It's got 17-inch porsche
fuchs wheels.
-What?
-Fuchs. Fuchs.
-Far from fuchs-in'.
-Far from fuchs-in'.
Dave: I've never
done a double cab.
If it didn't sit like that,
I would just make fun of you.
I've seen worse,
but I've seen better.
Yeah. I can see making
it way cleaner.
Dave:
Alls we're doing is putting the
final touches and the details,
and then...Boom.
Look, you bought
another piece of crap.
Oh, come on. It can't be
that bad all the time.
-I'm stoked about it.
-You don't see this combo.
-This thing is cool.
-David: Hexavalent chrome.
Intended for rust protection.
I'm semi-impressed.
I love double cabs.
I may keep the porsche
fuchs wheels.
I'm not fuchs-in' sure.
You better make up
your fuchs-in' mind.
[ laughs ]
dave: Clean.
Custom.
Bitchin'.
my name's dave kindig.
Designing and building custom
cars is my life's passion.
With the best mechanics,
technicians,
and fabricators
in the business,
quality is our only focus.
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dave:
It takes a lot of snacks
to keep a shop
like this running properly,
and nobody understands
that any better than jordan.
Ooh.
What are these?
Are these like doritos?
They're delicious.
He's like the snack monster.
You never know
what he's going to have.
Ghost pepper.
Are these going to hurt?
[bleep] [bleep]
no.
Of course,
this isn't a normal chip.
This is jordan
we're talking about here.
These have to be
some high-tech scientific
[bleep] chips.
They're not going to hurt.
-Well, it says ghost pepper.
-Yeah.
I just read that after I had one
in my mouth chewing it.
I just had a couple handfuls.
They're not bad.
[ laughs ]
it's not horrible.
These chips are horrible,
but I'm not going to be the only
sucker eating these chips.
"hey, dave."
don't get it
on your lips though.
oh, [bleep].
[ coughing ]
ah! Those hurt.
Uhh! [ coughs ] that hurt.
Water's not going to help you,
dog. It makes it worse.
-It's a mind-set.
-Okay.
They're not that hot.
I'm fine.
Whoo!
Want some more?
No. I'm good right now.
Thank you, though.
-Yup.
-My mouth is hot though.
Do you have some candy
or something, dude? [coughs]
I can't find the scoville
rating of these,
but they're pretty hot.
They're hot.
They're hot.
[ laughs ]
[ sighs ] I think a half of one
would've did me right.
Mmm.
Good.
Okay.
Did you get a couple
of those pepper be gones?
So [bleep] funny, jordan.
[ both laugh ]
okay.
Let's get back to work
and do what we do.
[ grunts ]
is it --
-who's driving?
-What's up?
Forward.
Turn!
Dave: You know, I try to do
my very best to make sure
that I don't add a lot
of extra work for my crew.
Does this thing steer?
Oh, man.
But sometimes you see something,
you got to add to it.
Where the hell is the engine
in this thing?
So when I got this from
a buddy of mine, cecil,
he made the mistake
of coming over to have
justin look
at the upholstery job.
Well, the next day
I bought it from him
so he can remodel his kitchen,
and I'm lucking out there.
Look like pig-pen
rolling up.
So what we've got here
is a 1967 volkswagen
type 2 double cab.
Thanks, fellers.
This one, there's a lot
of modifications.
It's got a deluxe
sliding sunroof,
the porthole windows,
safaris all the way around,
big porsche wheels,
got tons of parts, new glass,
new rubber,
brand-new back seat
that was custom-built,
new vent glass.
I mean, I've got a ton of stuff.
The metal work
was all finished up,
and the bodywork was
a really good start.
We just have to finish
feathering it out
and make it perfect.
Then we're going to put
some bitchin' color on it.
What?
Is this yours?
Yeah.
What?
Dave is super excited
about his new project.
What did you buy now?
I couldn't pass it up.
You could.
You could say,
"I don't want it."
no. Actually, I did really
actually want it.
I don't know what kind
of obsession
dave has with vws.
I walk by these things
all day long,
and you don't see me
going to buy them
would you ever maybe try
to experience
saving your money
every now and then?
Life's short, kev. I mean...
[ laughs ]
you know, imagine a nice
vacation home
with a pool and a view
and no close neighbors.
Okay. Sweet.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do you see it?
It'll have a guest room.
I am kind of excited to get
underneath this thing
and look at it and find out
if there's any problems with it.
So I can be like, "look. You
bought another piece of crap."
life's short, kev.
[ laughs ]
let's just imagine...
[ laughing ]
need to find
a different hobby.
It looks really cool.
It looks awesome.
I'm pumped on it.
Well, at least it doesn't
look like it's rusty.
I guess that's an advantage.
I think kevin's really
on the same page with me
on this particular vehicle
because it already is
on air ride,
and he likes the stuff down low,
so I know he's behind me
on this one.
I've never done a double cab.
I love double cabs.
I really wanted to do
a double cab.
Double cabs don't have --
they don't have the deluxe roof,
so this was actually --
and they don't have
porthole windows, right?
Nope. Nope. Yeah.
So it's got the deluxe roof,
and they only made them
in the three door.
You would have two passenger
doors on the passenger side.
This has got a fourth door.
Oh, wow.
That's awesome.
It's cut in.
And -- I mean, it just goes
on and on.
Semaphores...
-Okay.
-Turn signals.
And of course, they've brought
the whole floor up
because it's been
dumped down on airbags,
which I know
you're going to love.
Finally.
