03x01 - Taking the High-End Road

[bunniefuu]

[power tools whirring]

[engine revs]

[whooshing]

[Mark] Is this your guy,

landing in the bird?

Yeah, that's our guy. John.

Nice boots. Did you make those yourself?

-Do you know how much they cost? $600.

-[Mark laughing] Are they?

This is western Canadian lizard,

my friend.

-Is that what it is?

-Yeah.

-There he comes. Shut up.

-Boot Barn, two for one sale, right?

-Hey, Shawn.

-Hey, John. Hey, this is Mark.

-Hey, John. Nice to meet ya.

-Hey, Mark.

-I like your bird.

-Thank you.

-Yeah.

-That's pretty cool, man.

[Shawn] Here it is.

[John] Dude, look at this.

-[Shawn] Yeah?

-Are you kidding me?

[Shawn] Everything is identical

to the original XNR,

except for your custom changes,

which we handled for you right here.

[Mark] We blacked out the grill,

changed the headlights up,

gave it more of a Shelby Cobra

dual pipe setup.

It is beautiful.

The XNR 2.0. Huh?

The what? I bet you came up with

that line when you bought those boots.

[all laughing]

[dramatic music playing]

[engine revs]

[Mark] At Gotham Garage, we've made

our mark through upgrade and trade.

[Caveman] This is badass.

[Mark] Turning junkyard rust

into six-figure works of art.

[tires screeching]

[engine revving]

And last year

was a game-changer for our shop.

[announcer] Next up

is Gotham Garage out of Temecula.

-[klaxon sounds]

-[tires squeal]

-[Constance] Whoo!

-[Mark] We had some growing pains.

[Mark] You're kidding me, right?

[Mark] But we eventually pulled off

enough deals to upgrade and trade our way

into the world-renowned

Petersen Automotive Museum.

[Caveman] Let's go!

[Mark] We passed up a ginormous payday

to donate a replica of a 1960s

Plymouth XNR concept car

-to the museum.

-[all applauding]

In our minds, the prestige

of donating a car to the Petersen

would lead to tons of new,

high-end clients.

What kinda budget are you looking at?

[man on phone] Money is not an issue.

Let's put it that way.

Really?

[Mark] That gamble paid off.

Since the Petersen event,

Shawn's been working 24/7,

lining up more deals than ever.

And since the crew sacrificed so much,

I made sure they finally got their payday.

[Caveman] Yeah!

[Mark] We built a second XNR,

and Shawn lined up a big-time buyer.

-One-sixty it is.

-[engine revs]

[Mark] Right now we're trying to change

the course of this garage forever.

We step up our game,

we cement ourselves

as one of the premiere

custom car shops in the world.

[Tony] Let's get this thing done.

[power tools whirring]

[engine revs]

[engine revving]

[Shawn] Oh yeah.

[imitates engine revving]

-[Tony] Whoo-hoo!

-Whoo-whee!

They stole a car that runs!

-[laughs]

-[Shawn] Yeah.

-[engine revving]

-[Tony] Whoo!

All right. It starts, it stops,

it goes forward,

it goes backwards, the headlights work.

[Tony] This is way too nice

for a starter car.

-That's what I was thinking.

-So what's the deal, man?

Well, this is actually

[whispering]

What? What's the problem?

That's your little brother's shirt,

isn't it?

It is very tight, right?

Just in this area.

-I've been working out.

-[laughs]

[Shawn] Shut up.

[all laughing]

Anyway, this is a '33 Ford Coupe replica,

-and it's our next project.

-We're getting paid to build this one.

-[Caveman] Cool!

-We're getting paid

-believe it or not.

-In advance, yeah.

This is actually a commission job.

-[Tony] Cool.

-[Shawn] A new customer,

sees our car in the Petersen, and he says,

"Gotta get a little work done

by these guys."

The next few months

are going to be absolutely critical

to the evolution of this business.

We've been upgrading

and trading for years,

but it's a grind.

I got this old Dodge sitting here.

-Yeah, but it's seen better days.

-Yeah.

