08x06 - The Big Brother

[bunniefuu]

Quick scott.

I cannot wait to see
this thing finished.

It's gonna be lock.

As early and primitive
this bus is, there's a lot
to it.

-Nice.
-Flame 'em.

There's 69 windows
on this bus.

Why do I only have


-How come this doesn't start?
-Oh, that whole thing has to
come out.

That looks really good.

Team work makes
the dream work.

When it comes to
volkswagen engines,
this is hyper performance.

You'll feel it in the seat
for sure.



but come to find out,
this car doesn't have
a stitch of wire in it.

I just heard something
I didn't like.

That would be a disaster
in my opinion.

Why did they put it
in neutral?

-What is that brakes?
Ooh.
-[tires screeching]

[opening theme music playing]

[dave] when I look
at a blank canvas,

I see endless possibilities.

As the ideas come to mind,
the lines start to fall into
place.

And before you know it,
we have a bitchin' ride!

[tires screech]

a bitchin' ride has
intense color.

Gorgeous!

Performance.

It's fantastic!

Stance, wheels,

sound...

If there's one thing
that makes our car
stand out,

ours are bitchin' rides.

-It ever gets old!
-[laughs]

[chill music playing]

marvelous.

[harlan] it's my first big
spray job at kindig it,
you know.

That's what makes me
the most nervous, really.

[dave] when this
ultimate of ultimate
deluxe bus

shows up at the shop,

it needed just a little bit
more than a simple
restoration.

This car here, bad repair
after bad repair.

We have taken it apart,
we've stripped it,
dipped it.

We've redone the metal work,
we've redone the bottom

of all the drive train
suspension.

Now, it's modified.

Now, it's in primer
and now it's ready
for the ultimate paint job.

This is probably
the best bus I've
ever seen.

The next part of this bus
is gonna really be important.

It has to match
it's ultra-rare 1950
hebmuller ceiling.

That's fantastic.

It's gonna be really cool
to see a hebmuller.
And a first year

deluxe bus together
matching.

From metal work to
body and paint,

it's time now to bring
this bad boy home.

And if there's a crew
that can pull this off,
it's ours.

Right on, let's go for it.

-[grunts]
-I'm pumped.

It want it to be beautiful.

I want it to be one
and done and something
I can be very proud of.

Admittedly. This custom
paint job is gonna be
a huge project for

our new guy harlan.

He claims to be
a vw savant.

I'd like to challenge dave
on what he actually knows.

I think I might know more.

But the real challenge
here is laying down
a perfect paint job

on a very rare 23 window
barndoor deluxe bus.

But it's not ego, I've got
an encyclopedic brain
about vws.

I couldn't help it if I tried.

Challenge accepted.
Now it's time to bring
this bus to life.

All right, let's go do
the thing to the thing.

They say the camera
adds 10 pounds of
pressure.

You're supposed to
ignore that.

[hip-hop music playing]

[whirring]

[dave] this bus turned out
absolutely amazing.

The paint job looks
smoking hot.

And it's gonna look
awesome sitting next
to that volkswagen wheel.

This bus overall
looks amazing.

But, a little secret
about kindig design,

it's only half way done.

Now, I gotta get my
special team of ninjas
in there,

to wet sand and polish it
to perfection.

Don't tell anybody.
That's our secret though.

[chill music playing]

[dave] one thing
especially I don't
wanna waste,

is valuable time.

Once we get this bus
polished out to perfection,

it's time to get it over
and get it assembled.

As early and primitive
as this bus is, there's
a lot to it.

Lotta detail.

And when we try to
find pictures and reference
things online,

you don't find 'em
'cause it's so rare.

That's, I think, the beauty
about this volkswagen bus.

Yes, it's a lot of work,
it's a lot of details.

It's a lot of perfection.

But once it's all finished
out, it's gonna be awesome.

Yeah, there's, uh,


No, it's a 23 window.
And putting one in is hard.

