1 00:00:02,803 --> 00:00:04,204 (phone rings) 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:06,607 MIKE: Dani D, what's up? ROB: What's up, Dani? 3 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:09,877 DANIELLE: Good morning to the lovely Wolfe boys. How are you doing? 4 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:12,246 MIKE: Oh, I love it when you call us that. ROB: Yeah. 5 00:00:12,346 --> 00:00:13,914 MIKE: What's shaking? What you got? 6 00:00:14,081 --> 00:00:16,116 DANIELLE: Alright, talk about a dream pick. 7 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:17,784 I'm gonna send you to meet Dirk. 8 00:00:17,951 --> 00:00:19,786 Now, Dirk's been collecting coin-op 9 00:00:19,953 --> 00:00:23,524 and really choice door display automatons forever. 10 00:00:23,624 --> 00:00:25,592 MIKE: Yeah? What time period are you talking? 11 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:27,761 DANIELLE: Seems to be a lot of '40s and '50s. 12 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:29,229 ROB: That's the good stuff, man. 13 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:30,998 DANIELLE: This place is insane. 14 00:00:31,098 --> 00:00:33,467 I mean, he loves this stuff, but he's moving on. 15 00:00:33,634 --> 00:00:34,835 He's got a new passion. 16 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:36,436 In the last five years, 17 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:39,640 he has bought three different roadside attractions. 18 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:43,343 ROB: Really? DANIELLE: Yes. Like, a Crystal Cave. 19 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:45,479 MIKE: Oh, that's in Missouri. He bought that? 20 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:47,314 DANIELLE: Absolutely he did. 21 00:00:47,481 --> 00:00:50,284 MIKE: So, he's buying properties that are roadside attractions 22 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:52,119 that have some history? DANIELLE: Yeah. 23 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:53,153 ROB: Wow. MIKE: Really? 24 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:55,222 DANIELLE: He also has a tilted house. 25 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:57,558 MIKE: Oh, that's in, uh... Michigan! 26 00:00:57,658 --> 00:00:59,793 DANIELLE: Yes! MIKE: He's stepping up to the plate then, 27 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:02,362 because I'll tell you what, it's one thing to buy them, 28 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:05,032 then you gotta maintain them, you gotta have all the employees, 29 00:01:05,198 --> 00:01:07,968 you got to do all that stuff. That's a huge commitment. 30 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:09,703 DANIELLE: Well, yeah. Because of that, he's really 31 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:11,371 trying to clear out his other collection. 32 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:14,074 He is ridiculously passionate about Americana, 33 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:15,842 so I think you guys are gonna get along well. 34 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:17,210 ROB: Awesome, awesome. MIKE: Oh my gosh. 35 00:01:17,311 --> 00:01:18,812 DANIELLE: Alright, I love you boys. Have fun. 36 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:21,081 I'll send you the address. ROB: Thanks Dani D. 37 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:22,516 MIKE: Bye. ROB: See you. 38 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,021 (upbeat music) 39 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:35,162 ROB: It's right here. MIKE: Yeah, it's up at the top 40 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:36,263 of this hill on the right. 41 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:38,966 Look at the size of this building, dang! 42 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:40,267 ROB: What the heck is this thing? 43 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,635 MIKE: Looks like one of those chicken coops. 44 00:01:41,802 --> 00:01:42,636 There's the guy right there. 45 00:01:42,736 --> 00:01:44,604 (honking) MIKE: Grab a flyer. 46 00:01:49,142 --> 00:01:50,677 MIKE: Hey, how are you doing, man? I'm Mike. 47 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,045 DIRK: Oh, Mike, I'm Dirk. How are you? 48 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:53,313 MIKE: This is my brother, Robbie. 49 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,248 DIRK: Robbie, nice to meet you. MIKE: Hit him with a flyer. 50 00:01:55,349 --> 00:01:56,950 Coin-op. DIRK: Oh. 51 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:58,151 We got some of that stuff. 52 00:01:58,318 --> 00:01:59,553 MIKE: You been to the Chicago show? 53 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,188 DIRK: I have not. I would love to go. 54 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:02,622 MIKE: I figured you would've travelled through Chicago 55 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,391 just because Dani was telling us about 56 00:02:04,558 --> 00:02:05,592 your roadside attractions. 57 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:07,427 She told me you own the Crystal Cave. 58 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:09,029 DIRK: Yeah! MIKE: I've been to that. 59 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:10,397 How long's that been around? 60 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:12,399 DIRK: It started in 1893. ROB: What?! 61 00:02:12,499 --> 00:02:14,067 MIKE: No... DIRK: Second oldest cavern 62 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:15,702 in the state of Missouri. MIKE: No way! 63 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:17,070 DIRK: It's amazing, yeah. 64 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:19,039 DIRK: I currently own three roadside attractions. 65 00:02:19,206 --> 00:02:22,109 One in Onsted, Michigan, the Mystery Hill. 66 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,211 We also own the Crystal Cave. 67 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:27,214 And the third attraction is the Crystal Goldmine, 68 00:02:27,314 --> 00:02:31,218 an authentic goldmine created in the 1860s. 69 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:32,953 MIKE: So, Dani said you're kind of transitioning 70 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,022 a little bit, you know, as far as your passions? 71 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:36,590 DIRK: Well, I love roadside America. 72 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:39,126 MIKE: Okay. You and me both. 73 00:02:39,226 --> 00:02:40,694 DIRK: I am just a nut for the Americana. 74 00:02:40,861 --> 00:02:43,263 MIKE: I love it. Just the way the country opened up, 75 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:44,631 the travel, and everything, you know. 76 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:47,167 DIRK: Yeah. Back in the '50s, it was all about road trips. 77 00:02:47,267 --> 00:02:50,003 MIKE: One thing Americans can definitely plant our flags in 78 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:51,872 is the roadside attraction. 79 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:55,308 In the 1920s when the US highway system was expanding 80 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:57,477 and transportation became more affordable, 81 00:02:57,644 --> 00:02:59,746 the roadside attraction was born. 82 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:02,716 With so many people traveling to parts of the country 83 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:04,351 they normally wouldn't have, 84 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:06,520 entrepreneurs and a lot of small towns 85 00:03:06,620 --> 00:03:08,722 saw the opportunity to create something 86 00:03:08,822 --> 00:03:11,758 that still lives within all of us to this day. 87 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,794 The largest this, the smallest that 88 00:03:13,894 --> 00:03:16,229 can get us reaching into our pockets 89 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:18,098 to spend a few bucks. 90 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:20,200 The great ones awaken our curiosity 91 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,369 and encourage us to pull over 92 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:25,405 to experience something uniquely local. 93 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:27,374 MIKE: What's going on? I see you got the coin-op stuff. 94 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:30,410 MIKE: Are you not putting any of this stuff in these places? 95 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:32,879 DIRK: Well, you know, I did put some of it in our gift shops, 96 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:36,516 but this is all items that I've collected over the years. 97 00:03:36,616 --> 00:03:38,151 ROB: Wow. DIRK: I collect anything 98 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:39,419 that makes me smile, 99 00:03:39,586 --> 00:03:40,854 that brings happiness, 100 00:03:41,021 --> 00:03:42,789 that's fun and frivolous and whacky. 101 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:44,758 ROB: You're not kidding, you got some stuff. 102 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:49,229 MIKE: I'm really excited to see that Dirk has an incredible eye. 103 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:51,631 When you say coin-op, it really encompasses 104 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:55,402 so many things from so many different time periods. 105 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:56,970 DIRK: I'm mostly an arcade guy. MIKE: Okay. 106 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,372 DIRK: I love the concept of someone putting in a nickel or a dime. 107 00:03:59,473 --> 00:04:01,842 DIRK: And then shooting a gun. MIKE: Absolutely, man. 108 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:03,710 DIRK: Or hitting the thing, or squeezing it 109 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:05,479 and seeing what your love rating is. 110 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:07,914 MIKE: Right away, we're speaking the international language 111 00:04:08,014 --> 00:04:11,384 of coin-op. A love for coin-op is in all of us. 112 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:15,021 Whether it's a jukebox, a fortune teller, pinball game. 113 00:04:15,188 --> 00:04:17,424 We all grew up with so many different versions 114 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,326 of these machines. 115 00:04:19,426 --> 00:04:21,228 In the town that my brother and I grew up in, 116 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:24,998 they had a community center and there was a baseball game, 117 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:27,434 and it was incredible because you could see the players 118 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:30,770 run around the bases, you could hear the crowd cheering. 119 00:04:30,871 --> 00:04:33,206 That was the moment the seed was planted 120 00:04:33,306 --> 00:04:35,709 that makes us now love all of this stuff. 121 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:37,911 And if you truly love coin-op, 122 00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:40,080 you want to know more about the history, 123 00:04:40,180 --> 00:04:41,848 how everything evolved. 124 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,183 All of these machines were designed 125 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:45,819 to attract you to it, look at it. 126 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:48,455 The lights, the graphics, the colors. 127 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:50,790 After that, you're gonna want to put a coin in it, 128 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,059 and then you start the experience 129 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:56,429 that can transport you and your imagination 130 00:04:56,530 --> 00:04:57,964 anywhere and everywhere. 131 00:04:58,064 --> 00:04:59,232 MIKE: That's cool, Robbie. Right there. 132 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:01,768 ROB: It's a screen of some sort. Probably lights behind it. 133 00:05:01,868 --> 00:05:03,837 MIKE: That had a speaker. That's a speaker screen. 134 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:05,238 DIRK: Oh, okay. 135 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:06,873 MIKE: He's like, "Ha-ha-ha!" 136 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,608 MIKE: This is cool because it's an image 137 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:11,678 of a ghostly clown laughing on a screen, 138 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:14,381 and I'm sure it was the cover to a speaker. 139 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:17,384 So, right away, when I see this, I'm thinking funhouse. 140 00:05:17,551 --> 00:05:18,585 MIKE: What are you thinking on that? 141 00:05:18,752 --> 00:05:20,787 DIRK: Oh... 50 bucks. 142 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:22,622 MIKE: Alright, I'll buy it. I got a guy that buys 143 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:24,457 a lot of clown stuff from me. DIRK: That's great. 144 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:25,959 DIRK: Sounds like it's going to the right home. 145 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:27,527 MIKE: It's neat. I like it. Thank you. 146 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:29,896 What do you think, Robbie? ROB: I like clown stuff. 