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ON THIS EPISODE OF PAWN STARS
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
OF IWO JIMA.
- THIS IS THE VIEW
THE MARINES HAD
AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY
ONTO THE BEACH.
IT PUTS YOU RIGHT THERE.
- WE GOT A PIECE OF HISTORY,
AND I WANT IT.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,
IT'S GONNA BELONG TO ME.
- IT'S MY MINER'S ORE CART.
- IT'S LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF INDIANA JONES.
I CAN JUST PICTURE FLYING
DOWN THE TRACK ON THIS THING,
WHIPPING SOME BAD PEOPLE.
- IT'S A '67 F-100 TRUCK.
- WHY DON'T YOU CRANK IT UP
AND LET ME LISTEN TO IT?
[engine grinding]
- OH, [bleep].
- I'M RICK HARRISON,
AND THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.
I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD MAN
AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.
EVERYTHING IN HERE HAS A STORY
AND A PRICE.
ONE THING I'VE LEARNED
AFTER 21 YEARS,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GONNA
COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.
HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
- HOWDY.
- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
- MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
OF THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA.
- THESE AREN'T TOP SECRE ANYMORE, ARE THEY?
- I DON'T THINK SO.
- I DIDN'T THINK SO EITHER.
[explosions]
- I DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO SELL MY MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
OF THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOS WELL-KNOWN BATTLES
OF WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC,
THE RAISING OF THE FLAG
ON MOUNT SURIBACHI,
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
PICTURES OF WORLD WAR II
THERE IS.
- SO HOW DID YOU GET THESE?
- THEY WERE MY DAD'S.
HE WAS A LANDING CRAFT OPERATOR.
TOOK THE MARINES ON THE BEACH.
HIS NAME
IS ON THE PAPERS ITSELF.
THESE WERE HIS PAPERS.
- W.
D.
*** FELL?
- NO, W.
D.
FELLS, COXSWAIN.
- WHAT'S A COXSWAIN?
- THE COXSWAIN WAS THE STEERER
OF THE BOAT.
HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BOAT.
- MY DAD ACTUALLY CARRIED
THESE MAPS
INTO THE BATTLE ITSELF.
THEY WERE BRIEFED
ON THIS BEFOREHAND.
THEY WERE ALL TOP SECRET.
NO ONE KNEW OF EXACTLY
WHAT WAS GOING ON
UNTIL THE ACTUAL BATTLE ITSELF.
ALL THESE MAPS SHOW
THE DIFFERENT DEPTHS OF TIDES
AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY,
WHAT WAS IN EACH CERTAIN SECTION
OF THE BEACH.
- IWO JIMA IS ONLY 650 MILES
FROM TOKYO.
CAPTURING THAT ISLAND
MEANT THAT WE COULD REACH
THEIR LARGEST CITY.
AND THIS WAS A KEY TO VICTORY.
THEY PUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE ON THIS BEACH
IN A MATTER OF HOURS, SON.
- IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGES BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC.
- THIS IS THE VIEW
THE MARINES HAD
AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY
ONTO THE BEACH.
THIS GUY'S DAD
KNEW THIS MAP BY HEART.
BUT WHEN HE SAW THAT BEACH
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
HE MUST HAVE BEEN TERRIFIED.
YOU REALLY, REALLY GOT ME HERE.
WHAT DID YOU WAN TO DO WITH IT?
- MY DAUGHTER'S GETTING MARRIED.
I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.
- I MEAN, IT'S REALLY,
REALLY UNIQUE.
I MEAN, IT REALLY TELLS A STORY
ABOUT WHAT WENT ON THAT DAY,
WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD REALLY BE INTERESTED IN.
THE ONLY THING I CAN
THINK OF RIGHT NOW IS,
I HAVE A FRIEND.
HE'S A CURATOR OF
THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUMS HERE.
- OKAY.
- LET'S HAVE HIM
TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM.
HE CAN SORT OF GIVE ME AN IDEA
OF THE RARITY,
OR I CAN COME UP WITH A VALUE.
- WE'LL GO FROM THERE?
- YEAH, WE GOT TO GO FROM THERE.
- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.
- HOW YOU DOING?
- OH, PRETTY GOOD.
- I HAVE A SCRIPT HERE
FROM IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGH
SIGNED BY NINE OF THE STARS.
- SERIES OR MOVIE?
- THE TV SERIES.
