- Holy cow! Yeah! - So cool!
- ...Place is crazy!
- Are you sitting down?
The guy told me he's got a shelby gt500
In his barn.
- What the heck is this?
- They're across the street, they're on the roof.
- Dang! (deep breath)
- I was about to catch him, I thought he would faint.
- This is the shelby crypt?
Have you guys ever entertained the idea of selling the car?
(intro theme)
(rooster cry)
(rhythmic music)
Okay. So we're going to this guy
That we've picked about eight years ago.
He had an old chevy dealership, probably from the 1920s.
(rhythmic music)
What there was, was a neon,
Probably 40s...
- Ah, cool. - ...That hung in the window,
That says "chevrolet".
It's a dealership sign.
And I have a picture
Of columbia motor alley with that sign in it.
- Ooh.
- For the past four years, we've been restoring
A 1947 chevrolet dealership in columbia, tennessee.
(soft music)
Preserving this dealership is a big deal,
Because it's a huge part of transportation history.
So since we were going to be in the area,
I reached out to the guy.
And I'm like, "hey do you still have the neon?"
He's like, "I got it."
And I'm like, "do you still not want to sell it?"
And I told him that we were going to use it in another dealership.
- Cool.
- And that's... When we turned the page.
- It's around here? - Yeah.
It's really important to me
To cross every "t" and dot every "I"
When it comes to a preservation project.
So it's a really big deal if we can walk away
With an original chevy dealership sign,
To put it back into a building that held the same exact thing.
Keith isn't going to be there, he's in florida.
So he sent another guy over.
I don't know what he wants for it, you know what I mean?
He hasn't told me the price on it.
He said, he's still him-hawing around about it.
This is it right here, this is the place.
- Whoa! - I know, look at that.
See, that's exactly the way I remembered it.
- That is a cool building.
- And that's the neon. - Oh, there's the neon!
- I know, see? - Yeah.
- It'd look killer in motor alley.
- Do I need to... Bring a flyer?
- Bring him a flyer, it's a different dude.
- Alright.
- See? That's what I'm talking about.
Look at that, man. - That's nice, man.
- That's exactly the way I pictured it.
- Let's get that thing.
- That's what I'm going to try to do, man.
Hello!
This property is exactly the way I remember it:
Frozen in time.
- Hey. - Hey, man.
Hey, I'm mike. - I'm kevin.
- Kevin, nice to meet ya. - Nice to meet ya.
- Jon. - Jersey jon.
- Nice to meet you, jon. - And I'm tink.
- Tink? - Yes.
- Nice to meet you, tink.
- Hi, how are you? Jon.
- I knew keith way back in high school.
He was a chevy guy, always ribbing me.
I was a ford guy, always ribbing him, so...
Keith knows I look after his stuff for him
Whenever I can up there, and it's kind of like,
You know, you're not going to do anything with this stuff,
You might as well
Make a little money.
He's been up here recently,
Trying to get it organized a little better.
- Well, he's boxing stuff up more.
- This is tink.
And we are first cousins.
- And second cousins.
(laughs) - and second cousins.
- Just a team effort. - We all love cars.
I think we're pretty much similar in that respect.
- Well supposedly, he's supposed to sell me this sign today.
- Yeah. - But I don't know what
He was asking for it. But... - Have you seen it already?
- Oh, I saw it... I mean, I didn't see it in detail.
Can we look at that in detail? - Sure.
Feel free to look it over.
- Look at that, jersey.
It's still got the old transformer...
Hanging on there, man.
- Yeah.
- That's killer.
- To see a sign like this, in its natural environment.
This thing's been sitting there for 70, 80 years.
That's a really rare thing to find.
- So obviously, the transformer
Wouldn't be something that you would use.
- We would use more of a modern transformer, you know.
- Yeah, that thing's older than I am, probably.
- Yeah. (laughing)
- I obviously haven't seen this thing in like eight years.
I can see there's a crack there.
I mean, obviously this is
Going to need to have some work done to it.
'cause we're actually going to use it.
Let's walk outside and look at it, let me see.
Let's see if there's any damage from this side.
See, the only reason I thought that was a crack,
Because look at the discoloration
In that tube right there.
- Yeah, that tube might not be working.
- Big-time discoloured.
- It's got a leak, that's got to be fixed.
So what did he tell you, what does he want for it?
- He wants 2200 dollars for it.
- Really? - Yeah.
- I mean, we can obviously have this made...
- Yeah. - There it is.
- I want something that's authentic.
So, what's his bottom on it?
- I think he might take 2000.
I know it needs work, but I know keith
And I'm surprised he's even willing to sell it.
- In my business, the things that drive you crazy
Are the things that you couldn't buy.
And now, I have the opportunity to swing for the fences.
1800 bucks.
- I think he's going to go for 2000.