Putting in 23 makes it
all that much more
difficult.

It's a challenge for sure.

[dave] with just under
a million pieces to
put all of the windows

together on this bus,

we basically have a window
of time

to get on some other
areas of this bus.

When it comes to volkswagen
engines, this is hyper
performance, really.

A lot of these are,
underpowered, you know,
stock coming with



And now we're pushing
the seat for sure.

The key to keeping
power and performance
in these engine is

keeping 'em cool.
We don't have any
water and radiators to run.

And so, we built
the shrouds
to

direct as much air flow
over the engine as possible.

Every little part adds up
to one big car.

These intakes are
actually a little taller
than the hebmullers.

And we did that so we could
take up more space in
the engine bay,

not make it look so small.

Sweet. Sweet.

Weber 48.

This thing will really
let it purr, it'll breathe
a lot,

get a lot of fuel.

Help keep it cool
and it's gonna sound
wicked.

And even though it's
one of the last things
to go on,

it's one of the most
important.

Looks good.

Put little pieces together
and all of a sudden you
look at it,

and it's done and it drives.

You're surprised it works.

We're still a ways
from driving this bus

but at least
all the side windows
are assembled,

but it's not really
the side windows

that I'm really worried about
right now.

Volkswagen bus windshields.

Haven't done these
for a long time.

Of all the windows on this bus
all 23 of 'em,

two of 'em are the ones
that are kinda tricky.

And that's
the two front safaris.

[roy] these have been
freshly painted

so we wanna
make sure these holes
are tapped out clean,

because paint
piles up in there

and it can get your screws
cross threaded instantly.

So you wanna
clean 'em up first with a tap.

Like nearly any other
great art form, prep is key.

Brand new. That's the way
I wanna keep it, too.

With these volkswagen windows,
a critical thing,
these screws...

You wanna make sure
that they're short enough

so at worst case scenario,

it'll only touch the rubber
and not put any pressure
on the glass

or you'll immediately
break the windshield.

This glass has been custom cut
and etched,

so any mistakes, any scratches
or breakage, we're in trouble.

[roy speaking]

[roy] these screws,
it can touch the rubber,

but if it ever touches
the glass, it'll crack.

[dave] the glass has been
all custom built and etched.

It's very important
to make sure
that it's flawless

when it gets installed final
into the bus.

But to be honest with you,
the toughest part
of this entire job

might be just trying
to keep track of all these
little tiny screws.

Think we're good on this one.

That's it.

I'm very happy to report
that we had absolutely
no damage,

and no scratches,
and no breakage
of any of the glass.

I like it.

But, we're not
out of the woods yet,

we still need to actually
install 'em in the bus.

[roy] all right,
and that's one. [exhales]

one window down,


-[scatting]
-let's do it.

I pulled the rubber away here
so we can get good access
to the screws.

You just gotta kinda
guide your way in there.

You're getting
pretty good at this, roy.

[roy] I should be. If I had
a dime for every window
I put in a car,

-I'd have about $10 and 57--
-okay.

-And some change maybe.
-And some change?

-$10.50, maybe.
-[brax] that's surprising.

They hadn't invented windows
when you were a kid, right?

-That's s good one.
-[laughs]

not a day went by
you didn't make fun of my age.

[brax] that'd be a weird day.

-Or you wouldn't be here.
-No, I wouldn't be here.

I think that green glass
is cool on old cars,

but I'm glad
they went with this clear.

-[roy] I've got
a trivia question for you.
-[brax] uh-huh?

-Green is easy on the eyes,
they say.
-Hmm.

That wasn't a trivia question,
that was a fun fact, roy.

-Was it a fun fact?
-Yeah.

-You had fun?
-Yeah. [chuckles]

really? [chuckles]

-you're laughing,
you must've some kind of fun.
-Yeah, it was fun.

-Good. Last one.
-Sweet.

-Okay.
-Got 'em?

