06x02 - The Future is Now

[bunniefuu]

Dude, look at how wide it is and the wing.

Dude, imagine just all the flames.

[Mark] We were so pumped up

when Nick told us he had a client
with a badass McLaren,

and we were gonna be able to give it
the full Gotham Garage treatment.

Dude. Lights everywhere.

-LED lights, underglow.
-[Mark] Yeah.

[Mark] But it looks like Nick was talking
to the owner's son, not the actual owner,

and Dad's not as excited as the kid
about the changes we wanna make.

The front splitter, how are we
gonna get up the driveway?

When I talked to you
and said you could customize it, man,

I was thinking something small, like rims.

Maybe paint the calipers,
a vinyl wrap, but there's no way.

Look at this.
Look how far this sticks out.

I apologize, gentlemen.
I do appreciate the customization

and all the thought that went into it,
but I can't get behind this on this car.

-I'm sorry.
-[softly] Oh, my God.

[Charles] This is a $300,000 car,

and you're gonna devalue it
by putting all this stuff into it.

-[Will] You gave this car to me.
-It's not yours yet.

The title's still on my name, son.

There's nobody else
that wants to see this.

Everyone wants to see this.

This is why Mom says
you're so out of touch.

You don't understand. This is--

Gentlemen, excuse me for a second.
I'm gonna talk to my son.

[Charles] Let's go.

-[Will] It's-- Look back.
-[Charles] No.

-Look back. It's fine.
-[Charles] Let's go.

So…

not gonna happen?

-That--
-Hey, man, I'll tell you what.

If my kid came in here
and was talking to me like that,

we wouldn't be fixing this,
and I wouldn't be paying for his McLaren.

[hesitates] I'm gonna go fix it.
I'll go fix it.

Nick ain't fixing that.
There's no coming back from that.

-No.
-[Mark] No.

You know what? This is something
Nick should've known about.

How many 17-year-olds
have a McLaren laying around?

[Tony] This could be some Internet money.

Nowadays, all these influencers,

I mean, these kids
are making some easy money.

More money than we ever did.

[both chuckle]

-[sighs]
-[Shawn] What was that all about?

That is us finding out
that it's not the kid's car.

-It's the dad's car.
-Oh, no.

-[Tony] Dad's not really feeling it.
-No?

You know, I think Nick is an A-class guy
that has some amazing connections,

but ever since we've been going down
this route of high-end builds and clients,

the garage just hasn't been the same.

It seems like
we're chasing something that isn't there.

I think you need to go find me something.

You got anything?

I have something that'll work perfectly.
I just need to check with the owner first.

Okay.

[Tony] Well, this might be good.

Can't be bad as this. [chuckles]

[tools whirring]

[engine revving]

["Burn" by Ashley Clark playing]

♪ Woah, yeah, I′m the man
You'll understand ♪

♪ When you watch me burn ♪

[Nick] 360 Spyder or Coupe?

Actually, let me call you back.
I'll call you right back.

Okay, thanks. Bye.

What was that all about?

Kid was committed.
I didn't know Daddy was a factor.

That was brutally apparent.

I was really fired up
about modifying this McLaren

because you don't
get to modify a car like that very often.

Give me a day or so on it,
and I think we can probably reel it in.

And I think it's gonna take
more than a day,

so what else you got going on?

Um…

Yellow Ferrari.

I have a buyer lined up.

He wants some mods done,

but it's probably
gonna be less than the last one.

How is that humanly possible
to have less than the other one?

Exhaust, wheels, tires, and a stripe?

It's not the direction remotely
that I want to go in.

I've already proven myself
with a 360 Ferrari,

so I know there's a market out there
for Gotham Garage exotic cars.

-I don't want to just be a tire store.
-It's simply gonna take time.

[Nick] I totally get
where Mark is coming from,

but the Ferrari build was done on spec,
and it wasn't an easy sell.

We're gonna get burned if we keep
taking risks on these spec builds.

I'm trying to build
a sustainable business model

with clients that want
to make modifications to their car,

no matter how small at first.

It's going to pay off.
It's just gonna take patience.

They're not prepared
to just let you have carte blanche

and let you go wild on their car yet.

