09x13 - Deadliest Car

[bunniefuu]

This one is going
a custom Peacock Blue.

-[laughing]
-I just made that up.

Why can't you just say blue?

Really excited about
putting the car together
in the '53 Corvette.

[Dave] He wants
the eight-stack to come
through the hood.

-You look very perplexed.
-I'm very perplexed.

I didn't expect it
to act like this.

[Dave] You're been
referring to the car
as Lucky number seven,

it might be lucky enough
to be the coolest one
we've ever built.

I just... Like, do we need
to take your temperature
or something?

Like, what's going on?

[Dave] When I look
at a blank canvas I see
endless possibilities.

As the ideas come to mind
the lines start to fall
into place.

And before you know it
we have a bitchin' ride.

A bitchin' ride
has intense color...

[man] This is gorgeous.

...performance...

[man 2] It's fantastic.

...stance, wheels, sound.

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

ours are Bitchin' Rides.

-[man 3] It never gets old.
-[laughing]

-[man 3] It never gets old.
-[laughing]

[Dave] We here
at Kindig-it Design

have finally come up
with a way to produce a car

that can be replicated
over and over again.

Since we've released
the first ones it is gone
absolutely bonkers,

we've sold a lot of these.

And these are really cool
because we can turn 'em out
very quick.

There is options to do
some custom stuff to make 'em
even more unique.

There is options to do
some custom stuff to make 'em
even more unique.

And then comes along
Rick Mezich

which is gonna take advantage
of every bit of that there is,
God bless him.

Hey, Rick.
What's going on, buddy?
How are ya?

-Hey, Dave. Doing good.
How about yourself?
-Doing very well, thank you.

Really excited about
putting the car together.

Kindig '53 Corvette,
you got any ideas?

When I'm trying to develop
a color or a theme
with somebody,

I like to find out
what kinda cars you like,

what you've had in the past,
the things that stand out
to ya, and, of course,

what kind of colors
you might have in mind.

what kind of colors
you might have in mind.

So, tell me a little bit
about your car collection
that you currently have.

When I ask a client
what kind of cars
they normally collect

or have in their collections
it's important for me

to find out
what their taste is.

Gives me an idea
of what direction I might
take their vehicle in,

custom colors, and,
of course, theme.

Well, I have a Lamborghini,


up to date to the SVJ Matador

and I have 'em in yellow
and matte red.

[Dave] Do you have a favorite
muscle car you ever had?

I got one that I had
in high school,
a '66 Chevelle Super Sport

I got one that I had
in high school,
a '66 Chevelle Super Sport

and I have one
in the garage that's perfect.

And that was
my high school car,

-you know, it kinda
never leaves the--
-Right.

Old, you know, high school car
and it's totally restored.

-Perfect condition,
the big 396, 360 horse.
-Awesome, that's cool.

It's got the big
steering wheel where it takes
three times to turn

-and all that.
- [laughing]

Yeah, they made improvements
on muscle cars since then,
haven't they?

And I like my '71 Camaro Z/28,

-it's much tighter,
but it's fun to drive.
-That's cool.

Looking forward
to the '53 Corvette, uh,
one of the things that, uh,

Looking forward
to the '53 Corvette, uh,
one of the things that, uh,

you know, I don't really
fit in the older Corvettes.

They're a cool body style.

And so that's why
I'm really looking forward
to your CF1 Corvette

-as I fit in it,
it's built for me.
-Yeah. Right.

So, I can actually drive it,
and be comfortable,
and have fun.

Oh, yeah,
you're gonna love it.

Now we get a bit of old school
going down the street
with some new school 427.

[chuckles] Right.

And I can park it
in the garage and it doesn't
stink like gas for a week.

That's this month's special
as a matter of fact,
cars that don't stink.

You put 'em in the garage
they smell, you know, those
old Holley copper headers.

Awesome.

Now that I have a really
good idea of his background
in car collection,

now I can start
talking about colors.

What kind of colors
do you like?

My Ferrari's a blue,
the 812 Ferrari,

and it really brings out
the body shape of it.

To where, you know,
yellow kinda sticks out
like a sore thumb.

I've actually done, kinda of,
a light silver/blue one.

I've done a dark blue one
in Blue Suede Shoes Blue,
it's beautiful.

Especially a dark color
like that really shows off
the body lines.

Do you have, kind of,
a level of blue that you like?

Or you have, kind of,
an interest in?

I don't want
a real light blue.

I don't want
a real light blue.

Don't want a dark blue

where people
are looking at it, "Well,
is it black or is it blue?"

-Right.
-I would like to have it
a nice bright blue,

kinda, like
the Caribbean waters.

So, maybe more
on the green/blue side then?

So, like a turquoise
or like a emerald,
kind of, a color?

-Like an emerald
color I guess.
-That'd be cool.

Ooh, I like that.
I bet that'd look
really pretty.

What color of interior
would you do on that?

I seen a, I don't know
what model of McLaren it was,

but it had, like,
this beautiful teal candy
over, like, a carbon fiber.

Yeah, that McLaren
it was a really
beautiful blue,

Yeah, that McLaren
it was a really
beautiful blue,

and it had, like, a taupe, uh,
light interior color
combo on it.

-Like really rich.
-A really nice marriage.

Yeah, that looked really rich.

I really like where he's going
with the lighter
color interior,

but at some point
you have to have an accent.

One of my favorite cars,
a 1969 Lamborghini Miura.

They had some really cool
color combinations,

but a lot of those either had
the silver wheels,
or, like, a gold wheel.

