04x16 - New York Hot Rod

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music]

- [Narrator] This week Jesse brought a classic car

[horn honking]

to the East Coast version of Long Beach, The Bronx.

- Woke up chilling in NYC.

- [Narrator] Even though we're in New York,

it's got all the makings of a Hollywood movie.

Love. - You gonna be all right, huh?

- w*r. - Jackass.

- Death. - And in the end,

they all learn a valuable lesson.

- Money fixes everything.

- [Narrator] Join us now as Jesse

and his g*ng of maverick mechanics rip,

grind and burn, transforming ordinary street vehicles

into monster machines in the "Monster Garage."

[upbeat music]

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

- [Narrator] This week's challenge,

transform a classic car into a classic hot rod.

The rules for this build,

the car cannot appear to be stocked,

but the team can still only spend $5,000 for parts.

Jesse and his East Side crew have seven days and nights.

On the first day they design,

for the next five day build,

and on the seventh day he rides.

If successful, the team walks away

with a set of Mac tools worth over four lodge

and the clock starts now.

Hey, Monster fans, this ain't Long Beach.

This week the garage has moved to The Bronx,

ready to build the ultimate hot rod East Coast style.

- East Coast is more fenderless, you know,

channeled over the frame and a big exposed motor

and kind of that where you look like he stuck your hand

out the window, your knuckles would be dragging.

- [Narrator] Jesse Cruises The Bronx in his monster-to-be,

a 1929 mint condition Ford Model A.

- Ow.

- [Narrator] After its first and last power skid

as a classic, Jesse pulls the relic

into a turn of the century hunt point garage.

[rock music]

This week, Jesse's picked a team of East Coast hot rodders

to design and then built this monster.

Doug Haruska, hot rodding in New York City is in his blood.

Ed Castellano, or Flathead Ed, comes from Long Island

and has been building hot rods for decades.

Paul Cox is a hot rod lover, expert leather craftsman,

and builds bikes for Indian Larry's shop in Brooklyn.

Dave Simard, Boston's best hot rod and custom car builder.

And Dave brought his hot rod buddy Randy Bianchi

by way of Closter, New Jersey.

He's an expert and the only team member

that Jesse's never met.

Sketching out the design is Michael McNeil from Manhattan's

Parson School of Design.

- So we're just gonna take this car that sat around

for 75 years and never got messed with and make it cooler.

I mean 'cause it's cool like that,

but that's kind of, it's kind of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

- Bonnie and Clyde.

- [Narrator] Jesse starts by laying out his vision

of East Coast style

- '50s, you know, East Coast style, you know, sectioned.

Maybe we'll channel it and chop it for sure.

Lower the roof on it and channel it over the frame

so the body's like way down.

- The tire will be up on the side of the quarter

just below the window by the time we're done.

- That's what I want. - Yeah.

[upbeat music]

- [Narrator] Hot rod lingo.

Chopping the top is cutting the roof so it drops down.

Channeling is a technique used to lower the entire car

by raising the frame inside the body.

On a build when West meets East,

there's gonna be some trash talk.

- Color on the spokes, red or something?

- Black. - Black on the spokes?

- Blacked out, black tires. - Yeah.

- This is more red.

- Yeah, but that's for them ret*rds

that go to like swap meet with like flame sneakers

and custom wagon. - Black, black.

- There's a lot of nostalgia going into this thing

and a lot of ways that it's been done before,

but let's try to do something different, something cool.

Well, I think that's about it.

- That'll get us started.

- [Narrator] With nearly 100 years of experience

between them, Randy's convinced they'll finish early.

- So what's the bonus for Thursday morning finish?

- [Mechanic] We're come up with any Friday off.

- We're not gonna be done Thursday morning.

- All right, let's go. - Cool.

- [Narrator] The theme of this build is chop and drop.

First, separate the body from the frame,

remove all the fenders,

then chop the roof a full 5".

Next, raise the rear axle assembly on the chassis,

drop in a motor with 600 horses,

and top it off with a Monster Garage first,

a channeled floor.

[upbeat music] [engine revving]

Day two, this is a mint 1929 Model A,

one of only about 30 still kicking around

in this pristine condition, and guess what?

We're gonna rip it apart.

[rock music]

[metal clonking]

[sparks sizzling]

[rock music continues]

[sparks sizzling]

- It's kind of sad in a way though, huh?

- [Mechanic] Do you hear me?

- Who cares?

[sparks sizzling]

[rock music]

[metal clanking]

It's like Sid Vicious pissing on the Alamo.

