10x20 - The Color Question

[bunniefuu]

Anybody else wanna sing
out there with me?

♪ I see your true colors ♪

♪ And that's why I love you ♪

Clemson '57.
That's right, neighbor.
[clicks tongue]

[Greg] We're gonna take
all the suspension off of it,

the engine and trans out,
the rear end out.

[Shannon] Floated like
a butterfly
and stung like a bee.

It's not word, but I'm
gonna use it, very poppy.

Something you never really see
on those kind of cars.

So I ended up with the boat

and I wanted
to put name back on.

But I don't think I ever
realized it said "Sheri's".

So Sheri, if you're watching,

I found your boat.

[man] Try to keep the car
from falling off the lift
on these guys.

This rope's stuck.

I can't get the rope out.

This is no joke.

It's so exciting.

[laughing]

Break.

[Dave] When I look
at a blank canvas,

I see endless possibilities.

As the ideas come to mind

the lines start
to fall into place.

And before you know it,

we have a bitchin' ride.

A bitchin' ride
has intense color...

[laughing]
This is gorgeous.

[Dave] ...performance...

[man] It's fantastic.

[Dave] ...stance, wheels,
sound.

[engine revs]

[Dave] There's one thing
that makes our cars stand out,

ours are Bitchin' Rides.

[tires screeching]

-[Dave] Oh, it never gets old.
-[Kevin laughs]

You got the samples,
you got the rendering.
What did you think?

Well, I... I did
get the rendering

and you certainly did
just what I asked.

-Purple and orange, you know.
-[Dave laughing]

[Bill] Purple on the outside,
orange on the inside.

Um, and you know,
being a Clemson man,

I love those colors, but um...

I think this is probably
just a little too much.

[Dave] When I met
Bill originally,

he made two things very clear.

He loves this '57 Bel Air
like no other business.

And the other thing...
well, he's a Clemson guy.

His vision is wonderful.

It's to bring
the two together.

[Bill] Clemson's colors
are purple and orange.

So I was thinking
the exterior being purple

and an orange interior.

I'm gonna hurry and call
my therapist really quick

because this purple
on orange thing is... [laughs]

I'm kidding you.
I never say never.

Garbage.

[Dave] So far,
we've redesigned
the entire car

and installed
a brand new engine.

Happy with it.

[Dave] The metalwork
is perfected

and the bodywork
is well underway.

Keep this straight
from the very beginning
and all the way to the end.

[Dave] And more big changes
are in the works.

But before we start that,
we need to make sure

we're heading
in the right direction
for Bill.

[Bill] Give me
a little bit of feedback
from your perspective.

Personally, I'm not a big fan
of the purple color.

I think that it's more
attractive if we maybe

went a little bit
darker on the outside.

Kinda like the idea
of having that hint of purple,

but not being purple.

I guess if the sun
hits it just right,

-you can see a little
tint of purple. I see that.
-[Dave] Exactly.

And then
as far as the inside,

maybe it might make more sense
to do a different color

or maybe just use
a small amount of orange
as an accent.

It still pays
homage to Clemson,

but it's not so in your face,

which actually I think
is gonna make a longer term
more classic.

[Bill] I like that
'cause I'm an orange guy.

My blood bleeds orange.

I'm gonna have this car
for a long time.

Yeah, but it won't be so...

pizza-delivery vehicle
for Clemson.

-[chuckles]
-[Bill] Right.

You let people
use their imagination,

then you talk 'em off a ledge

and get 'em more realistic.

-[Dave chuckling]
-And that's exactly what
you've done here with me, sir.

Bill trust me. Let's jump.

-It's gonna be fine.
-[laughing] Exactly.

-Exactly. I'm excited
to see the finished product.
-Awesome.

[Roy] These cars are
a lot of straight surface.

Yeah, and if you do 'em wrong,

it's easy to tell.

These cars, they got
a lot of shape to 'em,
a lot of form.

Very cool car. They make
movies about these cars.

They write songs
about these cars.

These cars are iconic.

They don't make cars
like this no more.

[Dave] Before any drop
of sealer or paint

goes on this entire car,

every panel needs
to be tight and right.

[Roy] Tricky spots,
they're all
over the place, man.

This panel here is difficult.

