Russell: Oh, mike.
I thought I've seen
everything in texas.
Now you guys actually have
motorized vehicles
with saddles on them?
I guess so, man.
I don't know.
Oh, great.
He found a mobile bar.
-Oh, great.
-Belly up to the bar, boys!
Yeah!
♪
what's the fastest
you ever driven this thing?
Oh, let's not find out.
[ laughs ]
just take it easy now.
This ain't no bucking bronco.
Whoo!
Man: Hey, yo, watch out
for that dump trunk.
[ truck horn blares ]
[ laughter ]
holy [bleep]
I'm glad you guys
are on that side.
[ engine revs and tires squeal ]
[ chuckles ]
whoo!
Narrator:
Right now, on "fast n' loud"...
Boom!
...Hot-rod hunter
richard rawlings
and his crew of monkey
are blasting off...
Oh, yeah.
...Into a warp-speed build
of a '68 galaxie xl...
We got to
get it done quick.
Jason:
A little bit of rust peeking.
It's not looking good.
Narrator:
...But a rust invasion may
cause them to scrub the launch.
Why did we do all this?
The large gaping rust holes
in the quarter panels
when we took the rockers off,
we can't avoid.
[bleep]
narrator: Then...
-Is that charley pride?
-That is charley pride.
Narrator: ...A country-music
legend is singing the blues.
What do you want
us to do?
I want you
to fix my car.
Fix it?
Narrator: And...
-Whoa.
-There's a reason they call it
a suicide clutch.
Narrator: ...Richard gets his
hands on a chopper to die for.
You praying for me
or the bike?
Both. Both.
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♪
russell:
So, are we going to see boba
fett and darth vader and stuff?
Richard:
Why would we do that?
'cause you said we were going to
a galaxy far, far away.
No, we're going to see
a galaxie far, far away.
So, we're not going
to a galaxy far, far away?
I don't need this?
[ laughs ]
richard: There's a guy named ben
that I've been doing
some car deals with over the
phone, and a couple days ago,
he called me and said
he had a 1968 galaxie xl
with original paint,
original everything,
and it had
30,000 original miles,
and when you're talking about
a car that's that original,
it's worth jumping on a plane
and coming on up.
Hey, man.
What's going on?
Not too much.
Richard.
Good to meet you.
Benjamin.
Hey, ben. Russell.
Russell, how are you, sir?
Whoa. What is this?
This is
my good friend, dino.
Hey, dino.
Hey, man.
My name is ben.
I'm dino.
We own
this '68 galaxie.
This is a k*ller car
right here.
This is not
for sale.
-Okay.
-Everything's for sale.
[ chuckling ]
maybe.
Very cool. Well,
let's take a look at the '68...
Before I want to get
in the garage.
That looks cool, too.
Oh, wow.
♪
so, what's the deal?
Tell me about it.
Ben: Okay, so, it took us
3 years to buy this.
Why did it take 3 years
to buy it?
Couldn't strike a deal
with the guy.
We wait 3 years
to finally get this vehicle,
and I was really happy
about it
because we're trying to build
a galaxie collection.
But cash is king.
Yeah.
Richard:
1968 ford galaxie xl was ford
grabbing for the better idea.
Announcer:
Ford has a better idea.
Richard: Okay, I get it.
It's got all the stuff
to make it a cool hot rod...
They stay quiet,
real quiet.
...But with a smoother,
quieter ride.
Package then included
bucket seats
and hidden headlights.
It's a gentleman's hot rod.
Pretty rad.
This whole dashboard's cool.
Do you think this is
all original paint?
Yep.
Really?
Oh, yeah.
Quarters look good.
We start taking a look
at the car,
and the first thing
I think is "damn it."
it's not a bad car,
but it does have some rust.
I've got to discount
that right this second,
see if I can salvage the fact
that I've already flown up here
and get the car
bought or not.
Can we take it
for a drive?
Sure.
Cool.
[ engine starts ]
♪
we'll be back...
Hopefully.
♪
so, we've built a couple
of galaxies on this show,
but they've all been
completely different.
We built a '67 hardtop.
That was way back in season one.
Couple seasons back,
we built a '62 galaxie sunliner
convertible -- nice car.
Super cool.
We've done a few galaxies.
We haven't done one
like this,
and on top of that,
it's a rare car.
It's got the big tr*nny.
It's got the 428, 4-barrel,
automatic,
power steering,
power brakes.
I mean,
it's a k*ller car.
I just got to deal
with the rust.
Richard: I like it.
Russell: But...?
It just has a little bit more
rust and things than I thought.
Drives nice, though.
Golly.
Drives
extremely nice.
♪
[ laughs ]
that's pretty cool.
It'll get up and go.
So, you're getting, you know,
big v-8 power,
bucket seats, console,
disk brakes for cheap money.
I mean, this wasn't considered
a muscle car.
Right.
Even though this one is.
It's pretty cool.
♪
it drives like
a brand-new car.
-It does.
-It is unbelievable.
Which means it's not
going cheap.
You told me on the phone,
15 grand.
I can't pay that.
It's got
30,000 miles on it.
I mean, it's got a little more
rust than I thought.
It is surface rust.
I can deal with it.
But I can't pay $15,000
like you were talking about.
I was thinking
$17,000.
Well, okay.
Then this is good.
I'll buy it from you
for $15,000,
and sell it to him
for $17,000.
