01x03 - Swamp Buggy

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Jumbalaya and a crowd-fished paya living

swag here deep in the

heart of Louisiana by

you country master fabricator Jesse James

takes on the raging cage and kneel to

him at oh in a swamp full blast of the

century so perfect kids

tie up to go and grab

your favorite beverage

the next monster garage

challenge is just around the bend join us

now as Jesse James and

his g*ng of maverick

mechanics rip grind and burn transforming

ordinary street vehicles into monster

machines in the monster garage

this week's challenge

take a 1998 Volkswagen

sedan and transform it into the world's

coolest swamp boat the rules when completed

the monster machine must appear to be

stock the team can spend no more than $3

,000 in hard cash for

parts if they meet the

challenge each crew member will

receive a Mac toolkit worth $3,400

Jesse and his crew have

seven days in nights

to design build and

race their creation and

the clock starts now day one five a

.m. Jesse and the design team arrive

these four men take on the monster

varieties greatest challenge to date turning

a 1998 Volkswagen into a swamp boat this

unassuming beetle must transform into a

roaches amphibian gator hater master

motorcycle designer and builder Jesse James

is no stranger to buy you

country he's applied many

a swamp ever vigilant for

snakes gators bats and rats

talk you talk long it's come on man crazy

ideas possible beginning

and first it went

thing and feed is something

in that James b*mb

building at all orders

yeah and how to turn

it somewhere in Ricky Sue

is a top flight designer

for Honda at age 14

he arrived from Taiwan

speaking no English but

went on to graduate from one

of the best automotive

design schools in the country

JD street is a special

effects coordinator for

major Hollywood movies

basically you get paid to

things that are ill*gal

I get to break things

blow things up and set

them on fire without fear

being arrested I think the

biggest thing is making

it float they don't want

to get out there and

have it like what about

doing something inflatable

the situation with that is the way you're

treating this up with property uh the bag

if anyone can handle

this challenge run eat

tibidos the man he's

from deep in Louisiana

buy you country and he

builds one of a kind

400 horsepower plus air

boats the airboat can

go places and no other

boat on the world can go

it can travel on the water it can travel

on land and it just go anyway I want to go

but you need to do a

little right now so as

you start pushing the water instead of an

heck and as a as a plow

when act as a rake of

a blow we can do like

kind of off road truck

as that skid play do

some yeah it looks like

that I mean it's so

simple the way these work

basically the airplane on

the ground I think that

would probably be the job

that looks totally easy

day one ends and the design

process is complete now the

real test begins will Jesse

James succeed in this challenge

day two six AM Jesse

and his team of builders

enter in just five days

and nights this team

must build the beast John Crossic master

welder from Melebo,

California Christy Sumner

pyro technician from

Los Angeles, California

run eat tibido cage and airboat god from

centerville, Louisiana from Anaheim,

California Brian Jenbro, legendary customizer

and John Uribe, master

mechanic Ben Ayes, California

General James reveals the battle strategy

the number one obstacle

as Jesse sees it is

tackle we got to make it

float it's gonna be the

toughest we came up with

all kinds of stuff with

like putting fine tunes like out of

aluminum or something in place of the right

with no respect for fine tune German

engineering the crew rips into the near new

VW every fixture high

price or not must be

stripped out to make

room for second engine

fix lighting mount in a

three-bladed propeller

nothing better than

carrying a part of the room

you can go on eBay what

year is this car 99

sunroof Volkswagen for

sale within an hour

Jesse sells the back

seat the passenger seat

the sunroof and the

windshield on the internet

for a grand total of

seven hundred dollars

but I broke it

but when the bugs guts

are ripped out the team

discovers that its shell

is riddled with holes

and weld them in the holes

inside of there because

this is all that holds

it up and if it goes

in the water and it'll

steep right through these

and then it'll just sink.