I need to get back to work.

See what you can work out
with the father and son on the McLaren.

-Handle it.
-I'll handle it.

♪ She walks ♪

♪ Like she got some recipe… ♪

[Shawn] My job is supplying cars.

Supplying builds for the shop,
that's what I do.

I've had a really cool build

I've kept simmering on the back burner
for the past year or so.

A vintage DeLorean.

And I've checked back
with the owner, Dr. Berke.

Are you still interested in
having us do a bit of work on that?

[Dr. Berke on phone]
Yeah, it's so underpowered.

-Yeah.
-I think it could use it.

[Shawn] And he still wants us
to put the Gotham spin on it.

I know Nick is bringing in
all these big ticket exotics,

but this car
could only be described as iconic.

-[Mark] Look at Shawn.
-[Constance] Wow.

-[Constance] A DeLorean!
-[Caveman] Ooh… DeLorean?

-I bring you guys a DeLorean.
-[Constance] Okay, don't touch it yet.

-You got me a time machine.
-[Tony] We're going Back to the Future?

-I'm going back to the '80s.
-[Constance] This is pretty cool.

-See you, guys.
-[Shawn] We excited about this or what?

[Caveman] This thing is way cool.

-I love this thing.
-[Shawn] Thank you, Caveman.

When have we ever had
the opportunity to customize a DeLorean?

-[Mark] You kind of look like Marty McFly.
-[all chuckling]

Parting my hair over to the side?

-Yeah.
-[Caveman] What's the deal with it?

Here's the deal.
I had this one on the back burner.

It's my friend, Dr. Berke's car.

-That's weird. He's a doc.
-[Constance] Doc?

-So it's Doc's DeLorean.
-That's awesome.

[Caveman laughs]

[Shawn] Here's the thing.

You guys wanted something
you could dig your teeth into. Here it is.

It's not just wheels
and tint and a stereo, all right?

We're talking about customizing a car.

This guy bought this car
in the early '80s.

He's relying on Gotham Garage
to turn this into a sports car.

I like that.

But right now, it runs really bad,

so if we can give this thing
a little bit of power.

If we can harness all that hot air

-and get it behind this car…
-[all laughing]

[Tony] Is there anything
we're not allowed to do to this?

[Shawn] Yeah, we're not allowed
to cut into the body.

I mean, Dr. Burke loves
the iconic look of the DeLorean,

and he doesn't want us
drilling into the frame

or messing with the stainless steel.

The good thing is it's got no rust.

-[laughs]
-You're right about that.

[Mark] I understand the culture
behind the DeLorean.

They all love that stainless steel body,
so it's no big surprise

that the doc doesn't want me
to do anything to his body.

It limits my creative ability,

but I do understand it is his car,
and he is of that culture.

Let's get this thing off the trailer
and into the shop

and start tearing this thing down.

That's what I like to hear.

[Mark] The doc bought this car in 1981,

the first year
the DeLorean debuted to the public

and several years before it was featured
in the Back to the Future movies.

It's a visually striking
stainless steel-bodied car

with gull wing doors and futuristic lines,

but buyers soon learned
that it was underpowered

and generally not the sports car
that they were promised.

So we need to finally pull
this DeLorean into the future.

[rock music playing]

[Mark] To make this car
feel like a modern sports car,

we're gonna do away
with that peashooter exhaust,

fabricate and install a dual exhaust

to let that motor breathe easier
and make more horsepower.

Then, to modernize the look of this thing
and maximize the aerodynamics,

we're gonna add
a front air dam and a rear diffuser.

We'll completely revamp
the old wheels and tires,

and finally, we'll replace
that crusty old 1980s interior

with wall-to-wall leather
and custom seats.

By the time we're done with it,

it's gonna be the modern sports car
it was always meant to be.

[Mark] Okay,
let's get this thing torn down.

[Caveman] Where are we gonna put this?

Jake's under there wiring up
to get ready to put the flux capacitor in.

Hey, I know a guy
that can get us a flux capacitor.

You know,
this isn't actually a time machine, right?

You mean it's not a time machine yet.

[Constance] Look at that.