That works.
I like that deal.
Um...Man,
I don't know.
I'm probably
9,500 bucks.
I can't do it.
Why not?
Wouldn't be willing to.
Dino: When he first came out
at $9,500,
I tried to not be upset
or insulted,
but I'm not going to lie.
I was a little bit.
A little insulting.
You got to
come up a little.
That's just not going
to work for me.
I...
Damn. You moved fast
from $17,000.
But that's it --
bottom line.
How about 11?
You got cash?
I always have cash.
You've got a deal.
Alright, fine.
We landed at 11 grand.
He had the cash with him,
so we struck the deal.
At the end of the day,
it went to gas monkey garage,
and that's
pretty damn cool,
so I guess
I can be okay with it.
Hey, do we get a chance
to buy it back?
What are you going
to do with it?
Oh, well, yeah,
but it'll probably be more like
about 50
or 60 grand then.
Go figure.
Let me get some money out
of the back and sew this up.
I'm going to miss you.
It's a car.
♪
that thing is rad.
What year is it from?
That's the year
I was born.
Dude, I'm older than you?
Yeah, a little bit.
Golly,
that's embarrassing.
-Kam, what's up, man?
-Richard, what's up, buddy?
How are you?
Hey, russell.
What's up, man?
What brings you down?
Listen -- I got a car at my shop
that you got to come look at.
Oh, here we go.
What is it?
It's called a stutz.
A stutz?
A stutz.
Isn't that a kit car,
like, one for those four-doors?
No, that's actually an american-
built car from the '20s.
Elvis had one.
He's right.
Richard: In 1970,
stutz motor car of america
began producing high-end cars
with elaborate body designs
that hearken back
to the 1920s.
These showy, neoclassic rides
catered the posh sensibilities
of the ultra-rich and famous
who were the only people
that could afford the sticker
price of nearly 100 grand.
The rare stutz iv-porte had
a production run of just 3 years
and only
around 50 were made.
How do you have one?
There's, like,
none of those around.
I've got a customer
who brought it to me,
and this is something that's
over my hands to touch it,
something up your alley,
but you got to come look at it.
Alright,
let's go check it out.
I got a golf cart
right here, man.
Kam is a buddy of mine that
owns a shop across the street.
Now, normally, I wouldn't
pay him any attention telling me
to drop what I was doing
and come over,
but how could I pass up
an opportunity
to see something
that the king drove,
although his taste
was sometimes questionable.
I've never even heard
of a stutz.
It's an american car.
-Is that charley pride?
-That is charley pride.
Richard:
I knew he lived around here.
Well, I wasn't going to tell you
whose car it was.
Hi, mr. Pride.
Russell. How are you, sir?
Hi, russ.
Mr. Pride,
richard rawlings.
How are you?
Man, I'm awesome.
I like to think of myself
as being pretty cool,
and let's face it,
I am pretty cool,
but not charley
freaking pride cool.
Was it his car?
It's charley's car.
I told you it's worth your time
coming up here.
I didn't want to tell you
whose it was.
Well, where's it at?
It's right behind that thing
right over there.
I'm charley pride.
I sing country music
which is --
I'm a traditionalist.
I'm second only
to elvis presley
that sold the most records
on rca.
I have three grammys.
I have a star
on the hollywood walk of fame.
I belong to the grand ole opry.
I'm just glad that I was blessed
with the voice
to be able to do this.
Wow. It look like he had
a little fender bender.
Yeah, a little bit.
Yeah, I was making
a decision
whether I'm going to go
to denton
or I'm going to go
harry hynes over here on 635.
From the looks of it,
you should've went straight.
[ laughter ]
well, when I bought this car --
it's a 1980.
This is the fourth car
they ever made,
and it's called a stutz-iv.
Willie mays had one,
elvis had one,
and I bought the fourth one,
and no one had ever seen
nothing like it.
The body of the car
was made in torino, Italy,
and shipped over
and put on a pontiac chassis
and an oldsmobile engine.
So, what do you want
us to do?
I want you
to fix my car.
Fix it?
The first car shop
that I took the car to,
they couldn't fix it,
so I brought it over to kam.
Kam said, "I know a guy
that I believe can fix it."
the frame is bent.
This pulley is pushed.
The fan is wadded up.
Where are you seeing
the frame bent?
Frame is bent right here.
See why it's buckled right here.
Reality, you're going to have to
pull it apart,
and we're going to have
to straighten that frame.
Richard:
This isn't the kind of project
that we normally do here
at gas monkey.
Usually,
we take a car apart
and put it together
with our gas monkey spin,
but then again, charley pride
isn't our usual customer.
-So, we got our hood.
-Those are the hood.
Kam: And these are all the rest
of the parts, the fender.
I think the bumper is in there,
too, but it's all mangled up.
Geez.
We really don't do
this kind of work.
I mean...Can I have
some time on it?
Whatever
you want to take.
I know I'm not going to make
any real money off this,
but that doesn't mean
there isn't any value here.
This is a favorite car
of a music legend,
and the stutz, well, it's got
it's own legend out there
with a lot of celebrities.
That's brand recognition,
and that's part of marketing.
I can do the work.
I mean, I'm pretty sure
your check's good.
[ laughs ]
I tell you --
I like the way you talk.
Richard rawlings says
he's going to fix my car,
and I say
that's wonderful.