John craws it cuts out a

score of one eighth inch

steel tiddly wings the

crew was quick to choose

John K is their master

welder interestingly

enough John comes by his

skills not as a customizer

but as an artist

this our sheet metal then cut and turn and

bend and kick and bite and punch a piece

it's all getting where

I want them to get these

funky turns and curls

and that's uh it's kind

of what I'm looking to

do. When the swamp beetle

slams into the water it

snub nose will take its

straight for the bottom

so Brian's replacing the

front bumper with a steel

prow the idea is when the

thought about five

inches Brian Gendro is a

cutting edge southern

California customizer

I love to come up with new creations new

designs all this airbag

suspension stuff I was

the first one to do it

on any vehicle like the

designer J.D. Christie

makes her living as a movie

high-ro technician so she's used to being

surrounded by men. On used

to being the only woman

you know being drowned

and just tossed around

I just go home and shower

it off and just put

on a nice coral and

some flip-flops and make

dinner. Brian and John

your reb you have completed

the prize under structure

of half inch steel

tubing and now they'll

armor it with steel plate

John your reb teaches

automotive technology

at Los Angeles Trade

Tech but is true love is

stock car racing. After

10 years in automotive

I didn't know where I

was going to go with it

I got back into racing

with with the circle track

and that's really inspired

me to learn how to

build and fabricate do some of the things

that brought me here in the first place.

As far as the swamp

bugs propulsion system

goes the big question is

how's it going to fit?

But the team plans to

cut into the fenders and

the body then weld

these pieces to the door

the hope is to increase the depth of the

opening to the rear cabin by 12 inches

but the Beatles exoskeleton

poses a major challenge.

It doesn't get anybody who's

a whole car together once

you start cutting off these

things there's nothing

to hold the car together.

The whole roof holds

this whole car together.

It's no frame, it's

nothing that's a one

thing I want to do. So

like a skilled surgeon

John must be precise one

false cut could bring down

the roof and permanently

damage the VW's underlying

support structure.

I just cut this out we're

going to attach this to this

part so the top pops up it

brings this whole piece out

we're going to get a

water line about right

here what we got to be

able to come and just

think. Great I get to

drive the irony of this

project as I was just

watching discovery this

weekend and it had a

whole hour-long show of

how to survive in a car

when it's underwater

monster garage factoid.

The first amphibious BW was

designed by Ferdinand

Porsche for the German army

during World w*r II. He

was called the spin record.

Keep your mojo working will

be right back with more

much bigger eyes. Day three

and there's a whole lot to do.

Now we're going to cut

the pieces out right

now for the for the fun scenes let's go.

These pantunes will look

like running boards but

they'll be hollow. The idea

is when filled with foam

the fins will act as stabilizers

and help keep the bug afloat.

The pantunes begin to take shape as Brian

and John Urebe make two 90 degree bends

using a sheet metal press.

This thing's definitely oversized.

Yeah we got to cut it right now.

Do the fit it from the front.

Do the fit it's good back.

Do you want to crew the two ends?

Yeah I think we're like centered up

all the center of the

room on the fender. With a

little sniping, cutting

and welding the pantune

fits snugly between the fenders.

Looks good to me. Yeah I guess

it would just take this down.

No, I can take another

piece and curve this way.

Watch your eyes on it.

Look at that. Wow, so I'm in

this out. Okay, just a touch.

Christy makes sure the

beetle is 100% street legal.

Be proud of this. That way we can

make the transition terms here.

But the big question remains,

how to seal up the VW's bottom.

No problem. Just take a very large

piece of one-eighth inch sheet aluminum

and cover it up. In other words,

turn the beetle into a boat.

Okay, Brian's contemplating the exhaust

pipes. The VW's pipes

end just under the rear

bumper. But when the bugs in the

water, that's going to be a problem.

The solution, custom motorcycle pipes,

tall enough to stay above water.

The two John's want to wrap the

exhaust pipes with this welding blanket

because when the cavity is filled with

floatation foam, there could be a fire.

But can the blanket withstand

1,300 degrees Fahrenheit?

Now that the pipes are covered,

skid plate sealing continues.