It's got wilwood brakes,
-Big motor.
-17-inch porsche what wheels?
-Fuchs. Fuchs.
-Far from fuchs-in'.
Those are fuchs-in' cool.
[ laughing ]
far from fuchs-in'.
Kevin:
Hey, so let me ask you this.
On the beds on these,
do they just fold down?
Yeah. It's going to go --
-black.
-No.
I'm not doing this one black.
I'm thinking red and white
with a white interior.
-White interior?
-Mm-hmm.
Well, a lighter color interior.
I'm semi-impressed.
You should be.
Check this out.
Big motor.
-Kevin: I said semi-impressed.
-It's got a big 2110.
We should get this thing
running a.S.A.P.
I know. Yeah.
I'm kind of pumped.
I'm stoked.
I think the reason I like it
because it sits low.
It's right on the ground, bro.
If it didn't sit like that,
I would just make fun of you
for buying another transporter.
Maybe that's what my therapist
was saying is,
"if you're always worried about
what kevdogg thinks,
maybe do something
that he would do."
I write that guy checks
to tell him
what I need him to tell you.
Really? Well, good.
So you're so motivated,
find me an air management
setup for this thing.
-Okay.
-I want to hide it all.
-I don't want to see it.
-Okay.
Other than that, I'm pumped.
I like it.
I may keep the porsche
fuchs wheels.
I'm not fuchs-in' sure.
You better make up
your fuchs-in' mind.
I think I made my vision
perfectly clear.
Now it's time to get it on paper
so everybody else can see it.
I'm actually really excited
about doing this particular
rendering because this one
is kind of close to my heart,
yet I've never had one.
It's a volkswagen double cab
type 2, just like the bus,
but this has a truck bed.
So it'll be intriguing.
Yeah. This is pretty dope.
The thing that's kind of
caught my eye
and made me want
to have this one,
is the fact that they've put
in a deluxe styled roof,
so it has the porthole windows
on the roofline
as well
as the sliding sunroof.
Ultimately,
the color combination
I think that's going to look
the very best on this thing,
is actually going to be
like a vintage red
and also kind of
a dirty white.
This is a 1967 volkswagen
double cab,
and they've actually made
this one look more like a 1958.
You know, let's just be honest
with each other.
There's no numbers
matching parts on this,
so why wouldn't you
customize the heck out of it?
It already had some
porsche fuchs wheels,
which is off
the 911 carreras.
What I might do is maybe play
around a little bit with doing
an engine fan cooling system
that also looks like a porsche.
I think that might be kind
of a cool theme.
I think that this thing
is going to look awesome.
It will be like strawberries
with some whipped cream on it.
You know, I think at the end
of the day
this is going to be
a really cool bus to have.
Realistically, the bulk of the
work has already been finished.
We're basically just going to
perfect it
and have some fun with it.
It's off to a good start.
Now it's time to have
a great finish.
With the condition
of this truck,
we're actually going to go
right over
to the body shop
and get bryce on it.
This is going to be
a simple job.
Dave is a very
optimistic person.
You know, when he sees
something,
he already thinks
it's at this quality,
and then all we got to do
is just scuff it
and sh**t it,
and we're moving on.
This shouldn't be too bad.
It should go pretty quick.
You get the easy spot, and I'll
keep working the tougher areas.
Yay.
[ laughs ]
mike really has a difficult job,
in a sense, on this whole vw.
Those side panels, where they're
so long and then low,
and they weren't ever
straight from the factory,
so he's got his work
cut out for him.
I'm trying to get this to where
it's all
on the same level,
the same plane.
You can see the difference
in all this,
to the size
of the bondo.
So it did have
a lot of warping in there.
Bryce:
Mike has the side panels.
I'm going to go ahead
and jump up onto the roof.
This roof was not factory
installed
by the manufacturer
of said vehicle.
There's definitely more involved
when you're trying
to take something
that was not factory
and you turn it into custom,
and then you install it
in somewhere
that never intended
for it to be there.
So our job is just to come in
to do the finished
details on it,
and make sure that
everything is planed out,
it's smooth,
it's round, it's perfect.
There's definitely
a lot more work.
As you can see,
I had to come in
and completely cover
this whole area to try
and get rid of the seam
that was there.
Bodywork to me, is definitely
kind of like
a little art in itself.
You're not sculpting really,
but you're really trying
to take something
and make it to perfection.
Good bodywork takes time,
and nothing will change that.
It definitely was not
the "scuff and sh**t,"
like dave had promised us.
[ lights clicking on ]
[ hissing ]
bryce: We're to the point
where we're ready for primer
on 90 percent of it.
So we're going to just finish
a few things up
and then get a primer,
and then we'll block it
from there,
and then just go straight
to paint after that.
Dave is going to be very excited
that thing is ready to go,
but I hate to break the news.
This paint job was
no scuff and sh**t.
Oh, yeah.
How's she going there,
captain?
It's going.
Was it as good
as dave thought?
It's worse than we thought.
dave: We're working
on a 1967 volkswagen double cab,
which I think is going to be
a great project
and real quick turnaround
for the guys.
I think the reason I like it is
because it sits low.
And I've got kevin on board
because it's on air ride.
I'm semi impressed.
Bryce got on the bodywork
right away.
Dave is saying this job is
going to be a "scuff and sh**t."
dave: I'm super excited because
this is my first double cab.
Oh, yeah.
How's she going there, captain?
Dave is very optimistic person,
but I've got to break the news
this took a lot longer
than anticipated.