- THE ONLY THING I DIDN'T LIKE
ABOUT THAT SHOW
WAS THAT IT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS,
WHICH MEANT WHEN
THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT CAME ON,
I HAD TO GET UP
AND GO DO SOMETHING.
- [laughs]
THAT'S WHY I LIKED IT.
- [laughter]
- DECIDED TO COME
TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY
TO TRY TO SELL A TV SCRIP FROM THE HEAT OF THE NIGH
SIGNED BY NINE OF THE STARS,
INCLUDING CARROLL O'CONNOR.
I DID SOME RESEARCH
ON THE INTERNET,
AND SOME OF CARROLL O'CONNOR'S
SIGNATURES
WERE GOING AS HIGH AS $3,000
BECAUSE HE DID PASS AWAY
A FEW YEARS AGO.
- HEAT OF THE NIGHT,
IT HAD CARROLL O'CONNOR IN IT.
HE WAS A POLICE CHIEF
OR SOMETHING, RIGHT?
- RIGHT, IT WAS SE DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI.
SHOW AIRED IN THE LATE '80s,
EARLY '90s.
- IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGH WAS A SUCCESSFUL ADAPTATION
FROM THE SIDNEY POITIER
CLASSIC FILM.
IT FEATURED TV ICON
CARROLL O'CONNOR,
WHO WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS
CLASSIC ROLE AS ARCHIE BUNKER.
THE EPISODE NAME
WAS "BLESSINGS.
"
IT'S NUMBER 18.
DO YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS CALLED
"BLESSINGS"?
- I DIDN'T READ IT,
BUT I UNDERSTAND
IT'S LIKE
A CHRISTMAS TYPE EPISODE.
- WELL, LET ME LOOK THROUGH IT.
ALL RIGHT, COREY.
I'LL BE THE CLERK.
YOU BE BUBBA.
- WHY DO I GOT TO BE BUBBA?
- IF YOU YELLED OU INTO A ROOM, "BUBBA,"
EVERYONE WOULD LOOK AT YOU.
[laughter]
- THAT'S JUST, LIKE,
HURTFUL, DUDE.
- ALL RIGHT, NOW, REMEMBER.
YOU GOT TO TALK
WITH A SOUTHERN ACCENT.
OKAY?
HAVE YOU GOT INSURANCE?
- WHAT THIS LADY NEEDS RIGHT NOW
HERE IS A DOCTOR.
- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU STICK TO WORKING
IN THE SHOP.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DO YOU WAN TO DO WITH THIS?
- I THOUGHT I DID
PRETTY WELL THERE, DUDE.
- OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
PAWN IT OR SELL IT?
- SELL IT, POSSIBLY.
YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, IT ALL
DEPENDS UPON WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- ALL RIGHT,
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I'VE NEVER HAD LUCK
WITH TV SCRIPTS.
FOR SOME REASON,
THEY DON'T SELL.
EVERY TIME I'VE HAD
ONE OF THESE THINGS,
IT'S SAT AROUND FOREVER,
I DAMN NEAR ENDED UP
HAVING TO GIVE IT AWAY.
I MEAN, CARROLL O'CONNOR
WAS A STAR,
BUT HE WASN'T, LIKE,
AN UBER-STAR.
AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO SELL
THOSE SIGNATURES.
IT REALLY IS.
- YEAH.
- AND THESE OTHER PEOPLE,
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING IT IN.
IT'S JUST--THERE'S NOTHING
I CAN DO WITH IT.
- I APPRECIATE IT.
- WE DEFINITELY HAD FUN
WITH IT, BUDDY.
- OH, YEAH, THAT'S FOR SURE.
- I AM DISAPPOINTED
THAT THEY DIDN'T BUY IT.
I HOPE I CAN FIND SOMEONE
WHO LIKES THE SHOW
AND WATCHES THE SHOW
AND HOPEFULLY WILL THEN BUY
THE SCRIPT BECAUSE OF THAT.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE, SON?
- IT'S A '67 F-100 TRUCK.
GOT A 460 IN IT.
IT'S FAST AS HELL.
- I THINK IT'S BADASS.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED DRIVING THIS
BACK IN THE DAY.
- CHUMLEE, BACK IN THE DAY
FOR YOU
IS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO
AT THE MOST.
- OH.
[engine revving]
- I'M COMING TO THE PAWN SHOP
TODAY TO TRY TO SELL
MY '67 F-100 TRUCK.
