Tex Mex Motors (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

[drill whirs]
[engine revs]
[upbeat music plays]
[Rabbit] It's time to test this air ride.
Let's drop this thing like a bad habit.
-[air hissing]
-Whoo!
Why is only the front going down?
It's just getting worse.
Come on, now. Raise up. Raise up.
So sorry.
I didn't know it was gonna do this.
-What are we gonna do?
-[Rabbit] We gotta get it fixed.
We're not losing this sale today.
What if I mess with it from the bottom?
[Rabbit] No. Get Jaime out here.
Customer's on his way.
This isn't what we need right now.
-We got a big problem here, Jaime.
-[Scooter] Oh, Jaime. Jaime. Jaime.
[Jaime] So, explain this to me.
What happened?
[Scooter] I was trying to lower it,
'cause I wanted to see.
I thought the switches were gonna work,
but it didn't.
What kind of noise did it make?
[chuckles] Like, "Pss."
-Then it wouldn't stop for a while?
-[Scooter] And then… Yeah.
I got you to help me, right?
Yeah. Well, I gotta figure out
what you did to it.
[groans]
[Jaime] This one has been such a pain.
Let me see if there's something going on
with the switch.
-[Scooter] Talk to me.
-[Jaime] The switch looks good.
Do you see this?
-You see this?
-[Scooter] What is it?
[Jaime] The airline next to the switch
was disconnected.
It's an easy fix.
You know what?
It's actually a good thing you found this
before the buyer showed up.
So, I guess, great work.
[chuckles] So what? That was it?
[Jaime] Yep. That was it.
[air hissing]
[Scooter] Ooh.
Now we're ready for the buyer.
[Jaime] You are so lucky, Scooter.
[Scooter] You're always there
when I need you.
Sounds like a poem.
[both laughing]
[theme music plays]
[engine revs]
[rock music plays]
[man] Hey, man, how are you?
[speaking Spanish]
So, this is what you came to look at,
'63 Сarryall. Classic.
I put some feelers out on the Carryall,
and we already got an interested buyer.
-Looks so nice. I like it.
-[Scooter] You like it?
[Scooter] He says he owns one
of the best barbecue restaurants here.
Let's hope it's a successful one
'cause we need to make
at least 10 grand on this Carryall.
And I'm hungry.
[Rabbit] Distressed leather,
blue tweed inserts.
-Turn it on. Feel it.
-Really?
Power this thing up.
[engine starts]
Wow.
It's really powerful.
-That's 600 horsepower under that foot.
-Hear that kitty roar! [roars]
[man] Great car! I love it.
When I was a boy,
my mom drive a car like this one.
Exactly year, exactly everything.
-Was it baby blue in color?
-Yes.
And look. "Tia Conchita's Tours.
Chamizal, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico."
How many baby blue
'63 Suburbans could there possibly be?
-I was thinking the same.
-Did we just…
Hey, is this the guy?
Is this the son of that lady?
Was her name Conchita by any chance?
No, no. Juanita.
Juanita. Oh, okay.
[Rabbit] All right. We might have been
a little off on that one,
but either way, I can tell
this guy's in love with this thing.
These are dream machines.
They bring that memory.
They bring that feeling back.
-Step into my office here.
-[Scooter] Yes, let's talk business.
[Rabbit] We've got
a really high-end vehicle here.
Completely refurbished.
Plus, it's one-of-a-kind vehicle.
Nobody has this.
-We're set about $55,000 we're asking.
-Fifty-five thousand?
This is a hand-built car. I guarantee you,
it'd be the best car you ever owned.
Your favorite car.
I love this car. I want to buy it.
I have offer for you.
Fifty thousand dollars, cash.
Plus two months
of the best barbecue in downtown.
-Oh man.
-[Scooter] That sounds tasty.
I mean, we need to sample this barbecue.
-You got some?
-Yeah. Let's grab it.
Let's see what you got.
I took some odd trades in my time…
but I've never traded food.
[Scooter] I was ready
to jump into the deal
until Rabbit asked
if we could taste the food,
which was a great idea, by the way.
So, what do you think, Rabbit?
