07x10 - Frustrated with a '32 Ford; Return to Pikes Peak, Part 1

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Right now
on "fast n' loud"...

Where you going?
I said clean it and sell it.

Hot rod hunter Richard rawlings

and master mechanic
Aaron Kaufman

are on separate missions.

So much better
than being at the shop.

As the '32 Ford

that was supposed
to be an easy payday

while Aaron returned
to pikes peak...

A little gas monkey magic

could turn this
into a real moneymaker.

...turned out to be
harder than they thought.

- It looks like the Titanic.
- You aren't kidding.

Now, as the monkeys struggle

to finish the job on time
and make Aaron proud...

- Hey, let's get this done.
- Let's get this done.

...mother nature puts
Aaron's racing dreams on hold.

All it does is
it builds up nerves.

Meanwhile, Richard may
have found his silver lining.

It's not mine.
They're all yours.

And Dennis does his duty to help
gas monkey's bank account.

So how much is
this $40,000 car?

$80,000.

It's a week of twists and turns.

That's a doughnut, Tony.

Will it end in fire or ice?

They're just not
gonna do it.

It was loud.
Then it was fast.

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- Good.

Everything
still fitting tight?

- Both sides good, good.
- All right, man.

- Be careful, have fun.
- Yes, sir.

So I'm here at the 93rd running

of the pikes peak
international hill climb

just outside Colorado Springs.

It's day two, qualifying day.
And I'm about to make my run

to see where I'll start
on race day.

**

Basically, I want to put down
a good time today,

so I can race earlier
in the day.

Because the later in the day
you run,

the bigger the chance
you're gonna have to run

on wet, icy track
or something of that nature.

And that's a risk
I'd rather avoid.

Well, this isn't
how I envisioned my week going.

So let's rewind to a year ago

when I finally
answered the call

to race in the pikes peak
international hill climb.

I was a wide-eyed rookie just
happy to be on the mountain.

Last year, I was racing
in the exhibition class.

So the only pressure
was coming from me.

But this year,
I'm in the open class.

And the times count.

But right now...

...things aren't
looking too good.

We done it now.

What a mess.

Yee-haw.

Ew, thank god.

Luckily, that smoke
was just some oil

burning off the headers,
not an engine fire.

But then, I noticed there
was oil all over the road.

Phew, all right.

Not good.
Not good.

There's no winning.

Something on my engine
had spewed oil everywhere.

Yep, 100%.

No, I...
I mean, I lost traction there.

It just started... it started,
you know, to under-steer,

get a little more, came around.

Yeah, so I was off
in the over here.

And it's got a lot of oil
coming off of it.

They're gonna get
the course cleaned up.

And we're gonna
tow the car down the hill.

Got to figure out
exactly what I'm dealing with.

So while Aaron's up
racing around pikes peak,

the rest of the monkeys
are supposed to be wrapping up

the build on the '32 Ford coupe.

You know, the one that was
supposed to be an easy build?

Yeah.

What are you doing,
Richie-rich?

It all started
when I went up to Sacramento

to buy a car
from a good buddy of mine.

Wait, is that
a '32 Ford coupe over there?

But I think, right now, he
might be laughing his a*s off.

'Cause this car,
it's a real p.O.S.

First off,

we discovered that the frame
looked like Swiss cheese.

This is horrible work.
Man.

And that meant
more time and money

to make sure that everything
was welded up right.

Then, after Aaron skedaddles
out of town for the race...

I got a mountain to conquer.

- Wow.
- Looks like the Titanic.

That is rough.

...we find out
that the motor's junk.

And you know who is gonna
have to pay to replace it.

Why can't
just one thing go right?

So this '32 was supposed to be
an easy, quick build.

And it's turned into a long,
drawn-out nightmare.

I want to be done
with this car in two days.

And I still haven't had a chance
to figure out the interior.

Now I'm gonna
have to go deal with sue.

Man, sue, this place gets bigger
every time I come in here.

- Hey, how you doing?
- I'm doing good.

- What's going on?
- I got a '32 Ford coupe.

You've done a couple
for me in the past.

Where's the car?

Well, you say I always
bring you junk.

So this time, I left
the junk at my shop.

Oh, how am I supposed
to work on it?

The car's not here.
I can't give you price.

Well, can't you just come over
and take a look at it?

I got to go with you
to go look at it?

Come on.

All right.
Hold on tight.

Slow down.

Look, mom, no hands!

You're crazy.
Slow down!

Hey, watch out
for the hole!

What are you doing?

It hurt my back.

Are you crazy?

I ain't riding with him
no more.

Lousy driver.

All right.
Let's go look at this interior.