When you get down
into here,
with all the curves.

These guys, they got
to be nice and straight.

In the back... quarter panels,
this area here,

is just all rounded.

And then it curves this way,
and then it curves this way

and then it curves that way.

You really got to be patient

and get it right.

That's the dead giveaway
with these cars.

When you go to a car show,

and look at it and if this
is all wavy and messed up...

I like my stuff to be
just like the factory.

Actually better.

Gray is the primer.

The lighter color here
is body filler.

And obviously that's metal.

And you try and get
it all one level.

And then you're on the road
to straight.

You look down the side
of this car
and it'll be like glass.

We got it?

[Greg] What we're doing
is tearing apart
this '57 Chevy.

Getting everything out of it.

Getting the body
off the chassis.

And dang, he's already
got the core support out.

That way the chassis can go
and get finish painted.

And, uh...

cleanup everything else.

Dusty.

[Dave] In some ways,
disassembly

might be more tedious
than body work.

Every single piece on this car
needs to be catalogued

bagged, tagged
and categorized.

[man] Documentation is...

for sure,
the most important part.

So that way we could
put it back together later.

I'm sure that's
kind of important.

[Greg] I think we could
roll this back...

and start doing body mounts.

-We're basically there.
-Okay.

Money.

I think we have...

two more mounts up here.

And the body should be
free from the chassis.

That looks
pretty straight to me.

We've separated bodies
off of chassis so many times,

but every single one of these
is equally important

to be very, very careful

to not drop the car.

-Ready, guys?
-Yeah.

Back end's hanging up still.

I mean, that's just floating.

Oh, you know what it is?
It's the sleeves

for the body mount bushings

are getting caught
on the chassis.

So when we're lifting it up,
the back is drooping...

and binding.

So you just need to get
a pry bar and... [pops lips]

...knock those suckers loose
and then the body
should come off.

-[man] There we go.
-Yeah.

See if that other one
will pop.

-Yeah. That one is.
-Okay, going upsies.

There you go.

-[Greg] Good?
-Yeah.

And I'll look one more time.

[man] Looks like we're free.

One major step down
and about 10,000 more to go.

[Greg] We're gonna take
all the suspension off of it.

The engine and trans out,
the rear-end out.

[Dave] Once the guys get done
disassembling this chassis,

the chassis is going off
to powder coat.

But in the meantime,
I have a very important
task to attend to.

It's so exciting.

[laughing]

[Dave] I sent over
the first rendering to Bill.

And I think
that he really loved it,

but it might be just
a little too much Clemson.

So what I've suggested
is maybe we go back

to a little bit
lighter interior,
like a beautiful oyster.

And I think that these
two colors, in particular,

really look nice together.

And for those of you
who are big fans of Clemson,

I'm actually going to do

a matte finish pearl orange
on the engine

and I'll have a couple
of orange accents
to the interior

just to, kind of, make it
kind of kick off a little bit.

But I think it'll be
very well read by everybody

that looks at it
and they'll get it.

So, Bill...

♪ I see your true colors ♪

♪ Shining through ♪

That's right. That's right.
Okay, okay.

Anybody wanna sing
out there with me?

♪ I see your true colors... ♪

We are gonna get this car
on the rotisserie here.

Jake's gonna make
the standoffs.

I'm gonna get these things
cleaned up and loosened
and ready to go.

Break.

Um, three eighths...

[Dave] Before this body
can go to paint,

we have to get it
on the rotisserie.

[Eric] Let's weld it.

You welded it, Jake,
so if it falls over,
it's all your fault.

You're the boss today.

A spin test.

Jake was the boss on this,

so if it wrecks,
it's his fault.

[man] Oh...

The most important part
of a rotisserie
is to make sure

that the car can evenly tilt
without rolling over

and crashing into itself.

[Jake] All right.

Look here. I'm barely
pushing on it. Like it's...

That's a good starting point.

So roll it to the other side
and see how centered we are.

Wait a minute.

The most important part
of a rotisserie
is to make sure

that the car
can rotate evenly.

-Pretty good.
-Kind of like hold it
right there and see if it--

Looks pretty perfect.

It's freaking perfect.

I think you did a great job.

[Eric] I was the boss
on this one. [chuckles]

-Now you're wanting to be--
-No, that's okay.
Eric was in charge.

