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00:00Right now on a gnarly Fast & Loud...
00:04I want a Swedish hat.
00:06Woo!
00:07Hot Rod Hunter Richard Rawlings and Master Mechanic Aaron Kaufman take a trip back to the 80s
00:12when an old friend comes calling with a bitchin' request.
00:16I need another 80s car for my birthday.
00:17Don't make me build a Knight Rider car.
00:19And doubles the deal for the ultimate party guest.
00:23I want to meet David Hasselhoff.
00:24What?
00:25With only days to deliver, the monkeys run straight into trouble.
00:29Is it blinkin'?
00:30Everything's blinking.
00:31And when the hunt for the Hoth takes an unexpected turn...
00:34Wow!
00:35Sweet, that's pretty awesome.
00:36Richard stoops to new lows to win his bet.
00:39Oh, my God.
00:40Pull up your leg warmers and get ready for a blast from the past.
00:44Ready to go, Mr. Rawlings?
00:46Because this is a build...
00:47Woo!
00:48...unlike any that have come before.
00:50Woo!
00:51And to bring home the money this time,
00:53the monkeys will have to ride out the raddest, most tubular road trip ever.
00:58The party starts in one hour.
01:00What the...
01:01Is that Eric Estrada?
01:03Whatever.
01:11Hey, I tried to tell him that you were busy, but he is insisting that he see you right now.
01:15Who's he?
01:17What's up, man?
01:18Yeah, you were busy.
01:19What's up, baby?
01:20So I'm feeling good.
01:21Things are going good here at Gas Monkey.
01:23And Jay Ricky walks in.
01:25Come on.
01:26So you may remember my buddy Jay Ricky.
01:27He's the guy that had Gas Monkey build the Smoking the Bandit Trans Am last year for 70,000 bucks.
01:32And they added a $40,000 bonus if we could get it to New Orleans in six days.
01:37Don't you know the bandit can't be caught?
01:39Come on.
01:40Now, I don't know what Jay's up to today.
01:42I mean, who knows until he opens his mouth?
01:44And Jay Ricky knows how to open his mouth.
01:48Why are you here, man?
01:49What brings you to Dallas?
01:51I was on my way from California back to New Orleans.
01:53Figured I'd stop in, see my boy, say hello, what's up?
01:55This year was my 25th high school reunion.
01:58So I'm a product of the 80s.
02:01So I'm thinking I need another 80s car for my birthday.
02:05I have a birthday party coming up in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks.
02:08I'm a child of the 80s, so I want the right 80s car for it.
02:11Yeah.
02:12Now I'm getting the whole idea.
02:13You're in your 80s garb.
02:14Yeah.
02:14You got it?
02:15You figured it out?
02:16I mean, when you think about quintessential 80s cars, what do you think about?
02:19Oh, all the cool stuff that's on TV.
02:21Like Dukes of Hazards.
02:23A-Team.
02:24A-Team.
02:25Miami Vice.
02:26Miami Vice.
02:27What else do you think?
02:28What do you want?
02:29Something stupid like the night car?
02:32Oh, come on, dude.
02:33There you go.
02:33Don't make me build a Knight Rider car.
02:35A kid car?
02:36How quintessential 80s is that?
02:38That's if you can find it.
02:40Nobody kept those cars.
02:41They were disposable.
02:42Like Bic Shavers.
02:44J-Rock wants the Knight Rider.
02:47The Knight Industries 2000, 82 Trans Am.
02:51So in the mid-1980s, Knight Rider was one of the coolest detective shows on TV.
02:55I mean, you had the Hoff, David Hasselhoff, playing Michael Knight, getting rid of evildoers
02:59and just saving the day.
03:00Hello, boys.
03:01But what really steals the show is his ride, KIT.
03:04Now, KIT stands for Knight Industries 2000, and it was a Pontiac Trans Am supercar.
03:09Might as well put on some music.
03:10What would you like to hear?
03:11It talked.
03:12It did weird things.
03:13It drove by itself.
03:14You know what?
03:15It actually boosted Pontiac Trans Am sales for the entire run of the show.
03:18So if Jay Reiki wants to lock his sights on this car, well, it's not going to come cheap.
03:23The best 82.3-ish Trans Am on the planet, that's probably around $7,500.
03:30Okay.
03:30And then you got to get all the junk that they put on the dash.
03:34Don't forget the special steering wheel.
03:36You got the dash.
03:37The light on the front, that went wom wom, wom wom.
03:42I mean, come on.
03:43I could build that car for probably $25,000 and make a little bit of money for me.
03:46And I'm not doing it for double that, and I'm protecting you as a friend.
03:49I will not do it for double that.
03:50You do not want that car.
03:51So for $50,000, you won't build me my car.
03:56Bam!
03:5750 grand.
03:58Right there on the desk.
03:59And I'm like, I think that might be the most money ever spent on a KIT car, including the one
04:03that was in the show.
04:04When do you need it?
04:05When's the birthday?
04:06Isn't it coming up like next week?
04:08Two weeks from now.
04:11Double this stack and I'll do it.
04:13It's two weeks.
04:13You want me to put everything else I got back here to the side and build you this car.
04:17You always come in here at the last minute wanting me to push everything aside.
04:21I knew you were going to make me double it.
04:24Hondo.
04:25Two weeks.
04:26Trans Am.
04:27For my birthday.
04:28You have got to be insane.
04:30Okay.
04:31Well, look.
04:31If you don't want to...
04:32Now, we're at the right stack now.
04:34So hold on.
04:36100 grand.
04:37Kit car.
04:38Night Industries 2000.
04:3982-ish Trans Am with all the bells and whistles and buttons.
04:43Wom wom.
04:44Wom wom.
04:45All right.
04:45I'm done.
04:45I'll take it.
04:46I'll do it.
04:47Okay.
04:47Whoa, it's not that easy.
04:48Come on.
04:49It's not that easy.
04:50All right.
