05x13 - The Last Mopar

[bunniefuu]

There's only a few things
that, you know,

Keep me going --
cars and blues.

-Come on down with it.
-Where to start?

He wants the baddest mopar
ever built.

-Cool.
-Let's do it.

Man, that's some beef.

If the pattern's not dead-on,
it could be difficult.

-Instead, I lit it on fire.
-Sweet.

I don't want to
make it look like

We made a spaceship
out of it.

What are we doing?

There's actually no headlight
in this car.

This thing's gonna get really
ugly before it gets pretty.

Um, wow.

Kindig: clean...

Custom...

Bitchin'.

My name is dave kindig.

Designing and building custom
cars is my life's passion.

With the best mechanics,
technicians, and fabricators

In the business,
quality is our only focus.

We build bitchin' rides.

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We've been tasked to build
the ultimate mopar

To roll out of this shop,
and this client is no stranger.

-I know what we can do.
-What's that?

Leave some rubber.
Let's go.

Let's do it.

[ Both laugh ]

Vinnie's a great guy,
and he's a previous client.

We've done a couple
other things for him.

And this car, in particular,
is to be his last mopar.

He's a huge fan of them,

But he wants to build
something that, mm...

I see tickets
in my future.

And he's definitely looking
for something

That's gonna stand out
above the rest.

[ Laptop chimes ]

Hey, dave!
How you doing?

I'm great, vinnie.
Good to see you.

How's that challenger
treating you?

Awesome, man.
I've been out cruising around.

Everywhere I go,
people are staring at it.

Awesome, awesome car.

-You did a great job.
-Well, thank you.

You know what,
we had a lot of fun.

And rumor around town says
you're thinking

About another car, huh?

Yeah, this one here,
we got to go all out

'Cause this is my last build
of my young life.

Alright?

I've worked well over 40 years
to get to this point.

I want to have a mopar

That nobody else
has ever seen.

Okay.

I want you
to go wild on it.

That's cool.
So, vinnie, let me ask you --

What kind of mopar
would that be?

A '67 coronet rt --
one of my dream cars.

See, I would have placed you
maybe for a challenger

Or a 'cuda
or a charger.

You know,
I'm a mopar guy.

But everybody does
a challenger.

Everybody does
barracuda.

You don't see --
at least I haven't seen --

A lot of '67 coronet rts
done up to the hilt.

You usually just see them
restored, not hot-roded.

I mean, how much power do you
want to put at this thing?

How crazy do you
want to go?

I want to go big,
you know, like uh...

Obviously a hemi.

Hellcat engine --

Something with
that type of power.

There's a lot of other stuff,
you know,

I would like to
just throw at you.

I kind of like
hideaway headlights.

If you can do it
like they used to be

In the old chargers.

Okay, I'll do
more research on that.

And nothing is
in concrete,

'Cause you're artist,

So I want you
to figure it out.

It'll only be in pen.

-Yeah. [ Chuckling ]
-pen and paper.

I'd like to, you know,
have some big tires on the back.

Okay.

Color-wise,
like a ferrari blue.

Okay.
I'll look at the ferrari blues.

Kind of get just kind of
a feel for that.

I think we could
probably do something

Even more special.

Maybe we develop a color
for you.

You know, it'll be one-off
for this car

'Cause we do our own
color design here,

So we'll make a color
specific for you car.

And we'll just kind of play off
of what it is

That you like
about the ferrari blue,

But maybe we capture something
else in there, as well,

And we'll make something
that's unique for just your car.

Well, hey, I'm getting
excited already.

Me too!
I'm telling you, man.

I'm ready to chop
something up.

Yeah, let's do that.
That's awesome.

You know, one of
the most popular cars

That I can remember
building,

And it was like
a fantasy hot wheels style.

And it was
that '68 mustang --

The white one --
called "the boss."

Oh, yeah, yeah.
I love that.

We did those massive 24x15s
on that car.

Got the stands down low,
did some body mods.

It still has some chrome
so it looks classic.

But it was just
more interesting to look at

The way we kind of massaged
and moved the body around.

We just of course finished
a gm version of that,

And that's a '66 nova.

That also is
on the 24x15s.

It has, like,
one of those cool

Muscle car diecast
looks to it

Where the wheels
are just super-oversized,

But they just look cool
sitting on the shell.

But I haven't done
a mopar version.

Maybe this would be
a perfect car or candidate

To do kind of
the mopar version of that.

That sounds cool.

-Wouldn't that be cool?
-Yep.