I've known him all my life.
- No, I hear ya.
- I mean, mike, it's a cool sign.
- 2000? - Yeah, man. Two grand.
- Alright. - Good deal.
- Thank you, thank you, thank you, appreciate it.
- You're welcome. - I appreciate it.
Alright, let's see if we can get it down without breaking it.
- Alright.
- Also, we're looking for this stuff.
- Oh yeah, hit him with the flyer, I forgot about it.
- Yeah. - Any of that kind of stuff.
- We're looking for stuff like this.
If you got anything like this laying around the place...
- Motorcycles, scooters, decoys...
- Yeah... - Doorstops, anything...
- Yeah, furniture. - Bicycles...
- We have a '67 shelby sitting in a barn
That's falling apart right now.
- Are you serious? - Yep.
If you want to see it, it's real close.
- Really? A shelby? - '67 gt500.
- 1967 was the last year that carroll shelby built the gt500.
After that, ford took over until 1970.
Carroll shelby was one of the most renowned
Cowboy race car automotive engineers of all time.
He was an artist under the hood and behind the wheel.
He was the first american to win the le mans in 1959.
He was iron man.
There is nothing more american
Than a carroll shelby- built gt500.
What shape's that in?
- Oh, it's in pathetic shape, but it's not rusty.
It's all there, basically, it was actually...
- The original engine's there?
- The original engine was stolen years ago.
But we have a replacement 428 to go in the car.
- Wow, we've got to check this thing out.
- How far is that from here? - Yeah.
- A mile. - Why don't we do this?
Let's get this sign down. I'll pay you for the sign.
- Okay. - And then, if you would
Show us that car. - Oh, you'll get to see it.
- I would love to see the car.
- Or anything else we got here too,
You know, we're looking for all kinds of stuff.
- And there are two more old muscle cars
Sitting in the pasture out there.
- Okay, you had me at shelby gt.
- Shelby gt, man.
(eagle cry)
- Okay, so we're heading over to meet teako and dillon.
Teako's the dad, dillon's the son.
We've already picked them once before.
- I go collecting with my dad any time we get a chance.
- You know why I like it?
- You're going to do something crazy with it.
- It can be anything you want it to be.
- Yes! - Is this something you'd sell?
- I'd really like a hundred bucks for it.
- I'm not even gonna talk you down.
- That was like, eight years ago or something, seven years ago.
If he's a collector, he's got to have more stuff now.
- This is a totally different spot.
He's got different buildings and he fills up each building.
Ah, okay. I think this is it, just...
- Holy cow!
- There's all these great statues everywhere.
So cool!
- There's statues.
A ton of statues all over the place.
It's incredible.
Wow.
- Take a right into the alley. - Right here?
- Yeah. This is the place.
(honks horn) this is the spot. Okay.
- What the heck is going on with the signs?
Whoa! - A lot.
There's a lot going on.
- Dani, you weren't kidding here.
Look at this place.
This place is crazy!
- Hey you guys!
(laughing) - teako!
Yes... - Danielle!
- Man... - How're you doing?
- Wow. - Oh...
- Man.
- How's life?
- Life is good, really good.
- Good. Here's robbie. This is mike's brother.
- Hi, robbie. - Good to see ya.
Man, this place is crazy. How many statues you got?
- I bet you it's probably around 20.
They're across the street, they're on the roof, yeah.
- Those are all yours? - Mine and the banks.
- Yeah, right. (laughing)
- She told me you got a couple of buildings that are full.
Full like this?
- Like this on steroids.
Three years ago, we bought the old hatch mercantile
Right there and we started restoring
The building and putting stuff in it,
To start a trading post.
And we're hoping to open by summer.
But my wife tells me I've put too much stuff in there.
So we need to sell some stuff.
I got to get in the restaurant and get the kitchen going.
Let me get my son, dillon, to get you guys started.
- Okay, alright. - Perfect, sounds good.
- And then I'll join you after a while.
- Perfect. Yeah. - Sounds good.
Ah, this place is nuts.
- I know, it's incredible.
- The big statues...
Those were the roadside attractions
From like, route 66.
- Yeah, those are... - Hey, how are you doing?
- Good, I'm dillon.
- Good to see you, dillon, rob wolfe.
- Pleasure to meet you. - Dillon, you grew up!
Oh my god! - Yes! Good to see you.
- You have a beard now.
- I do have a beard. - Yeah. I like it.
- It took me eight years to grow it, I think?
(laughing)
Yeah. A little slow down here, but I got it, yeah.
I'm nice and thick now.
I'll get the ball rolling, he'll be shortly behind us.
So actually, the building I'm going to take you in
Was built in, I think, '39.
And it was a radio/furniture store.
- Dillon, your neon looks amazing.
Look, it's all in perfect condition.
- We are addicted to neon.
You haven't seen anything yet.
