09x07 - The Kindig Academy

[bunniefuu]

-Are you ready to rumble?
-[crowd cheering]

The Kindig-it Academy is like
a super tailored course
that you take.

Throw some sparks and have,
like, Neil and Taylor in there
with their guitars.

[mimics guitar strum]

[engine revving]

Checking my plug wires,
I got a misfire somewhere.

-Is it cleaning?
-I don't know.

There's over 800 cars.

[Dave] When I'm done,
can I take it with me?

-Wax on, wax off.
-[Kevin] Every time.

[man] We wanna take as little
as possible off that seat.

As you can see, this is
the first time that Dave's
gonna use a grinder.

[opening 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 screeching]

A bitchin' ride
has intense color...

-[man 1 laughing]
-[man 2] This is gorgeous.

-[Dave] ...performance...
-[man] It's fantastic.

[Dave] ...stance,
wheels, sound.

[revving]

There's one thing that make
our cars stand out,

ours are bitchin' rides.

-[man] It never gets old.
-[Dave laughing]

[Dave] Got kind of an
project interesting coming i

We're looking for something,
just to fill a little bit
of space in the assembly side,

so what better than to brin
a '57 Corvette in that need
a freshen up on the engine.

And on top of that,
we have to get ready
for a big car show

over at Lincoln Tech
in Colorado.

[man] Here I go.

And...

[Greg] Something
got over that.

I don't like
the color of that oil,
only been 200 miles.

Greg checked out
the oil condition, and
I'll tell you what,

the color's not right and
I don't think it's supposed
to be pearl or metallic.

That would be a bad
thing to have in oil.

So, we're gonna go ahead an
pull the motor out and
get it over rebuild.

The '57 Corvette.
What did you guys figure
out on that thing?

[exhales] We got
the engine out,

but compression is low
and all over the place,

found metal in the oil
and also no oil pressure.

-Oh, really?
-So I don't know if
oil pump got wiped out,

I don't know if the thing's
too tight, eating itself up,

-I don't know, but...
-[Dave] Hmm.

We got it out, we sent it out,
and they'll let us know.

We could totally
rebuild the engine here
but I don't want to.

[laughs] It's just
easier to send it out
to the machine shop.

We got a great guy
that does it.

-Where did you send it? Clegg?
-Yep.

[Dave] Yeah, cool.
No, those guys will
do a good job

and it'll be right back and...
Get it out of here.

-So--
-[Kevin] Yeah, it
should be pretty easy.

So, as soon as I have an
actual smoking g*n

of what caused it,
I'll let you know.

We'll just let them
have at it.

And we'll bring it back here
and make it pretty,

put it back in the hole,
and tune it up and make sure
it's running perfect.

And then, we need
to talk about this guy.

-This guy...
-Steelo.

-[laughing] This guy.
-[Dave] Steelo, so...

Are we all set up for
the car show then?

Yeah, we're all set up.

Everything's just getting
finished up for this weekend.

We're gonna do the grand
opening of the Kindig Academy.

The Kindig Academy
is something I've
been working with

Lincoln Technical Institute
in Denver, one of their


We're really excited to put
a 10,000 square foot,

full turnkey, hot rod
shop training center,

for all the high-end car stuff
that we do here at the shop.

And obviously we're gonna have
the big car show, right? So--

-Sweet.
-[Sterling] Uh, Lincoln Tech
does it every year, uh,

but this time
it's, it's really
Kindig Academy focused.

We're expecting 800
to 1000 cars.

-Oh, really?
-[Sterling] It's probably
gonna be the biggest

-Lincoln Tech's ever
had out there.
-[Dave] Nice.

-Let's take the red,
we'll set up the canopy.
-[Sterling] Yeah, for sure.

[Dave] Let's take some cars
and show 'em off.

Yeah, absolutely. I was hoping
you would, because this is,
you know, it's a big deal.

We have the students
at Lincoln Tech.

It's pretty cool, they build
their trophies, so it would be
awesome if you build one.

I'll build up a trophy
for the One Bitchin' Ride.

I'm really excited
for the grand opening and...

they're gonna throw
a car show at the same time.

-[Sterling] Okay.
-I'm excited, I mean this is
quite an honor to have, uh,

involvement with
a kick-a*s college

and Kindig Academy,
I think is gonna go
right to the moon, so...

[Sterling] Yeah.
It's gonna be great.

-[Dave] Super pumped.
-Awesome.

-[all] Okay.
-Get out of my office,
I gotta make a phone call.

We're gonna take this
'57 Chevy Corvette engine

and send it over
to Clegg automotive.

These guys have been
building motors forever,

and they do such
a great job for us.

Small-block Chevy 327,
and it's one of the greatest
engines ever made.

The high horsepower out
of a small cubic inch motor

some of the factory motors
were up to 365 horsepower.

Back in the day,
that was pretty good.

He basically just wants
a good, clean, 300 horse

and that, that will
be easily obtained with it.

This is our Rottler Boring
fixture where we bore
the cylinders.

[whirring]

Have to watch the metal,
you don't get it
in your eyes, but

till it gets down
in there, so.

Someone else built the whol
motor and did everything rig

but they changed the cannister
oil filter to a spin on

and left the key piece out
so it did not oil, period.

So, it took out the crank and
messed up the cylinders
and the new pistons.

So, we're just redoing
the whole motor.

So, it'll take a couple
of minutes to get through
the cylinders.

I don't know if you
can see the numbers.

It's counting down in here
to the cylinder depth.

[Dave] The guys have alread
gone through and rebored
this engine out perfectly.

Now it's going over
to the hone machine,
which will basically give us

a nice straight line
for the crank to ride in.

[Earl] We're doing
the final hone now.

We also have torque
plates put on it,

which represents
the head spin torqued on
when it's assembled.

