11x05 - All About the Bad Bass

[bunniefuu]

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[WHISTLES] Hey! Lazybones come here.
He must be talking to y'all.

I think he's talking to you.

For once, y'all ain't in trouble.
We're not in trouble?

So, here it is, voila!

ALL: Wow!
Hey, look at that!

Get your paws on some of that stuff.

We made the cover, whole bunch
of pictures inside. Bad-a*s, man.

Big double spread.

I don't know about y'all,
but at my meagre 48 years old,

the cover of Hot Rod magazine
is pretty freakin' cool.

You're only 48?
Yeah.

I know you can't tell by the grey.

But to be on the cover of
Hot Rod magazine is pretty far-out.

Brian Bass brought the vision,
you guys had the skills

and freakin' k*lled it.
What month? March.

March.
Dude, this looks so good.

I'm pumped.
That's awesome.

We're got a cover, dude! I just
about made all my bucket list.

[LAUGHTER]

Gimme that, Mike.
What?

I don't get to keep one?
No, dude. Ten bucks apiece.

Bam! Cover!

Ten bucks apiece?
I'll go buy my own.

[ENGINE REVS, TYRES SQUEAL]

Whoo!

'Right now on Fast N' Loud,

hot rod Hunter Richard Rawlings
and the Gas Monkey crew...'

I'm outta paint.

'..need to mix up a miracle.'

'If they're going to finish
their F-100 build.'

You diggin' these colours yet?
It looks like ketchup and mustard.

'In time to reveal it
to Richard's mystery buyer.'

Ta-da!
What?!

'And then,

Richard lines up a legendary first.'

First In Line Indy van.
You gonna trust us by ourselves?

Yeah.
'Before rocketing down to Florida.'

'To try and break a 300 mph
speed record.'

Whoo!

Everybody good?

Doing the shuffle.
This way a little bit.

Towards Jeremy. Mm-hm. Come down.

Yep. I like it, I like it.

Yep, that's crooked as can be, guys.
Come on, now.

Whoa! Fixed it.
That was close.

Thanks, you almost got my thing.

We're about halfway through
our '59 F-100.

The guys have blown apart
the mock-up

and now I'm waiting for them
to get the cab over to my site.

You want to know why I'm bald?

Richard gave us a crazy
five-colour paint scheme,

but I can't work on the bed until
the guys get the wheel tubs fixed.

Teeter-totter.

Tubbing the wheels was never
part of the plan.

We'll make it work.

When we dropped
the bed onto the chassis,
we ran into a big problem.

Something is not right.

The brakes in the end of the axles
are underneath the bed, basically.

Did they build us a rear
for a stepside?

The chassis was built for a stepside
but we have a fleetside.

Fleetsides have the wheel wells
inside the bed.

Stepsides have the wheel wells
outside the bed.

The difference for us,
there's no clearance for the wheels.

Shipping out a new rear end
would hold us up too long,

so break out the saw
and tub those wheel wells.

Meanwhile, I have Charles swapping
up the valve covers on the LS.

Is it ready?
Oh, yeah.

About that five-colour paint job,
why is he going with that?

This is gonna be the sketchy part.
I don't know.

Richard is being really secretive.

All the way in the booth?
Yeah.

What I do know is that we need
to have it ready in two weeks.

Oh, my gosh!

Hey. You got a second?

Man, I just got here...
I know. This is important.

Well, you're already up in it.

I've got some good news
and some bad news.

Bad news is, the chassis
is for a stepside bed
and we have a fleetside.

But the good news is,
we are going to tub the bed,

and this is gonna take time.

Pretty much, when something's
going too good to be true,

it's probably not going that well.

Bam! Let's go for a ride.

Whoo!

Hold on, Mike.
I'm gonna try to go fast.

When I picked up this F-100,
I got the guys on it rightaway.

Ya!

But I didn't let them
in on one detail.

They're building it
for Shiner Brewery.

We'd like you to do a project.
Really?

But there's a catch.
We don't need to see the plans,

but we want to see the car
before we make a deal.

We don't like it, we're out.
Not a problem.

If you dig it, you dig it.

Here's why I'm not telling
the Monkeys.

I don't need anyone
bragging about the build,

because the deal is not done
until Shiner people see it.

And I don't want to jinx the deal,
so I'm keeping them in the dark.

[CLAP]
[LAUGHS] What up with that?

