08x08 - Introducing the Kindig CF1

[bunniefuu]

Aren't too big, dave?

If they're too big,
you're too old.

-That's the dumbest [bleep]
I've heard lately.
-[laughs]

[dave] we're gonna build our
very first full turnkey car
at kindig-it design.

And what is cooler than that?

Doing two.

A take on a 1953 corvette.

[man] since I actually sold
this car, I want it to be
the best one there is.

But then let's make sure
that the next one is
the best one too.

Based off everything
that's here, it should be
really impressive.

Really good.

[engine starts]

[chuckles] top notch.

[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.

A bitchin' ride has
intense color...

[man 1 laughs]
this is gorgeous.

[dave] performance...

[man 2] it's fantastic.

[dave] stance, wheels, sound.

[engine revving]

there's one thing that makes
our cars stand out.

Ours are bitchin' rides.

Oh, that never gets old!
[laughing]

[dave] what started out
as a concept...

I'll take the car,
but I want two.

I want one. Dave wants one.

[dave] ...Has turned into
our very first full turnkey
car at kindig-it design,

a take on a 1953 corvette.

And what is cooler than that?

Doing two.

We're gonna build the first
two of these cars at the exact

same time which should make
it go nice and quick.

We're gonna light it up
so that it'll dry.

[dave] we've made fixtures on
every aspect of building

these cars so it's very
easy to replicate over
and over again

exactly the way
it needs to be.

And we're now to
the point of that project
which is my very favorite

where it's time to go
to the body shop,

get the body work,
the paint work,

the polishing done,
and start the reassembly.

But before we do all of that,
we got our very good friend,

rick cox, coming down to
the shop to take a look
at car one.

[kevin] all right, rick.

-[rick] whoa.
-It's been a long time coming.

Well, what do you think?

That is amazing.
That is cooler than anything.

The car, the lines,
everything. They're beautiful.

While rick is still here,
I have one more thing I'd
like him to go over.

I wanna get justin over here
and we're gonna go through
some seat ergono.

All right. So we got justin.
Rick, I want you to sit in

the car and just make sure
that the padding and the seats

is exactly what you want,
'cause now is the time
to change it.

It's a little bit harder once
he wraps it in beautiful,
red leather.

This is just mock-up foam.

It's gonna be about
same density but
way better quality.

Right. But the same height?

-Yes.
-Okay.

But if you need something
added here or there,
we can do it.

Actually, I think this height
is right on the money.

That was a
great guess, justin.

-Well, I guess...
-You guessed right.

-My guess was right, but
dave's gotta redraw the seats.
-[laughs]

yes, let's compare
dave's rendering.

So what do you think, justin?
Any ideas?

We can keep them somewhat
flat also and still give it
that corvette look.

-'cause--
-yes, exactly.
I think it'd be great.

Really, all them corvettes,
they never had any bolster
to them.

They just had the shape.

-That's right. Just the shape.
-[justin] uh-huh.

In all my cars, I like
the seat lying back. A lot of
people sit like this.

-That's very uncomfortable.
-[kevin] right, right.

I like...

-I like it back.
-Sit back in the vehicle and--

I do. It just feels more
comfortable for me and it's...

Matter of fact,
if I was up here,
I'd be looking at this.

-[kevin] right, right.
-And that wouldn't work.

I like the way this is
right here. It sits just fine.
I'm looking through here.

[kevin] and you look
very comfortable.

We need to make a few
adjustments to these seats
to make sure rick's lats fit.

But other than that,
we should be in great shape.

-[kevin laughing] okay.
We got a plan.
-[rick] thank you very much.

-Appreciate it.
-[justin] yep.
I think we're gonna be good.

[rick] that's gonna
be amazing.

-[kevin] I know.
It's gonna be really awesome.
-[rick] really cool.

[dave] a lot of
processes can be done
of both cars simultaneously.

However, bodywork needs to be
done specifically on each car
and that's what we're doing.

Today's the day, finally.
Number one car is all
bodyworked, ready to go.

Now it's just the same
old story.

Gonna split this thing,
bring the body up off

the chassis, get it on
the rotisserie, and let's just
get this thing knocked out.

-I'm super excited to see one
of these done, so.
-It's gonna be great.

-It's gonna be awesome.
-Let's start taking bolts out.

[drilling]

you got a set of mounts
in the back.
You got a set

of mounts here,
set of mounts there,

and the core supports.

So let's get some wrenches
and stuff and get those
things popped off.

We're at the point again
where we're gonna split
the body from the chassis.

We're gonna put the body
on the rotisserie.

We need to be very careful
with this car

because the carbon fiber
is not quite as rigid as
a steel car would be.

-All right. It's going up.
-Just bump it.

[whirring]

a little bit.

One more.

It's only gonna get better.
Keep going.

We're definitely caught
on something here.

The way that dave has designed
the wheel openings on this car

is extremely tight to
the tire and wheel.