-Got it.
-Cool.



[dave]
with all of the side glass,

door glass
and safaris installed,

the only cracks
that happened here

was the ones coming out
of brax's mouth on roy.

-Cool.
-[roy] yeah.

-Keep going.
-[brax] team work
makes the dream work.

This just in. A '57 bel air
that's ready to rally.

Hmm, well, not really.

It's not even close, actually,
it's kind of a funny story.

The '57 you guys seen
just rolling to justin's,

it's here for upholstery,

but come to find out
this car doesn't have
a stitch of wire in it.

It's like with any car.
You can put
the fanciest stuff in it,

and it can just sit there.

What fun is that?

He wants to drive this car.

I don' think
it'll be in anybody's interest

to put upholstery in
without having this car wired.

-That would be a disaster.
My opinion.
-Yep.

So, we need this thing wired
and we need this thing fired.

The owner of this car
has been working on it
for about eight years.

It's in excellent shape,
we're just brining it home.

I think it's pretty
straightforward. Let's hope,
but just let me know,

let's kinda get
a plan together
and let's get it rolling.

-Sounds good.
-All right, man.

Have colin help, too.

-[laughs]
-see you guys.

The customer supplied us
with a lot of parts.

Which is awesome.

However, sometimes,
especially on a build

that's been eight years
in the process,

uh, yeah, some of the stuff
is a little outdated,

doesn't mean it won't work,
no of course not.

We're actually
tearing this harness apart,

making sure that everything
in the harness is what we need

and cleaning it up,
making it look right.

It's gonna have
the kindig-it touch.

Everything's gonna be
perfectly cut to length
and look really sharp.

It's not gonna be easy.

[lane] the deeper
we get in here,

the more I'm mounting
the different ecms,

and modules
and control boards,

the more difficult
it's becoming.

That's because bel air
dashboards normally have
ash trays,

glove boxes, things like that,

and the owner of this car
has welded up everything.

So the gauge hole right here
is my only access to the dash.

And a little bit underneath.

But for right now,
I've gotta do all my wiring
through this hole.

Which is becoming
very problematic.

Not to mention,
all the sharp edges
of this metal dash,

it's making
things interesting,
to say the least.

[kevin] not only are we
wiring this car
with all the basic functions,

but we're also adding
electronic fuel injection

for this brand new ls engine.

This thing
is gonna be over the top.

For what we've seen
after removing the blower

and looking down
into the heads,

there is no evidence of
this engine actually running.

I would have to assume
that at some point
it may have been dyno-run,

but it certainly
doesn't look like it.

[kevin] fresh wiring,
a brand new engine,

I can't wait
to get this thing fired
and get it street ready.

[indistinct conversation]

[clinking]

hmm. I just heard something
I didn't like.

As a general rule,

when you hear things
clinking around in the engines
that's bad.

What was it?

[clinks]

-[man speaks]
-I didn't like it.

[clinking]

hmm. I just heard something
I didn't like.

We're in amidst
of wiring this '57 bel air,
but before we can do that

we have to make sure
that this engine
is fully put together.

Um... I hate
to do this to you.

Let's lift this thing
back off real quick.

I wanna take a look
underneath it.

-Something made a noise
and I wanna see what it was.
-Okay.

It would be irresponsible
not to turn over every stone
to find this bolt

and make sure this engine
is perfectly good.

It was probably just an intake
manifold bolt bouncing.

[taps] just like that.

I just wanted to double check.

-Yeah, we're fine.
-Okay, cool.

-Better safe
than sorry though.
-Oh, yeah.

-[lane] all the gaskets
looking good?
-[colin] yep.

It's right
where it needs to live.

[colin speaking]

[lane] what's that?

A little screw.

It's right
where it needs to live.

Let's put that back
where it lives.

[colin laughs]

the word on the street says
this project is about ready
to fire.

Yeah, yeah, uh, oil's in it,
all the fluids are in it.

