09x20 - The Bitchin' C10

[bunniefuu]

I can't believe how low
this thing's gonna sit.

[man laughs]
It's gonna be so gangster.

A little bit of fuel, I'll be
ready for the long haul.

Another one's almost ready.

[man] Black has to be perfect.

Otherwise,
it wasn't done right.

And that don't fly
around here.

[man 2] We got lasers.

[man 3] It's the perfect storm
of difficulty.

[man 4] Go ahead.

That's super-sketch.

-That is the fun button.
-Yeah, right on.

-I like that.
-Yay!

[man] I didn't necessarily
sew it on backwards,

but, yeah, I did.

Oh!

[grunts]

Awesome.

[Dave Kindig] 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 2] This is gorgeous.

...performance...

[man 3] It's fantastic.

...stance, wheels, sound.

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

ours are bitchin' rides.

-[man] Oh, that never
gets old!
-[man 2 laughing]

[Dave] This 1963 C10 is
about to hit the paint booth.

But make no mistake about it,

it's been a very long time.

This is a big project.

Every bit of surface rust,
all of the metal fabrication,

all of the rework,

it's been a lot of work,
but it's worth it.

These are literally
works of art.

[Dave] Now it's time
to get deep.

And when I say "deep,"

the deepest darkest black
ever known to man.

[Kevin Schiele]
First things first,

Rooster's finishing up the
texture coat on the bottom.

Once that's dry, things are
about to get real dark.

All right, Rooster,

another one's almost ready.

He's finishing masking
a couple holes.

You're gonna be ready
to make this thing
laser-glossed black,

so deep I could stick
my hand into it.

Yeah, we're gonna put about
three coats of base on it,

bottom to top,

and then five coats of clear.

Me, as a spray paint artist...

[chuckles]

...this thing is easy.

But you,
as a professional painter,

tell me the tricky parts.

The angles of this truck,
the crazy angles.

We got so many
surfaces to spray.

You got like under the brow,
and you gotta get up
under here.

You gotta get up under
the door jambs here.

[Shannon] There's so many
different planes.

-Because there's so many
crazy body lines...
-Right.

...we could run it
if we're not careful.

-Oh, exactly.
-Yeah.

I see that you have everything
masked off for the inside.

I know a lot of this
gets painted on the inside.

Like, the insides of
the doors are black,

all the roof, the dash, the
center console all goes black.

So you're just gonna do that
in a separate run?

Yeah, I'm gonna do it
in a separate run

because it's too much to try
to go around the whole truck

and then try to get up
under it.

Right, right, right.

And then we might have
some dry spray.

Then we're spending weeks
on the interior,

-trying to sand it
and polish it.
-Right, right, right.

So we're just gonna make sure
that's... all by itself.

Prep and planning are the key
to a perfect paint job.

I can't wait to
see this truck in color.

And Dave's a little excited
as well.

Yeah, he said he'd give me
a back rub after this.

-Ooh, that's awesome.
-Yeah.

Truth be told,
I'm a little jealous.

It's been many years since
Dave's given me a back rub.

If you need anything from me,

or you need me to just
look out the window,

like I normally do,
and just stare in,

I will do that for you.

And let's get this thing
blacked out.

Yeah, let's do it!

This thing is gonna be sexy.

-Sick.
-Super-sexy.

There's so many pieces

and there's so many variables
that can go wrong

with each time
you're in there spraying.

[Dave] Any time you're
gonna paint a vehicle black,

especially this quality
of vehicle,

the bodywork has to be
spot-on

and perfect.

Anything that shows up

is gonna be amplified
because of the color.

[Shannon] You have
to watch every piece,

make sure it's doing
exactly what you want.

It can become a nightmare
if you don't watch it.

Kindig It Design is much
like an artist community

all under one roof.

And sometimes, you just gotta
suffer together.

And so it is
with our Big Sexy.

[Brian Gull]
There's so many nooks
and crannies on this thing

that it's taking forever.

It's maddening.

The nooks and crannies
give it lots of detail.

All these inverse curves,

it's very time-consuming.

