 "Here, here's the keys. You can go." 655 00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:23,375 That was my first experience at driving 656 00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:25,110 and it developed from there 657 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:28,047 with the love affair with the Studebaker. 658 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:30,482 Mike: Dani said you used to own a hotrod shop? 659 00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:32,751 Sammy: I tried to make a living at this for a while 660 00:22:32,918 --> 00:22:34,153 and failed miserably. 661 00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:35,354 Mike: Was your shop in this building? 662 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:36,555 Sammy: Yeah. 663 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:39,124 Mike: How long did you go at it? Sammy: About 12 years. 664 00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:40,659 Mike: Yeah, you gave it a go. Sammy: Yeah, yeah. 665 00:22:40,826 --> 00:22:41,961 Mike: Did you ever make any money? 666 00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:43,362 Sammy: No. I'm a dreamer. 667 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:44,830 Mike: That's right. Hey, you got to be. 668 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:47,199 Sammy: I've accumulated this stuff to preserve it. 669 00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:49,001 Most of the time, I can look at something 670 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:52,872 and see a finished product in my mind, color and everything. 671 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:53,872 Sammy: I'm a dreamer. 672 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,241 I've never bought anything 673 00:22:55,407 --> 00:22:57,876 that I was thinking of the tail end of, 674 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,813 thinking I'm gonna flip this and make lots of money on it. 675 00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:02,615 I bought it because I love the car. 676 00:23:03,983 --> 00:23:04,984 Mike: Anything good? 677 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:06,485 Rob: Sammy, you want to sell these? 678 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:07,586 Sammy: No, but I would. 679 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,021 Rob: [laughs] Mike: [laughs] 680 00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:10,656 Sammy: Those are real old. 681 00:23:10,823 --> 00:23:13,459 Rob: Hartsville, South Carolina. Hartsville Motor Company. 682 00:23:13,626 --> 00:23:14,860 They were what kind of dealer? 683 00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:16,428 Sammy: Ford dealership. Rob: Ford dealership. 684 00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:19,498 $50 for the pair. 25 bucks apiece. 685 00:23:19,665 --> 00:23:20,499 Sammy: Okay. 686 00:23:20,666 --> 00:23:21,900 Rob: Appreciate it. Thanks Sammy. 687 00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:23,602 Mike: So, what's going on with this car right here? 688 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,104 Sammy: '37 Ford. Rob: Oh wow. 689 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:27,706 Sammy: That was my wife's every day transportation 690 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:29,842 for 3 years, about 20 years ago. 691 00:23:29,942 --> 00:23:30,843 Mike: Okay. 692 00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:32,478 Rob: It looks like it's in damn good shape! 693 00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:36,282 Sammy: It is absolutely the most perfect body I have ever seen. 694 00:23:36,382 --> 00:23:37,583 Mike: Is this original paint? Is that the original... 695 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:39,285 Sammy: No, it's not the original paint. 696 00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:42,021 But it's, uh, it looks like a mirror. 697 00:23:42,187 --> 00:23:43,188 Rob: Yeah. 698 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,390 Sammy: It's cleaned up. Mike: What's going on with this? 699 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:45,791 What do you value this at? 700 00:23:45,958 --> 00:23:47,760 If somebody - you have the whole car, I take it? 701 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:48,794 Sammy: Yeah. 702 00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:51,397 I've been thinking in terms of about 35 grand. 703 00:23:51,497 --> 00:23:52,998 Mike: Okay. Like this? 704 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:54,233 Sammy: Yeah. Mike: Yeah. 705 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,669 Rob: You know, by the time you find everything to the car, 706 00:23:56,835 --> 00:23:57,836 gather it, ship it, 707 00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,571 and then have me put it all back together, 708 00:23:59,672 --> 00:24:02,274 it's probably worth 30, 35,000. 709 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,476 But there's a lot of work to go into it. 710 00:24:08,514 --> 00:24:11,483 [rock music] 711 00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:13,552 Mike: So, what'd you call us for? 712 00:24:13,652 --> 00:24:16,188 Sammy: Well, we're aging out, of course. 713 00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:19,391 And we don't have anybody that's interested in it behind us. 714 00:24:19,491 --> 00:24:20,526 Rob: Yeah. Mike: Really? 715 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:22,561 Sammy: There's nobody really interested in this stuff 716 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:24,129 that I've done all these years. 717 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:27,366 My son and daughter could care less about any car in here. 718 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:28,634 Mike: We're all gonna be there. 719 00:24:28,801 --> 00:24:29,935 Sammy: Uh-huh. That's right. 