[energizing music]
[alarm beeping]
- Hey, what are you guys building on "Monster Garage"?
- Oh my God, man!
- I'm, like, this close to blowing gasket.
[builders laughing]
- You see me laughing?
[glass shattering]
[metal clanking]
[container thudding]
[sheet ripping]
[glass smashing]
[firecracker hissing]
- Perfect.
- Hurry up.
- Trample you and stab your eyes out.
[glasses shattering]
[Jesse imitates laser zapping]
[Builder 1 laughing]
[knife swishing]
- Come on.
[imaginary airplane whirring]
[Builder 2 laughing]
- Have you ever seen anything like it?
[Builder 3 cheering]
- Oh, nice.
- Monster.
- Monster! [lion roaring]
- Make way!
- "Monster Garage" lives, baby! Yeah!
[explosions blasting]
- Is that cool? [chuckles]
[redemptive music]
♪ Hello, all you freaks
♪ You motor driven speaks
♪ This isn't the beginning
♪ This is the end
[saws whirring]
- [Thom] Join us now as Jesse
and his g*ng of maverick mechanics rip, grind,
and burn their way through the entire history
of "Monster Garage." [builder laughing]
- Things are gonna look badass, man.
- [Thom] We are winding up the transformation
of ordinary street vehicles into monster machines
with one final mammoth episode
in the-
- [Builders] "Monster Garage."
♪ Monster, Monster Garage
♪ Monster, Monster Garage
♪ Monster, Monster Garage
♪ Monster, Monster Garage
♪ Monster, Monster Garage
♪ Monster Garage
[galvanizing music]
- [Thom] This week's final "Monster Garage" challenge,
take a 1954 Ford Wagon chop, drop, section,
and bag it to make a one-of-a-kind hot rod!
Not only will we be creating the consummate '50s Cruiser,
we'll also be ripping it up down memory lane.
Revisiting the best 84 episodes
that brought us here today
to the final "Monster Garage" ever!
[car engine whirring]
What's that? The end?
You gotta be kidding me!
[glass smashing]
- I don't want my own TV show anymore.
I just wanna do nothing.
[echo reverberating]
- [Thom] That's right, folks!
The King of Long Beach is going into retirement.
And what better way to send him off
than to assemble an all-star build team
for this farewell build.
The rules this week, there are no rules!
- Yeah. - Actually, just one.
Finish this monster before the doors close
at midnight on Friday.
- The clock starts now.
[clocks smashing]
[fire roaring]
[clock smashing]
[expl*si*n blasting]
[clock smashing]
[metal plate clanking]
[jovial music]
- [Thom] This rare 1954 Ford-O-Matic two-door wagon
rolls along the well-worn road
that precedes all monster transformations.
[jovial music continues]
[energizing music]
[light clicking]
[scene whooshing]
More than 70 vehicles, old
and new of all shapes and sizes.
More than 500 builders
from here in the LBC all across America
and as far away as Sweden.
And now, the end of the road, the farewell build.
The brains behind this beast, the design team.
Engine builder supreme, Frank Brown
from Bermuda Dunes, California.
Hot rodder, Doug Hruska from Clayton, North Carolina.
King of Radical Rides, Darryl Starbird.
Helping get their ideas down on paper,
artist, Fireball Tim.
Rounding out this team, legendary '50s car designer
and King of Cool, Gene Winfield.
These guys have the chops to chop this baby,
but do they have the eye to make it fly
without the guiding end of Jesse James?
[Jesse puffing]
- All right, all that's left is everything.
[echo reverberating]
- Yeah, build a car, like, he would like.
Yeah, I don't see a problem with that.
Well, we have to decide whether
it's gonna be like a '50s custom or-
- Which I think it should be because everybody here
is more or less '50s custom people,
so I think we should stick to that theme.
- For sure, we have to chop the top.
- Oh yeah. - No question about that.
- Yeah, and you were talking about that scoop
that you wanted to do, that-
- Yeah, in the rear quarter,
it's natural to do a scoop in the front
of the rear quarter.
- [Tim] Put some slots in it.
- Put the, yeah, well, the three chrome teeth.
[light-footed music]
- [Thom] Spearheading the build are Gene Winfield
and Darryl Starbird with over 100 years
of hot rod experience between them.
- Well, I would say, obviously, this body thing,
I'm learning something new every day
'cause I don't usually do hot rods,
but obviously, these guys have done this before,
so they obviously know that a 454
will still go anyway. - Right.
- [Thom] What was that? [tape screeching]
- Well, I would say, obviously, this body thing,
I'm learning something new every day
'cause I don't usually do hot rods,
but obviously these guys have done this before,
so they obviously know that a 454 will still go anyway.
- There's a lot of room under that hood
once you cut those air vents outta there.
There's, like, air vents in there.
Once that's outta there, man,
you can put a tank engine
under that hood tank. - Tank, yeah.
- We can make a pretty radical look out of it
real fast by changing dimensions of the body.
The overall car, you know,
should be really down there slammed
right on the ground.
- Yeah, I mean, if everybody has their
own little mission to do
and everybody sticks to that mission
rather than being a run-around, I mean, it'll get done.
I mean, there's definitely a table full of talent here,
so there's no reason why it shouldn't get done.
- [Thom] To turn this grocery-getter
into a street-slamming hot rod,
they'll rip the roof and strip 1 3/4 inches from the edge
to flatten the roofline.
They'll chop the top 3 1/2 inches
and section the body four inches,
drop in a 454 big-block,
and install an airbag suspension.
[tires screeching]
[upbeat music]
[tires screeching]
[goofy country music]
[number popping]
[model crinkling]
[door clicking]
Day two, the final collection of maverick mechanics
pass through the doors of the "Monster Garage"
to renew their license as "Monster Garage" All-Stars.
[crowd cheering]
Ladies and gentlemen, representing episode 15,
the Snowmobile is Hector Orlandi.
The heavyweight champion of episode 75,
the Mini-Truck build, Mike Cook!
From Show 66, the Armored Dunkster,
welder extraordinaire, Scottie Chapman.
From Show 36, the Celica Jet Car
is "Monster Garage's" own Ben Wood.
From episode 50, the Drift Car,
the inimitable Chrissie Beavis.
Returning from the RC Dirt Track,
racer number 33, Fred MacGregor.
And staying on from the design team,
Darryl Starbird, Gene Winfield, Frank Brown,
and Doug Hruska!
[door clanking]
- Hey, guys! - Hi, Gene.
- Good, Fred. - Good to meet ya.
- Hey, Chrissie. - How now?
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to see you.
You guys ready to go to work?
- Let's go. - Let's get it started
over here. - Good.
Well, this is approximately what we're gonna build.
Here, this is a quick artist rendering, '54 Ford.
- So how much original is this gonna be and how much?
- It's gonna be a Ford.
That's about as original,
that's a good point. [builders laughing]
- Of course. - But the registration
will say 1954 Ford.
- We're gonna put a big-block Chevy in it.
- Okay. - Oh, there you go.
- We're thinking about it. - Air bag it.
- We're thinking about keeping the grill fairly stocked.
The grill and the bumpers.
The rest of it, all changed.
- So I have a question.
- Yes.
- Are we taking the glass out in one piece?
- Yes. - Yes.
- All right. - Like without a sledgehammer?
- One piece because- - 'Cause I've never
done it that way. - It's all flat.
- Back glass and the windshield we're gonna try to save.
The rest of it, we don't care.
- Right on. - Yikes.
- Very good. Anyway, so let's get started.
[dreamy music]
[bumper clattering]
- [Doug] You'll be able to slide it now?
- Yeah. - No, no, no, no, no.
No smashing and clashing here.
Finesse, finesse. [whistles]
- [Thom] While this old blue lady
is being undressed with a delicate hand-
[energizing music]
- Driver's side. - A more traditional
MG tear-out involves
[energizing music]
a testosterone-latent frenzy, [rod clanging]
where the vehicular carcass is stripped to the bone!
[metal clanking]
[metal clanging]
[sheet scraping]
[dashboard ripping]
[glass smashing]
[tire thudding]
[hammer thwacking]
[glass shattering]
[metal clanking]
- I'm marking out for them to grind the paint off.
We gotta get the paint off this area
so we can section it through here,
and we're gonna build a scoop in here, right in this area,
and we'll weld up these holes.
[gritty music]
- [Thom] With Gene's plan in place,
a symphony of grinders clears a pathway
for the plasma torches to follow.
[grinder whizzing]
[gritty music continues]
- Grinding the paint off so we can weld on this.
Man, every day's a learning experience.
What are you talking about?
I learn something new almost every day.
And if not, [torch buzzing]
then that means I wasn't living life right.
- [Thom] Builder Mike Cook, our perfect avatar,
embodies the spirit of "Monster Garage."
- Well, not hot rods, tail fins.
- Yeah. - Beer.
Hell yeah!
[echo reverberating]
- [Thom] In their "Monster Garage" episode,
Mike helped cobuilder, Body Drop,
body-drop a mini truck.
The master fabricator liked him,
and he doesn't like anyone.
- I like that guy.
He's got a lot of anger in him.
[Mike laughing]
- [Jesse] What do you think about that, Mike?
- You know what I think?
I think we're getting drunk tonight, baby!
[Jesse laughing]
- [Thom] But driving the finished truck
down the Vegas Strip was also
a personal victory for 4'3" Mike.
- That's something that I'll remember my whole life
'cause that was like, "I did this. Look at this, man."
We did it, guys.
- [Thom] And no matter what happens,
the "Monster Garage" has changed Mike Cook
in a very important way.
- "Monster Garage" made me c*ck.
I mean, I am the baddest m*dget
this side of the Mississippi.
- Here.
[upbeat music]
- Hey, guys, pull it forward!
- [Thom] Removing a motor is one thing,
getting a 454 Chevy big-block
to fit inside a Ford is another.
- Oil pan clearance on the motor.
