1 00:00:04,271 --> 00:00:06,807 MIKE: Tom. What's going on, buddy? 2 00:00:06,907 --> 00:00:08,475 TOM: How are you doing? MIKE: Remember me? 3 00:00:08,575 --> 00:00:09,543 TOM: Yeah, I remember you. 4 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:11,478 MIKE: Yeah, you look the same. You're aging well. 5 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:13,914 TOM: Yes, you too. MIKE: What's going on, dude? Here you go. 6 00:00:14,081 --> 00:00:16,550 TOM: A lot of people know James from playing with Elvis. 7 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:18,352 Leader of the TCB Band, 8 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:19,753 lead guitar player. 9 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,355 They asked me after I retired 10 00:00:21,455 --> 00:00:23,624 if I'd take care of the foundation for them. 11 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:25,726 MIKE: So, you're the guy taking care of business, huh? 12 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:27,761 TOM: Yes, sir. TCB. 13 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:30,564 MIKE: You got the responsibility of it all! 14 00:00:30,664 --> 00:00:33,400 MIKE: One of the blessings to having a store in Nashville 15 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,036 for over a decade is getting to know 16 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:39,873 so many musicians that are serious collectors. 17 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,643 I was fortunate enough to meet James years ago 18 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:45,879 when we had a standup base that we needed authenticated. 19 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:48,315 JAMES: It looks like to me they had the idea 20 00:00:48,415 --> 00:00:51,752 of making it look a little bit like a Black bass, 21 00:00:51,852 --> 00:00:54,621 but I don't think it could be Bill Black's bass. 22 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:56,156 MIKE: James and I became fast friends 23 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:58,392 because we share the same passions. 24 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:01,562 And his wife, Louise, is a real pistol. 25 00:01:01,662 --> 00:01:02,829 MIKE: So, what's going on with this one? 26 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:04,698 They're gonna sell this too? TOM: That, I'm not sure. 27 00:01:04,865 --> 00:01:07,401 When James gets here, we're gonna talk to him about it. 28 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:08,769 MIKE: Oh, yeah. 29 00:01:08,869 --> 00:01:11,038 MIKE: There's one right there. That's what, the '59? 30 00:01:11,204 --> 00:01:13,040 TOM: The '59 Corvette. MIKE: Nice! 31 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:15,676 Oh, you guys got a Manx! No way! 32 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:17,077 TOM: Yep. '69. 33 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:20,447 MIKE: Leave it to a true Volkswagen enthusiast 34 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:23,283 to walk past the Corvette 35 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:26,086 and start digging into the dune buggy. 36 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:28,221 MIKE: Oh, this Manx is insane, dude. 37 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:29,590 Wow. 38 00:01:29,690 --> 00:01:32,960 You got Burton, James on there. Burbank, California. 39 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:34,594 TOM: Yep. MIKE: Think about these things 40 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:37,197 hitting the beaches in the '60s, man. 41 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:39,766 TOM: Oh, these things were a huge fling back then. 42 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:41,268 MIKE: Oh my God, I can't even imagine. 43 00:01:41,435 --> 00:01:43,236 James had great taste in cars. 44 00:01:43,337 --> 00:01:45,606 I mean, he's got a Manx sitting here, 45 00:01:45,706 --> 00:01:47,908 and then he's got the '59 Corvette. 46 00:01:48,075 --> 00:01:50,877 MIKE: I love the way that James' mind works. 47 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:54,081 It's like two iconic fiberglass cars 48 00:01:54,181 --> 00:01:57,317 that are on completely different ends of the spectrum. 49 00:01:57,417 --> 00:01:59,753 MIKE: Alright, I just want to get a picture of the number 50 00:01:59,853 --> 00:02:03,390 off the block here so I can send it to Jeff. 51 00:02:03,557 --> 00:02:05,826 He has a business called Speedvette. 52 00:02:05,993 --> 00:02:08,295 Even if I don't buy it, then James and Louise 53 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:10,030 will have like a jumping-off point in regards 54 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:12,099 to the value of it, you know? TOM: Yeah, I get that. 55 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:13,800 MIKE: Yeah. What about any of this other stuff? 56 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:15,035 What are they doing with all of this? 57 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:17,237 TOM: This is probably part of his personal collection. 58 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:18,438 (loud horn honking) 59 00:02:18,605 --> 00:02:21,141 TOM: Sounds like JB's here. 60 00:02:21,308 --> 00:02:24,678 (Mike chuckling) MIKE: What the hell's he driving, a semi? 61 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:26,613 Does he roll around in this all the time? 62 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:28,515 (laughing) 63 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:30,283 TOM: What's the deal? MIKE: What the hell? 64 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:36,923 (thunder booming) 65 00:02:37,024 --> 00:02:38,825 (upbeat music) 66 00:02:41,795 --> 00:02:44,031 ROB: Holy cow, is it raining! 67 00:02:44,131 --> 00:02:45,899 ROB: I'm freaking sopping wet, dude! 68 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:49,036 You are getting out and doing the gas next time. 69 00:02:49,136 --> 00:02:50,404 (phone rings) JERSEY JON: Dude. 70 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:52,806 Hey, Dani, what's up! ROB: What's up, girl? 71 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,307 DANIELLE: Hey, listen. I'm gonna send you out 72 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:57,044 to meet Ronnie Jr. and Rhonda. 73 00:02:57,144 --> 00:03:00,347 Their dad, Ronnie Sr., worked at the post office 74 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:03,550 so he would find all kinds of stuff on his postal route. 75 00:03:03,717 --> 00:03:05,552 JERSEY JON: Oh, cool. ROB: He's like the meter reader. 76 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:07,821 DANIELLE: Yep. Mike picked him years ago 77 00:03:07,988 --> 00:03:10,791 and he had, dude, he had incredible stuff. 78 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:13,026 RONNIE SR.: I don't have no money in the stock market. 79 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:14,828 I don't believe in stocks. MIKE: I don't either. 80 00:03:14,995 --> 00:03:16,229 RONNIE SR.: All of this is my stocks. 81 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:18,365 And I don't have to pay no broker fee. 82 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:19,466 MIKE: That's right, man. 83 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:21,668 DANIELLE: Sadly, Ronnie Sr. has passed on. 84 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:23,837 ROB: Aw... DANIELLE: And the kids 85 00:03:24,004 --> 00:03:26,239 are kind of overwhelmed. They got a lot there. 86 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:27,874 ROB: Alright. JERSEY JON: Yeah, I mean... 87 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:29,509 ROB: I appreciate it. Sounds like a good day, 88 00:03:29,676 --> 00:03:31,745 except for this freaking rain. It's not letting up. 89 00:03:31,912 --> 00:03:33,313 JERSEY JON: Yeah, call the weather service 90 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,315 and can they put a hold on this rain for us, Dani? 91 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:38,418 DANIELLE: Call weather service, put a hold on rain, got it. 92 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:40,153 JERSEY JON: Thank you! DANIELLE: Okay, guys. 93 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:41,655 Have a good one. Bye. 94 00:03:41,822 --> 00:03:43,190 (thunder booming) 95 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:46,126 JERSEY JON: Alright, let's suit up. 96 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:48,595 ROB: Let's go. JERSEY JON: That's awesome. Yep. 97 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:50,430 (honking) ROB: Alright, cool. 98 00:03:50,530 --> 00:03:53,633 JERSEY JON: Woo, it's slippery out here! Man. 99 00:03:53,734 --> 00:03:54,868 Hey! RONNIE JR.: Oh, hey guys! 100 00:03:55,035 --> 00:03:56,503 ROB: Hey, are you Ronnie? JERSEY JON: How are you? 101 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:58,205 RONNIE JR.: Yes sir. ROB: How are you doing, man? 102 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:00,240 Danielle sent us down. RONNIE JR.: Great to see y'all. 103 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:02,876 JERSEY JON: How are you doing? RONNIE JR.: Come on in, get out of this rain. 104 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,278 JERSEY JON: Alright, cool. ROB: It's freaking raining down here. 105 00:04:06,179 --> 00:04:07,848 JERSEY JON: Man... ROB: Woo! 106 00:04:07,948 --> 00:04:10,317 RONNIE JR.: Hey, Rhonda. ROB: Wow. 107 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:13,153 JERSEY JON: Wow, this place is crazy! 108 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:14,788 RONNIE JR.: Robbie, come on back. 109 00:04:14,888 --> 00:04:16,056 RONNIE JR.: This is my sister, Rhonda. 110 00:04:16,223 --> 00:04:17,791 JERSEY JON: Hello, Rhonda. I'm Jon. 111 00:04:17,891 --> 00:04:19,860 ROB: Rob Wolfe, nice to see you. JERSEY JON: And your name is... 112 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:21,061 RONNIE JR.: Ronnie. JERSEY JON: Ron? 113 00:04:21,228 --> 00:04:22,662 RONNIE JR.: I'm Ronnie Jr. JERSEY JON: Ronnie Jr. Okay. 114 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,231 JERSEY JON: This is all your dad's stuff? 115 00:04:24,331 --> 00:04:26,700 RONNIE JR.: Yeah. JERSEY JON: This is cool. Hey, look it. 116 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,435 I got a dry one, kind of, for you. 117 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:31,838 (laughing) JERSEY JON: Phew. Here you go. 118 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,273 This is the kind of stuff we're looking for. 119 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,041 And it looks like you've got a lot of it. 120 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:36,910 RHONDA: My dad was Ronnie Sanders Sr. 121 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:39,079 and he collected a lot of things. 122 00:04:39,246 --> 00:04:41,548 Uh, gas pumps, license plates. 123 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,517 RONNIE JR.: The jukeboxes. You know, growing up, 124 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:45,318 he'd have all his... the music, 125 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:49,356 and it played at full sound, kind of loud, you know. 126 00:04:49,456 --> 00:04:50,824 RHONDA: When he would come home, 127 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:52,459 the truck would be loaded down. 128 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:55,228 JERSEY JON: So, he was a postal worker delivering the mail, 129 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:57,364 and he was like, "Hey, you wanna get rid of that gas pump?" 130 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:58,765 "Hey, you wanna get rid of that truck?" 131 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:00,667 RONNIE JR.: I remember he bought a truck, one time, 132 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:03,503 the guy was pulling it up, putting the For Sale sign on it. 133 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:05,472 ROB: How many years did he beat the path there? 134 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:07,040 RONNIE JR.: He was, total, 34. 135 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,108 JERSEY JON: Whoa! ROB: Wow. 136 00:05:08,275 --> 00:05:10,544 RHONDA: I was 36. JERSEY JON: And you were 36? 137 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,412 ROB: That's an accomplishment. JERSEY JON: And you guys worked together? 138 00:05:12,512 --> 00:05:14,347 RHONDA: No. Different offices. JERSEY JON: Oh, wow. 139 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:16,349 RHONDA: I'm retired from the postal service. 140 00:05:16,516 --> 00:05:18,752 hMy dad and my mom both retired. 141 00:05:18,852 --> 00:05:20,220 JERSEY JON: Walking in here, I noticed you got 142 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:22,022 some mailboxes over here. RONNIE JR.: Oh, yeah. 143 00:05:22,189 --> 00:05:23,824 JERSEY JON: I like them both because they're-- 144 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:25,625 ROB: Let me see it, Jersey. 145 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:27,227 JERSEY JON: But that one's brass, Robbie. 146 00:05:27,394 --> 00:05:30,030 JERSEY JON: You don't see brass post office boxes very often. 