09x18 - A Rusty Mess

[bunniefuu]

Let the fun begin.

Yeah.

Look, it's breaking apart.

[Dave] 1963 Chevy C10
is covered with surface rust.

Little scary,
but I think
we'll be all right.

Don't be scared.

[Brian] It's not something
that we do very often.

It's kind of an interesting
experiment.

This is cutting
a big hole right here.

This is going
to be the real wow factor.

I just hope it goes well.

There's no going back now.

How much pressure
is that going to exert?

How much pressure
is that going to exert?

I'd imagine
we're going to throw

at least 5,000 pounds
at it, at least.

Yeah.

Ooh! Heard something crack.

Let's just make sure
it still looks like a '63.

[Will] So what's the rule?

Measure it 73 times.

That's right.

[Eric] It doesn't even look
like the same truck anymore.
Freaking wild.

[Will] I think it's perfect.

[Eric] Oh, yeah,
that's gangster.

It's that easy.

[Dave] When I look
at a blank canvas,
I see endless possibilities.

[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] This is gorgeous.

[Dave] ...performance...

[man 2] It's fantastic.

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

If there's one thing
that makes our cars
stand out,

ours are Bitchin' Rides.

It never gets old. [laughter]

So over here
is one of our very favorite
trucks we've ever built.

Oh-h*-ha. Come on, man.

-Did you see this one?
-Are you kidding me?

I watch every episode.

I was at my house,
on my bike...
I'm riding my bike.

That's the only way
I can work out is watching.

I have... I have my DVR.

It's just all the show.

[Dave] Car guys and gals,
for that matter,
come in all shapes, sizes,

ages, you name it.

And sometimes
they even come
in the form of a comedian.

It's so stunning
and also so simple.

The black and the white
and the red, classic
forever, timeless...

It's... it's a timeless truck.

It's... it's a timeless truck.

Christopher Titus
is an actor, a comedian
and a good friend

of the shop and knows
a good C10 when he sees one.

It's simple and clean,
but yet everywhere
you look on it,

every panel
has been customized.

But as hard as you guys
had to make that top work,
you did...

-nothing came out goofy.
-[Dave] Let me show you
how it works.

[Christopher] I want to see
how it works.

As much as I know about
sh**ting movies
and special effects,

I didn't believe it.

I was like, that's fake.

They green
screened that top.

They... they shot
a Mercedes SL
with the fold in and they...

[mechanical whirring]

I'm like a kid
going to Disneyland, man.

-This is insane.
-[Dave laughs]

It's like a magic trick.

I've not seen any magic show
in Vegas

that was this cool.

Very kind of
you to say.

But it's actually not magic.

It's hard work,
lots of money, lots of skill,

imagination,
and of course, the best crew.

Thanks for taking
the time, man.

-I know you got
a lot to do...
-[Dave] Absolutely.

You've set the bar
that a comedian
can never reach

with my built.
That '65 Wagon I'm building,
I'm just going to drive it

every day going
"It's not akin to car."

-[Dave] Yeah.
-[Christopher] I mean,
you guys are so good.

-[Dave] Yeah.
-[Christopher] I mean,
you guys are so good.

You guys like...
you guys need like
a TV show, I think.

-Yeah.
-That would work.

You know,
we ain't got time for that.

Then they'll have me doing
birthday parties, bar mitzvahs

-Right. Right.
-You know.

-A lot of bar mitzvahs.
-Holiday stuff.

Delivering a lot of cars
to bar mitzvahs.

You would be so surprised.

Chris is off
to his comedy show
and this truck is no joke.

So it looks like
they pulled this out
of the ocean

and brought it to us.

[Bernard] Yeah.

It's actually
pretty cool.

A client by the name
of Bernard called up and says,
I have a special project

and I don't want anybody
else to touch it,
but you guys.

[Bernard] It's beautiful.
Classic.

But needs a little tweaks
here and there.

It's not worth truck anymore.
So...

[Dave] So when a 1963
Chevy C10 is covered
with surface rust shows up

with a lot of modifications
already started,
this was intense.

I've always been a huge
fan of this body style.

I've actually never
built this body style.

I've actually never
built this body style.