[man 1] oh, right there.

Okay. That's clear now.

[man 2] I guess
it's all right.

[kevin] I think it cleared.
How are we over here?
Everywhere else good?

[man 2] we're good.

Just carefully.

[whirring]

yeah. It just grazed it.

Good job.

Got her off.

Didn't break anything.

Wasn't a whole lot
on it but still.

All right.
Let's roll this out.

Roll out!

The scary part is done.
While the guys remove
everything off the chassis,

we're gonna get the body on
a body cart and back over
to the body shop.

We're so close on
our first production car.

It's like I almost feel like
a brand-new parent.

I'm gonna test this theory out
on someone who's had a child.

Let's just lay this
process out.

Like, let's pretend this is
your baby and let's pretend

that your baby takes nine
months to have in your hands
brand-new, okay?

In the nine-month process
as this is your baby,
where do you think we're at?

The third trimester?

Are we heading to the hospital
to wait out a 48-hour
to 72-hour labor?

We're not heading to
the hospital till it's shot.

-Till it's painted?
-Yes.

Okay. And then we're heading
to the hospital. Then we start
to put it together.

Yes.

I thought it would be fun to
have, like, a little quick

conversation with howard
about this but he's taking
it way too far.

-Maybe I asked the wrong
person this question.
-Maybe.

[laughs]

-[kevin] I'm excited.
-[howard] me too.

We need to take care of
a couple little touch-ups
in body.

First, I have an assignment
for will.

So kevin came and tasked me
with fitting up this chrome
real quick.

So we can send this out while
they're finishing up the body.

This is what I
need to address.

There's basically no gap.

We're gonna open it up so it
has the same 3/16ths
as the door does.

We'll just get all
the pieces on

and then figure out where
it's smartest to

shorten where we
have some leeway

and get those dialed in.

See? We want that
to fall right in there.

So I need to go a little
bit more, but...

That's very close.

Really nice and consistent.

So that's cool 'cause then
when we put chrome back

on there, that'll tighten up
just a little bit, but it'll
be nice and even.

Now look at this front one.

Zero. Now we have to decide,

are we gonna take it all off
the door side or
the windshield side?

Well, look at this.

Think we definitely wanna take
some off this windshield side

which is gonna not be fun
because it's all bolted
in place.

But, see, basically half
of it could come off
the windshield side

and it would even it up
with this surface.

So that's cool.

But working around this,

basically finalized primer,
is not the greatest
with a big grinder.

[bleep] see that?
I just nicked it
with the file.

Will's been fitting the trim
on car number one,

but he's run into a little bit
of a snag.

[bleeps]

[will] see that? That's why we
use the tape. I just nicked it
with the file.

But it looks like it stayed.

Oh, I barely got the primer.

How much I just
dug into the primer?

Just barely.

About 10 thousandths.

I'm sure it's something we can
blend out just fine.

Here in the door jamb,
I'm sure we'll live.

Now we can mark this up.

There's a little trick
I like to use.

I have this, you know,
basically eighth-inch pad

that I've gotta take off
the end of here.

And if I just start grinding
from this side, I really can't
tell where I'm at...

Anywhere else 'cause
it's like a blind side.

So I'm gonna bevel all this
stuff that I can see,

knowing that I'm not
taking it too far
on the back side.

And I'll work to that line all
the way around and then

it'll be really clearly
evident what material
I gotta take off overall.

See, basically
the pyramid I built?

Now the perimeter's
all down where it needs to be.

Now I can just

work back from this side back
to those edges

and I won't have gone too deep
on any one of those surfaces.

Okay, cool. Looks good.

[dave] this car's really
starting to come together

and when this trim comes back
from ogden chrome,
it's gonna look awesome.

[chuckling]

ooh! Look at the goosebumps.

Cars and sealer,
is it all good?

Two coats ready to go.

Yeah. I'm so stoked.
Got no strings white.

The dash, the whole outside
of the car is going white.

-Just go ahead and go into
the jambs on the doors.
-Yep.

Firewall, all of that stuff,
engine bay is white.
Inside the wheel wells, black.

So to pass off the chrome
off the wheel?

Yep. So you can just sh**t
everything and then
we'll go back.

We'll back-mask before
we wet sand and polish.

And we'll just black out
the inside of the wheel wells
with a texture.

Because I wanna be able
to drive the cars,
get rock chips.

It's not gonna be a big deal.
And I want the inside of

the wheel wells black
because it makes
the wheels stand out, so.

-Okay?
-Okay.

-Cool.
-Cool.

-Okay. I'll be watching.
-All right.

-'cause I'm giddy.
This is car number one, man.
-Hell, yeah.

-Yep.
-Rick's gonna be stoked.

-Hell, yeah.
-Okay, buddy.

All right. Looks good.
Thank you.

[dave] all of the original '53
corvettes were available only

in one color and that was polo
white with a red interior.

