Car Masters: Rust to Riches (2018) s03e03 Episode Script

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[power tools whirring]
[engine revs]
[slow rock music playing]
-Tow truck's on its way.
-Yep.
Alex is on his way over here.
-Need a hand with that?
-Nope.
[vehicle approaching]
-Speak of the devil.
-There he is now. This is a bit awkward.
-Hey, guys.
-Hey, Alex.
-How you doing, Alex?
-Hey, man.
Hi, how are you? How's it going?
Yeah, it's going.
[Shawn] So, we packed her all up for you.
[Mark] We took on this El Camino project
as a simple cash deal,
but unfortunately Alex's expectations
did not match ours.
You know, I wish I knew before, so I can
We're not gonna lose all this time.
But, you know
-We're not used to doing this.
-It is what it is.
[Shawn] It's not in the cards for us
right now to get all this done, so
You never want to be
in a situation like this as a shop owner,
but it does happen.
-[Shawn] Maybe another time.
-[Alex] It is what it is.
[Mark] When you get into a build
of adding catalog parts
that has no end in sight,
it's just not the right job for this shop.
[power tools whirring]
[engine revs]
[rock music playing]
-[Shawn] Hey.
-[Mark] Closed-door meeting.
First time ever.
Yeah, closed-door meeting.
It's very important here.
Look, the El Camino was a disaster,
so we need some liquid cash
in the meantime to hold us over.
To put it bluntly, these first two
high-end commission cars
have kicked our asses financially.
What's your brilliant idea?
Well, I actually have a guy,
deep pockets, that's got a '70 Nova.
He wants an all-metal chin spoiler
on the front
Does it come in with a packing list of,
"Oh, yeah, this is how you're doing it"?
[Shawn] We made next to nothing
on the Delahaye build.
So we were hoping to recoup some
of that lost profit on the El Camino.
We didn't redo the vinyl top,
and we didn't paint the car.
So we left nearly 10 grand on the table.
And the only vehicle in our garage
right now is a 1940 Ford woodie
that we acquired in the Scout trade.
-[Mark] Pretty sweet.
-Think we have a deal.
-There we go.
-[Mark] We have a deal.
[Shawn] It is our big
six-figure cash-out car,
but we won't see a payday on that car
for at least a few weeks.
I know Mark feels beat up
by these high-end client deals,
but we need a project
that can bring some cash through the door
as soon as humanly possible.
There's gotta be an alternative
to this ridiculousness of,
"Hey, just because I have the money
makes me right."
[Shawn] We got to put this
into perspective.
We freaking built a car and donated it
just to get these high-end customers.
Yeah, but the last two in a row
have been wacka-wacka,
-"I'm gonna tell you what to do."
-This is kinda new for us.
[Mark] Exactly. That's what I'm saying.
'Cause the morale in the shop
has gone way downhill.
I know Shawn is chomping at the bit
to tap into his new Rolodex
of high-end clients,
but this isn't the direction
that I wanted Gotham Garage to go in.
I thought we put the car in the Petersen
Automotive Museum
[all applauding]
we get high-end clients that want us
to build custom cars with my vision.
In my opinion, we shouldn't take on
any more of Shawn's new clients
until we have a better strategy in place
to deal with these high-profile builds.
Let's go talk to the kids in the garage
and see how they feel about it.
Maybe between all of us,
we can come up with a game plan
that puts everybody
back on the right track.
There you go. Good idea.
Let's go talk to them.
-Yo.
-[Mark] Hey, guys.
-[Tony] What's up?
-Conversation time.
-[Tony] Uh-oh.
-[Constance] Oh, no.
I know this comes as no surprise
to everybody
that we need a build
that can bring in some cash.
The big question is
what type of build do we want to bring in?
I have some high-end customers
ready to fork out some money
to have us build their cars,
but it comes with strings attached.
You know?
I don't think any of us are feeling
particularly fired up about the builds
we've been doing.