147 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:31,631 MIKE: Yeah? I'm looking at these clowns right here. 148 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:34,434 What are these guys from? Was this some sort of store display, or...? 149 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:37,237 DIRK: I think it was. See, the manufacturer is Old King Cole. 150 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:39,406 MIKE: Oh yeah, Old King Cole! DIRK: They made a lot of stuff. 151 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:40,907 MIKE: Oh my gosh, so, Old King Cole, 152 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:43,043 I've got an Uncle Sam by Old King Cole. 153 00:05:43,143 --> 00:05:44,744 I've got a couple elephants. 154 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:46,413 I mean, they were a big manufacturer 155 00:05:46,513 --> 00:05:49,683 of a lot of different things. I mean, such quality pieces. 156 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:52,752 MIKE: Old King Cole's a company that started in the early 1900s 157 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:54,854 and they were really the Michael Angelo 158 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:56,923 of store displays. I mean, 159 00:05:57,023 --> 00:05:59,759 the craftsmanship, the subject matters, 160 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:01,461 they're brilliant. ROB: Let's see it. 161 00:06:02,629 --> 00:06:04,965 Holy cow. (laughing) 162 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:08,401 ROB: Look at that donkey's head. MIKE: I know, I love it! 163 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:11,004 DIRK: At some point, I was introduced to automatons. 164 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:12,639 Things that have movement, 165 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,074 operated either on a coin 166 00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:17,477 or just on their own as store displays or attention-getters. 167 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:18,945 I think it's folk art. 168 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:21,281 I love the motion, I love that they're all hand-crafted, 169 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,450 and I thought if I could help preserve those 170 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:24,985 and bring them back to life 171 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:27,988 and share them with other folks, that would be awesome. 172 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:29,990 MIKE: The donkey's crying! ROB: He's crying, the donkey's crying. 173 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:31,424 MIKE: He's got a tear in his eye. 174 00:06:31,591 --> 00:06:33,126 Oh my gosh, this is great. (Robbie laughing) 175 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:34,861 MIKE: No way. And then that... 176 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:37,430 ROB: That just needs some glue. Some glue on there. 177 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:39,065 DIRK: Isn't that awesome? ROB: It is awesome. 178 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:42,235 MIKE: It's a great piece. What are you thinking on something like this? 179 00:06:42,335 --> 00:06:44,838 DIRK: Oh, jeez, Mike. Um... 180 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:47,040 I hadn't really thought about selling it. 181 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:48,441 I love the donkey, how he's crying 182 00:06:48,541 --> 00:06:50,110 while he's yanking on him. (Mike laughing) 183 00:06:50,277 --> 00:06:52,279 DIRK: It's just, it's a great piece. 184 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:54,281 MIKE: This piece to me stands out 185 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:56,283 just because of its sheer size, 186 00:06:56,383 --> 00:06:58,785 but when I asked Dirk about it, I can tell he's in love with it. 187 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:01,388 I don't want to push it, and there's so many other things 188 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:03,657 to see in here. I'm just going to move on. 189 00:07:03,823 --> 00:07:05,425 MIKE: What about these pieces? 190 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:07,460 I've noticed there's one, there's two... 191 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:09,963 They don't look like they have a lot of age to them. 192 00:07:10,063 --> 00:07:11,665 ROB: This is on Masonite. MIKE: Yeah. 193 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:13,166 DIRK: I think there's five of them, Mike. 194 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:14,434 MIKE: Is there? DIRK: Yeah. 195 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:15,769 MIKE: These pieces are theatrical, 196 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:18,071 they're colorful, super cool. 197 00:07:18,238 --> 00:07:20,640 But they're reproductions, they're decorator items. 198 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:23,643 These pieces really start defining a space 199 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:26,146 because of the subject matter and size. 200 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:27,514 Too cool to pass up on. 201 00:07:27,681 --> 00:07:28,982 DIRK: I bought them from a collector 202 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:31,551 and they were used as the backdrop 203 00:07:31,718 --> 00:07:33,186 to a travelling magician. 204 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:34,721 He would take them to the different shows. 205 00:07:34,821 --> 00:07:36,589 I bought them because I thought they were awesome. 206 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:38,525 MIKE: Would you sell... You said you had five of them. 207 00:07:38,625 --> 00:07:40,627 DIRK: I got five of them, yeah. You want to look at them? 208 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:42,595 MIKE: What are you thinking on them? Like, what kind of number? 209 00:07:42,696 --> 00:07:44,898 DIRK: Well... ROB: Do you have the one that has a devil on it? 210 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:47,600 DIRK: I do. ROB: Pull that one, slide it out a little bit, Mike. 211 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:52,505 ROB: Yeah, that's the one I was talking about right there. 212 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:53,707 MIKE: The devil? ROB: Yeah. 213 00:07:53,873 --> 00:07:54,874 MIKE: We've all had those nights. 214 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:57,477 Woo. Look at this little dog thing with wings. 215 00:07:57,577 --> 00:07:59,913 DIRK: Right. MIKE: What are you thinking on these things? 216 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,948 DIRK: Oh jeez. For all five? 217 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:03,650 MIKE: Yeah. DIRK: You gotta kind of keep them together. 218 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:05,118 MIKE: Yeah, I'm thinking about it. Yeah. 219 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:06,619 DIRK: 4,500? 220 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:09,856 MIKE: Yeah. I think you're right on the money 221 00:08:10,023 --> 00:08:11,458 as far, like, the value of them. 222 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:13,393 DIRK: That's the world-renowned Long Tack Sam. 223 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,396 MIKE: Ah... How about 3,500? 224 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:19,899 This one's pretty nicked up. ROB: That's worn off there. 225 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:21,835 MIKE: See, I think if I had that in my shop, 226 00:08:21,935 --> 00:08:24,104 I'd probably have 500 bucks on it. 227 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:27,107 Some of these other ones, maybe as much as a grand. 228 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:28,675 That one there, that's the biggest one. 229 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:31,745 MIKE: You'd probably get 12 for that. 3,500. 230 00:08:31,911 --> 00:08:33,480 DIRK: You got to come up a little bit. 231 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:35,382 MIKE: Oh, I do? (laughing) 232 00:08:35,548 --> 00:08:36,916 MIKE: Alright. 233 00:08:37,083 --> 00:08:38,752 DIRK: How about 39? 234 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:40,954 ROB: How about 36 and that mask? 235 00:08:41,087 --> 00:08:42,355 DIRK: Oh, the Monopoly Man? 236 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:43,790 MIKE: They call him the Monopoly Guy. 237 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:45,024 ROB: Isn't that cool, Mike? 238 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:47,560 ROB: I had to throw the Monopoly mask in there. 239 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:49,295 It's a popular game all over the world. 240 00:08:49,462 --> 00:08:52,265 Who wouldn't want a rubber Monopoly head? 241 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,711 ROB: This is cool. MIKE: I like how someone preserved it. 242 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,546 ROB: Yeah, it's totally preserved. 243 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:09,182 MIKE: How about 3,600, this head? 244 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:12,185 DIRK: 3,750 and we got it. 245 00:09:12,352 --> 00:09:14,587 ROB: Let's do it at 37 with the head. 246 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:16,189 DIRK: Perfect. MIKE: Alright, I'm doing it! 247 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:17,424 DIRK: Alright! MIKE: Very cool. 248 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:19,859 Alright, good idea on the head thrown in there, Robbie. 249 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:21,961 ROB: It's cool. MIKE: Dang. You want to touch it? 250 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:23,296 ROB: It's early. 251 00:09:23,463 --> 00:09:25,899 MIKE: What about this WW2 game over here? 252 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:27,066 MIKE: That's cool. 253 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:28,802 DIRK: Well, it's authentic World War II. 254 00:09:28,902 --> 00:09:30,036 MIKE: That's awesome, man. 255 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:32,172 DIRK: Made in '43, '44. 256 00:09:32,272 --> 00:09:33,406 MIKE: No kidding. DIRK: Right. 257 00:09:33,506 --> 00:09:35,675 DIRK: The Liberator game is a great machine. 258 00:09:35,775 --> 00:09:39,045 Built during the war, it was a very low production machine, 259 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:41,114 not many produced. And it's fun to play. 260 00:09:41,281 --> 00:09:43,516 You put in your nickel and the planes go around 261 00:09:43,616 --> 00:09:45,552 in a circle, and you've got to shoot them down. 262 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:47,487 Very few are still around. 263 00:09:47,587 --> 00:09:48,721 MIKE: Where'd you find this one at? 264 00:09:48,822 --> 00:09:49,856 DIRK: You know, I don't remember. 265 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:51,624 I've had it for a long time. 266 00:09:51,791 --> 00:09:54,127 MIKE: Oh my God, the subject matter is incredible. 267 00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:55,428 DIRK: All original paint. 268 00:09:55,562 --> 00:09:58,098 MIKE: The graphics are what really pulls you into this game. 269 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:00,233 It's like you're a gunner on a B24. 270 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,235 Back then, you're 12 years old, 271 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:05,205 you can't go overseas and join in the fight. 272 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:06,840 But when you're playing this game, 273 00:10:07,006 --> 00:10:09,642 there you are in the top turret of a B24 274 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:11,644 shooting at everything you can. 275 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:14,280 Messerschmitts, Stukas, Japanese Zeros, 276 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:16,049 they're all coming at you 277 00:10:16,149 --> 00:10:19,118 and you feel like you're doing your part. I'm 278 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:21,788 sure it was very emotional to play a game like this 279 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:26,392 when so many loved ones were overseas fighting for us. 280 00:10:26,493 --> 00:10:29,429 And remember there were material shortages during the war, 281 00:10:29,596 --> 00:10:31,898 so a lot of these games were built from repurposed 282 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:33,833 parts of other games. 283 00:10:33,933 --> 00:10:36,402 MIKE: It's a true testament to patriotism and... 284 00:10:36,503 --> 00:10:38,371 DIRK: Oh, the graphics. Look at the graphics. 285 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,373 MIKE: The artwork is incredible. DIRK: You are the gunner, right? 286 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:41,674 MIKE: Yeah. DIRK: You are the gunner. 287 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:43,343 MIKE: And it's been sitting here for how long? 288 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:45,411 DIRK: 20 years. MIKE: Has the machine ever worked? 289 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:46,679 DIRK: Yes. MIKE: So, it probably needs 290 00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:48,114 some contacts cleaned or something? 