- On the big-block.
- On the big-block. A Ford is a rear steer.
The steering linkage is in the back.
And a Chevy's oil pump
and oil pan has the sump in the rear,
where a Ford has the sump in the front.
So as you could see, it's all open here.
So there's no clearance problem with anything.
When you put a Chevy motor in a Ford,
it hits all that steering.
So that's the problem.
- We should have our engine tomorrow.
- Yeah, it should be in tomorrow.
Feels like a blast. - The motor may
or may not work out,
but that's been the gamble from the very beginning.
[grinder whizzing]
[tape rattling]
The very first monster, the Switchblade,
holds a special place in the hearts of fans
and in the hearts of the show producer, Hugh King,
and creator and executive producer, me, Thom Beers.
So here it is, it's number one,
"Monster Garage" number one,
the Mustang Lawnmower.
- I think that when this one actually worked,
I knew it was gonna go.
- We're gonna take something
that's pretty non-threatening, generally accepted,
and make it something that's gonna scare people.
- [Thom] Jesse and the builders were working blind,
but the beast they built carried the seats
for many generations of monster spawn.
- We had this kind of this feeling
that you had to respect the vehicle.
So we're cutting and being very careful,
and then Jesse comes in,
and the doors weren't opening enough,
and he just basically ripped the door right back,
thinking, "Oh my God, this is gonna look terrible."
- Right now, it's straight. - Is that 90?
- That's a 90. - Then I realized that
that's really what this is about.
It actually kinda set the tone
a little bit for the whole show.
[energizing music]
[metal clanking]
[exhaust pipe clattering]
- Yeah. [laughs]
- [Thom] With the success of the Monster Mower,
not only was a series born,
but the most unlikely television host
was introduced to an unsuspecting audience.
- Stink, I wouldn't be on TV if I was, like, a good guy.
You're being a [censored] idiot.
People think I'm an a*s all the time,
but I managed to get the job done.
Whoop! I'm good at welding, man.
I'm good at counting money.
I reckon I'm pretty good at driving fast.
[car engine roaring]
I'm always calm.
[clocks smashing]
Somewhat.
- [Thom] A maniacal master of ceremonies.
- The lazy mind is the devil's workshop.
- [Thom] Jesse James led each build
like a runaway teen with a split personality
and a stick of dynamite.
[firecracker popping]
- Long as everybody does what I say when I say to do it,
my communication skills are just fine.
That looks like poo.
This thing looks like [driller hums].
If you guys weren't screwing around so much,
you would've had this thing done already.
I approve of that. This is good.
I'm just wondering how I'm gonna blow this one up.
I hate everybody.
I like these guys, they don't wanna stop.
I can't stand all of 'em.
I like Andre. I love Swedes, man.
Just 'cause of their voice,
"We need to lower it down.
It's not off the scale yet."
- [Thom] His style is marked by an element of surprise.
- It's Long Beach New Year.
- [Thom] He'll go on the attack.
- You don't like it, go [censored] yourself.
Just do it now my way.
- [Thom] Then show he's not just made of steel.
- Did that taste like carb cleaner?
- [Thom] Love him or hate him, Jesse blew a hole
through the image of a typical show host
and then walked away.
"Monster Garage," man, we made that.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [electricity sizzling]
- [Thom] Halfway through the first build day,
and there's more than one body being dropped.
[galvanizing music]
- We're gonna section the body instead of chopping.
I was gonna start chopping today,
but Darryl and I discussed it.
We decided, he decided, we shouldn't chop the top
until we get the body section and get it lowered down
so it'll help hold it all together.
[label thudding]
[gritty music]
- [Thom] Darryl Starbird and Gene Winfield
are two of the biggest stars
in the hot rod universe. [hammer thumping]
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- [Thom] These guys are the pioneers of chop and drop
and have influenced car culture
and style since the 1940s.
- It's a great genre or a great feeling
in that I have inside of me
that I've been a part of that magic.
- Each one is different from the other one,
and it's definitely a form of art that we're creating.
- [Thom] In the "Monster Garage,"
Gene chopped a '54 coupe
and brushed on his custom fade paint job.
- Showing a lot of kids, including myself, how it's done.
- [Thom] And Darryl, King of Radical Rides,
sliced and diced a '51 Caddy.
- I'd never seen him work or anything,
and now, we get to work side by side.
I got the best job in the whole world.
- [Thom] And this insane '54
takes some of those classic lines
and pushes them one step further.
- We kind of married the two eras together,
and I think that's what "Monster Garage" has done too,
is do a lot of unusual things, old and new.
So we're accomplishing both
right here on this one vehicle.
- [Thom] These old-school dudes agree that
"Monster Garage" not only radically altered machines,
it also altered minds.
- I think that a certain amount of people
used to look down on some of this stuff,
but now, I think it's opened some of their eyes too
to realize that you can make anything happen
if you just have the will,
and the courage, and a few tools.
[scene swishing]
- [Thom] Back in the garage,
Mike Cook cuts a template for the sectioning.
- Well, actually we look at the side of it,
and we try to find the flattest spot on the side of the car
to take our section out of it.
In this case, four inches.
So we picked the spot that was the flattest
and also followed the contours of the body.
[galvanizing music]
[saw whizzing]
[driller buzzing]
[galvanizing music continues]
[saw humming]
[metal sheet flapping]
- [Thom] With the sectioning of the body complete
and two hours left in the day,
Doug tackles the top, ripping it off the wagon.
[driller whirring]
[galvanizing music continues]
[saw whizzing]
- Now, every Ford restorer who sees this
is pulling their hair out.
[tires screeching]
- [Thom] For as long as "Monster Garage" has existed,
there have always been people
who complain about what we do to beautiful cars.
[invisible fan laughing]
[torch whizzing]
[tractor rumbling]
[metal smashing]
[truck engine rumbling]
- You know, it's Rolls-Royce, so
everybody put on white gloves. [builders laughing]
- Got it? - Got it.
- It's kinda sad in a way though, huh?
- [Cameraperson] Yeah, yeah.
[metal clanking]
- Who cares?
[hand saw grating]
- [Thom] But they're the ones that never got it.
[saw whizzing]
- What's good is a restored car, man,
if you can't use it, you can't drive it?
What do you do? See this, harrow it.
This is right here.
- [Thom] Speaking of...
[doors clicking]
- Ooh. - Ah, oh.
- [Thom] Well, ain't this a breath of fresh air?
It's Bodie Stroud and Matthew DeAnda
from what build was it, guys?
- I was brought in for the turd-sucking. [laughs]
[tape rattling]
- [Thom] They took a 1969 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
and turned it into a high society honey wagon.
- We're in the big time now.
- [Thom] Jesse's a regular guy!
He doesn't mind getting his hands dirty.
- I ain't doing it. [laughs]
[scene whooshing]
[spirited music]
- [Thom] Bodie's the pro poop sucker, so he takes charge.
[spirited music continues]
[car horn honking]
[water gushing]
- [Bodie] Greatest thing about it too
is it just looks like it.
The best, right? [laughs] - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Thom] Nothing like the sweet smell of suck-cess.
- Help!
[galvanizing music]
♪ I've got half delivery
♪ And it's just me in a race
♪ You better hold back and survive ♪
♪ If you get me in a crash
♪ You're just looking for a reason to k*ll you ♪
♪ And they called me shark attacks ♪
♪ Come on
- [Thom] But for one member of the crew,
this build really stunk, cameraman,
Jason Lang, was the abused skunk.
- [Matthew] You seemed kinda pissed off when-
- At that moment, yeah,
but I still work here, man, imagine that.
- Oh, he was good. - Yeah, he got pissed.
Yeah, yeah. - He was steaming.
- I could have totally quit, you know?
I almost quit that day, but...
- [Thom] You may not know this,
but dudes wearing costumes is a "Monster Garage" tradition.
- Oh, I just hugged the dude.
- I was the donut-eating cop in the challenge.
[siren blaring]
I was an elf in the the Santa Float.
I was the gorilla during the Gorilla Build.
[gorilla growling]
- [Thom] But it doesn't stop at costumes.
As any past builder will tell you,
it's the production crew
that puts the monster in "Monster Garage!"
- I am paid big bucks 'cause I make things happen.
I am the director!
- This is not a world where we're just
quietly sitting back watching 'em.
- Go away. [chuckles] I'm trying to work.
- First thing we gotta tell you guys
not to bother us today.
- Nah! - No bothering us.
- Can I have something else to do?
- [Darryl] Yeah.
- There's always odd weird [censored] going on around here.
- This is getting pretty annoying,
I gotta be honest with you.
- Is it? - Yeah, just a tad.
- Get that [ball thuds] thing outta here.
- We've talked to them while we're sh**ting,
so they'll forget that we're camera operators.
- Can you yell for us?
- Pardon me? - Can you yell?
- Yeah, no, I can't yell.
- Yell at the camera. - Hey!
- I don't understand the point of it.
- I don't know how you got on this show
if you don't know anything about cars.
- 'Cause all camera guy are now like damn mechanics.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Yeah.
- That ain't gonna work.
[tool thumping]
That ain't gonna work. - Why you doing that?
- [Jason] Hey, Body Drop. What are you doing?
What are you doing? What are you doing?
[camera clinking]
[Builder 4 groaning]
[director laughing]
- I can be in my office or something like that,
and you hear a weird sound coming off the set.
You know, it was Chris.
- Yes, sir!
- Okay, okay, okay, okay. - Hurry.
[Chris grunting]
- You know, or we're just playing grab a*s with Jesse,
or something like that, or...
- I like to film stuff.
- Hey, I'm Jesse, I build motorcycles.
- It was this twisted,
insane, topsy-turvy, you know, [cow lowing]
big-boy playground where anything went.
- Ooh. [laughs]
[Jason laughing]
[imaginary kid laughing]
- And the crazier and stupider it got,
the better the television it became.
