09x08 - Is There Anything Good on It?

[bunniefuu]

[glass breaks] Aw! [bleeping]

[Kevin] So, we got
this '69 Camaro in.

It's got a great engine.

Put this thing
on a brand-new foundation,

she's gonna be ready to go,

probably 10 times better
than she is now.

Holy cow.

They weren't talking
to each other, were they?

Yeah, look at that.
That is sweet.

[Kevin] So,
SB4 Mercury Racing,

a 7,000 horsepower, 8,000 RPM.

-[Dave] So, how bad is it?
-[Ira] The firewall's,
like, doubled up.

-There's a couple
things, obviously.
-[groans]

[Kevin] There's a lot
of problems back here.

I mean, I don't wanna
waste any of our time.

[opening theme music playing]

[Dave] When I look
at a blank canvas,

I see endless possibilities

As the ideas come to mind,

the lines start
to fall into place.

And before you know it,

we have a bitchin' ride.

[engine whirring]

A bitchin' ride has
intense color.

-[man laughing]
-[Dave] This is gorgeous!

Performance.

[man] It's fantastic.

[Dave] Stance.

Wheels. Sound.

[engine revs]

There's one thing
that makes our cars stand ou

Ours are Bitchin' Rides.

[tires screech]

-Oh, it never gets old!
-[man laughing]

[instrumental rock
music playing]

[Dave] We have
an esteemed guest
in our shop,

a 1969 restomod, pro-touring,

whatever you wanna call it,

'69 Camaro.

Everybody in the shop
is on board for this project

except for one person.

I am a Mustang guy.

I have a '71. It's out front.

It's a beater.

It's a daily-driver-type.

I did all, just the suspensi
and brakes and all that stuf

Gosh, I drove that thing
from California out here.

I've probably put
about 40, 50,000 miles
on that thing.

We're about to embark
on likely building

the most bitchin' '69 Camaro

ever to come out
of Kindig It Design,

and I want to make sure
in our team

that we have no weak links.

I had a '67 Fastback
and I had a '69 Mach-1,

and a '66 Coupe,
back in high school, so...

I'm, I'm a Mustang guy.

I get all the jokes.

"Hey, look, it's garbage day

When did we get
another dumpster?

Oh, wait, that's just
Ira's car out there,"
you know?

Funny guys.

[Dave] Ready or not,
we're about to take
this badass Camaro

and make it even more badass

So, we got this '69 Camaro in.

It's got a great engine,

so we're gonna tear
this thing apart.

We're gonna get this thing
all stripped down.

We're gonna get the engine
in the new chassis.

We're gonna send the car
out to strip

so when this car
gets back here,

we'll be ready to rock.

Put this thing
on a brand-new foundation,

she's gonna be ready to go,

probably 10 times better
than she is now.

That's the plan, anyway.

Lots of carbon fiber
on this car.

[Kevin] This car looks okay
on the outside.

Hopefully, there's somethin
salvageable on the inside.

[Ira] It's gonna go
to the dipper.

So I gotta be careful
when I pull this stuff apart,

because we may be reusing it

Uh, we're gonna
put a full, probably
a Roadster Shop chassis,

full chassis underneath it.

[instrumental rock
music playing]

Oh, yep.

So, I'm gonna put
a little tape on this piece.

...just to make sure
none of it gets scratched up.

I'll put it in the bag.

It's like, right side,
left side,

front, back, upper, lower.

I try to put as much
information on there,

'cause Kevin
told me yesterday,

if I was to die,

and somebody had to come
behind me and do this...

I said, "Why couldn't
I just get fired? Why gotta...

Like, why do I gotta die?"

But in case I die,

he wants to make sure

somebody can
put it back together.

[chuckles]

[Kevin] If you've managed
a bunch of craftsmen
and mechanics

for as long as I have,

you've learned one thing.

You gotta be direct.

[Ira] Kevin was helping me.

He said he could do this
all by himself in eight hours,

bagged, tagged, everything.

But he's not around, so...

So I... [chuckles]

I don't expect everyone
to be as fast

and as sharp as I am,

but it definitely sets a bar.

It gives them
something to strive for.

He's pretty... [chuckling]

He's done this enough.

He said he could do this
all in eight hours by himself.

[chuckles]

[Kevin] The guys finally
finished teardown on this,

and it's not looking good.

We found a couple things
in the body

that we're not
super happy with, so...

[Ira] The firewall's,
like, doubled up.

That's a little scary.

Yeah.

In fact, it's looking
really bad.

[Ira] Crazy. Not good.

There's a lot of things
going on with it

that we found
once we started
digging into it,

that we're worried.

Is there a structural issue

Is there, uh,
something we didn't see

or we didn't know about?

There's really
no serious structure

holding the back
of these quarters on,

other than where
they're welded on

and attached
to the outer edge
of the tub.

Uh, so that's kind of a no-go.

We see it all the time.

You know, we get cars in here

that are considered
high-end builds,

and then we're
pulling them apart,

and they just don't
meet our standard.

[Kevin] So, this has
come off this car. I mean...

Somewhere along the line,

something didn't fit here,

and they tweaked it,
they bent it.

Sometimes, I think that's
just the quality or level.

People don't, I mean...

[Kevin] Maybe 10 holes
to remove this piece
of sheet metal?

[Ira] But yeah,
that's just not good.

There's obviously been
some damage up in this area

and you can see
that it's pretty crunched.

The big question
on everyone's mind is,
"Is this worth fixing?"

[Ira] There's a seam
up in here,

and it's been welded
in bodywork.

So that's, that's,
that's something else
we'll have to repair.

It's, it's, it's just...

It sucks when you have
to go back

to get something fixed

and then go ahead and modify.