147 00:05:30,197 --> 00:05:32,032 It was probably in a hotel lobby. 148 00:05:32,132 --> 00:05:34,034 It was fancy, it was probably polished, 149 00:05:34,201 --> 00:05:36,369 so it was the upper scale model. 150 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:38,572 RHONDA: Somebody that sold him the brass one 151 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,440 is interested in buying it back, you know. 152 00:05:40,607 --> 00:05:42,676 Had a lot of people contacting me about different things. 153 00:05:42,776 --> 00:05:44,144 JERSEY JON: Oh, yeah? Okay. RHONDA: When Jersey said, 154 00:05:44,311 --> 00:05:46,713 "I see something I want," already, my mind was saying, 155 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,882 "Don't pick up that brass mailbox." 156 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:51,284 RHONDA: Because the guy who sold it to my dad 157 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:52,719 would like to have it back. 158 00:05:52,819 --> 00:05:54,588 JERSEY JON: So, is this something you want to hold on to? 159 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:55,956 RHONDA: I'd like to hold the brass one. 160 00:05:56,056 --> 00:05:57,390 JERSEY JON: Okay, you wanna hold the brass one? 161 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:59,125 How about the steel one? The blue one? 162 00:05:59,226 --> 00:06:00,560 I know you got an attachment for postal stuff. 163 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:03,196 JERSEY JON: I'm trying to pull teeth here, I think. 164 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:04,831 Maybe we can put these in the equation later? 165 00:06:04,931 --> 00:06:06,066 RHONDA: Okay. JERSEY JON: Alright? 166 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:07,667 RHONDA: Alright. RONNIE JR.: Sounds like a plan. 167 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:08,969 RHONDA: We'll put it in your maybe pile. 168 00:06:09,069 --> 00:06:10,570 JERSEY JON: Alright. Hey, I appreciate you 169 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:12,305 letting me look at them and check it out, 170 00:06:12,472 --> 00:06:14,407 and also letting us in here. You mind if we look around? 171 00:06:14,507 --> 00:06:15,675 RONNIE JR.: Yeah, yeah, let's do it. 172 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:19,279 JERSEY JON: Whoa! Wow. 173 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:23,149 RONNIE JR.: It's like Jenga. JERSEY JON: Yeah! 174 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:25,118 JERSEY JON: The interior of this building, I mean, 175 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:27,220 it's like a cathedral of junk. 176 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:28,822 It's all over the place, man. 177 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:30,390 It's like from floor to ceiling. 178 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:32,025 It's packed in there, it's dense. 179 00:06:32,192 --> 00:06:34,160 ROB: Whoa! RONNIE JR.: There's some Pegasus legs. 180 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:36,062 ROB: Yeah, what's up with that? JERSEY JON: Oh, wow! 181 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:38,231 ROB: These are what always got broken off. 182 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:40,200 I mean, is that... You don't have the horse? 183 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:42,702 RONNIE JR.: Years ago, he had, like, a pair 184 00:06:42,869 --> 00:06:44,471 facing each other up there. ROB: Oh, yeah, 185 00:06:44,638 --> 00:06:45,839 a left and a right? RONNIE JR.: Yeah. 186 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:48,908 ROB: These Pegasus legs are always bent and broken 187 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,478 because that was the bolt-on point for the big Peggy 188 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:53,046 that went up on the building. 189 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:55,515 To find two of them? Absolutely a miracle. 190 00:06:55,615 --> 00:06:57,050 One is a painted version, 191 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,752 and one is a porcelain version. 192 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:00,820 RONNIE JR.: If we had the whole thing, it'd be worth 193 00:07:00,987 --> 00:07:02,188 some money, you know. ROB: Yeah. I mean, 194 00:07:02,289 --> 00:07:04,991 I've seen them sell at auction for 15, $18,000. 195 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:07,227 RONNIE JR.: Yeah? ROB: But the guy that needs this? 196 00:07:07,394 --> 00:07:09,062 (Ronnie Jr. laughing) ROB: That's the key. 197 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:10,664 RONNIE JR.: Yeah. ROB: You got to find that guy. 198 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:12,632 This one's in good shape, it's got one chip on it. 199 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:14,234 I mean, do you want to sell them? 200 00:07:14,401 --> 00:07:15,869 RONNIE JR.: Yeah, sure. 201 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:17,971 ROB: 300 for the pair. 202 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:21,107 RONNIE JR.: How about, uh, 350? 203 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:23,476 This one's probably the good one. 204 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:25,145 ROB: I'm doing it. I'm doing it. 205 00:07:25,312 --> 00:07:26,680 RONNIE JR.: My biggest concern is that now 206 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:29,482 there's a Pegasus horse with no legs, 207 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:31,952 and I hope we find it. (laughing) 208 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:33,687 ROB: Hey, Jersey! JERSEY JON: What? 209 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:34,988 ROB: Find me the horse. 210 00:07:35,155 --> 00:07:36,256 JERSEY JON: Whoa! (whistles) 211 00:07:36,423 --> 00:07:37,824 ROB: Are you whistling for it? (laughing) 212 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:39,426 JERSEY JON: Let's see if we can find him. 213 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:42,996 MIKE: I'm excited to see James. 214 00:07:43,096 --> 00:07:44,631 DANIELLE: You're really amped up, aren't you? 215 00:07:44,731 --> 00:07:46,566 MIKE: Last time I talked to him, he was telling me about 216 00:07:46,666 --> 00:07:48,968 playing with Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, 217 00:07:49,069 --> 00:07:52,372 and Bruce Springsteen. The list goes on and on. 218 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,441 DANIELLE: He's a rockstar's rockstar. 219 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:56,109 MIKE: Hey! CREW: Hey, man. 220 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:57,610 MIKE: It's James Burton in there? 221 00:07:57,711 --> 00:07:59,813 CREW: I think so. MIKE: I want to get his autograph! 222 00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:01,948 JAMES: Hey, hey, hey. MIKE: What's up, buddy? 223 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:04,351 JAMES: Hey, pal. MIKE: How are you doing? Good to see you. 224 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:06,219 (Mike laughing) JAMES: Good to see you. 225 00:08:06,386 --> 00:08:07,954 MIKE: You been alright? You look good. 226 00:08:08,054 --> 00:08:10,790 Where's Louise? There she is! In style. 227 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:12,726 LOUISE: Louisiana. MIKE: You guys always roll like this? 228 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,828 JAMES: Here comes the boss. LOUISE: Yes. 229 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:17,030 MIKE: Hi. How are you? 230 00:08:17,197 --> 00:08:18,832 LOUISE: We're doing great. It's quite the hop here. 231 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:20,200 MIKE: We've been looking at all your stuff. 232 00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:21,868 MIKE: James has been a rockstar for so long 233 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:25,071 that he drives a tour bus like he drives a Toyota. 234 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:27,240 MIKE: When's the last time this '57 was out, James? 235 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:29,275 JAMES: I think I drove it when I bought it 236 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:33,012 back in, uh, was it '72 or '73? 237 00:08:33,113 --> 00:08:35,048 JAMES: Well, when I got old enough to drive, 238 00:08:35,148 --> 00:08:37,317 I got into cars, and uh, 239 00:08:37,417 --> 00:08:39,753 if I see something I like, I go for it. 240 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:42,655 MIKE: This Manx, when's the last time you drove that? 241 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:44,357 JAMES: The dune buggy? MIKE: Yeah. 242 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:46,159 JAMES: I took it to Death Valley. 243 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:48,595 MIKE: Okay. JAMES: And, uh, played around up there. 244 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,397 MIKE: And that was in the '70s? JAMES: Yeah. 245 00:08:50,497 --> 00:08:52,232 MIKE: The very first dune buggies 246 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:54,067 were basically Volkswagen Beetles 247 00:08:54,234 --> 00:08:55,869 with a body pulled off. 248 00:08:56,036 --> 00:08:58,805 And then EMPI came along and started making aftermarket 249 00:08:58,905 --> 00:09:01,408 metal conversion kits they called the Sportster. 250 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:02,909 MIKE: Bruce Meyers wasn't the first guy 251 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:04,344 to make a dune buggy, 252 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:06,413 but he was the first one 253 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:08,114 to make it out of fiberglass. 254 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,750 Think about how many great American industries 255 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:12,485 that were impactful 256 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:14,587 that started in somebody's garage. 257 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:16,156 Bruce Meyers is one of those guys. 258 00:09:16,256 --> 00:09:18,758 He saw the potential, he saw the impact, 259 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:20,994 he was an artist, he was a surfer. 260 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:23,430 I mean, he was part of the California culture. 261 00:09:23,596 --> 00:09:25,498 MIKE: What are the floor pans like on this thing? 262 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:27,233 They're pretty solid, man. 263 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,102 Oh, you got some rot right through here 264 00:09:29,269 --> 00:09:32,238 on the driver's side, it's starting to come through. 265 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:33,606 MIKE: As soon as I get up underneath 266 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:35,141 his Volkswagen chassis, it just brings back 267 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:37,944 all the memories of looking at these things over the years. 268 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:40,213 I mean, the first thing you want to look at 269 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:43,116 is the shock towers, you want to look at the floor pans. 270 00:09:43,216 --> 00:09:44,551 I mean, there's a little bit of damage here, 271 00:09:44,717 --> 00:09:46,352 there's some rot, but overall, 272 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:48,388 this is a pretty solid vehicle. 273 00:09:48,555 --> 00:09:49,923 MIKE: Bruce Meyers was a genius, 274 00:09:50,023 --> 00:09:51,524 and now they're making Meyers Manx again. 275 00:09:51,624 --> 00:09:52,992 MIKE: They're doing electric ones. 276 00:09:53,092 --> 00:09:55,261 MIKE: Meyers Manx dune buggies have been collectable 277 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,664 for a long time. But there has been a huge 278 00:09:57,831 --> 00:09:59,666 resurgence and interest 279 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:02,235 because the company has been resurrected 280 00:10:02,402 --> 00:10:05,605 and they're redesigning them in electric models. 281 00:10:05,705 --> 00:10:07,874 JAMES: So, now would be the time to sell that. 282 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:10,677 MIKE: Yeah. Well, hey, 283 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:13,213 I'm a player on it, maybe. I don't know. 284 00:10:17,383 --> 00:10:19,085 JERSEY JON: Rhonda, I see these things here. 285 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:20,386 Hold on, there. 286 00:10:20,553 --> 00:10:22,589 Oh. They're old dive boots. 287 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:23,790 RHONDA: Wow. 288 00:10:23,890 --> 00:10:25,391 JERSEY JON: It looks like something Robbie would wear. 289 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:26,826 Grr. (Rhonda laughing) 290 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:29,229 RHONDA: Get some-- JERSEY JON: Grr! 291 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,630 JERSEY JON: These dive boots are part 292 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:33,166 of a deep-sea diving rig. 293 00:10:33,266 --> 00:10:35,635 They weigh you down as you're going underwater. 