Just when you think
you're done and you go back

and you look closer,

you can see
right in the corner

that you missed
a bunch of sand scratches.

And it just kind of
ruins your day.

I'm running out of patience.

Three steps.
We've got the heavy cut,

first compound.

Then we got a medium cut

to reduce the marks left
from the first cut.

And then we have a third

that makes it look
nice and wet

so that there's no swirls.

This is the first step.

[laughs]

Hence my wanting to...

pull my hair out.

A little bit of fuel...

I'll be ready for
the long haul.

I need to buy stock
in Diet Pepsi.

So if anybody out there
wants to send me
a case of Diet Pepsi,

you know where to find me.

There is no forgiveness
with black.

It reflects everything.

You see every flaw.

Black has to be perfect.

Otherwise, it looks like
it wasn't done right.

And that don't fly
around here.

We've got
this trifecta of, uh,

very intricate body lines,
body shapes

with the color black,

with the hardest clear
on the planet.

It's the perfect storm
of difficulty

that is difficult for
anybody to understand

that doesn't do this.

If this was a lighter color,

we might be able
to get away with...

you know, not being perfect.

Another one bites the dust.

The cab is
just the first part.

Then we got the doors,
the fenders,

the interior
of the engine bay,

the bed, the tailgate...

Yeah.

You could walk by
six hours from now,

I'll probably be in
the same spot.

It takes forever.

But it's gotta be right.

[Dave] The quality that
we're known for here

doesn't just happen.

You gotta work at it.

Oh!

[grunts]

-What's up, brother?
Good morning.
-Good morning.

What's up there, hot rod?

[exclaims]

It's lookin' shiny.

Looks good.
You done today, yeah?

Uh, I think so.

Pretty close.

Awesome. I think
the chassis's about done.

We don't have a motor yet,
but...

Who needs a motor?

When you have this flat,
smooth and beautiful of paint,

what do you need the motor for
to distract the eye.

-Yeah, you don't need
anything else.
-Right?

We should probably
get a motor.

-Yeah.
-[laughing]

All right, looks good, guys.

-Hi, Kip.
-Mornin'.

The cab is starting to
come to life on this C10

and the chassis's
not very far behind.

[man] Basically
throwin' rotors on.

And then I'm gonna get
to calipers

and space everything out.

It's all modern
and it's all brand-new.

So, get this thing
ready to roll.

Go ahead and kick
the back out, Harland.

With the C10 now painted
and polished to perfection,

now it's time
to get it together.

Go ahead and bump this up,
Justin.

No matter how many times
we put a body on a chassis,

man, it's always
nerve-racking.

Even pulling the cab
off of the rotisserie

can send me right back
to the therapist.

Let's go up a little bit more.

Let's just go real slow,
see what it does.

Okay, we're way
front-heavy on this.

Yeah.

Yeah, I would prefer one.

Strapping the cab down
can be helpful,

but it can also lead
to other problems

if we don't get it just right.

See how the board's
tipped now?

-Right.
-Pick it back up.

Okay, well,
let's just try that.

Even though we might be
a little off,

I don't think
it's gonna matter

as long as we can get
a good grip on it.

-[man] Goin' up.
-Go ahead.

Nice and easy. Go ahead.

[banging]

That's super-sketch.

Okay. Go ahead.

Okay, right there,
right there, right there.

That's a lot better.

Yeah.

[Kevin] Let's just pull
the strap right where it was.

We've taken every precaution
that is needed.

It's time to get this cab
off the rotisserie

and onto the chassis.

-[man] We good?
-Yeah, I think so.

Okay. Goin' up.

Let's open the door.

And then we'll just push this
right outside.

[Kevin]
How you look in the back?

So I think the cab's
gonna be too low, dude.

Yeah, we're probably gonna
have to jack the chassis up.

Yeah, I think we're gonna
have to jack the chassis up.

[laughs] We still got about


It just lets you know
how low this truck's gonna be.

Yeah, that thing's gonna
be way low.

[Kevin] I like it already.

I know.

[Dave] The chassis sits
so low to the ground,

we're gonna actually
have to lift it up

so the cab doesn't
hit the floor.