[LAUGHTER]

[EXHALES]

What are you doing at my desk?

Looking at paint invoices.

I'm trying to get a cold beer,
and you're at my desk.

A lot of paint going on,
a lot of invoices, for five cars?

No, five colours.
One car. Actually, it's a truck.

No-one's told me anything.
I'm not telling those guys either.

And that reminds me, on the 23rd,

I need a party at
Gas Monkey Bar and Grill,

a couple of hours
for 100 people.

Since Shiner aren't going to pay up
until they see it and they like it,

I'm putting them on the spot
by unveiling it in front of
a whole bunch of people.

For mystery client?
I got this.

Now, will you get out my seat?
Absolutely.

I'm sure Daphne's wondering
what's up my sleeve,

but right now I've got
a get out of town,

and I got some interwebbings to do.

OK, your office.

I get paid to drink beer
and play with cars.

You gotta actually do the work.

[TOOTS]

How about this, man?

Three amigos chilling out
in Yuma, Arizona, man.

Middle of nowhere.
Not where I figured I'd end up.

Well, hopefully we'll make it
out of here,

but at the end of the day,
this is a cool deal.

It's a Ford van, and it's got
a pretty wicked story to it.

This guy Larry, for 37 years,

he was first in line at the
Indianapolis 500 every single year

when they opened the gates -


Ford finally gave him
a brand-new van.

I love cars with weird stories
and history,

and this one is just weird enough
to fly out here and check it out.

I called Dennis because he might have
a good time,

and we're gonna jump over
to Scottsdale.

And I did know that Chris
was in town,

so we had to drag him along.

What could have been some fun
is gonna be a sh*t-ton of fun.

There it is.
Supercool.

What's going on, sir?
How you doing?

Richard.
Brian Blohm.

How you doing?
Glad to meet you.

This looks like the pictures.
Pretty cool!

My name's Brian Blohm,
I'm from Arizona.

I worked in a wrecking yard
here in Yuma.

So, fill my buddies in,
because you told me on the phone.

This Larry er...
Bisceglia.

He drove it from here up to
the Indianapolis 500 Speedway.

He'd get there between


so he'd be first in line.
Good grief! Yeah.

They donated this thing to him.
They gave him a lifetime pass,

so he could get into the gates
for free.

No kidding? And this thing runs?
Yes, sir.

So, how did you end up with it?

I got it from the junkyard.
My boss passed away,

and they were going to sell
the yard, and all the cars.

This was gonna get crushed,

so they gave me the van.

So, I'm working from your zero...
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

I'm trying to do the math,

you got somewhere between zero
and $300 in it.

Did I say I BOUGHT the van?

[LAUGHTER]

I saved this thing from the crusher,

because I knew there was a little
bit of history behind it.

Cool, you got some pictures.
Oh, yes.

Super rad.

"Larry Bisceglia, Indianapolis
is honouring him

for his enthusiasm and spirit
that he brings to the Speedway,

proclaimed now May 26th
is Larry Bisceglia Day."

That's awesome.
It's freaking supercool!

You don't have a day.
I don't have a day. [LAUGHTER]

It doesn't seem like you've hardly
done anything to it.

I've just got it running.
Cool.

Let's fire it up.
Let's do it.

You gonna trust us by ourselves?
Go ahead.

All right.

[ENGINE FAILING TO START]
Don't fail me now.

[ENGINE STARTS]

It's got brakes.
Jesus Christ! [LAUGHS]

It's like being
at a drive-in museum.

Frickin' rad, dude!

Is this the motor?
Watch out, dude. Look at that.

This thing may be old and dirty
but it's pretty original.

Punch it, see what it'll do.

Can you do a burn-out?

[LAUGHS]
Yeah...no.

Are you gonna punch it?
[LAUGHS]

Uh-oh, something's shaking.

I don't even know why
I want this thing.

This is a dirty, dusty,
piece of crap,

but I'm digging it,
this thing is authentic,

and it's got some serious history.

It just needs a little bit of love,
so I'm down. I want to buy.

Got any windshield wipers?

Hey, look, they work!

[LAUGHTER] I think we can
drive it back to Dallas.

Let me know how that works out.

That left front wheel is
about ready to follow.

Looks like a few of the lugnuts
are loose.

Wow!
What did you hit?

Nothing. Surprisingly.

What's this thing worth?
Probably 300 bucks?

But this one is special,
so we'll see what he wants.

