Can we save this antique 70 year old sign??

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The 70 year Old Wagon Wheel Cafe sign has been hanging on the side of the historic restaurant building for 70 years. The only problem is that the Wagon Wheel Cafe closed down 14 years ago and has been KJ's Cafe ever since. The owner finally decided to sell the sign to some antique pickers who are going to restore it. My friend John invited me down to film the process and show you guys the process. Check out John's instagram at @acmespeedshop
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@CaseyLaDelle 2 года назад

To see more of the cool projects that John works on, go check out his Instagram at @acmespeedshop

@chrisread6103 2 года назад

Does John have a RU-vid channel?

@CaseyLaDelle 2 года назад

@@chrisread6103 nope, just an Instagram

@chrisread6103 2 года назад

@@CaseyLaDelle AAAWWWW nevertheless...thank you for letting me/us know.

@rztplays7024 2 года назад

Ya my dad Jesse was the operator

@CaseyLaDelle 2 года назад

@@rztplays7024 awesome, he did a great job with the crane! Tell him to email me at cascadeheavyrescue@gmail.com, I have a video clip to send him

@ginaallen3797 2 года назад

That is so cool. My dad was a neon tube bender (that is what they were called). He went to a neon builder school in Chicago after he got out of the Air Force after WWII. That is where he met my mom. So he worked in the industry creating neon glass art signs from the late 1940s through the 80s. I love watching him work his magic on the neon tube torches. This brought back memories of me working with him during summers installing and repairing neon signs. Loved this project. Peace.

@allisonians 2 года назад

That was really cool. and sad. I'm 59 with only 3 months left of my 50's. These kinds of signs were new when I was young. Now, like me, they are not. It's great to see that people are interested in restoration instead of demolition. Thank you for sharing. Cheers

@REVSMOG 2 года назад

So glad I spotted this video. My dad and I ate at this café back in 1964. I wish he was still around so I could show this to him. He would have loved it.

@bluegrallis 2 года назад

Glad to see someone "being in the right place at the right time", to save that sign. Good crew lined up to recover the sign. I for one, would like to see it "after" and know where it ends up.

@davidhedgman993 2 года назад

Yep would love to see it after restoration completed

@gsettlemyre 2 года назад

Agree with Charles, please try and keep in contact with the guys that bought it and if and when it’s restored give us the viewers some highlights of it, love watching these old items being restored preserving our past, especially something this old and unique!

@judithburke1539 2 года назад

@@gsettlemyre, yes I would like to know what it looks like "after" as well. My uncle, Chuck Santos was a sign painter in Klamath Falls, Oregon for many years. He's been gone for quite awhile now, but he was my favorite uncle. Thank you for saving this old sign.

@billsimmons7754 2 года назад

Brings back a few memories. I and the wife would make a motorcycle trip out of California to Canada every couple of years. Not being a fan of I5, we would either take the coastal route or highway 97. We spent the night a few times there and ate at the Wheel Cafe more than once. I am getting a bit old to do that anymore but your videos of the area are a good reminder of those trips.

@barneygirl9643 2 месяца назад

So glad the sign will be restored ❤ Thanks Casey for taking us along for the adventure!👍😎 Keep up the great videos and stay safe out there!❤️🙏

@richardthomas1743 2 года назад

I love to see old items restored , salvaged or repurposed! 👍

@bobwellman9717 2 года назад

Born in '53. Must have been rebuilt again for the "LOTTERY" in the 80's since there was no lottery in Oregon until '84. Nice off road recovery.

@dianafertig2188 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing! This is bitter sweet and glad you documented the next step in the unique signs’ long life. We were so disappointed when it no longer shined like a beacon, announcing you made it to Chemult. More disappointment when the truck stop took over the old little town, and swallowed up the signs’ dominance. Thank you to all involved in saving this iconic sign.

@joehartford2210 2 года назад

I'm retired now. I have 30 years as a heavy equipment field tech. I like watching your show. I spend 90% of my life out side.

@outlawbillionairez9780 2 года назад

West of Chemult is beautiful mountain forest and Diamond Lake, my favorite place in Oregon. Fishing, lodging, camping, biking, hiking, you name it!

@clifffoltz651 2 года назад

Yes it was different but interesting and wouldn't mind seeing more like this from your part of the country and yes old things are really cool . Would be real cool to see the sign up and running again !!!

@JTGriggs 2 года назад

Casey, I feel the same way you do about this old "stuff". I was born in the 40's, raised in the 50's and I am hooked on anything I can find from that era. This was a great video that documents a part of Americana. Keep up the great work.

@elephantroom09 2 года назад

My aunt owned this restaurant when it was in its prime. I hate to see the landmark removed but I think she’d be happy to see it be restored. Thanks for documenting!

@Wreckerrick201 2 года назад

Karen is your aunt?