[man] Dang that's low, right?

I can't believe how low
this thing's gonna sit.

[man 2 laughs]
It's gonna be so gangster.

Coming down.

[man 2] Yeah, that thing is--
Whoa! Wow.

All right,
it's on its own weight.

That'll make it easier to get
body bolts and stuff in too

without trying to lay
under there

and work under


Coming down slow.

How you looking
in the back, Tim?

-I'm in the holes.
-Okay.

Give it a little wiggle.

All right, we're sittin'.

Square it up a little bit

and then swap
the hardware around.

-You know?
-Yup.

We got lasers.

See if I can get
in these guys' way.

-All right, Tim.
-Fine.

Now that the cab is
on the chassis,

I'm gonna scan the dash area,

figure out what we're gonna do
with these gauges.

It's always a little bit
of an issue

kind of going into
painted cars.

Glossy black paint is about
as bad as it can get.

It's just really reflective.

But if I can get both sides
of the dash in one scan,

that's always helpful.

If I scan them individually,

it might look like
I've got a straight line.

Then, when you put
everything together,

it doesn't look straight.

Okay, there we go.

Now that I've got
all the parts scanned,

I can go upstairs,
process the scan really quick

and then I can start
drawing up
these gauge pieces in there.

[Dave] Greg is waiting for a
design cue for the C10 gauges

and what I anticipated doing
was to put both

a chromed aluminum piece

and then stack that with
a second tone.

The problem is is I've got
a little bit larger gauge

than I do face of the dash.

So I wanna see if I can just
kind of get a style cue here

based on his scan.

And what I'm hoping he'll
be able to do with this

is take the style cue,

program a piece of aluminum
to be machined in our CNC

and we will just produce it.

I really enjoy working
with Greg on this stuff

because I can just kind of
dream up something

and it's able to be created.

So this will be the bezel
in gold.

And I'm gonna step outside of
this radius one more time

for the aluminum piece
that we'll do in chrome.

This is gonna be the
trickiest one is right here.

Cool, well,
I'm happy with this.

I think I'll take this
down to Greg,

make sure that he's all Fonzie

and get him to build it.

Yay!

Yo, Greg!

Oh, yo, what's up, Dave?

Okay, so I got that bezel
kind of rough end design.

But I just wanna point out
real quick,

the gold, I want it
to stand up just slightly.

It'll be maybe...
I think we're eighth-inch,

and have just a slight bevel
on the perimeter.

[Greg] So we'll be making this
out of two separate pieces--

So I'm thinking... just
correct me if I'm off base,

is it smarter to build this
whole piece

out of one piece of aluminum?

Yeah, I think so.

Having it that way will
make it easier to machine.

And then zoomy button on the--

I want the zoomy button
in this one.

And the reason I say that is

it's the only button that is
gonna be the funnest thing
to push on and off

'cause it's got the zoomies
coming out of the bed.

It'll just be nice and clean,
but that is the fun button.

[Greg] Yeah, right on.
I like that.

[man] Clear.

[Greg] All right, here we go.

Planning is one thing.

But machining
and test-fitting,

that's a whole nother
ball game.

[Greg] There we go.

Moment of truth.

We've designed it,
machined it,

and now it's time to see
if these gauges fit.

I think it looks great.
Fits great.

I left enough room
for paint and chromes,

so it's not a super-snug fit.

Now all I gotta do is
all the rest of it.

[Mark Lavery]
This is called stippling.

I'm just giving this
machine area...

a little bit of texture.

I'm just doing little pigtails
going in in circles.

You don't wanna
do any like cross-etching
or straight lines

'cause you can see it.

Just give it a nice texture
for the chrome to hold on to.

Be very cautious of
where the tip is.

You don't wanna hit any of
the top pieces up here.

You just wanna have
a lot of patience

and just go slow
and just blend everything.

You kind of wanna go
in the same direction.

You don't wanna just keep
flipping your piece over

because your little holes
that you're putting in here

will be different directions
and you can notice it.

[Dave] Every little detail
matters on Bernard's truck.

Fortunately,
for us at Kindig It,

we have an entire crew that
is dedicated to precision.