-Have you seen the teal
and the gold together?
-Yeah, I have.

In fact, I looked a picture
of a 3R with a really pretty
blue with the gold wheels

In fact, I looked a picture
of a 3R with a really pretty
blue with the gold wheels

and they had, like,
the spinner knockoffs.

-Right.
-Which I think is really cool.

I think something
that other than just
the standard wheels

that you're putting
on a Corvette's a custom reel.

It would, kinda,
give old school
into new school.

[Dave] We can certainly do
a set of one-off wheels.

Like a vintage race car
or something that has,

kind of, a European feel to it
with the gold wheels
and that teal.

I could probably do the engine
in gold, would actually
be pretty cool.

I think your ideas are great.

And, of course,
you're the designer.
I'm just the driver, so.

What do you think
about the idea

of maybe tying in the engine
in that same, kind of,
a gold color?

I think that might, kinda,
flow pretty cool.

I think putting the stacks
and some of the outlines
on the engine,

you know, in that color,
also the gold,
look pretty good.

I really think
the Hilborn injection
is really a cool feature.

What would you think about,
maybe, sticking 'em up
a little bit?

Through the hood?

You know, kinda,
just up the hood just a hair.

-Just to give it a little bit
of different look, you know?
-Sure.

Just, kinda, nice and low.

The same colors as the wheels
and all that, I think that
would be, kinda, cool looking.

The same colors as the wheels
and all that, I think that
would be, kinda, cool looking.

I think that's actually,
kind of, a cool idea.

You know, I hadn't really
even thought about bringing
the injection through.

But the injection
from Borla,

they've set it at, like,
a 30 degree angle.

-Got ya.
-So, I wonder
if I turn those up...

Yeah, you know what?
Let me get with the guys
and see if we can do that.

That might actually be,
kind of, a cool theme on that.

Now that we have the perfect
color combination,

we gotta figure out
how to get the eight-stack
through the hood,

and this sounds
like a good challenge
for the boys in the shop.

I mean, that's really, kinda,
the cool thing about the CF1s

is I want each of 'em
to be very custom

for the person
I'm building them for.

for the person
I'm building them for.

You're been
referring to the car
as Lucky number seven,

it might be lucky enough
to be the coolest one
we've ever built.

Yeah, seven.
Lucky seven,
I mean, I like that.

I look forward to talking
to you again soon, buddy.

-Roger that, thanks.
-You bet ya.

So, now that Rick's car
is gonna be, pretty much,
a full custom

it's really cool
to have this color combination

which is playing off of
the old Lamborghini Miura Ss,
including the wheel styling.

Which, secretly, I hope Rick
doesn't like 'em

'cause if he doesn't
those are going on my car.

So, Rick has been
really adamant about
doing some stuff

So, Rick has been
really adamant about
doing some stuff

that's a little bit different
to the car, which I'm always
really, kinda, hip on.

But something I really
hadn't thought about before

was bringing
the eight-stack injection
outside of the hood.

So, what I wanted to do is,
kind of, keep it nice
and tight,

so that we actually had the,
kind of, an appearance

of like,
a '57 Ferrari Testarossa.

Well bring just a little bit
of a reveal around the opening
through the hood.

We should be able
to use the existing
eight-stack injection

which is gonna look
really awesome.

And then, a couple of things
that are really gonna
be cool on this one,

I'm pretty pumped
on these wheels.

I'm using a very
loose design element off of
a 1969 Lamborghini Miura S.

I'm using a very
loose design element off of
a 1969 Lamborghini Miura S.

So, the wheel style,
I'm gonna do a five spoke.

I'm gonna do a very
accentuated and raised
open spoke on each of those

with a three spoke knockoff.

This is gonna
look really good.

We're also gonna use some gold
as accent on this.

I'll probably do it
in a lighter white gold,

kind of, a finish
with a matte finish on it.

And it should look
really, really good.

Kind of,
a medium taupe interior,

all the leather, of course,
being in the taupe.

And then, we'll use
this white gold color
in a matte finish for,

not just across the dash,
but we'll do the wheels,
engine, injection,

not just across the dash,
but we'll do the wheels,
engine, injection,

transmission, drive line,
and center section.

So, Rick's car we've,
decidedly, went with
a dark teal.

This color I have in mind,

I'm gonna play around a bit
with the pearls

to make sure it really flops
from a very dark color teal
to a very vibrant teal.

This'll really show off
all the body lines.

Some of the other
fine details, of course,

we'll keep all of the original
chrome trim.

The headlights, of course,
being chrome inside of those.

But I really think
that the chrome accents,
with the knockoffs,

But I really think
that the chrome accents,
with the knockoffs,

and, or course, we'll bring
a little bit of teal
onto the calipers

which will give
just that much more detail
in the design of the wheels.

And I am so excited to see
the color combination
and titling on this car.

So, for Rick,

this, my friend,
is your Lucky number seven
CF1.

You know, what's really better
for everybody,

including myself, at this shop
about drawing a car?

Is building the car.
And it's time to get started.

The eight-stacks
look beautiful
in the coloring.

Now, it's time to actually
make 'em functionally
come though the hood,

this is gonna
be a little tricky.

Kip wears glasses so,
obviously, he's smart.

And, Kevin, well, he's...

He's got sunglasses.

And then, uh, there's me.

So, I think
between the three of us
we should be able to nail it.

Rick's gonna get a custom set
of one-off wheels for his car.

Also, something else
he wanted to do on his car
to make it stand out is,

he wants the eight-stack
to come through the hood.