Let's get over to my shop
and do some paperwork,
and I'll get
this thing picked up.
It's the least amount
of travel for a tow job.
[ laughter ]
"mater needs to get the car!
Right at the corner."
sounds good to me.
Cool.
Let's go do it.
-Let's do it.
-We'll go do it.
[ engine revs and tires squeal ]
whoo!
Narrator:
Coming up on "fast n' loud"...
Oh, yeah!
...Richard wants the galaxie
build on warp drive.
Seven days.
...But will the monkeys
poke a hole in his theory?
-What did you do?
-It's not looking good.
Mike: Aw, man.
Damn!
Russell: The shipping company
took forever
to get this thing
down from minnesota, huh?
Richard: Yeah.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
Whoa. Whoa.
Oh, yeah!
Look at this.
[ engine revs
and tires screech ]
good thing
it's got good brakes.
-Yay.
-What the heck?
-That is a boat.
Your grandma getting rid
of her car or what?
-This...
-What is this thing?
...Is a rare specimen
of ford history.
This is a galaxie xl 1968.
It's big, alright.
console, one owner,
It drives like a dream.
I mean, this car is super
straight, super nice.
It's just not as nice
as I thought
it was going to be
when I got there.
The pictures did not
really tell the story.
I know you heard
the exhaust.
You know why it has sounds
like that?
'cause it's rusted out.
You know why?
Because it's the
original exhaust.
-That's why it's rusty.
-Hey, mike.
If the exhaust
is all rusty,
you can imagine what the bottom
of the car looks like.
Mm-hmm.
The car itself is great.
Some of the other pieces have
a little bit of surface rust,
but there's no rust
really rust through.
There's one small pocket
over there.
Mike:
The car looks pretty awesome,
but the thing about rust
that you can see
is it likes to hang out
with rust that you can't see,
and I got a bad
feeling about this.
Richard:
Here is what I'm thinking --
color-coordinate
the bumpers.
Lose the trim
on the bottom.
Accentuate
the stripe package.
Maybe, like, a bronzy
colored wheel, you know.
That's a good
description.
Leave the chrome trim.
The interior and everything
is flawlessly perfect.
The only thing wrong
with the entire interior
is this little
bitty tear right here,
and it's in the seam, so I'm
going to have dude fix it.
We throw a nice color-coded
paint job on it,
lose the vinyl top,
slam it,
some wheels, pull the engine,
motor, tr*nny,
everything else
like that.
Detail that part of it, make it
all look nice on the inside.
So, if I'm going to have paint
in the g*n, what color paint
am I going to have
in the g*n?
Same color.
You sure?
We could do it black.
We could do it --
we can't do it green
'cause we're all out,
but we could do it black.
But I like this color.
So, do some sprayouts
of the original color.
-Pull the paint code.
-So, just a quick freshen-up.
-Cool.
-Badass.
-I like it.
-Awesome.
-It's freaking badass.
Richard: Here's the plan for
a quick flip for an easy profit.
I gave the monkeys 7 days
and $6,000
to launch this 1968 galaxie
into the 21st century.
They're going to rip
the vinyl top off,
get rid of the bottom trim
completely,
color-match the bumpers
and the top,
and blend it in to match.
Mike will lay down a fresh coat
of the same color,
but a more modern,
glossy version.
The interior is in great
except for a small tear,
and we're going to gas monkey
this one up
and give it a mean stance.
The guys can do that
with all-new suspension
and a nice good wheel
and tire setup.
This could be a really quick,
easy moneymaker for us.
When do you
want it done?
I think this is a quick
presto chango, so 7 days.
We paid 11 grand.
I want to be in it
around $16,000, $17,000 total.
I want to try to double
our money on it.
By the way, 7 days
started this morning,
so you're
already down half a day.
We just got here now.
Yep.
Geez.
Alright, let's do it.
Let's get started.
♪
[ engine starts ]
♪
man: Oh. A little bit more.
Come on, mike. Stop.
Not bad.
Get out of the car.
Sound like a cop
over there.
Yeah.
So, we talked about everything
with richard,
so let's pull the front clip off
and get all the trim.
We're leaving
the interior.
We're going to get
all the drivetrain out.
Obviously, go through that,
and we're going to keep it
as minimal as possible.
We got to get it done quick.
And more importantly, we got
to get that roof off
and look
at what's under that.
-I'm ready for that.
-Yeah.
So, let's get started.
Josh: We're just about to start
tearing into the '68 galaxie,
and I'm really concerned
about underneath that vinyl top.
Those are
always a problem.
Any vinyl top
that I've ever taken off
has had huge rust --
the "b" pillars,
around the trunk.
Ohh.
I went for the bubble.
Now, would that off,
or would you take off
the trim first?
I'm going to
take this off first,
but I just needed to see
underneath here.
I've been waiting
to do that.
It's not terrible,
dude.
It's great.
♪
hey, well,
I tell you what.
This makes our timeline
more realistic
if we don't have
rust to deal with in here.
You sure this car is from
minnesota?
It's so satisfying.
I know, right?
Usually, we're going through
and tear everything up.
It's really satisfying
when you tear it off,
and there's
no rust [bleep]
got them
vinyl racing stripes.
Jason: To my surprise,
and yours, especially,
we ripped the top off,
and it was perfect.
The roof was perfect.