The flat bottom is easy,

but the curved prow requires

the special talents of Master

Fabricator Jesse James.

Look, right at it, see where

there's too much material in it.

Best handmade in the LBC. He uses a piece

of tracing paper to make the pattern.

I said, hey, how many times have I

done? I need to tell me I've done it.

I have. Where the

dimension needs to be sure

enough is about midway up. Right where I,

you could see the creases in the

paper, right where I folded it over.

Where it means there's

too much paper, which

is going to mean there's

where there's too much

metal. So right around

in here is, you know,

we'll have to run it

through the big power hammer

and make some some shrink on it.

At West Coast choppers, Jesse begins to

fashion a curved shape on a power hammer.

As the V's collapse in on themselves, the

surface area shrinks in the metal curves.

Yeah, that's what I

got. That's what I got.

The entire bottom is a slick

sheet of sealed aluminum,

able to withstand only 15

pounds per square inch.

Jesse will have to be

careful. A submerged

log could easily tear

a hole in its bottom.

Country, the start line is ready. The air

bolts are revving and

the heaters are weak.

So stay tuned for the

Roddy Swamp last ever

when we come back with

more months to garage.

Day four, the big ticket item arrives.

It's a chrome plated 110 horsepower air

hole Volkswagen engine, cost $2,800,

most of the parts budget, but worth it.

This little baby packs a whole lot

of torque in a very small package.

Ronnie Fashon's mock-up blades.

This luck only when I

go be spin in this one.

They'll serve as measurement

guides to the real

blades, special ordered

from Iowa, arrived.

Ronnie and Christie start

on the engine mount.

This will be a structure built of two-ing

steel tubing. It's

tricky because the mount

must be strong enough to

hold the 250 horsepower

engine, turning it 3

,600 rpm, but tall enough

to allow the blades to

clear the Beatles' floor.

In addition, the mount must slide

in and out of the VW on tracks.

So we can roll underneath.

Oh, that's right there.

We're just sliding down.

Watch the three years in

there and it'll be deal.

Okay, hold it, hold it.

That's too tall.

The props clear the

floor, but not the roof.

This could be a major setback.

Ronnie is beginning to doubt.

Oh, both.

The way I'm looking at it

now will never put runners

on the back of this thing

and close this door now.

But you know what, can we slide

this back until these touch?

Yeah, I can get a better measurement that

way, because it's not far away right now.

That's all the way back.

That's not going to be okay.

But Brian has a bright idea.

But then we take the air cleaners off.

That's pulled a fan shroud off.

Okay, let's move over

the air cleaners off.

Yeah, let's just, let's try and

make it fit before we cut anything.

Wait, there you go.

There you go.

There you go.

Hey, all right, let's see what we got.

Oh, they'll fly easy now.

Okay, what are we getting up?

We're stopped right now.

The air cleaner and the

fan blade shroud are gone.

But they're still not enough headroom.

The roof's edge blocks the way.

Yeah, it's really nice.

Oh, we cut the core.

That stuff up.

We can't do that.

Nobody's going to cut the core.

I want my cut to pick them.

Yeah, it's kind of a little

section out of there.

Cut it out, notches.

Smork it up.

Oh, let's pop something right there.

Go round.

Top, top.

Those things that we

just colored like that.

Now we're top.

We're trying to play with the clothing.

Runny's pushed out right

back where it came from.

Another victory for the monster garage.

Call a team effort. Good job.

I like the tail of an airplane.

Our little airboat is

going to need a rudder.

Actually, twin rudders.

I like the tail of an airplane.

This is what you call a tharsal fin.

We went down to the local harbor here.

We put one off of a shark a while ago.

He didn't need it anymore.

The twin rudders must fit

inside the door closed.

So they can't be very large.

But since volumes of air will be driven

past them by the three-bladed propeller,

they'll work just fine

according to Ronnie.

Go this way. I wanted

to turn the other way.

That's all I wanted to do.

This is a connected rod

that made the rudders

turn together and seek

out back and forth.

