11x06 - Red Rocket

[bunniefuu]

It's green apple.

Only makes you go partially
blind in one eye.

[Will] Street rod.

It's been awhile.

He wants to update it, make it
a little bit more our style.

[man] This is where
it gets interesting.

All right, all right,
all right.

[Will]
It's been quite a process
getting to this point.

-Good luck keeping
the tires under it.
-We'll take our chances.

I won't scratch it.
I'll blame it
on somebody else.

Does it go muffler first?
I have no idea.

Sometimes you've just
gotta use your brain.

Why would you...
why would you say that?

If that happens, we're going
to lose this job.

Are you sure you really want
this car back?

You know, Dave,
I don't even hardly
recognize this car.

[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.

[screeches]

[Dave] A Bitchin' Ride
has intense color...

-[man 1 laughs]
-[man 2] This is gorgeous!

[Dave] ...performance...

[man] It's fantastic.

-[Dave] ...stance,
wheels, sound.
-[car engine revs]

[Dave] There's one thing
that makes our car stand out,

ours are itchin' Rides.

[screeches]

-[man 3]
Well, it never gets old.
-[man 2 laughs]

Coolant temperature is
staying right around 200.

What that tells me
is that those flaps

in that newer fan shroud
that we got is allowing air

to flow through that radiator.

So I'm happy with that.

This '68 Camaro of Tate's
is not quite out of
the woods yet,

but it's come a long way.

Our first test drive
took us right back
to the drawing board.

[Kyle] That's not
what we wanted to see.

Basically, long story short,
put a new fuel system in it,

better pump.

And we also put a new
fan shroud on there, too,

to let some airflow come
through at speed

because the fans were creating
a blockage.

So if we take it out,
we rip it around,

and we drive it,
and it stays cool,

and then the fuel pressure
stays consistent,

this thing can go back
to its home.

[Dave] So far,
test drive number two,

I'm feeling pretty good
about it.

[Kyle] If anything goes wrong,
I want it to happen to me.

I don't want to...

have Dave ship this car
from the shop,

and the owner goes
to take it out

and says, "Hey,
it's got this problem."

I'd rather have all that stuff
ironed out now.

That's why I'm out here
driving it in 90

to 100 degree weather.

Fine tuning this engine
literally is the final step

of this build.

It's got a couple of things
that are a little weird

just right out the gate.

[Kevin] This stripe definitely
has to go.

[Dave] We've gotten rid
of the graphic,

and we've replaced the wheels
with a more fitting wheel
to the car.

Looks like
a Hot Wheels car now.

And with one last test drive,
as long as everything
checks out,

this car is going back
to Tate.

[Kyle] I think
that was a pretty
successful test drive.

So you know what
that deserves?

One of the most simple,

but one of my favorite
movie quotes.

"All right, all right,
all right."

[engine revving]

[man] The color
is a maroon candy over black

with just a little bit
of metallic.

This paint job, it's not
the usual type of paint job

because the pearl and effect
coat is in the candy.

It's just over black.

[Dave]
When Paul's '33 arrived,
I was really literally in love

with one thing,
and that was the paint.

And that's about it.

It's a beautiful car,
but I'm going to have to say
it's a blast from the past.

It's circa 1986.

We're going to take
those Boyds off and put them
in the swap meet pile.

-[Kevin] Okay.
-[Dave] Out with the old,
in with the new.

Come here,
you sweet little thing.

I'm gonna give you
a big old kiss.

He wants to update it, make it
a little bit more our style.

-I've never seen the car
this blown apart.
-[Dave] Right?

[Paul] This is
just going to give it
a whole new life,

which is what it needs.

[Dave] We've successfully
ripped all of the bad
out of this Roadster.

-To the scrap pile they go.
-[Karson] Now we got
room to work with.

[Dave]
We've redesigned the car
from top to bottom,

including redoing the engine.

We've already got
your eight stack on there.

-It's fitting very well.
So we've already made...
-[Paul] That looks great.

...the modifications to
your accessory drives.