I mean, I definitely see that, like,
creatively, it's so stale right now.
Feels like a job, feels like a 9 to 5.
Where's the hobby shop
that I used to come into?
[Constance] I understand
where Mark's coming from.
High-end clients,
they want things in a very particular way.
They want it their way.
But we're always working
towards these six-figure cars,
and the reality is is these builds
can take months to be done.
So we really have to stretch
those pay days,
and that's why it's really important that
we try to keep these high-end clients
because we do really need that money.
I'm not saying
get rid of the high-end clients.
I'm saying
let's just hit the pause button.
I'd like to just have a buyer that's
willing to let us do what we want to do
and get the shop morale back up
to where it normally is.
Yeah. What kind of project
do we want to do?
You talk to me. What's everybody thinking?
-I think I might have the perfect project.
-What's that?
I got the Wildfire bike.
I was gonna restore this for my uncle,
and I basically have free reign
to do whatever I want to that thing.
[Constance] That's exciting.
[Tony] So this bike here,
at least what's left of it anyways,
it's got a pretty crazy story
that goes with it.
This was my Uncle Dave's bike.
Dave was a big motorcycle collector,
and he lost his entire garage
in one of the California wildfires.
For him, his garage
was more than just a garage.
It actually was his sanctuary.
He lost all of his motorcycles,
personal belongings, everything.
It was devastating.
This bike was about the only thing
that was salvageable.
He told me if I wanted to take it back,
I could do whatever I wanted to do
if I could turn it
into a full motorcycle again.
-That bike is really down and dirty.
-It's a great start.
-It burnt to the ground.
-Here's the thing.
I've been through the frame
and it's solid.
What's there is actually reusable.
All we need is an engine
and a transmission.
Almost all of the rest of the parts
we can make here.
Can't we go find like a donor bike
for like six or five grand
or something like that?
That's really all we need.
What kind of money is he talking about?
I mean
We talked about a budget
of probably about 25 grand.
-Good profit.
-It's not a huge bike, but
The issue,
how does your uncle feel about that,
and does he have the money
to pull the trigger now?
[Tony] I'll call and check,
but if anyone's going to appreciate
a Gotham Garage build,
-it's going to be my uncle on this bike.
-I like that.
Mm-hmm. You go start hunting
for a donor bike.
You call your uncle
and make sure it's a done deal.
If he's good to go,
you have a vision for it,
so Constance, you help Tony
tear down the Wildfire bike
and get that thing prepped.
Caveman, me and you, we're gonna go
to storage and get that woodie.
and the rest of us,
we can meet over at the other shop
and get a game plan together for that car.
-Let's do it!
-Good job.
[line ringing]
-[Dave on phone] Hey, Tony, how you doing?
-I'm good. How are you?
[Dave] Oh, not too bad.
Well, I just got out of a meeting
with the crew,
and we want to rebuild your motorcycle,
Big Red, for our next project.
-[Dave] For real?
-Yep.
[Dave] Oh, right on, Tony.
I've always had a great relationship
with my Uncle Dave.
You know, he loves cars
and loves motorcycles,
and we have that same
common bond and passion.
So this is a really
devastating loss for him,
but rebuilding this motorcycle is really
gonna mean a lot to Dave.
[Dave] I had a lot of motorcycles
in my life, but Big Red, man,
I rode the wheels off that thing.
-[laughs]
-Yep. So we want to jump on this thing.
Of course,
one of the big things, you know,
we talked about a budget of about 25,
and I just wanted to make sure
you were still good to go on that.
[Dave] Oh yeah.
If I don't have it, I'll get it.
[laughs]
-I'm excited. I can't wait to get started.
-[Dave] I'll be waiting for your call.
[rock music playing]
[Tony] All right.
So the real vision for this bike
is to really keep the essence
of what it is.
-Burnt.
-[Tony] Exactly.