720 00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:33,238 Mike: As collectors, we want someone from your family 721 00:24:33,405 --> 00:24:35,974 to love this stuff as much as you do. 722 00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:38,677 But if that doesn't happen, then you start looking for the people 723 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:41,947 that understand it and want to take it across the finish line. 724 00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:43,282 Mike: Can we look around a little bit? 725 00:24:43,449 --> 00:24:45,718 'Cause you got so much stuff to see in here. 726 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:46,919 Sammy: Yeah. 727 00:24:47,019 --> 00:24:48,821 Mike: You want to sell that sign for your hotrod shop? 728 00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,556 Sammy: I don't want to sell it. Mike: I don't blame you. 729 00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:52,725 Sammy: Handmade. Mike: It's cool. 730 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:56,528 Sammy: If I had many, many, many, many, many more years 731 00:24:56,628 --> 00:25:00,265 and unlimited finances, I don't think I'd sell anything. 732 00:25:00,432 --> 00:25:02,735 Rob: Five years ago, I was just like Sammy. 733 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:04,470 But I learned from these old guys, 734 00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:06,238 you got to let some of these projects go. 735 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,040 You've got to get them out to the masses. 736 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:10,709 If I don't touch it in a year, it's going down the road. 737 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:13,879 Sammy: This is a '55 Ford convertible. 738 00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:16,648 I've had this since June of '63. 739 00:25:16,749 --> 00:25:18,183 Rob: [laughs] Mike: Hey, how about this? 740 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,886 Rob: What do you got, Mike? Hartsville, South Carolina. 741 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:23,522 We have a Johnson Oil Company up in Iowa, too. 742 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:25,357 Mike: That's not it. That's just somebody's... 743 00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:26,358 Sammy: Yep. 744 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:27,926 Mike: Uh, 30 bucks. 745 00:25:28,026 --> 00:25:29,728 Sammy: It's yours. Mike: Alright, cool. 746 00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:31,597 Thanks, man. Hey. Thank you. 747 00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:33,265 Rob: Did you hear what he said about this car? 748 00:25:33,432 --> 00:25:34,266 Mike: What? 749 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:35,768 Rob: He's had this car since 1963. 750 00:25:35,868 --> 00:25:38,604 Sammy: Even the rusted-out hulks that I've got, 751 00:25:38,704 --> 00:25:41,240 I can see those cars in my mind 752 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:45,010 as a finished car with a certain color on it. 753 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:47,079 Rob: Sammy, you've got to finish this thing. 754 00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,715 Sammy: I kept thinking that I'm gonna buy this car 755 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:50,883 and I'm gonna fix it one day. 756 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,751 Rob: How many cars have you finished? 757 00:25:53,185 --> 00:25:54,420 Have you finished in this building? 758 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:55,988 Because at one time, you were in business. 759 00:25:56,155 --> 00:25:57,222 Sammy: In the building, none. 760 00:25:57,389 --> 00:25:59,792 For customers, I finished a good many. 761 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,428 Mike: Sammy took his passion, his knowledge, 762 00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:03,829 and his love for old cars, 763 00:26:03,996 --> 00:26:06,265 and he plugged all of that energy 764 00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:09,668 into other people's projects, into other people's dreams. 765 00:26:09,835 --> 00:26:11,603 And he finished a lot of cars. 766 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:14,406 Sammy: I need to live to be about 160 to finish them all. 767 00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:15,407 [laughs] 768 00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:16,508 Rob: You and me both. 769 00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:18,243 Mike: And now he's got all of these projects 770 00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:19,611 laying around that he still loves, 771 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:22,681 that he still wants to finish because he started them. 772 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:25,918 Rob: I think as you get older, your body, 773 00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:27,019 your mentality is like, 774 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:28,687 "I am gonna get to that." 775 00:26:28,787 --> 00:26:31,590 Something in the back of your brain is telling you you are, 776 00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:32,791 but you're not. 777 00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:35,794 It's gonna happen to all of us. Time catches up with us. 778 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,830 Rob: What are these two? 779 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:40,299 Sammy: '55, '56, '57 Fords. 780 00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:43,001 Rob: I mean, they're the longest skirts I've ever seen. 781 00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:44,870 Sammy: Yeah. This is cruiser skirts. 782 00:26:45,037 --> 00:26:48,040 Rob: These skirts were basically aftermarket skirts. 783 00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:49,875 They were called cruiser skirts. 784 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:51,210 They would've basically - 785 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:53,712 they're the thing that's going to add the flair to your car. 786 00:26:53,879 --> 00:26:55,948 Rob: I've never seen one this long before. 