We finished the wiring.

How did it go?
Was it as simple
as we had hoped?

-Ha!
-[kevin] is that an
understatement of the year?

-Yeah, see...
-[kevin laughs]

it was all fine and good

until we found
a box of goodies
that he had in the trunk.

He had traction control,
launch control,

this has a box in it
that actually controls all the
paddle shifts on the...

-Is it like a master shift?
-Yeah, yeah, exactly.

And, uh, so,
all those wonderful
little things

that, uh, I had no idea that
was gonna be going into this,

nonetheless they're installed,
they're operating, I think...

-We're here about
to find out, huh?
-Yeah, that's right.

So, let me ask you a question.

With the traction control,
is there wheel sensors?

I mean, how does that work?

So on a typical car, yeah,
you'd have individual speed
sensors on each corner.

-Mhmm.
-Uhm, this kit actually
sensors rpm spike.

So, if you broke
your tires lose,

or on a manual car
if you slip the clutch,

it would ret*rd the timing,

-to free the timers back.
-Bring the power back.

-[kevin] let's fire this
thing up, colin.
-[colin] okay.

[engine starts]

[engine revving]

wow!

Oh, I'm excited to get this
thing up to temp and drive it.

Oh, yeah.

That's really, really nice.
Sounds really good too.

Really smooth for as much
horsepower as there is.

What does the owner say
that it's supposed to be?

-Supposed to be upwards
of 800 horse. Yeah.
-Really? Hmm, that's nice.

That's a lot of power
for this car.

-We got good oil pressure,
colin? Awesome.
-Oh, yeah.

Well, looks like your
job's done here,

and we can get this thing over
to upholstery and make this
guy's dream come true.

Absolutely, we'll clean it up
and get it next door.

Awesome, dude, you guys
k*lled it every time.

-Good job, colin,
good job, lane.
-Thank you.

-Yep. You bet.
-[kevin] awesome.

I cut up some legs of seat
here and reshaped them
the shape we wanted.

We tried to pull in some
stock looking stuff,

like with the tensile low
cording that put a little
modern day look to it.

Now that this is wired
and running,

we're gonna get going
on in this interior.

Custom built the console.

The whole backseat's built
from scratch, all plywood
and foamed up.

Lot of pretty cool touches,

got some nice aluminum trim
all the way through with
a bunch of trimmed seams,

so, and our custom door
handles, we built these custom

to look like they're factory
but they're not.

Just a nice vehicle.

We did some old school stuff
to this,

we did some super
custom stuff,

but overall it's gonna
be super comfortable.

Hop in the driver side
and I'll feed this
through to you.

Let's watch
this door panel, please.

Put a couple bolts in on this
side and I'll set
the other one in.

-Got it?
-Got it. Okay.

Let's hook power up,
get 'em bolted in,

then we'll get the caps popped
on these switches.

We're done, let's clean it up.

Looks nice.

[kevin] nice might be an
understatement,

it's finally time
for this thing
to hit the road.

[engine starts]

[engine revving]

we're going for a drive.

Ah, this feels good, this '57.

I kinda like to name
this car like
the half stepper.

We really didn't
do all the work.

But we kinda get
to enjoy all the benefits.

[engine roaring]

you know, these tri-fives
are my thing, though.

This is a really k*ller car.

You notice there's very little
on the dashboard.

Uh, we got ac controls
and something to tell you
what gear you're in,

I mean that's about that.

Why they put a neutral?

-[kevin speaking]
-[car screeching]

oh!

Uh-oh.

[producer speaking]

[chuckles] no.

[producer speaking]

[chuckles] no.

This is exactly why, when you
finish a car, you drive it,

you shake it down,
you check everything,

[kevin] this '57 bel air
is freshly wired, fired
and upholstered.

It's finally time to get this
shipped out to the client.

Well, almost.

[engine starts]

[kevin] awesome.

A couple quick
wiring adjustments
and we're back in business.

