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[Josh] I mean, just look at this place

Expedition: Back To The Future

I mean,just look at this place. Apex Surplus has been inoperation for nearly half a...

Expedition: Back To The Future • S01E04 • 2021

[Josh] I mean,
just look at this place. Apex Surplus has been in
operation for nearly half a century. A family-owned business,
founded by William Slater who used to drive around L.A. picking up scrap metal
and surplus goods from Lockheed, Webber Aircraft
and Boeing, just to name a few. It all began
as an electronics junkyard, and morphed over the years to become
the number one resource for prop masters looking to build unique
contraptions for TV and film. Not only did they provide Kevin
Pike with the resources he needed to build the time machine
from Back to the Future, but they have been instrumental in
the making of a ton of blockbusters. Air Force One, Bladerunner,
Ghostbusters, The Matrix, Titanic

Full Transcript

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[Josh] I mean, just look at this place.

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Apex Surplus has been in operation for nearly half a century.

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A family-owned business, founded by William Slater

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who used to drive around L.A.

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picking up scrap metal and surplus goods

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from Lockheed, Webber Aircraft and Boeing,

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just to name a few.

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It all began as an electronics junkyard,

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and morphed over the years to become the number one resource for prop masters

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looking to build unique contraptions for TV and film.

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Not only did they provide Kevin Pike with the resources he needed

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to build the time machine from Back to the Future,

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but they have been instrumental in the making of a ton of blockbusters.

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Air Force One, Bladerunner, Ghostbusters, The Matrix, Titanic.

Duration

44 seconds

Views

411

Timestamp in Movie

00:05:03

Uploaded

May 10, 2025

Season

1

Episode

4

Genres

documentary, action, comedy

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Movie Summary

Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd set out an epic journey in search of the iconic DeLeorean Time Machine from the "Back to the Future" trilogy of movies, hoping to deliver it to The Michael J. Fox Foundation.