787 00:26:56,114 --> 00:26:57,883 You saying this goes on the outside? 788 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:00,385 Usually, they're - you're saying this goes on here? 789 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:01,420 Sammy: Yeah. 790 00:27:01,587 --> 00:27:03,689 Sammy: We held it up to the car to get a visual 791 00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:05,624 on what it was and what it did. 792 00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:08,160 Rob: Holy cow. Wow. 793 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:10,362 Sammy: Well, you've been missing out on half your life. 794 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,598 Rob: Ah, I don't know about that, come on! 795 00:27:12,698 --> 00:27:14,867 Rob: These cruiser skirts would've made your car 796 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,668 look like it was gliding on air. 797 00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:18,237 Rob: There's two sets. Sammy: Two sets. 798 00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:20,038 Rob: Two sets and an extra. Sammy: One spare. Yep. 799 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:22,007 Rob: You got two with trim and two without trim. 800 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:23,208 Sammy: Right. 801 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:24,843 Rob: Sammy, I want to be at 500 on them. 802 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,112 Just because of what it's gonna take to put them back together. 803 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:28,514 And when you put them back on the car, 804 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,215 they got to be that color paint. 805 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:31,950 Sammy: Yeah. I'll do that. Rob: Alright. 806 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:32,751 I appreciate you, buddy. 807 00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:39,158 Mike: Alright, so here's the '33. 808 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:41,994 Sammy: Yeah. 5-window coupe. Mike: Whoa. Is that on wheels? 809 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,262 Can we roll it out? Sammy: Yeah. 810 00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:45,797 Rob: '33 was a very rare year for a Ford and a 5-window. 811 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:48,634 It's not a 3-window, it's a 5-window, but still, 812 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:49,835 this is good stuff. 813 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:52,204 Mike: I got it. This thing looks solid! 814 00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:54,806 Sammy: It is. It is some kind of solid. 815 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,975 Sammy: When we got the '33, 816 00:27:57,075 --> 00:27:59,878 it was pretty much what I wanted as far as the way it looks. 817 00:27:59,978 --> 00:28:01,113 We drove it home 818 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,416 and I drove it every day of the week for the next 8 years. 819 00:28:05,584 --> 00:28:06,485 8 years... 820 00:28:06,585 --> 00:28:07,753 Mike: Ah! 821 00:28:07,853 --> 00:28:10,155 It's got the right hood size on it, it's got the right hood. 822 00:28:10,322 --> 00:28:12,591 Sammy: With the car being every day transportation, 823 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:15,360 we really developed lots of memories. 824 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:17,996 Mike: For Sammy, it might as well have been 1933 825 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,698 because he was putting it through the paces 826 00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:22,034 like somebody in '33 would have. 827 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,835 He drove it like it was a Toyota, man. 828 00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:26,872 He drove it every single day. It was his lifestyle. 829 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:30,375 Mike: You know how hard it is to find a nice hood? 830 00:28:30,475 --> 00:28:31,376 Sammy: Yeah. 831 00:28:31,476 --> 00:28:32,377 Mike: And you know what, 832 00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:34,846 even just that small touch from '33 to '34 833 00:28:34,947 --> 00:28:37,883 with that swoop and then the one pole on the center 834 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,318 versus the two. 835 00:28:39,484 --> 00:28:41,353 So, the Firewall was like that when you got it? 836 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,521 Sammy: Nope. 837 00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:43,722 Rob: I was gonna say, that's- Mike: You did that? 838 00:28:43,822 --> 00:28:44,723 Sammy: I did that. 839 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:46,024 Mike: So, look, there's some paint here. 840 00:28:46,191 --> 00:28:48,193 Did you strip this? Was this original paint? 841 00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:49,628 Sammy: It had- Rob: It had blue on it, Mike. 842 00:28:49,795 --> 00:28:52,030 Sammy: That was probably... Rob: Like the interior, look. 843 00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:53,665 Here, look at that blue. 844 00:28:54,866 --> 00:28:56,802 Mike: So, what engine was in this when you bought it? 845 00:28:56,969 --> 00:28:58,403 Sammy: A 327. Mike: Okay. 846 00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,505 Sammy: Chevrolet with a Chevy 400. 847 00:29:00,672 --> 00:29:01,506 Rob: Dang! Mike: Nice. 848 00:29:01,673 --> 00:29:03,408 What about the front fenders? You got those? 849 00:29:03,508 --> 00:29:04,476 Sammy: Yeah. Mike: Where are those at? 850 00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:06,078 Sammy: Right there. Rob: Oh, right here. 851 00:29:07,112 --> 00:29:08,747 Mike: This is an important car to Sammy. 