07x14 - The Convertible C10

[bunniefuu]

I haven't seen,
ever, a truck that

has this much going on on it.

Every single part of
this truck, we've changed.

Dave kindig [voiceover]:
But this top has to work.

Stop.

We're on the bed mount.

By far, the most custom c10--

for sure.

I think on the planet.

It's easy to do
it almost perfect.

It's difficult to do it perfect.

Money.

I don't think we're going
to be able to do this.

I don't think it'll look right.

I'm just scratching my
head, like what's next.

Hail to the ye, brah.

Dave kindig [voiceover]: 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.

We build bitchin' rides.

[music playing]

we're building a
chevy c10 pickup,

and our client gave us the
task of making a hard top

retractable convertible.

[music playing]

will and the guys have
engineered and built

a custom top that now retracts
into the front side of the bed

under a tunnel cover to give
it that clean convertible look.

Dave's designed this
truck nine years ago,

now a new customer is ready
to take it to another level.

And I've even come up
with a new name for it.

You know we're
going to name this?

What?

Game changer.

Game changer?

Which game?

The c10 game.

C10 game.

Ain't nobody--
ain't nobody doing

[bleep] like this on the c10.

Nope.

[music playing]

metal fab's all wrapped up.

It's time to give this
truck over to body.

I am so pumped about this truck.

In a sea of c10s, this
one's going to stand out.

[music playing]

this is a huge milestone.

With all of this
custom fabrication,

this show truck is finally
ready to go to the body shop.

And with so much top notch
work, it shouldn't take

brandon very long to finish it.

[music playing]

there's a lot of panels, lots
of craziness going on as usual.

So nothing new.

Nowadays, all of them
are starting to blend in.

Just a lot of crazy
sheet metal panels

and a lot of different
ways of doing

stuff, that's how we do it.

So yep, let's get her
tore down, bag and tag

and label every part.

Put them all in our own separate
boxes so we're organized.

Prepped out, put in epoxy.

Yeah, start going to town,
put it back together.

Um, start body working it,
keep going forward from there.

[music playing]

the first step in
the bodywork process

is to spray the whole
truck with an epoxy primer.

And basically, that
locks down the metal.

Keeps all the moisture from
getting past that layer.

So everything I
do on top of that,

no matter if I pour
water on it or whatever,

the metal is going to be
protected in the state

I sealed it.

Been training some
of the new guys lately,

and this would be a
good chance for frank

to be able to learn
how to use our primer

and use the g*ns to
spray the primers.

Biggest thing with
priming and painting

is, sure you know,
corners and edges.

I'm assuming it
lays down pretty wet,

and it'll run on ya.

Brandon jones: It does.

Excited.

You know, this is cool.

I've, you know, watched
the show growing up,

and everything that gets
done here-- building cars is,

of course, really
special, but like,

even though this
isn't base coat,

like seeing paint go on a
car I think is one of the--

you kind of start to see
the car coming together.

Even for myself when
I work on my own cars,

when you finally see some
sort of paint or primer

or whatever it is
on the car, you

start to visualize
like, all right,

this thing's kind of
coming together now.

The worst case, I go
back to the metal side,

I guess, if I screw this up.

Game time.

[music playing]

he's doing good.

First time sh**ting the epoxy.

Think he's doing really
good, to be honest with you.

Sit here and watch for a second,
make sure things are kosher,

and I'll let him go to town.

So I want to do a good job.

I mean, I feel like
if I screw this up,

I'm probably not going
to get in there again.

But if I do ok, maybe
I'll get a chance

to put a little paint and color
on stuff maybe down the road.

So we'll see what happens.

This thing is cool.

I mean, I'm more of a
hot rod muscle car guy,

not that this isn't.

But as far as like
the truck world goes,

it's kind of new to me.

Working on a truck like this
and seeing what dave designed

and then will putting
it actually into--

into motion with a
hard top convertible.

It's-- it's the first of its
kind from what I understand,

and that's really cool, to be
a part of doing something like

this, because I know
from what I understand,

this truck had been
built here maybe a decade

ago by-- by our guys here.

And now it's back again to
get a second redo in a totally

new and really cool way.

So I don't know, it's--

it's going to be really wild
to see what this thing looks

like when it's done and
see that hard top go down.

'cause really, the way
that it was designed,

can barely tell that
it's a convertible

until that thing goes back and
tucks into that tonneau cover.

It's really cool.

It's a very unique truck,
so I'm excited to be

working on this thing.

[music playing]

ah man.

That was great.

That was cool.

