09x14 - Hum-Dinger

[bunniefuu]

She'll be wanting to play.

I like this because
it's like true Americana.

This thing's big.

The bolt pattern
on the transfer case

is completely off.

It's proving be a little bit
more of a challenge
than I thought.

That's the magic of robots.

We got some more work to do.

Broken dude.
I broke it.

By the end of the day,
it could be going off
some sweet jumps.

By the end of the day,
it could be going off
some sweet jumps.

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.

- This is gorgeous.

- Performance...
- It's fantastic.

...stance, wheels, sound.

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

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

ours are Bitchin' Rides.

Oh, it never gets old.

Good looks and skills

are not the only thing
Matt Wolf is known for.

He also has one
of the baddest hogs around.

I don't know the specs
on this bad boy,
but you know what?

I don't know the specs
on this bad boy,
but you know what?

I don't care.

I'm just taking it.

I'm taking it
without him knowing.

Look at this


I've been seeing Matt
ride this around lately.

See if I can start
this thing up.

Maybe take it
for a little ride.

It runs good.

He might not get this back.

That's leaking a little oil.

Hope I make it back.

Hope I make it back.

Where's the clutch?

Why is there no clutch?

Oh.

I just had it running.

I think it's out of fuel now.

It's broken, dude.
I broke it.

Actually, never mind.
We good.

Hey, how many miles
to the gallon does this get?

Enough.

Seventy miles to the gallon?

Round about.

Dude, I'm having this.
You're not having it back.

-Oh, come on. Bring it back.
-Nope, sorry, bro.

I gotta go.

I gotta go.

You gotta find
the gear first.

Yeah, it's all good.
I'm out of here.

He'll be back.

Cruising now, boys.

That's what I'm talking about.

Yeah.
He'll bring it back.

I'll take this
to the stall course, bro.

-Now where'd he go?
-What's up, playboy?

What's up, playboy?

That was not to mess
with the Wolf dawg.

That was not to mess
with the Wolf dawg.

-No way, dawg. No way.
-Come on.

Woo!

While Kev sharpens
up his skills

for his Olympic moped

experience coming up soon,

I'm gonna go ahead and take
a look at this Hummer.

In the 20 years plus
that I've known you,

you've always had a hot rod,

a classic truck, a muscle car,

a classic truck, a muscle car,

or some kind of exotic.

Porsche, Viper, or whatever.

You k*lled it, dude.
You k*lled it.

Supercharge it
if it's possible.

Right. Right.

Well,
obviously it was possible.

Woo!

How does it drive?

This is just
a little bit outside of...

This thing's big.

Chris Anderton's
a great friend

and we've done
many projects together
over the past years,

and this one might be
one of the most unique.

I saw it out there
and I thought

that Miami Blue
was unique.

You never see it,
especially on an H1,

but to me,

I like this because it's like
true Americana.

When I see a Hummer,
I think of Desert Storm,

I think of the military.

And I thought,
you don't see 'em very often.

No.

You know what I think
of when I think
of one of these?

I think of how am I gonna
get around it?

'Cause it's taken up
an entire lane and then some.

'Cause it's taken up
an entire lane and then some.

I think of how did this guy
even get on the road

'cause it's so slow?

And why does it stink so bad?
Because the diesel.

One thing that's unique
about this one
is this is a '95.

This is a civilian
and only for a short window,

I think it was two years
they did a gas powered.

Oh.

And that was actually really
a coveted couple of years.

So as a 5.7 liter crate motor.

But it has a whopping


-So you're exactly right.

-That's gutless
as all it could be.
- Uh-huh.

-That's gutless
as all it could be.
- Uh-huh.

It's not every day
we work on an H1 Hummer

and this one in particular
has some potential.

I have to imagine we're gonna
put some more horsepower
in this

'cause I don't think
I can see you

driving anything
even near this size

with that little horsepower.

And let's take it
from 200 and triple it.

Maybe, I don't know.

Yeah,
that's what I'm talking about.

You ever rode
a wheelie in an H1?

No, no, I haven't,
but it'd be nice to be
able to go up the hill.

- Sure.
-Right? And then...

Instead of just coasting down
the hill.

And I'd also, like,
I don't even know
if it's possible,

but to get rid of it,
where it's four wheel
drive all the time.

but to get rid of it,
where it's four wheel
drive all the time.

We should be easily able
to do that.