Four score and seven cars ago.

- That was in the old days.

You need a little privacy for your girl, you and your girl,

you just pull that shade down.

Got side window shades too for the back.

We found some vintage lingerie back here.

- Some b*ll*ts. - Somebody. [laughing]

- [Narrator] Doug Haruska and Ed Castellano

have built a 15-year friendship through Hot Rod.

- I used to have a custom body shop for about 25 years.

I mean I did a lot of, you know, a lot of custom cars,

chopping tops, you know, that kind of stuff.

- I bring a couple of my cars to him

and we worked on 'em together and stuff

and we became good friends

and eventually joined the same car club.

- Flathead Ed, I met him and met both those guys.

I met him because of that little Willys he had.

It's probably the only one that's been done like that,

which I think is kind of cool.

- How is Phoenix doing?

- [Narrator] While Ed is still building rods

in his Long Island shop, Doug has left custom cars

to pursue a different creative form, tattoos.

- Probably about nine years now,

tattooing full time and I do miss it.

Doing this little thing down here is fire under my a*s.

Now I'll probably go home and like chop up my car.

I'm just trying not to breathe with all this 1929 dust.

- I think it's a little sad

that we're throwing away all this good stuff,

but you know, it's gotta happen to make it happen.

We're gonna end up taking all this floor out,

cutting some of these cross rails, back floors coming out.

- Well, that's wood, Dave. - Yeah.

These are wood panels in here,

but the the rear, we're gonna take that whole metal pan out.

[rock music]

[tool hissing]

[tools buzzing]

- [Narrator] In no time,

the body's ready to be separated from the original chassis.

- That's it now, Free Will.

That's it. That's it.

- [Narrator] The team calls for help

from a few Monster Garage staffers,

thanks to one builder that's too busy to help out

with the hard labor.

Go forward.

Easy.

Easy.

- Yeah. - We got it, Randy.

Randy, we got it.

[mechanics laughing]

We got it, cool.

- [Narrator] As the team prepares to strip the Model A

for reusable parts, Jesse has some fun

with lifting reluctant Randy.

[air hissing]

- What was it, low? - Yeah.

- Oil flow. - May be all right now.

- That makes me feel better.

- Quit that.

- [Narrator] Randy Bianchi builds hot rods

in his own shop in Closter, New Jersey.

- I've worked for myself most of my life,

not being able to tolerate orders.

- [Narrator] The only orders Randy takes are for more cars.

- My hot rods are not only great eye candy,

they all should perform majestically, and they do.

That's a prerequisite on my cars.

- [Narrator] At the end of their first build day,

the rare relic is in pieces.

- 62, that looks pretty good.

- [Narrator] As some guys discuss their dream ride-to-be,

one builder wants to bark orders and call it a day.

- Broom, broom, broom, broom, broom.

Broom, broom, broom, broom.

- [Narrator] It appears we have a self-appointed foreman

avoid the hard work and execute the orders.

As the team heads out to the streets of New York,

they leave behind the guts of a car

that haven't seen the light of day for 75 years.

Monster Garage Factoid.

After 51 years of uncreatively labeling cars with letters,

the Ford Motor Company finally gave one a name,

the Thunderbird.

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

- [Narrator] Day three.

The plan for today is simple, chop the body's top,

streamline the chassis, and set up the suspension.

For the rear suspension, the team needs a modern-day axle

and Paul's buddies come through.

- This is Richie and Dan from Rumbles Car Club

and Richie's got Antonelli's Auto Salvage

over here in Queensy, brought this rear end for us.

I think the width is gonna be good to get the tires

outside the body once it's channeled down on the frame

and sitting the way it's supposed to

because you're gonna have the tires right up

like right here, you know.

- From low riders. - Hey Paul,

your car looks good since you redid it all.

- [Narrator] To leather work, Paul Cox is known

as a jack of all trades.

- Whatever I approach, I kind of jump in,

figure it out, and move through it.

Just kind of generally crafty.

- [Narrator] For 15 years, Paul worked side by side

with chopper-building legend Indian Larry,

but their friendship was tragically cut short

when not long ago the master builder

died in a bike accident.

- The way that we met was basically

just through the downtown bike scene

and an admiration for each other's work

and then pretty much stuck together ever since.

He was my best friend.

- That'll work. - Cool, man.

- [Narrator] The junked axle will rest a foot

off the ground, but to keep the car lower than that,

the frame's gotta change.

When the rear axle attaches to the chassis,

it will raise the car.

