RICK HARRISON: Earlier, I got a call from a guy looking
to unload an old Mercedes, so Corey
and I are headed out to take a look.
COREY HARRISON: I thought it was a Mercedes.
RICK HARRISON: It is a Mercedes.
CARL: 1962 Mercedes Unimog, a German military vehicle.
RICK HARRISON: Well, obviously, it's a Mercedes,
but it's totally not what I expected.
I thought it was a car.
[laughter]
CARL: I called the guys down at the pawn shop
to check out my Unimog.
It feels awesome to drive this.
I'd like to sell it because I need another project.
I would love to get something, like $22,000 for it.
RICK HARRISON: All right, so tell me about it.
CARL: This Unimog was a model called the Radio Box,
and the inside was filled with shelves and radios.
The Germans used to hide in the woods listening to the Russians
during the Cold War with this thing.
It was very, very versatile.
RICK HARRISON: Yeah, these trucks are really cool.
I mean, they have massive torque.
It'll climb anything.
It'll ford rivers.
It'll go just about anywhere.
CARL: It also has an articulated chassis.
It'll bend.
So if it goes into a hole, it pretty much
stays level all the time.
It's meant to be off road.
RICK HARRISON: The Unimog was designed in Germany right
after World War II.
They were originally designed to be used on farms.
But the things were so damn tough, they
became popular with militaries around the world.
So it's your standard military vehicle-- extremely
uncomfortable and barebones.
CARL: Yep.
COREY HARRISON: Can you start it up for us?
CARL: Sure.
[engine starting]
RICK HARRISON: It's an old Mercedes motor,
but it looks in good shape.
I don't see any leaks.
The Unimogs are cool.
It's every kid's dream to have a truck like that.
It can drive through anything, but I've never bought or sold
one of these things before.
So figuring out a price is going to be tricky.
CARL: OK, ready to buy it?
COREY HARRISON: It depends on how much you want for it.
CARL: Well, I would like to get about $22,000 for it.
RICK HARRISON: OK, before I make you an offer,
I've got to figure out what this thing is worth.
I don't think there's a Kelley Blue Book on Unimogs.
So do you mind if I get someone down here,
have him take a look at it?
And let's go from there, all right?
OK.
RICK HARRISON: All right, I'll be right back.
Sounds good. Thank you very much.
I'm thrilled that they're calling in an expert,
and I'm very confident that it'll get a good report.
[audio out]
DANNY KOKER: The engineering in this
is just way ahead of its time, man.
I love that axle design.
You know, they do that on the Hummers, the H1s,
the portal gears in there.
It keeps the axle high, but it keeps the vehicle
lower to the ground.
This was kind of cutting edge back then, but--
Unimogs, I mean, they started off life as, basically,
tractors, but their real forte was military use.
The fact that the chassis flexes like that, which allows
the vehicle to go anywhere, I really believe that the Unimogs
were way ahead of their time.
It sounds great.
Have you driven it yet? RICK HARRISON: No.
Do you mind if we take it for a spin?
CARL: No, please do.
DANNY KOKER: I mean, when you really think about what
these things had to do and it's still in this good of shape,
that's a tough vehicle.
Should we do a little off roading out here?
Yep, that's exactly what I planned on doing.
I love it.
Yeah.
CARL: It's too bad they're just driving on these flat streets.
If they took it off road, they would have a blast.
DANNY KOKER: Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
[laughter]
[music playing]
Oh, I want to buy this thing.
DANNY KOKER: Oh yeah, man.
This is comfortable.
Everything really worked absolutely
as it should on this vehicle.
I think my spine is at least two or three inches shorter
than it was before we started.
So is there a market for these things?
DANNY KOKER: Yeah, there is, believe it or not.
They've kind of got this cult following.
It's not like a market for a Harley-Davidson or something.
It's a narrower market, but there is.
There's a market for it.
I've seen them going, nice ones, $17,000, maybe $18,000 mark.
I would classify this one as nicer, really nice.
This is probably the nicest one I've ever seen.
RICK HARRISON: OK.
So in my opinion, it should go for more than that.
RICK HARRISON: OK.
DANNY KOKER: Thanks for letting me come on and do this, man.
This was fun, and thanks for that ride, man.
I'm going to go get the blood circulating back in my legs
again. CARL: Thanks.
Nice meeting you, man.
It was a pleasure.
RICK HARRISON: I am fired up to make an offer on this thing.
I could definitely sell it to a military collector
or an off roader who would actually use it.
So how much were you looking to get out of it?
I'd really like to get 22.
I think it's in such good shape.
I've put a lot of money into it.
It runs like new.
You knew, when you put the money
into it, though, you weren't going to get it back, right?
CARL: I think I did.
I've done this before, so--
RICK HARRISON: OK.
You expect to get some of it back.
It is in very nice shape, but it's not an easy sell.
This is really limited market, OK?
And I can give you 15 grand today.
You walk away, and it's done.
15 is a lot lower than I ever thought.
I know you have to make a profit,
but I mean, I would really say, I'd take 18 right now.
And that, I think, would be my bottom line.
What do you say?
I'm the one taking all the risk.
I mean, the motor blows up tomorrow, I'm stuck with it.
So--
CARL: Yeah.
RICK HARRISON: I'll tell you what, I'll do $16,000.
$16,500, I think I can make a deal.
RICK HARRISON: I'm looking at it's probably
going to take me a while to sell this, so $16,000,
that's what I could do.
[music playing]
OK, we have a deal.
RICK HARRISON: All right.
Thank you.
I'm happy.
You know, I'm ready to get on with another project,
and now my driveway will be clear.
And I can get my other car out.
RICK HARRISON: I cannot wait to show this to the old man.
[laughter]