12x05 - Shiny and New

[bunniefuu]

Richard:
it's a beautiful saturday,

And you wouldn't know
it's winter here in dallas,

And the boys have the day off,
so I told the guys,

"Let's drag out the motor
scooters and go for a ride."

[ Horn honks ]

[ Laughs ]

Hey, fellas, I want to
check something out.

Turning left.

Hey, bass' door is open.

Let's go see what he's doing
on a saturday.

Yeah, buddy.
It's saturday, man.

Your doors are open.
What's up?

You know I come here
to get away from you, right?

And then you show up
when I'm here.

Whoo!

Narrator:
right now on "fast n' loud"...

Boom!
Whoo!

Narrator: ...hot rod hunter
richard rawlings

And his band of monkeys
are moving and shaking...

Man: I think he has ants
in his pants.

...as they bring the heat
reviving a '33 ford model b...

Mike: you're roasting
marshmallows over here.

...trying to turn it into
the perfect vintage shop truck.

I was just about ready to put
this thing back together,

And now I can't.

I'm scared it's even
gonna run now.

Narrator: and then...

What's that?
That's my 'cuda.

Richard reels in a '72
plymouth 'cuda...

If you had this car in 1970,
you were a bad dude.

...and goes all in on monster
horsepower for the riviera.

...to see where the monster
power is created.

Jason: here's your engine
for the riviera.




Ha ha!

[ Laughing ]

Brian:
yeah, you know me.

I got a lot of stuff to do,
busy man.

Don't take that off.
I like it better with it on.

It's a lot better look
for you. [Bleep]

Dude, I can't believe you do
five days at the monkey

And then come here
and get after it all weekend.

Jason:
well, look at this place.

You got a lot of stuff
crammed in this shop.

Yeah, I know.
I have so much stuff in here.

God, how many cars
you got in here?

-Like five.
-Is that all?

-Yeah, that's all, just five.
-How do you work in here?

It's all boxed in, man.
Good god.

Well, there's only
just me in here.

It's not, like, a crew.

Richard:
brian bass and I go way back,

But none of these guys
have seen his shop before.

I've been coming down here
for 13, 14 years.

Bass has got, like,
in the nooks and crannies,

Got some of the coolest
[bleep] you'll ever find

In an auto shop.

If you need it,
it's probably here.

This place is either
a hot rodder's heaven

Or a candidate
for "hoarders."

Charles: is the stuff close
to the trash

Can gonna go in the trash
can eventually, or...

I'm just curious.

Brian:
it depends on what it is.

Some of that stuff is important.

I do look like a little bit
of a hoarder,

But honestly, everything
in there has a purpose.

It's all hot-rod parts.

This is the latest thing
I've worked on.

-What is that?
-This is a '25 model t roadster

That I've been building
for that beach race,

The race of gentlemen.

So it's got a supercharged
flathead.

-Wow.
-Dang, that's bad.

-That's pretty sweet.
-That is freaking cool.

Richard:
what kind of top speeds
you think you're gonna get?

Brian:
aw, man, I don't know.

It's probably gonna be
fast enough

That I have to wear a helmet.

-Boom.
-Look at that.

-Ask, and you shall receive.
-Yeah, why won't you?

This is a sweet car.
Did I used to own this?

Brian: I don't think so.

That car came out of
a collection out of east texas.

Sure looks like
what I used to own.

What's up
with the little truck?

This is, what, a '34?

This is a '33 ford pickup.

I actually drug this
out of a barn down in waco

About 2 years ago.
-No kidding.

I bought it for myself
just to build as a shop truck,

But it's been
on the back burner

Like everything else
of my own.

It was an old
service-station truck,

The one with the dinosaur.
-Sinclair.

Yeah, so it
was that color green,

And it just faded
through the years,

And, you know, like,
that patina

Cannot be re-created
very easily,

So I would rather just...

Well, except for mike.
Mike could probably do it.

Well, I was gonna say,
"watch your tongue."

But for me, it would be
tough to re-create.

What do you think?

Would you go flathead
or small-block?

Well, I wanted to put
a flathead in it,

But I don't really have
a good one right now.

Brian: this is a 1934
ford model b pickup,

And that means it has
a four-cylinder in it.

Now, to build a hot rod,

You kind of want to get rid of
that four-cylinder,

So honestly,
if I was gonna do it,

I would pull the 4-cylinder out
and put a flathead v-8 in it.

I think that's the way to go.

Richard: the '33 model b is
a hot rodder's favorite.

They've been built in just about
every way you can imagine,

And for this one,
the biggest bang for the buck

Would be not to overdo it

And make it into just
a super cool shop truck,

Which means we'd use it
at the garage to look good

When we're picking up parts
and running errands,

And at the same time,
it'd still be a kick-a*s,

Original gas monkey hot rod.

And if you happen to own
a business

And in need of a shop truck,
well,

I'd even be willing to part
with it for the right price.

I just don't have time to work
on this thing, man.

I would love to do a dropped
axle, hydraulic brakes,

Leave the patina as is,
you know,

And just build
a nice chassis,

So I could drive it, you know,
as a shop truck, but...

Probably put a windshield
in it, right?

Yeah, well...

This thing is pretty sweet,
and you know I like green.

-Yeah.
-Uh-oh.

I've known richard
for a long time,

And I can tell when he's really
getting jazzed about something.

Look at this
air conditioning.

Wsheww!

It's getting
cooler already.

I can see the twinkle
in his eye.

He was into this truck.

You ought
to sell me this.

Dude, I really bought
this thing for myself.

I wasn't really planning
on selling it.

Well, you said you wanted
to build it, so...

Yeah, I do want to build it,
but, you know,

Obviously it's, like,
last on my list right now.

