In January of 1979, ABC premiered a made-for-TV movie called Salvage, featuring Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) as "the junkman with a dream," which he stated simply: "I want to build a ship, fly to the moon, salvage all the NASA stuff up there, bring it back to the earth, and sell it." His crazy idea isn't so crazy, thanks to the assistance of former astronaut Skip Carmichael (Joel Higgins) and fuel/tech expert Melanie Slozar (Trish Stewart). They managed to build their spaceship and get to the moon and back, thanks to Carmichael's ingenious "Trans-Linear Vector Principle." The movie did so well that the crew's adventures were extended into a total of 18 episodes, split into two seasons.
To date, the entire show hasn't been released commercially, though the two 2-part episodes have been released as discs-on-demand. Otherwise, this archived Salvage 1 fan site is still pretty accurate, and includes an amazing fan-made paper model of the Vulture, including the plans to make your own. Here's another fansite, which is still updated (and is fairly current). And here's the whole series, as recorded from TV to VHS, then digitized and uploaded to YouTube, listed in the originally scheduled air-date order:
Movie/Pilot
"Salvage"
Griffith stars as a junkyard owner who builds a space ship from his scrap pile in order to retreive valuable parts left on the moon by American Astronauts.
Season 1
1 "Dark Island"
The Salvage 1 crew become stranded on a remote island off the coast of Africa and are menaced by a gigantic ape.
2 "Shangri-la Lil"
While searching for the B-25 bomber he flew on Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, Harry discovers an old Japanese soldier who is still fighting World War II.
3 "Shelter Five"
When an earthquake traps a small girl in a bomb shelter, the Salvage 1 team tries to rescue her before after shocks collapse the remaining structure.
4 "The Haunting of Manderly Mansion"
The Salvage 1 team befriends a alien creature from Andromeda who has crashed on Earth and assumed Harry's shape. The alien needs Harry's rocket to escape Earth's gravity and resume his journey home.
5 "The Bugatti Treasure"
The Salvage 1 team finds a 16th century map that supposedly points to the location of Cortez's treasure in the Mojave Desert.
6 "The Golden Orbit (Part 1)"
7 "The Golden Orbit (Part 2)"
Harry is hired to launch a satellite into space using his private rocket, but the U.S. government attempts to scuttle the attempt. Meanwhile, Skip, recently rehired as an astronaut, faces deadly cold in outer space when the heater in his space capsule malfunctions.
8 "Operation Breakout"
An African dictator threatens to place Klinger before a firing squad unless Harry gives him Salvage 1's homemade spaceship.
9 "Mermadon"
Harry befriends a mobile robot who, unknown to the Salvage 1 team, has runaway from a secret army base and is programmed to kill anyone who poses a threat.
10 "Up, Up and Away"
Harry survives a plane crash in a remote canyon but must face crooks determined to retrieve counterfeit currency from the wreck.
11 "Energy Solution"
Melanie plan to develop a method to create crude oil literally backfires, resulting in a raging underground inferno.
12 "Confederate Gold"
While trying to locate gold from the Confederate States of America, the Salvage 1 team is captured by greedy townspeople and forced to work for the locals.
Season 2
13 "Hard Water (Part 1)"
A rival salvagers attempts to tow an iceberg results in disaster.
14 "Hard Water (Part 2)"
Harry and the Salvage One team try to direct the iceberg out of the shipping lanes, but the U.S. Navy is determined to blast the berg to smithereens.
15 "Diamond Volcano"
Harry treats the gang to a trip to Hawaii where they find he has other motives. He has arranged for a mining operation into the side of an extinct volcano to retrieve diamonds formed by extreme geologic forces long ago. However, the volcano proves to be more active than they thought.
16 "Dry Spell"
Harry and the Salvage 1 team are hired to bring rain to a drought-stricken farming community.
17 "Harry's Doll"
Melanie hires a scientist to save Michelle's injured horse from blindness with laser surgery.
18 "Round Up"
The Salvage 1 team tries to round up a herd of wild horses before local ranchers can slaughter them.
And if that's not enough, here is the TV Tropes page for the show, which is a pretty short page, but the usual time sink warnings apply.