I've always done
the '67 through '72s
or the '47 through '54s.

The chance to do
something completely

new always
gets my blood pumping.

Kind of the idea
like an old school meets
new school, kind of nasty.

[Dave] Right.

[Bernard] Trying to see
what kind of flair
you could throw on it.

Nasty, flair, classy, custom.

You came to the right place,
buddy.

Super aggressive, nasty.

Far out.

[Bernard] I think the must
have would be low mean,
riding one inch off the ground

[Bernard] I think the must
have would be low mean,
riding one inch off the ground

or less like
we've driven our
lowriders forever.

But where you can see
the visceral mechanical air
in the top kicking out

the back, super loud nasty.

[Dave] Yeah.

But somehow
figure it out how to quiet
it down when you either

got the kids or someone else
in the car.

We'll just do
a set of our cutouts.

I'll bring that through
a set of mufflers.

We'll just run
it out the back.

But you can just
simply push a button
and we'll have the exhaust,

-basically sh**ting
right out of the bed.
-[Bernard] That'd be great.

And then are you open
to some suggestions
maybe to add

to some of this body style?

[Bernard] Yeah, 100 percent.

[Bernard] Yeah, 100 percent.

Tell me what...
what do you think
we should do?

Something that I always
really like to do
on our cars is I like

to keep the theme
of what the truck
was originally.

I try and surround
the chrome bumper
with the body color.

So I'd like to maybe
sliver the front bumper,
keep it that same depth

that it's got right now,
but now have the bumper
look like it's just a chunk

-of chrome hanging
off the front.
-[Bernard] Yeah.

[Dave] One other thing,
too, is I like to get rid
of additional body lines

that don't have to be there.

[Bernard] Sure.

And one in particular
that I see is the filler panel

between the hood
and the door.

I'd like to make that piece
right there part of the hood.

And then this is kind of
a big pill to swallow.

And then this is kind of
a big pill to swallow.

Let me bring the bed up.

Let me bring those
bed sides up.

I'll match
the rest of the body
and we'll perfect that.

[Bernard] Yeah, now that you
mentioned that, it'll totally
bring the whole car up

and just make it look like
it was designed like that.

[Dave] Exactly.

Wheel and tire fitment.

-Obviously, we're not using
these wheels and tires.
-No.

What if we go to either
a 22 by 13 or we go up
to even a 24 by 15?

I think you can fit
every bit of that 405
back there if you want

-to do something like that.
-[Bernard] Yeah.

Yeah, I'm with that.
Especially when we bring
this back line up,

-I think it'll fit that nice.
-Exactly.
Dude, I'm... I'm stoked.

-I think it'll fit that nice.
-Exactly.
Dude, I'm... I'm stoked.

I'm stoked, too, man.

[Dave] Because nobody
really builds this body style.

People try to do
this, but it's kind of...
They don't really

take it to the next level.

And I know you can do that.
So...

Yeah. That's...
this one's special.
It's next level.

[laughs] Yeah.
It's gonna look sick.

It's gonna be sick, man.

Double hot chocolate
b*mb.

What if I just eat
the chocolate
that's around it?

I'm pretty pumped up
to get this truck tore down
and sent to blast.

I'm pretty pumped up
to get this truck tore down
and sent to blast.

But before we get going,
I need just a tiny
bit of pre-game "nourishment".

Hmm. Yeah.

Ooh, there's even
marshmallows.

I drink hot chocolate
in the weekends
when I'm up

at my cabin skiing,
laying around
with my sweetest wife

and a turtle neck
on a bearskin rug.

It's how I do it.

I got to go now.

First things first, before
we even mess

First things first, before
we even mess

with anything,
let's take it apart.

We're going to send it all out
just to get clean metal.

Look, it's breaking apart.

So, we can start
from scratch.

So I'm having my guys
sand the metal,

scrape out rust in any spots.

How are you gonna be able
to tell right from left?

We'll bring it back
after it's clean.

We'll put it back together.

We'll see
what we want to change

and what we don't want
to change

and we'll go from there.

We got everything ripped down.

It looks really good.

Normally,
we would send our
vehicles out to get dipped.

This one, it's just got
a lot of light surface rust

over the whole thing,
pretty even.