All right, so I dig it.

So, what is it gonna take to buy it?

I'd like to get 7,500 out of it.

I don't think it's worth anything.

It's got a little history,

but it's still just an old
Ford Falcon van.

I mean, what's that worth,


It's got to be worth more than that.

It's the First In Line Indy van.
I gotcha.

The Indianapolis 500 Museum
wanted the thing,

so it's got to be worth something.

Well, I know, but I got to it first.

I know you're at 7,500.
I can't do that.

[EXHALES]
I dunno, how about 4,500 bucks?

Oh, well.
It's a Falcon van.

But look at the history behind it.

So, what's the best deal
right now cash?

You got cash?
I always have cash.

You got to come up from 4,500.

OK, 5,000.

Ah.


since you started at zero,

is going to be outstanding.

Well, I did put time and money...

I put a starter fuel pump,
tie rod, tyres.

Did you put the left
front wheel on?

I'm not claiming I did that.
[LAUGHTER]

I tell you what,
you come up to 5,500,

you got a deal.

Is it worth $5,500? Probably not.

But once I saw it in person,

it's really a pretty cool
piece of history,

and I don't feel like leaving
empty-handed today, so fine.

Cool, so 5,500?
You got a deal.

k*ller! Let's go in
and do some paperwork.

I'm gonna have to have it picked up,
cos Big Chris ain't doing it.

Why do they call you Big Chris?
I have a large personality, sir.

He wants five different colours.

'Paint problems slow Mike down.'
It's a different brown.

Whoo!

'And Richard speeds towards
a new record.'

Two helicopters trying
to map it out.

You do 300, I'll do 310.

Honey, I'm home!

Who ordered the brown chassis?

That looks like two sticks of poop.
Nice and brown.

That's exactly what I was thinking.
[LAUGHTER]

Well, it looks like it's going

to match the weird colours
Richard wants.

He wanted out, he got out.

He wants five different colours.
In what, two weeks?

The chassis is back
from powder-coat,

and it'd looked pretty sweet...
under a brown truck.

Those the spray-outs?
Yes. Rad!

These guys don't realise
that Shiner's used

these five colours
for over 100 years.

You want all five of those colours
on this truck?

You don't know till you try.

I see five colours on a truck,
just not these five.

Yeah, just put it down.

Richard's pretty good at
wheeling and dealing.

Where do you want this at?

But he'd better hope that
that guy he has in mind

buys this truck, because if not,
what the hell we gonna do with it?

# Fat guy with a rear end

# Fat guy with a brown rear end #

Richard expects this to go as fast
as any other paint job,

which is ridiculous.

You can't really protect
yourself right now.

Not really the case on this one.

I have to sh**t the colour,
let it cure...

That was close to the McNuggets.

..tape it up, sh**t another colour,
let it cure,

tape it up, and so on and so forth.

See where I'm going with this?

Er, Mike, can you paint the third
member and the steering today?

Maybe.
Brown to match, please.

Maybe.

The good news is,
there's no green or black.

Bad news is,
I've got to colour-match
the suspension parts.

That didn't take long.
What we looking at?

That'll work.

That'll work?
It's a different brown.

Look.
Close...but no cigar.

This can't be overlooked.

There's no way I can leave
mismatched colours on this truck.

You take one of those pieces,
try to match? Yeah.

Let me play with it a little bit.

Thanks, Mike.
[SIGHS]

Looks like it's back
to the mixing bench.

Uh-oh.

I'm out of pain.

I need 85.4, I don't know
that I'm going to get there.

It's like when you're showering
and you're out of soap.

Richard's dead set on
all five of these colours.

If we were doing green,
I've got 55-gallon drums of paint.

If we were doing black, same thing.

I got tons of it.

I made it.

Whoo!

That's way better.

Than that.

Now that I have the right formula,

I could spend all night
repainting parts.

Whoo-hoo.

[CHUCKLES]

That is what I'm talking about.
Is that yellow or is that YELL-OW?

That's the colour you picked.

I know Mike has been struggling
with the colour.

He thinks that is banana yellow,
but it's Shiner Beer yellow.

Part of my masterplan
to sell this truck.

It's looking good, man.

Got the gold on the bottom.

Yellow on the top, and we are doing
cream on the inside.

Cream in here with the wood.
Mm-hm.

So, the sides will be cream,
like the inside
and engine compartment.

Then Tony's finishing up
the tailgate.