Always dreamed about
spraying in the booth here.

So, uh, like every day here, I'm
always learning something new.

And it's just like, every time
I get to do something like this,

it's more just like
living out my dream

and doing all the
different things I

get to learn here at kindig-it.

[music playing]

usually when somebody that
knows what they're looking at

is in a car show, and a color
attracts them to a vehicle,

it's that.

But as soon as
they get up there,

if the prep and the bodywork
is not perfect, well,

they'll just keep walking.

That's why our system
here is very specific.

It's a three part.

It's got to look good.

It's gotta stick,
and it's gotta last.

First, the metal has
to be prepped properly

so everything will stick.

Everything has to
be gapped and panel

matched, and perfectly flat so
the paint lays down perfectly.

And last but not
least, the paint's

gotta be laid down and polished
so it looks deep and perfect.

Our process here
at kindig-it has

been perfected over 20 years.

We always make little tweaks.

We always try to stay up with
the times and the technology

of new products.

[music playing]

here at kindig-it
design, we don't just

worry about what you can see.

It's all important
about the things

even that you can't see,
or probably won't see.

That means that this cab's
going to have to come off

the chassis, go
on the rotisserie

so we can make it perfect in
all the nooks and crannies.

And yes, this is a show truck,
so the bottom of the truck

needs to be as
perfect as the top.

[music playing]

guys we got a
c10 over here now.

We gotta get the chassis
split from the body asap,

so we gotta get that chassis
down to vegas tomorrow.

We gotta finish it
tonight, so we'll get it

out, get the chassis to kevin.

He'll tear it down, and
we'll mount the body

to the rotisserie, which
we've got to build,

because our other rotisserie is
under the corvette right now.

Perfect.

Sounds easy.
- Yeah, the usual.

Let's do it.

[music playing]

mounting the cab on a
rotisserie is an easy task.

It's small.

But since I have to custom build
the rotisserie for this one,

it's going to take us a minute.

[music playing]

so we have another car
in the shop that's actually

getting painted like tomorrow.

So our-- our main
rotisserie's being used.

So we have this one, which
we normally use for chassis.

We kind of shortened it up,
and made it for this cab.

The cab's real short, so we
didn't-- we didn't need it

on the big rotisserie anyway.

But it's going to take
just a little bit of work

to kind of get this
truck up on here.

[music playing]

yeah, we got it
all mounted up.

Oh, we just want to make sure
that it spins real nice, has

good center of gravity.

Should be easy.

Undo those and spin
that, so should

be a real quick adjustment.

Ready?

Yeah.

Once we get this thing
up on the rotisserie,

I really want to balance side to
side so we can spin this thing

around very easy so we don't
have any weight throwing

it one way or the other.

This is back up.

But sometimes the
painter has to flip

this thing all by himself.

So we want to make it
as easy as possible.

Yeah, we gotta go down a bunch.

This thing is not even
close to being balanced.

We're going to have
to do some adjusting.

Yeah it's really top heavy.

So it wants to just
flop to one side.

So we're going to drop the
center of gravity on it

and make it so it
spins super nice.

A little too high.

It's kind of just a guessing
game till you get right where

the rotisserie wants you to be.

This is way too top heavy.

We got them out
to the rotisserie,

and when we start spinning
it, it's super top heavy.

So we gotta bring it down.

We're going to drop the
center of gravity on it

and make it so it
spins super nice.

To adjust and bring it down,
we just do the main screws

on each side of the
pole to lower the weight

and the center of gravity.

Make it easier to spin.

Coming down.

[ominous music]

still pretty damn hard.

It's kind of just a guessing
game until you get right where

the rotisserie wants you to be.

You happy with it?

Yeah I think that'll work.

[music playing]

yeah it looks good.

Balance is really well for what
our makeshift rotisserie is.

So clean the bottom
up a little bit,

get that chassis outta
here and we're done.

Finished.

We can go home by five.

Heh heh.

Bam, done.

So we're just tearing this
thing down, like always.

We're getting all
the nuts and bolts.

I know that we're building a
super, super nice show truck.

Everything's going to get sent
to the platers, the chromers,

the powder coaters.

We're going to make sure all
the finishes on this truck

are top notch.

[music playing]

when building a
show vehicle, you

have to take into consideration
all the nooks and crannies,

and even things that you
don't think will ever be seen.

Well, the judges
will be looking.

When doing the indoor
car shows, we typically

will always put
all of our vehicles

up on lights and
mirrors and stands.