So we're just going
to send it to get a light

burnish or a light
blast on it.

I just wanted to take
the surface rust off
and we'll be good to go.

[man speaking]

Tiny bit cold.

I really could go
for some hot cocoa

right now on a bearskin
rug with my Swedish wife.

[laughs]

[Dave] We've built quite
a few C10s in the past year
that can dig it,

but never this body style.

This truck,
it's got all the right stuff.

Not only is it a big block,
but it has injection.

And these popsicles,
as we always call them,

are basically
sticking out of the hood.

He wants them
all scrambled up
and cool-looking.

Another thing
he wants to do,
which I think is really

quite unique,
is he wants me to bring
the exhaust through the bed.

You won't see the exhaust
from the back of the truck,
but definitely you'll see

the exhaust
from the inside of the bed.

the exhaust
from the inside of the bed.

That'll be really,
really trick.

This truck's going
to basically go straight black

and we're going to use
a gold color as an accent.

So I'm going to put
that inside the trim.

We're going to use
it on some of the details
of the engine.

And, of course,
some of the interior
panels will actually

accent it with that as well.

Sitting on big wheels
down low,
this is going to really

kind of fit our build,
what we normally
like to build

and to have
the opportunity
to build something

this radical is always fun.

I'm trying to get
out of here at 12:30,
it's a half-day,

I'm trying to get
out of here at 12:30,
it's a half-day,

so I just want to get
this project knocked out.

Dave said,
If I can get this done,
I can take half a day off.

I have something
very important to do.

So we need to get
this thing knocked out.

We got the cab
all cleaned up from glass.

I just changed out
the transmission.

We put a bit of a bigger,
stronger transmission in it.

Still a four-speed.

I just noticed
that when they built
the tunnel,

they left this little
metal hanging.

But before I put it on it,
I'm right here,
so I might as well just

cut it off and get it cleaned
out of the way.
I'm gonna get the cap

put back on and go from there.

So far so good.

But we have to step it up.

I have a very serious
matter to attend to
and time is of the essence.

Forty-five minutes.

This is no laughing matter.

Serious.

I'm trying to get out
of here at 12:30.

It's a half-day,
so I just want to get
this project knocked out.

Forty-five minutes.

This 1963 C10 is coming
together quickly
and efficiently,

which is very important.

I have some very, very,
very important personal
business to attend to.

We've got the cab
and the bed back
on to the chassis.

It's all cleaned.

That's why they call me
the Flash.

But they don't really
call me that.

But maybe they should.

Just in time.

Now, I can make
my important appointment.

[engine revving]

Oh, I get it now.

An appointment
on the lake with a boat.

I get it, Kev. Nice job.

Let's go.

[Dave] While Kevin
takes care of his
"personal" business,

it's time to tear back
into the belly of this beast.

[Eric] This is the chassis
that came with the truck.

It was built
at a different shop.

We got this big block
hanging off the end
and we noticed

a little bit of flex
and we needed
to add to two inches

to bring the body up
just so we could get
the geometry

to bring the body up
just so we could get
the geometry

of the suspension right.

So what I've done
here is I've added
some different braces

and kind of just making
this thing a little beefier.

Next step is just
going to be getting
everything welded together.

And then I'll be adding
a couple of crossmembers
here and there,

really stiffen this thing up.

[Dave] The overview
of this chassis,
it's a pretty good start.

But we need to give
some extra gaskets,

But we need to give
some extra gaskets,

move some
suspension parts around
and make sure

that we have the proper
travel and tracking,
and of course, strength.

Taking these top
caps off so that
we can access the inside.

And build some
reinforcement plates
in the frame rails.

Then we'll
cap it off down below.

This gives us clearance
for the bed rails
when we set the bed back down.

So I need to make
some tubing to reinforce
the inside of the frame.

So I'm cutting this tubing
kind of in half
and removing what I need

so it'll fit and slide
on the inside dimension
of that frame rail,

then I can kind of build off
of that to go here,
and then I can continue on

and come down
and go inside of here as well.

Now I can weld this up.

Grind the welds down smooth.

Slide it into the frame rail.

And that'll give me something
to build off of.