Then we removed the letters.

Well, you put a new metal panel
in here.

No, we hammered out the bodywork.
Yeah, right [!]

[LAUGHS] It took forever.
It took forever.

It's not green or black.
It is not green or black.

I think it's gonna look all right.

I do, too, but it is bright.

I know it looks weird, but trust me,
it's gonna look great,

and I'm gonna sell this customer
for a big old number.

All right, keep going.

I'm leaving town and I need to see it
done by the time I get back.

We're about seven...

..25.

If we could run earlier, we should.
Yeah, well, it's got to be light.

Whoo!
What's up, Richard?

Ready to go fast?
I think so, man.

How you doing, man?
Car looks great, man.

Well, it says Gas Monkey on it.
Yeah, that's the biggest thing.

I wouldn't leave the Monkeys
on such a tight deadline,

but this was something I had to see.

Jonny has something
called the Badd GT.

It's a 2005 GT
that he's been driving around.

It's a street-legal car,

which packs a 2,700 hp engine.

I hooked up with Johnny after
seeing videos of his Badd GT online.

Supercool, man!

Ready to roll.
I'm ready to rock.

I was so blown away,
I decided to sponsor his car.

Johnny gave me a call
about two years ago,

and he said, "Man, I just set
the record, 283 mph,

in a street tagged, titled,
inspected street car.

We've had three Indianapolis 500
winners in this car and driven it.

He drives this to work every day.
So, that's the difference.

You can put a race car out here,
or a drag car,

and go pretty fast.
This is a street car.

That's the important part,
street legal.

Your old record is 283?
That's correct.

How are we gonna get to...


I changed all the gears
and the transmission,

and we're making a lot more power.
Well, there you go.

I say 310. That's what I'm thinking.
I like that.

[CHUCKLES]

After he set the record at 283 mph,

I had a lot of following
on the old interwebs,

and when me and Johnny got
to talking, I was like,

"We gotta go for over 300."

He goes, "Man, I'm in."

First 300 mph monkey. Let's do it.
[CHUCKLES]

Whoo! I'm ready.

Once we finish prepping the car,

we'll head out for some
straight-line, aerodynamic testing,

and see if we can't
beat his old record.

This needs to be tightened down,
both sides.

If we're actually able
to beat 300 mph,

that is gonna be a video that is seen
by millions all over the interwebs,

with the Gas Monkey logo on it.

I gotta get me a helicopter.

[LAUGHS]

Driving a card over 300 mph
can go catastrophically wrong,

so you need a huge team to make sure
everything is right.

Two helicopters trying to map it out,

safety crews every 200-300 feet.

It is gonna be a massive, massive
deal.

We're using the strip where they used
to land the space shuttle.

Johnny's attempt can only be done
on an airstrip

when the temperature is low
and the wind is near zero,

or else the car could flip.

Not to mention, the car needs
a parachute to stop.

Ready for this?
Hell, yeah!

This could go really, really well,
and I hope it does.

But we do not need any mistakes,

because this is not a game.

This is serious business.

All right, man, you ready?
I'm ready, dude.

Good luck. Be safe out there.
I will, man.

You got a long way to go, though.
I know, it's crazy.

That is nuts!

You do 300, I'll do 310 next year.
Yeah, you probably will. [LAUGHS]

Gas Monkey's all about
speed, performance,

and anything else that kicks a*s.

Johnny's Badd GT's
got all that and more,

and if he breaks 300, the whole
world will see we were a part of it.

All right, we're ready on our end.

When the helicopter takes off,
we'll follow.

It's like a land-based m*ssile
driving a car like this.

The car's gonna throw down
a really big number,



I think we're ready.
I love the smell of
speed in the morning.

The way we'll see if
Johnny hits 300 mph

is radar speed traps
and the GT's on-board computers.

I'm going to sit down
at the end with the timer,

and we'll see what happens.
Timing is green.

There we go.

Make sure the printer works,
we're gonna need that piece of paper.

[ENGINE REVVING]

It looks terrible.
Yes.

I don't like how far out it is,
how low it is,

and we still got to put a hitch
underneath this thing, too.

Yeah, but that's the factory mounts,

the factory bumper
on the factory body,

and that's the way it came.
Who says we have
to leave it that way?

Nobody.
All right.

Wanna flip it over?
I was thinking that.

I was thinking we should flip it,
one...

cos it probably looks better.