That's what I mean.
Look around.

Yeah.

So if you sell it to me,
you get to build it.

Dude, I dig it.
What's the number?

That's not something you
just go find everywhere.

It took me a while
to find this truck,

So it's not going
to be cheap.

Well, here's
the tricky trick.

I've got an h&h flathead,
all built, in the box.

Well, that'd bolt
right in there, just about.

Mm-hmm.

Pop that strap, bud.

Richard:
y'all remember a while back,

I did some late-night shopping

And accidentally, on purpose,
ended up with a flathead motor.

Man, I know I had a couple beers
last night, but no way.

Check that baby out.

How much do you want
for this stuff?

$8,500.

You said I'll have 8,500 cash
when you get here.

Tony: I probably would have got
it for less than that

If I was handling the deal
on the internet, but...

Shut up, tony.

Richard: I always knew it was
just a matter of time

Before I'd have
a good use for it.

Well, if I make the right
deal with brian,

That time could be now.

I'm thinking $15,000.

$15,000?

Bass hit me at $15,000,

And I knew that I was not gonna
get him to move an inch.

I kind of feel like he might be
charging me 1,000 per year

Of knowing me
and putting up with me.

Maybe that's where he came up
with the number.

I know I'm not gonna
get you off $15,000.

No.

I don't have to sell it,

And it's a seller's
market right now.

All right.
[Bleep] it.

Let's do it.
-Hey.

God, that was the easiest
negotiation I've ever seen.

Hell yeah.

Plus it's, like,
the first thing

I've ever bought out
of this shop.

If I'm gonna sell this truck,

I'd much rather sell it
to richard

And get to be on board
building it than anything else.

I mean, that's really
the ideal situation --

Sell it to him,
collect that money

And then collect more money
for building it?

Dude, that's a no-brainer.

What do we got to do?
Do we got to pull
it off the frame?

-I can tell you what I would do.
-Okay.

I would pull it all apart,
get it down to a bare frame,

Do a dropped axle in the front,
do a stock rear end

But with different gears,
do a newer transmission

And then do a really
nice interior,

Paint the firewall
and put your flathead in it.

Are we painting the chassis,
too, while we got it out?

I would paint
the chassis.

I would just pick a green
in this general area here

And paint
the chassis that color.

Richard: here's the plan --
we'll take this ford model b

And make it into
a vintage-looking shop truck,

Ready to run parts
or just looking cool.

We'll keep the 85 years
of patina,

But upgrade just about
everything else.

Put a modern suspension
under it, redo the interior,

Give it some power
with a flathead v-8

That I've already paid for,

And I'll give them
a budget of $5,000

And 2 weeks
to go through it and bam!

This could be the perfect
shop-truck build.

I'm gonna call mater
and have him come get it,

So you got a lot of [bleep]
to move to get it out of here.

That's not part
of the deal.

I think these guys need to
stick around and help me.

-Oh, no, no.
-We're on motorcycles, man.

-It's saturday.
-Peace out on that.

Yeah, we ain't getting paid
for that.

This is our day off.
You said you were working.

-Yeah, we're not.
-It's saturday.

Why is it
always like this?

Mike: that is a cool truck.
It is.

It's just the whole idea
of making him be a part

Of the build of something that
he really wanted for himself,

But I get to keep it
and sell it.

Man, that's messed up.

-Yeah, it is messed up.
-It is kind of fun.

Where to?

I guess either a hot dog
or a pizza or a burger.

Brian: now wait a minute.
Where's my money?!

Richard!

You forgot to pay me!

Richard:
with the truck on deck to build,

Now it's a good time
to visit motown

And check in on the motor

That we're building
for the riviera.

♪♪

So with russell
and josh in tow,

We took off on a little
road trip to detroit

To check on the motor
for the buick riviera

That we're building
to take to sema.

The '72 riviera is gonna be
the biggest,

Baddest car we've ever built,
and I'm forking out 300 grand

To make all this happen
in a matter of months.

Katech, man.
-Yeah, buddy.

Richard:
these guys have built us

A couple motors before,

But this is
our first time up here.

It's good to see where
the monster power is created.

I want 1,000 horsepower
on the ground

With the riviera.

That's what I want.
-Big rivi power.

That's what I want.
Oh, there they are.

Here we are.

Cool.
Freaking awesome.

-Where y'all going?
-We're going to katech.

All right.
Hey, don't leave me in here.

Dumbass, geez.
-Just park that.

Yeah,
you take care of it.

[Bleep] guys.

Now I see why
they brought me along.

Age before beauty.look at that.

Richard: before today,

The monkeys
got busy on that old land yacht

By giving it a chop
to bring out more of its sexy

Yet aggressive corvette
styling.

Yeah, that's much better.

Next, we flew out
to sacramento to visit

Chris alston's chassisworks

To get our mitts
on a custom frame

That could handle
all those horses

Coming out of that katech motor
we're about to check out.

Welcome to katech.

My name is jason harding.

I'm the director of aftermarket
operations for katech.

We did the engines
for the shiner beer truck

And a crew-cut truck,
and we were very excited

When richard said he needed
an lt engine

For the new riviera project.

Richard: katech is famous
for building engines

For the gm corvette team

That dominated racing circuits
for decades.

These guys have everything
to make a motor

The absolute best it can be.

When it comes to motorsports
technology, katech is it.

Jason: this is our
full-service car shop,

So this is a shop
full of customers' cars.

They bought a new corvette,

New camaro,
something like that,

And they want
to give it more power

And set it apart
from the rest of them.

They send it to katech.

So you'll yank it
and do all the work

And put it back in
and send it back to them?

Do it all
in-house here.

This one is what I like
right here.

