American Chopper: Christmas Sled
In this episode of American
Chopper, Orange County Choppers build a sled to attach
to last years Reindeer Bike. OCC will use it to deliver gifts to needy
families in their Montgomery, New York. This was am especially funny
and heart felt episode with a lot of Mikey time.
Last year, Rick Petco, Mikee, Sr., and Mike Campo build an awesome
Reindeer Chopper and Paul Sr. was so happy with the outcome that he
decided to use the same team on the sled to attach to that bike. So
the four of them meet over breakfast to decide the plan and get into
the Christmas spirit. For Paul Sr., this is his favorite time of year
and really looks forward to it. It shows because he throws less temper
tantrums in this show. The team decides to work in the steel shop since
they will be alone and most of what they need is in there anyway. Problem
is, it is really cold in there. Unbothered, the boys go online to research
different shapes and styles of sleds. While they print out some options,
Paul Sr. went to pick up the Reindeer bike from the Orange
County Choppers showroom.
Paul Sr. arrives back at the sop and a HO HO HO Open the door! rings
out. Mikee opens it up and tells Sr. to hurry because he’s freezing
his chestnuts off. The team has decided on a simple classic look and
Sr. approves. Last year, Sr. dressed as Santa and Mikee his little elf.
Mikee makes it clear that this time he doesn’t want to dress up.
Ignored, the guys start bending handrails. Mike Campo is doing most
of the metal work with Rick and Mikey is there the look on and learn.
Mikee actually cut out the side panels of the sleigh and the frame is
al done.
The next day, they start putting the frame together. It would seem
this stuff was rehearsed. Mikee and Sr. go to grind the sleigh walls
but Mikee has to change out the disc first. He is struggling because
it is on really tight. Of course, Sr. thinks Mikee is just being useless
and tries himself. He can’t get it either. It is too funny to
watch these OCC guys banter and yell at each other. Anyway, the team
gets a visit from some kids from the Make A Wish Foundation. Sr. is
actually really good with kids and you can tell that this visit really
gets them all in the Christmas sprit.
The first snowfall of the season happens the next day and Campo who
is sporting a Mohawk bends some steel. Mikee is so ready for the season,
he says “if I had anymore Christmas spirit in me, I’d be
crapping out jingle bells.” So poetic. The guys from the other
shop came over that afternoon to check out the progress. Paulie and
Vinnie and put in their two cents. Friday rolls around and they really
have to finish up. They use the wheels meant for the welder for the
sled along with the suspension and rear axle. After shortening the axle
a bit they add a support piece and weld it all together then attach
to the sled.
Sr., Paulie, and Mikey from Orange
County Choppers go to visit Paul Sr.’s mom with a
Christmas tree that Mikee picked out. He was also in charge of decorating
the tree but bout five hundred feet of lights and one strand of bells
to don the tree with. As you probably guessed he got harassed by the
others. She really seemed to enjoy the visit and wasn’t that nice
of them to do visit. Back to work. Monday arrives and they finish the
hitch and Mikee bends some steel to add to the sled for a lantern. Now
the whole thing gets backed into the trailer and over to Nubs Grafix
for it’s custom paint job. He has free reign, so in the meantime,
Mikee and Sr. head over to Jim Smith’s Chevrolet dealership for
a push, pull or tow event. They decide to tow a total nightmare of a
car into the dealership behind Sr.’s Hummer. This is an accident
waiting to happen as Mikee and passenger sway all over the road with
no windshield and the driver side door swinging open while moving. They
make it and Mikee is supposed to “do all the talking” and
get himself a new truck. So Jim Smith comes back with an offer. How
bout this, $45 for the trade in and $45000 for the truck. Mikee and
Sr. step away and Sr. gives Mikee some advise. He says to write down
that they want $4500 for the wreck outside and that he wants to pay
$35000 for the truck. We all know that we would be laughed at in this
situation, but it was accepted. The funny part was Mikee. He tossed
the pad of paper with the counter offer over the desk and Sr. stars
busting up. You can’t help but crack up with him, but when Jim
says he’ll take the offer, Sr. loses it.
Nub of Nub Grafix paints a red basecoat them masks out some trees and
does a lot of detail work with and airbrush. He moves on to the front
and paints a Santa with a wrench. He does really nice work and it looks
great with the green velour tufted interior.
Paulie’s role in this Christmas celebration is to buy the gifts
for the needy families while the Montgomery Police Department handle
the food and clothes. So Paulie and his girlfriend, Whitney go to Toys
R Us and buy about seven baskets full of toys for these kids. In the
mean time, Nubs drops off the sled and the family is there to see it.
On Friday, everyone at OCC gets to wrap all the gifts and Mikee is
really bad at it. Paulie is a little better at it and it is now time
for Santa. Sr. has relinquished the Santa reins to Mikey and since Paulie
did the least work on the bike, he is the elf this year. Sr. drives
the chopper pulling Mikee and Paulie in the sled and they deliver all
the gifts to all the families. The best part is seeing the children
and their reactions to presents and the bike and sled. It is really
obvious that this made Sr. really happy and feel good about giving back
to his community. The Montgomery Police Department went with the Orange
County Choppers (OCC) crew to deliver the clothes and food to the families.
This is the second year now that the Teutul's have had a Christmas
episode. Last year they donated a ton of toys to the children who lost
their moms or dads in the 9/11 attacks. This year they recognized several
families who did not have the means to give at Christmas. Sr. may yell
and scream but deep down he is a really a big softy.
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