I don't know
if there's any other things

other than
just the transfer case

that really have
to be changed out.

-Yeah.
- And you know,
we can't do these tires.

We gotta do rims and tires.
So let's do--

No, I think we better
do some rims and tires.

I mean, these are cool,
but I think we can come up

with something
a little bit more unique

and a little bit more fitting
to this.

We're gonna make this
the most bitchin' Miami Blue

Hummer H1, two-wheel drive,


gasoline version

and custom interior
ever seen to man.

Now let's get to
the meat and potatoes.

We've been friends
for 20 years, right?

Yeah, we certainly have.

Yeah, we certainly have.

You know what's so nice about
that is you've never tried
to take advantage of me.

-And I really appreciate you.
-I know. I know, I know.
And I never do.

So who's beaten who to
the punch?

So what I was trying
to get at is I'm...

I'm sure I'm gonna get
the employee discount

or a good friend discount
on this one.

I'm gonna have
to check with my wife

and see if we actually
still offer
an employee discount.

I'll tell you what I'll do,
because it's you.

I'll only borrow it
on odd weekends.

Okay. Deal.

First weekends
and third weekends only.

-Only in the summer?
-Only in the summer.

And part of the winter.

-Maybe in the fall.
-All right. Deal.

-Spring for sure, though.
-Deal. Okay.

-All right.

We're taking out the engine.
So we're gonna take out
this old TBI 450.

Yeah,
just pull it straight out.

We're putting
an LS in it.

It's gonna be way good.
We're getting
the trans rebuilt.



-There we go.
-She'll be wanting to play.

Way better than this
throttle body 5.7, 1995

technology thing

that we've got going on
over here.

-Woo!
- Everything attached
to everything.

It's a Hummer, bro.

I know, bro, you're like,
"I'm gonna take this
thing off."

You're like, "Nope,
it's got this attached to it,"

but this thing also
has this attached to it.

Everything is so packed
in between the frame rails
and it's so low.

Everything is so packed
in between the frame rails
and it's so low.

It's just hard to get
to a lot of the stuff.

The tricky part about
this build is
what are gonna be like,

all this wiring have
to be redone.

If we can accomplish
getting the engine out

and the new engine
sitting in there, to see
if like our accessories

for like alternator
and all that stuff
we're gonna fit.

That's like the main goal.

So if we can accomplish
that today,
it's not a bad day.

- Back up?
- Yeah.

We're gonna put
a 550 horsepower LS

from Lingenfelter.

Should be pretty simple.
Cut and dry.

No big deal.

These are adapter plates
to adapt

a traditional small block
Chevy motor mount to an LS.

So ideally it will work.

Ready to go down
this a little bit?

- Down.
- Yep.

Oop. Hold on.

This engine can't go
in any further.

It's like
it's hitting something.

It's like
it's hitting something.

We have to pull it back out
and see what's in our way.

This piece right here,
when we get the engine in,

hits this carrier bearing
from this front drive line.

So we're gonna lob that off
and it'll be like
it never happens.

So we're gonna lob that off
and it'll be like
it never happens.

Oof.

Quite a bit off.

Now it's not gonna hit
our carrier bearing anymore.

Hopefully.

You suckers ready
to give it another shot?

You suckers ready
to give it another shot?

Kev did take
a lot of material off
the side of that.

We gained almost two inches
on the side of the oil pan.

So hopefully
it goes in this time.

Keep coming.
Keep coming. Keep coming.

All right, hold there.
Come down.

-And then drop right there.
- Yeah.

Right there.

Yep.
That's the torch back.

All right. She's... she's in.

So we've... From there
we should get our...

our angle set
for where we want it at.

Now that
we have the engine

basically floating in place
of where it needs to be.

Now, we gotta mount it

so it's firmly attached
to the chassis.

Little bit right there.

All right.

And we can make our tilt
and all that stuff.

Yeah, we can adjust it
left and right.

Get it all piled in.
come up with it.

More.

More.

-Hold. Okay.
-Right there.

We got the height
and the pitch

and all of the angles proper
with this V-8
to the transmission.

But the problem is,
is the height to the chassis.

Well, we're missing quite
a bit of material.

I don't know
who's gonna fab it.

Someone's gonna.
One, two, three, not it.

Not it.

Not it.

We've put this high powered LS
now in the chassis

where it needs to be,
but we need

to actually attach
it to the chassis

so it doesn't wiggle around.