294 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:37,570 RHONDA: 250. 295 00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:39,572 JERSEY JON: How about two and a quarter? RHONDA: Okay. 296 00:10:39,672 --> 00:10:41,140 JERSEY JON: You'll do two and a quarter? Thank you. 297 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,642 RHONDA: You're welcome. JERSEY JON: They're really cool. 298 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:44,244 Have you seen Robbie around or did we lose him? 299 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:45,478 ROB: I just stumbled upon 300 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:48,648 the Holy Grail of every 45 ever made. 301 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:50,083 RONNIE JR.: I'll sell you a box, cheap. 302 00:10:50,183 --> 00:10:52,152 ROB: You could have a goldmine back here. 303 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:53,987 You got to go through every one of these boxes. 304 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:55,922 RONNIE JR.: Yeah. I don't know-- ROB: It's like comic books. 305 00:10:56,022 --> 00:10:57,624 RONNIE JR.: I don't know if I'd live that long. 306 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,158 ROB: I'll take one box for 30 bucks. 307 00:10:59,259 --> 00:11:00,793 RONNIE JR.: There you go. ROB: Alright. 308 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,462 JERSEY JON: That's cool. RONNIE JR.: Oh, it looks like... 309 00:11:02,629 --> 00:11:04,030 Is that a bank? JERSEY JON: Yeah. 310 00:11:04,130 --> 00:11:06,633 RONNIE JR.: Coin in there, and shoot it in... 311 00:11:06,733 --> 00:11:08,635 I like the guy. JERSEY JON: He's got his hands up. 312 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:10,003 He's getting held up. (laughing) 313 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:11,504 I think it looks like from the '60s. 314 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,072 JERSEY JON: It's a die-cast bank. 315 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:16,442 They came up with a way to inject metal into a mold, 316 00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:19,012 and they can do it thousands and thousands and thousands of times. 317 00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:20,313 JERSEY JON: It's missing the bottom, of course, 318 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,915 and that was probably-- RONNIE JR.: Got robbed. 319 00:11:22,015 --> 00:11:23,149 JERSEY JON: Well... (laughing) 320 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:24,717 Yeah, got robbed. Very good. 321 00:11:24,817 --> 00:11:26,152 JERSEY JON: I'd do 60 bucks. 322 00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:28,221 RONNIE JR.: How about 80? Would that... 323 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:29,989 Still keep you going? JERSEY JON: I'm in. 324 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:38,264 MIKE: Alright, I'm finding some James Burton artifacts. 325 00:11:39,065 --> 00:11:41,668 Le Mirage Perfume, 326 00:11:41,834 --> 00:11:43,503 Beverly Hills, New York. 327 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:45,271 TOM: I don't think he really wore that. 328 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:46,873 MIKE: You don't think he was having that? 329 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,142 MIKE: James basically has become a friend at this point, 330 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:52,145 but every once in a while, it takes over me and I'm like, 331 00:11:52,312 --> 00:11:54,914 this is James Burton, man. This is James Burton's Corvette, 332 00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:57,550 this is James Burton's cologne. 333 00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:59,218 MIKE: It's overwhelming sometimes. I mean, 334 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:02,188 the achievements he's made, the talents that he has. 335 00:12:02,355 --> 00:12:04,190 It's incredible. And to be able to call him 336 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:05,992 a friend is such an honor. 337 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:08,861 JAMES: A girl in Beverly Hills had this car, 338 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:10,230 drove it to school. MIKE: Uh-huh. 339 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,432 JAMES: And it cost her too much money to drive it. 340 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:14,467 MIKE: Yeah. JAMES: So, she got a Karmann Ghia. 341 00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:17,804 I said, what do you want for it? And she said, uh, $500. 342 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:20,206 (laughing) MIKE: Back then. 343 00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,475 JAMES: I think I drove it a little bit, but not much. 344 00:12:22,575 --> 00:12:25,311 MIKE: Hey, listen, I love it, the way it looks like this. 345 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:27,947 It's almost kind of ghostly looking, the way it is. 346 00:12:28,114 --> 00:12:29,649 I love that it has no caps on it, 347 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:32,018 the black walls, I mean, everything about it. 348 00:12:32,185 --> 00:12:33,786 LOUISE: You'd like all of our cars, then. 349 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:35,755 (laughing) 350 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:37,590 MIKE: Let me ask you this. James, are you gonna 351 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,393 get this car back on the road? JAMES: I don't think so. 352 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,562 MIKE: Okay. LOUISE: We have a picture 353 00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:44,864 at our foundation office with him and Elvis 354 00:12:45,031 --> 00:12:46,633 sitting in this car. MIKE: In this one? 355 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:47,967 LOUISE: Well... JAMES: No. 356 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:49,602 LOUISE: I meant the year. (laughing) 357 00:12:49,702 --> 00:12:51,237 MIKE: Well, Elvis did have a Meyers Manx. 358 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,573 I don't know if it was his. He was in a movie with one. 359 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:54,774 JAMES: I saw his, yeah. 360 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:56,509 MIKE: Oh, so he did have one? LOUISE: Mm-hmm. 361 00:12:56,676 --> 00:12:58,878 MIKE: The Manx was a cultural phenomenon, 362 00:12:59,045 --> 00:13:00,747 and not just in California. 363 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:02,315 It made appearances in movies 364 00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:04,984 like The Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen. 365 00:13:05,151 --> 00:13:08,421 Or the opening scene of Live a Little, Love a Little 366 00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:11,791 with Elvis Presley. He was driving a Meyers Manx 367 00:13:11,891 --> 00:13:13,726 that was Yuma yellow, 368 00:13:13,826 --> 00:13:16,229 exactly like the one I'm standing in front of. 369 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:19,032 Which makes me wonder, which came first, 370 00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:20,433 Elvis's Manx 371 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,934 or James Burton's Manx? 372 00:13:22,035 --> 00:13:24,203 Who influenced who? 373 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,072 MIKE: It's beautiful. I mean, it's a time capsule. 374 00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:28,441 MIKE: It really is. Both of these cars are. 375 00:13:28,608 --> 00:13:30,943 This is the fiberglass car corner over here. 376 00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:32,278 (laughing) 377 00:13:32,378 --> 00:13:34,213 (phone ringing) LOUISE: James, hey, 378 00:13:34,314 --> 00:13:35,615 you've got a phone call in the house 379 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:37,583 from a promoter that you were waiting for. 380 00:13:37,750 --> 00:13:39,686 MIKE: James in his 80s and he is still 381 00:13:39,786 --> 00:13:41,754 rocking and rolling. He's a busy guy. 382 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:43,589 He's touring Europe, he's taking phone calls. 383 00:13:43,690 --> 00:13:46,993 I mean, he's one of those guys that loves what he does, 384 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,262 and when you stop working, you stop living. 385 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:50,897 JAMES: Okay, well, we'll pick up. 386 00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:52,899 MIKE: Okay, yeah. Take your call 387 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:55,168 and I'll digest all of this stuff. 388 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:00,406 JERSEY JON: This is all the scientific stuff he bought. 389 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:02,542 What was going on? Did you find an old lab or something? 390 00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:04,043 I mean, what's going on with this thing? 391 00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:05,678 RHONDA: I think it was from a school. 392 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,680 JERSEY JON: Okay. So, I mean, this is some kind of weird 393 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:09,982 tuning fork with some electrical coils on it. 394 00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:12,085 RHONDA: I was with Dad when he bought these items 395 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:13,553 from a science classroom, 396 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,488 I'm guessing that's where they were from. 397 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:18,124 JERSEY JON: What the heck! Whoa. RHONDA: Oh, wow. 398 00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,226 JERSEY JON: That's... whoa. 399 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:22,161 JERSEY JON: This is the kind of thing that schools would use 400 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:25,164 to demonstrate different scientific principles 401 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,633 and techniques. But what really stands out to me 402 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:29,168 is this Wimshurst machine. 403 00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:32,572 JERSEY JON: It's a demonstrator for static electricity, 404 00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:35,007 and I mean, that's the very first time 405 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:38,244 we're discovering electricity, is with machines like this. 406 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:40,279 And I think that was why, at the time when, you know, 407 00:14:40,446 --> 00:14:42,115 Leonardo Davinci was around, they started messing 408 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:43,116 with this stuff. 409 00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:44,350 JERSEY JON: How it works is that 410 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:45,885 there's two glass discs in there 411 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:48,488 and they counter rotate two opposite directions. 412 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,990 And there's these combs on each side of the glass, 413 00:14:51,157 --> 00:14:53,392 they pick up the static electricity charge 414 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:56,229 and they bring it into these capacitors. 415 00:14:56,329 --> 00:14:58,765 From there, it discharges into these balls 416 00:14:58,865 --> 00:15:00,700 and it goes bzz, like a Frankenstein movie, 417 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:02,969 you know? It's like, it's so cool to see this. 418 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:05,238 JERSEY JON: I mean, this piece is not made in the 15 or 1600s, 419 00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:07,473 this is made in the '20s, 1920s. 420 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,609 This one looks like it's in pretty darn good shape. 421 00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,277 I think it would actually work. 422 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,045 JERSEY JON: I mean, look at this lamp. 423 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:15,414 Look at that baby. It's got like a parabolic lens 424 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,683 in there, it's all like, silvered. 425 00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,919 JERSEY JON: There's also this parabolic mirror is so cool 426 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:22,288 because right away, what comes up in my mind 427 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:23,923 is that this could be repurposed. 428 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,526 JERSEY JON: It's sitting on a table 429 00:15:26,626 --> 00:15:29,295 with an Edison bulb here. RHONDA: Yeah. That'd be cool. 430 00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:31,697 JERSEY JON: That'd be wicked cool! You got this little, 431 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:34,233 like, homemade motor. This came out of a school? 432 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,035 RHONDA: I think so, yeah. JERSEY JON: So, your dad 433 00:15:36,135 --> 00:15:37,703 was buying stuff from everywhere. 