Damn right sunglasses!
And these are
smart sunglasses too.

And we always run the short...

-The short ones.
-[Dave] The short ones.

-The short ones.
-[Dave] The short ones.

-Exactly.
-Because of how much
the car has been sectioned

we really, kinda,
lost some deck height
for the engine.

These sit here.

You don't wanna
move this whole thing
like this, right?

-That would make 'em
really spread out.
-Mmm-hmm.

I think, where they're
heading in closer,

it'll also be reminiscent
of, like, a '57
Ferrari Testarossa

where the stacks are just
a lot closer together.

So, by bringing the bends
and putting 'em inward

and sticking up through here

-I think it would actually
look really cool.
-[Kevin] Me too.

I'm not just gonna put
just a straight rectangle
in the top of the hood.

I wanna have it hug around
each of the eight-stacks

I wanna have it hug around
each of the eight-stacks

which will make it
a lot more interesting.

Also, I'd like to have a bead
rolling around the open

to give it
a little bit of body.

I want maybe
a quarter of an inch or so

of perimeter
that'll go around.

And I wanna chase the holes,
not just a big rectangle,
let's chase the stacks.

Are you thinking, uh,
these on the same exact plane

or following the plane
of the hood?

I say we just, kinda,
stack 'em down in the plane
of the hood.

If there is,
they'll move
just real gradual.

So that means each one
will actually have to be
a different length then

-technically.
-[Dave] They will be.

I mean,
there's probably 800 ways
we can accomplish this.

Let's go the easiest way.
Let's do water.

Let's go the easiest way.
Let's do water.

-[Dave] Push the easy button.
-Easy button. I mean...

-I'll go get one for ya.
-if we've got an easy button.
Yeah, for sure.

-Make it easier.
-[Dave] Awesome. Okay.

-All right, buddy.
-[Dave] Thanks, buddy.

If only one of those
easy buttons
actually existed.

But there is no such thing.

So, Kip's gonna go ahead
and start putting this stuff
together and figuring it out.

You'll produce more horsepower
and higher RMPs
the longer this is.

Overall, the performance
will come up with these stacks
sticking through the hood.

But, really,
the big picture is,
it's just for esthetics.

But, really,
the big picture is,
it's just for esthetics.

See when it goes on the dial.

[Kevin] We're not 100% sure
how we're gonna finish out
this hood to the stacks.

The tape is a visual guide.
We wanna measure
about ten times, cut once.

[Dave] One of the very first
things we're gonna
have to do is,

obviously, with the stacks
heading at each other
at an angle,

we're gonna
have to turn those
straight up.

So, we need
to figure out
the angle of that,

find the proper materials
so that we can
make those cuts,

and, basically,
turn those all up.

-'Kay, so... Man, those are
actually, kinda, cool.
-Extremely cool.

-'Kay, so... Man, those are
actually, kinda, cool.
-Extremely cool.

What'd we need to do
to straighten those things up?

Dave's asking me this question
like I already know
the answer.

But let me tell ya something,
I don't.

[Dave] Just as we figured out
everything on these CF1s

we have client,
a good one at that,

that is changing it
all up on us.

Rick's gonna get a custom set
of one-off wheels for his car.

Also, he wants the eight-stack
to come through the hood.

And that's really the problem
we're facing right now

is figuring out the angle
to bring these stacks
straight through the hood.

'Kay, so, what'd we need to do
to straighten those things up?

The trick is, there is a lot
of angles involved.

Not only that,
once we get
these stacks built

Not only that,
once we get
these stacks built

they're not just
gonna thread in.

They're gonna
crash into each other.

Uh, I mean, ultimately...

with the threads in there,
if we could keep track
of all of 'em,

we could probably cut 'em,
you know, weld a piece in,

and as long as when you
spun them in you could
get past the next one

the threads would still work.

There's an "if"
and a "probably."

and did you hear an
"as long as"?

So, if you had the taller ones
in the back,

you'd put them in first
and work your way forward.

you'd put them in first
and work your way forward.

And you could turn them away
while you're spinning
the other ones in.

And then, clock 'em all tight.

Things are now
starting to make sense.

And we have a plan.

And I think, probably,
it will work.

-And then,
we just chop the hole.
-[Dave] Yep.

-Put a little
raised detail on there.
-Yep.

Money.

They think
I got it all figured out?

But to be honest,
I'm not even sure that I do.

This isn't
the first time, recently,

that Dave's given me,
like, the most difficult task.

I'm starting
to worry about him.

I'm starting
to worry about him.

I just... Like, do we need
to take your temperature
or something?

Like, what's going on?

Like, this has gotta be, like,
the most engines

we've poked through hoods
in the last year.

It all goes in waves.

I mean, we're about to paint
half of our cars
this year black.

-What color's this one going
with this wild intake?
-[Kevin] Blue.

This one is going a custom,
uh, Peacock Blue.

[Kevin laughing]

-I just made that up.
-Why can't you just say blue?

Blue sounds great.

[Kevin] Lamborghini.

[Will] If you say
Peacock Blue...

If you say Peacock Blue
that sounds like green.

If you say Peacock Blue
that sounds like green.

-It is more green
than it is blue.
-Oh.

-What'd you say? Peacock Blue?
-Peacock Blue.

-[Dave] Yeah.
-Turkle.

Now... [laughing]

We mock
what we don't understand,
guys.

-I don't get it.
-[Kevin] We know.

Yeah, I know you don't get it.

The wind's blowing
the wrong direction.

