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- I CAME UP HERE TO TRY TO SELL MY DRAGSTER.

- WHAT'S THE TOP SPEED ON THIS THING?

- 190. - HOLY .

- YOU CAN BET I'M GONNA TAKE IT FOR A TEST-DRIVE.

- IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT, UNCLE RICKY.

¶ IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME ¶

¶ IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME ¶

- HOWDY DOODY WAS THE FIRST KIDS' TV SHOW.

I WOULD HAVE GIVEN MY RIGHT ARM TO BE IN THAT PEANUT GALLERY.

HEY, CAN I HELP YOU?

- I'VE GOT FOUR JAPANESE LAND MINES.

- SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR, THERE'S NO EXPLOSIVES.

THEY ARE REAL.

- I'M RICK HARRISON, AND THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.

I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD MAN AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.

EVERYTHING IN HERE HAS A STORY AND A PRICE.

ONE THING I'VE LEARNED AFTER 21 YEARS,

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.

GUYS READY FOR THIS?

YEAH.

HOLY .

THAT THING LOOKS FAST.

- OH, YOU THINK YOU CAN DRIVE THIS THING, CHUM?

HELL, YEAH.

- ALL WE GOT TO DO IS GREASE YOU UP.

WE'LL JUST STUFF YOU IN THERE.

TODAY I CAME UP HERE TO THE PAWN SHOP

TO TRY TO SELL MY DRAGSTER.

THEY CLOSED DOWN THE DRAG STRIP IN THE HIGH DESERT,

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE GET THE CAR

THAT COULD USE IT ALL THE TIME.

AND I'D LIKE TO GET 30 GRAND FOR THE DRAGSTER AND TRAILER.

- SO LET'S WHEEL THIS THING OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.

- DRAG RACING BECAME POPULAR IN THE 1940s

WITH GIs RETURNING FROM WORLD WAR II.

BUT THOSE CARS WERE JUST STREET CARS

SOUPED UP FOR RACING.

NOW WE HAVE CARS BUILT JUST FOR RACING,

AND THEY'RE FAST.

THIS THING WAS BUILT FOR ME.

- THIS THING WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT AROUND YOU, CHUM.

- YEAH. - WHAT DO YOU THINK?

- THAT THING IS NASTY, DUDE.

LOOKS FAST.

VERY FAST.

- WHAT'S THE TOP SPEED ON THIS THING SO FAR?

- 190. YEAH, IT'S A ROCKET, ALL RIGHT.

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS THING?

- I TRADED A BLOWN ALCOHOL CAR THAT WAS JUST WAY TOO FAST.

- OKAY. - IT WAS KIND OF SCARY.

- SO 190 MILES AN HOUR ISN'T TOO FAST?

- NO. -

- ANYWAY, IT'S GOT NASCAR HEADS ON IT,

SMALL-BLOCK CHEVY.

IT'S ALL COMPUTERIZED.

THIS IS A AMIREZ FRAME.

THIS IS A $10,000 MARK WILLIAMS REAR END.

GOT THE BEST OF EVERYTHING IN IT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

- HOW MUCH YOU SELLING THIS THING FOR?

- WELL, THE DRAGSTER COST $60,000 TO BUILD.

I'D LIKE TO GET $30,000 OR BEST OFFER

ON THE DRAGSTER AND TRAILER.

WHILE THERE MIGHT NOT BE

A HUGE MARKET OUT THERE FOR DRAGSTERS,

THE PEOPLE WHO DO COLLECT THEM

ARE WILLING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.

LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS

TO EVEN MAKE YOU AN OFFER ON IT.

I GOT A BUDDY WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT THESE THINGS.

WE CAN RUN IT UP TO THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

AND HAVE HIM TAKE A LOOK AT IT

BEFORE WE EVEN START TALKING NUMBERS.

WE CAN DO THAT.

YOU CAN RUN IT DOWN THE TRACK IF YOU WANT.

- LOAD IT UP, GUYS. I'M GOING INSIDE.

HEY, CAN I HELP YOU?

- YES, I'VE GOT AN ITEM I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU TODAY.

I'VE GOT A WORLD WAR II, 1945,

U.S. JAPANESE LAND MINE TRAINING SET,

FOUR JAPANESE LAND MINES.

- ALL RIGHT. THAT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.

I CAME TO THE PAWN SHOP

BECAUSE I HAVE A WORLD WAR II JAPANESE LAND MINE TRAINING SET

THAT I FOUND AFTER MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.

I WANT TO SELL IT

BECAUSE IT'S JUST TAKING UP SPACE IN THE GARAGE.

I THINK IT'S WORTH PROBABLY $2,000 TO $3,000,

AND I'D LIKE TO GET ABOUT $2,500 FOR IT.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, I WAS A LITTLE KID.

DAD TOOK IT DOWN OUT OF THE GARAGE AND SAID,

"I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING."

HE SAID, "BUT YOU CAN'T EVER SPEAK OF IT,

AND YOU CAN NEVER TOUCH IT."

AND HE OPENED IT UP AND SAID,

"THESE ARE LAND MINES, AND THEY ARE REAL."

SO ALL MY LIFE, I GREW UP THINKING,

"DAD HAS LAND MINES IN THE ATTIC OF THE GARAGE,"

SO I DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT IT.

- SO YOU JUST GOT UP THERE AND TRIED TO GET RID OF THEM.