- Ta-Da.
- Ta-Da.

All I want to do
is go back

with just nice black carpet,
black door panels.

All I want is just clean black,
nice and neat.

And you got
ugly headliner, too.

Yeah, headliner,
everything goes black.

How much
is this gonna cost me?

You've done cars like this
for me 100 times over.

This gonna cost you
$5,000.

- What?
- $5,000.

She hits me with 5 grand.


for the interior of a car

that she's done for me


And that's before I even told
her I needed it in two days.

How 'bout $3,500?

What?! No.

Here he go again.

Every time.

I don't know
if it's worth 5 grand.

Oh, yes, of course.

He won't pay me.

Can't I get some kind of
discount, like $2,500?

Cheap a*s monkey.

No way.

You know what?

I'm not paying $5,000
for an interior job on a '32.

- See you later.
- Oh, I got to walk.

- Yep, it's not that far.
- Okay, I walk.

- All right.
- No problem.

With all the other crap
that's gone wrong with the '32,

I needed a good deal
on the interior.

And 5 grand wasn't a good deal.

So she can walk home.

Well, there's
the door, lady.

I'm walking now.

Okay.


Maybe it's time to open
my own interior shop.

But I will always live
in the memory of sue's legs

wrapped around me
on my old green chopper.

Those were the days.

- Hey, Jason?
- Yes?

- Oh, nice.
- You want to be impressed?

Check out the weld
on the suspension.

You think there's problems
with the car, itself?

Golly.
Every weld on the suspension...

- Oh, my gosh.
- What are you talking about?

Geez. I...

I'm surprised it got
in the door in one piece.

This morning,
we got our suspension

from our '32 coupe build
back from the sandblaster.

And man, with the bare metal,

you can just see
it's full of holes.

Goodness.

Now the suspension
needs to be welded and repaired

before we can paint it
and get it back in the car.

- Wow. Man, what a mess.
- Yeah.

- Golly, that is, uh...
- I got some welding to do.

Yeah, I'm gonna
leave you with that.

Once you get it ready,
I'll get it prepped

- and painted up.
- All right.

I mean, this was supposed to be
one of our "easy" builds

while Aaron was off racing
at pikes peak.

But it won't quit
giving us problems.

While Jeremy's repairing
the suspension,

at least we can get
the new small-block installed.

Hey, guys, Jamie's here
with the motor.

Good.
'Sup, Jamie?

Hey, what's up?
How 'bout that?

Man.
Ah, that's pretty.

- Did you dyno that?
- Yep.

- What'd it make?
- 290.

Yes!

You bailed us out
on this one.

It's a rebuilt small-block Chevy

exactly like the one
we took out.

Did you say
let's get this done?

Let's get this done.
Let's get it in there.

The truth of the matter is
a '32 is a small vehicle.

If we get everything to come
together, we can put it together

relatively quickly
and get it out the door.

Watch your fingers,
there, buddy.

We really wanted to prove

that we could do a build
without Aaron here.

But at this pace, I'm worried

we won't be done
before he gets back.

And we really don't want to
let him down like that.

Okay, hold up.

Our deadline's in two days.

And because of everything
that's gone wrong,

I'm worried
we might miss it.

- You in?
- Jackpot.

Awesome.

That's one major thing
out of the way.

All right, Joan.

I'm about to drop
that falcon down here.

Ten-four.

All right.
All right.

So now that we've got the falcon
back down at the staging area,

I'm hoping to get
to the bottom of exactly

what happened
that almost sent me

off the edge of this mountain.

Oh, man, that is a mess.

Uh, it could only be
a couple things, uh,

oil filter adapter seal,

oil filter seal or the...
One of the two lines

that's in the return,
right there.

I'm fixing to fire it up
and, uh, cover your eyeballs.

We'll see where
it's coming from.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

All right, then.

Yeah, you can feel
the oil spurting out.

Just... when you put... when
you put your finger in there,

I can see it pushing
out just now.

The second I started it up,
hot oil spewed everywhere.

But it's still hard
to pin down the exact source.

Okay, okay.

So we're gonna load it up,
take it down the hill.

I can't see, though.

And if we can't
get it figured out,

then I guess my race is done
before I've even run it.

Straighten up.

Perfect.

Why isn't this car done?

The '32 keeps making trouble.

Oh, man.

Give me another update
on the road conditions.

And fate may
have it in for Aaron.

- Got that pan underneath there?
- Yeah, it's underneath it.

After my crash yesterday,

we made it off the mountain
and across town

to European
performance specialists.

And, uh, they graciously
offered me a bay.