I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
I REALLY LIKE IT.
IT HAS A REALLY BIG ENGINE.
IT'S FAST AS HELL.
I PUT AT LEAST $8,000
INTO THIS TRUCK.
I'M HOPING TO SELL
THE TRUCK TODAY
AND GET SOME GOOD MONEY FOR IT.
- WHEN THIS TRUCK CAME OUT,
IT WAS A WORKHORSE.
THEY USED 'EM IN CONSTRUCTION,
FARM, DELIVERIES,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
TRUCKS LIKE THESE WERE
THE WORKHORSE OF THE FORD FLEET.
THEY WERE TOUGH.
THEY WERE DEPENDABLE.
THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST,
JUST LIKE ME.
- SO WHAT YOU THINK?
- YOU'VE DONE
SOME NICE WORK ON IT,
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT TO DO.
IT NEEDS A PAINT JOB.
- IT'S MISSING A WINDOW.
- YEAH, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
PEOPLE BREAKING INTO IT.
IT'S BEEN STOLEN THREE TIMES.
- THEY STOLE THIS THREE TIMES?
- OH, YEAH.
THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING
TO GET RID OF IT TODAY.
I KEEP HAVING TO DO
THE REPAIRS ON I
INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW,
SPENDING MONEY
TO GET A PAINT JOB
OR ANYTHING.
- HEY, SON,
WHY DON'T YOU CRANK IT UP
AND LET ME LISTEN TO IT?
- ALL RIGHT, NO PROBLEM.
- LET'S HEAR THIS LION ROAR.
- CRANK IT UP.
[engine roaring]
THIS TRUCK'S
IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
BUT IT NEEDS A FEW THINGS
DONE TO I
BEFORE IT CAN BE SOLD.
DID YOU HEAR THAT ENGINE?
[engine roaring]
YEAH, YOU BETTER BELIEVE
I WANT THIS THING.
WHAT ARE YOU WANTING TO DO,
SELL IT, PAWN IT?
- YEAH, I WANT TO SELL IT.
- NOW, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING
TO GET OUT OF IT?
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO GE FOUR GRAND FOR IT.
- NO.
TO GET THE TRUCK FIXED
AND BROUGHT UP TO WHERE
IT COULD BRING SOME MONEY,
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
I'M LOOKING AT THREE
OR FOUR GRAND FOR A PAINT JOB.
- WELL, I PUT EIGHT GRAND IN IT.
- WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO CARS,
THEY'RE JUST BIG MONEY PITS.
WHEN YOU PUT MONEY IN THEM,
YOU DON'T GET IT BACK, SON.
- WELL, I WANT TO GE BACK SOMETHING.
- IF YOU WANT IT,
I'LL GO $2,500.
AND I'M TALKING CASH MONEY
RIGHT NOW.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL,
I GUESS $2,500 IS BETTER
THAN ME PAYING
FOR MORE REPAIRS.
SO I'LL TAKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT.
- APPRECIATE IT.
- CHUMLEE, GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
I'M HAPPY WITH THIS DEAL.
IF I GET IT FIXED UP
AT A GOOD PRICE,
I JUST MIGHT HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
- MY DAD HAD THE PLANS
IN HIS POCKE
WHEN THIS WENT DOWN.
- BUT THE DATE ON THEM IS 1944.
THE INVASION
WASN'T UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 1945.
- I WANT THIS THING
TO LOOK BADASS
WHEN WE GET THROUGH WITH IT.
- HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
YEAH!
- EARLIER, A GUY CAME IN
WITH SOME MAPS
AND SOME PLANS
FROM THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA.
I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW RARE THESE THINGS ARE.
SO WE'RE ON OUR WAY
TO CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM
TO SEE MARK
TO HAVE HIM CHECK THEM OUT.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, MARK?
- HEY, OLD MAN.
HOW YOU DOING?
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR A WHILE.
- OH, I'M ALL RIGHT.
- I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE CLARK COUNTY
MUSEUM SYSTEM.
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ROLE
AND VALUE OF MUSEUMS
AND THE ROLE OF ARTIFACTS
AND HOW WE CAN USE THA
TO LEARN ABOUT HISTORY.
THESE ARE INTERESTING.
THESE ARE VERY NICE.
SO HOW DID YOU
COME UP WITH THESE?
- MY DAD WAS
A LANDING CRAFT OPERATOR.