-It's really good.
-Very good.
It's a deal done?
Make it happen.
-Okay. Good.
-Good deal.
Let's do some paperwork on this thing.
You know, you always aim high.
But… he came in at the number we wanted,
and we got barbecue out of it.
We also made the buyer feel
like he got a small win out of it.
So everyone wins.
Happy wallets, happy tummies.
Don't forget the barbecue sauce, hey?
Whoo-hoo.
[slow rock music plays]
Do you realize
we've turned already 146 grand?
[Scooter] Whoo!
Lobster tacos. I can taste them already.
-Doesn't mean we spend it all on tacos.
-[Rabbit] Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.
Everything we're doing so far, guys,
is… is really working out.
-Let's keep it up.
-[Scooter] Yes.
Cheers to keeping the ball rolling.
-Yes.
-Keep it going.
[laughing]
The thing that worries me
is this whole Rambler stuff.
I don't know
why you're worried about that.
Because we're not a race car shop.
That's why.
You worry about getting the car.
We'll worry about building it.
-[Scooter] Yes.
-Yeah.
[Rabbit] We got a buyer who's willing
to pay 60 grand for a Rambler.
We can put
your wildest dreams on wheels, bud.
[Rabbit] The problem is he wants the guys
at the shop to build a badass track car.
That's definitely wild.
[Rabbit] But we build hot rods,
not drag cars.
Building a dragster?
Now, that could be
much, much more expensive,
and 65 grand to turn a Rambler
into a full-on drag car
might be underestimating
everything it takes to build a dragster.
At the end of the day,
I gotta stay in my lane.
If it's a Rambler they want,
it's a Rambler they're gonna get.
You'll find us a Rambler.
I think the hardest part
will be finding us the Rambler.
[Scooter] Remember,
Juarez is a pretty big town.
Just find us a Rambler. A good one,
'cause we need to keep the train moving,
we need to keep building cars.
But on a side note, I heard from Rikki.
-Rikki? Rikki Rockett?
-[Mike] Yes.
-Yes, Rikki's gonna be in town soon.
-[Rabbit] Restrain the orator.
[Mike] He's on tour, but he's got a break.
He'll be here in the next couple days,
so we gotta get that car done.
When he comes though,
you need to dial it down, dude. A notch.
I used to listen to his music growing up.
When I was a teenager, I had his posters.
-Poison--
-Above your bed, huh?
No, not that much of a fan.
[laughing]
[Mike] All right.
We'll get to work on the IROC,
but I need you two to find us a Rambler.
-[Scooter] Yes.
-[Mike] Jenicio, you got the check.
I gotta use the restroom.
[laughing]
[rock music plays]
Oh!
-[Mike] What do you think?
-[Wes] Yeah!
[Mike] This car is awesome. I love it.
Oh, look,
there's hairspray in the back seat.
[Mike] The Chevy Camaro
is a classic muscle car.
They have been making them since the '60s,
but for people my age,
they were the rock-and-roll cars
of the '80s and '90s.
Remember how cool you were
when you had this?
Oh yeah. I once dated a guy
in high school that had one of these,
and I liked the car more than I liked him.
I actually drove one of these
in my 20s for, like, six, seven years.
I didn't have a mullet at the time but--
Wait a minute.
Does that mean that you did?
I'm sure if you
dug through some yearbooks,
you may see a mullet on me.
[Jaime laughs]
What are our plans with this old dinosaur?
-"Dinosaur?" What are you talking about?
-Yeah.
Get in there and pop the hood.
This is what we had
in high school, young buck.
When was that?
In the '80s and '90s.
Damn, I was born '95.
-That makes us feel old.
-I'm not admitting anything.
-There we go. There we go.
-[Jaime] Oh.
[Mike] There's a lot of dirt under here.
[Wes] Looks like it's been
in a dust storm.
[Mike] Look what we got here.
V8 power, dude.
It's a big engine. It ain't no LT4 though.
Can we fire it up?
-[Jaime] It's awesome. Turn it on.
-[Mike] Yeah?
[engine starts]
[Mike] Oh, wow.
You're not getting that out of a 280Z.