Come on inside. - This is cool. Wow!
- Yes! Look at that!
(rhythmic music)
- Alright, don't lose us. - Okay, I'll slow down.
(laughs) - alright, man.
Dude!
- Cool, man.
- Are you kidding me?
'67. - Yeah.
- Gt500. - What's up with that?
- As soon as he said gt500, I was in a friggin' daze.
I was like, imagining myself driving it.
(laughing)
I was like, imagining myself driving it!
I got to call richard ellis. - Yeah, call richard, man.
- Hello.
- Richard.
- How're you doing, mike?
- I'm doing good. Are you sitting down?
- You might want to sit down for this one, richard.
- Listen to this. I went and bought a chevy neon
Off a guy at an old dealership.
The guy that was handling it told me
He's got a shelby gt500 in his barn.
And we're following him there...
To look at it right now.
- You're speaking my language, that's what dreams are made of.
- Yeah! (laughing)
So anyway, what I want to do is
I want to send you pictures of this car...
So you can kind of help us take the temperature
Of the whole situation, you know what I mean?
- Alright. Talk to you soon.
- Okay. - Bye.
I know you don't deal with richard ellis very often...
But that's about as excited as he gets.
- Really? - Yeah, because I mean,
The guy's had it all, he's done it all, he's seen it all.
I mean, he's the guy who sold the super snake.
- Wow.
- Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
But he's not going to believe it 'till he sees it, just like me.
Oh, look at this barn. I can't believe...
- Whoa... Look at this barn! - I know, right?
- There's a shelby in here, dude?
Come on. - Alright.
Wow... This is the shelby crypt?
- Nice building, huh? - So it's a '67.
- Yep.
- Wow!
There's the back end of it.
Woo!
- Wow! - Yes! Look at that.
- Holy cow! You weren't kidding.
- It's in here. All you got to do is find it.
- I don't even know which direction to go in here.
I think teako has acquired every piece of neon
And advertising for this entire town.
And he's crammed it into one space.
Wow. This is incredible.
- I collect americana.
The stuff that comes out
Of cafés and bars and gas stations.
Just the stuff that you pull in
And see on the highway, that's what excites me.
- So when your dad said he was going to do this,
It looks like he threw everything in here
Before you guys even got anything finished.
- A lot of this stuff will get hung up on the walls,
But there's just too much stuff.
- Yeah. - The idea is,
People who eat at his restaurant
Have to drive at least 40 miles.
So, it's just fun to have them come in
And then, have more things to do.
- We've got so much stuff
In what's going to be the trading post,
The goal is a sparky's style museum.
No charge, come in, we're about signs
And neons and old toys.
If people want to buy it,
That's great. But it's more to just enjoy it.
- Look at that, dani.
The rodeo.
Is that thing cool or what? At the coliseum.
Who doesn't want a seven-foot-tall cowboy cut-out?
I mean, this thing says everything about the west.
It's got a cowboy, ready to get into the rodeo.
Are you kidding me?
He got the head, I mean, he's a little damaged,
But he's still there.
I think what we should do is cut the top of this out,
Dani, and put your head in there.
- Yeah.
- Doesn't bother me that the head has been knocked off.
You just got to cut a little loop in there,
And what kid doesn't want to become a cowboy?
Perfect picture opportunity.
- It's hand-painted, you know, it's the real deal.
- It'd be cool as heck at the shop.
- It really would.
- What do you got to have out of it?
- 375.
- 250.
- You got a little room in there?
- 275.
- Yeah, you got it. - That work?
- Yeah. - Alright.
- That's a pretty deep...
Yeah, pretty deep discount. That did it, yeah.
- I'm happy. This thing is cool.
- Wow... There's the back end of it.
- It's a cream puff.
(laughing)
- Woo! - Wow.
- Jersey jon and I are looking
At the carroll shelby- built gt500.
Carroll shelby made a little over 2000 of these cars in 1967.
This isn't the 390, this is the 500 big block.
At the time, in a mustang, the biggest engine
You could get was a 390.
Shelby took it to the next level and put the 428
Police interceptor engine into the gt500.
This is a unicorn.
Impossible to find.
Is this original paint? - Original paint.
- Really? So what's the story behind it?
- We just had a love for old mustangs and...
- We went ahead and bought it.
- Tink, you're part of this, you're a piece of the puzzle.
- We're like brothers.
His dad, my dad, he'd teach us something
About putting spark plugs in when we were real young.
And then we'd go buy cars and work on them.
And you know, the ultimate car to us
Was going to be a shelby mustang.
Loud and powerful.
Collectable and very, very rare.
We paid 3700 dollars for it.
- How long ago was that? - 1983.
- Was that crazy back then or no?
- It was pretty fair. - It was pretty on par.
- It was on point with it, okay. I mean, the car's unbelievable.
