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00:00Right now on Fast and Loud.
00:05Hey dude, wait up.
00:08Hot rod hunter Richard Rawlings and master mechanic Aaron Kaufman
00:12find a sweet little 76 C-10 pickup in their own backyard.
00:16I like a little square body.
00:17But when they try to take it home.
00:19Oh, look at here.
00:19A new neighbor hones in on the action.
00:22Come on, you're gonna come in here and pit me on my own ride?
00:24Anywhere I can make a dollar, you can bet your ass I'm gonna do it.
00:27After the monkeys barely pull away with this deal.
00:30Oh God.
00:31Richard decides it's time to step up his game.
00:34And transform this junker into the star of the biggest party in Dallas.
00:38The Cattle Baron's Ball.
00:40I want this to be the nicest thing we've built.
00:42You just got the carte blanche from Ricardo.
00:46Meanwhile, the monkeys attempt to revive a 65 caddy that's seen better days.
00:51What the hell?
00:52And Richard sees red when he bumps heads with the misfits again.
00:56Well, looks like you missed this one today, doesn't it?
00:58You stopped by and say hi?
01:00Will Richard and Aaron finally prove that money can buy happiness?
01:04Yeah!
01:06Or will the pressure to deliver Gas Monkey's coolest hot rod ever
01:10leave the monkeys crying foul?
01:13If you don't want to paint it.
01:14I never said I didn't want to paint it.
01:21Hey Aaron, grab your beard.
01:23Let's go for a walk.
01:27So Ken called me, Daphne's husband.
01:30Yeah.
01:30Said they cleaned up this building down here on the corner.
01:32This looked like forever.
01:33So everybody knows my sister Daphne, right?
01:35Well, her husband Ken does commercial real estate
01:37and his company bought a building down the street from Gas Monkey Garage.
01:41And it's been there the whole time we've been here.
01:44It's been a dirty pig of a building.
01:46Overgrown, junky stuff.
01:48It had a fly-by-night paint shop in it that probably wasn't even permitted.
01:51And they came in and cleaned it all up.
01:53And Ken's like, hey, there's a truck back here.
01:55It looks like something you guys might want.
01:57He said there's a green pickup underneath all those trees and .
01:59Uh, Ken wouldn't know what a pickup truck was.
02:01He probably doesn't know.
02:02We get there and it's a four-door Nova.
02:03But it's just a few hundred yards and we can check it out.
02:06Yeah.
02:06I wish I had the money, but just buy the daggum building.
02:08Use it for overflow.
02:11Go-kart.
02:12There's your boy Ken.
02:13Hey Richard, how you doing?
02:14What's going on?
02:15I'm Ken Kaminsky and I am a commercial real estate broker
02:18and Richard's brother-in-law.
02:20I'm representing some real estate around the corner.
02:22And it just so happens that the tenant that left, left a car in the lot.
02:27And I figured, you know, how convenient can this be?
02:31What is it, Aaron?
02:32Like about a 75, 76?
02:3575 or so.
02:36Yeah.
02:37Big windows, short body.
02:39Seems to be pretty rust-free, dude.
02:41AC, power steering, power brake, short bed.
02:44This is a pretty well-optioned pickup.
02:46Richard, I figured this would be right up your alley.
02:48You and Aaron.
02:50Yeah.
02:51I like the little square body.
02:53Gas Mugget's based out of Texas, and we know that Texans love trucks.
02:56And a little square body, flat-nosed Chevy pickup,
02:58it's practically all the guys here, including myself.
03:01I absolutely adore them.
03:02They're really popular right now, so easy to sell Richard right now.
03:05It's in really good shape.
03:07Wow.
03:07It's kind of like ridiculously clean.
03:09You know what?
03:09I like it.
03:11Now, we don't know the condition of the truck as far as running and driving,
03:14but if we can get it bought cheap, we're a Gas Mugget garage.
03:17We can fix anything.
03:18Um, well, it's sitting here.
03:19It's in y'all's way.
03:20You're gonna sell the building, so why don't we just haul it off for you?
03:22I mean, there's gotta be some value on this.
03:25He's probably looking to make some dollar.
03:27I don't know.
03:27A thousand bucks?
03:28I mean, I know the real estate.
03:30You know the truck.
03:31What the hell's Thomas doing here?
03:33So we're doing a little negotiating with Ken,
03:35and Thomas Weeks rolls up.
03:37I was just in the neighborhood, just cruising around.
03:39Looked over and seen Richard and Aaron standing by a truck.
03:41Thought I'd just pull in and, hey, see what they were up to.
03:44Well, well, well, well, well.
03:46Look at here.
03:47I gotcha.
03:48What are y'all doing, man?
03:49Good to see you.
03:50What's up?
03:50Not much, man.
03:51Hey, Thomas, this is my brother-in-law, Ken.
03:53Thomas Weeks has a shop around the corner.
03:54I mean, I guess it's a shop.
03:56I don't know.
03:56It's called Fired Up Garage, and it's got a few of the guys that,
04:00you know, they got fired from Gas Monkey, and so they've all kind of ganged together,
04:03and they're buying and selling some cars.
04:04Anyways, Ken, so I'll give you a grand, and we'll haul it off.
04:08Oh, no.
04:09I'd, no.
04:10What are you thinking, sir?
04:10I'd pay more than that for it.
04:11Any day of the week.
04:12Come on, you're gonna come in here and pit me on my own ride?
04:15It's a short bed.
04:16I was here trying to buy this.
04:17Hey, you know, I don't know.
04:18Well, you come in here and just totally insult the man.
04:20So not only is Thomas doing the wrong thing and stopping during a car deal,
04:24but then he starts saying, oh, the truck's worth more.
04:26I mean, he's just totally screwing up my deal right there.