434 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:39,839 RHONDA: If it was a good deal, he was down for it. 435 00:15:40,006 --> 00:15:41,107 JERSEY JON: "If it was a good deal..." 436 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:42,475 JERSEY JON: I can see all the conversations 437 00:15:42,642 --> 00:15:44,076 that I could have with Ronnie Sr. 438 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:45,878 You know, I feel I'm getting to know him. 439 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:48,548 I'm doing it through the objects he's collected in his life. 440 00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:51,884 JERSEY JON: For one, two, three, four pieces here... 441 00:15:51,984 --> 00:15:53,553 I'm thinking two and a quarter. 442 00:15:53,719 --> 00:15:55,621 RHONDA: I, uh, in my head I was thinking 443 00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,456 200 or above, I'm taking it. 444 00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:58,591 JERSEY JON: Well, I'll tell you what, 445 00:15:58,758 --> 00:16:00,326 then I offered you more than you wanted, right? 446 00:16:00,426 --> 00:16:02,195 RHONDA: Yes. JERSEY JON: Alright. Thank you. 447 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,629 RHONDA: Thank you. JERSEY JON: That's really cool. 448 00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:05,798 I love early science stuff. It's neat! 449 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:09,468 LOUISE: This used to be a guesthouse 450 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:12,438 and our party house, and nothing but fun, fun, fun 451 00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:14,607 went on here. MIKE: This is a pretty dang big guesthouse. 452 00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,643 LOUISE: Yeah. 3,000 square feet. It's big. 453 00:16:17,743 --> 00:16:20,413 These are some of James' cottage cases 454 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:23,883 that came from LA that he used in studios. 455 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,518 MIKE: What year do you think this is from? 456 00:16:25,618 --> 00:16:27,353 LOUISE: Oh, probably the '60s. 457 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:28,754 MIKE: Oh my gosh. LOUISE: And, um... 458 00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:30,456 MIKE: So, the bottom of it is blown out. 459 00:16:30,623 --> 00:16:33,025 LOUISE: Yeah. Let me tell you how to repair. 460 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:35,428 MIKE: Okay. LOUISE: You put a piece of board here. 461 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:37,897 MIKE: Okay. LOUISE: There, there, and there. 462 00:16:38,064 --> 00:16:39,665 MIKE: Can you put a 2x4? Because it has to slip 463 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:42,401 over this, right? LOUISE: I think we could do it. 464 00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:44,637 MIKE: This is so cool. It's got his name on it, 465 00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:46,706 it's directly connected to him playing, 466 00:16:46,873 --> 00:16:48,007 it held his amp. 467 00:16:48,107 --> 00:16:50,476 But the condition is just not there. 468 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:53,479 I love that Louise is like, 469 00:16:53,646 --> 00:16:56,148 "What are you talking about?! You can fix it this way, 470 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,985 all you got to do is hammer this, glue that." 471 00:16:59,151 --> 00:17:01,754 Louise is spunky, she's scrappy, 472 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:03,189 and evidently, she's handy. 473 00:17:03,289 --> 00:17:05,524 LOUISE: They just recorded with Brad Paisley, so... 474 00:17:05,625 --> 00:17:06,626 MIKE: Really? LOUISE: And he's getting ready 475 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:09,161 to do a thing with Ron Don. 476 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:10,696 MIKE: James is obviously best known 477 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:12,298 for playing with Elvis Presley, 478 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,967 but he also played with guys like Merle Haggard, 479 00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:17,036 Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, 480 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:19,839 Elvis Costello, John Denver. 481 00:17:20,006 --> 00:17:21,307 MIKE: Yeah, of course. LOUISE: People ask him, 482 00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:24,277 when are you going to retire? And he says, to what? 483 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:25,678 I mean, he's never worked. 484 00:17:25,845 --> 00:17:28,814 He's only played all of his life, so, it's not work to him. 485 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:31,417 MIKE: How about 300 in the condition it's in? 486 00:17:33,019 --> 00:17:35,187 LOUISE: Can I think about that? MIKE: Absolutely. 487 00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:36,422 LOUISE: Okay. MIKE: Absolutely. 488 00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:38,190 Think about that. I mean, there's one thing 489 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:39,825 that I've seen here just walking in the door. 490 00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:41,627 What about the Untouchables game? 491 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:42,828 What's going on with that? 492 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:51,304 TOM: This has got a bunch of his music and stuff in here. 493 00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:54,440 LOUISE: Oh, gosh, that's awesome. 494 00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:58,010 Wow. See, that's the studio stuff he would be playing. 495 00:17:58,110 --> 00:18:00,513 MIKE: Did James write songs? LOUISE: He wrote Suzie Q. 496 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,048 MIKE: Oh my gosh, that's right. LOUISE: Yeah. 497 00:18:02,148 --> 00:18:04,917 It was a sign on and sign off song 498 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,586 that they used at the club with Dale Hawkins. 499 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:09,956 And so, Dale finally put words to it. But then-- 500 00:18:10,122 --> 00:18:11,457 MIKE: How old was he when he wrote that? 501 00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:12,792 LOUISE: 14. TOM: 14. 502 00:18:12,892 --> 00:18:13,859 MIKE: 14 years old. 503 00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:16,429 And how old was he when you came into his life? 504 00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:18,464 LOUISE: I was 16 but he was 21. 505 00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:19,899 MIKE: Okay. LOUISE: So, we had-- 506 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,701 MIKE: What did your mom and dad think of that? 507 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,035 LOUISE: They didn't like that at all. 508 00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:24,637 They didn't like he was a musician, 509 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:26,772 and they didn't like that he was older. 510 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:29,241 LOUISE: We used to have all the parties out there 511 00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:30,610 and it was a party house. 512 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:33,546 And it was decorated, music stuff, everything. 513 00:18:33,713 --> 00:18:35,514 JAMES: There's a lot of history out there. 514 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:37,383 LOUISE: We don't throw anything out. 515 00:18:37,984 --> 00:18:39,552 MIKE: You know, you got the cops and robbers. 516 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:42,822 These guys have shotguns, driving the getaway car. 517 00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:44,624 LOUISE: James loved it because it was cars. 518 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:46,592 MIKE: It's basically a chase game. 519 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:48,160 You're the police, you got a pistol grip 520 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,229 in your hand, a throttle at your foot. 521 00:18:50,396 --> 00:18:53,032 You can see the pavement moving underneath them 522 00:18:53,199 --> 00:18:54,867 on this conveyer belt. 523 00:18:55,001 --> 00:18:56,602 It's just such a hard game to find. 524 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:59,638 I mean, yes, this one's not in the best condition, 525 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:02,108 but it can be fixed, it can be repaired. 526 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:06,445 I mean, it's so cool to see it here in this pool house 527 00:19:06,545 --> 00:19:08,748 because of all the entertaining they did. 528 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:10,916 Imagine who would've played this thing. 529 00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:13,152 MIKE: Alright, so I can see there's an 8-track in here, 530 00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:14,387 look at that. LOUISE: Oh, yeah. 531 00:19:14,553 --> 00:19:15,888 MIKE: That's the sound. LOUISE: That's the sound. 532 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:17,323 MIKE: You know, here's the deal. 533 00:19:17,423 --> 00:19:19,191 I know these are expensive games 534 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:20,860 when they're rocking and rolling 535 00:19:21,027 --> 00:19:22,194 and they're in really good condition. 536 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:24,597 LOUISE: Mm-hmm. MIKE: I mean, I don't know... 537 00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:28,467 the market on it completely, but I've seen these games 538 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:33,105 bring as much as 10 to $12,000. 539 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:35,641 LOUISE: Wow. MIKE: When they're done. 540 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:39,045 I mean, I'm talking like really nice, pristine games. 541 00:19:39,145 --> 00:19:40,946 And that's why I wanted to see the cabinet on it. 542 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:43,049 LOUISE: Yeah. MIKE: To see how nice the paint was on it, 543 00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:44,383 you know what I mean? 544 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:46,152 So, this side looks pretty good too. 545 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:48,754 It has a little bit of nicks, but not much. 546 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:52,124 MIKE: I'm thinking, uh... 4,000 bucks. 547 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,662 LOUISE: Mike, you gotta remember, we're best friends. 548 00:19:56,829 --> 00:20:00,299 MIKE: Hey! I know! I am remembering that. 549 00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:03,069 LOUISE: How about 45, 550 00:20:03,235 --> 00:20:04,770 and I'll throw this in. 551 00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:08,274 MIKE: 4,000 for the game 552 00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:10,476 and 500 for the shipping case. 553 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,679 LOUISE: Yeah. Okay. MIKE: Alright, we're doing it. 554 00:20:13,846 --> 00:20:15,748 LOUISE: Good go. MIKE: Alright, thank you. 555 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:17,950 I love it. We've got a guy I think that can get this 556 00:20:18,117 --> 00:20:20,720 fired up, but you know, the Untouchables 8-track, 557 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:23,522 that might be a little bit difficult to get that rolling. 558 00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:25,658 LOUISE: It's not, no. You just take a little tape. 559 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:28,427 Don't you remember how you fixed your 8-tracks years ago? 560 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:31,230 MIKE: No. LOUISE: I have cars with 8-tracks. 561 00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:33,566 We had to fix those all the time. 562 00:20:36,402 --> 00:20:38,671 ROB: This is probably when he was buying these-- 563 00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:41,440 JERSEY JON: When he was picking, doing the postal picking. 564 00:20:41,607 --> 00:20:43,309 ROB: Postal picking. JERSEY JON: Postal picking, man. 565 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:45,811 He'd find, "Hey, you got a gas pump out there, how much is that?" 566 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,080 Come back for it. RONNIE JR.: He used to dig them out the woods. 567 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,015 I remember going on vacation, me and my sister 568 00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:51,684 would have all kinds of room. You know, she'd have 569 00:20:51,784 --> 00:20:53,519 the whole back, I'd have the middle section. 570 00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:55,154 ROB: Yeah. RONNIE JR.: Then on the way home, 571 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:57,189 we'd like ride on top. (all laughing) 572 00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:58,958 JERSEY JON: On top of everything you bought? 