Well, the problem with
that is it shows off

any kind of mistakes
you might have made,

so they've gotta be perfect.

You don't want anybody to
see a mess under the skirt,

so to speak.

All right, cool.

So the truck is
on the rotisserie.

Um, I was expecting to
have it paint already.

Wha-- what's going
on on the bottom?

I was trying to get
what we can smoothed out.

We need to throw a little


Then I have to do a
whole lot of bodywork.

Bottom's actually
really nice on this one.

That's pretty much about it.

Throw some qk, finish
blocking that down,

and then we'll be
ready for paint.

Ok, yeah, because
we have panels that

cover half of the floor, right?

That go from the
rocker to the frame.

And then the cen--
so the center just

has to be perfect,
because this is

like a full blown show truck.

Yes.

We want the bottom to be
just as shiny as the top.

- Yep.
- Perfect

that's how we want it.

Well, it looks amazing.

It looks really,
really, really amazing.

All the guys are
pumping-- you're going

to have color on it this week?
- Yeah.

Heck yeah.

End of the week we'll
have it painted up and--

we will cut and polish and
get it over to you guys.

Get it on the frame,
get the engine in it.

I'm naming this
the game changer.

Let's do it.

Just 'cause the simple fact
is, there's a sea of c10s,

and it seems like
everything has been done

under the sun to these trucks.

They're humongous, they're
super popular right now.

But I've never seen a hard
top convertible in this truck.

And maybe I'm wrong, maybe
after the show comes out,

some dude will send me a
picture like from the '80s.

Like, I already
did this, maybe--

this truck is awesome, and
I'm super excited about it.

I've never seen one
either, so I think it's

going to be an awesome truck.
- Awesome.

All right, well let me know.

I'm excited to see it.

Let me know when you
get in the booth.

- I will.
- All right buddy.

Thanks.

[music playing]

the body work on our
c10 is looking marvelous.

And guess what, the chassis is
now back from getting the show

powder coat done in california.

Here at kindig it design,
when we put a chassis together,

I always try to get the
brake lines on first.

Sometimes I don't have
everything I need.

I know where it's going to
end, so I just-- you know,

you try to don't build
yourself in a corner,

try don't put anything
on that you're

going to have to take off.

Sometimes you have
to put things on

to make sure you're
clear in other areas,

but we try to avoid
that as much as we can.

I think trucks are
easier in my opinion.

You can run the fuel lines.

You don't have to
crawl underneath.

You're not into the body.

You're not working in
a little baby trunk.

And then you put the bed on
it, and it's pretty much done.

We should be able to
get this pretty complete

before we even put the cab on.

This isn't one of
those ones where you--

anything super special.

It's just a cab and a bed.

When building a chassis
here at kindig it,

there's one rule, the
most important rule.

Anti-seize everything.

Anti-seize to me is
your best friend.

I'll never forget the very
first thing I did here,

way, way, way back in the day.

We were putting the


First a-arm bolt, we
ordered them all stainless.

They were all polished.

We didn't have to do anything.

We just put them together.

First one, seized.

And I had to cut it off
the frame my first day.

It was ridiculous, so
anti-seize will make

things go a little smoother.

This chassis is
looking bitchin'.

It's all coming together.

The doors, the cab,
the fenders, everything

is pretty much prepped
and ready for paint.

But before we start painting,
there's a couple of things

I need to go over with chad.

Man, you guys got it all
cleaned up ready, huh?

Chad harrell jr:
Yep, almost there.

Right on.

About ready to start
sealing then, or--

yep, almost.

We'll lay down some sealer,
go through with my white,

about yea high body line.

And then have you come
in, run your line,

and then we'll start
back masking behind you.

Sounds good.

The separation in this
two tone is actually

the chrome that's three
dimensionally on the outside

of the paint job.

So we'll get the two tone down.

We'll then cover the two
tone split with the chrome.

And then we're going to
add a little bit of detail

with a red pinstripe in the
middle of the chrome section.

We've got about


yep.

Just below this reveal right
here that the chrome starts.

So I'm going to just go a half
an inch below this reveal, just

so we make sure that we're--

yeah covered.

Midline and it'll be perfect.

I'm going to go just
around the backside corner,

and I think what I'm
going to do is, I'm going

to come around just far enough.

I know that the
bed's real close.

And I'm gonna go straight
down about a half an inch

away from the rocker where it
separates to black belly pans.

Gotcha.

And so we just
want that a stripe.

Wrap it into the jams just a--

- quarter of an inch.
- Gotcha.

I don't want to look
at a white jam down here.