Yeah, so she's shifting good.

The '57 bel air is done,
ready to ship to its owner.

[kevin] justin did this
incredible upholstery.

Look at this, one beautiful,
one piece headliner.

All the controls are hidden,
all the windows rewired up.

Everything is safe
and sound in there.

[clicks tongue] it is money.

[engine roaring]

we've got shifters up here,

this thing
has got trax control,

this thing has got everything
an old man could want.
[laughs]

[engine roaring]

this is probably the best bus
I've ever seen.

It's getting there,
but it wasn't always the case.

[brax] it's always more work
than you think.

[dave] we've taken
this not such a masterpiece,

and flipped it around
and made a total masterpiece.

And it is almost
to its finale.

This is a pretty
important piece.

[dave] when all is said
and done though,

what's gonna be really cool
about this story

is it's gonna match perfectly
it's sibling,
a 1950 volkswagen hebmuller.

-Right on let's go for it.
-[cheers]

[filing]

little less.

[dave] we're getting down
to just the final details
and the nitty gritty,

and one thing that's
super key is to make sure
that this trim fits perfect.

Mmm. Too much.

Just a lot of little tweaking
here and there.

It doesn't just bend straight
around like this
on a flat plane.

Little bit too much
bend there, so take that out.

It's more kind
of like a conic section.
Uh, little bit more.

Whoop, too much. There.

Just a teeny
bit right there. Blamo!

Think that parks there.

A little bit more.

[metal clangs]

now finish dialing
in the straight section here,

and then start wrapping around
the other side there.

That piece needs
to be that long.

[sawing]

I got this last
piece machined.

And this will be
at the bottom of the v.

Hopefully, obviously.

Yeah, I think so.

This tiny piece of trim
at the bottom of the nose

is a super, important detail
to make sure it's perfect.

Ready?

Bloop.

That looks really good.

Little bit of clean up
and it's off to chrome.

[dave] I don't wanna jinx us,

but to be honest with you,
this bus basically
fell together.

But before I send it off
to upholstery, there's one
thing that I need to do.

How's it going? Looks like
we're almost there, huh?

For the most part this bus
is about 90% done.

-Far out. She run now?
-No.

Just kidding, yeah, she runs.

Will you start it?
I wanna hear it.

[dave] literally,
I've been excited since
the day this bus showed up

to hear it actually run.

-Ready?
-Yeah, go ahead
and fire it up.

It's not starting.

Make sure your foot's
on the brake, just in case.

-[dave] do you have to have
your foot on the brake?
-No.

[dave] well, the tail lights
look great.

[dave whispering]

plan with this bus
was to get it wired and fired
and get it off to upholstery.

Ran into couple of problems.

That's the main power.
Why's it not starting?

Dave jinxed this 100%.

-Is there switch
for the fuel pump?
-Rex.

[rex] yeah?

Is the fuel pump on?

[rex] turn the key on.

Yeah, it's on.

Sounds like a fuel pump to me.

[bus clicking]

[rex speaking]

-[rex] yeah, that's enough.
-[kevin speaking]

[clicking continues]

I almost took the day off
and now I really wish I had.

-Have you guys had it started?
-Yeah.

-Do we have spark?
-We did. We should.

Can you throw me a light?

There's things you need
for a volkswagen,
air, fuel and spark.

Where's the tac adapter?

[rex] up in the front seat.

And that's not wired
into anything dumb?

At this point,
everything's on the table,
there's so many variables.

-I'm gonna turn it over.
-Go.

[dave] just tell me when.

My gut tells me,
it's a spark issue, so that's
what we're gonna track down.

[kevin] okay, just hit it.

-[dave] you ready?
-[kevin] yeah.

[bus clicking]

go ahead.

Hey, hold on.

I got no spark.

[suspenseful music playing]

oh!

[dave] there's just
no power going
to the coil pack.

And the coil pack's basically
almost like an ls,

it sends the signal to send
spark to the cylinder.