-I'm leaving.
-[Kevin] I gotta
run up to my office.

I gotta run.
I gotta run upstairs
and google Peacock Blue.

I'm gonna go google
constant [bleep].

Now that we know exactly
where those stacks
are gonna land,

Now that we know exactly
where those stacks
are gonna land,

we can start on the hood.

I'm getting ready
to bring these stacks

up through the hood
on this CF1.

And I've got a basic,
rough opening tapped out
on where they, kinda, start.

Right now,
I just have factory stacks

which they, kinda,
point in toward each other.

We're eventually gonna
stand 'em up straight.

I'm just trying
to get an opening
so I can shut the hood

with the stacks in place.

So, if I can just
sneak up on it
I'd rather do that

than plot
anything out permanently.

Should be close enough
for now.

So, right now,
they're pointing
at each other.

We'll eventually
start creeping these out

to where they're straight up
and down, we may have
to move 'em in slightly.

I'm sure Dave will want
a specific measurement
on how far.

You know, they're too far
they, kinda, start to look
spread out.

If they're too close,
they'll start to look cramped.

So far so good.
I wish we'd do that it,
kinda, looks cool.

I like that.

Howard, I think
I've said it 1,000 times,

if it was easy
everybody would've
already done it

and then it wouldn't
be cool, right?

This rough hole is definitely
a good start,

but we definitely
have some work to do.

I've got a rough opening
on the hood on the CF1.

I just wanna get it closer
to the shape we're after.

This may not be exactly
what we're gonna do.

We'll probably have a little
bead detail that pops up here

that, kinda,
outlines the hole.

But until I really know
how we gonna actually do that

I don't wanna
cut away too much material.

Looks close enough for me.

Looks close enough for me.

[Kevin] So,
Howard, in this stage
is my CF1 aficionado.

He really knows
how to work on the panels,

so he's the perfect one to do
the job to get
this stack mod done.

Okay, hold on, hold on.
What is this now?

What are you doing?
'80s music videos?

We're not doing
this slo-mo air in your air,

We're not doing
this slo-mo air in your air,

nobody wants to see
slo-mo Howard.

He had his moment,
let's move on.

Now let me say that again,
we definitely have
some work to do.

[Dave] Bringing
velocity stacks
through the hood

of an existing car
sounds easy,

I mean, should be easy.

And I wanna chase the holes
not just a big rectangle.

Howard's figured out
the solution to make the hood

look exactly the way
I designed and wanted it to.

I've got a basic,
rough opening.

So, what the guys have done
is they've made a positive
and negative,

or a top and a bottom
of the mold

and, basically,
they're doing what they call
press mold.

[Howard] So, the reason
why it's green is it's got
what we call PVA,

which is a mold release agent.

which is a mold release agent.

It just gets sprayed on.

That's what keeps
this from sticking
to the carbon.

You have to have
a pretty decent layer on here,

so that way this will all
come apart.

[chuckles softly]
'Cause I want this thing
to come back off.

This, basically, just needs
to get temporarily hot glued
to the top of the hood

then we can flip it over
and I can lay my carbon
into this mold.

Then, I just squish it
all together and...

hope that it works.

With all these steps
we can, kinda, control

the outcome
a little bit better.

Takes a little bit
more planning,
but nicer end result, I think.

Takes a little bit
more planning,
but nicer end result, I think.

As soon as Howard's glue dries
on this bottom piece
of the mold

he'll go ahead
and lay up all
of the carbon fiber,

as well as, the perimeter
of the raised section
around the opening.

[Howard] Cool.

That's, basically,
the negative of the shape
we're gonna do.

I'll lay the carbon
all up into here, and then,

I have a half inch of area
where it's all beveled

where all this'll, kinda,
tie up into that,

where all this'll, kinda,
tie up into that,

and makes it all even,
and it'll be perfect.

Howard's gonna use
a couple different thicknesses
of carbon fiber.

The thinner stuff
will actually mimic

the exact same thickness
of the skin of the hood
that was originally there.

I got my carbon all put out
and ready to go.

I got about three or four,
kinda, different sizes.

The perimeter, however,
we're gonna use a thicker
carbon fiber,

and this'll give us
a lot more strength
around that perimeter.

[Howard] That way
I can hopefully, kinda,

blend it into the edges
where it's gonna mate up

to the original thickness
of the hood.

Since the first layer's
the smallest layer,

I'm trying to just get it
to where it's just gets
up to the edge

I'm trying to just get it
to where it's just gets
up to the edge

of where the hood starts.

Then they'll progressively
get bigger and bigger.

It's kinda hard to tell
how much is gonna
get squeezed out,

as far as resin goes.

'Cause resin's gonna
add thickness to it
a little bit.

I'm just gonna, kinda,
play it by ear.

I've done a lot
of fiberglass work
and it's very similar.

I'm working on
the time restraints
of the resin,

so it's always,
kind of, a nerve-racking
kind of a thing.

Carbon, we use an epoxy resin.

Polyester resin,
it's a little more forgiving.

You can, kinda, mix it, uh,
little hotter or little cooler
depending on your weather.

This stuff, you kinda
have to mix it at one rate
and that's it.

This stuff, you kinda
have to mix it at one rate
and that's it.

But you could pretty much
lay it up very similar
to fiberglass,

it's a lot more expensive.

[Dave] The resin's done,
the mold's done,
the carbon fiber's in place.

Then, he'll apply
the top section of that mold,

clap it up,
and leave it all weekend,
so it dries nice ad hard.

I got as much carbon
in here as I think I want.