04:28I was fixing to walk away with the truck, so I was immediately pretty well just pissed off.
04:32It's a short bed.
04:33For one, that's $1,000 whether it's rusty or not.
04:35Hey.
04:35And it ain't even rusty.
04:36He's family.
04:37Insults are fine, right?
04:38I can't.
04:39Hey, you know what?
04:40Family is something you really should never do business with.
04:43You know that.
04:43You should let somebody like me do business with family.
04:47All I'm trying to do is buy a truck.
04:48I'll give you $1,000 for it.
04:49Oh, no, no.
04:50What are you thinking?
04:50Uh, no.
04:51Okay.
04:52Okay, tell you what.
04:52You wanna have an auction?
04:53Go with it.
04:54Am I getting in a bidding war with my neighbor car dealer down the street?
04:57You're getting in a bidding war.
04:58You know, anywhere I can make a dollar, you can bet your ass I'm gonna do it.
05:02All right, fine.
05:03I'll give him two grand.
05:04No.
05:05Two grand.
05:06No.
05:06Where are you at?
05:07I'm at 22.
05:09I'm at three.
05:10A thousand.
05:11I'm at 35, really.
05:13Let me, let me.
05:14I've never lost money on a Chevy truck.
05:15You do a lot of Ford trucks.
05:17I do a lot of Chevrolet trucks.
05:18I've never lost money on a Chevy truck.
05:20So I jetted it up a little bit and he kept going.
05:22And now I'm really, really pissed off because it's clear to me now, Thomas is gonna play this game just
05:27to keep me from getting the truck at a decent buy.
05:28All he wants to do is get out of here so he can sell the building.
05:32What does that mean?
05:33That means $4,000 cash money.
05:36This is unethical coming in and beating up my own car dealer.
05:38Hey, it's kind of unethical.
05:39You coming over there, you know, jumping in the middle of my rent.
05:41I was only five days late and you come in and pay six months.
05:43I don't even know what that's about.
05:45Every time I make a bid, you're gonna go up?
05:48How do you get rid of a guy like that?
05:50One-up him.
05:50How much is he trying to get for the building?
05:54150.
05:55How about 125 grand?
05:56I'll take the building and the truck.
06:00Is that a deal?
06:00Are you for real?
06:01Richard.
06:02Just ride it up.
06:03Let's paper it up.
06:04Ha!
06:05Get you some of that, Thomas.
06:06Go back and fire it up.
06:07What the?
06:08Come on, Aaron.
06:09See our girls later.
06:10Hang on, what just happened?
06:11Did he just do what I just think he really did?
06:13Right when I think I'm just about to close the deal on it, Richard just one-ups everything and just
06:18blew me out of the water.
06:19He buys the building and the truck all at once so quick that I didn't even know what hit me.
06:25Hey, when you grow up, I'll rent you a real shop.
06:27I'll rent you this one.
06:29Every time I see you, all I do is see your back walking off.
06:31Boom!
06:33Richard wins again.
06:35Well, I've done a lot of car deals.
06:36Hey, Thomas, go ahead and get this truck off the property.
06:38I gotta lock up the fence.
06:40Good.
06:41Really?
06:42Whatever.
06:43All right, man.
06:43Good seeing you.
06:44So I got the truck bought and I own a building.
06:47I think it's a good deal.
06:48What do we do with it now, though?
06:50Uh, combination ice cream shop and go-kart track, but it does seem a little small.
06:55So we might want to inquire about the property behind it, but definitely the ice cream shop.
06:59You know, it's nice and cool in here, but once you come outside of your car, it's like, it's really
07:04hot.
07:04So we should, I don't know.
07:06What do you know about falafels?
07:13So here's the story.
07:14I'm pretty sure I got a good idea on what I want to do with the C-10, but I'm
07:17gonna let the old idea percolate in the noodle for a little bit before I let you guys in on
07:21it.
07:22Anyways, I got something else to deal with right now.
07:25All right, guys.
07:2665 Caddy.
07:27This is the one Christy screwed up on and didn't get it bought.
07:29Then the guy that bought it at the auction had the balls to come up here from Houston, get it,
07:33put it on a trailer and come back here and ask me if I wanted to buy it.
07:36Of course I bought it from you.
07:38Cool.
07:38Because I was mad I didn't get it in the first place.
07:40But since I let my pride get in the way, I ended up paying $13,200 for a car I
07:43could have got for $10,000.
07:46Hey, it's smoking a little bit. Something's wrong with it.
07:48Now I'm gonna be lucky if I can clear a profit on it.
07:50But I gotta try.
07:52First things first, just get it working and then we'll sell it.
07:56You know, that's how it works.
07:57Yeah.
07:57See, I get something and sell it for a little profit and then I give that profit to y'all.
08:01It's called paycheck.
08:02I've seen you take a loss on a lot of stuff.
08:04Yeah, I'd be worried about those paychecks.
08:06Yeah.
08:06See y'all later.
08:11That sounds like .
08:12Get it over to the lift and we'll see what we got.
08:16So we're working on our mid-60s caddy convertible.
08:19These kind of have a soft spot in my heart.
08:21I got a 60.
08:23And she's old, so she's running a little rough.
08:26Look at the windshield wipers.
08:27Oh, yeah.
08:32Hey, turn it off.
08:35This car has got some demons.
08:38The Cadillac's dieseling, which means the engine steel tries to run once the ignition's turned off.
08:42Usually our problem is we can't get it to start.
08:45Now we can't get it to turn off.
08:47That's usually a result of poor timing, which is leftover fuel in the cylinder heads.
08:56Yes!
08:57Yes!
08:58But as soon as we get one problem licked, another one pops up.
09:02Crank it.
09:08Now, this old pig just won't start.
09:10So Jason went ahead and got the carburetor cleaned out, put back on.