Now that it's great,
I was in charge.

[Jake] Yeah, Eric can take
the credit for this one.

Yeah, I like it.

[Dave] Now that the car
is over here
in the paint booth,

it's time to get color on it.

And that's gonna be
very important

to make sure that we're doing
the right color.

The color is going
to be like a blue

with a purple flop.

It's real dark.

Just going to be
kind of neat.

Something you never really see
on those kind of cars.

We have to get this
just right

because we don't
want it to be goofy,

but we want people
to understand it

and get that it is in fact
something that is based on

the Clemson heritage.

[Shannon] I thought
he was a Halloween fan.

You know, purple and orange.

Hopefully, he brings us some
candy or something

for all this hard work.

We're gonna tint
the sealer a little bit

instead of just using
the traditional gray.

The color is not...

dark enough
to just go straight black,

but it's too dark
to just do gray.

So you kind of
have a fine line.

You see, this is a little bit
darker than gray,

but it's not black.

That's the only job of sealer

is to make a nice
uniform appearance

and a nice base to start with.

Ready to go.

Really didn't wanna
get in this suit today.

It's already
like a sauna in there.

[man] Things you do
to make cars pretty.

That indeed.

One goes through a lot
to make 'em pretty.

Heck yeah.

Fluids. You gotta drink
plenty of fluids. [laughs]

I like it.

It's gonna have
a lot of flop to it.

It's not a word but I'm gonna
use it, very poppy.

Blurple.

Not in direct sunlight,
it's gonna look very dark.

Let's stop talking about it.
Let's stop looking at it.
Let's just spray it.

We can see it
once it's on the car.
[chuckles]

It's mostly just flat...
all along.

There's no hard curves

or crazy bodylines.

All you have to do
is pull the trigger.

And make sure
your overlap is perfect.

Floated like a butterfly
and stung like a bee.

[Dave] I think we definitely
have this nailed.

I think Bill's going to be
blown away when he sees it.

Orange you glad we
painted it that color?

[laughs]

[Kevin] This
is a 1981 Eliminator.

And I believe
it's called a Bubble Deck.

The Bel Air isn't
the only thing getting
a fresh color today.

It's only what? Three years
younger than me?

So I mean,
is this 42 years old?

Is that right?

If you get a boat
and it's named
and you change the name,

the myth is said to be
that is bad luck
for the boat.

The boat's name is Sheri.
It's always been Sheri.

Nobody else knows
unless I tell them, so...

But obviously you can see...
the paint...

is now gone.
It was there for a while.

S-H-E-R-I...

and then apostrophe
or a dot or something.

-Okay.
-[Kevin] It's been a while.

As you can see.

Keith has been pinstriping
for so many years

probably more years
than I've been alive.

So you can just give him
what you want and walk away.

Just give it
that vintage look.

That's really
what I'm chasing.

I don't want it to look
like it was brand new.

I want it to look like
it was painted in the era.

I think white would be fine
for the main

or even this green
for the main letter

-outlined in uh--
-[Kevin] You work your magic.

Like I said, everything
you've done for me
has been excellent.

I don't even
have to question,

-so I'm all about it.
-All right.

[Keith] White sometimes
doesn't cover real well

and it doesn't do well
in the sun.

So I'm thinking
of matching this green,

outlining in white,

and we'll do a drop shadow
in a dark blue.

So what we're doing here,
this is just...

called the main layout
of the letter.

Now, I'll come in
and I'll do the shadow...

it's the next step.

Then the outline
and then the highlights.

When I first started,
I thought it would be
a normal job

'cause everything
was hand-lettered.

Now everything is printed,
so there's not
a whole lot of us...

hand-lettering guys
left anymore.

What I'm doing is I'm
letting that other enamel dry

and then I'll come in
and outline it all.

The outline
is the most important part.

There's a lot
involved in these brushes

'cause they are pretty much
what makes the whole
job happen, you know.

They're all French squirrel.

You know, I asked 'em
where do you pluck the hairs
out of the squirrel

to charge that kind of money?

[laughs]

The other secret to...

lettering is use,
one at a time,

use the tip of your brush.

They go, "How do you
take your brush
and run all that paint?"

Well, it's all right there.

