Did you ever watch the movie
Romancing the Stone?
-No.
-I want this to be
Dave's little mule.
Crayon? Yeah, crayon.
Crayon.
[producer] Feeling good
about this, Justin?
Nope.
It's a crap sh**t
every time, man.
How much you want for 'em?
-For you?
-Yeah.
Wow, that's pretty steep.
[Tim] Oh, what the
[bleep] was that?
Bonsais come in many sizes
and shapes.
-Is this like a larger one?
-Much like people.
-We can't steam this in.
-Right.
We're gonna have to set it in.
-Woo.
-It's got lots of pull to it.
I know, right? [laughs]
[rock music playing]
[Dave K] 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.
[narrator] Performance...
[man] It's fantastic.
[narrator] Stance,
wheels, sound.
There's one thing that makes
our car stand out,
ours are Bitchin' Rides.
[man 1] Oh, it never gets old.
[man 2 laughs]
You wanted to talk to me
about a Bronco?
-Yeah.
-Is that what you're
talking about?
Yeah. So I picked up a, uh,
'68 Bronco and, you know,
I've always been
pretty fond of those.
Probably get bolts out
of the Titanic easier.
[Dave K] We are working
on a Bronco
that has clearly not been
in the garage
or stored properly
for the last 20 or 30 years.
Well, most of the bolts
were taken out of it.
We're snapping off.
[Dave K] We've got rust on
top of rust, on top of bolts,
on panels and wooden crates
inside the engine bay.
This thing's
kind of been a mess.
And it's a good thing
I just checked everybody
and made sure they were up
on their tetanus shots.
-Awesome.
-There's definitely some rust
that we're gonna have
to repair.
So far we've taken this
Bronco completely
apart and had it
chemically dipped.
There's obviously
some spots, you know,
just a handful of.
It's a handful.
There's a handful
of bad spots.
[Dave K] When it came back,
we had both good and bad news.
Luckily for us,
we have a great supply house.
Boom, baby.
-And I--
-Well worth waiting.
I am so excited.
[Dave K] We fit a new Roadster
Shop chassis underneath it
with a brand new
and a 10-speed transmission.
It left like a gap up here,
so I got to pull the fender
back up so I can weld it.
Pain in the a*s, you know?
[Dave K] It was definitely
a better call
to replace than
to repair everything.
-Looks great, man.
-I think you just paint
the whole thing gold
and silver.
Jake is doing a much
better job doing metal work
than he is picking
paint colors.
You have to be here at least
another year before you start
-telling me what color
to paint [bleep].
-Oh, okay.
[upbeat music playing]
It's been a while
since you seen your Bronco?
What do you think?
Well, it's looking
pretty good.
Dave came to the shop
and checked in on his project
and I only wish I was there,
but he absolutely loved it.
I'm sure Dave will
come up with a color
-if he ever shows up today.
-Oh, he's not coming?
[Dave K] There it is.
This didn't happen.
I have been totally framed,
but what did happen
is the Bronco
is going along great,
and we're ready for paint.
and now it's time for sealer.
This is sealer.
So do one coat of this
and then go straight to base.
[producer] Is that a tricky
coverage color?
No, it should be really nice.
I haven't sprayed
any of it yet.
Won't give us any fight,
as long as we just...
keep it clean and...
go through the steps right.
[Dave K] We're gonna start
with the doors
and the fenders and then
we're gonna finish off
with the top last.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave K] Shannon does
a wonderful job here.
Trust me,
he is a top-notch painter.
But apparently, he's having
a little bit of trouble
because their sealer is almost
the identical color
as the paint.
Pretty good,
laid down really good,
but it's really hard to see
because there's not really
much color difference.
Oh, well,
it looks really good.
I'm going onto the base now.
Now this color
is a little bit, um...
[sighs]
worldly, but yet not worldly.
It's depends on I guess what
side of the country you're on,
whether you pronounce it
crayon or cray-on.
This is a...
What they call this? Crayon?
Yeah, crayon.
[pronouncing differently]
Crayon, crayon.
-[producer] Where you grew up?
-I grew up here.
-[producer] In Utah?
-Yeah.
[producer] Where are you from?
Boise, Idaho.
St. George, Utah.
Uh, Ohio.
Nampa, Idaho.
South Jordan, Utah.
-Uh, Herriman.
-[producer] Herriman?
Can you say this word?
No.
Crayon.
-Crayon.
-Crayon.
-Are you being serious--
-[producer] Yeah.
-Crayon.
-Crayon.
Crayon.
How you exactly say
the name of this color?
