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A counter culture type named Vesuvius purchases a run down "fixer upper" of a farm near Murdock, North Carolina. Police detectives suspect him of criminal motives and launch an investigation. They place the farm under surveillance. Meanwhile, a nefarious villain known as The Hawk returns to rustle cattle in the area. Some of the cattle are in questionable condition. when he sells them to an unscrupulous slaughter house. The Hawk has secretly stashed ill-gotten loot on the formerly abandoned farm and Vesuvius is in the way when he decides to retrieve it. The Hawk and his gang also begin watching the farm, in order to recover their loot. Big Shorty, Tiny, Mark and the girls pay Vesuvius a visit and help him repair the deteriorated farm buildings. They must battle a wild fire that threatens to destroy the farm. A load of black market goods is hijacked from unsavory neighbors and The Hawk takes to the air, as he has done in the past. He becomes involved in an aerial duel with the pilot of a fighter jet who accosts him in restricted air space.