The team will perform a Monster Garage first,

Z up the frame.

This lowers the rest of the chassis

to a mere 6" from the ground.

- This stuff is like spring steel.

Any new chassis can't come near the strength of this,

so it's got an easy job for the rest of its life.

It's just gotta handle Jesse and 700 horsepower.

Not a problem.

- [Narrator] Over at the body,

Dave and Doug meticulously prep for chopping the top.

[upbeat music]

- Looks good.

- Ever since I was a little kid, man,

I was always fascinated with hot rods.

It's just cool.

I mean you could have a million dollar Ferrari

pull up to a red light,

and then pull up to a red light in something like this,

everybody's gonna look at this

and the heck with the Ferrari.

- [Narrator] As the morning rolls by,

Randy expresses confidence.

- Chassis will be done at three o'clock.

- Okay, cool. - So will the chop.

- That's four, five hours from now. Four hours.

Cool.

- [Narrator] Taking a breather from the hot air,

Jesse wanders to the junkyard next door

in search of a seat for his new monster.

- You don't have any seats that are out of the car?

We'd like an old bench seat.

I might just have to make something.

I'll have to whip up a seat.

I can do that.

- [Narrator] No seat, but the yard's got something else

for Jesse James.

- Did you see that puppy?

The last one they have left?

He's only got three and a half legs.

Aw dude, that's like the saddest thing I've ever seen.

Come here, pup.

I think I should take him.

See that little guy.

Hey, little guy.

You okay, you still a puppy, aren't you?

Oh dude.

- [Narrator] It looks like we've got a Monster adoption

going on in the Big Apple.

- Probably a birthday defect.

- I couldn't leave her over there.

- Was is it over in one of the yards?

One of the truck yards. - It's the last one.

Nobody wanted her out of the litter

of that other one came out-

- Oh, no way. - She has a gimpy leg.

- Look at that, that's crazy.

We can fix her, man.

- We'll make her stronger.

- Yeah, we'll use some 3/8 tubing, stainless.

- $6 million dog. - Huh? Are you okay?

- [Narrator] She's still a little shy,

but a few days in Long Beach is all she needs.

Back on the build, Randy cracks the whip

to fulfill his self-imposed three o'clock deadline.

- I'm the inspector general.

Yeah, just don't m*ssacre it so we can put it back.

- Do I ever m*ssacre anything?

Because- - I wish you wouldn't.

- Aren't we going 2" further in that one?

- Yeah, we changed our mind in our sleep.

- Can you get it up?

Hey, can you get it up?

Get a level on here.

Hurry up.

No, hurried him up.

[tool clanking]

- General Randy. - Oh my God, man.

There's gotta be one.

- [laughing] Yep.

Thank God it's not me.

- [Narrator] After hours of precise measuring,

Dave and Doug begin to surgically chop the roof.

In the garage, old school guys use old school tools.

- You know, the saws all will definitely be faster.

Overall, it might save us an hour,

but if we don't get a nice fit,

it's gonna make for a lot more work after.

[saws scraping]

- It's great being around people that do have a depth

of knowledge and then you can kind of absorb from it

and that's the most exciting thing creatively

is that moment that you realize, wow, I don't know.

- Now, we're gonna cut all the stubs off one at a time.

[saws scraping]

- That's definitely the original paint.

- Yeah, old Dulux enamel. - Try it out.

- [Narrator] They check out the chop for the first time,

just as the boss arrives.

- How tall is that whole thing?

It only can be chest high, so 44.



[tool banging]

That should be good. - Right here?

- Yeah.

- You'd be able like drive under tractor trailers

when you're on the freeway. [all chuckling]

- Or under the gate for the toll booth.

- Oh yeah, sneak right under.

- Just fly right through there.

- [Narrator] A free New York toll makes Jesse happy

with the height, so Dave tackles the job

of TIG welding the roof back together.

Dave Simard builds hot rods in the Boston area

and he's loyal to the classics.

- You can steal ideas from all of history

and incorporate 'em into the project.

- [Narrator] Dave's attention to detail

hasn't gone unnoticed.

- He's one of the best hot rod builders I've ever seen.

If I was gonna have someone build me a car,

it would be him.

- We are having fun.

- On the bus.

- [Narrator] Meanwhile, the chassis has been zippered up,

but it was three o'clock five hours ago.

- The crane is done today.

- Is it three o'clock already?

[mechanic laughing]

- No it's two o'clock

because we didn't have a welder until 3:30.

- Waa!