So with this car,
we have two options.

We can chemically
strip this car.

We can try
to make the repairs.

Kind of at a standstill
right now on the '69.

We're trying to decide
which direction

we're gonna go in.

Can try to make it all
come back together,

come back to life,

or we can cut our losses
and buy a new car.

-All right.
-[Dave] So how bad is it?

We got it tore down.

-There's a couple
things, obviously...
-[Dave groans]

-Come on.
-So obviously,

we kinda knew about the trunk.

Look at the rear package tray.

[Kevin] Yeah, so,
package tray's tore up.

-There's a lot
of problems back here.
-Oh, Jesus, that...

There's no outer wheelhouse.

-[Dave] Yep.
-[Kevin] Period.

Look at the...

Look at the whole inner panel

not attached
to the wheel well.

-Both sides, like right here--
-[Dave] Aw, I didn't notice.
And this...

[Kevin] It's
completely separated.

[Dave] This support
right here is also...

[Kevin] I think these bars
right here

are the only thing
keeping this thing in shape.

These bars are the only thing
giving this whole back end

any structure or support.

The quarters
have been overlapped.

-Oh, they're not even
the original quarters...
-They're overlapped.

You can see there's a seam
up here, both sides.

-[groans]
-So, there's that.

Having the seam
on the quarter panels

definitely points
in the wrong direction
for my shop.

-Right--
-It's pretty hacked.

Yeah.

[Dave] So, okay.
Let's just, let's...

I mean, is there anything
good at the front of the car?

Uh...

[Dave] Do we have a firewall?

[Kevin] It does, it looks
like it has three firewalls
on it, actually.

Aw, come on.

[Kevin] It's pretty thick,

-so who knows
what's in between.
-[groans] Oh...

You can see where we've
undid the bulkheads.

Like, this is
just a mess here.

-[Dave] Aw, Jeez.
Okay. All right.
-It's crazy thick here,

so that means there's
a lot of filler on this.

I've seen enough.

[Dave] After inspecting
the car,

more and more panels look
like they need to be replace

It might be easier just
to replace the entire body.

Honestly, with the amount
of work here...

If you have to replace
wheel tubs,

rear package tray,

-all of this structure
back here...
-Quarters.

Quarter panels.

The doors were aftermarket.

The hood was really bad.

It was flat,
didn't match anything.

I mean...

I think that you're
probably thinking

the exact same thing I am.

[Dave] Yeah, I don't wanna
waste any of our time.

-[Kevin] Yeah, no, exactly.
-[Dave] So...

[Kevin] Like, this is
just a mess here.

[Brett] Hi, my name
is Brett Friemel.

We bought this
car at an auction, oh,

few years ago,

and we, uh, realized
it had some issues.

We were hoping Dave
could come, you know,
take a look at it,

and maybe we get her fixed up.

I'm glad you guys
made it up here,

'cause we have to have
a serious conversation.

[chuckles]

So we got the car
the other day,

and we had a chance
to sort of walk around it.

Kevin and I, um...

You know, based
on some of the stuff
that we talked about

that you wanted to do
with the car...

Uh, there's, there's...
quite a bit more stuff

that is probably
gonna be an issue.

I was, I was real concerned

that I might get
that phone call.

I was...

So, it was in the back
of my mind

that Dave was gonna
call me and say,

"This is worse
than we thought."

[Dave] The suspension's
pretty, pretty bad.

The entire electronics
on that car, garbage.

There's an elephant
in the room.

What do you want me to do
with the body?

'Cause I'd nearly
have to replace
every panel on that.

[Brett] I knew there was
gonna be, uh, some problems

But as far as getting
into the body

and realizing
how much rust it had,

I did not think we were
gonna be seeing that.

I thought it was
cleaner than that.

It's gonna cost more
to try to repair all of that
than in...

-I would take
your recommendation, then...
-[Dave chuckles]

...if there's, if there's
good aftermarket body.

I think, I think that, uh, uh,
we should definitely

take a look at the Dynacorn.

Um, you know, these, uh...

When you're replacing
all of those panels,

they come from that
same company.

I had a feeling it wouldn't...

This was gonna happen.

I was afraid
this was gonna happen.

[Dave] I'm glad it's not
a family heirloom, okay?

-No, no, it's...
-[Dave] Let me just write,
"Not a family heirloom."

-So we're good.
-We're not attached.

[Dave chuckles] Okay.

That really wasn't that
difficult of a conversation

as I thought it was gonna be,

and now we can get
to the fun part.

[Mike] Let's just do
the full build.

If I'm gonna do it,
let's do it right.

-And I don't wanna...
-[Dave] Well, I just
got goosebumps.

I don't wanna hold you back.

I think that just starting
fresh with a brand-new body

is by far the smartest thing.

When you're changing
that much stuff,

are you guys happy with...

You want a six bead still,
that's in the car?

Do you want to use
that same LS?

Uh, I gotta tell you,
not to complicate it,

but they have
this new 4-cam LS out.

That's 750 horsepower
right out of the can.

[Mike] "Yeah, let's,
let's do that."


nicely aspirated,

and you know, at 8200 RPM,

it's gonna sound
like an indie car.

-I guess I can forget
the budget, huh?
-[Brett laughs]

-"Budget," what's that?
-[both chuckling]

Let me see. Check on budget...

-No, don't have anything
here on the budget.
-[both chuckling]

I mean, we're just
doing the full bill.

I mean, it is everything
except for the transmission.

We're, we're using
our transmission.

It needs some work,
that car coming in.

There's a lot of things
that just...

When it came off the truck,

we were like,
"Oh, man," you know?

-Didn't see that
under the lights.
-[Dave chortles]

-But, uh...
-[Dave] Right.

I think y'all will nail it.

