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Title: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 07, 2012, 07:14:28 PM
I don't know about you guy's but I am hooked on that show . Rick does some fine freaking work there . I just wonder how long he has been in business ?
Any one else watch the show . Makes me want to build another shop . Right now though I need a cheap sand blaster . Working on a 1975 Kawasaki bike that needs blasting bad . Seen the guy's call in a soda blaster , i need to check those out .
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: JOACH1M on March 07, 2012, 07:51:35 PM
I enjoy the show...he has quite a little "junk yard" packed wit all kinds of stuff!
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 07, 2012, 08:12:46 PM
He sure does . I have never seen any of those old coke machines . Well just one and it was the barrel type one .
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: PFactorDave on March 07, 2012, 08:41:07 PM
I would watch it if they spent more time on the actual restoration process and less time trying to build up some phony sense of drama over the "big reveal" or the dysfunctional relationships between employees... 

meh, no thanks
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 07, 2012, 09:12:41 PM
less time trying to build up some phony sense of drama over the "big reveal" or the dysfunctional relationships between employees... 

meh, no thanks
I agree on that part but that's just today's TV . Someone making some big buck's doing it but TV needs a change in general .
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Shuffler on March 08, 2012, 07:34:55 AM
I don't watch it much but they do good work. They have a client base that will pay their price.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: icepac on March 08, 2012, 09:35:43 AM
They are a good show and do good work but I cringe when I see them "restore" something very rare and valuable that is already in pretty good shape.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW EXPERT:    Has this been restored?

OWNER OF RARE PIECE:               Yes

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW EXPERT:   The good news is that this piece is extraordinarily rare and worth $370,000 in original condition regardless of wear.

OWNER OF RARE PIECE:      (long silence)

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW EXPERT:   This one is wonderfully restored.............it would go for $900 at auction.

OWNER OF RARE PIECE:      (silently turns red)
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: The Jekyll on March 08, 2012, 05:16:05 PM
I find renting a sand blaster a fairly reasonable option to owning one. And it doesn't sit around taking up room.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 08, 2012, 06:33:33 PM
I find renting a sand blaster a fairly reasonable option to owning one. And it doesn't sit around taking up room.
I would but need one for the shop .
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: mbailey on March 08, 2012, 06:58:05 PM
Because of that show (at least thats what im blaming it on  :D), i went out and bought an A-Treat soda machine (local soda company) for my basement..............I have it at a gents place being worked on now  :D

Funny story, i use to get sodas from this same machine when i was a kid riding my bike to and from elementary school, (Im 40 now)
Drove by the gas station (repair shop) a couple of months ago and saw the same machine sitting out front. Left a business card and a note saying if he ever wanted to get rid of it to let me know. I got a call the next day......seems the son of the guy who owned the shop (back when i was a kid) was cleaning out the garage due to his dad passing away. He asked me why i was so intrested in a beatup old soda machine, so I told him the story of me riding my bike to school, and usually every day after school, id stop at the machine and grab a soda................. Picked it up for $100, plus the cost of taking a load of junk in my P/U to the local recycler..... Its gonna cost about 800 to get back into working order but honestly its priceless in my eyes.  :aok  Ill post pics when its done.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: icepac on March 08, 2012, 07:14:13 PM
That's awesome.

What will you be stocking it with?
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 09, 2012, 12:36:03 PM
Because of that show (at least thats what im blaming it on  :D), i went out and bought an A-Treat soda machine (local soda company) for my basement..............I have it at a gents place being worked on now  :D

Funny story, i use to get sodas from this same machine when i was a kid riding my bike to and from elementary school, (Im 40 now)
Drove by the gas station (repair shop) a couple of months ago and saw the same machine sitting out front. Left a business card and a note saying if he ever wanted to get rid of it to let me know. I got a call the next day......seems the son of the guy who owned the shop (back when i was a kid) was cleaning out the garage due to his dad passing away. He asked me why i was so intrested in a beatup old soda machine, so I told him the story of me riding my bike to school, and usually every day after school, id stop at the machine and grab a soda................. Picked it up for $100, plus the cost of taking a load of junk in my P/U to the local recycler..... Its gonna cost about 800 to get back into working order but honestly its priceless in my eyes.  :aok  Ill post pics when its done.
mbailey that is so cool ! My story is very similar with that motorcycle I like to restore .
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Shuffler on March 09, 2012, 01:04:20 PM
I find renting a sand blaster a fairly reasonable option to owning one. And it doesn't sit around taking up room.