This is the paint
stored in the brush.

We can do one more color

to really make it
bounce too...

is do a black
around that drop shadow.

Now that looks super cool.

My whole idea is just
keep it simple and clean.

And we're good.

You know the funny thing
about it is I didn't know
it said "Sheri's."

I always thought
it said "Sheri."

-Sheri, I found your boat.
-[man chuckles]

[Kevin] I decided to get
the paint on my boat redone,

but it's not exactly

what I thought it was.

You know the funny thing
about it is I didn't know
it said "Sheri's."

I always thought
it said "Sheri."

[man] I was thinking
the same thing
when you put it on there.

So what is the name "Sheri"?

-Did you come up with that?
-[Kevin] No, no, no.
So, the boat

was purchased by a good
family friend of mine

and I think the paint was off,

but you could still see it,
so they always just
called the boat "Sheri."

"Sheri, Sheri, Sheri."

"Do you wanna go take
Sheri out?"

You knew exactly
what boat it was.

So I ended up
with the boat
a couple of years ago

and I wanted to put
the name back on.

But I don't think I ever
realized it said, "Sheri's."

It's Sheri's boat now

-and I don't even feel
like I own it anymore.
-[laughing] Yeah.

[Kevin] I think in hindsight,

I probably would've
had him leave the "S" off.

So why didn't you
just change the name?

Oh, you can't do that.

-Why--
-That's bad luck.

If I change the name I would
sink this thing tomorrow.

[man] See, I'm not a boat guy,
so I don't know these things.

[Kevin] Yeah,
you can't do that.

-That's a...
that's a big... no-no.
-No-no?

Well, we're wondering
and Adam's like,

"Was it an ex-girlfriend?
Was it..."

-He's like, "Who is Sheri?"
-[Kevin] No. No.

This is Sheri's old boat.
So Sheri...

if you're watching,

I mean, the boat's
not for sale,

-but I found your boat.
-[man chuckles]

[Dave] From metal
and engineering
to body and paint,

this car has come a long way.

But to be honest with you,

you haven't seen anything yet.

They don't make cars
like this no more.

[Dave] And now,
it's the matter of taking

everything we've done together

in separate parts of the shop,

bring 'em all together
to prove our point.

We're unloading the body,

and then we're gonna
lift it up.

Hopefully, everything clears,
so we can get
the rotisserie out,

and then we'll lower it
onto the frame.

These all undone?

-[Tim] Yes.
-Okay.

Watch that side.
Let's go up with it.

We just gotta worry
about this back-end

'cause it's a lot longer.

We just have to watch it
when we pick up
to make sure it doesn't tip.

I'm still not releasing
up here.

Yeah, those front ones,
they don't look
like they're moving.

[Tim] They're not.

I need
a friendly reminder tool.

Where's your
friendly reminders?

Careful.

Okay. We're gonna have to
strap this thing.

[Kenny] Try to
rock it a little bit.

[metal creaking]

-[Kenny] Is it teetering
pretty bad?
-[Tim] Yep, we got a teeter.

[Kenny] Try to keep the car
from falling off the lift.

All the weight's
on the back end of it,

so we gotta strap it down
so it doesn't fall off
on these guys.

You good?

[Tim] She is locked.

Okay, you guys ready?

-[Tim] Yep!
-[Kenny] All good.

[metal clanking]

[Tim] Okay,
we're out of the back.
All right, we're off.

-[Kenny] Yep.
-[Tim] Up, up, and away!

She is solid.

-The only thing left is
everything else.
-[Tim] Yeah.

We're almost there.

We're coming down!

Tim, you want to watch
that cross member
right above the axle.

-[Tim] Keep coming down.
-[Kenny] We're close?

How far until I'm touching?

Six inches.

Bring the front this way.

Well, I'm clear.

[Kenny] Okay, we're off.

-Get out of the way.
-[all] Yep.

We've got it.

[Tim] Good success!
Good job. Go, team.

Yay!

[Tim] This thing is slammed.

[man]
Now comes the fun part.

[Dave] When it comes
to assembly,

everything needs
to be put together
properly and carefully,

but there's one thing that
really is gonna stand out.

Yeah, it makes it
'57 for sure.

You kind of have to fit it
before you fully send it.