I guess I'm just good at it.

Our next project here
involves getting
all of the body panels on

perfectly straight.

What we've got here is
we have a laser setup.

The laser will sh**t straight

and we put little marks
down the bed here

where that body line is.

We've made our marks
where the laser's hitting.

So that way, we can align
bed, cab, doors, fenders,
everything.

With that body lining,
it is perfect-perfect.

To make this laser to
the body work,

you actually have to do
a couple of things.

You gotta make sure nobody's
moving the vehicle around,

moving the laser around

or walking in front of it.

Sometimes it's
not as easy as it looks.

Right here,
it feels a little low,

but it's just 'cause
we got Cato in the truck.

It's pretty critical to get
a nice straight body line

right down
the middle of the truck,

especially a truck
that's gonna be this low.

With it being as dark black
as this truck is

and as low to the ground
as this one is,

that center body line is
gonna be like one of
the main focal points.

Like, anybody could walk down
the side of this truck

and see
miniscule misalignments.

If we shut the light off,

you'll see that
our black reference line

is pretty much
dead center in the laser
all the way through.

-[man] Justin.
-What's up?

The grade's off.

The laser needs to be
level to the body,

and we need to check it
over and over.

Our tables aren't as level
as we need.

[Justin]
We have to bring it down.

[Dave] Okay, apparently,
somebody bumped the table,

and that's the issue.

Can everybody please
put your hands in your pockets

and don't get in the truck?

And don't touch anything.

[Justin]
A little bit high in the back.

-[man] We're to that point.
-Yup.

And down.
So, yeah, that's good.

We can just keep Justin there.

We just have the back of
the bed loose right there,

so Pringle can put
those slats in.

But soon as it's all
buttoned down,

we've already lined it up,

as we tighten it down,

we're gonna have to
just watch to make sure

we don't have a little more
compression on one spot
versus the other.

But as you can see,

that'll keep it true
all the way down.

And now we can
pull everything together,

tighten down beds and body
and bring 'em down equally.

The wood for the bed is
actually what
we need the laser for now.

The laser is gonna ensure

that we put the bed
perfectly level to the cab.

[Jason] We're getting
the bed adjusted.

But we also have to get
all of the bed floor in

because you have to
have that all together also

to be able to align
everything up.

Because as you tighten
all that down,

it changes
how everything lives.

With all of the plumbing
and everything else going on

underneath the bed wood,

we're gonna have
to cut a couple studs
off of these slats

to make sure we can
install 'em properly.

[Jason]
The top piece, that's where
the T bolt goes through.

And he just had a nut
and a washer on the bottom.

So I'll have
to shorten the studs.

Some of them will go
through a bed rail,

and then some will actually
just go through...

just the top and bottom
of the track.

Then there's some that hold
like, say, the truck box.

And then some are
trimmed to the wheels wells.

So some have to be short,
some have to be long,

I just gotta figure out
what length they need to be.

[Dave] The only way to know
how much to trim these studs

is to get everything in place,
get it semi-torqued down

and make sure
everything's perfect

so we can cut once
and not replace twice.

The guys have got everything
underneath the bed dialed in.

The bed is bolted down.
The wood slats look perfect.

They're straight.

The tubs are in.
Everything's done.

And now, it's time
to get on with the upholstery.

I got the top lid
patterned out.

I gotta sort out
what I'm up against here.

These tool boxes that we got
are gonna hide

all the air ride systems
and a few other things

that are gonna be kind of
difficult to wrap.

I've got patterns. Now,
I'm just gonna sew 'em
all together.

And then I'm gotta put
a top stitch on 'em.

It's gonna be kind of
difficult to try to make
this stitching line up

with the top.

This leather's really nice,
but it's really soft

and tough to sew.

[Dave] Getting the stitching
lined up on this upholstery
is big.

But making sure
we're on the same page
with all of the details

is huge.

Okay, so this is what we have.

I bolt these guys.

I think this one's
more proportioned.

-As far as on the box.
-The larger-- yeah.

[Dave] There's one detail
in particular

that'll make all of the world
of difference in the bed

that has to be perfect.