Remember, this is,
like, this is my last one,

So, I'm gonna be in awe
when I see it,

And I know you
can do that.

Well, that's our specialty,
so we'll give it the awe.

And a good sound system --
gotta have that, too.

Absolutely.
Stereo is a must.

There's only a few things that,
you know, keep me going --

Cars and blues.

-Blues music.
-I'll tune it to the blues.

-You got it.
-That's awesome.

Vinnie, I'm excited.we'll go from there.

Now, one other thing, if the
few colors I threw out to you,

If they don't look right
or sound right,

You just do whatever
you think's best.

That sounds great,
vinnie.

Thank you so much
for the opportunity, man.

I'm looking forward to this one.
It's gonna be cool.

-Me, too. Thank you.
-Thanks, vinnie.

Alright, bye.

Eric: this is for
the '67 dodge coronet.

So, basically, I got
everything out of the car,

And it looks like it was
pretty well-dissembled before.

Where to start?
[ Chuckles ]

Kindig: I love
puzzles and games.

This week, we've got
something special.

It's a mopar jigsaw.

Eric: it's kind of hard
to tell what's what

When I wasn't the one
that disassembled it.

Like, where did this go?

Where does this go?

Funny, all the weird stuff
that's in here.

I don't know --
a little cloth for something.

Original pictures
of the car

And kind of the condition
it was in.

Other little
glove box goodies.

Not knowing where
all this stuff came from

May cause a couple problems
later on,

But I think between
everybody here,

We'll be able
to get it figured out.

Pretty knowledgeable.

I dunno...

A lot of labeling
to be done.

[ Whirring ]

With my guys having most
of the disassembly finished up,

This car should be ready
to go to acid dip in no time.

I'm just wrapping up
the final details

Of vinnie's 1967 coronet.

Now, this car is
a pretty iconic mopar,

But we wanted to put
a bit of a twist

And kind of give it that
fantasy hot wheels look.

So, we've put it down
low to the ground,

Oversized the wheels.

We're gonna put
a lot of horsepower.

We're gonna play off
some styling cues

Of the modern mopar
performance stuff,

Like a hellcat challenger hood,

But try to keep it
still looking vintage.

The modifications on this car
are countless.

We're gonna bring the chin of
the front bumper basically out.

The roof line looks
like it's going uphill

Towards the front of the car.

I might actually decide
to chop it.

The grill is gonna look more
like a '67 charger,

Not a coronet.

We're gonna do
a full phantom grille

With a billet machined piece
across it.

Kind of playing around
with some ideas

Based on a light bar
that's full l.e.d.

The back --
we're gonna do the same thing.

We're gonna build a roll pan,

Bring the exhaust tips through,
much like a hellcat challenger.

Tail-light panel --
we're gonna make sure

It has a full l.e.d. Setup.

So, I designed the car
to really have the same

Kind of color tones
on the exterior

As I did on maybelline.

If you might remember,
that was a 1958 continental.

Had the most beautiful
teal color called "teal later."

Well, this one I think I'm gonna
do kind of the same color lines,

But probably
a little bit darker.

All in all, this is to be
vinnie's last mopar,

Big build that he'll ever do.

I hope I don't disappoint,
but I'll tell you what,

I like mopars,

And I like this one, too.

Let's go cut it up.

Cool.
Let's do it.

Kindig: this car that
we found for vinnie

Is actually
in pretty decent shape.

But overall,
it's in really good shape.

This should be the perfect car

To tear apart
and completely modify.

Sweet!

-Golf cart frame right there.
-Hell yeah.

It's got the seats
already ready to go.

Joshua: seats
already got all

The suspension mounts
and everything.

We got the tub for the cooler
in the back already.

Heck yeah.

No, it's not
to make go-carts, boys.

This is a cool one.

This one, it's set up
for really, really wide tires.



We stretched the wheel base
a little bit

And just kind of, like,
got goosebumps.

This could be a really cool car.'Cause we'll make it nutty.

Am I excited about this one?

Eh, the jury's still out.

It's got big wheels,

And it's gonna have
a big engine,

But I'm not so into
the mopar-no-car thing.

The next step is to get it down
on this chassis, huh?

Yeah.
Get the chassis to fit.

Give me a couple days,
and we should be good.

-Awesome.
-Right on.

-Alright, buddy.
-Later.

I pre-measured this chassis
for this car...

But just because
it works on paper,

Doesn't mean
it's gonna work in reality.

Well, hopefully,

We're not too far
off-center.

