The Real Reason American Restoration Ended

The Real Reason American Restoration Ended
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While it aired, American Restoration was a reality TV series that reigned supreme in its own right. It didn't have a lot of competition and was the one TV show to watch if you were interested in the restoration of vintage artifacts.
Despite technically being a spin-off of Pawn Stars, a show about pawnshops, American Restoration found a way to stand on its footing.
The show started on Pawn Stars, where a restoration expert called Rick was often invited to help the pawn stars deal with restoring vintage pieces that were brought into the shop.
On Pawn Stars, Rick proved himself to be knowledgeable, competent, and reliable. He also displayed a knack for the theatrical, and that convinced the showrunners that a spin-off series about Rick and his restoration business would make good television.
Interestingly, Rick didn't believe that he could pull off his reality show and was at first quite hesitant about going on the journey.
However, he was soon proven wrong when American Restorations went on to be one of the most popular shows to air on the History channel.
#AmericanRestoration #RickDale #TylerDale #PawnStars

[@chicchacchula]

Like many other shows, the writers come in and screw up a popular format. People liked watching Rick and his crew transform unique items and bring them back to brand new condition. It was interesting to watch and their work was impressive. Then the writers come in and say we need to write a bunch of story lines for this show. We need to write in drama and conflicts between the characters because that’s what we think people want to see. Nope. We wanted to see them do restorations. You can keep your fake drama stories that are only meant to justify writers being attached to the show.

[@brentkiely657]

exactly , i totally agree.

[@mikeg.9238]

Yup , spot on. I liked this show and they ruined it..

[@onlythewise1]

correct evil always ruin things they running America to

[@blackscotydog]

What he said 100%

[@davewallace8219]

so true

[@sunsetsniper1357]

Rick proved that with a little patience and the right tools, anyone can restore anything. I miss this show. I hope Rick and his family are doing well.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Basically this show would show step by step restoration. But writers had to produce " Drama" and ruin the show.

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

@@johnbockelie3899 Sounds like some woke-type diversity hires were making more moronic decisions for tv. SMDH, when will companies ever learn, "Get Woke, Go Broke". All woke diversity-hires everywhere majored in "Moronics".🤣

[@JulianWatsonThe400]

I enjoyed watching this show with my grandmother. I wish it didn't go away.

[@bufordfrance8058]

You need much more than just tools and patience bud.

[@bamamama-ws7kp]

​@@bufordfrance8058yeah like knowledge

[@theHAL9000]

"We don't know" ... "theory" ... "not quite clear". Well so much for the "real" reason the show ended.

[@whaguitars]

Exactly. I really miss the dislike count. I used to check the rating before wasting my time watching a useless video. Nearly 10 minuets and I know exactly NOTHING new.

[@testodude]

should have called the video "can anyone tell us the real reason why the show was canceled?"

[@pineapplesideways3820]

All about ratings popularity and money, and making both contracts work, if money wasn't thier for dale and having all the camera audio it ain't worth it, same for the network lost ratings no one gets renewed

[@denniscrabtree2170]

Format and cast changed, and didn't include Rick. Also took 2 years to do 7th season. Rick and family were fired but no known reasons for it!

[@billfromnxtdoor5575]

Thanks for saving me 8 mins

[@hiddentruth1982]

they messed up. Rick is likable and a down to earth seeming guy. people enjoyed seeing someone like them doing well.

[@scarletboa]

I went to high school with Tyler Dale, Rick's son. You are absolutely right. They're good people.

[@androidgames1927]

@@scarletboa 😮

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Rick is/ was a real business, and Rick was real. A friend here in Australia went over to usa for holiday, and being a car guy he went to visit Rick , and said Rick was a super awesome guy who had time to talk and chat to my friend and his wife. He even showed them around the shop. It's typical of power hungry people (the producers) of a show who have stupid ideas and they are the ones who kill good things like Rick's Restorations show.

[@anthonyj.adventures9736]

Many years ago before American restoration. Ricks business restored a original red Ryder wagon i got in an auction. He was referred by a place in PA. I mailed it out. It came back a few months later fully restored and with a refund and letter explaining it didn't take as long as projected and he's returning the balance. That's honesty. I sent a few small things there since. Amazing amazing work, a bit expensive but the quality of workmanship is there.