852 00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:10,816 He's had it for a very long time. 853 00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,284 Rob: Are both fenders over there, Mike? 854 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:14,353 Mike: Yeah. Here's a headlight bucket. 855 00:29:14,987 --> 00:29:17,089 Mike: Out of all the cars that are in parts 856 00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:19,224 and pieces in this building, 857 00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:22,194 you're damn right he knows where the '33 Ford stuff is. 858 00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:23,795 Mike: The running boards are here, too. 859 00:29:25,831 --> 00:29:27,833 Rob: Do you have the original frame to that? 860 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:28,967 Sammy: No. 861 00:29:29,034 --> 00:29:31,003 Rob: So, what was the frame - what was the frame at? 862 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:32,838 Sammy: Well, I sold the frame 863 00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:34,906 and bought a progressive automotive chassis. 864 00:29:35,073 --> 00:29:36,441 Rob: Oh, that's what's underneath there. 865 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:37,509 Sammy: That's what's underneath that one. 866 00:29:37,676 --> 00:29:38,577 Sammy: The car was nice. 867 00:29:38,677 --> 00:29:41,647 It got a lot of attention and we loved it. 868 00:29:41,747 --> 00:29:46,685 But then I ended up with dreams of it being more than it was 869 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,921 and so I got to thinking about the suspension 870 00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:52,157 especially, and I decided that - 871 00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:54,993 that I was gonna buy a new frame to go under the car, 872 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,128 which I did. 873 00:29:56,228 --> 00:29:57,129 Rob: I mean, how long ago 874 00:29:57,229 --> 00:29:58,997 did you buy this progressive chassis? 875 00:29:59,097 --> 00:30:01,033 Sammy: Probably 20. Rob: 20 years... 876 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,467 Sammy: We went to Ohio to get it. 877 00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:03,635 Rob: Yeah? 878 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,004 Sammy: My plan was that we were just gonna redo the car 879 00:30:06,104 --> 00:30:10,442 and make the best we could from front to back. 880 00:30:10,542 --> 00:30:12,177 Rob: Back in the day what was the cost on it? 881 00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:14,079 Sammy: Uh... about 5 grand. 882 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:15,514 Rob: Sammy was one of those guys 883 00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:17,115 that he took this thing apart, 884 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:19,551 he wanted to modernize it for today's world. 885 00:30:19,718 --> 00:30:21,687 He wanted to drive this thing 100 mile an hour, 886 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,155 and away you go. 887 00:30:23,255 --> 00:30:26,625 He had the modern frame, he just didn't get back to the project. 888 00:30:26,792 --> 00:30:28,060 Mike: Here's the biggie. 889 00:30:29,027 --> 00:30:30,128 You got the grill to that? 890 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:31,596 Sammy: Oh yeah. Mike: You do? 891 00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:32,597 Sammy: Yeah. Mike: It's a '33? 892 00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:34,232 Sammy: Yeah. Mike: Wow. Where's that at? 893 00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:36,735 Hey, do you got the '33 radiator? 894 00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:37,969 Sammy: Yeah. 895 00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:39,037 Mike: Because you know that's different too. 896 00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:40,072 Sammy: Yeah. Mike: Yeah. 897 00:30:40,238 --> 00:30:41,773 Well, let's see that. Let's see that stuff. 898 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:44,076 Mike: [laughs] Rob: Oh, right here. 899 00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:45,477 Mike: Alright. 900 00:30:45,644 --> 00:30:48,513 Rob: '33 Ford, he marked it. There's so much stuff here. 901 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:50,148 Mike: Hell yeah. Where's the grill at? 902 00:30:50,315 --> 00:30:52,651 Sammy: Tucked away upstairs. Mike: Oh, it's upstairs? 903 00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:54,352 Sammy: In hiding, yeah. Mike: You get the grill. 904 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:56,521 We're just gonna chat about the car. 905 00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:57,589 Sammy: Okay. 906 00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:01,760 Rob: It's all there. Mike: I mean, dude. 907 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:03,995 Rob: Well, that's a hard piece to find, period. 908 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:05,230 Mike: Incredibly hard. 909 00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:07,866 Rob: So, that progressive frame that he put underneath this, 910 00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:09,201 that's what you would've done anyhow. 911 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:11,203 Mike: Why? 912 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:13,772 Rob: My brother's mindset on this is just the body. 913 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:16,908 This is a '33. They're not laying around everywhere. 914 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,009 My brother is looking at this 915 00:31:18,110 --> 00:31:20,011 as what you'd call a barebones project. 916 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:22,280 You know, yeah, you got to find a frame for it. 917 00:31:22,447 --> 00:31:23,815 He doesn't care about that modern frame. 