You wanted exhaust cutouts.

I think we can probably
accomplish that.

It looks like we've got
plenty of room.

The next time Paul sees
this car,

it'll not only be updated,
but it's going to be timeless.

Today we're painting
the intake manifold

and pieces that go to
the intake manifold.

We're painting them body color
to match the car.

This paint's a very difficult
candy to do,

so we want to make sure
we can match it perfectly

on all of the new components
that need to match

the original Candy Brandywine.

[man] Well,
that's one coat down.

We'll let this flash off
for a minute.

Then we'll come back
and do another coat.

What we decided is there's
four coats that need to go on

this in order for it
to be a match.

So let's flash it.

[Kyle] When this power
steering system,

when the RPMs come up,
get a little bit of fluid

out of the breather hole
on the cap.

And of course, it gets
picked up by the cooling fans

and kind of sprays all over
the fender well.

This engine on the '68
is now exactly where

we want it to be. Well, close.

[Kyle] Air can still go past
this seal and then come out

the breather hole,
but it's not going to allow

the fluid to get directly
to that breather hole.

We'll put it back on
and this fixes it.

All right, bro,
I've seen you ripping up

and down the street
in this thing.

-Where are we at?
-We're about ready
to rock, man.

We can go take this thing
and rip around the streets.

-The closed course streets,
that is.
-Closed course streets?

-Yeah. We'll take our chances.
-Okay.

[Kevin]
So obviously, we got rid
of the old engine management,

-and we replaced it
with a new one.
-[Kyle] Yep.

-Easy EFI 2.0, gone.
-[Kevin] Out of there.

-[Kyle] Put in
a Holley Dominator.
-[Kevin] Awesome.

-A little bit more streetable.
-[Kyle] Yeah, modern.

The upgrades on this engine
turn this car from

-zero to hero pretty quick.
-[Kyle] It's quieter.

It doesn't create
as much heat.

You've got all of
the mechanical stuff done.

The paint's been
taken care of.

The new wheels are on it.

It never ceases to amaze me.

The right paint,
the right stance,

the right wheels,
instant classic.

I think there's only one thing
left to do to this.

[Kyle] Do we get
to go rip it around?

You get to ride with me
while I rip it around.

-That works.
-[Kevin laughing]

[Kevin] Don't get me wrong.
I'm sure Kyle checked
all the boxes on

his test drive and maybe had
a little fun.

But I'm about to
put it down. I'm going
to put it on the chip.

[engine revving]

-[Kyle] Yeah.
-[Kevin laughs]

Yeah, she's running great.
Temp's good.

Fuel system's good.

The only thing I don't like
about this '68 Camaro

is it's not pulling right
into my driveway.

It's just got that super
low-end torque.

It throws you back
in the seat.

It just wants to break
the tires loose,
which is cool.

[Kyle] Yep. Good luck keeping
the tires under it.

[Kevin] Right?

[engine revving]

This thing is
super streetable.

I think he's going
to be super happy.

And you take a car
that was maybe built

to win some awards
and actually be able
to drive it on the road

and just rip it around.

I mean, that's really
what it's about.

[Kyle] Oh, yeah. 100%.

[Kevin] You know,
after you win those awards,

you should be able
to drive them.

[Kyle] Hopefully, now he can
just rack up some miles

and enjoy this thing.

I'm pretty sure
it'll pass everything
but a gas station, too.

[Kevin] Yeah, right.

Big blocks usually like
to drink all the fuel.

We'll chalk this one up
for a win.

I'm pumped. Check it off.

-Onto the next.
-[Kyle] Yeah.

-[engine revving]
-[tires screeching]

[Kevin] Yeah.

-Cha-ching.
-[Kyle laughs]

The exhaust that this car
had under before, you know,

it was okay.

It was passing, kind of
muffler shop stuff.

So this will definitely be
an upgrade.

That's what we do, right?

Trick is,
is these are very tight.

And so I'm going to play
with this and see what

the Tetris ove is
to get them in here.