Down periscope.

Come on down
with it.

We're just gonna lower it down,
center it up.

Hopefully, we've got
everything clearanced.

Close --
very close.

Looks like you pretty much
cleaned out everything.

There's not much left.

So far,
looking pretty good.

Okay.
We're hugged right here,

So we got to see
where we're hitting.

It's gonna have
to come...

This way,
so bring it down.

Let me get as close
as possible.

We're way too far back --
that's probably the problem.

Right there.
The body needs to come back?

Yeah. Well, the frame
needs to come forward.

How much?

Good 4 inches,
probably.

Back up. [ Chuckles ]yeah.

Let's just slide the body back
on these rails.

Set it down so we can
shove it around.

Now that we got this body
down in position,

This is the moment of truth.

Try to wiggle it as I go down,
and it might...

Yeah.

Snug as a bug.

Okay, hold on.

-Probably need to come back.
-Whoo!

This chassis fit
between these rockers

Just like I measured.

Now we need to find a sweet spot
with this wheel base,

So we're going to push
this body around,

Slide it back again,
see what we really like.

Hmm. We're hanging up front
somewhere.

Oh, right here?

You want to try and pull them
forward or...?

I think we're gonna have
to trim the rails off a bit.

Notch them out
like that, maybe?

This new chassis' crashing
in the front.

Looks like we need
to cut some more.

Clear now.who needs them radiator mounts?

-Drop it.
-Bring her down.

[ Hydraulics hiss ]

Joshua: alright.
Well, that's down.

How do we look on that side?
Do you see any gaps?

Eric: I guess
it's about the same.

Looks like the body
could go back...

Just like
a quarter inch.

Right.
Yeah.

Okay.

Let's grab the frame
in the front.

-Ready?
-Jerk it really quick.

-Yeah, that's good, that's good.
-Yeah, right there.

Yeah, that's right close.
Looks way cool.

-I think so.
-Hell yeah.

Sweet.
-Cool.

-Right on.
-Thank you, man.

So, we're making this unibody

A unibody again,

But it's gonna be
a lot stronger.

I really like unibodies
'cause, overall,

They seem to be
a lot more rigid.

With the body set over
the brand-new frame,

It's time to level out
a couple of things

That haven't been
touched in years.

We got the body
and the body panels

All looking fresh and new.

Now I'm wondering
if these big, ol' tires

Are gonna fit
underneath this car.

Very often, the trick is
getting these tires to go in.

It's just got to be right
in the right spot.

If this doesn't fit,
we're gonna have to modify

This wheel opening,
which isn't good.

We want the stock look.

You got to almost lay
the tire down.

Uh-huh.

Will: very often, the trick
is getting these tires to go in.

It's just got to be right
in the right spot.

You got to almost lay
the tire down.

Uh-huh.

Go up a little bit
with the rear end.

The tire's a 405/24.

They're the hot wheels version
of a big, old drag slick.

Will: these tires barely fit,

But in my opinion,
that's perfect.

These fit,

So I'd rather keep
this wheel lip low.

I just think they're cool.
We're building a coronet.

Let's keep it
looking like it.

Will: when we raise this
rear end up at like ride height,

The whole wheel will
disappear up in there.

They fit tight.

Kindig: what's up, fellas?
Oh, you got the wheels in.

We're getting there.

That looks pretty radical.

So, how much movement
do we have?

About 3 inches of travel?

So, the tire's gonna be
right up on the package tray,

Bottom of the window.

You can't make it
any bigger.

You ordered big,
we got big.

Man, that's some beef.

Keep after it.
It looks good, though.

-They're cool, huh?
-Oh, yeah.

The coronet is definitely ready

For the rest
of its modifications.

But before
we get started on that,

There's another project
that needs my attention.

A while back, tad --
our good friend --

Brought a 1958
lincoln continental

In for some upgrades.

It doesn't get a license plate,
it gets an address.

[ Chuckles ]
and a zip code.

And a zip code.
Holy cow.

I wasn't even sure
if you were gonna make it

In that


Even though this car
was in pretty good condition,

He had a challenge for us,

And that was to build
his ultimate hot rod lincoln.

Most important,
it has to set my wife

Back on her ears

'Cause she gave me permission
to do this,

So we're both on the hook,
my friend.

Kindig: I won't let
you down, sir.

I came up with
a very unique design

To make this
a show-stopper.

-Open your eyes.
-You are torturing me.

Oh.

Oh, my!

Tad: that
is stunning.