04:51What's the rest?
04:52When you built the Trans Am for me, you had a certain someone sign the dash.
04:57Burt Reynolds.
04:58Yes.
04:58I want to meet David Hasselhoff.
05:02And then Jay Rickey gets down to the nitty gritty.
05:05He wants David Hasselhoff to make an appearance at his birthday party, which is fine, except
05:11for he wants me to arrange it.
05:12He's like a world-renowned freaking superstar.
05:16You're Richard effing Rollins.
05:18It's Richard R. Rollins.
05:20I'll double it.
05:21What?
05:22I will double it.
05:24This gets the car.
05:26A stack identical to it gets the Hoff at my party.
05:31Fourteen days.
05:33He's willing to double up on that.
05:35A hundred grand extra if I can get David Hasselhoff to make an appearance at the party.
05:40And I'm thinking, he's got to be somewhere in this wide world.
05:44All he's got to do is make an appearance.
05:46Make an appearance, yeah.
05:47Now, here's the flip side to that.
05:49What?
05:49If you don't get the car done, I get the car for free.
05:54Well, that's not even a problem.
05:55I'll get the car done.
05:56We'll see.
05:58All or nothing.
05:58Fourteen days.
06:00All right, dude.
06:01We got a deal.
06:02Kit car, David Hasselhoff.
06:03We're doing it.
06:04So, this is a great day.
06:05I mean, I made a hundred grand to build probably a $20,000, $25,000 car.
06:08And I get another hundred grand if I can make David Hasselhoff make an appearance at his
06:1280s party in Vegas, which I get to go to.
06:14So, this is a good, this is a damn good, where's the beer assistant?
06:18When I'm celebrating, oh, thanks, man.
06:21Can we go now?
06:22Yeah.
06:22Where are we going?
06:23Go drink some beer.
06:25All right, I'm in.
06:25All right.
06:28A hundred grand for a kit car, really?
06:29It's my birthday.
06:30Oh, my gosh.
06:31I wish I had birthdays like you.
06:37Tony Taylor.
06:38Yes.
06:39I got a good one for you.
06:40Jay Rickey, you did the Smoky Bandit car for?
06:42Yeah, yeah.
06:43Now he wants a Knight Rider car.
06:45Oh, oh, yeah, yeah.
06:46David Hasselhoff's car.
06:47Okay.
06:47So, you got to find me a Trans Am.
06:48So, the easy part's done, making the deal.
06:50And if I'm going to make it happen in two weeks, I got to find an 82 Trans Am and
06:54do
06:54it by like yesterday, because the job's got to be done and it's got to be on time.
06:58So, here's the deal.
06:58Find me an 82 to 85, they're all the same body style.
07:01It's got to be black, because we do not have time to paint it.
07:04I'd like to be in decent running shape.
07:05And start looking up all the kit parts, because I know that there's companies out there that
07:08made the dash, and all the pieces, and all the buttons, and all the things that
07:11light up, and the nose cone that goes off the bumper to make it longer with the lights
07:15underneath it, we got to make a real Knight Rider car.
07:18So, I go to KnightRiderCarKits.com and something and get all this stuff coming, or?
07:23I don't know if that's the website or not.
07:25I don't know either.
07:25What I'm telling you is, just find the car as fast as you can.
07:29Okay.
07:30Don't poke around on this one.
07:31I've got to get this car to Vegas in two weeks.
07:33We're going to have to track down some really specialty parts for this one, and that's
07:36going to take Tony a few days at least.
07:39All right, so, 82, 85.
07:41Which works out pretty well for me, because I'm supposed to be heading out of town.
07:44Like, right now.
07:45Yeah, yeah, Dennis, I know.
07:47I'm on my way to the airport right now.
07:48Just get up to Gas Monkey Bar and Grill in Terminal D and get me a beer.
07:52Normally, I'd never leave in the middle of a huge job like this, but Tony's got to do his
07:56thing anyways, and I've got a date to auction off a really, really special car that I bought
08:00with my buddy Dennis, and I'm not going to miss that auction.
08:09All right, let's do this.
08:15So, we're in Auburn, Indiana at the Worldwide Auctioneers.
08:18What do they call themselves now?
08:19Worldwide.
08:20Worldwide.
08:23It's Worldwide.
08:24All right.
08:24It's Worldwide.
08:25Number 13.
08:26Group.
08:27Auctions.
08:27Look at this, dude.
08:29Empower.
08:30That's 100, 120 cars.
08:32Really boutique auction.
08:34These are hand-picked, hand-selected cars.
08:36If they're in here, if they're behind me or in front of me, these cars are the best of the
08:39best.
08:40But today, I'm not here to shop.
08:42Me and Dennis got a little score to seven.
08:45There it is, man.
08:46Right up front.
08:47Here we are.
08:47Here we are.
08:48You think you're going to make some money on this, or what?
08:50Yes, sir.
08:51So, you guys probably remember this little 64 and a half K-code Mustang.
08:55It's a deal.
08:55When Dennis and I bought it for 60 grand, we were thinking we were going to flip it for a
08:58big profit.
08:59When was the last time you saw a 64 and a half K-code with the original hoses and belts?
09:03I wanted to sell it right away to a buyer that would pay 200 grand for it.
09:06Kind of that bird in the hand thing I'm always talking about.
09:08Well, Dennis, he's about the bird in the bush.
09:11He thinks it's worth a whole lot more money, so he bought me out of the car for 100 big
09:15ones.
09:15This is all profit for you.
09:17Well, today, he's going to auction it off, and we're finally going to see which little birdie made the right
09:21call.
09:22You got 100, so you made 70 grand.
09:24Which means I got 130 in it.
09:26I know that's a lot of math.
09:27What do you think it's going to do?
09:28240.
09:29I don't know.
09:29The car's incredible, dude.
09:31It is incredible.
09:32I already made 70 grand on it.
09:33Now, the long and short is I've already made 70 grand on our investment.