Anybody can just powder coat a frame
and throw a new paint job on,
but you can't recreate this.
So get off as many parts
that look like they're just burnt
-but could still be used.
-Yeah.
Okay.
I definitely should have got
a tetanus shot
-before coming in today.
-[laughs]
Ever since my uncle gave me this bike,
I had a vision in my head
of how it should look.
Even though this bike looks like
it's beyond repair,
there's actually some
really great pieces that I can use.
So I'm gonna take some of these
old, charred pieces off of the bike
and clear coat 'em
to seal in the burned look.
Then, I'll need a few brand-new components
to get the bike running.
Engine, transmission,
everything mechanical
that's gonna get this bike
to fire back up.
I also want to send out the gas tanks
for some custom airbrush art,
something that captures the story
of what this bike's been through.
And since this is a one-of-a-kind bike,
it needs a unique set of wheels,
so I'm gonna create a set of 23-inch
clear wheels, using bulletproof Plexiglas.
-[parts clattering]
-Oh!
Tony, we're supposed to be careful,
-remember?
-I know, I know.
You know, I'd actually wanted
to buy this bike a while back.
-And he kind of knows what I do to things.
-Yeah.
[laughing] He said, "No. You're gonna
chop it up and ruin it."
No, we never do that here, ever.
[laughs]
[Tony] What we wanna do with this bike
is not just make it what it was,
because it'll never be what it was.
It's something different now.
We're really treading a fine line
with this build
because Dave's style
is a little bit different,
maybe a little bit more traditional,
a little more conservative,
but I think I've got the right way
to put this bike together
and just preserve the essence
of what this bike's been through.
So I hope that when Dave sees the bike,
he actually still likes it.
We got the shift assembly,
the brake assembly,
the gas tanks, and the frame.
Let's go over to the other shop
and help the guys out with the woodie.
And then when Shawn
finds us the donor bike,
we have to get all that scale and rust
off the frame
and get it ready to clear coat,
so we can seal in
that patina-burnt finish.
So it'll look just like it did
before we took it apart.
Yeah, except it's gonna be shiny burnt,
so you don't get tetanus when you ride it.
-[Constance] Shiny burnt. Okay.
-[Tony] Shiny burnt.
[rock music playing]
-This is a nice piece of wood.
-[Constance] Yeah.
[Mark] That is a 1940 woodie.
-[Tony] The wood's in good shape.
-That's definitely a woodie.
It doesn't look like anything here has
to be reworked. Everything looks solid.
I think we got a good platform
to just keep working with.
[Mark] This is the car
we've been trying to get our hands on
for a month or so.
We started with the Mercedes
and moved up to the Scout,
and that Scout led to this.
This is the most iconic hot rod
in California.
It's a woodie. And all it does is scream,
"Take me to the beach."
It's 120 grand on a bad day to sell
this car, no matter what we do to it.
The reason why these woodies
are so sought after
is because they have
one of the most interesting histories
of any car ever built.
Back in the '30s and '40s,
woodies were one of the most
upscale cars you could own
because the woodwork was handcrafted
by coach builders and cabinet makers,
but the wood was so hard to maintain
that the car soon fell out of style,
until the 1960s.
The woodie wagon
had a huge resurgence in America
with the California surf culture.
These cars were perfect
for throwing your surfboards in the back,
cruising to the beach,
and catching some waves.
To this day, people consider the woodie
to be the most iconic
California hot rod in history.
So are we building a beach cruiser?
No, this car is gonna be total
Gotham Garage cartoon hot rod.
Gonna put a Big-Block Chevy in it
with an 871 blower.
I'm gonna make sure that the top
of the shotgun on the top of the blower
on top of the high-rise,
on top of the Big-Block
is gonna be dead level with the roof.
This is gonna be one badass car.
You know, I I like what you're saying,
-but remember, let's keep it in the realm
-But?
of sellable and not get too rambunctious
-with the, uh, creativity.