Kindig: the car
turned out amazing.

The color on the car,

The stance, the engine,
the interior --

It was the full package.

You did it better than I could
have possibly expected.

This is the best.

It is a bitchin' ride.

Oh, thank you.

Kindig: and it's back to get
a custom convertible top,

And justin and his guys
are all over it.

Justin: okay, jesús, we got all
the materials here

To get going
on this top.

So, what do
you want me to do?

Customer picked tan,

So we're gonna have
to watch our fingers.

This isn't gonna be, like,
a black top.

It's going to get dirty
a lot faster,

So we'll have to be careful,
but you know what,

I think he made
the right choice.

I think this is gonna make
this car look very elegant.

Okay.

Let's tag-team this thing,
and let's get this thing done.

Okay.

-Sound good?
-Yeah, sounds good.

See you in a while
if you have any questions.

[ Chuckles ]

Justin: this top should be
pretty straightforward.

Justin: just start with the pads
and work your way forward.

So, right now, jesús is putting
on the convertible top pad.

When this all folds up,

It protects everything
from the frame

Hitting on each other,
and at the same time,

From pinching
the top itself

So, in that way there,
we have all our bows

Are going to stay
in position.

This one doesn't have a bow hike
because it's a hard glass.

It's kind of a unique top.

Continentals usually don't
come with canvas tops,

But we're putting one
on this one.

It's a little bit different
because this is canvas,

And none of these come
with canvas tops.

They actually come with
a vinyl or a kv vinyl,

But this is actually
german canvas.

So, it don't have
a ton of stretch,

So it's got to be right
on the money the first time,

But we'll get it.

So, I'm kind of helping out
any way I can

Without getting
in the way,

But this is
jesús' baby here.

[ Both laugh ]

Kindig: our good friend brought
a 1958 lincoln continental

In to get a custom
convertible top.

This is jesús' baby
here, so...

I can give it to you.[ Both laughs ]

No, i-i like it
being yours.

Justin: we're using
german canvas

That doesn't have
a lot of stretch,

So it's got to be
right on the money.

Jesús is putting in
the rear diagonals down,

And there's a plate
that goes across.

It's got a little bit
of adjustments.

It's kind of a tight squeeze

With both arms in there
to get it started.

But once they're in, hopefully
they don't have to come out.

Next, he'll glue
the front into place

And then check
these rear diagonals

And then pull the back,

And we'll set
and stable the back

And then drop tension
down forward

To make sure
it's all wrinkle free.

It can be pretty difficult

Because, well,
it's side to side.

If the pattern's not dead-on,
it could be difficult

Not fitting,
you know what I mean?

Make the whole rest of the top
land funky.

-It look good?
-I think so.

In this one, yeah.

Now the canvas can be
glued and stapled

To the top of the frame.

We've removed and replaced
all the texture up on the top.

It's very time consuming,

But it's gonna help hold
all the canvas in place.

It is always nice
to not have to fight

Worn-out tack strip

'Cause you get something pulled
and something set in place,

And then staples are pulling
'cause it's not holding.

Wasn't easier -- the labor --
to redo all the tack strip,

But all the staples hold
because it is fresh tack strip.

Get some steam
on the inside.

And we are going
to bring the top back

And put this front
chrome on it.

So, these top chrome pieces
are gonna be very tricky

Because of the fit.

They've already been out
for chrome.

They've got a little bit
of warpage.

We've got to tweak them
back into shape,

So they're gonna be
very tricky.

And let's run it
up halfway.

All the trim's on.
There's no wrinkles.

Just put a couple screws in
and just clean it up

And put this back together,
and this thing's done.

Off it goes.

The top turned out great.

And I really like the choice
of using canvas over vinyl.

It's a great compliment
to the leather interior.

I think tad and sue
will be very pleased

With how this top turned out.

This is one bitchin'
convertible.

Kindig: this coronet is getting
the full treatment here.

So, we've got rid of all
the old floor section,

Installed a new chassis,

Building this into
a much stronger unibody.

The idea behind the design of
this front end on this coronet

Is to give it a little bit
more of a modern twist

But still keep it muscular
and muscle car-esque.

I guess that's the best way
to describe it.

Alright, you got the mock-up
about done, huh?

-Yeah.
-It's on.

Greg: the front end's
coming along pretty nicely.

But the more I look
at dave's rendering,

The more confused
I'm getting.

We had one question,
though.

In the rendering,
we don't have any headlights.

What was your plan?

Are those going in the back,
or what we are doing?