It's going.
Was it as good
as dave thought?
[ laughs ]
oh, come on.
It can't be that bad
all the time.
It doesn't look as bad as the
last one, but everything has...
It's definitely not as bad
as the last one.
The last one,
I have to confess,
was a little more work
than I anticipated.
Did everyone hear that?
This one's pretty bad.
In my head, there's a pretty
big difference
between dave's
scuff and sh**t,
and what we really
had to do here.
See where his hand is put?
Yeah, right. Hey, science, dave.
It's science, bro.
It's science.
Even I know better than that.
I mean, it took me a minute
to learn, but...
Two years.
Two years.
It's worse than we thought.
Well, look at --
I mean, look.
They never had a roof like that,
so I can imagine, yeah,
there's probably a little bit
of work needed done on it.
Dave:
I know this was a good buy.
And they all take a little bit
of work to finish.
They all do.
We had to re-bodywork
the entire thing.
Looks like you got it done
though, right?
-Yes.
-So you're not complaining.
Lots of labor. Lots of labor.
Yeah. But it's done.
So anyway, how's the sides?
Dave: Bryce is sure giving me
a lot of crap,
but I know I got a great buy
and it's a great vehicle
to start with.
As far as overall work,
is this less or more work
than the bus version?
When I was doing that bus,
it was bare metal and up.
Right.
So again, something that's
Right.
So you did a good find on it.
You did a better --
yeah, okay. Well, thanks.
Thanks.
I'll throw it at you.
I got a parts with it, you know?
And a lot of the custom stuff
is already done.
Alls we're doing is putting
the final touches
and the details and the quality
finishes, and then...Boom.
I'm stoked about it.
This this is cool.
Yeah.
I mean, the ragtop,
the fourth door...
The walk through --
it's hard to even see these --
walk through originally,
you know,
but to be able to have one?
Airbags, he's stoked on that.
Finally.
Yeah.
I'm just trying to figure out
who to shove
in the engine bay
to prep all that out.
I think j.J.'s probably
the smallest for it.
[ laughs ]
I don't think he's going
to fit in there, captain.
I don't think so either.
It looks great, man.
-Thank you.
-Thanks, j.J.
But don't get up.
I can't jump that high anymore.
[ laughs ]
dave:
I got two bumpers that need
to get pre-fit on this bus,
and I also have
two tickets to vegas.
I'll take the tickets to vegas,
and eric can handle the bumpers.
I feel like this is like
an ikea kit.
Dave: When I bought this
double cab, it came
with fiberglass
early-style bumpers,
but I really wanted
something chrome.
So I got some reproduction
steel ones,
which doesn't have
the cool reveal line,
but I think they're going to
look much better
with the overriders
and chrome.
These ones are the fronts.
These guys are the backs.
These bumpers should be
a pretty simple installation
since I'm not going to flush
mount them to the body.
I'm just going to jam
standard bolts
into everywhere I can,
freaking volkswagens.
My guess is they don't fit
as well as
dave seems to think they do.
This is going to suck.
[ laughs ]
yeah. So I got some
stuff to do, so...
Yeah, I'm sure you do.
I'm going to roll out.
These bolt-on bumper kits
are clunky at best.
They never fit quite right.
Okay.
Well, let's get after it.
Well, I'm going to get this
thing fitting about as good
as it does
in the stock formation
and see what the boss says.
I'm not really modifying them
too much.
They just want a stock look.
We're just bolting it up.
I've seen worse,
but I've seen better.
That back bumper of
the volkswagen fit on great,
but the front one definitely
needs some attention.
Hmm.
How goes the battle?
So here's what's up.
I've got the bumper on,
and right here at the bracket,
I can't get
quite two fingers in there,
but over here, you know...
[ whistles ]
hot dog down a hallway.
Holy mackerel.
So it's going to be really hard
to get this gap looking good.
Hmm.
Easy jobs always turn into
the couple day projects.
Yup.
Supposed to be a quick fit
and send it out.
Now it's not.
I'll get with dave and see
what he's thinking.
If we want to get new bumpers
or if we want
to just
chase these ones.
Because he's got access
to a bunch of parts,
so we might just get
a different one.
[ phone rings ]
-hey.
-Hi.
-You got a minute?
-Yeah. I got a minute.
Cool.
Even if I leave town,
I'm always on call.
The back side's not as bad.
Yeah.
It's the front side
is the issue.
We got some pretty
substantial deviation.
Can we modify
the bumper brackets
to pull it in
just slightly?
Or is it reshaping the bumper
that needs to happen
to make that work?
It's kind of a little bit
of both.
-Where's my wife at?
-The bumper --
[ dave speaks
indistinctly ]
you know, I would say to use
your best judgment.
Okay.
But I'm not going to judge you.
-Cool. Thanks, dave. Have fun.
-Okay. Thank you. Take care.
Okay. You heard it.
He said he wouldn't judge us.
No judge zone.
Dave gave the go ahead,
and I'm going to cut
and modify these brackets.
I'm just going to treat it
like anything else,
and just cut it apart.
All righty.
[ buzzing ]
it's not like we haven't done
something like this before,
so let's get after it.
so basically I'm just getting
this bumper,
you know, looking even.
I'll see where the brackets
are sitting and re-weld them.
eric nailed the bumpers.
They look great and fit perfect.
I don't know.
It wasn't my favorite project.
[ chuckles ]
[ whirring ]
dave got some really
nice gauges.