[Builder 5 speaking gibberish]
[Builder 6 laughing]
- Ah!
- [Jesse] Hey!
[glass shattering]
[metal clinking]
- [Thom] At the end of day two,
this crew has done more than some
build teams have done in a week.
- I mean, you know, it took us
all about five minutes to get organized
and well, we've been working as a group ever since.
[scene sizzling]
- Been working hard all day.
They done slashing, and cutting
And chopping, and sparks were flying.
And it was all hell breaking loose!
We love it all
because we are on the "Monster Garage!"
- [Thom] Monster Garage factoid,
the "Monster Garage" crews consumed over 8,000 meals
at a total cost of $249,949.70.
They drank 60,000 cups of coffee
at a cost of $24,000,
and they used over 1,500 rolls of toilet paper.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [bubbles plopping]
[lighthearted country music]
[motion beeping]
[motion squealing]
[cow lowing]
[milk squishing]
- [Thom] Day three with just the bare bones
of this Ford-O-Matic left,
the crew must use all their expertise
to bring it back to life.
[galvanizing music]
- We sure made a mess outta this thing. [chuckles]
- Yeah.
- First thing is pull this body forward,
get it down to proper amount,
and get it lined up right here on the doorpost.
And once we get that all tacked together,
then we'll start chopping the roof.
[scene swishing]
- It's gonna be, like, trimmed for around the cutouts,
so I'm just bending it around the pipe,
which is inch and 1/4,
same radius as the cutout.
[label thudding]
- [Thom] Scottie Chapman earned her place
on the final build for one simple reason.
She is smoking hot. [fire roaring]
And maybe there's another reason too.
- I'm really good at what I do.
- [Thom] On the Armored Dunkster,
her welds held 950 gallons of water
and earned her the respect of cobuilder, Mark Willett.
- Scottie, man, I've never seen a better welder in my life.
- [Thom] She's also one of the few builders
willing to do battle with the outlaw, Jesse James.
- What? - Were you up there designing?
- Hell no.
I wasn't designing the ladder. - No? No?
So you didn't want it
at the back? - Why don't you just do
whatever the hell you want, I don't care.
- It's not what I want, it's what you want
that matters, you know?
- That's right. - Okay.
- This is life's battle in its simplest form:
man versus woman. [tools clanking]
[Jesse growling]
- [Thom] And the Dunkster was also memorable
as a rare build that saw blood.
Robot designer, Christian Ristow, fell while welding it.
- [Christian] Oh, ah, ah!
- You know, cut his arm open really badly
and fractured a rib.
I mean, that was pretty traumatic.
- [Thom] Of course, that wasn't the first garage casualty.
- Well, you know when they say "Monster Garage,"
they're not kidding.
- [Thom] Joe Hahn from the Funhouse build
remembers a good one.
- You know, sometimes you get a little carried away
with horsing around and stuff happens.
- [Thom] Joe was building the rotating barrel ride
and invited Lisa to take a spin.
- Got it? - Got it.
- Whoo. Whoo!
[Lisa thudding]
- Oh. - Oh!
Oh!
- It obviously was an accident.
- [Thom] A fun house and a mobile m*dget dunker
may seem wacky, but Scottie knows that
the "Monster Garage" is not all child's play.
- "Monster Garage" has opened up so many people's eyes to,
like, what, you know, weirdos like me
or like any of these people are doing.
People just building awesome stuff
with just amazing skills.
And maybe if you're into cars,
you might know who they are.
But now, it's like, you know,
the rest of the world knows who these people are,
and I think that's really awesome.
They deserve that kinda recognition.
- [Thom] So far, the only question
on this build is the wheels.
Are they going to stay old school with the 18s
or will they add a new school flare with 20-inch blings?
- I kinda like white walls and old hubcaps,
you know, old-style Caddy hubcaps
or whatever to make it look more '50s.
- '20s, although it retains the '50s look
by sectioning the car, the '20s gives it
a little more modern touch. [saw whizzing]
Wanted to have that "Monster Garage" monster look about it
as well as retain some of the old-school techniques
that we've used over the years.
- [Doug] Do we want 18s or 20s to fire it up?
- 18, 18, 18. - They also have 20s.
[foreboding music]
- [Thom] There's only one way to settle this,
[imaginary whip cracking]
a coin toss.
- Hey, got a coin? - Got a coin?
- I got no coin. - I got no coin.
- Mine's in the other pants.
Here we go. - Hey, here's our coin.
Old coin. - All right, let's see.
It's double-headed, okay.
What you want, heads or tails?
- I'll pull, don't look at the coin.
Toss straight. - No, no, no.
I'm gonna flip it. - Heads.
Heads. - You want heads?
You go for you and tails for me.
- All right.
- Heads for you. - Hey!
- [Gene] Okay.
- [Thom] And the 20s win!
[rod thumping]
With four inches removed from the waistline,
the crew gets to work, tacking it back together.
[saw whizzing]
[torch sizzling]
[gritty music]
[torch sizzling]
[gritty music continues]
- The car's starting to be put back together.
Looking a little like Frankenstein,
but I think these guys can handle it.
[bell chiming]
- [Thom] Midday three, the crew gets a 454 Chevy big-block
dropped on their doorstep.
- Beautiful.
- [Thom] But the alarm bells are starting to ring.
- But there's a lot of work to get that running.
[tape screeching]
- [Thom] What was that?
- But there's a lot of work to get that running.
This ain't happening.
- I'm gonna predict that
that Chevy motor ain't gonna just go in here.
There's gonna be some steering issues, I know.
- [Thom] Doug already said,
"A Chevy motor won't ride inside this wagon."
- When you put a Chevy motor in a Ford,
[metal cover clanging]
it hits all that steering, so that's the problem.
- [Thom] After a quick measurement,
they know their only option
is to track down another engine.
- I've got a 5.7 liter LS1 motor.
- All right. - Engine trans,
six-speed tr*nny on it.
ACU. - All right, oh, you're saying
maybe use a different engine, so.
- Maybe use a different engine there.
- All right. - In fact, I've got one
sitting in the shop. - Oh, what have you got?
- Engine, tr*nny, ECU, harness, is fuel-injected.
- Where you salvaged?
- Hot in the boots.
- [Thom] The Corvette engine is the only Chevy motor
that has the sump pump up front.
[scene screeching]
[thrilling music]
- How you been been?
- [Thom] Ben salutes a blast from the past,
John Rigo from the DeLorean Hovercraft build.
- Well, we're gonna have to it there.
- Yeah, we'll start turn the rear end.
Get the rear end up on the stand.
We gotta rip the release springs out.
I got the foiling come apart too.
- Right on, right on.
- [Thom] John's gonna help out the old-school crew.
The team needs suspension,
John is looking for redemption.
- Well, this has got to do with suspension,
so last time was a boat, a hovercraft,
so there was no suspension really.
So it'll be a little bit more up my alley.
[tape rattling]
- [Thom] The DeLorean Hovercraft was doomed from the start.
- I don't know, my confidence level on this whole build
is at zero right now.
- [Thom] The first day and a half was spent cutting corners,
and that didn't go over well with the master mechanic.
- You know, the whole premise of the show
is to take one thing and make something else out of it.
Not take something that already is a hovercraft
and decorate it to look like a DeLorean, that's stupid.
- We could grab another underbody.
- Let's do that! Let's make Jesse happy.
Let's get another underbody.
- [Jesse] Hey, I'm trying to make you guys look good
and not look like [beep], you know?
- Oh, thank you, likewise.
- You don't like it, you think this is funny,
and you don't think what I say is go,
get the [beep] out right now.
- Nope, you are the boss.
What you say goes. - Go, go.
- You wish for me to leave?
- Yeah, I'm not laughing at you.
And you're you're building the stupidest thing
I've ever seen, and I'm not laughing.
You see me laughing? - Well, you know,
you told me to go, I should go.
- [Jesse] Bye.
- [Thom] In 84 builds and over 500 builders,
Rick Gondro was the one and only team member
expelled from the "Monster Garage."
[energizing music]
The DeLorean build went downhill from there.
The remaining teammates worked hard,
but they couldn't get the hovercraft off the ground.
- All the little tiny leaks add up to one big one, so.
- We made a DeLorean tilt. [laughs]
And that's good enough for me.
We made a DeLorean tilt.
[echo reverberating]
- [Thom] As we all know in the "Monster Garage,"
there's no room for failure.
Losers must be eliminated.
It's just a matter of how to deliver the fatal blow.
- [Soldiers] Failure sucks, hoorah!
- [Thom] The ill-fated DeLorean
is pitted against a functioning hovercraft.
Inside is what the military
calls an as*ault amphibian vehicle.
- [Soldier 1] Everybody goes.
[dramatic music]
[hovercraft whirring]
[car clattering]
- [Soldiers] Yeah!
- [Thom] But that's just a taste.
Over the years, we've shot 'em.
[explosions blasting]
Fried them.
[fire roaring]
And we've all obliterated them.
[g*nshots popping]
[metal clanking]
- I think there's just some people like me
that like to sh**t g*ns.
Yeah!
- [Thom] We've mixed monsters with molten metal,
[energizing music]
rigged tons of expl*sives, [fuse hissing]
[expl*si*n blasting]
and even dropped a 10-ton chunk of steel
on a pristine English beauty.
[steel thudding]
And for those of you who thought destroying this
classic was wrong, you just don't get it.
- Perfect.
- [Thom] But the deadliest most mind-blowing destruction
of them all was our first failure,
build number six, the Grim Ripper.
- Oh man, the first failure is one of the greatest of all.
- [Crew 1] It was the coolest.
- [Thom] Series producer Tom McMahon came back
to the garage to tell the tale of how a failed monster
changed the garage forever.
- It's like, well, finally we realized, well,
we don't keep our failures around "Monster Garage."
If we're gonna fail, we gotta get rid of this thing
'cause it's a disgusting reminder of our inadequacy.