- He'll be the one eating his words later, not me,

'cause I never made no predictions.

- [Narrator] At the end of the day,

the roof has been chopped, the chassis z-ed up,

but the suspension is yet to be hung.

Monster Garage Factoid.

In 1970, the very first sponsored hot rod meet was held.





at the nationals.

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

[rock music]

- [Narrator] The fourth day begins.

Today's must-be-done tasks, finish the roof,

build the front and rear suspension,

and get it on the floor.

- Yeah, I think it's going good.

I think it's going good.

I think we're a little bit behind

where I want it to be yesterday,

but we had a little bit later start just waiting

for a few tools to show up. - Welding.

- Maybe you'll have to let us work later.

[rock music]

- [Narrator] So start the day with a bang,

a JEGS 427 cubic inch Chevy small black motor.

- It's a nice mild one.

Ain't that crazy, only 600 horse power.

We got the transmission department.

- [Narrator] And a B&M turbo 400 transmission.

- There we are, nice B&M racing tr*nny.

- [Narrator] Jesse hobbles into the garage

and checks out the engine

and then Randy hits him with a special request.

- Jesse, since we couldn't get working yesterday

till about 12 o'clock or something

'cause the welders weren't on,

you think we have a little extra time?

- No.

No way.

- [Narrator] Jesse scavenges the engine crate

to build a seat.

To make the seat frame,

Jesse needs a tool that's missing from The Bronx garage,

but not for long.

- We're making a tube bender.

[upbeat music]

My ghetto tube bender.

It works, yep.

- We gotta spread the posts

to get like a perfect alignment on a 1/4".

- Look like maybe 1/4" there.

- It's from here to here.

They need a little hydraulic persuasion in there.

Gotta look like that.

[rock music]

- Yeah, it looks good. Perfect.

- [Narrator] It may take all day,

but they plan to finish the roof.

Meanwhile, the frame doesn't have any suspension

and the inspector general isn't focused.

- They don't have a flex plate.

- [Jesse] It's on its way here.

Yeah, like we need that right now, anyway.

- Huh? - What do we need

a flex plate for right now anyway?

- Put the trans on the engine, I could dump it in.

- We ain't got a frame done yet.

- It's ready. - We should do things

in order of which we need 'em.

- Can I talk to you for a minute?

- Yeah.

- It's all in the planning.

- What planning?

We gotta get the frame, let's get this frame done.

Serious, right, no aside.

Stay on the back end until you get it done.

- What is it? - Get outta there.

- Just take these out, right here.

That's what the chalk marks are for.

Give me the grinder.

Give me a damn roller.

You guys gotta a clamp back there for me?

Can somebody operate it as well

or do I have to do it with my tongue?

They didn't bring the right drive shift.

- Let's do everything in order we need it.

We don't even need a drive shift right now.

- Doug. - Yo.

- Doug. Dougie boy.

Hey Doug. Doug. Doug. Doug. Doug.

Yo, Dougie boy. - What?

- Can I get a hand?

[Doug clapping]

- He thinks he's in charge of everything.

It's just, you know, whatever, but that's okay.

We told him we were gonna duct tape him up. [chuckling]

- While Dave takes Randy's antics in stride,

Jesse's had enough.

- Listen, this is a team.

Everybody's working together.

- I'm working together.

- I listen to you bark orders at people

for like three days now.

- I asked them if they're- - Either get off your a*s

and start helping people or you can just split now.

This is a fun build. - I'm having fun.

- And you're irritating everybody,

including the crew, everyone,

so if you wanna work, work.

Once we get the body in,

then we can take 15 minutes and mount the gas tank

and make sure it's right and we don't do it twice.

Hey, if this build doesn't make it,

it's gonna be 'cause of Randy, just so you know.

- [Narrator] While they struggle with the chassis,

at the body, it's all about the craftsmanship.

- Jesse was asking if they have the stuff

that's like in schools with the X wire in the inside

embedded inside the glass.

Just it looks a little cool like the top

of the roof's got it in it,

the chicken wire and everything else,

so it'll match utilizing the stock little gauge cluster

that was there, but cutting everything out

so we could put all of these gauges in there,

kind of keep it stocked with simple hot roddy looking.

- Hell, yeah.

- I'm feeling real good that I'm almost done.

[tool banging]

This is a milestone.

- [Narrator] All this handy work may end up in the shredder

if the rest of the car isn't completed.

- If this thing actually works,

which I don't think it's gonna.

- This thing is gonna work

and it's gonna go 200 miles an hour straight as a pin.