Are you guys wanting
a red again, or what...

Do you have a color in mind?

-Very cool.
-What would you,
what would you think?

I think black
always looks the best.

That's just
my personal opinion, uh...

-[Brett] That'd be awesome.
-[Mike] And I love black.
It's good.

Dave does this for a living

I just have ideas, and...

He knows what looks good
and what doesn't,

and I don't...

I don't want him to do
something that I think I want,

and then we get it back,
and it's like...

"I don't like this."

-And I trust
your artistic abilities.
-[Brett] Yeah.

Let me write this down.

-Will you sign that?
-I don't wanna
pick the colors

and they're wrong,
and then you say,

-"Well, that's what
you told me to do!"
-[all laughing]

Well, I don't wanna
hold you back.

I mean, I wanna...

I mean, if you're
gonna do this,

I mean, we're going this far.

I want it...

I want the ultimate
'69 Camaro.

[Dave] There you go.

Well, cool, you guys.
I'm excited.

I'll put the list together
and, uh, and then, uh, yeah.

We'll basically...

We'll figure out what
the ultimate Camaro entails,

-and we'll put
the list together...
-Thank you.

...and you guys can
give a thumbs up,

and we'll go to town.

-Hell, yeah.
-Sounds good.

-Great. Awesome.
-All right, let's do it.

-Yes sir, Dave.
-Thank you.

Plan? Check. Direction? Check.

Design?

That's what I gotta do next.

[dramatic music playing]

I'm setting out to design
and build the ultimate
bitchin' Camaro.

Uh, it's very difficult,
actually, to try and come u

with something
that's original and differen

This car, I might be
pushing that just
a little bit further.

I'm suggesting
that we do a color

that you normally wouldn't
see on the inside of the car

which really gives
kind of a nice contrast,

and then also bring
a little bit of that color

to the outside of the car.

I'm brainstorming still,
but I'm pretty committed.

I think that this light blue

it kind of has
a '60s flair to it,

and I'm also gonna
tie that into the outside

with light, uh,
a small, white pinstripe,

and I think that really should
kinda set the car off, so...

I think black is probably
one of the best-looking colors

on most cars.

There's no chrome
on the outside of the car,

except for just
a few, small touches, so...

I really think this car
is gonna look awesome.

You know why they did
the, uh, Batmobile in black?

'Cause it's cool. Duh.

Out with the old
and in with the new.

The new body is here
from Dynacorn,

and we're excited to get going
on the restomod Camaro.

All of this brand-new
sheet metal makes
our job a lot easier.

We're gonna do
a lot of modifications,

including shaving
the rain gutters,

moving the windows around,
and so forth.

[Jorge] We've got
this badass, uh, frame

that we're putting
under this car,

and we also got
this nice body.

I put all these
reinforcements in

before I cut anything up,

uh, just so my door gaps
don't change.

I wanna keep everything
where it was inside of here.

Right now, we're leveling
everything out,

so, when we start doing our
the cool stuff to this,

it'll be straight.

Uh, we won't have any issues

This cool apparatus here,
it's a laser,

and it just gives us
a really accurate measurement.

This still works pretty good.

I'm not saying
it's bad, but...

This is, like,
the future right here.

Accuracy!

[producer] Have you
double-checked it? Is it...

Look at that.

On the money!

[rock music playing]

[Dave] The body
and chassis are aligned,

and now it's time
to lock it in

with the new floor.

[Jason] So now,
we got the body
down and sitting

where we want it
on the chassis.

We got the release cuts
for the frame

to run through the bottom
of the body.

Now we just gotta kinda
reskin the back,

'cause it's a way different
contour with this chassis.

I'm just gonna template out

a real quick up and down her

throw some beads in it.

and then get it welded in.

[Dave] The new floor is gonn
get installed in the car,

and this is gonna go over
the "semi-intrusive" chassis
into the interior,

meaning that basically, we'v
got a channeled situation

with the full frame now.

[Jason] First thing
I wanna do,

now I'm gonna get
some sheet metal,

just kinda get
the main size made out,

uh, break a few places.

get it really roughed in.

Then, I'll build some flange
around the edge,

throw some beads in it
right before I'm ready
to weld it solid, so...

Should be really easy,
quick, quick job.

Just like that.

We're gonna run some beads
in the flooring,

just to give it some structu
so it's not so floppy.

Put them so they're
dimensionally even
from each other.

Think we'll get
about three of them,

'cause we have a bend here.

We'll have three beads,

and then we'll have another

just this kinda, big open sp
that we wanna put beads in

so it doesn't stretch out
or whatever

when the car's done
and stuff's in there.

Now that we got a mark,

we'll go stretch 'em out
on the hammer

and pour it in front
through the, uh, Pullmax,

then run it through
the power hammer
to pre-stretch this area,

'cause if you're gonna pull
a lot of material in
from the sides,

you can either address it
before or after.

I just like to do it before

'cause I feel like
it goes way smoother.

Yeah, I'm just using
the angle iron for a guide

to go right up against the d
of the Pullmax,

'cause I'm not
that steady, so...

If it's not for these things

it's gonna be
one crazy, crooked line.

That looks way better.

You can kinda see
how the pre-stretch

kinda really distorts
the panel,

where it's kinda got this
really bad wave going.

Then, just running
our first bead through,

it's already flattened out

this center part of the panel
pretty substantially, so...

Go for round two.

Once it does the other two,

it should be pretty close
to where we want it.

These are more just for thos
big open spots that'll...

...possibly bow in

if they don't have
any type of beading on 'em.

Gotta do it
four different times, but..

It doesn't really matter
how many you put in.

It mostly depends on
If you're doing it
for a stylizing,

if you wanna make the beads
part of the design,

or if you're just using 'em
for structure.