This car represented everything carroll shelby was about.
A fiberglass hood, with an air scoop,
Cooling ducts to the rear brakes, a spoiler.
This car had shelby's signature all over it.
- Beautiful, isn't it?
- Man. - I mean, yeah,
From what I can see so far.
I see the front clips off of it.
- Yeah. - The hood's gone?
- Hood was blown away with a tornado back in the late '70s.
- Really? - Wow.
- The guy that sold it to us gave us a whole background.
- This car has even been stolen once or twice.
- Really?! - Yeah.
And it was stripped, and that's why it didn't have
The original engine in it.
- The perfect scenario would be,
If it was an untouched car.
The reason it's still here, is because it's not that car.
- When we got it, it was together.
We started taking it apart to fix fiberglass parts.
- Okay, okay. So you guys,
Your plan was to restore the car.
- Oh yeah, no doubt.
- When I first looked at it,
It didn't have the original engine.
- Okay.
- Speedometer wasn't there, and the tach wasn't original.
- Okay. - I had to round that up.
- Okay, so you found all that. - Yeah, I had to get...
- You have all that stuff for it?
- Yes. We have all of the parts except for the hood.
He literally spent years looking for parts,
'cause today, you can get
Re-manufactured stuff pretty easily,
But back in the '70s and '80s,
There was a lot of stuff that wasn't reproduced.
And he was always tracking down the parts.
- Here's a front fender, mike.
- You know, one of those fenders is kind of rough on the edge,
See right there. - Yeah.
That's not that big a deal. - No. And if you notice
The rest of the fender, there's no rust through it all.
- So does it have the shelby tag on the fender well there?
- Yeah, it should still be there.
It's car number 1956.
- The first thing I want to see is that shelby tag
On the inner apron
Where that front fender mounts on the driver's side.
Heck dang, there it is.
And it is there.
(sighs in relief)
So do you have all the instrumentation, tink?
Have you found all those gauges and everything?
- Yes. - 'cause all that's pulled.
And you have the pieces that complete the dash?
- Yes. And one of the hardest things to find
Was the original steering wheel.
And we have that. - I see.
So you got the steering wheel, the steering column right here.
- I found the original steering wheel's real wood.
- So was this front clip with it or did you guys have to find it?
- It came with it, and if you noticed,
I've done a lot of repair on that to try
To get the original shape.
- Okay, so what else do you have for the front of the car?
So there's the gas tank. - Yep.
- There's the front bumper.
I mean, the biggie is, what do you have for an engine?
- There is a 1968 or 9
428 cobra jet sitting somewhere back over here.
Show him the engine.
Tink.
- Oh yeah, look at that thing.
- That's the main 428, right there.
- Okay.
- In order for a car of this calibre to realize
Its highest value, the numbers have to match.
The motor number has got to match the body number.
- So, do you have the original rims?
Do you have the original wheels?
- No we don't. Now, these are some rare wheels on this car.
- Yeah, are these kelsey's? - Yeah.
I've never seen another set of these before.
- So what's the game plan for the car now?
Like, have you guys ever entertained the idea
Of possibly selling the car?
- We've had several offers in the past, but every time,
We said it's still a restoration under progress.
Five years ago...
A dealer in orlando offered us 75,000 dollars as it sits.
- Really? - Yeah.
And then two or three weeks ago, we got an offer
For 75,000 dollars, it probably--
- Well, why don't we do this? Can I see the rest of the car?
Can we take this stuff, me and jersey
And take it off the back of the car...
And look at the car.
- Do whatever you want to do.
- If we're going to get serious about this,
I want to see it, get underneath it.
I mean, this car has been through a lot.
It has earned the right to rest in this barn.
(rhythmic music)
- Dillon!
- Hey, who's making all that noise back there?
- Right here.
- You ready to test your strength?
- Well, you can't, it's missing the thing.
- You're already starting on the missing part?
- Well yeah, it's missing the little plunger piece
That goes to the top and clangs the bell, it's missing the rubber.
- Um... - You think it's for sale?
- I can go ask him.
I mean, let's see what he says. - What are you into now?
- Look at this thing.
Carnival stuff is always hot.
If you're at the carnival, what do you want to do?
You want to impress your girlfriend,
Knock the pin down and hit the top dog.
Look at the size of the bear she gets to walk around with.
Hey, you guys! - What's going on?
- Dillon tells me that... You're kind of focusing
On probably one of the few things that I can't sell.
(laughing) - oh. Well hey,
I understand, I love this stuff too.
- Well, josie gave me heads-up on a few pieces.
That's my wife. - Yeah.
- And what I'd like to know is,
How much you're willing to pay so after you leave,
I can tell her how much money she left on the table.
- I'd be willing to pay like 2000 dollars for it.