918 00:31:23,915 --> 00:31:25,684 He's not that modern type of guy. 919 00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:28,920 Rob: I mean, the body is in incredible shape. Look at that. 920 00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:30,355 Mike: I love it. I love it. 921 00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:35,794 What do you think the value of it like this is? 922 00:31:37,562 --> 00:31:38,930 Rob: I would say... 923 00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:42,801 You can't - you couldn't pay 924 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:43,835 more than 15 grand for this thing. 925 00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:45,237 Mike: I was gonna say 14. 926 00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:46,505 Rob: I don't know if he'll do it. 927 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:47,873 Mike: Yeah. 928 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:49,040 Mike: Any car guy would love to be 929 00:31:49,207 --> 00:31:50,842 in the position that we are in right now. 930 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:53,211 The fact that he's allowing us to pull the body out 931 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,080 and look around it, crawl inside of it, 932 00:31:55,180 --> 00:31:56,248 look at all the parts, 933 00:31:56,348 --> 00:31:58,316 that means there's a little bit of light 934 00:31:58,483 --> 00:31:59,518 at the end of the tunnel. 935 00:31:59,651 --> 00:32:02,921 Mike: Dude, you know as well as I do, '33's the car. 936 00:32:03,021 --> 00:32:04,890 I mean, if this was a 3-window, that would be the Holy Grail. 937 00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:10,162 Mike: The Model A ended in 1931 and then the '32 Ford came out. 938 00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:12,597 More stylish, a V8 engine. 939 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:16,234 But in 1933, they took it to the next level. 940 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:19,271 Longer wheel base, different grill, different hood. 941 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:22,240 I mean it was more streamlined, it was more refined, 942 00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:23,508 it was more elegant. 943 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:25,444 Mike: If you think about the production numbers 944 00:32:25,544 --> 00:32:27,245 from '33 to '34... 945 00:32:27,345 --> 00:32:28,547 Rob: Oh yeah. Mike: You know. 946 00:32:28,713 --> 00:32:31,616 I think in '33 they made like 11,000 cars 947 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:34,686 and in '34 they were like 24, 27,000 cars, 948 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:35,887 you know what I mean? 949 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:38,523 Mike: The reason the '33 is more sought after 950 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,460 is because it was the first year of all of these changes, 951 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:46,665 and there were less cars made in 1933 than there was in 1934. 952 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:47,799 Mike: Oh yeah, there you go. 953 00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:49,267 [whistles] 954 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:50,802 Rob: Look at that. 955 00:32:50,902 --> 00:32:52,404 Mike: This is the one that was on it? 956 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:53,405 Sammy: That's the one that was on it. 957 00:32:53,505 --> 00:32:55,106 Mike: It's the real deal, man. Rob: Yeah. 958 00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:56,241 Mike: Real deal '33. 959 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:59,611 Oh yeah, there we go. 960 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:01,446 [whistles] 961 00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:02,814 Sammy: I'll take a '33 over a '34. 962 00:33:02,914 --> 00:33:04,015 Mike: Well, that's what I was telling him. 963 00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:06,551 '33 is so much rarer than a '34. 964 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,587 Mike: What would it take to buy this? 965 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:12,557 Sammy: Uh... about 35 grand. 966 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:13,792 Mike: Yeah. 967 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:17,562 I think 35 on it is really high, to be honest with you. 968 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:19,464 Sammy: See, I'm not up on prices these days. 969 00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:21,299 Mike: Yeah. I mean, I think the retail number on it 970 00:33:21,466 --> 00:33:22,801 is like 20 to be honest with you. 971 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:23,768 Sammy: Really? 972 00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:25,403 Rob: It's not unusual for Sammy - 973 00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:28,073 or anybody that's got this many projects here - 974 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,975 to get out of the realm of knowing 975 00:33:30,075 --> 00:33:31,710 where the numbers should be on these. 976 00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,212 Sammy even said it, it's been 15, 20 years 977 00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:35,814 since he's paid attention to the numbers. 978 00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:37,949 Mike: What's your bottom on this thing? 979 00:33:38,550 --> 00:33:39,484 The way it is? 980 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:41,720 Sammy: I honestly don't know. I mean, I- 981 00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,088 Mike: You want to think about it? 982 00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:44,589 Let's look around outside. 983 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:46,358 I mean, we just drove through it. 984 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:47,959 We didn't get a chance to kind of take it all in. 985 00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:54,966 [rock music] 986 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:57,469 Mike: I see you got a bunch of little shoebox Fords. 