10x07 - I Love It

[bunniefuu]

[Kheldon] Because this is
such a clean truck,

it's very easy to find out
where that oil leak is.

If it's powered
by a diesel engine
and it's Caterpillar,

we're going to
rebuild it here.

-[Dave] What is that?
-[Kevin] Is that off a train?

Right now,
what you're looking at
is a 6,000 horse dyno.

-Can I start this?
-No.

[Dave]
Curtis's '57 Bel Air is here.

Don't scratch it.

Gonna go spank
on some Honda Civics.

We love moving dirt!

It's like a child.

It's...
It's like a dog, actually.

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.

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

ours are Bitchin' Rides.

[man 3]
Well, it never gets old.

Super busy around the shop,
as always.

Kevin's gonna deal
with a couple of things

that need to be maintained
on the old-school rig.

And at the same time,
we have a '57 Bel Air
that just showed up.

Gonna get with the guys
and tell them what needs
to be done to Curtis's car.

Hey, so, uh, guys,
uh, we got a new
project coming in.

-You guys ready for this?
-I don't know.

It's another one
of Curtis's cars.

-[Will] Oh, wow.
-Yup.

-It's a '57 Bel Air hard top.
-Okay.

Uh, we're gonna put
a chassis underneath it.

And we're gonna
swap out the engine

for a LS supercharged.

-[Will] That's cool.
-Uh-huh.

So, couple of other things.

Uh, we'll have
to build exhaust.

I think we're gonna
rewire the car.

What I wanna make sure
that we don't do is

I don't wanna open up
a can of worms on the
outside of the car.

-It's a pretty nice car,
by the looks of it.
-Oh.

-Oh, it's finished?
-Yeah.

-So it's just a partial.
-Right.

We're just gonna basically
change out drivetrain
and, uh, chassis,

suspension, exhaust
and a little bit
of electrical.

-[Eric] Okay.
-So once we get it in here,
we'll take a look at it.

Might have to do
a little bit of "magic",
uh, for the jewel box,

-so to speak.
-Oh, the magic.

-Um, you know--
-Engine bay stuff.

Yeah, exactly. We might
have to make some changes
around the tunnel,

we might have to make
some changes to firewall,
that kind of stuff.

I'd probably like to do
something on the course
or make it nice.

Yeah. 'Cause it's not been...

-It's stock.
It's basically stock.
-Oh.

-So, radiator cover.
-Yeah.

Kind of the same stuff
that we've done on the
other ones before.

-[Eric] Yeah.
-Just make 'em nice,
you know.

It'll be interesting
doing something finished.

-Where the body
is all finished.
-Mm-hm. Right.

So, anyway,
keep an eye on it.

It should be
dropped off today.

And then
we'll just go through

and make a finer list
as we get a chance,
but, uh...

[Will] Another '57.

Yeah. We'll have to
keep all these straight, huh?

Good luck.

Well, go get
some birthday hats for 'em,
and we'll put...

-Yeah, maybe. Maybe.
-Go for names on it maybe
so we know which car's which.

-Awesome.
-All right. Cool.

-Quick in and out.
-Cool.

-Awesome. Thanks, guys.
-Badda-big, badda-boom.

-Yeah, right on.
-[Dave] Perfect.

Every client
has a different request.

And in this case,
this client wants to do
this car in phases.

So, for the first phase
of this build,

we're gonna go ahead
and change out the chassis,
the drivetrain,

do a little bit
of body and paint
under the hood

and dial that part in.

This is the most important job
and the least important job
all at once.

We are about ready to lift
this body off its old chassis

and see what we snag.

There's always
one thing we leave behind.

[man] Go ahead.

[machine whirring]

[Eric] Hold on half a sec.

Uh, we have a little snag
on a wire or something.

Something's, like,
wired through
the bell housing

or something
for some reason.

I'm not exactly sure.

We got our
best guys on it, though.

I'm ready to clip it.
Let's get this show
on the road.

[Will] Relays.

-[Eric] Did you get it, Will?
-I think so.

We're up to seven wires
so that's not too bad.

Go ahead.

Yeah,
it came apart no problem.

We are gonna get
this chassis out of the way,
the new one slid under.

Just like that.

[Dave] We're putting in
an Art Morrison frame,

much like
what we did on his '55.

This will give the car
a great suspension.

We are putting in
a supercharged LSX454.

This is gonna put out
a ton of power

that's gonna be very reliable
and pretty awesome.

With an engine like this,
you have a lot of power,

which generates
a lot of temperature.

And the only way
to take care of that

is a kickass radiator
from Ron Davis.

With a new drivetrain,
chassis and radiator,

it's time to make
some modifications
to the core support.

Got this core support
all modified

and some
radiator mounts on it.

Had to make a little room
'cause we got two big,
massive fans right here.

We're gonna
test fit it right now
and see what's up.

Big ol' radiator
in this thing.

It's gonna have the condenser
and an intercooler.

The whole nine yards.

Here we go.

Slide some hardware
and see where we're at.

And we'll be doing
a radiator cover over this
of some sort.