[Mark] You're constantly working on

this car, worried about losing that car.

A lot of deals don't happen,

a lot of deals fall through.

For me to swap my 50 for this 40,

it doesn't do me any good.

Well, I guess it ain't working today.

Nothing's guaranteed. That's the stress.

I'm not gonna abandon upgrade

and trade immediately.

That's what we're good at,

and we can still make money doing it.

But I wanna slowly shift our focus

from these upgrade and trade deals

to this high-paying clientele

that wants high-end custom cars.

[man on phone] I'm actually kinda looking

for maybe a couple vehicles.

[Mark] And that all starts

with our first big commission deal.

A pristine '33 Ford replica

that Shawn lined up.

The guy we're doing this for,

he's a professional photographer.

You know, he does magazines

and celebrities.

He wants this rolling car

to be transformed into rolling art.

Our client on this '33 replica

is a guy named Steve Earl.

In the photography world,

this guy is a really big deal.

He's shot magazine covers,

a ton of different cars. You name it.

Needless to say,

this guy has a very keen eye.

He's a car collector.

And when he saw our XNR in the Petersen,

he knew right away that this shop

was the right fit for his car.

So where does the art come in?

We're gonna go 100 percent Art Deco.

-Oh yeah.

-We'll make it like a Delahaye.

-Okay.

-[Mark] Like, high-end Delahaye.

Basically, we're making a sculpture.

When you hear "Delahaye"

in the automotive world,

all you think about

is class and money. That's it.

What Delahaye is known for

is the styling features of the car.

It's the elongated fenders,

the lengthened hood,

the swooping car in motion.

Feels like you're floating on air.

It's one of the first cars

that had full skirts, front and back.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone

build a Delahaye-style car

-out of one of these.

-Yeah.

A '33 Ford is a great platform

to start this project.

It's essentially the perfect blank canvas.

We'll start by transforming

the overall shape and structure.

Then we'll give it teardrop fenders

that flow from the front down to the rear.

We'll give it a white leather interior

with updated gauges and an updated dash.

And we'll top it off with a ton

of super intricate Gotham touches.

This guy's got deep pockets,

and, at 60 grand,

I think we got a little extra leeway

to make a couple of bucks

on this ride, so

-[Caveman] Really?

-Yeah.

-That'd be nice.

-A 60k budget?

That's deep pockets.

[Mark] Wait a second.

Did he say 16,000? I think he said 60,000.

That's, like, double or triple

what usually shows up.

[laughs] You're telling me we're gonna

have profit at the end of this build?

Where am I?

-[Shawn] Get 'er done, guys.

-[lift whirring]

Caveman, you're gonna cut the roof

off of it.

And then Tony and Constance,

the radiator's gotta come off,

the exhaust has gotta come off.

Then the whole front suspension's

gotta come out underneath.

[whirring]

[Caveman] Stand back.

I'm going to town! Yeah!

[whirring]

I can't stress enough how important it is

to impress our client Steve

on this Delahaye build.

This is the upper echelon

of car collectors.

It's the crème of the crème.

If you do the top-quality work

that they expect,

they'll pass you on to their buddy,

and their buddy'll buy a car.

If you don't, this is a very small world,

and bad news travels fast.

Now that it's all destroyed,

get the front end mocked up.

I'm gonna come in late tomorrow.

Shawn and I gotta get a car.

Apparently, he's all fired up about it,

so it must be like a great deal.

-What time you coming in?

-[Mark] I'm not telling you.

-Why not?

-[Mark] 7:30 a.m.

-What? Noon. Noon.

-[Caveman] So like noon?

[crickets chirping]

[birds chirping]

[Shawn]

Man, it's muddy out here, isn't it?

That's what happens

when you go to a car lot.

-It's a trek in the mud.

-Afraid to walk in the mud?

[Shawn] Well, I got my boots on today.

The Delahaye is obviously

our main focus right now,

but I've been lining up a set

of upgrade and trade deals

that could potentially lead us

to a massive payday.

My only issue is I just need to sell Mark

on this first car in this trade,

'cause, well, it ain't so pretty.