573 00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:01,193 We're all built the same way. My dad used to do the same thing. 574 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,596 We'd go out at a flea market and sell a bunch of stuff 575 00:21:03,762 --> 00:21:05,498 and we'd have a big dinner on the way home, 576 00:21:05,664 --> 00:21:07,666 and that was kind of like, see, that's how this works. 577 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:09,168 JERSEY JON: A lot of time when you're collecting 578 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:10,836 these gas pumps, you're buying them for parts, 579 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:13,906 you're buying them because you need the top for one 580 00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:15,407 to make the other one complete. 581 00:21:15,508 --> 00:21:18,244 So, this is kind of like the graveyard of gas pumps. 582 00:21:18,344 --> 00:21:20,880 ROB: I mean, I'd be interested in both the Hayes pumps. 583 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,916 This Hayes is here with the top, it's missing the cylinder on it. 584 00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,551 JERSEY JON: The square sides. ROB: Yeah. 585 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:27,953 And this one here... this one right here. 586 00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:30,322 This one, you know. 587 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:33,025 The paint is flaking off of it, but it's another Hayes. 588 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:35,728 It's missing the cylinder and it's missing the top on here 589 00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:38,497 so I'd like to try to find the top of the cylinder 590 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,466 if we could, for this. 591 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:42,434 ROB: These are Hayes visible pumps. 592 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:46,105 Most of the visible pumps you see are round at the bottom. 593 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:49,642 These are actually squared off and tapered to the top, 594 00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:51,677 and if you look at the top, it looks like a mushroom. 595 00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:53,746 So, it's just a little bit different pump. 596 00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:55,614 Little bit harder to find parts for, 597 00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:57,550 but these are more valuable. 598 00:21:57,716 --> 00:21:59,752 ROB: Would you sell this? RHONDA: I would. 599 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,554 ROB: I would do 2,600 600 00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:03,856 if I could find the top and a cylinder. 601 00:22:04,757 --> 00:22:06,025 RONNIE JR.: For the... For the two? 602 00:22:06,192 --> 00:22:09,128 ROB: Yep. JERSEY JON: I think I saw some inside. 603 00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:12,765 RONNIE JR.: Let's just do 2,500 604 00:22:12,865 --> 00:22:14,200 for what we're looking at here. 605 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,402 ROB: Okay. RONNIE JR.: And if we find the cylinder, 606 00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:18,103 we can negotiate that, because I'm not sure 607 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:20,372 if the cylinder's got BB holes in it 608 00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:22,842 or cracks in it. We didn't really look at the... 609 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,844 JERSEY JON: Yeah. ROB: 2,500 610 00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:26,512 for what we're looking at. RONNIE JR.: Okay. 611 00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:27,646 ROB: That work? RONNIE JR.: Good. 612 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:29,315 JERSEY JON: Cool, thank you. ROB: Awesome. 613 00:22:32,618 --> 00:22:34,520 MIKE: Can I look at these slot machines over here? 614 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:36,689 LOUISE: Yes, you can. 615 00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:38,791 They came out of a ski lodge 616 00:22:38,891 --> 00:22:41,227 we own part of years ago 617 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:43,762 from Calgary, Canada, and Happy Valley. 618 00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:45,998 MIKE: That's where you guys were at up there? 619 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,700 LOUISE: Yeah. And now it's all subdivision. 620 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:50,135 We were one of the owners at one time, of it. 621 00:22:50,236 --> 00:22:51,770 MIKE: There's a lot of memories in here. 622 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:53,439 Not just like from parties and stuff, 623 00:22:53,606 --> 00:22:55,574 but all of these items, you know, from different places 624 00:22:55,674 --> 00:22:58,811 they've been. So, you know, the fact that she's telling me 625 00:22:58,911 --> 00:23:02,281 that the slot machines came from a casino 626 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:04,516 that they were investors in in Canada. 627 00:23:04,617 --> 00:23:07,753 I mean, that just shows like all the little things 628 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:11,523 they were doing on the side besides playing music, you know. 629 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:15,594 They were running a business. The business of life. 630 00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:18,097 MIKE: This one's called the Mills Extraordinaire, 631 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:20,799 and this one is the Rock-Ola Revamp. 632 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,735 They're both from the same time period, 633 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:24,870 which is the 1930s. 634 00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:28,073 They need work. I'd like to be at like 400 apiece. 635 00:23:28,874 --> 00:23:30,442 LOUISE: I'll tell you what, 636 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:32,945 I know they're worth around 1,200 each. 637 00:23:33,112 --> 00:23:34,880 MIKE: If they're restored, yeah. LOUISE: If they're new, 638 00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:36,682 and I'm not gonna do anything with them, 639 00:23:36,782 --> 00:23:39,551 so I'll make you an offer you can't refuse. 640 00:23:39,718 --> 00:23:40,586 (chuckling) MIKE: Okay. 641 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:42,755 LOUISE: 450 each. 642 00:23:42,855 --> 00:23:44,356 And they're yours. 643 00:23:45,557 --> 00:23:47,259 MIKE: Alright, we're doing it. 644 00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:48,961 We're doing it. Shake her hand, Tom. 645 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:52,564 MIKE: Tom is just as surprised as I am. 646 00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:54,500 Louise is selling stuff. 647 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,969 TOM: We sold something! LOUISE: Yeah! Good. 648 00:23:57,069 --> 00:23:57,903 MIKE: Sold something! 649 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,109 ROB: Can I look up there? RONNIE JR.: Yes. Oh, yeah. 650 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:06,211 ROB: Up top, here? JERSEY JON: Oh, it's got an upstairs here? 651 00:24:06,312 --> 00:24:08,080 ROB: There's stairs right here. RONNIE JR.: You can go up-- 652 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:09,948 JERSEY JON: Yeah, yeah, there's a whole mezzanine up there. 653 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:11,750 JERSEY JON: When you walk into most collector's spaces, 654 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:13,152 you kind of know what the vibe is. 655 00:24:13,252 --> 00:24:14,620 You know right away, hey, this guy collects cars, 656 00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:17,423 he collects tools, he collects boats, whatever. 657 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:20,759 With this pick, there's a variety here. 658 00:24:20,859 --> 00:24:22,027 I don't know where to focus. 659 00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:24,363 ROB: Haha. He made this one. 660 00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:27,366 ROB: He made it into a... looks like it was a clock body. 661 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,401 He made that and fit it in there. 662 00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:31,403 ROB: Ronnie Sr. looked like he was a guy 663 00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:33,372 that liked to tinker with different things. 664 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,240 This ACTO gas lens, 665 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:37,643 they took a clock body and put a glass lens 666 00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:40,079 on the inside of it, and then lit it up from behind. 667 00:24:40,179 --> 00:24:43,248 I mean, it's genius. It's a piece of folk art, 668 00:24:43,349 --> 00:24:45,751 but, man, I'll tell you what, I'm gonna start doing this. 669 00:24:45,851 --> 00:24:47,953 RONNIE JR.: When I saw it, I thought it was a pump globe 670 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:50,522 and then it's like, wait... ROB: Well, that's what it would've gone on. 671 00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:52,524 This would've gone on a pump. RONNIE JR.: The lens... 672 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:54,760 ROB: The lens would have, but he put it in a clock body, 673 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,795 is what he did. Unique. RONNIE JR.: Yeah. 674 00:24:56,962 --> 00:24:59,431 ROB: 250. I think retail on it 675 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:01,400 after we probably wire it 676 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,203 and do everything to it, maybe 400. 677 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:05,838 RONNIE JR.: Yeah? ROB: It's like a folk art piece, 678 00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:08,006 is what it is. I mean, the lens is where the value is. 679 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:10,576 RONNIE JR.: Could you do 275? 680 00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,112 Just to kind of sweeten it up a little bit? 681 00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:14,713 ROB: 275. RONNIE JR.: Okay. 682 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,448 ROB: I'll do it. I love it. RONNIE JR.: Great. 683 00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:18,350 ROB: I got a feeling that your dad built that. 684 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:19,685 RONNIE JR.: He may have. 685 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:27,393 MIKE: The TCB Band. 686 00:25:28,427 --> 00:25:29,628 Look at that. LOUISE: Oh my... 687 00:25:29,795 --> 00:25:33,032 MIKE: Emory Gordy Jr., James Burton, Ronny Tutt, 688 00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:35,200 Jerry Scheff, Glen Hardin. 689 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:37,669 LOUISE: That's the only record they ever made, too. 690 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:40,706 And we got a box of them. MIKE: So, this was Elvis' band? 691 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:43,308 LOUISE: Yep. They didn't even go on the market, so... 692 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:44,810 MIKE: They never went on the market? 693 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:46,078 TOM: They were never released. LOUISE: Never. 694 00:25:46,245 --> 00:25:47,679 MIKE: Really? LOUISE: No. 695 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:49,481 MIKE: Have you ever seen one of these sell? 696 00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:52,084 LOUISE: Just once. MIKE: What did it go for? 697 00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:55,788 LOUISE: It was up for 85, but I think 300 is closer. 698 00:25:55,954 --> 00:25:57,423 They've never been released. 699 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:58,657 MIKE: What year did this come out? 700 00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:00,259 LOUISE: '78. MIKE: Okay. 701 00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:03,195 LOUISE: The next year after Elvis went to heaven. 702 00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:05,397 And that was the TCB Band. 703 00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:07,166 MIKE: Would you sell any of these? 704 00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:09,802 LOUISE: Yeah. I'm thinking... 705 00:26:09,968 --> 00:26:11,837 200 would be the minimum. 706 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:13,605 MIKE: Apiece, that you'd want? LOUISE: Yeah, each, 707 00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:15,040 what I'd want for them. 708 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:16,508 MIKE: Alright. Man, I mean, it's incredible 709 00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:18,310 to see so many of them. LOUISE: There's not any- 710 00:26:18,477 --> 00:26:19,878 MIKE: I knew nothing about this album. 