Gonna spice up
this, uh, engine bay
a little bit.

Well, cool, check that out.
Fits great.

Let's see if we got
some hood clearance.

Didn't even touch
so looks like we got a mile.

[Dave] As I always say,
a Kindig-It Design car,

the engine bay
is a jewelry box.

Now, we're not going
absolutely ape nuts
on this thing,

but we are gonna
spend some time

and make some nice changes.

A new core support cover
over the top of the radiator.

Yeah, I just gotta
plan this sh*t out
a little bit.

I do have
a little wave going on

so I'll just stretch out
this edge a little bit.

It's feeling like it's
coming out pretty good here.

Pretty happy with that.

Slide this thing in.

I'm not expecting it to fit,

but we'll see
where that starts.

Just, kind of,
tapers down at the bottom

so I gotta start
trimming this thing in
a little bit.

And it should fit right in.

Don't scratch it.

We'll chop that off to start.

It's getting a little better.

[Dave] This radiator
cover looks awesome.

But if you're really
keeping score at home,

you gotta have a hole in it
so the air goes through
the radiator.

That's why Eric's gonna go
and cut this huge hole

and make sure it functions.

We gotta make
a big ol' hole in this thing
for some air to come through.

So, I'm gonna get
the center of this marked out,

and we'll, kind of, figure
where we want to put this
inside of that radiator cover.

I'd like to just,
kind of, map it out

right here
where this condenser is

and call it good right there.

So the radiator cover
does have a little bit
of a function for sure.

Helps to keep a little
positive head pressure
on the radiator.

Then it also
gives us a good way

to cover up all our hoses
and extra lines.

I think we're gonna go


Guess we'll cut the hole.
Why not?

That's a big ol' hole.

So, I still gotta make...

My big recess is here.

We're doing, like, some
little Crater Maker style
recesses

for the caps
to land real nice.

[Dave] Eric's gonna
cut a couple of holes,
put it in the press,

and press down, basically,
what you'd call a dimple dye.

This will, basically,
create a pocket

so that when you put
the lid on, it's flush,

but has a nice, little taper.

So, I'm gonna cut
these holes out
and drop these in.

And I'll be able
to weld these up

and, kind of, finagle these
a little bit.

This radiator cover
looks marvelous.

And already you can tell
the engine bay is gonna be
much improved,

much smoother, cleaner
and much modern.

I have a feeling
we're still hitting
on these bolts right here.

When we first
test fit the radiator cover,

we didn't know exactly
how much width

or how much room
we had to work with exactly.

Now, the underhood structure
comes into contact with
the radiator cover.

It's pretty close.

We intended on
changing the hood hinges

and upgrading those
all along.

And I think this is
actually gonna
work out perfect,

where we don't have to do
any major modifications.

Just a few adjustments,
and it should fit perfectly.

We're putting some new hinges
on this '57.

I think I've got 'em on right.

But there's, like,
this little weird pre-load

screw deal on this
little shock here and...

These are just
some sweet billet
up-to-date hinges

that have some
adjustability and whatnot.

The hood's next.

Let me get suited up for that.

We'll get
another guy over here,
and we'll put it on.

[Dave] These billet hinges
are far superior
than the originals.

They have a lot more width
so it gives them a lot more
strength.

[Eric] Can you grab
the front there, Steve?

Up a little more.

Right on, thanks, guys.

What is it sounding like?

So let's slide it back
a good little bit.

[Dave] When you're trying
to find the perfect fit,

you're always gonna go
back and forth
until you find it.

If we can, kind of,
get in the general area,
I can mess with it from there.

Should we see how we look?

When you're not doing
a complete build,

we, basically,
are trying to keep
the outside of the car

looking just the same
as when it came in.

But if this hood
doesn't fit over
the new radiator,

well, Curtis is either gonna
A, get a car without a hood,

or B, we might have
to go back to do some
modifications.

Should clear. 'Cause this is
all stock where it was.

What are we touching on?

[sighs] I hate
painting new cars.

If we can, kind of,
get it in the general area,
I can mess with it from there.

We're working on
a 1957 Bel Air,

and we're trying to get
the hood to sit properly
on the car.

Should we see how we look?

[Dave] The bolts from
the underhood structure
is no longer rubbing,

but we might have to do
a little bit more work
on the gaps.

My gap's pretty good.

Yeah, until we really
gap this thing anyway.

I think that's
probably close enough.

Happy with that.
Fits pretty good.

It's not perfect,
but we'll gap this thing
at the end.

This is perfect for right now.

We'll do the final
fitting and gapping

when we go back to assembly.

[Eric] These are
some quick little mounts
for the heat exchanger.

We're gonna be tucking it
underneath the radiator there.

[Dave] A heat exchanger
is designed to keep
the supercharger cool,

and also the air charge
going into the motor.

So he's putting that
and the plumbing altogether,
hooking it to the radiator.

[Eric] See if it fits.

That's money right there.

I had my tolerance here.

Obviously it couldn't go lower
than this crossmember.

And then I wanted to keep
a little gap in between
the radiator here.

Some lower bolts here
to bolt into that.