Two, this cut-out here
for the licence plate would
actually work in our favour,

and we could put a hitch
underneath that. OK.

Three, it's not factory,
so it'll be very cool.

And when you look at the outsides,
they're reverse taper with the body,

so it'd be cool to have.

It kind of looks upside down,
even though I know it's not.

It looks upside down.

[ENGINE REVVING]

Look at that! Ha-ha!

All right, hit the brakes.

The parachute snapped off
when Johnny hit the brakes,

so safety crews are
scrabbling into action.

Man, I hope he's all right.

[RADIO] 'Good stop, good stop.

He stopped before the end
of the track, guys.'

The chute didn't open,
the rotor's gotta be smoked.

I mean, to stop that thing, whoo!

Nobody's gone 300 mph
and braked on steel breaks.

So, we don't know what
they can actually do.

We know now.
And his brake lights came on.

[LAUGHS] Love it!

So, we gotta get down to the car
and find out what the computer says

we did after the time trap.
So, what happened?

We're waiting for the camera guys.

I don't know what the top mph is
until we get in here.

What happened to the chute?
I don't know... That was bad.

It ripped off. [CHUCKLES]

Literally ripped off.
Yeah, I was cookin'.

This was awesome, man.
Richard showed up

with great expectations,
and we gave him a show.

It was wicked. It was like whoosh!

Johnny said the car felt good,

everything worked
like it was supposed to.

He felt like he got
a little bit more speed.

Is it showing the speed?

[COUNTING]
That one right there.

All right. Now we'll see
what that one says.

Johnny's team doesn't mess around.

They use all the latest tech
to figure out his exact speed.

When you're going for a record
of over 300 mph,

it's got to be by the book.




Damn!

Hey, Lundy! 292!


It's still 292 mph, dude.
That's like a f*cking turtle.

I was wanting 310, 312.

Hey, man, you guys k*lled it, man,



For a car you take your daughter
to school in.



It wasn't the 300, but Johnny broke
his old record of 283.

This is a real street car,
not a fancified race car.

This 292 mph in
a freakin' street car.

That is the sh*t.

You guys get packed up,
I'll meet y'all at the bar.

It's too much brown.

Way too much brown.
There is not enough to break it up.

Back here, it's even worse.

So, what do you think?

I say we get rid of them,
and do the same colour as -

Red?
Yeah, the motor.

That way, they'll match the brakes,
and there'll be some contrast,

because otherwise it is all brown.
That's too much.

We ran across some springs,

and, well, we just didn't
like all the brown.

It's too much.

[WHISTLING]

So, they want to go with these red.

Good day, sir. I say, good day.

Ooh. I like your red.

It's gonna be the same colour
as these.

# Duh-duh-duh-da-da-da-da #
Charlie Brown's here.

That's what it reminds me of,
a Charlie Brown shirt.

I finally feel like we're making
progress on the F-100.

We got the cab back, now we need
to reassemble the front end.

As soon as we lift the cab,
roll that frame.

One, two, three.

Keep going, keep going.

These colours are something special,
official.

But Richard swears
he's dialled it in.

Is this the first time we are seeing
every colour together? Yeah.

It'll be one of the most unique
paint jobs I've ever done.

It looks like ketchup and mustard
and mayonnaise.

Food truck for sure.

I bet Richard has us
building a food truck.

It makes me hungry.
The core support is ready.

If you want it.
The inter-fenders, too.

I'll bring y'all over some parts
just to get them out of my area.

Having multiple colours
on this truck

makes it even more important
we get the body lines right.

It'll be totally obvious
if the gaps are off.

I want the rubbers.
Wow. What happened over there?

Beat to sh*t.

This is all bent. This is KO'd.

The core support is wrinkled.

At some point, it got into
an argument and lost.

But now we got to get it
straightened out.

We are going to have
to do metal repair.
Wake up the neighbourhood.

[MACHINE WHIRRING LOUDLY]

Sometimes there is such a thing
as moving too fast.

It's easy to see how something
like this could slip through.

Beat that into submission.
Yeah.

Even though the wavy part
will be hard to see,
it's got to be done right.

This thing needs to come back
like a son of a b*tch.

f*ck. These gaps are all wrong.

I can stick my finger in this one.

That side needs to go down,
and that side needs to go up.

This side still has
a huge gap in it.

Now we are trying to line up
all the body panels,

and there was a significant wreck
at some point

that bent up the core support,

and that's keeping the fenders
from lining up.