I think next is
getting it ready
for welding.

So, I'll go through,
I'll blow some holes...

...along the edge,
so I can plug weld

all the way across.

We'll get these two pieces
welded in.

[Dave] We've got the body
on the chassis,

but now we're missing
an engine.

The original engine
in this Camaro

was an LS
with a Magnuson supercharger

We can always do
a little better.

Now we've got
a dual overhead cam
LS Murray engine in it,

so it'll be like,


naturally aspirated.

[chuckling] That's good.

I'd be scared to ride
in this car after that.

[Dave] We chose
this new 4-cam LS,

twin throttle bodies,

which is awesome for the road,

and it has a warranty.

And there's only
one small problem
with this new engine.

It is extremely massive,

super hard to fit,

and awesome to look at.

Still too long.

So, I'mma have to cut
a little bit more
off the firewall.

I knew that was gonna happen

[dramatic music playing]

[Dave] This engine
is so large,

it doesn't fit
in the engine bay.

Yet.

[Jorge] Right now,
we are finishing

this, uh, trans tunnel

to fit this huge engine
we put in here.

There are curveballs here,

because, because
we're stuffing this
huge engine in here.

So, that's where
I'm at right now.

[Kevin] We got Jorge over he
from the body side.

We're gonna try him out
in the metal shop.

He says he can handle it,
but we'll see.

[Jorge] For now,
I'm just roughing it
in there right now.

Still too long.

I'mma have to cut
a little bit more
off the firewall.

I knew that was gonna happen.

Look at that!

Nice.

On it.

That's feeling nice,
right there.

Almost perfect.

Like me. No, I'm just joking.

Just joking.

[Kevin] I need to get
somebody down there

to make sure Jorge
is walking the walk,

not just talking the talk.

[pulsating music playing]

Got our clearance we're after
around the tail bushings,

so we can access
all the sensors.

This looks like crap.
You should go back
to the paint side.

Dude, you begged me
to come over here! [chuckles]

No, it looks pretty good.

I think it looks pretty good
for a rough bit.

Not bad for a painter.

-[laughs]
-[Kevin] I don't care
what anybody else says.

Painters are okay in my book.

So, I'm about to start
welding the tunnel.

I've already,
uh, trimmed it out
to where it has to be.

Uh, so I can get some
pretty good butt welds.

It takes a lot of skill
to work in multiple
departments,

and Jorge is pulling it off.

[Jorge] It's coming good.

It's turning out pretty clean,

like how I wanted it.

[Dave] With the trans
and driveline tunnel

and the firewall
all completed,

it's now time to put
the rest of the sheet metal
on the front of the car.

Looks like this is
about all the parts
except the hood.

Yeah, I'm just kinda
getting acquainted with this.

I haven't worked
on this car yet.

but just kinda seeing
what our game plan is,

what we're trying
to stuff in here,

and what I need to know.

You can do
a couple trick things,

-but I think this is gonna be
more of a driver.
-[Eric] Cool.

[Kevin] I'm excited.
I like those cars.

You don't have
to get too showy,

-and they're super, super fun.
-Yeah, this is gonna be tight.

Getting the sheet metal on

and getting it all lined up
to the doors,

getting everything
closed in and working right,

is probably the biggest thing
right at the moment,

and then we can start
putting all the systems in.

[Eric] Is there
anything specific

I'm gonna be needing
to dodge or get mounted

-before I get fenders on?
-[Kevin] I mean, obviously,

I don't know how
the stock inner fenders

go around the new suspension.

But we're about ready
to find out, right?

[Eric] Well, if I gotta
cut 'em apart,

-I'll just cut 'em, we'll make
some room and rebuild, so...
-[Kevin] Exactly.

And let me know
if you need anything,

-and we'll go from there.
-[Eric] Yeah.

-[Kevin] All right, bro.
-Thanks, man.

Right off the bat,
I gotta make some clearance

for the new chassis.

You know, early in the
morning, sh**t some sparks..

We'll be good to go.

Make sure it fits.

This'll be all right.

I'm gonna bolt it up
to the outer fenders now.

It's having fresh sheet metal
that's not all thin
and rusted.

That's kinda nice.

Uh, we'll keep,
like, 15% of this
in our fender anyways.

You know, the rest,
we're gonna have
to cut and form

and make work
with the new applications.

So, hopefully, there's not
a lot of fitment issues.

I got high hopes.

Holy cow!

They weren't talking
to each other, were they?

[Kevin] Are we getting
high already?

[Eric] We're actually
good right there.

I'd leave it right there.

We got some sides
fitting better than others,

but I'm still optimistic,
still optimistic, so...

We're gonna get the hood on,
see if we got clearance,

which I don't think
we're going to.

These throttle bodies look
like they're gonna be
right in the way.

-Yeah, I think
we're gonna hit.
-[Kevin] Yeah, me too.

The more parts
that we try to install

with this large engine,

the more and more
it's seeming to be
a problem.

Look at the size
of this thing.

Worst-case scenario,
we'll have to drop
the engine down.

That's part of it.

We'll just have to put
a cowl hood on this thing.

[Dave] Everybody and their d
puts a cowl hood on a car.

So when it's overdone,

it's time to try
something different,

which is my specialty.

-All right, well...
-[man] Yep.

-You'll grab it
and see what's up, huh?
-[man] Yep.

I's like Christmas.

[whispers] Fresh.

It might fit.
It's gonna be close.

We're on it.

[man] ...if not more.

[Dave] This Mercury
Racing engine

does not fit
in this Camaro yet,

which isn't the worst problem
for this car.

[Eric] It's all over it.

Well, now we know.