So, the cylinders are
pulled up, nice and round.

Let's go ahead and show you
how the machine hones,
to the final finish.

[whirring]

[Tom] And they're pretty
much down to zero.

Once we get it down
to zero like that,

we'll do that across
the board with a certain
stone that has a certain gri

This one kind of takes it
out quite quickly.

And then we'll finish it off
with a, a much finer grit
for that final hone.

Now, I've got a 625 grit.
These are much smoother.

And this is for taking out
those last couple of tenths
and a thousandths of an inch

Well, I'm doing this
at a very light pressure.

I don't wanna have too much
pressure on it.

You can even crack the stones
'cause they're so delicate.

[whirring]

[Tom] The cross-hatching
is critical to the whole
process of seeding rings

and oil retention,

'cause if you don't
have the right angle,
the oil can slip down too fa

or it can retain too much
oil and you burn oil.

So, right now we're doing is,
as we've done that final pass,

I run this across cylinders
for a few minutes,

then kind of cool it
down using the oil.

Really, you wanna sh**t
for around 70 degrees.

That's kind of where
you'll make the piston
to that temperature

and you want the cylinder
sure to be at that temperature

so you have that correct
piston to wall clearance.

Yeah, so now the torque
plate's gonna come off.

Something interesting
now is we'll see if
it moved at all.

Ah, a little bit.
About five-tenths.

So it's a thou tighter now
at the top of that cylinder
without that on.

So that's why it's so critical
to have that torque plate,

because you're gonna
get the exact clearance
that you want

from the piston to the wall.

It simulated the stress
of having your head
on your engine.

You just give it a chamfer
around the side here and it

gets rid of those
nicks and burs and...

[high pitched whirring]

[Tom] That's gonna allow
for the piston to slide in.

Everything inside
a small-block Chevy
is all about the clearances.

These things will damn
near run forever if you have
that done right.

The surfacing machine
will simply give us
nice, flat planes

for the cylinder heads
and intake to sit on.

This ensures that
all of the gaskets

will seat completely
around the openings.

Once we've bored it,
most of the time they
need to be decked.

And basically what you're
doing is just taking out
those slight imperfections

and heat warpage or
whatever it might be.

It usually takes one or two
cuts. We just take two
thousandths per pass.

[Tom] Not quite touched yet,
and I'll show you how
it gets warped.

Starting to hear it now
though.

It was cutting over here but

-we're not really hearing
it right here, so...
-[Earl] Yeah.

Sort of bedecked you know,
exaggerated but sunken in
from heat warpage over time.

And you probably hear it
come back in towards the end.

[whirring and low rattling]

[Tom] So as you can see here,

we got nice, shiny,
clean surface over here.

That's why it's so critical
to do this, you have that
good mating surface.

So, you're gonna get a perfect
seal rather than, you know,
something that's warped.

The cylinders are all
bored out and ready
for the pistons to go in

but there's a couple more
things they have to do
before they assemble.

Let's go over and show 'em
how we machine the valve
seats on a cylinder head.

[soft drilling]

On the cylinder heads,
we're gonna get new springs,
new spring keepers

and of course the valves
are gonna get a full lap jobs.

This means that we
have new valve seats
in the cylinder heads,

as well as new valves
and they'll grind 'em so
that we get a good seal.

This is where we
do all our valve jobs.

Um, this is the--
machine is what we use.

Um, it does three
angle valve job cut.

What that does
is that centers the machine.

So, it's got a pilot that
goes down in the guide.

And then that levels
this and that levels
this to that seat.

When it levels itself,
it levels off at every
individual guide.

And so that's what makes
it such a precise machine,

it's because its
levelling capability
and centering capability.

Now we're gonna go ahead
and recondition that seat.

We want to take
as little as possible
off that seat.

Now that seat's all done.
Now we're gonna go ahead
and move to the next one.

[machine whirring]

So, now that was a row
of intake seats that I did.

So, now I'm gonna switch
over and I'm gonna go and
do the exhaust seats.

I run the same pilot
but I've got a different
cutter body set up

which on the exhaust
I run a little bit wider seat
to help dissipate the heat.

-[whirring, soft drilling]
-[Jaron] I'll go ahead
and cut the exhaust.

[pounding metal]

[Earl] All right. Well...

That's how we do the seats.

[Dave] The valves
are completely done,

the valve seats
look beautiful,

but before we assemble
these heads, we got to make
sure that we go over

to the surfacing machine
and give those heads
a nice perfect surface.

So, this is the client's
original 327 head.

Gonna make just a couple
of clean up cuts

to make sure that
it's nice and flat...

-[whirring]
-...so when we put
her on the motor

the gasket seals up.

My first pass I'm gonna
take eight-tenths
of a thousandth of an inch.

And then my second pass,
I'll probably take one and
a half thousandths.

And hopefully the head
will clean up in that pass.

I don't like to take any more
than six to eight thousandths
off of a cylinder head

just because
of intake manifolds
and pushrod geometry.

We want to mill
as bare minimum as possible.

I'd say the shiny spot,
that's where it's all
cleaned itself out.

That's a low spot that
didn't clean up and
so now we're gonna

run it back and establish it
and hopefully the next pass
will clean that off.

[machine whirring]

So, now that's a good
finished product.

There is a little bit
of a low spot right there.

That's inside the combustion
chamber but it's not gonna
cause a sealing issue.

I would consider that
a finished product.

So, this our crank
grinding machine.
It's a Berco 225.

Right now they have
the crank grinding machine
set up like a lathe.

[machine whirring]

[Earl] This stone
will come in and
actually grind it.

It uses the Arnold Gauge.

It reads out to one tenth
of a thousandth of an inch.

After a little bit
of grinding and polishing,
this is what it looks like.