A '70s Mercedes 220.

What do you think?

You gotta love this. Am I right?

[laughing] No, you're not right.

You're losing IQ points right now.

What, are we gonna restore it?

No. Picture this car as a drift car.

-Drifting down a river like a log.

-No, no.

This isn't a drift car.

That's a drift car.

-That's a drift car.

-[Shawn] Okay.

That doesn't matter.

I got somebody for this car.

-This thing?

-Yes.

He's a Hollywood stunt driver,

but his main hobby is drifting.

[tires squealing]

And modifying

these old European sedans into drift cars

is a super-hot trend right now.

Kinda like making a sleeper drift car.

That's why he chose this car.

Is that not the coolest thing?

Not really.

When Shawn says

we're gonna turn this into a "drift car,"

Shawn really doesn't know

what he's talking about.

Do you have any idea how much it weighs?

Normally you start with a lot smaller,

more nimble vehicle

than this gigantic land yacht

with a ridiculous wheelbase.

Drifting started in the windy mountain

roads of Japan in the 1970s and '80s.

They used a handbrake in their car

to lock up the rear wheels

to smoothly glide through the corners

like they were fishtailing

through each turn.

[engines revving]

From there, it blew up

into a worldwide phenomenon.

But unlike most motorsports,

drifting is judged on style, not speed.

It's all about the corners of the track,

how smoothly

you can get in and out of the corner,

and how close you can get to the edge

without spinning out.

[tires screeching]

[Shawn] I know you don't wanna do a car

like this, but we trade this drift car

to my buddy who's got a really nice

mid-'70s Scout II.

This is the whole plan,

is to trade this for a Scout?

Here's the kicker.

We can take that Scout II

and trade it for a '40 woodie.

So you're gonna trade up a POS Mercedes

to get a '40 woodie?

Exactly.

Does it have termites

-and half of it's missing

-No, no, no.

No, the wood is super nice.

They're so expensive to restore.

So if it's got good wood,

it's worth some money.

[Shawn] We're gonna turn this Mercedes

into a drift car.

That'll make it worth about 20 to 25,000.

That'll lead us to an unrestored

International Scout II,

which also comes

with quite a few valuable parts.

And once we turn that Scout

into an off-road monster,

it'd be worth 40 to 50 grand,

which leads to a very rare

1940 Ford woodie.

The car is a build in progress,

but it's worth a ton of money.

When Mark and the crew

put their stamp on that woodie,

we'll be on our way to the bank

with well over six figures.

You know what?

I'll do your little drift car.

There you go.

-But we'll have to get on it right away.

-Yeah.

We'll get with Constance, get a parts list

together, you're going shopping.

-[Shawn] You know, it says 900?

-Yeah.

-I bet I get it for 700 bucks.

-I bet you get it for 950.

[rock music playing]

[Tony] Hey, children.

That's the starter kit

for the Delahaye front fender?

-This would usually go about right here.

-[Caveman] Way back there.

That's usually where it goes,

but we're not "usually".

So we're gonna go

[Mark] More right right there.

While Shawn and Constance get a parts list

together for the Mercedes,

myself, Tony, and Caveman are gonna

mock-up the body for the Delahaye.

Your eyeball should flow

from the front to the back of the car,

and then just fall off into space.

We need to add

the front and rear teardrop fenders,

the running boards,

and the elongated hood.

That's our biggest problem is

stand there, move it a half an inch.

Go stand over there,

move it a half an inch.

[Tony] A half inch

can make all the difference.

It's like the difference

between a donkey and a stallion.

-Both have a long nose and four hooves

-[laughs]

but one of them looks majestic

and the other one

just gets a bunch of crap

packed on his back and sent up the hill.

[all laugh]

[Mark] This car is about to go through

a massive cosmetic overhaul.

We're gonna take a 1933 Ford,

make it unrecognizable,

and turn it into an exquisite Delahaye.

Since this is the first client

coming off the Petersen,

when Steve sees the finished car,

we need to shatter his expectations.