- SO HE WAS AT IWO JIMA?
- YES, HE WAS.
- WELL, I DOUB WHETHER HE MET MY DAD,
BUT MY DAD WAS THERE AS WELL.
- THEY COULD HAVE WAVED
AT ONE TIME.
- THEY COULD HAVE, INDEED.
THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA BEGAN
IN FEBRUARY OF 1945.
THE IDEA WAS TO TAKE THE ISLAND
AND USE IT AS A BASE
FOR BOMBERS
AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC
BOMBING CAMPAIGN OVER JAPAN.
WHAT'S INTERESTING
ABOUT THEM IS,
IF YOU NOTICE, THE DATE ON THEM
IS THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1944.
THE INVASION
WASN'T UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 1945.
SO THESE ARE MUCH EARLIER.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT COMING
FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY,
FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
THEY THOUGHT THAT THE INVASION
WOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY.
IT DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE
AN EASY ONE, UNFORTUNATELY.
ONE OF THE ODDITIES
WITH IWO JIMA
IS THAT IT'S
VOLCANIC SAND THERE.
AND IT TURNED OU THAT VOLCANIC SAND
MADE VERY GOOD CONCRETE,
WHICH WAS NOT A GOOD THING
FOR OUR SIDE,
BECAUSE THE AMOUN OF FORTIFICATIONS
THAT WERE BUILT INTO IT,
THE TUNNELS AND ALL OF THAT,
IT WAS VERY DIFFICUL TO GET INTO.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH
NO MATTER WHAT WE DID.
THE JAPANESE KNEW
THAT WE WERE COMING.
THEY KNEW THAT IWO JIMA
WAS A LOGICAL PLACE
FOR US TO NEXT INVADE.
THAT'S WHY THEY SPEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
AND THE AMOUNT OF MANPOWER
TO FORTIFY THE ISLAND
TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY DID.
- SO THESE WERE ACTUALLY USED
IN THE FIELD?
- YEAH, HE WOULD HAVE NEEDED
TO HAVE THIS TO KNOW, OKAY,
IF YOU'RE GOING IN ON BLUE ONE,
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED
TO BE AWARE OF
AT THE BEACH
THAT YOU'RE GOING INTO.
THE INTERESTING THING IS,
WHERE IT SAYS "HOT ROCKS,"
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED
MOUNT SURIBACHI ON THE PLANS.
SO THAT'S CORRECT ON THESE.
TO ME, DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS
BRING ALIVE THE BATTLE.
THE BULLETS ARE FLYING.
THE MACHINE GUNS ARE GOING.
THE MORTARS ARE GOING.
THE BOMBS ARE GOING.
ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON,
AND HE'S GOT THIS THING
IN HIS POCKET.
AND YOU CAN--YOU SEE IT,
AND IT JUST MAKES IT REAL.
40,000 MEN WERE KILLED
OR INJURED.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
40,000 MEN
FIGHTING AND DYING
FOR THIS CHUNK OF LAND
OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN.
AS LATE AS 1951,
THE LAST TWO JAPANESE
IN THE TUNNELS ON IWO JIMA
SURRENDERED.
IT WAS 1951.
THEY WERE STILL HIDING OU IN THE TUNNELS THERE.
- WOW.
- SO THESE SPEAK VERY DIRECTLY
TO THE BATTLE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL PIECE.
- MARK, HAVE YOU GOT ANY IDEA
WHAT THE VALUE IS?
- WELL, YOU KNOW I'M NOT GONNA
GIVE YOU A PRICE ON IT.
- I KNOW THAT.
BUT HOW RARE ARE THEY?
- MY GUESS IS THAT THESE
ARE EXTREMELY RARE.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO FIND ANOTHER ONE
IN YOUR LIFETIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD BE REALLY
PROUD OF WHAT YOUR DAD DID.
- VERY MUCH SO, YEAH.
- THIS SPEAKS DIRECTLY
TO WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE WAS
IN WORLD WAR II.
THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THEM BY.
- THANK YOU.
I AM VERY PLEASED.
- NOT A PROBLEM.
RICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
- THANKS AGAIN, MARK.
- THANK YOU, OLD MAN.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
- HEY, THANK YOU.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
- THIS WAS GREAT.
I LEARNED A LO ABOUT THESE DOCUMENTS.
AND I FEEL CONFIDEN ABOUT MAKING AN OFFER NOW.