09:15Such a child.
09:16We blew out the fuel lines.
09:19The line's clear.
09:20What's that?
09:21I said there's a lion in here.
09:24So this caddy should be ready for a proper gas monkey test drive.
09:39This is what pays our salaries, and if we keep buying cars like this, I ain't gonna have a salary.
09:45I'm gonna have to go work for Sue.
09:48Ah, screw this.
09:54Coming up...
09:55Oh, God.
09:55Mike gets a workout getting the C10 to the garage.
09:58At least nobody can say you aren't pulling your weight around here.
10:00And Aaron gets the present he's always wanted.
10:04You just got the carte blanche from Ricardo.
10:11Watch that pothole.
10:13Try to kill me.
10:14Said you wanted to go fast.
10:16There it is.
10:18So, yesterday, apparently Richard bought a 76 C10 short bed that's hidden down the street under some trees on an
10:23empty lot.
10:26Nice.
10:27Rumor is that he also bought the lot that the truck's sitting on.
10:29Do you believe he bought another building?
10:31I don't know.
10:32Maybe he's gonna start flipping buildings.
10:34He thinks he's the monopoly guy now.
10:36He's gonna take the whole street.
10:38Mike and I, our job is real simple.
10:40Are you ready?
10:40Roll!
10:41We gotta go get the truck, get it to the garage, while Mr. Real Estate Mogul figures out what he
10:45wants to do with it.
10:49What the...
10:49Damn it.
10:51Just take this back.
10:56Oh God.
10:57Oh God.
10:59I bet you wouldn't mind being a real estate mogul right now.
11:04You can do it.
11:06I'm your biggest cheerleader.
11:07Good job.
11:08At least nobody can say you aren't pulling your weight around here.
11:11And yours.
11:12That's true.
11:13And everybody else's.
11:18Well at least we know that the hubs roll nice and smooth.
11:21Yeah, no kidding.
11:23That's enough.
11:24Alright, so now we got it.
11:25What do we think about it?
11:26I like it.
11:27Pretty clean.
11:28Yeah.
11:29That's exceptionally clean in my opinion.
11:31Yeah.
11:31It really is.
11:33Love to see it laid out on big wheels with big power.
11:35Just rolling smoke off the tires sideways, you know.
11:38Not to mention shoving it in Thomas' face a little bit.
11:41That's why we do 22s on it.
11:42I'd like to do a big LS.
11:43I'd like to have the time to put a nice paint job on it too.
11:45I don't want to just throw something together either.
11:47Two weeks on it would be nice.
11:48If we could split the parts and be doing body work while they're doing fabrication.
11:55So this is the part Richard always, always, always tells us all the money we don't have to spend
11:59and all the things we can't do to the car.
12:01You know, the part where we have to start lowering our sights a little bit.
12:04You guys do play with this all the time, even on your own time.
12:06So in the, oh my God, this is what I want to build world.
12:11How much money do you want to spend?
12:13That was not what I was expecting to come out of his mouth.
12:16We'd spend 50 in hard parts.
12:18I mean, there's no kidding.
12:19Between drivetrain and suspension and wheels.
12:22I mean, we're going to spend, and then the interior.
12:24Granted, there's not much of it, but if we want to make it not look like an LMC catalog,
12:28then it's going to cost a little bit, even though it's small.
12:31Okay, well, here's what I'm going to do, and I've never done this before,
12:33and I'm really scared because I know you guys will go overboard.
12:35I want this to be the nicest thing we've built.
12:37Spend the money, spend the time, but I need it in a month.
12:41Okay.
12:42All right.
12:43We'll get it in there and tear it apart.
12:44You just got the carte blanche from Ricardo.
12:48Okay, everybody, I know when you see me give Aaron a blank check, you're thinking,
12:52wow, has Richard lost it completely?
12:54Well, don't get your panties in a bunch, because old Tricky Ricky, he's got a plan.
12:59I think it's a good one, too.
13:02You see, every year Dallas throws a giant party called the Cattle Baron's Ball.
13:05Now, this is a pretty cool shindig where all of Dallas' elite come in, knock back some champagnes,
13:10and start spending money on all kinds of cool auction items like cars and trucks.
13:14And that's where Gas Monkey comes in.
13:16I know a little thing or two about marketing, and a billboard, well, it doesn't always have to be on
13:19the side of the road.
13:20My plan is to let Aaron build the truck of his dreams, and then I'm going to auction it off
13:23at the Cattle Baron's Ball.
13:25If I can get those fat cats an eyeful of Gas Monkey magic up on that stage, well, everybody starts
13:29bidding, and there's only one winner.
13:31Well, I'll tell you one thing about Texans.
13:32They don't like to lose.
13:33So all the other guys with big, deep pockets, they'll be lining up at Gas Monkey wanting something bigger and
13:37better.
13:38Listen, let's go ahead and get this thing inside for a change of mind.
13:41So, my guy's got 30 days to make something special.
13:44For El Banco de Ricardo, well, that's going to close.
13:53What do you know?
13:54My birthday's not for months, but Richard just gave me a great big present.
14:01Not about to lick this gift horse in the mouth.
14:03Straighten her up.
14:04Straighten her up.
14:05Straighten out this Chevy Silverado.
14:08Richard's given us carte blanche, and I'm going to make the most of it.
14:13All we're going to hang onto is the body and the frame.
14:15Everything else goes.
14:16First off, we're going to slam it all the way to the ground,
14:18because that's what we do with the old trucks,
14:20and that's going to require new suspension front to back.
14:23In fact, we may even have to raise the bed floor to get it done.
14:26We're going to install an LS7 Chevrolet crate motor, and it should make about 600 horsepower.
14:31After that, we're going to have to put on some big wheels, and we love 22-inch intro wheels,
14:34so we're going to do that wrapped in 35 Series Toyo tires.