The fins are in place,

but now the crucial test.

Down, down, down.

Almost, but not quite.

Lift it up to frame.

I'll show you where you're

hitting right in here.

Right in here.

Right in here.

Fitting both sides.

We need to put a little

bit of a bind on it.

You don't make it look real.

Ooh.

That's the inside.

Shot it.

Hey, I like that.

These cuts require an artist's touch.

Trying to do here across

the mechanics and art.

Now they work.

We're there.

Beautiful.

We're good.

You happy?

I'm happy.

The engine will push the

car in and out of the water,

but what will push the

motor in and out of the car?

So we got 30 inches

of stroke out of this.

It'll push out 30 inches.

Abel to exert 1,000

pounds per square inch.

This monster ram could raise and lower

the dozer blade of a caterpillar tractor,

more than enough umph to push

the motor out and pull it back.

This could be out and this could be back.

Christy fabricates a clever

bracket behind the passenger seat

to hold the rear engine's gas tank.

I wish we had to put that

fuel tank on this side in.

Because we've got to have a shorter

distance to run for the hydraulics.

The fuel line is already on this side.

Right. So you feel tank could have been right

here when the vehicle pump on the wall.

But it's not a big deal to change it.

This can just got to

change it, that's all.

Oh well.

Now the tanks repositioned

behind the driver seat.

This will make Jesse happy.

Now he's got the option

of sinking in the bayou

or being blasted into the Louisiana sky.

Originally, the crew thought they'd raise

the door with another hydraulic cylinder,

but why not do it the easy way?

We've got a door on it.

Go ahead.

You're going to have to do it now.

Hold on.

Hold on.

It's in.

Okay.

Put your back up.

Go up.

I mean, that worked.

Yeah, I worry.

It's just got to get the point.

You got to get your points right.

Another thing that would work, too.

This bar was bent.

See, whenever the hinges

come out of a door,

when it's down, they have a curve.

So whenever it lifts up, it pulls it out.

You see what I'm saying?

So it comes down and

rolls into here like that.

There you go.

I mean, you can try it.

We've got a mess with stuff.

Anyway, give it a shot.

Okay.

Yeah.

It ain't broke.

Don't fix it.

That's it.

Don't open.

Now let's push.

That's it.

Monster garage mantra.

When an individual solution fails,

the monster garage force prevails.

We're ready to go airboat.

Everybody had a little input.

Everybody hit him.

We would all do it.

The rudders look fine,

but now how to control them.

It's seven foot and it's flexible.

So when the engine goes in and out,

it's going to bubble up

through what we need to do.

And then we're going to

put the throttle cable

on the same way,

to where it's going to be

flexible when it goes in and out.

Oh my god.

We need to turn it on to that.

Actually, I'm going to have to fix that

on the end where it's difficult.

Yeah, it kind of.

Back in.

But it's good.

Yeah.

It's great.

That's like right here.

Hey.

Yeah.

I'm ready, man.

Here we go.

We're driving down the road.

We're turning left.

We've got the controls ready to go.

You know.

Looking good, man.

There.

I did have a boat so I can buzz.

And I was in high school with

a milk crate for a sheep.

So my last comes full circle.

Day five.

Second to the last day to build.

Day five.

Oh, two to go.

Now that the prowess complete,

the pontoon's built,

the bottom covered in sealed.

The boat is gaterproof,

but is it waterproof?

There's so many places where water's

just going to rush right in here.

There's no way to seal

the wheel wells up.

The one I think what we should do is do

the spray foam on the edges, you know?

Every hole no matter

how tiny must be filled.

And no, this is not ready whip,

but a fast acting sealant.

Now it's time to fill up the

Beatles big hollow spaces

with floatation material.

This canful of liquid

doesn't look like much,

but its contents will expand

into a square yard of foam.

It's a lime.

Nice.

This product is known

in the trade as AB foam.

The A part is a resin,

and the B part is a catalyst.

But will it float?