291 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:50,150 DIRK: Yeah, you're gonna want to go through it. 292 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:52,385 Surface contacts. MIKE: 2,500. 293 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:56,756 DIRK: Oh, I couldn't do that. I'd go 32. 294 00:10:56,856 --> 00:10:58,591 MIKE: Yeah... I mean, you're right there at the number. 295 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:00,860 I think it's probably 3,500 retail. 296 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:03,062 You know, there's not a lot of money to be made at it. 297 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:04,831 When it did work, it worked well? 298 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:06,366 DIRK: Yes. MIKE: And you can see now, 299 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:08,434 like, I'm looking at it. There's starting to be 300 00:11:08,535 --> 00:11:10,303 loss of paint here on the glass. 301 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:13,106 DIRK: The glass on that one, Mike, has been sealed. 302 00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:14,674 MIKE: Okay. So, you pulled it, sealed it. 303 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,276 DIRK: Right. MIKE: So, you won't have any issues 304 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:18,411 in the future on that. DIRK: It will not continue to flake. 305 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:20,280 It's a great piece. MIKE: It is a great piece, 306 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:21,915 but I really feel like I gotta get somebody 307 00:11:22,081 --> 00:11:23,883 to go through it. 3,000 bucks. 308 00:11:23,983 --> 00:11:26,119 DIRK: But you'll have it to have someone go through it. 309 00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:29,455 MIKE: I'm gonna have 35 on it. 310 00:11:29,956 --> 00:11:30,657 DIRK: 3,000. MIKE: Alright. Okay. 311 00:11:30,823 --> 00:11:32,058 DIRK: Awesome. MIKE: Alright, 312 00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:33,660 we're doing it! I love it. 313 00:11:33,826 --> 00:11:36,229 DIRK: I thought that the final price on the Liberator 314 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:37,630 was fair for both parties. 315 00:11:37,730 --> 00:11:39,632 I think if you're a World War II collector, 316 00:11:39,732 --> 00:11:41,301 it's a hard one to find. 317 00:11:48,975 --> 00:11:50,910 ROB: Hey, I wanted to ask about this. 318 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,746 This is a great Gottlieb, man. This is a nice machine. 319 00:11:53,913 --> 00:11:55,748 Look at the graphics on this thing. This is like 19... 320 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:58,351 DIRK: I'd say like 1960? 321 00:11:58,451 --> 00:12:00,987 MIKE: It's wood rail. ROB: That's so cool. 322 00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:04,691 ROB: This pinball machine is advertising Falstaff beer. 323 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:06,359 On top of that, it's a Gottlieb, 324 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:08,027 one of the oldest and best companies 325 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:09,462 to build pinball machines. 326 00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:12,031 It's got the guy on it, the colors are perfect. 327 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:14,133 This thing I could play for hours. 328 00:12:26,613 --> 00:12:28,147 ROB: Is this a quarter or a dime? 329 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:29,716 DIRK: It might be set on free play, Rob. 330 00:12:29,816 --> 00:12:31,584 ROB: Okay, hold on. Here. There it is, it's working. 331 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:33,519 DIRK: There you go. You're playing. 332 00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:34,587 ROB: There we go. 333 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:36,055 MIKE: When I look at a lot of these 334 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:39,025 early coin-op machines, I really love to dream about 335 00:12:39,192 --> 00:12:40,827 the space they lived in. 336 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:43,296 An old tavern, pool hall. 337 00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:45,431 And then you start thinking about the city, 338 00:12:45,531 --> 00:12:48,835 Memphis, New Orleans, Chicago. 339 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:51,004 As crazy as it sounds, that's one of the reasons 340 00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:52,272 I love this stuff. 341 00:12:52,372 --> 00:12:53,873 ROB: How much is this? 342 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,708 DIRK: How about 850? 343 00:12:56,142 --> 00:12:58,911 ROB: How about 600 if I get to... 344 00:12:59,012 --> 00:13:00,913 if I hit the hole right there. DIRK: Yeah. 345 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,317 ROB: Oh! Aw! Oh no! DIRK: You were so close! 346 00:13:04,817 --> 00:13:06,219 DIRK: Oh no! ROB: Oh! 347 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:07,987 MIKE: Whoa! Good save, brother. 348 00:13:08,087 --> 00:13:08,988 ROB: I'm getting it. 349 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,757 DIRK: He's like the Pinball Wizard. 350 00:13:10,857 --> 00:13:12,792 ROB: I was a pinball king, man, back in the day. 351 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:14,227 MIKE: You're Pete Townsend right now. 352 00:13:14,394 --> 00:13:15,862 ROB: Get in the hole! 353 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:18,731 There it is! DIRK: Woo! 354 00:13:18,898 --> 00:13:20,533 MIKE: Hey! How much? 355 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:22,602 ROB: 600! DIRK: Deal. 356 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:24,737 ROB: That was one good hole. DIRK: That was a great shot. 357 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:26,939 ROB: That was a great shot! Hey, you didn't see this. 358 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:28,441 It's got the belly rail. 359 00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:29,909 MIKE: I see that. I couldn't see it 360 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:31,310 because your belly was on it. ROB: Whatever. 361 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:32,578 (laughing) ROB: And the cigarette holder. 362 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,113 DIRK: Cigarette holder, yeah. 363 00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:35,815 MIKE: Dual cigarette. DIRK: That's right. 364 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:37,350 ROB: Was this astronaut looking thing, 365 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:39,552 was that an automaton too? 366 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:41,721 DIRK: Yeah, I think it came from an old toy store. 367 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:44,023 It was probably an attraction display. 368 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:46,059 ROB: Let's see if I can plug him in. 369 00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:47,226 DIRK: Oh, yeah. 370 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:48,895 ROB: It's just the head moves. DIRK: Yep. 371 00:13:49,062 --> 00:13:51,831 ROB: Wow. Cool. DIRK: He's scanning the surface of the Moon. 372 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:53,633 ROB: I see that he's standing on the Moon. 373 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:54,534 DIRK: Right. ROB: Yeah. 374 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:56,035 DIRK: Do you see his little space gun? 375 00:13:56,135 --> 00:13:57,804 ROB: I saw, the little ray gun in there. 376 00:13:57,904 --> 00:14:00,673 ROB: This astronaut was probably not mass-produced. 377 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,208 His head moves back and forth. 378 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:05,311 It looks crudely made. But it's still cool. 379 00:14:05,478 --> 00:14:07,380 ROB: The gun, to me, kind of dates it. 380 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:10,950 He's got like a 1960s, 50s ray gun in him. 381 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,518 DIRK: Look at his shoes, Robbie. 382 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:15,254 ROB: He's literally got Jordan sneakers on. 383 00:14:15,421 --> 00:14:17,490 DIRK: Well, that might be the most rare thing there. 384 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:19,459 ROB: I don't know about that. (Dirk laughs) 385 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:21,561 ROB: Dirk, what are you thinking on this thing? 386 00:14:21,661 --> 00:14:23,062 DIRK: Well, what are you thinking? 387 00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:25,098 There can't be many of them out there. 388 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,033 ROB: 450. 389 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:28,034 DIRK: 600. 390 00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:30,069 ROB: 525. 391 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:31,704 DIRK: 6 and a quarter. 392 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:33,606 ROB: You were at 600! 393 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:36,442 DIRK: Oh. Going the wrong direction. No, I was at 650. 394 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:37,910 ROB: No, you weren't! You said 600! 395 00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:40,179 DIRK: Okay. ROB: I was at 525. 396 00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:43,349 (laughing) DIRK: Okay, 525. 397 00:14:43,516 --> 00:14:46,419 Okay, split it. 550. Give him a good home. 398 00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:48,788 ROB: 540. DIRK: 540. 399 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:50,056 ROB: 540. DIRK: Awesome. 400 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:51,057 ROB: Thanks, man. I appreciate it. 401 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,291 DIRK: Hey, thank you. ROB: Thank you. 402 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:53,559 DIRK: He's pretty cool. 403 00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:54,961 ROB: Love it. MIKE: Robbie! 404 00:14:55,061 --> 00:14:55,995 ROB: Yo! 405 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:57,730 MIKE: Check this out. This is cool. 406 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,532 ROB: You trying to see if the bicycle thing works? 407 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:01,667 DIRK: That was made by a company called Mike Munves. 408 00:15:01,834 --> 00:15:04,670 MIKE: Yeah. DIRK: And they made some great arcade games. 409 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:07,006 Very unusual, low production machines, 410 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:08,441 not a mass-produced look. MIKE: Yeah, you can see 411 00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:10,042 the work that's into it. DIRK: There's very few 412 00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:12,478 that are bicycle themed for arcade games. 413 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:14,313 MIKE: Robbie, look at the graphics on the side of this. 414 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:15,782 They're drafting each other here. 415 00:15:15,948 --> 00:15:17,016 ROB: That's cool. 416 00:15:17,183 --> 00:15:18,217 MIKE: I'm a bicycle guy. 417 00:15:18,384 --> 00:15:20,253 This is a bicycle coin-op game. 418 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:23,623 The subject matter, the graphics, it's just cool. 419 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:26,092 DIRK: The game starts and you spin that wheel as fast as you can. 420 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:27,593 ROB: It just says two can play. 421 00:15:27,693 --> 00:15:29,195 DIRK: And your bicycle goes up in a circle. 422 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:30,997 ROB: You want to put a penny in there or what? 423 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:32,331 DIRK: Probably a dime. 424 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:34,267 MIKE: Is there a bag of dimes in there? 425 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:36,235 DIRK: There we go. MIKE: Okay, there we go. 426 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,670 Oh, here, look. DIRK: It's resetting. 427 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,472 MIKE: It's resetting. Look at this thing. 428 00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:41,707 ROB: First bike to finish two laps wins. 429 00:15:41,874 --> 00:15:43,242 Alright, you ready? MIKE: Ready. 430 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:45,178 DIRK: Go, go, go! MIKE: What color am I? 431 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,313 ROB: I'm green. I'm green. 432 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,283 MIKE: Oh, it's more than one lap! 433 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,518 DIRK: I can see they are very competitive brothers 434 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,187 for sure on the bike race game. 435 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:56,889 ROB: Oh! DIRK: Green's the winner. 436 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,224 ROB: That's killer! MIKE: He smoked me, man. 437 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:00,259 ROB: That's awesome. MIKE: Alright, let me try green. 