So we're gonna
get our hands dirty

and figure out what the problem
with the car is.

- What do you need?
- The span wrench.

Uh, yeah, got it.

Okay.

It's never ideal working in
a shop you're not familiar with.

But when the alternative
is not to race,

you do what you got to do.

Can you hold this
on there,

right there?

- You got a hold of it?
- Yep.

All right.

What happened?
Oh, it broke.

It broke. It blew
the whole chunk out.

That's what happened.

So we used an oil filter adapter
on our engine

in order to remote mount
the oil filter,

which helps save space and makes
the filter more accessible.

Well, the connection
between the engine

and that adapter has failed,
which led to a massive oil leak,

which ultimately put my car
and myself in a ditch

and then into another ditch and
almost a cliff kind of thing.

So...

What happened is, where
it's held into the block here,

due either from too much
pressure or vibration

or just general part failure
or something,

it... it...
It opened that up.

And when it did,
it allowed the pressure

to blow the o-ring out.

It's regrettable.
But there's no way

of... of knowing
that was coming

or preventing it,
just a part failure.

And it just gave up
at a really inopportune time.

And that's just part
of racing, you know?

I'm gonna give the car
a thorough once-over

to make sure
everything else is safe.

And then, I guess
we're gonna have to hunt

down a new oil filter adapter.

Oh, nice.
Brand-new exhaust.

Not anymore, it's not.

Aside from
the scraped-up exhaust

and the tires
that we need to change...

That oil's still
on the inside of these tires.

The biggest bummer, here,
is that I didn't get

to post a good qualifying time.

So I'm gonna be starting
in the afternoon,

when the weather
tends to be at its worst

up on the top of the mountain.
I guess I'll yank these.

Y'all got... you got your parts
you're gonna replace?

Yep.

Okay.
Well, y'all get on that.

Okay, so this is what I was
telling you about...


one owner.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Numbers matching,
you name it.

We haven't even polished it.
This is it.

- As I found it.
- Incredible.

When I scored this
'74 super-duty trans am

for just 35 big ones...

- Guys, thank y'all, man.
- Thank you.

It's not every day you get
to buy a one-owner super-duty.

...i was hoping I could
flip it for 50k or 60k.

I mean, it was
the fastest production car

out in 1974.

So this guy obviously
knew what he had.

The license plate is sd455.
That is cool.

Well, I hadn't even
put the word out yet,

when I got an unexpected nibble.

Let me just look
under the hood real quick.

I know you guys
have checked it, but...

You check it out, dude.

Me and Dennis do this thing
called deal of the day.

You know, we call each other
at the end of the day.

And we're like,
"oh, I did this today.

And I did this today."
And we kind of compare.

Well, yesterday he told me
that he sold his '73 super-duty

that he said
he'd never sell.

And the same guy he sold it to
is looking for a '74.

And I'm like, "oh,
you want to know

what my deal
of the day is, Dennis?

I have a '74 super-duty."

So 16 heads,
it's got the...

It's got the right
lsx intake, Jason?

- Yes.
- Good. All right.

Well, I'm not gonna spend
forever nitpicking the car

since you guys
have already looked at it.

- You want to go for a ride?
- Heck yeah.

Nothing like riding
in a super-duty.

I'll get the door.

If this runs and drives
even decent, I'm in.

- I would say that's decent.
- Oh, I know, man.

Are you positive
that the posi works?

I don't know.

It works.

You know what?
I bet that's the first doughnut

this car has done
in 10 years.

That's what super-duty's for...
Super doughnuts.

- That's what sd stands for.
- Special motors.

I call it super dude.

So how much is this
$40,000 car?

$80,000.

Dude, it's
a one-owner super-duty.

You're not gonna snag one
of those for 40 grand.

We've done enough car deals.

I'm gonna sell this car
for about 55 grand.

So if you want 80,
it's never gonna work.

Well, it would work.
You just lose.

So here's the deal...

I think I can make
about 55 grand on this car.

But it might take me a while.

While Dennis on the other hand,
well, he's got a guy

that'll take it off
his hands tomorrow

for probably
about the same price.

So I got to leave a little room
for profit for him

if I'm gonna sell it today.

And so since I have to pay

for that new motor
on the '32 Ford,

like it or not,
I do want to sell it today.

So how 'bout $47,500?

Still needs a little bit
of gathering up.

I'm not gonna beat you
to death. 45 grand.

All right, man.


- All right, cool.
- So at the end of the day,

if we can both make
a little bit of money

on the car, great.
You know?

You're not gonna nickle
and dime your best friend.

So I made 10 grand.

He's gonna make


before it's all over with.
Win-win for everybody.