09:38And Dennis will have to clear 130 grand today just to break even.
09:42Lot 53 is an amazing car.
09:44It's a 1964 and a half Ford Mustang K-code convertible.
09:49It's the holy grail of 64 and a half Mustang.
09:52Did you pay him to say that?
09:53No.
09:55It's true.
09:56Start it where you will.
09:5750 bid.
09:5850 bid be 75.
10:0175.
10:0275.
10:03Yes?
10:04100.
10:05100,000.
10:0775 bid me 100,000.
10:08It's kind of quiet in here.
10:09100,000.
10:1075 bid me 100.
10:12How am I doing so far?
10:1490.
10:1490,000.
10:15We'll see.
10:16100.
10:16100 again there at 100 bid me 105.
10:19105 bid me 110.
10:21Do it, Dennis.
10:21Make the money.
10:23Try it, man.
10:24Try it.
10:24Make the money, man.
10:25Get it.
10:26So the energy in the room?
10:27Well, there's not any.
10:28It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure out how this is going to go.
10:31112,500.
10:32115,000.
10:33It's going to be sold at 112,500.
10:36I'm asking 115,000.
10:38Damn it.
10:39Yep.
10:39Ladies and gentlemen, there's one moral to this story.
10:42That means that you were right and I was wrong.
10:44115,000 dollars on the greatest Mustang known.
10:48Fair warning.
10:51Sold 112,500.
10:54Sold.
10:54What are you going to do?
10:56What are you going to do?
10:57What are you going to do?
10:57It was worth a roll of the dice.
10:58I thought the car was going to do 240, whatever, but it didn't.
11:00But we sold it.
11:01Sold for 112,500.
11:02No, no, no, no.
11:03We didn't sell it because I already sold out.
11:05True that.
11:06I got my 70 G's out of the car.
11:08Okay.
11:08How'd you do?
11:11I lost money.
11:12You sure did.
11:1317 and a half big ones.
11:14I got rich slapped on that one.
11:16Whoa.
11:18There's the new term of the day, rich slapped.
11:21Coming up, Richard's search for a Knight Rider Trans Am comes up short.
11:26Yeah, that's funny.
11:27But he racks up a foolproof plan to track down the Hoff.
11:31We all know he's into bonds with big .
11:33Well, we'll send my version of Pamela Anderson after you.
11:43All right, what's the good news?
11:44Where's my Trans Am?
11:46Man, I haven't found one that's going to work for us.
11:48There's plenty out there, but they all look good in pictures.
11:51And when you get a little closer, it's not the car we want.
11:55The company that makes the kits, he's out of them right now.
11:59And I actually asked the guy.
12:00I said, well, there's a three-month wait to get it.
12:02He bills them the order.
12:03You think Jay Rickey set me up?
12:04He's trying to make me do something that he thinks can't be done?
12:07So, I'm supposed to be building a Knight Industries 2000, you know, a kit car for my buddy Jay Rickey's
12:11birthday.
12:12We got ten days to do it and get the car to Vegas.
12:14And I don't have an 82 Trans Am, and I don't even have any of those blinky lights yet.
12:18That's not going to work, man.
12:19We're running out of days.
12:20All right, here's what we do.
12:21There's a whole bunch of, like, Knight Rider enthusiast people out there.
12:24And they're, like, Knight Rider communities.
12:26And there's a bunch of people that built these cars.
12:28Get on the deal.
12:29Whatever this little thing is here, this interwebs, and see if you can find some body out there that has
12:36one and find out they'll sell it.
12:38That's what we got to find.
12:39I want everybody on it.
12:40Hear that?
12:40Everybody.
12:41I'm not going to lose 100 grand.
12:42I want everybody on it right now.
12:45Find me that car.
12:46Whatever you want to do, everybody get on it.
12:47We're on it.
12:48Nobody does anything else until I get a kit car.
12:50I'm not going to lose 100 grand on this.
12:51Who are you?
12:52I'm on it. Don't worry.
12:52Does she work here?
12:53What are we doing?
12:54Find me a kit car.
12:55Turns out we can't build a kit car from scratch and make our timeline.
12:58So I got to make like Michael Knight and come up with a better plan.
13:01What happened to plan B?
13:03This is plan B.
13:04We're going to have to find one that's mostly assembled and get it into the shop and trick it out
13:08gas monkey style.
13:11I thought it'd be pretty easy because I know back in the day there was a lot of people that
13:15were into them.
13:15There were people manufacturing the crazy dashes and the weird steering wheels.
13:19And it turns out all the people that made those, well, they're not really making them anymore.
13:23Kit car.
13:24I mean, to them, I think the whole Knight Rider fad's over.
13:26But, you know, it's alive and well in Jay Rickey world.
13:30It took two days to search it before I finally hit pay dirt.
13:33The only one I could find for sale in America is in San Antonio, Texas.
13:40So it's an 85, not an 82, like the original Knight Rider car.
13:43Well, that shouldn't be a problem because the body styles are pretty similar.
13:46Hopefully it runs and drives and I'll make you drive it home.
13:48We just won't even put it on the trailer.
13:49Can you do some David Hasselhoff while you're driving?
13:51I can get my chest hair out. Does that help?
13:53Well, you got more chest hair than I do.
13:55Did you know somebody noticed I shaved mine?
13:57I just hope it's got all the kit paraphernalia we're looking for because it'll save us a ton of time.
14:02Howdy.
14:02Hi.
14:03Hello, ladies.
14:04Richard.
14:05Hi.
14:05I'm Linda.
14:06Linda.
14:06Nice to meet you.
14:07My name is Linda Montiano.
14:09I live in San Antonio, Texas.
14:11This is my daughter, Ashley.
14:14There it is.
14:16Yeah, that's funny.
14:17It's Dustin's size.
14:21That looks a little more like it.
14:23There it is.
14:23Yes, it does.
14:25Hmm.
14:25My ex-husband, he likes novelty cars.