[power tools whirring]

-We gonna bring in some flavor.

-[Caveman] Some Flavor Flav?

Down, down, right there.

Where are you at?

-Sixty-three.

-Go down. Right No, up.

[whirring]

This one is just drooping.

Pull this screw out.

Put it together, take it apart,

put it together, take it apart.

[Tony] This car definitely started

as one thing,

and it's turning into something else.

Ooh, now they look purdy.

[Mark] All right, you guys.

This is looking really good.

Next up, we gotta do something

with this old, gray interior.

Right on.

-[Tony] Hey, lookit.

-[Mark] It's the exact same color.

-[Tony] The interior color is Caveman!

-It's old and gray.

-What color is that interior?

-Caveman.

[all laugh]

[rock music playing]

[engines revving]

-[Caveman] Shawn's here. What's he got?

-[Mark] Looks like he got a motor.

-Where'd you steal this?

-[Shawn] Oh yeah!

Check this out.

This, believe it or not,

is an LS3 from a 2011 Camaro.

[Constance] This is exciting.

I even got brand-new parts.

Here's something for you, young fella.

-And you, young fella.

-Hey. Look what I won.

I'm Santa Claus.

-E-brake master cylinder.

-Oh okay. Yeah.

-And a handbrake.

-Nice.

Yeah. Oh yeah.

-This is one of those drift brakes.

-There you go.

My buddy Danny

wants to test this drift car

at Adams Motorsports Park.

It's a go-kart track that doubles

as a very technical

underground drift course.

[tires screeching]

In particular,

there are four very tight corners

at Adams

that separate the men from the boys.

[tires squealing]

And the only way

he'll do the deal for the Scout

is if the Mercedes

can perfectly master those four corners.

This is a specialized kit to turn

an ugly old car into something cool.

-It's everything we need.

-[Constance] Yeah!

At its core, drifting comes down

to basically two things,

power and braking.

We're gonna start

by adding a ton of power.

We're gonna use a modern-day

fuel-injected Chevy motor.

Then, on the inside,

we're gonna add a hydraulic handbrake

that adds extra stopping power

to the rear brakes.

Every drift car has one.

Since Shawn's friend

isn't a professional dr*fter,

he wants to use this car in everyday life,

so we're gonna

add four seats to the interior.

To top it off, I wanna give it

a super cool exterior finish.

I wanna give it a 1980s

box fender flare kit.

Tony and Constance, grab all these parts,

go over to the Gotham Garage,

and get cracking on that Mercedes.

Caveman and I are back on the Delahaye.

Once you get this car set up,

-I can test it out.

-[exclaims]

[Shawn] Listen, guys.

-Come on, man.

-[Shawn] No. I can figure this out! Hey!

[Tony] I mean, we may have to oil

this thing up to get it to slide in.

[Constance] Yeah.

That's when we call Caveman.

With a drift car,

you're pushing a car sideways.

So the trick here is

getting something that's gonna have a lot

of horsepower but not a lot of weight.

The LS3 has an all-aluminum block,

which is super important

for this application, because

we want this to be very, very light.

With the LS3,

you're getting about 420 horsepower,

and not any of the weight

that you would typically get

with big block motors

that are upwards of 600 pounds.

That looks nice.

So by putting an LS3 in,

all this weight is now gone,

and then, boom, race car sideways.

Right. Let's see what it does.

I hear the fuel pump.

-[Constance] Mm-hmm.

-[engine starts]

-So smooth.

-[Tony] Damn! First fire.

-So smooth.

-[engine revving]

Sounds pretty good.

[Constance] Yeah.

Well, now that that fires up,

we got the handbrake and everything else.

-So you think, like, an hour?

-Or a hundred.

[Constance laughs]

[techno music playing]

[Tony] How are those wires coming along?

[Constance] I'm done

with my stuff on this side.

[Tony] Can you help me

throw the seats in?

-[Constance] Ooh, that's a tight fit.

-[Tony] Perfect.

So check this out.

-[Constance] Yes.

-This is that handbrake Shawn got us.