So somehow I got employed
to build the engine mounts
for the Hummer.

Just need a couple of bolts.

The trick here for me
is this panel,

because when you install
the engine,

because when you install
the engine,

I want that plate
to index in there

so that when you go
to put the bolt in,

the bolt
just goes straight in.

The only concern for me

with this whole deal
is strength.

I mean, we went
from a 208 horsepower
small block,

but now


Think about it a little bit.
Do it right once.

You know, we just don't want
anything to bend or break.

I can see pretty clearly
what I wanna do.

I can see pretty clearly
what I wanna do.

I'm just gonna make
a template up.

It looks like
a kind of a T arrangement

will do the trick and...

Yeah.

Pretty simple gusset.

Let's just figure out
the height.

We got our cute
little paper project done.

Now we'll run to the computer,

get it so we can burn it
on the table.

Now we're just nesting.
It can be fun.

It's like playing puzzles,

but we're trying to maximize
our usage of the material.

but we're trying to maximize
our usage of the material.

That just means
getting these pieces placed

with minimal distance

but not too close
that the capabilities
of your machine

or you're gonna mess that up.

That's the magic of robots.

I can never really
get over it.

I love it.

It's always fun
to just dream stuff,

then have the machine

then have the machine

whittle it out
for you real quick

and you can just
get in a flow,

get stuff done, it's rad.

Like,
what else works like that?

You just dream it up,
what, 10 minutes ago

we're making it out
of cardboard.

Draw it up on the computer,
plas it out.

By the end of the day,
it could be

going up some sweet jumps.

Crank that up
as hot as it'll go on 110.

Before I burn
these motor mounts
all into one solid piece,

obviously,
I'm gonna get 'em tacked.

Make sure everything's landing
where I want it to.

Make sure everything's landing
where I want it to.

Okay, awesome.
Got that tacked together.

Now we just need
to get 'em out of there

so we can nuke 'em together.

Bam! Nice.

Now we're gonna go find
a big hot welder.

But I think just a nice
MIG weld will do the trick.

Yeah.

Hot.

Good and hot.

For the most part, I mean,
I'm done with these things.

I'm gonna let 'em cool off.

I'm gonna hand 'em
to the body shop
and let 'em go.

Giving this old Hummer
little exhaust system.

Giving this old Hummer
little exhaust system.

Original exhaust
was a little less than par,

so got a full three inch.

It's proven
to be a little bit more
of a challenge than I thought,

mainly because
for whatever reason, Hummer

decided to mount the engine,

like to the passenger
side more.

So I gotta like,
snake it to a smaller pipe

between the starter
and the frame over here.

When you get
an all new engine in an H1

with a lot of horsepower,

you're gonna need something
to breathe through,

and that means a new exhaust.

and that means a new exhaust.

This new exhaust will be
enough for this motor.

Little extra back pressure
never, never heard anything.

Even though this is
more of a utility vehicle,

it's not a show vehicle,
we still have a standard here.

And that is to put the bends
and everything
in the right place.

This is a lot of work.
You could say it's exhausting.

I gotta
clear this crossmember.

Stay clear
on this front prop shaft.

Bunch of other weavers
and brackets and everything.

-Steve?
- What's up?

- How's it going, bro?
-Going pretty good.

It looks like you got
the cats in here.

So you got one for this bank.

And then, where's the, one
for this bank.

- Yeah.
Put it up top up here.
- Okay.

- It's kind of
out of the way.
- Okay, perfect.

But there are equal distance
from the header, so they
should heat up and--

That looks good.
That sounds great.

There's a multiple things
going on with this exhaust.

We want it to perform,
and we want it to look good,

We want it to perform,
and we want it to look good,

we want it to be
up high enough out of the way

in case he gets a little crazy
off the trail.

You're gonna hang
the muffler in this area?

This is gonna
come out here.

Come around.

Do a nice 90 here
then kind of do another 90 up

-and it kind of follow
the frame rail.
-Nice.

Frankly, the old muffler
was ugly and it sounded ugly.

So it's out of here.
We're throwing it
into an ugly bin.

-We're just gonna
come out right here.
- Nice.

Get a nice, like,
four or five inch tailpipe.

Oh, I like that.
That's gonna look good.

Looks like you got
a handle on it.

I probably should
just leave you alone.

Yeah, hopefully
another couple of hours.

You're like, "Yeah.
leave me alone."

