hey what do we have here the Parsons
pump car that came out of my
grandfather's garage that's cool and you
would basically pump this to start this
thing going and you would steer with
your feet I think kids today would have
an absolute blast with this problem is
it just looks like it would hurt a lot
probably never be able to have children
if he reckons think it basically was a
toy that we had in the garage that we
would play with when we were little and
I had a great time with it it was a lot
of fun I'm looking to sell today because
my grandmother is 100 years old and I'd
like to take her out for dinner I am a
grandma's boy actually you ever seen one
of these yeah these things are old this
could be 1920s right here it definitely
has its age this was a luxury I had to
be well off get you're kidding something
like this in the 1920s this was probably
10 20 bucks ten dollars in 1920 was half
an ounce of gold that's amazing I'm
still in good shape huh it still runs it
just goes to show how well some things
were built and this was literally built
to last a hundred years it's good ol
American steel rubber tires it's all
here it's just these little TLC and I
think this thing would look pretty damn
cool generally speaking we've had good
luck selling old pebble cars in the shop
so I have to assume this pump car would
sell too but these things are so rare I
don't even know if there's a market for
them so picking this up is somewhat of a
risk how much you looking to get out of
this thing I was thinking about 500 it's
cool but it's not $500 cool I'm thinking
more like the Raider bucks about 400
I'll give you 350 okay I think that will
work I think over definitely thank right
350 I'll meet you right over there
okay great thank you I think I got a
good deal but it's always scary buying a
rusty old toy that needs a complete
restoration hopefully that restoration
won't eat up all my profit it's all
basically here for the looks of it yeah
not a bad looking piece it just puts it
thrilling to me to take something rusted
and then put it back into a beautiful
condition that people will admire let's
see how the mechanism works
works pretty good I think it would be
cool I mean I think it would be a lot
funner than a pedal car this thing just
looks like it would go fast
we got a figure to restore it we'll have
to get the new tires do the wheels
reproduce the decal make a handle you're
probably talking in the $400 range okay
yeah I'm in a 350 400 fix it what do you
think I can get out of it it's done real
nice and you do everything correctly
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twelve to fourteen easily okay obviously
you'll get me in the money yeah all
right make it pretty okay good deal this
pump car is gonna set me back seven
hundred and fifty dollars but I bet bob
is being modest
and with this touch I think it'll be on
the $1400 side of things when I see a
chance to practically double my money
I'm always ed hey Rick chum how's it
going who's going any better I'd be
twins I brought that pump car for you
it's looking real good too bring it
around the back lot and uh well not
about no problem I'll meet you back
there I bought an old pump car from the
1920s
it needed a restoration so my buddy Bob
fixed it up and I can't wait to see what
he's done with it so let's see it man
you'll get a kick out of this I got
carried away with it a little bit
that is cool
that is really damn cool see a little
things I like are the details I did a
lot of research on this it's all
period-correct Hardware the decal I
found another one online and we copied
the decal from now when cos yours was
pretty rough it looks really cool I
really like it I hope you do I cuz I'll
tell you the truth I fell in love with
it working on it I think it looks really
really good this would be a pretty cool
toy for a kid to play with
don't you wish you could get in it and
ride it I think the thing would collapse
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so how much do I owe ya we had some
issues with it the wheels were a little
bit worse than I expected
when they built toys of metal they never
primed them so they rusted well like the
government we went way over budget but a
lot of that's my fault because I just
got carried away my cost on this is 578
dollars okay man I'm sure you'll make it
up next time yeah I'll try a lot of
people gonna be attracted to this
because of the colors it just looks so
cool with those colors they want it I
think he'll make some money on and
that's good for him I looked up the
price on the Internet
sixteen sixteen hundred no 16.9 it's
gotta be worth thirteen fourteen hundred
dollars you're doing pretty good on this
thing Rick ok man come inside I'll pay
ya hi Chum price it and get it on the
floor five hundred and seventy eight
bucks is a little over his original
estimate then again that's why they call
it an estimate there's still plenty of
room for profit and this thing looks
amazing
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