So, what we need is,
we need spark,

we need power
to the coil pack

to create the 1.21 gigawatts
we need.

-Are we out of fuel?
-[rex] no.

Try it out now.

-It's ready?
-Yeah.

[bus clicking]

no.

-Should fire right up, dude.
-Yeah.

Why do I have no spark?

-I need you
to crank it in a minute.
-Okay.

Our 1953 volkswagen bus
is ready to go to upholstery.

Well, almost.

First it needs to get fired,

and then there's one more
important question that needs
to be answered.

[producer speaking]



That includes
the opera windows.
Four on each side.

The sun roof
and the rear corner.
Does it include the sun roof?

Hang on.
Now we're gonna have to count.

Two, four, six, eight, ten,





Hey, can you turn
the key on, kenny?

[kenny] okay.

Why do I only have


[kenny] I don't know.





[kenny] it will not fire
when it's low in voltage.

Just pump it.

-Okay.
-[cranking]

-go ahead.
-[cranking]

am I supposed
to count the vent glass?

Two, four, six, eight, 10.

-Go ahead.
-[cranking]

okay.

I'm losing power on cranking.

Complete loss of power.

And I've only got 11 volts.

Okay.





All the wires
that feed the coil
go through this tac module.

-And I think
that's the problem.
-16, 18, 20, 22.



So, basically,
this tac adapter
is not working correctly.

The doors...

...Are all one window.
It's the way they count it.

-[cranking]
-hey.

-It might start.
-[kevin] it's gonna be
a while.

All that whole thing has
to come out.

[kevin] we changed
the tac module.

Looks like we had
a couple wiring issues.

We're ready to fire.
Fingers crossed.

-Did you guys
get her, uh, running?
-Yeah. Do you wanna hear it?

Yeah, I do wanna hear it.

Check it out. [cranking]

[engine starts and runs]

-sounds good, huh?
-Nice.

Yeah. Check this out.

Ohhh!

Semaphores.

Oh, yeah.
Do it until it breaks.

[dave] ha! Kidding. Don't...

-...Do it until it breaks.
-It just broke.

-Really?
-Yeah.

I fixed it.

[laughing quietly]

it's been kindigized.

Right on.

It finally fired up.
It sounds awesome.

And now there's only one thing
left to do, and that is
to get it off to upholstery.

[blows out air] pop it.

-This thing's gonna be dope.
-Yup.

I cannot wait to see
this thing finished.

So as soon as you're done, uh,
let's get it transport.

-I'm already on top of that.
-You already got that?

Yeah, duh.
What kind of country
do you think this is?

Is that rhetorical?

-[laughing]
-or were you actually
wanting to know?

[mike] we're gonna make
a pattern for a cargo door.

That is a super big challenge.

[dave] just like
the hebmuller, we're here
back at sewfine to do the bus.

Unlike the hebmuller,
this is quite a bit bigger,

and it has
its own set of challenges.

These are very, very rare.

Not many people around
have any patterns
for them, so...

It's a lot, a lot to do.

Putting a line here,
putting a line here.

Then once I get it transferred
onto the paper,

then I can transfer
to my door panel material:
Tempered masonite.

That's gonna basically stick
right back down
to where you were at.

We got your basic jigsaw.
Just cut it out.

We just got this door panel
for mike, and we're gonna go
ahead and put the chrome in.

When we poke the holes
through here,
you only get one shot.

So you wanna make sure...
That you have them all
placed perfectly.

I checked four times.

We're gonna slide these in.

These are the clips.
We're gonna alternate them,
just to get a good grip.

Just gonna work our way
down one by one,
pressing the clips through.

Just a breeze,

that's gonna catch the clips
from catching anything

and keep it
from tearing anything up.
Super high quality.

If you wanna do this
at home, don't.
Just bring it to us.

Being that sun roof is...
Very desirable.

Very rare.
Very important piece
of the bus.