- Let me give her a call. - Ooh yeah,
Get her on the line! (laughing)
- Wow.
- I'll put your name on it, what the hell.
- It's already on there, look, "big boy".
(laughing)
- Alright.
No, I'm just kidding.
(laughing)
- That's a good offer, thank you, but...
It's not for sale.
- I got one other piece
I got to ask you about then. - Okay, alright, good.
- The cigar humidor.
- Oh man, yeah.
- It's in great shape.
- Do you smoke cigars?
- Well, our town was actually known for cigars.
Believe it or not,
We had 100 cigar manufacturers in our town.
The cool thing about this is the humidor inside it.
It's just crazy cool.
- What's it say there?
I can't read. - It's moisture.
This humidor would have sat in a merchant's store,
And would have sold the cigar brand
That was on the outside of it.
You open the top up, you always had to keep
The sponge on the top moist to keep the cigars fresh.
I think it would clean up.
- How much over 1000 are you thinking?
- Huh, we're at 1000 already? We're over 1000?
- Well I was thinking,
I mean, you know, you got to...
- You got to start somewhere. I'm thinking 500.
(sighs)
- I was about to catch him,
I thought he was going to faint there for a second.
- 750.
- 600 bucks.
- Hundred-dollar bills? - Hundred-dollar bills.
- Done. - Alright. Thanks, buddy.
- Dang! - Talk about tough.
- It's thick in here.
- Now, don't make a mess now.
- We'll put it all back.
This is a true barn find.
To see a shelby covered with dirt,
Raccoon poop, junk.
We're going to uncover this thing for the first time.
It's pretty crazy.
Tink, when was the last time
You seen the back end of this thing?
- A long time. - It's been a long time?
Dang.
Look at the back end of that thing, dude.
(whistles, sucks teeth)
- That's pretty sexy. A sexy beast, man.
- These are the taillights for it?
- We got the taillights. - Here we go.
Jersey jon, what, you're putting it together?
- Yeah. - I got to get my phone.
I got a really good friend, you guys familiar
With the super snake? - Yeah.
- My buddy's the one that owned the super snake.
Can I send him pictures of this? - Do what you want to do.
- His name is richard.
He's really a knowledgeable dude.
He's amazing. (parts clanking)
Put that in, jersey.
My god, it's so damn cool, man.
- It's a neat old car.
- It's so damn cool!
I'm going to get a picture of the tag.
I'm going to get a picture of this. Woo.
(laughing)
- Yeah, dude. What's up?
When was the last time you sat in a shelby?
- Woo! Never. Tink.
When's the last time you sat in this?
- Been a while.
(laughing)
- Oh my god, this is crazy.
- Crank the window. Does it crank?
Yeah, it does.
- That just went up another 10,000 dollars.
(laughing)
- Take 10 grand off. - Listen to that.
- I know. Look at that.
- Look at the body line, cool.
- It's unbelievable, man.
- There's basically no rust on this car.
- You're right, there's not much rust
On this thing at all, man.
- I mean, it's been out of the weather since 1983.
- Unbelievable, man.
- We're lucky that it doesn't hardly have any rust.
A lot of cars that old, the bottoms are rotted out,
So we're fortunate to have one that's solid.
- So I sent pictures to richard.
I don't know when he's going to get back with us.
Do you have anything else in the house or...
- Yes.
- Let's check it out. - Alright, show me the way, man.
- Hey dillon. Think I found some stuff.
- Check out these chairs. - Uh-uh.
- Like ice cream parlour chairs.
Look at that.
This is a really great old hankie pattern.
My mom always called these chairs
Ice cream parlour chairs.
That handkerchief pattern adds a nice little
Western element to it.
- These chairs came from a small bar
In a small town in new mexico called the cuchillo bar.
And in fact, me and my dad
Have both picked that bar over the years.
- Are you talking about josh, over at cuchillo?
- Yeah, josh! - Dude! We picked that place!
- No... - Yeah, we picked that place.
It's just such a small world.
- Ah, this place is killer, man. - Yes!
- What's this? You know what? This might have some juju in it.
- I would imagine it does.
- The feels I got
When we visited cuchillo.
I mean, that bar had almost burnt completely down.
To be able to salvage anything from a place
With such a turbulent history
Is incredible.
So these were in the bar? - Uh-huh.
- These were in the cuchillo bar?
What are you thinking for these?
You want to sell all four of them?
- You can have all 4 chairs for 200 bucks.
You're going to look good eating ice cream in these.
- They all look just handmade, pretty much.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Um... 175.
- You got a deal. (laughs)
- I love this. Yes!
- I'll even help you load them if you need me.
- Oh... What a happy hankie bunch.
That's going to be a beautiful set of chairs.
- Hey dillon! - Hey-hey!
- I got something over here. - Oh my gosh...
- Look at all this chalkware. - Oh my gosh.