-[producer] The sandwich?
-Make the sandwich.

[Kevin] When you're working
with a mold,

it's very unforgiving.

You have one shot
to make it right,

make sure
it comes out perfect.

Still hitting my lines,
look like it didn't shift
on me or anything.

That's some resin
seeping out this way,
so probably a good thing.

Definitely coming out
this way, so that's
a good thing.

I don't know,
we'll cross our fingers
and hope for the best.

And if it works,
I meant to do that.

While everything here dries,

we're gonna go ahead
and shift gears and get back
to those aluminum stacks.

So, we're working
on these stacks for the CF1

trying to bring 'em up
outta the hood.

The stacks are, kinda,
firing towards each other,

but we wanna turn 'em up
to where they go straight up
outta the hood.

We've got these 90s
we ordered, that gives me
my extra material that I need.

We've used AutoCAD
to figure out the exact angle

that these stacks need to be
to convert from the angle
to straight up.

And to get this angle perfect,
every single time, we're gonna
need a special tool.

[Howard] I've had Greg
print me up a cut fixture.

[Howard] I've had Greg
print me up a cut fixture.

That Greg, he's a smart guy

with these little
studs on there.

So that way we can just
set it in band saw,

plant it in and kind of
be smart, huh?

Makes my job easier.
I'm inscribing my angle

and I'll take this
over to the band saw.

So, I'll cut as close as I can
and then I'll have

a scribed line
that I can edge up to.

Just getting the final little
dimensions taken care of
on these stacks.

Just making sure all the
heights are where I want them.

Um, down to the last one.

Once I got that done, then
I'm gonna start stretching

my bends open so they
match up to the stack.

Start getting some stuff kind
of tacked up and finalized.

Up till now, everything's been
mocked up into place.

Now, it's time to find
it permanent place.

[Howard] Metal shaping is,
it's either stretch or shrink.

That's pretty much everything.

That's pretty much everything.

You know. Determining
what kind of shape
you're trying to make.

Either its form or shape.

Then you gotta figure out
whether you need to
shrink or stretch.

So this tube right here,

you're taking a straight tube
that's bending this way,

and all this material
over here has to stretch,

and all this material
over here has to shrink,

to get this to go around.

Over here it's gotten thinner
because it's stretching.

On this side it's actually
gotten thicker

where it's actually kind of
climbing in on itself.

It's kind of, you know,
it's getting thicker

because it's shrinking.

That kind of stuff
is kind of exciting to me

That kind of stuff
is kind of exciting to me

to see that kind of thing
and it's like, "Oh, wow,

it's not just
a theory, it's...
You can kind of prove it."

Yeah, it's pretty neat.

What I need to do
is open this up.

And open up the other end.

So, that way when I weld them
together it'll hopefully

just look like one piece
or as close to it as we can.

This tubing is just slightly
smaller than this one.

So, I'm gonna go
the taper route

because, hopefully, it does
the least amount of damage

to this edge.
You know what I mean?

We machined this little taper.

We machined this little taper.

Hammers it in,
stretches it out just enough.

It's gonna be
so time consuming.

It's a lot of tedious crap,
but...

Start with one
and just see what happens.

Kind of wing it for a minute.

Right there, about that size.

Maybe a hair one way
or the other, but

it's pretty much right there.

That'll make it
a lot easier to weld.

Grind out my weld.

File everything down,

make it look like
it's just one piece.

Then I just been
hammering this till
it gets to the end of it.

Then I just been
hammering this till
it gets to the end of it.

And that pushes it out.

It gets me the OD that I need.

So, both seams are good to go.

I did one last cleanup
on my threads

just to make sure there's
nothing that keeps it

from screwing
all the way down.

Put a little bit more
anti-seize on it.

I'll mark it before
I pull it off the car

and then tack it up
and weld it up.

They started out like this.

Now they look like this.

Now they look like this.

So, we're just trying
to get rid of the weld.

That's pretty much the same
process all the way around.

Just trying
to get rid of the weld.

It's pretty flat
at this point.

I'm just trying to get
all my file marks out

because they're
pretty aggressive.

There's not a whole lot
of time in this part

once I grind down the weld,
but still.

Gives your shoulder
a workout, now.

Howard's off to the races
on these stacks.

I'm gonna go check them out.
I bet they're rad.

The stacks look ridiculous.

The stacks look ridiculous.

Yeah, the stacks
turned out good.

-The opening
turned out awesome.
-[Will] The opening,

over the top.

The stacks are done,
but we got another issue.

You look very perplexed.

I'm very perplexed.

I didn't expect it
to act like this.

Me neither. Especially since
we had the structure

of the skin reinforced.

I don't think we ever really
contemplated this being weak.

I just wanted to see what
you were thinking before I...

What's wrong with that?

That's fine.
You want to do that?

[Will] Heck yeah.

It was leaning super tall and
I'll send a picture to Dave.

We've been feverishly working
on Rick Mezich's CF1 project

and it's coming
along beautifully.

Okay, so what do we need to do
to straighten those things up?

Howard's put the right
bend in the stacks

and they're
at the perfect length.

We've put a new custom
carbon fiber opening
with a rib in the hood.

We've put a new custom
carbon fiber opening
with a rib in the hood.

So, we've got all that done

and now it's time
to put it all together.

You look very perplexed.

I'm very perplexed. I didn't
expect it to act like this.

Me neither. Especially since
we had the structure

of the skin reinforced.

I don't think
we ever really contemplated

this being weak.