Dave's car is just a little
bit different in the sense

that I've got a really cool,
classy idea of a color

that looks vintage for
that era but is gonna be
completely unique to his car.

Just like my good friend rick,
born in 1953, he's gotta
have the original.

So I'm very excited to have no
strings white on his car which

is just the ultra-clean,
bright white and a really nice
cherry red interior.

Dave's car, I'm gonna finish
off the outside starting with

a very bright silver, but I'm
gonna add some of the engine
color, periwinkle,

to that silver
and create peri-silver.

[dave] I've been so excited
about these first two cars
going together.

Since I've been seeing
them on the floor,
with the trim pieces on.

And now that they're painted,

to see them actually coming
together smooth, and in color,
and in clear.

Well, I got goosebumps.

While big sexy and the boys
get on the polishing jobs
on these corvettes

brax has got
a special project

you have to approach things
a little bit different

when you're trying to do
a production car.

Brax has come up
with a great process
for the body harnesses.

Even though it's super nerdy.

My motto's nerdy but cool.

Well, kevin just says
I'm nerdy. But that's it.

I built this whole setup here.
Um, just off of one car
that we had on the lift.

I'd mark everything
out where it needed to go,
I'd clamp it in place,

and I basically
wired an entire car.

Once I knew everything
was right where I wanted it,
yanked it all out of the car,

set it out here, and then
we've just been building
harnesses off of this.

And I have, kind of, drawn up,
kind of, the main ideas

of where I know
wires need to go.

So I can just double check
that I have...

Okay, in this branch I need
eight wires, count them up,
make sure I have eight.

And these harnesses
are a little unique because
the car's carbon fiber.

So you can't just ground
to the body.

So every single branch
needs its own separate ground
as well.

So, left headlight,
right headlight,

everything will need a ground
sent from a central location.

But it's actually
good this way

because then we know
that we have really
solid grounds.

Cause they're gonna be coming
directly from the battery.

This board here is basically
the circulatory system.

So you're looking at all
of the veins that run
to every portion of the car.

So you'll notice
where it branches off
right here,

tells me exactly where I need
to separate those two wires.

So that once it hits the car,
the intact manifold
sits right in between it,

and it just breaks off
in the right spot.

Cause if I had it back here
then, you know,
I'd have an extra wire.

If I had it back here,
I'd have to bring it back.

So the benefit of this

is making sure that everything
terminates where it's
supposed to,

and splits off where it's
supposed to.

We never do a board
like this because

every car we make is one off,
you know.

One car could have a certain
set of wiring

that we would
need for a certain light
in the dash.

Whereas this, every car we're
building will be, you know,
essentially the same.

Other than stylistic things.

[blaize] pretty much just like
the assembly line
on a ford or chevy.

[brax] thought I worked
here so I didn't have to work
on an assembly line.

-Yeah.
-[brax laughing]

-too late for that.
-Yeah.

[dave] our cf1 cars
are being painted
and polished

and are coming along
beautifully.

And in the meantime,
it's time to get those
chassis put together.

Since I actually sold this car
I want it to be the best one
there is.

But then, let's make sure
that the next one
is the best one, too.

[givens] well this will be
the best first of these.

Kindig-it, first ever!

That was a good one.

-All right, dave, let me know.
-Will do.

[dave] I'm excited
for this car.

Everything about it's unique.

Custom frame, suspension,
how it's setup independent
all the way around.

We really don't know
what to expect. 'cause
this is one of one, so.

We'll sort of see
where it goes.

But, based off of everything
that's here, it should be
really impressive.

Really good.

We're working on the, uh,
lingenfelter engine.

We're getting the complete
serpentine setup put on.

Getting it ready
to throw in the chassis.

It's a decent sized motor.

It's an ls3 with an ls7 crank.

Uh, ls7 heads.

It's about 650 horsepower.

The car's relatively light
in the scheme of things.

Probably around 2,400 pounds
so the car should boogie
pretty good.

Be nice and stuck down
to the road, too.

It'll be a fun one,
that's for sure.

So now I'll pull it off
the stand. We'll wheel it over
in front of the chassis.

And then it's ready
to drop in.

Keep going.

Easy.

Let's pay attention.
We're tight over here.

Okay.

Okay, hold tight.
Pringle's got his pretty
much lined up.

[jason] I'm close.

You know, when a bolt
typically doesn't just go in
all the way.

Sometimes you have to shift
the pressure.

Yahtzee.

[dave] chassis are looking
beautiful and are ready
to receive the bodies.

And speaking of that,

the bodies are
finally polished
and ready to go together.

It's time to get married,
kids.

[upbeat music playing]

see, this is where it gets
tricky. We might have to come
back just a little bit.

A bit? Right there?

We've got plenty of expansion
if we need it.

Well hold on, before you crank
that up, let's loosen
the rotisserie

and it will just
square itself up.

Just be careful, like always.
Really pay attention.