@elephantroom09 2 года назад

@@Wreckerrick201 yes sir :)

@Wreckerrick201 2 года назад

@@elephantroom09 that’s awesome! Small world! I grew up with her and Ken….they were like 2nd parents to us!

@SumterWrecker 2 года назад

Mr Casey I like the different recoveries. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

@edwinhsingmaster9135 2 года назад

Glad you documented the removal. Had many good meals there, but as long as that old/tired pick-up sat outside, figured it was a storage building. Good that the sign guy was a customer that day.

@deborah2214 2 года назад

Yes, that was decidedly different, but it was interesting! So you helped to rescue an old sign! All in a day’s work. 🙂

@tedfisk1211 2 года назад

Not the normal Casey recovery, but it was a recovery just the same. I like some diversion from your normal stream of videos. Keep them coming

@tennmark2591 2 года назад

That was something different, watched until the end. I would watch a couple more like this anytime.

@BillSprague 2 года назад

Old neon signs are amazing and I hope you’ll be able to follow the restoration of this one. Thanks, Casey!

@thomasfletcher4765 2 года назад

Whether it's an off road recovery or a recovery of another type , I enjoyed watching ( and looks like a lot of others enjoyed it , too ) . See ya in the next video , everyone have an awesome day !

@CaseyLaDelle 2 года назад

I mean, technically it was a recovery that was off the road... 🤷🏼‍♂️

@turn-n-burn1421 2 года назад

Warning! Coarse language (George Carlin) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WhXxrevizgs.html

@bucky716 2 года назад

Something different and still interesting! In many years someone will see the sign restored, wonder where it came from, and find their way to this video. Sad to see history disappear but someone needs to document it all.

@eegarim 14 дней назад

I always loved those old neon signs. Sad to see how they have been replaced over the years. I am so happy this one is being restored!

@tempestcrow 2 года назад

I've eaten there fairly recently! We had gone sight seeing near my sisters cabin in diamond lake and came down the east side so I could visit my hometown in Bend! Love this channel cause I know where most of this stuff is!

@mildredwest2541 2 года назад

Sign worth saving... Casey this was cool! Thanks for sharing w us...Great friends

@whiteturtleadventuresandphoto 2 года назад

I love watching people do something sketchy 😂🤣 Makes me feel normal when I have to try something and have no clue how to do it.

@sonjawilder9194 2 года назад

I would love to see this sign once it's restored. I was raised in this restaurant. The long-time owners were my second family, and my grandmother and my mother worked there while I was growing up, and as soon as I was old enough, so did I. I haven't been able to bring myself to step foot inside since they sold it in the early 2000's, but that restaurant is as much of a home to me as any house. It is the 'restaurant' that built me 💗

@thebigman8142 2 года назад

What I like about your channel is its always a little something different. Keep doing what your doing.

@lopin890 2 года назад

Cool video, Casey!!! Would be great if you could stay in touch with the guys and show us what they eventually do with that piece of Central Oregon history .. Stay FROSTY!!!😍😍

@MJPeddler 2 года назад

I've driven past that sign a couple-dozen times over the last 20-ish years. Somewhat a shame to see it go, but sounds like it'll see a new life.

@led1102 2 года назад

My mom worked at the wheel cafe when i was a kid. They used to have mini jukeboxes on each table. So glad to see it being saved.

@Wreckerrick201 2 года назад

Same! My parents used to own the singing pines and Chemult motel…. Used to get in trouble for playing with the jukeboxes all the time…. Then I’d disappear down to the gift shop for a bit…

@JCZ2601NL 2 года назад

🇳🇱when that billboard was hung I was 5 years old, and it is only after 100 years antique greetings from the Netherlands Hans👍👍🍀

@VM-eb5tq 2 года назад

Depends on the item. Cars, trucks, etc. are considered antique after 25 years.

@VM-eb5tq 2 года назад

Oops. 45 years.

@amandalynnwilson6991 2 года назад

My grandmother Karen Wilson owed that restaurant before she got sick. I hope it gets restored and not thrown away, that restaurant was her pride and join.

@Wreckerrick201 2 года назад

I grew up with your grandmother. She was like a mom to us. One of the most wonderful people you could ever meet or spend time with. Her and my mom were extremely close. She definitely left an everlasting memory on me. It takes a village to raise a kid in Chemult… but you always knew where you could go that felt like home away from home. She’s definitely missed. I think of her often.

@waterislife.9204 2 года назад

I think it's beautiful to restore old signs & keep using it.

@gayle4804 2 года назад

I would love to see the restoration of that sign, 70 years it's hung there amazing, thank you for sharing that amazing journey, Hope there is more!

@ridingwithairbubble1694 2 года назад

You did bring more to it than just a camera, you brought all of us along! Cool!