You got me?

- You know whose fault that it is?

Who suggested him to be on the team, Dave.

[Randy groaning]

- [Mechanic] Dave! Dave!

[Randy groaning]

Dave!

You all right? What's going on?

Dave! - That's nothing.

- Ugh. That's not good.

- On this side of him. - You guys grab his arms.

I'll grab his chest.

Roll him on his back.

- Roll you over, Randy.

Which way you going?

- Try to get his waist.

Okay.

- You wanna call something?

- Do you want an ambulance? - Call 911, man.

- We got it. We got it. We got it.

- What?

- Did I get you, Jesse? Where is he?

[drill buzzing]

Huh? - You're kidding me.

- Let's go, guys.

Get the numbers back on my roller.

How was that?

Not too bad, right?

Huh? What do you think I was trying to do?

- I don't know,

but I thought we were gonna finally get some work done.

- Yeah. [mechanics laughing]

- Wow. - Ah, you.

- [Randy] Not bad, right?

- That was perfect, man. - Thank you.

- [Narrator] Randy's stunt may have been joke,

but no one is laughing.

- Yeah, I don't think it's gonna make it.

- [Randy] What? Frame on the ground today?

- No, this build.

- Huh? - This build.

- I didn't like that pulling that stunt at all,

you know what I mean?

It got everybody worried like, you know,

and like Paul was saying, what just happened

with Indian Larry and stuff

and he had that just happened to him,

to pull something like that, you know.

- [Narrator] The first team member to come

to Randy's aid just witnessed a real tragedy

with a great friend.

- Yes, yes, Indian Larry just happened

when he fell off his bike,

Paul was like the first one there on the scene.

- Jesse and I have been having a hard time

and I just thought it might pay back.

- [Videographer] Payback?

Did it work?

- I don't think so.

Probably a little overdone, overdone.

I thought I was getting Jesse to feel bad.

Apparently he was hoping I was dead.

[tool banging]

- [Narrator] After a long day of some progress

and serious frustration, the team confronts Randy.

- You're not gonna freak out on us tomorrow, are ya?

- Huh? - You sure?

You can't do that again, man.

It made us nervous, you know?

- It still, you know, I don't wanna have to run across

to somebody that that happens to again in my life.

You know what I mean?

And it's already happened once.

I don't wanna have to do that again.

- I apologize, I wouldn't have a heart attack.

- Apology accepted.

- It just wasn't a fair deal for the rest of us.

- It wasn't meant for you.

- I know, but I don't care who it was for, it wasn't good.

- [Narrator] Build day three proves that no matter

how much talent is on the team,

one weak link can jeopardize an entire build.

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

[rock music]

- [Narrator] It's day five in The Bronx garage.

Yesterday was eventful, but not overly productive.

With only two days to build, Jesse gives specific orders.

- Right now we don't have time for any.

- There is none.

- No, listen, if something doesn't fit,

we're not gonna make it.

- I know. - So I wanna do everything-

- What would you like me to do right now?

- Let's finish the suspension.

Get everything as far as we can get it.

Let's put it on the ground.

- If Jesse wants to see it on the ground,

I don't feel it's necessary.

The ruler doesn't lie.

You make the measurements,

you come back here and it goes together,

but he's the boss, whatever he wants to do.

It's like babysitting today.

- [Narrator] The best way to finish the suspension

is to keep Randy away from it.

Jesse tells him to mount the motor to the tr*nny

and set up a three-carb manifold

so Jesse can finish the work on the frame

that Randy started.

[rock music]

- Biggest trouble here is losing stuff and finding it again.

- Randy needs to clean up after himself.

Randy's a slob so we're gonna have

to start getting a little stricter with him.

- What about lunch?

- He's leaving all his dirty work to us, don't you think?

He takes off right in the middle.

Now we gotta finish all the hard stuff.

- [Narrator] Despite the gripes,

the suspension is finally mounted.

Dave pulls in vintage 1935 Kelsey Hayes bespoke wheels

and gets back to work.

[upbeat music]

- Hey, Jesse.

- [Narrator] The windshield returns

with Jesse's cross-wired glass.

- I don't think I've ever seen anyone put a piece

of glass like that on one of these guys.

- Can't get much cooler than that.

- I'd like to get the body on.

Get the body on so we can get the gas tank

and we still gotta mount the body.

We're doing all right though.

- [Mechanic] Are you sure you know what you're doing?

- You know, I'm learning.

- Funny thing about Monster Garage,

I ask a lot of people that,

are you sure you know what you're doing?