All right, now we got some work to do.
Now we can see what we're doing.

[Constance] Oh! There's spiders in here.

[Caveman] Yeah, I put 'em down there
just for you.

[Constance] No.

The good news is we don't have to add
spider webs to this build.

It's already got a bunch it came with.

[rock music playing]

Anybody can just buy a Ferrari
and flip it, but what fun is that?

You don't get to
get inside a dirty DeLorean

and scrape off spider webs.

Yeah. Experience all of these new aromas.

This is so much more satisfying
than a quick dollar.

-Really?
-[Constance laughs]

[all laughing]

[music continues]

[Tony] Teardown's done, guys.
It's looking good.

I think we can start building it back up.

So, we need to get it on the lift,
get the muffler, springs,

and we'll start putting it together.

-[Jake] Let's do it.
-[Constance] Sounds good.

♪ You better move
'Cause you crossed the line ♪

♪ It ain't gonna end without a fight ♪

♪ We are the warriors ♪

♪ Warriors… ♪

[Shawn] I'm headed over
to take a look at a deal right now.

I met up with a buddy the other night.

He was telling me about a friend of his
that had a Gen 3 Bronco

that's been neglected,

and that's good for me

because neglected means
someone wants to get rid of it cheap.

My job is supplying builds for the shop.

It's taken a back seat
to what Nick's been bringing in.

All these high-end deals haven't been
bringing in the high-end profit.

So if I can bring in
something like this Bronco,

kind of get the shop back to doing
the kind of deals that we used to do.

[rock music playing]

[music fades]

That's it?

Mmm…

A little rougher than I thought.

[engine stops]

[exhales]

All right.

As I'm looking around this guy's property,

I can tell
he's got a lot of project cars here.

Some half done, some just junkers.

I'm thinking I should be able
to get a pretty good deal

by taking one of his
half-finished projects off his hands.

-[man] What's happening?
-[Shawn] You must be Rusty.

-You must be Shawn. Nice to meet you.
-How you doing?

Man, you are off the beaten path.

[sighs] In a good way.

But I'll go for a long ways
to look for a deal.

-[Rusty] Is this what you're looking at?
-I heard you have a deal here for me.

Is that what I…
Is that what I hear, right?

[Rusty] It's a project I was gonna
start working on, and here it's sitting.

I just haven't yet.

-It's a solid old truck.
-It's a 1981 Ford Bronco four-wheel drive.

And these have become quite desirable.

[Rusty] They have.

[Shawn] So word around town is that

you're looking to sell
the old Bronco, huh?

[Rusty] Well, uh, I wouldn't say
I was looking to sell it,

but I, you know, I would
maybe take an offer on it.

I'm willing to take it off your hands,
and I'll give you a fair price for it.

I like the truck.

I'll give you five grand cash right now.

[chuckles]

What? You're giggling. What?

It's 15 grand.

[laughs]

[Rusty] Did you see what's under the hood?

[Shawn] Whoa, what do we have here?

[Rusty] A new engine.
Bet you didn't expect that, did you?

You could have led with, um…
with the new motor.

I wouldn't have insulted you
for five grand.

It is nice, but even though
you've got a nice motor in there,

it's not 15 grand nice, Rusty.

[Rusty] It's worth that much to me.

It's a desirable truck,
but… it's not that desirable.

We are just so far away on price.

I mean, is there
some sort of trade, something interesting?

Are you looking for a vehicle?
You looking for something?

I know Shawn
and the cool projects Gotham Garage does,

and, you know, he's a wheeler dealer,

and I'm not gonna let him
undervalue my Bronco,

but I am a wheeler dealer too,

and I probably could
work out a trade with him.

-I could use the truck.
-Well, I have a couple projects.

One of these projects, it…
it could be up your alley a little bit.

If you wanna look at it, you can
come look at it. I'll show you what I got.

-Take a look at what?
-Well, you gotta see it.

This guy's speaking my language
a little bit here.

Maybe he's even got something
better than the Bronco laying around.

-That's a tank car, is it?
-[Rusty] Not a tank car.

[birds cawing]

What the hell is that?

Hot air balloon basket.
Right up your alley.

That is not up our alley.