Might need to go find
the old ones and see

if they were a lot tighter
to the heads here,

'cause there is not room
for these as of yet.

Height-wise, can you see
the difference?

Yeah, these hang out
a good bit more.

Hmm.

First thing I'm going to do,
I'm going to get rid

of this little spanner
that's stopping me from

getting it past
the dipstick tube.

Okay.

There's the magic.
I'll take it.

The funny thing with these
headers,

every time I find a solution,
it just leads to

a new problem.

Right now, the bolt spacing
is too tight.

So I'm going to figure out
if one's a little closer.

If I can get a center one in
and get a position,

then we'll see what we got
to do to deal with it
individually.

That's going to work.
I'll take it.

All right, cool.
Now we can go up

and get a look at the bottom,
see what we're up against.

Street rod.

It's been awhile.

Seems like we got a lot
of room for some mufflers.

And because this is
the lowest point

and we have a bunch
of room here,

then we should be able
to get some tubing

through here just fine.

I think I was dreaming about
doing a crossover

which would be here
near the drive shaft

or under the drive shaft.

Well, that's going to be
a little bit of
a complication,

but I'd still like to do it.

This drive shaft doesn't move
because it is independent,

so we can kind of place them
tighter to this.

I think we can hang
the mufflers here.

It's going to be tricky.
It's going to be
a lot of work.

But we're going to get
our hands dirty,

and we're going to make
this awesome.

You know, sometimes you just
got to use your brain.

I'm wrapping door panels
with some nice leather.

Will's not the only one
that has his hands full
with this '33.

[Tazz] We're going to float
this whole door panel.

You're not going to see
any modeling from the glue.

This leather is just free
to float over that.

So I got to make sure
it's tucked in real good
right here

and then pull it as tight
as I can so that

there's no air underneath
there.

And it just gives it
a smoother, cleaner look.

So I'm going to pull all
this leather tight and taut

to this edge.

You can see how
the leather moves.
It shifts.

So when I'm going around
something like this,

it's got kind of a concave.
I can still float it.

I just need to stick the glue
here and then pull from

a different area where
it pulls out those wrinkles.

Even though I'm pulling clear
out here,

I'm looking in at this corner
right here.

This is where I'm trying
to pull my wrinkle from.

So I'm finding where
out here it's stressed

to pull that wrinkle out.

Now that it's floated,
there's nothing
underneath here.

Air's all sucked out of it.
It's just a different texture.

You can actually see
the difference. It's crazy.

That's one of the things
I enjoy most about

this is finding
the little neat tricks behind

making the details work out.

Justin taught me everything
I know,

so I guess it's a testament
to how good he can teach.

So now I got
the main edges wrapped.

So I'm going to cut to
that corner as close as I can.

So I have this nice little lip
right there where I still have

a little bit of leather
hanging over my edge.

So I'm going to fold this
little corner in on itself.

You don't get any pucker
from the front side.

When the sun hits it,
it's not going to get stressed

and pull back on it.

You have enough overbite
on there.

So you'll never have a problem
with that corner.

Step one, we get to weld
the first part.

Putting some flanges on these.

Pretty cool.

No matter how many times
you've done this,

it's always rewarding for
the next one to make it work.

Now that these headers
are in place,

it's time for me to get under
the car and see if my vision

for the rest of the exhaust
is gonna play out like

I'm hoping.

Sometimes you need more tools
just to visualize the angle

that you might need.

So I have this simple one,
but it's got all the angles
on there.

You can see that like this is
the continuation of the tube.

And it goes all the way up
to a 180.

Play with that a minute
and make sure that
I'm in the ballpark.

Let's see, plus the flange.

That definitely
put the pipe-wise
where I want it.

Hmm, might just have
to try that.

[Tazz] I'm gonna go through
and score it before
you connect the two pieces.

Just gives the glue something
to seep into and adhere to.

The leather work is really
starting to pick up speed.

[Tazz] You can see when
I touch the glue,

it comes off on my finger
like that,
it's way too wet.