Take that back out?
Yeah, we take it back out.

And we give it a little bow.

All right. Yeah.

We only have a few days, and we
are still trying to fit panels.
That's not good.

We have to get them right.
This still has Gas Monkey's
name on it.

We're gonna straighten everything
we can, fix what we need to fix,

and get it to Mike for the paint.

Anything? Am I fat enough?

All right, guys. Nice and easy.

Hey, now, there she goes.

The bottom on this is about
as tight as it's gonna get.

The door gapping is pretty good.

We dodged one b*llet getting
the front to fit.

The fender's level on both sides.

The cab measures true.

We got the front measuring true.

True, true...
True, true, true.

Now it's up to Mike to make up time
on this crazy paint scheme,

because we are days away from
showing this to the buyer.

Cab's on the money, front and back.
Cab's on the money.

That thing looks good, man.

So much better fit than a pre-pop.

You gonna be able to get that centre
support in after the fact?

Yes.
OK.

If not, I'll just curse it
and take it all back apart.

I like it.
Good.

I love it when a plan
starts coming together.

You digging these colours yet?
It's starting to grow on me.

[CHUCKLES]
Now that it's all coming together.

Yeah. That's gonna look sweet.

You gonna tell us why
we are doing this?

I'm trying to land a customer.

We got to show it to them
the day after tomorrow. [LAUGHS]

You might think I'm taking a risk
that Shiner won't like the colours.

But they've been using these
for 100 years.

If they don't like it,
I'm stuck with it.

What? [LAUGHS] I think I got
the customer landed but...

they want to see it,

so we're talking 45 to 50 hours
from now.

You know that we always say
time, time, and money,

but time really is money,
and if we don't get this thing done,

I might be auctioning this off
for charity.

What are you going to do if
the customer doesn't buy it?

It's what y'all are gonna do -
tear it apart and repaint it.

You think about that.
I got faith that y'all finish it,

and y'all gotta have faith
that I'll sell it.

You do realise
how much work that is?

It's not all about money,
it's about pride and craftsmanship.

And money.
And money.

Well, boys,
looks like we're camping.

Hey, Mike, guess what.

While Mike is still busy
painting the bed,

Tony and I are working out the last
of the fitment issues.

[CREAKING]

Sounds like an old trapdoor. Eeeeek!

Getting this done is
all hands on deck.

Hey, Chad? I need something
really important.

This is vital.

Put your hand right here.
OK.

And listen to him.

Don't move.

I always get the fun, important
things [!]

You're doing a great job.

There is still all the plumbing
and wiring to do.

Our repair to the core support
did not cause any major problems.

Charles is going to have
his hands full.

Looks clean. I like it.

Hold this up.

Just trying to see
how much safety...

How far you can get the bumper
away from the body?

How much safety we need in there.

We never fitted the front one.
We just didn't have time

before we had to go get things done.

I had a feeling this might happen.

Yeah, so uh...

what's your solution?

Make something to go in there?

No, I'm going to chop the rails,
and re-drill...

It's just four holes and a chop,
and slot everything in.

There's nothing technically
wrong here. This is what it was,

but it could be better,
and since we've done
the back better,

I'm gonna suck the front up better.

What do you think the number is?

I'm gonna say...

that that's probably five and a half
to six inches away from the body,

so take about four inches
out of that.

But four inches is still cool
if I can get it.

We're try to keep with
the stock load for the '59 Ford.

But the bumper just won't work.

I don't have time to fix it,
but it's got to be done.

Why is y'all just sitting around
staring at the bumper?

Look how far it is away.
Yeah.

How far away is the back?
Not that far.

But it's stock.
We didn't change the stock position.

In the back we did.
You trimmed it?

Er, yeah.

But easy thing, I just measure
back a couple inches,

slice it, he'll make me up
some paint,

there's two holes on each side,
done.

Um...

We already powder-coated the frame.

Yeah, but I already mixed paints
for some of the suspension stuff,

and it's a dead-on match.

All right, erm...

if the back's that close,
we have to cut the front.

Yeah. And this is not...
This is not us.

This isn't us.

This isn't Gas Monkey. Nah.

All right, cool.
Whack it, get it done,

cos we don't have any time and I've
still got to get this thing lettered.

Yeah.

That's all there is to that.
I think I hit my mark.