14:28I think it was a red color.
14:29He had this painted, ordered all the electronic parts and then had somebody install all the electronic parts for him.
14:35I just went through a nasty divorce.
14:38Thanks to my great lawyer, I was awarded all the cars.
14:42Interesting.
14:43Oh, it's pretty sweet.
14:44I don't know about you, but I feel like I could fight crime in this thing.
14:47Beep, boop, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, boop.
14:49So, uh, I'm not seeing any lights.
14:51Probably drain the battery.
14:52You push, I'll steer.
14:54Rumba!
14:56There we go.
14:58See if it'll fire up, man.
14:59Come on, car.
15:05Ta-da!
15:06So we got a running, driving car.
15:08All the lights work?
15:09Because that's important.
15:10Yes, all the lights.
15:12So the good news is, it's the Knight Rider car.
15:14I mean, it has the dash, it has the steering wheel, it has all the doodad lights.
15:17It's got the little red beeper thing in the front.
15:19That's good enough for me that it's a good starting point, especially considering there's none for sale.
15:22All right, all I've got to do now is get it for a fair price.
15:25So how much is this?
15:27How much is this?
15:28Mmm.
15:30It's an 80-something Trans Am.
15:32It's a Knight Industry 2000.
15:36Considering the dash costs 7,000, everything total...
15:39Are those U.S. dollars?
15:40Yes.
15:41Okay.
15:42I know for a fact that the dashboard costs 7,000 because I remember having a fit that it costs
15:48so much.
15:48We put about 10,000 into the car, so maybe 17.
15:53Linda quoted me 17,000.
15:55She's adding up parts and what it took to buy the car and get it done and what have you,
15:58and that's all fair.
15:58But the truth is, there really isn't even a market for these cars anymore, so I shouldn't have to pay
16:02anywhere near that.
16:03I was thinking more about 7,500.
16:05No.
16:07How about 10 grand?
16:08Nope.
16:09But she wasn't having any part of it.
16:12It is the car neat.
16:13There's not another one for sale, so how about 15 grand in cash?
16:19Okay.
16:20Wow, that was easy.
16:21Cool.
16:22Deal.
16:22Deal.
16:23Awesome.
16:24All right.
16:24All right, Erin.
16:25You get to load the car.
16:26I've got to count money with this lady.
16:30$15,000.
16:32So we've got the car bought.
16:33Now we've got to get back to Dallas.
16:34Start doing our magic with it because we've still got to make the trip out to Vegas.
16:36And I've got David Hasseloff to find.
16:39Bye, Kit.
16:56Woo!
16:57That's what me and Erin were doing.
16:59Woo!
16:59There's the surprise I was talking about.
17:01Oh, sweet.
17:02All right.
17:03The Kit car, Knight Industries 2000.
17:06Knight Rider.
17:07Y'all hadn't seen anything.
17:09No, I think we've seen it all.
17:11No.
17:11So Richard and I picked the Knight Rider car because Jay and Ricky wanted a really expensive party
17:14favor.
17:15I don't understand it, but there again, I don't have to.
17:18And the truth of the matter is, in the 80s, cars sucked a lot.
17:21But if you were 11, you wouldn't know the difference.
17:23And, well, you'd be pretty enthralled with this car.
17:26Just don't say anything.
17:27Just give it a minute or two.
17:28You'll start to feel it, right?
17:29Like, when all the lights come on, and you're sitting there, and it's like, it starts to
17:33get cool.
17:34Good afternoon, Michael.
17:36What's all this?
17:37So the original Knight Rider car had artificial intelligence, had ballistic paint,
17:40projector seats, six different levels of boost.
17:44This might have been the most amazing go-go gadget mobile ever.
17:48Come over here.
17:48You're going to love it.
17:49Oh, my God.
17:50It looks like an 80s video game in there.
17:52I want to see somebody get nasty with this thing trying to drive that.
17:54You got about 30% of a steering wheel.
17:57It's not as bad as it looks.
17:58Keep them at 10 and 2.
17:59You're locked into it right here.
18:00So what are we going to do with it?
18:01Looks like all the kit stuff is already here.
18:03Me and Aaron talked about it on the way back, and I'll let him guide y'all into what we're
18:07going to do.
18:08But at the end of the day, Jay Rickey just wants a party favor.
18:11So this build is all about chasing the money, all the way back to the 1980s.
18:15But fortunately, we're not going to have to build the ejector seat, because we don't
18:18need that to win the bet.
18:20We're building a replica car, so all we have to do is make this thing look and feel like the
18:24original Knight 2000 Industries car.
18:27Clearly, there's a few cosmetic issues that we're going to have to address.
18:29I mean, the windshield's cracked.
18:31There's two different kinds of material on the seats.
18:34The engine seems to be in good shape.
18:36You know, hopefully, all it needs is a healthy tune-up.
18:38But anyone who can see the tail lights knows that there's an obvious problem.
18:42The original Knight Industries 2000 had a blacked-out panel to avoid being detected in sticky situations.
18:48Ours just won't do.
18:49The iconic oscillating light on the nose is already working, so we don't have to worry about that.
18:54Of course, we're going to hop up the display and the stereo system, because at the end of the day,
18:57this is a party car.
18:59And Kit's supposed to talk, so I want Aaron to figure out how to make it say at least happy
19:02birthday.
19:03And if we can do all that and keep it under $10,000, I make $75,000 on that.
19:07And trust me, if I make $75,000, I'll be ready to party.
19:10How long do we have?
19:12Here's the thing. It took five days to find the car to start with.
19:14It's an 18-hour drive to Vegas, so we only have about eight days.
19:19All right.
19:20The only thing left to do is get this thing off the trailer and dig in.
19:23And I've got to track down Hasselhoff to get another $100,000.
19:26Kit, off the car. Get off the trailer.
19:29Evacuate trailer.
19:33Kit, come on.