[Jaime] Engine sounds very healthy.
I think if we clean it up,
give it a couple tweaks,
give a little bit more horsepower,
I think it'd be pretty solid.
This screams rock and roll.
Hell yeah, it does.
This is going to the Rikki Rockett.
-It's the biggest customer yet, dude.
-[Wes] Right.
With him being a drummer,
we got to have subs.
[Jaime] Yeah,
the whole back should be subwoofer.
[Mike] We need this back window
to just… Pfft!
-[Wes] Almost shatter.
-[Mike] Yes.
[Jenicio] There's big wheel wells.
We could put some bigger tires on this,
get all that power to stick better.
[Mike] I'm thinking real '80s paint job.
This car needs to be loud everywhere.
Loud exhaust, loud stereo,
loud paint, loud interior.
Loud and just in your face.
-We gotta knock it out of the park.
-Make him happy.
Yeah, if he's happy and he's out driving,
think of all his friends…
-Word of mouth…
-That's where it's at.
-Well, you wanna tear into it?
-Let's do it.
[upbeat music plays]
[chuckles]
-Hopefully, we'll find a car today, man.
-We need to.
[Scooter] We're headed
to a huge car collector's place
in the north side of the city.
He's not known for selling his stuff
and definitely not cheaply.
But my span style="style2"primo told me
he had a Rambler there,
so we have to go and give it a try.
Vámonosspan style="style1".
Vámonosspan style="style1", Rabbit.
[Rabbit] Shut up, Scooter.
[rock music plays]
These old 6x9s look like they've had it.
We're definitely
gonna have to upgrade that.
[Mike] Speaking of 6x9s, what do you think
we're gonna do for stereo?
-What'd you do in high school?
-Fifteens.
I like tens. More of a rock.
-[Mike] Yeah.
-Quicker bass.
Subwoofers come in all different sizes.
You have 8s, 10s, 12s, 15s.
And on this car,
since it's for a rock star,
we're gonna stick with a 10 or a 12.
A 15 would be too much bass,
and it would drown out
your guitars and all your solos.
It's gonna sound good for rock and roll.
Did you have a friend
that had a wall of speakers in his car?
-[Jaime] Yes.
-In school?
Yes.
With the Rockford Fosgate 1000 amplifier.
-[Mike] Yes.
-They're probably deaf now.
[laughs]
[Mike] Got it?
-[Jaime] Oh my gosh. Look at that mess.
-[Wes] Yeah.
[Mike] I gotta hand it to Scooter
and Rabbit. This car is in good shape.
There's not a lot of body work to do.
So after paint,
we're gonna put in all our efforts
into rocking out this interior.
New seats, dash, upholstery,
and these heavy-hitting subwoofers.
[Wes] Jenicio does not know
what a hair band is.
I think we should turn on the hair bands
so you can hear this.
-Specifically Poison.
-Oh, wait, hair band is a person?
It's like a generic term
for the rock bands of the '80s.
[Jenicio] Oh, I thought you guys
are talking about real hair bands.
-[Jenicio chuckles] Oh man.
-Yeah, like this? [chuckles]
[upbeat music plays]
[Scooter] All right, we're here.
[Scooter and man speaking Spanish]
-What's going on?
-José María.
Rabbit. span style="style2"Yo soy Scooter.
[speaking Spanish]
Call him Chema. It's short for José María.
-[speaks Spanish]
-He's got some good cars.
[Scooter] I'm telling him.
Let's check 'em out.
Yeah, I have friends
from all walks of life.
Chema's grandfather, they have a store
where they sell, like, antiques and stuff.
They have, like, a lot of money.
-That's a '38 Chevrolet right here.
-'38 Chevrolet. Yes.
[Chema in Spanish] This was one
of the first cars he started buying
for the collection.
My grandfather was inspired by this car.
[in English] His grandfather's first car.
So this is what I cut my teeth on,
is your late '30s and '40s cars.
This place is like a damn resort.
It's absolutely gorgeous.
A pile of holy grail cars
sitting behind a beautiful house.
-This is a 1954 Kaiser Darrin.
-[Scooter] I've never seen one of these.