I own A Grape Escape Balloon Adventure
here in Temecula.

I want something unique
that would stand out a little bit

from the other balloon companies,
something they cannot compete with.

So I am a classic car guy,

and I think Gotham Garage could probably
do something pretty unique for me.

If you guys put your stink on this,

give me
a Gotham Garage basket and balloon,

I'll trade you that Bronco for that work.

You're talking even swap?

-You give us the Bronco…
-Absolutely.

…for dolling up your basket?

Yes.

Even if that Bronco's
only worth ten grand,

we put a little spit and shine
on Rusty's balloon, and that's a good deal

because Broncos like that
are hard to find,

and they ultimately bring big profit.

Besides, Mark loves these kind of builds.

I know it's something
that you're not used to,

but I know you guys can do things
that I couldn't do.

What do you say? Trade, trade, deal.

[exhales]

-I'll do that deal.
-[Rusty] Sounds good.

[laughs]

-Gotham Garage is in the balloon business.
-You're in the balloon business.

-This ought to be interesting.
-[Rusty laughs]

[Rusty] Let's go get her started.

[rock music playing]

[Tony] Mark had to run out,
so he asked me to keep the build moving.

We got that lowering spring kit.

Um, Caveman and Constance,

if you wanna start taking the wheels
and tires off, getting the shocks out.

While you get started on that,

me and Jake will figure out
the exhaust system,

'cause what we'll put there will be
different than what we took out.

-[Constance] Ooh… Look, Caveman.
-Ooh…

Man, this thing's a lot bigger.

The best way to get this car
the horsepower it needs is

to start with the exhaust system.

I don't think it'll fit between
the heat shield and the back bumper.

The original stock tailpipe
restricts airflow,

which decreases horsepower.

Plus, it just sounds weak.

The larger exhaust system is
gonna give us a throatier sound

and more horsepower.

[Tony] If we go in right here
where the old muffler was,

we're touching the belt
and hitting the back bumper,

which we can't do

because the heat from the muffler
is gonna melt the plastic.

The DeLorean design is very unique.

It has a rear engine
that takes up all the space in the back.

With the engine on one side
and the plastic bumper on the other,

there just isn't enough space
to fit the new exhaust system

where the old one was.

Looks like
we're gonna have to get creative.

This needs to loop around straight

and then this could just land
wherever the straight is.

So we need a 180.

[Tony] A custom-welded 180.

[tools whirring]

[Tony] You can kinda rotate up.

[Jake] Yeah, I'm getting there.
I just gotta trim this,

and once I weld the end in,
we should be okay.

[crackling]

[Tony] Is that it?

Yeah, I think so.

[Tony] All right. That's a good fit.

Nice and solid.
This should sound a lot better.

-It's gonna flow better for sure.
-Yeah.

Yeah, it'll move a lot more air.

[whirring]

-[Tony] Constance, almost done?
-Yeah.

Let's put it on the ground
and see how it sounds

and see what it looks like
with these lowering springs.

Ready to fire it up?

[engine starts]

[engine revs]

-That sounds way better.
-Yeah.

-It's got some throat to it now.
-Nice job, man.

Wow.

[engine roaring]

That definitely sounds better.

[Jake] I'm just stoked
we were able to fit all this in here.

[Tony] I'm gonna go tell Mark we're ready
for the diffuser and the air dam.

-[Constance] Sounds good.
-[Tony] All right. Cool.

[rock music playing]

-[Mark] Hey, Nick.
-Good afternoon.

Look at you
sitting in the big man's chair.

-I know. I feel it.
-How you doing today?

-[Nick] Doing all right.
-What's the deal with the McLaren?

[sighs]

-I think-- I-- I think it's dead.
-[Mark] Okay.

So what have you got besides that?

I think we should move on
and do the yellow Ferrari.

It's good money.
It'll be better money than the DeLorean.

[Mark] It's not about the profit.

It's about the creativity,

and I know it's easier

to get the guy that just wants a Ferrari
out of a Ferrari,

but that's not why we're doing this.

But it's another Gotham Garage car
out on the street

that isn't a ten or fifteen grand car.

It's a two,
three hundred thousand dollar car.