I want it black, that
way we would have

the threshold and everything.

Get that contrast from
the chrome to the black.

No stripe across the
firewall, it's all black.

Bottom of the truck's black.

Everything from here
up is black hole black.

Everything from here
is no strings white.

How are you going to accomplish
the gloss black and matte red

on the dash, what
are you thinking?

So I'm going to go in, I'll
spray the whole thing black,

I'll gloss the whole dash back.

Once we unmask the whole truck,
we'll go through, run our line,

and then paint the bottom of
the dash that flat-- flat red.

Ok.
Perfect.

So it sounds good.

This is going to
be a radical truck.

By far, the most custom c10--

for sure.

I think on the planet.

For sure.

By far.

So glad that--

yeah me too.

Happy I get to spray it.

Yeah.

I'm happy you're doing it.

Enough of the chit chat,
let's get to painting.

Guys it looks good.

Far out.

Sweet.

Right on.

Thank you sir.

[music playing]

we have sealers laid
down, so I'm going to mix up

the no strings white right now.

Mix that up.

And then we'll go ahead and
start spraying the lower

half of the truck white.

I'll do my two
coats, and then we'll

go ahead and do a
quick denib and tack,

and do a third coverage coat.

It's crazy how many different
color variants go into a white.

[music playing]

it's weird how
creamy that looks.

Mixed the right
ones, so we're good.

Let's go and do this.

Whites only going about
this body line down.

So just going to dust some.

A little over spray, but it'll
be fine, because it's going

to get covered with black.

[music playing]

comes out very cream.

I don't know why.

We have a lot of custom
colors here in the shop,

but something's wrong.

So the no strings
white in the computer

is not no strings white.

[bleep]

part of
this process of doing

a two tone on this truck
is laying down the white.

The correct color of white.

So the no strings
white in the computer

is not no strings white.

So I'm gonna try to
find the correct one.

Search in the computer,
try to find the new one,

mix up the new color,
and start spraying again.

C-a-r-r-a-r-a.

From now on in
this truck, we're

going to enter the manual
code into the computer

to make sure that we get
the right no strings white.

And then we'll go ahead
make that corrections

so we don't have that
problem after this vehicle.

All right.

That is the color we're
after, right there.

That'll be fine,
it'll cover good.

This really isn't
the end of the world.

Even though the first coat
is done in the wrong color,

it won't matter a bit
because we got two more

coats of the correct color.

So white's white in this
case, and we'll just move on

with the project, no harm done.

Probably do one
extra coat of this just

to make sure I got good
coverage over the tan, or cream,

beige whatever color
you want to call it.

Cool.

All right, let's try this again.

Retake.

[music playing]

much better.

With the white
on the cab, there's

only one last thing
to do before I can

start laying out the graphic.

Any little dirt that's
collected on the coats

that I've done so far,
sanding them with some 800.

Going over them
with the tack rag,

just getting all of
the debris and whatnot.

You end up filling it with
overcoats and coats of base

and clear and it's still there.

If you go to sand
that down, you might

not get it all the way out.

So we're trying to get rid of
all of them now while we can.

Think that's pretty good.

This overall is really
one of the simpler graphics.

We're just doing like a
factory style two tone,

not taking the graphic
through the jams.

It's just on the outside.

And then the two tone
split's actually going to be

hidden with a piece of trim.

So I'm just going to
use some 3/4 inch.

When I designed the two
tone on this, basically what

I'm after is, we
have a piece of trim

that's going to be across here.

And it's going to have a red
pinstripe in it that separates

the white on the
bottom of the car,

the no strings white, and the
black hole black on the top.

That chrome piece of aluminum
will basically just have

the white and black separation.

It'll be somewhere
in the middle of it.

We just want it to be common
from fender to the door

to the cab to the bed.

You know, a lot of
these c10s in the day,

they had different packages.

And more of like the deluxe,
or what we would know

was a super cheyenne
would have a two tone.

It'd have maybe a
wood paneled insert

with chrome outside edges.

And it would have a white or
another color at the bottom

as opposed to the top.

And speaking of tops,
normally the top would be

the two tone color, or white.

So this one, we want to
have kind of that same feel,

but we want to make
sure that our trim

covers the separation evenly.

Before we finish up
this graphic tape job,

I want to make sure
that my tape lands

approximately in the middle of
where the trim's going to go.

So let's go grab a
piece of trim and just

double check our fitment.

Let's gently set it up there
so we don't scratch our base,

and let's just see what
it looks like here.

Boy, that's a nice piece.