A drill hole in here,
and then I'll plug
weld this piece

straight inside of the frame
rails on both sides.

straight inside of the frame
rails on both sides.

That'll give the inside
of the frame rail some

structure so it doesn't
flop around.

Not too bad at all.

[Dave] Let's talk about
what we're doing
with this hood.

[Kevin] Okay.

What you want to do
with the hood?

[laughs]

When the '63 C10 showed up
to the shop,
it had a little bit of dust

and a whole lot of rust.

It looks like they pulled
this out of the ocean
and brought it to us.

It looks like they pulled
this out of the ocean
and brought it to us.

We've taken it all apart.

We've done a light blast
and set it back
on its chassis.

Really stiffen
this thing up.

[Dave] Now, it's time
to start shaping up
some metal,

bending some other metal
and bringing this truck
into its true shape.

You know me.

I hate these vertical lines
that break up the long lines
of the truck.

If we take this section
and actually make
this and that section

of the hood, the fender,
so weld this piece
to that section of the hood,

create a new structure
and just basically take
the skin off the hood.

Let's make a new jam
where our approach is

Let's make a new jam
where our approach is

and that goes
all the way down.

This would be our seamless
from right there,
all the way up.

Every seam, every line,
every panel of this truck

has to do their job
and do it right

so it looks perfect.

What do you think of that?

Yeah?

-Yeah.
-Cool.

Little scary,
but I think
we'll be all right.

[Dave] Don't be scared.

Before we make
any changes
to this custom hood,

Before we make
any changes
to this custom hood,

we've got to make sure
it at least swings.

[Eric] Hopefully, I can use
this as a little bit
of a guide on getting

this thing laid out.

Essentially, how this thing
works is this sandwich
is in between the firewall

and the back
of the cowl there,
and then this will

weld to the top of the hood
and we'll have
a hood swinging.

Hmm.
Hopefully, this works
without getting too crazy.

I think
we're looking pretty good.

I've got it lined up
underneath and about ready
to tack this thing into place.

I want to make sure
that I'm right in the middle
of my slots here.

That way I got full
adjustment front and back.

Okay.

Let's weld.

All right.
So it's a single swing.

Who knows
if it's going to work?

All right.

So it's single swing.

Who knows
if it's going to work?

Huzza!

Hey, that's more better.

Yeah.
Shuts nice.

I like it.

[Dave] The hood
on the '63 C10
now is swinging,

but we're just getting
started.

First thing,
I'm going to brace
this thing up just

so it doesn't turn
into a wet noodle
when I cut it apart.

Then I'll cut it.

The fact of the matter
is this hood's gonna undergo
some major changes.

So before we go under
the knife, we've got
to make sure

that everything lines up
outside of the hood line

and make sure
it's all good to go.

That should hold it.

I put this off long enough.

I'm cutting it.

-I'm all done.
-Looks good.

There's one.

[Dave] It's bold,
but yet simple.

Cut the edges of the hood
off and make them
part of the fenders,

as well as those filler
panels between
the door and the hood.

Nice.

No going back now.

Kind of trick,
I'm gonna have to add
to the bottom

of this to make up
for the gap, basically,
so that we can keep

of this to make up
for the gap, basically,
so that we can keep

our body lines nice
and straight all the way
down this whole truck.

It doesn't look like
the same truck anymore

with the hood like
this. Freaking wild.

Gonna get this cleaned up.

I'm going to start
by getting a piece
of three quarter inch

tubing and I'm going
to shape it to fit
this whole profile

all the way down
to about here.

We're already thinking
that that's going
to be a permanent

structure in there
and we'll build a build off
of that and then skin it.

[Dave] With the hood
all chopped up,

[Dave] With the hood
all chopped up,

we have to make sure
that it not only looks good,
but also has the strength

that it needs to open
and close.

Hmm.
Hopefully, this will work.

[laughs]

[Dave]
Not only does the tubing
roller give Eric

the experience of feeling
like a real pirate
on a pirate ship,

the experience of feeling
like a real pirate
on a pirate ship,

it actually does the job
really well on the tubing too.

[Eric] It's got a gradual
little radius
on this whole thing, so...