[@Yarrb53]

Rick was a great insulation to me. My hobby was restoring old items, old bicycles thrown in the trash, worn out machinery and a Honda generator that came out looking like new. He made the show fun, and there wasn't too much family drama, like the Chopper show ! Just pure entertainment and a great talent. Like others have said here, writers and producers have a way of F**King popular shows up. Not everyone is like the Kardashian's !

[@robbreedon6848]

So Rick kept you warm? Insulation.... Are you sure you didn't mean Inspiration? 🤣🤣

[@elainephleps4705]

Thank you, the Kardashians suck!! So sick of hearing about them. Good shows get canceled!!

[@oliverharris7366]

Rick and Mike from American pickers have exactly the same story about how they started out by restoring a bike that they found in the garbage.

[@inkey2]

is the insulation for cold or hot?

[@ginagalvan3505]

👏👏👏👏

[@valeriepickens2533]

My husband and I, came very close to buying a remodeled houseboat that Rick had for sale. Unfortunately, it was sold, before we could drive from Boise to Vegas. Broke my heart, but at least we got to meet Rick and his wife.

[@ecclestonsangel]

I'm really sorry this happened to Rick. I really liked his show a lot.(yes, I'm a girl, but I like a lot of those vintage items, like old Coke machines). When they came out with the last season and Rick was gone, I dumped it. I absolutely HATED the format change, and it became all about restoring cars. Uh....we had Danny's Counting Cars for that. I hate when the suits come in and screw everything up. I wish Rick Dale all the best, and hope he and his family are doing well for themselves.

[@Rich-kp1eu]

Agree with you. The format change was a disaster. It was so disjointed, you didn't know what was what. I liked Counting Cars in the beginning, but they are on the verge of ruining that with all of the fake BS.

[@angel3291]

I'm a fan girl too and was sad this show ended he is a true talent and we need more people like him to save what our families from generations ago had so we can have a piece of them in our homes

[@richardcline1337]

The suits were like politicians and cockroaches. It wasn't so much what they did but what they got into and screwed up! Rick and his family were a refreshing change to most of the fakery going on at the time on television. Who wants to waste their time and electricity on a show that is so obviously scripted?

[@aaronzelisko1867]

He should start a KZbin show he would have full creative control and the fans including me would love to see him restoring items again!!!

[@thedbcooperforum]

Not enough money...I have a feeling his wife made most of the bad decisions by expanding into something way too big for his business and ended up drowning in debt..

[@fredzeppelin3969]

This is (was?) a real place. I drove taxi in Vegas at the time, and many fares wanted to go here, along with Gold & Silver Pawn, and Kount's Kustoms. Having said that, your odds of seeing Rick, Chumlee, or Danny was about zero.

[@jjano2320]

I bet your life would make a good show.

[@SouthEasternCommunications]

On a trip back in 2015 i met kelly dale in the shop had a great convo for some time Also saw some of the other guys in the workshop during the tour

[@rjs2974]

I saw Rick's brother locking the gate, I got there at closing time.

[@williamcochell9889]

I can debunk the theory that Rick’s restorations was not a real business. The first location originally filmed at was a home in pool in a front and the sharps and the paint bays were originally stables. It was on an acre and a half out on North John’s. I lived on that property and sold it to Rick as his realtor and got to know him working with him. Also his brother and his wife. He was a great guy really enjoyed working with him and his family !

[@elizabethliska5377]

I went to his business many times in Vegas. It was great to see and had cool tours and merchandise!!

[@SouthEasternCommunications]

Agreed been there was a real business been there met kelly dale

[@SternLX]

Yup. Then he had moved shop over to a place on W Mesquite Ave under the Spaghetti bowl(next to that concrete plant and Steel supplier) from 2015 to 2019. Their son Tyler had a shop as well doing custom Fab work for custom cars. I haven't been by his shop in about 18 months or so. No idea if it's still open.

[@speedracerjeff]

Yep, real deal. Rick was a cool dude.

[@TheREALOC1972]

@@SternLX He and Kyle and Cowboy still run that shop. I live just south of Vegas in NW Arizona and they did the paint on my buddies bobber.

