MIKE: We're here with Mickey and Isaac in Indiana.
It has been a tough day so far.
We're really having to dig to find stuff
they're willing to let go.
Champion spark plugs.
MICKEY: I guess I was a little surprised about how much he
wanted that sign off the wall.
ISAAC: He worked at it real hard.
MICKEY: There you go.
Well, hey.
So after all that work, I finally
get something that I think has absolutely no attachment.
Would you guys consider selling this?
It's not in the best condition, but
still it's automotive related.
MICKEY: Probably not.
MIKE: And I was wrong.
And I was wrong over and over and over again.
It's just advertisement for the shop.
- Yeah. - It told what we done here.
Yeah, there's tons of history you guys
have in here for the wagons.
Right.
But not really too much for the cars.
Yeah.
Not too much for the cars and what we done to them here.
Imagine that.
You know, right there.
MICKEY: We sold automotive accessories.
And it was a sign that they could've
put out front, at one time, and said hey,
we got your spark plugs here.
Going in the blacksmith's shop,
I remember a lot of things that went on here when I was a kid.
My grandpa was a blacksmith.
My great grandpa was a blacksmith.
MIKE: Oh.
This place is incredible.
Wow.
The smell, the sounds.
MICKEY: You just don't see a lot of old blacksmith shops
anymore.
This is still original.
There's no way you can prepare yourself for it.
I mean, walking back into this room.
MICKEY: It's like walking back in time.
MIKE: I mean, it truly is. truly is.
ISAAC: It is walking back in time.
MIKE: All old buildings have personality.
They're all different in some way or another.
They're like people.
It's so cool.
So this was basically his office?
I mean, this I can see was mounted right to here.
This was his writing desk.
You know, he had all his paperwork inside of there.
And then he had all of this cabinetry
for every single thing that he would need.
You got large doors here.
You got large doors back there and here.
It's like air coming through as much as it possibly can.
This had to be the busiest place in town.
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FRANK: What's up, John Lennon?
ISAAC: Yeah, there you go.
What about that?
This is a sign bracket.
MICKEY: Yeah, it is a sign.
And they probably made it here.
MIKE: Nah, I doubt it.
I've seen a lot of these.
This would be for a round sign.
Something that was double sided. $75.
- $90 Let's do the dance. - I'll do it.
I got a round sign.
To me, I want something to look like it has history.
It has miles on it.
That's exactly what this piece has.
It's an awesome piece.
So Speedwagon.
REO? MIKE: No.
Well, yeah, REO Speedwagon.
That was actually a vehicle.
Way before REO Speedwagon topped the charts with "Keep
on Loving You," REO Speedwagon was a light duty truck
that was manufactured by the REO Motor Car Company
in Lansing, Michigan.
I think they started in the early 1900s.
That would be cool like, I've got an old roadster.
Yeah. FRANK: On the front grill.
I'd love to stick that on there, man.
Speedwagon. MIKE: Even on the dash.
$75.
I don't know.
Here.
MICKEY: Yeah. We probably sell it.
So probably, how about $90? - $90?
Yeah.
How about $80?
MICKEY: Yes.
MIKE: All right, man. - There you go.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
I know, this was made for an REO Speedwagon truck.
But I think this would be cool on a hot rod or rat rod.
I could put this on a 1935 Ford panel truck.
To me, that's my speed wagon.
Guys got it?
Yeah.
All right, great.
MIKE: This property, to anybody passing by,
is just an old building.
But to the Pile family, it's their history.
They didn't want to sell anything.
They're just not ready.
It's their forefathers calling down
upon them saying, don't sell.
I could hear it as soon as I walked in.
You got the flyer now.
So as you get through the layers,
you find anything that's not connected to the place,
give us a call. - Give us a call.
We're not that far away.
We've been working on this building
for the last five or six years trying to clean it up.
It's something that we want to keep alive.
That's something that we want to instill in our kids.
They can say, hey, yeah, my great, great, great, great,
great, grandpa started this. - See you, Mickey.
See you, Isaac. - Bye.
See you, fellows.