And that is the buckles
on the boxes.

-[Justin] We can land
the buckle about there.
-Mmm-hmm.

What's the width on
that buckle?

-Two and a quarter. Okay.
-Two and a quarter.

And what my plan is on this
is taking this whole strap,

whole belt,
it's gonna be like a belt...

-Mmm-hmm.
-...that strap's gonna
come here,

rivet here, here.

That's gonna be the hinge.

And then that's gonna
flop over,

go through and come up
from this other one

and buckle like a belt

and then come down.

-And we'll end this guy--
-With a taper.

-With the taper...
-Mmm-hmm.

...right about here.
What do you think of that?

Cool.

Building these belts
are gonna take more than
just the leather.

We gotta find buckles,
we gotta fit 'em,

we gotta do all sorts of
different things.

I'm gonna put this inside it

'cause the leather itself's
not thick enough.

It won't be rigid enough
to feel like a belt.

And I don't wanna raw-cut it.

So I'm gonna double this up,
roll around it

and see how it works out.

It should work out good.

Let me think about this.

If we come around,

that bad boy's gotta go
to about there...

to there.

All right, I got enough
to do both.

I'm gonna sew this up
and see how it works out.

Put it around my waist.

See that? 32-inch waist.

Clean belt.

But that don't work like that.

That goes like this.

All this hype around
these belt buckles,

what could go wrong?

Let's do this side.

Um, that ain't gonna work.

[sighs] No.

I didn't necessarily
sew it on backwards,

but, yeah, I did.

That's how it needed
to go on there.

And I did it like this.

We had one small mix-up
with these buckles,

but Justin should be able
to pull it through.

Well, no one's perfect.

Double-checking it
right there.

That's the one.

Bam!

[Kevin] The power plant
in this C10

is an awesome
big block 572 Chev.

There's gonna be plenty
of power to push this thing
down the road.

The paint on this engine is
as black as
the outside of this truck.

All the gold accents
are gonna make this thing pop.

Today is gonna be a good day.

Whoa.

This is what I like to see.
Just getting back to the shop

and everybody's movin'.

We're hoping for this to be
pretty straightforward, boys.

Yes, sir.

Can you hand me
that rag right there?

There's a rag back there.
I just wanna put it
on the back of the trans

in case it does hit tunnel,
you know?

That way, you don't
have to worry about it.

[man] Do you need it
to go down?

-Down? Yeah.
-Real slow.

We're clear on the mouth
right now?

-[man] Yeah, I mean,
it'll be fine.
-We're close.

Just go real slow, Tim, okay?

Come down to
just above the mouth

and then back a little

-and then you'll clear that--
-Should be good right there.

-Keep going.
-Come in.

Let's go in.

Down there.

-Down?
-Go down some, yeah.

-On my side.
-[Kevin] Watch the rack.

I can't see the lines
really well.

I'm good over on my side.

-You gotta watch
that oil filter.
-Yeah, I can see it.

Can I go that way at all?

-Or are we centered already?
-Right there.

Okay, so I can slide past--

I can barely slide past mine,
but I'm gonna.

We need to go down, yeah?
We're clear?

Oh, dude.

-Right here.
-Oh, okay.

Probably on the firewall.

We're good on the firewall.

[Kevin] Hey, Justin, watch
that transmission shifter.

[Tim]
You need me to come down?

You can come back a little.

Okay, stop.
Pull back on it a little bit.

[man] Go down. There we go.

You all good, Justin?

Probably go down right now.

Yeah, we need to go down now.

Under the corner of the block.
There we go.

Let's see if you can get
some bolts started.

I can't find the hole.

We're just trying to get
everything lined up,

get all these bolts in.
We're really close, though.

I just gotta tighten mine up.

-You got one in, Kip?
-No.

You [bleep].

It's over there.

[Kevin] Come on, Iceman,
I can take the [bleep] shot
from here.

[laughing]

Only one side is lining up
on this engine mount.

It's like the motor
is twisted.

-Away you go.
-I think it is, right.

It's like the--
Justin needs to go towards--

I think the back end
towards the driver's side
of the truck, Justin.