[Tom laughing]
So all right, let's destroy it.
You know, somebody come up saying, "Check this thing out."
And it's this machine that, you know,
it's got these huge steel grinding arms,
and it just grinds, it turns a car
into metal cottage cheese in eight seconds.
And it's like, "Really? Where is it?"
Well, it's right here in Long Beach. [chuckles]
It's like, "Oh yes, that was it."
- [Thom] And so the concept of total destruction was born.
- [Tom] So here we go, the night of, right?
And we have this funeral procession
with this stupid car that didn't work.
[dramatic music]
And we get to Terminal Island,
we're making our way through these piles
of post-apocalyptic refuse.
And we get there, and we got like 12 cameras lined up.
- [Thom] As a last minute coup de grace,
we threw a full propane tank
into the hearse to get shredded too
and add an expl*si*n to the destruction.
- So the car goes up on the conveyor belt,
and it's like really nervous.
I'm thinking, "Oh my God, what's gonna happen?"
- [Thom] What happens is the apocalypse of monster doom.
[expl*si*n blasting]
[dramatic music continues]
- You know, it was, like, I kept calling it,
like, a $10 million shot that we got for, like, 85 bucks.
And it was like, [chuckles] it was so awesome.
I still, to this date, have never gotten
a better shot than that.
And it was like, "Oh God." [expl*si*n blasting]
After the failure was when I realized
the full potential of "Monster Garage"
because I realized the failures
could be even better than the successes.
- [Thom] There's nothing that ever quite measures up
to the first time.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [electricity sizzling]
- [Thom] Back in the garage, more company struts in.
- [Jesse] Hey, look at that, boys, ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Billy F. Gibbons up on the set.
- Hey. - Hey now.
- [Thom] Hot rod enthusiast
and lead singer of ZZ Top Billy Gibbons drops by
to check on the team's progress.
But this ain't the first time he's been in the garage.
Billy landed on the design team of the Caddy build.
- [Builder 7] Maybe scoop that a little later or-
- Maybe, maybe. - That might be kinda cool.
- Just maybe a slight S turn.
- She's already got it on the other side.
- It's gonna be a nice one.
Like everything across the board,
"Monster Garage" has represented
probably some of the finest
and most unusual creations
in the automotive car cults. [hammer pounding]
It's a good thing. [saw whizzing]
- [Thom] To get this old-school wagon
off passing grade in advanced cool,
they'll replace the rear leaf springs
with a four-link suspension system
and add a round of airbags
to drop it all the way down.
While Ben and John handle the suspension on the lower level,
upstairs, there's a lot of racket.
[driller whizzing]
[metal screeching]
[gritty music]
The crew is sectioning the top.
[saw whirring]
- Yeah, drill.
- [Thom] The hood post will be taken down 3 1/2 inches.
- Hey baby, let's go topless.
- Yeah, okay.
Thank you. - Can't believe it,
just like that.
- Guys above me are trying to k*ll me
'cause I'm about ready to shake this thing
off the jack stand, it's kinda scary.
[label thudding]
- [Thom] Ben Wood knows everyone that works in the garage,
but not because he was a builder
on a 10,000-horsepower Celica Jet Car.
- When I was around the Jet Car, I busted my a*s,
I worked hard.
k*ll the other four builders
and go back to my normal job. - Yeah.
[tape rattling]
- [Thom] It's because he's an ex-garage manager
come back to help put the nail in the garage coffin.
- The TV crew and everybody here
kinda felt like this dysfunctional family to me,
like we're all kinda, like, handicapped in some sort of way,
but we all kinda meshed well together.
He laughing at me. [laughs]
- [Thom] In the history of "Monster Garage,"
Ben was just one of four garage managers,
and you know each one of them.
- Everybody's concern at first
was we wouldn't have, couldn't do it in seven days
but I think this team could definitely do it.
[arrow beeping]
- You want me to help somebody out that burned me?
- Okay. - That's what
you're asking me to do. [arrow beeping]
- Well, here's the thing.
Ryan'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."
[arrow beeping]
- I've got your parts list
'cause I'll get rid of 'em for the specific reason.
Nowhere on here do I have rear wheel measurements.
That's what you got.
I was never told aluminum or steel,
just got you the wheels.
[arrow beeping]
- [Thom] After nearly 90 shows,
these guys have dealt with builders, producers,
and hundreds of thousands of dollars in parts.
- We have a motor. We have a motor.
- [Thom] And we thank each and every one of them.
Even you, Brian.
- This is one of the harder builds
'cause these guys were morons. [scene sizzling]
- [Thom] Back in the garage,
old school is still in session.
- This is a way better build.
- Is it? - Well, I mean,
personnel wise, but...
- I mean, I know how to do mechanical work,
but, you know, this stuff and learning from these guys,
what an opportunity.
It's really, really cool.
- Oh, this is like my dream build.
This is something I wanted to do for so long.
- [Jesse] Why?
- Chop up a car, totally monsterize it, Frankenstein it,
and make it look badass.
[siren blaring]
- [Thom] What's this? The fuzz is sweeping up the garage!
[triangle chiming]
- Step right up and get your donut.
- [Thom] In the "Monster Garage,"
we don't just make monsters, we make lunch.
- Ladies and gentlemen, fresh hot dogs!
Mustard or ketchup?
- [Thom] The team of Finale Fabricators grab some grub,
courtesy of the cop car turned donut maker
and the hot dog cart that drags at a hundred plus.
- Hell yeah!
- [Thom] But that ain't all the edibles,
you could eat a seven-course meal made from monsters.
[dramatic music]
- Oh, that's good. - Glad you eat it.
[car engine revving]
- Makes you hungry for a hot dog, right?
[cow lowing]
- What do you guys want? Regular or chocolate?
- Chocolate. - Chocolate.
[dramatic music continues]
- Hey, you little girls want some beer?
- [Crowd] Hey!
- Beer, Jesse? - Yeah.
- Where's the beer?
- [Jesse] Yeah. [engine rumbling]
- Well, we got ice cream.
- Enjoy. - Enjoy.
- "Monster Garage" rocks.
[crowd laughing]
- You want a donut for dessert?
- [Scottie] No.
- I don't like cop cars, man.
I'm allergic to police cars. [builders laughing]
- Get back in there and work, lunchtime's over!
- Okay, we're gonna put it back on.
- [Thom] With the top section chopped,
the crew attempts the difficult task
of getting the frame to fit back.
[gentle gritty music]
- Okay, need a couple clamps.
We can grab it right in here.
Right in here.
[tool clicking]
To get this to line up,
we have to just keep moving things back
and forth until we get it
so that the window will work.
[hammer clinking]
[torch sizzling]
- Come on, let it line up.
- Lined up? - Yeah.
[saw whizzing]
- [Thom] With the roof stabilized,
Doug tacks on some bracing
before securing the top in place.
[torch sizzling]
- Well, we finally got our line going right,
that everything looking good, looks real good, so.
- [Thom] At the end of day three,
the crew is running out of working room,
running without a motor,
and running out of time.
"Monster Garage" factoid,
the average distance a builder traveled
to appear on "Monster Garage" is 844 miles.
If the miles for every builder were added together,
it would equal 424,532 miles
or 17 1/2 trips around the world.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [bubbles plopping]
[goofy country music]
[tires screeching]
[insects chittering]
[bodies squishing]
- [Thom] Day four and with half the build week already gone,
Gene feels confident of today's game plan.
- I think we're right on.
- It's coming along.
- Right on schedule, we're doing just fine.
- Get off me. Get off me.
[gentle gritty music]
- [Thom] As the team begins execution,
it becomes quite clear that the blueprint
is easier said than done.
- One problem we have right now is the body has dropped.
We're ending up with a big gap in this area.
We've cut it apart.
So many different places, they cut the floor out.
We've actually lost the structure
or the integrity of the body right now.
First thing this morning,
and we'll have to pull it all back together, so.
- [Thom] There are a few people who know more
about tearing it up than tombstone.
[energizing music]
[scene beeping]
[Tombstone laughing]
- [Thom] He's a veteran of the garage's very first failure,
The Grim Ripper.
- I hate losing. I think it sucks, but you know?
- [Thom] But he had a chance to resurrect his ego
on Grim Ripper Two!
[Tombstone laughing]
And was brought back a third time
for the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em All Star build.
That show gave him a final opportunity
to demonstrate his unique work style.
- I don't take measurements,
and I just go in and do.
- Yeah. - Sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn't.
- I love Tombstone out of everybody. He's my favorite.
No, I stress about everything in work, in business,
in life, in everything.
Tombstone's just like this.
[scene rattling]
[smooth upbeat music]
- So how you doing, old man?
How you doing, Gene? - Hey, how are ya?
- How you doing, man? - Great, how about you?
- No, I heard you were down here.
I figured I gotta come down to see the Gene.
- Well, thank you.
- [Thom] Tombstone and Doug recognize each other
from their "Monster Garage" Tours of Duty.
- I didn't really know what to expect
when I came down here today.
I just heard that you guys were doing some
crazy, crazy stuff, so. [saw whizzing]
- Well, we're gonna just build, man.
[label thudding]
- [Thom] Doug Hruska was a builder
on one of the old-school classics.
He chopped and dropped a mint Model A
to make a knuckle dragon hot rod, East Coast style.
- Ever since I was a little kid, man,
I was always fascinated with hot rods.
- [Thom] This ride was the nuts.
And Nuts can also describe Doug's cobuilder
and one of the "Monster Garage's" legendary characters.
- Randy, yeah, man.
- Doug. - Yo.
- Doug, Dougie boy.
Hey, Doug, Doug, Doug, Doug.
Doug, Doug, Doug. - Yo.
- Dougie boy. - What?
- Can I get a hand?
[Doug clapping]
- [Thom] Randy pushed everyone on the team to the edge,
including the master fabricator.
- Either get off your [glass shatters] a*s
and start helping people or you can just split now.