Each piece seems to be
more critical, and each piece
seems to get me more excited.

Yeah. Matter of just pulling
at the right angle.

It's the headliner.
Nobody ever looks up
at a headliner, but...

I take it as a headliner's
gotta be perfect.

Good as gold.

This bar. This is your main
tie-down in the rear.

Going to the canvas portion.

Pull this back.

Tighter you get,
better it looks.

Make sure we know
where the center is.

Then the bar's
gonna be... Glued.

And applied to it here.

This is where you should
really take your time.

This a very critical moment.

Double check. Triple check.

Now I'm gonna latch it.
See what it does.

See if it's gonna be
my friend.

Perfect.

So the canvas
is basically done now.

[laughs] fine.

I'm ad-libbing to try
to figure out how
to put all this together.

And to level out
this back deck,
being that it's so old.

[dave] this barndoor deluxe
is so rare,

finding the exact details
of what this bus
should have come with

is almost impossible.

[mike] I went to the depths
of the libraries.

To the internet. Everywhere.

You just don't find
these buses.

So I learned a lot
with this bus.

If you're not learning,
you're not living.

This is the old german,
square-weave carpet
which is 100 percent wool.

It's very heavy.
It's pretty tremendous
to work with.

You have, uh, one piece
of binding that goes
all the way around this.

And you have to find
a happy starting point.

Most of the time
you'll start in the middle.
Too obvious.

So I lined it up with the seam
in the headliner.

I always do the extra mile.

All deluxe buses
have jail bars.

And it was the elite model
for the cadillac of buses,
the most expensive one.

There it is.
Looks pretty great.

You put your luggage
over here. Won't go anywhere.

Onto the next thing.

The middle seat in here
is called
a "full with a fold."

so, this little seat folds
forward, so you can get into
the back of the bus easier.

[fabric ripping]

this edging here
just softens the edge.

[whirring]

of course being leather,
it's very, very tough.

-[kevin] voila.
-[kenny] there it is.

We'll put it on there
and see what we got.

I'm pretty happy with it.

Let's bring it forward
just a little bit.

Looks like
it's fitting pretty nice.

[dave k] the upholstery's
just wrapping up.

Once we get it
back to the shop,

we have a few parts
left to put on.

This will truly be
a vw masterpiece.

Once in a lifetime deal,
you get to work on them.

I'm pretty proud
of what's happening.

[dave k] dave and tracy
definitely love
to have hebmuller.

I'm speechless. It's amazing.

[dave k] but they also
gave me another challenge

and that was to make
a companion, matching vehicle.

Well, we finished it
just a little bit early,

so we have
a big surprise for them.

[whistles] come on, kev.

Where am I look...
What are... What?

-Are you kidding me?
-[laughing]

-[dave m] oh, wow.
-Oh my gosh.

-[dave m] gosh sakes.
-[laughs]

-[gasps]
-[dave m]
wow, unbelievable.

-Congratulations. [laughing]
-oh my gosh.

You surprised us big time.

[tracy] total disbelief.
They pulled this off.

That's like my wildest dream.
I... I can't even.

-[tracy] look at the windows.
-[dave m] oh, yeah.

All of them.
There's 23 windows.
This is the rarest of rare.

-[tracy] yes.
-[dave k]


So cool because
it's so vintage.

I couldn't feel any better
when I'd seen her reaction

when we pulled
that bus forward.

Mwah! We k*lled it.

I have no idea
how you got this done.

-[laughs]
-what you had to do
to get it done.

[dave k] there was a lot
of challenges in the metalwork
on these vehicles

because they are so rare
and they are built

so much different
from the ones I was used to.

But when the guys
really started seeing
these things come together,

I couldn't get them
to go home.

[tracy] anybody that sees it,
I know they're going to
say to me,

"what size wheels are these?
What are they?
Where they hand-painted?"

I have to learn all this
because they are amazing.

All the trim we built.