Needs to touch it and be like
that, like sticky,

where it just will stay on
there and won't come off
on my finger.

Okay.

I'm jamming it in as hard
as I can into that
first crevice right there

to get this line as straight
as possible.

For now, let's go test it.

Hmm, ready.

Uh-oh.

What's folding you out?

It's like being sucked out
right here.

Wasn't doing that before
the leather.

What in the world?

[Will] Ultimately,

when you're building
an exhaust like this,

kind of every piece
is kind of crucial.

I know Will loves puzzles,
so building an all-brand-new

stainless polished exhaust
for this bad boy,

oh, that's right up his alley.

[Will] When you're
talking angles,
it's a little hair

that can set you
in the wrong direction.

Anything tubing-wise,
it's really like,

where do you put the bends
to make the flow look right

and nice and get you where
you need to go?

To the saw, as soon
as I find some earplugs.

Seriously?

One of those days.

Uno, dos, tres, quatro.

All my clips are in.

After a couple of small
adjustments,

Tazz has these door panels
fitting perfectly.

[Tazz] Looks good
on this, though.

What now? [whistles]
Yeah, that'll look good.

All said and done.

Come to find out,
this bandsaw blade

is stuck in the pipe
I was trying to cut.

Awesome.

When I dove in to cut that,

I was thinking if I cut it
from the inside,

it would actually open
the path as I went through,
but...

It didn't,
and it grabbed ahold
of the blade really hard.

Popped it off the wheels.
So crazy.

All right,
let's try this again.

Cool.

Gonna square them up.

Just get them flat.

Click. Nice.

-Did you see how perfect
that was?
-[man] Yeah.

[Will] I think
the height's great.

We got a bit of room
between that filter.

This side is tighter,
so we should be able

to just emulate it
with this side.

And of course, ultimately,
you would want

a mirrored system on here
so that,

you know, the time that
it's on the lift

and you're laying here
on your creeper

and you're staring up
at the bottom of your car,

you can just appreciate
its elegance

and the symmetry.

[Kyle] Ooh, the question is,

is which is up
and which is down?

These are greening auto fillet
spun housings.

It has this one indicator
light in here.

Now you can use that
for running or turn.

Problem is it only does
one of them,

running or turn.
You can't do both.

So we got this
dual filament LED.

You have your ground.

and then one of these will be
running and then the other one

will be brighter for turn.
So what I'm going to do

is take this one out that
came with it.

We'll open up the hole
a little bit and then

we'll put this in there.

That way running and turn
will be both down here.

It just looks really clean,
kind of a nice way to do it,

get rid of extra lights
all on the car

and before I modify
this housing,

I'm going to make sure that
when you light this up,

that there's a big
enough difference

between the dim
and the bright setting.

Because the last thing
I want to do is modify
this housing,

put this light in there,
and go to power it up

and find out,

oh, cool, it only changes
a little bit.

And if you take this car out
in the daylight

and you got
your turn signal on,

you won't be able to see it.
So be proactive.

Yeah, proactive.
We're going to try
and be proactive.

Do it right the first time.

Ooh.

I don't know if that's going
to be enough.

That plug and play thing
is a myth.

That doesn't exist.
That's bogus.

We can see it in here
pretty good,

but I'm concerned that out
in the sun,

if it's not good enough,

it's back to
the drawing board.

I'm going to have to get
supervisor approval

that this is going to be
good enough.

I'll go find Kenny.

I'll get Kenny
to sign off on it.

So in a perfect world...
[chuckles]

we would just run this
big old straight piece

all the way to the back.

In my head, this all lines up
beautifully.

All we need now is another
million cuts

and some fine tuning.

I am so hoping that
that's the magic piece,

that this last one
will line up,

and then we can shave
these big bends

and get the...

X-pipe in place.

Hoping.

Ooh, hoping.

But I don't love the height.
What's it doing?

[groans] Okay, that's dumb.

[Dave]
When this old school '33
showed up to the shop,

we knew we had our work
cut out for us.

It's got a couple sticks
of dynamite.