They don't fit so well,
so we got to make some holes
and some little bezels
to accommodate.
we're just getting the gauges
in, fitting.
We'll get the bezels so they
sit real nice on the dash,
and send it to lane,
and lane will hook them up.
Looks good.
I like it.
Now we just have to put
in the clock over here.
That's easy.
And we'll call it done.
[ slot machine jingle ]
I'm back from my trip,
and now it's time for me
to get my hands dirty
on this truck.
Progress or prog-mess?
I like the progress, but, yeah,
it's still a mess.
Kevin: I can't tell if dave's
just cleaning here
or playing with the dust.
Dave: A clean work space
is nothing to laugh at.
Now we have dust everywhere.
This thing's going
to get way dirtier
before it gets any cleaner.
Dave: I've got the front safaris
in place.
I've been working on
the door frame window glass.
Now I've got to tackle this
back window.
These vws didn't always come
with safari windows
all the way around.
They might have had the pop-outs
and the rear quarter glass
for the back doors,
but they never had
the back window popping out,
so this is a modified rear
window that's been chopped down.
I'm going to pre-fit it and see
what I've got to work with.
I just want to make sure
that this frame is square
and looks good
before we just call it cool.
Hmm.
That's it?
[ blusters ]
dave:
So far, bryce is all finished up
with the bodywork.
Lots of labor. Lots of labor.
Yeah. But it's done.
And eric's got the bumpers
pre-fit, and they look awesome.
Eric: Not really modifying them
too much.
They just want a stock look.
Dave: And after the new gauges
were installed into the dash,
it's time to get
the pop-outs done.
Everything was going
really smooth
on these pop-out windows
until I got to the rear window.
hmm.
That's it?
[ blusters ]
the chopped the back window out
of a rear hatch of a '67 bus.
The hinge at the top,
sticking out like that
and having the weld
on the outside,
and then also
these kind of goofy latches
that hold the window open,
it realistically could come in
and scratch the body and paint.
So, yeah...
We're going to have to modify it
and see what we got
to work with.
Where there's a will,
there's a way.
I'm going to find my engineer
and make it work.
All right.
Take a look at this thing.
It's going to scratch the hell
out of the paint.
Yeah.
Honestly, I was just considering
just putting a solid
mount window in it.
Dave wants to throw out
the functionality of this
for form, which is fine,
but I think we can do both.
With the safaris everywhere,
you'd almost want them
back here.
I mean, it would be cooler
to have
a safari back here, but...
I think so.
...But this setup sucks.
I was thinking, can we
straighten out these sides?
I don't like to look
at the hinge.
And then the front safaris,
you've got the big,
long sliders.
Yeah.
And let's just take
a couple of these, you know,
and let's just have it swing
like a normal one.
Yeah. I can see
making it way cleaner.
Cool.
All right.
Far out, man.
We're going to try
and make it look
a little bit cleaner
than what they've started with,
and that's going to require
will's tricks.
Got the hinge.
Looks good, acts like a hinge.
We're going to cut it.
I need to take off
about 1/8 inch
right through the center
of those holes.
Nice little stitch on there.
We'll work our way down,
it'll be really good.
Let's see what it's going to
take to straighten this frame.
Just enough.
Looks great.
Awesome.
Now I got to do
the little brackets.
[ laughs ]
cool. There's one.
Simple. Simple.
now the trick is,
is proportionate.
All right.
Let's go see how it fits.
It's back off the surface
like I wanted.
Looks really decent.
Dave: The back window
is looking a lot better
now that will's
given me a hand on it.
all the guys are working on
what I might consider
the dopest double cab ever.
Now it's off to the paint shop
for a little magic
marshmallow madness.
Geez, that's a mouthful.
-Well, freddy.
-'sup, dog?
Get some green tape.
Let's do this.
We're already doing it.
Well, I have yet to begun.
You're behind on the task
at hand.
This is a two-tone paint job,
twice the amount of work.
All right.
There's a lot to it
because of the two-tone,
but this is going to be
a fun one to paint.
Ooh!
I'm going to need all hands
on deck on this one.
We're not painting anything
except for
the exterior, right?
Correct.
And then we're just
masking everything?
-Yeah.
-Let's do it.
-You are correct, sir.
-That's correct.
Out of the whole process
of painting a car,
masking is my least
favorite part.
♪ I'm going to take my horse
to the old town road ♪
♪ going to paint
till I can't no more ♪
bull ride in and [bleep].
[ laughter ]
bryce: You know, here's
the thing though,
if you take it
too serious in the booth
you just don't have
a good time.
-No. No. No. No.
-You know.
-And we have a good time.
-You got to have a good time.
Ah, just fantastic.
bryce: The bodywork is done
on this vw.
Feeling the lows,
work the highs down
to where it's all the same plane
before we primer it.
Bryce: And we are moving on.
We need to mask out
the entire vehicle.
♪ going to paint
till I can't no more ♪
got to get a new song
in my head, I'm telling you.
[ laughter ]
-thanks for that, man.
-[ laughs ]
come on, j.J. Hurry up.
I'm trying.
I don't want to be here
all night.
We're just trying to mask
a vehicle here.
Here we go.
Hot tamale!
bryce: Having two booths
is so perfect
for doing two-tone paints jobs
specifically.
Now we're just going to go
prep out the doors,
the rest of the panels
and get it all done.
These are pretty much the last
of the big panels for this bus,
and then it's done.
We act like we know
what we're doing.
As long as we're acting like it,
I guess.
I'm ready to be done with it.