14:37Once we give it a two-tone paint job and a custom interior,
14:40we're going to have it laid out, big tire, big horsepower pickup truck.
14:44It might be one of the coolest things Gas Monkey's ever built.
14:49So I think everybody's pretty excited about the project.
14:51Well, actually, I know everyone is. I'm very excited about it.
14:54And I think this might be one of the coolest builds we've done.
14:57So we've been doing this two and a half years now, and we've done some pretty cool ones recently.
15:01I think this one has the ability to be the coolest one.
15:03You know, we're not exactly inventing the wheel here.
15:05Our pickup truck is going to follow a pretty well-tested pattern.
15:09But the difference is many of these other builders that build this truck have many, many, many months to build
15:14it in,
15:14and I've only got four weeks and a very small staff.
15:18So for that to happen, we're going to have to rethink the Gas Monkey paradigm.
15:21I think a little bit more time spent on the front will save us a lot of time on the
15:24backside.
15:25Some of the problems we've run into in the past is someone will be putting something together that they didn't
15:29take apart,
15:29and it causes everyone trouble.
15:31Kenan will take apart a window, and then Kenan is painting something or doing bodywork on something else,
15:35and you're trying to put the window back together.
15:37He didn't tell you that two of the screws were missing.
15:38One of them was stripped, and oh, by the way, the track is bent.
15:41Yeah.
15:41And so on this one specifically, if you take it out, you are 100% responsible for putting it back
15:48together.
15:48And also, do stuff that you know you're good at.
15:51On a project like this, it's not the time to try and learn.
15:53You know, sometimes we have them, but we're going to try to move fast, and everybody's got their area of
15:56expertise.
15:57So really focus on what you know.
15:58You don't want me putting on any oil pans?
16:00No oil pans.
16:02Other than that, you know, everybody here is professional, and they've done this kind of work a lot.
16:05So let's try and make sure we've got our A-game together, because I'd love to deliver this one on
16:09time,
16:09which I'm being pressed very hard to, and I'd like for it to be done and done right.
16:13So I'm ready to rock and roll with y'all.
16:16Let's do it.
16:16All right.
16:17Let's start tearing this thing apart.
16:27I've got to say, this truck seems to be starting off on the right foot for a change.
16:30I mean, everyone's really excited about putting their hands on this building.
16:33How freaking awesome is this?
16:35Yeah, that's sexy.
16:36Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
16:39The cool thing for us is, is it's a great canvas.
16:42The sad part really is how little of it we're going to use.
16:46But then again, who cares?
16:48Because when we're all done, it should be fast, loud, low.
16:52Oh, and one other thing.
16:54It will be terribly, terribly expensive.
16:57But you did hear Richard say, we have carte blanche.
17:01Do whatever we want.
17:02So I'm going to do it.
17:07Coming up, the C-10 build rolls into its first roadblock.
17:11Dude, that's not going to fit.
17:13And the misfits...
17:14What the hell?
17:15...are looking for payback.
17:16Looks like you missed this one today, doesn't it?
17:18Exit that way, my sir.
17:29So yesterday, I did something that you've never seen me do.
17:31I gave Aaron carte blanche to turn our C-10 truck into the baddest hot rod gas monkey truck ever.
17:37And why?
17:38So I can sell it at the Cattle Baron's Ball next month.
17:41You got to spend money to make money, but all this spending stuff is kind of making me nervous.
17:45Man, y'all are tearing this thing down.
17:48Uh, yeah.
17:48So far, everything's gone incredibly well.
17:50The guy's fixing to pull the front clip on it right now, and I'm fixing to remove the rear suspension.
17:54All right, so this is, what, day two out of 30.
17:56Get after it.
18:00So today, the transformation of our nifty little C-10 begins in earnest.
18:04Chevrolet originally designed the pickup truck to haul bales of hay, rocks, so naturally they wanted it to sit up
18:10nice and high.
18:11All right, let's get it off.
18:13But here's the garage we have other plans for.
18:18We're going to drop this pickup all the way onto its frame.
18:21In order to do that, we are going to have to seriously modify its existing chassis.
18:25All right.
18:26Boy, you got to let us know where you're going.
18:28We all lost the furnace.
18:29You said go.
18:30You said go.
18:30I didn't hear y'all say nothing.
18:38That'll work.
18:39Chop suey.
18:40Good.
18:44You all ready to put it together?
18:46Yeah.
18:46Good job.
18:47All the former built stuff's here.
18:49Cool.
18:53Since Richard's given us plenty of money, but not given us plenty of time, I'm actually going to use a
18:58lot of pre-built chassis components instead of building them ourselves.
19:00Now, they're going to cost, well, they're not going to cost a little bit.
19:03They're going to cost a lot more.
19:05But what they will do is they'll speed us up.
19:06They should save us a week and speed the project up exponentially, which will definitely help out getting the thing
19:12over to Casey.
19:13But before that can happen, my guys have a ton of work to do.
19:16We're doing a complete dry fit.
19:18We will assemble everything.
19:19We'll put the hubs on, both the wheels on, the slosh tubs on, the nose and the cab back on.
19:25Once we have that and everything's working, that's when we'll start sending everything over to paint.
19:28This is a lot more pre-assembly than we've done in the past, and we're hoping that it pays dividends
19:32when it comes time to reassemble the truck.
19:34Okay, so this is an awesome truck.
19:45Well, the C10 build seems to be off to a good start.
19:48Clearly, Aaron has no problem with his carte blanche of spending my money.
19:51And since I don't expect to make any money on this truck, at least not immediately,
19:55I've got to find something to flip pretty quick because I need some cashola coming in the door.
20:01You're not doing anything.
20:02I just got a good tip on the old interwebs, and it's only around the corner.