- Did you bring cash?
- Of course.

Excellent.
Age before beauty.

I said that to sue,
too.

**

Good?

So it's race day.

I'm equal parts
nervous and excited.

I'm ready to hit
the course right now.

But on the way up the mountain
on my qualifying run,

I lost control of the falcon.

Success.

And, uh, the good news

is through so many
other people's good graces,

we were able to get the car
back together last night.

The bad news...
Because I didn't finish,

I won't race until
later in the day.

But even being a spectator
all morning

is so much better
than being at the shop.

The energy up here
is just intoxicating.

There's some clouds rolling in,
but for the most part,

the weather's holding.

And I'm getting to see
a lot of people

putting down
some pretty crazy times.

Honestly, though, the waiting's
starting to get old.

I'm ready for my shot
at the mountain.

**

Oh, man, why does everything

that's supposed to be easy
just feel like

the revenge
of the junky-a*s car.

It's not the most
solid engineered car.

It's not kosher.

Well, here's where we stand.
The '32 coupe,

which was supposed
to be a straightforward build

for us to get done
while Aaron was at pikes peak,

is messing with us again.

- Oh, dear...
- You all right?

Yeah.

Right now, we're trying to get
the front suspension back on it.

A job that should've
taken five minutes

is now going on almost an hour.

I just don't know if
I'm getting enough of it.

I'll get on
one side regardless.

All right.
Got it.

Part of why we're working
so hard to get the car finished

is that Aaron will be
back in a couple days.

And we wanted to prove
that we can handle things

while he's gone.

I don't think we're ever
going home tonight.

- I don't either.
- At the rate

that this car
is coming together.

What is going on with my '32?
What's up?

Well...

Why isn't this car done?

I walk into the garage
today expecting

to see the '32 pretty much done.

And they're still working
on the suspension.

News flash, monkeys...
Tomorrow's the deadline.

Listen, I know
you're frustrated.

But everything has been
a massive undertaking.

The suspension,
the motor, the paint,

it's all just taking a lot
longer than we thought it would.

Why can't anything
just go easy?

Why can't we just knock
the 80s off of it and sell it?

So here's the deal...

I originally only wanted
to spend $7,500 total

on this car.

At this point,
I'm easily over 10 grand,

and we're not even gonna have
sue do the interior.

I'm just ready to get
this thing done, sold

and out of my life forever.

I need this car done
by tomorrow, gentlemen.

Oh, man.

Dwight, give me another update
on the road condition

at devil's playground?

White line to edge
of pavement, small hail.

So that's
at devil's playground.

The racing line is wet.
And from the white line

to the edge of the pavement
is full of snow and hail.

So word just came down
from up on the course

that the conditions
are really bad

near devil's playground,

which is about two-thirds
of the way up.

Uh, we're gonna do
a 30-minute rain delay

right now, uh, moving
into maybe a 2-hour rain delay.

After that, there's a good
chance they'll call the race.

This is kind of
what we deal with at 9,000 feet

all the way to 14,100,

is how fast the,
uh, weather changes.

I'm bummed.
I hate waiting.

I don't even go to the post
office if there's cars outside

because I hate lines so much.

So sitting around here waiting,

all it does
is it build up nerves.

Man I'm down.

The '32 just won't start.

Oh, hold it. Hold it.
Hold it.

And Aaron's race
comes to an end.

They're just not
gonna do it.

So I'm here at pikes peak
international hill climb

all amped up
and ready to race.

But the mountain
seems to have other plans.

Right now, they just
called for a rain delay.

But they haven't cancelled
the race yet.

The weather's
still kind of rough.

So this could be
the end of my day.

Really?

So I was sitting in my office.

And I'm trying to add up
all the receipts for the '32

to get an idea of how much
it's cost me so far.

And I hear someone attempting
to do doughnuts outside.

Key word... "attempting."

- Hi.
- When did you get a corvette?

Well, I walk outside

and it's Tony t
in a 4th-gen corvette.

You weren't around.

So I just ran by
and took a look at it.

And I thought,
for 5 grand...

You bought this
for yourself?

Well, no, it's not mine.
They're all yours.

So you bought this with my money
without telling me?

It's an executive decision.

Since when did you
become an executive?

Let me tell you
what I know about executives.

They're the first ones
to get whacked.

All the people at the bottom
that are working,

like the guys in the shop
and everything else,

they gonna have a job forever.
The executives?

That's the fat meat on the bone.

It's a '96 'vette.

Also, it's
a collector's edition.

It's a collector's
edition 'cause

it says collector's
edition, right?

Well, no, I mean, they actually
had a collector's edition.