It's a step back in your autonomy.

That's it, but you're gonna
progress further into that market.

It'll happen.
It's just gonna take a while.

But this is feeling like the normal is,

your clients want a high-end shop
to do what a low-end shop can do,

but they want to say
it came from a high-end shop.

Look, I think we should do the Ferrari.

You know what? I'll think about it.

I will honestly think about it,
but try to find me a different buyer,

one that will let me do
what I wanna do to that car.

-I'll try.
-[Mark] Thank you.

["Renegade Baby"
by Richard Mead & Bea Parks]

♪ Want in now just to Renegade baby ♪

We got the DeLorean all torn down,
tune-up's done.

And now we're ready
to move on to our body kit.

[Mark] To give this DeLorean
a more modern sports car look

and to improve the aerodynamics,
we're gonna add an air dam to the front,

and on the back,
we're gonna add a rear diffuser.

[rock music playing]

[tools whirring]

Jake and Caveman, you wanna grab
that rear diffuser and bring it over here?

All right. Right there.

Okay, so issue number one is

this is right in the middle
of those two pipes.

-So that's a problem.
-That's a problem.

I'm not a motor expert, but I think
you're not supposed to plug the exhaust.

[Tony] The DeLorean's creating
some unique problems for us.

Because we had to build
the custom exhaust system

in the tight engine compartment,

we've run out of space
to mount the diffuser.

[Mark] Pull it back about four inches.

Now lower it a couple inches.

Right there.

[Tony] It looks better right there.

[Mark] So, we cleared the exhaust,
but now how are we gonna mount it?

Because we can't weld
to that plastic bumper.

Mmm…

So, the top mount can come from the inside
of the frame straight down, right?

[Tony] Yeah, there's a bolt-hole
right here all the way at the outer end.

Past the engine way up on the frame,

Tony and I found
some really good spots we can bolt to.

So we're just gonna need
some long extension brackets

to get from the diffuser
to the points in the chassis.

All right, let me go get it done.

[Tony] These new custom brackets
that I cut are long enough

to reach way up past the engine
to the nearest points that we can weld to.

[Mark] Clamp it. Re-clamp it.

Nice job.

[Mark] Nice job, you guys.

[car honks]

[Tony] Shawn's here.

[Caveman] It's a picnic basket!

-[Jake] What do we have here?
-[Caveman] It's a giant picnic basket!

-[Mark] What's Shawn doing with this?
-What'd you bring us a picnic basket for?

[Constance] Why do you have this?

That is the latest Gotham Garage build
right there, my friends.

-What are you--
-No way.

[Shawn] Are you kidding me?

All we gotta do is put a little
Gotham Garage bling to the basket.

And you wanna know what we get?

What, Mr. Easter Bunny?

An '81 Ford Bronco. Even trade.

[Mark] This is not what we do.

What do you mean?
We do all sorts of things.

Do I look like a cake decorator?

Do I need to remind you
of a hot tub car that was your idea?

How about the VW Bus pontoon boat?

-The man cave?
-[Constance] Yeah.

We did a man cave.

[Shawn] I knew Mark and the team would act
like they don't love this build,

but this is the kind of stuff
they live for.

It just takes a little bit
to get the creative juices flowing.

Next thing you know,
they're taking credit for the whole deal.

So what do you think?

We decorate this guy's basket,
and we get the Bronco?

-Yes.
-Yeah, the Bronco part sounds all right.

This is upgrade and trade.
This is how we make it work.

-We'll do the basket to get the Bronco.
-What's that?

Just stick it over there for now.
The rest of us are gonna go back to work.

-I knew you'd warm up to this.
-All right, basket boy.

He's seeing Bronco.
I knew he'd come around!

[Tony] I can't believe
he brought a basket.

[Constance] I mean, it's definitely
gonna be a fun challenge.

[rock music playing]

[tools whirring]

[Mark] I wanna see
what it looks like on the ground.

-[Mark] Check that out.
-[Caveman] Looks fast already.

I think it looks great.
I like the body kit.

-It definitely looks a lot sportier.
-[Mark] I think it's missing something.

There's just not enough there.
Don't say Gotham Garage.