- Yeah. - And all the people

that really know what they're doing say no.

- Yeah. - And all the people

that don't know what they're doing-

- Say yes. - Yes.

- You sure you know what you're doing?

- I know exactly what I'm doing.

- [Narrator] In the midst of progress,

Randy offers Jesse some tips on welding.

- Then I wanna heat the back

'cause it's gonna warp up big time.

We gotta shrink the back quick

just so the wheels stay aligned, all right?

Just bounce around for me.

Just go there and back there and back as hot as you can.

All right, burn it.

- [laughing] What in the?

I don't get it.

I've been reminding myself every 30 seconds

that it'll be good TV.

At this point all we can do is laugh at it.

It's not- - It's easier to laugh.

- I was so pissed last night I couldn't go to sleep.

- Me too. I was.

- [Narrator] To keep Randy's hands

moving faster than his mouth, Jesse keeps him on task.

- Hey, what about those carburetors?

What are we waiting on?

- I'm doing 'em now, I just finished the intake.

- [Jesse] Okay.

- It's a very desirable setup, typical hot rod setup.

Three twos is a normal hot rod,

I gotta have it piece of candy.

This carburetor thing,

I shouldn't have to be rebuilding three carburetors.

They could have been in the box

and I would've been relaxing right now.

- [Narrator] Late in the day,

Randy confesses to another confident prediction,

but this time he bet a cool grand.

- Last night we're around, if we had the parts here,

I kind of bet Ed that I think we could do it by five,

just fire it, and if the magneto gets here

and a pale of gas.

- [Jesse] 40 minutes.

- [sighing] I'll do my best.

- He said that he's gonna have that car running

and driving under his own power,

burning the wheels off by 5:15.

- Today? - Yeah.

- He shook my hand

and we'll see if he's a man of his word or not.

- All I gotta say is that if we had the parts,

I think we could do it, so I don't know if I can,

I should be held responsible for not having the parts.

You know where the magneto is?

- Yeah. - Where?

- Speed shop.

- I got $4,000 on five o'clock to fire this thing up.

If I got the mag, I can do it.

I need a pale of gas and a magneto.

- I'm just gonna ride to the bank.

[mechanics laughing]

- [Narrator] While Randy watches the clock,

Jesse and the team have finished the chassis

and are ready for motor placement.

- Will it catch it? - It's out.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, go up a little there.

We're done.

- Okay. - Cool.

You guys want your tools now?

We're done? We go? - The jack stands.

- [Narrator] But it's after five

and the engine's nowhere near firing.

- Hey, sloppy, you owe us a grand.

- [Randy] Unhook me.

- You owe us a grand. - For what?

Yeah, I said if all the parts are here, it'll be running.

- Piss on it.

You said this thing is gonna be running

and driving by a quarter after five.

- [Jesse] You're not gonna pay on your bet?

Hey.

- Here's a tip. - What?

- Hey, that's the surefire way

to get on everyone's good side.

- Nine, 10.

One, two, three, four, five for you.

Five for me, babe.

- I wouldn't have took him on,

but you are the ones that pushed the issue-

- Wait a minute. - But you did pay.

- Wait a minute, it's quarter after five,

- Right. - That's what you said.

- If there was a magneto in this thing

and I poured one spoon of fuel in it, it'd be running.

- There's no drive, we're gonna blow the rims

off this thing outside.

- [Randy] No, blow the tires off the rim.

- Okay, so how you gonna do that without charge?

- How you gonna do that without a charge?

- Money fixes everything.

- [Narrator] With the bet out of the way,

it's time to show off.

The new body meets the new frame for the first time.

[upbeat music]

- You got the right glass.

- Right when they go together, boom, hot rod,

you know, it's awesome.

Man, I'm just blown away, it's so bad-looking.

It really is. It really is.

- That's perfect right there.

- How's the front height, you think?

- That way we have somewhere to eat breakfast.

- Couldn't be happier.

Correctly engineered and designed chassis.

It's gonna run like an animal.

What else could you want out of a hot rod?

This should take five years to do.

- [Jesse] I don't think I wanna react.

- How's your reaction?

- Let's finish it.

No more questions, only working.

- [Narrator] With the body on,

the hundreds of details can be addressed,

including which radiator will style out

the monster rod-to-be.

- I had it all set up for a mechanical fan

and the other radiator. - Sticker on it.

- It's a lot easier in this and it's faster.

- Just run this one.

Mechanical fans suck.

Big motors.