This is very similar
to the whole concept

I came up with the '72 riviera
because the riviera was built

As a gentleman's hot rod,
so it had power.

It had torque, but it wasn't
in a small package.

It was a big package.

Josh: seeing the motor
in a corvette z06 is awesome.

It does resemble
a corvette actually.

It looks very similar to it
with the sloping back lines,

With the narrowing in the back.
-Yeah, the vents.

We're gonna trim
that back window in...

-Yep, yep.
-...run big vents right here

Getting down to the wheels
and the brakes.

It's gonna be wicked.

Seeing what richard's vision
was is awesome

Because at first,
I didn't see it

With
a riviera-z06 crossover.

But I think it will
work out well.

All right.
Kick-a*s.

Check it out, richard.

Here's your engine
for the riviera.

Richard: super rad.

We start with an lt4 engine.

We sleeve the block to bring
it up to 427 cubic inches.

It's got callies crank and rods,

Forge pistons and a magnuson
supercharger.

-[ Whistles ]
-dig it.

So are we gonna have
streetable,



You might even see four digits
on the screen today.

Stop it.excellent.

Let's fire it up.
Oh, yeah.

Okay,
where's the throttle?

Man #2:
it's this one on the left.

All right. Let's go.

[ Engine starts ]

-Whoa!
-There we go!

Richard:
we're at 3,000 rpms.

So you'll be watching...

Right here will be
your power number,

And then this
is your torque number.

Come on, baby.



The gauge right there is
telling us how much horsepower

The motor is generating
as it reaches its maximum rpm.

[ Laughing ]

Yeah!






Come on, baby.

Come on.

Yeah.

We got 1,022 foot-pounds
of torque

And about


Big daddy don garlits
made a burnout one time

In the quarter mile.

This will do it
for, like, 4 miles.

And look cool doing it.oh, hell yeah.

Can I rev it just
a little bit?

Yeah.

[ Engine revving ]

-Yeah.
-Ha ha!

Okay, we better
get out of here

Before we make him
break it.

Narrator:
coming up on "fast n' loud"...

Ugh.
Was that your finger?

...the monkeys take the sword
to a '33 ford.

Excalibur.

Narrator: and is the 'cuda
a grand theft auto?

I stole this car
for only 45 grand.

You know what they say?
-What's that?

"No really good deal
goes unpunished."

I think it's good deed.

Man #3: I'm not gonna lie.
I'm afraid.

-Hey, thanks for the help.
-You got it.

You got mater in there
driving.

Mike: well, you're a little
to one side, mater.

Actually, you're a lot
to one side.

This thing looks like
a rust bucket.

It's not a rust bucket.
It's actually really solid.

What [bleep]
did you pull this out of?

-This was bass' truck.
-Oh.

The baby gate over here works.

It already caught tony.
It's already got him stuck.

-Antique baby gate.
-Antique baby gate.

Brian: so I got this truck
a couple years ago,

And I had a vision for it
in my head ever since I got it,

And it might take the monkeys
a little while to come around

To my way of seeing things,

And you know jeremy is already
complaining about the rust.

But I want to lead them
through my plan to turn this

'33 Ford pickup into
a totally badass shop truck.

Let's get to work
because we ain't got much time.

What do y'all think,
tear it up?

Ugh.
Was that your finger?

Nah, it's fine.

That's too bad.

Aw, man.
I broke it.

It's like [bleep] excalibur.

Richard gave us 2 weeks

And 5 grand
to finish this build,

So we can't waste
a single minute.

First, we'll strip the '33
down to the chassis

So we can send the frame
out to the sandblaster.

When we're done tearing down
the '33 ford,

We'll have mike paint it
instead of sending it to powder.

Now we can just put this
on the ground and step on it

So we can straighten it out.

The original four-cylinder
and drivetrain will go away

And be replaced
with richard's flathead v-8.

Oh, yeah.

I think that used to be
old gas price sign.

Yeah, that's pretty funny.

Good god, man.

♪♪

We're gonna have a fire over
here, probably need some water.

Mike: now, that's stupid.
Look at that.

That's fine.

Looks like you're
roasting marshmallows over here.

Got the cab completely
loose now,

So it can go up
whenever we're ready.

Yeah, we can pop the cab now.
Here we go.

Well, hallelujah.

So far, so good.

All right.

Hell yeah, brother.

-More rust.
-Oh, come on.

You really sold them a piece.

The frame actually looks
pretty decent,

It's just rusty.

Brian: now, these guys are
really twitchy about rust,

And that might be
because richard has brought them

So many surprises in the past,

But I know a solid truck
when I see one,

And the frame under this one
is in excellent shape.

Now, some might see the little
bit of rust as a problem,

But I see that as 85 years
worth of character,

And that's why
we're keeping the patina.

So the motor should
come out then.

-Ooh, motor is detached.
-All right.

That's everything
on the front, isn't it?

Good job.
That motor might be good.

Brian:
playing by richard's rules,

Trying to get this truck done
as fast as possible,

That's, for sure, gonna be
a challenge for me.

All right.
Waiting for the release.

Oh, there it is.

But it's his truck now, and he's
paying me to apply my vision.

Well, that's a sweet deal
for me.

Can richard make
some money on it?

Well, that's up to him.

Bye, frame.

See you tomorrow.

♪♪

♪♪

Jason: we'll let you guys
do your thing first,

And then I'll do
the mechanic work after that.

It's either got some really
bad gas in it

Or a couple of dead plugs.

Mike:
tony's got bad gas.

Tony:
that was yesterday.

So this is what's super cool.
My 'cuda just got here.

These guys haven't seen it yet,
but super rad, sublime green,

But it's got all the new bells
and whistles,

You know, modern motor,
modern trans,

Four-wheel brakes,
coilover suspension,

Beautiful paint and body, and I
stole it for only 45 grand.