My demo is to see if the foam floats.

And it does float.

Our co-can is floating properly.

Put a propeller on the back.

All right, we're there.

That's lovely.

I think I need a couple of lizard tails.

And a line so it looks

all nice and pretty in.

Seals it up really nice.

That right there covers the hood.

But if you shut the hood with the hood,

everything lower, it's cut it'll hit that.

Meanwhile, John seals off the skin.

But it's clear that an open

flame will ignite this stuff.

But not to worry.

Everyone's sure that the engines heat

won't be enough to ignite the foam.

At least that's what they hope.

It's so best of them.

We're all there to do now.

Don't help to make my sea.

Now what's this product?

I'm sorry to have all these tools, man.

You got to hand over here with the foam.

You can just rip it off.

I don't want to rip it off.

I want to cut it clean.

Now you cut and bread.

Just like it.

I got some weird stuff.

I'll use that knife yet.

That's what's supposed to flow.

All right.

Yeah, sure.

The crew was hoping that

this delivery would be the

propeller, which was supposed

to arrive this morning.

But the boxes contained monster

rims courtesy of LA Wire Wheels.

3B.

3B.

3B.

Zero.

Not out.

A lot to the buck to you right there.

The Ram's in place.

Now John Urebe and Brian develop

a hydraulic system to drive it.

One side of the ram, the

other side of the ram.

And that's it.

Wire enough for the

cylinder and the switch.

It's ready to put it

down down right here.

How fast is going to go?

We pump.

We have to dump.

And we pump the other way.

We have to dump.

We have two dumps.

And one pump.

Monster garage mantra.

For every pump, there's two dumps.

Okay, let's see.

We got hydraulic lines here.

We got start of wire.

Ignition fuel pump.

Looking ready to go.

I got power to the switch.

There they're coating on it sticks.

I just get a cross.

Watch your face.

Go.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

We got some on-screen.

That's there you go.

Go man, go.

Go man.

What's going on?

All we're going to need some

on-screen, but that's okay.

Watch my car.

Everything is shaping up real fine.

But just to remind everyone what's at

stake, Ronnie's third cousin once removed

his arrived straight from the bayou.

Go ahead.

What the hell?

Hey, what do you want?

Breakout nuts?

Yeah.

That thing better float.

We're just he's going to

race the swamp beetle.

There's many more of these

critters in the water.

I think I better actually

go back and do a little

more foaming on the

underside of that thing.

Now just to make sure,

make double sure it floats.

Chris, what do you guys use at

the board and out in the pool?

For the final sealant, the

crew sprays on Rhino lining.

This is the same stuff used

to weatherproof truck beds.

Now, hopefully, every nook

and cranny will be filled.

Look up a starter to switch, hook up fuel

lines, run hydraulic

hoses, throttle cable,

and the turning linkage.

That would be staring, yeah.

I'm falling.

And fall, right?

Do you put make your float on there?

We're not worried about that.

We're not driving it.

But if it goes in the

water, it goes like this.

But this is getting smaller.

So tomorrow we'll, we shouldn't, we'll

almost be able to button everything up.

Consider where we add.

I think we ought to go to

the water and float it to me.

Let's be careful.

I just really want to get the

underside of this car sealed,

because I'm really afraid that

water's going to start seeping it

and it's going to go down.

I don't want that to happen.

So it's just, and there's so many

places where water can get in

that we can't see.

I mean, water's going to get in.

It's going to get in.

All I can try to do is slow it down.

Day six, the final day of build.

Today, the team plans to put

the swamp boat in the water.

I felt that the car

needed a little color.

So I stopped in the garden on my way.

I had a house and I thought

some nice bearded lilies

would add a nice feminine

touch to the car.

Oops, sorry.

I thought we were going to go

straight off and move the rat.

This is going to be a plan B.

Did you set up rolling my way home?

Finally, with just hours left

in the day, the proper ride.

We were 97 and many would like 7.45.

Each blade is 14 inches

long and when a fixed

will give the propeller circle

a diameter of 36 inches.