20:09So we're going, man.
20:11As always, I'm searching the interwebs for the deal of the day, I call it.
20:14Just something I can make some money on somewhere around Dallas-Fort Worth area.
20:18And sure enough, I stumble across a 71 Formula 400 Firebird four-speed.
20:22Now, that's a lot of fours and Fs, but it should make some good money, and it's just around the
20:27corner.
20:27So I'm in a hurry. Grab Casey because in the posting it said,
20:30need money, must go now.
20:32Most people that have to sell the day that have a cool car,
20:34their wife's going to take it from them because they know they love it.
20:38Exactly.
20:38That's why you're not supposed to have a wife.
20:41Or if you have a wife, don't have anything cool.
20:43Exactly.
20:45If you have a wife, don't love anything but her.
20:47Oh, God.
20:49Man, these roads around here are horrible.
20:51Richard gets me and throws me in the truck and tells me he wants me to go with him to
20:53get this Firebird.
20:54I was pretty excited to go with him on a buy, kind of get out of the shop and something
20:57a little different.
20:58And hell, the truck's nowhere near ready for paint yet.
21:01Okay, so it's supposed to be down on this street somewhere.
21:03That's not looking good, is it?
21:06What the hell?
21:07We pull up, excited to see the car, hopefully make a little quick money, and somebody's already there.
21:13Hey, you're a little late to the party, aren't you?
21:15And that somebody is Thomas Weeks and Tom Smith from Fired Up Garage.
21:21Did you stop by and say hi?
21:22No, I came to buy a Formula 400.
21:24What happened to you?
21:25Well, looks like you missed this one today, doesn't it?
21:27Did you buy it?
21:27No, I just loaded it on a trailer without paying for it.
21:29Well, it looks like you got yourself a genuine POS.
21:33It kind of sucks.
21:34Now, they did beat me to it, but will they make money on it?
21:36Did they pay too much?
21:37Is it a good car?
21:39All that's yet to be seen.
21:40I hope you didn't pay more than about two grand.
21:42It really doesn't matter what I paid for, and it really don't matter.
21:45You would have paid probably more.
21:47That's rougher than a stucco bathtub.
21:48Yeah, I know, but I like them rough.
21:51Exit that way, my sir.
21:53Dang it.
21:53It makes you feel better.
21:54It's not as clean as it looks.
21:56Why are y'all in my neighborhood?
21:58Take it on home, brother.
21:59We beat you to it.
22:01Oh, man.
22:02Son of a bitch.
22:04That's just starting to piss me off.
22:06Having them in the neighborhood is gonna be a pain in the ass.
22:10Damn it, man.
22:11Why do they gotta be in my neighborhood?
22:13Oh, well.
22:14You can't get them all.
22:15I just don't like losing to Thomas and Tom.
22:21Don't you got something to do?
22:22Yeah.
22:23Good game.
22:32We've been moving forward with our C10 build at a blistering pace.
22:36And we've practically got all the suspension in without a hitch.
22:39But now that that's done, it's time to move on to some more of the bells and whistles that are
22:43really gonna turn some heads.
22:44Now back to you, Matt.
22:49That's a pretty big motor, dude.
22:51Oh, it's gonna be rowdy.
22:54There it goes.
22:54I like it.
22:55I like it to death.
22:58Man, these things are so cool, they're giving me goosebumps.
23:02These things are 35 inches.
23:03I wish I was 35 inches.
23:05Oh!
23:06Looks good.
23:07Hey, tires.
23:08Hey, I can feel the chill all the way over here.
23:10That tire size is perfect.
23:14I can't wait to finally see this thing on the floor.
23:18Looks good.
23:20Really good.
23:21Badass.
23:22Y'all ready?
23:23Yep.
23:24I'm getting it.
23:25You can pass it off.
23:27Okay.
23:28Coming down.
23:29Can you go any slower, Jason?
23:30I know.
23:33I likey.
23:35She's starting to look like a girl you just might want to take home.
23:39Let's get a fender off.
23:40I want to check the clearance.
23:42So when it comes to the engine bay, we've got a nice motor and we'd like to keep it that
23:46way,
23:46and we'd like to not have reverse dents in the hoods.
23:48So, since the factory inner fenders are placed far too low in the vehicle to be of any use with
23:5322s and air ride,
23:54we're simply gonna have to remove them.
23:57So we're gonna use slosh tubs.
23:59Yeah!
24:01Cung, cung, cung.
24:04What we get from it is some serious impact, both visually and practically.
24:10Ugh.
24:11Dude, that's not gonna fit.
24:13I don't think it's gonna go down.
24:16Somebody air the truck up.
24:18So, we attempted to put the modified fender onto the truck while it was laid out.
24:22Didn't quite work because the tire was practically on the inner fender, so we're gonna lift the truck up and
24:26try and reinstall the fender.
24:30No, there's no burrito.
24:31The firewall.
24:32Huh.
24:33Okay.
24:34Unfortunately, space is a limited commodity, especially when we're trying to cram so many large items in such a small
24:39space,
24:39much like the slosh tub and my firewall.
24:42They're both trying to live in the same spot.
24:44Problem is, I think the front end's maxed out.
24:47Ugh.
24:48This could've gone better.
24:49Yeah, I know.
24:52Anybody wanna buy a set of slosh tubs?
24:55So, I've got a couple of choices here.
24:56I can remove the slosh tubs completely, which I don't wanna do, or I can put on a smaller tire,
25:01which I definitely don't wanna do.
25:03That's a real bummer, man.
25:05Really hoping we'd have inner fingers.
25:08Then, there's a third choice.
25:09I can take the time to do it right.
25:11Simply cut out what's hitting, modify the firewall, and then re-glass the back of the slosh tub, which is
25:15precisely what we're going to do.
25:17I'd really like to keep going.