Most people haven't seen one in person.
I'll be honest.
I've seen two in my entire life.
-And this is the second one?
-This is the second.
The coolest thing is the doors.
When you open them,
they actually slide into the fenders.
They made just
a little over 400 of these things.
You got these gorgeous rust-free cars
sitting here, and my mind is going crazy.
[mimics beeping] Working the numbers.
And I know we probably can't afford these,
but I'd be a fool not to try.
Tell him
we're interested in the little
Falcon convertible and the Kaiser Darrin.
-What kind of money does he want for them?
-Okay.
[in Spanish] We are interested
in the Falcon and the Kaiser.
-How much do you want for them?
-90,000 for both.
[speaks Spanish]
[in English] Ninety.
Ninety grand for both cars.
-We can't afford that. [sighs]
-I know.
You don't happen to have a Nash Rambler?
[in Spanish] Yes, I had it,
and I just sold it two weeks ago.
[speaks Spanish]
-[in English] What'd he say?
-He had it and sold it two weeks ago.
Story of my life.
A day late and a dollar short.
[Scooter chuckles] A dollar short.
[exclaims]
[Rabbit] You know,
I hate to walk away from this place,
but I got to tell myself, "We're looking
for diamonds in the rough."
"And this is diamonds in a jewelry store."
Right now we got a buyer
that wants a Rambler,
so that's what we need to be finding.
Thank you so much
for showing us your cars, bud.
[upbeat music plays]
[drill whirs]
[Jaime] Wow.
This engine ended up being
so much more work
than I thought it was gonna be.
I ended up staying
and doing an all-nighter
so we could stay on schedule for Rikki.
I am absolutely exhausted.
These long days
are becoming par for the course,
but I mean, we gotta do what we gotta do.
So to fix this up,
I tore out the water pump.
New valve cover gaskets,
new heater valve, new AC system,
new spark plugs and wires on it,
some new hoses.
It's gonna go over to paint,
make it look beautiful,
so we're ready for Rikki Rockett to come.
[exciting rock music playing]
[grunts] Let's go light them up.
[Mike] We got the Camaro
in the paint booth.
I'm hoping we already have a buyer
on the line with my friend Rikki,
but we're not real sure.
I know he's a Camaro guy.
I know he loves red,
so trying to make it 100% rock and roll.
Freaking air guitar, jamming, drums.
What better color than red?
Even if Rikki doesn't want it,
there's no doubt in my mind
that this thing will sell.
Man, I love the '80s and '90s.
[surfer rock music plays]
The car's come a long way
from the first day.
Luckily, this thing ran pretty good.
So with just a tune up,
not really having to do a motor change…
I know you did a lot of work.
But, hey,
we didn't have to pull the engine.
[Jaime chuckles]
[Wes] So we're working
on the Camaro's speaker box today.
You know, the stereo system in this thing
is a really big part of the build.
We're building it for a rock star,
and we're gonna do our custom stuff
in the back with the good stuff.
The big speakers, the loud bass.
Yeah. The back is where it's gonna
just make the difference.
[Wes] Speaking of the back,
let's get on it.
I'm gonna get the top and bottom cut out.
We're gonna lay out our speakers.
Test fit them in the car.
Let's do it!
[chuckles]
[chuckles]
Yep.
Are you ready, girls and boys? ♪
Are you ready to make some noise? ♪
-Looks good to me.
-Mark it.
[Wes] Let's set it in there
and see if it fits.
-[Jaime grunts]
-[Wes] Like a glove.
[Jaime] These are gonna
blast the roof off.
I think we have
plenty of room for our window.
-Should we test it with our tape?
-I think we should.
Just to be safe.
With room to spare.
Still have room to fit
your cleaners, a pizza, one golf club.
A folder full of CDs.
-That's not a thing anymore, is it?
-No, it's not.
[easy rock music plays]
[Jenicio] What a long day, man.
[Jaime] I've been here since 4:00 a.m.
This is in.
[Wes] I'm gonna ease it down.
-Get your finger.
-Ooh.
-So, how does it look?
-[Wes] Fits great.
So our final steps on the Camaro
are getting these T-tops in.
