and remember... you can't take it with you. ♪ >> it's the greatest sports facility that anyone has ever conceived. >> he gives houston the astrodome... >> it's a home run! >> ...and circles his empire in style. >> hofheinz approached that railcar like he did everything else -- it had a "wow" effect. >> oh, my. look at this, robert! >> could it be this guy's ticket to easy street... >> [ sighs ] >> ...or... >> but, um... >> ...has that train left the station? >> you didn't know that? >> [ chuckling ] no, i didn't. ♪ [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] >> i'm jamie colby in

south houston, texas, on my way to meet an heir who wrote me. he said he had an incredible and highly valuable inheritance linking him to a texas legend and, by the way, a baseball team that won its first world series in 2017. >> my name is robert harper. when my father died in 2012, i inherited a customized luxury railcar, and there's some really colorful texas history behind it, and i still don't know what the heck to do with it. >> hi, i'm jamie. >> robert harper. it's a pleasure to meet you. welcome to south houston. >> okay. robert leads me into a warehouse to show me his strange inheritance. what is it exactly? >> it's a full-size railcar -- 44 feet long, 12 feet wide. it weighs 50,000 pounds. it sat here for 41 years. it belonged to judge roy hofheinz. judgewho,you ask?

roy hofheinz, a boy wonder who had his own law firm at age 19, became a county judge, pioneered fm radio, and was elected mayor of houston in 1952. from the mayor's office, "the judge," as he was known, promises to transform houston from an oil-boom town into a big-time metropolis. a fellow entrepreneur named welcome wilson befriends his honor. >> he was a bigger-than-life person. he was flamboyant, tall, good-looking. >> but after two terms of knocking heads with the city council, hofheinz is ousted from office. so the fast-talkin', cigar-chompin' promoter begins channeling his boundless energy into something new -- major league baseball. >> i think the judge saw the recognition you could get from other cities when you were part of that league.

part of being a major-league city is having a major league baseball team. >> but hofheinz knows that houston's swampy summer weather could be a deal breaker. >> houston is gulf coast through and through. we are hot. we are humid. playing baseball outside is challenging. >> roy's solution -- think outside the box andinsidea dome. >> this will be the greatest concert hall in the world, it's the greatest convention hall in the world, and, by all means, it's the greatest sports facility or entertainment facility that anyone has ever conceived. >> in 1960, hofheinz's pitch helps houston land its bid for an mlb expansion team. they're named the colt .45s, but would later become the astros -- a nod to the city's nasa space center. >> the spanking-new astrodome is the new $31 million home of the houston astros. >> yes, the astrodome -- the

first domed stadium ever. >> it was the biggest air-conditioned space in the world. think about that. >> what kind of things did he put in there that were a "wow"? >> well, the scoreboard was one thing. >> the scoreboard is a $2 million item that's a show in itself. >> standing 18 stories high and covering 9 acres, the astrodome is also one of the first stadiums to offer luxury box seating. >> a place for relaxation and entertainment. ♪ standing room only. >> on april 9, 1965, the astrodome hosts its first major league baseball game with the hometown astros taking on mickey mantle and the new york yankees. >> the yankees' big guns. >> special opening night guests... >> also in attendance that night -- president lyndon johnson, ladybird johnson, and businessman welcome wilson, all watching from the judge's private suite. >> mickey mantle, and he's back -- one of the big [indistinct]

wynn backs up. >> we beat the new york yankees, for heaven sakes. >> it's a home run! >> mantle, he hit a home run, but we still beat 'em. >> was it the first indoor home run? >> yeah. >> the crowd must have been electric. >> absolutely. no doubt about that. >> in that crowd, far away from the judge's box, is 12-year-old robert harper, who's watching the game with his family. >> it was probably one of the best days of my life. i can't describe what the feeling was. i mean, it was so big and so bright that it was almost unimaginable. they called it "the eighth wonder of the world," and it truly was. ♪ >> but the dome is not without issues. after outfielders begin losing sight of fly balls in the glare coming off the dome's translucent roof panels, hofheinz paints over a large portion of the roof. >> ...acrylic coating to cut down the glare. >> did it work? >> it worked.