There's actually no headlight
in this car.

-We're not doing headlights?
-No.

What I'm envisioning is,
we're gonna make a trough

All the way around
the entire grille opening.

We're loading it with l.e.d.s
and l.e.d. Driving lights.

Oh, okay.

So, we'll have
a white driving light

That will be
the full perimeter.

Turn signal
will turn on.

It'll be
all the way around.

And then when you turn
the headlights on,

This section right here
will light up.

That is
your headlight.

And then high beam --
it'll go all the way across.

Greg's right.
There is no headlights.

What I've got in mind is gonna
be better than headlights.

This is the last car
vinnie wants built,

And he wants the baddest
mopar ever built.

And we're starting
with a brick,

But by slendering up
that grille opening,

Sliver in the bumper,

Give it a little more bulk
at the face.

This is still just
a little bit out.

I think we'll go in
just a little bit.

So, this is gonna be
super-super-trick.

Right on.
Well, we'll get working on this.

Cool. Alright, guys.
Looks good.

[ Hissing ]

Eric: got the wire frame built
up for this front valance,

And I think that's exactly

What dave was looking for.

Greg and I are pretty happy
with the design,

And I'm gonna
pass it off to greg

And start the sheet metal.

See how that goes from there.

Greg: when I put the tape down
on the wire frame,

The tape goes
to all the contours.

I'm not stretching it
or anything.

I'm just letting it sit
exactly where it's gonna sit.

So, when I pull that off,

The template is gonna be
pretty honest

To how the panel should be.

That shows me where I need
to expand the metal.

So, what I'll do is, I'll get
another piece of sheet metal.

I'll cut it out
roughly this shape.

So, I'm just marking out
on the sheet metal

Where it needs to be stretched.

And then I'll just
keep referencing

The template as I get closer.

This thing's gonna
get really ugly

Before it gets pretty.

That's for sure.

By stretching
the flat sheet metal,

We gave it some shape,

And it gives us something
to work with.

Now I'm gonna have to
bend this shape to my will,

And that's gonna take
some time.

Luckily,
we have some machines

That are a little stronger
than me.

Once I get the panel close,
I'm gonna keep working the edges

And get this thing
exactly where I want.

So, you want the metal to sit

Really nicely
up against this mess.

If it's putting force on it,

Then it's not gonna be
exactly where I want

When I remove
the mesh afterward.

It does take a little bit
of persuasion.

There are a ton
of different methods

To form sheet metal.

There's a ton of different
machinery you can use,

And we use all of them here.

So, we get the first panel
fitting really nicely.

We're gonna use the same method
that we used on that panel

Everywhere else
on this front end.

Kindig:
what's happening, man?

Wow. You got it all,
mocked up now.

Yeah, so we got
the wire frame finished,

Threw some tape on there
just so we could see

What was going on.

Been messing with
the grille opening

A little bit
this morning.

And what do you think
of this thing?

Well, I think you're really well
on your way.

I'm almost wondering, greg,
if we need to narrow up

The height
of that lower opening.

It's almost like
it might look too big.

Well, without screwing you up,
let me just grab some tape,

And let's go
left and right

And see if we can narrow
that up a little bit.

We're gonna take a little bit
off the top.

Let's go...

Right across
the bottom there.

Let's do one down here,
as well.

Okay, let's do one more
on the bottom.

Go right above
that tape there.

I'm kind of envisioning,
obviously,

This is getting kind of...yeah, we're gonna move all

The bumper mounts
and everything up

So we can do this return
really deep.

Yeah, let's stand back
and look at that now.

-Yeah, I see what you mean now.
-See what I mean?

Kindig: it's starting
to kind of give it

More of a long,
you know, rectangle,

Kind of like
the upper grille opening.

For sure.

Yeah,
I think that looks good.

Cool.
-I think you're on your way.

-Right on.
-Awesome.

Greg: this is a pretty
big job for a car.

I mean, you know, it's the whole
front end, basically.

So, this isn't just
a small panel.

We're building the entire
front clip of this thing.

I've got my straight
pieces done.

I kind of got the technique
on that.

I guess we'll see how we're
gonna get around these corners.

That's gonna be
the tough part.

With a project this big,

It's pretty overwhelming
for me to get it done,

So eric's gonna
help me with this.

Get a couple more pieces made up

And see where everything needs
to twist and turn.

Greg: so, eric made
the big panels,

And we got them welded in.

They look really good.

Now I just need
to build the corners,

And get them
all welded together.