[Constance] The most exciting part.

I got everything mounted

to this one plate.

The handbrake's pretty neat, 'cause

it only applies pressure to the rear.

So when you hit the footbrake,

you get brake everywhere.

And then you pull this and it's just back.

-This makes it a drift car.

-[Tony] Yeah.

Drifting is basically

just a controlled slide.

Now, if you don't have the control,

it can all go bad.

You could slide off the track,

you could spin out.

You could crash into a barrier.

That is not what we want.

I can't wait for the test drive.

-Like, I'm ready. [laughs]

-[Tony] Yeah.

Are you feeling it?

Are you feeling the drift?

When we take the car out for the customer

to do his test drive,

when he sees it, he can't be looking

at an unfinished, undone car.

So we have to finish

the performance elements,

fabricate the body,

and test the car,

all before it's delivered.

Constance. Call Mark and Caveman.

Get those guys here for a test drive.

-You guys ready for a test drive?

-Hell yeah!

[Tony] Grab your helmets. Let's go ride.

Fire in the hole.

[engine starts]

-What's this do? What's that do?

-[engine turns off]

That's the k*ll switch.

-Oh, that's the k*ll switch.

-[Tony] It works.

[Caveman] Let's go drifting!

Are we there yet? I gotta go pee!

[Tony] This looks like

a pretty good parking lot.

-[Constance] Yeah, let's do it.

-[Caveman] Let's do it!

-[Mark] Fire it up, Tony.

-[revving]

Go that way and start slinging it around.

[Tony] Thor's hammer!

[Constance] Whoo!

[Caveman] Go, go, go! Whoo!

[all cheering]

[metal breaking]

Whoa. Hit the brake. Turn it off.

Turn it off. No, no, no.

That sounded like something came apart.

Ah, [bleep].

[Tony] What the hell, man?

We worked all day for that?

-[Mark] The drive shaft come out of it?

-No, I checked.

First thing, that's what it sounded like.

[Mark] It's a bearing?

-[Tony] That sounded horrible, man.

-It sounds like the pinion snapped.

-Something snapped.

-Yeah.

-That was the sound of metal breaking.

-[grunts]

-[Tony] We're gonna need a tow truck.

-[Caveman] Take it off?

-[Tony] Yeah.

-[Constance] Clear now.

[power tools whirring]

Tony, why are you always

breaking everything?

It was a test drive.

-Sounds a lot like breaking.

-You think test pilots crash the planes?

-I mean Ha!

-[all laughing]

We've learned that if we ever build

an aircraft, that you're not testing it.

[both laugh]

[Tony] Ooh. Is that a metal chunk

that came out?

[Mark] Let me give you

a short physics lesson.

For every action, there is an equal

or opposite reaction.

In this case, the action was

we added a 420-horsepower engine

to a car that was never designed

to take that much horsepower.

Oh, it's missing some teeth.

-There's part of a planetary gear.

-[clanking]

The reaction was when all that horsepower

transferred to the rear end,

we destroyed the rear differential.

It annihilated it.

That's wild.

[Mark] Or, if you wanna put it

in layman's terms

Tony broke the car.

So the easy part is

we're gonna get a new differential.

Tony, order a new rear end.

We'll come back tomorrow, get it fixed.

-[Constance] Good job, Tony.

-[Caveman] Good job. Lunch is on you.

[ethereal music playing]

[Mark] Right now,

we gotta put the Delahaye aside,

and all four of us have to jump in

and get this Mercedes fixed

as soon as possible.

[dramatic music playing]

[Tony] You guys ready to put in

the rear end I haven't broke yet?

"Yet" is the key word.

Pump that thing up. Let's go.

[tools whirring]

We need to test this car quickly

because this is a trade car,

and all trade cars have a ticking clock.

The longer it takes you to finish it,

the more chances you have

of losing the deal.

Set it down on the ground

and then, Tony, go break it again.

[Tony] We're not going breaking.

We're going drifting.

That's what you said last time.

[Tony] All aboard. We got four?

[Caveman] Let's go! Ooh, we're rolling.