[ripping tape]

I'm gonna double stick that.

Now, this one's going
to be trickier because...

you can't really test fit
this one.

And that is the trim,
and you only have one shot
to get it right.

I think the main thing is
you can adjust the trim

off of the clips.

They are basically
slide in behind,

so you can go fore and aft,
you can't go up and down.

-It's not a boat.
-[both chuckling]

It might be.

Is that still lined up?

Yeah, I'm lined up
with the quarter.

Yeah, looks great.

Yeah.

Looking good.

We're running the rope in,
which sucks in the rubber
into the framing.

-[man 1] You want me
to keep doing that?
-[man 2] Yeah.

[man 1] Basically,
the rope is holding back
the rubber,

so we can slide the window
into the pinch weld
where it locks in,

because all these '57 Chevys
use rubber seals that
ride on the pinch weld.

Here we go. Oh, the ease!

Simply put, this is
the old-fashioned way

and really the best way
to put the glass in.

Oh, we did the rope backwards.

Oh, no.

What?

[Dave] You know,
when this '57 Chevy
first arrived,

I really thought
of Santa Claus.

I thought, for sure,
he was coming to town.

-Santa needs a new sleigh.
-h*, h*, h*.

-h*, h*, h*.
-[laughing]

Garbage.

We've torn it down,
replaced the engine.

So far, so good.
I'm really happy with it.

[Dave] Metalworked it,
bodyworked it, and painted it.

[Shannon]
Floated like a butterfly
and stung like a bee.

And now it's time
to put it back together
for the final time for Bill.

[chuckles] I messed up.

-[man] What?
-This rope's on the top.

We wanted it on the bottom.

Well, here, we'll just put
the top in first.

-[Tim] Oh, man.
-Maybe.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

Yeah, probably not.

I don't like that idea.

Let's... let's try this again.

[man] So, it looks
like nothing is going our way
right now,

but I think
I might have a solution.

[spraying]

Basically, we're lubing up
the seal, so it slides in.

[man]
Making the job easier,
just because dry seals...

Let's just say,
"the wetter the better"

when it comes to throwing in
these type of windows.

Okay, let's try this again.

-Yeah.
-[claps]

[Tim] Take two.

Action!

So we're going to try
and slide it
onto the pinch weld.

Here, Tim.
Pick yours up and...

Yeah.

-Is your corner
touching the top?
-[Tim] It's out, right there.

-You going to go in?
-Yeah.

I'm gonna pull the rope
a little bit.

We're smacking it
to try and push the seal
down into the...

the flange.

[smacking]

[man]
Oh, this is stuck.

This rope's stuck.
I can't get the rope out.

Are you sure this is right?

Putting in
the front rear windows

with the trim,
and the rubber, and the rope,

and everything
included in that,

it's pretty straightforward.

But it does take
a little of, um...

How would you say? "Finesse."

[smacking continues]

My hands hurt.
So, that didn't work.

But I'm not giving up.

I think we're caught
on dynamite, possibly.

I'll bet it is the dynamite.

Come out. [groans]

[man] Hey, you got it?

Yeah, we need to cut
the dynamite back.

Yeah. It was a bit...

[man] Oh, yeah,
it's way too deep.

I should have known.

If this channel isn't clear,

there's no way
this window's going in.

-The dynamite, we rolled it
into the channel.
-[sighs]

So, I gotta cut
this dynamite out.

Gotta pull that rubber.

Okay, take three.

[man] Just go for it.

-Are we good to go down now?
-In here?

-Yeah, right there. Perfect.
-All right.

You want smackies?

Oh, wow.

-Wow. Wow.
-[Tim] Wow.

-There it goes.
-There it is.

Just do it.

-[Tim] Big success.
-Yes!

-[humming victoriously]
-I'm all good on my side.

Good job. Go, team.

[man] We gotta run
the alternator charge wire.

That's gonna come back around
and then meet up
to the main starter lug.

With the engine
exposed like this,

no fenders,
no core support, no radiator,

it minimizes us
having to lean over it.

Once you start leaning
over fresh paint,

chips, scratches,
we just try to minimize
that kind of stuff.

You want it slow-motion?

Oh, look at that, dude.
You just slow that down,
that's gonna be money.

[chuckles] Money!