What do y'all think of that?

-What part of that?
-It's pretty decent.

What do you mean, man?

It's also got a 5-speed in it
instead of a 4-speed.

-Yeah, no, that's...
-Yeah, that's cool.

I stole this car
for only 45 grand.

Hey, I feel better about what
we know than if he stole it.

Wait.
I don't know what they think

They know,
but here's what I know,

That you at home need to know
about how I got this '70 'cuda.

I was in florida
checking out a shop

I invested in for my show,
"garage rehab."

You've probably seen it.

Anyways, I was taking care of
business with chris and russell.

Because then they have
the audio work that they do.

They have all the air
suspension they do,

So each one can have
a designated area

With the specialty equipment
as needed.

What's that?
Is it yours?

No, it ain't mine.

Looks like something
you'd own.

Looks like
something you did.

-Yo!
-Yes, sir?

Where the [bleep]
is mark dicks?

Apparently, this guy had left
his motorcycle

At the shop to be repaired.

After I calmed him down,
I wanted to find out

About something
that caught my eye.

What's that?
That's my 'cuda.

Hey, y'all get to work.

Now, I love barracudas,
especially if they're green.

These cars are hot right now,
and those crazy mopar collectors

Have laid out tons of cash
for these limited-run beauties.

-All the way around, right?
-That's cool.

It's got a three-length drag
rear end, limited slip.

It's got a tremec 5-speed,
air conditioning.

That's pretty rad actually.

Not numbers-matching,
but a lot of modern upgrades,

And that spelled profit
if I could get it

For the right price,
so I took it for a ride.

Whoa!

Yeah, it's a little binding up
on the tr*nny, too.

Okay, it had some minor
mechanical issues,

But nothing my guys can't fix,

But it had pristine
paint and body,

Which is the expensive part,
so I made him an offer.

I'd do $45,000.

You got cash money?i always have cash money.

Let's go get you
some cash,

As long as russell
didn't spend it all.

Come on in.

So I stole this gorgeous
'70 'cuda for 45 grand,

But for some reason,
the monkeys are whining already.

What are you trying to say?

It's got a problem.

You've got to be
[bleep] kidding me.

Your transport driver.

Somehow when I had this car
shipped to texas,

It got crunched.

It's one of the reasons
I bought the car

Is paint
and body is so expensive.

Now it's gonna cost me to fix
it, which means less profit.

All right.
Well, that's great.

I bought a car
that was mechanically eh

Because it was perfect interior
and paint and body,

So let's get it into paint
and body first

Because we're busy over there
and then get it over to you.

Okay. And just start
at the very front.

Go all the way to the back,
every single thing,

Just check it.

You know what they say?
-What's that?

"No really good deal
goes unpunished."

I think it's good deed.

Good [bleep] deal.

It's good deed.

That thing
does sound bad.

Jason: you know
what's funny about this

Is richard always wants
to build a shop truck,

But we've built, like,
three shop trucks,

And if you notice,
none of them are still here.

-Yeah, I'm looking...
-Because he sells them

Before we can even get
a chance to use them.

You guys are saying that.

I'm looking around,
"where is the shop truck?"

Yeah, exactly.

Brian: it's only day 2
of the '33 model b build,

But we're well under way.

We got the truck
blown apart yesterday,

And while the frame
is at the sandblaster,

I'm going to get together
with jeremy

To figure out what to do
about the piece of fender

Missing from the right rear.

That fender will be the best
place to start, in my opinion,

Because
it's the worst one.

Is this is a "stick it back
together as close as it can be

And put a big old fat
mig-weld on it?"

-No.
-No.

I think we should do it...

Treat it like we're doing
anything else

In case
somewhere down the line,

Someone wants
to make this thing

Into a nicely painted,
finished truck.

Yeah.

Then at least give them
a head start.

With only 2 weeks to finish
the build,

It's all too easy to do things
the quick and dirty way,

But that's not my style.

I've never done that working
by myself,

And I'm not going to let the gas
monkey's schedule change that.

I mean, we're not gonna go
crazy with the metalwork,

But there are a few things
we need to fix just for...

You know, to make it usable.

Anything we're doing needs
to be done right.

Even though this is a crusty,
old, beat-up truck,

I don't want people
to look at it and say,

"Oh, they did
terrible work."

Richard, he seems to think
it's fast and easy

Just to graft a piece
onto the existing fender.

Now, I picked up a repop
when it was still my project,

But there's still the question
of matching the patina.

Let me go get mike and see
what he thinks about this.

Jeremy: all right.
Well, sh**t.

Making the right decision
is gonna have

To include
the paint department.

All right.
I found the new fender.

You brought mike
with you.

Our question for you,
mike, is,

What is faster and better
for this particular job?

Richard talked about
grafting the fender

And keeping the patina,
but honestly,

I think if you can match
this patina

To make it look
like the other fender

And kind of what's left here,
that would be way faster.

If you want me to do a patina
match on that, I can do that.

Let's do the whole fender.

I'll have to find
all of those colors.

Yeah.
There's about 50 colors

In, like,


I think going with a whole
new fender is the right call.

This way I can have jeremy
move on to other work

While mike matches the patina.

I got this for you.

All right.

Mike:
well, do me a favor.

Take that fender off,
and let me have that fender.

Deal.

Narrator:
coming up on "fast n' loud"...

There is
a serious vibration.

...it's a 'cuda calamity...

Damn, this thing
sounds horrible.

Oh, yeah.

...as the monkeys take their
frustration out on the '33 ford.

I don't remember telling you
it was okay to tear it up.

Yes, you did.

-Here's the tailgate.
-So jump on it?