That way,
this thing's serviceable.

You can pop it in and out
if it ever needs to be
replaced or whatnot.

Now I just gotta figure out
my mounting holes

to this lower
crossmember here.

And then this thing
will be pretty well lit.

Sometimes you gotta
mark holes in very
specific places.

And not always
are they exposed,

where you can just run
a scribe through it.

[Eric] I was
just gonna scribe it.

-Well, then I wouldn't
be able to [bleep] see it.
-[Will] Uh-huh.

So...

[Eric] We're gonna let Will
figure this out real quick

while I make
some marks here.

This is one of those
old-timer tricks.

[Will] There's a tool
on the aircraft side

that is for doing rivets
in panels.

-It's got a pin on one side
that finds that rivet hole.
-Uh-huh.

And then a drill guide
on the top side.

-[Eric] Oh, nice.
-So just totally
puts you in line.

So I just, kind of,
come up with,

you know, whenever I get
into a situation like that,

-some other way.
-[Eric] Yeah, sure.

And this is almost like
a dent-removal tool,

-where a bullseye pick.
-Yeah.

-Bullseye, yeah.
-Right.

Eric just needs to get
this heat exchanger placed,

then we can mark the holes
with our cool, little tool.

[Eric] I'm pretty happy
with that right there.

And so
it shouldn't be centered.

[Will chuckles]
So it's not really centered,
but that's where you're at.

[Eric] There.

Up top, I'm chasing the hole,

and it's basically
circling his mark.

So then we could
drill it from this side

because right now,
we can't drill it
from that side.

I don't really have a name
for my little product
here yet

so I guess I'm letting
the cat out of the bag.

Yeah, old-timer trick.
Whatever you wanna call it.

So just this side of it.
There you go.

-Yeah, cool, that will work.
-All right.

-Right on.
Let me drill those out.
-Right on.

I have no problem
with homemade
or old-school tools,

but I'm a little concerned
when you see a tool
made out of wire.

That one's right on.

I see what you did between.

I'm drilling it.

I can guarantee this is
sort of, maybe, almost,
hopefully gonna work.

Told ya.

♪ Everybody ♪

Oh, yeah,
that thing's solid.

Nice spacing on everything.

Laid out even
to this crossmember fit.

So that's a success
in my book.

I have a huge favor to ask.

On the way back from
the Triple Crown in Nashville,

the truck sprung a leak.

We are here
at Wheeler Machinery

to see if they can
do me a solid.

They normally don't work
on highway vehicles,

but this is a certified Cat
diesel-engine center.

Normally it's heavy equipment
and things like that,

but I think that they
may be able to do me a favor.

The man, the myth,
the legend, Kheldon.

-Made it all the way
to the shop.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I got a little bit
of a problem.

I called and talked to Jeff.

He said you were
the to go-to man.

So we have this
OB Series Cat.

It's got a little bit
of an oil leak coming
out of the head.

The little bit of
research I did,
I heard it's common.

But it's a really nice truck,

and I don't want it
to leak oil.

Jeff said this isn't
something, you know,

you guys normally
don't work on,

like, highway engines.

What do you think
it could be?

I mean, from what
I'm understanding,

it's like there's
some kind of plate

between the head...
[stutters] ...and the block.

You're right. So, basically,
what you're gonna have
on that,

in between your head
and your block,

-you're gonna have what's
called the spacer plate.
-[Kevin] Mm-hm.

And that's what keeps
our liners from...

-[Kevin]
Pushing out of the block.
-It gives the height.

-It gives the height
to the liners.
-Okay, okay.

Uh, so on the bottom
of that spacer plate,
there's a tin gasket.

And those tin gaskets,
uh, they...

-They have been known to leak?
-They have been known, um...

I'll tell you what,
we'll go take a look at it.

I'll make sure it looks good
and everything like that.

-Perfect.
-And, uh, we'll get you
a better answer from there

because we like
to take care of our friends.

Hey, perfect.
I appreciate that.

-Sure.
-Here's the keys.

-And, uh...
-You go up front.

Go ahead. And maybe
Jeff will show you around.

Oh, that's what
I'm talking about.
Look at all these toys.

-You might even get
to play in one of these.
-Whoo-hoo!

Thanks, buddy.

I gotta get the truck
back on the road in a week.

I'm hoping
they can make miracles happen.

Honestly, I don't think
my scrawny a*s
is gonna be enough.

[Jeff] Do you need
a hand, Kheldon?

You got enough lead
in your a*s, Kheldon?

[Kheldon]
I don't think I do.

[grunts] I don't want
to mess anything up.

Gorgeous.

[Jeff] Yeah, they don't
make them like this anymore,
though, do they?

-No, they do not.
-Oh.

You're never gonna see
an engine that simple
for... [chuckles]

-Oh, man. Many years back.
-[Jeff] Yeah.

I used to work on these
all the time.

Simple, easy repair.

-Oh, absolutely.
-Yeah. Where's it leaking?

On the right side of the head.

Look right underneath
the turbo here.

-You see all this oil
on the side of the block?
-Yup.