711 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:21,146 LOUISE: Nobody does. 712 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,482 We're getting ready to do a big show. 713 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:25,150 MIKE: Yeah. LOUISE: I'm gonna release them 714 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,820 and they're going to be very, very, very expensive. 715 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:29,721 MIKE: Yeah, yeah. LOUISE: And they'll sell. 716 00:26:29,822 --> 00:26:31,390 MIKE: If you saw them for 85 apiece, 717 00:26:31,557 --> 00:26:34,126 what about 100 apiece for one case? 718 00:26:34,226 --> 00:26:36,528 LOUISE: How many is in a case? MIKE: I don't know. 719 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:38,997 LOUISE: 150. 720 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:41,500 Because I know how valuable they are. 721 00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:43,669 MIKE: I think there's 25. LOUISE: Okay. 722 00:26:43,836 --> 00:26:46,238 MIKE: Louise knows she can get more for these albums 723 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,474 than anyone else, because she has a direct 724 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,442 connection to Elvis's fans. 725 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,444 They've got a big promotion coming up 726 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:55,481 and she wants to sell them at top dollar. 727 00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:59,184 MIKE: How about I buy one for your 150, and... 728 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:01,587 LOUISE: And James will sign it. MIKE: And James will sign it? 729 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:02,955 LOUISE: Yes, of course. 730 00:27:03,055 --> 00:27:05,157 MIKE: Louise has been around the block long enough to know 731 00:27:05,257 --> 00:27:07,426 if James put his name on something, 732 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:09,661 it's worth more money. And she's right. 733 00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:11,263 MIKE: Okay, alright. I'm doing that. 734 00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:12,965 It's cool. I love it. 735 00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:17,803 JERSEY JON: Look at this railroad sign, dude. 736 00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:21,840 That's a railroad crossing sign, it's cast-iron. 737 00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,442 This is probably what your dad was gonna do. 738 00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:25,277 There's one piece. RONNIE JR.: Probably so. 739 00:27:25,444 --> 00:27:26,912 JERSEY JON: And there's the other piece. 740 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:28,881 RONNIE JR.: Probably so, yeah. JERSEY JON: It's missing a chunk. 741 00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:30,883 ROB: Missing a chunk out of it. JERSEY JON: But still, 742 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,751 I weld these Robbie. You put nickel rod on it, 743 00:27:32,918 --> 00:27:34,086 you can weld them. 744 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:35,721 JERSEY JON: The people that buy these railroad signs, 745 00:27:35,821 --> 00:27:37,890 they're model train collectors, they're railroad buffs. 746 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:39,158 And they're cool. It's cast-iron. 747 00:27:39,258 --> 00:27:40,626 They're kind of hard to find. 748 00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:43,996 JERSEY JON: I got a book press here. Yep. 749 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:45,497 ROB: It still works. JERSEY JON: Still works. 750 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:46,865 RHONDA: Oh, wow. 751 00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:48,600 JERSEY JON: It's got some decoration on it. 752 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:50,135 RHONDA: You're making me want to keep it. 753 00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:51,370 (laughing) JON: Well, hey, look... 754 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:53,272 RHONDA: I'm kidding. RONNIE JR.: Yes. 755 00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:54,573 JERSEY JON: It's a cast-iron pile. 756 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:57,042 RHONDA: My dad was always working on something. 757 00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:58,443 Always had a project. 758 00:27:58,577 --> 00:27:59,912 Always saw something 759 00:28:00,078 --> 00:28:01,947 and thought how he could make it better. 760 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:03,315 Fix it. 761 00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,884 JERSEY JON: For that sign right there, I'd go 100 bucks. 762 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,787 This book press right here, this one here retails 763 00:28:08,954 --> 00:28:10,756 for probably around two and a quarter. 764 00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:12,591 So, I'd do 100 and a half on it. 765 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:15,928 ROB: For 250. JERSEY JON: For 250 for boom and boom. 766 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:17,763 RONNIE JR.: Yeah. JERSEY JON: Unless you want a book press. 767 00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:19,398 RHONDA: No, I really don't. JERSEY JON: Are you sure? 768 00:28:19,498 --> 00:28:21,166 JERSEY JON: You got some books you want to press down? 769 00:28:21,266 --> 00:28:23,001 You got some leaves? You good? RONNIE JR.: I think that's good. 770 00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:24,436 Good luck with that. 771 00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:26,271 JERSEY JON: I know, I know. Thank you. 772 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:31,310 MIKE: Look at this! 773 00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:33,478 JAMES: It's a '66. 774 00:28:33,579 --> 00:28:37,082 MIKE: Okay. I see that. Yeah, man. Dang, James! 775 00:28:37,182 --> 00:28:39,718 JAMES: When I got it, it was like brand new. 776 00:28:39,818 --> 00:28:41,153 LOUISE: You bought it in Vegas. 777 00:28:41,253 --> 00:28:42,621 MIKE: Did you buy this in the '70s or...? 778 00:28:42,788 --> 00:28:43,755 LOUISE: Uh, yeah. JAMES: Yeah. 779 00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:45,624 MIKE: Were you guys living in Vegas at the time? 780 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:47,960 LOUISE: We had a home there and one in Toluca Lake, California. 781 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,761 MIKE: Okay. LOUISE: So, we'd go back and forth. 782 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:53,065 MIKE: I can't even imagine James and Louise's life. 783 00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:55,767 Vegas, early '70s, 784 00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:57,603 Elvis has a residency there 785 00:28:57,769 --> 00:28:59,371 and they've got a house. They're cruising The Strip 786 00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:02,374 in a Corvette. What a hard-earned life. 787 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:03,842 MIKE: Can we look at the engine? JAMES: Yeah. 788 00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:05,644 MIKE: Okay. 789 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:06,678 JAMES: Is it still there? 790 00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:08,647 (laughing) MIKE: It's still there. 791 00:29:08,747 --> 00:29:10,482 So, did you put the Tri Power on this, James? 792 00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:12,684 JAMES: No. MIKE: That was on there when you bought it? 793 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:13,952 JAMES: Yeah. MIKE: Okay. 794 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:15,287 LOUISE: Our neighbor owned this 795 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:16,521 and he kept asking him, 796 00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:18,724 and finally, he gave up and sold it to him. 797 00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:20,225 MIKE: Oh, James kept bugging him? 798 00:29:20,392 --> 00:29:22,561 (laughing) LOUISE: That's how he gets all these cars. 799 00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:23,595 MIKE: Okay. LOUISE: Most of them. 800 00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:25,197 MIKE: James is like one of the most 801 00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:27,699 famous guitar players in the world. 802 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:29,601 Can you imagine living next door to him, 803 00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:31,803 he's like, "Hey, I wanna buy your car, I wanna buy your car." 804 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:34,039 I love that. I love that he's, like, 805 00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:36,041 really never forgotten where he came from. 806 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:38,076 These guys still have a house in Shreveport. 807 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,412 They're both such down-to-earth people 808 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:42,314 for the lives they have lived. 809 00:29:42,481 --> 00:29:45,684 That speaks volumes to how he feels about these cars. 810 00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,085 You know, he's looking beyond the dust, 811 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:48,587 he's looking beyond the repairs, 812 00:29:48,754 --> 00:29:51,290 and he's thinking about snapshots, 813 00:29:51,390 --> 00:29:53,358 those memories in his life of, like, 814 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:54,660 you know, when he got them. 815 00:29:54,826 --> 00:29:58,196 LOUISE: James never lets me drive any of his cars. 816 00:29:58,363 --> 00:29:59,531 (Mike laughing) 817 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,867 LOUISE: I have to buy my own if I want to drive them. 818 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,002 JAMES: I'm funny about my cars. 819 00:30:04,169 --> 00:30:06,271 She can drive the automatic easier. 820 00:30:06,438 --> 00:30:09,174 LOUISE: Like, he got me a Camarro SS. 821 00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:11,843 But he'd buy me cars, but that was my car. 822 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:13,945 He didn't want me touching his cars. 823 00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:15,847 MIKE: I mean, Elvis bought people cars. 824 00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:17,482 Did he ever buy you guys cars? 825 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:20,819 JAMES: No, I had more cars than he did at that time. 826 00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:22,554 MIKE: Did he try to buy you a car, James? 827 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,623 LOUISE: Yeah. The El Dorado. MIKE: Okay. 828 00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:27,025 LOUISE: At the Bicentennial. He called us and said, 829 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:29,828 "I found one." And they only made 250, 830 00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:31,997 and the dealers were keeping them. 831 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:34,833 We got in a car and ran over there and bought it. 832 00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:37,202 JAMES: When I worked Las Vegas with Elvis, 833 00:30:37,369 --> 00:30:39,404 I don't think he could drive very good. 834 00:30:39,571 --> 00:30:41,573 (laughing) JAMES: Because, you know, 835 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,042 the guy had shaky legs. 836 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:45,877 (Louise laughing) JAMES: And uh, 837 00:30:46,044 --> 00:30:48,280 I never would let him drive my car. 838 00:30:48,380 --> 00:30:50,682 JAMES: Well, I figured if he had the money to buy it, 839 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:54,486 he would do it, but I went ahead and jumped the gun. 840 00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:56,922 MIKE: Yeah, yeah, you wanted to make sure you could get it. 841 00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:58,824 (upbeat music) 842 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,664 ROB: Hey Ron. RONNIE JR.: What do you got? 843 00:31:05,831 --> 00:31:07,299 ROB: Found a milk glass body. 844 00:31:07,466 --> 00:31:08,767 RONNIE JR.: Oh, yeah. 845 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,235 ROB: Looks like a 13 and a half inch. 846 00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:12,170 One side's broke. JERSEY JON: Is it in good shape, Robbie? 847 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:13,705 ROB: Eh. One side's broke. RONNIE JR.: Aw, shucks. 848 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,674 It wasn't like that earlier. 849 00:31:16,408 --> 00:31:17,642 ROB: Wait, are you saying I did it? 850 00:31:17,743 --> 00:31:19,411 (laughing) ROB: What?! I didn't do that! 851 00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:20,612 I just picked the thing up. 852 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,547 JERSEY JON: "It wasn't like that earlier." 853 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:24,716 (laughing) ROB: It does stink. 854 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:27,486 ROB: I saw this piece right here. It's pieces. 