Brian: that's how
I would do it.

So do it more like a...

Not like that.
Not like...

More like a skateboard?

No, no.
Don't drop in.

Straight off the...
Don't drop in on it?

Don't drop in on it.

Brian: the tailgate
on the '33 ford

Has definitely
taken some licks,

So old tony hawk here
is gonna straighten it out

The old-fashioned way.

Gently, too.
Gently jump?

Gently jump on it.

Gently place
my heavy a*s on it?

Gently place
your heavy a*s on it.

When you're
straightening out metal

On an 85-year-old truck,
sometimes your own two feet work

As good as $10,000
worth of heavy machinery.

See, it's like
a trampoline of steel.

It's actually working,
so you see that, richard?

A little down-home ingenuity
can save you some bucks.

I think you actually are
fixing it right now.

All right.

Jeremy still needs to weld up
a couple of rough spots

On the tailgate before
handing it off to mike.

In the meantime,
I'm doing a once-over

On the '39 transmission
I've been saving for this truck.

Ugh, that's pretty gross.

You want some of this?
It's like the...

You know, when your mom
would bake you a cake,

And she'd let you
lick the spatula.

Whoa!
Slinging some goo your way.

Sorry.

It kind of looks like
it's a piece of junk right now,

But it's really not.

Just have to clean up
the outside,

Make sure everything inside
is as good as I think it is

And rebuild it later before
bolting it into the truck.

Hopefully someone hid,

Like, thousands
of dollars inside here.

Ugh, no.

See, it looks
pretty nice inside.

It's really clean.
I think that's gonna work.

Look.
"'39 Ford."

It's kind of, like, the original
hot-rod transmission.

Everybody that had a flathead
in their hot rod,

They wanted this transmission
because it had a floor shift

And can hold up to
a little more horsepower.

It's a little guy.

It's just a little fella.

This transmission
is in good shape,

So I'll send it over to mike
to paint it along

With the interior of the cab.

Hey.
Vroom, vroom.

Tony: this thing doesn't
steer very well.

Vroom, vroom.

I'm trying to get it started,
but it won't run.

It seems to be running
just fine.

It's one of them
electric trucks.

-It's an electric truck.
-Very quiet.

♪♪

-Not bad.
-Yeah, it looks good, man.

Tony: not bad for a day's worth
of a work.

Jason: yeah, exactly
for how bad it was.

-See it no more.
-Just like new.

-Hell yeah.
-It's what they do.

Kick-a*s.

-Yeah, that's rad.
-And a day's work...

A day's worth of work.

Yeah, it looks great.
Perfect.

Coy and tony did a fantastic job
on the paint and body repair,

But the bigger problem
is how this thing drives.

Yeah, it's a little binding
up on the tr*nny.

Okay, so when I bought
this car...

It doesn't shift super well.
-Yep.

It's got a weird noise
in the rear end,

And it obviously needs tires,
so we need to give it

A good one-through
from the front to the back.

So mopars are always hot,
and a '70 'cuda

Has always been a popular car,

And people will shell out
top dollar for them,

Especially one
in this condition,

So I'm gonna list it
for sale on the old interwebs.

-Go for a ride?
-Yeah, let's do it.

I'm counting on you, jason.

Let's do it.

Tony:
uh, what's happening?

Yeah.
Wow, a lot of wobbling.

Golly, man.

Feel the...
Hear the knock on those tires?

-What is that?
-We may not get very far.

Is that the driveshaft?

Dude, I don't know.
There is a serious vibration.

Oh, god.

Definitely
an issue there.

Try to keep it on the pedal
as most I can.

Oof.

♪♪

After the test-drive,
tony and I were left

With more questions
than answers.

We're not real sure what's
going on with the rear end,

But we've got a lot
of noise happening,

And what's more concerning
is that underneath the car,

Nothing loose, nothing
broken that we can see.

It's internally inside the hub,

So we're gonna take
a look in there.

-She is pretty.
-She's brand-new.

It's got to be in the preload
of this thing,

Just hopping a tooth
or something.

Even after tearing
the differential apart,

We don't see anything
worn or torn up.

In fact, it all looks brand-new.

This is getting weird.

The only thing I can think
is those gears are slopping.

They're missing a tooth
or skipping

Or just hitting them
really hard.

It's really frustrating.

Even with our combined years
of experience, we get stumped.

The driveshaft
is rubbing.

Well, that would explain
why it sounds like

It's hitting the floor.

Yeah, you can see
the rub mark there.

-Oh, yeah.
-It's rubbing on that hoop.

Yep.

Boom.
I think I found the problem.

There's a hoop rubbing
on the driveshaft.

We'll yank that sucker off...

It holds the driveshaft.
Stupid hoop.

...take it for another
test drive,

And this mystery
should be solved.

Simple.

Man, this thing
sounds horrible.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, my god.

Wow.
I give.

The green monster
wins this battle.

I think I hear mike
calling me for help.

Got to go.

Man, I'll tell you what.

This has got some terrible noise
coming from the rear.

-Huh.
-Almost like the rear end

Is gonna come apart
inside the car.

Richard is on me to get this
'cuda done, but I'm stumped.

If jeremy has any ideas,
I'm all ears.

Check out this.

Oh.

It looks fine, like,
if you don't know.

But, yeah, but I know
to look there.

-But look at the other side.
-Yeah.

These brackets
are always straight.

They're never like that.
-Over half an inch?

Oh, it's over pretty good.

Right away, whenever I look back
at the read end,

I can see that one
of the 4-link tabs

Is completely bent.

So apparently at some point,
it's been overloaded,

And that probably explains
why the driveshaft was rubbing.

So under pressure,
it's torquing.

Yeah, so that's
the track bar.