This was really a hot commodity
back when these cars were new.
Everybody wanted the T-tops.
You can take them off.
Let your hair blow in the wind.
But they were notorious for leaking.
We're gonna get these on here.
Hope everything seals really good.
We can't have air leaks, water leaks.
This is a high-value piece of the car.
Oh man.
Something's keeping it from going in.
All right.
I guess once we glued these seals in,
we had some glue
that pushed up from the back.
It's getting in the way and not letting
the window slide in there,
I'll try to take the window back out,
trim some of that, see if I can press
that rubber down a little farther,
and see if it'll fit.
I'm really hoping this works out.
You know, if this doesn't line up,
it could take a lot of time,
and that's something we really don't have.
All right, let's try this again.
It's in there.
Looks like it fits really good.
Our seals are touching all the way around.
This thing shouldn't leak
like it did from the factory.
The only way to know is to get
this thing out and test drive it.
See if we have any wind noise.
[rock music plays]
Everything sounds really good.
I don't hear any wind noise.
It's a really fun car to drive.
Brings back a lot of memories.
Oh… [bleep]
It looks like
the car is trying to overheat.
The temperature's steadily climbing.
Check engine light just came on.
[bleeps]
Ah.
It's not looking good.
We'll get this thing pulled over.
Hey, can I get a water?
Ugh, it's really hot.
[man] What's going on?
Um…
It's definitely overheating.
Uh, it's kind of hard to tell right now.
Let me give Jaime a call.
[bleeps]
It's not good.
There's my rescue.
What did you bring?
-Well, in case you're thirsty.
-I am thirsty.
No, but if we're overheating,
I brought water
'cause I didn't have any coolant.
-We lost a little water.
-[Jaime] Yeah.
[Wes] Temperature kept climbing.
Wouldn't come down.
-See how much pressure is on this thing?
-Let me see it. It's…
-Oh yeah.
-I don't know if it's not circulating or…
The thermostat's gonna have to come out.
Mmm…
Engine's fine.
I think the thermostat is stuck closed,
which means
the circulation of the coolant is blocked,
so the coolant can't get
to the radiator to be cooled,
and that causes the engine to overheat.
I think we should let it sit
for about 10 to 15 minutes,
let it cool down,
and I'll follow you back.
We'll bring it back.
In the morning, change the thermostat
when everything is nice and cold on it.
[Wes] We're on a time crunch.
If Rikki Rockett's coming to town,
this… this is not good.
I guess this is one way
to get a break from the shop.
Yep.
Another late night,
and then hopefully we sell it
and on to the next.
[surfer rock music plays]
Just around the corner over here, man.
Right here. Inside this gate, man.
This is the place the last guy said to go.
-The Rambler should be here.
-I hope so.
-[Scooter] We have arrived,span style="style2" señor.
-[Rabbit] You're saying this is the place?
[Scooter] Well, let's go look. span style="style2"Ándale.
First thing I notice.
-[Scooter] Oh, hey!
-Not a damn Nash in sight.
-This is concerning to me.
-[Scooter] No, but look. Mini Coopers.
[Rabbit] Uh, parts of Mini Coopers.
Oh, what about that one over there?
What is that, a Fiat?
-[Rabbit] That'd be a Fiat. No good.
-[Scooter] No?
And we see Dodge Power Wagons.
We see Mini Coopers. We see Fiats.
The furthest thing from a Nash.
[Scooter and man speaking Spanish]
[man in Spanish] How are you?
[speaking Spanish]
Mucho gusto.
-[in English] Nice to meet you, sir.
[in Spanish] Do you happen
to have a Nash Rambler?
I did. But I just--
[in English] I don't like
the sound of this.
[in Spanish] I traded it for a… For a 442.
-TA Cutlass?
-Cutlass.
[in English] He traded it
for a Cutlass 442.
Where's it at?
[Scooter and man speaking Spanish]
[Scooter] It's over here, he says.
Those are pretty good cars, no? A 442?
If it's a real one, it is.
Oh, look at that!
Bought a '69 Cutlass.
[Scooter] Wow.