Then, we'll put it
in the "finger smasher 9000."

Just kidding.
I've only smashed
my finger in it once.

Big crimping.

Here we go.

So, now the tricky part
is going to be figuring out
where we're gonna route this,

so it looks clean
and it doesn't get in the way
of the belts or anything else,

because if this wire
rubs through, it's bad news.

It's not good.
Just take the time
to do it right, do it once.

Call it a day.

I think...

we'll just loosely
kind of let it live here.

I think
that'll get us... close-ish.

You gotta put
this special coating on it.

Now that the alternator
charging wire has a home,

now we need to protect it
from the heat.

[cameraman speaking]

No. Uh-uh.

No, this is...

Yep.

It's made from strands
of a unicorn

that you find...

at the end of a rainbow,

circling the pot of gold.

[man speaking]

Dragon fur?

Dragons don't have fur.

This debate really seems
kind of familiar

and I'm glad it's going on,
because I do have more to say.

Let's be real,
Komodo dragons don't have
fur or feathers.

[man speaking]

I've seen one up close,
but I haven't touched one.

-I've touched one.
-Don't touch them.

They're scaley.
They don't have feathers.

Ex... Exactly.
Exactly my point.

-Scales...
-There's many different kinds.

See?

What about, like, the one
from NeverEnding Story, bro?
That thing had fur.

Yeah, it has a dog one, yeah.

That's like a dog dragon.

Well, if a dragon had fur,
wouldn't it catch itself
on fire?

No, that... Not all of them
have fire, dude.

-They have scales.
-Okay.

Thank you.

But depending on the age,
some shave and some naturally
just grow it everywhere.

[sighs] We gotta
draw the line here.

Are we talking Pokemon,
or are we talking,
like, real life dragons?

Like, real stuff.

[all laughing]

-Real world problems.
-[laughing]

[spraying]

[Dave]
Bill's '57 Chevy project
has come a long way.

Dare I say it,
I think I see the light
at the end of the tunnel.

[Guinevere]
Can't go back any further.

It's stopping right here,
and then here, so...

four inches on each side.

There's a lip right here
that needs to go over it,

so that it fits down...

and sits.

One of the great things
about final assembly is
we can attack this car

with different teams
from different directions,

including the upholstery.

Each insert is going to be
about 14 inches wide.

And then I'll leave
this and this area
for the bolsters.

You stack it up
and then we'll shape it

to get the contour
of the bolsters
to match those.

[Tim] We're getting
the inner fenders
to be installed on the fender,

so I got to put
these seals on,

which is, like, a dust seal,
then an anti-squeak seal.

Try to keep this front end...

from being noisy.

Set this in...

Uh, come back

right about... there.

There it is.

All righty.

-Ready to go on?
-Yep. Let's do the big flip.

-Careful, bro.
-Okay.

Austin.

Can you throw that wiring
up into this wheel well?

Yeah, just be careful.

-Right here.
-Right there?

[Kevin] The '57 Bel Air is
in assembly.

We have
a little bit of time left,

so we're going to have
the entire crew jump on it.

[Karson] You might want
to look away, so you don't get
hit in the face.

See, look.
That could've hit me
in the face.

-[Dave] Put safety glasses on,
I'm just saying.
-[chuckling]

Gwyn's got glasses on,
so we're good.

It's working though.

Hook shot.

All right, now I'm going to go
try this in the door.

Is it in?

[laughing]

[Justin] One of the really
fun parts of this project is

I had my son, Carson,
working with me.

He's grown up
watching me do this trade

for a long time,

but he's still
kind of inexperienced.

I'm going to let him
do his own thing,

and I'm going to guide him
through this.

It's hard to do
when everybody else
is watching.

The whole world is watching.

[Karson] I think
it's gotta go up,

because these holes
aren't matching.

This has to get adjusted
before I can cut this.

So, we're kind of stuck
right now.

[Tim exclaims approvingly]

Me?

-Is there metallics in it?
-Oh, yeah.

Can't do metallics.

-I stripe 'em.
-You better learn
how to paint.

Come back towards you.

All right, there we go.
I'm clear.

And once we get it on,
then we can start aligning it.

-Yeah.
-Right now, we're just trying
to get it on.

Straight and dialed.

All right.