but then the grass started dying. >> ah. >> so and this shows you hofheinz's creativity. he went to monsanto chemical company and asked them to invent an artificial grass. they said, "we'll call it 'astroturf.'" of course, it became world famous. >> in 1968, looking to expand the astrodome experience, the judge spends $25 million to open a one-of-a-kind amusement park on 57 acres budding up to the stadium. it's name? you guessed it -- astroworld. >> astroworld was our theme park. it had the big rides, it had the roller coasters, but it also had a carnival feel to it. >> circling the park is the 610 limited railroad. and roy wants his own private railcar for himself and its vip guests. >> he commissioned harper goff, who had won an academy award in

hollywood for set design, and when he built this railcar, he spared no expense. >> goff's design recalls the glorious luxury railcars of the whistle-stop era. >> it's like when you see the presidents in the olden days. they had the platform where they could talk to the crowd. so it's got a viewing platform in the front. >> hofheinz approached that railcar like he did everything else -- it had a "wow" effect. >> he left his mark. >> he made an impression wherever he went. >> but how does robert harper, a guy with no personal connection to roy hofheinz, inherit his fancy astroworld railcar? well, that's when this "strange inheritance" tale switches tracks. >> we didn't let people see it. >> top secret? >> well, we were guarding it. >> and i get my vip ticket to board this texas relic.

look at this, robert! wow! i mean, this is extravagant. >> here's a "strange inheritance" quiz question. before painting the roof, what innovation did the astros first try to combat glare in the outfield -- move home plate to the other side of the stadium, produce clouds inside the dome, or play with different-colored baseballs? the answer after the break. as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am i allowed to riff? what if i come out of the water? liberty biberty... cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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♪ [ bird caws ] >> so, what did the astros first try to combat glare in the outfield? it's c. they experiment with baseballs dyed yellow, orange, and pink, but struck out. >> you're out! >> here, in south houston, texas, robert harper is about to give me a tour inside his strange inheritance -- this 44-foot-long vip railcar that used to chug around the amusement park outside the astrodome. the harper family ends up with the car after its owner, texas legend roy hofheinz, suffers a debilitating stroke in 1970 and is forced to sell off parts of his astro empire. >> the judge made a lot of money, but he also lost a lot of money. he leveraged every project against each other.

he had just become overextended. >> in the late '70s, hofheinz sells astroworld to the six flags corporation. at the time, robert's dad is just entering the commercial-real-estate business and buying up land here in south houston for multiuse industrial buildings. through a mutual friend, he gets word that judge hofheinz is looking for a storage building large enough to house his beloved railcar. >> they called up my dad and said, "do you have a place that you haven't built a building yet?" so they brought the railroad car and set it down, and he built it around it. >> now, why did he have to build the building around the railcar? >> because it will not fit through the doors. >> [ laughs ] hofheinz has plans to eventually put the railcar on public display somewhere in houston, but before he's able to pull that off, he dies in 1982. for the next decade, roy's widow

continues to pay $240 a month rent on the facility... until bankruptcy forces her to liquidate assets in a fire sale, including the astroworld train car. robert's dad buys it. what did he pay? >> he paid about what you'd pay for a good car. >> about 10 grand at the time? >> probably close. he got a good deal. >> you bring your friends over? >> no, we didn't let people see it. >> in fact, robert tells me that just a handful of folks ever get a glimpse of it. 20 years later, in 2012, when his father dies, robert inherits the fancy train car. big step up. >> [ laughs ] yeah, it is a big step. >> thank you. is roy hofheinz's personal railcar really all that? oh, my [chuckles] gosh. you be the judge. like traveling back in time. unbelievable. look at this place!