[Earl] It's all rerounded
and polished,
ready to assemble.

[Tom] So, this
is basically finished here.

Put it on a cart,
it'll go into the cleaner,
be perfectly cleaned.

Then it will go in to be bui
by Roger who will put in

free plugs and put in
oil lines, cam bearings, ful
assemble the whole engine.

It's amazing to see that
transformation from

you know, rusted up junk to,
yeah, a perfect block.

While the engine build
is getting finished
up at Cleggs,

we're gonna go ahead and
load up the rig and head
over the hill to Denver.

Excited to get
to the new Kindig Academy.

Wow.

[Kevin] This is big. How long
were you out here, Dave?

I've been out here,
what, three times now.

-Yep. Three times.
-I can tell.
Look at the floors.

-You have done
a great job mopping.
-[Dave laughs]

Seeing the space
for the first time,

it is awesome.

-Stop.
-This is-- Dave, this is way
cleaner than your shop.

-Well, you know,
it's 'cause I practiced...
-...Dave, probably right?

...on all these floors.
I was here last night,
mopping. It was pretty tough.

Wow. Well, this is amazing.

So, this is the actual
automotive section
of the school?

-Yep.
-Yeah.

Wow.

This space is huge.
The machinery is awesome.

So-- But nobody asked
me to be a teacher.

That's--
There's a reason behind that.

Hey, let's not
make it awkward, uh...

This place is huge, like,
how many students attend
at like at one time?

We have just over a 1000...

-Wow.
-...between all the programs.

Wow, so you must
have a lot of, like,

instructor-student
interaction...

-Yes.
-...at that point.
That's awesome.

-Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
-So awesome.

That's, uh, wanna make sure
they get a valuable education.

You know, one thing
I've always been really
impressed with too.

So, every time that
I've been here,

this place has been packed
with cars with people working,

it's always this clean.

So, you really didn't do this?

-No, I really didn't.
-[Chad laughs]

This school is gonna
be top notch.

-So, this is the new
Kindig Academy.
-[Kevin] Wow!

-What do you think?
It looks awesome, right?
-Yes, sir.

[Dave] I can't believe it.

This is absolutely bitchin'.
This is such a cool facility.

You can't tell if
this is a hot rod shop
or an actual school.

So, let me get this
straight 'cause I'm
a little out of the loop.

The Kindig-It Academy
is like a super tailored...

course that you take
that just really, like,
hones in on, like,

some of the stuff that we do?

-The higher-end skills.
-[Chad] Yeah.

-So, basically...
-[Kevin] Yeah.

...these guys aren't
gonna have just
anybody in the class.

Yeah, you're basically vetted.

You have to have
the knowledge of tig
welding and hammer and dolly

practices that type of stuff.

What-- The whole idea behind
the Kindig Academy is to take
those skills and amplify them

to build the type of cars
that we build at our shop.

-So...
-It's like
the "Master's degree"

of car fabrication.

-I like that.
-Yep.

We need more trade schools
like this across America

and definitely this
one's gonna kick butt.

Yeah, I think this
is gonna be so cool.

So, we're gonna do the smoked
oak, uh, flooring just like
what's in the showroom.

It'll have the logo
on the ground,
it's all blacked out.

We're gonna do
a couch in here,
a desk for receptionist.

There'll be an apparel store,
we'll have a Kindig-It design
car in here at all times.

And so it'll be kind of cool,
people can see the places

-they are coming
by on the freeway.
-[Chad] Mmm-hmm.

Or if they are in school
here, whatever, come in,
buy some swag,

check out the car.

We'll have
an interactive area.

They'll be able to sit down,
put some headphones on,
watch videos and listen--

[Kevin] Oh, that's super cool.

Something like-- Something
kind of like the techniques

and why-- What we're doing
and how we're doing it.

And hopefully get some
more interest to get more
kids into here and,

-hopefully working for us.
-Well, like I said,
they're not only, uh,

are we... are we teaching kids
exactly how we want them to do
it but we're also just

helping build
the industry as a whole.

-That's right.
-You can leave this place

with the aptitude
and all the skills
to build a high-end car.

-That just makes our
industry that much bigger.
-[Dave] Right.

-And that's great.
-[Sterling] Yeah.

Hopefully we'll get
to scrape off some

-of the talent for our shop.
-Hey, don't be greedy.

-[all laughing]
-We'll share
with other people.

We-- We will be sharing.

I'm really interested in any
way to help anybody get
into this type of career.

Anything I can do,
this should really
boost our entire industry.

[Kevin] You got it.

If anyone remembers of season
one of the, episode one,
this is how we start off.

-Clean the floor.
-Is it cleaning?

-[Kevin] I don't know.
-[man laughing]

[man] You're creating
a little stripe.

You got a little stripe going.

I'm not sure if
this is actually
cleaning the floor,

but I do know something.
It's very therapeutic.

-I like this actually.
This is awesome.
-[Kevin laughs]

[all laughing]

[Dave] Hey, when I'm done,
can I take it with me?

[all laugh]

Maybe if they are not looking,
I can just drive this
into the back of the rig

and bring it
back to Salt Lake.

Oh, something's coming
down in the front.

-What?
-You're making
something happen, dude.

-Okay, cool. I'm just...
-[Kevin] You're doing it!

-I'm just pushing...
-[Sterling] You're doing it!

-...buttons now.
-[Sterling] You're cleaning!
You're cleaning!

-[Kevin] You're
getting it, bro.
-[Sterling] Look at that.

Hey, I'm gonna clean
over here, okay? Don't--

Don't get any stuff over here.

I'm gonna-- I'm gonna
have this all dialed in.

[Kevin] I know,
it looks great!

Hey, Dave, if this
whole hot rodding
thing doesn't work out,

-you got a second career.
-[Sterling laughs]

-Watch out. He's--
-Maybe we should
pimp out the Zamboni.

Dave finding a new
hobby is great and all

but I haven't seen
all that I want to see yet.

Hey, let's check out
the rest of the school.

Can you show me
the welding department?

Hey, I'll catch up
with you guys later.

-[Chad] Hey, Dave.
This is awesome.
-[Kevin] Dave, you're...

[Sterling] Good job.
You're doing a great job.
Keep it up.

Thanks, guys.

[door squeaking]

-Come on in.
Let me show you this.
-All right.

I didn't think we'd ever
get him off that thing.

This is our welding shop.
This is probably our hottest,

-fastest growing program that
we have here at Lincoln Tech.
-[Kevin] Wow.

Brian, how many
booths do we have here?

We have 90 booths in here.

I think this is so cool,
the way this is all set up.

-It doesn't smell like
a welding room. Honestly.
-Yeah.

I mean, you can tell,
obviously, there's been
welding happening in here

but-- No, this is...

Again, I'm impressed.

-It's, uh, it' cleaned.
Could I get...
-[speaking indistinctly]

-...the Zamboni
down this aisle?
-[all laugh]

-But look, since we're
in the welding area...
-[Dave laughs]

-...I mean, I know
you guys are expert welders...
-[Kevin] Yeah.

...and, you know,
we were thinking

maybe we should put their
skills to the test, right?

-Yeah, let's get it done!
-Yeah, have
a little competition.

-[Kevin] Yeah,
let's get it done.
-I brought my welding hands.

-Let's do it.
-All right.

I think this shirt might be
flammable.

-Let's get this done.
-[Chad and Sterling laugh]

-[Dave] Well...
-[Kevin] Is that polyester?

-[Dave] Uh, no,
but I keep it clean.
-[Kevin laughs]

You know when I think
you're in an area where
you can do like a contest

like a bitchin'
bootcamp kind of thing,

I think you really need
to take advantage of it.

I typically win these
contests especially when
I'm up against Kevin.

I am definitely
going to conquer.

[buzzing]

[Brian] So, how did it go?

It went-- It went pretty good.
Uh, obviously every machine
is a little bit different

I started out and I stopped
and then I feel like

I really started to get
it good at the end.

[Brian] Hmm.
Well, let me take
a look at that.

-Since, we're
in the welding area...
-[Dave laughs]

-...I mean, I know you guys
are expert welders and...
-[Kevin] Yeah.

...you know, we were thinking
maybe we should put their
skills to the test, right?

-Yeah, let's get it done.
-Yeah, have
a little competition.

-[Kevin] Yeah,
let's get it done. Yeah.
-I brought my welding hands.

[Dave] We're here in Denver
at the Lincoln Technical
Institute visiting

the Kindig Academy
for the very first time.

Kevin and I are taking
an entire tour of this plac

but now it's time
for a competition.

So, how did it go?

It went-- It went pretty good.
Uh, obviously every machine
is a little bit different.

I started out and I stopped
and then I feel like

I really started to get
it good at the end.

[Brian] Hmm.
Well, let me take
a look at that.

My weld is clearly better.

I feel like the first one
was a little off and

-the end one was, is actually
a really good weld.
-A little?

-Yeah.
-Hmm. Okay.

-[Kevin] Hmm. Here,
I'll take this back.
-Let me tell you now...

-So we have a comedian
up in here, huh?
-...so hot.

-Very nice, Dave.
-Thank you.

-Very good work.
-Thank you. I appreciate it.

I knew it would be
rigged from the start.

-I haven't welded
for quite some time but...
-No.

...I feel like it's
really natural for me.

-That is awesome.
-[Dave] Thank you.

-This is just like
the golf course!
-[Brian] Er, Kev...

This competition really
did see a lot of talent.

And you know what they say,
somebody's gotta win,

and in this case
it was me again.

-This is just like
the golf course.
-Kev, uh, I...

-Yeah.
-These are-- You can
go up front, enroll.

-You'll start
in class 10--111.
-[Kevin] Thank you.

I'm a craftsman.
He draws stuff.

This is important.
If we had a drawing contest,
of course he would win.

This is ridiculous!
I'm out of here.

Check's in the mail. [laughs]

[revving]

[Dave] What's really cool
about this is, like,
this is like the first

seventy-five degree
day in Denver,

first car show they
ever have outdoors,

and there's over 800 cars,
they were--

They were actually
turning cars away.

-Eight hundred cars
for a five hour deal.
-Yeah. This parking lot,

-there is not another spot
in this entire parking lot.
-That's-- That's insane.

[Dave] What a great place
for a car show and
a k*ller turn out.

Kevin and I are gonna get
a chance to walk around

and check out
all the k*ller rides.

You or me or we...
We need to pick
a bitchin' ride...

-That's right.
-...at the show?

So, we have one pick.

So, it's the Kindig-It Design
One Bitchin' Ride pick,

that we're gonna pick one
car and they'll get that
chromed out trophy.

-Lincoln Tech does a bunch
of other trophies, right?
-Right.

-But it's all...
-Right. They basically--

Everybody that brought
their car in has to pick
somebody else's car

and then they'll give
the trophies away in that...

-So, is this like
a people's choice?
-It's a people's choice

-but it's the car
drivers' choice, so...
-Oh, that's cool.

-Yeah.
-So, there's no judges.

-Except for us.
-No. Except for us.

-We're the judges.
-We'll be judging.

Kevin and I are in charge
of picking one bitchin' rid
out of over 800 cars.

Now this is gonna
be a bit of a challenge.

Oh, this is cool.

Big block.

-That's cool, I like this.
-[Dave] Yeah, that's nice.

-Front runner?
-Yep.

It's got air conditioning.

[Kevin] Tiger cage.

This is nice.
It's on air ride.

-Looks like the rain
gutters are gone too.
-[Dave] Yeah.

There's a lot of great
cars out here.

Some really nice street rods,
there's a couple really
cool trucks...

Hey, look at this thing. '59?

-Yeah.
-Or is that a '60?

Oh, that's a '60.
It's got broken wings.

-No, it's a '59.
-Oh, it is a '59.

This Cadillac was actually
pretty cool, a 1959 two door

You don't really
see those very often.

You know, all these
cars shows you come
to and you still can be

-surprised or see something
that you've never seen before.
-Or just see some--

Or just see something
you don't see all the time.

Look at that.

-That color looks familiar.
-I don't know, I don't
know what--

I don't know why
I'm drawn to this car.

This is steel lighter?

It is. It's steel lighter.

Looks beautiful on a Camaro.

-This is a color I developed
a couple of years ago.
-[Dave laughs]

-Save your phone. [laughs]
-Thank you.

So, this '69 Camaro
really stuck out to me.

It is super clean,
it's got a crazy good stance,

happens to have
our door handles in it.

What kind of suspension
do you have on it?

-TCI.
-TCI front and rear?

-[man] Uh-huh.
-[Kevin] So, it's
a four-link or is it

-one of those big long arms?
-[man speaking indistinctly]

Oh, it's a three-link?

Nice.

He's not just showing
the car here, he drove
the car here.

And that's something that
I always like to see.

Drive 'em till
the wheels fall off.

Or maybe just before that.

Not that it matters but how
many miles per gallon did
you get coming out here?

-It's getting like 17.
-[Kevin] Ten?

That's not really
good mileage. I think
I know the problem.

-Drove--
-Have you, uh, have you
just checked that foot?

-That's--
That's what's the problem.
-That's probably it.

-How much does it weigh?
-Yeah.

-Your foot.
-His foot.

-Your foot.
-[all laugh]

Not the car.

-A lot.
-I was waiting for him to go,

-"That's around
-[Kevin laughing]

[Dave] Considering what kin
of motor he's got in this,

maybe he's got a problem
with his right foot.

[Kevin] Well, it's a pleasure.
Very nice to meet you.

-Yeah. Great to meet ya.
-[man] Nice to meet y'all.

-Yeah, wonderful car.
-Awesome.

Well, keep driving
the wheels off of it.

-This is a one day deal.
-[Dave chuckling]

Eight hundred cars.
That's awesome.

It's a beautiful spring day
here in Colorado

and I'll tell you what.
Kevin and I have
our work cut out for us

'cause we're looking
for one bitchin' ride.

-There's...
-There's Euros. Muscle cars.

-And some nice stuff too.
Look at that Bronco.
-Modern muscle cars.

-There's some really good
looking, uh, sport trucks...
-Street truck?

...street trucks.

Oh, yeah. Look
at that truck. [grunts]

-That orange one looks good.
-Oh, it is nice.

I love these
late model trucks.

You know, it takes a lot
of guts to cut up something
so new and so expensive

and put it on the ground.
This thing's been repainted.

This thing's on full
air rides, got huge wheels.
This is right up my alley.

-That's my speed, dude.
Standard cab, short bed.
-Mmm-hmm.

[Kevin] Whoo...

Hey. What...

-'48?
-You know this--

-You know what these cars
always remind me of?
-'47?

What's that?

-And I--
-Karate Kid?

-100%. Every time
I look at 'em.
-...It's the right car.

Is it?

-Wax on, wax off.
-Every time.
Every time I look at these.

-Good. How are you?
Is this yours?
-I wish.

-Yeah, I know, right?
-That's beautiful.

[Dave] Yeah, that's gorgeous.

[Kevin] I love
Karate Kid, the movie.

So, whenever I see a Ford
like this, it takes me right
back to my childhood.

-Hey, the one in Karate Kid
was a convertible too, right?
-[Dave] Yep. Yep.

-It was yellow. Yeah.
-[Dave] Yep.

-Every time I look at this.
-A cream puff.

Karate Kid.

-I like this body style.
-I do too.

I like the woodies in the '47
body style as well.

Yeah, that's a good
looking car.

And so like, when there's
Karate Kid and then he's like,
[vocalizing] and then they go.

[exclaims]

Dead. Cobra Kai, dead.

That's gnarly.

That's nice. I really like
that accessory drive,
how it's all tucked down.

-Look how low the AC is,
nothing's up real high.
-[Dave] Oh, yeah.

That's good. It's nice.

[Kevin] Paint job's real nic

-[Dave] It's a manual. Yeah.
-[Kevin] Yeah,
probably four-speed.

Promad. That's awesome.

Obviously the wheels
aren't as big like
the ones today but...

these are like the kind
of cars you would see
in like, what, the mid '90s...

[Dave] Yep.

-Late '90s...
-Mid '90s was
huge for that car.

-Beautiful. Beautiful.
-But it's well done now.

-It's nice.
-[Kevin] And like I said,
it still looks good today.

Yeah.

-That's awesome.
-Oh, that's cool.

[Kevin] That's awesome.

That is a great looking car
but the truck next to it
is very interesting.

It's a Pre, a '62.

-[Dave] Oh, really?
-Yeah.

[Dave] We happen to be
building a '63 Chevy truck
back at the shop and

and checking this one out
with the cool patina,
this was pretty damn bitchin'.

It's an interesting
headlight door.

So, those are pre ours.

-Uh-huh. Yep. Yeah.
-[Kevin laughs]

[Dave chuckles]

That's cool.

It's good patina too.

[Kevin] I like it.

-You don't get patina
better than that.
-[Dave] Nope.

[Kevin] It's not my favorit
but guess what, I don't kno
how to do paint and body.

So, I appreciate it.

If I didn't have the resources
that I have, most of my stuff
would probably be patina.

-'64.
-No, '65.

-There's a number
right on...
-It says right on there.

Well, I wasn't looking
at that. I wasn't cheating.

I like these ones.
I like the stacked headlights.

So, Cadillacs with these
double stacked headlights,
this is my jam.

If I was gonna
have a Cadillac,
that would be it.

[Dave] These are really cool.

-[Kevin] They're good.
Harder and harder to find.
-I was-- I like that.

That reel on there and...

line on the top there
is so faint.

Ah, it's a good looking car.

There are some
cool cars out here.

Rows and rows of custom cars
so we gotta hurry up because
we're running out of time.

'55. God, I want a '55 so bad.

Squarebird.

Gotta love those.

That-- Isn't that what
they used to call you
in high school?

-No.
-Oh.

-Called me the jailbird.
'Cause I was in jail a lot.
-"The jailbird."

Dave saying that they
used to call him "jailbird"

is about as honest as
him saying that he
won the welding contest.

Oh, that's a good one.

[Dave laughing]

I put some feelers out
there and I think I made
an important discovery.

-[Dave laughing]
-Hey.

Surprise, surprise.
Look who it is.

-Hey, hey. Hey.
-Oh, you heard about us.

Come to find out, dude,
and I didn't know this,

you're not even
an instructor
in the welding class.

You know, I don't really care
for where this is going.

-Hey, it doesn't matter. Hey.
-[Kevin] Okay?

-[Brian indistinctly]
-[Dave] Hey, I really
appreciate you...

Yeah, my people let me know!

I'm almost done.
Give me another...

twenty minutes.

You know, there's
something like zen

and very relaxing for me
with the Zamboni.

Maybe another 15 minutes.

You have no lines
you have to stay within,

there's no stop signs and...

traffic and it's like
I just go into a zone.

I feel so relaxed right now

-Drifting.
-[Kevin] You're fancy, dude.

-Oh, he's drifting?
-[group laughing]

-[Kevin] Hey.
-I think I found a new career.

-Hey, Dave!
-Yeah? [laughing]

The owner's getting mad, dude.

-Oh, sorry.
-No messing around,
that's a piece of machinery

I don't know how to turn
it off though. [laughs]

-[Dave] What a great show.
-[Kevin] Yeah,

-I think our work
is really cut out for us.
-[laughing]

Trying to pick one
bitchin' ride out
of 800 plus cars here.

Right, right.
But at the end of the day,

somebody has to pick it,
somebody has to do it,

and, uh...
I think that should be us.

What a great weekend.

Great weather, great car show.

I've seen a couple
cars I like.

Oh, yeah. There was a--
I mean, there's--

There's some really--
There's some really
cool sport trucks,

there's some really
oddball stuff that you
don't see here everyday.

-Yep.
-Uh...

There's some really clean,
what are they called,
"Modern muscle"?

Yep. Some exotics.

Some exotics.

-Yeah, I'm gonna leave
this one up to you.
-[indistinct]

-[grunts]
-This one seems
like a tricky deal.

The time is here and now,
and we've looked
at a lot of great cars

but we can only pick one.

Ladies and gentlemen,
gather around the stage.

It's gonna get real,
real quick.

Kevin, what do you think?
What do you think?

-Are you ready to rumble?
-[crowd cheering and clapping]

[Dave] That's right.

I think Kevin
probably should start

[clears throat] practicing
"Let's get ready to rumble"

before he just rushes into
"Let's get ready to rumble."

Start with third, second,
first in each of the classes.

Then we have
a special award happening,

and then we'll
do best in show.

It's called "The One
Bitchin' Ride" award.

-Somebody is gonna
take this home today.
-[crowd cheering and clapping]

Thank you. Thank you.

-That's amazing. Beautiful.
-[Dave laughing]

-Thank you.
-I made that.

Okay. Let's get
this party started.

[woman] The 1964
Ford Thunderbird,

-Tyler Flosser, come on up.
-[crowd cheering and clapping]

Whoo! Whoo!

[indistinct]

[Dave] It was all
people's choice.

This is a great way
to keep everybody
involved and make sure

that the trophies
are spread out properly.

[crowd clapping]

Thank you, guys.

-Now we're getting
to the good stuff.
-[woman] All right,

I'm gonna turn it over to Dave
for Bitchin' Rides' trophy.

Thank you, baby.

-Is everybody still enjoying
their beautiful afternoon?
-[crowd cheering and clapping]

Hell, yeah.

And now, it's time
for our award.

Okay, Kevin. What time is it?

No-- No further ado...

What's it--
What are we calling this?

One Bitchin' Rides, uh,
award goes to...

It's a 1969 Camaro all
the way from Texas

It's, uh, for Shane Donton--
uh, Dayton and Jessica Morris.
Come on up, guys.

-You got one
bitchin' car ride.
-They...

[Kevin] They drove it all
the way from Texas.

-That's cool.
-[Dave] That's super cool.

Not in a trailer,
the bugs were
still in the grill.

Super cool, great color,
great engine,

and... and they drove it.
And that's what
it's all about.

Build your dream
and then drive it.

So, congratulations, you guys.

I really loved the Camaro
because not just the color,

the stance and the use
of the door handles,
but the fact that

they had it really clean and
nice and he drove it all
the way up here from Texas,

-Congrats.
-[Kevin] Congrats.

-Do you want
to say some words?
-Really well done.

-Super cool. [laughs]
-[Kevin] Do you want
to say thank you?

Thank you for all
the Denver hospitality.
We've had a blas... blast.

It's our first time to come
and I'm sure we'll be back.

-All right. Give it up,
give it up for him.
-Awesome.

[crowd clapping and cheering]

You know, a lot of the times,
the award is the part
of the event

that is most important
but in this case,

there is something much
more important that we
have to take care of.

Think we need to get
over 'cause I think
they're gonna...

-cut the ribbon on some kind
of cav dog school?
-Uh...

Yeah, might be the cav dog
school or might be called
the Kindig Academy.

Well, let's go--
Let's go do that.

[Dave] It means so much
to me to have my name
on this school and

and to be involved with such
a great organization.

For me, this is a dream
come true to be able to

give something back
to students that wanna try
and achieve the next level.

It takes a lot of time
to build a style
of car that we do

and we're hoping to pass on
some of those techniques
so that the...

The rest of this support can
continue on for a long time.

The support from the college,
you guys have done
a wonderful job

really making this come true.
This has been...

so cool to create this
over the last, what, year
and a half-ish, two years.

You know, I've always been
a dreamer and it really
worked out great for me

and it's important
for me to continue
to pass that on

to other people,
different generations,

to go and live their dream
and do something that
they really love to do.

And I think this
is gonna be a great
venue for them to learn

how to do the skills that they
need to build kick-a*s cars.

-And with that, we'll turn
this over to, uh...
-Welcome.

...the college. Scott?

-Thank you.
-Oh, you've got--
You brought your own?

I don't know, I--
They gave me one.

-Nice!
-[crowd clapping]

-How does this work? Here.
-Just like that.

-Is it working?
-You're working.

Well, again, I just want
to reiterate, uh,
thanking Dave and Kevin...

-Thank you.
-...and the whole Kindig Team.

This is very
exciting for Lincoln.

This is a very exciting event.
I think today is a wonderful
day if you like cars.

You-- This is the place to be.

-If you don't like cars, this
is the place to be as well.
-[all laugh]

And I'm really appreciative
of the whole Kindig Team...

Okay.

Enough of the mushy stuff.
Let's get
to the ribbon cutting.

We're gonna do
a little bit of Kindig flair
with the ribbon cutting.

So, I'm gonna give up
the microphone...

Oh, let me hold it.

-Oh...
-I'm gonna do a play-by-play.

-Okay. Here we go.
-[Scott laughs]

-[Dave laughs]
-As you can see,
this is the first time

that Dave's gonna
use a grinder.

-[Dave laughing]
-Today... I got
your back today.

All right. Yep. Thank you.

-Just make sure you
guys get in close though.
-[grinder whirring]

This will--
That will fall off.

And welcome to...

-[crowd cheering and clapping]
-...Kindig-it Academy,
Lincoln Tech.

Whoo!

[speaking inaudibly]

[man] Whoo! Whoo!

Thanks for the warm reception.
We love Denver.
We love coming out here.

We're so excited to be
a part of this college,

and, uh, I'm really,
really looking forward
to the near future.

So, thank you again, you guys.

Enjoy the show.
Catch up with us where
we're hanging out.

-We're gonna be out there
signing autographs in, uh...
-[Kevin] By the rig.

...about another half an hour
or so at our 18 wheeler.

[man] Well, thing for us,
it's really important
to have this kind of

partnership because part
of our role is to rebuild
this country.

[Scott] Dave will bring a lo
of passion and notoriety

and drive more people
into this career as well
as related fields.

[Chad] We couldn't be more
excited to partner with Dav

and, uh, be able
to teach a lot of people
the things that make

Dave and his team's
cars really one
of a kind out there.

And we think it will be
great things not only for us

but also for the country
as a whole.

-[crowd clapping]
-That's a wrap.

[exhales] I had
an amazing time.

I am super pumped
that the school is opening.

There's so many
cool things going on

[exhales] but I'm tired.
I'm ready to go.

Just waiting for Dave. Uh...

I'm not too worried
about it though.
He's a great...

He's a-- He's a great
time management guy.

So, I'm sure he'll
be here any second.

It's looking pretty good.

[low whistling]

Hey! I'm almost done!

Hey!

For as much fun as we had
over here at the college,

we gotta get back to Salt Lake
'cause not only do we have
a lot of stuff going on,

we gotta finish
this engine build.

We got the engine back,
we painted it up

and it's ready to go
back in the chassis.

All right. Now, we're gonna
lift up this, uh, 327.

There were lot of parts
that were bad in it

It had a... an oiling issue.
Wasn't getting enough oil

so things got
destroyed on the inside.

Yeah, had it sent
to Clegg Machine

for Kenny right here so
if anything goes wrong,
we blame him.

Nothing will go wrong.

It's... [clicks tongue]
This is a good one.

This is super cake here.
No electronic.

She got tons of room.

There's more room
in the engine bay than
there is in the cab.

-Especially for Kip.
-[Kip grunts] There's no way.

-So, I got a picture,
Kip inside...
-[Kip laughing]

...and it was kind of funny.

I'm not really certain
who's supposed to be able
to fit in this Corvette.

It's definitely
tight in there.

[man] It's eye level
now, right?

[Jason] Need me
to stick a bolt on it
while you're holding it?

It'll stay on the flange.

You always wanna loctite
flywheel bolts.

You also wanna put
NICs under the hoods.

So that your torque...

is accurate.

Never thought
I'd use that tool again.

[beep]

[beep]

-Anything more?
-[man] No.

[man] They're clear.
You can go in.

Uh, we put some jacks in
under it so we can

support the body 'cause
the legs of the cherry picker

and the weight of the tie rod
for the car.

That work?

Okay.

How we looking?

Chap the column right there.

-[clatter]
-[Jason] What do you need?

The front of the engine's
up too high.

-[Jason] Okay.
-[Kip] They just fell in.

That was literally it.
I just pushed it in.

That actually went in way
smoother than I was expecting.