438 00:16:00,426 --> 00:16:02,462 MIKE: It was fun letting my brother win one. 439 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,464 It's all part of the stewardship 440 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:06,699 of being an older brother. (laughing) 441 00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:09,702 MIKE: Oh, I'm gonna smoke him! 442 00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:11,470 MIKE: You almost get as much cardio playing this 443 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:13,406 as you do on a real bike. 444 00:16:13,506 --> 00:16:15,308 MIKE: He's catching me! DIRK: Whoa! 445 00:16:15,474 --> 00:16:16,943 MIKE: The green one's way faster. 446 00:16:17,109 --> 00:16:18,444 DIRK: Go, go, go, go! 447 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:20,112 MIKE: Yeah! 448 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:22,048 I think whoever's gonna be on the red one is gonna lose. 449 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:24,450 (laughing) MIKE: How much is this thing? 450 00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:26,252 DIRK: I hadn't really thought about selling that one, Mike. 451 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:27,587 MIKE: Woo! 452 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:30,857 DIRK: I would be at 3,500 on that. 453 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:32,425 (Mike sighs) 454 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:34,660 MIKE: Okay. I think you're right on the money 455 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,062 or even a little bit more. 456 00:16:36,229 --> 00:16:39,098 I think in the real world with this, in my opinion, 457 00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:41,500 I mean, and that's all it is, is my opinion. 458 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:44,036 MIKE: I think it's a 2,500 to $3,00 machine. 459 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:45,905 DIRK: And so, what would you like to pay, Mike? 460 00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:47,673 MIKE: What's your bottom on it? 461 00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:49,942 DIRK: Probably three. 462 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,281 MIKE: Yeah. I love it, but we're too far apart. 463 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:56,582 DIRK: Are we? MIKE: Yeah. 464 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:58,551 I just can't do it at that number. 465 00:16:58,651 --> 00:17:00,453 But I appreciate you letting us look at it. 466 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:02,588 DIRK: It was too bad that we weren't able to come up 467 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,624 with a price that both of us felt good about 468 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:06,959 on the bike race. It's a good piece. 469 00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:09,195 MIKE: How about the stork? DIRK: Yeah, I like the stork. 470 00:17:09,295 --> 00:17:11,297 That's an advertising display of some sort. 471 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:13,199 MIKE: I think it's for shoes, is it? 472 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:15,434 MIKE: This is a display from the children's section 473 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,036 of a department store, 474 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:19,071 and it's just speaking to me. 475 00:17:19,171 --> 00:17:21,307 It's a piece of art, and I think somebody 476 00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:23,509 that collects store displays 477 00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:25,912 is absolutely going to love this piece. 478 00:17:26,078 --> 00:17:27,647 MIKE: There's a repair here, obviously. 479 00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:28,948 ROB: Yeah. MIKE: A pretty big one. 480 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:30,316 DIRK: This, I did. I fiber glassed it. 481 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:31,717 MIKE: Okay. DIRK: Because this part... 482 00:17:31,817 --> 00:17:33,986 MIKE: Yeah. Because there's a lot of pressure on it. 483 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,788 DIRK: Right. MIKE: Right there. 484 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:36,856 DIRK: I like his top hat. 485 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:38,357 MIKE: It's got a great look to it. 486 00:17:38,457 --> 00:17:40,293 Can I throw you an offer on him? DIRK: Of course. 487 00:17:40,459 --> 00:17:41,694 MIKE: 350 bucks. 488 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:43,729 MIKE: This thing is made out of papier-mache. 489 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,464 So, it's amazing to me 490 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:47,900 that it's in the condition it's in given its age. 491 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:50,636 DIRK: Sounds great. 492 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,071 MIKE: Alright, we're doing it. DIRK: 350. 493 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:53,139 MIKE: Okay. DIRK: Awesome. 494 00:17:53,306 --> 00:17:55,141 And we have other things we can go look at too. 495 00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:55,841 Right through this door. 496 00:18:03,382 --> 00:18:06,218 DIRK: So, this is an actual poultry barn. 497 00:18:06,319 --> 00:18:08,421 50 feet wide, 300 feet deep. 498 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:11,724 It was in use in the 1940s, 50s. 499 00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:13,025 MIKE: Wow! ROB: Wow! 500 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:14,860 MIKE: Oh my gosh, look at this. ROB: Dude. 501 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:16,295 DIRK: It's been a great spot 502 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:17,930 for me to pack rat my stuff away. 503 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:18,965 MIKE: Yeah. 504 00:18:19,131 --> 00:18:21,667 DIRK: When I was hot and heavy into collecting, 505 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:25,137 I would take road trips. I like the old thrill of the hunt. 506 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:27,239 Sometimes you see something that's unusual 507 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:28,941 and you really can't identify it 508 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:30,276 but you know it's well made. 509 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:32,011 At the moment, you just gotta get it 510 00:18:32,178 --> 00:18:34,180 and figure out what the story is down the road. 511 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,748 ROB: Is that a moonshine guy, Mike? 512 00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:37,650 MIKE: Yeah. Look at his face. ROB: Look at the motor 513 00:18:37,850 --> 00:18:40,987 underneath this thing. Think he tilts his jug back. 514 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:42,655 DIRK: These automatons told a story, 515 00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:44,223 each one of them had a little story. 516 00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:45,791 Someone had to come up with the imagination 517 00:18:45,891 --> 00:18:47,994 to create them, and when you plug them in, 518 00:18:48,094 --> 00:18:50,930 they start moving around. It's quite the sight to see. 519 00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:52,164 MIKE: Robbie, look at this kid's face. 520 00:18:52,331 --> 00:18:54,033 It's scary looking, man. 521 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:55,801 That's the stuff nightmares are made of. 522 00:18:55,901 --> 00:18:57,303 ROB: God, these things are ancient. 523 00:18:57,403 --> 00:18:59,538 So, when you were buying up roadside attractions, 524 00:18:59,705 --> 00:19:01,374 were some of these things in it? 525 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:04,510 DIRK: No, none of this stuff came from roadside attractions. 526 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:06,746 The roadside attractions are the same era, 527 00:19:06,846 --> 00:19:08,214 they're the same uniqueness, 528 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:10,116 and I can share them with other folks. 529 00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:11,617 MIKE: Absolutely. And the ripple effect 530 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:14,020 of a roadside attraction that's up and running again 531 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:15,955 is huge for the area, economically. 532 00:19:16,055 --> 00:19:18,858 DIRK: It is, yeah. And it preserves history. 533 00:19:19,025 --> 00:19:21,127 MIKE: Dirk is my hero because he is investing 534 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:22,728 in roadside attractions 535 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:25,731 that have been a part of so many of these small towns 536 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:27,099 for generations. 537 00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:28,734 And a lot of these out of the way places 538 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:31,237 still rely on them economically. 539 00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:34,573 They're still a part of what makes these little towns tick. 540 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:36,676 MIKE: Have you ever seen any of the wigwams? 541 00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:40,179 DIRK: Oh, the Wigwam Villages. Now, those are amazing. 542 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:41,480 DIRK: There's one in Arizona. 543 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:42,715 MIKE: Yeah, I've been to that one. 544 00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:44,450 DIRK: And one in Kentucky. 545 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:45,951 MIKE: Cave City. DIRK: Cave City. 546 00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:48,220 MIKE: Yep. DIRK: And it came up for sale. 547 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,822 MIKE: I know! It was bought, 548 00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:51,791 and the people that bought it are restoring it. 549 00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:53,926 DIRK: Right. MIKE: Talk about a roadside attraction, though. 550 00:19:54,093 --> 00:19:56,262 DIRK: Yeah, absolutely. MIKE: I mean, that's one of the premier ones in America. 551 00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:57,696 DIRK: And you can stay in it overnight. 552 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,765 MIKE: Absolutely. DIRK: You can actually experience the attraction. 553 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:01,834 MIKE: Oh my gosh. And it's right next to Mammoth Cave. 554 00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:04,670 MIKE: The Wigwam Villages were actually motels 555 00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:06,272 that were built in the 1930s 556 00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:08,107 in the shape of a wigwam. 557 00:20:08,274 --> 00:20:09,909 If you really pay attention to this stuff, 558 00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:12,578 then you know the second Wigwam Village 559 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:15,147 that was ever built in Cave City, Kentucky, 560 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:17,450 was for sale. At one point, 561 00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:19,852 I was actually thinking about buying it 562 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:22,188 because it was so reasonable. 563 00:20:22,288 --> 00:20:24,824 I mean, it came with a house, all of the wigwams, 564 00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:27,093 the main lodge. I mean, to own a piece 565 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:31,097 of Americana history like that would be so epic. 566 00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:33,899 But then I started thinking about maintaining it, 567 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,302 finding employees, restoring it, 568 00:20:36,469 --> 00:20:39,672 all that would entail to really be the caretaker 569 00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:42,875 of something like that, and I just backed off of it. 570 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:45,277 ROB: I gotta ask. At what point do you go home 571 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:47,113 to your wife and go, "Hey, I bought a wigwam." 572 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:48,681 ROB: And then she's like... And then you go, 573 00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:51,183 "Hey, we're moving to the wigwam because the house is next door." 574 00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:53,619 DIRK: Yeah. ROB: That's like going to the next level. 575 00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:57,022 DIRK: I have the best wife ever. She is so understanding. 576 00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:59,058 MIKE: Does she love this stuff too? 577 00:20:59,158 --> 00:21:00,493 DIRK: She... (Robbie laughs) 578 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:02,061 DIRK: ...accepts it. I love it. ROB: Yeah. 579 00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:04,563 DIRK: And she's called me when she runs across something. 580 00:21:04,730 --> 00:21:06,432 "Hey, what about this?" She's into it. 581 00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:08,267 ROB: Yeah. DIRK: Not as much as I am. 582 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:09,668 MIKE: When you buy these properties, 583 00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,170 how are you maintaining them? 584 00:21:11,337 --> 00:21:13,172 Is it difficult to find management and stuff? 