Right, freddy?
-Not me. I love it.
-Yeah, you don't.
[ exhales ]
after a lot of hard work,
everything is masked off
and we are finally
ready for paint.
I don't want to point
something out
that I feel
pretty special about.
While we're doing this two-tone,
I put a scribe line
where we do not
have to worry about
any sort of complications
or anything.
Freddy: So what he's done is he
just added a little etch to it.
So when we got paint on it,
we're not going to be confused
where we're going
to put our line,
which is really nothing
short of genius.
Bryce: The trim is going to
cover up this line,
but I wanted to go ahead
and etch it out,
that way we could see it
throughout the entire paint job.
Genius.
Just amazing.
This makes the whole
two-tone process
so much easier
for us painters.
All right.
High fives all around.
High fives.
Let's do it.
Dave: Word around the shop
is these guys are ready
to drop some paint
on the double cab,
so this is my last chance
to check in and make sure
if they have any questions
that I can answer them.
You're stirring in
the wrong direction.
What's up, guys?
What's going on?
We about ready to pain that...
Dude.
...Not bus, not truck thing?
Yeah.
What is it?
It's a double cab, or you can
just call it the volkswagen.
The volkswagen.
So what is the game plan?
We got the body
in the main booth,
paint the body, and then...
Okay.
...We got all the parts
in the primer booth.
Back-mask the body so
we can paint the inside.
I think it's just too much
to try to do the inside
at the same time.
Especially doing a two-tone.
I think we should put
the white down first.
White?
The color.
White?
Magic marshmallow on the top.
Fair enough.
The names of colors,
irrelevant to me.
-Magic marshmallow.
-Magic marshmallow.
I'm more interested in getting
the color on the actual car.
I think the red will cover
over the white easier.
And it's not just red,
it's manic red.
Uh-huh.
For some reason, dave and bryce
are ganging up on me.
I don't know if you have seen
my brilliantness.
A mechanical scribe.
Build it up.
I've never seen that done
before, scribing.
Still waiting to paint.
I'm ready.
It's ideal because trying
to line up the doors
with the body
and the line and all that.
-It's genius.
-It is.
You don't have to worry
about it.
-It is.
-You're not going to miss it.
No.
I feel like the word genius
is being thrown around here
a little bit loosely.
You really -- you did something
special there, bryce.
Thank you.
Okay.
You got sealer going?
Uh, it's my therapist.
I've got to go.
Yeah. You're going to need it.
[ laughter ]
-thanks, dave.
-All right. Thanks.
Fonzie.
Finally, time to execute
and actually paint this car.
Freddy's my executioner.
Whoo!
so now I'm trying
not to make a mess.
Too late.
We are putting the magic
marshmallow color on top,
so that will be the top color
on the bus/truck/volkswagen
thingamajig.
-It's a struggle.
-Does that need reducer?
Freddy: I don't know what's
wrong with me today.
Normally I'm good to go.
Today, I'm spilling things,
making a big 'ol mess.
Maybe it's because
I'm around the genius element.
Thank you, bryce.
this is why I hang out here
with freddy,
about ready to go paint a bus
with unreduced paint.
So you put a chemical
in it called reducer.
Now I don't want to get
too technical on you,
but it reduces it after
it's been in it.
-[ laughs ]
-there are technical terms.
Yeah, I can tell.
What did you?
You dumped
the paint can over?
If I didn't know freddy,
I'd probably be a little
bit nervous right now.
Dude, he is
struggling right now.
Struggle.
He forgot to push the cap
on the bottom,
so it just leaked
all over that.
I've got a big old spill here.
I mean...
Freddy was here.
And let's be honest,
these chemicals
don't do us any favors.
No.
It doesn't really matter
what it looks like in here.
It's all about what it looks
like out there.
That's right.
The only way to shake this off
is just do what I do best.
Get in my zone,
put a g*n in my hands,
squeeze the trigger
and get the paint on the car.
it's got cinnamon in it
or something, you know?
I want cinnamon toast
crunch now.
Yeah.
That is the magic
of the marshmallow.
Mind is blown.
bryce: Right now, I am loving
the two-tone
with the magic marshmallow
on top and then that red.
It looks so vintage,
and it's just got
a really cool feel to it.
Freddy: Yeah. I don't see --
you don't see this combo.
No.
It's pretty unique.
And it actually
works really well.
The two-tone on the body
looks great,
so we're just going to
move on over
to the second booth
and get it all done.
Dave wants all of the interior
magic marshmallow.
Bryce and I have
a difficult task
of not messing this thing up.
And then he just wants to wrap
the red around this edge,
so we'll just kind of
bring it to here with the red.
Right at the edge.
Is it not going inside?
No. So all this will be
magic marshmallow.
It's pretty much just
the outside skin
and the outer flange.
There is no second chance
when it comes to paint.
You have to get it right
the first time every time.
This very clear line,
this allows me to know exactly
where I need to put the paint.
Now that you've got sealer
on it,
I'm even more proud
of how it turned out.
Yeah.
Pretty amazing, like...
Thank you.
Thank you.
Looking at this beautiful line,
I have just received
another brilliant idea
that I think is going
to save us a lot of time.
Looking at these doors,
do you think it's going to be
more complicated to mask off
the white than the red?
Because of oxides
going white, huh?
Yeah.
With the body already
painted now,
changing the plans right now,
ah, it's a little risky.
I don't know if we need
to switch this one up
and just do red first.
I know freddy can pull it off,
but I just need freddy to agree.