[Kheldon] You go until
it goes to the highest point.

And that is exactly
where your oil leak is.

And in this case,
it's right at the bottom
of that spacer plate.

So, I'm gonna pull
the cylinder head off,

pull the spacer plate off.

Inspect it, clean it.

Pull the spacer plate
gasket off, inspect it,
clean it.

Check the block deck surface,
make sure it all looks good.

Put it back together
and reseal it.

-Run her hard.
-Wonderful.

I'd say
the greatest challenge,

especially
with this truck here,

don't wanna scratch the paint.

-Okay. Get cracking.
-[Kheldon] Let's do it.

The first step to this,
get your fluids draining.

While they're draining,
you can carry on.

Start pulling
your intake piping out,
recharge air piping.

Once you get
all that out of the way,

you can start
working on your other stuff.

Your hard components.

You know,
your valve covers,

your power steering
reservoir mounts.

All that stuff.
Get all that out of the way.

Once we get an idea
of what we're looking at
from the top end,

smooth sailing from there.

Well, the whole cylinder head
has to come off to get to
the leak.

So all the stuff
that's on the cylinder head
has to come off.

You know,
pull the valve covers,
pull the rockers.

Probably pin the engine
before I do that.

I'm seeing if we're pinned
on one or six.

And we are pinned on one.

Lot of the faces around here
haven't ever seen an engine
like this ever.

The next step
in this teardown here is

we're gonna go ahead
and get this lifting bracket
installed,

which allows us to,
kind of, pick the engine
from the center

without running
into the possibility

of destroying anything here
with a lifting hook

or having to do
some excess rigging
or anything crazy.

Straight pick, straight up.
We'll fly it out.

Once we get
the cylinder head out,

pull the overhead gasket off,
pull the spacer plate off,

pull the spacer plate
gasket off,

and that will tell us
exactly what condition
we're in from there.

And it'll tell us
whether or not this is
going back together,

or we're making a call.

We got the head off.

Right underneath
this plate here

is the whole source
of our problems.

The spacer plate gasket.

So we'll give her
a few loving, tender hits

with a rubber mallet,
break it loose,
pull her off the studs,

pull the spacer plate
gasket off.

And that will tell us
everything we need to know

about what direction
we're gonna take.

This little tin gasket here
is the source of all your
headaches.

The issue,
you see these oil stains,

where it's, kind of, been
running out at.

And that's...

It doesn't take much
at this point.

Kheldon's over there
working on our rig
and making it perfect.

Just a preliminary
investigation,

I'm not seeing a whole lot.

Now, there's some wear there,
but you can...

You can run it.

From here,
it's basically looking like
we're gonna go back together.

While I'm here
dropping the truck off,

I have to check out
all these machines.

I can't just
come here and leave.

Look at this stuff around me.

This area here is our CRC,
Component Rebuild Center.

Maybe they'll even
let me drive one.

Yeah.

-But that's nothing. Look.
I don't even--
-Look at this one over here.

I know. That's--

What is that?
Is that off a train?

[train horn blaring]

This area here is our CRC,
Component Rebuild Center.

[Dave] We're here
getting the rig fixed.

And since we're here,
we're gonna take a look
at this operation

and see how it works.

[Jeff] We rebuild
all the components

that come out of
a piece of equipment
over on our customers' side,

or if a piece of equipment
comes in from outside.

-[Dave] Far out.
-[Kevin] Look at these engines
everywhere.

-Look at this one over here.
-I know.

-That's--
-What is that?

Is that off a train?

This engine here
is what we call a 3616.

It has 16 cylinders.

-Holy cow.
-And it is a natural
gas compression engine.

Is that a full overhaul
on this one, then?

[Jeff] Yeah.
We just tore this one
all the way down

and rebuilt it back up.

What's the application?

-Gotta get natural gas
to your house, right?
-Yeah.

[Jeff] Well, this is
how it gets there.

They pull natural gas
out of the ground.

Oil just doesn't
come up naturally

-to be able to push it
to your home, right?
-[Kevin] Right.

-Wow.
-Basically, it's a pump.

-[Jeff] It's a big pump.
-Yeah.

[Kevin] That's insane.

[Dave] Look at the size
of those turbos.

That is so cool.

After we rebuild an engine
over in the CRC that you just
saw there,

we have to test everything
before it goes out
in the field.

-And we test it
fully to full load.
-Wow.

[Jeff]
This is our engine dyno.

Now, this is the small dyno.

This dyno is rated
at 1,500 horsepower.

-Okay? And it's a small one.
-It's a small one.

This thing is a monster.

-Can I start this?
-No.

-Oh.
-Absolutely not.

Okay. Well, let's go
see something else
I can touch.

[Jeff] Okay. All right.

-[Kevin] Wow.
-[Jeff] On this side
is our large-engine dyno.

What you're looking at
is a 6,000 horse dyno.

[Dave] We have a dyno
at the shop as well.

It's a little Mustang
two-wheel Eddy current.

And we'll run that thing
anywhere from a couple
of minutes

to maybe a half an hour.

Sometimes maybe an hour.