>> the judge did nothing but the best. >> i can see that. look at this beautiful couch. i mean, this is extravagant! it's all stained glass. >> oh, he loved stained glass. he has an office, wet bar. has 'frigeration. it's air conditioned. it has running water. has a pipe organ. >> what? do you think, in that office, some big deals might've been made? >> i think so. >> fancy schmancy! look at that sink! oh, my goodness. matches the wallpaper and marble. wow, put in the jacuzzi, and i'm taking it home. robert, it's really something. this railcar is definitely a posh time capsule, but robert tells me that, after storing it all these years, he thinks it's time to sell. >> i'm in love with it, but i don't want to leave the burden on my daughter to get rid of it. >> big decision.

you sure you won't regret getting rid of it? >> it's been in the family forever, but it needs to go somewhere because there's nobody else that could take care of it. >> any takers? >> nobody's known about it until you. [ laughs ] >> so, i figure i'll ask around. >> there is definitely a market for private railcars. you can purchase a vintage railcar and tack that train car on the back of an amtrak train and go basically wherever amtrak goes in the u.s. >> oh, i love it. what does it cost? >> here's another quiz question. before air force one, there was u.s. car no. 1. which president was it built for -- coolige, hoover, or fdr? the answer when we return.

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>> so, which president was u.s. car no. 1 built for? it's fdr. it had heavy armor plating, bulletproof windows, and two secret escape hatches. >> robert harper is looking to off-load his strange inheritance -- this swanky vip railcar that once circled the astroworld amusement park next to the astrodome and belonged to stadium founder and team owner roy hofheinz. to help him explore his options, we meet with railroad-equipment appraiser davidson ward, who tells us that the most famous industrialists in america used to have their own private railcars. >> cornelius vanderbilt made all of his millions in the railroad industry. people like j.p. morgan had his own private railcar. if you had a meeting in chicago in 1912 and you lived in new york, you wouldn't fly

there. you would take a palatial railcar all the way from station to station. >> and some folks of means still do it. >> there is definitely a market for private railcars. >> you mean now? >> well, now, yeah, exactly. you can purchase a vintage railcar. you can upgrade the railcar to meet amtrak mechanical standards and tack that train car on the back of an amtrak train... and go basically wherever amtrak goes in the u.s. >> oh, i love it. nothing like seeing the country by rail. what does it cost? >> amtrak charges just under $3 per mile to go from a to b. >> how many of these are there? >> there are probably between 100 and 300 of these private railcars in different conditions in the united states. the people that do it, by and large, are passionate about railroad history and passionate about the history of the individual railcar that they own. >> such turnkey cars typically sell for $300,000 to $400,000, and they don't have the cool

houston history that robert's has. so the equipment appraiser is eager to kick the steel wheels on this strange inheritance. there she is. >> yeah, it's incredible. you've got pin-striping. got a great railing here. this car seems very unique. to have a car that is a wooden construction like this on a steel frame, really, it's pretty much one of a kind. but, um... >> uh-oh! >> when you originally contacted me, i knew it was a private railcar, so i thought, "maybe this is one of the private railcars used behind amtrak for service across the united states." >> so, what's the problem? find out next. oh, no. >> i know. >> what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com

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railroad-equipment appraiser davidson ward that his strange inheritance is not exactly what he thought. >> one thing i'm noticing here -- this is not a standard-gauge railcar. >> really? >> this is a narrow-gauge railcar. ♪ >> you didn't know that? >> [ chuckling ] no, i didn't. as big as it is, i assumed it was standard. >> that means robert's luxury railcar could never be used to travel the country today as a number of those amtrak-certified personal luxury cars do. >> amtrak operates over the freight railroads, and all the train tracks are 4 feet, 8½ inches apart. now, this railcar was built to a 3-foot gauge, or a narrow gauge, meaning there's no way this could ever become an amtrak-certified railcar. >> oh, no. >> i know. >> wow. >> yeah. and that definitely is gonna have an impact on the value of the equipment. ♪

>> davidson tells us that narrow-gauge railroads were historically used in the western u.s., many of them in mining and forestry operations. and to this day, they're still in use in places like san francisco, where all those trolley cars are narrow gauge. >> there are a couple preserved 3-foot-gauge railroads... [ train whistle blows ] ...the durango & silverton... the cumbres & toltec in colorado. and those are preserved today as active heritage railroads. >> if someone wanted to buy this right now and you were asked to give an appraised value, the minimum price that you think you could get for it... >> if you say, "hey, we got to sell this thing in a week," what's someone gonna pay for it? maybe we're looking at $30,000 to $50,000. >> oh. >> yeah. >> mm. >> yeah. >> but robert'snotlooking to sell it in a week, so davidson thinks that, with a little time, patience, and marketing, he can find someone who values the car's rich houston history.