585 00:21:13,339 --> 00:21:15,141 DIRK: That's the trick, is finding the staffing 586 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,543 to not only preserve and share it, 587 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:19,178 but are enthusiastic about it. ROB: Yeah. 588 00:21:19,345 --> 00:21:20,412 DIRK: So, at the Crystal Cave, 589 00:21:20,579 --> 00:21:22,548 we hire a lot of geology students. 590 00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:24,383 MIKE: Okay. Yeah. DIRK: Because they go down 591 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:26,752 into the cave and you see all the formations, 592 00:21:26,852 --> 00:21:29,421 and when they start talking about it, it's a love. 593 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:30,923 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. DIRK: And they share the love. 594 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:32,525 MIKE: They have passion as a tour guide. 595 00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:33,492 DIRK: Yeah. 596 00:21:33,659 --> 00:21:34,860 DIRK: When I'm at one of the properties, 597 00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:37,496 I'm usually incognito. No one knows I'm the owner. 598 00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:40,332 And I'll just sit back and watch, and I'll listen, 599 00:21:40,499 --> 00:21:44,136 and to see the kids smile, and to see them excited. 600 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,739 They saw something they couldn't see any place else. 601 00:21:46,906 --> 00:21:47,840 That's great. 602 00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,675 MIKE: What's the story behind this guy? 603 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:51,343 DIRK: You know, I was at a swap meet 604 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:54,580 and I just was attracted to him in kind of a weird way. 605 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:55,981 (all laughing) 606 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,350 ROB: It is kind of a weird item, there. 607 00:21:58,450 --> 00:22:00,619 DIRK: Yeah! ROB: He's got a martini glass hanging from his... 608 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:01,687 (laughing) 609 00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:03,022 MIKE: This is probably one of the most 610 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:05,824 bizarre mannequins that I've ever seen. 611 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:08,861 It's like Max Headroom meets Fred Astaire. 612 00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:10,896 On top of that, he's wearing an apron 613 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:12,865 with a martini glass on it, 614 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:15,668 so he's got kind of a Devo thing going on as well. 615 00:22:15,768 --> 00:22:17,136 MIKE: I would just use him to put, like, 616 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:18,537 vintage clothing on. DIRK: Sure. 617 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:19,939 MIKE: What are you thinking on him? 618 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:21,473 DIRK: Oh, jeez. Not much. 619 00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:24,410 MIKE: What's not much? DIRK: Uh... 450? 620 00:22:24,577 --> 00:22:25,678 MIKE: I thought you said not much? 621 00:22:25,778 --> 00:22:27,346 DIRK: Oh, well... (laughing) 622 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:29,548 What are you thinking? 623 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:30,783 MIKE: 300 bucks. 624 00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:32,618 DIRK: 375, and he's yours. 625 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:33,786 MIKE: Alright. I gotta have him. 626 00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:36,789 I've never seen a mannequin with that face. 627 00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:38,524 Seriously, look at his face, man. 628 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:39,892 DIRK: He's great. MIKE: Couldn't you see him 629 00:22:40,059 --> 00:22:41,694 with a Harley jersey on, Robbie? ROB: Oh, 100%. 630 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:44,330 MIKE: 1,000%, man. That thing's cool. 631 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:46,265 MIKE: Hey, what about those rollers back there? 632 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,267 Can you move it out? ROB: Here. 633 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:50,269 MIKE: You handing it to me? ROB: Yep, yep. 634 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:52,137 MIKE: Alright. You look like you're doing pretty good. 635 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:55,307 ROB: Grab this side. Set it down. Yeah. 636 00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:56,842 MIKE: There we go. 637 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:57,943 DIRK: The way I understood it 638 00:22:58,110 --> 00:23:01,380 was there was a bicycle that sat on it. 639 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:03,349 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a neat piece. 640 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:04,850 I used to ride rollers. 641 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,819 MIKE: Growing up bicycle racing in Iowa, 642 00:23:06,986 --> 00:23:10,222 we did a lot of training inside in the wintertime. 643 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,791 Rollers had you actually riding your bike. 644 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,293 You're balancing yourself 645 00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:16,896 and free of anything supporting you. 646 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:19,431 I can tell by the way the rollers are made 647 00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:21,900 and the wheel base of the overall unit 648 00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:23,469 that these are wooden exhibition rollers 649 00:23:23,569 --> 00:23:25,504 from the early 1900s. 650 00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:27,039 And what I mean by exhibition 651 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:29,642 is they actually had a pair of these next to each other 652 00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,944 where racers would compete with each other. 653 00:23:32,111 --> 00:23:33,946 You have odometers so they spectators 654 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:35,914 can see how fast they're going 655 00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:37,983 and how many miles they're travelling. 656 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:39,885 This is a great display piece 657 00:23:40,052 --> 00:23:43,222 for anybody collecting early road racing machines. 658 00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:45,324 DIRK: What a great piece, though, to refurbish. 659 00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:46,859 ROB: I'm looking around to see if you got 660 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:48,327 a bicycle around here. DIRK: I don't have any. 661 00:23:48,494 --> 00:23:50,062 ROB: You got everything else, but no bicycles. 662 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:51,363 MIKE: What are you thinking on it? 663 00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:52,932 DIRK: Oh jeez. MIKE: It's obviously 664 00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:54,733 a relic of what it was. DIRK: Right. 665 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,435 MIKE: Too bad this is all gone. DIRK: Right. 666 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:58,337 MIKE: You can see this would've spun. 667 00:23:58,504 --> 00:23:59,705 ROB: Oh, it's a speedometer. 668 00:23:59,872 --> 00:24:01,140 MIKE: Yeah, as this was going on. 669 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:02,708 You can see some paint right here. 670 00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:04,743 That looks white. There's a one. 671 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:06,946 ROB: Oh, there it is right there. Three quarter. 672 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,348 This looks like it's distance. Not speed. 673 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:10,683 MIKE: Yeah, you're right. 674 00:24:10,816 --> 00:24:12,251 DIRK: It's a pretty unique piece. 675 00:24:12,418 --> 00:24:14,353 ROB: It needs some work. DIRK: But it needs some work, 676 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,356 I agree with that. 500 bucks? 677 00:24:18,357 --> 00:24:19,658 MIKE: 400 bucks. 678 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:23,128 DIRK: Let's split it. 450 if you'll give it a good home. 679 00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:25,898 MIKE: Alright. I'm a bicycle guy. I'll do it. 680 00:24:25,998 --> 00:24:27,099 DIRK: Awesome. MIKE: Thank you. 681 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:28,233 DIRK: That's awesome. ROB: That's cool. 682 00:24:28,334 --> 00:24:29,068 MIKE: Thank you. 683 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:30,436 DIRK: It's really cool to see someone 684 00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:33,339 that has the same interest in the items I've collected. 685 00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:36,041 They can appreciate the uniqueness of it all. 686 00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:37,109 What a great opportunity 687 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:39,211 to share that with other collectors. 688 00:24:47,086 --> 00:24:49,655 ROB: I gotta ask. The construction guys. 689 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,523 DIRK: Oh, the Silent Sams. Right. 690 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:53,292 ROB: Silent Sam, I remember, they called this. 691 00:24:53,392 --> 00:24:56,695 DIRK: So, the Silent Sams were made in the mid-60s. 692 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,564 They were made in New York, and the full story 693 00:24:58,731 --> 00:25:00,132 as I understand it, 694 00:25:00,232 --> 00:25:02,101 is there was an industrial engineer 695 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:05,471 reading the paper, and a roadworker had been killed. 696 00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:07,606 And he said, you know, "I think I can do something 697 00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:09,575 to help these guys out." So, he went back 698 00:25:09,742 --> 00:25:12,945 and he created these robotic men, 699 00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:15,914 designed to sit in front of a working road crew, 700 00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,851 and they're motorized. So, Mike, if you flick that switch there, 701 00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:21,720 he should come on. Just watch your head there. 702 00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:26,258 ROB: Yeah. So, they put that thing in his hand, the flag. 703 00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:28,160 MIKE: It's like a Johnny Roventini we have. 704 00:25:28,327 --> 00:25:30,095 ROB: Yes, same thing. MIKE: Where he was waving down the road. 705 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:31,497 Yeah. No, I've seen them online, 706 00:25:31,597 --> 00:25:32,865 but I've never seen one in person. 707 00:25:32,965 --> 00:25:35,834 DIRK: Right. And it would warn there's folks working up ahead. 708 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:37,503 ROB: Right. DIRK: But they didn't live long 709 00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:39,938 on the job site. They were only there maybe two years. 710 00:25:40,038 --> 00:25:41,673 ROB: Yeah. DIRK: And then the unions 711 00:25:41,774 --> 00:25:44,510 started catching on to how many of these Silent Sams 712 00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:47,780 were occupying paying union man jobs. 713 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,948 So, what happened was, the road contractor 714 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:51,817 was not getting the jobs 715 00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:54,653 unless you took the Silent Sams off 716 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:56,488 and replaced it with a union man. 717 00:25:56,655 --> 00:25:57,656 ROB: So, they don't make them anymore. 718 00:25:57,823 --> 00:25:59,892 DIRK: No. They only made them for maybe a year. 719 00:25:59,992 --> 00:26:01,126 Year and a half. 720 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:03,295 DIRK: So, the gentleman that had the construction company 721 00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:06,698 took all of his Silent Sams and put them in a semitrailer. 722 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,467 Fast forward 50 years, 723 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,035 the gentleman passes away, 724 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:11,537 and there's a semitrailer. 725 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:12,938 And they... "Oh, what's in that?" 726 00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,107 So, they take a bolt cutter, cut the lock, 727 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:18,343 open up the doors, and here is 200... 