- Fine. - Huh?

- The other radiator really fits better.

- Yeah, well, that other radiator

'cause we used Ron Davis on our show.

- Okay, good.

- I mean what the?

[upbeat music]

- [Narrator] These pieces of Model A

are finally looking like a street rod,

but tomorrow it needs to run like one.

- [Narrator] With time running out,

will the conflict ever end?

- It's a ported head.

- You need a ported head.

- [Narrator] Probably not.

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

- [Narrator] It's the final day.

With odds stacked against them,

Doug sums up what's at stake.

- Guys, it's do or die today.

Randy's gonna gonna stay with the engine.

I'll get in and get the steering column done.

You were talking about doing

all the brake line and stuff, right?

- Yeah, me and Paul are gonna do-

- Fuel line. - Brakes and-

- I got the front shocks I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna reuse the Model A ones

that we had originally like we did in the back.

- Dave, one more thing. - And the headlight bar I got.

- And all you other guys,

I don't know if you're on the same page.

I'd like to kind of try and use the stock Model A grill

and whatever radiator looks.

- It's his car, whatever he wants-

- He doesn't use the grill. - We're gonna put in there.

- I know that. - Jesse likes the radiator

and he wants to run it the way it is.

He likes it, it's end of story.

- Yeah. - End of story.

[rock music]

- [Narrator] Tensions are high as they remove the body

for the last time.

To start the engine,

Ed needs to deal with a carburetor issue.

- We're taking this manifold back off.

Jesse decided to go with the four-barrel carburetor.

The three twos ain't gonna work.

We tried to rebuild them.

Two of 'em aren't any good.

- [Narrator] Because the vintage carbs aren't working,

Ed prepares to install the new engine stock carb,

but when disassembling the manifold,

Doug discovers a problem.

- [Doug] These gaskets are on upside down, pal.

- [Narrator] And Randy's assembly error adds more tension

to the final day.

- Doug, it's a ported head.

- You need a ported head.

- Why am I- - But did you check

the gaskets when you put the manifold on.

- It's gonna prove to you

that they were on correctly, that's all.

- You put the manifold on. - That's I'm doing.

That's just wasting time. - Why did I see this?

- You were blaming the gasket company.

Didn't you check the fit before you put the manifold on?

- Yeah, I did. I put it right here.

Now you see the ports are covered, huh?

- But you just took the old gaskets off

and it was covering half the port

and you blamed it the gasket company.

- Well, it's the wrong gasket for the application

and here's what happened, if you want me to waste-

- But you're making a big scene

about it's everybody else, but-

- I'm not making a big scene.

You said they were upside down.

I've never put one of those on upside down in my life.

- [Narrator] Intake gaskets were installed upside down

and damaged in the process, so Randy barks another order.

- I have 'em.

- Well, here's the thing.

Brian's out running parts right now.

He's across town.

I can try calling and see, but all right,

nice talking to you, take care.

Thank you. - How long is he here today?

- [Narrator] But Paul decides to make do

with what they have.

- You just moving the holes? - Yeah, just moving the holes.

- [Randy] Perfect.

Perfect.

- [Narrator] Jesse rolls in.

Things look bleaker than New York gridlock.

So what does he do?

He ignores it and installs some speedway headers.

[upbeat music]

Now, to power the motor,

Randy's long-awaited vertex magneto distributor arrives.

- Go ahead, you can stick it in if you want.

- [Narrator] This is the first magneto ever

in the Monster Garage and our cameraman is intrigued.

- No power going to it,

but plenty of power coming out of it.

You can run the car with no battery.

All you have to do is get it fired once

and you're good to go.

- [Videographer] Is it like a starter?

- Nothing to do with it.

- [Videographer] I don't understand the point of it.

- I don't know how you got on the show

if you don't know anything about cars.

- [Videographer] 'Cause I'm a camera guy,

not a damn mechanic.

- So why don't you ask me some camera questions.

- [Narrator] After five days dedicated to vintage parts

and classic style, Randy drifts from progress

to install a cooking pot on top of the air cleaner.

- The hose, please. - No, not really,

'cause we're not done yet.

When we're done then we can fool around.

Why are we fooling around?

- I ain't fooling around, there's nothing to do.

- There's plenty cells.

- Randy? - Yeah.

- Anybody got a marker? - You're fooling around

like we're done already.

- Anybody get a marker? Pen, maker, tape?

- No, not for that.

- [Narrator] With Randy's pot flushed by the team

and time passing quickly, the team still has to deal

with the gas tank, hoses, steering and electrical,

a ton of work, so we have some inspirational tunes

for the team.

