MIKE WOLFE: We're going to this place
called Highland Park Bowl.
You know Bobby Green, right?
Oh, yeah.
MIKE WOLFE: OK, well, Bobby Green has a 1934 Schwinn
Aerocycle, original paint.
And he's thinking about hanging it in there--
What?
--for decor.
And I said, dude-- he sent me a picture.
He goes, what do you think about hanging this in there?
I go, Bobby, I'd be interested in buying that bike.
And he's like, whoa.
Well, I don't really want to sell it.
And I go, well, let's talk about the "I don't want to sell it"
price. ROBBIE WOLFE: It's right here.
MIKE WOLFE: All right. Oh, Yeah--
ROBBIE WOLFE: Highland Boul-- look at that place.
MIKE WOLFE: Oh, yeah, look at that.
All right, here we go.
Get a flyer.
Get him a flyer.
Told him we'd call--
Yeah, look at the front of this place.
Bobby Green's one of those guys that Mike and I met
through motorcycles and cars.
And we just became good friends.
Hey!
What's up, dude?
The Wolfe brothers!
How you doing, buddy?
[inaudible]
Good to see you.
Hey, good to see you.
Check this out, check this out-- - What?
What are you trying to sell me now?
- Look at this. - Here you go.
Look at the top.
We're looking for--
- OK, I'll take-- - There's the bicycle.
--I'll take one of each of these.
ROBBIE WOLFE: Bobby Green's got these projects all over LA
that he has put his hands on-- the Formosa, the Idle Hour,
and now this bowling alley.
That's the original sign!
What year is the building?
'27, 1927.
MIKE WOLFE: Bobby Green is a preservationist.
But above all, the guy's a storyteller.
And the way he tells stories is through the properties he owns.
Every property that Bobby has done
is deeply rooted in the golden age of LA.
So when you walk into one of Bobby Green's buildings,
he wants you to feel like you've been transported back
in time, whether it's a bar, or a restaurant,
or a bowling alley.
They really do an incredible job.
Oh my gosh.
These are the old fire doors.
What?
BOBBY GREEN: Ta-da!
ROBBIE WOLFE: Holy cow!
MIKE WOLFE: Wow.
BOBBY GREEN: Check this out--
ROBBIE WOLFE: Wow!
BOBBY GREEN: --all 1927.
ROBBIE WOLFE: That's-- everything in it?
BOBBY GREEN: Everything-- the ceilings, the lanes--
These are the old Boeing mechanisms?
BOBBY GREEN: Yes, so--
MIKE WOLFE: Wow.
--the machines that were here were so wrecked,
I repurposed them.
I made chandeliers and shelving.
And then this is the track-- the ball return?
Yeah, those are the ball returns.
Look at that, Robbie. This is the ball return.
It's insane.
BOBBY GREEN: And then we got the exact same machines
in good shape, and had 'em restored.
And then we put those in here. - Really?
Yeah.
And see, what's crazy is no one's ever done a bowling alley
and exposed the mechanicals.
They always hide it.
This was all hidden, covered up.
So what I was thinking about doing with the Aerocycle,
I'm going to put it right up here above the neon clock.
Wouldn't that look great?
MIKE WOLFE: No.
BOBBY GREEN: (LAUGHING) Shut up!
Yes it would.
No, I mean, here's-- here's the deal.
I mean, it would look great, seriously,
if people knew what it was.
When I hear that he's going to hang it from the ceiling,
I'm like, I can't let that happen, man.
I'm a bicycle collector.
That needs to be on the ground, being touched
by people that truly love it.
Now you got to stand back.
Yeah.
No, but look how cool that would look--
you know, you walk in here.
You automatically go to the clock.
And then you see the bike.
You probably think the same way I do.
I think this is the coolest bike ever made.
MIKE WOLFE: I want to take this thing home.
To me, as a bicycle collector, a 1934 Schwinn Aerocycle
is one of the world's marvels.
It's just so interesting what they were thinking
at that time, you know?
When you look at this bike, you're
trying to figure out the influences-- you know,
get into the mind of Ignaz Schwinn.
Because the tank itself looks like the fuselage
of an airplane, you know?
And then there's a door in the side of the tank where you
can put the batteries into it.
The front of it is a winged eyeball.
I mean, this was so incredibly advanced.
So every time I hear about one of these bikes,
it brings me back to when I first started collecting bikes
in Iowa, looking at books, wondering
what it would be like to find something like this.
You know, this is the kind of bike that kept me on the road
and my batteries charged.
Because every barn I ever walked into,
I imagine finding a Schwinn Aerocycle.
Would you consider selling it?
I would have to get quite a lot.
Because I've got a lot into it.
[music playing]
I mean, like, $12,000 would be pretty good.
That would help.
Yeah, yeah, that would be good.
Damn, dude!
All right, I'm gonna make you an offer on it.
$10,000.
Even though it's a passion, I have to always look
at it as an investment as well.
Well, I tell you what--
I mean, we're $2,000 apart.
We're close.
I know, right?
If you want this bike this bad, let's bowl for it.
If I win, $10,500.
And if you win, $10,000.
- OK. - Fair?
- All right. - All right.
- So two throws. - All right.
- Yeah. - One frame.
Pay attention to the ball.
- All right-- - Yeah.
--this is for all the money.
Yeah.
OK.
[music playing]
BOBBY GREEN: Hold on, Bobby.
Oh!
See, now-- guys, now you're throwing me!
Now you're throwing me.
All right, I'm going to do the same to you, then.
No!
I'm doing the same to you.
ROBBIE WOLFE: Bobby owns this place,
so he's probably bowled at least 200 times down these alleys.
My brother has probably bowled nine times total in his life.
[music playing]
BOBBY GREEN: Aw!
MIKE WOLFE: Ah!
See, I'm rusty.
I'll still probably beat him.
ROBBIE WOLFE: You had four pins up.
BOBBY GREEN: All right. ROBBIE WOLFE: You had four pins.
BOBBY GREEN: I'm rusty.
All right here.
[rock music]
ROBBIE WOLFE: That's a strike.
[cheering]
You already beat it.
I already beat it? You already beat it!
Did I beat it?
You beat it.
[laughter]
Nice work.
I won something!
Nice work.
[laughter] Nice work.
Hey, I had to win somehow.
Yeah, well--
Let me go see my bike!
ROBBIE WOLFE: My brother ends up with a pre-war Schwinn,