855 00:31:27,586 --> 00:31:29,554 This would've been advertising the barbershop. 856 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,356 JERSEY JON: Yeah. It's a fancy one, Robbie. 857 00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:33,258 ROB: Yeah, I mean all the chrome that's on here. 858 00:31:33,425 --> 00:31:34,926 JERSEY JON: I don't see them too much like this. 859 00:31:35,026 --> 00:31:36,728 I mean, the chrome is nice on it. 860 00:31:36,828 --> 00:31:37,929 ROB: Porcelain. 861 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,364 ROB: A barber pole tells you 862 00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:42,234 that they're going to actually treat you like a professional. 863 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,336 They're going to give you the neck shave, 864 00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:46,571 they're gonna trim the ears up, 865 00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:49,207 they're gonna trim the eyebrows, trim up the beard. 866 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:50,909 They're gonna make you look like a million dollars 867 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,010 when you leave. 868 00:31:52,944 --> 00:31:54,646 ROB: 400 on this. 869 00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,149 And 400 on this. JERSEY JON: Yeah. 870 00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:59,484 ROB: I think it's $1,000 put together. 871 00:32:00,185 --> 00:32:01,586 RONNIE JR.: How about 850? 872 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:04,156 ROB: Let's do it. RONNIE JR.: Appreciate it. 873 00:32:04,322 --> 00:32:05,690 JERSEY JON: Thanks, buddy. RONNIE JR.: Thank y'all, man. 874 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:07,993 RONNIE JR.: It's been hidden up here, and uh... 875 00:32:08,093 --> 00:32:09,795 We only broke one side of that so far. 876 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,563 (Jersey Jon laughing) RONNIE JR.: You know? 877 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:13,064 ROB: Yeah, only one side. 878 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:14,833 RONNIE JR.: You get it out of here before, uh... 879 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,234 ROB: Before the other side gets broken? 880 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:17,402 RONNIE JR.: Yeah. 881 00:32:20,705 --> 00:32:23,475 LOUISE: James has a disease called the Wantitis. 882 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:24,476 MIKE: Okay. 883 00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:26,444 LOUISE: And everything he sees, he wants. 884 00:32:26,545 --> 00:32:27,813 MIKE: Okay. (laughing) 885 00:32:27,913 --> 00:32:29,214 LOUISE: Even today. 886 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:30,882 JAMES: Well, I might need it. 887 00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:32,517 LOUISE: Yeah. (laughing) 888 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,953 MIKE: Is that the way you still are with guitars, James? 889 00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:36,521 If it's rare or interesting enough? 890 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:37,889 JAMES: They normally give them to me. 891 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:39,491 LOUISE: Yeah, he doesn't buy guitars. 892 00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:41,526 But we have this foundation 893 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,128 that we give guitars all over the world. 894 00:32:43,228 --> 00:32:44,629 MIKE: I know, I know you guys do. 895 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,765 LOUISE: For 19 years. MIKE: How many guitars have you guys given out? 896 00:32:46,865 --> 00:32:48,600 LOUISE: Thousands. We never even counted them. 897 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:51,002 JAMES: I started playing guitar when I was very young, 898 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:54,172 and uh, I never thought I'd make money doing it. 899 00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:57,642 But just playing the instrument was what really made me happy. 900 00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:00,545 Then I decided I want to help the kids 901 00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:02,848 try to do something with music, you know. 902 00:33:02,948 --> 00:33:06,051 Some want pianos, but they're too heavy to carry around. 903 00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,686 LOUISE: Yeah. We don't give pianos. 904 00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:08,820 (laughing) 905 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,155 LOUISE: We give them to vets too. 906 00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:11,923 MIKE: So blessed to be able to do that. 907 00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,925 LOUISE: And children in hospitals, St. Jude's, Shriners. 908 00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:16,394 It changes their life. We get written all these songs. 909 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:18,597 MIKE: They found purpose. LOUISE: Yeah, they write songs 910 00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:20,832 that tell what's in their heart and in their mind. 911 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:23,602 MIKE: Absolutely. LOUISE: And that's their outlet now. 912 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:25,570 MIKE: After getting to know James and Louise, 913 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,839 one of the things I love about them 914 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:30,175 is how spiritual they are, and how giving they are. 915 00:33:30,275 --> 00:33:32,811 They understand that James's legacy 916 00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:35,680 goes way beyond him being one of the most famous 917 00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:37,949 guitar players in the world. 918 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:41,119 They know we're all here to take care of each other. 919 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,188 And if anybody understands the impact 920 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:47,826 a guitar can have on a child's life, it's James. 921 00:33:47,993 --> 00:33:49,761 JAMES: Did you paint this? TOM: Uh... 922 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,864 One of your cans with the heat undercoating 923 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:56,034 decided to start shooting itself here. 924 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:57,536 MIKE: Oh, the can blew up? 925 00:33:57,636 --> 00:33:58,603 TOM: Yeah, the can blew up 926 00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:00,639 and sprayed undercoating all over it. 927 00:34:00,739 --> 00:34:02,807 LOUISE: We should've left them in California. 928 00:34:02,908 --> 00:34:06,211 JAMES: Well, the Louisiana weather, it's very humid. 929 00:34:06,311 --> 00:34:08,480 When you keep them in garages, they sweat, 930 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:10,916 the upholstery dries out and cracks. 931 00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:12,384 JAMES: The paint's all dried out. 932 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:13,585 MIKE: I know, there's pieces 933 00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:15,020 there coming off of it in sheets. 934 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:17,188 LOUISE: I know. Oh my God. MIKE: Can I take a picture? 935 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:18,623 JAMES: Yeah. MIKE: Of the block number? 936 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:20,992 JAMES: Yeah. MIKE: So I can send it to my Corvette guy? 937 00:34:21,092 --> 00:34:23,461 Just so, you know, you'll find something out too 938 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:25,630 whether or not this is the original engine to the car. 939 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:27,432 MIKE: I mean, obviously this has been altered. 940 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:29,200 And I love the Tri Power on it. 941 00:34:29,301 --> 00:34:31,069 MIKE: James cares about these cars. 942 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,270 He loves these cars. 943 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,572 They were a big part of his life. 944 00:34:34,673 --> 00:34:37,776 It's just that they've led such a busy lifestyle. 945 00:34:37,876 --> 00:34:40,045 You know, he's been on the road for so long. 946 00:34:40,145 --> 00:34:42,280 He's still touring in Europe now. 947 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,449 It's not that he's forgotten about the cars, 948 00:34:44,549 --> 00:34:46,051 it's just that he knows 949 00:34:46,151 --> 00:34:48,520 they're there, and that's enough for him. 950 00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:49,955 MIKE: Let me ask you this, James. 951 00:34:50,121 --> 00:34:52,324 Is this something that 952 00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:55,126 you would consider selling? Either this car, or the '59? 953 00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:58,363 JAMES: Well, since I'm a car collector, 954 00:34:58,463 --> 00:35:00,632 I might consider selling one. 955 00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:07,339 MIKE: James, I'm obviously interested in this car. 956 00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:10,675 I really am. I mean, I would drive it just the way it looks. 957 00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:12,711 I mean, mechanically, it has to be completely 958 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:14,646 gone through, it needs tires, it needs everything. 959 00:35:14,746 --> 00:35:17,882 JAMES: Oh, no, it runs great. MIKE: It runs great? 960 00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:20,118 JAMES: It runs great. MIKE: It'll run great, I'm sure. 961 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:21,720 JAMES: It also works with the dirt on it. 962 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,421 MIKE: What, you talking about this is extra? 963 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:25,423 JAMES: Yeah. Yeah. (Louise laughing) 964 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:26,691 MIKE: There you go. 965 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,193 MIKE: To walk out of here with any car 966 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,028 is obviously a longshot, 967 00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:33,531 because I understand how much these mean to him. 968 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:36,601 In James's mind, he's still 25 969 00:35:36,701 --> 00:35:38,803 because he lives his life like he is. 970 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,605 I mean, the guy is still touring, 971 00:35:40,705 --> 00:35:41,640 he's still rock and rolling. 972 00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:43,241 You know, he's young at heart, man. 973 00:35:43,408 --> 00:35:45,710 And that's why now I think he's kind of thinking, 974 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:47,879 okay, I can get these back on the road, 975 00:35:48,046 --> 00:35:49,481 I can get them running again, 976 00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:51,282 I'm going to drive these cars again. 977 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:54,953 And him having these cars, they feel like family to him. 978 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,788 MIKE: Hey. JEFF: What's going on? 979 00:35:56,955 --> 00:36:00,158 MIKE: Nothing. Hey, I'm with James and Louise and Tom, 980 00:36:00,258 --> 00:36:02,794 and we're looking at the '59 Corvette right now. 981 00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:04,796 What can you tell me about this '59 982 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:07,699 in regards to the condition of it and the value of it? 983 00:36:07,866 --> 00:36:10,001 JEFF: Well, it needs to be completely restored, 984 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:12,804 but it's kind of a cool patina-looking car, 985 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:14,472 from what I can see from the pictures. 986 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:16,574 MIKE: I know, and that's what I like about it too. 987 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:18,243 JEFF: How long has he had that car, Mike? 988 00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:19,644 MIKE: The USC decal 989 00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:21,646 where she went to school says '71. 990 00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:23,882 LOUISE: She was in school when we bought it. 991 00:36:23,982 --> 00:36:25,517 MIKE: Okay. So, they bought it in the early '70s 992 00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:28,086 in Southern California. JEFF: Early '70s, so he's had it for 50 years. 993 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,621 That's pretty cool. MIKE: Yeah. 994 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:32,190 JEFF: Um, but yeah, I mean, it looks like it's all there. 