[hard rock music]

♪ A choice must be made

♪ The destructs over what today ♪

♪ A choice will be made

♪ What's today

♪ The thought is inevitable

♪ No one waits to decide today

[lyrics indistinct]

[hard rock continues]

♪ Peace

[lyrics indistinct]

- Peg, Peg.

- [Narrator] At 10 o'clock the team amazingly appears close

to pulling off the impossible.

- Last night we made lists and it was-

- [Mechanic] Hey, put the mag in so we get the outta here.

- I've been waiting more than this moment

to put this fuel in here.

- I'm at the quarter window.

That's, man.

I'm out the quarter window. - Yeah.

- [Narrator] All systems seem to be ready,

but will the beast fire?

- You ready? - Yeah.

- [Mechanic] Yeah, he's right over.

[starter sputtering]

- Stop. Please.

- [Jesse] Is it sparking?

- The magneto's dead.

- [Jesse] Why does that not surprise me?

- Just one second. - And they threw

the distributor just in any position.

Got me?

So I left the motor that way, I didn't rerun her.

- I don't give a, let's fix it.

We're running outta time, I don't care.

I don't wanna hear a playback of the whole week.

Just go.

Check it at the cap and see if you got spark,

at the connection where the plug wires are going in.

[electricity buzzing]

- You sure, these? - Hey, fake like

you're having a heart attack now.

- [Mechanic] Oh, you gotta.

[Jesse laughing]

[spark booming] - Whoa.

[mechanic laughing]

- Hey, Randy. Randy. - Yes, sir.

- Do you think your business is gonna boom

after you're on TV?

- I hope not. - For rent.

[mechanics laughing]

[intense music]

- You ready?

[engine revving]

[engine rumbling]

- Whoo!

- [Narrator] With minutes to spare,

the monsterized Model A roars into hot rod history.

All she needs to do now is wake the New York neighbors.

[rock music] [engine revving]

- Whoo! - Whoo!

[music drowns out speakers]

- Whoo!

- Now that makes it all worth it, right?

- Yep. Hell yeah, man. - It's all worth it.

[rock music] [engine rumbling]

[engine revving]

- Randy. Whoo! - Yeah!

[mechanics clapping]

- Hey, that works.

- See what it's calling for? - Congratulations.

- That's good work. - Yeah.

- That's really good.

- Very cool work. - Yeah, man.

- Whoo!

- Very cool. - Mission accomplished.

You guys ready for tools now?

[rock music]

Paul. - Good seeing you, man.

- Yeah, you too, man. - Nice, man.

- Ed. - Thanks, man.

- Dougie. - My pleasure, man.

- Randy. - Thank you, man.

Mac Tools, "Motorcycle Mania 3" CD.

- Cool. - That's it.

- Unbelievable. - The best, the best.

- Barely made it. Five after 12.

[mechanics laughing] - Unbelievable.

- [Narrator] Build cost tally.

Hard cash.

Freebie value.

Vehicle cost.

Grand total.

♪ Monster, Monster Garage

- [Narrator] Hey, Monster fans.

We're in Long Beach.

Before running his new toy,

Jesse's got a finishing touch for his East Coast-built rod.

What's this? No paint job on a Monster?

Not this time, folks.

Jesse's buffed out the original 1929 paint

and tossed on a few pin stripes.

Straight classic, baby.

This thing is so cool, Dave Simard came 3,000 miles

just to check it out.

- Hey, hey. Is this the same car?

- Everybody that sees it, they asked who chopped it.

- They like it. - Dave Simard.

- What's your name of the dog? - Peg.

- Peg. - Speak. Peg, speak.

[Peg lightly barks]

Come here, Sweet Pea.

- [Narrator] Peg's here to take in the view

from the driver's seat.

But enough with the sweet stuff, let's talk hot rods.

Nice exterior visor.

Decked out in raw hide, baby.

And yes, all leather work done by none other than Paul Cox.

[engine rumbling]

But Jesse, how's she run?

[engine revving]

[rock music]

[engine revving continues]

[rock music continues]

Enough showing off the goods

'cause Jesse's got no time for rods that aren't hot,

engines with a pot for builders who fake pain

to gain attention!

He's got metal burn, sparks the fly!

The next Monster Garage Challenge is just a around the bend!

[engine revving]

- Speak.

[Peg barking]

Come here.

[rock music]

[rock music continues]

[rock music continues]

[dramatic music]