Yeah.

I'm about right
up to the line.

Yep, right about there.

From the body line?

Yep, it looks good.

So he's gone
right to the reveal.

Yeah.

Two tone is hidden
obviously underneath the tape.

These aluminum pieces
will get chromed.

Yep.

And then this section
right here, you just drop in.

We're going to do in a gloss
red that matches the engine.

This two tone just needs
to kind of disappear.

So it's not too close to
one of the other edges.

- Yeah.
- It's base glows I'm after.

So as long as we're
in that area, that's--

I don't think there's
one place that's

any better than the other.

That was easy.

We'll be done in five minutes.

You know, when you're
building a custom car,

you want to really pay
attention all of the details.

But when you're trying to build
the ultimate show vehicle,

you have to pay
attention so much closer

to every single last detail.

You've got to try and imagine
what the judges are going

to try and find wrong
with the vehicle,

because it's obvious when you
get a vehicle this quality,

they're not looking
for what's right.

They're just trying to
find something wrong.

It's easy to do
it almost perfect.

It's difficult to do it perfect.

I make this look easy, but
it's not a bragging thing.

It's just-- I know
how to lay tape.

It's a trick.

Something I found when doing
this, you have a steady hand,

and I'm looking just
behind where it's

going to land on the panel.

Doesn't get any straighter
than that in my opinion.

Trim them back, and chad
should be able to come in

and just do a quick
back mask on the white.

And go after the black.

I might take the rest of
the day off and go golfing.

Chad and I are going to go
back to the paint samples

in the showroom and
double check and make

sure we get the right red.

Now we already know that we're
going to do no strings white,

and the black hole black.

Now it's time to
pick the perfect red

to match this hide's leather.

This is our leather for the c10.

This has got a
lot of blue to it,

compared to some of
the other red leathers

that I've been using.

They have a lot more on the
orange side, like k*ller tomato

that we used on the mustang.
- Got you.

But this one--

I think hellion is
going to be perfect.

It matches up pretty good.

It's really--
man, it's so good.

I think that we
could really get away

with like the engine,
the tr*nny, the drive

line, the center section.

Let's do all of that in a gloss.

Ok.

I think that'll look
k*ller, especially

with some chrome and the black
surrounding the engine bay.

Agreed.

But more importantly, I
think that's just enough,

it's the right tones
and everything else.

And I think it's got
plenty of blue to it.

It's on that, you
know, that really--

more of a blood or cherry red.

Right.

I think that's
really a nice match.

So will you do me a favor?

Do me a couple of
spray-out panels.

Do one in gloss--

one in flat?

And do one in a flat.

We'll see how that
looks with this leather.

Ok.

Because I think that would
be perfect for the c10 though.

Cool.
- Easy enough.

Rocking.
Thanks buddy.

No problem.

[music playing]

hey chad, did you
get those spray outs?

How's it going dude?

Yeah, good.

Got them right here.

So we got flat
red and gloss red.

Oh man.

I love that color.

Look at that.

You can take them off
from there if you'd like.

That's good.
Yeah.

It's a good match.

Yeah, I think it's great.

Just enough blue.

I really love that.

It's going to be so, so sweet.

Yes.

Awesome.

So this will be the color
of the engine, trans--

yeah.

Perfect.

So that's the gloss.

It's a good match.

Yep, good job.

That'll do.

That's it.

Hellion it is.

Hellion it is.

Hell yeah.

That looks great
now, I'm stoked.

Thanks chad.

No problem.

Cool, now that we know
what colors we're using

on this thing, we're going
to go back into the booth,

finish up the black
for the two tone.

Go ahead and pop this
open, black hole black.

Quick stirring, good to go.

All right, time to
spray some black.

[music playing]

the last part we
need to do is paint

the bottom of the dash in
this matte finish hellion red.

[music playing]

[paint spraying]

c10's done.

White, black, clear.

She ready to go.

Last thing I'll have to
do is couple odd and end

pieces here and there.

She turned out good.

Happy with it.

The c10 is now all
painted and being

polished out to perfection.

Now the next step is
going to be to marry

the body to the chassis.

[music playing]

this c10 cab going on
the frame should be as cut

and dry as it gets.

There might be one tight
area, but I don't think it's

going to be that big of a deal.

The cab is super short, so
we don't have a lot of area

to pick up.

Can't go like this,
because then you

would pick it up
in the middle right

where the frame
is going to land.

So we're trying to make sure
we have spots to pick it up.

How close are you there?

Go up just a hair,
see how close we are.