19:34Now, I don't know a whole lot about this Knight Rider thing,
19:37because I was still pooping in my diapers when it was on TV.
19:39But I'll tell you one thing.
19:40If David Hasselhoff was driving this car,
19:42he could get it off the trailer with no ramps.
19:45But not us.
19:51Who's driving?
19:52I'm driving Kit, boy.
19:57All right.
19:59We good?
20:12I think I'm liking this 80s trip.
20:18All right.
20:20I got a job for you.
20:22You're gonna help me win my bet with Jay Rickey.
20:23How do I always get pulled into y'all's bets?
20:26This is easy.
20:27I don't like y'all's bets.
20:28He's gonna pay me a hundred grand extra
20:30if we can make David Hasselhoff make an appearance
20:32at his party in eight days.
20:35So what does that have to do with...
20:36You gotta hassle the Hoff.
20:38Where in the hell am I gonna find David Hasselhoff?
20:40I don't know.
20:41I pressed the button on the dash,
20:42it said find Michael, and it didn't do anything.
20:45So now I'm pressing your button.
20:47You find him.
20:48You're an idiot.
20:49Okay.
20:50Get on the net.
20:50Somebody's gotta know where he's at.
20:52He's somewhere.
20:53Maybe he's on tour doing a Baywatch cover, whatever.
20:56This is Knight Rider, not Baywatch.
20:59David Hasselhoff is Baywatch and Knight Rider.
21:01Well, we'll send my version of Pamela Anderson after him.
21:03Find him.
21:04You suck.
21:08Coming up, Richard pulls one over on Sue.
21:12I should've saved $2,000.
21:13You should have, because I sold the car for a ton of money.
21:15And later...
21:16Welcome to Sweden.
21:17Richard gets sidetracked on his hunt for the Hoff.
21:20Hey, whoa, man. I want one of those hats.
21:21I am definitely feeling Swedish now.
21:24Woo!
21:34All right, guys.
21:35We gotta get moving.
21:36This is...
21:36This is what we're doing today.
21:38Let's just treat it like it's a normal car and not a Knight Rider car.
21:40Let's get the wheels off.
21:42Let's get a set of tires.
21:43Look at the brakes.
21:43I'm driving it in.
21:44I don't think it's got back brakes.
21:45So let's change the fluids in it.
21:47Let's look at the spark plugs.
21:48I like the back seats out on the floor pretty soon.
21:50They're gonna go to Sue's front seats as well.
21:53Let's get that handled.
21:54Then we'll dig into the more delicate things.
21:57So thanks to another crazy bet by Jay Rickey and Richard's penchant to bite at every carat he sees,
22:03we've only got eight days to get our Knight Rider replica car to Las Vegas.
22:06Pretty rad.
22:07I remember when I was young, this used to be like the dream motor to have.
22:09Oh, yeah.
22:10It's like, I'm out.
22:11Give me a tune port.
22:13Luckily, it looks like the car was largely unmolested mechanically, just electrically.
22:18Is there really a piece of wire bypassing the fuse in there?
22:20Hey, this is about a 300 amp fuse, just so you know.
22:24The car will be on fire and this thing not pop.
22:26And so we're gonna make sure that the car is fundamentally sound.
22:29Once we've done that, we'll move into fixing all the Knight Rider stuff that has been installed, let's say badly.
22:36Whoa!
22:38Holy crap.
22:41Yeah, these brakes are horrible.
22:43Genius doesn't really begin to describe the level of work they put into this car.
22:47You know, there's so many things, there's so many avenues of science that were explored in this car that I
22:51just don't have the intelligence really to wrap my brain around.
22:54Check this out.
22:56This thing was just laying there.
22:58That's hot, dude.
22:59The guys that invented it, they've long been killed.
23:01You know, they didn't die of natural causes.
23:03You know, once they got out of the Knight Research Center, they were off, and so all their papers burned.
23:08We'll never know how to repair some of it, so let's do the best we can.
23:10We'll start with the brakes.
23:12Okay, pump it.
23:17It going down?
23:18No.
23:18The first time we did it was the only time it went down.
23:20Now after that, it ain't doing nothing.
23:22That's not good.
23:23So we knew we were gonna have a problem with the rear brakes when it came in here because it
23:27didn't stop that good.
23:28The pedal's not really acting like it's supposed to.
23:30Pump it up, Kenan.
23:34Holding.
23:34It looks like the rear end may have been changed in this, and I don't think they ever blood them.
23:38Worst case scenario, if there's, you know, something that we can't find or flush out, it might be a block
23:43in the system, which means we'll have to pull it apart.
23:45Come on.
23:46So the last thing we want to do is start taking apart this car.
23:49Chances are it'll cause as many problems as it fixes, and we don't have time for that on this build.
23:54Hopefully we can bleed them and get these things working.
23:56Oh, yeah.
23:57Oh, yeah.
23:58Oh, yeah.
24:01Now here's the part of the show where I tell you that things are going well, but the bottom line
24:05is I've got my own cheering crowd over here.
24:07Go ahead and give it to them.
24:08Woo!
24:11Everything's in motion for the Gas Monkey $200,000 deal with my crazy rich buddy Jay Ricky.
24:16Now as much as I'd like to have actual ejector seats, this job's all about making the money.
24:22So get them over to Sue, have her match the fabrics, boom, we're done.
24:25What's up, Sue?
24:26Hey.
24:27Look at all this crap.
24:28I guess I'm not the only one that brings you junk.
24:30I know.
24:31What's you got?
24:32So guess what this is, Sue?
24:34You remember the Knight Rider?
24:36Knight Rider?
24:37Yes.
24:38Why don't we wait till the Knight and we go ride?
24:40No.
24:41I don't know what's the Knight Rider.
24:43I don't know about the show.
24:44Well, Knight Rider was the show with David Hasselhoff back in the 80s, and my idiot buddy that has more
24:48money than Sins wants one.
24:50David Hasselhoff.