This is the first one,
so I think we're gonna
learn a little bit.

Okay. We're ready to go up.
Everyone's got eyes on this?

Will you check the back, roy.

Okay, I'm loose.

One small step for man.

On giant leap
for kindig-it kind.

Don't celebrate too early,
we will have to marry the body
to the chassis.

You can probably
let it down now.

I am super pumped
to get it on.

The chassis looks beautiful,
the car looks beautiful.

It's like when two beautiful
people have children,

you have an even
more beautiful child.

And I feel like
that's what we're making
right now.

So everything clear?

-[roy] clear.
-You good on the back?

Yeah.

-[roy] lower?
-Hold it.

Hold on, don't go down.
My heads underneath
this thing.

I think waiting until my head
isn't under the car,
isn't too much to ask.

Yeah.

Hold it.

We're down.

Now that the bodies are
sitting down on the chassis
and everything's connect.

What's left?
Well, everything else.

[jason] good.

Getting the panels assembled
on this body is pretty
straight forward.

Because, well, there's only
five body panels
on the entire car.

- You got a hood.
-Just seeing
if it's gonna fit.

I think it looks good, dude.

[dave] a trunk.

You got two doors,
and the body.

Micro adjustment.

[dave] with under dash panels
and everything else not really
needed in this kind of car.

It's gonna go together
very quick.

The headlights are kind of
a take on the original,
and that is that I wanted

something that looked
very vintage from far away.

That means
that the fluted lens
really are a great add.

Because the originally '53s
had an option
for wire baskets

over the glass lens,
or plastic ones
of the headlight.

It's a two part epoxy
I just don't want it to ooze
out this way.

This thing should bond up
and be super ridged.

It doesn't start kicking
for a couple hours,
which I like.

Because I can take my time,
make adjustments.

[dave] I needed to keep them
very shallow though
from front to back.

So that we'd be able to put
our bigger diameter wheel
where we put it.

Dave has been feening
to see these.

Like a junky.

And now they're finally here.

So hopefully they live up
to the hype.

Dave.

-Did you see these?
-Are you sure those aren't
too big, dave?

That sounds
way too big for this little
tiny car, dave.

-These are pretty rad, yeah?
-They're really cool.

I'm just like this praying
that they take up the same
space as everything.

[dave] [beep].

-[dave] see these?
-Are you sure those aren't
too big, dave?

That sounds
way too big for this little
tiny car, dave.

A very special delivery
has just arrived.

I've been waiting,
now I can sleep tonight.

How old are we today?

-Uh, I'm 52.
-If they're too big,
you're too old.

That's the dumbest [beep]
I've heard lately.

Anyway, uh, these are
pretty rad, yeah?

They're really cool.

I'm just like this praying
that they take up the same
space as everything.

I've been waiting
for these wheels.

I gotta get them on
as soon as possible.

-We're like, spot on. Yeah.
-[dave] spot on?

I'm with will on this one.
I know the measurement
say it should fit.

But we're not gonna know
until I get the tires.

It's gotta sit
right at the top.
So bring that out.

These are the same size,
aren't they?

I've always been about
big wheels.

Gosh. But, dave,
just pushes the envelope.

We really only have
one option left here.

[upbeat music playing]

I... Just...
I think I just threw up
a little bit in my mouth.

But whatever you gotta do,
just put the wheels on.

You're going in first.

I'm in love.

I've been super excited
about seeing the cars
come together.

And now I can really tell
that the team is also got
that same excitement.

These windshields
are a acrylic
with a silica overlay.

So when you touch the surface
you're touching glass.

And it has the protection
of glass.

But the windshield itself
is in acrylic.

This crazy little trim,
it's got this guide, you stick
it all around the windshield.

And then bust the guide off.
It just helps you place it.

Then we just gotta check
this fitment, fit great
without all the seal.

Looks like it's gonna
fit great again with the seal.

What I need to do is,
get some claps on it,

and then check side to side
that it's centered.

Absolutely loving
the fitment on this.

I mean,
it just wants to be there.

We're gonna put a mark,
that's gonna tell us
that we're good and square.

So that when we go to put it
back in, with the glue on it,

we can put it right
where we want it.

Uh-oh.

The hell is going on here?

So look, I gotta touch up
the primer right there.

Looks like I pushed it down
against the frame too much
or something.

But the primer come loose,
right there.

And we have to take care
of that before we glue it in.

Cause that will never go away.

What we don't want, is to have
the thing all glued in,
and then see that.

Now I gotta pop it out.

Figure out
what's going on here.
What did I do?

This primer is crazy.

It's like anise in the sense
that if you get it
on something it seems to grow.

And then the next thing
you know you're covered in it.
And it sticks.

We're just gonna
try to be really careful here.

One spot right there,
seems to be down a layer.

Okay. Cool.

Leave that alone, 10 minutes.

I'll go, uh,
start prepping on the glue.