It's funny. When you
knock a big hole

in a big flat surface,
you loose rigidity.

-[Howard] Wonky.
-[Will] Wonky.

-[Howard] Wonky.
-[Will] Wonky.

I mean, I love it, otherwise.

The stacks look ridiculous.

Yeah. The stacks
turned out good.

I'm looking at
the amount of twist

through this lower section.

And if we can eliminate that,

-then it'll eliminate this.
-So, you think we just

maybe box it
from here, around?

Or you think we should
do the whole thing?

I think the whole thing.
I think you'd be surprised.

If we box it
all the way around,

that's really
gonna be the key.

I believe it'll
become very ridged.

And we have
the composite sheet.

And we have
the composite sheet.

Most of this car
is carbon fiber.

We don't have it
just laying around here

but we do have some
composite sheet.

What I mean by composite:
it's fiber glass.

It's premade,
it's easy to cut up,
we can use it.

If we size it up, we glue it
in the top of this channel

and make it a chamber,

I believe that'll give us
the rigidity that we're after.

-There's these crazy
little tiny corner braces...
-Right.

...on a '48 Chevy.

-Without them,
those hoods are ridiculous.
-They cause imprints.

Put little tiny brace
across the corner,

Put little tiny brace
across the corner,

you wouldn't think
it'd do anything and...

I don't know, you know.
It's really weird, but...

-So, what do you think?
-I'm gonna give it a whirl.

Right on. Let's close it.

I think it's so cool. I love
just seeing, they're, like,

-layer lines from the print.
-Uh-huh.

[Will] In the carbon.
All right. Right on.

-All right. Thanks.
-Thank you.

So, with the modification
of the intakes coming
through the hood,

we deleted the structure
that ran through the middle.

It was an X.

By deleting that,
it made the hood weak.

Now we have to go back

and figure out how
to make it more ridged.

Howard has thought of
about a million ways

to get this thing more ridged.

But what he's come up with,

is he's going to glue some
aluminum into the structure

is he's going to glue some
aluminum into the structure

which is gonna make it
crazy ridged.

And I think that's gonna
really solve our problem

of this hood being too flimsy.

[Dave] So, what we simply
are going to do

is build some aluminum panels

that are gonna go inside
the structure of the hood.

This should stiffen it up.

So, just simply
gluing that in,

and then we'll put the skin
back on to that structure.

This should definitely
give us more rigidity

which would
make that hood perfect.

[Will] The aluminum is very
comparable in weight

to the carbon. So, it's fine.

to the carbon. So, it's fine.

We've got all of the aluminum
now glued into place.

Now, the question is,
does it work?

Now, the question is,
does it work?

It is gonna
stiffen up the hood?

[Howard] Yeah, I mean, before,
when you picked this up,

you had about 3 and a half
inches of movement

just on this one side

before the other side
would even lift.

And now it's, I mean, you
probably have, maybe an inch?

I'm a lot happier with it.

I was very
unhappy with it before.

But...

It's much better now.

Needed a lot of things
we haven't done before,

so, it's kinda...

You know, we're not GM.
We don't have 300 engineers

doing everything for us,
you know.

doing everything for us,
you know.

Some of this stuff's
kind of trial by error.

The structure's all prepped
and ready to go

so I'm gonna
throw the hood on here.

I got some alignment marks
where I'm gonna kinda

get it back
to where I like it,

to where it's
centered on the opening.

[Kevin] The structure
of the hood is in place.

It looks good.
It looks crazy ridged.

But we only have one shot
to get this skin on.

[Howard] Put a little bit
of weight on it just
to kinda keep it there

and throw some tape in there
to keep it from moving.

[Dave] The weight
is simply there to keep
the skin in place.

[Howard] It's fun till
it gets to, like, this part.

I'm kind of making sure
I'm sitting it where
I want it to be.

Looking pretty good, actually.

Looking pretty good, actually.

I throw some tape on it
to keep it from moving around

and then just do
one last check.

Really, one of the biggest
features of Rick's car

is the 8-stack
sticking through the hood

and Howard has nailed it.

Okay. That's ready to go.

I'm taking my break.

The hood's all dry
and the plan worked perfectly.

Now, we're off
to body and paint.

[Dave] After a ton of work,
making the stacks

come through the hood
turned out beautiful.

And now the car's
over in the body shop.

That means body work,
primer work, paint work.

The bottom of these cars
is really cool

because it's all done
in a German rocker sh**t.

We're not blowing kisses
at the CF1.

We want to drive these cars.

This'll make it very drivable.
It'll sound-deaden

as well as keep the paint
from chipping all over.

Add a little bit of primer,
and after the commercial,

you have to come back because,

well, you have to
come back to see it.

We're gonna paint it.

So, come back.

So, I designed two
different colors and I
sent those down to Rick.

We were so close,
but I wasn't sure

if he wanted it more
on the blue side

or more on the green side.

It just so happens
he liked a little bit darker

and it is on the green side.

So, I'm not sure exactly
what color to call this, yet.

We'll be having
a naming contest here shortly.

This color outside is amazing.

The paint job
turned out beautiful.

This, now, is gonna get cut
and polished to perfection.

And the chassis should be here
just in time to go together.