I'm gonna chase
this contour down.

Nice.

A little more crown
on it right there.

I'm going to pull up
as we pull through here.

Just like that.

Just like that.

This will give us a good
structure to build off of,
and then we'll be able to

skin this thing
and wrap a new piece
of sheet metal around it

to give the illusion
of a flowing edge here.

I'm happy with that.

[Dave] While Eric moves
the dial on the front
of the truck,

the rest of the guys
are going to start
on the rear.

The bed wood.

Just like anything
else here, everything just
starts with a solid plan.

We're going to start
right here in the center.

We need to come along
that front edge
and router off that

about 70,000 to 80,000
so that this surface
will come up,

meet the back of that
and make that line disappear.

In theory, this bed wood
is very straightforward,

but in reality,
there's a million little
details that we have

but in reality,
there's a million little
details that we have

to pay attention to.

The zoomies are coming
right through the center
line of that next board.

-[Max] Yep.
-You could go ahead
and knock a hole in them.

There are lots of ways
to do it, but one rule
is paramount.

Whatever you do,
every move you make,

make sure
it's like triple checked.

Yeah.
It's tough to weld
wood together.

Uh-huh.
So what's the rule?

Measure it 73 times.

[Will] That's right.

That is right.

[Max] We're all measured out.

Just want to double check
our work here
when we're cutting

a hole in a piece of wood.

So no confusions here.

Do a test fit.

Looks like a good fit.

Do a little more trimming
and go from there.

Now that we got
the boards fitted up,
we got to router

all the edges to make it fit
under the lip and the bed.

So it'll be a perfect
flush fit.

We got the floor
in partially.

Now we just got to get
underneath the car
and scribe out

where the tubs are
and cut back the wood
and should look sweet.

So I'm going
to get my profile.

While Max gets his bed
wood into order,
really Eric's not that

While Max gets his bed
wood into order,
really Eric's not that

far off of his measurements
either.

[Eric] It's more or less
what I'm going
for, right there.

Right now, I'm going
to get these transition
pieces between

the fender and the hood.

Forming metal is tricky,
but putting two large
panels equally

and perfectly together,
butted and welded
and metal finished,

well, that takes talent.

[Eric]
They don't have an unbreak.

Sometimes they need
an unbreak.

Sometimes they need
an unbreak.

Hey, lookie there.

I think we got it.

-How goes it, Eric?
-[Eric] What's up, Dave?

Got a couple of things
moved around
since you last saw it,

so I thought I'd just show you
what's up and see
if we're all jiving here.

Before we make anything
permanent,

we have to make sure
that everybody
is on the same page.

[Eric] First of all,
signal lights,
I moved them over.

Perfect.

[Eric] Front and back,
they seem to be working out
all right with our plan.

So I've moved this
piece of the grille support

over into the fender,

over into the fender,

so we can weld this
all together and then slam
it all the way around.

I've got bolts
running through it,

so it should be nice
and strong.

I've extended the back section
of the fender here

with that cowl piece
and whatever,
got rid of that seam.

-So much better.
-[Eric] Yeah. This thing...

Isn't that crazy
how that just changed
the whole thing?

It looks lower already.

-They just look...
-[Dave] It looks lower.

It almost looks like
it's pinched.

But more importantly,
it gave some length
to the truck

-because all of these
vertical lines...
-[Eric] Yeah, split it up.

[Dave] ...start to make
it look like a phone booth

and not like a sleek truck.

I wasn't sure
what it was going
to look like,

but I'm... I'm stoked on it.

[Eric] I think I figured out
a way to make the fender
and the hood one piece.

[Eric] I think I figured out
a way to make the fender
and the hood one piece.

-And obviously, I'll shape it
around the corner there...
-Uh-huh.

...and slim it down
just a little bit,

but then just splice it in.

Simple and straightforward
is always the best solution,

but we need to keep
one other thing in mind.

Just make sure it
still looks like a '63.

-[Eric] Yeah.
-Sweet.

-Right on.
-Right on.

[Eric] I made these up guys,

just kind of true
these things up a little bit

and it's going to help me
get the shape back

into it when I'm around
the corner of that fender.