We have a small one about 4' x 4'.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Shuffler on March 09, 2012, 01:05:18 PM
Because of that show (at least thats what im blaming it on  :D), i went out and bought an A-Treat soda machine (local soda company) for my basement..............I have it at a gents place being worked on now  :D

Funny story, i use to get sodas from this same machine when i was a kid riding my bike to and from elementary school, (Im 40 now)
Drove by the gas station (repair shop) a couple of months ago and saw the same machine sitting out front. Left a business card and a note saying if he ever wanted to get rid of it to let me know. I got a call the next day......seems the son of the guy who owned the shop (back when i was a kid) was cleaning out the garage due to his dad passing away. He asked me why i was so intrested in a beatup old soda machine, so I told him the story of me riding my bike to school, and usually every day after school, id stop at the machine and grab a soda................. Picked it up for $100, plus the cost of taking a load of junk in my P/U to the local recycler..... Its gonna cost about 800 to get back into working order but honestly its priceless in my eyes.  :aok  Ill post pics when its done.

Good story.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: mbailey on March 09, 2012, 01:06:40 PM
That's awesome.

What will you be stocking it with?

The cool thing is, ATreat soda is still made..........so thats whats going to fill it, as long as they havent changed the can sizes that is.

Found a similar one here, accept the one I have dispenses cans

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1970s-A-Treat-Choice-Vend-Soda-Machine-Cold-Quiet-Happy-Nice-/160656749693?pt=BI_Vending&hash=item2567e3747d#shId

mbailey that is so cool ! My story is very similar with that motorcycle I like to restore .

Thanks, yea im really looking forward to it...........  Good luck with your motorcycle :aok
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 09, 2012, 05:41:59 PM

Thanks, yea im really looking forward to it...........  Good luck with your motorcycle :aok
Yeah you too brother . I'm looking forward to the pic's when you get done . If I'm not on here any more send them to my email addy . Good luck ..
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: jimson on March 09, 2012, 07:43:49 PM
I do like the show but also think it would be better if they showed more actual restoration and less BS.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Shuffler on March 10, 2012, 10:21:02 AM
Yeah you too brother . I'm looking forward to the pic's when you get done . If I'm not on here any more send them to my email addy . Good luck ..

I do love those "before" and "after" pics.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Shuffler on March 10, 2012, 10:22:56 AM
I do like the show but also think it would be better if they showed more actual restoration and less BS.

This is true..... but it is a reality show and not really about restoration.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 10, 2012, 02:13:53 PM
I personally think that if maybe they could add 30 more minute's to the show where one should go into more detail on what they are doing . Besides showing dude sand blasting something for 30 secants then jump too something else .
You know kind of like This Old House where they show what there doing and show the right way to do it while their doing the job ..
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: G0ALY on March 10, 2012, 04:43:35 PM
This may seem odd, but I pay attention to detail… On one of the few episodes I watched they ‘restored’ an antique tricycle. They finished and delivered it without a head badge. (A head badge is the name of the manufacturer. Usually displayed right below the handlebars.) I have redone a few antique bicycles, and leaving the head badge off is like restoring an old muscle car and not putting an engine in it.
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Rob52240 on March 10, 2012, 06:41:03 PM
Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars swears that "Rick Dale could turn dogshit into gold"
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Flench on March 10, 2012, 06:42:12 PM
This may seem odd, but I pay attention to detail… On one of the few episodes I watched they ‘restored’ an antique tricycle. They finished and delivered it without a head badge. (A head badge is the name of the manufacturer. Usually displayed right below the handlebars.) I have redone a few antique bicycles, and leaving the head badge off is like restoring an old muscle car and not putting an engine in it.

I seen tat one two GOALY and someone must to have complaned because they had a show not long behind that on and they made it a point to point that badge out on it , lol .
Title: Re: American Restoration !
Post by: Dago on March 10, 2012, 07:29:35 PM
I like the show just to see the restorations, but it is so scripted as to make me barf.  One show, they were putting a can of change on top of a cabinet.  Funny how the soda bottles on top kept appearing and disappearing, and the "other guy" could find the can of change on the shelf like he had radar.

Plus, is anyone as big of a brainless loser as the kid?