- Now that does sell real good in the shop.
Chalkware was really popular along the midway.
Like 1930s, '40s.
You would go to a carnival and that would be the top prize.
A piece of chalkware.
Now chalkware was called the poor man's porcelain.
You could get a beautiful sculpture,
But it was affordable.
- I love the chalked dolls and what I like
Is the one you have your hand on.
I love women and I love cheesecakes.
- Yeah. - Well, they're the most
Valuable of all of them.
Cheesecake is an old pin-up term
From the generation before me.
And what it means is show a little leg,
Show the gown off the shoulder. Do a little cheesecake.
- So are you even interested in selling?
- I am, but they're just different prices, of course, you know.
- Sure, of course. What about this one?
She's a burlesque girl. - 35.
- And what about this one? She's a hula girl.
- 25. - 25.
Yeah, I'll take both of these then.
- You've got great taste.
- Dig it. You got great taste. - Thank you.
(upbeat music)
- So what's going on with this place?
- This an old sharecropper's house.
It was probably utilized in the '40s and '50s.
And it's pretty much been abandoned
And a store room for a lot of junk.
Be careful walking in there, it's not the most stable.
- That's alright. - I hear ya. Alright.
- Woo.
Ah, this is cool, mike.
- This was a 116-acre berry farm,
But they actually let some sharecroppers
Own the property to farm corn, cotton, whatever.
But that was probably in the '40s or '50s back then.
And it's pretty primitive.
- Whoa... - Watch for nails.
- Yep.
It's pretty amazing to see this sharecropper's house,
The floors are caved in, everything's dirty and dusty,
But the furniture's all there.
Everything is there as they lived, almost.
It's a moment frozen in time.
- Here's some old overalls, jersey.
- Yeah? - Big ace.
- If you're into vintage clothing,
Especially workwear and denim,
All the good pieces you hear about have been found
In mine shafts, log cabins, in walls of old buildings.
You know, people would use them for insulation.
This is nothing in great condition, nothing big money,
But believe it or not, this stuff has value.
Another pair, or same pair.
Then you got these.
These are 1960s.
This brand was made in nashville, duckhead.
- These are ladies.
- I saw that, they got the zipper on the side.
- This is cool.
- And is it cool if I dump this stuff out of these boxes?
- Sure.
- It's just a bunch of wire and stuff.
Would you sell these boxes? - Sure.
- These boxes are unusual,
They've got stenciling on the outside.
And they feel like kind of a heavy masonite
With a metal frame.
This is something that's unique,
That people can store something in.
You've got one, two, three,
What's the one over there I saw?
Is it upside down, is it the same thing or no?
- Yep. - So you got four of them.
40 bucks. 10 apiece.
- How about 50?
- Done. So 50 bucks for the boxes.
On the denim, you got two pair of overalls,
They're pretty ripped up. These are in decent shape.
Uh...
60 bucks.
- Fair enough. - Okay.
- Sure. - Alright, good.
Woo!
- Yeah. - Alright, alright.
- It's getting dusty in here.
(rhythmic music)
- Hey, I wanted to ask about this.
How about this flame that came off
A standard sign right here?
- Why'd you pick the most valuable thing in the room almost?
Hey pops! He's looking at the flame.
- You know, robbie, you got good taste, man.
- This came off a standard sign. - Yes.
- Standard gasoline used the flame
To always look like it was burning.
This piece is not a gas globe,
It actually went on top of the sign.
The flame top was lit, it was flickering,
That means the service station was open.
You know, 90 % of these are broken.
Because the guys put them on top of their signs,
And then kids came by and threw a rock at it.
These flame tops have become rarer and rarer over the years.
These didn't survive.
It's got no cracks.
Paint's a little worn,
But it's got the original flange on the bottom.
This thing is gold.
Is this... Lovely jewel for sale?
- Well, yes.
- What's the selling price?
- How much over two grand are you?
- Two grand! Oh...
- 1250.
That's what I want for it.
(sighs)
You can think about it and let me know later.
The flame is rare and it's one of my favourites.
It's iconic.
- I'll take it for 1,250.
Appreciate you. Thank you.
- I'm glad robbie liked it.
He knows his stuff. It's a great piece.
I want to take you to the masonic next.
I got a bunch of stuff that I want to show you over there.
- What the heck is this?
- That's the phillips 66 man.
- That's the biggest one they made, right there.
That's the american giant, isn't it?
One of the most iconic things across the united states
And on route 66 were the american giants,
From paul bunyan to uncle sam.
They stood out in front of service stations.
Wow. He's a big one, isn't he?
- Yeah he is. - He's friggin' huge.
They're like 25, 27 feet tall.
They call giants like this muffler men.
But they could have been used for any advertising.
In the '50s and '60s, these things were very popular.
You still see them scattered around the united states.