Mike: Yeah, and even the "c"
pillars have just surface rust,
which is rare because, usually,
these vinyl cover tops
divert water runoff
straight to the c pillars,
especially
at the base.
Man: Well, I'm pretty proud
of this roof.
♪
suspect down there, huh?
Just a little bit.
A little bit
in the corners?
Just a little bit
of rust peeking.
In the usual spots?
Mm-hmm.
Jason:
It's not looking good.
Ahh, our
old friend rust.
I had a feeling we were popping
this champagne just a bit early
when we didn't find
any rust under the vinyl top.
Here, jeremy. Jeremy,
can you grab that for me?
Jeremy: Sword fight.
Can you grab that for me?
Oh, yeah.
Okay, just grab that.
Pull it through if you can.
Oh, perfect.
Ugh.
What'd you do?!
Mike: Anytime that you can
easily pierce a hole
through a body panel...
Hell, yeah.
Exhaust cutout right here.
...You've got problems.
It makes sense that we would
find rust in the wheel well
because that's a common area for
water to pool up over the years,
even if it's just
a little bit over the decades.
Oh, man.
You got to remake
the whole corner of it here.
-Oh, man.
-Is it really getting worse?
-Yeah.
-Oh, it just keeps going.
Does it ever stop?
Josh: The teardown started with
just a little bit of rust --
totally manageable, but once
we started drilling deeper,
we found a little bit of rust
that turned into
a bunch of rust.
And if you've been paying
attention to our show,
you'll know that
that can be a profit-k*ller.
We need to get richard
to re-evaluate the time.
This is not good.
I think so.
Man: So, what
are we expecting?
Parts to fall off --
rusty pieces falling.
So, from what you've seen
so far, bad hopes.
Yeah, I'm not
too optimistic.
You ready?
Since we're really all
just gluttons for punishment,
it's time to get the galaxie
up in the air
and yank out
what's underneath it.
I swear its been underwater.
Look at it.
It's just been
up north, man.
It's pretty rough.
Is the floor good?
That's all I'm concerned about
is the floor.
Yeah. Let's see.
It's actually surprisingly good.
It looks solid, I mean,
surprisingly.
It's not that bad.
There's some rust
on the rockers,
but we can fix that.
The exhaust, obviously,
is not going to work,
but we're
replacing that.
Are we getting
suspension?
Yeah, new drag links and tie-rod
ends and stuff like that,
just little regular
mechanical parts.
Yeah, 7-day work
because we have 7 days.
Alright.
♪
damn!
Jeremy: With the floor looking
like it's in good shape,
I'll move ahead
and rip that old, rotted,
rusted soda exhaust out,
and that'll be that.
Hey, stop where you're --
just stop.
I've got
another thought.
Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
There's just too much rust
to do this any other way.
We're going to have to separate
the car, itself,
and I know
you're concerned about time.
Yeah.
It's a lot of time, man.
The way I look at it
is this --
if we separate the car, you've
got you two doing metalwork.
John and I can build
the entire chassis
after we get it powder coated.
I don't hate the idea.
It's just the time frame.
Richard's
going to be mad.
If we separate the chassis,
richard is going to be pissed.
But jason's got a point.
There's too much rust
on the body and the chassis,
so we're going to have
to divide and conquer
if we want
to meet the deadline,
and I just hope
richard sees it that way.
Let's bring out
the big tools.
Man: Ah, 7 days,
a couple thousand -- good flip.
Ugh.
[ engine revs and tires squeal ]
whoo!
Narrator:
Coming up, on "fast n' loud"...
Why did we do all this?
...The galaxie
build supernovas.
The large gaping rust holes
in the quarter panels
when we took the rockers off,
we can't avoid.
[bleep].
Narrator: And...
Rick: To me, this bike is, like,
the ultimate chopper.
It's fun to ride,
but it's not easy to ride.
Narrator:
...Richard's nerves rev up
on an 80 grand custom bike.
What do they say
in the redneck world?
"hold my beer
and watch this."
yeah.
Man: Jeremy, man the front one
so you can push it in.
-I'm on it.
-Okay, you ready?
-Set. Can we go?
-Let's do it.
Alright, going up.
Jeremy: We're in the middle
of the teardown
for the '68 galaxie,
and richard wants a quick flip,
but we're dealing
with a bunch of rust,
so we're forced to take
the body off the chassis
and attack it
from multiple fronts.
Richard is not going to like it,
but it's the best we can do.
Coming out.
Watch.
Oh, you guys rolled it.
I was like, "what the [bleep]?"
perfect.
I love it when our plan
comes together.
A little heavier
than I thought.
Yeah.
♪
[ power tools whirring ]
♪
I thought this was going to be
more of a garage-type build
and -- pssht! --
Lower it a little bit,
put some wheels on it
and paint it.
Jason:
That's all going to be true.
Why did we do
all this?
Your instructions were to keep
the car together,
interior, all that,
which it still has.
You have eight bolts that come
from the bottom
that hold this on,
but the large gaping rust holes
in the quarter panels
when we took the rockers off,
we can't avoid.
Top was fabulous.
We took that off.
There wasn't a bit of rust.
Absolutely perfect.
But these areas here,
not so much.
[bleep].
By taking the chassis out
from under the car,
we actually save time
because if we kicked in the car,
this all sits
in the meantime.