And that way all we're doing
is just putting paper on this.
kevin: So dave's the owner
of the shop,
and when it comes to power tools
he knows how to run them all.
[ whirring ]
I don't know if he should
be necessarily using them.
[ drill whirs ]
[ laughs ]
scared the [bleep]
out of me.
I've personally noticed when it
comes to jobs
involving power tools,
dave tends to look
the other way.
About the dash, we've got to cut
some big holes in it though.
Who's going to cut them in?
I did that last time.
I think my arm's still --
[ laughs ]
remember that?
Oh.
I'm feeling that there's going
to be a rewind here.
[ drill whirs ]
kevin:
He owns a lot of power tools.
I don't always think
it's the best idea.
Wrist twisting.
[ drill sputtering ]
[ laughs ]
[ drill sputtering ]
I hated that drill, man.
Something was wrong
with that drill.
It's mean.
I mean, there's been
some accidents.
Holy crap.
I about ripped my arm off.
[ speaks indistinctly ]
well, yeah. It almost threw me
through the windshield.
Yeah. I remember.
Those were menzes' bits.
I'm about to use the same drill
as dave,
so let's see if it was dave
or if it was the drill.
[ laughs ]
get dave here for the tutorial.
[ whirring ]
[ chuckles ]
dave shouldn't be left alone
with a hole saw.
[ laughs ]
those are bits for menzes only.
By menzes.
Bro, please.
[ mock laughs ]
"dave's stupid.
Every time we turn around,
dave's stupid."
dave: Freddy and bryce are
hauling butt on this paint job,
and it's looking wonderful.
Bryce: All the parts are ready
for the two-tone.
I don't know if we need
to switch this one up
and just do red first.
But I think I just realized
another big time saver.
That way, all we're doing
is just putting paper on this.
With the body
already painted now,
changing the plans right now,
ah, it's a little risky.
I feel the colors
cover really well.
They did. They were good.
You know what?
I don't hang around paint fumes
all day to play it safe.
-Fair enough.
-Change of plans.
We just changed plans
in the moment.
That's why we're professionals.
That's why we work together.
♪ just the two of us ♪
we need to get the red going.
Definitely going to
save us time
on the masking portion of it.
We'll be out of here in no time.
Game on.
Freddy: You base it off of how
well each color covers
and how much masking
you have to do.
-Word.
-Easier just to do the bottom,
and then just mask
this small section off
than try to mask off
everything else.
Whose idea was that anyway?
We want to make sure that whole
area is perfectly covered,
and then you just paint back
over the top of it.
-Brilliant.
-We etched it.
We know it's going
to line up perfect.
-White on.
-White on. [ chuckles ]
so this is the point
where you just slow down,
take your time.
If you don't track these
perfectly,
you clear coat it,
you're done.
You're doing it again.
Murphy's law applies
to painting entirely.
It just happens.
-Right, buddy?
-You better believe it.
Bryce: Freddy not only needs
to cover the red,
but he has to match
the body perfectly.
If it's good,
it's the painters.
If it's bad,
it's the painters.
So when the doors are hung,
we'll be able to see
how well you did.
-How well I did?
-Yup.
Make no mistakes on this,
freddy.
Yup. This is all on you.
So...
That's fair.
Everyone's watching.
That's fair.
I'm just going to cover
the red first,
just so we have kind of
a common ground everywhere.
Got to make sure we got
the red covered really well.
this cover's awesome.
bryce: Money.
We're good.
dave: One of the really great
details of this build
is going to be that
chrome separation
between the white and the red.
It's going to look beautiful.
And I kind of like
chrome bumpers,
chrome window trim, you know,
chrome headlight rings,
etcetera.
I like the whole thing.
All of this chrome has got
to be perfect
and it's got to match.
[ whirring ]
one of the key components
to making perfect chrome
is all in the prep
and the copper.
Man: The magic is in the prep
work, just like anything,
like a paint job too.
The better you prep it,
the better it's going to
turn out at the end.
But having copper as your under,
and then put your nickel
on top of the copper,
that gives you
a lot more luster.
Dave: This is a three stage
chroming process.
You have copper,
nickel, and chrome.
It's like a big
chemistry project.
To make perfect chrome,
you have to put it
through a series of vats.
Some are chemical
and some are water.
after the copper bumper
has been prepped and washed,
it gets dipped in
a hydrochloric acid for etching.
after the acid bath, the bumper
gets cleaned off again,
then dipped in nickel,
and that's when
we get the color.
When it comes to chrome,
there is two types,
and clearly one
is better than the other.
Jose: The chrome that we use
is a blue chrome.
They call it the hexavalent
chrome.
It was intended
for rust protection.
Dave:
There's hexavalent chrome,
blue, clean chrome
that we like,
and then some other crap they
don't even use at ogden chrome.
Jose:
And the cool thing about chrome
and plating, you know,
you have the triple stage
copper/nickel/chrome.
When you're really
looking at chrome,
you're actually seeing
the reflection of nickel.
Chrome is just a clear coat
that goes over the nickel
to protect it from oxidizing.
That's the only purpose
that chrome serves.
It goes in there for -- in the
chrome paint for 2 minutes.
Now we're going to pull it out.
Nickel and chrome
are very similar.
The only difference
is chrome is blue.
We're going to rinse this here,
and you guys will be able
to see the blue reflection
that it has.
It's not silver or gray.
It's actually has a beautiful
blue cloud that goes over it.