[man speaking Spanish]
[Scooter] Good engine.
Everything works.
I don't know about this, Rabbit.
-What do you think about the roof?
-[Rabbit] I'm not a fan of vinyl.
But they were extremely popular
with this generation of A-bodies.
This car's on the same platform
as your Chevelles, Skylarks.
Every GM car in this era of muscle car
was an A-body, and that's what this is.
How expensive is to fix this?
The vinyl top, not so much.
These cars were built new.
None of this stuff was prepped.
They just put vinyl tops on them.
They didn't even paint
the tops on vinyl-top cars.
But I'm not seeing any major issues.
Usually see some bubbling
and things like that.
Oh, did you see the interior?
Wow.
[man speaking Spanish]
-Oh my God!
-[Rabbit whistles]
Dude. [laughs]
[speaks Spanish]
-[Rabbit] I like that.
-[Scooter] Damn! That's a lot of engine.
[man speaks Spanish]
[Scooter] He's gonna turn it on, sir.
[engine starts]
Wow.
[Rabbit] At the height
of muscle car mania,
Oldsmobile entered the game with an eye on
the untapped upscale market.
Named for its four-barrel carburetor,
four-speed manual transmission,
and dual exhaust, the 442 was marketed
as a sophisticated muscle car.
The combination of a suave driver
behind a massive engine
fit perfectly into 1960s cool.
And car collectors love them
as a great lower-cost restoration.
Ask him this. Give us a wild number
to drive this car home today.
[speaking Spanish]
-"As is?" he goes.
-[speaking Spanish]
-[Scooter] Sixty-five hundred.
-Ask him if he has the title to it.
[Scooter and man speak Spanish]
-He's got the title.
-[speaking Spanish]
He's got it here too.
Tell him he just sold it.
[speaking Spanish]
He says, "Good," man.
[Rabbit] I've been doing
a lot of car buys with Rabbit,
and today is the first time I see him
go for the first price tossed at us.
Is the heat getting to him? Or what is it?
Don't you think we could've gotten
at least shaved off another thousand?
No. That was a great price.
Don't look a gifted horse in the mouth.
That was the deal
of the damn decade right now.
I know we need to find a Nash,
and we're gonna find a Nash, but this?
This is nothing but money in the bank.
That means lobster for Scooter. [chuckles]
Right? [laughs]
-The guys at the shop are gonna love it.
-I love this. This is killer.
This is my wheelhouse, man.
It's got me way more excited
than a damn Rambler.
I'll drive this back. You follow me.
-Good job, Rabbit. Good job.
-I'm telling you.
[exciting rock music plays]
[Jaime] This is
our old thermostat housing gasket here.
This is after Wes was driving it,
and we overheated.
So, there was too much pressure
building up in this hose.
The old thermostat was stuck closed.
So the pressure is in the hose.
And a lot of times they get stuck open,
but not in this case.
So it's good to catch
these small things early on.
We got a brand new one here, new gasket.
We're just going to install this,
and our overheating problem
should be done.
It could've been a lot worse.
[Jaime] All right. I'm gonna turn it on.
[engine starts]
Not bad.
Now the hose is nice and squishy, so…
I think we got it.
Ready to sell it. Make some money.
[Western movie music plays]
[Wes] What's up, guys?
What's going on, Wes?
What's up with the beer?
It's not beer:30.
What the hell are you guys doing?
Somebody brought us
barbecue today and beer.
-[Scooter] That's nice.
-Yeah, yeah, it is nice.
Hey, what's up, guys?
I'm glad you're enjoying
the fruits of my labor.
You know, I worked this into a deal.
This stuff comes from the Suburban sale.
-How did you do this?
-We worked it into a deal.
-This guy's gonna bring us barbecue.
-Thank you. It's pretty good.
-Thanks for calling us.
-I didn't know you had a phone.
-Well, dig in.
-We better get it while we can.
Yes, exactly. I'm gonna help myself.
You know, I don't know
what everybody else does around here,
but I put food on the table
and I got our next project right outside.
We need to eat and get back to work
'cause Rikki's gonna be here tomorrow,
and there's still a lot of work to do
on the IROC.
