- Wow, look at that place.
FRANK FRITZ: I don't think anyone lives there.
MIKE WOLFE (VOICEOVER): Danielle's sending
us to a guy that's been collecting his whole life.
Is that it?
This is it right up here.
MIKE WOLFE: He's at the point where
he wants to sell some stuff.
This is a perfect opportunity for a picker.
So how long you been collecting?
You know, off and on, over 50 years.
Oh my gosh.
Sounds like you and me.
We've been [INAUDIBLE] since we've been little kids, too.
Can we take a look around?
Yes, sir.
Which way you want to go?
Right through this puddle there.
All right.
MIKE WOLFE: We walk out in the back into the garage.
This is my accumulation.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Wow.
Oh my god.
MIKE WOLFE: It's insane!
Everywhere you look, there's handlebars, gas tanks.
Every corner is cluttered, and there's
stuff hanging from the ceiling.
This is going to be an awesome pick.
What's under here?
I just see this--
I see this--
I was afraid y'all were going to say that.
You were afraid we were going to see it?
MIKE WOLFE: He pulls up the black tarp,
and boom, there it is, a 1937 Knucklehead.
Wow, that's awesome.
God dang, this thing's [WHISTLES]..
MIKE WOLFE: Anything that you can
find pre-1940 that's Harley Knucklehead
is like mining gold.
This frame is butchered, man.
MIKE WOLFE: The chassis is all jacked up.
It's chopped, it's raked, it's got a lot of incorrect parts,
but the motor is sitting there looking beautiful.
We see Knuckleheads from time to time,
but finding somebody that wants to sell one, no matter
the condition, is really rare.
What are you looking to get out of this, Eddie?
Or is this something you'd even sell?
I know it sounds crazy, it'd take 5 big ones.
5 grand to get all of this here?
Yeah.
Would you sell just the motor?
I would, but I'd throw the frame in, too.
So you're buying-- you're buying it all.
No, I mean, really.
I hear you.
I'm just asking, you know. - Yeah.
MIKE WOLFE: I'm not really seeing
any value in the chassis, but this motor
is worth fighting for.
I love the motor.
If you were to separate it and just sell the motor,
I'd be interested in it for 3 grand.
MIKE WOLFE: If Eddie let's go of this 1937 Knucklehead motor,
that alone is worth the trip to Georgia.
I'm going to do that.
Are you going to do it?
I'm going to do it.
MIKE WOLFE: Any Harley enthusiast would walk barefoot
through a junkyard without a tetanus shot to buy this motor,
and I just bought it.
Eddie?
Yeah?
Now that I've got my hands on this thing
and I'm moving it around--
Yes?
--I'm kind of liking it.
MIKE WOLFE: Yeah, it's raked.
Yeah, it's chopped.
Yeah, the fork has been extended.
But you know what?
It's got a cool front wheel.
The rear wheel is in decent condition.
It's got the original transmission.
Yeah, man, I'm feeling like Fonda.
MIKE WOLFE: As a picker, it's important to know
when you make a mistake.
I should have bundled the motor and the chassis
together in the first place.
You were at 5 grand on the whole thing.
Right.
OK, I already bought the motor for 3 grand.
Right.
How about another 1,000 for this so it'd be 4,000
total for the whole package?
1,800.
[GROWLS]
All right, let me see.
Let me get off of it for a second here.
FRANK FRITZ: Mike really lost his leverage
when he paid up for the motor.
Now Eddie's got his 3 grand, and he's
at his mercy for the chassis.
For 1,000, it looks good.
I'm at a grand, 4 grand.
You were at 5.
You're only-- I'm-- you're only coming off a G-note.
It looks better at 12 and a half.
MIKE WOLFE: I'm going to be really bummed
if I have to leave this behind today,
but there's no way I can do more than 1,000.
Ah, go ahead.
You want to do 1,000?
Yeah.
All right, 1,000 bucks.
MIKE WOLFE (VOICEOVER): I bought the '37 Knucklehead
motor and the chassis separately,
but this is a really good deal.
Well, we appreciate you letting us look around, man.
- Heck yeah. - It's been fun.
Eddie was such a cool guy.
I mean, this is a guy that's been riding motorcycles longer
than I've been alive, but he had the same exact passion
as we did.
Got it?
Yeah, get it up there.
FRANK FRITZ: Hey, that's my side of the van.
MIKE WOLFE (VOICEOVER): I bought the chopped Harley
frame with the Knucklehead motor for 4 grand.
I'm going to ask 7,500.
[CASH REGISTER DINGS]
Hey, it was an honor.
Thank you.
It really was.
It goes both ways, fellas.
Nice to meet you, partner.
It's always nice to meet somebody who's
got the same passion we do.
I may go out and buy some more stuff.
Just don't tell my wife now.
- Thanks, man. - Goodbye, brothers.
See ya.
Thank you.
MIKE WOLFE: Days like today, when I can find a 1937
Harley Knucklehead engine--
[HORN HONKS]
See ya, Eddie!
Ciao!
Keep rolling!
MIKE WOLFE: --that's the kind of stuff that keeps me motivated,
keeps me passionate, keeps me on the road.
It makes you think, hey, it's not all found.
It's still out there.