Well, I assume you're going to
want to go get this blasted.
No. No. No.
We're not going that far.
No, that stays. The plan
stays the same on the shell.
Man:
Do we still have 7 days?
Yeah. I mean,
I didn't --
I would've scrapped the project
before I went this far.
Well, but
you got to look.
This is actually faster
to do it this way,
believe it or not because
everybody can stay busy
at one time
rather than us waiting
on each other to be done.
[bleep]
you're still going to get
the same result
in the same time.
Actually, way better result --
way better result.
Damn it, man.
It looks
worse than it is.
It really does look worse.
This is actually a better plan.
Mike: One of the hardest tasks
us monkeys have is
getting richard to realize that
the cream puff he just bought
is being held together
with hopes and dreams
and a little bit of paint.
When he sees the light -- not
like miller lite or anything --
he lets us do
what we think is best.
I just hope our best
takes less than 7 days.
Come back, and I promise it
will look a world different.
Well, I'm not giving you
any more days.
You'll make more money
this way, too.
You'll make more money this way.
It'll be better.
♪
russell: Where are we going?
Strokers?
Yeah, man. So, my buddy
rick fairless owns a company
down the street
called strokers.
Real nice guy.
He's all about preservation
of the past here in dallas
and irving where he grew up,
and at his dealership,
he deals with vintage bikes
and new bikes.
Now it's starting
to make sense.
He's got a bike that I tried
to buy several times.
It's called
the easyrider's chopper.
Rick has got a bike at his place
that I have tried to buy,
I don't know,
since the late '90s.
It's a really
historic bike.
It's got a lot to do
with the chopper era
and easyriders and the magazine,
and he gave me a call today
and told me that he was thinking
he might sell it.
He was serious this time,
and I said,
"dude,
I'm bringing cash."
russell: This place looks like
an amusement park.
Oh, yeah.
Tie-dye and weird
statues of animals
and fictional characters
and...
You hadn't
been here yet?
No.
Holy cow!
This place on saturdays
and sundays --
rack packed full, jamming live
music, cold beer, burgers.
Really?
This place is awesome.
Richard: Yeah. Hey, rick.
What's up?
Rick: Hi, boys.
What's happening?
Wow, man.
I am rick fairless, and I own
strokers dallas motorcycle shop,
and richard and I have been
talking about
this custom easyriders chopper
that I've had forever.
I hate it that you want
to sell it,
but I'm a buyer
if it's right.
So, I brought my helmet.
Let's go look at it.
Alright, cool.
-Oh, that's not it?
-That ain't it.
It's way cooler
than that.
♪
whoa!
Now is that cool
or what?
Russell: The rims are awesome.
The color is awesome.
It's a good size.
It's a good layout.
The rake's nice.
Okay, so, this bike was built
by pat kennedy,
who was a chopper god,
and pat built this
for keith ball.
He was the editor
of easyriders magazine.
So, this bike is
a very famous bike
that was built each month
through the pages
of the magazine.
So, you could follow it before
reality tv. That's awesome.
And, so, keith and I
got to be good buddies,
and, so,
when I opened my shop,
I asked if I could borrow
this bike for the grand opening.
Sure.
And he let me borrow it,
and it never left.
I wound up buying it from him,
and I've had it 23 years.
I will have very hard time
letting go of it.
I'm not sure
if I can or not.
To me, this bike is like
the ultimate chopper.
It's fun to ride,
but it's not easy to ride.
There's a reason they it
the suicide clutch.
Rick: Instead of having a clutch
on the handlebars,
your clutch is
on your foot.
So, you got to lean the bike
to the right
when you're taking off,
push the clutch in and shift
with your hand,
which is kind of hard to do
because if you don't lean it
far enough to the right,
you stand up too --
you could fall over.
Let's get it
out in the yard,
and let's see if I can at least
navigate it down the road.
Russell: Hold on.
I'm going to call daphne
and ask her
to up your life insurance.
No kidding, right?
So, we get here,
and I'm pretty excited,
but this is a suicide shift
or a jockey shift
or whatever you want to call it,
and I've never ridden one.
I've always wanted
to learn how,
but I'm going to have to learn
on a $75,000,
$80,000 motorcycle.
You should have some
little bolt-on
training wheels or something.
The secret is you break it,
you buy it at my price.
But what is the price
before I even get on this thing?
Well, the value
is 80 grand.
I'm thinking
more like 40.
Oh, no.
Oh, man.
Okay. Russell?
What do they say
in redneck world?
"hold my beer
and watch this."
yeah, exactly.
Rick: This one turns it on.
This middle one is the starter.
The third switch
is the k*ll switch.
Can we stop using
the word "k*ll"
while he's learning
to ride this?
Good point, russell.
[ engine starts ]
palms sweaty?
Hell, yeah,
my palms are sweaty.
[ laughs ]
you praying for me
or the bike?
Both. Both. Both.
♪
[ engine stops ]
perfect.
You went and stopped.
You were really close.
So, I stalled out.
So, what?
Hey, man,
it was the sweaty palms
that I couldn't figure out
how to --
can we get some rags?
His hands are really,
really sweaty.
You want some gloves?
I have some gloves.
[ engine starts ]
more gas. More gas.
More gas.
[ engine stops ]
more gas!
I'm scared to death
of the gas, rick!
Richard rawlings learns to ride,
take four.