Oh man, I forgot to ask you.
My aunt's such a big fan of his.
Can she come? Can my aunt come?
Uh… Yeah, if she tones it down,
and you tone it down, your aunt can come.
Is Rikki gonna be able
to handle two… like this?
-I'm sure he deals with a lot of it.
-Okay.
I'll tell you what.
I got us a badass rod for dessert outside.
I got a 442
that's gonna knock your socks off.
-Sixty-nine.
-That's what I'm saying.
[Mike] Sounds awesome,
but we need to finish the IROC first.
-So let's eat up.
-Yes.
Let's get this stuff knocked out.
-All right.
-[Jaime] What are you putting ketchup on?
[Jenicio] Chicken.
-[Jaime] Who puts ketchup on chicken?
-Not me.
-Y'all are missing out.
-[Jaime] Ugh.
[intense rock music plays]
[buffer whirring]
I really want to impress Rikki
tomorrow morning with this IROC,
so I have one more idea that's gonna make
this thing something he cannot refuse.
What more could a rock star want
than some custom red cowboy boots
that match his custom red IROC.
Nice.
Now it's time to see how this car rides.
[upbeat synth music plays]
[Mike] This Camaro was
such a fun throwback to the '80s and '90s
for us at the shop,
and we transformed this IROC-Z
from lived-in to bitchin'.
We tuned up the V8 engine
and fixed that overheating issue,
painted it a bold, radical red,
threw on fresh new wheels and tires,
upgraded the interior
with new seats, updated dash tech,
and a brand-new sound system
fit for a rock star,
complete with four
ginormous 12-inch subwoofers
to jam out to your '80s favorites.
[engine revs]
This thing is loud.
The neighbors will feel
the metal coming, baby.
It's the ultimate IROC-Z
for an '80s rock drummer,
and I think
Rikki Rockett is gonna love it.
[engine revs]
[upbeat music plays]
[Mike] The car's pretty cool.
-You're gonna like it.
-I hope so. I've been waiting.
I didn't fly in for nothing.
[Mike chuckles] I know. I know.
-Moment of truth.
-I know.
-Are you ready?
-No.
Me neither. [laughs]
So, give me one second. Wait here,
'cause I want to surprise you with it.
-Let me run in and grab it, okay?
-[Rikki] All right.
[intense rock music plays]
Oh my God. [laughs]
Whoa! Come on, Mike.
Jeez. It's really… [bleep] …bitchin'.
-Perfect.
-[Scooter and aunt] Rikki Rockett!
I'm sorry. This is Scooter and his aunt.
Hey, Scooter. How're you doing, man?
-[Scooter] Can I hug you?
-[Rikki] Yeah, man.
[Scooter] I'm not gonna
wash this hand forever, man!
Oh no. You need to. Trust me.
I love you guys, but I gotta--
-We're here to look at the car.
-We can talk after.
This is my perfect girl in a car suit.
That's what this is.
[laughing]
-[Scooter] So you like it?
-I like it. Are you kidding me, Scooter?
Yes.
The best part is the audio.
The audio in this thing screams.
Oh my God.
[Rikki] I've been after Mike
to do a car like this for a while.
Totally knocked it out of the ballpark.
I've never owned an IROC-Z in my life,
but it's always been a dream of mine.
Now, I can go get tickets all day long.
[laughs]
These tires look really, really fresh.
Yeah, they are. But we can ruin that.
-Can we?
-Absolutely.
-Let's do it.
-All right. Jump in.
-Getting in.
-[Scooter] span style="style2"¡Vámonos!
[Rikki] Turn it up!
This thing will hammer!
Whoo-hoo!
-[tires squeal]
-[Rikki] Whoo!
[Scooter] That was cool.
Rikki Rockett, man! That's so cool.
[giggles]
[tires squeal]
[Rikki] The thing I love about this car
is it's really drivable.
It's like an everyday muscle car,
and I can blast the stereo.
The stereo's killer,
and I can do burnouts all day long.
[Mike] Rikki seems
really happy with this car,
but I don't know
if he'll be happy with the price.