987 00:33:57,636 --> 00:33:59,271 Sammy: Yeah, I love those things. 988 00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:00,605 Mike: So, what do you do out here? 989 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:04,042 I mean, what I can see so far is you like to take stuff apart. 990 00:34:04,209 --> 00:34:08,079 Sammy: [laughs] I'm too good at taking it apart. 991 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:10,248 [all laughing] 992 00:34:10,348 --> 00:34:12,317 Mike: Have you ever had a shoebox Ford 993 00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:13,451 that you could drive? 994 00:34:14,219 --> 00:34:16,554 Sammy: Uh... no. 995 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:17,956 Mike: No? Sammy: No. 996 00:34:18,123 --> 00:34:19,991 Mike: He obviously loves this car. 997 00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:21,960 At any point in time in his life, 998 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,362 he could've restored one of these, but he didn't. 999 00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:26,631 Mike: And you owned, what, ten? Sammy: Probably. 1000 00:34:26,798 --> 00:34:28,166 Probably ten or twelve. 1001 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:29,401 Mike: He's a visual guy. 1002 00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:33,405 You know, he's content with seeing all of them out there. 1003 00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:36,308 Sammy: That is a 1961 DeSoto. 1004 00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:37,309 Rob: DeSoto, yeah. 1005 00:34:37,475 --> 00:34:39,778 Sammy: They only made, uh, 930-something. 1006 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:43,481 Sammy: I'll get a look at a car and it's an emotional thing. 1007 00:34:43,648 --> 00:34:46,117 Mike: The fin starts at the front door. 1008 00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:47,252 Sammy: The front door, yeah. 1009 00:34:47,352 --> 00:34:50,588 Sammy: I do appreciate the lines and the workmanship. 1010 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:51,756 Mike: Look at that. 1011 00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:53,758 Sammy: I wish they could talk 1012 00:34:53,858 --> 00:34:56,061 and you know they had lots of stories. 1013 00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:57,062 Mike: This is kind of like, you know, 1014 00:34:57,228 --> 00:34:59,598 most people had like um, pet cemeteries? 1015 00:34:59,698 --> 00:35:00,665 Sammy: Yeah. 1016 00:35:00,832 --> 00:35:03,068 Mike: You got car cemeteries. Look at that, man. 1017 00:35:03,635 --> 00:35:05,670 That thing... overhead... 1018 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:06,871 Rob: Overhead valve, 1019 00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:08,873 freaking get in it and this thing 1020 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,642 was a screamer back in the day. 1021 00:35:10,742 --> 00:35:11,810 Sammy: It was. 1022 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,445 Rob: He's got a young heart right there. 1023 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:16,681 And what keeps him young is coming out every single day, 1024 00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:18,717 working on these projects. 1025 00:35:18,917 --> 00:35:20,986 Rob: Look at the trim on this. Sammy: I love it. 1026 00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:22,487 Mike: I mean, they almost get to this point 1027 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:26,224 where they're so far gone that they just become works of art. 1028 00:35:26,391 --> 00:35:28,560 Rob: I don't care if he ever finishes another one of these, 1029 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:32,797 but if he's here when he's 99 or 100 years old, so be it. 1030 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:34,065 That's what got him up in the morning, 1031 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:36,134 that's what got him to that point. 1032 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:37,268 Mike: Well, let's go look at something else 1033 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:38,436 that you took apart. 1034 00:35:38,603 --> 00:35:40,205 Sammy: You all may be interested in old mantles. 1035 00:35:40,372 --> 00:35:41,706 Mike: That's the kind of stuff that's on the list. 1036 00:35:41,873 --> 00:35:43,041 Sammy: These came out of our house. 1037 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:45,410 Mike: So, what did you guys do? Did you remove the fireplace? 1038 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,412 Sammy: Yeah, in two rooms we did. 1039 00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:49,447 Mike: When they're like this they tell a story. 1040 00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:52,250 Mike: The person that's restoring an older home, 1041 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:53,785 this is what they're looking for. 1042 00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:56,955 The wood itself from the same time period 1043 00:35:57,122 --> 00:35:58,556 that their house was built. 1044 00:35:58,723 --> 00:35:59,791 They want that authenticity. 1045 00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:04,195 Mike: The perfect example is to just bolt it on the wall, 1046 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,597 you're like boom, there it is. 1047 00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:07,065 But to find that person 1048 00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:09,200 that's such like a needle in a haystack, so... 1049 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:11,603 Mike: A big challenge with using an old fireplace mantle 1050 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:13,238 is finding the right one 1051 00:36:13,405 --> 00:36:15,173 that's a time period of your house, 1052 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:17,642 but also has to fit your firebox. 