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Hey, Memphis Jones.
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Check this out.
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It looks like we're about to
walk into a old mechanic shop.
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And y'all, just like everything
else there's another story just
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underneath.
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We're actually about
to walk into a museum.
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A collection of memories,
and experiences,
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all circling around one guy.
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A Hollywood stunt driver,
professional motorcycle racer,
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collector, and purveyor of all
things American automotive.
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Jeff Milburn
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Y'all come with me, and let's
get his story on Car Stories.
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Man, here we are at
Jeff Milburn's shop.
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Honestly, I've been in this
place just a couple of minutes,
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I can't believe how much
there is still left to see.
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And here he is
himself, Jeff Milburn.
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I'm so happy to meet you.
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How are you?
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I'm fine, how about you man?
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I'm great.
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I'm so excited to
be here and about.
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I've never been in
a place like this.
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This is just outside of my--
my usual realm of experience.
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Yeah.
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But this is, you live
and breathe this stuff.
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Tell me about, just this shop.
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Tell me about this.
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Well I literally
live and breathe it
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because I live upstairs.
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You live upstairs, man?
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Yeah, I do.
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Like this is your world.
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Yeah this is-- this is
definitely my world.
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This is incredible.
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Now, I'm looking at this,
and this is obviously
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a working mechanic shop.
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Where does that start?
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Like, in your life, how did
you know that's like your DNA?
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That's your heartbeat?
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I don't know.
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You know, um, I think
cars and motorcycles are
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sort of my way to have my own
thing away from my parents.
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Wow.
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Does that make any sense?
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Sure.
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It's like your own world.
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Yeah.
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When I was younger,
when I was 13 or so,
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I think I got one of my first
minibikes to that effect.
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And, and it was my own
little world because my mom
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didn't want anything to do
with cars, and motorcycles,
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and stuff.
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And my step dad had his--
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he worked in the oil
field-- and it was like--
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--Wow.
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--my own little world.
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Man, so like you're on the bike,
and literally no looking back.
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Literally and figuratively.
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Yeah.
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Like this is, this is,
you-- this is your path.
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Oh yeah.
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But what's amazing to me, is how
many things you have collected.
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Obviously, this isn't something
that can be done, you know,
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in a year or two.
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No, no.
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That doesn't just
happen overnight.
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Well what are
like, what are some
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of like your favorite pieces?
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I'm just like, I'm so curious
about everything I'm seeing,
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because I'm sure there's
a story behind it.
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I don't really like signs that
sort of have a brand on them.
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You know like, a lot
of people maybe they
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collect a certain car brand
or a certain you know.
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I like signs that actually
say something's happening.
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Does that make--
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--yeah.
Absolutely.
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You know, they're
all my favorites.
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Well, you don't
want to exclude one.
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Yeah.
That's good.
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If I say one thing
or the other, I--
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I mean the truck that
I'm leaning on this
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was how I used to get to
work when I worked in the car
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dealership as a mechanic.
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So, this means a lot to me.
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I want to talk about
these motorcycles.
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Can we check it out?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Cool.
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Jeff, I'm telling you
man, everything here
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has got a story.
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And I want to know the
story behind this stuff
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because I've never seen
anything like this.
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This thing here reminds me of
one of my favorite motorcycles
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on display down in Memphis
at Elvis' home Graceland.
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He was a collector.
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Oh it's definitely an
Elvis style motorcycle.
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Can you sort of tell me
a little bit about this?
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It's beautiful.
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Yeah I mean I have a
bunch of motorcycles.
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This motorcycle I
haven't had very long.
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And all my friends know that
my favorite color is purple.
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I like black and purple.
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This motorcycle, my
best friend Oliver
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was at a swap meet, sends
me a picture, and says,
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look at this thing.
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I'm like, hey wait that's
a '65 pan head, which
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is my favorite year, 65.
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And so next thing I know, he--
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I'm looking at
this picture closer
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and I'm like, wait
that's a purple one.
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And I'm thinking,
well somebody painted
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it purple because,
as far as I knew,
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they didn't make
that color purple.
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Yeah.
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He kind of researched
it pretty quick,
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found out that that's actually
a special order purple.
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Oh gosh.
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That was painted in 1965.
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And I just texted him back and
I said, bring that motorcycle
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back to Texas.
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[LAUGHS]
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I don't care what
that motorcycle cost.
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It's an original
paint purple '65.
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And that fool brought this
motorcycle back to me.
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So authentic and original.
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Yeah, it's very authentic.