Get a big bead around here,
in the frame.

Once this dry's,
it's very hard to get off

of anything
you don't want it on.

The goal here is to not
have a bunch of squeeze out.

And have to clean it all up.

Hopefully,
I have achieved that.
And now we'll see.

We're gonna
line these marks up,
we gotta get it close.

And then,
we almost have to flex
the ends out a little here.

It definitely feels like
there's glue in there.

I do have a little coming out
some areas I don't want.

So we're gonna
have to get some cleaner,

and run around this thing
and dig out
this extra urethane.

We'll deal with it.

I'd rather have a little bit
too much then not enough

and have the windshield
be loose.

[dave] this windshield
is gonna look so great
on this car.

No matter how it sets.

Now we just gotta get
the engine tuned.

-[jason] we had the car
pop off and run.
-Mm-hmm.

And now we're, kind of,
to the point where
this one's wrapped up.

But before we get this thing
loaded and take it anywhere.

I want you to start it up,
run it up to temp,

keep an eye on oil pressure,
coolant things,

make sure everything
is doing what it's supposed to
sitting here at idle.

For sure. I'm hooked into
the holley software
here though.

-So I can see on the dashboard
all those parameters.
-Okay.

When I fired it up,
just a minute ago,

it was having
a hard time idling.

-I think it's still learning.
-Okay.

Cause we're at different
elevation and whatnot.

I have never even heard
the muffler on this.
Can you fire it up?

Yeah.

[engine revving]

[car stalling]

[engine revving again]

we got good pressure, 56psi.

All I'm running right now
is just base tune
that lingenfelter sent us.

Not adjusting anything yet.

On that last run
the close loop
wasn't set up.

So it wasn't actually learning
what it was doing.

It was just basically
trying to get itself to idle,

without telling itself
what it was doing.

So I'm gonna
load that into the tune.

So that it's gonna
start adjusting it
and it'll start to run better.

How is our fuel?

I mean, it's jumping around
like crazy,

because it's still trying
to figure out
what it wants to do.

But, off the base tune
for lingenfelter,
it looks pretty good.

Just depending on
where it's idling.

Let's try to make it
not embarrassing,
does that make sense?

-Yeah, it'll be running great.
-Perfect.

[engine revving]

finally get to install
the taillights.

First off, they're hinged,

for the fuel.

We have this led ray.

This, uh, perimeter halo,
so that all the hinge work
wasn't masking the light.

Worked just like I planned it.

I like the rim, dude.
I don't mind it at all.

It gives us some light
from the side.

I had these custom
one-off wheels that I designed

built by jonathan
down at sparc industries
in texas.

He did an awesome job
giving me the exact profile

that I wanted
for these steering wheels.

Look at that, dude,
closes it off.

-Oh, so sick.
-Nice.

Right?

-Paint this already, dude.
-[dave] hey, I'm gonna
put paint on it.

And they were actually done
out of billet

so that we can actually match
the paint to each
individual car.

This is gonna look awesome.

And the horn button?
That's not shabby either.

Polished with a little bit
of black on it
and the kindig-it logo.

I cannot wait to see these
cars together.

I haven't slept in weeks.

That looks pretty damn good.

We are going to go ahead
and put car number two,
dave jones's, trim on today.

Will you grab me some tape?
Some, uh,
that inch and a half.

We need to see
if the door clears this.

So, I'm gonna have you open
the door real quick.

Nope, slow down.
Okay, stop.

Don't, no, no, no.

Close it.

Stop.

-You buying what I'm selling?
-Why not.

It looks good.

[dave] under the hood
I plan to put a badge.

And this is
a serial number badge,

and it's specific
to each person
that ordered the car.

Nice little detail.

I'll throw a buff on
and black out the backside.

So we're gonna machine
a nice little billet piece
that says, cf1.

And that'll stand up
off of the panel.
And it'll look k*ller.

I'm also gonna so a small one
on the passenger side dash.

It's too big.

-I'm just messing with ya.
-[beep]. You have any idea
how old I am?

Could have gave me
a fricking heart attack.

What's wrong with you kids
these days? [beep].

One of the last things
to go into the interior
or the back side of the dash,

is the custom gauges
from dakota digital.

I had these actually designed
and built to look like
the original gauges.

As far as the font
and slashes, but of course
it's all modern hdx.

Which is gonna look awesome
in there.

So, the situation is,
and we even discuss it,

I was like, "okay,
are we gonna assume
that this clock,

that was gonna come later.
Are we gonna assume
that it's the same depth?"

so that I could go ahead
and get the mount
for these gauges in the dash.

Built on this assumption.

And what did it turn around
to do? Bite us.

Kind of big time.

Es slide through holes
in the dash.

And then, there's a metal
frame that we bonded
into the dash.

It's got studs on it,
and this bar simply slides
across those studs,

grabs a hold of the gauges
and retains them.

But, our clock is actually
almost a half inch deeper.

