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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