24:52David Hasselhoff.
24:56This is original to the actual car we have, but this is the correct material.
25:00We want to redo these completely, the same way they are now, just brand-span canoe and make the back
25:05ones match.
25:06I think this one frame is not too good.
25:08Ta-da.
25:09Just like when you were in high school, seats go all the way back.
25:12So I need this back in about, let's call it four days.
25:16Four days?
25:17Yes.
25:18Oh, the hardest part, he want me to find exactly material.
25:22That's the hardest part.
25:24How much is this going to cost me, Sue?
25:26Let me think.
25:31$1,500.
25:33You know what?
25:34That is so cheap.
25:36I'm not even going to argue.
25:37You know what?
25:38I just need it in four days.
25:39$1,500 is fine.
25:41Normally Richard, he always argue for price.
25:44I tell him $1,500.
25:46He's accepted.
25:47I should have said $2,000.
25:49Yeah.
25:49He was in good mood.
25:50You should have, because I sold the car for a ton of money.
25:52See, I got over on you today.
25:54$1,500.
25:55See you in four days.
25:57See you, Sue.
25:58Goodbye, ass monkey.
26:00Bye, Richard.
26:04There you go.
26:05My Knight Industries 2000 is in full swing, and it looks like we're going to actually pull
26:09it off.
26:10Boom.
26:10So in a few short days, I'm going to be $200,000 richer.
26:14Ooh, that reminds me.
26:16Christy, where's the Hoff?
26:18Hey.
26:19So I have good news and I have bad news.
26:22Okay.
26:22Well?
26:23Do you want good news first or bad news first?
26:25I just need to know if you found the Hoff.
26:26That's what I need to know.
26:27Yes.
26:28I found him.
26:28Cool.
26:29Good news is we found him.
26:31Okay.
26:31Bad news is that he is in Malmo, Sweden.
26:35Sweden?
26:36Yep.
26:37Sweden.
26:38Sweden?
26:39Really?
26:39What do I know about Sweden except for Magnus?
26:41I mean, and Magnus can't help me get to the Hoff.
26:44Well, can he?
26:45Well, let's see if Magnus can help us out.
26:47No.
26:48I already called Magnus and Magnus is in Dallas.
26:51So...
26:52Well, I'm not about to give up $100,000, so what else can I do?
26:55All right.
26:56Well, then book me a ticket to Sweden.
26:57I'll go talk to him.
26:58Why can't I go?
26:59I got to negotiate with him and I can't leave that up to you, so I got to go.
27:02Why can't you leave it up to me?
27:03Look, just book me a ticket to Sweden, first class.
27:05Why can't I go?
27:06I should go.
27:07All right.
27:07I have a confession.
27:08So I've been a fan of David Hasselhoff since before I've had these.
27:12And if there's a chance to meet him, I want to be there.
27:15How can you go?
27:16What are you going to do?
27:17You're really, really not very attractive to a dude.
27:21Well done.
27:21Who knows?
27:22I could totally get you in the door.
27:25I could break the ice.
27:26He'll want to talk to me.
27:27He's not going to want to talk to you.
27:30Please.
27:31You know, the more I think about it, that's not a half bad idea,
27:34because I got to go into this thing with, like, guns blazing.
27:36And Christie's got a couple of assets that I don't possess.
27:39Okay.
27:40Fine.
27:41Yes.
27:41Two tickets to Sweden.
27:42Put me in first class.
27:43You're going coach.
27:44I can't afford you first class.
27:45Whatever.
27:49Coming up.
27:50I don't really know what to do.
27:52When Mike struggles with Kit's taillights, Dustin's got loads of advice.
27:56Here's a quarter call home.
27:57While Richard concocks a bodacious plan to hook the hop.
28:01I'm totally out on this deal.
28:06What was the name of Kit's rival Trans Am?
28:09Was it A. Claw, B. Car, C. Clam, or D. Kurt?
28:18The answer, when we come back.
28:26What was the name of Kit's rival Trans Am?
28:29The answer is B. Car stood for Knight Automated Roving Robot.
28:51It's about damn time.
28:53You said be here at 11.
28:54It's like 11.30.
28:56I'm still in American time.
28:58Is this any good?
28:59I've walked around and around and around.
29:01I've been through the square.
29:03This looks interesting.
29:04Okay, so we've been on a plane for 11 hours.
29:07I haven't slept since day before yesterday.
29:10Can you please tell me what we're doing?
29:12You told me that the Hoff was in Switzerland for this concert thing.
29:15That's all we need to know.
29:16Then we'll just...
29:16We're in Sweden, not Switzerland.
29:19So Christy found out that David Hasselhoff was here in Sweden.
29:22In America, we know the Hoff is a TV star.
29:25But overseas, he's a pop star.
29:27And he's doing some, like, 80s party tonight.
29:29And it's a big concert, party, I don't know, Swedish stuff.
29:33Does he know we're coming?
29:34No.
29:35No.
29:39Your plan is to just walk in with 20,000 people,
29:44and we're just gonna magically meet the Hoff?
29:47Here's the thing.
29:47I can sell anything.
29:49I'm thinking if I can just get in the same room with him,
29:52I can make a deal.
29:53We can get him to make an appearance in Vegas at J. Ricky's Park.
29:56That is the stupidest plan ever.
29:59Well, that's just the beginning of my plan.
30:01Worst case scenario, we're gonna travel in style
30:03because our ride's here.
30:04So let's go.
30:05I thought we were walking.
30:07Richard doesn't walk anywhere.
30:08Richard rides.
30:12What's up, man?
30:13Hey, Richard.
30:14Welcome to Sweden.
30:15How you been?
30:16This is Magnus' son.
30:17Hi.
30:18I'm Christopher, son of Magnus at Lone Star Cars here in Sweden.
30:22And Richard needed a driver, so I'm the man for the job.
30:25Let's do it.
30:26Yeah, hop in.
30:27Be careful.