I'm going to have to say
it's a blast from the past.

[Dave] Out with the old,
in with the new.

Come here,
you sweet little thing.

I want to give you
a big old kiss.

We had to say goodbye
to the bad and replace it
with the best.

[Will] There's the magic.
I'll take it.

We're coming to the end of
the rebuild on this '33 Ford

and the last couple items,
well, they might be
the most difficult.

[Kyle] And if it's
not good enough,
then it's back

to the drawing board.

This is low, right,
for our running lights.

And then that would be, like,
your turn signal, you know?

But then if you're just in
the daytime and you do

your turn signal...

It's absolutely key
that lights are bright,
but not too bright.

[Kyle] If you're good with it,
I'm good with it.

-[Bledsoe] I'm good with it.
-I'm gonna drill the housing,

and then this grommet
goes in there, and...

-we'll be home free.
-[Bledsoe] Don't break it.

Why would you...
why would you say that?

Kenny, if that happens,
we're going to lose the shop.

[Kyle] I'm gonna try to be
smart about this.

We're going to try to drill it
from the back side.

And then we'll just
flip around to the front

to clean it up just a touch.

Ooh.

Have to be very careful.

[Will] Looks all right.

I'm going to weld
this last straight on here

and then remove some material.

After a few adjustments,
I got this X-pipe placement

exactly where I want it.

The big trick to crossovers
is, for one, scavenging.

As the pulse from this side
of the engine comes down,

it will create a vacuum
and drag the gases out

of this side of the pipe
and vice versa.

And then also,
it'll share the pressure

of both mufflers
versus just one.

Almost dropped that.

There's a lot of ways
to skin the cat.

I could drill each end
and then carve between them,

but I'm just using
the cut-off wheel.

And I'll work the ends in
a little bit,

and then I'll cut along
these lengths and take it out

a little small,
and then carbide the hole open

to what I want.

That cool ellipse
basically gives us

an absolute, like, flat cut.

All right, let's go throw
these back in.

Ta-da! Yay!

Couple days' worth
of building up
to this little point,

and the clearance
is all really good.

Next step, weld all this out,
get this X-pipe all together,

get this all locked down,
and then I'll work my way out

the back corner.

Yeah, I'm stoked.
Let's get to welding.

[Kyle] We're going
to try and bend it
back the other way.

[Dave] While Will
is finishing up welding
this exhaust,

Kyle's got a couple of pieces
that he needs to pay
attention to.

[Kyle] It's very thin.

So anybody out there
that's ever used

a Christmas tree bit
knows that

it's very important
to just stop and check

that you didn't go too big,

because it's super easy
to drill a hole too big.

You know,
like my dad always said,
it's real easy to cut it away,

but it's kind of hard
to put it back.

This is still just
a little tight.

We're going to go one more
step and then we'll be okay.

Oh, look at that.
Would you just look at it?

Perfect. I'm gonna
put this on there.

There we go.

Oh yeah, look at that.
It's even brighter now because
it's angled the right way.

Cool.

We'll run it.

[Tazz] This is a fun shape.

It matches my line going into
my door panel,

and then it's parallel
and straight in the car.

So it's a weird shape,
but it'll be nice

when it's all said and done.

[Dave] To make the design
for this rear panel

to come out perfectly,
it has to line up with
the rest of the interior.

[Tazz]
I'll foam up these pieces,
and I'll sand the edges

down to zero, and then
I'll glue these pieces on,

and then just lay these
carefully.

If you look at
the door panels,
it's the same deal.

Will welded it all up
and sanded out the polish,

and it should be good.

[Dave] This is
always a fun day

when the fully polished
exhaust shows back up.

Now we got to make sure
we put it in without
a scratch.

Well, I won't scratch it.
I'll blame it
on somebody else.

But I think we're on
the right track now anyways.

We'll have to see how
Will's tolerances work out

on this one.

This is where it gets
interesting.

Don't go that way.

Does it go muffler first?

There's only so many ways
it can go,

so definitely don't...

fit that way.

I have no idea.