>> the fact that this was the private railcar of judge hofheinz, i think the history is huge. there's more to it than just selling it to a private party without taking into consideration the history of it. >> good. >> robert's decision to sell might be coming at just the right time in houston. more than 50 years after roy hofheinz brought the team to town, the astros win their first-ever world series title. >> your 2017 world series champion astros! >> and the original home of the astros, that "eighth wonder of the world," it's getting a lot of attention, too. back in 2000, the astros moved from the astrodome to a new stadium, minute maid park. eight years later, the "dome" was shuttered and faced an uncertain future. but, today, new plans are emerging to reinvent the iconic space. >> harris county owns the

astrodome, and it's bought and paid for, so the leadership at the county level has said, "why not find a way to do something else with it? why not spend a little bit more money and allow it to be a contributing member of the community? it's already a beloved landmark." >> welcome wilson, judge hofheinz's old buddy and a board member of the astrodome conservancy group, says a modern relaunch is just around the corner. it just is amazing to me that so many people, even if they're not from this area, know his name and know about the astrodome story. will they in 10, 20 years? >> i think so. if we in the astrodome conservancy have our way, we think we can make a venue out of the astrodome yet. >> and his old friend's railcar? welcome thinks it deserves a place of honor in their conservation efforts. >> i would hope that that would

be a resting place for the railcar -- at the astrodome. >> so, more than 40 years after this train left the station... >> the spanking-new astrodome... >> ...robert hopes it can make a round trip back to where it all started. [ train whistle blows ] >> it'd be a nice place for the railcar to end because, to me, it's home where it deserves to be at home. it'd nice to bring out something that remembers the judge. ♪ >> taking a page out of roy hofheinz's playbook, executives at disneyland in california wanted a way to transport vip guests around their park. so, in 1974, they converted a narrow-gauge observation coach into a high-end parlour car complete with mahogany touches, stained glass windows, and red mohair seating. it was named lilly belle, after walt disney's wife, and carried japanese emperor hirohito on its maiden trip. i'm jamie colby for

"strange inheritance." thanks so much watching. and remember -- you can't take it with you. ♪ >> inside a farmer's barn... >> all you see is these packed-in cars everywhere, bumper to bumper. >> ...rows of classic rides. >> my jaw hit the ground. there was the rolls-royce, the bentley, pickup trucks, camaros. >> harvesting gems from junk. >> dad would take the car down to literally the bare bones and then restore them and make them these beautiful pieces of art. >> wow.sparks are flying. >> here's one of the starsw rig. >> his heirs hope to reap a fortune. >> yes! yes! yes! [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪

>> i'm jamie colby here in savannah, georgia, today on my way to meet a woman whose strange inheritance was built with blood, sweat and gears. >> my name is sherri anderson. my dad was a farmer who worked more than 5,000 acres of potatoes, beer barley and sugar beets, but his real bumper crop was growing inside his barns. >> sherri. >> hey.>> i'm jamie. >> nice to meet you.to savannah. >> oh, it's gorgeous and so great to meet you. inside, sherri shows me some old photos that tell the story of her father's 20-plus years restoring cars and trucks in his barns near paul, idaho. what variety. >> absolutely. he had cars dating from 1919 up to 1982. he got a 1968 mustang, which was mom's cruising car, a 1928 rolls-royce. >> this looks special. >> the 1950 bentley,

my personal favorite, too. >> the restoration wizard, callan "cal" phillips, born 1925. he spends his childhood working on the family wheat and potato farm in south-central idaho. cal serves in the pacific in world war ii, returns home to work on the family farm, gets married and raises six children, then gets divorced in the late 1960s. he remarries to marilyn hanshew, who has three children of her own, including sherri. it's like a blended brady bunch. >> it is. the blessing was, i got a great dad, and i got some really great stepsiblings, too. >> and, says sherri, her stepdad knows how to fix just about anything. >> you had to figure out how to fix that car or fix that engine or make it work because, obviously, time was money when it came to farming. >> in 1994, after half a century

working the fields, 69-year-old cal phillips decides it's time to hang up his farmer's hat and begin sellling off his acre. >> he was tired. he knew that his health was not going to let him do the farming as he would have liked to have done. >> but rather than quietly slipping into retirement, he surprises friends and family with news that he wants to try something completely different -- restoring and selling classic cars. >> i didn't really think that cal was the kind of guy to get into cars. >> maynard wall, who's known cal 40 years, is just one friend who's baffled. >> why do you think he took up restoring cars? >> he needed something to do. he wanted to do farm machinery collection, and i think he found out that cars were easier. >> cal has the basic mechanical skills. the rest he'll learn as he goes. his first project -- an old pickup truck.