[Jeff] We have an engine
we just pulled off out here.

-They wanted us to run it
for 30 days straight.
-[Kevin] Wow.

Just to get it ready
to go out on the field,

to make sure that they
test those components
on those accurately.

-Thirty days straight
on the dyno.
-[Kevin] Thirty days.

Thirty days.

-Far out.
-What else can we touch?

-Nothing.
-Don't. Just don't touch.

Just put your hands
in your pockets.

With so many
cool things around here,
it's really hard for me

to keep an eye on Kev
and make sure he's not
touching things

and taking things

and, well, being Kev dog.

-Can I...
Can I drive this one?
-You can't drive it.

Can I sit in it?

-Can you get in there safely?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.

Three points
of contact, please.
And don't touch anything.

Well, I gotta touch
a couple of things
to get in, but...

-[Dave chuckling]
-[sighs] It's like a child.

Wow. It's even got
an air seat, Dave.
Just like the truck.

It's like a dog, actually.
It's exactly like a dog.

Wow. Look at this. It's got
controls on both sides.

-Whoo.
-Is it cool?

Yeah. Where's the keys?

-Hey, don't worry
about the keys.
-Don't touch the key.

Don't worry about the key.

Here we have
our brand-new wash building.

This is our wash bay.

[Kevin] So this is where
everything just gets washed.

[Dave] Look at the big,
uh, fire hoses and stuff
up there.

-[Kevin] Up on the top.
-[Jeff] Large canons.

Yup, to wash their...
Undercarriage wash.

Right here in the middle
is our sandblast.

This is large sandblast.

Large pieces of equipment,
large components
we're bringing in here

to blast them
all the way down
to bare steel.

Two completely
different industries.

But, at the same time,
a lot of the things are
actually very common.

We have wheels,
they have wheels.

They have paint jobs,
we have paint jobs.

-Now, this is the paint booth.
-Wow.

-This is our large
paint booth over here.
-[Dave] Wow.

Massive, massive.

This is a big, big paint room.
This is awesome.

It's kind of the exact same,
just a much different scale.

This is actually
where they keep all of the...

They do rebuild in here then?

And then this is
the cut room, correct?

I'm not
touching the equipment,

I'm not trying
to get in anything.

But let's be real.

If you leave cookies out,
I'm gonna eat 'em.

-What's that big thing?
-Yeah. What is that guy?

So that's our
burn table over there.

It's about a 10x26
burn table, plasma.

We use it to cut out
large parts that we need
to perform

the fabrication builds
that we're assigned to.

-And that's, like,
ten times the size of ours.
-At least.

So what do you think, Dave?
That's pretty cool, isn't it?

-It is, uh, Bitchin'.
-[Jeff] Yes, it is.

-Where'd you
get those cookies?
-Don't worry about it.

We've been having
a ton of fun
at Wheeler Machinery.

But back at the shop,
this Bel Air needs some love.

[Jake] We got
the car split yesterday.

We're just stripping
the whole thing down
to bare frame.

They're gonna send it out
to powder coat by tonight.

Now I'm just tearing apart
the suspension.

I think Steve's
finishing up, uh, fuel line.

Then we can
tear apart the back.

Hopefully be out of here
at 5:00 today, but, you know.

We'll see how it goes.

[Dave] With a team like this,
it doesn't take very long

to tear the chassis down,
ready for powder coat,

and also get the engine
prepped for paint.

We are going to seal
and paint some parts
for a '57 Bel Air.

We're just doing
some touch-up work

'cause I guess they did
a motor swap on it

with that big old
American badass motor in it.

And now, we're just
painting a bunch of
other miscellaneous pieces,

motor pieces, body pieces.

Painting parts,

you know, it's actually
harder than painting bodies

because on bodies,
you have these big,
flat panels,

or not really much to it.

On parts, you got
all these crazy,
different little...

nooks and crannies
you gotta get into.

It's probably more paint
to do the little parts

because all
of the little places

that you have
to get into the corners.

Seeing the sealer go on
is certainly part of a process
that is important,

but the fun part
is when you see color.

[Shannon] We're
calling that polar blue.

If you went to the South Pole,
that's what the water
would look like.

It's that right there.
It's a cold, dark blue.

Polar blue.
I'm trademarking it too
so Dave can't use it.

Paint time.

[Dave] It's not impossible
to match a color perfectly,
but it is sometimes difficult.

Some of the factors
you have to watch out for
is the size, and the shape,

and the direction
in which to spray

to make sure all of the pearls
line up properly.

The other thing is too,
is you have tones,
you have shades,

there's all sorts of things
that come into play.

And when we're
working with this color,

it's kind of a difficult one,
but we'll get it.

It's blue now.

[Dave] Shannon
did a great job,

and doing a paint match
is not necessarily easy.

But when you have experience,
it takes a little bit of time,
a little bit of patience,

a little bit of sun,
and you can do it
on the money.

Sweet. Let's get out of here,
it's hot.

[Dave] We've been working
on this 1957 Bel Air
two-door hardtop,

and the project's
going along really nice.

We've upgraded the chassis
and the drivetrain.