@larrybe2900 2 года назад

Glad the roof held up. ;)

@ridingwithairbubble1694 2 года назад

@@larrybe2900 for sure, so far there's been 25K+ of us up there!

@robgoffroad 2 года назад

Right when the video started, I was like, "Hey that looks familiar!" and about the time i remembered the town name, you said it. Been through there a number of times. Ya know when our grandkids are old, they'll be wanting to save all of the "old-style non-holographic" signs that hadn't yet been taken down.

@cindyrissal3628 Год назад

It's so nice to see someone restoring these old signs. They were so cool, & many of them flashed & the lights jumped around & they DID things. They didn't just sit there like modern ones. We had a couple of iconic signs like that here. I wish they could be restored...😔

@whammond511 2 года назад

That was really cool!! I’m glad that sign restorer got it!! Hopefully it will find use on a bldg. again!!

@MrJordanwain 2 года назад

Love these old American buildings and towns.

@rayrussell6064 2 года назад

It's so awesome to see someone take interest in old signs instead of destroying them look like to me everybody knew what they was supposed to do to remove it safely hopefully someday we will see it restored and back on a building history is history and to much is being taken down or destroyed because somebody don't like it and that's sad. Awesome recovery and as always be safe 👍

@inekelassooij840 2 года назад

Het is leuk om te zien hoe jullie het demonteren zonder schade geweldig gedaan top job

@lindabrewer3243 2 года назад

Well that was fun to watch. Having grown up in the 60's and 70's, neon was very prevalent. I was always fascinated with neon lights and still am today. Thank you for sharing this. I loved it!!

@lockedin60 2 года назад

it is great that a sign with historical value gets the respect needed and will go to someone who understands it's value. Too many of these signs end up in junkyards or worst yet gets destroyed.

@tedconroy5074 2 года назад

You are always coming up with interesting ideas for videos. I really like that you add a variety of people and jobs to your channel.

@Eric-gi9kg 2 года назад

Always enjoy seeing History restored, or saved and then reused. It says a lot about the owners character. I too value old things... I bought, and currently live in a 1922 craftsman style house. Which was built by the owners and the plans/ materials were from a catalog.

@Helpishope 2 года назад

Casey this is something I truly loved. Not very many people would care about the true historical things. I too would love to see it after it is restored. Our history was so much better than the present day. Thank you and your friends.

@eeyoreismissing 2 года назад

Very cool to see the recovery of something a little bit older than I am that's going to be restored. Thanks 😊

@johnmearns9753 2 года назад

Thanks for coming along and filming our shenanigans yesterday. Great video Casey!!

@autumn7ful 2 месяца назад

I always love your videos because you always find something unique to show us. It’s not always about towing or pulling somebody out of a draft or recovery. It’s just these side videos that you give us that are so enjoyable and keep us. I think all of us coming back to your channel thank you so much, Casey.

@jamesmccormick2696 2 года назад

John really is such a great guy. What a great surprise to see him this morning!

@lonhoschar1943 2 года назад

Thanks Casey!! That was a cool old sign!! Nice to see it's off to get restored instead of rusting to oblivion hanging on the building. Nice Video!!

@briantaylor4742 2 года назад

I met John in Texas at the round up , just the nicest guy , he and Mike were great people to travel with and I've been following his antics ever since. Great job guys !

@peterselten500 2 года назад

That would look great when new fantastic to know it will be restored an displayed again . Thanks for showing us love old signs an history for day gone bye

@jeffryrichardson9105 2 года назад

Very cool! She will be missed!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

@phillip.9524 2 года назад

Casey, variety is the spice of life. So yes a good video story. Thank you.🇦🇺

@ZootSuitCooter 2 года назад

With that much history I'm surprised KJ's didn't just keep the Wagon Wheel name.

@leonanderson4727 2 года назад

I love those old Neon signs. As a kid, -50's and 60's - I loved the characters and especially the flashing arrows. The stop offs, gas stations and food outlets in the Fraser Canyon (Fraser River BC) used to have them along the highway. My parents would try to drive the canyon at night so we could see the flashing gold miners and donkeys along the way. Now every last one of them are gone and the highway seems lonesome and deserted. However, many fond memories do I have.

@jackturner3005 2 года назад

That was a great place to eat twenty years ago! Stopped there many times when I was driving truck. Great thing to save!

@sgttombailes3380 Год назад

I too love OLD stuff. I have a 3 story house full.. Especially of OLD antique Lionel Trains.. Over $20K in trains..

@williamvincent521 Год назад

I like the fact that you show different things just just recoveries. However, I do enjoy the recoveries also.

@mikeherrschaft7167 2 года назад

Variety is the spice of life!