he strips it down to bare metal, patches up rust holes and gives it a fresh coat of paint. what did he love about it? >> it was something that he was discovering about himself and what he could do, what his talents were, and he put his heart and his soul into that car. >> cal finds a buyer but parting ways with his first restoration turns out to be harder than he imagined. >> he sold it right away, and after he did, he cried, and that was just too much for him. >> so he never sold any more? >> after that, no. he couldn't part with them. that was the first one that he ever did, so he left his mark on it. >> he'll make his mark on many more, like this '73 mustang, or what's left of it. he transforms it into a red-hot beauty, with fresh paint and a new white interior. how about a shell of a 1928 rolls-royce? it rolls out of his barn looking like this.

and check out this black beauty that cal restores, a 1919 model t. it's not an overnight process to restore a car. >> no, it is not. he'd take every car down to the nuts and bolts. >> how long did it take him to do this? >> usually, it would take him minimum 6 months, if not a year sometimes to restore a car. >> into his mid-70s, cal keeps turning wrenches. he gives a 1975 mg roadster a makeover from red and rusty to silver and sexy and picks up some horsepower when he restores this 1966 chevelle super sport. check out those red vinyl door panels and white bucket seats. how about some fun in the sun with this 1949 willys jeepster cal gets looking like new inside and out? would dad pick up some of these cars on the cheap? >> he'd love a bargain. i found several bills of sale

where he may have only paid for. it was a number of different types of vehicles -- pickups, cars, muscle cars, classic cars. >> did mom participate? >> she did participate, especially on decorating the cars for the parades. she loved showing them off with my father as well and loved riding in them and, once in a while, driving them. by the late 90s cal has restored more than 20 cars. next on his list, a 1950 bentley. >> you wouldn't believe what he found with that car. >> but i'm about to find out. sparks are flying. hey, dave, are you nervous? >> oh, not yet. >> here's a "strange inheritance" quiz question. way back in 1958, chrysler offered a luxury option called autopilot. what do we call that feature today? the answer after the break.

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here on this planet to benefit others. that's how my wife and i feel when we give to st. jude every month. our giving to st. jude is right up there with our mortgage. that's the priority that we put on giving to st. jude. we just think of how we would feel if our kids had cancer. it's giving back

for the blessings that we have been given in our life. it's a cause that should resonate with anyone who believes that a child should be able to live a long healthy life. there's something about putting your arms around a child and bringing comfort, that's something that we can all agree on. when everyone comes together for this good, nothing can stop it. ♪ >> so what was chrysler's new autopilot feature in 1958? it's b, cruise control. ♪ >> cal phillips is restoring classic cars and trucks in his idaho barn. after regretting the sale of his first fixer-upper, the retired farmer decides

to keep the rest of them. so far, there are more than 20 and counting. you know, the thing that strikes me, sherri,is he was too tired and too elderly to continue farming, but it sounds to me like with the cars, he was working just as hard. >> in some ways he was, but i think he found a second wind and a second love. >> cal takes a '66 thunderbird down to bare metal and transforms it into this mean, green machine with a black vinyl top and white-walled tires. and this rare 1961 studebaker champ pickup -- cal tunes it up, refreshes the interior and finishes it in cool blue with lots of chrome. >> you're opening this huge barn door, and all you see is these packed-in cars everywhere. >> kandice little is cal's granddaughter. >> he always would take me show me what he was doing. >> kandice has her eye