[Tony] Sounds good.

[engine revving]

[Constance] Tony, careful.

[Caveman] My life's in Tony's hands.

If God's ready to take me, I'm going.

-[revving]

-All right, Tony. Let's go!

[Mark] Try not to break it.

-[Constance] Go for it, Tony!

-[Caveman] Do it! Yeah!

Yeah, baby!

-[engine revving]

-[tires squealing]

Yeah! Keep it going! Yeah!

[Mark] Whoa, stop. It works, Tony.

-Whoo!

-[Constance] Yeah!

[tires screeching]

-[engine revving]

-[tires screeching]

-[Mark] That went well.

-That was pretty good.

[Mark] That rear end feels really good.

All signs point to, we have a drift car.

But doing doughnuts in a parking lot

is a far cry from mastering the corners

at a super technical drift course.

Unfortunately, they only let serious

drift car drivers on the track at Adams.

So we have one chance to get this right.

We're trading this for the super clean

International Scout II,

and it could potentially lead us

to a very rare 1940 Ford woodie.

So we need to deliver

a completely finished car

and trust what we've done will be enough.

All right, let's get this car done

and get it to the track.

[dramatic music playing]

[Mark] To put our final stamp on this car,

I called in a favor from a buddy of mine,

Dominic Fontana.

He's a graffiti artist from the Bay Area,

and this artistic touch will definitely

make this car stand out at the track.

We found an old Mercedes

that was stuck in the mud

and turned it into a super unique

high performance machine.

[techno music playing]

[engine revving]

We went all out

on this Mercedes drift car.

[tires squealing]

Now the only thing left to do

is to see if this car can perform

as good as it looks.

-[Shawn] Danny.

-[Danny] What's up, Shawn?

-Ah! How you doing, man?

-Good, good.

Not gonna lie.

We took a couple of big swings,

-but I know you're gonna dig it.

-I'm filled with anticipation.

-I'm excited.

-Here it comes.

[engine revving]

-Wow. Shawn.

-[laughs]

That looks like

a '70 Mercedes 220 on steroids.

[engine revving]

[laughs]

This car, when Mark pulled up in it,

I just couldn't believe how cool it was.

Is that sheet metal?

Yeah, we cut the fenders

and just pulled everything out.

It's an all-steel widebody kit,

gave you this crazy reflective tape job

on top of the pearl-white paint.

It's super light, though.

It's actually pretty nimble.

I'm totally impressed.

I'm seeing a hydro handbrake in there.

It looks good. It sounds good.

But, as you know, the main factor was that

I needed something

that could handle this track.

I know that was our deal.

Danny was very specific

on what he wanted to see out of this car.

There are four very tricky turns

at this track,

and if our Mercedes can make it smoothly

through each one of those turns

without losing control

and sliding in the dirt, we're good.

Bring your helmet?

-I knew you'd ask that.

-[laughs]

-[Mark] This is gonna be priceless.

-Are you ready to rock?

I'm gonna go find myself

a really good spot

to watch you scream

like a little girl, Shawn.

[Shawn] Danny, don't hold back, all right?

[engine starts]

-[Danny] I'm gonna rip it.

-Let's do it. Ow!

[Danny] Ow!

-[engine revving]

-[tires screeching]

[Shawn] Ow!

[Danny] Here we go. First turn.

-Whoa!

-[Shawn] Whoa, baby.

[tires squealing]

Oh yeah! Oh!

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Not bad. Not bad.

Yeah, hugs pretty good.

[Danny] Wow.

[Mark] It's looking good.

He's coming up on the second turn.

[Shawn] This one's tight.

[tires screeching]

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Ow!

Yeah!

Boy, this grabs, doesn't it?

Turn three. Come on, baby.

[tires screeching]

[engine revving]

[laughs] I smell rubber!

[Mark] Here we go. Last turn.

[Shawn] Come on.

[tires screeching]

Yeah!

-Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

-[laughs]

-Yeah, buddy! Whoo!

-[Shawn] You got it.

-[Mark] They're coming in.