Give it gas. Give it gas.
Give it gas.
You're right there!
You're almost there!
This is when
we set the green screen up
to make it look like
he's cruising a country road.
Take eight.
Roll it. Roll it.
Roll it.
[ engine stops ]
whatever it is.
I'm telling you --
you just give it gas.
You ain't going nowhere
in a hurry.
Obviously.
[ chuckles ]
this is it.
This is it.
[ engine stops ]
look at him go.
Wow.
So proud of him.
Whoo!
Look at him.
Holy cow.
♪
after the commercial break,
uh, richard will take
try number 200.
[ engine revs and tires squeal ]
whoo!
Narrator:
Coming up, on "fast n' loud"...
I hate this job.
Narrator: ...The galaxie loses
50 years of stardust...
Freaking sucks.
Narrator: ...And...
You're going to be 100 grand
into this car...
...Richard makes
a tough call
with charley's
pride and joy.
...'cause this frame
is trashed.
♪
give it gas. Give it gas.
Give it gas.
[ laughs ]
russell: We're at strokers
in dallas with rick fairless.
Richard is here trying
to test-drive an awesome chopper
that has
a suicide shifter.
Oh, man!
[ laughs ]
do we have a marker
'cause he's not --
there's not
enough room.
Keep easing it.
Ease it. Ease it.
Rick: So, when richard was first
getting started,
he stalled a few times,
and then he stalled
a few more times,
but then after that,
he stalled a few more times,
and then he got it.
♪
[ laughs ]
this is just a really
iconic chopper.
It's been on gazillions
of magazines.
It's literally a work of art.
[ chuckles ]
I'd love the custodian
of this bike for a while.
Whoo!
Rick: He's ridden it.
I think I got him
where I want him
because he's going to want
to buy that motorcycle.
We good up here?
He was at $40,000,
you were at $85,000,
minus the lesson fee.
I'd come down to $70,000
'cause you're my pal.
Oh, man.
How about $50,000?
$50,000?
And you can buy it back any time
for the same amount.
That's a buyback
guarantee.
I'd do that.
Kick-a*s.
I know that the easyriders
chopper is going to a good home,
and I know that richard
will love it just like I have.
I'm happy.
Richard:
Hey, where's this sign?
I don't even know how
to get back there.
Come on.
I'll show you.
Russell: Richard just spends
50 grand on a bike,
but that's still not enough.
Now he wants to go back inside
to look at some kind of
vintage sign.
At one time,
this was a place called
mercury outboards,
and they had a giant sign.
There she is, boys.
Oh, my god.
Are you kidding me?
Just as cool
as the first time I saw it.
What are you going to do
with this sign?!
Richard:
I love finding things
that haven't seen the light
of day in forever,
getting them bought, bringing
them back to gas monkey,
and showing them off
for what they are.
I like it.
You know I have.
What do you think
you want for it?
$12,000.
I'd do it for $12,000.
Alright, kick-a*s.
$12,000 it is.
Russell: In addition
to buying the motorcycle,
richard dropped
another 12 grand
on one of rick's vintage signs
because he needs more junk.
This is
going to be great.
Congratulations.
There's your sign.
That is so rad.
♪
-hey, focus.
-I am.
Okay, now that we're at this
point, you guys
going to go ahead
and start on the metal,
and john and I will start
tearing apart the chassis.
What are
you doing?
Eating funyuns.
They want me to --
you want me to...?
What, stand around?
Something's happening
over there.
Josh: Right now,
we really need to kick
the '68 ford galaxie build
into high gear.
Now that we have it torn down,
john and jason will get
the chassis ready to head out
to sandblast and powder,
and jeremy and I will focus
on the body's rust repair
plus a couple
of extra goodies.
First up
are the big holes.
This car came
from minnesota,
and in the midwest they salt
the roads to get rid of snow.
If you drive in the snow,
they have salt on the roads.
It splashes up
in any kind of holes
and settles in all those
lower pockets,
and then it just starts
eating away and creeping up,
and if you look at it,
it's in all those pocket areas.
It's right in front
of the wheel well
and right behind
the wheel well.
♪
jeremy: Rust on a car has to be
completely removed,
so we'll cut out
the rusty section,
replace it with new metal,
and weld that in and grind it
until it's completely smooth.
This side looked like it wasn't
as bad as the other side,
but as we went along, it needed
a lot of work up here, too.
We're getting there.
It's just, you know,
time is ticking away,
and we don't have much of it.
Mike: Now that john and I have
got the chassis disassembled,
we need to send the frame
and the rear end off
to be sand lasted.
Alright.
Jason:
We've got to get there now.
If we're going to make this
happen, we got to get it
to the blaster,
to the powder coater,
and back here
in the next 2 days,
and that's going to be
a lot of work.
Any other pieces
we want to send?
Nope. Everything else
is getting replaced.
♪
yay.
How come I got stuck
with this [bleep]
♪
what I'm trying to do here
is get off all the tar,
all the rust, all the scale,
all the corrosion.
There's a ton of it
under this car.
Josh?
Yeah, buddy.
What did you do
to this place?
I think I messed it up.
I guess somebody had to it.
I'm glad it was you.
I'm not.
It was terrible.
I'm pretty dirty.
I'm assuming I'm pretty dirty.
I mean,
coal miner-esque.
I had dirt
in every crevice.
I don't need
to know about that.