You're like, "Yeah.
leave me alone."

-Go on, get it.

Well, right on, dude.
I can't wait to see it done.

-Cool.
-All right, brother.

Ta-da!

I like it.

The final bends in this custom
exhaust are taking shape.

Looks great.

We're gonna throw the wheel on
there and set it down

so we can really
get some perspective on it.

so we can really
get some perspective on it.

That's cool.
I like it.

And it's got
plenty of clearance.

-So...
- Yeah.

I say, weld it.

We're gonna weld it.

It's now time for the rest
of the Hummer puzzle pieces
to find their home.

We're gonna go ahead
and put these

shorty headers on.

We sent these out
for ceramic coating

so they look pretty good
in flat black.

Ooh.

I'll pass you this side
through here.

Somebody had hidden away.

Look pretty stock which is
the kind of look
we're going for.

The new headers are in place,

but I'm super pumped
on the next part.

All right. We're gonna
throw this transfer case in.

It's more awkward and heavy,
so grab a couple of guys.

It's more awkward and heavy,
so grab a couple of guys.

I'm gonna get this in there.

Chris Anderton,
our good friend,

wants a Hummer
that's not just built
for the mountains,

but also for the city.

And that's
what this transfer case

is gonna make possible.

The Hummers
they come with all-wheel drive
all the time.

And we're going to selective
four wheel drive

so we can go to high,
to low, fore high fore low,

et cetera, more accessible
for driving.

-You guys ready?
- Yep.

Yeah, like one off.

But if you can't
get this transfer case

to fit in the vehicle,
well, it ain't gonna work.

to fit in the vehicle,
well, it ain't gonna work.

The bolt pattern
on the transfer case

and the bolt pattern on
the transmission,

we have one bolt
that's completely off.

So right now we're trying
to figure out why...

This is the old transfer case.

So we're gonna check
orientation of the bolts.

And you can just see it.

Yeah, you can just see it
right here, dude.

Yeah, you can just see it
right here, dude.

Yeah.

-Yeah, right there. It's--
- Oh, yeah.

You can see
the difference here.
Here to here.

- Looking good.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
That's the big difference.

Yeah.

So basically, the orientation
of this is counterclockwise
compare to this.

So we got
some homework to do.

Apparently,
it's not as simple as we...

we thought,
but that's custom.

I'll have to call
the transmission shop and see

if we can switch out the guts
so we can use the old case,

if we can switch out the guts
so we can use the old case,

'cause they're
a similar pattern.

Hopefully it's that easy.

We need to go...

Up, it's... so it's the...

it's counterclockwise
of each other.

Building all these custom cars
gives us

a lot of custom problems.

All right. Thanks, Bob.
Bye.

Our transmission guy,

he wants the tail
housing adapter on the back.

They have
different orientations.

They have
different orientations.

So he's gonna find us
an adapter that will work.

So I gotta
take this adapter off,

and then I'll send it
out to him.

So that's a plan.
Here we go.

-Oh, there's your tailing.
-There's my tailing.

We're gonna have to
come up with an adapter

that works
for this application

or we're gonna have to start
from square one.

-Let's hope for the best.
-Fingers crossed.




since the Hummer
has been designed

and done its thing,

now we wanna soup it up
for the street
and have a little fun with it.

While we're waiting
for more parts for this

custom Hummer project
to show up,

we're gonna check in
with Will and see
how he's making out.

We are designing
the transmission mount
for the Hummer.

We are designing
the transmission mount
for the Hummer.

There's no real fixturing
this up

and go weld it on the bench
and have it fit.

So I'm just gonna get
the pieces designed up,

burnt, little spacer build.

Okay.
To the burn table.

Ready?

Cool.

Let's just go see.

Looks good.

Looks good.

It's kind of a spacer.

Get it tacked together.

Get it out of there,
burn it together.

Get it out of there,
burn it together.

We're just gonna
zap this together

using my makeshift
workbench here.

And... Yeah.

Ta-da!

Another piece of the puzzle.

The Hummer is looking good.

Okay.

The transfer case
adapter is back

and it should be pretty simple
from here on out.

Fitting pretty good.

I've got everything clearanced
all the way around it.

We got the new tail
shaft housing.

As soon as I get this
bottom nut on here
and tightened up,

let me take the mount
that Will fabricated,

put it in,

put it in,

set it on its own weight.

Fits perfect.

Now all we need to do
is get this thing locked in.