30:28Don't hurt it.
30:29We got Magnus' 60 Eldorado convertible,
30:31and I figure that's the ticket right there.
30:33We ride up in style, get out in style,
30:36and walk right in the VIP and go,
30:38What's up, Hoff?
30:39Hand signal.
30:43Hey, whoa, man.
30:44I want one of those hats.
30:45Let me out.
30:45Start the car.
30:46Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
30:47Wait. Okay.
30:49Excellent.
30:50I am definitely, definitely feeling Swedish now.
30:54Yeah.
30:55That looks good on there.
30:56Woo!
30:57Perfect.
30:58Welcome to Switzerland.
30:59I mean, Sweden.
31:00Okay, so where's this store?
31:01What store?
31:02I told you I had a plan.
31:03We're going shopping.
31:04Oh, God.
31:05I'll show you.
31:16Hey, Stitch.
31:16You guys about to wrap up the breaks?
31:17I'll be done in a minute.
31:20When last we left the guys working on our Knight Rider car,
31:23I was concerned about the functionality of a few of the systems,
31:26even though we had a nice running, driving car.
31:28We still have a lot of work to do,
31:29but we're on a ridiculously tight timeframe,
31:31so it's time we begin addressing some of the inscrutable details
31:34that make Kit, well, Kit,
31:36and the first place we're going to start is on the taillights.
31:40You see, the original Kit car had a sleek-looking,
31:43blacked-out taillight panel that gave Kit its cool,
31:46stealthy, spy-like look.
31:48Our car?
31:49And it's got the stock taillights that are louvered,
31:51and that just won't do.
31:54All right, dude.
31:54I cut this piece of plexiglass.
31:56Let's see what we can do with it.
31:58So right now, I've got Mike and Dustin trying to figure out
32:00how to bring it up to spec.
32:02And just like David Hasselhoff on an episode of Baywatch,
32:05I have every confidence they'll know exactly what to do.
32:08I don't really know what to do right now,
32:10to be honest with you about this.
32:13I don't know how to fasten it.
32:14So here's the problem.
32:15Even though I really want to,
32:16I can't just superglue the plexiglass to the taillights.
32:19You'd still see the louvers through the plexiglass,
32:21and that's what we're trying to get rid of.
32:23Think this up.
32:24I may have another super-duper idea.
32:26Great. I know.
32:27So what is it?
32:28All right, we're going to remove the whole taillight.
32:31The louvers, taillight housing, everything's going to come out.
32:34Then what?
32:35We're going to attach the plexiglass to the back of the car,
32:37we're going to build a housing for the lights, bada-bing.
32:40This is easy, dude, I'm telling you.
32:41That's not going to work.
32:43What's going to be right here?
32:44We're just going to make a new housing
32:45that holds the taillights out of sheet metal.
32:47Dude, that's not going to work.
32:48Why not?
32:49I thought you were supposed to be a metal guy.
32:50I am a metal guy, but I'm not going to build some hokey-ass .
32:54Let's just go.
32:55You build a hokey-ass .
32:56He builds hokey-ass on every episode, every week.
32:59All right .
33:00Let's just get Aaron.
33:01Hey, Aaron.
33:04I hope you all don't have a too in-depth question about this.
33:08So we're having a dilemma.
33:09We could make a tab that comes across the bottom here,
33:12that mounts to that, and then make a mount here,
33:15and then take a sheet metal box and put holes in the back of it
33:18so you can put the light bulbs in it.
33:20Oh, that sounds like a fantastic idea.
33:23What?
33:24You didn't say that!
33:26Yes, I did!
33:27No, he did not!
33:28What?
33:28He never said anything like that!
33:39Woo-hoo!
33:51Here's a quarter call home.
33:54I think these darker taillights are a little bit illegal in some states.
33:58Kid doesn't care about the laws.
34:02One down, one to go.
34:08Damn it, where's my bench?
34:16Wow!
34:17So tell me, what's up with the horse and the dude?
34:19It's an old king we had here in Sweden.
34:22Looks like you guys got a lot of old stuff here.
34:24And some young stuff, too.
34:27So the land of Sweden is pretty awesome.
34:28They've got chocolate and stuff, but I just need the Hoff in Vegas.
34:33That's what I need.
34:34So how exactly are we getting in to see the Hoff?
34:37Do you have a plan?
34:38It's simple.
34:38It's easy.
34:40I'm American, and I have a pocket full of Hondos.
34:42So we're gonna buy some 80s digs, head over to the party,
34:45and ask the old Hoffmeister to join us in Vegas.
34:48Simple.
34:49Really simple.
34:50There it is.
34:51Vintage.
34:51Yep.
34:52That's what I'm talking about right there.
34:54I think the trick to this is that you gotta fit in.
34:56Members only.
34:57That's what I'm talking about.
34:58We need, like, a members only jacket and some parachute pants.
35:02We're gonna be the two dum-dums that are dressed up and nobody else is.
35:06It is gonna be ridiculous, I'm sure.
35:08Hey, Einstein.
35:10It's Sweden.
35:11They're still in the 80s.
35:12Ladies.
35:13Well, then you should go.
35:14No, you're the lady.
35:15Sort of.
35:18Now this is what I'm talking about.
35:20Hello.
35:21How are you?
35:21Hello, hello.
35:22You speaking English?
35:24Yes, a little bit.
35:25Cool.
35:25I need some 80s garb.
35:26I don't have so much of 80s, but you can maybe hear something.
35:31Is that members only?
35:34Oh, yeah.
35:35So we go into this little vintage shop,
35:37and of course, Richard immediately finds what he needs, as usual.
35:42Yeah.
35:43Oh, yeah.
35:45What's up with this?
35:48Well, I'm ready to go.
35:50I got my jacket, I got a scarf.
35:51That's horrible.
35:52One thing I know about David Hasselhoff, this guy likes the women.
35:54So, not bringing Erin this time, I brought Christy, because A, she has some boobs, and B...