995 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:35,026 You know, the way it sits, I think a fair price 996 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:38,463 for both parties would probably be in the $30,000 range. 997 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:41,433 25 would be low, but 30 would be a fair price. 998 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:44,402 MIKE: Hey, did you get a chance to look at both cars, 999 00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:46,237 the '66 and the '59, 1000 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:48,840 and whether they're matching numbers cars? 1001 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:51,443 JEFF: I did, Mike. I looked at the '66, 1002 00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:54,045 and that does show that it's a matching number car. 1003 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,514 It's a 327 350 horse. MIKE: Okay. 1004 00:36:56,681 --> 00:37:00,118 JEFF: Which is the '79 car. The 59 does not appear 1005 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:02,220 to be a numbers matching car from what I can read 1006 00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:04,022 from the VIN number. It doesn't appear 1007 00:37:04,189 --> 00:37:07,292 that it's, uh, seeing that it's a manual transmission car, 1008 00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:09,194 should have different digits on the block, 1009 00:37:09,294 --> 00:37:12,397 so I don't think that's the original motor for that car. 1010 00:37:12,564 --> 00:37:14,165 MIKE: Okay. So, that's good information. 1011 00:37:14,265 --> 00:37:16,634 JEFF: You know, the way it sits, I think that '66 1012 00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:18,269 is probably worth about the same, 1013 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:19,971 around the $30,000 range. 1014 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:22,040 It needs to be completely restored, of course. 1015 00:37:22,207 --> 00:37:23,908 MIKE: Okay, so you think the value of the cars 1016 00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:25,910 is both the same, the piece, and then we also have 1017 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:27,645 to take into consideration 1018 00:37:27,779 --> 00:37:29,547 that they were James's cars as well. 1019 00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:32,050 Alright, buddy. Thank you for everything, I appreciate it. 1020 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:33,752 JEFF: You bet. Thanks, Mike. See you later. 1021 00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:34,786 MIKE: Bye. 1022 00:37:34,953 --> 00:37:36,221 JAMES: You know, you get too much stuff 1023 00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:39,958 and you have to pick and choose what you want to keep. 1024 00:37:40,058 --> 00:37:43,394 MIKE: So, here's what I'm thinking, okay? 1025 00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:48,233 $30,000 for this one, $20,000 for this one. $50,000. 1026 00:37:48,399 --> 00:37:50,401 (exhales slowly) 1027 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,774 JERSEY JON: Whoa. Look at this thing! 1028 00:37:55,874 --> 00:37:57,809 Hey, Ron! RONNIE JR.: Yeah, man? 1029 00:37:57,909 --> 00:37:59,677 JERSEY JON: Come here, buddy. Look at this thing. 1030 00:37:59,844 --> 00:38:00,979 RONNIE JR.: What do you got? 1031 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:03,248 JERSEY JON: Oh, this is cool. 1032 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:04,849 Oh... 1033 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:06,317 RONNIE JR.: Oh, the service center. 1034 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,753 JERSEY JON: Yeah. You know about this? 1035 00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:10,688 RONNIE JR.: Date and Nite. ROB: Oh, look, 1036 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:12,357 it's got a '59 on there. JERSEY JON: Yeah! 1037 00:38:12,524 --> 00:38:13,925 ROB: Look at the El Camino right here. 1038 00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:16,794 The toys back in the day, they were the bomb. 1039 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,563 JERSEY JON: Freaking, the best. Even the inside, Robbie! 1040 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:21,232 RONNIE JR.: Oh cool. JERSEY JON: It looks like it's never been played with. 1041 00:38:21,399 --> 00:38:22,967 JERSEY JON: This is an exciting time in America, 1042 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,403 you know, back in the '50s. People have extra money now, 1043 00:38:25,503 --> 00:38:27,605 post-war, they're going on vacation, 1044 00:38:27,772 --> 00:38:29,240 they're bringing their kids, 1045 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:31,209 they're seeing these service stations on the road, 1046 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:33,278 and here's a toy that emulates that. 1047 00:38:33,444 --> 00:38:35,480 JERSEY JON: Typical post-war toys. 1048 00:38:35,580 --> 00:38:37,749 They're just going transitioning from, you know, 1049 00:38:37,916 --> 00:38:39,350 making war materials, now they're starting 1050 00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:40,985 to stamp out stuff out of tin. ROB: Yeah. 1051 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,887 JERSEY JON: You know, and then, now it's coming into stuff 1052 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:44,722 that's made out of plastic toys. 1053 00:38:44,822 --> 00:38:46,524 There's plastic pieces with tin pieces. 1054 00:38:46,624 --> 00:38:47,959 So, it's very interesting. RONNIE JR.: Yeah. 1055 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,327 JERSEY JON: It's like a transition toy, 1056 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:50,929 like in the '60s, this thing would've been 1057 00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:53,598 blow molded plastic. So, it's mostly complete. 1058 00:38:53,698 --> 00:38:55,767 Retail on something like this... 1059 00:38:56,968 --> 00:38:58,870 4 to 500 bucks. 1060 00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:01,639 RONNIE JR.: What do you think? JERSEY JON: Um... 1061 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:03,675 Two and a quarter. 1062 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,511 RONNIE JR.: How about 250? Just to... 1063 00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:08,146 JERSEY JON: 250? I got you, man. 1064 00:39:08,313 --> 00:39:09,614 RONNIE JR.: Alright. Appreciate it, man. 1065 00:39:09,714 --> 00:39:10,882 RONNIE JR.: I'm glad you like it. 1066 00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:12,050 JERSEY JON: Yeah, I'm in it. 1067 00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:15,153 JERSEY JON: Rhonda and Ron respect the collection. 1068 00:39:15,253 --> 00:39:18,189 They understand why their dad put it together. 1069 00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:19,591 They're taking their time with it. 1070 00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:22,193 They're reliving their father's memory 1071 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,394 through this collection. 1072 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:24,862 ROB: Thank you. RHONDA: Thank y'all. 1073 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,531 JERSEY JON: I have a lot of respect for that. 1074 00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:28,099 That's really a great way to celebrate 1075 00:39:28,266 --> 00:39:30,001 the guy who put it together. 1076 00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:36,241 MIKE: I would like to be at $50,000 1077 00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:37,842 for both of these cars. 1078 00:39:38,009 --> 00:39:39,644 And I would put them, I would put them both 1079 00:39:39,744 --> 00:39:41,312 back on the road. 1080 00:39:42,647 --> 00:39:43,815 LOUISE: Let's think about it, Mike. 1081 00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:45,083 MIKE: Okay. 1082 00:39:45,183 --> 00:39:47,752 LOUISE: The cars he told me today he didn't want to sell 1083 00:39:47,919 --> 00:39:50,121 was the Corvettes, the T-bird, 1084 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:53,758 and one of his Cadillac convertibles, the '76. 1085 00:39:53,858 --> 00:39:55,827 We can handle four cars. 1086 00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:58,997 We're really good. And he can drive them and enjoy them. 1087 00:39:59,163 --> 00:40:01,266 LOUISE: I'll tell you, we'll take 25 on that, 1088 00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:03,801 and that's a steal. 25. 1089 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:05,870 MIKE: I sent some pictures to my guy, Louise, 1090 00:40:06,037 --> 00:40:09,107 and I wanted to be fair with you guys, and I get it, 1091 00:40:09,274 --> 00:40:10,642 but at the end of the day, it's like, 1092 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:12,844 he sent me back a message and said, 1093 00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:16,514 "Hey, this is a $25,000 car running down the road." 1094 00:40:16,681 --> 00:40:18,483 I mean, it just needs a lot of work. 1095 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,918 LOUISE: 24. 1096 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,922 Hey, I came down. MIKE: I know, hey... 1097 00:40:24,022 --> 00:40:25,556 (laughing) LOUISE: That was a lot of money. 1098 00:40:25,723 --> 00:40:28,760 MIKE: You know, after collecting Volkswagens for so long 1099 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:31,596 starting out with Karmann Ghias and then with Volkswagen Bugs 1100 00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,031 and then with vans, 1101 00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:34,866 it's like all the barns I've been to 1102 00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:36,234 over all the years, 1103 00:40:36,401 --> 00:40:39,270 I have come across dune buggies before. 1104 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:40,638 But now I'm starting to look at them 1105 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:42,607 with different eyes, because you know, 1106 00:40:42,707 --> 00:40:45,643 what Bruce Meyers did is really incredible. 1107 00:40:45,743 --> 00:40:47,912 I mean, Southern California culture, 1108 00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:50,214 you know, people connected to music, 1109 00:40:50,315 --> 00:40:52,917 fashion, surfing, all of that stuff. 1110 00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:56,120 But the dune buggy is always right there. 1111 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:57,622 LOUISE: It's so original. 1112 00:40:57,789 --> 00:41:00,358 You could polish that paint. It's not coming off. 1113 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,160 JAMES: It's fiberglass, yeah. MIKE: It's the Yuma. 1114 00:41:02,260 --> 00:41:04,562 How about this... LOUISE: I want you to have it. 1115 00:41:04,662 --> 00:41:06,397 MIKE: $23,000. 1116 00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:09,434 LOUISE: Alright. JAMES: Okay. 1117 00:41:09,534 --> 00:41:11,569 MIKE: Alright. Alright, we did it! 1118 00:41:11,669 --> 00:41:13,604 LOUISE: That's his car. MIKE: James, actually, 1119 00:41:13,705 --> 00:41:15,907 James, I'm proud of you for selling a car. 1120 00:41:16,074 --> 00:41:17,875 LOUISE: I am too! MIKE: Aren't you proud? 1121 00:41:18,042 --> 00:41:21,312 LOUISE: He told me if anybody he would ever sell it to, 1122 00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,047 he wanted Mike to have it. 1123 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:26,084 So, we said sure, okay. So, we did that. 1124 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:28,353 JAMES: Yeah, I'd be glad to get it back on the road. 1125 00:41:28,519 --> 00:41:30,154 I'd like to see that. 1126 00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:32,924 MIKE: I hope this has a bunch of nickels in it. 1127 00:41:33,024 --> 00:41:35,259 (laughing) LOUISE: It might. It might. 1128 00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:38,162 MIKE: James and Louise have such a bright light, 1129 00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:41,032 and it's not just from him being a star. 1130 00:41:41,199 --> 00:41:43,234 It's who they are as people. 1131 00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:46,337 Their spirituality, their humility, 1132 00:41:46,437 --> 00:41:49,707 their generosity, that is what shines through. 1133 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:50,808 MIKE: Alright. LOUISE: Okay. 1134 00:41:50,908 --> 00:41:52,043 MIKE: I'll talk to you guys soon. 1135 00:41:52,143 --> 00:41:54,312 I'll see you in Nashville. We'll have another 1136 00:41:54,479 --> 00:41:56,614 catfish dinner together. Hey, thanks for all your help, buddy. 1137 00:41:56,714 --> 00:41:59,183 MIKE: I want to get this Meyers Manx running, 1138 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,319 drive to James's house in Nashville, 1139 00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:04,088 and give him a ride on the Natchez Trace. 1140 00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:06,958 That's the day I'm looking forward to. 1141 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:10,161 MIKE: Alright, TCB! Taking care of Burton! 1142 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:11,562 (laughing) JAMES: You got it! 1143 00:42:11,662 --> 00:42:12,997 (honking)