[@briankay4229]

In a throw away world, I enjoyed watching Rick and his crew perform thier magic on all those different projects. DIY guys like me learned a lot.

[@tattooeddragon]

Biggest trolling video ever! Thanks for advertising the answer and never actually giving one.

[@THEHERMANATORANDSPURGLE2833]

My wife and I never missed an episode. Rick was the reason why. Nice guy. His attention to detail and professionalism shown through. The reveal of the finished product was always awesome. He and his crew did incredible work. We really miss the show.

[@kib4rkanjalurgemil4ng41]

Me to..sis.. Rick n team have multi skill...

[@jimmysapien9961]

Rick and team were the BEST 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@nicksavage4763]

THE SHOW WAS NOT BROKEN AND DIDN ‘T NEED FIXING.

[@donaldmaxie5264]

I f it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[@PHxNiteRider]

One of the best and educational shows ever aired!

[@tonyneilson1652]

I enjoyed the show mainly because of how Rick and his erasable group of craftsman maintained such a high standard of craftmanship in every one of their difficult restoration challenges. Not cheap, but results often appeared to be in mint showroom condition.

[@solarismoon3046]

Eraseable? I think you mean ensemble.

[@jccrown2187]

When it comes to the refurbished antique world, such as cars, coke machines, and the list goes on…. Most of the time it makes more financial sense to buy an item that has been restored versus having an item restored. People have to understand that individuals who are paying for a restoration are not only paying for that specific item to be given life again, but are also preserving family history or personal memories, which is why they are willing to pay more for an item than what it is actually worth. Skilled labor is not cheap. Rick’s restorations did great work and Rick was fun to watch. He is a true American, which is why the show was famous around the world.

[@steveclark..]

So true, nothing is that cheap anymore, parts alone for my 80's motorcycle can add up, I couldn't afford to pay someone else to work on it. Some home/hobby builders of my make & model do make me laugh though, when they do decide to put the bike up for sale, the price is so high, it's like they have added all the hours/time that they have put into it.

[@johncunningham4820]

I live in Australia and used to watch this show . Rick and his crew were SUPERB workmen . Showed REAL dedication to their Restoration work . Clear Passion for what they were doing and the Results were OFTEN Jaw-Droppingly good . TV producer say " Nope ! Needs to be more , McDonalds " . Idiots .

[@peterlucas2998]

I liked this show. It was a lot of fun to watch the restorations and I was always amazed how much money people were willing to throw at Rick to get stuff restored. My theory for why the show was cancelled is a lot simpler and more than likely closer to what happened. Rick asked " Pay me more money per episode, please." The shows producers said" nope "; we don't need Rick. Rick said " Good luck with that" and the rest is history.

[@stkyfngrszmooth]

I think you're right on the money. Although I believe that Rick just plain old got greedy. Some of the quotes he was giving people were astronomical. I watched one where a gentleman came in and wanted to get his father's antique gas saw restored. It was a small item maybe a foot by two at best and Rick quoted him fourty five hundred dollars for the job. Fourty five hundred. That's beyond ridiculous and the guy ended up walking away. Smart man.

[@peterlucas2998]

Tell me about, one item sticks out for me was an art deco kids tricycle with fully valanced wheels, think Indian motorcycle. It was not in bad shape. Needed paint and chrome work plus new rubber on the wheels. Rick quoted some insane number and the guy just paid it. I just shook my head and laughed .

[@delbertreno8089]

I was a great fan of the early shows, They were Great! They focused on the how to and the methods of repairing the broken items and I loved it. But the later ones went to so much fake drama, and it was about the shill in the sales. You bring in your rusted relic, He tells you how rusty grungy and terrible it is and then come back and pick it up and look how Marvelous we made it. Okay the old show made it about how we made it that way! The newer ones never showed the workman ship that went into the restoration and that to me was the heart of the show

[@scottz63]

Exactly my thoughts.

[@dabsafe]

In the 7th season Dale Wachsler restored vintage motorcycles at his museum “Wheels Through Time”. Sadly Dale passed away. He was the most knowledgeable vintage motorcycle guy ever.

[@carlbruhn1772]

His son and grandson are carrying the family business forward quite well.