I'm trying to knock out
the hitch this morning,

it's really supposed
to just bolt on,

but being a custom build,
nothing works right.

It's just one thing on a long list,

plus I'm going to get
the licence plate mounted
with the reverse lights.

It actually hooks up there
like this.

Just need to knock things
off the list

and get it all up there
as best I can,

put it where I think it needs to be,

according to the bumper,
the licence plate bracket.

This has got to get done,
and I hope I still got time
to finish everything else.

Hey, Jason?

What do you think of this?

Dude, I like that.

I think that's k*ller. The back of
the truck needed something.

And it has reverse lights now.

And it's got a hitch underneath.
Yep, that's the whole point of
the licence plate sticking out,

it's hiding the hitch.

Just flip it up, and I got
the stopper in there.

A little plug.

Big time.

And Chad's getting me a longer one.

Yeah.
Cos this one...

Tucks into that licence plate.

Yeah, the new one will be
a little longer

and sit out like that.

You still have your licence plate
on there.

So, I'll give Mike the news,
he's got something else to paint.

Looks awesome.
Thank you.

And I think he'll feel the same way.
Right.

Mike!

He's gonna tell Mike gold.
This is gonna be funny.

But right now, Mike needs
a hand with the bed.

I won't lie, I'm not gonna miss
having this truck in the booth.

It's not unheard of
to do multiple colours,

but like said,
it takes a mess of time.

Ragh!

Whoa, whoa, so close.

That was scary.

And what's always in short
supply here - time.

Well, time and yellow paint.

Now I'm ready to get it all bolted
down and see it drive out the door.

I dig it. I dig it like
French fries and ketchup.

[CHUCKLES]

I gotta move final assembly
closer to the office

so I don't have to walk so far.
[CHUCKLES]

Freakin' sweet! How good is that?
That gives you time to drink beer.

No, this looks rad.

The guys told me the truck was ready
to start, and I like to be out there.

It's good to see the fruit
of these guys' work,
and the fruits of my money.

The truck's looking good.
Now, is it sounding good?

It's gonna sound really good.
Will it start?

The truck looks great,
interior looks great.

But is it gonna run?

Moment of truth.
Right now.

[ENGINE CLICKING]

[ENGINE STARTS]
I was only kidding.

[LAUGHS]
You had me, man. You had me.

Love it.

Is the pick-up tube hooked up
for sure?

Y'all running around like you're
worried about something.

It's making a lot of racket.
You worried? Yeah.

Dry.
Is it dry?

It's bone dry.

So, we got no oil coming to the top?

It's hard for me to sell a car
that ain't got no oil at the top.

Usually, if engines don't have oil
on the top of the motor,

it'll probably seize up.

See, I was all excited
about the way it looks.

Car building 101, oil definitely
needs to go to the top.

This looks like that poster
you can buy at the flea markets,

with all the guys standing around,
only one guy working.

Truck's looking great,
the colours really came together,

and I think I can sell it -
it just don't work.

I'm coming back in an hour.

This is the mundane part.
Building it all is the fun part.

Getting through all of the different
systems and getting some miles on it,

it gets a little boring.
And pisses me off.
And costs me money.

It's got 40 lbs of pressure in it.

How can it have pressure
and not be coming up?

This is not the time
to take chances.

If the oil doesn't come up and
soak the top of the valve train,

the friction of metal on metal

is gonna make the valve train
suffer considerably.

I'd hate to crater an expensive
motor like this.

At worse, this could have us
tearing apart the motor,

but I'm sure this is just
us being paranoid.

At best, it's something simple.

I'll let you know what's going on.

To hedge my bet, I'm gonna get
the engine builders on the phone.

I want to talk to you.

We have it showing oil pressure,
so everything's good on that.

Is there something
we can troubleshoot?

The builder had the answer.

I figured we were being paranoid,
but yeah.

Perfect, I'll let you know.
Thanks, man.

Pull the plugs and the fuel pressure
sensor out and re-prime it.

It's been sitting for a little bit,
just to re-prime it,

and he said you'll be fine,
but do that as a safety precaution.

We did what they said,
re-primed the oil pump,
and that did the trick.

[ENGINE STARTS]

There's oil up there.
Excellent.

Yeah, there's oil up there now.

We're in a big rush
to get a car done,

taking a deep breath before
charging ahead can save a motor.

Disaster averted.

Sounds pretty healthy
when it's idling. Yeah.