728 00:26:18,444 --> 00:26:19,812 ROB: Wow! DIRK: ...of these guys 729 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:21,013 waiting to go back to work. 730 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:22,381 (Mike laughs) 731 00:26:22,481 --> 00:26:23,582 MIKE: Oh my God. 732 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:25,317 ROB: This is picker folklore. 733 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:27,653 I have heard the stories of these things 734 00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:29,788 disappearing up in Canada. 735 00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:31,090 He's got them all! 736 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:34,760 This is like the picker version of the Terracotta Warriors. 737 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:36,228 This is mind-blowing. 738 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:38,363 ROB: I always wanted to be drowned by Burt Reynolds. 739 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:41,700 DIRK: I don't think I really had a plan when I bought them. 740 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,735 I think it's folk art. Someone had to come up 741 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:46,004 with the imagination, and mechanical and electrical 742 00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:48,407 ability to create them. They're great. 743 00:26:48,574 --> 00:26:50,409 ROB: Listen. You have a sickness, my friend. 744 00:26:50,576 --> 00:26:53,045 (Dirk laughs) ROB: I mean, 200 of these! 745 00:26:53,212 --> 00:26:55,414 I'm looking at the faces, all the face look the same 746 00:26:55,581 --> 00:26:56,915 until you start really looking at them. 747 00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:58,851 MIKE: This guy's got a mustache, that guy doesn't. 748 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:01,620 DIRK: No two are the same. Each one of their faces 749 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,456 is painted individually. They are industrial art. 750 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,325 DIRK: These things are as cool as they can get. 751 00:27:06,492 --> 00:27:09,261 I love that they're all hand-crafted, one of a kind. 752 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:10,696 DIRK: This one I took and... 753 00:27:10,863 --> 00:27:12,498 ROB: Made him into a referee. He's a referee. 754 00:27:12,598 --> 00:27:14,066 MIKE: Wow, you did that? DIRK: Yeah. 755 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:15,134 MIKE: You're pretty talented. 756 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:16,535 DIRK: Well, it was a fun project. 757 00:27:16,702 --> 00:27:17,936 ROB: Except a referee doesn't wear a helmet. 758 00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:19,338 DIRK: This one does. (Robbie laughs) 759 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:21,206 DIRK: My wife keeps asking me, "Well, jeez, Dirk, 760 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:23,008 why did you need to buy all of them? 761 00:27:23,175 --> 00:27:25,611 Why not just get a few?" And I really thought 762 00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:27,379 keeping the group together, 763 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:31,116 that there is a higher and better use for these men. 764 00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:33,986 MIKE: So, what are you thinking on them? Where you at with them? 765 00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:36,054 DIRK: Well, when they're done and operational, 766 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,390 I sell them for 1,500. 767 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:42,127 ROB: When you see a sea container full of Silent Sams, 768 00:27:42,294 --> 00:27:43,862 you got to take a few of these home. 769 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:46,198 These are collectible, and you don't find them. 770 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:48,166 ROB: Dude, these look pretty damn rough. 771 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:49,701 DIRK: You know, I agree. They're pretty rough. 772 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:52,604 The sleeves have all deteriorated, right? 773 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:54,106 MIKE: How heavy are they, Robbie? 774 00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:56,341 ROB: They got a pretty good mechanism on them. 775 00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:59,611 DIRK: They have a steel frame. ROB: It's not that heavy. 776 00:27:59,778 --> 00:28:01,380 MIKE: Why'd you choose to pick them up like that? 777 00:28:01,547 --> 00:28:03,448 ROB: Well, how else are you gonna pick the damn thing up? 778 00:28:03,615 --> 00:28:05,484 You can't pick them up under here. 779 00:28:05,651 --> 00:28:08,253 You want me to bear hug them? MIKE: Yeah! 780 00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:09,721 MIKE: Yeah. DIRK: Right. 781 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:11,523 ROB: I mean, what the hell. 782 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:13,058 MIKE: Man... DIRK: We can pull a few out 783 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:15,494 and you can get a better idea. ROB: Yeah? 784 00:28:15,594 --> 00:28:17,462 ROB: Somebody out there needs these. 785 00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:19,865 This is one of those days you dream about. 786 00:28:19,965 --> 00:28:21,333 MIKE: Now I got him by the butt cheeks. 787 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:22,668 That's more sensible. 788 00:28:22,768 --> 00:28:23,835 (Dirk laughs) 789 00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:25,337 DIRK: The roughest ones are up front. 790 00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:28,340 MIKE: This one's definitely jacked up. The arm is broken. 791 00:28:28,507 --> 00:28:30,542 DIRK: As we were removing the Silent Sams, 792 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:32,344 it's funny, because in my mind, 793 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:34,780 they were actually cleaner and probably in better shape 794 00:28:34,947 --> 00:28:35,914 than they actually were. 795 00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:37,182 ROB: That one's busted. 796 00:28:37,282 --> 00:28:38,884 DIRK: A lot of them are missing the back plate. 797 00:28:39,051 --> 00:28:40,485 DIRK: So, as we dug back into them, 798 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:42,187 I noticed there was more and more of them 799 00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:44,222 with a damaged arm or scuffed up face. 800 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:45,724 ROB: You got to look for the good ones. 801 00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:48,160 There's two right here. These things ain't light. 802 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,629 MIKE: Oh, my God. DIRK: I think they're like 80 pounds. 803 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,397 ROB: Dude. DIRK: This is where it starts getting... 804 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,199 ROB: I know. Because the minute I pull one out, 805 00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:56,268 it's like, holy cow. DIRK: Like a domino. 806 00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:57,536 ROB: Like a freaking avalanche. 807 00:28:57,703 --> 00:28:58,737 You start pulling these things out, 808 00:28:58,904 --> 00:29:00,172 they're gonna fall over. 809 00:29:00,339 --> 00:29:01,340 DIRK: Whoa! 810 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,941 (laughing) 811 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:08,580 ROB: Nothing wrong with this one. 812 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:09,948 DIRK: Put him in your keeper pile. 813 00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:11,850 ROB: Yeah, this one's a keeper. MIKE: See, look at this here. 814 00:29:12,017 --> 00:29:14,019 You can just take a back. DIRK: Yeah, you can take a back. 815 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:15,454 ROB: I'm worn out. 816 00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:17,656 You done wore me out and I only got five. 817 00:29:17,823 --> 00:29:22,094 One, two, three, four, five. 818 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:24,830 ROB: For me to buy these, the deal has to make sense. 819 00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:26,732 One thing you're gonna have to do with these Silent Sams 820 00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:28,900 at the end of the day is you're gonna have to repaint them. 821 00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:30,836 DIRK: You like those? ROB: I like them so much 822 00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:33,372 that I want to give you $425 apiece for them 823 00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:35,707 so I don't have to dig out anymore. 824 00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:40,379 DIRK: Okay, let's make it 4 and a half each for five. 825 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,616 ROB: I'll tell you what. We'll do the 450. 826 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:46,451 I'll take six. DIRK: Six of them. 827 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,520 ROB: 450, I pick the last one. 828 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:51,657 Any one more, though. 829 00:29:52,391 --> 00:29:54,159 DIRK: Oh... ROB: Any of the one more that's in here. 830 00:29:54,326 --> 00:29:55,694 DIRK: That's not black and white. 831 00:29:55,861 --> 00:29:57,062 ROB: No, no, no. 832 00:29:57,162 --> 00:29:58,296 DIRK: Because I know the one you're... 833 00:29:58,463 --> 00:29:59,464 ROB: Yeah. MIKE: For the striped guy? 834 00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:01,333 ROB: Yeah. DIRK: Yeah. Nice face. 835 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:02,834 ROB: How much extra for this guy? 836 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:04,102 DIRK: Well, that's a great piece, 837 00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:07,406 but I have a lot of time into him. $200 extra. 838 00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:10,342 ROB: So 650 for this guy. DIRK: 650 on this guy. 839 00:30:10,442 --> 00:30:12,344 450 on the five. 840 00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:14,813 ROB: The fact that he already finished the referee, 841 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,816 that's a plus. I can get $1000 out of that one. 842 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:19,384 ROB: And I get the panels off the one? 843 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:21,219 DIRK: And you get the panels off the one. 844 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,188 ROB: Done. DIRK: Awesome. 845 00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:25,023 ROB: I forgot to throw in who's putting these back in. 846 00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:26,892 (laughs) MIKE: Who do you think? 847 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:28,727 Grab one. ROB: Yeah. 848 00:30:28,894 --> 00:30:31,229 DIRK: I did come down off my price a bit for Robbie 849 00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,332 on that package deal. You know, I realized 850 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:35,000 that he's got some work ahead of him. 851 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,235 He's got to get the same vision I have for them, 852 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:38,637 and he's got to make it a reality. 853 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:46,144 DIRK: This is more items that I have 854 00:30:46,244 --> 00:30:48,246 if you see anything that catches your eye. 855 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:50,482 ROB: Look at that. Pro-Soccer. 856 00:30:50,649 --> 00:30:51,550 That's a cool piece. 857 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:53,485 What is this, like a foosball table? 858 00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:55,020 DIRK: Yeah. ROB: The players actually 859 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,122 look all hand-painted. 860 00:30:57,289 --> 00:30:58,957 ROB: Typically, in a foosball table, 861 00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:02,327 soccer players were plastic guys on the stick. 862 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:05,130 These are actually cast iron and hand-painted. 863 00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:07,032 Soccer is one of the fastest-growing sports 864 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,800 in America right now. 865 00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:10,569 This is easy to sell then. 866 00:31:10,736 --> 00:31:13,805 DIRK: Yeah, it was made by US Billiards back in the '60s. 867 00:31:13,972 --> 00:31:16,541 Coin-operated. But the thing that makes this one unique 868 00:31:16,641 --> 00:31:18,310 is it has a glass top. 869 00:31:18,410 --> 00:31:20,045 So, obviously, it was meant for locations 870 00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:22,447 that they were worried about someone stealing the soccer ball 871 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:24,883 because you put in your coin, the ball would come up here, 872 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,885 and then you'd have to manually lift it up. 873 00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:29,054 ROB: And push it in. DIRK: And put it in to play. 874 00:31:29,154 --> 00:31:31,857 And then shoot away. I love the artwork on it. 875 00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:34,159 And I'm pretty sure I have the legs for it too, Robbie. 