And they said
collector's editions, but...

I don't even know, man.
This is like the b*stard year

of corvettes.
Nobody wants these things.

Dude, all the power seats work,
all the lumbar, everything.

The air conditioner works,
start works.

It's a 'vette, man.
And 'vette gets 'em wet.

- That's what I always heard.
- Oh, that's horrible, man.

And you suck
at doing doughnuts.

Let me see
how this thing drives.

I know Richard's
not really into corvettes.

But maybe after he takes
this kitty out for a spin,

he'll see the potential to make
some fast and easy dinero.

And we know
he's really into that.

That's a doughnut, Tony.

I'm just busting
Tony's ba*ls on this.

I mean, for 5 grand,
I'd have bought it, too.

I think it makes some money.
We get it cleaned up.

We don't really have
to do anything to it.

It runs and drives.
Kick it back out there

on the ol' interwebs
and some corvette enthusiast,

they're gonna love this.

Here's the deal... clean it,
sell it, make some money.

No more executive decisions
until you prove yourself worthy.

All right.

They're shortening it
to Glenn cove.

So some rider,
as I was walking up,

somebody asked the question,
"are we going to the top?"

And they're just not
gonna do it.

So not ideal but, hey,
at least we get to go racing.

So the race wasn't cancelled.

But we're only running up
to Glenn cove.

It's just a third
of the way up the course.

At first, I was ready to pack up
and leave right then.

Why even bother if I can't
make it to the summit?

But then, I realized
I couldn't just

throw in the towel and leave
because I was pissed off.

I came up here
to challenge myself.

So far, it's been a challenge.

We've already bounced
back from one crash.

And I get to see if I can
improve on last year's time,

even if it's only one leg
of the course.

Last year, I ran the hill climb
in 12 minutes and 53 seconds.

This year, we're making
more power.

The car handles better.
So I was hoping

to improve my time
to around the 11:50 Mark.

That's of course
for the whole race.

Now, it's tough to ballpark just
running up to Glenn cove.

But if I could beat


and get even more comfortable
on the course,

I feel like I was able to make
the best of a tough situation.

- Hey, Aaron, how are you?
- Good.

- Straps nice and tight?
- Both of 'em.

- Steering wheel's good?
- All of 'em.

Have a good run, man.

- See ya.
- Yes, sir.

**

I know I wasn't gonna
go to the top.

So I had it in my head

to just give it hell
as much as I could.

Maybe I hit it
a little bit harder

than I would if I was trying
to keep the equipment together

all the way.

I was driving the car as, uh,
as hard as I could drive it.

I could've driven it, probably,
a little bit smoother.

But I was really having
a good time sliding it around

and banging on it.

I came around
that last turn sliding.

And then saw
that checkered flag.

And I realized what
I would've missed

had I given in to my anger
and packed up and went home.

I had a blast.
We're happy to be here,

happy to run our cars, happy
they didn't cancel it on us.

Well, you know,
as the saying goes, you know,

"a bad day racing is better
than a good day at work."

It's certainly true here.

My final time was 5 minutes
and 17 seconds.

I did beat a goal
that I set out for myself.

But I don't know
what that translates to

if I had run
the whole racecourse.

I do know that the car
felt faster than last year.

I only felt like
I came up slow.

I decided to stay in two

in one of corners
instead of going back to one.

And it bogged a little bit.
Aside from that, phew.

And I also know we'll
be back again next year.

It's the 100-year anniversary.

I can't think of, uh,
any more challenging racetrack.

But right now,
I'm gonna take a day

or two to recuperate before
before I get back to Dallas

and find out
how that '32 Ford build went.

Get it loaded up,
go to town, have some beers.

You know, Charles, as nice
as this car turned out,

it still sucks that we didn't
make our deadline

'cause
there were so many issues.

So today
is the day the '32 coupe

was supposed to be finished.

And well,
as you can see, it's not.

Charles and I are still
buttoning up a few things.

And we still got to fire
the motor to see if it's okay.

Aaron's due back tomorrow.
And we wanted to prove

that we could finish builds
without him here.

So if the engine
doesn't fire, basically,

we've failed.

All right.
Let's fire this thing up.

So we crank on the motor
a couple times,

just dragging a little bit.

Seems like the timing's off.

Oh, hold it.
Hold it. Hold it.

Then, we get fire, you know,

a little backfire
out of the carburetor.

You're thinking,
"oh what now?"

- Backfire?
- Yeah, a little bit.

I think the timing's out
a little bit.

Let's go through
the firing order real quick.

Wrong.

Sure enough,
plug wires were out of order.

I had them wired
counterclockwise.