Imagine what it'll do when
it's tuned. I know, right?

[HORN BEEPS]
What the hell is this?

Dude, it's Shiner.
Now, that makes sense.

Yeah. The yellow.

That's why it's that colour.
Seriously?

Hey, man, I told you
I had a customer.
It makes sense now.

Yeah, that makes a lot more sense.

Now all we got to do
is sell them on it.

Here we go, guys and gals.

This is our 1959, short-bed,
big-window Ford truck.

I got the truck bought
and told the guys,

"Let's just do an easy build
that we've done before."

Well, that didn't last long,

because Shiner were looking
for a promotional vehicle.

We don't like it, we're out.

I'll take that chance.
I'm a gambling guy.

With 150 grand on the line,
I need to put

more money and effort into
the build to get it done.

Since we're up in the build,
we're not gonna keep
that six-cylinder in there,

and I'm changing the colour,
and not telling
the guys what's going on.

We went with a 500-horse
monster of an LS3.

Now, we've got to push
that power into something,

so we got a nice overdrive tr*nny
with a 4l70E,

that takes all the power out
of the motor and crams it
right to the rear wheels,

where we want it.
Boom!

I wanted to make sure that we had
the right suspension to handle

the horses that we were going
to put in this thing.

We skipped the airbags,

because this needs to be
a work truck.

When it comes to braking,
we went with

six-piston in the front,
four-piston on the back,

and 13-inch rotors
all the way around.

We ended up getting the truck built,

and I had it hand-lettered
by my boy Brian Bass.

This is all real deal,
this isn't stickers.

So, either they're gonna like it,

or I'm their new brand ambassador,
and I'll be driving it like this.

I invited the Shiner people
to Gas Monkey Bar and Grill,

and I'm going to show them the truck.

You guys built a k*ller truck.
I've been driving it all day,

so it's rad.
You give it the seal of approval?

I give it the seal of approval
when we sell it. You haven't?

They've never seen it.
[LAUGHS] I'm glad it's your money.

Mike, go into the bar,
ask for Sidney and Nick,
and tell them not to look.

This one I really had some fun with,
not telling the guys,

and telling them to trust me,
I've got a potential customer.

They're just like,
"Whatever, you're the boss."

Nick and Sydney.
Turn them around. Ready, guys?

All right, check it out.

Ta-da!
What?!

What do you think?
This is it?

The tyre's flat. Like, what is this?

No, seriously, turn around.

[LAUGHTER]

Bam! This is a '59 Ford, short-bed,
big-window, pretty rare truck,

as far as finding a good one.

Absolutely done,
every single nut and bolt.

We went with a custom chassis.
It's pretty slick.

We threw a bad-a*s truck together,
put the right logos on it,

and brought it out to show it off.

Was it a risky move? Hell, yeah!

The risk is equal to the reward.

It's a $150,000 truck, guys.

These are not decals.
This is all hand-painted on

the way they would have done
back in the day.

Since you've been around since 1909,
I didn't want stickers.

That's beautiful.
Hop in there. All right.

I'm beating you to the punch.

I love this interior,
the stitching, this is awesome.

Check out the gauges, direct fit,
and it works with the motor,

and you might see
a little custom touch.

I love this, right there.
That's good detail.

That's great.

We try to make these things
look the way they look,

but this will drive
like a brand-new truck.

Yeah, absolutely.
Check it out.

[ENGINE STARTS]
Whoa!

Whoa!

I started it up, it sounded great,
had to do that.

I was a little jealous.

So, this is where all the fun
happens. Beautiful.

A 500-horse, 500 lbs of torque,
coil-overs all the way around.

A k*ller system on the brakes.

You've got more brakes
than you'll ever need,

even if you're carrying
a load of beer.

Well, there you go.
Do we have a deal?

Sounded good. It looks good.

You're sold, right?

Come on.

Yes.
Absolutely!

Yes!
[CHEERING]

Everybody is gonna love this truck.
Boom! Gas Monkey got paid!

For what he put into this,
I think this is well worth it.

Absolutely. Write the cheque.

Time to have a little
celebration Shiner.

What stood out was the colour.
That yellow was spot-on greatness.

So, is the beer free?
Yeah, it's paid for.

It's on Shiner's tab.

We made a truck in 30 days.

My guys k*lled it,
they built the truck for me,

and now I'm going to go k*ll it,
like a six-pack. [LAUGHS]