[Dave] It's a lot closer
that I thought,

but there's still gonna be
some work

to get this engine bay
to look awesome.

Turns out, we're running right
into the throttle bodies.

We kind of expected that.

So we're gonna
come up with a fix,

whether we drop
in the engine, or...

We're gonna be doing
some hood modifications

if that'll make up
for it, so...

So I'm gonna remove these,

'cause technically,
we can pull them upstream

and get 'em out of the way,

and hopefully have
enough clearance for the hoo

without having to get
a cowl hood on there.

Hey, look at that.
[groans] I got it, I got it.

-Don't worry, I got it.
-[both laugh]

[Eric chuckles] I thought
that was gonna be way heavie

It looks freaking heavy.

-Going in.
-Yeah.

How much room do we have?

[man] Oh, you got a mile.

[bleep]

We have room, it looks like.

Yeah, that's not
hitting nothing.

Still, it's super tight...

...as far as clearance
to the hood, but...

I'm just gonna tell him
that we have room,

and that's my answer.

I'm not an engineer.

I'm a metal masher.

[chuckles]

It kind of fits,

and I'm gonna use
the word "kind of"
very loosely.

There's still a lot of things

that have to go
into the engine bay,

like a radiator.

There's oil cooler plumbing

There's all sorts of stuff.

This is gonna be real tight.

[Max] Just kinda getting
everything in check,

making sure
everything fits right,

ensure it all works properly

So far, we got the radiator
all mounted up,

oil cooler,
oil filter housing,

plumb that all up.

[Will] We'll have
to figure out

if we put any sort of,

kind of crash protection
behind this,

because it's kind of
a big fiber glass fascia.

So we're getting
this whole front clip
put together.

That includes
our front valance.

Always prefer
to have something

back behind there that's...

-Oh, yeah.
-...that's gonna slow
things down, you know...

-Right.
-Mainly cones.

-For sure.
-Dave likes to hit cones
on the autocross track.

You know, it happens.

And, and you gotta slow
those things down, so...

-[Max chuckles] Right.
-Yeah.

Grab the end of the bumper.

We're gonna end up using
this, uh, the steel bumper.

We want it to be flush,

so we're gonna shave
the back edges a bit.

Pull in the width
a little bit, you know?

You want this
to be flush, too?

-Yeah. Uh-huh.
-Okay.

[Will] But still have
a little bit of a reveal.

And maybe not flush,

but we want,

as it comes around the corner,

that tangent to be flush
with the surface.

So it still has a bumper feel,

-but not hanging out,
you know, half in.
-Yeah.

[Will] Our ultimate goal is
to get the entire front end

the entire car
fitting perfectly.

But it's just...

The thing comes in and crashes
into this whole structure,

so you gotta get that moved.

And then, it's very low.

This surface and this surface
should be, like, the same,

and it's very low.

So that whole light's
gotta come out this way.

So you're gonna have
to move this,

get that remounted.

Is this the other side
the same way?

Yeah. Still crashes
over here, too.

So, get this stuff
squared away.

-Okay?
-Cool.

So you got enough work
ahead of ya?

-Definitely.
-[Will] Well, I'm gonna
leave you to it.

[Steve] All right.

[Max] Make our adjustments

to get these buckets
sitting right.

[Will] We have
aftermarket parts.

We've got fiber glass parts
that we produce.

It all has to come together

so it ultimately becomes
really straight, really nice

like it's never been before.

Make sure
everything's nice and tight.

[Will] Well, we got our fasc
going on there.

The filter's right there.

It's looking super good.

We're gonna have some
cool driving lights
in there...

-[Max] Oh, yeah.
-[Will] ...to go along
with this valance.

[Will] Everything's
pretty squared away
in the front.

Most of the rear is done,
and it's all cool.

We've got everything
fitting really well.

Everything's super cool.

Now it's down
to the last piece,

this hood.

Hey, so the Camaro
is coming along amazing.

[Dave] Cool. Looks really good
under here so far.

[Will] Yeah, I think
it's gonna be

-a cool and clean look.
-[Dave] Far out.

My biggest thing
is just the hood.

Yeah, what are we doing
with the hood, exactly?

[Will] The drawing looks like

-we've got RS intakes.
-[Dave] So,
I'm putting a longer...

What my intention was
is to do something longer

-than the regular '68
Chevelle RS hood scoops.
-[Will] Sure.

And I need to have 'em
offset, obviously,

'cause we don't wanna be
right on top of this.

I just wanted to introduce
a little bit of air

into the underside
of the hood.

Oh, so they are
gonna be functional?

I think we should
make 'em functional, yeah.

Well, are we gonna
use stockers?

-Are you gonna get--
-No. Let's scan this.

We'll just design something up
and then we'll 3D print,

and then we'll just...

It's all getting, uh,
bodywork and paint.


have been a total game changer
for Kindig It.

So we can actually do
an underside piece

that'll continue
the, uh, structure.

It'll be able to bolt
into the outer piece.

They'll just get painted,
and bolted through.

With all this new technology,

this give us the opportunity
to get more creative

in a lesser amount of time.

Just bolted through,
so we just knock some holes?

We'll just blow
some holes in there, yep.

-Oh, okay.
-So...

[Dave] We'll get creative.

It's gonna take a little while
to figure out how
this is gonna work,

but I know exactly
how I want it to look.

Probably from about...

Go long right here,

to like, right here.

You know,
somewhere in this area.

And just, you know, nice...

See, it's done.
I don't even have to get tape.

Greg's probably gonna need
a little bit more

than just
a dusty finger sketch
on a panel.

We spend so much time
on these custom hoods,

and I think 3D printing
might simplify the process.

Hey, Greg.

-Just the guy
I was looking for.
-[Greg] Hey.