Weve done a little bit
of paint and polish,

we've done a little bit
of chrome,

and now the chassis'
back from powder coat,
it's time to go back together.

This is a new chassis
for the '57.

Basically, it's
a Art Morrison chassis,

four-link, which,
before it was leaf springs.

So a lot better setup.

She'll handle as well
as it runs, which I like.

This is meant to be a driver,
so this is gonna be a straight
street car.

It's a great chassis,
great motor setup
for a street car.

-Gonna go spank
on some Honda Civics.
-[chuckles] Hell yeah.

[Tim laughing]

Just like that,
the engine and transmission
is now in the chassis,

and it's time to put the body
on there as well.

Strapping the front down
so it doesn't fall
off the lift

because the back's so heavy.

All the bolts are out.

Yeah, let's get all the...
At least the top half
of the bushings on.

Can we have someone
watch that shifter?

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah, we're good.

[Dave] That's it
for phase one on the '57,

but over at Wheeler,
we gotta get back there
and check out the progress.

Gentlemen, we have
done our repair.

As you can see,

everything's back on
that's really important,

and now we're gonna go through
and get all the little stuff
that is...

It's pretty important,
it's not as important, right?

Fit it all back on there,

we'll make sure
she looks good.

We'll start it up,
we'll make sure it runs
and makes smoke

and then we'll run a service,
slide the valve covers on
and go steam it off.

Y'all want some
extra valve cover gasket?

[clicks tongue] I don't know
why there's so much
extra here.

One thing I look
for in particular

is what's rubbing,
what's chafing,
what's contacting something

'cause equipment,
you do have a lot
of vibrations in it, sure,

but you don't have
sustained vibrations.

You have two lines rubbing up
against one another,

they're gonna sit there
and chafe at that same
little bit.

What I like to do is
I like to see if there's
a better way to do it.

Looking good.

Gonna pressurize
the cooling system,

and if that passes, then it's
fill it with coolant.

I'm gonna make sure
that all our hose clamps
are tight

and we don't have
any small leaks that maybe
might manifest themselves

as we're trying
to road test this.

I'm not seeing any bubbles.
That's good.

If I have any air
bursting out of anywhere,

you're gonna find it
real fast.

I had a feeling
that was gonna be a problem,

but I was hoping
that it wasn't gonna be.

When I took this apart,
one of the things I noticed

is where
the thermostat housing
and the adapter come together,

there's a paper gasket
that goes there and that was
coated in silicone.

Just gooped to hell.

My thought process was
either this thing's got a leak
or has had a leak,

or maybe somebody
put a thermostat in it

and they didn't have
the gasket and they were like,

"Whatever,
we'll just seal it up."

The good news is
I would imagine
we probably have that,

so we can replace
that housing.

But the bad news is
that puts us into tomorrow
for starting this.

[Kevin] If Kheldon needs
some extra time,

we might as well see
if we can get into
some of these machines.

-I wanna pick up
dirt from there...
-And put it down.

...and put it down over there.

-[Kevin] Yeah.
-[Dave] And load her there.

So bringing us
all the way out here
in the dirt to show us

a couple more pieces
of equipment,

that's pretty cool, but um...

Yeah, we walked
all the way out here

and if we don't even
get to touch this,
what's the point?

Well, guys, you know I've been
telling you all day long,

"Don't touch this,
don't sit on that."

Well, now is your chance.
Welcome to our playground.

Hey, hey. Whoa.
You gotta wait.

Well, I guess there he goes.

-[Dave laughing]
He's a little anxious.
-[Kevin] Just kidding.

Well, I'm gonna introduce you
to Kirsten Campbell.

-She's gonna turn you loose.
-Hi, Kirsten.

-Very nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

What do you got out here?

-So we have for you
a 745 Articulated Truck.
-[Kevin] Awesome.

-[Kirsten] A D8 dozer.
-Ooh, I love D8 dozers.

-[Kirsten] A 340
Long Reach Excavator.
-[Kevin exclaims]

And two 308 Mini Excavators.

-[Dave] Okay.
-Is there any rules out here?

Rules are if you break it,
you buy it.

I left your card up
in the front room
for incidentals.

-Well, I'm excited,
let's get this going.
-Oh, yeah.

Can both of us go up there
and get instructions
from you guys?

-[man] Okay.
-Will there be room?

All right, Zack,
how do we fire her up?

[Dave] And just so
you guys know,

we were instructed
on how to use these machines.

Now they're just
turning us loose?
This is awesome.

Yeah! We love moving dirt!

There's definitely finesse
and a learning curve.

[Kevin] How do you
put it in forward?

But you know what?
I think, overall, we got
a pretty good hang of it.

Help me! Help!

[Dave] Uh, yeah,
you don't have to let go fast.

Yeah we do, that's what we do!

[Dave] I wonder if anybody's
ever rolled one of these
in park mode?

[Kevin] Well, let's find out.

[Kevin] He did awesome!

-What is this auto button?
-I don't know--

-So I think if you hit it,
it just, see, look, it goes.
-Oh, okay.