Might as well go for it before
I get to hop in the showers.
He did make a pretty
sweet scum angel.
Oh, yeah.
That's right.
Oh, yep.
That ought to do it.
♪
are we really going to fix this?
Oh, man.
It gets worse the more
I look at it.
I don't know what richard
was thinking
when he told charley pride
that we could fix
this oldsmobile stutz.
When I bought this car --
it's a 1980.
This is the fourth car
they ever made,
and it's called a stutz-iv.
I mean, we don't
do collision work.
We build hot rods.
What you doing?
Ugh.
Just looking at our
latest project.
It looks like
it's seen better days.
Well, he had
a heck of an accident in it,
and this car, I mean,
that frame is buckled.
What are you doing?
Getting photos
for whenever we build this
so I can go
before and after.
If --
if we build this.
I don't even know how he finds
projects like this.
What are you guys, like,
trying to fix it mentally,
like stare it
into being fixed?
Hey, have you
really looked at how damaged
this car really is?
Uh, that's what
I have you for, sir.
Well, the first thing
we have to do,
since this is
on a cutlass frame,
we have to find
a cutlass donor
because this frame is
trashed.
So, you're going to have to take
the whole car apart,
top to bottom,
every piece.
I don't want
to do that.
Yeah, and you're going to
pay 15 grand
for an oldsmobile
that's probably a piece anyway,
which you need
a chassis for,
and then you've got
the custom hood, you know,
that was made that our guys are
going to have to remake.
All this is custom.
Yeah, so, you're going to have
to remake all these pieces,
and does he even have all
the pieces that were there?
Well, I was just in there
looking it up
on the old interwebs,
and even a complete one of these
is only worth
around 50, 60 grand.
Honestly, we can stop
the conversation right there.
You're going to be 100 grand
into this car.
The way we do stuff, if you have
to do the entire car,
full paint job,
full interior, new chassis,
he's never going to get
his money back from that,
and he's not going to want
to spend 100 grand
on a car
that's worth $35,000.
No, he's not.
He's not.
I think you just wash your hands
of it right now
and just tell him.
Honestly, it's not
what he wants to hear,
but it's better than trying
to stick him with a bill
he doesn't want to pay
and having to fight that.
Richard: Jason's right.
I mean, charley pride
is a legend,
and we'd be doing him
a disservice to fix this car.
It might break his heart,
but it would break
his bank a lot more.
I know that elvis had one
of these, but let's face it --
he's dead now,
just like this car.
Well, I guess he can keep
to writing sad songs,
and I'll tell him
a sad story about this car.
Hey, it doesn't make me
sad at all.
I couldn't be happier.
Gas monkey's
elected to punt.
♪
russell: [ yawns ]
[ line ringing ]
well, as usual, I have to clean
up one of richard's messes.
Richard tells me I got to call
country music legend
charley pride
to tell him it's not worth it
to fix his stutz.
Uh, okay, richard, here's
one more thing I'll fix for you.
[ beep ]
hey, mr. Pride.
It's russell holmes
from gas monkey garage.
Uh, unfortunately,
the reason I'm calling you is
although we really would love to
be able to work on your stutz,
we were crunching some numbers
and looking for parts,
and it would be way
more expensive
than just actually going out
and getting another one --
like $50,000 more expensive.
So, if you want,
give me a call back.
I can go over some of the points
on the pricing
and help you source
another one if you'd like,
so give me a call.
Thanks.
[ exhales deeply ]
it's not every day that you
give a country music legend
something else
to write a sad song about.
[ engine revs and tires squeal ]
whoo!
Narrator:
Coming up on "fast n' loud"...
It's making
a lot of noise.
...Russell gets hung up
moving richard's vintage sign...
I paid $12,000 for that.
The hell?
Narrator: ...And...
Take it back apart.
Whatever you got to do.
Refix it.
...The galaxie paint job
ends with a big bang.
Work all night
if you have to.
I want it right.
Mike: Hey, isn't that
charley pride's car?
What's with these bees going on?
Hang on.
Dude, there's
a ton of them.
Dude, look at that!
I've got a buddy who has
a lot of bees and does honey.
You want me to call him
and have him come get them?
You think he'd
give us money for them?
No, but he'll
come get them.
That's probably 4,000
or 5,000 bees
that have left their happy home
and looking for another one.
I'm going to attempt to scrape
them off here
into this bucket
and take them home with me.
I want to see this,
but I'm not sure
I want to get
any closer than that.
-Ow! Ow!
-What the hell?
Mike: How much would these
be worth on the open market?
I'll make you
a heck of a deal --
all the bees you want.
No thank you, bill.
You can keep the bees, bill.
You're welcome.
Thank you, guys.
Richard finds out that we didn't
get any money for those bees,
it's going to
be a problem.
♪
richard's got to like
one of these.
So, on our galaxie,
richard decided
that he wants to go
with the factory paint,
but he did say that he wanted
to liven it up a little bit,
so, we took some cards
and kind of looked over it
and picked a couple colors,
so out of the three, hopefully,
there's one he'll like.
What we got, man?
What we got?
This one is
almost perfect.
But you added
some little shine-shine?
Yeah, the flake's
just a little different.
It's not so dull
like that one.
That's too orange.
That's really coppery.
Yeah.
It's got a hell ding.
Yeah, just like the car had
a bunch of heldings.