1053 00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:19,244 Mike: A lot of times what they'll do too, is, 1054 00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:22,647 they'll actually take these, they'll take them apart, 1055 00:36:22,747 --> 00:36:25,250 and - but then they'll just make them smaller. 1056 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:28,119 Which I think is - I think is great too. 1057 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,355 You know, I'm just happy that somebody wants to use them, 1058 00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:31,356 period. 1059 00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:35,593 Mike: Um, I'd do uh... 2 and a quarter apiece. 1060 00:36:35,694 --> 00:36:37,462 Sammy: 250 each? Mike: Hm... 1061 00:36:38,163 --> 00:36:40,598 How about 250 for one and 225 for the other? 1062 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:42,567 Sammy: Alright. Alright! [laughs] 1063 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,569 [all laughing] 1064 00:36:44,669 --> 00:36:46,337 Sammy: Okay. Mike: Let's do it. 1065 00:36:46,438 --> 00:36:49,641 Sammy: I've stored them for years hoping that some day 1066 00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:51,443 somebody would be interested in them. 1067 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,278 Mike: I saw some parts up here. Can I ask you about them? 1068 00:36:53,445 --> 00:36:55,647 You got a '37 Ford grill over there. 1069 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:58,049 Sammy: Yeah, most of the '37 parts are upstairs. 1070 00:36:58,149 --> 00:36:59,451 Mike: What about this piece right here? 1071 00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:00,985 Sammy: No. Mike: No? 1072 00:37:01,152 --> 00:37:02,821 Sammy: No, that's going on the Studebaker. 1073 00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:05,290 Sammy: Mike was looking at an intake manifold 1074 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:08,226 that's set up for three carburetors, and I told him, 1075 00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,962 no, that's going to hopefully go in the Studebaker. 1076 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:12,564 Mike: Alright, what about this steering wheel? 1077 00:37:13,298 --> 00:37:14,899 Sammy: Nope. Mike: No? 1078 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:16,201 Banjo wheel. 1079 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:18,536 Sammy: He was looking at a banjo wheel steering wheel 1080 00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:19,671 and I told him no. 1081 00:37:19,838 --> 00:37:22,207 Mike: What about the Cadillac hubcaps? 1082 00:37:22,307 --> 00:37:23,842 Sammy: I'd have to look and see how many I've got. 1083 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:26,311 If I got two sets, I'd sell a set. 1084 00:37:26,478 --> 00:37:30,482 Mike: Oh, you got only one set. One, two, three, four. 1085 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,283 Sammy: Four, yeah. I only got one set of those. 1086 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:35,086 Mike: Okay, so, you're keeping those. Alright. 1087 00:37:35,186 --> 00:37:37,388 Mike: So, have you given any more thought on the '33? 1088 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:39,023 Sammy: Yeah, I have. 1089 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,860 Have you thought about what you'd be willing on 1090 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:44,162 if I kept the motor and the frame? 1091 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:47,398 Mike: Even the smallest of deals has structure to it. 1092 00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:49,734 This one is starting to have that. 1093 00:37:49,834 --> 00:37:52,604 He's saying, "Hey, I want to keep the frame, 1094 00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:53,938 "I want to keep the engine." 1095 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:54,906 Sammy: To replace the frame, 1096 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,275 I'm looking at probably 10 grand now. 1097 00:37:57,442 --> 00:37:58,276 Mike: Really? Sammy: Yeah. 1098 00:37:58,443 --> 00:37:59,577 Mike: Once Sammy starts putting together 1099 00:37:59,677 --> 00:38:03,047 the building blocks of what the deal would look like to him, 1100 00:38:03,148 --> 00:38:04,349 that's when I'm like, 1101 00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:06,251 "Okay, this could be a possibility." 1102 00:38:06,351 --> 00:38:07,318 Mike: Alright. 1103 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:09,954 So, what were you thinking on it? 1104 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,123 You said you gave it some thought. 1105 00:38:12,223 --> 00:38:14,159 What are you thinking on the car then without - 1106 00:38:14,325 --> 00:38:16,528 without the frame that you were running on it? 1107 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:17,595 Rob: ...and the engine? 1108 00:38:17,695 --> 00:38:19,063 Mike: And the 350 that you were talking about. 1109 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:21,566 Rob: So, it would just be the seats, the fenders, 1110 00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:23,468 the hood, the grill, and the bumpers. 1111 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,270 Mike: Running boards, radiator. Rob: Yeah. 1112 00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:26,738 So, you'd have to find a frame. 1113 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:28,640 Sammy: Yep. 1114 00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:37,615 Um... 1115 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:42,220 Somewhere in the neighborhood of 20. 1116 00:38:43,955 --> 00:38:45,156 Mike: I think you can get that. 1117 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:48,059 But I'm not the guy to give you that because I got to buy it, 1118 00:38:48,226 --> 00:38:50,128 I got to buy it right, then I got to ship it. 1119 00:38:50,228 --> 00:38:51,129 Sammy: I know. 1120 00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:52,363 Mike: The highest I could go... 1121 00:38:54,299 --> 00:38:56,534 Is like... 14. 