The corner's gonna
be pretty tough.

The flatter the section is,
the easier it is to form.

But these corners
are pretty tricky.

It looks pretty good.

I'm just trying to make sure
the curves are

The same as the other side.

But it's looking good.

It's time to weld
everything together.

[ Crackling ]

Okay, so, we got the whole
valance all knocked up.

It's all welded together.
It looks really good.

Now we need to make sure
that we can figure out

How it's gonna connect
to the fenders.

I'm using the original
sheet metal

On the top part of this valance,

And I'm gonna use
my new stuff on the bottom

And make them connect perfectly.

We're always behind some kind
of ball, clock, deadline.

It takes thousands of hours
to put together

One of these custom cars.

Every second counts.

-Score!
-Ooh.

-First try.
-Yeah!

You picked
the wrong career.

-Oh!
-Nice.

Let's go play
beer pong.

Eric: so, a lot of tape
gets used up in the shop,

And for some reason,
always ends up in a ball.

It's a big tape ball
to hit jordan with.

Yeah.

Can you hit him
from here?

He's all the way
across the shop.

I don't think
you can do it.

Tape ba*ls are like an endless
source of fun around here.

Under the light,
over the corvette.

[ Laughter ]

Too much arm on that,
you know?

I was trying to hit that big,
old head of yours,

But I missed somehow.

[ Chuckles ]

So, I personally don't think
this is a waste of time,

But maybe it could be used
as some team bonding

Or something of that sort.

We need to build, like,
a tape g*n...

[ Chuckles ]...with a piece of tubing

And some compressed air
or something.

We should spend the rest
of the day doing that.

That's a really good idea.

I'm sure I could put a tape g*n
to good use in this shop,

But we don't have time.

Jordan's open
this time.

It's in his general area.
He got the point.

Eric: we throw a lot,
but very few hits target.

[ Chuckles ]

Terrible!

Everyone sucks.

I just hit the cars instead.
Wasn't me.

There's a reason we don't
have a kindig-it design

Baseball team.

Alright,
I better stop,

'Cause only dave and kevin
can get away with this.

Yeah, he's working still,
and I'm over here playing ball.

-What's he doing?
-Alright, back to work.

Kindig: the guys are
moving right along

On the modifications
on this coronet,

Turning it into
one bitchin' ride.

In true kindig fashion,
we're smoothing out

All of the seams,
and that's where pete comes in.

Pete: so, we're taking
these corner cap pieces

That were removable before

And turning them
into sheet metal.

With it being pot metal,
you can't just, like,

Weld it straight
onto the body.

It physically won't
adhere and stay.

Dave never likes
these factory seams,

So pete's the lucky one

Who gets to rebuild
all this pot metal

In sheet metal

So we can make it all one piece.

I have to shape this by hand,

Using these guys as my template,
pretty much.

It's gonna be a bunch
of little pieces

All put together into
one big piece at the end.

What I have is
six different sections

That this whole thing is
gonna be made out of.

I have my six different pieces

For each side marked out.

From here,
I'm just gonna start

Shaping each piece individually

And start forming them together.

Will: little small shapes,
curves that go every which way.

It takes a good bit of time
to eliminate this one seam.

But, you know, in all honesty,

It always pays off to get
these cars that much cleaner.

Wow. Pete, cool.

So you got this all flowing
really well to the trunk.

So what do you
got left?

Finish getting
this guy all fit up

And lined up
and everything

And then I have the little --end caps.

End caps I already made up,
I just got to --

Close up to the trunk.

-Mm-hmm.
-Okay.

Slap 'em on and...

Yeah, cool.
Very cool.

-Cool, thanks.
-Sure.

And now, it's time
for some custom trim.

This is going to be
on the front grill.

I'm going to bend this up
just to get the hard-90,

Just to see if it can
bend in one piece.

I'm going to use
a small test piece

To answer a big question
we have.

We got to find out if this metal
is going to handle

A 90-degree bend.

You want to heat it
on the inside of the bend

So it doesn't rip it in half.

If I can get it to bend
without ripping apart,

I think we should be fine.

Watch it rip it in half
on this one.

Oh, yeah.
Look at me go.

But you see how heating it
on the inside

Kind of let the metal
squish together,

And it didn't rip it
on the outside.

So now I get to make the piece

That actually fits
the whole thing

Now that I know
it won't rip in half.

Cool.

It's just a rectangle.

It should be pretty
straightforward.

Yeah, I got the real
piece bent up.

And the angle is spot on,
though. That's nice.