I like that.
Yeah, I do, too.
Okay. It'll
be done tomorrow?
Uhh...
Tonight?
What?
Shut up.
You're wasting time talking.
No probably.
You got to play mind tricks
with that guy.
Your mind tricks
don't work.
You see how he left?
Yeah, but now
he's going to think
that it's going to be done.
He's getting older.
He'll forget.
He is getting old.
We didn't say tomorrow,
we said next week.
The good news is
richard chose a color.
The bad news is richard wants
it painted by tomorrow.
That's not enough time.
Come on.
Let's get on it.
If that's
what the boss wants,
we're going to have
to make it work.
Normally, we prime and sand
at least twice
before spraying any color.
In general, the more you sand,
the smoother the surface,
and the smoother the surface,
the prettier the paint,
but with this crazy deadline,
we only have time to sand once.
Alright, let's buff it
and roll it back to the shop.
♪
do you remember
when we picked up
this [bleep] sign?
Yeah.
Now we're going to put it where
I think it should go,
which is
in that corner.
Ugh, richard
and his toys.
I'm going to be proactive
and hang this puppy.
I'm going to get that big
mamber-jamba,
and then this way,
we can move it over there
and see how it looks.
Is that where
richard wants it?
Who cares what richard wants?
He's not here.
If he wanted it somewhere,
he'd be here.
For those of you at home
still not aware
of my operational expertise,
here we go with the
russell holmes forklift montage.
You certified?
I've had many, many hours
clocked in
on forklift operation
and execution.
♪
whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
-Whoops.
-Oh, boy.
♪
mater is watching,
and he's going to let me know,
hopefully, if something
catastrophic happens.
That's going to
come out.
So, as the sign is
coming up,
it's doing this,
and it's doing that.
It's making
a lot of noise.
And as long as it doesn't
do that to mater, we're good.
♪
damn,
that's nerve-racking!
What are we doing?
We need the trailer,
and you've had the sign here,
so we're figuring out
where to put the thing.
Is that going to hold?
It should.
Don't drop it.
Exactly.
I kind of was thinking
we'd put it back there,
but we got all those
stupid cars there.
That corner?
I think so.
Mater, we're going
to the corner.
Mater: Alright.
Well, come on.
Remember, I paid
$12,000 for that.
The hell?
So, are you good
with this height?
I am.
But you want it as close
to the corner as it can.
Alright, cool.
You know what to do.
So, we got the richard approval,
for whatever that's worth.
Alright, I guess we'll
figure out where to put
one more hunk of junk
in this junkyard.
-Yeah.
-It fits.
Mater: Alright.
♪
russell: Mm, mm, mm.
-It looks the same.
-But different.
-Good.
Mike:
We got the galaxie painted
within richard's
ridiculous time line,
and even though we skipped
around the sanding,
the thing still looks great,
but we only got
4 days left to go,
and we need richard's okay
so that we can get the rest of
this thing built and assembled.
-Whew.
-Is that the original color?
-It looks just like it, right?
-Yeah, just looks nice.
-Did you just buff it?
-You guys just buff it out?
Yeah.
This has been wet-sanded
and buffed?
Huh?
When you give us 7 days
to do a whole car,
it was a quick
wet-sand and buff.
What don't you like?
It's got more orange peel
and waves in it.
I mean, you can't even see
the reflection here
without --
the reflection moves.
So, the first paint job
I just wasn't happy with.
They did a really good job,
but it wasn't
gas monkey quality.
Here is what I think --
put it back over there,
take it back apart, whatever
you got to do, refix it.
Work all night
if you have to.
I want it right.
And I'm not giving you
any more days,
so you better get busy.
[ exhales deeply ]
so, there's
a prime example
of when you try
to do something too fast.
-What happened?
-He doesn't like the paint.
Alright,
so, let's push it back.
Richard: I probably pushed them
a little hard.
The metalwork took away
too much of our time
to actually have it
in the paint and body shop,
so now we're going to pay
for our mistakes,
and that sucks, and I'm sure
the dudes are pissed off,
and it's costing me more money,
but you know what?
It's better to have a good car
at the finish of the game.
-What a downer.
-That sucks.
-Yeah.
That about sums it up.
♪
narrator:
Next week on "fast n' loud"...
[ engine sputtering ]
you know, it ran and drove
when I brought it in.
...The monkeys are a galaxie
far, far away from getting done.
You have
any faith in me?
Will mike pull off
the paint job?
If you don't get it done
in my time frame,
you can have
a lot of days off.
And...
So, it's
a '67 rally sport.
...Richard buys and sells
a camaro as is...
-Done.
-Alright.
Narrator: ...When some famous
bandits roll through town.
Richard:
Basically what it is
is a whole bunch
of "smokey and the bandit"
enthusiasts driving around
this great nation of ours
in trans-am heaven.
Narrator: Then...
Oh, man,
you're scared of heights?
Narrator: ...Richard, russell,
and the monkeys
overcome their fear
of heights.
Aah!
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13x06 - Monsters and Monkeys
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Richard Rawlings and prodigious mechanic Aaron Kaufmann seek out forgotten and abandoned classic cars for restoration at their Gas Monkey Garage.
Richard Rawlings and prodigious mechanic Aaron Kaufmann seek out forgotten and abandoned classic cars for restoration at their Gas Monkey Garage.