But they're broken, sunbaked.
The fact that this one's still here,
No cracks on it, is a miracle.
- I've probably owned him for at least 20 years.
That muffler man,
I bought in cincinnati
And loaded him up. He came from the western heritage museum.
They had no room for him.
See, we used to sell rvs here.
That's why he has an old winnebago toy rv.
- Pops, remember when we got him,
Didn't he have a rifle in his hand?
- Yeah, he had a rifle, it's still at the house.
That's his hat.
- Oh it's... You guys mounted it.
Yeah, but it would be on his head.
- Right, but it's so windy here
That if you put the hat on,
It just tears the whole head off.
So I just... - Hoh!
- ...Kept the hat on the ground.
- My dad bought the muffler man.
It was around the recession, around 2008, right?
- 2008.
- Because I remember financial duress.
Like, everything is going south
And he bought this giant, which at the time,
I thought was the craziest purchase.
Like, I remember thinking it was a lot of money then.
But whenever you put the giant
In front of this business...
- It made the money. - Your life changes.
And that's the last time I ever questioned
Anything he ever bought. - Ha!
- Is he for sale?
- God, robbie, I just don't want to sell it.
- Ah... (laughing)
- Damn it. - Man...
- I'm just sentimental.
I just wouldn't have felt good seeing that spot empty.
- If you don't want to sell it...
- It's so cool!
- ...We don't want to take it.
- I'm glad I didn't sell it.
It would have taken something away from the town.
This is the building I wanted to show you.
We bought this over 20 years ago.
- Yeah? - It's an old masonic.
And I sold it.
They're going to move in may 1st. So...
- You got to get it out.
- I just don't want to move it again.
Follow me, I want to show you something
That I think is incredible. Come on in.
- Alright.
- What about this piece right here?
Looks like an old bench or something.
- It's cool.
I see this cast iron seat for a bench.
It pivots around a corner.
So you could tuck it in, so you go around
Your workbench when you need to.
They're really rare to find.
It's not broken.
They're actually reproducing these things now.
- 50 dollars. - Nah, 30 bucks, dude.
- 35. - You got it, bro.
- Alright. - I'll take it.
- Good deal. - That's cool, thank you.
I'll put this in my woodshop.
- I didn't know we had it. - Thank you, sir.
- Uh-huh.
(phone ringing)
- Richard!
Let me... Call you right back.
I'm trying to get this stuff out of this cabin.
Richard called, I want to go down by that car.
- Alright.
(phone ringing)
- Hello.
- Richard, I take it you got the photos, man.
- Yes I did. You weren't kidding.
- I thought you'd freak out when you got those pictures.
- Yeah. (laughs)
- Okay. So, what do you think, richard?
It is. There's no rust there, man.
- Did you get the shots of the interior?
- Yes, well that's... (laughs)
...Another thing.
Yeah. (laughing)
- Yeah, they've got some parts that they've accumulated.
What is it missing besides the hood?
- The hood and the major thing that it's missing
Is the inertial reels on the roll bar.
Somebody stole those years ago.
But basically everything for the interior's there.
- What do you think it would cost to restore this car
To where it should be, to bring the money that it should?
(suspenseful music)
Okay.
But are you talking a couple hundred grand
If it was a numbers matching car,
'cause they have a 428,
But it's not a numbers matching engine to the car.
- That's what I was thinking. I was thinking joe dirt special.
(chuckles) - yeah.
- Drivable.
- Alright, richard. Well, these guys have had
An offer on this car before for 75 grand.
Two or three weeks ago, somebody was at 75k
And the guy prior to that was at 75k.
So that seems to be the number where people need to land to even...
- Make it worthwhile. - Yeah, start massaging it.
(laughing) - joe dirt special, man.
- Yeah.
Alright, buddy.
Well, we appreciate your knowledge.
And we appreciate you getting back with us.
- Thank you, richard. - Alright, talk to you soon.
Bye-bye.
- That seems to be the number, 75k.
And that's the number you guys have turned down twice.
- Yes.
But let us think about it a little while.
If you don't mind. - No, I get it.
I mean, you know, you guys have a relationship with this.
It's been in your family for a very long time.
- It's like a family heirloom now.
It's been around long enough.
- The number I had in my head was 75 grand.
But they've already passed on that number twice.
It kills me to walk away from something like this.
As rare as it is, as cool as it is,
But after talking to richard on the phone,
Him doing the math, none of it makes sense.
Yeah. I mean, we appreciate you
Letting us take everything off it
To where you can actually see it.
'cause it is pretty unbelievable, man.
- I'm glad to see it again myself.
- Alright, let's help load some of this stuff back on here.
- Might sound crazy turning down an offer for a 75,000 dollar car
That's been sitting there basically 35 or 40 years.
But you know, it's a big decision to make.