YOU DIDN'T CALL THE BOMB SQUAD OR NOTHING?

- WELL, WE WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE WHAT WE HAD.

I GOT MY COUSIN'S HELP, WHO HAD DONE BOMB DISPOSAL.

SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR,

THERE'S NO EXPLOSIVES IN HERE, RIGHT?

- ABSOLUTELY NO EXPLOSIVES. - ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, WELL, IT'S EASY TO TELL.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS OPEN THEM UP.

THERE'D BE--SEE, THERE'S NOTHING INSIDE IT.

BESIDES, YOU NEED DETONATORS FOR THEM.

- WELL, YOU MAY BE A LAND MINE EXPERT.

I'M NOT.

- OVER 300 MILLION LAND MINES WERE USED DURING WORLD WAR II.

THAT'S WHY THE U.S. MILITARY CREATED

TRAINING KITS LIKE THESE.

THEY WOULD HELP A SOLDIER LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY,

DEFUSE, OR DESTROY JAPANESE MINES.

- IT'S GOT THE ORIGINAL MANUAL WITH IT.

IT'S GOT A PICTURE INSIDE HERE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY ARE.

YOU'VE GOT A YARDSTICK MINE.

YOU'VE GOT AN ANTITANK MINE

AND THIS BIG ONE...

- TYPE 97. - TYPE 97.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A MAGNETIC MINE.

THIS ONE HAS FOUR MAGNETS ON IT.

THIS ONE ALWAYS HAD ME THE MOST WORRIED,

BECAUSE THERE WAS DETONATORS ON THE TOP OF IT.

BUT AFTER WE LOOKED CLOSER,

I FOUND OUT IT'S JUST A BLOCK OF WOOD INSIDE.

OKAY.

- SOME OF THESE VERSIONS HAD JAPANESE GRENADES IN THEM.

THE FEW SETS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND LIKE THIS

DON'T SHOW THEM IN THEM EITHER,

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE MISSING.

- SO WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?

DID YOU WANT TO PAWN IT OR SELL IT OR...

I THINK WE'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S COMPLETE.

THAT'S THE WHOLE PROBLEM HERE.

THESE TRAINING MINES LOOK AMAZING,

AND THEY'RE THE KIND OF THING

THAT COLLECTORS WILL GO NUTS FOR.

BUT EVEN THOUGH I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE RARE,

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW RARE.

I GOT A FRIEND.

HE'S THE CURATOR OF THE CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM.

LET ME GET HIM DOWN HERE.

LET ME HAVE HIM TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STUFF.

- OKAY. SOUNDS FAIR.

- ALL RIGHT, THANKS. - THANK YOU.

WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE, SON?

- WELL, I GOT A BIKE THAT'S DATED FROM 1883.

I DON'T KNOW.

THERE MIGHT BE A FEW HIPSTERS INTERESTED IN THIS THING.

- WHAT IN THE HELL'S A HIPSTER, CHUMLEE?

DRESSED, TIGHT PANTS,

AND THEY WEAR VESTS OVER THEIR SHIRTS,

AND THEY HAVE THE LITTLE COMB-OVER

AND DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, A HIPSTER.

OH, A HIPSTER, OKAY.

SPEAK MORE CLEARLY.

- I'VE DECIDED TO COME TO THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO SELL MY HIGH-WHEEL BICYCLE.

I GOT THIS-- I ACTUALLY DO A--

I HAVE A BUSINESS THAT I CLEAN HOUSES,

SO IT WAS ABANDONED BY A FORMER OWNER,

AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT FROM THE PROPERTY.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE A DEAL ON IT.

IT SAYS IT'S FROM 1883 ON THE PLATE HERE.

I BELIEVE SOME OF THE PARTS ARE OBVIOUSLY ORIGINAL.

I MEASURED IT. IT'S A 48-INCH WHEEL.

I KNOW OTHERS DO GO HIGHER,

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DECIDED THAT.

- THE SIZE OF THE WHEEL S PROBABLY DETERMINED

BY THE HEIGHT OF THE PERSON WHO WAS GONNA RIDE IT,

AND THE BIGGER THE WHEEL, THE FASTER YOU COULD GO.

AND ACTUALLY, THEY WERE BUILT, ONE THING, FOR SPEED.

YOU COULD GO PRETTY FAST ON ONE OF THESE DAMN THINGS.

OF COURSE, YOU'D KILL YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME.

THE FIRST PEDAL BICYCLES WAS MADE IN FRANCE IN THE 1860s.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO BRAKES, AND YOU SIT UP HIGH ON 'EM.

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO BREAK YOUR NECK.

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS, SON?

I'D LIKE TO SELL IT.

- AND WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT?

- I'VE SEEN SOME ARE ROUGHLY BETWEEN $900 TO $1,500,

SO SOMEWHERE IN THERE WOULD BE NICE.

IT'S NOT FROM THE 1800s.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT BY JUST LOOKING AT IT.

THIS FRAME THING IS BUILT WITH A TUBE BENDER,

WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE BACK THEN.

THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S OFF OF A MODERN BIKE.

THE PEDALS COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM THE '30s TO THE '70s.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, SON.

THE MOST I'D PAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE ABOUT $150.

OKAY.

- IF IT WAS AN ORIGINAL ONE, IT'D BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY.