02x03 - Fox Body in the Henhouse

[bunniefuu]

[tools whir]

[engine revs]

[bird of prey screeches]

[mournful Western-style music plays]

[Scooter] Who's this guy?
[Daniel, in Spanish] He has the title.

-Whoa!
-[truck door slams]

What are you doing?

-I sold the truck.
-But it's mine, not yours.

No, it's not yours anymore.

I'm waiting for you
to give me a chance to win it back.

No, no. Not on me here.

-Good afternoon. I'm Scooter.
-No. I'm not interested.

This truck is not going anywhere.
It's mine. I have the title.

[in English] He says that truck
doesn't leave here 'cause it's his.

-He has the title.
-So whose truck is it?

-[in Spanish] Whose truck is it?
-Mine.

-[in English] You lost the bet.
-[Scooter, in Spanish] You lost a bet?

-What are you going to take?
-How much more do you have to offer me?

-[in English] How much more do we have?
-No, we're not playing that game.

It's not how much we have.

-It's how much he'll take.
-Exactly.

For that piece of paper that's no good
without the truck we've already bought.

[in Spanish] We're not going
to play games. How much will you take?

-I will take $500.
-$500 and we can take it with us?

Yes, you can take it.

[in English] 500 bucks,
and we're out of here. We can take it.

-And we're done.
-Yes, done.

-We don't have to pay nobody else?
-No, we don't.

We have the title.
The truck's goin' on that truck.

-[in Spanish] If it's a deal, we pay you.
-All right.

-[Scooter] We take the truck. That's it.
-Correct. Yes.

-[in English] Let's get him paid.
-[Scooter] Pay the man.

-That's his 500 bucks.
-[in Spanish] That's your 500 dollars.

-Thanks.
-[Rabbit, in English] You're paid.

And now we've got an extra
hand to load this damn truck up.

[in Spanish] Oh yeah,
we need an extra hand.

Oh, I can't. I have an injury.

-[in English] He's got a bad knee.
-Of course he's got a bum leg.

[Rabbit] Depending where we wanna go,

when we get a build plan together,
this truck will be 30, 40, 50,000 dollars.

So $3,000

for a short-bed first gen C10
is a great deal.

At the end of the day, we still won.

Maybe not quite as good as the original
deal we thought we were gonna get,

but we paid a $500 little tuition fee
to learn a lesson.

Dealin' in the States
and dealin' here in Mexico,

that's two totally different things.

[Scooter] We gotta do
a little more research.

-But we're not tellin' Jaime about it.
-No, hell no, man.

In the words of my father, "Now
you've got time to think up a lie, son."

[theme music playing]

["I Deliver" by Raphael Lake
& Thomas Collins playing]

♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ I deliver ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Yeah, I always come through ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh ♪

-♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh ♪
-♪ Night and day ♪

♪ Night and day ♪

-♪ Every way, I deliver for you ♪
-[horn beeps]

-[Wes] Oh, an Apache.
-[Lucky] Jump on it.

-[Scooter] Morning, guys. Wesito!
-[Wes] What's up?

Boys, what'd you think?
We're in truck country.

This is Texas, man.
You gotta have a truck in here.

We got a great first gen C10.

-These things are extremely desirable.
-Is this a truck or a chassis?

-[Scooter] A bit of both.
-[Rabbit] A little of both.

Let's get it inside and see
how bad it is, then. How about that?

[Jaime] Does it steer?

[Rabbit] It rolls better
if you make motor sounds.

-[Jaime] Push, Scooter.
-[Scooter] I'm pushing.

-Turn, Jaime, turn!
-[Lucky] Turn it!

-[Andy] Push, push.
-[laughter]

-Push.
-[Scooter] I'll get the door. You get in.

[speaking Spanish]

-[Andy] Come on!
-[Wes] Come on, man, pull it hard.

-Yeah!
-[speaks Spanish] There it is.

[Rabbit] What do you guys think?

I'm dying to know how much we paid for it.

-3,000 bucks.
-[Wes] Love it.

There's a lot of work here
because, essentially, we have a cab,

we have a chassis,
and we have four tires. That's about it.

[Rabbit] It may be half a truck,
but it's half a legend.

[Rabbit] The Chevy Apache short-bed truck
took the practicality

of the postwar advanced design series

and merged it with space-age amenities
and body lines.

This pickup followed America's transition
from rural livin' to city livin'

and became a commodity
on the hot-rod scene.

This signature contoured hood
also makes it stand out

from the swarms of pickups at truck meets.

Today, a fully restored
first-gen C10 Apache

would quickly be snatched up
by its wide fan base.

-[Wes] What are we thinkin'? Lowering it?
-How about we jack this up?

Make some wild pre-runner out of it?

-Mm, I don't think that's gonna work.
-Why?

-[Wes] Yeah.
-I… The suspension in the back.

[Wes] If we jack this up, it's gonna be
a four-wheel drive conversion.

You're talking leaf springs, suspension.

-[Andy] A lotta money.
-Gonna throw a lot of money in this.

Maybe not jack it up higher,
but maybe give it that illusion?

Settle with some 20s or somethin',
kinda fill up the wheel well.

-Kind of a little pavement princess.
-[Wes] Yeah.

[Jaime] That would be a different look,
I think. It's not gonna be stock.

On the outside, what kind of colors?

-[Rabbit] I think subtle.
-Subtle. Okay, I'm liking that.

It seems like the world is turning away
from pearls, metallics, stuff like that.

-I'm thinking we ought to do gray.
-[Jaime] That'd be cool.

Obviously, this is the wrong hood.

[Andy] I think bringing that '61 hood
back onto this

would be a major plus,
money-wise, too, don't you?

It would be k*ller.
Gonna be hard to find, probably.

These were way more popular.

But I think that that little investment's
gonna help on the return of this truck.

-[Andy] Agreed.
-How do you feel on the interior, Lucky?

[Lucky] What interior?

-[laughing]
-[Lucky] It doesn't have any.

-Blank canvas.
-[Lucky] There you go.

[Jaime] Okay, so here's what we're doing.

You guys have to find
the proper hood for this car and a seat.

[Lucky] Let's do a black seat
with some red French stitching on it.

-That way, it'll make it pop.
-[Jaime] Bigger wheels, 20s.

You gotta find a bed!

I'll have to find
the proper hood for this car.

Gray paint job.

[Andy] And the grille, I decided
I'm gonna do a little artwork on that.

[Jaime] And put a small-block Chevy,
that's tried and true.

-This truck should easily fetch 45, 50.
-[Scooter] Oh!

-That'd be a k*ller deal.
-How about 55?

Sixty?

sh**t for the stars, I say, man.
Let's go big or go home.

Trucks are bringin'
really good money right now.

-I like this.
-I think we got a plan.

-We need to go find this bench seat.
-[Rabbit] Yes, we do.

-Vámonos.
-A bed.

[Rabbit] Get rockin'.
Oh, here it goes again.

-[Scooter] Make the list.
-[Andy] I want that other hood.

Let's get to work, man.

[Andy] Let the teardown begin.

-[Wes] Pull this hood off.
-[Jaime] Oh, Lucky's just goin'.

[Andy] The chair guy's making me look bad.

-Got it.
-[Lucky] Where we goin'?

-[Andy] Looks heavy.
-Over there.

-It's real heavy. Oh my God.
-They don't make them like this anymore.

-For sure.
-[Jaime] They don't!

These classic Chevys
are always popular in Texas,

but the money we're gonna make off of it

really depends on how efficiently
we can source the parts

and get all the work done.

[Wes] Fender comin' off.

-Horn.
-Horn.

Beep, beep!

[Jaime] We need to keep repair costs
under 12 grand

because we're still a long way away
from that half-a-million-dollar goal.

So every dollar we put into this truck

is just gonna put us further
and further away from that number.

[Wes] This thing's tearing down quick.

[Andy] We got her stripped down.

[rock music playing]

Kids, don't try this at home.

[Lucky] While Scooter's finding a seat,

I'm gonna get busy on cutting the material
and marking for the pleats.

Seats are pretty huge.

So sorry, Jaime.

The budget for the material on this truck
is goin' up a little bit.

[Lucky] If they come out crooked,
it's the camera.

[Lucky] Just like the exterior,
the interior's gotta be clean and simple.

I decided to go with the red topstitching

'cause it's gonna give the seat
more of a refined look.

It's gonna take twice the time,

twice the effort,
and twice the attention to detail.

It's a good thing I'm a perfectionist.

Remember, once you start, you can't stop.

You gotta see it all the way,

no matter how bad your shoulders hurt.

[upbeat music playing]

[Rabbit] You know what?
I love goin' wheel shoppin'.

-Top three favorite things to do.
-Top three things.

Aggravating you,
making money, wheel shopping.

-Wheels and tires is what sells a car.
-[Scooter] That's in my top three too.

[Rabbit] I love picking out wheels.

-Love the smell of fresh new tires.
-[Scooter] Yes.

-[Rabbit] What's up?
-[Scooter] What's up, man?

-[man] How you been?
-I'm good, man.

-Good to see you.
-Awesome.

It's not feasible
to lift this Chevy truck,

so we're gonna do
the next best thing. Big wheels.

Scooter's got a buddy in town
with the biggest tire shop in El Paso.

Great local shop, but most importantly,

Aldo's tía and my tía, they go way back,
so maybe we can get a good deal on them.

-That's the name of the game.
-Yes.

[Rabbit] We got a '61 Apache we're doing.

Just a nice, clean, short-bed cruiser.

-C10 Apache, huh?
-Yes, sir.

That's a nice truck. Got any pictures?

We ain't got no pictures.
Give us a few weeks to get it finished up.

In the meantime,
we gotta get those wheels.

Hey, that's what I do for a living.
Multi-spoke, black, chrome?

No, we're thinking more like truck rally.

-Yeah, like a GM truck rally.
-[Scooter] Yeah.

Oversized 20 inch.
I think it's gonna be k*ller.

Yeah, rally wheels?
That's what I would do, you know?

Rally wheels hearken back
to the hot-rod days

of the classic muscle-car era.

They're actually made of a thicker metal,

so rough debris and terrain on tracks,
they hold up better.

Only problem is I don't have 'em in stock.

-I could have 'em here quick.
-How quick is quick?

A couple days. I could send you pictures,
make sure we on the same page.

[Rabbit] Send us prices with photos,
and we'll send you pictures of the truck.

-She's a beauty.
-[Aldo] I'll send pictures real soon.

Brother.

-Thank you. We'll see you.
-Let's get it.

[Scooter] On the road again. Vámonos.

[Rabbit] If all my transactions were like
this, my job would be so much easier.

[upbeat music playing]

[Andy] Time to put color on this machine.

So, gray is a pretty popular color.

Off-roading desert colors are comin' back.

Let's do this.

Whoo!

[Andy] To pick the main color of a car,
a lot of times,

it has to do with the car itself,

but a lot of times, I'm wanting to look
to see what the customer may want.

I am a design guy, and I like color,
but gray has some advantages.

Neutral colors are becoming very,
very popular. Just solids, no pearls.

So that's the biggest thing
I've gotta teach myself, is like,

"Dude, sometimes less is more."

[Andy] We can call this deal done.

[lively rock music playing]

[Lucky] I need to install this carpet.

We've gotta make sure
everything's lined up.

I sh**t a little bit of glue right here.

Now get the steamer.

This sucker could do
some nice steamin' and shavin', man.

-[Scooter] What's up, guys?
-So, a couple of things.

Branding.

-What do you got?
-Check this out, kids.

[Rabbit] On the back glass of every car.

[Jaime] Aren't these cute? A little small.

You make 'em that discreet, a lot
of times, they'll leave them on there.

Ah. That's a good point.

Like the kids with flat-bill hats,
leavin' them stickers on there and stuff.

-Makes it fresh.
-I agree. It looks good.

[Rabbit] Plus, I got some nice big ones
for the sides of our shop truck.

In business,
if you're not growing, you're dying,

and this is just the first step of many
to put us in the right direction.

It's all about brand recognition.
We need customers to come to us.

Hell, I'd get our logo tattooed on my
lower back if it'll sell some damn cars.

So I guess the Apache
will be the first one with it?

Of course. Keep this plan rollin'.
We got a k*ller logo.

-Why not show it off a little bit?
-No, I agree.

PR just keeps things pushin' forward.

The way business has been going,

I've been thinkin' about bringin'
my family over.

-[Lucky] You're gonna move here?
-I don't know. We'll see.

I've lived in the Chicago area
my whole life,

so it's kinda hard
just to pick up and move.

But this team has proven to me
that they're in it for the long haul.

We need to keep making money
on each of these builds

in order for me to move down here
on a permanent basis.

Simple.

Just to let you guys know,
I have a lead from Cabe.

-[sighs]
-Am I sensing some distrust from you?

I've been telling you.

Everything that he's been sending you
has been rough.

This is gonna make up for that.

I've already spoken to Cabe, like I said.
He knows. He spoke to him too.

[Rabbit] Unfortunately, you don't know.

Sometimes you've got to kiss
a lot of frogs to find your prince.

It's worth schlepping out to the boonies
'cause we need all the cars we can get.

It seems like we're gettin' fewer leads,
and I'm not just talking about Cabe.

I don't know.
They might be working for someone else.

I'm gonna tell you something.

Texas isn't big enough
for two Borderland Customs.

You got that right.

[Rabbit] I'll let you get back
to your coffee break. See you, brother.

We're goin' back to work now!

[Jaime] Now, what is this?

This is the hood for the Apache
that you bought.

No, it's not. It did not look like this.
It was primed. It was ready to go.

It's not ready to go.

This is gonna take a lotta fabrication,
a lotta rust repair.

[Jaime] Is that holes?

Scooter would say, "No bueno."

When I saw this online,
it did not have holes in it.

-[Wes] Where'd you find this?
-[Jaime] Way up in Maine.

They must have photoshopped it
or something.

Someone pulled one over on us.

Normally, I'm very good
with procuring parts--

-Did you get it cheap?
-No, I didn't get it cheap.

A hood like this,
and then shipping from Maine?

-So we're in it pretty deep.
-Yeah, we are.

We've spent way too much time and money
on this truck already.

This is… heartbreaking.

Yeah. It's gonna be hard to make a profit.

The hood for this truck
is about triple than what I expected.

At this point, we're 15 to 20,000 over
where we wanted to be.

I hope Scooter and Rabbit
let me live this down.

[chuckles] 'Cause I know I wouldn't.

[Wes] I guess I'll get to fabricatin'
my parts and start cuttin' the rust out.

[sighs]

-You're welcome.
-[Jaime] Yeah.

[moody music playing]

[Rabbit] We're in the middle
of damn nowhere.

-We're not even in Juárez anymore.
-Lotta sand, no beach.

And these needles in the haystack
are gettin' fewer and fewer, seems like.

You gotta think about it.
We're not the only ones with this idea.

No, no, no.
I'm not gonna say, like, many people,

but a couple of other people, I know they…
that they're doing what we're doing.

Cabe said that the guy
that we're gonna go see, Lucio,

had a nice old-school Impala
that got picked up.

He still has some unique cars, though.

As a car salesman,
when I hear the word "unique,"

it kind of takes me back
to the realtors that say,

"Oh, this house has a lot of character."
Translation, it's a total wreck.

-[Scooter] It's a turd.
-But you don't know till you look.

[Scooter] All right, here we go.
Here we go. Let's find out. [grunts]

-[in Spanish] Hey.
-[Scooter] Hey, what's up?

-You're Lucio?
-Yes.

-What's up? I'm Scooter.
-Nice to meet you.

-This is Rabbit.
-How are you?

My partner and I are looking for cars

because we are interested in classic
or old cars to restore.

-Do you wanna…
-[Scooter, in English] Yes, after you.

Let's go, Rabbit.

He's got a lotta cars.

[Rabbit] How about
a Bullnose Ford short bed?

-This sell well, no?
-Uh…

Everyone thinks they have great cars.
Unfortunately, most of 'em don't.

-Mm-hmm.
-So you gotta dig.

-[Scooter] Oh, look.
-[Lucio speaking Spanish]

-A grill!
-[Rabbit] He put a grill…

[Scooter] In the trunk.

[Rabbit] Sometimes you dig
and find a pot of gold.

Other times, it's a grill
made out of the back of a Nissan Sentra.

That was pretty creative, by the way.

[Rabbit] We need to find something
we can make something with, and not lunch.

[Scooter] I see a lotta cars.
Look at that. Some trucks, some vans.

[Rabbit] It's kind of like used-car hell.

This is interestin' and all,
but this is nothin' we can take home.

-[Scooter] You're right.
-[hens clucking]

-What in the hell?
-What is it?

-How about the Fox Body?
-[Scooter] Fox Body?

[speaks Spanish]

There's a lot goin' on here.
This is a Mustang full of chickens.

These are, like, the new
collectible Mustangs, but…

-Do they usually come with chickens?
-[Rabbit] No. No chickens.

That's usually not the kind of chicks
you pick up in a Mustang.

[Scooter] Right.

-What does it say there?
-[Rabbit] Saleen.

Like, the Steve Saleen, you mean?

-[Rabbit] Steve Saleen.
-This could be the real deal?

I mean, this just blows my…
I can't wrap my mind around this.

It's got a Saleen body kit
and stripes on it.

Even if it's just a GT Mustang.

But if it's a Saleen…

I mean, it's just nuts.

That was like the AMG Mercedes
of the Mustangs back then.

[Rabbit] In 1979, Ford took
a controversial departure

from the previous designs

and introduced the Fox Body Mustang.

When many first balked
at the radical redesign,

Steve Saleen saw it
as the game changer it really was.

Steve Saleen is a legendary
former race-car driver

turned automotive designer
and manufacturer.

After winnin' the Sport Car Club
of America Trans Am series

in a Fox Body Mustang,

he formed his own company,
Saleen Auto Sport.

Saleen looked to merge race-car attributes
with street-legal vehicles.

Changes Saleen made included
deck-lid spoilers, side skirts,

tailor-made air dams,
and a reconstructed suspension.

-[siren whoops]
-It also came with a radar detector.

For safety purposes, I'm sure.

With only a few hundred made each year,

Saleen Mustangs have become the holy grail
of classic American sports cars.

And today, a well-restored
authentic Saleen Mustang

can sell for as much as ten times
its stock counterpart.

I don't know where this damn thing
went wrong to end up like this.

We got a guy looking for a Fox Body,
and if it's a Saleen,

it's exponentially more valuable.

I mean, we're possibly
looking at a $70,000 car.

It's not my style.
It's really nice, though.

[Scooter] What's your style?

If you got a Fox Body Mustang,
you give me a call. I'm your guy.

Keep that in mind, sir.

[Scooter] Uh-oh. [chuckles]

Somebody's happy.

[Rabbit] Oh my God.

-Scooter?
-Yeah, what's up?

-How about the Saleen plaque?
-[Scooter] Oh, it's a plaque!

-So it's saying it's 108.
-108.

-Check that out.
-[Scooter] Oh, 108.

The same as in the plaque.

[Rabbit] I mean, this is a gamble.

A lot of people make fakes
of these things,

and they only made around 200 '86 Saleens.

But if we can authenticate this car
and bring it back to its heyday,

that's a huge win for the shop.

What about the interior, man? The seats?
I see some seats over there.

[Rabbit] It's definitely
the right generation Mustang seat.

Reach in there and pop the hood, too.
We need to check that out.

I didn't tell you
I have a fear of chickens.

-Pop that hood. Suck it up.
-[Scooter] Pop the hood.

Oh. It's not there.

They don't have teeth.
They're not gonna bite.

But they're looking at me all mean.

Open the door, Scooter.

They're more scared of you
than you are of them.

[Scooter chuckles] There it is.

-[Rabbit] This is original stuff.
-Pristine.

-I mean, I ain't gonna say pristine.
-[Scooter] Well…

-[Rabbit] It's original.
-Original.

It hasn't been fooled with.
Hell, it's got a motor in it.

-That's a shock in itself.
-Right.

How much should we offer him?

-Ask what he wants for his chicken coop.
-[Scooter] Okay.

[in Spanish] We're interested in the car.
How much do you want for it?

Don't know if I'm selling
because it's where I have my chickens.

I need a box, a cage for the chickens.

[in English] Where is he gonna put
his chickens? He doesn't have anywhere.

Don't question it. You know what?

Tell him we'll give him 3,500 bucks,
and we'll pick him up a chicken coop.

Okay.

[in Spanish] What do you think? $3,500?

And we bring you a chicken coop
so you can put them in there.

-Okay, sounds good.
-[in English] He says yes.

-I like that.
-[Scooter] Shake on it.

When I started sellin' collector cars,
we sold '30s, '40s, and '50s cars.

That was all anybody wanted.

-[Scooter] Hah.
-Now, '80s and '90s cars.

-[Lucio speaking Spanish]
-We'll be right back.

Gracias.

I hope finding a chicken coop
isn't as hard as finding this car.

-We've got a filet mignon on our hands.
-Oh, yes, we do.

There's not many people like us.

They're not willing to go the extra mile
like we do, you know?

A little Starsky and Hutch here.
Cagney and Lacey.

El Chavo del Ocho and Quico.

Tin Tan and Marcelo.

I'll send them to you via text.

[funky music playing]

[Andy] So, today on the '61,
we've got this precut wood to fit the bed.

We're gonna start staining that
to kinda match the pickup.

Let it start soakin' into the wood.

Just gotta make sure
that I've got it on really, really wet.

Look at this wood. God damn.

This sucker got wood.

What's cool about this
is that we'll have stainless-steel strips

that run right through here,
and that'll make it pop.

Now it's time to toast it up.

Darkens the stain,
and it makes the texture in the wood pop.

[Wes] You ready?
Let's get this engine in there.

[Jaime] All right.

-[Wes] It rolls really good.
-[Jaime] Yes, it does.

-It's gonna have to be jacked up more.
-[Wes] Yeah.

-Get your workout in.
-[Jaime] Yeah.

[Wes] This should be good. Let's see
if we can get over the core support.

Right through the firewall.

Come on down. A little more.

Layin' down on the job.

There you go. That was perfect.

[Jaime] I know the parts are expensive,
but it is so good

to see this thing comin' together
after what a piece of junk this thing was.

-Come a long ways.
-Yeah.

Rabbit's gonna have a stroke
when he finds out

how much money we got into this thing.

[sighs] Parts cost money.

So now it's gonna take pure talent
for him to sell this.

You know, he's gonna have to aim high,

'cause we need to make
a good profit on this thing.

-It'll be one of his shining moments.
-[chuckles] Yeah.

I pride myself on being prudent
with the shop's expenses,

but it has spiraled a bit.

Right now we're about 40K into this truck,

which is a little bit more
than what we wanted to do.

But you get what you pay for.
Plain and simple.

[Jaime] All right. It's in. Looks good.

[Wes] Let's see
if those bed panels came in yet.

[country music playing]

-[clucking]
-[Scooter] The chicken Hilton.

Do this, Rabbito. Let's do this.

You know, I've done some weird stuff
on some deals. I have never…

-[Scooter] I have never, never…
-…built a chicken coop for a car.

You can add chicken coops to your résumé.
Expertise in building chicken coops.

Oh! Ay güey.

Brand-new chicken coop.

-Not brand-new, but, you know.
-[Rabbit] New to him.

[in Spanish] Here it is.
What do you think?

[Lucio] That's it. I like it.

-For the chickens.
-[Lucio] Obviously, you take out the hens.

[in English] We need
to help him with the chickens.

-That's your department.
-No, that's our department.

[Rabbit] Definitely in the top three
weirdest deals I've ever done.

Next to the tooth cleanin'
and the time I traded for a tilt-a-whirl.

-So…
-Tilt-a-whirl!

Yeah, this is definitely top three.

[clucking]

[Scooter] I feel like in the rodeo
before they open the door.

-Hang on.
-[Rabbit] You're definitely the clown.

-[Scooter] This chicken… [laughs]
-[clucking]

[Scooter] Attaboy! Ay-ay-ay-ay.

[speaking Spanish]

-[Rabbit] One more to go.
-[Scooter] One more to go. [bleep]

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

[Rabbit] Stop messin' around
and get the chicken.

What do you think I'm doing, cabrón?
[whistles]

[making clucking sounds]

-¡Ay güey!
-[sighs]

[Scooter] Put it in. Ándele…
[speaking Spanish]

-[in English] All right.
-[Rabbit] 35 and a chicken coop.

[in Spanish] Here's 500. Count it.

Perfect. That's it.

-[speaking Spanish]
-[in English] When they hatch, he'll call.

Tell him to call
when he gets another Fox Body.

[both speaking Spanish]

Should we clean it out?

-Nope.
-[Scooter] Nope! [laughs]

[Rabbit] If this thing checks out
to be a real Saleen,

it is going to be frigging off the chain.

We are going to pry people off
of this car.

I'm a little hungry.
How about getting some fried chicken?

-Let's go.
-No!

[Jaime] This one's comin' along
pretty good.

Then we can move to the back end,
finish it up.

[Wes] Really close.

We're gonna be about 40, 45,000
when it's all said and done.

You gotta pay to play.

[horn honking]

-Speakin' of the devil.
-[Wes] Yo!

-Look what the cat dragged in.
-[Wes] What's with the chicken wire?

[Jaime] What happened to this thing?

-[Andy] I'm with you.
-[Scooter] What do you think?

-Guys, where's the excitement?
-[Scooter] Tell 'em what we got!

Did you smell this?

I'm pretty sure
this is a Fox Body Saleen Mustang.

-Saleen Mustang.
-Only a couple hundred made.

This was a [bleep] chicken coop…

-Yes.
…in Mexico.

This car, in the condition it sits,


Right when I think
you can't do anything stranger,

this thing shows up.

-[Wes] ¡Ándale!
-[Scooter] Turn the wheels. [clucking]

[squawks]

[Jaime] Oh, it's so disgusting in there.

[Andy] Whoo!

[Wes] This was really a chicken coop?

-[Scooter] Oh yeah.
-A real chicken coop.

I got a question.

-How do you know if it's a real Saleen?
-We need to authenticate it.

-It's got all the right Saleen markings.
-[Jaime] Great.

[Rabbit] All my experience is telling me
it's a legit Saleen,

but the only way to be positive
is to have the man himself,

Steve Saleen, authenticate it.

Yes, sir.

Let me show you something,
my mechanical missus.

This is the best part.

-[Scooter] Oh, look at that!
-[Rabbit] Look how pristine this car is.

-[Scooter] Everything's original.
-This thing is bone stock.

-Granted, it ran a day or two.
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.

-But everything is there.
-It is.

Where's the hatch and seats?

[both] It's in the back of the truck.

So what are we, uh, thinkin'
we should do to this, guys?

They all came factory Ford colors.

Well, there's no other way.
It's gotta go back to original?


I think that's the only way.

[Jaime] All right, gotta get rid
of the chicken stuff.

-Replace the windows.
-[clucking]

[Jaime] Restore the original color.
We're going back in black.

[Andy] Add the signature Saleen stripes,

making it look
like it rolled off the line.

[Lucky] If you have the original seats,
that'll make my job a whole lot easier.

This interior is gonna be
a time capsule from the '80s.

[Wes] The original wiring
and engine looks good,

but I'll need to get it in
and quality check everything,

to make sure it's up to Steve's standards.

The guy that's gonna buy this
is the guy that wanted it in high school

and couldn't get it, and now he can.

-What did we end up paying for this?
-[Scooter] Tell 'em.

-3,500 bucks and a chicken coop.
-[Scooter] And a chicken coop!

-[clucking]
-[Andy] Ker-ching!

Well, hold that thought,
because we still have to authenticate it.

This has to be a quick flip,

we have to keep it original,
we need as much money as we possibly can

because we're, like, 40, 45,000
into the Apache at this point.

[Scooter whistles] Damn.

-I thought we were gonna sell this for 55.
-[Scooter] Yeah.

You know, I ordered a bunch of stuff

and the original parts
cost way more than expected.

And we couldn't skip on the V8.

It just added up.

You're gonna have to sell this
for more than we discussed.

-Why…
-Prepare for recovery.

You're not makin'
the salesman's job easier.

The truck's gonna end up bein' nice.

[Rabbit] Think about it. Jaime's not used
to running a shop like this,

and it's really easy to run over budget
when you're restoring these cars.

But I'm gonna try my damnedest
to get us top dollar for this thing

and get us out of the hole.

All right,
so we're going to put this one on pause.

We need all hands on deck on the Apache
so you guys can sell it.

[Andy] All right.

Sounds like we got our work
cut out for us, buddy.

I wanna go see where all this money went.

I guess I'll vacuum it…
but that's my decision.

-[Wes] Ready?
-[Jaime] Yep.

Typically, when we get cars in,
we're not missin' half the body panels.

We're learnin' the hard way
that it's twice as expensive

than restorin' one
that's a complete car when it arrives.

Bein' a '61 Apache,

the original body panels
are pretty tough to find.

Luckily, we were able to find
all the original panels

to get this thing back together.

-Is that one gonna line up?
-[Jaime] Quarter inch off over here.

-[click]
-There we go. I got it.

[Wes] Fenders are in.
Let's see what we remember from wood shop.

I'm gonna lift it up.
Let's try to slide this one out.

-Ready?
-[Jaime] Yep.

[Jaime] These stainless rails
are a nice touch.

It's taken a lot of work,
but it looks like a truck.

[Jaime] I've decided to upgrade
the Apache's cluster.

Part of the problem is the truck only had
a temperature gauge and a gas gauge

and the vehicle speedo.

We're gonna go digital with this gauge
and make it a lot easier

and user friendly.

[Andy] These are the bluffs
behind the shop that I'm painting here.

I'm gettin' more into canvas art
on the side,

and that inspiration
is startin' to crawl over and cross over

into the automotive world.

I found myself not wanting
to just use an airbrush.

I started wantin' to hand-paint things.

And as an artist, it's up to me
to duplicate the world around us.

A lot of times,
these very small last-minute details

is what really makes the final sale,
and that's what I'm after.

[Wes] It's a race. Go!

[Jaime] Awesome. This baby is done.

[bird of prey screeches]

[rock music playing]

♪ Hey, hey, child, listen what I say ♪

♪ Today is gonna be your day ♪

♪ Hey, hey, child,
'Cause all the things you do ♪

♪ Are gonna come back to you ♪

[Rabbit] This '61 Apache
limped into our garage half a truck.

We decked it out with a new body kit,

black leather seats with cup holders,

and brought it all together
with a timeless mineral-gray paint job

and custom art on the grill.

Rally wheels and original '61 hood
make it look hot-rod ready.

And the Chevy small block we installed

will give it the power
to haul equipment or haul a*s.

So, Ruby, I tell you,
we got a good-lookin' Chevrolet Apache.

-I see you got a nice truck here.
-I'm tellin' you.

-You been lookin' for a C10 long?
-Yeah.

[Rabbit] I've reached out to some contacts
of mine who have been dying for a truck.

We got a handful of people comin' in,
which is always a good thing.

Hopefully we can shake us
a buyer out of this bunch.

Fully restored.

Battleship-gray paint.

-[Ruben] Pretty nice. I like it.
-What's not to like?

Custom interior, digital gauges.

-Yeah.
-I'm tellin' you.

-Looks pretty nice.
-I can see you cruisin' down the road.

A little hot ice-cream date.

We spent way more money on this thing
than we really wanted to.

It's time to turn and burn
and get some of this cash back.

[Ruben] What kind of wheels?

[Rabbit] It's actually the old-style
truck rally, but oversized.

Twenty by eight all the way around.

Wood bed with stainless strips.

Little more airbrush stuff here.

-Cup holders!
-Cup holders there.

That's right.
You don't see that in a 1960 vehicle.

It's a classic C10,
with a little bit of modern flair.

-What you asking?
-65,000's what we're askin'.

Uh…

What's slowin' you down?

It's… kinda pricey.

Uh…

Hmm.

You're not giving me a lot to work with.

-What are you thinkin'?
-Well…

-How about 60 grand?
-Uh, I'm good, man.

Well, thank you anyways.

-Thank you.
-Thanks for stoppin' by, bud.

-Thank you for showing it to me.
-Anytime.

Thank you for stoppin' by.

[Rabbit] Days like today
make me rethink my career path.

Kinda reminded me of trying
to sell a car to my ex-mother-in-law.

-[producer] Which one?
-[chuckles]

Between the second and the fourth one.

That second one really hated me though.

[Scooter] Hey! ¿Qué pasó, Rabbit?

The sun too strong or what?

-[Rabbit] Could you do me a favor?
-Yeah.

-I'm gonna open the hood on this truck.
-Uh-huh.

I want you to slam it on my head.

-As hard as humanly possible.
-I would never do that.

You know the saying in baseball,
"Three strikes, and you're out."

I'm done for the day.

Not only is it getting harder
to find cars in Mexico,

apparently, it's also getting harder
to sell them here.

It's especially difficult with
the price point Jaime's pushing me to hit.

-So what are we gonna do?
-I don't know.

[Rabbit] First time
I've said that in a while.

[Lucky] Let me start taking all this
chicken wire off and see what's up.

-It's like, in good shape, like 90% of it.
-Paint's peelin', but dent-wise--

-You're gonna have the biggest job here.
-Yeah, yeah, I know.

Well, I take that back. Lucky too.

No panels.

No kind of trim whatsoever.

-We got trim. It's called wire.
-Exactly.

[Jaime] Who does this to a car?

-He said they had the seats and stuff.
-I haven't seen 'em.

-[Lucky] No.
-[Andy] They always say that.

-[Scooter] Lucky?
-[Lucky] Yeah.

-I got your seat right here, bro.
-[Andy] Oh, he does show up with the seat.

-[Jaime] Does it belong to the car?
-Original seats, Jaime.

Looks like original seats.
They don't look too bad.

-[Andy] Scooter, you're coming through.
-[Scooter] I always do. We always do.

-Check it out, Jaime.
-It's actually got glass in it.

[Scooter] Of course it does, man!

[Lucky groans]

[Jaime] What the heck is that? Dirt?

No. It's kind of like the insulation
they put on the headliners.

It stinks, though.

-You think this carpet is salvageable?
-[Jaime] No.

-[chuckles]
-[Jaime] Too much chicken coop.

Overall, I'm cautiously optimistic
about the way this Mustang is.

We've got some
really good starting pieces.

[Lucky] I didn't think
this was going to be this bad.

Even though this is such a crappy car
to work with. Literally.

Gotta take all these trims
just to be able to get to that.

[Lucky] Hopin' and prayin'
this is a real Saleen.

If it is, it's gonna make up
for the profit

we're lookin' at on the Apache.

You wouldn't think that
because it was a chicken coop before,

but it could be a gold mine.

Is it me, or has this thing
kinda got a little lean to it?

-[Jaime] Don't say that.
-[Wes] Could've been wrecked or…

You know, it's been sittin' on bricks, so…

-It's definitely sittin' low on this side.
-[Jaime] Well, that's scary.

We'll have to wait
till we get it up on the lift

and just, you know,
check the underneath out.

[Jaime] I think it needs
to be vacuumed again.

[Wes] I think it needs
to be steam cleaned.

[Rabbit] Scoot, they're killin' me.

I mean, we are neck deep in this C10.

We're sitting at 46 grand.

I'm tryin' to sell it for 60,
and I am striking out.

We're just so deep in it.
The truck's only worth so much.

I didn't think
we were gonna spend that much on it.

-You and me both.
-So what do you suggest?

[sighs]

Maybe droppin' it down.
Let's try to get 55.



The margin's gettin' smaller
on this thing.

-That's what I…
-I just want to get our capital back.

You're telling me
we're gonna make a profit on it,

but not that big of a profit.

-It's diminishing.
-[sighs] I'm hoping we can make a profit.

At 46, we're just breaking even.

I mean, we're getting
our capital back at 46.

-It means these guys are working for free.
-Oy.

Right now, I think this is gonna be like

an "oatmeal's better
than no meal" situation.

Let's try to get as much as we can,
take this money, and move on

because right now,
we are not going the right direction.

-I don't like the sound of that.
-Me either. That's bad for business.

[Rabbit] We had great momentum
all the way along till this pickup truck,

and now we've stalled.

With the parts to restore
this pickup and the Saleen,

we're currently 52 grand in the hole
with these cars, and we're burning time.

This truck is eatin' my lunch right now.

-[dog whines]
-Hang on. She's saying something to me.

She agrees.

[chuckles]

Quit playing with that puppy dog.
Let's get somebody here with some money.

She's not a puppy dog.
Don't let her hear you. She'll attack you.

[Scooter chuckles]

Let's make some phone calls.
All right. I'll call Chihuahua.

[whines]

[upbeat music playing]

-[Wes] Ready to go up?
-[Jaime] All right. [sighs]

[machinery whirring]

-[Jaime] What do you think?
-[Wes] Let me check it real quick.

Hang on.

I noticed on the Mustang,
car's got a little bit of a lean to it.

I definitely need
to get it up on the lift,

make sure the alignment,
the body, the frame,

somethin's not tweaked on this.

If it is, it could really throw
a major wrench in this build,

and it's gonna cause
the cost to fix it to skyrocket.

I got a whole bunch of lines zip-tied
together up front here I'm not liking.

All-power steering and trans lines.

We have something going on in the rear.

-[Jaime] Like a bad shock or somethin'?
-Uh…

It may be worse than that.
Come look at this.

Look how far this spring is.

You look at this spring,
it's straight up and down.

-Yeah.
-This spring's kicked out to the side.

[Jaime] See, I knew this was
too good to be true.

[Wes] It looks like this thing may
have been hit on the rear passenger side.

The upper spring pocket is bent in,

which pulled the rear end forward,
and it's hitting the exhaust.

There's a buckle in the quarter panel,

which had me concerned.

You know, it looked like
it was sittin' a little crooked.

I mean, it's gonna snowball.
I mean, this quarter's definitely moved.

We got issues goin' on with the door.
I'd have to bring it to a frame shop.

They're gonna have to have a hydraulic
frame table to pull this back in place.

What do you think, money-wise,
we're talkin' to fix somethin' like this?

Ballpark.

It could be five, $10,000.

If it's even salvageable.

If it's too bad out of shape,
they could total the car.

-This one's a dud.
-Oh, I'll k*ll them two. I will.

[Wes] You can't tell
when it's sitting in the dirt,

so I wouldn't blame them entirely,
but it's still not good.

I know this is not what you wanna hear,

but we're dead in the water
until this frame is straightened.

We can't do body work.
We can't align the panels.

We can't adjust the door.
We can't do anything.

So, we have an Apache
that hasn't been sold

that we're way over budget on.

Now we have this car that may not even
be salvageable at this point

or maybe not even a true Saleen.

I know it's definitely not good.
Two duds in a row.

-[sighs]
-We'll have to weigh…

You know, is it worth fixing?

-Or do we have a $3,500 chicken coop?
-Exactly.

[theme music playing]