Tighten everything up,
and I'll be good.

The underside of the truck
is all taken care of.
The mount

for the transfer case,
the exhaust,

everything
is looking beautiful.

Now we're back on top
to get this thing running.

Originally, this thing
had a dual filter arrangement,
right?

-The filter over there...
- Right.

-The filter over there...
- Right.

...filter right here,
you know, what would have
made sense,

you're out in the desert

or anywhere,
there's a bunch of dirt

that you'd want
more filter capacity.

Of course.
But we're going
to eliminate that filter.

The air filter system
on this thing
before was military grade.

We don't need that anymore.

We're gonna simplify
this down into one.

What I need you to do
is put the four inch adapter
on this end.

You can see it's got
a three inch arrangement now?

Yep.

Yep.

Then build this tube up
with the mass airflow.

Mass airflow sensors
are always used

in engines that learn.

This will improve
the torque of the engine

and the fuel mileage.

Just overall, it will act like
a better system.

-But we're not doing this.
- Bummer.

-Okay. Bummer.

Perfect.

We're gonna
remove this three inch inlet,

replace it with the four inch.

So we can connect
to our new LS intake manifold.

We got a four inch tube
mounted in there.

We're just gonna
pull these brackets off
the old piece

so we can still retain
the cap.

Perfect.

All we got to do
is just spread it out

a little bit and it'll fit
the new piece.

The four inch adapter
is now in place

and the map airflow sensor
is now installed.

and the map airflow sensor
is now installed.

Now everything
just needs to line up,

get the filter on it,
put it in the can.

Tight.

The tube angles
aren't lining up as we hoped.

Will and Max are gonna have
to go back
to the drawing board.

Winding up the tubing
with the mass airflow sensor

seems to be
a little bit more difficult
than originally planned.

You're having a dilemma?

Yeah, if we wanna use this,
we're gonna have to...

-Z in there a little more,
huh?
-Yeah.

It looked a lot better
when this was not right there,
didn't it?

It looked a lot better
when this was not right there,
didn't it?

Totally.

In other words,
the tube angles

are just a little too sharp.

But I have a solution.

Maybe that's our best bet
is just to project this out.

Come
into it basically straight.

-Right.
-Yeah.

Max is gonna have to recreate
this adapter
at a slightly different angle.

I mean, I hate to make you
rework this a little bit,
but...

It is what it is.

...but I don't see
how we can jog--

-I don't wanna jog it all...
-Yeah.

-...zig zag and silicone.
-Yeah.

-That'll be perfect.
-Okay.

-That'll be perfect.
-Okay.

Round two, we're gonna tack it
in this time

before we fully weld.

Let's stick it.

Now that we got
that welded on.

Silicone is all good.

Silicone is all good.

Everything's fitting,
jiving right.

Ready to move on.

When Chris dropped off
his '95 Hummer,

we knew we had our hands full.

This thing's big.

We swapped out the old engine
and did a major upgrade.

Hold, right there.

We completely
redesigned the exhaust

and rewired
most of the vehicle.

Ta-da!
I like it.

With a custom two wheel
drive slash four wheel

drive transfer case
in place...

Another piece of the puzzle.

Another piece of the puzzle.

...now it's time to finish up
the wiring, the firing,

and get it tuned
to perfection.

- Heck, yeah, Tim.
-What's up?

Did you push this over here
or did you drive it?

- I drove it over here.
-What?

- Yep.
-Well, that's awesome.

Then we just need
to get it out of here

and get it upholstered,
we can be done
with this thing, right?

-Oh, yeah, I'm ready.
-Well, heck yeah.

Well, first things first.
Let me hear it run.

Cool.

-You ready?
-Yep.

That's a base tune
just to start it up.

That's a base tune
just to start it up.

I'm excited.

Finally, some power in here.

Sounded like the starter
was gonna fall out
of that other engine.

-Yeah.
-Super fun.

Well, right on. It looks good.

It looks like everything
kind of went in like
we needed it to.

It still got the hydro boost
setup for the brakes.

And look at this radiator.

I know, that thing is sweet.

So, beef, I mean, you have
all the coolers stacked in it.

It's got brushless small fans.

I mean, this thing
is gonna be k*ller, so.

- Heck, yeah. Cool.
- Awesome.

All right. Good job, bro.

Yep. Thank you.

One of the biggest tricks
to this build

is actually gonna be
to adapt the old wiring

with the new components
of the engine,
with the new wiring.