- [Thom] So what did Randy do?
He faked a heart attack.
- And he falls on the floor,
and he starts, like, going into, like, convulsing, like,
and he's puffing and puffing in the dirt.
- It's not good.
- Get on, medic comes over there,
and they're gonna, like, call 911.
- Call 911. - Call an ambulance?
- [Builder 8] Call the 911, man.
- No, forget it, forget it, forget it.
- He jumps up and goes, [laughs]
"Got you, Jesse, didn't I?"
- Did I get you, Jesse? Where is he?
- And we're all just like,
"Are you kidding, man?"
- How was that? Not too bad, right?
- I don't know. - I thought we were gonna
finally get some work done.
- Yeah. [laughs]
- Gosh.
- He's a bad man.
- [Thom] But let's let Randy defend himself
with a homemade video postcard.
- Some of the people that know me, and my antics,
and my general funny attitude,
and background didn't seem to mind it,
but there was other people that rode in there,
quite upset with my antics.
I wish to apologize to them.
However, I think it made good TV.
- But it made for good TV, I guess.
- Oh yeah. - You know,
they always throw that wrench in there,
and that was a big wrench.
- [Thom] The work continues as Hector
and Fred put the rear hatchback on.
- Saw it in the back here.
Oh, there you go. - Oh yeah.
- There we go. Yeah, I got it. - The angle.
Teamwork! [whimpers]
[hatchback clicking]
- [Thom] Now that the hatch is back,
it needs to be cut to match the rest of the chopped top.
- Like here, 10 inches.
This line needs to align here.
[high-spirited music]
[saw whizzing]
[high-spirited music continues]
[torch sizzling]
[saw whizzing]
- Holy Mackerwood Square.
- [Thom] In walks Paul Rick, the glassman.
- This is number 2,471 chopped car.
[saw whizzing]
So I've done a few.
[carefree music]
This line right here is where the drip rail is.
That'll allow me to drop it into the hole
to get an accurate cut on this line here.
This line should be pretty accurate.
[carefree music continues]
Do that to warm the place up.
That's just to warm the glass up
so I can stretch the vinyl without chipping the glass.
- Huh?
[carefree music continues]
- [Thom] A few snips with the glass cutter,
and it's a perfect fit.
- [Chrissie] Wow, that was fast.
- I took my time on this one.
[Chrissie laughing]
- [Thom] Meanwhile, John, Ben
and Frank work on piecing together
the four-link suspension.
- [John] How about that?
[torch sizzling]
- [Thom] But they soon get interrupted
by an important delivery.
[tractor growling]
The thing that makes a Corvette fly rolls into the garage,
a 500-horsepower LS1 motor.
- I mean, if we bring it here,
the flat part of the pan is eight inches,
which are already measured.
So it should all fit in here.
And then the flat's gonna be out there.
First step we have to do to mount it up
is to put it in that hole,
and then put the engine mounts on,
and then go from there.
[label thudding]
- [Thom] So what's mechanical tech, Frank Brown,
doing on the All-Star build?
- That's what I wanna know.
I mean, there must have been a problem
with other people saying, "I don't wanna come."
[Frank laughing]
That's a good one. Now, you see that?
Nobody gets along with me,
and I don't get along with anybody else.
- [Thom] Well, the real reason Frank's here
is because he was the monster motor mastermind
on the Honey Bee Drift Car episode.
- The Drift Car build was certainly a lot easier
because we wasn't building a show car,
but it seems of what's going on downstairs right now,
we're building a show car.
- Chrissie Beavis also turned a wrench
on the Honey Bee build.
- Actually, I think the Drift Car
was a lot more challenging,
pulling the engine from one car
and then putting it into another car.
Plus the Honey Bee was tiny, you know?
And so like fitting that huge engine
into this little tiny car.
[car engine rumbling]
- [Thom] But Frank's favorite moment
wasn't the side-sliding speed show.
[Jesse laughing]
- Favorite moment must have been
one o'clock in the morning, Saturday morning,
partying downstairs with the production crew.
[Honey Bee rumbling]
- [Thom] But back in the shop, it's all business
trying to give this Chevy engine
a new home in the house of Ford.
[hammer pounding]
- How's that?
Is this gonna be low enough for ya?
- [Doug] It's very tight. You gotta cut the floor.
- Let's try not to cut the floor if we don't have to.
- You cut this cross member,
and it'll let the whole bottom and the transmission down.
- No sense cutting all that floor out if we don't have to.
- [Doug] No, cut it with the saws.
I've given you Sawzall, cut it right now.
- Wouldn't do that. - Give him the Sawzall,
and he'll cut it right now. [builders laughing]
- Give the man a Sawzall. - Talking about Sawzall.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [electric sizzling]
- [Thom] Back in the garage,
the team puts the top back on the '54
for some last-minute adjustments
before grafting the lid on their tin can.
- Hey, that's better.
- I like that.
- [Gene] Now we're in over here.
- We're inside. - You're in over there.
- [Darryl] This is perfect, I'm telling ya.
- [Thom] The top fits, but our two old-school masters
can never satisfy their desire to go lower.
- [Gene] Let's take it off and cut an inch off.
- [Doug] Why?
- [Gene] To lower it.
- Oh, you want this thing lower?
- Oh yeah, yeah, that's why we're doing this,
doing all this work. - Went 3/4 of an inch.
- All right, all right. - All right, get it off.
Slide it on your side a little bit.
- Got it?
- Yes, I'm waiting on ya.
Beautiful, thank you.
And we'll go right around the edge here
with 3/4-inch tape all the way around right here.
You a tape guy?
- [Thom] It's old school versus ancient school.
- That's a quarter, I guarantee you that's a quarter.
- It's over there, I'll move over right now.
- Measure that.
- Measure 1/4 inch exactly here.
Here, get it down where you
get precision measurement there, man, that's 1/4.
[Doug laughing]
Don't ever doubt me.
[jovial music]
- [Thom] Introductions may not be necessary.
- Hi!
[tape rattling]
Eric Scarlett is the living embodiment
of the ideal "Monster Garage" participant.
[Eric's tongue trilling]
First appearing on the deranged picker-
- This vehicle's buck nutty.
[joker laughing]
- [Thom] Followed by the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em psyops,
Eric manifested the characteristics
most suited to a successful builder,
a commitment to his work.
- You wanna help, get in the car,
and these guys can run the [beep] show by themselves.
- [Thom] A passion for communication.
- All right, Dorothy, I will yell.
You will not overstep me.
- [Thom] And a valuable understanding of teamwork.
- I need to take a secondary break
and count for 10 seconds before I kick 'em all
in their [ball squeals].
- [Thom] He blazed a trail for others
willing to go that extra mile
and serve as a righteous example of leadership
[glass shattering]
and noble comradery.
- Well, you better get outta my face then.
- Why don't you get me the [bell chimes]
outta your face then.
- You, I'll shove it up your [glass shatters].
- Don't tell me what the [glass plonks] to do.
Just do the job and get it [glass shatters] done.
- Oh, he just pisses me off!
- I'm just a little ticked right now.
You know, you got a guy that just got a God complex.
- You know what matters? This guy right here.
This guy matters right here. - [beep].
- I was doing hydraulics
while you were still in high school.
I'm decorated in the Navy for hydraulic work.
One guy's a [censored] jackass, man.
- [Jesse] Jackass?
- I don't want him here.
I don't him bossing all over us.
- That's what he thinks is the most
important part of his life. - Touch me again.
Touch me again. You better chill, dude.
- I think you should slam me in the face right now.
Do I have a lawsuit here?
[bats pounding]
- I'll like to beat the [bell chimes]
out of all of them, just beat!
- [Thom] The team flattens the roof
a whole inch and 3/4.
[upbeat music]
[saw whizzing]
- How far are you guys off?
- Can we just make it a convertible?
- This is a new style of sunroof.
You get the sun, you get the wind,
you get the rain, everything.
- We should have left it alone.
- [Thom] The pupils may be questioning the masters-
- Let's try it there.
- [Thom] But today's lesson in chopped glass
is about to begin.
- If we cut that off and slide this straight back,
this is gonna come up and hit right where we want it.
- Yeah. - You know, if we slide that.
- Just for the back, yeah. - You're gonna put it
in front anyway. - Yeah, right.
Get your shear, let's cut it.
[dramatic music]
- [Thom] First, they'll slide the roof back,
aligning it with the rear posts.
- Yeah.
- [Thom] Then cut and slide the front section,
aligning it with the front post.
This leaves a middle gap that will have to be filled.
[torch sizzling]
[hammer pounding]
With the adjustments to the roof,
the team is feeling pretty confident about the build.
- We've progressed a long ways today,
and it's just a matter of a lot of detail stuff now.
Just putting all the little pieces together
to make it fill up all the little gaps
we got here and there, so.
- It's really coming together actually.
I mean, it's starting to look like a car again,
and that's kinda cool. [hammer pounding]
- [Thom] This build seems to be in good hands,
but not everybody will be sticking around
to see the end result.
- Sorry, I can't be here to finish it
'cause it breaks my heart not to see the finished product.
- [Chrissie] So are we, we're sorry you're leaving. [laughs]
- Yeah, you're not as half as sorry as I am.
- [Thom] Day four ends with Darryl
and Scottie reluctantly departing this farewell build.
- Thank you, guys. [builders applauding]
- [Thom] But this crew may need a helping hand
from some of monster's past.
[galvanizing music]
"Monster Garage" factoid.
A factoid is a brief item of information
or a speculation that resembles a fact
and is reported and repeated so often
that it becomes accepted as a fact.
It may in fact be true.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [bubbles plopping]
[carefree music]
[notes scrunching]
[airplane engine rumbling]
[cart whistling]
[ambulance buzzing]
Day five, [barrels clanking]
the crew enters with two builders gone
and one thing on their minds.
- We've done a lot, but we've got a lot to do.