25:18I don't wanna be shut down by a little piece of firewall.
25:20What if we cut up in here?
25:23That'll get us back a little bit.
25:26I was told I could build the truck the way I wanted to, and that's what I'm here to do.
25:29Let's go back to bed.
25:30Let's go back to doing what we know how to do.
25:31All right, let's make tire clamps. Let's make this work.
25:33These modifications will push our schedule back a few days, and hopefully we can make it up further on down
25:38the line.
25:38But the truth of the matter is, this is a build that none of us wanna compromise on.
25:42I got fender problems, but at least it looks cool.
25:45Okay, well, this has been exciting. Let's get back to work.
25:51Coming up...
25:52Way up!
25:53Oh!
25:54The monkeys get some cold comfort from the 65 Caddy.
25:59You son of a bitch.
26:00And with the clock ticking toward the baron's ball, the C10 falls behind schedule.
26:05Is it ready?
26:06No.
26:09The C in Chevy C10 indicates what?
26:12Is it A, the truck is a standard?
26:14B, the truck has a second gas tank?
26:17C, the truck is manufactured in California?
26:20Or D, the truck is two-wheel drive?
26:22The answer when we come back.
26:28The C in Chevy C10 indicates what?
26:32The answer is D.
26:34C indicates two-wheel drive, while K indicates four-wheel drive.
26:50Yesterday, we started addressing some of the fitment issues that we discovered on the front end of the C10.
26:54Today, we're gonna start on the rear.
27:03The C up doesn't fit for nothing.
27:05It's no surprise our big tires are just as problematic back there.
27:08However, much like the rest of the truck, I have very big plans for getting that smoothed out.
27:14So, the wheel-wheel, you know, used to sit much lower than this.
27:18Obviously, when it was connected, it sat all the way down here.
27:21Well, this is how high the tires protrudes, so we'd have to tub all this.
27:24Well, what we're actually gonna do is raise the bed floor and bring it up so that the wheel-wheel
27:28is flush with, you know, the bottom of the bed rail.
27:31Interesting thing is, we have to bring the bed floor up, you know, with it.
27:33Of course, we're gonna have to live with the hump in the bed because the notches, well, they're a little
27:37taller than we expected.
27:39But, when it comes to chopping up the back of the frame and doing more chassis work, or living with
27:43the hump in the bed, you know which one I'm gonna take.
27:47It's a big job that I'm giving to a big man.
27:50Front, front.
27:51Where do you wanna go?
27:52Right here.
27:53That's fine.
27:54I was gonna go right there, but this will work.
27:56You're going up or you're gonna break it down?
27:58I'm gonna break it down.
27:59I'm gonna break it down.
27:59All right.
27:59I think it's more manageable.
28:11Do it again.
28:17You got a bad fuel pump.
28:19Let's see about getting a fuel pump.
28:21What do you think?
28:22I think you're right.
28:23So while everybody else is working on the C10, Jason and I gotta get the 65 Caddy running.
28:27I guess Richard has a buyer coming in tomorrow.
28:29Uh, as of right now, the 65 isn't really getting fuel up to the carburetor like we want it to.
28:35Assume it's a fuel pump.
28:36That sucker looks brand new.
28:40Brand new or not, this pump's just not moving fuel.
28:43So I'm gonna have to take this sucker off and put on a new one.
28:51God, I want to get it all over me.
29:00I got a small problem.
29:02I need this bolt because it goes in my fuel pump.
29:05We got a geyser.
29:08That's not working.
29:22It's kicking my ass right now.
29:25Ugh, that's why I hate Mechanican, is that.
29:33Done.
29:34Oh yeah.
29:36Test drive time.
29:39Oh yeah.
29:40Awesome.
29:45Hey dude, wait up.
29:46Oh.
29:49Hey.
29:49Let's go.
29:50The C10 is still not ready for me to paint, so screw it.
29:53Might as well go have some fun in the sun with my boys.
29:55Hey, I'm glad you came.
29:56Just in case it breaks down, we got some wheels to push.
29:58Yeah.
30:02Can you not see this car?
30:04Nobody cares about us, do they?
30:07I need three vanilla ice cream cones with double the ice cream.
30:11And we'll pay extra.
30:13You got Richard's credit card?
30:14I sure do.
30:16Love it.
30:17I'm not going to lie.
30:18Convertible, Texas, black interior.
30:20It is.
30:21Kinda sucks.
30:21That's what I'm talking about.
30:22Awesome.
30:24Love you.
30:24Have a good night.
30:25It's a good call on an ice cream.
30:26Yeah, it's great.
30:27This soft serve melts it fast.
30:32You son of a bitch.
30:34Oh, you got ass creamed.
30:38Dude.
30:39Dude.
30:40Well, now that we got this caddy running, I guess Jason and I need to get back to some serious
30:44work on the C-10.
30:45I'm leaking.
30:46Let me out of here.
30:49That was messed up, wasn't it?
31:01Let's go see if it fits.
31:03Jason.
31:05So far, we've had quite a few problems with the C-10 build, mainly because of my desire
31:09to incorporate so much work into such a small amount of time.
31:13You know, the bed I knew would take a few days, but when we come to the slosh tubs, I
31:17thought
31:17we could install them sooner.
31:18However, I wasn't about to not use them.
31:21If you're not touching on the back over there, but I'd still like to pull this back too
31:25and see if we can level this out right here.
31:28I like how tight it is there, but this right there, if we could get that a little cleaner.
31:31I can totally dig this once we get this chunk cut off of it right here and everything.
31:37Know what I mean, Vern?
31:37Mm-hmm.
31:40Knock it out, hell yeah.
31:41We're finally zeroing in on a solution for the slosh tubs.