-Well, that's not gonna happen.
[Shawn] I know Mark and the crew
are dying to get creative right now,
but this is not the car
to be doing this with.
You know, when it comes
to these iconic cars,
most guys want 'em as close to original
as much as they possibly can, am I right?
-Nope.
-[laughs]
[Shawn] If we build a traditional woodie,
I can easily sell it for six figures.
Then we'll have cash to burn
on a whole slew of starter cars
that they can go crazy on.
[Mark] This is literally
what we all just talked about.
-On a car like this
-Just remember
creativity has always turned
into a much bigger payday. Trust me.
[Shawn] I hope Mark knows
what he's talking about
because if he's wrong,
we could lose
tens of thousands of dollars.
Don't you think by continuing
to tell him not to do something,
that he's just going
to wait for you to leave
and do everything and then some?
-Yeah.
-[Shawn] Good point.
-I'm out of here.
-[Mark] You should.
-I'll start making calls now.
-[Constance] Just go!
-Bye! Adiós!
-Bye!
Hate to watch you leave,
but I love to watch you go.
[laughs]
[Mark] No matter what Shawn says,
I know there is a market
for the car I'm about to build.
I know the fuel cell's here,
so Constance and Caveman
are gonna take care of that,
and Tony, I need you to make
a crossmember that'll hold up that motor.
All right, big money.
[Mark] Most woodies
are traditionally style-built,
but that's not the guy I'm after.
I want to start with a redonkulous motor.
We're gonna get a brand-new,
custom-built 454 Big-Block Chevy motor
and stack it with bling for days.
Then, we'll add custom front fenders,
our Mercedes fabric top,
and one-of-a-kind, custom-made wheels.
Inside the car, we'll keep the wood theme
with a custom wood floor
and hand-tooled painted leather seats.
To complete the look,
we'll stuff a couple of surfboards
in the back in true California style.
[hammering]
-[whirring]
-[Caveman] How's that look?
-Everything looking good?
-Yep.
Success.
All righty. So, it's coming along.
Right now, I mean,
the fuel cell's all hooked up on it.
Tony got the whole front suspension
buttoned down with that new piece.
So tomorrow, Shawn's gonna have
a donor bike here ready to go.
-Should be simple.
-[Constance] All right.
[Mark] Tony and Constance, you get back
on the Wildfire bike in the morning.
Caveman, me and you
are back on the woodie.
What do you say you clean this stuff up,
and we leave early?
I think that's probably the worst idea
you've ever had.
I thought it was a great idea.
[rock music playing]
[phone ringing]
Oh, hey, what do we got here?
Hello, this is Shawn.
[man 1 on phone] Hey, Shawn,
I heard from a buddy
-you're working on a woodie over there.
-Yes, yes
It's a one-of-a-kind, is what it is.
Woodies are such a specific subculture
in the car world.
A woodie usually appeals
to older guys that want a cruiser.
We're not building that car.
-[man 1] What do you got under the hood?
-There's actually no hood on the car.
[man 1] Uh-oh.
We're going totally out of the box
with this massive monstrosity of a motor.
Yeah, the engine's a little unorthodox.
[man 1] Unorthodox?
And when you build
an out-of-the-box car like this,
you narrow your scope of potential buyers.
We're talking about a custom
ATK 454 Big-Block,
topped off with an 871 blower.
Gary?
[Gary] Looking for something
more traditional.
It's a traditional with a flare.
There's a very high risk and it might
take a long time to find a buyer.
[man 2 on phone] Shawn, I like it,
but I just dropped
a bunch of cash on a custom Buick.
Is that going to be tough for me?
Hell yeah, it's gonna be tough.
[man 2] It sounds really cool, but
I'm out of town for the next few months.
So I don't think I'll be able
to make it to the shop to check it out.
[Shawn] We've always trusted
Mark's visions for these cars,
but I can't help but wonder
if Mark's vision
is leading us down the wrong path.