Four bends later
and a little bit of tweaking,

It's all around the grill.

So far so good.

Voila!

Will: dave had this
really good idea

In the front
of the coronet here.

We're doing something
a little different on this car

That we haven't done before,

And that is getting rid
of all of the headlights.

All of them.

Now I just need will
to figure out

How to make it work.

I talked to a friend of mine,

Got these very large,
but slim l.e.d. Packages

That would do a big
perimeter light.

You have to build around
components that you're given.

So I'm going to take them
all apart

And build one big light
out of them.

You can barely see
the l.e.d.s themselves --

The little yellow dots.

So you can see
how this sits on here,

And the l.e.d. Centers itself,
what have you.

I'm really tasked
with making sure

That I get all
these welds perfect

For this whole light
to work out really well.

Used the acetone to clean,
and I should have wiped it up.

But instead, I lit it on fire.
It was kind of fun.

Got rid of it that way.

So this is kind of a preview
of what, you know,

You're going to ultimately see.

You know, then,
if you can imagine...

How many lights
we're going to end up with

Across here,

It's going to be quite bright.

So it should be really fun --
really cool.

Now that I've got
this structure,

We're going to get it
set in the car.

Kindig: what you got going
on there, will?

Well, I got this
headlight in place,

And then this is
the initial idea,

You know,
for the grill arrangement.

Obviously,
it's not a grill,

But just a simple shape,
you know?

I'm very confident in my guys,
but there is no text book

To tell you how to build a whole
front end without headlights.

And like I said,
just really quick and...

Sometimes, it's tough
to find the sweet spot

Between dave's design

And the functionality
of the car.

How deep or how this is
out of the other

Did I wanna...
Go crazy with it.

Okay.

Um...

[ Clears throat ]

Kindig: we blew apart
a perfectly good '67 coronet

To create something bitchin'.

Will's got a great start
on the headlight mods.

We're going to try
and do something

Completely different
on this car

That has really never been done
before that I know of --

Using no headlights.

So we got to design and build
a new custom grill,

As well as
an entire light surround.

Just a simple shape,
you know?

Okay.

Um...
[ Clears throat ]

Cool, huh?

Very cool.

Are these dual function
where we have turn signal and --

Not as of yet.

Okay, but they will be?

Well, I do have lenses
and everything for it

To be an incredibly good
driving light.

And then we'll just have
to drop in l.e.d.s

For turn signal?yeah, I think so.

Yeah, and then the chrome face
of that l.e.d. Panel

Where it was all blacked out.it was all blacked out.

You'd have to be
looking for it

To even know
it had headlights.

Right.
And that's what I want.

I want that to just
look full phantom

All the way across.

I don't want them
to be a focal point.

I don't to make it look like
we made a spaceship out of it

Until it's on.

Until it's landing.landing, yeah.

I had a pretty good idea of
what I wanted it to look like,

But I wasn't exactly sure
how to make it work.

Well, where there's a will,
there's a way.

-So it's working out cool?
-Yeah.

I think it's perfect.

Dig it.
Cool.

Thanks.
-Thank you.

Oh, my leg went
to sleep.

Will's definitely heading
in the right direction

On these headlights,
but before we go too far,

We got to make sure
we're going to get some air

In through that grill.

Justin: I'm gonna tackle
the intake/ radiator cover.

I think we started
with some sort of drawing,

But it's going to be
a lot of playing by ear.

Just kind of see
how it'll look good.

I used quite a bit of cardstock
and came up with

A little bit
of a mock-up design.

Dave likes it,
so I just got to make it.

I started with a bucket
to kind of give me an idea

Where the air filter's
going to sit.

Over the radiator,
into that bucket,

And then from there,
filter it into the engine.

At first,
it's just a lot of pieces,

But once you start
putting them together,

It's easier to see
how it's going to go.

How are you making out here,
hot rod?

Oh, good enough.

-Lookin' good.
-Yeah?

-Wow.
-Kind of.

This is --

Man, this is really
looking good.

Have you kind of
figured out

Where you want to end this,
or how you want to end that?

No, I was
kind of hoping

You'd have an opinion
about that.

Well, I've got an opinion
about a lot of things.

Yeah, I know you do.

So a lot of the early mopars,
when they did their hood scoops,

It seemed like their hood scoops
always had kind of a --

They just seemed to have, like,
this little notch.

Kind of like that.

And so if you did come off
of this 1/4 inch up,


And then rolled.

Yeah.

