American Restoration: American Reality TV Series on History

American Restoration Season 2 Episode 12 (Secret Fan) airs: Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on History TV channel. Synopsis of the episode: A client cruises in with a 1960's go-kart; Tyler conspires to fix up a 1950's fan for Rick.
American Restoration is an American reality television series airing on the History channel. Produced by Leftfield Pictures, the series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at Rick's Restorations, an antique restoration store, with its owner Rick Dale, his staff, and teenage son, as they restore various vintage items to their original condition.
The show is the first spin-off of Pawn Stars, in which Dale has appeared several times as an on-camera expert and has restored various items. The series has featured cameo appearances by the cast of Pawn Stars, as well as magician Lance Burton.
According to early press releases, American Restoration's working title was Rusty Nuts. The series focuses on Rick's Restorations, a company owned and operated by Las Vegas area metal artist and antique restoration expert Rick Dale, who's has been restoring various vintage items for almost 30 years. Dale and his company first appeared on the History reality television series Pawn Stars, in that show's first season episode "Time Machines", and in nine subsequent episodes in which he restored numerous decades-old items for Rick Harrison, the star of Pawn Stars, including Coca-Cola machines, gas pumps, barber chairs, motorcycles and jukeboxes.
In the opening title sequence, Dale alludes to the vintage era from which most of the items he restores originate, saying, "Remember back in the day when things were made by hand, and people took pride in their work? My name's Rick Dale, and I bring these things back to life. Every restoration has its own set of challenges. There's no owner's manual for what we do, but there's no job we can't handle."
According to Dale, who claims to emphasize a great attention to detail in his work, his shop typically works on 6 - 12 projects at any given time. Although he and his staff restore the items brought in by customers themselves, they are shown consulting other merchants and experts for parts, and calling in freelance employees, such as Bob, a metalworker, when their workload requires it. In addition to items brought in by customers, Dale will also purchase items himself to restore from pickers, such as the toy train he purchases in "Buttered Up". The range of services offered by Rick's Restorations is limited by financial concerns. Although Dale has a positive view of his staff's abilities, he observes that they are sometimes difficult to manage, in particular his younger brother, Ron.
The series returned to History on April 15, 2011 at 10pm ET/PT with back-to-back episodes.