I JUST HOPE WE CAN MAKE A DEAL,
AS I'D LOVE TO HAVE THESE.
- EARLIER TODAY,
WE GOT A CALL FROM A GUY
WHO SAID HE'S GOT A WHOLE BUNCH
OF 1800s MINING GEAR.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE HAS,
EXACTLY.
BUT IF IT'S REALLY OLD
MINING STUFF,
IT COULD BE VERY COLLECTIBLE.
SO THIS IS IT, HUH?
- THAT'S IT,
MY 1860s MINER'S ORE CART.
- OKAY.
- THIS THING'S SWEET, MAN.
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF INDIANA JONES.
- I SUPPOSE.
[whip cracks]
I DECIDED TO CALL
THE PAWN SHOP
TO HAVE THE GUYS COME OU AND LOOK AT AN ORE CART.
THE REASON WHY I WAS LOOKING
TO SELL THIS ORE CART IS,
MY SON'S GETTING READY
TO TURN 16 HERE PRETTY SOON,
AND WE NEED TO GE ANOTHER TRUCK.
- SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THIS THING?
- WELL, IT CAME OU OF THE COLUMBIA DISTRIC
IN GOLDFIELD, NEVADA
- OKAY.
- WHICH IS A FAIRLY POPULAR MINE
UP THERE,
PRODUCED A LOT OF GOLD.
BACK IN THE DAY,
WE USED TO GO DOWN
A FEW OF THE OLD MINE SHAFTS
OUT THERE,
AND WE'D DRAG THINGS
OUT OF THERE
THAT WAS OF INTEREST.
IT'S JUST REAL DANGEROUS,
ESPECIALLY
WITH OLD RAFTERS AROUND.
THERE'S RATTLESNAKES AROUND.
I DON'T ANYBODY
THAT DOES IT ANYMORE,
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
SO YOU JUST DON' FIND THEM ANYMORE.
- YOU SURE DON'T.
I'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT GUYS
WHO USED TO WORK IN THE MINES
AROUND HERE.
BUT I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN
ONE OF THESE CARTS IN PERSON.
LOOKING AT THIS THING,
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE BEING
IN ONE OF THESE MINES.
I MEAN, FILLING THIS THING UP
AND PUSHING IT AROUND--
THIS THING HAS TO WEIGH 700 POUNDS EMPTY,
NEVER MIND FILLED UP.
- YOU MIND IF I CHECK IT OUT?
- OH, YEAH.
- CAN I GET IN IT?
- YOU CAN KICK THE WHEELS
ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
- I CAN JUST PICTURE FLYING
DOWN THE TRACK ON THIS THING.
[humming theme
from Indiana Jones]
WHIPPING SOME BAD PEOPLE.
BADASS, BIG HOSS.
- YOU'RE TOO MUCH, DUDE.
GET OUT OF THE GUY'S CART.
CHUM HAS NO IDEA
ABOUT THE HISTORY
HE'S SITTING IN RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, HE NATURALLY
THINKS IT'S A TOY.
BUT GOLD WAS A DRIVING FORCE
TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE OUT WEST.
AND THIS CART WOULD HAVE MADE
A HUGE DIFFERENCE
IN SOMEONE'S JOB.
I MEAN, IT MADE I A WHOLE LOT EASIER
THAN LUGGING ROCKS OU BY HAND.
HOW MUCH DOES THIS THING WEIGH?
- THE BOX, I WOULD BET,
WEIGHS 300 POUNDS.
AND THE IRON WHEELS ARE PROBABLY
200 POUNDS EACH.
- I DEFINITELY WOULDN'T WAN TO BE WORKING AT THE BOTTOM
WHEN THESE THINGS BROKE LOOSE
AND STARTED COMING BACK AT YOU.
I MEAN, IT WAS DEFINITELY
A DANGEROUS JOB BACK THEN.
SO HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF IT?
- $1,500 IS MY ASKING PRICE.
- YOU DEFINITELY GO TO BUY THIS, BIG HOSS.
- OH, DO I?
- COULD USE I TO TRANSFER STUFF
FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STORE
TO THE OTHER.
- I MEAN, I DEFINITELY THINK
IT'S COOL.
BUT FOR THE AMOUN OF REAL ESTATE THIS THING'S
GONNA TAKE UP IN MY SHOP,
IT'S--I JUST FEEL AS IF
I COULD USE THAT SPACE
TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
- OKAY.