Dave: Now that this chrome is
perfect and finished up,
get it back to the shop
and get it on the double cab.
It's time to start getting some
of this stuff off of the table,
off of the shelf,
and on to the bus --
or the truck.
Whatever this is.
All the chrome is back now,
and it's time
to start reassembling.
Brand-new frames, brand-new
rubber, brand-new glass.
All the chrome
really turned out nice.
I'm getting pretty pumped to get
all this stuff put together.
I'm not going to be impatient,
but...
[ whispers ] I wish they would
hurry up a little bit.
Okay. Hang on one second.
I'll line you up.
Come in a little bit there.
So the goal here is basically
get it all reassembled,
running, wired, done,
and then we'll get it out
for a upholstery.
Let it rip, collin.
Let's see what we've got.
[ engine starts, rumbles ]
sounds good to me.
So far, looks good.
You got oil pressure.
It sounds like it's only
running on four cylinders.
[ laughs ]
sounds awesome.
I can't wait to get in it.
[ engine rumbling ]
-[ laughs ]
-beep, beep. Beep, beep.
Well, one fan boy
is especially excited.
I'm glad we have
one expert around
to make sure this thing
gets tuned right.
Justin: We're just going to
seat the cam in first
and make sure
that we get that all right.
Dave and I will be close by
in case something goes wrong.
And then take the carburetors,
set some timing.
[ engine revving ]
runs pretty decent.
So all you got to do
is lock down your down rods
and get those squared away.
Other than that,
she's happy.
Sweet.
-That was easy.
-That was super easy.
I did do [bleep].
[ laughter ]
-thanks, justin.
-Yeah.
-No problem, man.
-Appreciate it.
Dave: With most all of the
double cab back together,
it's time to pack it up
and take it over to colorado
to our friends at sewfine.
They're going to be taking care
of the upholstery on this build.
I'm going to start in the center
and snap out.
-Looking good.
-I think it will work.
And it's going to fit
like a glove.
Just kind of hold your tongue,
right?
[ laughter ]
[ whirring ]
we have to just get it
behind all the clips,
and that's a little bit
of a trick.
I feel like that's an easier
said than done trick.
Oh, yeah.
Dave: This double cab
is not stock.
Between the back window, the
sunroof, the port windows...
It's nothing I've never
done before.
Dave: Yeah.
It's pretty much not stock.
Okay. We'll just figure it out
as we go.
-Yeah.
-[ chuckles ]
the biggest challenge is --
the whole thing is a challenge
because it's a one-off deal,
so it's pretty much it.
Say a prayer.
And let some glue dry.
dave: The double deluxe
has already hit the road,
and it's in
beautiful colorado.
mike:
Should just draw around this,
then you sew around that,
and then that becomes
your front seat.
We're good to go.
Mike and carol and making
great progress on the bus,
so I'm in denver.
I'm going to stop by
and check it out.
Mikey. Oh, there you are.
Hey.
Good to see you again.
Yeah. Back again, are you?
You're hauling butt on it.
I know.
Oh, that color is k*ller.
Yeah. It really is.
How did the headliner go,
pretty good?
-It looks really good.
-Far out.
And the sunroof,
it works all right.
Man, it looks good.
The door panels just absolutely
turned out k*ller.
All that stuff looks so good.
And the nose,
that is so nicely done.
I'm excited.
So show me, what did you
come up with for the seats?
I actually got it right here.
-Oh, beautiful.
-So this is going to be it.
That's the bottom.
That's the bottom.
This is the back.
A little demonstration here.
There she goes.
And then the bottom.
That's k*ller.
I feel like I'm in the wrong
seat, but I'm --
here, you can try this.
[ imitates engine ]
I feel like I'm in europe.
[ laughs ]
yeah. I'll stick to the
left-hand drive stuff.
Yeah,
this is looking k*ller.
Man, that color
combination is --
you hit that right
on the money, mike.
-So, hey, guys.
-There you are, sweetheart.
How are you?
I brought you something special.
I brought you something that has
a little story behind it.
I don't know if that's my size,
baby.
There is a link.
I think you should wear it
until you figure it out.
Okay.
Carol, you shouldn't have.
Okay. All right.
Let me see it.
Oh, my gosh.
He's really going to do it.
Are you -- you say that,
and then I go,
should I really be
doing this?
Looks great.
It just clicked.
It looks great.
It just clicked.
It just clicked?
I know exactly
what's going on here.
You're making me wear
a woman's blouse...
No.
...Just to make fun of me.
That looks good.
I'm totally missing it.
Oh!
Hey, where's the rest
of my shirt?
Mike: It is now your speaker
grill material.
And that's what matches
so good in the front?
-Yes.
-That's like a k*ller match.
That's ingenious.
Well done.
sewfine pulled out
all of the stops on this custom
vw interior,
and I can't wait to show it off
to all my good friends
from the volkswagen club.
holy cow. You filled up
my whole parking lot. Awesome.
I've been gone from that club
for a long time,
but I've always had
great friends there.
You know, rees and eric,
you guys are always down here.
You always get to see
what I'm working on.
Oh, yeah.
Cecil, maybe too many times
because I've got your bus.
So cecil is the original owner
of this double cab
that I swindled out
from underneath him.
Thank you very much, by the way.
You're welcome.
This is one
of the junkyard buses.
So after 3 years of doing
metal work
and doing everything
that I wanted to do with it,
dave happened to catch me here
at kindig-it,
and he looked in the trailer
and said he had to have it.
Dave:
Cecil did a really nice job
putting this into
a super deluxe double cab.
