MIKE WOLFE: All right Rod, how's
Chicago suburbs treating ya?
MIKE WOLFE: Oh, man, Australia.
This is a guy that's an expert with Rolls Royce.
He's going to tell us the value, flat out.
There is not going to be any guessing.
MIKE WOLFE: OK
Oh.
Self-driving.
Never owned a chauffeur-driven car.
No.
So how rare is it for it to be over here?
Yeah.
Would someone pay $20?
MIKE WOLFE: Well, I very much appreciate you calling us back.
FRANK FRITZ: Thanks, Rod.
Appreciate you, Rod. Bye bye.
MAN: Thank you. - Thank you.
OK. Well that was educational.
Yes.
MIKE WOLFE: He's saying that if you have a car of this caliber
and want to take it to the finish line, doing it right,
it would cost that type of money.
You start talking museum-quality restoration, concourse,
the elegance, Amelia Island, all of that kind of stuff,
Pebble Beach--
no.
This ain't their car.
It's going to cost too much money.
So I'm wondering if there's a guy out there that would want
it presentable, but not want it to the caliber
that he's speaking about.
Right.
MIKE WOLFE: If somebody doesn't want to restore the car,
they just want to clean the raccoon poop out of it
and get it running and drive around go, check out my Rolls
Royce Rat Rod, this is it.
This is a working man's Rolls Royce.
It seems like the number might be, according to him,
maybe $20,000.
MIKE WOLFE: It's kind of where I was leaning, $20,000.
So if it's $20,000, then I can't be the guy for $20,000,
but I can be the guy for $15,000.
If we could get this car running,
so someone could hear the engine--
Just at least it turn over.
I'm not talking about driving it.
FRANK FRITZ: Right.
We could turn it over right now and see if the engine's locked.
It'll turn over, I do believe.
Here, let's see.
Let's take a look here.
Yeah, it's turning over.
MIKE WOLFE: Good. FRANK FRITZ: Yeah, it's free.
Well there you go.
You guys are at $15,000.
I'm at $20,000.
We split the difference at $17,500.
The family's at the point where we love the car,
but at the same time, we have nowhere to store it
and we can't leave it here.
Yeah, but see the thing is for me,
it doesn't make sense for me to to buy it at $17,500.
I get it back to make $2,000 bucks,
then I'm in the same position you are because it's
taking up room as well.
How about $16,000?
Look at that face.
How could I say no to $16,000?
Are you kidding me?
Do you want me to pay $16,000?
Yeah.
When Marlene looks up at me, and says,
would you do $16,00, who could say no to her?
Can we hug instead of shake? - Sure.
All right. FRANK FRITZ: There you go.
- Thank you. - OK, thanks.
Thank you.
Appreciate you.
Marlene, is either the sweetest woman alive
or the best negotiator in Ohio.
Either way, I paid $16,000 and we have ourselves
a Rat Rod Rolls Royce.
All right, here we go.
I think she saw a lot of her husband's passion
in the way we were appreciating these items.
Thank you very much.
You didn't have to help us do this.
And that made her proud of what her and David
were able to accomplish.
They saved all of these things together.
All righty. - Appreciate you, my friend.
FRANK FRITZ: Thanks for calling us, guys.
Appreciate it. - Glad y'all could make it.
FRANK FRITZ: Thanks for the [inaudible],, sweetheart.
Oh, yeah. Sure.
FRANK FRITZ: I'll think of you every time I [inaudible]..
- OK. - So sweet.
Thank you so much.
WOMAN: I used to think I would be really
sad about seeing the things go.
But the thought of having somebody else enjoy it like we
enjoyed it makes it a lot easier.
FRANK FRITZ: Good too see you. Sweet pickings!
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See y'all later.
Take care!