876 00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:36,294 In fact, I know I do. ROB: Wooden legs? 877 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:37,529 DIRK: Wooden legs, yes. 878 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:39,097 ROB: What do you gotta have on this thing? 879 00:31:39,197 --> 00:31:40,632 DIRK: I'd do 500 on it. 880 00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:42,200 ROB: It is cool. 881 00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:44,202 I mean, I love the fact that it's soccer. 882 00:31:44,369 --> 00:31:46,171 My daughter plays Division 1 Soccer. 883 00:31:46,338 --> 00:31:47,639 ROB: So, it's like the only reason I'm like, 884 00:31:47,806 --> 00:31:49,841 soccer, pro-soccer. Cool. 885 00:31:50,008 --> 00:31:51,943 MIKE: Oh, I can see her playing that when she comes home. 886 00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:54,246 DIRK: Oh, she'd love it. ROB: Let me think about this 887 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,881 just for a little bit. 888 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:57,215 ROB: You find anything, Mike? 889 00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:59,184 MIKE: I like all these parts and pieces, man. 890 00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:01,720 DIRK: Yeah, a lot of this stuff is project stuff. 891 00:32:01,887 --> 00:32:03,722 MIKE: I mean, some of it's cool just because, you know, 892 00:32:03,889 --> 00:32:06,658 you can use it for props. Like this, for example. 893 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:09,094 DIRK: Put it on a shelf. MIKE: Like a photoshoot or something. 894 00:32:09,194 --> 00:32:12,531 The case is rough. But I love the casting. 895 00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:14,132 You got that piece. 896 00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:16,802 I saw this can with a light socket in it. 897 00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:19,337 MIKE: I love that Dirk understands the value 898 00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:20,806 of parts and pieces. 899 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:23,575 All of these things add up to somebody out there 900 00:32:23,742 --> 00:32:25,577 wanting to finish a project. 901 00:32:25,744 --> 00:32:28,013 Somebody that's looking to repurpose an old can 902 00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:29,247 for a sign, 903 00:32:29,414 --> 00:32:31,616 or someone's got an old trade stimulator 904 00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:32,884 that needs a part. 905 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:34,619 MIKE: What are you thinking on these two pieces? 906 00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:36,955 DIRK: 200 bucks. MIKE: 150. 907 00:32:37,489 --> 00:32:38,557 DIRK: Awesome. MIKE: Alright. 908 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:40,292 And then I saw a table back here 909 00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:42,894 that's got some really old nickel plating on it. 910 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:45,330 There's the leg. Or, it could've been a base for something. 911 00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:47,799 But it would've taken a really long rod 912 00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:49,134 because there's a hole in that, 913 00:32:49,234 --> 00:32:52,070 and there's nothing to support any kind of platform. 914 00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:53,305 DIRK: Right. You'd have to fabricate that. 915 00:32:53,405 --> 00:32:55,307 MIKE: $60. DIRK: Perfect. 916 00:32:55,407 --> 00:32:56,575 (laughter) DIRK: That's great. 917 00:32:56,741 --> 00:32:58,543 MIKE: Alright, thank you. DIRK: Thanks. That's awesome. 918 00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:00,011 DIRK: I've got some more items in the back 919 00:33:00,111 --> 00:33:01,847 if you want to check it out. The barn here 920 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:03,548 is where we keep all the different items. 921 00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:06,451 A lot of these I don't own. They're family or friends. 922 00:33:06,618 --> 00:33:08,119 MIKE: Storage for people? DIRK: Storage, yeah. 923 00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:10,021 ROB: This a hearse? DIRK: Yeah. 924 00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:12,524 ROB: Got any bodies in it still? DIRK: Hope not. 925 00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:16,595 MIKE: Look at this submarine game. Undersea Raider. 926 00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:18,597 DIRK: 1940s. ROB: Oh, look at that. 927 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:21,132 This is like the submarine game you look through the... 928 00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:23,335 DIRK: Periscope. ROB: Yeah. Periscope up. 929 00:33:23,435 --> 00:33:24,970 MIKE: Look at the graphics on this box, Robbie. 930 00:33:25,136 --> 00:33:26,304 Aircraft carrier. 931 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:28,173 ROB: Look at that. DIRK: I know. 932 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:30,976 DIRK: The Undersea Raider was made during World War II. 933 00:33:31,076 --> 00:33:33,645 It was one of the first periscope arcade games 934 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:35,747 where you actually looked through the periscope 935 00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:38,083 much like they did back during World War II, 936 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:40,285 and object was to shoot and sink the boats 937 00:33:40,452 --> 00:33:42,420 that were flying by inside the back box. 938 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,822 DIRK: Don't you love it? ROB: Yeah. 939 00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:45,624 The fact that it's still presentable. 940 00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:47,192 DIRK: After 80 years. 941 00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:50,161 ROB: Yeah, I can imagine this thing working. Here. 942 00:33:50,328 --> 00:33:51,796 MIKE: Can you move this thing without... 943 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:53,832 DIRK: It comes in three different pieces. 944 00:33:53,999 --> 00:33:56,001 MIKE: Whoa, the top is roached. 945 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:58,103 ROB: Look at that ship on there. MIKE: I know, it's cool. 946 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:00,438 DIRK: Love the paint on it. The graphics are awesome. 947 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:03,508 MIKE: This, for me, is about the entire look of the machine. 948 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:05,911 It's missing so many internal parts, 949 00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:08,346 it might be impossible to get it together, 950 00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:10,382 and if you did, it would be expensive. 951 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:12,984 But I'm really trying to build a catalog 952 00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:14,719 of unique pieces like this 953 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:18,056 in inventory for photoshoots or videos 954 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:19,891 in our warehouse in Columbia. 955 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,060 I mean, we've been really fortunate to have a lot 956 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,562 of photographers and directors come down 957 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,531 and pick and choose pieces they want. 958 00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:28,934 They say, "I love that, I've never seen that before. 959 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,168 I want to use that." 960 00:34:30,335 --> 00:34:31,937 So, I feel like if we put it together 961 00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:34,739 and clean it up some, it's really going to pop. 962 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:37,008 ROB: Right here, Mike. Look at the bottom right here. 963 00:34:37,175 --> 00:34:39,144 MIKE: Yeah, look at it. It's delaminating down there. 964 00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:40,679 Let me see the other side of it. 965 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:42,614 Yeah, it's about the same on this side. 966 00:34:42,714 --> 00:34:45,650 Let me, um... let me think about that for a little bit. 967 00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:47,886 MIKE: What about this sign can? Is this yours? 968 00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:50,555 DIRK: It is, Mike, yeah. MIKE: Robbie, grab part of this can. 969 00:34:50,722 --> 00:34:51,856 ROB: Hold on. 970 00:34:52,691 --> 00:34:53,792 MIKE: Whoa, whoa. 971 00:34:53,959 --> 00:34:54,993 ROB: Wanna set it down on here? 972 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,194 Where do you wanna set it at? 973 00:34:56,361 --> 00:34:57,696 MIKE: I want to put it on the ground. 974 00:34:57,796 --> 00:34:59,798 ROB: Right here. MIKE: Alright... 975 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:00,832 That's pretty cool. 976 00:35:00,999 --> 00:35:01,833 Look, you can see 977 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,335 where it lights underneath here, 978 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:04,736 though, Robbie. Look. DIRK: You know, 979 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,938 I have the letters that came off of that. 980 00:35:07,038 --> 00:35:07,973 MIKE: Oh, wow. ROB: Oh, wow. 981 00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:09,240 DIRK: Yeah, this was-- ROB: So, what was 982 00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:10,642 the sign originally? DIRK: Well, it was from 983 00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:12,744 our downtown hardware store. 984 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:14,212 ROB: So, those just went on there. 985 00:35:14,379 --> 00:35:16,648 DIRK: The letters would sit on this rail 986 00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:19,618 and then it would be backlit by the neon coming up. 987 00:35:19,718 --> 00:35:22,087 MIKE: The letters bolted. DIRK: I think they were on a rail right here. 988 00:35:22,253 --> 00:35:24,022 MIKE: Because they got brackets. Yeah, there you go. 989 00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:25,724 DIRK: There you go. ROB: Hardware. 990 00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:27,792 And then these would've been left for the other side. 991 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,060 MIKE: Oh yeah, I like it! 992 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,595 DIRK: That does look a lot better. 993 00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:32,130 (Mike whistles) ROB: I can see it lit up. 994 00:35:32,297 --> 00:35:34,232 MIKE: This hardware store can is incredible! 995 00:35:34,399 --> 00:35:36,968 It doesn't scare me that it's painted with house paint, 996 00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:39,938 because we've got guys that can paint whatever color 997 00:35:40,105 --> 00:35:42,974 we want in the background to really make it look old. 998 00:35:43,074 --> 00:35:46,378 I mean obviously we would disclose that to the buyer, 999 00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:50,015 but when you have artisans that can recreate the past 1000 00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:51,750 and put it on the outside of a building? 1001 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:53,551 I mean, how cool would that be? 1002 00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:55,253 MIKE: What are you thinking? 1003 00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:56,688 DIRK: What do you think about 500? 1004 00:35:56,855 --> 00:35:57,956 (Mike sighs) 1005 00:35:58,123 --> 00:36:00,191 MIKE: I'll do 450, 1006 00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:04,129 and 300 on the submarine box, the carcass. 1007 00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:06,264 That could be used as a prop. 1008 00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:08,133 It's really cool, it's got a great look to it. 1009 00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:09,701 DIRK: That would be nice. MIKE: Know what I mean? 1010 00:36:09,801 --> 00:36:11,569 DIRK: Okay. 750. ROB: 750. 1011 00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:13,905 MIKE: 750. DIRK: Awesome. Thanks. 1012 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,373 MIKE: I'll tell you what, I love it. 1013 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:16,041 DIRK: That's great. 1014 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,250 ROB: There's so much stuff to look at in here. 1015 00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:27,919 Dang! What's this doing here? 1016 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:29,254 DIRK: Yeah, isn't that a great old truck? 1017 00:36:29,354 --> 00:36:30,455 ROB: This yours? DIRK: Yeah. 1018 00:36:30,555 --> 00:36:31,790 ROB: Wow. DIRK: That truck actually 1019 00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:33,692 was bought in San Luis Obispo 1020 00:36:33,792 --> 00:36:36,961 just down the road and has never left this area. 1021 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:38,563 ROB: Sixty... DIRK: I think it's '67. 