-I tried to stay away.
[ laughter ]
I don't blame you, if you want
to keep anything cool.
Did you get your new kitchen?
I did.
I love it.
And his wife is happy about it
because she got a new kitchen.
Did you guys get anything
out of it?
No.
[ laughter ]
well, I'm sorry.
I'm excited for you to see it.
It happens to be
in the showroom now.
Rees: Double cabs are getting
very rare.
double cabs everywhere.
They're gone.
Why don't we go in
and get warmed up?
Let me show you guys what we did
to my double cab.
I'm really intrigued to see what
he's done with this double cab.
Dave: ♪ dun, dun, dun ♪
rees: That's pretty --
that's pretty badass.
It's crazy that
it's the same vehicle.
-it's perfect.
-It's amazing.
everything on this
just flows.
You can't say enough about it.
It's just -- it's stunning.
I think we should all pile
in the bed.
I love this red.
Oh, it's gorgeous.
And the fact that dave
has colors like this
that keep that vintage look.
It's not a vintage color,
but it looks vintage,
yet it's a custom.
I've always loved
volkswagen colors,
and he's always managed
to find something
that looks like it could've
been a volkswagen color.
Pete: Right.
Custom chrome was the first
thing that I noticed.
The chrome wheels,
the chrome bumper,
it all just ties
together so nicely.
We actually hand-built
the trim.
That just kind of
blew my mind.
We make that out of
aluminum stock,
and then we
triple-plate chrome it.
The interior,
it is off the hook.
Rees: The leather that they used
for the interior,
the carpet, matching carpet
inside has the trim around it,
and the headliner in there
is a really nice material.
The total package.
Just all the attention to detail
just flows really well
on this bus.
It's gorgeous.
Does somebody want to turn
on the semaphores?
We need to see
the semaphores pop out here.
-Dave: Oh, yeah. [ laughs ]
-look at that.
-Very cool.
-Isn't that cool?
Those are one of my favorite
things on anything,
just bugs, buses.
They're cool.
Dave:
It's kind of cool, actually.
I've never done a reveal
with, like --
how many people
is right here, like 15?
[ laughter ]
I'm not giving this one back,
cecil, and I'm sorry.
-It's okay.
-Go ahead and jump in it.
That's the least I can do.
Ahh!
I feel terrible.
Right?
Let's talk about regrets.
There's only one person
I was selling this to.
There's really no regrets
because I had dave build it.
When we decided to build this
we said, "let's do everything.
If we're going to do it,
let's just do it all."
and you finished it perfectly.
I had a great start.
That's for sure.
You guys will probably
get a kick out of this.
Come back here and look at this.
That looks amazing.
-Oh, do you like that?
-Yeah.
Cecil: In the bed, he did
some sort of a rhino lining,
so it looks
a little bit industrial,
and then he topped that off
with a chrome trim.
Dave:
That bed will never get used,
and this will guarantee it.
We don't want to scratch
the chrome strips.
Look what we did
to the engine here
to keep that theme
with the porsche wheels.
Oh, yeah.
The porsche fan shroud?
Yep. I really wanted something
to have a little bit
more chrome to it,
so I went with overrider style.
Wow.
And it sounds k*ller.
Do you want to hear it?
Let's do it.
Fire in the hole.
[ engine starts, revs ]
how does that sound?
Sounds perfect.
[ revving ]
that's awesome, man.
-Wow.
-Sounds so good.
Rees: With the work dave's been
doing with volkswagens,
and the fact that he's been
out of the club
for as long as he has...
You know,
it's been a while since
you've been in the club, dave.
I first met dave at a volkswagen
club meeting 3 years ago.
I think we're going to make you
an honorary member.
I'm back in? Holy cow.
You're back.
Hey. That's pretty cool.
I'm back in the club.
I got the sticker.
I'm in the club.
Old school.
Do you know I got chills?
They still have free beer
at the meetings, right?
-Yeah.
-Oh, cool.
And you owe me 5 bucks
for that sticker.
[ laughter ]
I remember the old days.
Some of my most earliest,
most fond thoughts
about building cars is always
around the volkswagen club.
He is still one of us, still
appreciates volkswagens,
and he's been
doing them proud.
-Let's go for a cruise.
-Let's go.
-Let's do it.
-Let's get out of here.
[ horn honks ]
oops. Sorry.
Wake the neighbors.
It's cool to see something
like this back on the road.
It's just, you don't see them
every day.
They're getting very scarce.
-Seats are comfortable.
-Oh, they're way comfortable.
-Hey, you like that?
-The ride's really smooth.
-Nice, huh?
-Yeah.
Rees: It's comfortable.
It rides better
than most buses should.
The ragtop on the double cab
is the coolest.
If you guys are cold,
I can turn up the heat.
Rees: I mean, the motor
just purrs.
-That sounds good.
-Yeah. It sounds so good.
You've taken everything
that's cool about a bus
and just put it on.
And put it on.
-Yeah. And...
-And it works.
Stock sucks,
that's what I always say.
[ laughter ]
-what an amazing ride.
He just did everything
that we wanted to do.
Awesome, guys.
Thanks for letting me
back in the club too.
You bet.
That's awesome.
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06x09 - Dave's New Toy
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Reality show featuring Dave Kindig from the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company Kindig It Designs as they show their process of restoring and rebuilding vehicles.
Reality show featuring Dave Kindig from the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company Kindig It Designs as they show their process of restoring and rebuilding vehicles.