31:44You know, it's going to take a little bit more work, but the plan has always been to mock
31:47as much of the truck up as possible before we send it over to paint, and we're not going
31:51to deviate from that.
31:52I want to have the truck assembled before it goes over there so we know it fits.
31:58Are they ready?
32:00No.
32:07Coming up, Richard's planning a trip for his 65 caddy.
32:10Drop the top, cruise around in Sweden.
32:13Yeah, look at the goals.
32:14And as tensions mount on the C-10 build, the good times are over.
32:19If you don't want to paint it, I never said I didn't want to paint it.
32:24Are you ready to help me on this?
32:26Yep.
32:26What are you doing?
32:27Getting ready, so putting baby powder on me so the fiberglass doesn't get in my pores
32:31and make me all itchy.
32:33Really?
32:33How much do you use?
32:35Um, that's probably good.
32:37That's a great idea.
32:39I'm going to put it wherever you don't want to get fiberglass.
32:42I don't want to get fiberglass down there for sure.
32:44Don't want none in there either, you know?
32:47No.
32:48I'm ready.
32:59And all the way at ride and bump, the same.
33:02Is it ready?
33:03Huh?
33:03Does that look ready?
33:04You're ready.
33:05You're driving, aren't you?
33:06Have you seen it all the way down?
33:07Drop it.
33:12Damn.
33:12That looks really, really good.
33:14So if you like it like this, are we done?
33:16If you can sell it like that and make money, sell it.
33:17I don't sell them.
33:19You sell them.
33:19That's you.
33:20Oh, well then he probably ought to finish it.
33:22So the monkeys have been in a pretty good mood since we started the C-10 build, which
33:24is no surprise because they've been spending my money like bananas.
33:28The problem is I'm not going to see one red cent back on this truck because I'm donating
33:32it to the Cattle Baron's ball.
33:33When I don't know when my next big check is coming my way, well my spirits, they kind of
33:36start getting queasy.
33:37All right, I'm out of here.
33:39Woo!
33:39Now the only way to fix that is to put on my big boy pants and go out there and
33:42make
33:43some money.
33:43It's called flipping it quick.
33:46Now y'all remember my 65 Caddy convertible.
33:49I had Jason and Mike do the once over on it.
33:51Got it running and driving.
33:52Usually I'd be patient and wait for the right buyer so I can clear good profit on this car.
33:56But right now, what I really need is cold cash to throw out my C-10 build.
33:59So who do I call when I got to move a big American car fast?
34:03My buddy Magnus.
34:04So, I'm going to load you up with another Cadillac I think.
34:07Yeah.
34:07I'm pretty sure I can get him pimped into this car because, you know what?
34:11It's what he's going to buy.
34:12This one's a 65 convertible.
34:15Yeah.
34:16Decent enough old car.
34:17Richard showed me this Cadillac 65 convertible.
34:20That seems to be a nice car.
34:22Need a little work, need a new top.
34:24But that's the car people love.
34:26It runs and drives?
34:27Yep.
34:31Oh yeah.
34:32Yeah, it looks straight.
34:34It's pretty good.
34:35Yeah.
34:36It's just a nice driver.
34:37Yeah, yeah.
34:38Drop the top, cruise around in Sweden.
34:40Yeah, that's good.
34:41Eat chocolate.
34:42Look at the girls.
34:43Maybe you can catch one and put in it.
34:45I came into this prepared to start the bidding low because I really wanted to unload this car today.
34:50Well, Magnus on this car, I don't know.
34:53How about 14 grand?
34:54That's a little too high because of the top and that.
34:56I can go 10.
34:59Golly.
34:59I paid more than that.
35:01Yeah, I have to calculate all the shipping and all that stuff.
35:04I know that's not...
35:05Yeah, but you also got like the exchange rate.
35:06That's like 5,000 bucks for you now, ain't it?
35:09It helps a little, yes.
35:10Yeah.
35:11Needless to say, this was a lot lower than I wanted to go, but right now I need the cash
35:15more than the car.
35:16So it's time just to cut one loose.
35:18And why not give Magnus a bone?
35:20How about 11.5?
35:22Yeah.
35:22That's fair.
35:23Cool.
35:24Richard said 14,000 for it.
35:26I could not pay that much.
35:2711.5, that would fit me because then I have that extra money for the expenses and that would be
35:32good.
35:33Another Cadillac going to Sweden.
35:34Yeah.
35:35Let's go do some paperwork.
35:36Yeah.
35:37So one of the good things about the car business is when you lose, you get to drink a beer.
35:42And when you win, you get to drink a lot of beers.
35:44So today I guess I'll just have one.
35:59So it's been a busy week around here and I've been able to cross a few things off my list.
36:03However, I'm not as far along as I'd hoped to be.
36:06In fact, Casey was hoping to be started with body work, maybe even a little bit through it.
36:10That's just not the case.
36:11We're knee deep in fabrication right now.
36:15But I was able to get the hood off the sand blaster.
36:17So when it comes back, Casey should be able to make short work of that.
36:20I hate walking backwards.
36:22Where do I go?
36:23Just put it right in the path.
36:25That way people will step on it right here.
36:30I like how you just walk away.
36:32The only thing is, we need to exactly get it back in the same condition as we did when we
36:35sent it out.
36:36Looks like the sand and blasting process warped it in a few places.
36:39So now Aaron's got to decide whether or not to get an aftermarket hood or get Casey to fix the
36:43one we have,
36:44which I don't think is going to make Casey very happy.
36:46We can order an aftermarket hood, but given our experience in the last, like, recent builds,
36:51all the aftermarket stuff just sucks so bad.
36:54So I want that hood fixed.
36:56Because, as I say, you saw it on the truck.
36:57Do you think there was any problem with it on the hood?
36:58There wasn't a problem with it at all, I thought.
37:00I thought it fit the truck.