This car came to us with
a tune port intake manifold.

So those super awesome
manifolds that are real easy

to work on and look
really cool,

it came with that.

And that was probably
the jam back in the '90s

whenever this thing was built.

It's really...
it's not the jam anymore.

It's not even close to it.

We took all that off
and got us this

eight-stack manifold.

So now I'm just going
to mock this up on the engine.

I'm going to make sure
these gaskets match up

with the cylinder head.

And then I'll just fit
the intake

and make sure we don't have
any goofy stuff going on.

Let's try to be a little
proactive and do it right

the first time and have it
be done and not leak.

Once I get this thing
torqued down,

then I can route
my throttle cable,

kick down cable.

I can swap
my distributor gears.

I can drop the distributor
in for good.

And then hopefully
we won't be too far off

from firing this thing up.

This '33 was very beautiful,
but very dated

when it showed up to the shop.

I'm going to have to say
it's a blast from the past.

Circa 1986.

So he wants to update it,
make it a little bit more
our style.

[Greg] On the backside,
some clearance

for the ignition components,
and then clearance
for the headlight switch.

[Dave]
We've redesigned the bad,
gutted the old.

[Greg]
I have to make everything
from scratch on this one.

[Dave] The engine
has been upgraded,
and the exhaust

is now coming out
where it needs to.

I'm celebrating on the inside.

It's been quite a process
getting to this point.

Yay!

[Dave]
There's more celebrating
to be done,

but first,
we ought to probably
finish up what we started.

[Tazz] Right now,
I'm lining out
a trap door for Kyle

so he can get to the battery
without having to take

this whole back wall out.

Voila.

One door.

I'm gonna wrap the insert,
get it looking nice,

and then I'll set it back
in there,

make sure it fits good,
and then from there,

I'll wrap the main piece.

I'm floating over all
this Landau

and over all the pleats.

I'm only gluing into these
channels right here.

So it just gives it
a cleaner look.

It can definitely push
too hard

and scratch the leather,
rip the leather.

It's a fine medium between
too light a pressure
and too much.

Voila.

It's green apple.

Only makes you go partially
blind in one eye.

Whatever, brother.

It's way better than
the orange stuff.

With the fluids in the engine
and the exhaust in place,

it's time to fire her up
and see if she runs.

Kind of had to peel through
this car and try to identify

all the wiring that
was already there. So...

Hopefully, it's all
hooked up right.

So far it's doing everything
I need it to do.

I was able to build
a bass tune and upload it

and update my firmware
and all that good stuff, so...

I don't know.
We'll see what happens.

You ready?

[engine starting]

Hmm.

Okay.

Like I said,
identifying my wiring.

I'm pretty sure this thing
is hot in the run.

Yeah, and then as soon
as I go to crank,

it disconnects the ECU,
which means it shrunk
the ECU off.

So I got to put some wires
underneath the dash real quick

and find one that's hot
and start and/or crank
and run,

because right now when
I crank it, it just kills
the ECU.

So let me figure that out
real quick,

and then we'll try it again.

That works.

[Kyle whistles]

Trying to identify
what circuit is going

to stay alive while cranking.

With it being a Roadster,
there's really not
a whole lot.

Like, there's no AC,
there's no radio.

So there's a bunch of
open spots on the fuse box.

So grab our meter.

And what I'm going to do now
is just put the car in run,

identify which one
has 12 volts.

Okay, we got 12 volts,
go ahead and crank.

And then I'm gonna turn
the thing to start.

That doesn't work,
that drops voltage.

And if I still have
12 volts while I have it
in the cranking

or start position,
then that's the terminal

or circuit I'm gonna use.

Let's do clock and accessory.

Cool. Go to off.

See, that's what I don't want.

I'm gonna use the heat
and air one.

I just have to move
around some wires
and then we're good.

[Bledsoe] Okay.

[Kevin]
Kyle's located the circuit
he needs to use.

Now he's just got
to dig it out.

[Kyle] Okay.

Revision number two.

Okay, you ready?