We're gonna weld the roof.
And we're going to get both front fenders on
and section them.
Section 'em, and move the wheel wells out,
and make 'em bigger for those 20-inch tires that are coming.
- [Thom] They swarm, tacking
and grinding this monster into shape
[torch sizzling]
until an early morning visitor
comes to help out the team.
Here comes the big mama, welder c*m laude,
two-time monster builder and vet of "Monster Garage"
build number two, Lisa Legohn.
This lady knows how to bring the heat.
[scene beeping]
This master welder first fired up the Fire Truck Limo build.
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- [Thom] Jesse and the crew rolled in style
while saving Long Beach from a smoky demise.
[Lisa grunting]
Then Lisa rolled with the punches
on the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em All-Star build.
- They gonna have the blues when we finish.
- [Thom] But win or lose, Lisa tackles her work
with enthusiasm and pride.
- I stand by my wheels 100%.
Jump on 'em, hop on 'em, swing on 'em.
They ain't going nowhere. Yeah!
- Being a welder isn't a glamorous job.
And something about her, and the way she puts it,
and the way she talks about it, it makes it glamorous.
- Gotta put 'em back to work and do the monster thing.
- Hey, there. [saw whizzing]
- [Thom] Lisa jumps right in, [torch sizzling]
tackling the top with her torch.
And this build is all about the love.
- Come here, buddy, John.
- See, one big mama and two little men.
Oh, help me, somebody.
Send me to heaven in a sardine can. [chuckles]
[energizing music]
- [Thom] With the new motor a perfect fit, Mike
and Doug can start piecing the front
of the body back together.
[metal clanking]
- Fits like a blob.
[hammer pounding]
[saw whizzing]
[energizing music continues]
- [Thom] To make room for the set of 20s,
Fred will raise the fender.
[saw whizzing]
[energizing music continues]
[saw whirring]
- We're opening up the wheel well,
so those big rims will fit in there.
- If we cut right here through both pieces,
that'll piece no matter how crooked
or whatever, it'll line up exactly.
- Yeah. - You know what I'm saying?
- Oh, hard to drill on this.
- It's like the whole wallpaper trick.
Left one piece over, cut it right down the center.
Even though that does this,
the pieces will make exactly. [metal clanking]
All right.
- I hate it when you're right.
- Me too.
[label blasting]
- [Thom] Fred MacGregor happened to catch
the very first episode of "Monster Garage,"
and it changed his life forever.
- And when I saw that, I was just glued to the TV,
and I swore I'm gonna do that one day,
I wanna be on that show.
- [Thom] His determination paid off.
Fred was the head fabricator
on the Remote Control Race Car build.
The goal was to take a 1971 Chevy Monte Carlo
and turn it into a completely remote control racer.
This was a technical challenge
over many of the builders' heads.
- You guys are talking Chinese.
[builders laughing]
I just know how to weld stuff and make it loud, so.
- [Thom] But Fred's job was to put metal to the pedal,
and he fabbed a strong monster.
[metal whanging]
- You'll never break that.
- [Thom] Then it was time for man against machine.
[car engines rumbling]
[galvanizing music]
[car engines rumbling]
[car smashing]
There's only room for one racer on this track,
and it ain't gonna be mechanical.
- I had a surgery scheduled
actually for yesterday that I had to postpone.
I'd waited three months for surgery,
and I put it off just to do the show.
[saw whizzing]
[torch sizzling]
- Yeah, up in here.
[torch sizzling]
[saw buzzing]
Good.
- Yeah. We should be done.
I give it two or three hours with the fenders.
Not much more to do.
Gene's starting on the roof probably this afternoon.
I think we're doing pretty good.
[galvanizing music continues]
- [Thom] Hector buttons up the rear hatch.
- We gotta make it stick.
[metal clanging]
- We make this door splash.
The lady comes with the groceries, ooh.
We gotta open here, put the groceries.
Close it, [imitates door thudding] go.
What do you think about that?
[label blasting]
- [Thom] Hector Orlandi is one car-crazy Caribbean.
It may look like he's all fun and games,
but he's actually a real problem-solver at heart.
- That's my life is based on problems,
my whole life
solving problems for everybody.
- [Thom] Last time he was here,
he transformed a Mini Cooper into a snowmobile
and put his brain power to the test.
- Use your imagination. [whistles]
- [Thom] To keep the monster on track,
Hector came up with a way to steer
by controlling each of the two treads with one stick.
- The Hector stick. [chuckles]
- [Thom] Hector's brain crunched out
a winning answer for the Mini Cooper.
But this week, he's soaking up some
old-school knowledge from the masters.
- I see Gene, and I see Darryl,
and they're really good at what they do.
And we're sharing it.
And we're learning from each other.
So I am learning a lot.
The sad thing is I go back to work and this is gone.
It's like a dream. It just disappeared, like a dream.
- Hector's snow monster was tested
by Richard Petty in way out Wyoming,
but the "Monster Garage" tentacles
have stretched even further into some
of the wildest places in North America.
Jesse invaded blistering Baja California,
blew over Pikes Peak in Colorado,
[car engine revving]
and slid across the ice in snowy Minnesota.
But one of the gnarliest places Jesse visited
was Folsom Prison. [buzzer buzzing]
- Welcome to the dungeon.
[door thudding]
- [Thom] His sentence, wrench for five days
on a beat-up Impala with a team of prisoners,
and then break out in a slammed gangster ride.
Eric Schneider and Saul Marquez are still serving out
their time, but sent some video props.
- Well, for that to take place in here in prison
after being locked up for a lot of years,
it was just, it was out of sight.
I mean, it was unbelievable.
- Hey, Eric, you think that's low enough?
- Oh, yeah. [Jesse chuckling]
Yeah, that's low enough.
- [Thom] These guys weren't just building a classic car.
- Yeah, it was confidence builder.
It really made us feel good to watch that car
flying down behind those five blocks,
throwing sparks everywhere.
That was a good feeling.
- We got to use some of the skills
that we learned here at Folsom, you know, through welding,
and it's amazing what we did to it.
- [Thom] The build was also an intense experience
for the typically cool master mechanic.
- My emotions have ran the gauntlet this week,
you know, feeling, like, different stuff.
You know, I could easily swap places
with any one of these dudes,
and I can't really, I don't know.
I mean, I guess hard work is the miracle cure
for everything in my life.
- [Thom] Saul and Eric are close
to finishing their sentences,
but the "Monster Garage" flame will burn in their hearts
long after they cruise past those stone walls.
- You really touch our lives in a big way.
Everybody deserves a second chance,
and you gave us that second chance.
- Hey. - That worked.
- Good job, guys.
- Yeah, I mean, it made us feel like we were just regular,
regular old guys for five or six days,
and that's a good feeling.
So yeah, thank you, guys.
It was cool. - Yeah, excellent.
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [electricity sizzling]
- [Thom] Back in the "Monster Garage" on day five,
an old-school tool is delivered for this old-school build.
- Yeah, we'll do it right here, that's great.
- [Thom] The English wheel will help create the curves
to match the gaping hole in the roof.
- I've messed with an English wheel at work, and it's hard.
It's harder than it looks.
[lighthearted music]
[torch sizzling]
- Give me a little there. - 22.
[lighthearted music continues]
[torch sizzling]
[saw whizzing]
- That thin cover, it was a foot short.
It goes in and flatten out.
Now, it's perfect. This guy's amazing.
But after 60 years, you better not suck.
[saw whizzing]
- [Thom] With the top in good hands,
another delivery is made, 20-inch custom wheels!
Tim, from the design team,
had them made up special for this project.
But Doug is not too thrilled about this package.
- They're gonna be cool to look at
because they ain't fitting under that back of this thing.
- [Thom] He thinks these 20s have a bit too much bling
for this classic ride. - Just the wheel, man.
- As if we're crack dealers.
Now don't forget, you don't even have a tire on that thing.
[rim clanging]
- [Tim] Let's see if we can drop that rear end.
- Yeah.
- [Tim] You probably need to lower it.
- [Thom] The rims are close,
but they'll be too tight once the tires are on
and the fenders are in place.
- Where's the tire go?
Yeah, gonna need to spice up.
- [Thom] But to this team, it's about more
than just the actual fit.
- Well, I think 20-inch wheels will ruin anything.
I would've kept the stock wheels
with the wide white walls on this thing, man.
Which is probably what we're gonna wind up
putting back on again.
- Why? - 'Cause I don't think
these gonna fit under there,
and I don't think it's gonna turn enough in the front.
It's a '50s car, man,
you gotta have fat white walls on it.
- [Thom] Without Darryl here to fight for the 20s,
the stock wheels will stay on for now.
[uplifting music]
Engine expert, Mandy Gordon, cruises into the shop
to lend Frank a hand with the motor.
[scene beeping]
There were three all-girl builds.
The first made it, barely.
[builders cheering]
The second was a complete failure!
- I wouldn't drive it,
and I'll drive almost anything.
- [Thom] And Mandy led her team to the biggest
"Monster Garage" all-female success.
- Came over to offer you some assistance any way I can.
- Hey, no problem.
No problem. - If I can.
- More the merrier.
[thrilling music]
- [Thom] Mandy helps attach the starter.
This Corvette motor is now ready
to move into its new home.
- Yeah, it looks like it's right on.
- Wow.
- Just give me a second.
- Natural, man, this whole...
- [Thom] The urban myth is wrong,
Chevy and Ford can actually get along.
- Update on the engine, it's in where it's gonna be.
Engine mounts are done.
But basically, that's where it's gonna sit.
Now, it's just running all these wires
into the car, plug it in, go.
- [Thom] Late on day five, more parts arrive.
- Hello, here we not even freaking [glass shatters]
measure that thing.
- [Thom] The radiator is right, but the measuring was wrong.
- The deal is somebody ordered our radiator,
and the measurements are completely, utterly wrong.
It's not even close.