["Watch Me Rise" playing]

♪ I could build an empire ♪

♪ Watch and weep ♪

♪ You can't break me down ♪

♪ You can't break me down ♪

♪ I will survive ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Can you hear that sound?
It's judgment day ♪

♪ And the drums of my heart
are ready to play ♪

♪ Babe, I'm on fire ♪

♪ You'll never
stop this train ♪

♪ No, you can't
break me down ♪

♪ I will survive ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Do what you want no fear ♪

♪ I got everything, babe ♪

♪ Taking the lot, I'm queen ♪

♪ You're not
our guiding pace ♪

♪ This girl
will rule the world ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

♪ Oh, watch me rise ♪

[Dave] With the beautiful
dark colored emerald
on the outside of the car,

what was going to be
beautiful about this theme,

is using that gold, like would
have maybe been on a Miura S.

And, so, we're gonna use that
gold, not only on the dash,

but we're gonna use it
on the motor, transmission,

drive line,
and center section.

The combination
between these two is
beautiful across the dash

and I cannot wait
for Rick to see it.

and I cannot wait
for Rick to see it.

[Kenny] So, I had to align
these tubes perfectly

to fit through the hole.

Which, it fit in that side,

but we've added some paint so
we'll see if they clear now.

Howard had them all set up
perfect with set screws.

And he nailed that one.

'Cause they line up perfect.

So, the wheels on this car
are really kind of cool.

Because I've always, myself,

been a big fan of
the Lamborghini Miura S

from 1969 to '74,
or whenever they were.

from 1969 to '74,
or whenever they were.

The wheel on that car
was so cool.

I, basically, stripped it
down to a five-spoke,

I gave it a really interesting
three-spoke knock off,

covered the lug nuts.

The color
is going to tie in with

all of the rest of the gold
around the car.

And to be honest with you,

if Rick doesn't like
these wheels,

which I kinda hope he doesn't,
they're going on my car.

'Cause, damn, they're cool.

On our first CF1s,
we were basically fabricating,

from scratch,
all of the door panels.

Including the main piece,

Including the main piece,

all of the tuck
and roll sections.

All of that
had to be done by hand

and it was kind of
a lot of work.

Well, with this new piece
of equipment, the CAMaster,

we're able to actually
put this on the router table,

and cut it out
within a few minutes.

So, on all the CF1 Corvettes,

obviously, Dave has
sold a ton of them,

so, what we need to do
on the upholstery side is

manufacture as many parts
as we can possible

in the fastest way
we can possible.

So, with the CAMaster here,
the CNC router,

So, with the CAMaster here,
the CNC router,

we can get into CAD,
we can design the parts,

we can come over here
and cut them out

which, in return,
speeds up the process

and, so, therefore,
Dave's not waiting on us

to get finished
what we need to get done.

Again, we just have to
tell the machine every time

Again, we just have to
tell the machine every time

where X, Y, and Z are.

Z would be your height,
X would be across,

and Y would be
up the machine, so...

It's weird to me because
it's just doing it for you.

It gets so freaky, you know?

Like, can you trust
the machine?

Can you trust
the G-code that you wrote?

There's so many
variables in it.

'Cause if you mess up,

it's such an expensive piece
you just screwed up.

I wish I had
this vacuum at home.

Watch this.

[Dave] This is gonna really
be a game changer for us

'cause we can oversize it
and then simply shave it back

to fit each door perfectly.

[Phil] We got the parts
finished up,

which is great news.

We got all this done in a day,
so that means tomorrow

we'll be wrapping most of this
up on the CF1, so,

it's a good day.
Love this machine.

What else do you want to do?

[Justin] Door panels
are all cut out.

As a matter of fact,
by the end of the day,

we'll have both
these door panels wrapped.

♪ Oh, la, la ♪

So, we're working on
number seven right now

and what these were
the printed inserts
on the door panels.

And all it is is a quarter
inch machinable PVC

And all it is is a quarter
inch machinable PVC

and this just comes straight
off the CNC router.

We did a little bit of sanding

to the groves to get rid
of the hard edge.

And now I've wrapped them

and I'm going to
hand them off to Cato.

Tell him to get to work.

[Dave] We've come up
with the ultimate recipe

for the ultimate
resto-mod Corvette,

the CF1 by Kindig.

This one in particular
is a full custom for Rick
and Mary Mezich

This one in particular
is a full custom for Rick
and Mary Mezich

and I cannot wait
for them to see it.

[Kevin] We're here
in beautiful Scottsdale.

The weather is great.
It's freezing at home.

We contacted Dave Kindig to
build us one of his Corvettes.

A 1953 Corvette,
the year I was born.

I'm really excited to see it.

[Mary] We did see
car number one and two
at Barrett last year.

We sat in them and then
that's when we kind of just,
sort of sealed the deal.

Rick and Mary,
it has been so much fun

building this car and doing
something that we hadn't done.

Even though these are
a production car.

[Kevin] This is number seven,
so, we built a bunch,

but the accents
and the touches on this one,

but the accents
and the touches on this one,

I just think it took it
to another level.

I'm just excited to see it.

This is a next level CF1.

-Rad.
-Really excited to see it.

-But I'll--
-In person, you know?
Finally.

I've been waiting
a long time for it.

Well, let's not keep you
waiting any longer.

[Mary] We went back and forth
on so many different colors.

-Oh.
-Look at that.

Whoa.

What a beauty.

-[laughs]
-Wow.

-Wow.
-Gorgeous, yeah.

[Rick] Look at that color.

I love that color.

There was a color,
I guess it was a McLaren

that had a somewhat
similar color

and I just always loved it.

I mean, it's beautiful.

Is that an awesome color
combination, or what?

-With the gold?
Are you kidding me?
-[Dave] Oh, yeah.

You know what's cool
about particular color

and this pearl is it flops
all over the place.

And when you hear me say
"flop" it means that
it changes colors.

