okay so what exactly you got here it's a
world war two ammunition hand card
alright do you know much about it it's a
rusty old car with broken down tires
what else do you need to know believe it
or not I got it out of a garbage pile it
looks like it belongs to drivers so how
would this work
would you like hook it up to a horse I
imagine there was a handle right there
but you would hook it up to a chief if
you needed to just moving stuff around
the things built like a tank I mean
obviously it was built so it could be
shot do you know which company made it
or anything like that there's a placard
on it that just tells what area it came
from okay we got a hand carts and Rock
Island Arsenal it's from World War two I
imagine basically every bit of industry
was making something for the war you
know most people don't realize this
during World War two there was no cars
made for personal use the saying was
stop making what you're making start
making stuff for the war during World
War two America's policy was basically
all hands on deck everyone was expected
to help with the war effort and a cart
like this was an important piece of
equipment it could haul ammo food
medical supplies and in a pinch you
could throw a wounded soldier on it and
bring him back from the battlefield
fully restored these things can fetch a
pretty penny so how much you want for
this thing I actually had it in a paper
for sale with zero research I put it in
for $500 so obviously it didn't sell for
$500 all right yeah I mean the one great
thing you do have is it's all here I
mean it looks neat it looks interesting
there's a lot of collectors for stuff
from World War two my problem is I don't
even know if it'd be worth fixing up but
if I call someone I got a one buddy who
knows about this stuff and if it's not
worth restoring he might buy it off you
for parts all right fines most of them
went to Europe during World War two they
were used to carry everything from food
to a 50 caliber machine gun even
were putting these things this is
probably made in the early 40s and they
were pretty useful as a matter of fact
in the 1962 movie The Longest Day when
the Duke got wounded they put him in
here and carried him into battle it is
just really cool I never freaking hard
to find good news for me I guess yeah i
walked in i knew it was a handcart from
world war ii
everything was carried in him I felt
sorry for the guys that had a poem but
these things went all over Europe and
they pulled a lot of things and put a
lot of miles on so how much this thing
worth the way it sits well these were
selling for 1,500 to 2,000 dollars in
this condition really because I thought
it was a complete piece myself in a
restored condition you could almost
double that because they want it if it
looks like the real thing they're happy
with it
alright so tell me how much would it
cost to restore it probably talking
about twelve to fourteen hundred dollars
honestly I didn't think it was worth
that much either I'm gonna still sort of
like baffled I'll tell you what I'll
give you 400 bucks for it
that's not too far off from what I was
asking in the papers though
I'll take 400 if you'll take a picture
of it when you finish it yeah I'll send
your picture wonderfully cool all right
I bought a really cool World War 2
ammunition cart and my buddy Bob has
been restoring it there's always hidden
cost in restorations and I hope when
it's all said and done there's some room
for some serious profit here so what do
you guys think well
this thing looks pretty good it does
look cool looks straight out of GI Joe
in a movie oh hey we'll grab our rifles
we'll grab our guns and we'll join it
doesn't look anything what it looked
like
yeah well it took a lot of work actually
this little small thing was so intense
to get it done with three top what you
have to do well I ripped the floor out
and actually made new ribs for it I put
all the original holes where they're
supposed to be it's that way for an
amount of 50 caliber and here you can
okay you came out pretty good yeah I
mean I was absolutely shocked that it
looks like this thing right here because
when I gave it to you it looked like
hell you gotta realize this thing went
through World War two you know it was
just a tough tough life this thing had
you were telling me before they sell for
like $2,500 I'll be honest with you I
would start at 2,800 and feel really
comfortable from there I wouldn't let it
go for a dime less because the
collectors that that go for these you
know it's got to be original and with
the numbers on there it pops so what are
the numbers made it's the sixth vehicle
headquarters third division so you
should be able to get a good price for
it big question how much higher yeah
well like I said I told you 1400 and
that's it okay let me go pay you let me
see what it gets like with a little
weight in here all right so you pull 185
pounds yeah but you're more like 240
Chum looks like a real soldier pulling
Rick around I'm surprised Rick even got
in the cart slow down shop slow down
you