[sighing] Oh, let's see.

[Karson] I made
some adjustments
to my template

and one way or another,
I'm going to make sure that
this door panel is perfect.

All right, we're going to go
put it back on.

See how it fits.

See if it's looking
good or not.

So now, what I would do,
go around the whole thing...

-Just like this?
-...with a pencil
just like this,

-so you can see
a little bit of that paint.
-Yep.

-You want to cut a hole
in this one right here?
-Yeah, you can do that.

-I think you got it from here.
-Yep, I got it.

That's k*lling.

Yep. [sighs]

Got the fender on,
now we need to start
doing alignment on it.

Get the door to fit,
get the fender to fit,

and then assemble
the rest of the front end.

[Dave] The fit and finish
every single panel on this car
has to be spot on.

Once the door is
properly aligned,

everything should fall
right into place.

We're probably going
to have to move the door
back another quarter inch.

[Tim] It looks way better.

It looks pretty...
not all right on this side,
all of a sudden.

How about right there?

[exclaims in disappointment]

Better?

-Yeah, we're better.
-Whoo!

-Should I grab
a piece of paper?
-Yes, please.

If this door doesn't close
first try,

we're losing the shop.

-We're gonna lose the shop.
-All right.

-All good in the hood?
-No touchy.

Closing looks good?

-Looks good.
-Awesome. [grunts]

-Good job. Good job.
-Look at it. Oh, thank you.

Yeah, this will work, Taz.

-So, we'll hold
all four corners.
-Uh-huh.

-Let me set it in place, okay?
-Okay.

[Justin] We definitely have
a deadline on this car,

but we definitely gotta get
this headliner in
to make it a lot easier.

I'm gonna hand you
this, Frankie.

Okay?

Take this corner.

Hold it out.

Don't worry
about setting anything.

We'll all set it, okay?

Okay. I'm full tight.

Okay, go Gwyn's way,
two inches.

Okay.

We're gonna start
with the back.

-Okay?
-Okay.

Just come right back to me.

Okay, Taz, pull it your way
and go up a little.

Keep going.

All right, I think
we're all right right there.

Big hide of leather
right here.

And that's another reason
why it's good to have
a bunch of eyes on it,

you know?

One-piece headliners,
they're no joke.

There is a lot of time
involved in these.

Okay, we're good.
We're good, okay.

All right, I'll start
steaming it in, guys.

The hardest part about this
is going to be
these rear quarters,

because even
how it looks like, it's not
that big of a stretch.

It'll want
to just bunch up together.

This headliner is
about as big as it gets.

There is a lot of leather
to be put in this.

There's three days
worth of work inside this.

If we have to start over...

-It'd only be one more day.
-One more day
and a hide of leather.

Yeah.

It's not a good screw-up,
by any means.

Okay, now, hey.

I'm going to pull this way,
you pull right here, will you?

We're at a point right now
where lean in very nice
and straight,

there's no flaws.

I'm gonna go
to this back corner,

this is going to be
the most difficult part.

Lightly, there we go.
Now you got this.

You just pull there
and I'll pull here.

There we go, perfecto.

Corner laid out great.
The others all lay out
the same way.

And just looking at this,
this was a big, old
piece of leather.

There was a couple of pieces
where it's still
a little bit grainier.

But I pulled them out,
so we tried
making it all match.

Looks good. Nice and flat.

We got one more late night
ahead of us.

Bill's on his way here
and we cannot wait
for him to see his car.

We'll trim it back
and put trim on this,

and we're on
to building the console.

This is going to be
a good one.

So, stay tuned.

[Dave] Today,
our very good friend,

Bill Smith, flew all the way
across the country

to check out
his 1957 Chevy Bel Air.

-Oh, wow.
-The last time
you seen this car,

-it was a little more red...
-Wow.

-...and a lot more old-school.
-[chuckles] Wow.

I haven't seen it.
I'm like a kid in a candy shop
right now.

I'm a little nervous,
but I'm super excited
about it.

Uh, that... That, uh...

looks fantastic.

-That exceeds my expectations.
-[Dave laughing]

-Awesome.
-Holy cow!

You nailed it.

-You absolutely nailed it.
-[Dave] Thank you.