They should've been clockwise.

All right. We'll make 'em
pretty in a minute.

Let's make sure
this works.

Fixed it, couple minutes,
fires right off no problem.

Right on cue.

Perfect. See?

Home run.

We know it runs,
so good news there.

All right.
Let's go get some lunch.

It's pretty much
in rich's hands now.

The green stuff
with the president's face.

Tony fails history class.

No,
he wasn't a president.

Y'all pull the suspension?

And the monkeys
defend their work.

- Did we clean up the interior?
- Yes, sir.

Do a little at a time.

And all you got to do
is turn it over

and sew
in a straight line.

Okay.

- Straight line, right there.
- I don't know.

I don't think mine's
gonna look this good.

- But yeah, I'll give it a shot.
- You can try it.

- You learning how to sew?
- Somewhat.

Sue wanted 5 grand to do
the interior on the '32 Ford.

And I'm thinking, "hell no."

And then,
it got me to thinking,

"what does it really take
to do interior?

Sewing machine?"
I mean, they're like 30 bucks.

So I got Charles
some sewing lessons.

And, uh, he's
our new shop moneymaker.

- Who's this?
- You did good.

- This is Karen.
- Karen?

- Nice to meet you.
- Richard rawlings.

This is
is what this is.

You're like, "yeah, I know
somebody that can teach me.

She just happens to be a good-looking
blonde. So I'll have her come up."

So of course, Richard
walks up right as I'm...

The first time
I've ever done it.

And he walks up.
I mean, what are the chances?

You did good.
I taught you well.

Yes.

- Right?
- I know it's weird.

But I'm gonna make you
a thong later.

- A thong?
- Yeah.

Your carpet
don't match the drapes.

Uh, yeah, it does.
It's got white in it.

Oh, yeah.

Dang, man, why's it
got to be like that?

He just wants to be around us
because Karen's here.

- How's it work?
- You want to sew?

Hold on.
You got to put it there.

No, no, don't.
I got this set up.

Like, how's it break?
I think you just sew, don't you?

Yeah, ready?

- You can sit down and push...
- No, y'all go ahead.

I just buy the equipment
and watch people work with it.

You know what you
could do with that?

You can sew all the sleeves
back on your shirts.

- Why would I want to do that?
- I don't know.

- Sun's out, g*ns out.
- Oh, here we go.

Yeah!

Hey, Richard.

What you want, man?
I'm looking at cars to buy.

Hey, I got a guy here on that,
uh, corvette we bought.

No, no, no, no, no,
we did not buy that.

You bought that.

You talking 'bout
that one for 5 grand?

You bought that.
And it's your job

to get us out of it,
so don't put that on me.

I mean, I think that
car's still worth 15 grand.

But I know it, like,
doubles our money at 10 grand.

There ain't no way
that car's worth 15 grand.

- I know it makes 10, anyway.
- Well, go sell it.

This is on you.
I'm not even going out there.

You don't want to come
see the guy, meet him?

No, you put yourself in it.
You get us out of it.

Okay, well, anything
that looks like a profit

or doubles our money,
I'm taking.

If we make money,
I get it.

If we lose money,
you got to cover it.

What about...
Is there a number

that we make money
that I get the money?

No.

Nothing?

- I'm working here.
- All right.

All right. All right.
All right.

Guy couldn't close
my briefcase.

Yeah, come on over here.

This is that '96 that you saw
listed on the Internet.

We found it here locally.
It's a collector's edition.

My name is, uh, Greg DeWitt.

I like corvettes.
I like ragtops.

It is the collector's edition.

It's got some extras on it,

the mag wheels,
the special badging.

But mainly, the ragtop
on it's what I like.

My wife and I are looking
for something to come...

Come down,
visit the grandkids

and for us
to drive around, get away.

Well, good.

I'm glad... glad
you got her approval first.

I haven't told her how much
I'm thinking 'bout yet.

I'm thinking 15 grand
is... is...

Is... is a good deal
on this car.


Wow.

Yeah.

Oh, man.

How 'bout 8 grand?

I mean, I'll work with you
a little bit.

You're obviously here.

I'm thinking, I mean,
$12,500 is... is...

Is a heck of a deal

if it's something
you're interested in.

Let me look under the hood
and... and... and...

Yeah, yeah.

Well, this looks
pretty clean, huh?

This came from
an older gentleman.

He was very enthusiastic
about the car.

I... I definitely
want to get some,

so, um, $9,500.

You're moving
the right direction.

But I... I still think
$12,500 is a good deal.

How 'bout if I get
to 5 figures, go 10 grand.

I think you're getting
a heck of a deal.