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Man, it's not just about owning
the thing and having the thing.
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It's the love of the
story behind the thing.
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That's why this is such a
wonderful experience for me.
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[CHUCKLES]
This is really fascinating.
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OK.
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Listen, we've got to talk
about your '65 Chevy.
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Can we walk over
there and see it?
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I'm ready.
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Let's walk over there.
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Check out this truck, y'all.
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Amazing.
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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I've owned this
truck since 1988.
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Uh.
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1988.
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'88.
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Yes.
Yeah, that goes back doesn't it?
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Uh, yes.
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Let's open it.
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We got a lot of people
watching this video.
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This is the truck that I drove
to work every day, back then.
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It's also the truck when I got
my job working on a Top Fuel
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car, on a big professional
race car team--
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--Wow.
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--I drove this to
Fort Worth every day.
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So this--
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--This--
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--is like the thing
that guarded you.
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This, this--
--got you into your future.
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This is what got me there, yeah.
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That would make it easy.
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I mean, in my world
this, to me, is what
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carried me to work every day.
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Just the dual way.
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I love it.
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And I am, I am never
getting rid of this truck.
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I hear you.
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I've got a million people
say, ah well you know this.
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There's no amount of money that
can take this truck from me.
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Yes.
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I've had a few
different motors in it.
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I've changed it
around a little bit.
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Yeah.
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Stuff like that.
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Man, let's, let's crack this
baby open and have a look,
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can we?
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You wanna have a look at
my hot rod motor here?
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This is, we're kind of getting
into the deeper levels here.
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There you are.
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Wow.
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It's so clean man.
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I like to keep my stuff clean.
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Back when we were racing in
NASCAR, there was a saying,
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there's a million
reasons not to run good,
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but there's no reason
not to look good.
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This is a small black Chevrolet,
early model one, two piece,
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rear main steal.
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It has been bored and stroked.
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So it's a 383.
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It's stroked out to 383.
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Originally, it would
have been a 350.
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I mean that engine
and this truck
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was made in Detroit, Michigan.
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I think it, when I
think back the United
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States has a reputation.
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It hadn't been around as
long as all these other.
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But what they do--
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--Wow--
--they do right.
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Wow.
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You know, if it's done in the
United States it's done right.
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The love that I have for pop
culture, and music, and history
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being from Memphis you
know I love rock and roll.
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I love the way that the
blues became rock and roll.
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I love where rock and roll went.
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And when I get to put
my hands on something,
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or be in the presence of
something that's original--
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Yeah.
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Then, then it, it's
an inspiring feeling.
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Like I feel like the ceiling
suddenly pops off, and I can,
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I can do that myself.
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Right.
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Yeah.
Is that like the thing?
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Yeah there's no-- it drives
me crazy when someone says,
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that's going to be,
that's like a Cadillac,
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or that's the
Cadillac of something.
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No.
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Cadillac--
--man.
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--Cadillac is Cadillac because
it's the nicest car made.
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Incredible.
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You can't be the next
Cadillac, because you can't
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be the first one, you know.
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Incredible.
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Every single thing about
Car Stories everything
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that we're really searching
for, and looking for, and trying
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to uncover, and share has got to
be 100% original and authentic.
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Or there's no sense
talking about it.
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Take it from Jeff.
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[LAUGHTER]
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I agree.
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I mean, it has to be authentic.
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Awesome.
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It's like I'm stepping
back in time here guys.
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I'm literally hopping into
Jeff's life right here.
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[ENGINE REVVING]
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[LAUGHS]
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Wow.
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Man, listen.
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I think of the
things that we have
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in common, when I hear an
engine like that I kind of want
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to go for a ride.
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Wouldn't it be cool if
we took this thing out?
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We can take it around
the block one time.
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Ya'll hop in with us, man.
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Car Stories.
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Here we go!
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[ENGINE REVVING]
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Oh yeah, yeah yeah!
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Woohoo.
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[LAUGHS]
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[ENGINE REVVING]
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Woo.
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Whoa.
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Hey listen, if I have ever
enjoyed meeting somebody more
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I do not remember it.
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Thank you for letting me hang
out with you at the shop, Jeff.
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It was my pleasure.
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Awesome, man.
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Listen, I got to tell you
I've had so much fun with him,
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and I've learned a lot too.
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This car y'all, it doesn't
just drive you to the drop off
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and the pickup.
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It drives you into
your relationships,
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and your memories.
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Your story!
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Hey I'm Memphis Jones, and this
has been Jeff Milburn's car story.
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What's yours?
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