-[Bill] A masterpiece.
-[Dave] I'm really glad

we went with this
much more conservative color
on the interior,

because it works really well
with the much darker purple.

This is beautiful.
I mean, golly bum.
I'm lost for words.

The stance looks awesome,
the color looks fantastic.

I love the interior.

-This has been worth the wait.
-[Dave] Awesome.

-High five.
All right. That's awesome.
-[laughing]

[Bill] It's very subtle.

If the light is not
hitting it correctly,
it almost looks black.

But then, when the light
hits it, you see that purple,

and being a Clemson guy,
I'm all about
purple and orange.

And in spite of Kevin actually
working on the bright work,

-it actually turned out
pretty good.
-[chuckling] It looks great.

[Dave] To see him come in
and see the car in person
was priceless.

Got the big tires on it.

I love that. You know,
I'm Fat Tire Bill, you know?
I love it.

-That's fantastic.
-[chuckling] "Fat Tire Bill."

-Hey, that's my middle name.
-Yeah, yeah, you got it.

-It's Fat Tire Dave.
-That's right. [laughing]

[Bill] To take it
and beef it up

the way he did it,
it looks fantastic.

This is where you're
really going to start to get
the feel of Clemson.

-You ready?
-I'm ready.

-You are going to love that.
-Oh, wow.

Look at that.
That is beautiful.

-[Dave] So, what
we're looking at here is...
-[Bill] Beautiful.

-...a 750 horsepower
SB4 Mercury Racing...
-Wow.

...four cams,
twin throttle bodies,

-and it spins at 8,200 RPM.
-Wow.

-This thing is going to be
an absolute rocket for you.
-Wow.

-It'll throw
your head back, right?
-It'll throw your head back,

-so it's going to come with
a HANS device and a helmet.
-[laughing] Yeah.

-I'm totally kidding.
-[laughing] That's right.

[Bill] I bet it's got
a rumble to it.

-Oh, baby.
-I'm going to have
a fantastic time with this.

I can't wait to take it
to a Clemson game.

-[chuckling] I can't either.
-[laughing] Yeah, yeah.

-You'll have to come
join me, absolutely.
-Yes. I'd love to.

[Bill] Yeah, that...
That's beautiful.

-You want to sit in it?
-I'd love to.

-I'd love to.
-Come on.

Very thought out,
very professional.

It just all pulls together
and looks fantastic.

All right, let's get
in this bad boy right here.

This fits.

-It does, you...
It does. It does.
-I mean, it fits like a glove.

-[Dave] The inserts are
actually a '57 Chevy material.
-Yeah.

[Dave] Which is really cool,
it's almost like a watermark.

So, I really thought
that that dark insert
and the contrast

was very fitting
for a '57 car originally,

so I decided that
that would be
a really good thing

-to pull back into the car.
-[Bill] Yeah, it looks great.

[Dave] Did you see
your headliner, too?

-Isn't that beautiful?
-[Bill] Beautiful.

-Yeah, fantastic.
-[Dave] Well, it looks great.

-Do you want to see
how it sounds? Okay.
-I want to hear it, yeah.

[engine revving]

-Whoa!
-[both laughing]

Wow!

-That's a rumble.
-Give it a little gas.

[engine roaring]

-That makes you want
to burn a little rubber, huh?
-It does.

My kids are gonna love this.

[engine turning off]

That's a rumble.

That shows you got
a beast under the hood,
when it sounds like that.

[Dave] You know,
the opportunity
to build something

-that just really paid homage
to the original '57 car...
-[Bill] Yeah.

-You did it.
-...but still looks not stock
and not overdone.

-[Bill] You did it.
-I think-- Thank you.

-[Bill] You nailed it.
Absolutely nailed it.
-Thank you.

Everything was just
really checked in
and he could not be happier.

And that makes me
one happy guy.

I can't wait to borrow it
from you.

-Hey, listen. What...
-[laughing]

You really have to come
to a Clemson game.

-If you... I'll let you
drive it to the game.
-I'd love to.

[Bill] Let you watch
some good football.

It's made to drive.

It's just a classic car
I want to take and preserve,

but also I want
to have some fun with it.

So Bill, overall, if you had
one word to describe the car,
what would it be?

Bitchin'.

-[both laughing]
-[Dave] I like it.