So I'm going
to sand these two,

just true them up
and make sure
we're good to go.

A little fine tuning
on the steel,

but pretty happy
with that shape.

I'm going to start going
around the corner now.

This thing is pretty
straight right now.

First thing
I'm gonna do is start here

and I'm just going to stretch,

and I'm just going to stretch,

you know, good four inches
this way.

It gets ugly
before it gets better.

Put the lube.

Hey, that's looking better.

You can move the rest
by hand from here.

It's a lot of back and forth,

but I think finally
it's where we want it.

[Eric] Scared to cut it,
though?

Should I cut it or not?

I can't go back after that.

[Eric] I'm just planning on
kind of chopping through here.

Chopping through here.

Move it out of the way
and I'll just weld it
back in after

it's kind of behind the scenes
on this thing.

So you won't even see
it anyways,
so I'll just make sure

So you won't even see
it anyways,
so I'll just make sure

the skin is 100 percent
and then structuring,

kind of, have
a little bit of deviance,
that'll be all right.

There's no going back now.

When welding something long
and thin like this,

if I go too quick,
it'll just potato chip on me.

So I've got to take it
nice and slow.

Make sure I pay attention
to every weld,

hammer it out correctly.

Very well.

And it's going to want
to shrink every time
you put a tack on it.

And it's going to want
to shrink every time
you put a tack on it.

So sometimes you
can hammer it back open

if it starts getting a little
too tight down here,

you know, hammer it back
a little bit.

Got it all welded up
and plan stood out
to about 90 percent.

Got it all welded up
and plan stood out
to about 90 percent.

I'm going to see
if these clickers still

click in and make sure
we're good to go here.

Hmm.

I'm already not liking it.

[Dave] After just
a few simple tweaks,

Eric's now ready to make

two panels
into one big panel.

[Eric] I'm happy with this.

I'm going to scribe the bottom
and get that welded in.

Bam, bam.

[mechanical humming]

These were cut by hand.

So I was just double checking
these ones that are supposed

to be straight just to see
how straight they really are.

While Eric finishes up
the fenders,

Will's going to get
his brain working

on how to finish out these
velocity stacks.

[Will] Just so that we're not
running into something

where one end is not square.

And so I know that that end

that we're putting this on
will be square,

that we're putting this on
will be square,

because you can imagine,
you slide this down on there,

it's going to pull
whatever angle,

whatever a little bit
of angle.

So I think we'll just run over
and true them up on the lathe.

It's very minuscule,
but I don't want to have
to worry about it.

[Kevin speaking]

Well, they're soft.

That's not the greatest.

It looks like
Will applied just a little

too much pressure
to this tube,

too much pressure
to this tube,

and it's bent now.

I was getting
a little crazy.

So I'm going to have to go
straighten this one.

Good news is,
it's square.

No.

I can't believe I did that.

Well, I kind of can.

One of those things,
quick and easy job

turns into... way
more than you expected.

turns into... way
more than you expected.

So I think I like the angle.

That's spot on.
So, that's super cool.

That's spot on.
So, that's super cool.

Now I just need to go through
and chop these tubes down.

Then I'll decide
how much difference

I want between the two.

But because of the offsets
of the heads

and the little bit
of difference,

they'll all be
at different length.

So we'll have
eight individual pieces.

So let the fun begin.

[Eric] Will's got the stacks
in place and done,

so time to make some room.

Basically, cutting
a big hole right here.

And hopefully we have
a little structure

to keep this thing, hood,
not flopping around.

But we'll see what happens.

That's the overall hole
that we're going for.

To clear those Popsicle
stacks,

I might have to go get
with Will's and see exactly

where he wanted this thing.

Can you lay it down
right on the thing?

Yep. Lay it down right there.

We're cutting it super tight.

Trim this out
then we'll will be close.

So let's just cut it.

It'll be fine.

It'll be fine.

It's that easy.

This is going to be
kind of the most exciting

part of the truck,

I feel like, the real
wow factor.

I just hope it goes well.

Hmm.

That's a big hole, huh?

Hopefully this thing
stays together a little bit.

I'll clean it up.
We'll throw it on.

Okay.

Okay.

Let's do it.

Set it down.
Let's get it set and close.