That's what keeps the read
end under the car straight.

Mm-hmm.

And with that being bent,
the rear end is that way.

Which way did you say
it was rubbing?

-Yep.
-It was rubbing driver side?

Yeah, mm-hmm, yeah.

Well, everything should be
pushed that way

By the bend
being this way.

We'll just have to
pull all this down.

Yeah.

We'll straighten
these two tabs up

And get them nice
and straight

And then run a gusset
down the front of it.

Just box them in.

Richard told jason he needs
the car back really quick,

But we're gonna have to hold
him up at least another day.

We're gonna have to take
this apart, straighten it.

That will be the fun part,
clean it up, weld in a gusset,

And then repaint it
and reassemble it.

That's pretty much
a day's setback.

Yeah.

♪♪

Mike: so they want me
to match patina.

Makes perfect sense.
Have fun with that one.

It's probably the easiest
paint job ever.

We're putting a new fender
on the '33 ford pickup.

Boom.

Mike, we got
a fender for you.

Brian made the call
to just spend richard's money

And replace it rather than go
to town welding on it.

So now I have to work
some real magic,

Creating a faux patina
to match the rest of the truck.

I mean, it's easy,
but it's not easy.

The challenge is matching
the same layers of paint

That have been on the truck
for more than 80 years.

Dark green because
that's obviously the base one.

Then somebody repainted it
and then repainted it again,

So that's the plan.

First, I'm gonna sandblast

The black electrocoat
off the new fender.

It's there to prevent rust,

But it will be more
authentic without it.

Anyway, a little rust will work
in my favor down the road.

Most jobs need a lot of
tender love and care.

This one calls for a lot
of dings and scratches.

What the hell
are you doing?

Trying to make it look
like the rest of it.

Got to have
some dents in it.

[ Sighs ]

The hardest part is probably
getting the colors right.

The trick is how they get
layered on the fender.

Feel free to try
this one at home, kids.

In between base coats,

I'm dabbing
on some buffing compound.

Wherever I smear that stuff on,
the paint won't stick.

I want the texture
that that's got,

So once I'm done sh**ting
my base coats,

I'll just wipe all this off,

And there will be different
layers of paint.

Or at least that's the plan.

And when it gets wiped off,
it starts looking like



A little more randomized tlc.

And after just a couple hours
of work,

You won't be able to tell my
faux patina from the real deal.

-Looks good to me.
-I think it'd fit right in.

Brian: damn,
it looks pretty close.

I think we can live
with that, definitely.

Come on, dude.

You can't ever tell him
that he can tear something up.

I don't remember telling him
it was okay to tear it up.

Yes, you did.

Look at that.

Narrator:
coming up on "fast n' loud,"

The monkeys pounce
on the '33 ford...

-Almost.
-It definitely moved.

Jeremy: this is how all
the best shops do it.

I think the car
is worth 75 grand.

Narrator: ...as richard's
'cuda catches a snag.

$50,000.
Dadgum, dude.

Give me a break.

It's green.

Wait up.
I'm eating a banana.

It's about time.

Did you just say,
"about time?"

-Yeah.
-Banana.

Whoo!

We're just a few days
into the '33 ford build.

We're keeping the patina,
but mike got a jump start

On painting the interior
and sandblasting the firewall.

When you sandblasted this,
did you think about the fact

That it's backwards back here?

-Yeah, I didn't care.
-You didn't care.

Fair enough.
-We're getting new glass anyway.

I like the tan color.
How we doing on time?

We're only 2 1/2 days in
right now by my clock.

So what I'm about to tell you
is a secret.

I mean, this might be a new
productivity record

For the monkeys,
and I can't tell them that

Because then they might dream up
a whole bunch of extra [bleep]

To do and blow their lead
on this truck, so zip it.

What color we painting
the frame?

Same as the body, that kind of
of faded-green-looking color.

And what's the deal with the bed

Because I saw
it has a rip in it?

The bed floor is...
It's kind of trashed.

We want to weld it up.

-We're gonna fix that.
-Yeah, we're gonna weld it up,

And we're going
to matte clear it.

We're gonna leave
all the rest of it old.

Some kind of coating
so that whatever he puts

On the back on here
doesn't transfer the rust

To whatever it is
you're putting in here.

Richard:
what's that hole for?

You put a penny down there,
and it starts the truck up.

This is tricky

Because if we put
too much into this build

And make it too cool,
the cost goes up,

And the number of buyers
that might want it goes down,

And I need buyers.

All right. Y'all look like
y'all are doing good.

I'm gonna go find something
to do up front.

Wait, is he actually happy
about this?

I think
that was a compliment.

I wish I would
have recorded that.

But I'm not gonna go
with that.

Let's just keep rolling
because tomorrow it will change.

You gonna go paint
the frame?

♪♪

Well, just like we talked
on the phone, here she is.

And she's
a real v-code 'cuda?

Yep.
All right.

Sure is.

I got this car down in florida
just a while back,

And the people
that did it didn't quite know

What they were doing,
and we brought it back,

But it's a 4-link,
coilovers front and back,

Four-wheel disc brakes,

So it's all set up like
what one would call a restomod,

But, you know, it's still
ready to rock 'n' roll.

Cool.

I always forget where
these things are.

My name is bobby hoey,

And I'm from lafayette,
louisiana.

They're right up in here
somewhere.

I'm always looking for 'cudas
because mopar muscle

Always brings a lot of money,
and so any time I see one,

I always try to go
and take a look at it,

See if I can maybe
make some money with it.

Richard: so like I said,

It just wasn't ex*cuted
real well,

But it is a real 440
six-pack car,

But it is not numbers-matching
as far as the motor goes.

Everything on the car
is solid, super nice.