[@raisingcaine5480]

Dale left us much too soon!

[@tygrkhat4087]

He was my favorite part of season 7. Sad to hear of his passing.

[@mikemcnabb1582]

It doesn’t matter to me about what the producers think or like, I’m just glad I got to see these people doing what they love and making a living at it, Rick God bless you , your Son, brother, Brently and employees, thanks for sharing your passion 🇺🇸🙋🏻‍♂️

[@jimdavenport4484]

99 percent of the time it’s producers who think they have a better idea on which way a show should go that kills it.

[@MGower4465]

So many times, the "wise TV guys" decide to "tweak" a series and kill the series. A few times the tweaks are to head off a ratings slide, but too often its because the network decides to show the actors up. It rarely seems to work like the network expects. But network bosses are among the most out-of-touch rich people on the planet. And they don't bither to gather data, they just axe shows and move the survivors around based on personal preferences, forgetting that they are running a business.

[@RR-ho5ek]

Rick dale, his family, and the crew were the show, seeing the restored items was just icing.

[@tonymcgeachin9906]

That was the problem for me, too much family and stuff and not enough focus on the actual restorations.

[@Pete391]

@@tonymcgeachin9906 Right...

[@americanpatriot2422]

I loved watching that show. It's very sad that it was cancelled.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

The price he quoted to restore a small old steel pedal car was $5,000 in one show I saw. Holy cow for $5,000 you would think he was gold plating the car.

[@mikeg.9238]

Yeah i agree , his prices were outrageous. But i did like the show , then the writers ruined it...

[@peanutbutterisfu]

Yeah some stuff seemed high but it takes a lot of time if you want to pound dents out of metal and not just fill it in with bondo, hand painted lettering. Then finding original parts you might need you gotta pay ur employee to find the parts, they might need to drive far to get them and every hour ur employee is working even if they are on the internet searching for a part you have to charge the customer for that time. It’s very expensive to run a business much more then anyone would think. As a business owner myself in New York If you pay someone 20 bucks an hour it costs the business close to 25 bucks an hour to pay them 20 by the time you pay for Insurance’s, pay roll company fees and that doesn’t even include benefits like health insurance or retirement plans. So many stupid bills come up that you would never even think of. I just had to pay my yearly insurance audit fee $800 and some stupid yearly payroll fee $500 that’s 1300 bucks this week for literally nothing everyone has their hands out when u own a business. You can have a great month made a ton of money then an expensive piece of equipment breaks down and now all the money you made last month is paying for that equipment, then a few months later u open the shop up and ur air compressor breaks down there goes a few more grand, then the next year you need to put a roof on ur building it just doesn’t stop. People see all the money coming into a business but don’t understand what it really costs to run it. My business is a auto repair shop, it’s just me and one employee and sometimes I will have a part time guy helping out so it’s a small business and only been open just over 2 years. I’ve had a month where I profited 16,000 bucks but the 3 months prior I broke even every month, then the next month was slow so it pretty much evens itself out and I can’t pay myself the 16k profit because I don’t know what’s going to happen so I need to keep the money in the business account and just pay myself the minimum that I need. Many business owners that aren’t good with business will pay themselves all the profits them make when times are good then when the slow season comes they don’t have enough money to keep the business open or something comes up. I had an employee complain to me that I should have paid him more the one month that I made a lot of money so I told him what about the 3 months where we made nothing? When the country shut down I was paying you out of my personal pocket because the business barely made enough money to pay rent and bills so when that happens should I pay you less money? I paid you the same money when then shop wasn’t making anything you were getting paid to sit in a chair waiting for the phone to ring or a customer to walk in the door then we have a good month that made me catch up financially and I should pay you more because we actually had to work? Get out of here. I could have laid him off and in the situation he was in he wouldn’t have gotten unemployment so he would have made no money, I didn’t even need him working for me because there was nothing to do but I felt bad that he wouldn’t get unemployment so I kept him employed which nobody would have done it was a bad decision on my part to pay an employee when I didn’t need him, had I laid him off my shop would have stayed profitable not much but would have. But customers and employees for the most part just don’t understand any of this they just think of ur a business owner ur rich and for the most part that’s just not true many of us make a regular amount of money, I made more money working for someone because it takes years to get the business to the point it’s making real money plus I’m putting a lot of money back into the business buying equipment and what not. And for what it’s worth when a business owner has a business that is making some good money they should be making good money because of everything they had to deal with getting to that point all the sacrifices they made to get to that point. People think the word profit is a dirty word for business owners it’s so annoying I hate when people talk down about their boss behind their backs saying stuff like they got it easy and make so much money yeah well if you want to do that you can too. Took me many years of basically working 2 full time jobs at once saving money living like I had no money to be able to have enough money to open a business and I had to do this twice because my first business I was scammed and lost a lot of money, plus all the years I spent learning what I need to know. For 5 years all my friends were going out all the time having a great time, everyone was always asking my why I don’t go out anymore. Then I open a business and some friends say stupid comments and I tell them yeah you remember that 5 plus years when I never went out partying with you guys? Well that’s how I got this business! I didn’t have a rich family member or anything I had to make it happen for myself. Lots of people think it’s impossible to be able to save up the money I had to and many others have had to so they can open their business but it’s not you just have to have the drive to do it. Everyone wants the easy way out well it’s not easy! The easy way out is to just work for someone ur entire life and not have to worry about anything.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