So, this bar has to z
or jog around it.

Let's go find some materials,
build some widgets.

So there's our
half inch offset.

But now we have to reach
back down and get that stud,

without being in the way
of everything.

And the thing is,
we don't really want to reach
down right next to the gauge.

'cause there's not really
clearance there.

'cause the stud comes right up
the side of the gauge.

So I think what we'll do is,
come down, basically,
from the side,

and then forward.

We'll just build
a little bracket that way

that will buy us
a little bit more room.

We're gonna have to pull
some of this off.

Okay. Let's go weld it up.

Little dainty offset bracket,
we'll cool it off and then
we'll go see that it fits.

Oh, success.

Nice.

Another little save.
I like that.

[dave] we're getting down
to the last few details
of both of these first cars

of the cf1 kindig roadsters,
for our good friends,
dave and rick.

The last big thing
on these cars,
is the upholstery.

[justin] what we're doing
with this foam is,

we're trying to keep this as
low profiled as possible.

Because this car
isn't that big of a car.

And the way these seats
are setup, with the angle
of the floorboards.

We can only slide
the seat back so far.

We're trying to fit a guy
maybe 6'3'' maybe 6'4''.

Keeping this foam low profile,
but also trying to achieve

the same shape as,
dave's design here.

It's gonna
be a little bit tricky.

But I think we're to a point
right now where I
get this glued up,

we'll get dave to sit in it,
and go from there.

[dave] if justin thinks
that it's time for the seats
to be tested, well,

I'm sure he's right.

And it's gonna be awesome.

How goes it, jus? You get...
Oh, you got it
all foamed up, huh?

All foamed up, buddy.

It's pretty stiff,
but height wise, it's great.

Length wise feels great, too.

You know why
it got stiffer, right?

We have no suspension, now.
It's nothing but aluminum.

[scoffs]

you're only on a half inch
of soft there,

and if we sew in the quarter
with the patterns, it's not
gonna make it much softer.

What's scary with this one
here is, I still would like
to sew in the half inch.

To give it some comfort.

Yeah, but it has,
it doesn't have any right now.

Do you have a piece of
half inch to put in, just to
see if it even does anything?

-This is half inch?
-Mm-hmm.

-Better.
-I mean, it's gotta be better.

Only other thing we can do is,
cut out part of that aluminum

and drag something
across there.

-I was almost thinking
like a--
-neoprene?

Yeah, neoprene.

I don't think it would
be the worst,

cause it almost feels like
I'm being forced forward
just a little bit.

Like I say,
this is comfortable.

But, if we had that option
it would maybe just soften it
a little bit more on the back.

-I think I can
get it dialed in.
-Okay.

The important part here
is to make sure that the seats
still function properly.

Meaning that we stay down deep
in the car.

But it also
has to be comfortable.

We're gonna mess around
a little bit more
with the foam,

and make sure
we got it perfect
before it goes to leather.

I'm sewing my last piece
on the pullout skirt.

I have the insert ready,
which is all one inch
tucked and rolled.

Once I get this part sewn in,
I'm gonna sew
all the way around this,

and it's ready for me to do
a little bit of quarter inch
foam work and install

it isn't too tricky, besides
that people don't do a lot

of one inch tuck and roll,
anymore.

It's a lot of work,
and also take it just
getting off a little bit

and your pleats are gonna
look really crooked.

You only have one shot
to do it or you're gonna
have to reglue it.

It's looking like it's gonna
lay out here pretty nice.

Probably gonna take
a little finesse
and then some gluing.

Little bit of steam and heat.

Couple swear words.

[dave] justin's done
a fantastic job putting
the leather

and the pattern
on these seats.

He was a little bit
tweaked out, because the seats
do not look like

the normal seats
that you would normally
put in a hotrod.

But once they're in the car,
they're absolutely perfect.

And if you thought
the seats were tricky,

wait until you see
the door panels.

All right, troy,
where we at on these
doors panels

for these two corvettes?

Well, we're getting
all the shapes done

as far as blending
the dash in.

And then we'll start
working on getting these

-lower armrests.
-Getting these lower
ones shaped.

Figure out how
we're gonna clip 'em.

Let me ask you this.
Are these to a point

-where we can get
these over to paint?
-Yeah.

[dave] I really wanted to
make sure we incorporated
a little bit of the paint

from the dash into the
door panel and I also wanted
not just a flat panel.

I wanted a lot of sculpture
which would look
very interesting.

[troy] I just want
to work out that
little transition here

on the front, how we're gonna
finish this out.

Looks good.

[troy] all right,
we're gonna get
our base panel back on.

Get everything lined back up.

Then we can start
getting reveal line
for the dash sanded

and then also profiled
on this where everything
matches up and blends in.

We can start getting
the gap here done.

This is the
foamboard signboard.
It's a lot lighter than mdf.

This is lot easier to work
with because it is so easy to
make complex shapes with it.