-That's what I'm talking about.

[Shawn]

Is there any tread left back there?

Whoo! Now, that's performance.

I think he owes me a new set of tires

if you don't take the car.

-That thing was roasting 'em, dude.

-[laughs]

That car delivered. It handled the track.

I'm very pleased.

-I've never seen him scream that hard.

-[Danny laughs]

I have to admit, that was the best damn

test drive I've ever been on.

-Back of your pants matches your boots.

-I did not.

I did not wet my britches.

Yeah, I'm gonna call you "skid row"

from now on.

Sounds like we need to go

check out a Scout.

[Danny] There she is.

'72 Scout II. Totally solid.

[Shawn] We like that.

-[engine starts]

-That purrs like a kitten.

What I like about the Scout

is it's got a V8 in it.

The four-wheel drive system works.

And it comes with

all of the expensive underpinnings

-that we'd have had to go buy.

-And no rust.

So I'm impressed. Let's make a deal.

Obviously you love the drift car.

Dude, I love the drift car.

And you guys are the right guys

to take it to the next level.

I would be more than happy

to see this in your hands, so

-I think we got a deal.

-[Mark] We got a deal.

[Danny] Let's do it.

[Shawn] The Scout II doesn't look like

it's gonna take a lot of work.

That means we are that much closer

-One step.

-Big step.

Big step, but one step closer

to a 1940 woodie.

Let's get this back.

I got a Delahaye to finish.

[rock music playing]

[tools clanking]

With the drift car trade done,

we now need to focus all of our attention

back on the Delahaye.

Tony and Constance are gonna work

on all the ornamental trim pieces

and Caveman and I are gonna start

on a brand-new dash.

I got brand-new Dakota Digital gauges.

How cool is that?

This car is for a high-end client,

so it needs to look

like a rolling sculpture.

[Caveman] Three, two, one.

Fire in the hole.

Damn, that's almost as pretty as me.

Now all I have to do

is put on the real wheel.

Go. Pull it, pull it!

Can you do it! Ahh! Come on!

-So we're putting on this steering wheel.

-[Caveman] Oh, wow.

[Mark] It's out of a '60 Plymouth Aero.

They're super, super cool,

and very, very, very expensive.

They cost, like, 4,500 bucks.

Don't tell Shawn.

He'll have a heart attack.

Some people might consider

the steering wheel and the gauges

a risky choice for this car, but this shop

is known for making bold choices.

It sure is pretty.

Every car guy and girl

is gonna love this car because

of the steering wheel and the gauges.

-Now, that's a steering wheel.

-It's making me dizzy.

Hell, look at Caveman. He's speechless.

I'm gonna have to get a mop and a bucket

to clean the drool up.

From here on out, it's body work and paint

and put it back together,

and then we get paid.

[Caveman] That steering wheel

might hypnotize me.

[upbeat music playing]

[Mark] This Delahaye is a total throwback.

So it needs

a paint job fitting of the era.

Art Deco is all about soft colors

and pastels,

so I'm giving this car a glossy

baby blue finish.

[music continues]

[Mark] And there we are. All right.

We're gonna get this done.

We all gotta remember this, though.

It's painted now.

Put gloves on. No bare hands.

-And you want me around this car?

-Look at this guy's dirty hands.

You're gonna have to wash your hands.

So grab a wrench, wash your hands.

I got great soap at home.

Talk back, wash your mouth out with soap.

Wash your hands.

Oh, I hated soap.

That soap tasted the worst.

[others laugh]

[Tony] When Mark said

we were gonna take this '33 Ford

and turn it into a Delahaye, I thought

that was maybe just a little crazy.

But when it's all said and done,

you're barely gonna recognize

anything that was off the original car.

[rock music playing]

To me, the Delahaye is this ode

to everything that we do here

and all of our skills

all wrapped up into one build,

but it's us in this, like,

new 2.0 version.

Hey, Tony, am I supposed to be able

to see out of this hole?

It's kind of the perfect start off

to this new chapter for Gotham Garage.