Yeah, it's just as nice
underneath as it is on top.

It's a really
beautiful car.

And that's your favorite color,
I believe.

For sure.

Bob's got that louisiana drawl,
if you will,

You know, kind of slow,
but he knows his mopars,

And he doesn't want to be
bamboozled by this city slicker.

Bobby: what I've seen
is the right color,

The sassy green like
they like to call it.

It's real popular, and it's got
a lot of options in it

That's really gonna help
make it sell

If I can get it bought today.

What kind of money
you talking about?

Well, let's take a ride.

Then we can talk money.
Okay.

Let me show you
what it will do.

♪♪

♪♪

Pretty solid little car.

-Everything under it's new.
-Yeah.

Man, if you had this car
in 1970, you were a bad dude.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

If you had this car in 1975,
you was still a bad dude.

[ Laughs ]
yeah, right.

What do you plan on doing
with a car

Like this if you get it?

Gonna drive it,
probably a little bit,

Enjoy it, and then...

Send her on
down the road?

-Yes, sir.
-That's what I used to do

Before I started doing this
for a living.

You know what?

At the end of the day,
it's a job.

Got to sell them.

That's right.

Richard: selling is
what it's all about,

And even though he may
not sound enthusiastic,

I'm pretty sure louisiana
bob is hooked on this 'cuda.

Now all I have to do
is reel him in.

It's a badass little ride.

Bobby: what I think stands out
most about the car is

It's very
highly detailed.

It's got the right options.

It's got the shaker hood on it,
which is all pluses,

And it's just
a gorgeous-looking car,

So I hope
I can get it bought today.

Richard:
I paid $45,000 for the 'cuda,

But with a day of bodywork
and all the parts and time

That it took to fix
the back fender,

I'm gonna need at least
$47,000 to break even.

I think the car
is worth 75 grand.

I can probably do a little
better than that, you know,

So I'd probably say
somewhere in the high 60s

To get it bought.

I was thinking
more 40-ish.

You can't even buy a beat-up
one of these for $40,000

Sitting
in somebody's garage.

How about 60 grand?

I mean,
I know what I got in it,

So as long as I can
break out of it.

Right then and there,
I knew that I could probably

Get it bought for what I was
hoping to get it bought

Because he always
tends to sh**t high.

$50,000.
Dadgum, dude.

Give me a break.

Man, you're
from louisiana.

-It's green.
-That's oil money.

We don't like green
in louisiana.

Are you kidding me?

I might bring it back
and paint it purple.

You're here.
You got cash?

Yep, in the truck.

You just said the right thing.


-Thank you, sir.
-Let's go do some paperwork.

-All right.
-Cash always works.

I might even leave it
green now.

♪♪

♪♪

I don't think
there's anything more manly

Than what you just did.

All right.
Drop it right there.

Okay.

All right.
That will work.

I'll get the rear end on it.
-All right.

Or the spring on the rear end,
I should say.

This is a heftier rear end,
I'd say, for the '33,

But I need to replace
the leaf spring.

It's a little bit tricky.

Now, I'm gonna put
this thing...

It's called a spring spreader,
this thing on it.

It's one of those
specialized tools

That you have to kind of collect
if you do these cars very often.

It's really tough to get the
spring on if you don't have one.

This is really the entire
suspension for the rear end.

The weight of the truck
bed rides on this.

The spring is kind of unusual

Because it's probably
the only car ever built

With a spring
that has a compound curve.

It curves this way
and curves that way,

Which is pretty much unique
to a 1933 or '34 ford.

Why they did that,
I still am really not sure.

Hey, jerms,
I might need a hand.

Jeremy:
ooh, let me come help.

You want to slide that in,
and then we'll lift her?

Yeah.

It's really heavy.

Is it?
I guess I'll hurry.

♪♪

Yeah, so we're up against
the rear end housing right now.

Yeah.

Let me tap that thing back
and just don't let it hit you.

Installing this spring,
it's actually

A dangerous piece of business.

Stay clear
because this thing...

If it shoots out, it will
probably go across the room.

It's gonna take your [bleep]
ankles out, dude.

You better watch out.

There is a tremendous load
on the spring

When you spread it out to fit.

Seriously, if that thing
shoots out,

It's gonna knock
your head off.

There we go.
All right.

Oh, my gosh.
It got heavier.

Which way
do you want to go?

-Maybe your way.
-This way?

-Yeah.
-Oh, this way.

Got it?

You'll have to come...

Boom.

All right.
Now we need a floor jack.

Here, let's get
this lined up.

It got a little better.

Jump on it.

-Almost.
-It definitely moved.

-Try again?
-Yeah.

I think that's it.

This is how all
the best shops do it.

Damn it.
Why do I listen to you?

Whoo!

Narrator:
coming up on "fast n' loud..."

Jason: we did actually
have an engine.

Brian: three carburetors on it,
fin heads.

Wait.
There is a slight issue here.

Narrator: richard's v-8 motor
for the '33 ford falls flat.

So...

That is not gonna fit
that frame.

Brian: our initial plan was
to take it out of the box

And bolt it into the truck.

We got to take this motor
almost completely apart.

-What?
-I'm just taking a picture.

Smile, at least.
-I don't like pictures of me.

I know.
I see why.

Look.
No.

Look.
No.

Look.
No.

Yes, look.

No. No.

No, because
I know you're doing

Something terrible
with that picture.

I know you.
No, no.

I'm not doing it.

What are you want?
You [bleep]

Such an a*s.

Please tell me
you got that.

You're an a*s.
[ Sighs ]

Brian: haven't looked
in the parts washer

For, like, three days.

It's still dirty.

Transmission repair
is very important.