[troy] that's why I always
have to look at the backside
of the leather too.

This one had an accident
at some point in its life.

You don't want to
use that part.
So, that's why we circled it.

This other side here,
we can't use that all.

All hides are different
and you might be able
to almost all of it.

So of 'em, you may be
able to use, just a little
bit, this one right here.

I wouldn't really use
anything out of the
rest of these ones. So,

we'll just throw that aside
and find some other pieces.

With just the glue right here,
on the panel,

you can spray the whole
backside of the leather
and what that'll do

is just, no matter where
your leather lands,

you'll have glue
on your leather but

it won't stick to
anything else other
than where the glue is at,

giving it that real, nice
smooth look instead
of being hard-wrapped.

[dave]
before the dash can be
wrapped in leather,

he's going to actually have
to do a little bit of panel
matching for the leading edge

of the dash that's going to
also get wrapped in leather.

And he'll make sure that it's
all flowing nice and perfect.

Prep it all out
and then put his
[indistinct] out.

Let's cut this out.
We'll flip it over.

-Let's get glue
on this right now, huh?
-[troy] yeah.

Don't spray it on
because what
that ends up doing

is putting little globs
of glue everywhere.

And this actually spreads
it out a lot more evenly.

So, when you put it on,
it won't have

little variations
in modeling in the leather.

We're just gonna cut
this one back into the groove.

[dave] I had to do a
double take to start seeing

some of this interior color
on the top pf the dash.

The cars are just wrapping up
the final details.

It's time for me to get out
of here and get freshened up
and ready for tomorrow

'cause my food friends,
dave and rick are going to see
their cars for the first time.

[dave]
today's a wonderful day.
It's a dream come true

in this beautiful area
in arizona.

Well, rick, I'm starting to
get kind of used to
coming down here.

Not just being able to put two
of my favorite cars out just
to have everybody look at.

[jones] I'm just really
excited to see

just how the whole thing's
gonna come together.

[dave] but also do I give
them to two of my
very favorite clients?

-When do I get to look up?
-Right now, my friend.

Oh, my god.
[kindig chuckles]
holy cow!

[dave] just as you
walk up on this thing,
it starts to take you in.

That silver and blue
is just amazing to me.

[cox] oh, my god. Wow!
[kindig chuckles]

[cox] the white with the
red interior, just exactly
the way they were built.

-That's right.
-My, god, that's so beautiful.

[jones] that silver and blue
is just amazing.

We put three 35's on the back
of the car to use all of the
... We could possibly do.

I've got lots of traction
on the back of the car
and it's going to rip.

[jones] the wheels
are pretty amazing.

They look like they're
old bedwells,

with the tires on
that it's got some meat
on the ground there.

Something that's really cool
about these cars too,

is you still have
a little bit of trunk.

-You can fit your golf clubs.
-Golf clubs in there, dave?

-Not quite.
-If you're going
miniature golfing, you might.

[both laugh]

you do have room
for a couple chairs and
a little cooler or whatever.

-This has the bubble
over the license plate.
-I love that bubble.

-All of the hardware is hidden
behind the housing.
-And it's all mirrored.

There were so many
things done to this car
to make it more interesting.

-They had the little baskets
over the headlights.
-Yeah.

Machined those lenses and
incorporated that

-little groove on the inside
just to emulate that look.
-Oh, my god.

-It's so amazing.
-Let me show you the
jewelry box here, sir.

-Oh, the jewelry box.
-[kindig laughs]

oh, jeez louise!

[dave] that is a
lingenfelter ls7 block

with ls3 heads,
borla 8-stack injection.

These are putting out
a mere 673 horses,


-Wow.
-With a full tank of gas,
we weighed the car.

-3025, with a full tank.
Mm-hmm.
-Really?

-So, it's going to rip.
-Oh, I think so.

[cox] all the little
tiny details, it's amazing.

Oh, wait a minute.

-Dude!
-The fine detail.

Oh, my god!

-Cf1.
-Cf1.

[dave] built specifically
for rick and judy cox.

[rick] my wife grabbed me
inside the house and she goes,

"oh, my god, rick.
It's got out name in it."

and I said, "I know."
and she had water in her eyes.

She was all excited,
like I do.

-Did you see the tag?
-I'd seen that.

Dave and denet jones.
Serial number, 002.

[jones] that car that
he designed me fits me
and that's what I wanted.

[dave] I'm so glad that you
let me get creative with the
color combination on this car

because I think it works
really well with the
shape of the car.

And of course, that interior
is just absolutely beautiful.

-I love that color.
-Stunning.

[dave that was what
actually inspired
the entire theme

of this car was
that interior sample.

One thing I never include
in my cars but I wanted
to include in these,

-is a cup holder.
-Oh, wow.

That's the perfect size
for my coffee mug.

-Oh, jeez. Judy's going to
love this. I'm telling ya.
-Set of cupholders.