[music continues]

[Mark] When we donated

the XNR to the Petersen,

it was a huge leap of faith.

But right now, it's all coming to fruition

with this super sexy,

super custom Gotham Garage style Delahaye.

This is a car that wants to be seen.

When you're driving her down the road,

all you wanna do

is take her to the dance and show her off.

[indistinct chatter]

[laughter]

[Shawn] There he is.

Whoo!

Look at that ride.

[Mark] It doesn't matter

what's parked around it.

[Tony] It looks good.

[Mark] Every set of eyes at the party

hone in on this car.

The teardrop fenders flow seamlessly

from the front to the back,

connecting every inch of this car.

On the inside, the white leather interior

sets it all off.

And the custom gauges and steering wheel

almost make you do a double take.

It's the perfect blend

of classic and modern.

We took a '33 Ford replica and pulled off

the magic trick of the century.

We made it disappear and then reappear

as a gorgeous Delahaye.

[Mark] It's always nice

to have a badass car

on a trailer, taking it to a client.

I think he's gonna like it.

It's exactly what Steve wanted.

He wanted a rolling work of art,

and I think you gave it to him.

-[Mark] The test is, exceed expectations.

-We over-delivered.

You know, we're getting 60 grand

to make this car look this good.

But because we went over the top,

I'm thinking maybe 65.

-Steve.

-Wow.

[Shawn] Little different

since the last time you saw it, huh?

[Steve] Wow. The body looks beautiful.

It looks like a Delahaye.

What do you call this color?

[Mark] It's 1947 international blue.

When the car rolled up,

it was spectacular.

The color was amazing.

The fenders were beautiful.

Absolute piece of art.

What I love about the Delahaye

is how elegant they are.

-[Mark] Right.

-I think you guys did that.

-Why don't you sit inside

-Sure. Thank you.

-and take it all in?

-[engine starts]

Oh, there you go.

-Exactly.

-[Shawn] You look good in this.

Steve's a very particular guy.

He's an artist, you know.

He's got an eye for things.

Wow, that's quite a steering wheel.

I'm thinking he's loving the car, but

he's keeping his cards close to his vest.

He just needs to take it all in right now.

What do you think?

You nailed the style and the body.

It's perfect,

but my choice would have been

to keep the interior a little bit more

true

to the period. Especially the gauges.

We had creative license here to

You did. And maybe I wasn't clear.

I thought the entire car

would be cohesive,

interior and exterior,

and I just don't think the interior is.

[Shawn] Really?

[Steve] Is that the original grill?

Yeah. That is the old grill

off the '33 Ford. Yep. Yep.

Okay. I wanna transform it 100%, not 95.

So, as a photographer,

I'm really detail-oriented.

If I see something that's not right,

I'll fixate on it.

So, for me, it's really important

to be 100% satisfied.

[Mark] I've dealt with this before

when you deal with clients.

Every now and then, you're not gonna

pull the vision out of that client

and then give him

exactly what he's seeing,

because I paint with

a different box of crayons.

But you have to make the individual happy,

'cause we're in this

to get repeat clients,

and he has to get what he paid for

and what he wants.

Honestly, if changing the steering wheel,

putting in analogue gauges

and doing a custom grill on it,

if that makes you happy,

we'll take it back to the shop

and bring it back with what you want.

It would definitely make me happy.

Right now, we've gotta do the ugly part,

which is tear it apart,

and in order to take

the digital gauges out,

that means we gotta rewire the new gauges.

-Yeah.

-But not only that,

to make a custom Delahaye-style grill,

Tony's gonna have to design something

and cut something,

then we're gonna have to modify

that grill shell.

It's not good to have a $4,500

steering wheel sitting on a shelf,

but we will use that stuff later.

It's not a loss.

Oh, it's a loss. Trust me.

We've already spent about half

of that 60 grand on this build.

So any extra time or money

that we pour into this car

is definitely gonna eat away

at our profit.

I don't like going back

with a full-loaded trailer.

Tell me about it.

[theme music playing]

[engine revs]

-[calliope plays]

-[child] I want to see the show.