Episode

American Restoration: Lights Out

Name: American Restoration: Lights Out
Released: 2010-11-01
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Rick Dale

American RestorationSeason 12010-11-01

Overview

Rick must restore a local magicians street lamp after a Vegas windstorm; Rick's son Tyler gets a tough lesson in business after giving a price estimate on a 1930's Eco-Tire Meter.

Details

Series: American Restoration
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 4
Air date: 2010-11-01
Runtime: 60 min

Episode context

Lights Out is Episode 4 in Season 1 of American Restoration. It aired on 2010-11-01. The runtime is 60 min.

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Episode 3: Buttered Up 2010-11-01 | 30 min A local picker pays Rick Dale a visit with a truckload of rust laden loot; the guys are asked to restore an antique popcorn machine from 1948.

Episode 5: Cooler Kings 2011-04-15 | 60 min A 1950s Coke cooler is converted into a "Hot Dog Cooler Grill." Also: an antique barber's pole.

More episodes from this season

Episode 2: Ice Cold 2010-10-25 | 60 min Rick’s team attempts to restore an antique Hershey’s dispenser from the 1940′s; the team tries to fix up a 1950′s Kelvinator Fridge.

Episode 6: Knockout 2011-04-15 | 60 min It's game on for Rick and his team when they restore an early 1900s strength-testing punching bag game. Can Rick knock-out this challenge with the old one-two punch, or will this rock 'em, sock 'em heavyweight project prove too big to go down? And later, the crew is under a tight deadline to fix up an antique railroad strongbox. Can they turn the key and keep the restoration on track, or will this old gold-guarding box remain rusted shut forever?

Episode 1: Hopalong Rick 2010-10-25 The shop restores a three-wheeled 1950s-era Marketeer golf cart purchased by Rick Harrison in the Pawn Stars episode "Hello Nurse", which Harrison wants restored as a gift to his father. Also restored is a 1950s Hopalong Cassidy bicycle.

Episode 7: Duck and Cover 2011-04-22 | 30 min Rick and his team take a trip out to a local Las Vegas museum to restore a civil defense air raid siren from 1957. Can they withstand this nuclear restoration, or will they fail to duck and cover? And later, a client brings in a turn-of-the-century, nickel-plated cash register. Will the team ring up this cash counting machine to a pleasing profit, or will this classic calculator crash in financial failure?

Episode 8: Pumped Up 2011-04-22 | 30 min Rick and his brother Ron take a road trip to a dusty desert salvage-yard to rummage for some beat-up antiques to flip for cash. Will they find a hidden oasis brimming with profit potential or will they get lost wandering the wasteland? And later, Rick takes a restoration risk and auctions off a 1920s visible gas pump. Can he "filler-up" with bids for a big pay out, or will the bidders run out gas before he breaks even?

Episode 9: Space Kowboy 2011-04-29 | 30 min A NASA helmet from the Gemini missions of the 1960s; and a rusty gas cart.

Episode 10: Jackpot 2011-04-29 A 1940s Pepsi cooler; and a Prohibition-era slot machine.

Episode 11: Safe Keeping 2011-05-06 | 60 min A 1950s candy machine; and an antique safe for which no combination has been provided.

Episode 12: Suck Up 2011-05-13 | 60 min An antique railroad vacuum; a client's childhood red wagon.

Episode 13: Rev'd Up 2011-05-20 When a client brings in an extremely rare British motorcycle from the 1950s, Rick sets the speed for this matchless mission. Can he steer clear of any old time obstacles, or will this project crash and burn before the finish line? And later, the team has to put their two cents into the restoration of a 1940's Accurate Weight penny scale. Can they correctly calibrate this contraption, or will this hefty undertaking cause them to break the scales?