[Dave] Hey. So, I got
a little project for ya.

-I don't wanna leave
the hood stock.
-Okay.

So, I'm kinda looking
for something about this big.

Basically, what we wanna do

is I wanna incorporate
in some big ducts.

But I don't wanna cut
and weld this hood.

It's time to try
something different

from what we normally
would do,

and I think this is gonna
save us a ton of time.

So, and this one...

We'll just make it, so, uh...

[Greg] We'll just, um...

[Dave] We spend so much tim
on these custom hoods,

and I think 3D printing
might simplify the process.

[Greg] So, and this one...

We'll just make it, so, uh...

Well, I guess
we can figure that out.

There is an awful lot
of hurdles to figure out,

but Greg has the job
in front of him,

and I think he can tackle it.

Basically, what I'm hoping for
is something magically

that we can pull together
the top and bottom

and just basically
squeezes the skin
around the perimeter.

-[Greg] Okay.
-Put some dents in it.

You know, the drop down
towards the front.

Want something that can be

easily applied to the car,

and maybe something
that we can produce
down the road.

Well, I think we could
then, for sure.

-That's what I like to hear.
-[Greg] Right on.

-Yeah, 'cause I think
that would be a lot easier...
-[Greg] Mmm-hmm.

[Dave] ...and easy
to bodywork and paint

-and stuff, so...
-[Greg] Yeah.

[Dave] I just don't
want it, like...

I don't wanna have to redo
all of the structure

if we don't have to.

[Greg] Yeah,
'cause I feel like...

When we do this stuff
on the top side of the hood...

-Mmm-hmm.
-...that only takes
a little while,

and that's all
the visible stuff.

And then you get into this,
and it's just a ton of work.

Well, yeah,
'cause it's so intricate.

So I really don't
wanna get into, like,

cutting all this
inner structure out,

and then we gotta start
worrying about welding that,

which means
we have to deskin the hood,

which put us
right back into...

Might as well
just built it out of steel.

-Right?
-Yeah.

[Dave] I don't wanna
go too crazy on this.

I want something
that's kinda simple, you know,

just a nice, clean look to it.

[Dave] There's nothing
really simple

about this particular design

It has to be exact,
or it's not gonna work.

This looks like
a really confusing thing,

which means that
I'm off of the schedule,

and you're on.

-[chuckles] So...
-Oh, I think we just make it

-so it clamps the skin here...
-Uh-huh.

...and then it kinda jumps up

and it'll clamp
all this stuff where it is.

-Then--
-So you can just make it
kinda look factory

-and just work around
what's already here.
-[Greg] Yeah.

And then we won't have
any visible edges.

Everything will be hidden
by the retaining ring.

-Okay.
-It'll just kind of
finish it out.

-I think it'll look
super nice.
-I'm okay with that.

Yeah, I like that these pieces
are gonna be nice and big
on the hood.

-It's gonna look rad.
-Yeah, yeah.

Try not to have it
stick up too high
off of the top surface,

but we can approach that
once we get going

on some designs
and stuff, but...

I know that
it's a pretty tight fit
and everything.

So once I get all the scan
of the engine bay,

-the bottom of the hood,
at the top of the hood...
-Mmm-hmm.

...I can kind of make sure

that our pieces
are gonna clear

and make sure there's room
for that engine to move.

Okay. Get a scan
and, uh, let me know
how you're doing.

-Okay, cool.
-Cool.

[Greg] So, Dave and I came u
with this plan

to add some
louvers to the hood,

kind of evacuate some hot ai

The pieces are gonna be


They'll clamp
on the sheet metal
of the car.

I didn't wanna glue 'em
into the car,

because they have
different expansion rates
than steel

and having
the painted surface,

I'd just be worried
about it cracking

or something
like that, eventually.

So, what I did was


top and bottom of the hood,

and then I also 3D scanned
the engine bay

to make sure I had clearanc
for everything.

Sometimes on these hoods,

doing the top stuff
takes a couple days,

and then doing the structure
takes a month.

To try and save some time

so we don't have
to modify the structure,

I'm gonna make this
so the retaining ring
on the bottom

kinda captures
the hood structure
a little bit.

And it should save some work
for the metal guys.

Hopefully, they're
happy with that.

These should be
pretty functional.

The vents are
actually pretty big.

They're, like,
six inches wide,

and there's eight of 'em.

So it should, it should kee
the engine bay pretty cool.

The general shape's finished.

I've done all
the mounting hardware,

all that kind of stuff.

Right now, I'm doing
the last little tidbits,

making sure there's clearance
for the hood structure

and the panels
that are gonna go

to finish out
the hood structure,

and make it look like
a nice, solid one piece.

It should finish out
really nice and clean

and it should look
like a nice finished part.

Get these things printed
as quickly as possible.

Check it out.

So these hood vents
were a little big,

so I didn't print 'em here.

-I had these printed
by Stratasys.
-Nice.

Oh, man.

Oh, it's both pieces.

-Yeah, cool,
the top and the bottom.
-Very cool.

[Will] Well, that's rad.

[Greg] Yeah.

Yeah, the finish on those
looks awesome.

[Will] These are
the carbon, right?

[Greg] Yeah, that's the nylon
with the carbon fiber in it,

so it's super strong.

That's cool. You got it
already like, setup to drill.

[Greg] Super tiny screws, yep.

Super strong.

You know, I didn't
want these pieces
to be super bulky.

They ride kinda right on to
of the valve covers,

and I checked
the clearance on that, too.

So when I scanned the hood,
I scanned the engine bay too,

to make sure
we weren't gonna hit.

[Will] Mainly, though,
intricacy was all
the under hood structure.

[Greg] Yeah, for real.

'Cause that's what
we're trying to register on.

