When are we getting rid of that bike?
We're going to get rid of it today.
We have to get rid of the bike today.
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Frankie and I are hauling the Indian four cylinder project
we bought from Zane in Oregon, because I have a friend named
Bobby Green that owns Old Crow Speed
Shop that's going to buy it.
I paid 20 grand for the bike.
I have to have the handlebars fixed, that big
weld on the left hand side.
There were some repairs I needed to do on the frame.
Ben got all of that stuff done for a grand.
That's $21,000.
All right, then I couldn't find a gas tank.
Everybody I called were laughing, going good luck,
stand in line, you're never going to find it.
So I got a repop gas tank.
That was $800.
$21,800.
And then I had to find a front fender because, remember,
the front fender was hacked off. - Hacked off, right.
I finally found a front fender that matches it,
patina-wise, for $1,000.
OK, so that's $22,800.
What I told Bobby on the bike was 30 grand.
And he was all over it?
Yeah, because the baby fours are hard to find, man.
I know they are.
Now Bobby Green is just a name to me.
I've heard about him.
He's a hot rod specialist.
Bobby Green is like the Marlon Brando of hot rods out here,
dude.
He races the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Remember, like, 12 years ago when
we found that 1939 Woody that somebody
made into a pickup truck?
Yeah it had the chicken on the side of it?
Yeah, OK.
Bobby's the guy that bought it.
OK.
He's into period patina.
That's the way he builds stuff. - OK.
Everything he does. Even his car hauler is period.
- Wow. - I know.
I mean, his attention to detail--
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--is a crazy cool way.
Wait until you see the cars he builds.
You're going to freak.
I'm ready, dude.
It's going to be code brown for you.
All right, here, where this old truck is.
- OK. - See what I mean?
Look at it. - Oh, yeah.
I'm seeing what you're saying.
That's what I'm saying.
All right.
Look at that car hauler.
I can tell I already like this place.
It's going to be nice to have $30,000
cash for the rest of our trip.
Check that.
That's nice.
Wait until you see the inside of this place.
Bobby!
Hey!
The Iowa boys are here.
BOBBY GREEN: You made it.
This place has old school stuff.
It's got Harleys sitting around, Indians sitting around.
It's like stepping back in time.
- Good to see you, man. - Good to see you.
How are you doing, man. - I'm doing well.
- My name's Frank. - Frank?
Good to meet you.
I've heard a lot of good things about you.
I'm a designer.
I restore old buildings.
I'm in the bar business.
So I kind of do with cars what I do in my real life
with buildings and bars and restaurants--
I just love saving something old, bringing it back to life,
and sharing it with everybody.
- There it is. - There she is.
Wow. - This is it.
Wow. Gorgeous.
I know that I'm never going to get to this Indian project,
and Bobby is the guy to take it across the finish line.
It went from Oregon to Iowa to California.
Wow, really?
It's got a lot of miles on it.
Hopefully it will have a lot more.
I'm really excited about this new bike.
I've been wanting an early 4 cylinder
Indian for a long, long time.
They're so beautiful.
The way the tank is inside the frame, is exposed.
This frame is in really good shape.
I know.
These early four cylinders are hard to find
and they're expensive.
So this is kind of the only way I'm
really going to get into one, you
know, one that needs some work.
Because I couldn't go just pay, like, for a restored one.
You know, I wouldn't do it.
To me, this being built and ready to go is the key thing.
Because that's 15, 20 grand to build the motor.
That's what he said.
His dad had like $12,000 to $15,000 in the engine on it.
Easy.
They're hard to build.
Very few guys do it.
Now will you sweaty up the motor,
or you'll leave it the way it is?
Well I think that, you know, once you start riding these,
they get sweaty quick. - OK.
You know, they're spitting out oil here and there.
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Some people would look at it and be like,
what are you going to paint it?
What color are you going to paint it?
But, like, no, no this is perfect.
The character of it is perfect, you know?
I might do some custom stuff to it,
and I'll leave it sweaty and raw,
and just do little things that make it pop.
So in the end, when this bike's on the road,
it's going to be way more me than some bike
restored by some other guy.
It's unbelievable.