@spencedunc 2 года назад

Love a good on road sign recovery

@DXRFarms 2 года назад

Oh man!! The wheel cafe. We had a cabin on the other side of the highway behind the little store across from the wheel

@mari.s752 2 года назад

We saw this sign at a gas station on a trailer behind a truck in Salem last night. pretty cool

@OwensGarage 2 года назад

That’s pretty cool! My great grandfather built his house with his own two hands in 1953 after he got back from WWII, and now I live here. They don’t build stuff like they did in the 50’s.

@slarimore1 2 года назад

Thank you for restoring history!!!!

@chrisread6103 2 года назад

👍 Casey, nice "Enjoyable" video! Thanks for the fun post. John is quite the guy, love his smile and personality. Good working on the spot crew... came together like doing it daily for 40+ years.

@HawkLMT 2 года назад

Aw man! I live in Medford and have family in Bend, so I drive through Chemult a lot. Always enjoyed the nostalgia of that sign. I stopped at that cafe about a year before it closed and had a chili burger. It was llike going back in time. Fond memory.

@CaseyLaDelle 2 года назад

It's still open as KJ's Cafe and has been for the last 14 years

@edgarrogers3706 2 года назад

Sign recovery was cool. Great video Casey keep them comeing, good job.

@stevepacenka2748 2 года назад

By gosh that was interesting. The great camera work, humor, and modesty that are hallmarks of the channel work well with this kind of topic too.

@LivingCoast2Coast 2 года назад

Yes, I kinda like the variety of things that you show here on the channel.

@dougbourdo2589 4 месяца назад

Very Cool video Casey. I know a guy who has been in the sign & vehicle pinstriping industry for many years. "The King of Paint", in the metro Milwaukee area. Though he doesn't do the Neon stuff, he does some amazing hand done artistry. Sadly, these days with all of the computerization of manufacturing, there tends to be far less of the old hand made work. These kinds of "old school" signs are very sought after. Glad t see you were there to help document some of the history for these folks.

@carmenevans7651 2 года назад

I think that videos like this are good for younger people to maybe make them consider the trades. Especially when everyone seems to be having fun.

@805HandsomestBarber 2 года назад

Different but really cool to watch! 👍👍

@sandralutz-rodriguez2864 2 года назад

what a rad project Casey! Just goes to show how many different hats you can wear. Thank you for sharing this video. My great grandfather was a roofer; I can barely stand on a stool before getting dizzy LOL. Keep up the great videos!

@dob1662 2 года назад

It's the one off nature of your channel that keeps it interesting, your day to day work like many channels is not uniform in any way, and it pays to stop and ask 😜

@stevenjohnson3634 2 года назад

Great video, thanks for recording the process of removing the sign,nice meeting you and appreciate your input on the removal.

@Buck1954 2 года назад

I loved the neon signs when I was a kid in the 50-60's. Happy to see some get saved. Hope they go back up somewhere to be seen, not just collected,

@xshanghu 29 дней назад

Wild assortment of activities.

@rshutterbug47 2 года назад

Ya That Was Different But Really Cool & I Hope You Do Some More Of it Along With The Regular Stuff , VARIETY ( IS ) The SPICE OF LIFE !!! 🤩

@wandermt4315 2 года назад

variety is spice of life

@dennisgeroux4483 2 года назад

Cool to save some history from a great era.

@mattnelson7935 2 года назад

Fantastic documentation of a land mark of Chemult!👍

@1954shadow 2 года назад

This was great! History saved.

@shaunmulcahy7496 2 года назад

Nice successful rescue 😃

@danl3719 2 года назад

That was awesome. Lived in Salem for 5 years. I'm a truck driver and would go that way to K Falls, and Reno. Always stopped at that Pilot. Always saw that sign and thought it was cool. Hope they totally restore it. Also love your videos. Take care and be safe.

@rickharris2894 2 года назад

I am going to miss that old sign. Ate there a few times when it was The Wheel Cafe.

@OldGriz708 2 года назад

I knew John was a good guy when I saw his hat and I'm surprised Casey didn't mention the Cascade sign in the window......lol

@robertspringer3555 Год назад

I have ate at the restaurant many times I am from Oregon now living retired life in the Dominican republic

@michaeldunn150 2 года назад

Would like to see the sign after they redo it....... Old antique stuff are a cool piece of American history..

@caseturner3148 Год назад

Casey my Dad, his dad and my dads Uncle all worked in the sign business. My great uncle and Grandpa worked for Oregon signs and the My grey uncle formed Oregon Coast Neon and signs. My dad worked for Carlson Signs and then his own shop Scott’s signs. My dad worked on that sign and many of the signs back in the 1980’s. Unfortunately all have passed. My dad left a pocket knife on that sign that I gave him for Christmas one year. He knew he’d lost it but wasn’t sure where. The next year he went to service it was sitting right by that wiring access panel where he’s inadvertently left it. An update on the restoration would be great. Thanks for the story!