Right there, hold it--
Oh, too much.

We're just about there.
We gotta get these center pins
in, and we're money.

Come look at this, Kev.

In a perfect world, these
bolts would slide right in.

But you know this isn't
a perfect world.

-Nope.
-Nope?

All right,
grab a cut-off wheel.

Actually, there's
a little bit more delicate way
to handle this.

Get it in there.

Okay.

God [bleep], Tim.

[man] Guys,
there's a thing over here.

I think that's solid.

Pencil grinder please.

-A pencil grinder?
-Yeah.

[man] There's a pencil grinder
on the back of the table.

[Kevin] Everything's obviously
built very tight,

and then you add paint
on top of that

and it kind of skews
some of your clearances.

Everything adds up and this
is just what we're fighting.

A little bit of layers
on everything

is just making this engine
real tight.

-[man] Money.
-[man 2 singsongy]
Money, money, money!

What a pain.

Let's go ahead
and take this down real easy.

-Pringle.
-Okay.

-You good?
-[Kevin]
The engine is mounted.

It's time to assemble
this truck.

Put the exhaust in.
We can get it wired.

It just opens a door for
all this work to do.

[Dave] You know, Kevin gives
me a lot of crap around here

for how old I am
or when my birthday is.

You know what,
for his birthday,

I got something special
for that little [bleep].

[Kevin] The one thing that I
could ask for for my birthday,

I would ask for...

a little baby mini pony.

Really? Who's cleaning
all this up?

[all chuckling]

"Happy birthday"!

I don't know why you're
up here with the camera.

Get out of here.

[balloons popping]

-[man] Called it.
-[Kevin] It's not funny.

It's hilarious.

[bleep]

Should be all day.

I didn't get my pony
this year,

but check out these slippers.

Ooh, I love these.

[woman] You got so excited
in the store that day.

Man, I love these!

Aw!

I just wanna put 'em on
right now, but...

-[man] Have you saw anyone?
-But I just put foot powder
in my boots

so they'll get all on it.

[all laughing]

Epic. I'm gonna be
the coolest bear on the block.

-[man] Rope swing.
-Oh, big fun!

Yeah. We're going
on Saturday.

-Awesome.
-Yeah.

I'm so pumped.

We had talked about
doing this.

I never thought it would
come to fruition.

I'm overexcited
and a little nervous.

Awesome!

[instructor] One, two,
big step, grab here
straight up and down.

-Have a good birthday, man.
-Hey, thanks, bro.

Happy birthday.

One, two...

Whoo!

[laughing]

I would do this again
in a heartbeat.

It was so fun.
It was so exhilarating.

Just commit
and step off the cliff,

let God take the wheel.

Happy birthday!

[all laughing]

Whoo!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

When this C10 showed up
to the shop,

it was a pile
of rusted-over metal.

It's beautiful, classic,
but it needs little tweaks
here and there.

It's not a work truck
anymore, so.

Oh, yeah, that's gangster.

[Dave] Every last square inch
of this truck
has been body-worked,

metal-worked and perfectly
painted and polished.

[Brian] I'd have to say
that's pretty spectacular.

[Dave] Final assembly and
upholstery is moving ahead,

which means
only one thing's left.

This thing is just gonna
be awesome.

[Dave]
We are on the homestretch

and we're about to
give it back to Bernard

and I cannot wait for
him to see it.

What I'm doing here is I'm
bolting the wheels together

and people are like,
"Oh, you're bolting
the wheel together." So,

a lot of the custom wheels
that we do here
at Kindig It Design

is what's called
a true 3-piece.

You have an outer hoop,

you have a back hoop.

And the nice thing about this

is it really gives you
the opportunity

to do whatever you want
with the face,

as long as obviously
the lip is the same.

Then you can just
bolt them together.

Say Dave wanted to change
this back hoop a little bit,

say it was too wide
or something,

we could always just unbolt
this hoop and change it.

Once these wheels are all
bolted together and torqued,

the wheel shop will take
and basically fill this top
with some glue

and seal the whole thing up,
and then the tire goes on.

I gotta torque.

I do two passes,


It's torqued all even.