So I understand people would say,
"hey, this guy is a total idiot."
But you know, the love for the rare cars...
- ...Great feeling.
- Man, I tell you what.
I very much appreciate you guys.
This day has turned out completely opposite
From what I ever could imagine.
We go to buy a neon sign, and then jersey jon and I
Are looking at a shelby gt500 in a barn.
It's been an epic day.
- Y'all have a safe trip. - Thank you.
- See you guys.
- I truly believe there's a reason for everything,
And maybe the reason we were here today
Was to uncover the car
And let them fall in love with it again.
Maybe now, they'll take this car across the finish line,
And give it the life it deserves again.
(honks horn) - shelby gt500!
- Yes! - Woo!
- Follow me, I want to show you
Something that I think is incredible.
Come on in. - Alright.
- Everyone always asks us, "where do you find this stuff?"
- We don't go into antique shops.
We can smell stuff.
I just have a good feeling and boom,
It just starts unfolding. It's rare and it's cool.
We got 100,000 postcards.
- Wow. - New-old stock.
Never been used.
- Ah!
- I bought the entire estate of dude larsen.
He was a famous western painter.
Back in the late '30s, all through the '40s
And the early '50s, dude eventually
Became a senator, he became an entrepreneur.
He self-published his own postcards.
He did a lot of different things.
But here's the thing. Everybody has postcards.
Nobody has the original painting.
Like here, I have a lot of these postcards.
- And this is the original that goes with it?
- There's only one painting. I have 10 or 12 paintings
That correspond to postcards.
And I've got 45 original drawings
From hoke denetsosie, who was a native american.
Dude larsen was his boss.
And this whole room is covered with hoke's.
He's the one that did all the comic cards.
These were my favourites when I was a kid,
And they're my favourites now.
- And they're all signed by hoke.
- It's easy to forget about the original artwork
That was behind all these mass-produced images.
Whether it was advertising,
Packaging, magazine covers,
Somebody had to produce that drawing first.
To see the magnitude of what he has here
Is absolutely amazing.
These postcards, they're all westerns.
And the fact that he has the original artwork
That went to these. Who doesn't want that?
Absolutely incredible.
I love this painting, absolutely love it.
It says, "his first experience."
- It's pretty great. Look, you got his satchel flying up,
His hat flying off. So much movement.
What sets this collection apart,
Is that it has provenance.
We have the paintings that go with it
From dude larsen himself.
The whole process of dude larsen's creativity
Is right in front of you. That's incredible.
- I'd like to sell everything,
Because the building is sold.
- That's a lot. - Yeah.
- Stocking the shop can be difficult,
Because inventory is one of the hardest things to accumulate.
And when you're getting in a bunch of inventory,
It takes up a lot of room.
These postcards are space savers.
What's your price for everything?
- 12-5 for everything.
- 12-5 for the whole lot. - Yeah.
- When you're stocking the shop with smalls,
You're going to make money on it.
So we can really sell these smalls forever,
And always have the provenance to them
Right next to them. That's pretty cool.
It is a really great opportunity
To go ahead and take the whole lot.
12-5 is something we can't afford right now.
- If you buy the whole package, there's these...
- Are those the original? - These are original blocks.
- The printing blocks that these were made out of.
- And they were part of the estate too.
- Yeah, it's a lot of money to lay out.
But at the end of the day,
You don't get a chance to buy 100,000 postcards
Twice in your life.
This is a one-time opportunity, and you got to take that.
- We want to do a deal with ya.
I just think we have to be at 10,000 dollars.
I mean, I don't think we can get any higher.
- When they came back at 10 grand, I was like,
"well this just got real."
- I got one question. - Yeah.
- We're so close.
I would like to keep 2 hoke's.
Those are my favorites. - Absolutely, yes. For sure.
- I'm a happy guy. - Yay!
- 10 grand? We're there? - We're there!
- Man, look at his face.
- That is amazing... Wow!
- He's like, "I don't have to move any of this stuff."
- I'm just glad you got to buy the fire sale.
Congratulations. - Ah, the fire sale.
- I'm real happy
With the 10 grand.
- Let them have it. - Feels right.
- I was excited.
- And they're going to do good with them.
- Slide her in there.
You know, one thing I love about teako,
Is he's invested in his community.
He's making hatch a destination,
And he's taking his family on that ride.
His son's right there next to him.
He's teaching him how to carry that torch.
That's the kid of legacy
Teako could be proud of.
Man, I'll tell you what, teako,
This town needs to be proud of what you got going on here.
I'm sure you're proud of your dad.
- I absolutely think that dani and robbie
Appreciate each item for what it is.
And for what they mean to us.
- They're both pretty damn cool,
And they're both pretty damn knowledgeable.
I think those guys, both of them,
They got a lot of heart.
(honks horn) - take care, guys! Thank you!
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