[Eric] Fun.

[Eric] Fun.

It's almost like
it was planned,

you know? Like,
it was meant to be.

[Will] I'm stoked. I love it.

For too long,
we'll have the air up

and we can set this thing
on the ground.

[Eric] Oh, yeah.
That's gangster.

[Will] Too fun.

[Dave] Air Ride
has always been

our go to adjustable
suspension. To make it

look like part of the build
and actually
part of the design,

now, that's going to work out
just fine under this one.

[Kevin] Sweet dude.
That's perfect.

It looks like
it was a pretty tight

squeeze to get all that
in there.

[Max] Oh, yeah. 10 pounds
of crap in a five pound bag.

I grew up putting
Air Ride on things

I grew up putting
Air Ride on things

and this is leaps
and bounds above

what they first
came out with.

So I don't foresee
any huge problems,

but the nice thing about
having this stuff up here

is you can access it
if the truck is completely
aired out.

-[Max] Right.
-You can always cut the line,

put a Schrader on it
and air the truck up

and get it to wherever
it's going.

You can mount this stuff
just floating out in the bed,

but then you
have to look at it.

And in the rendering,
there's these toolboxes,

so why not use them?

I think it's perfect.

You have the tank.

You have the tank.

Looks like you got it
mounted here.

That's obviously
going to feed the valve.

And then from the valves
out at the bottom,

that's where the hard line
is going to start.

We're going to do
to each bag.

-[Max] All the way.
-[Kevin] That's the plan?

-[Max] Oh, yeah.
-[Kevin] Yeah.

It's going to look so clean.

The other cool thing
about this is each corner

there will be an actual sensor

that will tell this valve body
what height it's at.

So no matter if you have
a heavier woman on this side

and a lighter gentleman
on that side,

then the truck
will always be straight
no matter what, so...

Perfect.

Perfect.

Let me know
if you need anything else.

I'm excited
to get this thing fired up

and make the truck go up
and down.

-Absolutely.
-All right, brother.

[Dave]
When this C10 showed up,

it kind of looked like
it had been sitting

close to the ocean somewhere,

and it was pretty rusty.

We've cut it up,

we've beefed it up,
and we've built it up.

[Eric] Oh, yeah,
that's gangster.

Now it's time to finish out
some touches on this hood

and make sure that
everything is heading
in the right direction.

And you're talking 3/8s
is what you're wanting,
like, gap wise.

[Eric] I was thinking
that would be snug enough,

but give us as much skin
as we can have back there.

but give us as much skin
as we can have back there.

[Will] Let's look
at the front end.

When this hood's all done
and back on the C10

and all finished out,
this will be one of the main

focal points
of the entire build.

[Will]
We would totally have room,

so you could
have the full bead.

And then I think it would just
look more complete

and more really
kind of finished and cool.

[Eric] Mm-hmm

[Dave] The trick here
is to take a design element,

which was the original
bead roll on the '63 hood

and follow it around
all of the velocity stacks

coming through the hood.

[Will]
Yeah, it'll look like a key

because this will run around
or a big dagger kind of.

because this will run around
or a big dagger kind of.

-We'll go with dagger.
-[Will] Let's go with dagger.

Okay. To the computer.

[Kevin]
To create the perimeter detail
in this C10 hood,

the guys are going to create
a huge stamp

and we're going to be able
to stamp this detail
and basically weld it in.

To make it a solid
and to begin the tool,

there's going to be
multiple layers

and pieces
that I'm going to put together

so that we can create
this stamp

and create some depth
to the whole unit.

and create some depth
to the whole unit.

-You got it.
-[Eric] Yeah.

Let's get it up there
kind of even,

so I can get it over here.

Whoo!

It's a little bit confusing
even to me,

even though I designed it,

until I'm going to get
all the pieces together

until I'm going to get
all the pieces together

and then reference
the computer,

which one goes where,
what...

What step is here?
What step is there?

Okay. Cool.

So this is our actual bead.

That's the piece
that will give us the shape

that we're really after.

All the rest of these
are kind of supporting pieces

and then the opposing pieces

that are going to push down
around that.

Let's get these to Eric
and he can get them
cleaned up.