It's too much stainless steel.
It needs something else.

I'm gonna wrap it.

I thought we were supposed to leave
the stainless steel.

Isn't that what the doctor wanted?

The whole point of this car
and him bringing it here is

'cause nobody does anything to this car.
Now it just needs some color.

It needs to stand out way far ahead
of every other generic DeLorean

that's driving around town.

But he did give us some restrictions.

[Mark] He'll appreciate
that it's not a stainless steel,

run-of-the-mill DeLorean.

He just doesn't know it yet,
what he really wanted.

-[laughing]
-It'll work out great.

It absolutely kills Mark to put something
out in the world that's not 100% unique.

Which is why he can't stand leaving
the stainless steel look on the DeLorean.

And it's the same reason
he's having so much trouble

with these high-end clients
that wanna put restrictions on him.

Does Shawn know about this yet?

-No, but he's about to.
-[chuckles]

I'm gonna ignore
the restriction he gave us

'cause sometimes people don't know
what they want until you give it to them.

So, if he wants
to take the wrap off, he can.

It's a creative risk,
and creative risks are what I live for.

I'm gonna get on the phone with SOA,

have 'em come down here
and get this thing wrapped.

♪ Oh, you give me
Something to believe in ♪

♪ When you play the game… ♪

-[Shawn] If we could--
-How are you guys doing?

Don't you look cute sitting here
having a little meeting of the minds?

That's what we do here. We keep the shop
rolling with all these good deals…

-The magic happens here.
-For once, I've got great news for you.

And what's that?

-I've decided I'm gonna wrap the DeLorean.
-You're gonna wrap--

-You're gonna wrap the DeLorean.
-He'll love it.

No-- No, wait a minute now.

Dr. Berke gave us explicit directions

as far as not wanting us
to do anything to the stainless steel.

I totally understand that, but Dr. Berke
only knows that car in stainless steel.

He just doesn't see it yet.
He doesn't understand it,

but when that car is finished
and wrapped the way I wanna wrap it,

he's gonna be ecstatic.

He's gonna go, "Man, I can't believe
you did that. That's awesome."

We're trying to get
a paycheck out of this.

-[Mark] Absolutely.
-Yeah.

That's why he brought it here.
I'm deciding to color his car.

I know he's gonna love it.

You know, he's gonna show us
that check for 25 grand.

-Yeah.
-[Shawn] And then rip it up.

He's gonna say,
"Man, you knocked it out of the park."

"I can't believe you did this.
I would've never thought to do that."

There you go.

I think Mark's taking out his frustrations
on what's happening with my clients

on that DeLorean.

That may work
when you've got a $25,000 car in the shop,

but when you've got a car that's
two or three hundred thousand dollars,

and you go rogue like that,

you're gonna get yourself
into some sticky situations.

Mark does this to me all the time.

[rock music playing]

[music ends]

[Mark] Dr. Berke told us he didn't want us
messing with the stainless steel body

because that's the signature look
of a DeLorean.

But when this car rolls out
of Gotham Garage,

I don't want it looking like
every other DeLorean out there.

So my guys found
this jaw-dropping red wrap

with a chopped carbon fiber look
that I've never seen before.

This is gonna be the look
that the doc never knew he wanted,

but he's not gonna be able
to live without it.

[Jake] I think it looks k*ller,

and what's a trip is it looks like
a whole other car

once that stainless isn't there.

Well, we've got a lot to do.
Let's get this thing happening.

[Mark] To really bring this '80s icon
into this decade,

we're finishing this build
with all the accents,

including modern wheels and tires

and custom brass badging
that'll really pop against this red color.

[soft rock music playing]

[Mark] Starting with an underpowered,
stainless steel '80s icon,

we upgraded it to a modern sports car.

With the performance-enhancing
custom exhaust

and the suspension upgrades,

to the streamlined look
and the aerodynamics

from the front air dam
and the rear diffuser,

the new leather interior
and the stunning new red wrap,

Gotham Garage has created
a unique DeLorean

that breaks that stainless steel mold.

[Shawn] That's got me a bit worried.

I mean, the DeLorean is
the least-customized car on the planet.