And it's just as good as
a welded piece.

It's just really exciting to
see these wheels go together.

[Dave] You know, with all
the truck now coming together,

one of the big details
that's really gonna
set this thing off

is the chrome trim
from front to back.

[Kevin] Putting the trim on
this truck is a daunting task,

especially the bed.

This thing has so many curves
where the trim is located.

And this piece being almost
six and a half feet long

just makes it kind of
all over the place.

[Eric] I got some tape here.

Okay.

I'm glad Dave and Eric
took this task on, not me.

Just a fair parental warning,

if there's a lot
of bleeping and silence
during this section...

uh... it's normal.

The bleeps you hear
are normal.

Everybody may think, "Oh,
you already made the trim.

It's chrome. It's easy."

Well, for starters,

we gotta get the graphic
in exactly the right place.

So we're gonna go ahead
and get the trim on here.

This will basically designate
where the matte gold finish

is gonna go
down the middle of this.

We're using this tape
to hold the chrome in place.

Because it's such
a long piece,

it can have a tendency to have
a little bit of wobble.

And, of course,
when you chrome,

the things have a tendency
to change shape and size
just a little bit.

And so that's what we're
kind of dealing with right now

is a little bit of oversizing
to the part.

[Kevin] All the trim is
fit up on the truck perfect.

We have one
last thing to check.

We need to open the door

and make sure it does not
contact the fender.

Ah, rubbing.

If you reduce
the overall height right here

where our problem area is,
I think we're fixed.

Just go from here to here
on the outside.

[Eric] Built this trim
to fit the truck.

And then after body and paint
and chrome,

we were crashing in
a little bit.

So I've shaved it down
a little bit here,

expanded this taper.

We're gonna test-fit it
and see if we have clearance.

All right, we're gonna get
Kevin's opinion on it

and see what he thinks.

See, right there,

we can just probably put
hard rubber in here.

Get this door to stop
just a skosh before that?

This trim is so close
on this door

we might just have
to limit the door's swing
by just a hair

to make sure everything
clears perfectly.

I'll put it on the list we
need to add to the door stops.

While Eric makes a small
adjustment on the door trim,

the guys from Avision
are gonna get
the graphic in place.


it's a nylon line

that makes a straight cut
without having to put
a blade on a car.

This is wrap cast, so it's
intended to be movable.

So it doesn't actually tack
until you either

apply it with pressure
or heat.

[Kevin] The graphic is on.

We have to get
the door trim rechromed.

But other than that,
everything look like
it's perfect.

Let's set this front one first
so it won't be sagging on us.

[Dave] Okay.

Dude, I can see a mile of air
between these two pieces.

-Do we need to take
the hammer to it?
-I don't know.

Yesterday,
with the blue tape on this,

we couldn't tell there was
a big gap behind here,

which is not gonna be good.

We should probably just
lay it underneath.

[Dave] Please don't break.
Please don't break.

This is just a little
safety note

for all you hot-rodders
out there.

I don't ever recommend
doing metal work

to already-chromed
aluminum trim pieces.

It's bad for business.

[Eric] Oh, yeah,
we still got a mile.

What's the most we could
cheat it up?

-Maybe we could look
at that-- like...
-Right there.

[Dave] Um, this is better
right here.

I'm just seeing
the bottom though.

-Yeah, we can trim that. I--
-If the bottom can be trimmed,
yeah.

Well, originally,
in metal fabrication,

Eric did a great job
of putting
all of this trim together,

lining it up across the body.

When you have
other hands in it

and you bring it back,
you put the tape on

and then you have all of the
bodywork now on the vehicle,

it sometimes needs
a little tweaking.

I think we've got
a pretty good plan.

I think we got an idea
of where it's landing.

And we're pretty close
to being flawless.

We're just gonna make
a couple more tweaks

and just double-check
before we start sticking this

because I don't want
to start over.

I think we're pretty close,
though.

We have one last late-night
to put the rest of this truck
together

and finalize
all of the details

before we give it back.

With no further ado,

let's get this done.

We're in Ogden, Utah,
at CB SkyShare

to show our good friend,
Bernard, his '63 C10.