37:01I thought it fit the fenders.
37:02It fit the cowl.
37:02I mean, I thought it fit everything well.
37:04And so I don't, I really don't want to change it.
37:06Okay.
37:07Well, do you want to tell them or me tell them?
37:09I'd rather have you, but I guess I'll go do it.
37:12Cool.
37:17Dustin called this one right.
37:19I'm definitely not happy.
37:21I was hoping the C10 bodywork would have started days ago.
37:24But what am I spending my time on?
37:26A warped hood.
37:27Richard's been throwing a lot of money at this truck, right?
37:30My solution would be buy a hood.
37:32We don't have time to do this project to begin with, and let alone try to spare two gallons worth
37:36of bondo across this thing to make sure it works.
37:38Not only is that not correct, but it's also a lot of time wasted.
37:43We could have a new hood here in a day, and the day we're waiting for that to show up,
37:46I could be doing bodywork on the doors of the cab.
37:47So this is time wasted in my book, but somebody in the shop wants me to fix this for some
37:52unknown reason.
37:53Apparently, he's the new paint and body guy around here, and this is not the correct way to do it.
37:57Putting two gallons of bondo on a hood is not correct, no matter what the person thinks.
38:02I know Richard's given Aaron a lot of freedom on this build, but I'm starting to get worried that I'm
38:06not going to have the time that I need to do the top quality paint job that they're looking for.
38:10I think it might be time to go have a chat with the big guy.
38:17Aaron, I'm getting asked questions I don't know the answers to.
38:19What are they?
38:20A hood, he says, is warped, and you said you'd rather have the original hood than an aftermarket hood.
38:28And then he says, well, then the aftermarket hood has to be fitted, and...
38:33Well, that's interesting.
38:34All the mechanics and fabric hitters have been busting their ass to make sure that everything on this project gets
38:39done right.
38:39And now that Casey has a little bit of bondo work to do, he's complaining.
38:43Well, let's see what I can do to make him happy.
38:45The problem is, aftermarket stuff, I don't feel ever fits worth a damn.
38:49So, this is what we're going to do.
38:50We're going to take the hood that you do have, and you can sit on it if you want.
38:53We can order another hood.
38:55And when it gets here, the better the two is going on the truck.
38:57We'll put whichever one fits best.
38:58And so we're going to carry on that route.
39:00I just don't want to get into a situation where we're working nights and weekends trying to make up time
39:03for waiting two days on this.
39:04That may not be possible.
39:05That's what we all agreed.
39:06This is a project we wanted to do.
39:07This is what we all agreed.
39:09And I say, and if you don't want to paint it, then we can have someone else.
39:12But the deal is...
39:12I never said I didn't want to paint it.
39:14The deal is that there's a lot of work to be done.
39:15We all agreed.
39:16We're going to roll like that.
39:18Cool.
39:19So...
39:19Let's just make the out of it.
39:21What else is new?
39:25All right, remember when I opened up my wallet for this build?
39:27Well, that was supposed to make everyone happy, right?
39:29Well, something went wrong somewhere, because right now, I'm stuck between two irritated monkeys.
39:33I mean, this is a six-figure build, and they're arguing about hoods?
39:36Really?
39:37Hoods?
39:39Anyway, looks to me like we've got even bigger concerns.
39:43Well, I'm freaking over time.
39:44I mean, Casey's saying he needs two, three weeks or whatever, and we don't have that.
39:48We've got to have a running, driving truck in another two and a half, three.
39:52Like I said, if he doesn't want to do the nights and weekends, someone else here will.
39:56If it's me, if it's Dustin, if it's Mike, it's somebody.
39:58The deal is we all agreed that we wanted to do this truck and that we'd do the extra work.
40:02I agree with you.
40:02I didn't like him storming off.
40:03That's not a thing to do.
40:05But then again, I've done it a few times myself.
40:07Uh, alright.
40:08Then we keep going.
40:10Sure.
40:11That's all I need.
40:13I guess the party's over on this build.
40:16I don't know.
40:17That's all we can do.
40:18Okay.
40:18Keep after it.
40:19Aaron's making me nervous.
40:20KC's making me nervous.
40:21And quite frankly, I don't care if I see another smile out of any of them.
40:24All I want is what I'm paying for.
40:25A finished truck that'll knock the boots off of everyone at Cattle Barons and then some.
40:30Or this just might be the last time I let them play with so much of my money.
40:33Yeah.
40:34Carte Blanche, you know what that means?
40:35I need a beer.
40:43Next week, the crew keeps pounding on the C-10 to get to the Cattle Barons' ball on time.
40:48That's a very unrealistic timeline.
40:50But if the monkeys don't hit the pedal on this six-figure build, Richard's ride could be cancelled.
40:55Welcome to Gas Monkey Garage.
40:56Then the Monkey King seeks out a Lincoln that could bring him some bread.
40:59How much is this pig?
41:01A dollar a pound.
41:03And his buyer may be closer than he thinks.
41:06How much do you take for it to me today?
41:08You.
41:09Then as the monkeys keep pumping to complete the C-10,
41:13Richard visits fired up to chase down the rent.
41:16Well, you were late last time.
41:17Yeah, we're going to be on time.
41:19Two days.
41:19But with only days until the Barons' ball, will the C-10 dream build make it to the dad's floor?
41:25Did you kill it?
41:26I didn't kill it.
41:26Or will Richard's plan run out of gas?
41:29I hate to say it, but this is one I don't think we're going to keep.
41:32Yes, at sea.
41:33Noons' money has money.
41:33Noons' money Facebook's profit for you.
41:33God 115 in your Walmart & Fit Mattel Baby Aaron acquates Como to the parler,
41:34And that will give you the price of communication or whatever you want.
41:34And the other day after all, is we love to break.
41:34You
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