1022 00:36:38,663 --> 00:36:40,765 ROB: '67, I think it is. DIRK: All original paint on it. 1023 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:42,133 MIKE: That's cool. 1024 00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:43,635 ROB: Hey, it's a Ford truck. 1025 00:36:43,802 --> 00:36:46,638 We live in America. It's got original paint on it. 1026 00:36:46,805 --> 00:36:49,140 Come on! Who wouldn't want that? 1027 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,917 ROB: 53,000 miles? DIRK: Yeah, 53,000 miles. 1028 00:36:59,084 --> 00:37:01,119 ROB: Wow. So, how long have you owned it? 1029 00:37:01,286 --> 00:37:03,254 DIRK: I think I've had it maybe six or eight years. 1030 00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:04,722 ROB: It's got a V8 in it. DIRK: Yeah. 1031 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,357 ROB: Three on the tree. DIRK: I take it around 1032 00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:08,359 every other Sunday, drive it around town. 1033 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:09,561 ROB: So, it's your Sunday driver? 1034 00:37:09,661 --> 00:37:10,962 DIRK: Yeah, but not recently. 1035 00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:12,797 MIKE: Looks like some engine work's been done to it. 1036 00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:14,532 ROB: Well, originally, on the engine, 1037 00:37:14,632 --> 00:37:17,435 the manifolds were reversed, and they came up over the top. 1038 00:37:17,602 --> 00:37:19,237 So, somebody changed the manifolds on it, 1039 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,438 which is good because that was like, 1040 00:37:20,605 --> 00:37:22,006 their worst design ever. 1041 00:37:22,107 --> 00:37:24,209 The water pump's been changed. DIRK: Mm-hmm. 1042 00:37:24,309 --> 00:37:26,010 ROB: When's the last time it was on the road? 1043 00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:27,746 DIRK: Well, honestly, maybe a year and a half ago. 1044 00:37:27,846 --> 00:37:29,981 ROB: Oh. That's not that long. MIKE: It's pretty straight. 1045 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:31,716 ROB: Is it something you're looking at selling? 1046 00:37:31,883 --> 00:37:34,252 DIRK: I hadn't thought about it, but I mean, 1047 00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:35,887 you're welcome to make me an offer. 1048 00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:37,322 DIRK: I really like the yellow truck 1049 00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:40,058 and I'm not surprised they're keying in on it 1050 00:37:40,158 --> 00:37:41,726 a little bit, because it is a nice truck 1051 00:37:41,826 --> 00:37:42,927 and it's in great shape. 1052 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:44,963 But it is one of my favorite things. 1053 00:37:45,063 --> 00:37:46,498 ROB: Dirk, it's your truck. 1054 00:37:46,598 --> 00:37:48,800 You can't buy and sell it. You got to put a number on it. 1055 00:37:48,967 --> 00:37:50,168 ROB: If you want to sell it. 1056 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:51,503 DIRK: What are you thinking something like this 1057 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:52,737 would be worth to you? 1058 00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:55,273 ROB: As much as you're thinking you want to sell it. 1059 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,208 (laughing) 1060 00:37:57,308 --> 00:37:59,010 MIKE: My brother and Dirk are doing the dance 1061 00:37:59,177 --> 00:38:00,812 that we all do in this business. 1062 00:38:00,979 --> 00:38:03,615 Nobody wants to put the first number on it. 1063 00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:05,450 ROB: I'm putting you on the spot on this one. 1064 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:08,319 DIRK: Yeah, you are. I hadn't really thought about that. 1065 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:10,788 ROB: Well, here. From one picker to another picker, 1066 00:38:10,955 --> 00:38:13,324 you know what you got in it, you know what you need to make. 1067 00:38:13,491 --> 00:38:14,526 DIRK: Right. ROB: What's that number? 1068 00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:16,361 MIKE: It's got a nice pleather seat. 1069 00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:18,563 (Dirk laughs) ROB: It's actually not bad. 1070 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:20,565 I mean, the seat's been changed. The cover has. 1071 00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:23,034 DIRK: Yeah. It's a solid truck. I mean, really, it is. 1072 00:38:23,201 --> 00:38:24,502 ROB: What makes you happy to sell this? 1073 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:25,770 DIRK: Uh... ROB: What's the number? 1074 00:38:25,937 --> 00:38:29,007 DIRK: I would be happy if you paid me 9,500. 1075 00:38:29,174 --> 00:38:31,810 ROB: How's it run? DIRK: We can try it up and see. 1076 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:34,012 ROB: You got the keys in it? DIRK: Keys should be in there. 1077 00:38:34,112 --> 00:38:35,446 MIKE: Key's in here. Is this the key? 1078 00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:37,048 DIRK: There you go. MIKE: There you go, Robbie. 1079 00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:39,083 DIRK: There it is. ROB: When's the last time it started? 1080 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:40,485 DIRK: Probably about a year and a half. 1081 00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:41,719 (honks) 1082 00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:43,655 (Mike laughs) ROB: Let's see here. 1083 00:38:43,755 --> 00:38:44,923 We got ignition here, 1084 00:38:45,089 --> 00:38:46,724 we got a choke. Does the choke work? 1085 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:47,926 DIRK: I don't think the choke works. 1086 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,627 (engine sputtering) MIKE: Push the clutch in. 1087 00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:51,396 ROB: You don't need the clutch in. 1088 00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:54,999 DIRK: Come on, baby! 1089 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:56,935 DIRK: Oh boy... 1090 00:38:57,035 --> 00:38:58,770 This is either gonna work or not work. 1091 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:01,005 (engine sputtering) 1092 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,607 MIKE: This thing even got a gas gauge? 1093 00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:04,676 ROB: It's right here. It's got half a tank. 1094 00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:06,277 DIRK: If it doesn't start, it's no loss, 1095 00:39:06,444 --> 00:39:08,246 because then I'll just be able to keep the truck. 1096 00:39:08,413 --> 00:39:09,848 (engine sputtering) 1097 00:39:10,882 --> 00:39:12,116 DIRK: I don't think so, Robbie. 1098 00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:13,852 (sputtering) 1099 00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:16,921 (engine starts) 1100 00:39:17,088 --> 00:39:19,157 (Mike laughs) 1101 00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:21,092 (revving) 1102 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:22,627 MIKE: There it is. ROB: Love it. 1103 00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:24,028 DIRK: I've enjoyed that truck. 1104 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:25,396 MIKE: Take it for a drive, Robbie. Whoa. 1105 00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:26,764 (revving) 1106 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:29,133 ROB: I know. I'm not taking it out of here. 1107 00:39:34,439 --> 00:39:36,808 MIKE: Whoa. Now what is he doing? 1108 00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:39,244 (Mike laughs) 1109 00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:41,079 What was that about, Johnny Cash? 1110 00:39:41,246 --> 00:39:43,248 ROB: Just checking. Well, it's not smoking. 1111 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,650 MIKE: No, it sounds good. DIRK: It does. 1112 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,386 MIKE: You can probably drive this back to Iowa, Robbie. 1113 00:39:48,553 --> 00:39:49,921 It's got okay tires on it. 1114 00:39:50,021 --> 00:39:51,956 ROB: It's got radials on it. Which you changed out. 1115 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:54,525 MIKE: Woo! ROB: Sure drives like a million dollars. 1116 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:56,160 Little loose in the front end. DIRK: Yeah. 1117 00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:57,729 ROB: You gotta do one of these deals. 1118 00:39:57,829 --> 00:39:58,896 DIRK: Yeah, it keeps you in shape. 1119 00:39:58,997 --> 00:40:00,698 ROB: I'm going to throw my hat in the ring. 1120 00:40:01,766 --> 00:40:03,568 How about the truck... 1121 00:40:04,469 --> 00:40:06,004 and the soccer game? 1122 00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:07,205 DIRK: Whew... 1123 00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:09,073 ROB: 8,700. 1124 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:14,212 DIRK: Uh... 9,500. 1125 00:40:14,379 --> 00:40:15,980 You get the yellow truck 1126 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,249 and the US Billiards soccer game. 1127 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,485 ROB: Let me ask you this. Has this thing ever 1128 00:40:20,652 --> 00:40:22,520 given you a time on the side of the road? 1129 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:24,656 DIRK: It has never let me down. 1130 00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:26,124 ROB: 9,200. 1131 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:28,760 ROB: 9,200. DIRK: That is very close. 1132 00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:30,828 I like the 95. 1133 00:40:31,329 --> 00:40:32,964 ROB: He's stuck on 95 for some reason. 1134 00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:34,832 (Mike chuckles) ROB: It's a great number. 1135 00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:37,368 ROB: This is a good truck, and I've got to give it to Dirk, 1136 00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,771 I didn't think it was going to run that good. 1137 00:40:39,871 --> 00:40:42,573 This is the condition you want to find these in. 1138 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:45,543 (chuckling) 1139 00:40:45,643 --> 00:40:48,112 ROB: For some reason, you knew I was gonna shake the hand. 1140 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:50,448 He wasn't gonna let it go. DIRK: It's a great piece. 1141 00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:52,250 ROB: I'm not saying it isn't. I love trucks. 1142 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:54,552 I'm a truck fanatic, and if it comes out of California, 1143 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,788 I'm even more happy. MIKE: He's a truck nut. 1144 00:40:56,954 --> 00:40:58,356 (Dirk laughs) 1145 00:40:58,523 --> 00:41:00,191 ROB: Sometimes things look you in the face. 1146 00:41:00,358 --> 00:41:02,927 This 1966 Ford, 1147 00:41:03,027 --> 00:41:04,729 long bed, original, 1148 00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:06,564 I was born in 1966! 1149 00:41:06,731 --> 00:41:09,067 This is absolutely amazing. 1150 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:10,968 MIKE: Hand me that, Robbie. That's the last one. 1151 00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:12,036 ROB: Yeah, I know. 1152 00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:14,038 ROB: You've got to love collectors like Dirk. 1153 00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:16,040 He started out in the coin-operated stuff, 1154 00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:17,742 and went into the automatons, 1155 00:41:17,842 --> 00:41:20,478 and now he owns roadside attractions. 1156 00:41:20,645 --> 00:41:23,982 He jumped in with both feet just because he loved it. 1157 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:25,717 MIKE: Ah, there's my man! DIRK: There he is! 1158 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:26,718 MIKE: Heck yeah! 1159 00:41:26,884 --> 00:41:28,186 MIKE: I love Dirk's passion. 1160 00:41:28,353 --> 00:41:30,188 To me, it really gets back to that sense 1161 00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:31,923 of childlike wonder 1162 00:41:32,023 --> 00:41:35,426 and helping people understand no matter how old you are, 1163 00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:38,730 you can still revisit these moments in time. 1164 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:40,631 MIKE: Alright, buddy. DIRK: Thank you. Thank you. 1165 00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:42,133 MIKE: I hope that you continue 1166 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:44,102 down the path of buying the roadside attraction. 1167 00:41:44,202 --> 00:41:45,370 DIRK: Oh, that's awesome. 1168 00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:47,105 DIRK: This whole collection has been 1169 00:41:47,205 --> 00:41:48,806 a lifelong journey for me. 1170 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:51,275 It has brought me to so many interesting places 1171 00:41:51,442 --> 00:41:53,745 and meeting so many interesting folks. 1172 00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:56,114 And being able to share it with Mike and Robbie 1173 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,350 was just wonderful. It was a great time. 1174 00:41:59,517 --> 00:42:00,551 (honking) MIKE: See you, buddy! 1175 00:42:00,718 --> 00:42:03,454 DIRK: Okay! Bye, Mike! Bye, Robbie!