Back to the drawing board, I guess.
[rock music playing]
[crickets chirping]
[birds chirping]
[Tony] You ready to get some of this stuff
cleaned up?
Oh, yeah. See how much dust
we can blow off of here.
[Tony] Yeah, just the flaky stuff.
It's got a scar. We don't want to hide
the scar. We want to show it off.
[Constance] When you are building
something like this,
you're not building it the same way
that you'd build anything else
because you're a lot more
emotionally invested,
and to Tony, it's not just a motorcycle.
It's his uncle.
I mean, his uncle is so passionate
about this bike,
and to have it taken away from you
in this uncontrollable situation,
like a fire, is heartbreaking.
So, I think Tony sees this as something
that can give him a new lease
on the future
that this bike can hold for him.
-[vocalizes]
-Pretty shiny.
Yeah.
All that burn is sealed in.
No, it came out really nice.
[Tony] Shawn was able to track down
the perfect donor bike for this build.
-Mark. Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
I'm stoked. I was expecting
a few more things missing,
but it's everything we need.
[Tony] Most of the components
on the burned bike,
like the engine and the transmission,
is completely unusable.
So we pulled all of the mechanical parts
off the donor bike,
and we painted them
with our rust treatment.
So they would match
the look of the burn bike.
Right there.
Usually, you'd see this, and you'd go,
"Man, that looks really bad."
-[Constance laughs]
-"That motor looks like complete junk."
It's all old and rusted up,
and it's never gonna run."
But for what we're doing here,
I think it looks perfect.
It looks absolutely perfect.
We're like 80 percent now.
Yeah, so I'm gonna go
knock out the wheels,
and you head to the other shop and help
those guys with the motor on the woodie.
Cool?
Cool.
[rock music playing]
[engine revving]
This little box came from Summit Racing.
It's a ATK 454.
-Okay, can we open it now?
-So we can open it now.
You can do the honors
and cut it and get the box off.
-[Constance giggling]
-[Caveman] You ready?
[grunts, laughs]
-[squealing]
-[Mark] There it is.
Finally, it's the moment
we've all been waiting for.
This giant 454 Big-Block,
custom-built motor
is going to be the centerpiece
of this woodie build.
-[Caveman] How's it looking?
-[Mark] Go ahead and set it down slow.
[Caveman] Yeah. Go in easy, go in easy.
It's a monster,
an absolute beast of an engine.
Nice.
It's gonna make this car
look unlike any other traditional woodie
you'll see on the street.
[Caveman] Ooh-whee! Yeah! Purty!
[both laugh]
[upbeat music playing]
We've put some really big motors
in stuff before.
[engine revving]
The Frank'N'Bus is one that
immediately comes to my mind.
But this thing is ridiculous. [chuckles]
It's got over 700 horsepower,
and for a car that's basically 70% wood,
that's crazy.
[Mark] She's got the librarian thing
going on.
[laughing] She can see 'em now.
[Constance] This honestly might be
Mark's wildest car yet.
I mean, you just don't see that every day.
-[Mark] You guys ready?
-[Caveman] Fire in the hole!
-[Constance] Don't say that, Caveman.
-[laughs]
[Mark] Go ahead and crank it over.
[engine cranking]
[Caveman] Come on, baby. Come on.
Try it again.
[dramatic music playing]
[engine starts]
[revving]
-[yelling] More! More! More!
-That makes stuff fall over, don't it?
-High five. How good was that, huh?
-I love the smell of carburetion!
[Mark] Constance, jump back
on the Wildfire bike with Tony,
and Caveman, as far as the woodie goes,
all we gotta do is the rest of it.
-Then we can go for a ride? [laughs]
-Then we'll go for a drive.
[dramatic music playing]
[Tony] The one big custom addition
that I'm adding to this bike
is a set of clear wheels.