So we got our work
cut out for us.

Now with all the wiring
all buttoned up,

we only have
one major step left.

-So we just got
the H1 dropped off.
-Mm-hmm.

We're gonna go
and dyna mount
the whole entire interior.

The other thing
we're gonna do is

attach the overhead
console today.

We'll start putting
the carpet in.

Get that all ready.

There's a long laundry list
of things to do on this Hummer

and some of the things
we're not doing here,

we're gonna send that over
to the pros
at Star Fabricating.

we're gonna send that over
to the pros
at Star Fabricating.

And they're gonna
take care of the inside.

-Yes, sir. Sweet.
-All right.

We're actually doing
new carpet in this vehicle.

It's a marine grade carpet
that we use.

We manufacture it here.

This being an open top,
it's gonna see
a lot of weather for sure.

We actually use a memory foam
on the backside.

It doesn't absorb water.

We'll have a layer
of ABS plastic,
and then on top of that,

we'll have foam.
Trade secret yoga pad
right there, yoga mat.

we'll have foam.
Trade secret yoga pad
right there, yoga mat.

It's less expensive.

And it is actually, I think,

a better product than
most foam that's out there.

Yoga mat.

We won't glue this carpet down

because if you ever got
on some mud,

you need to spray
the vehicle out,

you can just pull
the carpet out,
and spray it out

that drain holes
down on the floor.

This thing will be completely
different by the time
we're done.

Another trade secret,
the loop side of Velcro,

it's great for concealing

where this area
you're actually gonna see

a little bit of exposed paint.

So rather than see paint,
Velcro works fantastic.

That way,
when you see into it,

you're not seeing body color,
you're actually seeing Velcro.

So it's a lot cleaner look.

These are our own
proprietary to us.

These are our own
proprietary to us.

Full leather seat cover.

We really took
a Ferrari pattern

and kind of embellished it
a little bit,

and those will match
the door panels.

They'll also match
there's a center pad

that will go in between
the transmission tunnel

and the two rear seats.

One thing that we do
in all of our builds

is we'll put seat heaters.

is we'll put seat heaters.

Not only in the front,
but we'll also put 'em
in the rear.

There's a rod
that runs through the seat.

You've gotta make sure
that you get the hog rings
to bite on to it.

If you don't, then the seat
will break away

and you'll have
weird wrinkles.

There's a channel
that actually locks
in the seat

and it's very difficult to get
'cause we tighten up the seats

from what the factory had,

we wanted it to be as tight

as we could possibly get it.

This is
the problem side always.

This is
the problem side always.

All right. We got it.

All right.

Another trade secret here,
shoelaces.

Some of our seats
use zippers to secure them.

So we'll just use a shoelace.

It'll allow me to get
a little bit more tension
and... and all that.

So don't break the zipper.

The last thing you do
on this is just steam it out

and get all these wrinkles
out of it,

but turned out pretty well.

You don't wanna scratch
the vehicle as we put this on.

That's what we don't wanna do.

It needs to go over
a little bit my way.

Little more.

All right.

-We're good.
-Okay. We're secured it.

Chris wanted carbon fiber.

This would
not have been stock.

This would have been
a custom upgrade.

So we're just gonna
start installing this.

There are seven panels
that will go in this truck.

There are seven panels
that will go in this truck.

They stopped making
a lot of these parts about


All these pieces are...
are parts that we make.

Put our spin on 'em.

Another touch.

Okay. So that's in.

Because a lot of these parts
are no longer available,

we have to modify things
and the way we run our AC.

It's really tightly up
against the dash

and then we just run hoses
to run all the...

the ventilation throughout
the vehicle.

- Got it in?
-Got it in.

We're gonna put
the hood grill on.

We're gonna put
the hood grill on.

So you gotta pop
that down into there.

Sometimes they fit better
the other way.

And there is a curve to 'em.

-Okay.
-We're getting there.

The guys over Star Fabricating

have done a great job
on the inside of this,

finishing up the stuff

that we didn't do over
at our shop.

Now it's time for Chris
to check it out.

- Ta-da!
-Ta-da! There you go.

I'm here to see my H1,
my Hummer.

I'm hoping
that it drives like a Cadillac

in a big old utility vehicle.

Awesome! Awesome!
Listen to that.

I love it.

Woo!

It sounded throaty.

It sounded mean.