on this cherry-red 1968 mustang convertible. >> he knew that i loved that mustang. every time i went to visit, i asked to ride in it. >> so on one visit, cal just puts kandice behind the wheel. >> he wanted to teach me how to drive, and i was only 14, so i think he knew that that would be something special for me. he had a way of making you feel like you were the most important person in the world. >> one car cal is excited to restore -- this 1950 bentley that his daughter sherri found for sale on the roadside. what kind of shape was it in? >> it was in okay shape. the engine was perfect. the body needed a little work. >> what did he pay for that? >> seventeen thousand dollars. >> was that a deal at the time? >> it was a very good deal at the time. >> really? but how does that old saying go? if it's too good to be true... >> he took it down to literally the bare bones and found out there were holes that were almost 5 inches wide stuffed with tinfoil

and covered up with mesh and painted over, so consequently, he had a lot of work cut out for him. >> to see what it takes to fix someone else's botched job, i meet dave lester, owner of a restoration shop in boise, idaho. he's been building hot rods and classics for more than 40 years. >> this fender has had damage on it in the past, and it was restored by somebody that wasn't real experienced in bodywork. >> we can do better. >> yeah. take this grinder. >> okay. got it. any risk of me going too deep here, you know? >> no. we want to get down >> wow. sparks are flying. hey, dave, are you nervous? >> oh, not yet. >> grinding down a classic takes some guts, but it reveals how this 1946 lincoln continental, like cal's beat-up bentley, is hiding a heap of bad bodywork.

excess body filler was used to mask the damaged metal below. >> i can just restraighten this metal until we don't really need very much body filler. >> we clearly have a long way to go on this baby. stripping off some more paint, properly applying body filler, sanding that down -- just a few of the steps cal would have taken on that 1950 bentley. and after more than a year of painstaking dedication, he gets it looking good as new. ♪ ♪ it's just one of more than 50 cars he goes on to restore. in 2012, at age 87, health problems slow cal down, but he never quite yields. >> he was sick for quite a few months, but even in his worst shape, the man was still trying to find parts for cars. >> cal phillips dies in june

2013 at age 88 and leaves his wife marilyn the 59 cars that he'd lovingly restored and couldn't bring himself to sell. nearly 4 years later, when she passes away, the cars are handed down to their five children. sherri and her stepbrother, randy, are named executors. was he specific about what he wanted to happen to his collection? >> he was very specific. he wanted those cars to be auctioned off. >> really? >> why? >> well, i think for the fact that we have so many beneficiaries in the family, it seemed like the fair thing to do so that no one would have to be squabbling or, you know, upset over who got what car or what. >> so it's time to call in the experts. >> my jaw hit the ground. there was the rolls-royce, the bentley, model t, a mustang, pickup trucks, camaros. he had them sandwiched in there so close you could barely walk.

>> but how will cal's cars appraise outside the barn under the light of day? >> was his goal to make it up to factory standards? >> i think he wanted to be to cal's standards. >> here's another quiz question for you. the most miles ever driven in a single car is over 3 million. was it... the answer when we return.

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>> sherri anderson and her four siblings are putting their strange inheritance up for auction, 59 classic cars lovingly restored by their late father, cal phillips. steering the process, brittney edward at dealers auctions of idaho. what's your first reaction when you walk on somebody's property, and you see how many cars? >> my jaw hit the ground. i couldn't believe what we were looking at. in one barn, there was a model t, the rolls-royce, the bentley. it was crazy. i couldn't believe what we saw. >> would one of the determining factors in this auction being a success be the diversity of the collection? >> i think that definitely is the case because it'll bring in a whole variety of car buyers. >> was his goal to make it up to factory standards or something less? >> i think he wanted to be to cal's standards. a collector who wants a museum-quality car, that's probably not what's

in this collection. >> brittney tells me cal's collection will likely attract a big crowd of enthusiasts looking for cars they can still put their own finishing touches on or drive to the local car show without breaking the bank. appeals auction definitely to the average car collector. if you've ever thought about collecting a car, now is your time because there's going to be a car in your price range there. >> that price range starts at about 6,000 bucks for a car like this little hudson metropolitan all the way up to 60,000 for the 1928 rolls-royce. >> we think the collection is going to bring anywhere between 550,000 and 650,000. >> really? that's a nice day's work. >> yes.>> well done, cal. but it's bittersweet for sherri, as she watches her father's cars leaving his barns. >> [ crying ] it was a huge piece of dad. >> i understand. >> sorry, guys. >> in august 2017,