It's a beautiful color, boy,
in the sun. Unbelievable.

It just changes looking at it.

[Dave] If it's direct light,
it gives one color.

[Dave] If it's direct light,
it gives one color.

Non-direct light,
it's another color.

Which gives a lot of character
to the body shape.

And really tells the story
of what the car is.

When you originally wanted

the 8-stack
to come through the hood...

-Right.
-...I was just
a little bit drawn back

because I'm, like, going,
"No, the hood's supposed to be

-smooth on these cars,"
and everything else.
-Right.

But once we did that
and started putting
the reveal around it,

I was hooked on it.

I thought it was going to be,
like, a blower sticking out.

You know, I,
when he was first saying that,

I'm like, "Oh, no, you know.
That's just gonna
ruin the hood."

I'm like, "Oh, no, you know.
That's just gonna
ruin the hood."

But I just,
I love the scallop design.

And it's just sort of subtle.

You just see it,
it's a nice accent.

But not overpowering.

I said, "Well, how about
if we bring those up?"

And he goes, "Well, that's
a damn good idea, Rick."

And then the next thing,
he's drawing away

and I said, "Well, now,
that looking bitchin'."

Do you want a job
as a designer?

-No.
-I'm sorry, my bad.

-I'm right here.
-My bad.

When we talked about
your Lamborghini collection,

one car you didn't have
in the collection was a Miura.

-Right.
-One of the things I love
most about those cars

is the wheels.

[Mary] When I hear gold,
sometimes I think
a little flashy.

But it's the way it's done.
It's just not a shiny gold.

I love the gold with the teal.

[Kevin] Green is for the money
and gold is for the honeys.

This car is amazing.

It is a CF1... plus.

[Dave] I did the design on
the wheels based on the Miura,

just very loose
and an open five-spoke.

Just the size of the wheel
and the chrome rim

and then the gold with the
chrome spinner in the middle.

I mean, they're phenomenal.

Dave loves your wheels.

Dave loves your wheels.

Yeah, no, they look great
with the car.

They are gonna marry
right into it.

[Dave] The wheels
on Rick and Mary's car

are actually a love-hate
kind of a situation.

I love them so much
and I hate that I

did them for him
and not for myself.

We'll have to work through
this with my therapist.

I mean, I've never seen
a wheel like it.

-[laughing]
-Except that one.

And there will never be
another one like it.

Well, let's check out
the engines.

Ah, look at that.

That is very impressive.

-It's spectacular.
-Oh, look, I got to see that.

Love the valve covers.

Love the valve covers.

[Dave] And, of course,
it's yours.

[Rick] With the stacks
going like that.

-[Mary] Right.
-[Dave] Your name's on it.

-[Mary laughs]
-[Rick] "Rick and Mary."

Yep.

Lucky number seven.

-Lucky number seven.
-Double-oh seven.

Double-oh seven.

That's a showpiece
right there.

You should build another one
and put it on a stand

so I can just
put it in my garage.

-Look at that.
-Rick, it's your money.
I'll do whatever you want.

[Mary] It's very bitchin'.

And this is very important to
Rick to have this Kindig car.

The hood, of course, we had to
basically start from scratch.

[Kevin] The hood
was very tricky.

When we actually cut a hole
in the middle of it,

When we actually cut a hole
in the middle of it,

it became very loose.

[Dave] We actually custom
built the underside.

-[Rick] Gotcha.
-And basically had to
fashion it to where

it didn't have
the crossbars in there.

And then we had to
strengthen the inside

before we could put
the skin on the outside.

In the outer structure,
there's aluminum glued

all the way to make it
a lot more ridged.

All the guys at the shop
k*lled this car.

You know, the CF1 is supposed
to be our production car.

We keep changing stuff.

That's okay.
The crew is second to none.

Was it always the idea to have
it scallop shaped like that?

Yeah, I think that just
really fit the design
of the car better

by having it hug
around each of he stacks.

by having it hug
around each of he stacks.

Instead of just being
a big, open rectangle.

Wow. Okay.

This is not your, just,
everyday pop out,
Kindig Corvette.

-Want to hear it?
-[Rick] I want to hear it.

I want to hear the engine.

Just push it in once.

-Okay.
-And then turn her on.

-[engine starts]
-Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

And it looks like
you're in the car pretty well.

Mary, you look
beautiful in there.

[laughing]

-Appreciate the compliment.
-Sorry, can't have her.

[laughing]

I like the stacks
sticking out.

I like the stacks
sticking out.

What a view from the
driver's seat. Unbelievable.

I gave it a few rounds.

Uh, it sounded k*ller.

-Yeah, Dave.
-[Kevin] So cool.

-This is pretty cool.
-He got past cool.
He's gone bitchin'.

Rick and Mary, from what
I can tell, they love the car.

They're probably
gonna enjoy driving this.

They're gonna be
the biggest hit on the block.

Does everybody like the sound?

-[whoops]
-[onlookers cheering]

You nailed it.

-It's definitely bitching.
-It's more than bitchin'.
Thank you.

-No worries. Awesome.
-Thanks, Dave.

Aw, I'm so glad you love it.

I don't know how much
more bitchin' you can get
from that.

So, bitchin' plus plus?
[laughs]

So, bitchin' plus plus?
[laughs]

Bitchin' to the extreme level?

I don't know.
I don't know what you say.

It's just more bitchin'
than just regular bitchin'.

Wow. Now, that is
a Kindig Corvette.

It's past cool.
It's Kindig bitchin'.