Pretty much they like 'em one way,
and that's the way they bought 'em.

I don't know what he's gonna expect,
but let's hope he likes it.

[Mark] I'm happy with it.

We've customized a DeLorean
as much as you can customize a DeLorean.

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shawn] We're revealing the DeLorean
to Dr. Burke in this parking lot,

which is a perfect homage to Marty McFly
getting his car time traveling

at the Twin Pines Mall.

I'm just hoping that the doc likes
this wild red wrap that Mark insisted on.

-Oh, this is your guy coming at us now.
-I think this is him.

-[Mark] All right.
-[Shawn] Oh, now that's him.

-How's it going, buddy?
-I'm good.

[Shawn] All right.

Nice to see you again.

This is Mark.

-Nice to meet you.
-Hey, Mark.

So, are we excited or what?

I'm very excited. Yes.

-Been waiting a long time to see this car.
-I'm excited.

The best thing to do is to show it to you
and see how you like it.

Okay, I'm ready.

[Shawn] Rip off the Band-Aid.
Get in there.

[Dr. Berke] Let's see the baby.

-Are you ready for this?
-Yes.

[Shawn] This is the big moment.

This is when we're gonna find out
if Dr. Berke likes the wild look,

or is he gonna yell at us
for violating the one rule

and not pay us
until we rip the wrap off this car?

[engine roars]

[Shawn] Go ahead, Doc.
Turn around. Take a look at that.

[engine revs]

Oh, man. You made it red.

[tense music playing]

[Mark] What do you think?

-[chuckles softly]
-[Mark] What do you think?

I love it. It's great.

-[Shawn] A little different than before?
-I love this.

As the car came off the truck, I thought,

"This is either gonna be
really disappointing or really good."

And when I finally saw it,
I said, "I love it."

That's so cool.

-[Mark] So you like the color, huh?
-I love it.

[Dr. Berke] I did tell them
not to touch the stainless steel look,

but these guys know what they're doing,
and it looks incredible.

[Mark] This is actually a wrap.

It's actually a candy red
over a chopped carbon fiber look.

We also fabricated
this air dam out of metal,

and it actually bolts
to the factory mounts underneath the car.

We also continued it around the bottom.

We put the rockers on.

Then around back,
we made this steel diffuser.

[Dr. Berke] Very cool.

[Mark] Here's the motor.

You can look in there
and see that custom exhaust.

-That's what's giving you some ponies now.
-Yeah. Wow. That looks great.

We just kind of brought it
into the future.

-Did we bring it Back to the Future?
-No, we brought it into the future.

[Dr. Berke] It's in the future.

[Shawn] Is it what you were expecting?

-No, it's much better.
-That's what we wanna hear.

That's what we wanna hear.

Now, you said
this thing was driving… like a dog.

You didn't want a dog.

So, Doc, what speed do we need to hit

to make you feel you're getting
the dream car you've always wanted?

I wanted it to go at least 88
to get into time travel, you know.

All right. You know
that speedometer only goes to 85, right?

Well, I think I can get it up to
at least 88, maybe even faster.

You wanna do the honors of--

You know me.
Anytime I can go fast, I'm already there.

[rock music playing]

[engine starts]

Okay. Here we go.

[music continues]

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go!

[beeps]

Ninety-four!

[exclaiming excitedly]

-Whoa, baby.
-Yes.

-How about that, Doc?
-All right. You got it.

Doc, has your car ever went
ninety-four miles an hour?

[Dr. Berke] No, not until tonight.

-How'd I do?
-Ninety-four!

-Oh, sweet.
-[laughs]

We just met his dream expectation here.

That's the good thing about it.

That's what we do.
We make dreams come true.

You can hear it. It was buzzing.

-It was moving.
-It was majorly buzzing at 90--

It's fun to drive.

-It's actually fun to drive.
-Yeah, I can tell.

This is the car
I thought I was buying 40 years ago.

-[Mark] Awesome. Sweet.
-[Shawn] There we go.

If you're happy, we're happy.

-I'm happy.
-Awesome.

-Happy is good.
-Yeah.

Let's get over to the truck and get paid.

Okay. You guys got it.