I mean, exactly 18 inches.

That's it.

Now we actually have something to

propel the boat across the water with.

That's a concept.

The blades are made of a

composite of fiber and carbon.

Though short, they will be able

to deliver 1,500 pounds of thrust.

That's cool, isn't it?

Yeah.

That would look like you would

take your finger right off,

but the hell off.

A little off.

It's time to talk to me

about the swamp boat.

Me and Ronnie.

He swore it when come off.

I don't want to test it in the swamp.

There's some funky stuff in there.

Cutting my ol' alligator.

I shouldn't deliver it.

Telling your man, that

wasn't in the Louisiana.

We don't have mountain

in the Louisiana, man.

Whatever.

That's it.

What happened to Randy yesterday?

Give it a couple pounds.

It's crystal clear that the

bugs got plenty of power,

but will it flow?

It's not going to go down.

It's going to go down, it's

going to go down the ramp.

out in the water turn

around and back up the

ramp and out and we

come in back and then we

done. It will work. It's

last the swamp thing rolls

from the garage ready

for its first float test,

but the crew has wasted

valuable time and now

it's very late in the

game at a ramp in the long

beast marina two miles

from the monster garage

the crew prepares to roll

their little treasure

into the bay. The confidence

level is medium. I

still am not completely

positive it's going to float.

But that's why we're here.

Everybody else seems to

be like no problem, but

for some reason I haven't

seen it yet so I don't

believe it. We give it

some gas to see if we can,

well let's just see if

Master's make sure it's

going to float. Well, all we

gotta do is do it quick and

get out. But it's five o'clock

just an hour of daylight

left. If the swamp thing

floats, the crew will

have met the challenge.

But if it doesn't, they'll lose.

Fantastic. Looks like

the swamp bug is taking

to the water like a duck takes to a pond.

But it's sink in the front.

The front's going under.

Suddenly the VW starts

taking on water fast.

Easy, easy. The front's

taking on a lot of water.

See, it's all draining.

But all the water went

through the hood. That

opened. The water went through

the hood. The prow was

engineered and designed to

be permanently sealed in

absolutely watertight,

but water gets where water goes. Someone

forgot to fill the hollow

front prow with foam.

That bumper is a big

cavity you guys and that's

not full of foam like

it was going to be. So

yeah, we got any foam left,

Chris? I thought it was

in there already. I didn't

know there was no foam

in it. That's what's gotta

keep it up. Just need

a little more foam in the

front. I believe it will

be all right. But there's no time for

finger pointing. Just drill on board.

That was a lot. Is that stuff dry yet?

Let's go. Knights coming down hard

under headlights the team

races on. Okay, easy, easy.

All right, yes, all

up. Come on down, man.

It's the final hour. 11 30, 11 40, 11 50,

10 minutes to midnight.

This has got to be

it. Let's go slow, make sure it comes up.

I can't hold it no more. Yeah, it's

going up. It's going up. It's going up.

Got the water. I mean, got the water.

Get out of the water. That's the water.

That's it. That's it. It's floating.

They're pulling it up, pull it up,

flip it back. It ain't

going to sink tomorrow.

It's a foam, does it?

It's a foam, that was

a foam. That was a foam.

That's a foam, that was a

foam. And you know what,

my feet are still blind.

It floats. While the

exhausted crew sleeps,

Tom Prood of demons

transforms our little white

angel into a Diablo

orange devil. It's like

the crew at the monster

garage got another

project done for me. My

assignment for tonight

is to make it the brightest orange buggy

in the world and to obtain that what I'm

going to do. I'm blending

five different color

per lesson oranges together. Now the beetle

is going to flash like a spicy piece of

page and jater bait.

They're going to love

Jessie because he's look

at that little white

skin. They're going to

be chasing Jessie all

this while. I wish I was there to see it.

Now it's off to the bayou for the

swamp boat challenge of the century.

Don't be a gater, hater. We'll be

right back with more months to garage.