the cars go up for auction in nampa, idaho. >> as you can see, these cars were a labor of love for my dad. take them home. enjoy them and know that there was a man that loved those cars. >> first to cross the block, that 1957 hudson metropolitan. >> eighty-seven now, sold your car, sir, it's sold, 8,700. >> it hammers in at a better-than-expected $9,000. cal's oldest car, that 1919 ford model t coupe... that 1919 ford model t coupe... >> wow. >> wow. >> sold, 9520, 16.5... >> ...fetches 16,500. this '52 chevy truck goes for 11k. >> can i get a 10,? >> remember that '68 mustang that cal taught his granddaughter to drive in? >> here's [indistinct] at 1968. look at that mustang. 21,000... five? sold right there, went and got her bought, 21,000 bucks.

>> wow, 21k! how about that '66 chevelle super sport? it revs up to 25k. in comes that elegant bentley that cal spent more than a year restoring. >> yes, sir, here's one of the stars of the show right now, a 1915 bentley vi. >> the bids quickly jump to 20,000, 30,000, 40,000. how high will it climb? and meet the surprise bidder next. whoa, whoa! what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com.

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here we go here's the fun part did you do this? great job! (sfx: audience applause) >> now back to "strange inheritance." >> august 2017, sherri anderson and her siblings' strange inheritance, 59 classic cars and trucks all restored by their dad,

are rolling across the auction block in south-central idaho. >> it's been real emotional. these were dad's cars. some of them were just pieces of metal that he took in and made something so beautiful, and it's something that all of us enjoyed at one time or another. so it is a very bittersweet moment. >> the auction house estimated that cal phillips' collection could bring in 650,000 bucks, and the way things are going, that number might be in reach. >> sold at 25,000. >> woo! >> one car receiving a lot of attention, cal's 1950 bentley. it quickly passes 30k, then 40. >> now 40,000, 40,000. now 42.5, now 42.5 again. >> yeah! >> now 45, now 46,000. 46. now .5. we have sold! 46,000, 9541, 46 thou, 9541, one. >> woo! yes! yes! yes! >> and here comes another

british beauty, cal's 1928 rolls-royce. >> can i get 50 grand? fifty, now 54,000, anyone for 54, 54? fifty-five thousand? now 6, 56,000? sold 57,000. sold $57,000. >> woo! >> in all, the sale of 57 of cal's cars brings in just under 600 grand. sherri tells me she and her four brothers and sisters will divide up the profits among themselves with a little going to each of cal's grandchildren. >> i think it went very well. dad would be doing the happy dance right now. this will be the last time we see a lot of these cars, one last look, one last goodbye. >> but is it goodbye or "see you later"? ♪ wait a minute. whoa, whoa. you bought the bentley? >> yes, we did. there was no way i was going to let this car go. >> you see, before the auction,

sherri and her siblings had agreed to sell all the cars, so if any of the heirs wanted to keep one, they'd have to bid on it themselves. >> it is really beautiful. i am so excited to get a good look at it. >> we're not going to just look at it. we're going to ride in it. >> you're taking me for a ride? >> i am taking you for a ride let's go. >> all right. >> i would have thought it woul. it kind of rides smooth. >> it's actually a very, very nice car. this is a classic. >> did you pay more than you thought you'd have to? >> slightly more. our limit was 40. we went up to 46. >> sherri tells me she has big plans for the bentley, along with two other classics she and her husband purchased from her dad's collection. >> we plan on opening up a vintage limo service here in savannah. it's the number-two wedding destination in the nation, so what better way to ride in style than riding in something like this for your special day? in honor of my dad,

we've decided to name the business callan's classics. >> i can just imagine how proud your dad must be, his little girl behind the wheel, making a business out of it. >> i think he would be so thrilled and so honored and so happy. >> was dad a classic? >> dad was an incredible classic. >> sherri tells me that even though her mom supported her dad's car hobby, there was one time she put her foot down. cal was hot on the trail of a 1930 ford model a that came up for sale in a neighboring town. he was in love, but his wife, marilyn, told him he had enough cars and shouldn't spend money on another one. he was upset for months, that is until christmas morning when he found that very car waiting for him outside, red bow and all. it had been her plan to surprise him with it all along.

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