Ok, he's touching, so we have
to go up a little with ours,

try to get level.

Was the rotisserie straight?

No.

You good?

Yeah.

Could you take it down
just a touch, justin?

A little bit more.

The reason that the tolerances
are so tight on this truck

is because there's a
lot of things going on.

Everything has to
line up just perfectly

for the top and the tonneau
cover, and everything the way

that it's chopped.

And everything has
to fit together

just perfectly, so
everything is going

to be very tight on this build.

Go up a hair.

We need to bring the
rotisserie forward, I think,

just a little bit.

So you can see, it'll
hook right here.

We have tons of room forwards.

Don't bump the
arm and we're good.

We picked up the cab with the
lift, everything's going fine.

I don't see any problems.

Everyone got their eyes on it?

How close are we on
those front mounts, collin?

[interposing voices]

got to come back more.

To clear the batteries.

This is the bed
mount, correct?

Yes.

So it looks like
the only tight spot

we're going to have
on this chassis

is the back of the
cab kind of rolls

down underneath the body mount.

So we're going to have to kind
of push the frame forward,

bring the cab down, and
then pull the frame back

and then continue the
rest of the way down.

And it's going to be
pretty tight, you know,

we're talking probably
quarters of an inch.

Yeah I got this side.

My side's got to go
forward a little bit.

Ok, everybody got
their eyes on it?

You watch the
front side of this,

and I'll watch the backside.

Stop.

Let's just go down, we don't
have to stop right there.

Yeah we do, because we're--
we're on the bed mount.

Oh.

Another reason that
the cab is so tight

is because we've actually moved
the bed all the way to the cab

about as tight as
you can get it.

It actually has a little
piece that bolts them

together to keep
those things strong

because of the removable top.

Bring the chassis back.

You're about to
do it, aren't you?

No.

What, is it not low
enough to get around there?

No.

You want to come back?

No, no, we need to come
down just a little bit.

Just barely down.

I think you're on my side.

A little bit more.

Good to go down?

Yeah a tiny bit.

Come back a little.

Take the frame back.

Yep.

You got it, dog?

Or you need a hand.

Dave, can I go to your
direction a tiny bit?

Yep.

I need a quarter of an inch
down again, because I'm

really close to this.
- Ready?

Yeah.

Down, little bit more.

Good.

Should be good there.

Now bring it back right there.

Go down.

Yeah.

You good, brax?

Yes or no?

Right now, yeah.

Move your finger.

Ok, down.

Yeah I'm still good.

Good.

Keep going.

You see anything, yell.

Otherwise just keep
going down nice and slow.

- You're touching.
- Touching--

dave kindig: Down.

- --The front mount.
- It's not touching yet.

Man: The back is, though.
- Keep going down.

Kevin schiele: That's ok.

There you go.

We took our time and
gently put this cab on.

There's not a scratch on it,
and we're ready to move forward.

Let's just grab the chassis
real quick, pick it up.

Triple check everything on the
bottom, make sure we're good.

Ready?

Yep.

Once we get the cab
down on the chassis,

I always like to just pick
up the chassis as a whole.

And let's look for
any tight spots

that may have been missed.

Anything that's sitting on
anything close before we go

and cinch this thing
down with a bolt.

Whoever built this tunnel gets
an a. We're going to make sure

all the finishes on this
truck are top notch.

This is going to be one of
the more complex assembly jobs

that we've done in a long time.

It has custom front end.

It has a custom hood.

It has custom hood hinges.

It has a custom bed.

It has dual throttle bodies.

This thing is ridiculous.

I haven't seen,
ever, a truck that

has this much going on on it.

So I'm super excited to see
how it's going to turn out.

There's a lot of '67,
'72 c10s on the road,

but every single part of
this truck, we've changed.

Right now, what I'm working
on is a remote control

that's going to run
the convertible top

and the rear tonneau cover.

The idea is that we're giving
inputs to our microcontroller,

and this microcontroller
is getting information

from the ram saying I'm
in a certain location,

it's safe to move.

And if something were to
be off by an inch or so,

it could be catastrophic.

Where does the
need to go, closed?

Right there.

There you go,
right there collin.

Money.

Pow.

How does that one look?
- Good.

Cinch 'em up.

I'm super pumped about this.

This intake is a twin throttle
body, full carbon fiber.

Yeah I said carbon fiber.

We painted over it,
but this thing is sick.

It looks so clean.

I can't wait to
hear this thing run.

Hail to the ye, brah.

Yeah, we're in the assembly
side working going on the c10

and we're going to
put the top together.