Really, you should leave it
to a professional,

And am I professional
transmission guy?

No, but I'm gonna put it
together anyway.

This is actually
the transmission

We're using in this truck,

And it looks like an antique
because it is an antique.

It's only 6 years newer than
the truck we're putting it in,

So 1939 transmission.

Our truck is 1933, but this is
a much stronger transmission

Than the truck was made with,
so this is a little bit better.

It's an upgrade.

Hot rodders have been
doing it for years,

And that's what we need
to use in our truck,

So even though we're building
a shop truck

For running garage errands
and whatnot,

We're still making a hot rod.

If it has the gas monkey
name on it,

You can bet it's going
to be a hot rod.

We have to pull the old bearings
off of all the parts here

And put the new bearings on,

And then I'll actually start
putting it in the case.

We'll have a transmission.

I've been holding
onto this '39 3-speed

Just for this project,
so when richard

Bought the truck,
I made that part of the deal.

Does this turn you on?

No one makes replacement parts
for these old transmissions,

So I've had to clean up
all the original parts.

When I broke the transmission
down,

I took some pictures
with my phone.

I'm using those to make sure

I get it put back together
just right.

So that goes like that.

Mike:
what are you doing?

Trying to put the transmission
back together.

Trying to put the transmission
back together...

Yeah, trying.

...or putting the transmission
back together?

-Well, a little of both.
-You know how it is?

I think so.
I'm gonna find out.

-Is that supposed to be that...
-Oh, wait.

There is a tube missing
right there, though.

Yeah, there's a whole tube
missing.

Yeah, I didn't even notice that.
I totally missed that.

Okay, well, I got to go find
another cluster gear now.

Where we gonna
find that at?

You got one at your shop?
I bet you do.

I probably do, yeah.

Your pile of junk.

See, my pile of junk
comes in handy, though.

I'm no mechanic, but you would
think that something

That's missing
a giant chunk out of it

Would not be good
to put back together.

It's probably been
kind of noisy,

Missing a tooth.

-Noisy?
-Yeah.

If it even worked.it would work.

It would just make
a lot of noise.

I'm scared it's even
gonna run now.

Geez, louise.

Brian: well, that's gonna
slow me down a little bit.

I was just about ready to put
this thing back together,

And now I can't.

Well, the only place you'd get
a cluster gear

For a '39 ford transmission

Is from somebody
who hoards that crap.

Luckily, I'm that guy.

I can't guarantee I'm going
to actually have one.

So I grab jeremy and headed
to my shop.

I figure he's got a fresh set
of eyes

To help me spot
the part we need.

I knew there would be problems
we couldn't foresee.

There always are.
Right.

Besides, he's the only
that hasn't been to my place

And doesn't give me
a hard time about it.

Dude.
I can tell from here,

This is as bad
as they said it is.

This is old stuff
galore, man.

You know where it's at?
-No.

Is there where steering columns
go to die?

That's very funny.

You have, like,
a whole plethora.

Hold on.
This might be it.

Let me see
the one you got.

Yeah, that's it.

Brian: so there.

My stash of parts
just saved me a ton time.

You might thing this is, like,
a dirty shop,

But it just saved our a*s.

Jason: look what I got.

Is that
the mysterious engine?

That's
the mysterious engine.

This is as much of it
as I've seen, so...

-The box?
-Yeah.

-This just looks like a box.
-Big moment.

Brian: while jeremy and I
were at my shop,

The guys kept on trucking.

Mike got the chassis painted,

So now jeremy can work
on the pedal assembly,

And that means soon we'll
stabbing the motor in the truck.

Small-block.

Hey, it looks good already.it's a flathead.

Brian: when richard was trying
to get me to sell

This truck to him,
he threw in a little sweetener.

I've got an h&h flathead,

All built in the box,
brand-new.

That'd bolt right in there,
just about.

Let's do it.

I figured his flathead v-8

Would be the perfect motor
for this build.

Look at that.

So he did actually
have an engine.

-Yep.
-It's got cobwebs on it.

That's got three carburetors
on it, fin heads.

Wait.
-Offenhauser.

There is
a slight issue here.

This isn't gonna bolt
into our truck the way it is.

Oh.

This is
a late-model flathead.

You know, like, they changed
them between '48 and '49.

This is
a '49 to '53 flathead,

And that is not
gonna fit that frame

Without
changing some stuff.

Our initial plan was to take it
out of the box

And bolt it into the truck.

That's what richard said
we could do.

You're talking changing the
motor or changing the chassis?

We got to take this motor
almost completely apart.

All this front stuff
on the engine

Is not really gonna work
with what we got here.

We need to get with chad
to get immediately here

What need
for this to convert it.

-It too long or something?
-Yeah, it won't fit.

The way
the motor mounts are,

They're for
a later-model frame.

Man #4: what a sweet,
ready-to-go engine, richard.

You and I have to get a parts
list together

Because this is going
to slow us down.

Brian: so much for being ahead
of schedule.

Now we're gonna lose a whole
day modifying the motor,

Not to mention hunting
down replacement parts.

So you know what?

For once, this one is on you,
richard.

Let's go, bass.

Narrator:
next week on "fast n' loud,"

As the monkeys keep cranking
on the '33 ford...

Ugh, I knew
that was gonna happen.

...richard puts their feet
to the fire.

I'm really, really freaking
pressed for time.

We're the last people that want
to be taking it back apart.

Narrator: ...and may cause them
to burn out.

Stop.

Brian: I've seen lots of weird
stuff on these cars,

And this one is
kind of blowing my mind.

Narrator:
then richard goes for the gold

In the monster jam
world finals...

I want to win. I want to be
first place every time.

Narrator: ...by throttling
son-uva digger.


Yeah!
Wow!