These pieces hugged it tight,
so there's no gaps,

-and everything will
fit really good.
-Yeah.

So we just gotta punch
the hole, really,

and then they should
just clamp in.

[Will] Wow.

-Well, that couldn't be
any easier.
-[Greg] Yeah.

We'll have
to get out a big cutter
and chop these in.

[Greg] Yeah,
I'll talk to Eric,

-and we'll get rolling on it.
-Yeah, do it.

[Kevin] Greg is making
great progress

on the hood pieces,

but I need
to check in with Will

and find out the progress
on the rest of the car.

You're getting pretty close

to getting it
to the body shop, yeah?

I'm hoping,

mainly just squaring away
the wheel tubs,

and then get this
all back reassembled.

-And, check.
-Ship it.

-Check it off. Perfect.
-Check all the boxes.

Do we need to shave
anything in the core support?

Are we worried
about the small holes
in these fenders?

[Kevin] Well, I just...

I think that you guys have
done such a great job

smoothing the car out
and making it amazing.

I know Mike wants to drive
the wheels off this car,

so I don't wanna go
too show-car-y.

-Yeah, uh-huh.
-Does that make sense?

So if it's in your face,
we wanna make it smooth.

We wanna make it nice.

But if it's not, I think
we should just leave it.

-[Will] Okay.
-I know that you guys
have been working...

-Yeah.
-...your arses off, so...

-Feverishly.
-It's exciting to see
this thing about wrapped up.

I'm more excited
to drive this car.

I'm really, really, really

excited to see
what these engines can do.

[Will] I'm just curious,

with that amount
of torque, if,

how's it gonna drive.

-I'm...
-Is it gonna drive
like a diesel?

-Is it-- [laughs]
-And it's gonna...

-You know what I mean?
It's only gonna see 4 grand...
-Who knows?

-Who knows?
-...'cause it's just
shifting down so crazy?

-Who knows?
-Yeah.

[Kevin] The only way
to find out

is to get the rest of this car
put together.

Getting everything ready
for me to take this
for a drive,

I mean, the client take this
for a drive, is key.

[Will] We didn't
really tell them.

I mean, what we did was
make room for the A-arm

and change it around
to fit the chassis.

It did buy
a little bit of room.

Sure, I mean, this thing
did come and flatten out
about there.

The tire should be able
to reach in there
a little bit further

for turning the radius.

Ultimately, we gained
a little room.

[Max] So originally,
we had the throttle bodies
right off the manifold here

But since they're so massive,

sticking up too high,

we had ran into
hood clearance issues,

so best bet was just
to move 'em downstream.

So we built these tubes,
cleaned 'em all up.

And so now,
our throttle bodies
will be located

very low and out of the way...

...making so
we don't have to deal
with hood modifications,

don't have to cut anything.

It's just the easier route
to take.

Fits good.

Cleaning it up,
wrapping it up.

It's about 99% done
and ready to move on.

So we've cut
the top of the cowl here,

and where the windshield
wiper locators are,

rearranged all that.

And now, we're gonna
run a rubber seal

like a new style car,

so that the glass fits up
flush against the cowl,

and get rid of that ugly tri

It's a nice look for a '69.

One of the last things...

I think we got
a couple other things,

you know, tidbits and whatno

but for the most part,
ready for body.

[Kevin] The car's finished.

All we need
is Dave's approval.

Check off a couple of boxes,
make sure he didn't
make any changes.

Oh. [laughs] Did you get that?

-It was awesome.
-Hey, Max.

Will you go grab
the windshield?

I wanna show you
that treatment.

The windshield on this car
are super unique.

They produced them
in an oversize fashion,

so that you can get rid
of all the trim.

Did you look close?

Oh, you gotta
put your glasses on.

-We got rid of that trim
at the base of the windshield.
-[Kevin] Yeah.

[Dave] Oh!

So, we have to be
ultra-careful with this glass.

You can't just go
and reshape the glass.

You have to build that piece.

-[thuds]
-[Max] Oh!

-[glass shatters]
-[Will] Oh... [bleeping]

[Will] Is that...

[Kevin] Better not be.

[Dave] The guys
are all finished up
in the metal shop,

and Will is so keen
on me looking at this
hard-to-replace windshield.

-These have
a bumper underneath.
-[Max] Oh!

-[glass shatters]
-[Will] Oh... [bleep]

Apparently, this
is a perfect fit.

[bleep]

Is that the Fesler windshield?

[Kevin] Better not be.

I wouldn't know.
I haven't seen it
on the car yet.

Can we get one of those?

[Kevin] In like,
a year, probably.

[Dave] Lately, getting part
has not been easy,

and getting replacement part
that you already had...

Well, that's a little bit
more difficult.

And now the client
won't be able to see it,

and now that's a big deal.

[bleep], no way.

[Will laughs]

It's got glue on it.

Yeah, nice try.

-[all laughing]
-[Kevin] I knew
right when...

Hey, valiant effort, bro,

but I saw his face,
and I was like...

You guys, he's like...

"No way, Jose."

[all laughing]

-[Kevin] But nice try.
-[Dave] Oh.

Hey, you need to work
on your acting, bro.

[all laughing]

As soon as I seen that glue,
I was like, "Get out of here."

[all laughing]

Seeing that these guys
are screwing around
with some pranks

tells me that
they're confident

that the job is done,
and it's going to body.

-Is everything ready to go?
Ready to go to body?
-[Will] I think so.

-Yeah, I think so.
-This thing is looking great.

Everything is straightened up,

looks like the bumpers
are all tucked in.

[Dave] And this is sitting
on the Roadster Shop chassis

so the stance
is k*ller, already.