I'm gonna take a 23-inch
aluminum wheel blank
and cut the center out,
and I'm gonna replace that center
with a piece of bulletproof glass.
The idea is to build an invisible wheel,
and I need to use bulletproof glass
to make it strong enough
for the wheel to hold together.
My Uncle Dave and I have been
riding motorcycles for a long time.
We bonded over motorcycles,
and I just want this bike
to be really special for him.
I know we're not getting paid
a crazy amount money for this project,
but for me, it's a way to give back
and really show him what he means to me.
So if I've gotta put in a little
extra time to add these custom pieces,
like the wheels, I'm gonna do whatever
it takes to make it special for him.
[Tony] Got the wheels all together.
[Constance] Wow, those look really cool.
[Tony] So I think we have
almost everything here.
[Constance] Yeah.
[Tony] Right now, we're gonna send
the gas tanks out to get airbrushed,
and then when they come back,
we can put this bike back together.
In the meantime, we can go to the other
shop and help out with the woodie.
But we're pretty close to having
this thing ready to fire up.
Cool.
[rock music playing]
[Caveman] It's like Fourth of July.
So, this is going to be really simple.
We're actually gonna
put a floor in it now.
Why? I enjoyed the Flintstones style.
Because I don't really want all that mud
being thrown on my back
-while I'm driving it.
-[laughs]
Constance and Tony, I'm gonna have you
start fabricating up the frame right here.
-Sheet metal floor pans here.
-[Tony] Gotcha.
[Mark] Caveman, you and I,
-we'll use a truck bed kit for the back.
-Yeah.
Treat it the same way
the outside of the car is.
-[Tony] Sounds easy.
-[Caveman] Easy-peasy.
This woodie will be very unorthodox,
but we want to keep that classic wood look
on the outside of the car
and on the inside.
This is what made these cars
so special back in the day,
handcrafted wood all over the car.
All right, your hands clean? Good job.
[Caveman laughs]
Every single one of them
needs 13 inches off the bottom.
[whirring]
It was a super time-intensive process,
and it was not cheap.
In fact, Henry Ford
bought an entire forest in Michigan
just to manufacture
all the wood in his cars.
Okay, guys, floor's looking really good.
Tony, Constance,
you guys go finish up that bike.
Caveman, you and I are gonna get
this woodie prepped
and ready for the paint booth.
[upbeat music playing]
[Constance] All right.
We're looking pretty good.
We got the front end.
I think maybe we start with the front
suspension, put the front forks on,
-and put the wheels on.
-[Constance] Good.
I think a lot of times,
we're very fortunate to build stuff
that's all happy, all the time.
When my uncle sees this, I don't think
he'll believe me that it's the same bike.
The fact that it's an actual functioning
bike is a good first step to that.
Yeah, that's the first step.
[Constance]
I think Tony sees this as something
that he can take this negative situation
and kind of start a new chapter
that still has all this connection
to your past,
but closes the door
on the negative portion of it.
[Tony] Looks like the wheel's
just floating out in space.
It's so cool.
[Tony] I think any time someone has a loss
like Dave just had, you lose so much.
And it's devastating. You think,
"How am I gonna come back from this?"
You can walk away, you can let it
drag you down in other parts of your life.
[bike starting]
But I think it's how you fight back.
It's how you get up
and what you do with that memory.
That's what defines you,
and that's what this bike is.
[rock music playing]
Using salvaged parts off the burned bike,
we brought this old Harley back to life.
New motor, new transmission.
For the gas tanks, I told the airbrush
artist to come up with a cool visual
that captures the Wildfire theme,
and I think they turned out perfect.
I also created a set
of one-off clear wheels.
We took something that was left for dead
and literally gave it a second life,
and I cannot wait to see my uncle's face
when he sees this for the first time.
[upbeat music playing]
Dude, you did a really good job on this.
The truth is that I couldn't really
ruin it from what it was.
-I know, it's really hard to go backwards.
-Yeah.
-Hey.