@@peanutbutterisfu I had a lawn service and the only year I was full time was 1994. People in church were congratulating me and talking to me like I was making good money or even rich. I was telling them “no, I’m barely keeping up with my bills. I have a lot of competition in this town and the average in town lawn goes for about $17 per mowing”. The episode I remember him quoting a woman $5,000 to restore a pedal car. It was a rather small one very rounded shape with no doors. So there’s a shell, 4 wheels, axle, 2 pedals, 2 connector rods, steering wheel and front steering system. Maybe the writers told him to quote $5,000 and told her to agree? I saw in another video that the network dropped him after complaints from his customers that he was paid and not finishing his work. People can complain to state attorney general offices and if a business gets enough complaints that are not resolved they get shut down.

[@rupe53]

@@MustangsTrainsMowers ... good call. Most likely they toss in a high price and some dickering just to create some drama. We'll never know what's reality and what just in the script. (to make good TV)

[@Ka_Gg]

Never knew they had a season without Rick. What a weird thing to do. American Restoration (in my mind) was about Rick and his crew restoring items.

[@TheStrangeOne14]

I saw a couple of episodes, it was chronicling different restoration shops projects, and had nothing to do with Rick Dale or his crew, and it was lousy.

[@Ka_Gg]

@@jamesmitchell3106 yep! Rick even seemed like a regular guy. Just a chill, cool guy who knew a lot

[@cathlynjamen8425]

I'm from Philippines, and I LOVE this show. Our whole family do. We would stay until 10pm every sunday to watch his passionate works. And without dramas, we still love it. We love the pureness of this show, restorating old things are cool and shows a great talent. We were really disappointed about this news, really. I hope they could make their own channel here in youtube I would love to support it.

[@mjhobbiesandcollections]

I really love this show. I love vintage items because of its history. Rick's Restoration gave me an amazing approach in restoring things. And the camera really loves how Rick and his team doing their job. Especially on the part of paint job I really love that part always. I hope it would comeback 😢

[@jodymazzarese5151]

What a lot of “reality” show producers don’t get about these kind of shows is it’s about the people doing the job, if they are relatable, easy going, and really enjoy what they do for a living.

[@MrE_]

It's why youtube is overtaking reality TV.

[@jodymazzarese5151]

@@MrE_ I had a few van life and RV life people I followed until their videos became more about their sponsors then what I started following them for, their journeys.

[@kennysherrill6542]

I follow Rick on his channel, yes it was a great show but when they changed it, it just wasn't the same. I would love to work with him, I've done car and aircraft restorations for years.👍♥️🇺🇸

[@3-body-problem]

This was definitely one of the more watchable "reality TV" shows. Rick definitely didn't come of like a clueless idiot and he clearly knew about his craft. And it showed.

[@dave434]

I enjoyed the show, Sometimes the price he quoted was high I felt.

[@bobbyjones8752]

I enjoyed the show,seeing old items being restored to look brand new.