[Kevin] You don't
have to hold it.
Look, no hands, Mom.

[Dave] And hardly any brains.
[laughing]

[Kevin] This is about
as good as it gets
for someone like me.

-Do you want picture or video?
-[Kevin] Just a picture.

What is that?

That's a new pose
I'm doing. [laughs]

-Do a different one.
-[laughs heartily]

I have a sneaking suspicion
we're gonna find out

the real reason that we were
allowed to drive these.

What do you think, Kev?

[Kevin] Hey,
if this hot rod thing
doesn't work out, dude,

we might just be
in the construction business.

Yeah. Totally.

All right. Did you guys
have fun driving machines?

-[Dave] That was awesome.
-So fun. Okay, so what's next?

Well, let's put your skills
to the test.

[Dave and Kevin] Okay.

So we have a little
friendly competition
with these 308 excavators.

[both] Okay.

So right over here,
we've got some cones
with some ba*ls on it.

Whoever gets to their cone,
picks up the ball
in their bucket

and dumps it
into that white bucket
right there first wins.

When one of us wins,
what do we win?

So we have some
nice Wheeler CAT swag for you.

Awesome!

But, loser, nothing.
Has to pay for lunch.

What?

Winner gets swag
and free lunch?

This is a dream come true.

[Isak] Kevin, Dave, ready? Go!

[Kirsten] Oh!

Are you kidding me?
What the [bleep] was that?

[honks horn] Hurry up, man!

[all exclaiming]

[bleep]

[horn honking]

Oh, you had a lot longer
than that, you big baby!

-[laughing] Yeah!
-[Kevin] Boo!

[Dave laughing]

I gotta give it to Dave.

Even though he had
a little bit of help,
that was pretty impressive.

[Dave] That felt good, man.
That felt good.

[kisses] Good machine!
You're a good machine.
Who's a...

-[Kirsten] All right.
Nice work.
-Hey!

[Dave] Thank you, thank you.
That felt good.

-[Kirsten] Yeah
-Thanks.

You had two drops
one on each side.


It's a wash.

-First one to the bucket wins.
That's Dave.
-Yep.

With a time of 3:58.

-The winner today is Dave.
-Oh, thank you.

-You won.
-But calm down. Calm down.

-We've got another challenge.
-[Dave] What now? Oh.

Oh, yes!
There's still a chance!

-[Kirsten] This isn't it.
This isn't it.
-[Dave] Okay.

This has been
really cool to get out here
and check this out.

Why am I reaching...
Where did you get those?

[Kevin] Don't worry about it.

So, this, just the size

and sheer moving parts
of this place is unfathomable.

-[Dave] Right?
-[Kevin] I don't even
have a word for it.

It's insane.

[Dave] I've
drove past this place

a hundred thousand times
at least in my life.

I've been here all my life,
this has been here as long
as I can ever remember.

I've never been this deep
into the yard and seen
this much cool stuff.

Did you see
the size of that bed
for that dump truck?

Yeah, did you see the size
of the paint booth?

[Dave] That's crazy.

What about the dyno room?

[Dave] The dyno room,
that was super cool.

And then that big pump,
I had no idea that that's how
they would do a lot of the...

I mean, it's just...

There's so many things
I've learned this weekend,
it's just crazy.

Yeah, me too. I can't wait
to come back again.

Where did you
get these cookies?

-I don't know--
-[Jeff] Guys. Guys.

What are you doing?

-We're taking a break.
-I told you not to touch
anything.

-We're sitting on a bench.
-We're not touching anything,
it's fine.

This isn't a park bench,
this is a hydraulic
shovel bucket.

Is it?

-My goodness,
I can't take you anywhere.
-[Kevin] We should go.

-My bad.
-Come on, let's go.

-I thought it was
a park bench.
-[Jeff sighs]

Come on, Dave.
I only have one cookie left.

[Dave] So we're
hanging out here

in the backlot
of Wheeler Machinery.

Kevin and I are here
testing our skills on these
massive machines.

Now I won the first one,

and I'm pretty sure
I got a shot at the rest
of them too.

We've got another challenge.

Oh, so there's still a chance!

-[Kirsten] This isn't it.
This isn't it.
-[Dave] Okay.

[Kirsten] Our next challenge
is another excavator.
It's a long reach one.

We have a glove
filled with rocks
so it's nice and heavy.

We'll put it in the bucket.

Take it as high
as you can to drop it
onto one of our banners

that has our logo on it.

Try to get it in the logo.

I lost the first challenge
so I need a win to get back
in the running.

Okay, so all the way up.
And we're all the way out.

Now we gotta come way forward.

If I get this,
I'm dedicating my victory

to all of my fans out there.

This one's for you guys.

[people exclaiming]

[Dave] [bleep]

You know what I'm saying.
You know what I'm saying!

Okay, I did not
see that coming

and that is definitely
gonna be a hard one to beat.

Feeling pretty good
about this.

Kevin did a really good job,
I'm gonna try and get a little
closer to the middle I guess.

-[Kevin] You gotta go
all the way up, dog.
-[Dave] I'm going.

[Kevin] There you go.