[music ends]

Man, you know, I still can't believe
the wrap on the DeLorean.

I can't believe
Dr. Berke would even like that.

[Mark] People think
they like the stainless

'cause that's all they've seen.
They've never seen one

painted or wrapped or anything else,

then they go, "Oh my God,

that's such a beautiful car now that
I'm not looking at my refrigerator."

Oh, and the look on his face
when he first saw the DeLorean? Oh, man.

[Mark] That was a good deal.
That was a fun build.

Everybody was stoked about it.

Everybody's spirits are up
a little bit at the shop.

-[Shawn] I love it.
-Now that we're done and paid,

I guess we need to check in on old Nick
and see how he's doing with that Ferrari.

[line ringing]

[Nick] Hey, Mark.

Hey, Nick.
Everything went great with the DeLorean.

-He was stoked.
-[Nick] Yeah.

Got a little cash in the pocket.

I'm just wondering
how it's going with the yellow Ferrari.

[Nick sighs] It's… slow-going.

I've been up there on my phone,

every broker I know
trying to find somebody.

You know, Ferrari is a rarity.
A Ferrari buyer is a rarity.

You've got guys
that want little bits and pieces,

but no one that's prepared
to let you run wild

and express yourself artistically
on the car.

I know they're out there.
I just haven't found one yet.

-All right. Well, keep me posted on it.
-[Nick] Keep you posted.

-All right. I'll talk to you soon. Later.
-[Nick] All right, man. Take care. Bye.

[Mark] That's not at all
what I wanted to hear.

I thought I was gonna have a lot
of patience for this thing, but I don't.

My patience is wearing thin
after doing this DeLorean,

and it's really fun, and it has issues,
but we work our way through it.

We problem-solve.

Everybody's in a much better mood,

and yes, I disobeyed the client,
but ultimately, he loved my vision.

I don't really think I want to chase
these high-end clients anymore.

[Shawn] Yeah. I know
where you're coming from.

It's-- It's tough.
That's a tough thing to do.

["I'm the Hunter, You're the Prey"
playing]

♪ Yeah, I'm the hunter, you're the prey… ♪

[Tony] Okay.

What if our DeLorean really was
a time machine. Where would you go?

I would go back to any time before I had
adult responsibilities and bills.

I'm stuck in the '80s.
I'd definitely go back to the '80s.

When I had some thick a*s hair,
and I was thin.

You know what I'd like to see?

Go back in time, and it'd be the 1900s
when the first cars were being built

and check out Henry Ford and the Model A.

-[Mark] You guys look cheerful and happy.
-[Tony] Hey.

Having a little party.
You got two more of those down there?

-Hey.
-I'm doing a peek-a-boo down there?

-Yeah. No. I was waiting for you guys.
-[Shawn] There we go.

-Thank you very much.
-[Caveman] You're welcome.

Two hours peace, please.

How you guys doing?
You seem all in pretty good spirits.

For the first time in a while,

once we got into the DeLorean
and kind of got flowing again,

I was excited to come to work.

Designing what we wanna design,
making the stuff we wanna make,

man, that was fun.

I wanna get back
to doing projects like that.

Yeah, on builds like the DeLorean,
we really all get to shine,

but on the high-end stuff, we just don't.

We like to cut stuff.
We like to fabricate stuff.

That's part of the transformation
when you take, like, the DeLorean,

a simple car, but you turn it into
something completely different,

and the client's stoked about it.
And when it leaves, you're proud of it.

I've spent years
getting this garage to the point

that we get to work on
some of the most elite cars in the world,

but it's clear
that the team is feeling what I am,

that sometimes
the vision and reality just don't line up.

I like it when we build cars,

and we don't even need
to put a badge on it,

and everybody knows
what shop it came from.

I don't know about you guys, but I wanna
get back to doing what we used to.

-Cut up cars and have some fun.
-I agree.

-Yes.
-[Tony] I'm with you, Caveman.

[Mark] Sounds like it might be time
to have a serious discussion with Nick

about where we go from here.

[Tony] Yeah, I know
that's not how you wanted this to go,

but this doesn't seem to be
the right direction right now.

[theme music playing]

[music stops]