[@kurthuck2630]

I miss shows! Too bad this show ended! Shows how stupid "upper management" can made such WRONG DECISIONS!

[@skyelee9398]

My wife and my then 6yr old daughter we couldn’t wait to see this show every week. We have such good memories watching it as a family. We miss it and now my daughter is a high school senior this year 👍

[@MAP448]

They were always my favorite. Rick & his family are all very knowledgeable & very welcoming to all questions about restorations. I was always wondering what had happened & I guess I will always be left to wonder.

[@Edward-xw8rj]

So we still don’t know why Rick was canceled. My theory is that Rick and the cast had unresolved conflicts with the production company.

[@Captain_Chaz86]

he had a youtube video talking about why. Rick and his family were fired by the history channel because he refused to cause fake drama bullshit for the show. Unfortunately the history channel threatened to sue him unless he took the video down

[@dustytables3638]

This was a great show! I miss it! I always wondered what exactly happened to screw this up but now I understand. The same thing happened with this show that is happening with all of major corporate enterprise here in the US. I work for a huge Telecom company, I see it every day. There is something seemingly threatening to upper management with a process that is successful, especially if they did not dream it up. The reaction is: kill it. We did not think of this, so therefore it doesn't 'fit' our mold. Let's do this our way. Result: Failure..... Management at about every big corporation, if their lives depended on it, could not successfully plan our a two car funeral procession.

[@chuckmckee2741]

Man he must have gone thru al lot of discoveries learning how to do this and some risks from learning. What I don’t like about the show ? I didn’t see enough of the fine details on how he did this ? Good on him.

[@waynethurman2144]

Of this type of reality show, "Rick's Restorations" was by far my favorite. Rick carried the show and the restoration transformations were amazing!

[@Whalermansteve84]

I think they should just say screw the television industry and just do their own shows and air them on KZbin. See those subscribers jump real quick

[@funnyfaceaz]

I liked this show. Rick Dale is a good man. I hope Rick and his family are doing well.

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

The guy overcharged like crazy.. people would bring in coke lunch box and he would estimate the cost at $9000.00 to "fix it up"😂

[@anniegallardo4428]

I miss this show a lot,i'm from the philippines,because of this show,i restored my father's motorcycle model 1977 suzuki b100,a two stroke,and it is so satisfying,that whereever i go with my father's,i got a lot of attention.

[@dhansel4835]

I enjoyed it very much. If you live long enough you will see a lot of things come and go. Good wishes Rick !

[@rosemaryspringer4239]

I believe he may have been fired due to an episode where he blocked off access to another business for several hours, which meant that business didn't have customers for the whole day. After the show was done shooting, Dale wouldn't give any money to the shop owner to say thank you for inconveniencing them. Dale came off like a big jerk. Maybe he thought the show would reimburse the shop owner, I don't know. I just remember thinking what a jerk Dale was and feeling kind of mad about the episode.

[@sumbuddy63]

I'm glad I saw this video because I was without a clue as to where one of my favorite shows went. I just tuned in one day to watch and a whole new crew were on. Still don't have all the answers but it's more than I had before seeing this. Thank you.

[@simonstovebolt]

Was a great show and shows how producers can get it so wrong

[@hamiltonburger4574]

So "The Real Reason" is an unknown. Thanks for the clickbait.

[@leewomack3498]

I absolutely loved 😍 watching this show! Can't believe I will never see it again! 😭

[@ROACHRAGE2]

Man I miss that show and I don't think I ever missed an episode! Come back to us!

[@timothyroatenberry1274]

Its a shame they cancelled the show, but Ricks name is out and they do amazing work ! If I had something very old and wanted it restored, he's the man !

[@SternLX]

This video completely missed the fact that Rick moved to a new location here in Las Vegas in 2015 before shutting down again in 2019 to pursue his newest endeavor. His son Tyler has his own hot rod building shop now. I know this because I delivered parts and equipment to both of them for years before I switched shipping contracts with my Truck.

[@thesmallerhalf1968]

After about 8 minutes we are no wiser as to what happened to this program, the business and the people involved.

[@ClayLoomis1958]

OK, so the title of this video is "The Real Reason American Restoration Ended", and the reason you gave is "we don't know". Highly informative. Thank you so much.