But, Greg, you bought
a corvette, brother.

- Thank you, Tony.
- And you got cash, right?

Yeah, I do.

The green stuff
with the president's face.

Yes.

- Yeah, okay.
- Yeah, it is a president.

Or no,
he wasn't a president.

Oh, gosh, now you're
putting me on the spot.

I thought Benjamin frank...
He was our...

The, uh, father
of america, wasn't he?

One of 'em.


- What's that?
- For incidentals.

Now, at 10 grand, I think
I left some money on the table.

In fact, I know I left some
in his overalls

'cause he had another
$1,000 in there.

And I figured
he'd have paid $1,100.

But he got a good deal
on the car.

Gas monkey made money.

And more importantly,
I get out of my jam

with Richard on this.

Hey, I've never seen
credit cards like this.

They're green. They have
the president's face on 'em.

Come on, man,
how much you get?

Dude, that's 10 grand.
Guy had cash.

I... I think
I could've got more.

But I was... I...
He had 10 grand.

- I took it.
- I'm surprised, man.

I would've never thought
that car was worth that.

I don't know.

It's, uh, it's not
a car we normally buy.

But I'm gonna go
look for more now.

No, don't do that.
Just 'cause

you get lucky once doesn't mean
you'll get lucky twice.

Here,
here's a couple bucks.

Buy yourself some potato chips
or something.

This is the $2
I gave you the other day.

You're just
paying me back.

I thought
I gave you like 3 bucks.

That's all I got.
Thanks for the 10 g's, though.

All right.
No worries.

- This is the new motor, right?
- Yes, sir.

You guys replaced
the incorrect leaf spring?

Yes, sir, front and rear.

So did we get new glass?

Yes, sir.

Y'all pull the suspension,
paint everything black?

- Yes, sir.
- Did we clean up the interior?

-* yes, sir * -* yes,
sir * -* yes, sir *

are these the rocket
racing wheels?

- Yes, sir.
- Doesn't it say it right there?

Uh, yeah.

Looks kosher to me.

Good deal.

**

Woo, so here we go, guys,


And I tell you what,
this one

had ugly written all over it
from the second I saw it.

But I got to go see
my buddy Joe fazio.

Woo, welcome to 1980!

And I got a good deal on
the car, which is really good.

And then, we got it back
and started tearing it apart

and found
all the really bad.

Boy,
did we find some bad.

Knocking the ugly
off this car

turned into be
a little bit more

than just
knocking the ugly off.

We thought we could just
maybe paint the car,

kick it on down the road
and make some money.

But we started
finding problems.

And those problems, they kept
coming up one after another.

And Aaron and the guys
decided, "you know what?

If we're gonna have a car
with the gas monkey name on it,

well,
we're gonna do it right."

So it turned
into a lot bigger build

than I wanted it to,
a lot more money.

But the results are standing
right here in front of ya.

It's a badass '32 coupe.

We really want to do

as little work as possible
and get the car to look cool.

But as it turned out,
it wasn't gonna be that easy.

So many of the parts of the car
had really been done

very, very badly
and were starting to fall apart.

And they had used bondo
to hold the car together.

Golly.

But we decided that,
based on our time

and the amount of money,
that we would delete the graphic

and repaint the car
on the exterior only.

- 8 grand, no warranty.
- All right.

K.c. Had just left
gas monkey

and started
his own shop back up,

and figured he could maybe
use the work.

And we took it out there.

And sure enough,
we ended up making a deal.

And k.C.
Got the entire car

painted for us
in about 4 or 5 days.

The purple was okay.

But I sure don't miss
those butt-ugly graphics.

With the graphics removed
off the side of it,

there were still things
that were aggravating me,

namely the exhaust,
the headlights,

the wheels and tires,
the stance,

all these things.

But I had a good plan.

In fact, rocket racing was one
of the biggest improvements

in getting the big
and littles from 1987 off here

and putting on
a proper set of plies

instead of mag wheels.

And that's when ak Kaufman
went off to race pikes peak,

leaving the monkeys
on their own.

And what they found?

Well, a motor that was
about to grenade itself.

- Oh, wow.
- This motor is trashed.

What a mess.

So we had to pull it out

and send it over to the guys
over at wch

and have them build
a fresh small-block motor.

And I got to tell ya, seeing
how the '32 was reborn,

I'm more than proud of the job
the troops pulled off

while I was away.

So I think what we've really
learned here today,

it's not on the outside
what counts.

It's what's
on the inside that counts.

As long as you can
take that apart

and fix that,
you should be okay.

So in the same fashion
we do everything,

we brought a car in, decided
it was ugly and worse-off

than we wanted it to be,
spent a lot more money.