Excited, nervous.
I am a perfectionist,

so I always like to be
involved in
any creative process.

All right, Bernard,
I appreciate you making
the trip up here

from warm, sunny California.

I'm just really excited
to see this truck.

[chuckling]
What do you think of that?

That is unbelievable.

Holy crap.

Wow.

[Dave] What's the first thing
that stands out to you?

[exhales] The wheels,

the engine,
the intakes coming through

and, dude,
the color combo's amazing.

-Isn't that beautiful?
-That black.

[Bernard] Wow. The paint looks
like you could dive into it.

It's so deep and so clean.

I've never seen a black
this smooth
and this beautiful-looking.

And then the color combo
with the gold popping out

and the intake coming
through the hood

was just unbelievable.

-It looks like a cartoon.
-[Dave] Isn't that crazy?

Well, when you said you
wanted 'em all scrambled,

I'm like, "Oh, come on, man."

I'm like-- I like...

But I love this.

It just doesn't look real.

That air ride, man,
we were able to get this thing
right down.

Literally, we're about
a half-inch off the ground.

-[Bernard] Wow.
-If you take a look
down this thing,

you can see the reflection
of that airplane.

There's not a deviation
at all.

I don't think I've ever seen
a C10 that's that straight.

Dude, I'm gonna be afraid
to drive this thing.

[Dave chuckling]
That's what we specialize in

-is making sure
you're afraid to drive it.
-Yeah.

Absolutely nailed it.
Just absolutely perfect.

-You wanna see under the hood?
-Oh, yeah.

-Let's go.
-For sure.

Oh, wow.

That is unbelievable.

-Look at those valve covers.
-You like that?

Oh, yeah.

It's like a jewel box.

To not have those
big wheel wells

and nice clean and flat,

it just accentuates the motor.

Those valve covers,
those stacks comin' out.

It looks amazing.

[Dave] Cadillac of a hocker,
you know, really.

Can't even find the words
it's so amazing.

Check out all the trim
and, of course,

the matte finish ties in
with all of the gold

that we've used as accents
all the way around.

The bed wood,
this was all done in ash.

-There's your zoomies
coming out of the bed.
-Amazing.

And, of course, the toolboxes.

[Bernard] This is
so my style right here.

It just has that little
modern twist on it

with all the slight,
little changes,

where it still looks like
a stock C10,

but different that any one
I've ever seen before.

[Dave] You haven't seen
nothing yet.

You gotta check out
this interior.

It is off the hook.

So many details.

[Bernard] Oh, my God,
look at that.

-[Dave laughs]
-So sick.

[Bernard]
All the features inside,

everything pops out.

And the way he played
with the gold

and the chrome and the black,

it came together beautifully.

I wasn't sure how that gold
would come out in paint,

but it's unbelievable.

It matches the seats
perfectly.

Yeah, well, you know,
that's our specialty.

Without further ado, jump in.

Uh, you're gonna love
the size.

I haven't been in this truck
in seven years

so I thought it was
gonna be much smaller.

It feels bigger in here
than I remember it.

-You know, it's--
-You know how these old trucks
sometimes can be smaller,

-obviously,
than our new big trucks.
-Right.

[Dave] Some of the most
wonderful parts of the truck

is actually that
chili red leather interior

done by Justin and his guys
over at JS.

-Oh, wow, look at this.
-Isn't that cool?

Let's turn it on.

-Good?
-Yeah, give it a little gas.

[engine roaring]

I'm ready for this bit.

[both laughing]

The sound is
absolutely insane,

especially when you
hit the "go loud" button

and it comes out the back.

[engine revving]

That sounds badass.

Right? Right?

[Bernard] It's like different
versions of sounding good.

-You know?
-[Dave laughing] Yeah.

Everybody really came together
and built one bitchin' truck.

What's the first thing you're
gonna do with this thing

when you get it home?

Smoky burnouts.

[both laughing]

I'm gonna drive it
as low as I possibly can.

It's definitely gonna get
all scraped up on the bottom,

but that's what these things
are meant for.

He nailed it.
Just absolutely perfect.