[@barwaz10]

Thanks so very much for clearing things up.

[@bobdole7697]

I always loved the reaction of the customer when Rick gave them a price for a restoration?

[@MAGAisacult]

Love it, he and his crew were master craftsman.

[@jeffmoon5680]

I love watching anything that. Involves restoring and creating things that about all I watch Rick's show provides that old things have alot of value to us thanks Rick for all the hard work and innovating ideas.

[@Jennifer62389]

I really enjoy the big reveals of old stuff young people have never seen before or bringing back a childhood item. Please bring it back to it's former glory.

[@cstephenson9223]

That was a great show and miss watching it😢 very cool to see things go from almost unsaveable to being given a second life and look like brand new!!

[@taxidude]

It started well for me with the spin off from Pawn Stars. I was fascinated at how things that looked like scrap could be restored. It developed into silly stories revolving around Rick's son and his brotheer and very little restoration being filmed. It did not hold my attention for long.

[@David-sk9vv]

Just from my little spot in North Wales, I loved watching this show. Just for the Americana that turned up on each episode. Was a great way for me to learn about American culture, that I could not experience first hand by visiting. Great video..

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

Networks can screw up a wet dream. Hope Rick and his crew are doing well. Loved that show. Rick and his crew brought old stuff back to life.

[@lyleschull6516]

I loved the show good luck Rick and your family

[@cvbluegrasspatriot9157]

It was a good and clean show!! We can't have that!! We need drama and filth! Thanks Rick and family!

[@JACB006]

Yes I would like to see them back in business on TV.

[@NirYuZy]

Man I remember watching this as a kid. It was one of the things that I wait to watch every night.

[@night-x6793]

Maybe he should do simple videos explaining the best way to restoration work on random things.

[@vaughndeverteuil597]

I actually like to watch this show, they should bring it back

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

I have no doubt that Rick wasn't gonna put up with crap from the networks. A down to earth guy that reads through their bullshit

[@Racavanian2]

To me, the real mystery was why season 7 was the way it was. Love from the Philippines.

[@nicholaskarako5701]

I would think without the backing of a major network Rick just wasn't able to afford the overhead to ran/ staff his business. When business was slow and had to scale down his operation by laying of most of the staff. To eventually having to close up his shop. I was a fan of the show when it was on the air with the Rick Dale crew.

[@WaynePryce]

Thanks for clearing up things🤔

[@kevinpresley3136]

Love Ric and American Restorations.Ric seems like a genuine person.If it ain't broke don't fix it,if it's broke take it to Ric's Restorations.

[@frankmachotka3488]

Thank you for the show that was very nice God bless you I hope you get your show back on I enjoyed it let's try to get everybody together and get to show back on the road thank you and God bless you 🥰🥰😂😂❤️❤️🌹🌹

[@rv16ad]

his restorations were so expensive ,he did great work .but his prices,omg.

[@heatherward553]

You try to run a bussiness pay yur guys n pay yur bills and yir overhead n make money for yurself lol wat world r u in obvisouly sumones basement

[@guy.johnson1034]

He.charged.way.to.much

[@fitness0310]

I literally was looking for an updated show of him.

[@WorlTramp]

I loved watching Rick & his Boys … from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@gohilton]

I liked the show when it was Rick's Restoration! When it switched names and went to American Restoration and had different companies I didn't like that and quit watching it. I wish they would bring back Rick's Restoration and I would watch it again!

[@JAAB9296]

The real possible reason the show was cancelled was because if his wife Kelly. Really, cannot prove it, however I'm really, really good personalities and attitudes. Spent my entire carrier in sales, business to business and business to induvial (one example of a business to induvial would be working for Schwan's home services, the other example would be selling both super high-end cars to selling new Fords) Anyway, if one was to pay attention to Kelly, it was obvious she had a attitude, probably got the producers face many times. I do think Rick truly loves Kelly and seemed easygoing and would put-up with her attitude (s) , most likely also had a big head as well.