We get away from
the cheaper trim that
they originally come with.

So that's hand bent by us.

[dave k] I replaced
the stock trim
with solid stock aluminum

that's been custom-shaped
and then triple plate chromed.

You got to check out
the engine bay on this thing.

It's so different
from everything
you've ever seen.

Kevin, were you
involved with this?

Uh, as much as
I don't enjoy volkswagens,

-I really enjoyed
doing these ones.
-Okay.

-These two might have changed
my view on volkswagens.
-[dave m laughing]

[kevin] now, I said might,
heavy on the might.

Just so happens, we may have
actually converted kev-dog

to actually
loving volkswagens.

-Right, kev?
-Sure.

[all laughing]

[dave k] what's different
about the back of the barndoor

compared to others
is this engine bay lid
comes all the way up

to the reveal line
and there's no rear hatch.

So, the jail bars, you're able
to put your luggage
in the back window.

And it gave you
the opportunity to put
huge carburetors...

-[dave m] ooh-h*-h*.
-[exclaims]

oh, my goodness.

[dave k]
under the barndoor, 2276

backed with an '87 vanagon
automatic transmission


just like the other one.

-I can't believe you did it.
-It's over the top.

-[dave m] over the top.
-[tracy] I cannot believe
the engine.

Just totally amazed.

Let's sit you in it
and see how you like it!

-Wait until you see
the interior. Check this out.
-Amazing

-so exciting.
-Oh my goodness.

You guys keep going
over the top.

-We tried.
-Wow.

-[dave m] nothing crazy.
-[kevin] nope.

[dave m] it's just perfect.

-Jump on in there.
-Look at the...

[kevin] isn't that gorgeous?

[tracy] just the look of it
alone, the detail.

I'm at a...
I'm at a loss for words.

[engine starts]

oh, wow.

-Like starting
a brand-new car.
-Right?

-Give it a little gas, momma.
Oh, yeah.
-[engine revs]

-oh, I love that sound.
-[dave k laughing]

[tracy] I'm loving
the gas pedal.
I'm loving the steering wheel.

That is the proper way,
by the way, to drive this.

As you're going down the road,
you just kind of lean
on the steering wheel.

You can adjust these
up and down.

If you want more fresh air
obviously you just put it up
to wherever you want it.

To let the sun in,
to let the air in.
It's amazing.

[tracy] I'm kind of afraid
to drive them.

I... They are works of art.

[dave m] these are
over the top.

From all of my team
and my family, we can't
thank you guys enough.

And certainly for myself
selfishly, I got to build
my dream vehicles.

So, thank you very much.
I hope you enjoy them.

[tracy] thank you for making
my dream come true.

The trim, the matching
paint job, the interior,
the color,

the sound that it made
when it started up,
the wheels.

Couldn't ask for
a better pairing of cars.

Now that we've looked at
these things and enjoyed them,
why don't you guys drive them?

-Go for it, man.
-You know what? Let's do it.

[tracy] this is unreal.

I really think that
your grandkids

and your dogs are going to
absolutely love
riding this thing.

Oh, it's going to be
the cruise mobile
to everywhere.

-Speaking of dogs.
-Woah!

[tracy] when dave told me
he loves vws,

I was like, "oh, thank you!
I found somebody."

the headliner's gorgeous.

All of the colors really
just came together.

-The square weave carpet.
-The chrome, the black,
the dash.

Everything. It is what it is
and it's amazing.

Dude, I'm telling you.
This is such a cool ride.

-It is way cool.
-[tracy] love it.

[dave k] amazing,
cool projects.

Some of my very
favorite clients

and a beautiful day
like today, it doesn't get
much better than this.

We should be headed
to the beach.

[tracy] we should go
to the beach.
Let's go to the beach.

-[kevin] let's go
to the beach.
-[tracy] let's go hang 10.

-That's right, dudes.
-Dudes.

[laughs] whoo-hoo!