Deep deep in the very

heart of Louisiana Bayou

Country. Jessie james in

his swamp beetle heads

for a rendezvous with

destiny. Neil Tibbido,

Ronnie's son, and his hot

and buddy think they're

going to catch a mess of

bass and maybe a gater

or two. But unbeknownst

to them, this day is going

to turn into the swamp

boat duel of the century.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the big swag and Frankie

White side. Once again,

monster garage challenge,

special edition cage and

style. How you doing,

Frank? I am doing great

swag. Here we are,

center real Louisiana

ladies and gentlemen,

eight buoy challenge.

The whole town is out in

full forcing, including

the fire department.

It's going to be a

barnburner of a race, Frank.

There's our man, Jessie. Now I got to ask

you swag. He's the master

of four wheels. He's

the master of two

wheels, but swag. Water,

you got to be kidding

me. And there is his

competition for the day.

Neil Tibbido, the son of

famous swamp boat builder,

Ronnie Tibbido, and

he is looking confident.

Tibbido, as well as the

folks of centerfield,

think they are in for

traditional airboat on

airbos race. But now,

they are getting their

first look at the future.

Jessie's 1998 BW swamp

bug and they are shocked.

It's all about style. It's

all about fabrication,

and they have never seen

anything like this before,

Frank. I've never seen anything

like this before, swag. Who has?

I think it takes an hour and a cage and

it puts something like this together.

Frank, a little tidbit.

There are only a handful

of these amphibious

cars in the world today.

Ladies and gentlemen,

as we gear up for the

race, Neil Tibbido

says I'm ready. Jessie,

isn't the not I'm ready,

and the green flag is

up and they are off.

Jessie leaves his swamp

behind and hits straight

for the water. But

there's the equalizer.

Frank, the gators are

smelling blood and they're getting in the

water. Look at that

baby. She's in the water.

And holy, crawfish pie,

she's floating. Let me

tell you something. I

did a little research,

Frank, a hundred and forty-five people go

missing in the swamp every year, Frank,

and they'll 16-book in

his way over 750 pounds.

A hundred and forty-five.

I did not know that.

Right off the back, you

can see Jessie changes

smart. He's smiling. He's laughing. He is

already past the second

buoy and Neil Tibbido

hasn't even got his

boat up the trailer yet.

Yeah, but that nose is

getting a little low

on the water there.

Where is Neil Tibbido?

Neil Tibbido having problems getting that

400 horsepower swamp boat in the water.

Jessie James looking

confident and cool. And

finally, there is Neil Tibbido. The boat,

they're off and ready. And Jessie

James passing the fourth buoy.

Neil Tibbido with this

400 horsepower big block

Chevy Swamp boat gets it

ready to put in the water.

And Jessie James looking at Jessie

James giving the evil salute saying,

I will beat you, but he's taking an awful

lot of water, Frank,

and if he goes under,

not only does he have

to worry about the 16

-book gators, but he's

going to worry about them

seven poisonous deadly

snakes that got out

there in Cation Country. He's looking for

eyeland swag as he heading

for the gator graveyard.

Jessie James put this feet

up. He thinks he is going

down. Frank, he's checking all over the

place. They're coming

into the final stretch.

Jessie James is taking all

sorts of water. I don't

think he's going to make

it a the embankment.

Neil Tibbido may come back

and win this race for Center

for Louisiana because that

water bug is waterlogged.

He is sucking a lot of

swamp water there. I

don't see how he could

possibly get there.

And the bans are going,

hey, she's thinking

they know it's going to

be a photo finish and

there he is. Neil Tibbido coming out of

the water. Jessie coming out of the water.

It's going down to the line that

checkers like. And there it is, Frank.

It's done. It's done. He's started again.

Jessie James wins another must across

challenge and the local

boys are picked up.

And there it is. The

cage and not. That's what

Jessie Gator James is

all about. But there's

no time for profit.

Borrow or egg to fail.

There are miles to go and further

challenges await in the monster garage.