Then we'll zap them together.

-It'd come out
pretty clean, though.
-Yeah.

[Will] And there's our...
there's our bead piece.

[Eric] That's the guy.

[Eric] That's the guy.

[Will]
Yeah, that's the money piece.

So...

Hope you got
a sense of all this

because it's all random
parts for me.

I know.

I got to go check the...
the drawings, too,

because the way they layer...

-Yeah, it's up and down.
-...it's kind of bizarre.

-Yeah. But...
-Okay.

I'll get everything cleaned up
and we'll get together.

-All right, cool.
-Right on.

There's a few more parts than
I was expecting,

but basically we're going
to be able to set these

pieces up and put
them through the press

and press out our surround
for the hood opening.

So that's the idea.

The hood die is 99%
ready to go,

but it's going to take
the last 1%

from the body shop
to make it work.

Man, that's cool.
What's this?

What do you think it is?

Uh, some intricate work
done by a professional.

And what do you think
you're going to do to it?

Uh, put filler on it?

I hope so.

[Dave] At this point
of the game, there's very
little room for error.

And this means that Big Sexy
is going to come
to the rescue.

And this means that Big Sexy
is going to come
to the rescue.

So this is the piece
of the hood that we cut out.

And now we're going to go
with this shape

to go around
the Popsicle intakes.

Okay.

Now, we need
to get this detail here

pressed in the male
and the female die.

So we're hoping that
we can use this sweet
little tool here,

stack the perfect amount
of bondo in there

and slide this through
and scrape her out.

Okay.

You think that's doable?

You think that's doable?

So we're hoping
that we can use this
sweet little tool here,

stack the perfect
amount of bondo in there

and slide this through
and scrape her out.

Okay.

You think that's doable?

We're almost
on the home stretch

for this hood on the C10.

But there's one more thing
that we need to figure out.

How much pressure
is that going to exert?

I'd imagine
we're going to throw

at least 5,000 pounds at it,
at least.

It may work.

It may work.

I've never tried it,
but I'm pretty sure

if you stack just
regular body filler in there,

it was just going to crush.

I would recommend
the fiberglass filler.

It's a lot stronger.

Putting body filler in the die
at this point.

It's kind of a long shot,
but I'm willing to take
my chances.

All right. Let's do it.

-Thanks, Brian.
-You're welcome.

Our local expert.

I do what I can.

I'm the best.

I'm gonna use this
fiberglass filler.

It's going to have a lot more
compression strength

than your regular body filler.

Hopefully it will with stand
the force applied at the press

and give us the shape we want.

The thing about this material,

it's got all those fiberglass
strands in it,

so it wants to pull.

So, I've added a little bit
of extra hardener

to make it
a little bit harder.

It's things like this
that are kind of fun.

It's not something
that we do very often.

It's not something
that we do very often.

It's kind of an interesting
experiment.

[Will]
So what do you think, Max?

It's looking good.

You got all the trim
in place.

Everything's bolted down,
ready to rock.

[Will] Getting wood and metal
to come together perfectly
can be very tricky.

And so far,
we're batting a thousand.

What kind of gap
we got everywhere?

-[Max] 16.
-[Will] 16?

Yeah, it's... it's tight.

Yeah, it's... it's tight.

[Will] Yeah, pretty tricky.

-There's a lot of custom work
in this thing.
-[Max] Yeah.

[Will] How much time
do you think
is in this bed alone?

Forty, fifty hours.

-That's just the wood.
-Yeah.

No, I mean the
whole entire bed.

Couple of thousand.

Yeah.

And guess what,
we still need to stain

and reassemble this one.

So you're ready to take
a part one more time?

I can do that.

[Will] All right.

[Eric] kind of got a little
test piece here.

It's just a little
six inch deep piece.

Let's go run it through
the press and see
what happens.

Let's see
if we turn this thing
to dust or not.

Speaking of hundreds
of hours of work,

this is the moment
of truth for this hood.

And if this doesn't work,
well, it better work.

[Eric] Doing stuff.

Ooh. Heard something crack.

Let's see what that did.

I'm already hearing
stuff cracking,

so I don't know
if that's too promising.

What the heck?