It don't really matter now.
We can sit here and b*tch over it,
it ain't gonna fix the problem.
We gotta either get a different radiator,
figure out something.
[hammer pounding]
- We could just cut this out.
- Yeah, that's what I said, get rid of them,
then it'd be fine.
- [Thom] The team's options are to trim out
all the bodywork they've already completed
or try and track down a new radiator.
- Okay.
- Put it together, take it apart.
Put it together, take it apart.
- [Thom] And there's one last possibility.
- Perfect, blow it up.
[builders laughing]
- I mean, yeah, we gotta figure it out.
We think we're gonna run down to the parts store,
see if they got a radiator, a little work,
just a quick application with a couple,
like, Polar fans on it,
and just do it that way.
'Cause we're running out of time here.
- [Thom] Fixing on the fly is the name
of the game in "Monster Garage."
And who would know that better than Ron Loomis
from the VW Sour Kraut build.
[scene beeping]
This monster was a labor of love for VW fanatic, Jesse.
- I'm total Volkswagen guy, you know?
And my second car was a Volkswagen.
- [Thom] The task was to resuscitate
a swamp-dwelling 1951 Beetle
and turn it into a quarter-mile dragster.
- You wanna take something from a swamp
to nine seconds in five days? - Yeah, literally.
Yeah.
- [Thom] The Sour Kraut team was made up
of the best in the business.
These guys were such pros,
they were primed to finish early on the final build day.
[air hissing]
- That didn't sound good.
- No, it didn't.
[Builder 9 groaning]
- What was that?
- I don't think you wanna know what that was.
If you ask my opinion, I think the motor just seized.
- There we go. [metal clanking]
- [Thom] In a mere four hours,
Ron and the team figured out the problem.
- The bearing was covering half
of the oil hold of the rear main.
- [Thom] Then managed to rebuild the entire engine
and see the monster bug fly. [car engine revving]
- So, ooh, doggy!
- Yeah!
- [Thom] Rebuilding an engine in a few hours
is a near impossible job.
Since the build, Ron's been quizzed by fans,
"How real is that midnight deadline?"
- Everything that happened was real.
Everything you saw, it was non-rehearsed,
it was all real.
And it's a miracle that it came off a success.
We didn't know.
- [Thom] Often the action goes down
to the wire. [spark cracking]
- The real deal with the "Monster Garage"
is that no mercy, no fooling around.
Deadline is 12 o'clock,
don't make it, the car gets crushed.
We're all very proud of finishing the car on time.
- [Thom] Sometimes the idea of pushing it came up.
- Do you wanna fake it? You're the producer.
If you want me to, like, fake, like, we finished it
and they did it, I'll do it.
You just tell me.
- [Thom] But in more than 80 builds,
we are proud to say that not one of these successes
or failures was faked. - Yeah!
- That was cool, man. You guys were awesome.
- [Thom] In the garage, Mandy and Doug handle the front end.
- Okay, drop it down, drop it again.
[driller rattling]
[hammer pounding]
[torch sizzling]
- [Thom] While Gene and Lisa finessed the top.
[spirited music]
[hammer pounding]
[saw whizzing]
- We're looking pretty good on the body.
They got all kinds of problems, you know,
keep getting wrong radiator
and wrong parts for the mechanical stuff,
but he tells me, "We're gonna be able to fire it tomorrow."
We got the roof pretty well straightened out,
and we got the piece in there
looking real good on the body. [torch sizzling]
- [Thom] But this isn't the only crew
working through the night.
The doors to the "Monster Garage" close tomorrow.
[Chrissie laughing]
- [Chrissie] Oh, right.
- Second to the last day. [sobs]
I hate to see it go.
- [Thom] Putting an end to this day,
cameraman, Jason Lang, also known
as the cop, the elf, the gorilla,
and the skunk takes one last trip
down to the shop monster style.
[toy car clanging]
[toy car whirring]
[upbeat music]
Will this old-school build team make the grade
or will their monster fail?
Stick around!
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [bubbles plopping]
[goofy country music]
[towel whooshing]
[coins clinking]
[mustard squishing]
- [Thom] Day six.
[light clicking]
Friday the 13th.
It's the last day of the build
and the final day of "Monster Garage."
At midnight tonight, the doors will close
[gate grating]
and the sign will finally come down.
Time is running out for our build team.
- Well, we're gonna finish the bodywork, no problem.
We're gonna get it running so we can fire it up
and drive it right through that door.
We're gonna give it hell today,
and we'll get her done.
- [Thom] Fred takes on the headers,
a job once held by the most
infamous metal man in the garage.
One thing Jesse always remembers to do,
build an exhaust system, exhaust pipes,
[echo reverberating]
set up headers.
- Already thinking about it, like, how we're gonna do it.
[saw whizzing]
[thrilling music]
[metal rattling]
[grinder whirring]
[metal clanking]
Now, I'm going to attempt to fuse them
with a process called welding.
[torch sizzling]
[thrilling music continues]
- [Thom] But this freak of fab
didn't just freak out pipes.
Armed with a welder as a sick sh**ter,
the outlaw was on a mission for metal,
from frames to firewalls,
[torch whizzing]
steering to shackles,
[torch sizzling]
reservoirs and roll cages,
he ripped, burned, and ground his way through any challenge.
- I'll either stick with or modify my plan.
[machine pounding]
[hammer clanging]
[metal whizzing]
Yeah, my calculations were correct.
- [Builder 10] Perfect.
- [Thom] Can this team follow in Jesse's footsteps?
Mandy joins forces with Fred
to see if two headers are better than one.
- I'm cutting the flanges so we can start
fabricating the headers
to fit inside the fender well.
[saw whizzing]
[saw humming]
[pipes clanging]
- Those come in pretty tight.
Not gonna work.
- [Thom] The problem with the exhaust path
is that there is not enough room
between the tight bit of the new engine
and the section body.
The only solution is to go along the engine
and dump out by the transmission.
But what's really the problem? [torch sizzling]
- 'Cause you guys did 85 episodes
and somebody else did all the headers,
so nobody knows how to do 'em.
So we did the best we could.
- Yeah, what's wrong with these things?
- [Thom] Even the master fabricator
knows when to ask for help
when taking on an impossible task.
For the season four finale,
a new monster was born that grabbed the law of gravity
and slammed it through the roof.
- This is pretty cool though,
because every kid in the whole world
dreams of being able to fly. [imitates engine whirring]
Been talking about it for years.
- [Thom] Back at the end of season three,
during the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em build,
Jesse revealed his idea
of lifting the show to a new height.
- Car that flies, man, I'm gonna do it.
I totally got it figured out
how I'm gonna do it in my head.
I just need to start working and do it.
- It took a whole season to put the pieces in place
to tackle such a technically difficult build,
not to mention finding the right group of guys
to help Jesse earn his wings.
- The flaps are flippers.
- Flippers.
- Flippers. - Yeah, flippers.
- [Thom] There have never been so many engineers
in the garage at one time on one build.
- This is gonna be an exercise in applied mathematics,
like no one's ever seen before.
- Build's making my head crazy.
- [Thom] With the number crunching done,
it's time to put down the calculators and pick up a welder!
[torch sizzling]
[thrilling music]
[saw whizzing]
- Pretty amazing, pretty amazing sitting right here,
watching all these guys finish this.
Three hours left and we got a flying car, dude.
- Woo-hoo!
[dramatic music]
[flying car engine whirring]
[birds squawking]
[dramatic music continues]
[flying car engine whirring continues]
[builders cheering]
- [Thom] This flying car finished on a wing
and a prayer to become another amazing chapter
in "Monster Garage" history.
- Let's go to the moon here.
[energizing music]
- [Thom] Gene modifies the headlights with Oldsmobile rings
to create a French headlight set.
[saw whizzing]
And Chrissie buttons up the job.
[torch sizzling]
Why go through all this extra work
just for some headlights?
- How can I make it different?
You know, that's the first thing
is how do you make it different
so that you can make a statement with each and every car.
[saw whizzing]
- You got questions for me? I don't know anything.
I'm just a dumbass, sulky m*dget.
- [Thom] The team has been working hard all week,
and Doug decides that a little
indoor motocross is well deserved.
[motorbike rumbling]
[energizing music continues]
[exhaust sputtering]
[saw whizzing]
[Mandy laughing]
- They're not working.
Play, no work, they're not done.
- [Thom] But you know what they say
about all work and no play,
well, at least it hasn't been done.
[burning object whooshing]
[fire roaring]
[galvanizing music]
[car engine rumbling]
- [Cheerleaders] Monster Garage.
[expl*si*n popping]
[firecrackers cracking]
[builders laughing]
[monkey laughing]
- Yeah!
[firecracker whistling]
[firecracker popping]
[goat bleating]
[water jet hissing]
[barrels scratching]
[motorbike rumbling]
[tires screeching]
[metal containers clanging]
[audience cheering]
[galvanizing music continues]
[makeshift bazooka hissing]
[drum pounding]
[siren blaring]
[car horn honking]
[bodies thudding]
- Why are they doing that?
How come you can't make them stop?
[drums pounding]
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [electricity sizzling]
[puzzling music]
- [Thom] It's the final day in the "Monster Garage."
Six hours left before the doors are shut for good.
The wheels have come full circle
coming back down from the 20s to the original 18s.
- Just wanna use the stock, you know.
- [Thom] The wheels are set,
and the suspension gets buttoned up.
[air hissing]
- This is the first time in five days
this thing's been higher than three inches off the ground.
It's cool.
- [Thom] It's time to shift gears
and get the shifter mounted. [saw whizzing]
[thrilling music]
- We don't wanna modify nothing.
We're just gonna copy the bolt pattern
off of this on something else.
- [Hector] Okay, that's fine.
- [Thom] Some "Monster Garage" tools will live on
as the crew grabs a socket and wrench
and welds it to their makeshift shifter.
