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Holy crap.
What do you think?
Take it back. Rick Harrison has a pawn
shop in Las Vegas. He buys the biggest
pieces of crap he can find and actually
brings them here and expects me to
restore them and then he sells them for
a huge profit.
What are you wanting to do with it? I
want you to fix it up for my dad. The
old man's got a huge piece of property
and this will get him around on it.
Well, it looks like you've got about a
1960s Marketeteer golf cart. That thing
there in its day, I mean, literally was
the Rolls-Royce.
Now, we're just lucky if it rolls.
I came to Rick Dales today because he is
a certified miracle worker. I mean, I've
brought him turds before, but this is
dinosaur crap. But once it's restored,
my dad's going to love it.
Where the hell did you find this thing?
I bought it off a guy for 150 bucks.
Wow. Well, that's a good deal.
Three-wheel was the very first cart. You
know, it's rare. The Marketeteer golf
cart was one of the very first golf
carts you could get. Only the richest
could get one of these, like guys like
Arnold Palmer, and they were just
totally awesome.
That's definitely got to redone.
Don't break it now, Rick.
Man, this thing's a pile. This used to
be the brake. Had a little handle on it
like you'd have in an old Jeep or
something that snapped over.
Okay. You know, as we throttle, it
raises a little more, a little more.
Gives it a little more battery, a little
more battery, a little more battery.
When they first made these carts back in
the 1940s, they made them run off of
batteries because of the gas rationing
in World War II.
How much you think it'll cost?
A fortune.
How much you got?
I'm going to need to replace almost
everything inside this thing. I mean,
all new batteries, wheels, even a top.
You probably going to have 1,500 in
parts alone. We're going to have to do
the interior, eight hours in paint, and
a ton of body work. We're talking at
least 40 man hours on this thing. You're
looking right around 6,500. 6,500?
It's probably the old man. I'm going to
be an old man by the time this is done.
They can get it done for like 55. Since
I'm not going to sell it, I'm not going
to make no money off it.
You know what? I'll go six to be on the
safe side
since you're the negotiator
master.
All right, six grand. Do it up for six
grand.
Thanks, bro. Awesome. Another project.
Tell me, unload this thing.
I'll give my guys Rick is one of our top
customers. If I don't get this right,
he's going to go somewhere else. This
one has to be perfect because it's for
the old man.
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piece of junk. My crew is one of a kind.
But somehow they get the job done.
Before we tear this thing down, I need
to get somebody that really knows these
things inside and out. Holy crap, that
thing's huge. Is that cuz you uh deal
with golf carts all day long?
Pretty much.
I've been working on golf carts for 14
years. Man, I laid one eye on that thing
and that thing is a piece of crap.
I know it's a 1960s Marketeteer.
Yeah, it was pretty much top of the line
back in its day.
Yeah, I know that we need to uh make it
pretty, and I think we want to uh make
it run very efficiently. I mean, we can
do the bodywork and stuff, but I can see
a lot more parts I'm going to need. Can
I find parts for this? Yeah. What we're
probably going to do is have to find a
donor vehicles to get some of the parts
that, you know, you're not going to be
able to find and not be able to make,
right? If we can make it run right and
we make it beautiful, that's exactly
what the customer is going to be want.
We can do it.
All right. Brick wants this cart to look
just like it did back in the day. But it
also has to be safe and reliable because
it's a gift for the old man.
Thank you very much for coming back.
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Grab a crescent wrench.
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We knew we were missing some parts, so
Robert sold me a parts car. A parts car
is an ideal solution on this project.
It's going to save me a ton of money
getting the majority of my parts all at
once.
I'm pushing.
We don't need the body of this car. All
we need is the brake assembly off the
chassis. So, we're going to take that
off and put it on the customer's car.
Now, just let it fall.
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We got to get this is welded,
Rick.
Yeah. We're running into a little
problem here.
What?
Our brake, our whole brake assembly is
welded to the frame.
Okay.
Completely.
Okay. Well, since it's a parts machine,
let's go ahead and get the torches in
here and cut that off. And then we have
the piece.
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I really do want Tyler taking over this
business someday.
Lately, he's really been stepping it up.
I lit the carpet on fire. Oops. But he
still has a lot to learn.
The golf cart is a huge project. We have
most of the parts together. Now it's
just a matter of grunt work.
This is for the golf cart
back seat. This is the one the cowboy
fell on and broke. Stand it all up.
Good.
After we get all the rust and paint off,
we do body work. Basically, get all the
dents out, make it all smooth, and then
we prime and paint it.
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Okay. See if you can slide it up.
No more. Okay,
perfect.
We're good. Always put stuff on
fingertight first and then tighten,
tighten, tighten, tighten. Okay. So,
Tyler, what's the most important thing
when we're doing this stuff?
The attention to detail.
That's a fact. That's exactly right. All
right. Great job. It looks looks
awesome.
Customer is going to love that.
The moment we show a finished product to
the customer is the most important
moment of the entire process.
What in the hell are we doing out here?
Don't worry about it. I got something
for you. I got
Oh boy.
The old man's in a really bad mood right
now cuz we took him out of the shop, but
I think he's going to be happy once he
sees this thing. Hey Rick, you around?
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Oh my god.
What do you think of it, Dad? This is
for driving around your compound.
They come out real nice. Like the
ultimate toy, you know? It just looks
badass. You know, I thought it was
something would be cool for the old man.
I'd cruise this thing around.
Well, I designed this for you. Teed off.
You know, I see you all the time and and
you're teed off a lot. That pretty much
says it all.
Yeah. If he's not pissed off, he's not
happy.
That's right.
And I'm I'm pretty sure I think I've
seen you make that face before.
Oh, okay. How bad was it when you got
it?
It was trash. It was totally trash. This
was literally a groundup restoration. We
painted it green and then it needed
something else. So, we This is all
actually paint that looks like wood on
the sides. Then we upholstered it. And
you'll see the seats match the top back
up inside there. All the wood of course
was rotted. Everything was rotted. So,
we had all this, this is all solid oak.
We built this biminy top and uh then we
upholstered it. Come on back here,
Richard. Would you like uh you like a
cold beverage?
Oh,
now that's kind of put yourself a little
cooler in there. There you go. Yeah,
that work. That'll work
in case you get thirsty on the road.
I'll be honest with you, Rick, you did a
hell of a job on it.
You took a piece of trash and turned it
into something that's beautiful.
So, oh man, you want to take it for a
spin?
Yeah, I'll give it a tour. The golf cart
come out amazing. It's a cuter than
hell. I'll ride around in it and I'll
have some fun with it.
Four.
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You're looking good, oldtimer.
Just his speed.