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

Ex stripper..? Just guessing

[@Walkingonair-698]

I'm from abroad. AND I LOVED THIS SHOW ALSO PAWN STARS ❤

[@ginagalvan3505]

I miss shows like this.... this was one of my favorites as well as Storage Wars

[@jasonbean5052]

Who wrote the copy for this video? It says the same thing two or three different ways.

[@boomer2095]

I really enjoyed the show, but was in shock when he charged thousands of dollars for a bike mini bike to restore. Obviously that is what you have to pay to break/down/ repair / reassemble something and 80 hours @ $10/hr and parts is $2,000. But I have seen a couple of his pieces come up on eBay and they all had some damage. New nieces are meant to last, but Rick would make them LOOK new but were meant to look at be remembered and not really be used. Nothing he restored would resale for what he charged

[@mikehunt2190]

10 an hour? Lmao i would charge 108 an hour.

[@randalldavis3251]

He did make that clear to the customers that most restorations are for nostalgia and not profit.

[@1953beetle]

I agree about charging way too much. What happened about value for money,or is it all about greed?

[@mikehunt2190]

@@1953beetle skilled labor ain't cheap and cheap labor ain't skilled pal

[@winchestersons6258]

@@mikehunt2190 10 bucks an hour for a skilled restoration. You would be lucky to find one under 70.. people get paid what they are worth. You are right

[@bobwallace2244]

I wish you were still doing th shows. I really miss your restoration channel/series.

[@th.burggraf7814]

It's a huge relief indeed to finally learn that the real reasons for the show's cancellation are... unclear. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Twitchguy]

I miss American Restoration at Ricks shop. Loved seeing old americana restored and enjoyed the family vibe of his shop

[@fransiscoscaramanga674]

loved the show, Rick and his crew did amazing restorations, their work was top-notch, loved some of the characters like kowboy, i wish they would bring the show back..

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

They charged too much...

[@fransiscoscaramanga674]

@@miguelcastaneda7236 ok you no good mexi-can't....whatever you say....... never mind that Rick and his crew are still in business....... but., according to you, they charge too much... he provides a service, he names a price......you don't like the price, good-bye...

[@tonyoramas5934]

I enjoyed very much watching Rick and his restoration show I hope that they bring them back it was an exciting show to watch antiques coming back to life

[@douglasthompson9482]

I have been to his shop a few years ago. Really interesting but I have done a tremendous amount work like this for years. I even met him from afar….a wave and smile. Prices were high but very good quality.

[@luisreyes1963]

A shame that American Restoration went downhill in the 7th Season. It was a great show to see Rick & his crew restore all kinds of rare mechanical antiquities. The History Channel really dropped the ball on that one. ☹️

[@tomd8658]

I'm sure they got an earful from people who watched the show, and ultimately couldn't justify the expense of it. A few people fawning over the cast, or even the premise of the show, as seen in a few comments here or... doesn't pay the bills or make the investors happy with a good return on the investment.

[@gregleuze6657]

I visited Rick’s Shop and The Pawn Shop when visiting Vegas. Disappointed when visiting the Pawn Shop as it was not a friendly atmosphere. It was the complete opposite at Ricks’s Shop. Rick came out and greeted everyone, seemed very happy, and autographed his shirts. As others have said, I hope Rick and his family are all well. The History Channel is a mess compared to when I started watching it.

[@Rich-kp1eu]

Every time I see any of the Pawn Shop shows, I feel the need to rush and take a bath. They are seedy, disgusting con men. By the way, every time I see that show, Corey looks like he could use a bath as well. They are creepy grifters.

[@gregoryfreeman2246]

I feel better now that someone else has stood up and told it like it is. From the get go it was a shaky show. 5 thumbs down 👎 👎👎👎👎 ☠️

[@leewomack3498]

I cut my cable and found Rick's restoration on the DEFY channel!!😊😊

[@TheChangeling]

So, I have visited Rick's Restoration at both locations while on vacation from Australia. Met Rick, Kelly and Brettly, and watched all the guys working away on projects through the windows. They were all wonderful. The last time being in 2018, we were talking to staff in the store, and from what I got from that conversation, it was a break down in contract negotiations with the History Channel. At the time though, they were actually filming project restorations for a new show along the same lines as American Restoration, with a different name of course, for another channel. Not sure where that went, but yeah, think it was the "money thing" possibly.