[Kevin] And this
is the fast-track one,

so this one sits, I believe

a half inch to an inch
lower than the spec series.

-[Dave] Right.
-[Kevin] But you do
obviously have to do

-a little bit more floor mod
-[Will] Little bit
of floor mods.

[Dave] But totally
worth it, too,

because this thing's sittin
right down, which is bad.

For performance and handling,

it's always great
to upgrade the suspension,

then get the car much lower
to the ground than stock.

And it looks really cool, too.

[Kevin] You got lead
in the factory seam...

-[Will] Yeah.
-...which, Dynacorn normall
doesn't have lead

-in the seam, right?
-[Will] No, so we had
to get those all leaded up.

You know, being a Dynacorn,
it's just basically just
a reproduction body.

But what we wanted to do
was try and smooth it up
a little bit,

and I think
by closing up the gap...

I think it's amazing.

Fit and finish on the panel
are excellent,

and the guys did
a wonderful job on this car.

I love the front fascia
on the car.

The front lower valance
looks awesome.

They did a great job.

[Dave] Steve really,
really did a nice job

-on this front bumper.
-[Will] Mmm-hmm.

[Dave] I think that was
a bit of a challenge

to get all of that stuff
to be nice and fit
and flowing.

How'd you guys, uh...

How'd you do on the rear?

Well, did you see
the drip rails?

-Yeah, let's check it out.
-No, you didn't see 'em.
They're gone.

[Dave laughs]

-[Kevin] Gotcha!
-[Dave] I see where
you're going with that.

-That was a test.
-Yeah. Yeah, see.

-[Kevin] Door handles...
-Yeah, the peripherals
look great,

'cause they're
not there anymore.

[Kevin] All that extra work
they did at the top
of the fenders

-that most people won't
notice, but we will.
-[Dave] Right.

-Wings fitting awesome.
-[Will] Yep.

[Dave] I'm telling you
right now,

I really, really like
the way that this looks.

It's nice and clean.

The whole rear of the car
looks as good as the front.

Honestly, I think I'd like
to actually reproduce
that rear bumper.

And I think we could probabl
come up with a way

to make these pockets

and be able to sell 'em
to other people.

[Will] Applying it, you know
takes a little bit,

but nothing out of the,
out of the question.

If you couldn't put those in,

-you shouldn't be
welding on your car.
-That's true.

-'Cause I don't think
it's that difficult, so...
-That's true.

I can see it now,

everybody driving around
with the perfect rear bumper.

No, I think
this is really awesome.

You guys have,
all of the systems are done,
then, at this point?

-Yes.
-You got exhaust all built?

-Yes.
-Everything's all done there?

[Kevin] The body's finished
It's looking sweet.

But what really counts
is what you have
on the inside.

[Dave] Oh, baby.

Aw, it's money.
Yeah, look at that.

That is sweet.

[Kevin] So SB4,
Mercury Racing.





When he kicks the tires
and lights the fires
on this thing,

it takes 8,000 horsepower

and sucks it
into the injectors,

spits it out the tail pipe.

[laughs boisterously]

-The block is LS7.
-Uh-huh.

Putting out 7,000...

-Horsepower.
-That's what I said.

-7,000 horsepower...
-7,000.

-...at 700 RPM.
-8,000 foot pounds...

Yeah.

He's good at math.

-I think you gotta go
the other way.
-Okay, whatever.

-[laughing]
-I'm super excited
about this one.

This is the first one
we've done with a manual.

-[Will] And what's
the difference?
-True that.

So I am so pumped
to get this on the road

and just hammer the gears.

You'd be floating
on one butt cheek.

[mimicking car sounds]

-Oh, yeah, that'd be cool.
-I mean, drive it super nice.

It's a muscle car.

Driving it hard
is like driving it nice.

[Dave] Getting
the throttle bodies
down here lower

just looks awesome.

-This, you made this
out of aluminum?
-[Will] Mmm-hmm.

-[Dave] I love
the styling of that.
-[Will] Yep.

Greg's been scanning
and designing the vents
for the hood.

We'll take care of that
over on that side.

Guy, you guys,
uh, knocked it out
of the ball park again.

You know,
all of your crew over here,

you guys are just,
you guys are k*lling it.

-[Kevin] Everything's set.
-[Will] I'm stoked.

-[Dave] Far out.
-[Kevin] I'm stoked, too.

[Dave] You did an amazing jo
I mean, I'm speechless.

This is gonna be
one bitchin' Camaro.

-Bitchin'.
-And it's got the right
stuff in it now, so...

-Heck, yeah. Boom!
-Good job, Will.

-8,000 horsepower...
-Good job to Will
and your crew.

-8,000 horsepower, 700 RPM.
-Yeah, thanks.



I am so proud of the guys
for what they've accomplished

with what we started with.
[sighs in relief]

Whew!

[Dave] You know, it seems
like every time we get
one of these cars in,

we get a little bit faster,

a little bit more intense
on the customizing,

and it goes that much quicke

because of our technology.

This one-off hood
is gonna be excellent
for not just this car,

but potentially
for other people's cars.

The rear end and the fascia

I think we can reproduce the
and start selling them.

And it makes the car
go that much quicker.

Nice one, Max.

-[Will] You can go
clean your pants now.
-Good job, fellas.

-Huh?
-You can go clean
your pants now.

-[Dave chuckles]
-[Kevin] Oh, that was funny.

That, by the way,
was the sloppiest drop
I've ever seen.

[producers laughing]

-How the bumper underneath...
-[Max] Oh!

-[glass shatters]
-[Will] Oh... [bleeping]

The way he dropped it,
I already knew it was fake.

[sarcastically] Ta-da.

Been in this industry
way too long, kid.

Secretly, I did poop my pants.

[both laughing]