I'm really super stoked that
all the pieces are painted.

This may be the final
time this gets assembled.

Now all I have to do is
not scratch anything.

And then prove that
it works to everyone,

because everybody's so like--
got their fingers crossed,

including me.

I'm just scratching my
head like, what's next?

This looks really
good under here.

That's-- that is a show vehicle.

The only problem I can see
right now is it's cold outside

and this truck's not together.

I can't go drive it.

I think I might be more excited
than anybody in the shop

to get this thing on the road.

But there's one more
detail we really

need to pay attention to.

I came up with a name,
tell me what you think.

Game changer.

I really do like kevin's
name for this truck,

the game changer, but
that's pretty much

everything we build.

Because the last name on
the customer is maxwell.

Max headroom.

Top down, you got all the
headroom in the world.

Who's max headroom?

B-b-b-- a are you kidding?

Oh that guy that did
the coke commercials.

Coke commercials-- I'm
not naming it after him,

I'm naming it after the
last name and the fact that

there's plenty of headroom.

Oh yeah.

Max headroom.

So I came up with that
name, I'm going to take

the rest of the day off.

Get this truck together,
it looks great.

This c10 is almost completely
put together and ready to go

to the upholstery.

Justin stephens: [inaudible]
is sewing up this pattern

right here.

We're just trying to get ideas.

This depth right
here is one inch.

The way we're going to
have to end up doing this,

and I'll show you after but
I want to put this in here

to show you our proportions.

I don't think we're going
to be able to do this.

Ok.

I don't think
it'll look right.

We don't have enough seat.

And this is only three pleats.

An inch and--

that's ok, as long as it's
an odd number I don't care.

What if we go
five, like you have,

and the last one rolls
off so you have--

you have pleating to here?

No.

I think the three's fine.

I think the distance
of this, the depth.

Half an inch to
an inch, whatever

we decide there is fine.

No perf.

I think dave's right.

Three pleats is going to work
great, because I don't want

this to look like a recliner.

So next, we need some
direction on the armrest.

We have these shaped.

This needs to slither
from almost zero out.

Shape it out this way.

So you want this tapered down?

Just give it a
little bit of shape

just so it doesn't
just look like a--

- a block.
- Tuning fork.

Exactly.

Are we going to round--

back here as well.

Are we going to round
this off a little here?

Yeah, so the profile tapers.

[interposing voices]

but it's on the front,
though, that's the problem.

Because the back won't have--

the back doesn't taper out.

What are we going to leave
here, about a half inch?

- Quarter.
- Quarter?

Yeah.

Yeah just carve this this
way, and then take this

and taper it out to


It'll have a taper
from here this way,

taper from here down this way,
and a taper on the very back

about the last couple inches.

And then on the bottom
side where the handle goes,

we'll just make a notch
that's big enough.

And then you have
to also clearance

the backside of where the
handle will actually come up.

We'll sneak it in as close as
we can so that when we're done,

it almost has the appearance
that the handle comes

right out from you
know, maybe half

an inch down in the leather.

We have all our
questions answered,

now we've got to figure
out how to build all this.

[music playing]

so going over this
design and looking

at what we got going on here,
it cannot be super boxy.

We've got to have
a few round shapes.

Everything's got
to be proportioned.

We've got a lot of
wood work, a lot

of sculpting, a lot of shaping.

We've got to use
the router, and then

we've got to start routing.

And doing it like this without
the foam, it's a lot harder.

You've gotta be perfect.

When you have foam, then
you've got a lot of leeway.

This way, what you
see is what you get.

Door panels turned out great.

Truck's really coming along.

There's so many great things
going on with this truck,

and so much action
on every corner.

The front grille assembly's
all going together.

Big parts make
big bosses happy.

The windshield's
ready to go in.

Watch the hands.

Ok.

And of course, the
trim on the outside.

We've had our good friend gene
over here doing a really nice

pinstripe on the
inside, to give it

that last little bit of detail.

Could there be any more
hands on this truck today?

I'm finishing up
some parts for the c10.

I'd 3d scanned the car.

I designed the bezel that
mounts the actual gauge itself.

And then we're just
doing a little detail.

This piece is going to be a
trim piece that'll get chromed

that goes around the gauge.

Yeah, it looks pretty cool.

The most crucial
element on this build

is that everything fits
back together perfectly.

There's so many moving
parts, and there's

so many custom things on this.

Everything has to work and
fit together perfectly.

All right, that's it.

You're down.

Thanks guys.
Awesome.