All that's left
is everything else.

In this case,
everything else really
just means running properly.

[Kip] So we need to get it
started up and get it
running stable enough...

-[man] Okay.
-...so we can do
our break-in procedures.

We should get it up


for about 20
to 30 minutes there.

So we can get that
extra oil flow to those
hydraulic tappet lifters.

Probably the best
way to do this,

if you wanna
run the key for me.

[engine running]

[Kip] How's the oil
pressure look?

Oil pressure about 50.

[engine roaring]

[Kip] All right, now we
got two small issues.

Looks like
our timing is not...

consistent enough for me
to get a base timing set.

This light flashes every
single time the number
one spark plug wire

is triggered
by the distributor.

When it flashes, you
should see your timing
mark on your balancer

cross a timing mark,
and it should coincide
every time it flashes.

Um, and when it does,
it should be at the same
spot every single time

but what we're seeing is
the timing mark here, up here,
down here, all around, so...

That could possibly
mean we have a problem
with our distributor.

Also, after that first, uh,
little heat cycle we got,

we developed a little bit
of a clicking and knocking
noise over there so

I'm gonna pull that valve
cover off and see if
we got a rocker on it.

Just might be
out of adjustment.

This number two
cylinder on the intake
valve right here.

Just a little loose...

Oh, she's actually
not a little loose.
She's pretty loose.

It's not uncommon
for small-block Chevys
to need a go-through

and, uh, readjust
the valve after they
start up and kind of warm.

So, then you go back
through and adjust that.

And, uh, since I'm
already here, I'll probably
end up pulling the valve cov

off the other side and
go back through all of them

And just seating the valves
dialed back into where
they need to be.

That'll solve the clicking
noise we're hearing.

Good.

Went through and
readjusted the valves.

We had the issue
earlier with our

timing mark being
wildly inaccurate.

I'm gonna go ahead
and try a spare, extra,
vintage timing light

that my man Kenny has here.

I'm not sure. Will a vintage
timing light do the trick?

-[engine starts]
-[Kip] There we go.

[engine running]

[Kip] Misfiring
somewhere else.

Checking my plug wires.
I got a misfire somewhere.

My vacuum gauge is still
bouncing all over the place
which it wasn't earlier.

It was pretty smooth.

[revving]

Yeah, go and shut it off.

-[engine stops]
-I got a misfire somewhere.

Got to figure that out
before we go any further.

Kenny's timing light is,
uh, actually working.

Our timing is at least
representing consistently now.

My, uh, vacuum gauge
is bopping up and down
so we got a misfire.

There's only one way
to find out what's wrong.

Keep tweaking things,
checking things,
double checking things.

-Go ahead.
-[engine starting]

[Kenny] Number two.

Yeah.

Yeah, we're only off on one.
You can tell.

If it was two, it would
really be rough.

Sounds like we have something
going on with number two
cylinder for sure.

[engine stops]

So, we had number two,

was extraordinarily loose.

So, I went through and
readjusted all the valves.

All of them seemed pretty
close except for that
one that was way off.

So went ahead and adjusted
them anyways but now we have
a dead misfire on number two.

It's not doing anything.

I'm gonna pull this
off and see what
we've got going on.

[mechanical shifting]

[Kip] Well, it is down
further on the adjustment.

There's no way I
[bleep] that adjustment up.

That's what it is.

That one's keeping
that valve lumping.

Doesn't look that much further
off than it was before though.

It gets a little
frustrating sometimes

to figure out that
you've thought you fixed it
but actually you haven't yet.

Change of things,
we got a lifter [bleep] up.

I wonder if we got a plunger
and a lifter hung so now
when I'm adjusting it,

the plunger's hung
down, right?

-Yeah.
-So, I'm actually pushing
the valve open

when I'm adjusting it instead
of pre-loading the lifters.

-Does that make sense?
-Yeah. Yeah.

I'm not pre-loading
the lifter and I'm actually

-pushing the valve and...
-Well, and that's why we
would have the misfire,

-because it's not
letting that valve seat.
-'Cause it's--

I'm gonna back that thing off
and then I'll literally run it
down till it touches.

It'll run like that.
Even if it's a little
loose, it'll run.

-...and that'll tell us...
-Right, and that way it can
free it up if anything.

-It-- It should help. Yep.
-It can push-- Pop it back up.

So, the plan is to test
drive this car tomorrow.

So, that means everything
today needs to be wrapped up.

[engine starting]

[engine running smoothly]

There we go.

Vacuum gauge
is perfectly steady.

All right. We just had
a lifter that was hung, so...

That's good.

Supposedly this car is running
properly and is done.

So, I'm gonna take it
for a joy--

Sorry, not a joyride.
A test drive.

A test drive is what
I'm gonna do.

[tires screeching]

Whoo!

This car scoots!
I'm impressed.

There's nothing like
an afternoon snack,
eating the steering wheel,

and finding the gear.

Well, if you didn't know thi

this is by far one
of my favorite cars to drive

A completely stock styled,
with a four-speed.

Which I think
is actually an upgrade.

Don't wanna be
corrected if I'm wrong,

but I think they came
with only three-speeds in '5

I forgot how much fun it
is to drive an old school,

carbureted, small-block Chevy,
manual steering and all
of the excuses in the book

why you couldn't pay
attention to the road signs.

Since we took the motor out
had it rebuilt professionally,

made it look pretty,
put it back in,
did some tuning,

worked out a couple of bugs,

this car is running fantasti

Batteries charging perfectly.

I'm running 2,500 RPM and
about 45,000 pressure.

Actually just over 50.
That's looking good too.

This thing, light 'em up.
First, second and third.

Hell, yeah.

[tires screeching]

[Dave] I think this car
is ready to go home. [laugh]