Because I'm friends with Rikki,
it makes sense that I'm in charge
of the sale of this one.
I know he'll prefer more soft touch
than Rabbit's pit-bull approach.
We need to sell this for 45 to 50 grand.
So I can't risk this deal falling through.
-We gotta talk turkey pretty soon, huh?
-Yeah, I would agree.
This is going to be tough,
being friends and everything,
but, you know, with the new wheels,
the custom paint, the big stereo…
So, honestly, I'm thinking around 65?
-Oh, come on! Come on, Mike.
-What do you mean, "Come on?"
Mikey, come on.
Now, I was thinking like 25.
What? Twenty-five?
I saw one for 25, but it wasn't as nice.
I bet you that car did not have
a system like this one.
Look, you don't have
to sell me on the stereo.
Okay, so… The 65 was a little high.
I got a secret weapon, too,
that might help seal the deal.
If you're gonna have a red car…
Oh, look at that!
…you gotta have the boots to match it.
-Oh man.
-And look at that.
With my name on it.
They would look really weird with me
wearing them with your name on.
Look at that.
You won't consider 40,
if I throw in a drum head
from the first show on the stadium tour?
Def Leppard,
Mötley Crüe, Joan Jett, Poison.
We're looking at a beautiful car.
Brand-new matching boots
that I can't sell to anybody else.
I'm at 40.
I think the guys are gonna get mad at me.
Can we do 43?
Forty-three. Come on.
Say yes, Rikki. Come on.
It's a cool car. Cool audio. Cool boots.
You ain't gonna find those anywhere.
-Forty-three.
-Forty-three?
-Forty-three.
-Yeah, sold!
-[laughing]
-Forty-three.
-Yes.
-Sir, your new boots.
I think the team will be happy
with 43 grand.
That gives us $19,500 profit.
With the Camaro sold,
we're now only 85,500 away from our goal.
Time to get to work on the Cutlass.
-[engine starts]
-Whoa! That thing pops.
[Mike] Bro, turn the stereo up.
[Scooter] Whoo!
Where's my head? Such a good dance.
-Whoo!
-[tires squeal]
[Mike] Yeah!
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
-[Scooter] Whoo!
Whoo!
-Yeah!
-Whoo!
To me, this is the best day in shop ever.
-You know--
-Do it in big headers.
Some drummers won't do that.
Ever! I don't care.
I don't care what anybody says.
[Mike] That's cool and all, Scooter,
but that won't pay the bills.
[relaxing rock music plays]
-[Jaime] Hey.
-[Wes] What's up, guys?
[Mike] Yeah, have a seat.
-[Wes] We've already ordered for y'all.
-Well, I love it.
What do you all think?
-How are we looking on budget stuff?
-So, I was pulling numbers today.
After the sale yesterday,
we are sitting at 164 grand.
[whistles admiringly]
I'm gonna be honest with you.
Is it the home run we were aiming for?
Not quite.
But this is pretty impressive.
They're not all gonna be home runs.
We're gonna hit some rough patches,
and I feel like a coach right now
having a speech.
Right. We put out good cars,
it's going to work.
-That's what I think.
-We just gotta stay with it.
[Scooter] Yes.
[Mike] We got eight weeks
to make 80 grand.
We're where we need to be.
[Rabbit] Uh-oh, Jaime.
What's that look for?
We all agreed 250,000 was our number.
[Mike] We got two months left to go.
We're just about where we need to be.
We're in the green. We're not in the red.
Most small businesses start up,
they lose instantly.
-Yeah. The first couple years they lose.
-Exactly.
Listen, you guys are being optimistic.
I'm a realist here.
If you broke it out by the hours
we're working, we are not making enough.
We're working seven days a week.
Hundred-plus degree weather.
[Jenicio] Yeah, we are working a lot.
This is just overkill.
I'm so far away from home.
I've given up a lot to be here.
It's not just the money.
Every setback falls on us.
Even if we were to hit our goal,
I still think that we need
to really work things out,
because, yeah,
I got a little one to take care of,
and this is a lot of work to do.
If this is the way it'll continue,
I might just have to be out.
[suspenseful music plays]
[closing theme music plays]