-[Tony] Hey, Dave.
Hey, Tony. [chuckles]
-[Shawn] Mark. Dave.
-How you doing? Nice to meet you.
[Dave] Tony and I have had
a history of bikes in the past,
and I've owned that bike for 32 years.
I never thought I'd see it again,
to tell you the truth.
The last time I'd seen it,
it was just a hulk of nothing
sitting in a pile of ashes.
I mean, it's like, how can you anticipate
something like this?
-Are you ready to check this thing out?
-I'm ready to check it out.
It looks a little different
than the last time you saw it.
All right, here we go.
Oh, wow.
Oh, right on. Tony, right on, man!
[laughs]
Wow.
[laughing]
It's really something,
I really have to say, man. I love it.
Tony has this ability to take inspiration
and creativity and harness that.
And it was a big shock to see it,
to see that it actually lived,
that the motorcycle was a living,
breathing thing again, you know.
That's why that whole avalanche
of emotions came back to me
when I saw that bike for the first time.
I mean, I can't even believe
this whole thing.
I love the fire-burned part of it.
-[Tony] This is all the original burn.
-This is
So we cleaned the tanks out
and sealed all this in.
-Right on, man.
-How do you like that upholstery?
-All hand-tooled painted leather.
-[Dave] Wow.
Tell him about the no-spoke wheels.
Yeah, this is something.
-What is this, a 23?
-23s on the front and back.
Tony had a genius idea
to use bulletproof Plexiglas.
This is a masterpiece.
I mean, it really is. It's awesome, Tony.
This is exactly why I built this bike.
Dave wants to get on the bike, I think.
-[Tony] You want to hear it run?
-Yeah, I do. This thing is awesome.
[all laugh]
[Tony] What he's been through
and what this bike has been through,
to have him reunited with it
is worth more than any check
that anyone could write.
-Fire that thing up.
-Fire it up?
-[Tony] You remember how to do it?
-I've only owned this thing for 32 years.
-[engine revving]
-Give it up. Give it a twist!
[turns off engine]
-Wow. That's really something, man.
-[all laugh]
Even though we made about 10 grand,
which isn't a whole lot,
it was nice to see the creative juices
flowing in the shop right now.
-So you want to take her for a spin?
-Can I?
-It's your bike now.
-[Dave] All right.
And seeing Dave reunited with this bike,
it's well worth it for this.
Is that a heart I hear in there?
You're like the Grinch.
-It's getting two sizes too big.
-What?
-Sounds like Boing!
-Shut up.
It's gonna break right out
on that camera lens.
Shut up.
[engine starts]
What?
[Mark] Look at that smile.
[upbeat music playing]
[Shawn] As expected, hunting down a buyer
for this crazy woodie
has been a real pain in my ass,
I'll tell you.
I've made a ton of calls, and I've also
met with a bunch of well-connected guys
from the Southern California woodie world.
We're actually putting in
a Chevy 454 engine
with an 871 blower on it,
-So we're getting a little
-Wow. That's over the top.
[Shawn] It's just a tough car to sell.
I mean, this isn't just your standard
cruiser woodie.
But I stuck with it,
and my hard work paid off.
I talked to a guy
that is very interested in the car.
However, it sounds like he wants to get
a little creative with the deal.
Mark and the crew
are almost finished with the woodie,
so hopefully, this is our guy,
'cause I'm pretty much out of options.
[dramatic music playing]
[Mark] The whole point
of this woodie build
is to make a car that stands out
in the crowd.
This car needs to be loud, obnoxious,
and totally outrageous.
[music continues]
I want this car
to be a magnet for your eyes.
It draws you to it,
and you can't stop looking at it.
[tools clattering]
[Tony] That's a purple woodie.
What do you think of the paint?
That plum-crazy purple?
I think it looks great.
I just want to lick it.
Let's try to refrain
from licking the vehicle, okay?