You know, just
a very slight amount.

Just so it doesn't look like
it's just planed

To the front of this.

And you're kind of
the mastermind on this piece.

It looks awesome.

I think you're already going,
you know,

In the right direction.

I have nothing to add.

I mean -- I don't even --
I'm gonna go draw.

-Yeah.
-Looks great.

Keep after it.

[ Whirring ]

Major pieces are in,
and dave likes it so far.

It's a little bit of a fight,
but it's not too bad.

I just got to cover up
some of the open areas

And make it look clean.

I think it's time
to test fit it.

I think it turned out
pretty good.

One of the big changes
I really wanted to make sure

That we did on this '67 coronet
is to chop the roof

And lay the windshield
back a little bit.

So the idea --

Obviously, the roof line
is heading uphill.

Yeah.

We want to try and just
correct that to this.

We don't want it wedged
down further or anything.

Bring it down
parallel.

This car, originally
from the factory, to me,

Has a design flaw --

And that is that the roof gets
higher as it goes forward.

Looks a little out of place.

What I'm hoping to do is
be able to just lay

The windshield down
just a little bit.

Maybe jut a couple of degrees,
about like that.

Let me just do this
real quick.

Definitely give it
a better profile...

-Mm-hmm.
-...instead of running uphill.

This should be pretty
straightforward chop.

We're just going to cut
right through the "a" pillar,

Tip the roof back --
should be easy.

I'm thinking,

Probably cut through the pillar
right here

About an inch,
inch and a half down.

Well, I don't want
to any of it off.

I guess that's the part
that I want to clarify

Is you want to leave

All of this the exact same,
just lay it down.

That way, the trim
doesn't change,

The glass
doesn't change.

This isn't your normal chop,

And certainly not a car
that normally gets chopped.

So what my idea is
to try and keep

The original windshield
and rear glass.

Keep that windshield full --
the full length.

That way, we can put just
a stock glass windshield

Back in it, but it has
a little bit nicer profile.

I don't want to get into
the expensive custom

Building glass for it
if we don't need to.

Easier said than done.

Let me stand back
and look at it,

But I think that does exactly
what we want to do.

Probably wouldn't notice it
unless you know

What the car
looks like.

Unless you put a stock one
next to it, yeah.

That's what
we're hoping for,

Is just something
kind of sneaky.

Let's crack
that roof line.

-Cut her up.
-Grinder time.

Uh-huh!

Jason: so, now
we have a new plan.

It's going to be
a little more complicated

So we got to go in,
drill out all the spot welds

Across the windshield.

Down and through the "a" pillar,

Down into the dash
and fold it backwards

To keep that same shape.

I'm hopping on this chop
with daniel.

He's got all the stuff
already broken loose.

It's looking really good.

We're about to cut this line
on the top.

We're hoping that everything
goes pretty smoothly.

-Ah, I'm not nervous.
-I'm excited and nervous.

[ Both laugh ]

All right,
here we go.

[ Whirring ]

Greg: we're gonna keep
these lines really straight

And we're going to go
really slow --

We don't want to warp
the sheet metal.

And it's so flat,
the slightest amount of heat

Will make this thing turn
into a potato chip.

[ Whirring ]

There we go --
it's loose.

There we go.

So we got all the cuts
made on this.

We're just trying to figure out
exactly how it'll come out.

I feel like it's just one
last little spot.

Can you see back
in here at all?

Trying.

You think it's going to work
a certain way,

You find out
that it just doesn't.

I'm getting
a little impatient.

[ Chuckles ]

There it goes.
That's got to be it.

Yeah, it moves
a little easier now.

Alright, let's see
if we can pull this thing out.

Yeah, there we go.

This is just phase one.

I mean, we're still kind of
dissecting this thing.

[ Crackling ]

Greg: so we're putting in
these turnbuckles

Because we're going
to start cutting the back

So that we can
lower the roof.

Yeah, we got all the cuts.

So I think this thing should
come down pretty easily.

Bonk!
There it is!

-Yo, what's up?
-What's up?

Greg: right now,
it looks a little "mad max."

Um...wow.

This is not a car
that you normally see chopped.

And if we're gonna
pull this off,

It's got to be done right --
almost invisible.

Whew.

That's a big pill to swallow,
isn't it.

Yeah.
It is a big pill.

I'm just trying to get
a really good idea

Of how exactly
it's going to look.

This car's going to live
the rest of its life

With this roof angle,
it's got to be done right.

So...

I'm never one
to complicate things but...

Really?