NO PROBLEM.
- I GOT A BUDDY WHO DOES OWN
A STAGE PROP COMPANY, THOUGH.
I'LL GIVE HIM A CALL FOR YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, YEAH.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
- WELL, THANKS
FOR SHOWING ME, MAN.
I'M SORRY
WE COULDN'T MAKE A DEAL.
- NOT A PROBLEM.
- SEE YOU LATER.
- THIS THING IS REALLY NEAT,
BUT WHEN I HEADED OUT HERE,
I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS CLOSE
TO 700 POUNDS.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NO WAY
CHUM AND I CAN HANDLE THAT.
I'D HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY
TO MOVE THIS THING.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THERE'S
ENOUGH MONEY TO BE MADE
TO MAKE ALL THAT EFFOR WORTH IT.
- EARLIER, I BOUGHT A 1967
FORD F-100 PICKUP TRUCK.
IT NEEDS SOME WORK,
SO I CALLED MY BUDDY MIKE
TO COME DOWN AND CHECK IT OUT.
- I'M MIKE.
I'M THE OWNER OF AAA COLLISION
IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
WE DO CUSTOM PAIN AND RESTORE OLD CARS.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO
WITH THIS THING?
- PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE
TO CHOP THE ROOF OFF,
THROW SOME HYDRAULICS
ON THIS THING.
- CHUMLEE.
- SOME RACING HARNESSES
AND BUCKET SEATS.
- SHUT UP, CHUMLEE.
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
- SOME TVs IN THE BACK
THAT FOLD UP--
- CHUMLEE,
SHUT THE [bleep] UP.
I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING,
CHUMLEE.
I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
- THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME, BOSS.
- CHUMLEE MEANS WELL.
I LOVE HIM TO DEATH,
BUT SOMETIMES HE JUST IRRITATES
THE [bleep] OUT OF ME.
- WHAT DO YOU GUYS WAN TO DO WITH THIS BED HERE?
IT'S WELDED SHUT.
- CUT IT LOOSE AND PU A COUPLE NOTCHES ON IT.
- ARE YOU OKAY
WITH THE WAY IT LOOKS?
- YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
- ALSO, THIS WOOD,
IT LOOKS KIND OF SUN ROTTED
AND FADED.
- YEAH, GO AHEAD
AND REPLACE IT, MIKE.
WITH A NEW PAINT JOB
AND EVERYTHING,
IT'S GONNA NEED NEW WOOD IN IT.
- THAT'LL HELP THE VALUE OF IT.
- YEAH, I WANT THIS THING
TO LOOK BADASS
WHEN WE GET THROUGH WITH IT.
I WANT IT PAINTED.
I THINK IT WOULD LOOK GOOD
WITH TWO-TONE,
MAYBE A GUNMETAL GRAY
WITH A RED TOP.
AND REPLACE THE VENT WINDOW.
FIX IT UP SO WE CAN SELL IT.
THAT'S ALL.
- WE'RE GONNA HOOK THIS TRUCK UP
FOR YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MIKE.
THANK YOU MUCH.
- YOU'RE WELCOME.
- I ONLY PAID $2,500
FOR THIS TRUCK.
IF MIKE CAN GET THIS THING
FIXED UP AT A GOOD PRICE,
I MIGHT MAKE SOME SERIOUS MONEY.
I MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER
LETTING CHUMLEE
DRIVE IT BACK TO THE SHOP
WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER.
- EARLIER, A GUY CAME IN
WITH SOME MAPS AND SOME PLANS
FROM THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA.
I HAD NO IDEA
HOW RARE THESE THINGS ARE,
SO I BROUGHT IT OVER
TO MY BUDDY MARK
AT THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM.
AND NOW THAT WE'VE LEARNED
MORE ABOUT THEM,
I'M READY TO MAKE
A DEAL FOR THEM.
THIS IS SOME REAL HISTORY,
AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE I IN THE SHOP.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE GOT A BETTER IDEA,
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR IT?
- [sighs]
- THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
SOMETHING TO COMPARE IT TO,
IT'S REALLY HARD COMING UP
WITH A PRICE.
- AFTER TALKING WITH MARK,
I GOT PRETTY EXCITED.
- YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY
DIFFERENT STUFF.
- LIKE I SAID,
I'M JUST TRYING TO GENERATE SOME
MONEY FOR MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING.