[rock music playing]
Getting this 1940s woodie in the shop
was exactly what we needed.
Go fast.
[imitates engine revving]
The last few deals, we seem
to have gotten kind of beat down,
but to work on this woodie
and go crazy on it,
your mind just opens up,
the creativity flows,
and that's the best about working here.
[music continues]
This thing is gonna be
so badass when it's done.
I want to hear them tires roast,
and I want to be in a cloud of smoke.
[Hawaiian music playing]
[birds squawking]
[Mark] With car building, it's very rare
to have the exact vision in your head
come to life in front of you.
But with this 1940 Ford woodie,
that's exactly what happened.
[upbeat music playing]
This woodie beach cruiser
is larger than life.
The motor on this car,
it's a giant 454 Big-Block Chevy engine
with an 871 blower on it.
The wood on this car is pristine.
The hand-tooled painted leather interior,
it's all Tiki.
We went with that beach look.
When you sit in it,
you can smell the salty air.
[music continues]
[Tony] You just seem
to keep cleaning this.
You've been round those wheels
three times, man.
-I just like the car.
-He likes looking at it.
[Mark] It's all Gotham Garage,
front to back.
With this woodie being built,
the enthusiasm in this shop
is where it needs to be.
This should bring some serious money
to the little pocketbook.
[Tony] About to get our six-figure payday.
Now, all we have to do is find a buyer
for this car and cash out big.
-What's up, Shawn?
-[Shawn] Man, that looks
That is frickin' wow.
Man, that that's impressive.
[Mark] So what brings you out here, Shawn?
You know what? I'd like to talk
about money on this car.
I said this was gonna be a difficult sell
right from the get-go. Am I right?
Mm-hmm.
And now, I've only got one guy lined up.
But
But it's just a little different than
what we all talked about, you know?
[Mark] How different?
His name is Huey, and when he found out
this was a Gotham Garage woodie,
-man, he was all in.
-What are we talking, money wise?
Well, he doesn't have all the cash
-[Constance] Oh, come on.
-but here's the deal is,
the guy's got 85 grand,
and he has a lot of trade cars
to do this massive cash-trade deal.
These are good project cars
that we could turn into more money.
Think about that.
[Tony] I understand this woodie
is a tough sell for Shawn,
but we've all been working
towards this huge cash deal.
And what are we gonna do?
We're going to take less money
and start trading stuff.
Project cars are hard to find,
and we might be getting enough cars
to last us like two or three, four months.
[Tony] We have a model, it works.
You trade up, you get to your six figures,
you cash out.
Man, it's been how many builds?
We've been chasing the six-figure payday,
-and now it's here on our doorstep.
-[Shawn] But I'm telling you,
this is our only deal we have right now.
If we hold out for an all-cash deal,
we might be sitting on this car
for a while.
My question is,
what kind of money is he willing to trade?
So are we gonna break
that buck-twenty mark?
Yes, we are.
His value that he puts on this car
is way higher than 120.
With his 85 cash
and a bunch of these trade cars,
we could end up with maybe 130,
maybe 140 in value for this.
[Mark] Sometimes, you gotta take the deals
that come your way
and work 'em to your advantage.
The guy's got really good stuff,
and he's in love with Gotham Garage.
He's been looking for a woodie.
This is our guy.
If this guy has all of the gems that
Shawn's been telling me that he's got,
we're gonna come out
so far ahead of the game.
We do need more cars to play with.
I trust you guys.
It sounds like a good deal.
Yeah, nothing weird, nothing weird!
[Mark] But if these aren't gems
and this is just a coalfield,
we're gonna put that woodie
back on a trailer,
and Shawn is gonna be
like a little girl scout.
He's gonna go have to knock on doors
and sell this woodie
like a box of cookies.
Give him a call. I'll get the truck.
We'll get this loaded and go see him.
[closing theme music playing]
[engine revving]
-[calliope plays]
-[child] I want to see the show.