Thank you, sir.
You're so awesome.

Does this fit in there?

Check this out.
Go ahead and
slide on in there.

[cox] I love the white car.
I think it's awesome.

But I can't tell you
how happy I am for dave.

[jones] the whole color
combination of the car,
it just popped.

[cox]
these gauges are awesome.
It only does a 160.

-Well, I'm sure you can put it
over the top without me.
-[cox laughs]

the steering wheel
is just beautiful too.

That kindig it logo
is just a nice little piece.

In case somebody doesn't
know who built it, right?

-Right.
-[both chuckle]

[cox] all of the experiences
with kindig it design
have been amazing.

I...

-This one's uh--
-I don't know what
to say, dude.

I'm just...
This is absolutely
unbelievable.

And I'm so excited.

[cox] dave says because
you've stuck with me this
whole time,

I'm gonna make you number one.

I don't know
what to tell ya. It uh...
It's touching for me.

Can I start it?
[engine starts]

[both laugh]

-I'm gonna jump in with you.
Let's go for a ride.
-Good.

[dave] I don't know if you
knew this or not but

I'm kind of a big fan
of you and this car.

[cox] to have a 53' corvette
that was designed and built

for the year I was born.
It's just unbelievable.

[dave] I love this
color of interior.
I love the silver blue.

[jones] I know, man,
when you showed it to me,
it's just like...

'cause it's--
blue is my favorite color.

-[dave] it feels good
though, right?
-Oh, it does.

Agile, fast,
breaks feel good. Nice.

It's a runner.
It's definitely a runner.

It's gonna...
It's gonna be fun to drive.

[dave] yeah!

-So, dude, this is absolutely
incredible, I'm telling ya.
-Just wonderful, right?

-Wow.
-Plenty of power.

-Oh, it's got...
[engine revs]
-[both laugh]

I've punched it
a few times, you know.

It's like 5g's right?
It's so...[chuckles]
it was pretty cool.

Dude, give me...
Give me five.

-Thank you so much.
This is so amazing.
-Rick, always my pleasure.

[dave] yeah!

[whooping]

[dave] it's not every day
that I come up with
a huge idea

to start in a complete car
from ground up.

To be able to pull this off
though, is a lifetime dream.

[dave] guys, once again,
building cars for you
is always a pleasure.

They have so much personality,
each of them,
just like you guys,

and we're so proud
to be a part of it.
So, thank you very much.

-What do you think, kev?
-I think its epic that
they're both together.

And since
I sold these cars,

I feel like I have
so much to do with this.
It's just awesome.

-You're way invested in this.
-Exactly.
That's what I'm saying.

I really appreciate you
getting me the best car.
I really do.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-Yeah, I mean...

I guess it's just
a matter of opinion, right?

Because you know,
dave's not going to say
rick's is better than mine

and kevin's going to say
mine's better than rick's.

I think both of them
have their own place
in their threats.

I mean, really. I mean,
dave, that's like, this.

-This speaks to me that...
It's gorgeous.
-Yeah, but look at that.

-This is just a one-off.
-This is iconic.

-No this is just a theme.
-This is iconic.

It's a white theme.

[dave] to see the two cars
together in such a beautiful
area is awesome.

And you know, there were a lot
of other things I really
wanted to go over with

my two good friends,
rick and dave but

once it seems like they got
in the same area, well...

No, it's iconic.
It is just like the original.

This is the best.

Yours is... I don't even
know what that is.

-Doesn't look like a corvette.
-Don't know what it is?

-Look at it.
-[dave] you know what?
We got to get on the road.

-[jones and cox arguing]
-[dave] hey. Guys.
We love you guys.

-[jones and cox arguing]
-we'll give you guys
a call later, all right?

Dave jones and I
have been best friends
for over 35 years.

We bicker a lot.
We haggle between
each other a lot.

-Even the flies. There's more
flies on yours than mine.
-[laughs]

-look at your flies.
-Dude, I'm telling you.

-Yours smokes.
-No.

Buddy,

I want you to know,
I think it's so cool
that you got your dream.

You got cf number two
'cause I'm cf number one.

-[jones and cox arguing]
-thanks again for
the opportunity, guys.

Oh, no, no. White.

-Blue.
-Right?

You go blue for america.

-Is that what it is?
-Yes.

Mine's red and white.

And I'm going to wear
blue and I'll be
just like the flag.

-It's the best car.
-One's number one.

-Well, you got number one,
I got number two.
-Okay.

But number two is always
better than number one
because number one is used.

-What?
-[dave] you know, honestly,
this is our 100th episode,

and I really would've thought
the ending would've been
a little happier.

-You know, two friends
checking out their cars.
-I think we should go.

-[dave laughs] jeez.
-We'll talk to 'em later.

-[cox and jones arguing]
-[dave] wonder how long
they're gonna do that.

[dave and kevin laugh]
... Just keep going.