MAKE ME AN OFFER.
- OKAY.
- A DOLLAR.
THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITH
A ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM LIKE THIS:
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH.
IT COULD BE PEANUTS,
OR IT COULD BE
THE WHOLE PEANUT FARM.
- I CAN'T COME UP WITH A CLUE
OF WHAT THIS STUFF IS WORTH.
AND I'M JUST TAKING
A REAL SHOT IN THE DARK HERE.
I'LL GIVE YOU TWO GRAND
FOR THE STUFF.
I MEAN, THAT IS A COMPLETE SHO IN THE DARK.
- WAY BACK IN MY HEAD,
I HAD A LITTLE NUMBER,
LIKE, $3,500.
- OH, NO.
- BUT IT'S NOT MY NUMBER.
- YEAH.
- $2,700.
- IT'S A BIG PIG IN A POKE.
YOU KNOW THAT.
- I'LL GO $2,200.
- HOW ABOUT $2,400?
- $2,300.
- DONE.
- $2,300, IT'S A DEAL.
- I'M REALLY HAPPY THE WAY
THIS TURNED OUT FOR EVERYONE.
HE GOT SOME GOOD MONEY
FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING.
WE GOT A PIECE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL SOME
OF MY VETERAN BUDDIES ABOUT IT.
- ONE, TWO, THREE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANKS A LOT, MAN.
- OKAY.
- EARLIER, I BOUGH A 1967 F-100 FORD PICKUP.
AND MY FRIEND MIKE'S
BEEN FIXING IT UP.
TODAY WE GET TO SEE
WHAT HE'S DONE,
AND IT BETTER BE BADASS.
- HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
YEAH!
WHOO, YEAH!
- OH, YEAH.
- YEAH!
THIS THING IS SWEET.
- WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
- I THINK YOU OUTDID YOURSELF
THIS TIME, MIKE.
- THANKS.
WE PUT A LOT OF HOURS
IN THIS ONE.
- THIS REALLY LOOKS GREAT.
THIS TRUCK BRINGS BACK
SOME FOND MEMORIES
OF WHEN CARS
WERE PIECES OF ART.
PEOPLE TOOK PRIDE IN THEM.
NOW THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
- SO WHAT ALL
DID YOU HAVE TO DO TO IT?
- WE HAD TO PAINT THIS THING
INSIDE AND OUT.
IF YOU LOOK HERE,
WE PAINTED THE DASH
AND CLEANED IT UP
AND PAINTED INSIDE THE DOORS.
- THIS THING WAS ROUGH
WHEN Y'ALL GOT IT.
IT'S GREAT NOW.
- I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE
THIS BAD BOY FOR A SPIN.
- NO.
NOT ONLY NO
BUT HELL, NO.
THIS THING IS WAY TOO NICE
TO HAVE CHUMLEE TOUCH IT.
HELL, I DON'T EVEN WANT HIM
BREATHING ON IT.
SO WHAT DID THIS COST ME?
- YOUR TOTAL WAS $4,000.
- THAT'S NOT BAD.
I CAN PROBABLY SELL THIS
FOR $12,000 OR $14,000
ON A GOOD DAY,
$10,000 TO $12,000 ON A BAD.
THANKS A LOT, MIKE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL DO IT AGAIN REAL SOON.
- YEAH, I HOPE TO DO
ANOTHER ONE SOON.
- ALL RIGHT, CHUMLEE,
I'M GONNA DRIVE THIS PIECE
BACK TO THE SHOP.
YOU CAN FOLLOW ME.
- NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
- YOU AIN'T DRIVING
THE DAMN THING, CHUMLEE.
- BOSS, YOUR WIFE JUST CALLED,
AND SHE SAID SHE NEEDS YOU
TO GO TO THE HOUSE.
SO JUST MY CAR,
AND I'LL DRIVE THIS.
- NO, NO, NO, NO.
- COME ON.
- GET AWAY FROM ME, CHUMLEE.
YOU AIN'T GO A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL.
- THIS IS--
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
I NEVER GET TO DO
ANYTHING FUN.
- I THINK I CAN MAKE FIVE GRAND
ON THIS THING.
RICK CAN'T SAY THA VERY OFTEN.
SO I THINK MAYBE THE OLD MAN
DESERVES A TREA ON THE WAY HOME.
MM, DAMN BRAIN FREEZE.
OOH!