We did it without
pulling the top off.

Looks good.
Looks like a truck.

Looks like a truck finally.

All right, jeff's done.

I think this thing
is all plugged in.

Fire it up, I'll check
for leaks up here.

I think we're ready, and here
we've got a bass tune in it.

I've got the gauges pulled up,
we can see what's going on.

All right let's do it.

That was quick.

Looks good here.



Nice.

That sounds great.

Everything's coming together,
everything's looking great.

But this top has to work.

Here goes nothing.

Tonight is the finale
of building the c10 truck.

This truck is awesome, and I
can't wait for everybody to see

what they've done together.

It was a lot of work.

It was hard to get
through, but we did it.

And by far, I think this is
one of our finest vehicles

we've ever built.

I mean, it was
definitely a struggle,

but I think it was
a humongous success.

Exactly.

I am-- I cannot wait for
the world to see this truck.

Everybody here is
an mvp in my book.



Well done to the entire crew.

Everybody, you guys
did an awesome job.

So with no
further ado, check--

check it out.

Please do.

[music playing]

do you notice how
bad a*s the stripe--

with the red lines in there,
and then the calipers?

This is freaking me out.

I have been on cloud
nine for a week now.

Well, some of my very
favorite parts of this truck

was, of course, the
color combination.

You cannot beat red,
black, and white.

The trim, the stretched hood.

I mean, it just goes on and on.

And look at the lights.

All that machining that
greg did in the lenses.

Let's take a look at
the engine bay guys.

Got it.

Yeah.

We're so well-known
for our jewelry boxes.

And this thing, the way
it's just simple, clean.

It looks powerful.

That eight stack twin throttle
body injection is amazing.

I was really glad that we were
able to do some custom stuff

with that and paint it red.

Yeah that's right.

We painted the carbon.

The red details on the
whole truck are just--

it's crazy, man

I did some of
the painting on it,

so the paint is my favorite.

My favorite part
without a doubt, no one's

mentioned it, the chassis.

Daniel built that
piece from scratch.

From nothing.

There's no body work on that.

That's chrome plated.

I think paint
body and interior

is what made this truck for me.

Kevin schiele: Look at that red.

I'm going to fill the red.

No, whoa.

You can't sit on justin's seat.

Oh you're not supposed
to sit in these?

No.

Get out of here.

I'm getting in it anyway.

Oh man, I'm telling you.

So with these door panels,
they were a ton of work

because these c10s,
this was usually

just an insert right here.

And so we had to
fiberglass up and fit

the shape of this whole
door, and that was-- it

was pretty difficult dealing.

And actually to match one of
dave's simple designs, ok.

Cody k*lled it.

It's so proportionate, and
matches so well to the seats,

with the tuck and
roll in the seats.

But this really has
a nice flow to it.

I really like the heavy
aluminum arm pull.

There's so many
things on this that you

will never see on another c10.

I'm just like
blown away by it.

It doesn't look
like it's modified.

It's a whole different level.

I've been doing work with
these guys for 20 plus years,

and this is probably the
most legit vehicle that's

going to leave this shop.

My favorite part
honestly, I think,

is what we can't talk about yet.

Are we forgetting like
the coolest of the truck?

Coolest part of
the truck, bar none.

You said something
about a game changer.

It's never been done.

This-- this is the best part.

Crazy, huh.

You got glass in the back.

Amazing.

And this top just
folds into the back.

And like I said, it
took the whole team.

I mean, all of will's
engineering in this thing

to make it work.

I mean that's--

I mean, that's just it.

I mean, look at this.

I mean, it closes
itself up right here.

It's amazing.

It's so, so sick.

To the body guys that
get into this stuff

to hold this black paint
the way that it is.

I mean it now.

You have a convertible
that you just built from--

from a dream.
- It's bitchin'.

It's awesome.

It's clean as hell.

It's outrageous.

- It's smooth.
- It's done.

- It's unique.
- It's on.

A piece of artwork.

Hell yeah.

It's kindig design.

You know, I think right now,
we have the most amazing crew

we've ever had in 22 years.

The guys all pulled together.

We really cared about the
project, we cared about the job

that we were doing.

And we were looking
forward to only one thing,

and that is to have
the camaraderie

to put this truck
together and to see

it finished the way we did.

Well, here we are.

It's finished, congratulations.

We did it.

Season seven a wrap.

Yeah!

I've really been pushing
myself to find something

that I could design up that
could not be built here,

and I still am going
home empty handed.

Holy [bleep] I can't believe
that actually worked.