But we ended up
with a great car,

'32 Ford coupe chopped,
one of my favorite cars period.

And all I got to do now
is find a buyer.

I really don't think
it's gonna be that hard.

It's a pretty good-looking
'32 coupe, so...

Not bad.
What was that stuff

you were saying
about the inside that counts?

Ah, some crap people
like to hear.

Oh, just b.S.?
Got it.

I just can't believe of
all of Joe fazio's cars,

this is the one
you came home with.

- Holy cow.
- Purple's the new black.

Richard thinks
the deal's in the bag.

Matches your shirt, man.

But his buyer
is no shrinking Violet.

The interior could use
a little freshening up.

The answer is "c."

After seeing the view
from pikes peak in 1893,

Katherine Lee bates
jotted down the words

for "america the beautiful"
in her notebook.

Okay, thank you.
There it is, Mike Jones.

Holy cow.

Mike Jones
is a good buddy of mine.

Uh, over the years,
he's bought some cars.

Most recently was a '67,
uh, Ford galaxy

that we built we here.

You get it
like you see it. 23.5.

Awesome, you guys
got a cool car.

When it finally came time
to sell the '32 Ford,

he was the first person
I thought of because, well,

he's got money.
He loves hot rods.

What more could I ask for?
It's purple.

- It's cool, man.
- Purple's the new black.

Matches your shirt, man.

I don't know if
I'll even fit in there.

Well, see if you can
fit in there.

Hell, he was wearing
a purple shirt.

Soon as I saw that,
I was like, "Ching,

this guy's gonna buy the car!"

Yeah, we can make it.

Scoot over,
let's go for a ride.

Can't be driving,
you don't own it yet.

It's not like we can talk
to each other, though, huh?

It was loud.
Then it was fast.

I don't know
about this interior, though.

You don't?

I like it.

You should like it.
It's rad.

Let's make a deal.

Is this your way
to get into my pocketbook?

It was at least a try.

How much you want to pay me
for this $60,000 car?

- What are you wanting?
- $60,000.

- Oh, no.
- Come on, man.

It's a '32, all steel.

I got the car for 25 grand

and ended up putting
in another $17,500.

And a lot of that
was unexpected but whatever.

I just need to clear 42.5
to turn a profit.

- Real deal.
- I'm thinking mid-30s.

Mid-30s?

You must be
just on something weird.

'Cause I wanted
to end up at 50.

Being that it's '32, I knew
I was gonna spend some money.

The interior could use
a little freshening up.

Man?

Probably put tint
on the windows.

It is Texas.

Did you say tint
on the windows?

Yes.

Dang it. I don't even want to
talk about tint on windows.

Bad subject?

Aaron decided to tear
all my windows out

and have a window guy
come in here and replace it

and put in all new, clear glass.

I would've left the tint.
We live in Texas.

It's freaking hot.

I was thinking
more 45.



I was willing to pay 50,
but...

That's cheap.
But I'll take it.

We wind up lower than what
I originally wanted to spend.

That's a good day all around.

Let's go do some paperwork.

It's good enough.

And I know his cash is good.
And he's a repeat customer.

So keep him happy,

keep him wanting more,
keep him coming back.

That's the gas monkey way.

Guy with the money

before the guy
with the great hair.

Wait, is that
a '32 Ford coupe over there?

Richard thought he
made a pretty sweet deal

picking up a Ford '32 coupe
for a handsome price.

Take it away, man.

But a new paint job
and a bad engine

on top of the original budget

started making
Richard's upside look ugly...

Before a stunning
super-duty trans am

began prettying up
Richard's profits.

- 45 grand.
- All right, cool.

A silver corvette
seemed like a loser

until Tony's tough negotiating
turned it into a winner.

Greg,
you bought a corvette.

Aaron's finish at pikes peak
didn't bring in any money.

But it did pay off with pride.

I had a blast.

And although Richard's
deal making on the '32 Ford

did fall a little flat...

- $60,000.
- Oh, no.

...it was still sharp enough
to bring in some bucks...

That's cheap.
But I'll take it.

...making this week pretty
sweet, indeed, for gas monkey.

In the weeks ahead
on "fast 'n loud"...

Going to pebble, b*tches!
Boom!

...Richard motors
to the car show of his dreams.

While back at the shop,
motorcycle mayhem

pits monkey against monkey

to see who can build
the winning bike.

And after Richard
puts the gmg spin

on a sweet riviera,

it all comes to a head

at one of the wildest auctions
you've ever seen.

- Girl, I'm married.
- Yeah!

Yeah!