[chuckling] Did great, dog!

Hey, you know what, Dave?
I did so good, I'm gonna
give you one more try.

Throw it in, dog,
I appreciate that.

Okay. Let me
give you some tips.

You're gonna need
to get a little closer.

Yeah, no [bleep].

And then, second,
you need to be better.

[Kirsten exclaims]

[chuckling] Dave,
you gotta do better.

-Same spot!
-I'm not giving him
another chance.

Yeah!

Oh, right here.

Looks like
a little leash, Dave,

you need
one of these for real.

What are we doing
on this contraption?

Nice challenges.

-[Kevin] Thank you.
-[Dave] Been a lot of fun.

Dave, fell short
on that last one.

For this tiebreaker,
similar rules.

Except you are
in a 60-foot man lift.

You're going all the way up
with your gloves.

Same idea,
drop it onto the banner.

Except it's not just
a simple drop, it's a toss.

-It's like a Kobe sh**t?
-It's a toss. Kobe.

To infinity and beyond!

[Kevin] Oh, this is awesome.

Dude, look at the size
of this place now that
we're up here, dude.

That's it. We're there!

-We're there.
Dave, baby, you got it.
-Hang on.

Oh, God. It needs
a little more than that.

This is it.
I had to come from behind,

I had to deal with producers
helping Dave.

This is it, let's see.

Oh, the wind caught it.
Now what?

I guess, at this point,
alls I need to do
is find out what I won

and what Kevin's
buying me for lunch.

-[Kirsten] Hey,
nice games, guys.
-Yeah.

-[Kirsten] Nice Job.
-Thank you, that was
a lot of fun. [laughing]

[Kevin] Yeah, it was awesome.

-[Kirsten] Yeah,
glad you guys had fun.
-Yeah, we had a blast.

Dave, technically,
you would be the winner,

but everyone
at Wheeler Machinery's
a winner.

That's right,
we're all winners.

-So you guys
both get a new hat.
-Thank you.

[Dave] What a great company.
You guys really work
well together.

Well, thank you so much.

It's the people
that make it all work

and so I'm really glad
you guys were able
to see that.

[Dave] Absolutely.

Well, do you think
they're done with the hot rod?

Yeah, I'm gonna go see.
I'm gonna turn in
my application too.

Hey! You can't quit
and I won't fire you.
Come back.

[all laughing]

[Kevin] We had
a ton of fun here
at Wheeler Machinery.

We got to check out the shop,

we got to drive
some amazing things.

But we need to check out
the truck and see how
the progress is coming.

All right. So here it is.

So, was it everything
we thought it was gonna be?

Ohh, baby.
You don't even know. So...

Turns out there was
a little bit more than

just an oil leak
going on with this truck.

It needed
a little bit more TLC.

All told, we ended up
finding that
the spacer plate gasket

had failed
and it was leaking, right?

Okay, that's kind of
what we thought

'cause of the oil
coming across the top of that.

We ended up
having to do what's called
a block deck repair.

There were four points
on the deck that had
threading where

the water ferrules themselves
has just kind of worn

-a little semicircle
into the deck itself.
-Okay.

[Kheldon] Four of them
were out of spec.

Long story short is
we got your cylinder head off
and everything.

Coming apart,
looked it all over,

found a couple of other
small things we decided
to take care of

while we had it, right?

Took care of your
thermostat housing,

I noticed it was leaking
a little bit

and at some point
it had repair done to it

but I went ahead
and got it milled flush
so it's nice and fresh.

So it just seats real nice.

So it's nice and flat,
both surfaces are flat.
Nice, perfect.

[Kheldon] Seal's perfect,
we put a new thermostat
in there, too,

just so you're not
running cold

-on those hot days.
-Awesome.

As many miles
that goes on this truck,

it will probably be
flawlessly perfect forever
for as long as we use it.

[Kheldon] Oh, for sure.
That is a Cat-certified
repair, my friend.

All right, that's what
I'm talking about.

Again, that's why I'm here,
and, look, you took care
of all these other things

I didn't even know
were a problem.

So that's a...

You can't get more
of a win than that.

-[Kheldon] She sounds mean.
-[Kevin] Oh, I love it.

When I was bleeding the Jake
you should have heard it.

-It was making this whole
building shake. Oh, man.
-[Kevin laughing] Nice!

[Dave] We've had
so much fun here at Wheeler.

This was super cool.

I got one last thing for you.
A little parting gift.

'Cause you guys have been
so kind already and there's
more parting gifts?

Well, I noticed you could
use a little more horsepower,
so...

Oh, look at these!

We'll get these on your
mudflaps and it'll give you...

[Kevin] Dude, this is perfect!

[Kheldon] ...an extra 50
to the wheels.

[Kevin] That's what
I'm talking about.

And at 50 to the wheels
and there's eight wheels
back there, that's a lot.

Well, I'm pumped,
and like I said,

I'm excited to get back
on the road and be
oil-leak free in 2023.

-Thanks, buddy.
I appreciate it.
-[Kheldon] Cheers.

Glad we could help.

[Kevin] This is awesome.