-[Bledsoe] Ready.
-[engine cranking]

[engine splutters]

[groans]

[engine cranking]

That don't sound right.

That sounds like we got
a bad spot in the flywheel.

[Bledsoe]
Sounds exactly like we got
a bad spot in the flywheel.

[sighs] I guess we could pull
the inspection cover off,

and then we'll just rotate it
by hand.

And if it's got some
chewed up teeth,

then we don't really have
a choice,

because that's not going
to work.

[Bledsoe speaking]

I just have to take
a measurement up front

and a measurement
at my widest point,

and then I can cut
everything to it.

Then kind of just lay it
in here and cut as I go.

Kyle's finishing up
underneath the car,

so now we can start
installing the interior.

-I'm good here. Are you good?
-Yeah.

I'll lay flat all the way back
to right here.

-You good?
-Mm-hmm.

I'm just gonna get a nice
base coat of glue all over

the floor and the bottom side
of my carpet.

And then I'm gonna let
that dry for probably
an hour or two.

And then I'll come through
and I'll spray section
by section

and then lay it in.

We got the inspection cover
off and it's got some

chewed up teeth
on the flex plate.

With the flex plate repaired,
it's now time to put

the inspection cover back on
and be done with underneath
the car.

Oh, the fitment of this thing
is spectacular.

If this engine doesn't fire
the right way this time,

we're back to square one.

[engine starts]

Good oil pressure.

Good fuel pressure.

It obviously idles okay,
which is enough to do

what we need to do right now.

We know it runs.

It doesn't make any weird,
goofy noises.

So we'll just continue on
with our little list of odds
and ends.

Good job.

-Hey, thanks, man.
-Sounded right, though.

Yeah, it did.
Idles pretty nice.

Yeah, really nice.

[Dave] It's a mad rush
to finish this bad boy

because Paul, our good friend,
well, he's on his way.

We're moving now.

[Paul] I flew
into town this morning
to see my redone,

refinished '33 Ford.

Mainly looking to see
how much it's changed

from a car that was built


-Come on down, Paul.
-Okay.

What a nice addition
to the showroom.

Are you sure you really want
this car back?

You know, Dave,
I don't even hardly
recognize this car.

It sure doesn't look like
the same car I sent you.

-What do you think, Mike?
-Stunning.

I saw it when it left,
and it's way different now.

-[Dave] Let's go check it out.
-[Kevin] Let's check it out.

Come on down.
No falling down the stairs.

It's against the law.

Wow. Dave, seeing
those wheels...

You know, you sent me
the drawings

and some pictures,
but in person,

those really stand out.

-[Dave] Thank you.
-[Paul] Wow.

That really looks great.
More than I expected it to.

-[Dave] Thank you.
-[Paul] And that really sets
the car off.

That was the biggest thing
about this car that
I didn't like.

-[Dave] Right?
-And the motor, I mean,
the updates on that.

-[Mike] Look at the color.
-[Paul] That's incredible.

[Dave] I mean, some
of the biggest things

that we had to try and do
on this car was to take

all of the earlier technology
and the home-built
styling stuff.

The intake manifold
was okay in the car.

Obviously, it ran fine.

But we really wanted to try
and bring up some of

the updates by actually going
backwards in time.

So the Offenhauser
valve covers,

that is just a really
great addition.

We were able to actually add
that same gold that we have

on the wheels,
which really brings out

the gold undertones of
the Candy Brandywine.

The wheels tie in with what
he did under the hood.

So the whole package ties
together really well.

I've loved the color.

I've had the car
for 15 plus years.

And it's been one of
my favorite cars.

And I mean, I'm going
to keep it another 20 years.

-[Dave] There you go.
-[Paul] It's updated.

-It looks fresh again.
It's a brand new car.
-[Dave] It's a freshy.

-[Paul] Freshy.
-[Dave] It's fresh.

This car turned out awesome.

Everything that he let us do
on this car really kind of

brought the car back
to an era where

it would be more classic
and definitely

a lot more artistic.