You can tell it's definitely
not that little 5.7

crate motor
that was in it before.

crate motor
that was in it before.

Get you some of that.

If you ain't got one,
get one.

Oh, I love it.

-Look at that stance.
- Mm-hmm.

Dude, it doesn't look
wimpy anymore.

No, it looks like
a real Hummer now.

No, man, it's legit on
twenties and forties, man.

It's, like, woo!

It's flashy.

That Porsche Miami Blue
just shows it off
the line on that thing.

I'm glad Dave talked me
into the bigger wheels
and tires,

'cause it definitely needs
to have that stance for an H1.

That 550 horsepower
Lingenfelter motor is legit.

That 550 horsepower
Lingenfelter motor is legit.

I love the fact
that you can go
from two wheel drive

to four wheel drive instead
of all the time
four wheel drive.

Awesome.

The exhaust, I noticed
that, the custom exhaust
compared to before that...

Right.

...you know,
underneath of that.

We worked on other Hummers,

but it's always been an H2
or an H3, but never an H1.

This is actually
a completely different animal.

It's very utilitarian
and it's kind of cool.

This thing just
turned out mean.

We ran over a Jeep truck
on the way here, so.

We ran over a Jeep truck
on the way here, so.

He shouldn't have got
in my way, man.

This was
the original Jeep truck.

Well, let's see this motor
that we've been talking about.

Yeah.

Check out
that radiator set up.

It's legit.

Obviously, in the beginning
it had a big,

like, weird looking shroud.

It had a mechanical fan.
We got rid of all that.

The one off radiator
is just unbelievable.

You don't see that.
No one is gonna do that.

That was done
custom one of one.

That was done
custom one of one.

And then look at
that Lingenfelter piece.

-Mm-hmm.
-Wow!

Like how you tied
into that air box.

- Yep.
- That's cool.

-You had to custom make
that piece there, huh?
- Yep.

The engine before, I think
it had a 190 horsepower.

It was a 5.7 liter.

Now we got
the Lingenfelter motor,
the big LS in it.

Amazing.

I wanna let you know
there's also another
cool part of this build.

Hey, Troy.
What you got there?

Come here
and show this other door.

All right, Chris.
Man, what do you think, dude?

Full carbon fiber, half doors.

I've owned many,
many Hummers.

The biggest thing
that's bothered me

is that you can't take
the doors off.

So we actually developed
this new hinge system

where you'll actually
be able to lift the doors off

and then drop in
your new set of doors.

Right on. That's sweet.

- Here you go.
-Dude, if Ken,

you know,
if Barbie's boyfriend,

had a Hummer, this is what
it would look like.

The half door is just sick.

Almost like a Jeep feel
in a Hummer,

which you just don't see.

Whether it's a full door
or half door,

you gotta check out
the interior.

-Oh, it is... it is legit.

Look at the carbon,
the leather.

I think you just got tougher.

I think you just got tougher.

-Hey, stop it.

The new seats
that kind of wrap around you,

just feels great.

The plush leather,
the carbon look is just...

-Love it.
-Are you guys done talking?
Let's go for a ride.

-Let's do it.
-Okay. Come on, guys.
Let's get in.

-All right.

I think we should go on
a military mission.

Yeah, baby.

Yeah, baby.

To the choppers.

-To the choppers.
-It's the Chris-tenator.

How long have you
really wanted one of these?

A long time.
The Hummer...

'Cause,
I mean, I get it.

So, like, you know, we grew up
about the same time.

Like, I mean, this was
what they used to rock.

You know, this was like,
in all the...
in all the rap videos.

Exactly.

-Yep.
-Nice and smooth,
though, right?

Yeah, it is.

Dave is like,
"What are you gonna do
with it?"

I'm like,
"I'm gonna drive it."
This is my daily driver.

I'm like,
"I'm gonna drive it."
This is my daily driver.

We just do not see H1s
on the road.

They're very rare,
they're unique,

and they're
just true American.

Dude, it is bitchin'.

I'm excited for you.

Do you have somewhere
big enough to park this
damn thing?

I got plenty of garage.

Night and day difference.

There is actually power now.

It actually drives like
a Cadillac. I love it.

Overall, the thing's bitchin'.

-It's badass.
-It's a Bitchin' Ride, bro.

-Yep.
- That really
turned out, dude.

-It turned out great.
- Give it all the gas.

- Woo!

Yeah, baby.