36:00Oh, that's it.
36:01Spiked bra.
36:01Are you serious?
36:02That's 80s all the way.
36:04What says, what's up, Hoff, more than a spiked bra?
36:06I'm totally out on this deal.
36:10Are you, what is that?
36:12It's really small.
36:13Like...
36:14That's what I'm talking about right there.
36:15That works.
36:15Throw that with the pink jacket.
36:19Boom.
36:20We're gonna try to make that work.
36:21Richard said it's fantastic, so we'll see.
36:24Look at it.
36:25We're ready to go now.
36:26Okay, but I feel ridiculous.
36:29I haven't felt you, so I don't know.
36:31I don't think it's good for catching fish, but it caught some boobs.
36:34The Hoff is waiting, come on.
36:36Well, stay tuned, because we look great, and we're gonna meet the Hoff.
36:39We're good to go now.
36:40Yep.
36:41Let's go find the Hoff.
36:43Or as they say in Mexico, El Hoffaroni.
36:46Yeah.
36:51Coming up...
36:52That's right.
36:53Kit lights up Gas Monkey's life a little too much.
36:56Is it blinking?
36:57Everything's blinking.
36:58While Richard and Christy totally sneak backstage for a rad meetup.
37:03Oh, there's chips.
37:04I think I might throw up.
37:07Woo!
37:08Welcome to Gas Monkey 80's party.
37:10Dustin, get on in there.
37:12Look at that.
37:13That is a nope if I've ever seen it.
37:15Mike Quintoni.
37:16How about an old-fashioned prep-off?
37:19Get it.
37:20Christy, get in there.
37:21Woo!
37:22I think I see some kid-and-play action.
37:24Sleeves has got sleeves on.
37:26Those sleeves go away.
37:27Sleeves go away.
37:28And Kasey.
37:29Oh.
37:29I believe that Kasey comes from Kasey Kasem.
37:33Woo!
37:34Yep.
37:35That was cool in the 80's too.
37:52Hey, Kenan.
37:53What?
37:53You want to try it?
37:54Hit the brake?
37:55Yeah.
37:56So we're on a super tight deadline, trying to get this Knight Rider car, finished up for
38:00Jay Rickey's big party in Vegas.
38:02Dustin and myself are pretty much done with what we feel like we want to do on these taillights.
38:09We got the new housing for the bulbs fabricated.
38:11The original white bulbs plugged in, but the white bulbs, they're not going to work for brake lights.
38:15We need some kind of red to be legal.
38:18So Kenan and I discussed it and he went out and found us these sweet LED bulbs.
38:25All right.
38:27Whoa.
38:27Are they on?
38:28Yeah.
38:29Try the blinker.
38:32Is it blinking?
38:37Everything's blinking.
38:38That's good.
38:40No, it's not.
38:41Yeah, come over here.
38:42Check this out.
38:43So do it again.
38:44What is that?
38:45What side is that?
38:46Left.
38:47Okay, do right.
38:52Dude, are you sure you're not hitting the hazards?
38:54Because that's what it looks like.
38:56The dash is blinking too.
38:59Okay.
38:59I think we've got a serious problem.
39:01I think we just cooked all the electronics.
39:03Look at the dash.
39:05It dashes.
39:08When's Richard going to be back from Germany?
39:10Dude, I thought he was in Switzerland.
39:21Woo!
39:22Thanks, my man.
39:24Show us around Sweden.
39:25You got us to the Hoff.
39:26I'm ready to rock and roll.
39:27Yeah.
39:28Good luck.
39:28Yeah.
39:29Nice to meet you, boys.
39:30I didn't get a hug.
39:32Golly.
39:33So here's the deal.
39:34Christy and I are headed to David Hasselhoff's 80s party
39:36right here in Switzerland.
39:37And if I can't convince him to come to Vegas
39:39for Jay Rickey's birthday party, I'm out a hundred grand.
39:42Where's the Hoff?
39:44Yo!
39:45So do we even have tickets to this, Richard?
39:47We don't need tickets for Gas Monkey.
39:48Look, they even rolled out the red carpet for us.
39:50They knew we were coming.
39:50That's not for us.
39:51Shh.
39:52We are totally getting kicked.
39:53Pretend you know what you're doing.
39:54Hey, is David Hasselhoff here?
40:04Go, go, go, go.
40:07Be cool.
40:08I got this.
40:08Hey, man, appreciate your help.
40:11Hoff's down this way.
40:15Boom.
40:15See, I told you it was easy.
40:17The stage is right there.
40:18I know, but the coffee's right here.
40:20We don't have time for coffee.
40:22Come on.
40:22Yeah, we do.
40:23I think the dressing rooms are over here.
40:25You see, we're in.
40:26We're backstage.
40:27We're waiting on Hoff.
40:28No, I think that's it.
40:29We're so getting fired.
40:30We're getting kicked out of the whole country at this point.
40:33Oh, this one's in.
40:37All right, he's not here yet.
40:38No, no.
40:39No, just wait on him.
40:40Come on.
40:40No, I'm not, no.
40:41I'll wait on him.
40:42Oh, there's chips.
40:43Oh, my God.
40:46Richard.
40:50So Richard thinks that he can do whatever he wants.
40:52We totally just snuck into Hasselhoff's dressing room,
40:55and we're just sitting waiting,
40:57and I think I might throw up.
40:59We are totally getting kicked out.
41:00It's going to be fine.
41:01No, it's not going to be fine.
41:02Look, they got chips and everything.
41:03It's David.
41:04Stop eating his food.
41:05If he comes in, it's over.
41:08Well, that's because he was your teen idol.
41:09It doesn't matter why.
41:11You can still jump him as a middle-aged lady.
41:13No.
41:14You just play it up, all right?
41:16Use your assets, and we'll get this deal done.
41:19Okay.
41:21Oh, my God.
41:21Whoa!
41:23Richard, I told you we needed a plan.
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