[Kevin] Notice the new 9-inch
headlights with

the spin-on bezels,
kind of that vintage look.

No screws, but now
they're nice and smooth.

[Paul] No,
all the changes just
really set the car apart.

It all complements each other
and complements

the original color of the car,
and it works so well together.

It's like going out
and getting a whole new car.

Come around the back.

I want to show you back here
what we did.

We upsized the wheel
from a 15 in the front.

-We went to a 17 in the back.
-[Paul] Okay.

[Dave] And again,
just gave it that
real nice bulbous look.

But if you remember,
your old wheels actually stuck

-just slightly out
of the fender.
-[Paul] They did.

-They never quite fit right.
-It drove me nuts.

-Well, that was the style
back then.
-Right.

[Dave] What we wanted to do
is make sure we kept
everything under the fender

so it'd give us
the opportunity maybe to do

a little bit of correction
on the stance.

And the taillights,
that's one of the things

I really wanted to change out.

[Paul] The taillights
look incredible.

-[Dave] Isn't that beautiful?
-Those were the old Blu Dots
on it before.

-That was the big deal back
-[Dave] Right.

Another thing, too,
you remember you had

-those great big megaphone
tailpipes on it?
-[Paul] The exhausts

-were ugly on this.
-[Dave] So the new
exhaust system,

I basically just dumped it

right out the bottom
in the corner.

-[Paul] Oh, that's perfect.
-[Dave] It's nice and clean.

Look how beautiful that
polished stainless exhaust is.

That looks great.
Just a whole new look on it,

and it looks like
a brand-new build.

I want to show you inside,
but I think I want to pull
the top off.

It's so much easier
to look at it.

-Okay.
-Kevin, do you want
to give me a hand?

-[Paul] The interior was
really dated.
-Bingo.

Looked real '90s,
and he had some great ideas,

and I'm excited to see
the colors and the materials

and the combination
that he did there.

And I know that
you're bummed out

because you're missing some
tweed underneath here,

but you can see Justin did
a great job

with all the Alcantara
up here.

-It's all modern fabric.
-That looks wonderful.

Quite a change from the way
it was before.

[Kevin] Yeah, right?

We sold the tweed on eBay
for a lot of money.

-Is that right?
-[all laughing]

-[Dave] This is, I think,
the money shot right here.
-[Paul] Wow.

-This is incredible, Dave.
-[Dave] Isn't that beautiful?

That is such a change.

It had nice interior before
for when it was built.

-[Kevin] Oh, totally.
-[Paul] This is
just incredible.

[Dave] We did a couple
of big changes.

Obviously, we've hand-built
the chrome.

We've put that throughout.

We've done a 1944 shrunken
steering wheel.

We've got the little satchels.
Basically, you can put

your stuff in your door,
respectively.

[Kevin]
So they actually function,
which is good.

[Dave] Mm-hmm.

Your tilt column's
still in there.

We painted that and got rid
of a lot of the billet stuff

that was all over the place.

And, of course,
if you remember

the original gauge cluster,
center panel,

and the glove box side,
it was very billet,

-ball milled, whatever.
-[Mike] A little dated.

-[Dave] That had to go.
-[Mike] A little dated.

-[Paul] This is so much nicer.
-[Dave] Yeah.

And this is a new set
of gauges,

and actually,
it was a perfect combination.

The color on this actually
matches the leather perfectly.

They're specifically built
for a '30s street rod.

[Paul] That came out
incredibly well.

Seeing it all done
and how it came together,

I really love the interior
on this car.

This is another beautiful
trick right here.

-Watch this.
-[engine starts]

That sounds good.

To see it come together
as a complete package,

really checked the box.

That is nice.

-Very nice.
-Isn't that cool?

-[Paul] Wonderful job.
-[Dave] Thank you very much.

[Paul] You checked every box
and everything that
we talked about.

-It came out perfect.
-[Dave] Awesome.

I'm extremely pleased with it
and ready to drive it

for 20 more years.

-[all laughing]
-Sounds good.