1122 00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:03,842 Sammy: It's really impossible to explain 1123 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:07,212 the attachment that I get to these old cars. 1124 00:39:07,312 --> 00:39:11,082 As weird as it probably is to a lot of people, 1125 00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,785 I enjoy walking up to that '33 Ford 1126 00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:16,287 and rubbing my hand over the fender. 1127 00:39:16,387 --> 00:39:19,090 It's just something deep down that I appreciate. 1128 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:22,527 Sammy: I understand completely. Mike: I know. 1129 00:39:22,627 --> 00:39:23,728 Sammy: But uh... 1130 00:39:25,063 --> 00:39:26,064 No. 1131 00:39:26,231 --> 00:39:30,568 Mike: Both parties have to feel good about the deal 1132 00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:32,203 to make it happen. 1133 00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:34,572 You know, sometimes when there's a lot of negotiation 1134 00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:37,642 going back and forth and there's a lot of emotion involved 1135 00:39:37,742 --> 00:39:39,377 when you're right there at a piece, 1136 00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:41,479 it's what I call deal fatigue. 1137 00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:44,249 Mike: It's a - it's a hot - it's a hot car. 1138 00:39:44,349 --> 00:39:46,351 I appreciate you letting me look at it, you know, 1139 00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,986 and kind of indulging us 1140 00:39:48,152 --> 00:39:50,688 as far as scraping the parts together and stuff, you know. 1141 00:39:50,788 --> 00:39:53,224 Mike: Even after all of that talk, you know, 1142 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:54,626 we just couldn't get it done. 1143 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,996 Mike: Hail Mary, Hail Mary. Sammy: Uh-huh. 1144 00:39:58,096 --> 00:40:01,966 Mike: 15 grand for the project. 15 grand for the project. 1145 00:40:07,872 --> 00:40:11,442 Sammy: [laughs] And I keep the frame and the motor? 1146 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:13,611 Mike: You keep the frame and the motor. 15k. 1147 00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:20,918 Mike: You know something's got to happen with it. 1148 00:40:21,019 --> 00:40:21,953 Something's got to be done to it. 1149 00:40:22,053 --> 00:40:23,121 Mike: I'm a collector. 1150 00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:25,690 I'm passionate about a lot of the things that I have. 1151 00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:29,727 If you don't collect things, you might not understand that. 1152 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:34,399 Sammy: Well... it uh... it's a hard decision. 1153 00:40:34,499 --> 00:40:35,967 It really is a hard decision 1154 00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:40,271 because it's more than just - it's more than just sheet metal. 1155 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:41,506 Rob: Yeah. Mike: It's more than metal. 1156 00:40:41,673 --> 00:40:43,975 Mike: I've got motorcycles next to my bed. 1157 00:40:44,075 --> 00:40:46,210 I want it to be the first thing I see in the morning 1158 00:40:46,311 --> 00:40:48,146 and the last thing I see at night. 1159 00:40:48,313 --> 00:40:50,615 These things become a piece of who we are. 1160 00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:54,252 Mike: If you're gonna get the car done, I would keep it. 1161 00:40:54,352 --> 00:40:55,586 I would do it. Do it. 1162 00:40:55,753 --> 00:40:57,121 But if you're not gonna do it, 1163 00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:59,223 we'll get it into the hands of somebody that will. 1164 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:00,792 Sammy: Mhm. And you're saying 15? 1165 00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:02,393 Mike: I'm saying 15 grand. 1166 00:41:06,297 --> 00:41:08,633 Sammy: Down deep, I really wanted to hold out. 1167 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:13,738 But trying my best to be reasonable and logical... 1168 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:17,508 I'm not gonna get to all the cars 1169 00:41:17,675 --> 00:41:19,010 I want to do something with. 1170 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:20,712 Sammy: Um... 1171 00:41:21,512 --> 00:41:23,247 Sammy: My brain still thinks I'm 18, 1172 00:41:23,348 --> 00:41:24,549 but my body won't cooperate. 1173 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:26,684 Sammy: Alright. 1174 00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:28,820 Mike: Alright. 1175 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:31,756 Rob: You did it! Sammy: Yep. 1176 00:41:31,856 --> 00:41:33,791 Mike: Sammy has had decades with this car. 1177 00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:37,628 He was able to keep it through all the ups and downs. 1178 00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:39,397 And, you know, he loved it, 1179 00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:43,801 truly loved the car enough to let it live a new life. 1180 00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:45,670 Mike: Alright. Alright, friend. Hey... 1181 00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:47,271 Sammy: Um, I'll get all the rest of the parts together. 1182 00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:49,907 Sammy: While it's a... 1183 00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:53,711 traumatic experience to let it go... 1184 00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:56,481 there's a certain amount of relief 1185 00:41:56,581 --> 00:41:58,683 that it will be back on the road... 1186 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:00,785 Rob: Sweet picking, Sammy! Thank you! 1187 00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:02,153 Sammy: Thank you! 1188 00:42:04,455 --> 00:42:06,591 Sammy: ...and it will be beautiful again.