[thrilling music continues]
- That's it, man.
- [Mike] We need to check in on that now?
- [Doug] Yeah.
[thrilling music continues]
- [Thom] The shifters dialed in.
Now, what about a place to sit?
- We're gonna use the original one,
but look the modifications I make.
I take out all the mechanism,
which is about four inches.
So now, we are dropping now four inches,
and then we're gonna modify this.
So we will go lean back,
lean back, lean back, okay?
Now, look at me.
Do I look cool or what?
[Hector imitates engine rumbling]
You gotta put your elbow like that.
- [Thom] But before the team gets too comfy,
Doug tries out some bucket seats he's brought with him.
[gritty music]
- It's better, right?
I mean, they're nice and low, man.
- Sorry. - These are cool,
coolest seats.
- Well, you know, riding with my guy,
I don't wanna be over in a bucket seat, you know?
You roll up, you roll up. - When I'm riding with my guy,
I want a bucket seat.
- [Thom] Sometimes a little pretty persuasion
is all you need.
- No, you gotta have a bench seat.
It works! It's easy too.
- The bench will fit.
We gotta modify that. - I think a bench.
- What do you think? - I think the bench.
- Bench? - I like the bench.
- Bench, bench, bench. - I've been up
at the bench all week. - Bench, bench.
- Bench, bench, bench. - I'll go with the bench.
Honestly, I mean, I kinda dig a bench seat too,
but I really dig those seats.
- Look, with the bench, you can go to sleep.
- Those two would've been good for that model.
- Which you've been doing pretty much the entire time.
Bolt it in, let's go. - Yeah.
- Lay it down.
[spirited music]
There?
- This is perfect.
This is badass, man, hanging around out the quarter window.
And hey, man, can I have this car
when it's done? - It's wracking.
- [Thom] On the final day, [scene buzzing]
the make or break moment on any build
is when it's time to see if the motor will start.
[engine buzzing]
- You ready? - Yeah.
[engines revving]
- There we go.
Yes! [hands pounding]
[engine revving]
[fire roaring]
[propeller whirring]
[engine sputtering]
[machine rattling]
[engine rumbling]
[fire hissing]
- [Thom] And this build is no different.
- It's just kind of nerve-racking
not to have it running yet.
You know, I mean, it's like doing bodywork
'til the last minute, throwing seats in at the last minute.
You know, that's not a big deal.
But sometimes if you don't start an engine,
like, if it doesn't start right away,
I mean, it can take days to figure out,
you know, what's going on.
- When the motor starts, everything's gonna be cool.
- [Thom] To amp up the challenge,
a "Monster Garage" cameraman throws down a wager,
a true test of manhood.
- TV audience, listen.
This is a present for Franco over there
'cause if this thing does not start,
this is his outfit he's gonna wear the rest of the day.
- That's a cute pink dress. What's that for?
- [Builder 11] That's why I wanted to pick up
the fuse so we can- - That fit?
If it does though, you gotta wear it.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
[Frank whistling]
- [Thom] Three hours left in the day,
and it's time to see if this beast
will howl at the moon. [imaginary wolf howling]
[foreboding music]
[oil gushing]
- You guys ready? - Fire in the hole.
- Let's do. - Clear!
[car engine revving]
- [Builder 12] Oh, where's the dress?
Somewhere else. - It's right upstairs.
- Pressure. - Here it goes.
- More pressure. - Here we go right now.
- This one. [engine revving]
[builders cheering]
- [Thom] And for the last time, the garage is full
of a combustion engine-busting eardrums.
[car engine rumbling]
- Yeah! - Yeah!
[builders cheering]
- Fantastic, good job, good job.
- Does this make you happy?
- [Frank] No.
- Does it make you feel like you've had victory?
- I'm ready to lose. Where's the boob?
- [Crew 2] Make something funny.
- Shannon, can I borrow yours?
- Oh, it looks great, Scottie.
It's awesome, it's really too bad you missed it
with the fenders, and the doors, and everything all done.
Yeah, it looks really good.
[car engine rumbling]
[builders cheering]
[sparks popping]
- [Thom] The insane '54 has now joined the ranks
of legendary "Monster Garage" successes.
- Man, success.
- Thanks.
- Ah yes! - Ooh!
- Whoa, yeah!
- [Builders] Yeah!
- Yeah, baby! - Yeah!
[metal clanging]
[car horn honking]
[car scraping]
[car engine rumbling]
- Yeah. [laughs]
- Look at that. - Hands down.
[Jesse laughing]
[kid screaming]
- All right, ladies.
All right, man, loved that one.
- That was cool.
- Hell yeah! [Eric laughing]
[car engine rumbling]
- Whoa, doggy!
[builders laughing]
[builders cheering]
[car horn honking]
- All right! Wasn't even a race.
Wasn't even a race!
[truck engine rumbling]
[car engine rumbling]
[van engine roaring]
- Pretty cool, huh?
[uplifting music]
- Congratulations, it's a hell of a build.
You guys gonna be taking with you tonight an ESAB welder
and a plasma cutter, big tool package from Milwaukee
and a crawler from Bone.
You're also taking with you one other thing,
the knowledge that the fact that you guys are the last ones
to ever pull a car out of the garage.
So. - It's an honor, man.
- [Gene] I'm very happy to be a part of that build,
very happy. - Thank you.
- Thank you. - Well,
I'm really proud of y'all
and as far as I'm concerned,
this is one of the sweetest builds
to ever come out of the garage.
So congratulations to all you guys.
[builders clapping]
[builders cheering]
- That's it, bye, guys.
- Yeah!
♪ Monster, Monster Garage [bubbles plopping]
[photo rustling]
- [Thom] That's right, folks, the big swag here,
and we're not kidding around!
The "Monster Garage" is closing forever.
[gritty music]
We're going out, of course, in "Monster Garage" style.
[metal clanking]
[suspension hissing]
[gritty music continues]
[distant car horn honking]
Check out this ultimate old-school beauty,
chopped, dropped, sectioned, bagged,
and ready to roll.
[car engine whirring]
There's only one person on this whole planet
who could create a paint job like that.
[chicken clucking]
[lighthearted music]
The old school master himself, Gene Winfield.
- Finally got things fitted enough to where I can paint it.
So now, I gotta come back and reblend this.
So now, I'm gonna reblend, back up, touching here.
[galvanizing music]
[sprayer hissing]
- [Thom] It's been part of the monster way
from the very start to get these babies
a pretty paint job.
[galvanizing music continues]
[sprayer hissing]
[bell chiming]
[scene whooshing]
And this final Philly has all the flourishes.
[car engine rumbling]
Oh, yeah!
[uplifting music]
[crowd chattering indistinctly]
This monster turned out so cool,
it was invited to join the exclusive Fresno Autorama.
- This show right here, I've gone through 40,000 cars,
picking a variety of cars.
I mean, you could see every kind of variety there is here.
It isn't just all '32s, or all '57 Chevys, or all pickups.
It's a variety of everything.
You could see the best of the best out
of every show from Detroit to San Diego.
- [Thom] Only 47 made the grade.
[galvanizing music]
[imaginary tiger growling]
I give it an M-plus,
M for monster of course.
[galvanizing music continues]
- I like the color.
- That's badass right there.
- Yeah, you guys went out with a bang. Looks good.
[galvanizing music continues]
- I'm really looking forward to seeing the episode
to see it go from start to finish, you know,
see how bad the shape it was to begin with.
- [Fan 1] I mean, that's, like, my favorite.
- Oh yeah, they do an awesome job
all the time for five days.
I don't believe, I watch the show all the time,
and it's amazing what they can do.
- This is real artistry.
This is not just cars put together, but this is artwork.
And "Monster Garage" is definitely the finest
that I've ever seen in my life.
It's a real thrill to be here
just to see what they have.
[hopeful music]
- [Thom] There's a few beauties here that look familiar.
[hopeful music continues]
[car engine rumbling]
[hopeful music continues]
[label clanging]
[scene clicking]
[label thudding]
But now, it's time to let you
in on a little secret, folks, [siren blaring]
which most of you already know.
The show ain't really about the monsters.
No, it's about the builders!
[saw whizzing]
- It has nothing to do with a college degree,
a doctoral degree.
It has to do with belief in themselves.
- Oh yeah. - Oh yeah.
- And just pure basic skill in building something.
- And we should be fine.
- I think they view fabricators
not so much as Neanderthals and greasy knuckles.
You know, it's more of a, I think, respected field now.
It's nice to be respected.
- Nothing. - Yeah.
- If you ask me what I'm more proud
of than anything on a show like this,
it's the fact that time and again,
I run into men and women who are mechanics
or fabricators who come up to me
and say, "I wanna thank you for making my job
and my life cool to my children."
[saw whizzing]
[hopeful music continues]
[torch sizzling]
- This is a lost art, and it's a beautiful thing.
We validated that.
And I think that's important. [skeleton laughing]
- It opened up the eyes of a lot of younger people
to the idea that they might be able
to fabricate something completely different
rather than just sit at a computer or watch television.
[water splashing]
- I think "Monster Garage" definitely
has inspired a lot of people to do wild things.
And they decided, "Well, wow, we can do that different
and more wild."
[car engines rumbling]
[hopeful music continues]
[jet hissing]
- Yeah, it was a grand experiment.
[fire roaring]
- I felt privileged, and it was a privilege.
It was awesome.
[expl*si*n blasting]
- I'm gonna hate to see it stop,
but I guess it's better to go out
when you're still good.
[echo reverberating]
[chain rattling]
[gate thudding]
[hopeful music continues]
[scene rattling]
[scene hissing]
[grand music]
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05x19 - Ultimate Old-School Wagon (Pt. 1)
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A team of five people with mechanical, fabricating, or modifying expertise was assembled to modify a vehicle into a "monster machine."
A team of five people with mechanical, fabricating, or modifying expertise was assembled to modify a vehicle into a "monster machine."