I guess I'm not really sure.
I know what to call it.
Let's just call it bitchin'.
[slow music playing]
[Shannon] They say black
is the hardest for body, man.
White, you can kind of
get away with a lot more.
I've never sprayed
this color though.
So would you call
this a pastel?
Past what?
No.
What do you call that?
-A beige.
-Beige.
-[laughter]
-We'll go with crayon though.
Sounds better on paper.
When I was younger,
I definitely had trouble
keeping my crayons
inside the lines.
I wasn't very good at it
in kindergarten.
I don't know
if much have changed now.
Let's hope this goes
a lot better.
[upbeat music playing]
[Shannon] Because I use
a lower air pressure
for solids around 26,
so I don't waste
as much paint
and it takes less time.
But for the metallics, I like
to use a little bit higher
so it's not piling it on
and it's actually laying
it out even more even.
If you go below 26
and the particles
come out of the paint g*n,
they get real fat.
If you can make it more even
on the base coat,
it's gonna look even more even
when you go to put
the clear on.
So that way
it's easier to sand
and polish and all that stuff.
They don't have to spend
as much time blocking it out
because it's not
as orange peely.
[Dave K] Shannon's gonna apply
three coats of base coat
and then five coats of clear.
This will give us enough clear
to do a nice blocking job,
get it perfectly flat,
and polish it to perfection.
Our clear is so tough,
it will not shrink back.
That's what's so beautiful
about our cars.
Looks like a crayon to me.
I think the paint job
totally turned out
totally bitchin'.
Did you expect me
to say bitchin'?
Because I... I'm not sure.
[Brian] Shannon put a pretty
good paint job on it.
It's blocking out just nice.
I can't really ask
for anything more
than what he did.
[Dave K] Cutting
and polishing the paint job
is extremely important,
certainly to us.
That's just how our cars
come out so beautiful.
We spend the time
to put the body
in perfect straight shape.
And then
we also spend the time
to make sure it's polished
to perfection.
I used to hate cutting
and polishing. I hated it.
I had nightmares for months
about this crap.
The trick is being calm,
cool, and collected.
Usually pop in my headphones
and I dream about
my Japanese maples.
[birds chirping]
[instrumental music playing]
[Brian] I've turned my sights
towards small trees
and getting into bonsai.
You know, just letting it
flow, letting it happen,
not worrying about it.
Everything is dependent on,
you know, 10,000 variables.
When you overthink it,
that's when problems happen.
But basically,
you know, all my trees
and my garden,
it has changed my life.
But once I turned that corner,
I really started to enjoy it.
Just got to read the panel,
see what it's telling you.
How's your block
sliding across it?
It's all the little
intangibles that are hard
to put into words
that just flow
once you've been doing
this for a long time.
It's very relaxing.
We're putting that last
finishing touch
on all that work
that we've done
to get them straight
and smooth and perfect.
You know, the cut
and polish shot
isn't just making it smooth.
We're refining that shape
one last time
so that it's as perfect
as you can possibly get it.
It's very satisfying
when they are finished.
[traditional music playing]
[Tim] All right.
So we got to take
this body off this frame.
Is it really flexing
right here,
because there's no
stability here.
That's why we've got
these braces.
[Dave K] We've made it bodies
to chassis many times,
especially with an engine
already in the chassis.
The problem here is it's
a little bit different scale
is what we normally do.
Everything's very, very tall.
So we need to do this
very carefully
to not drop the body
and to make sure that we go
perfectly under the chassis,
over the top of the motor
with no damage.
[Tim] We just got
to be careful that
this thing doesn't
tip back on us.
[producer] You seem nervous.
[Tim] Yeah?
I've seen 'em tip over.
It's a Bronco.
It's gonna end up
on its lid eventually.
[laughs]
You ready?
[Tim] All right.
So we got to take
this body off this frame.
These are really flexing
right here,
because there's no
stability here.
That's why we got
these braces.
[Dave K] It really doesn't
matter how many times
we've mated a body
to a chassis
with an engine in place.
There's a lot of things
to watch.
It's always a nail biter.
[Tim] You ready?
Pull up on that back.
[upbeat music playing]
Go get a strap.
It's wanting to dip out.
It's like I was worried about.
It's a little rear-end heavy
so we have to run the strap,
which is gonna be fun
when we go to try
to set the body down.
We'll just have to hold it up
in the back.
Get my squats in for the day.
The straps are always great
to have in place
just to make sure that
the body doesn't move around.
[producer] You're feeling good
about this, Justin?
Nope. [chuckles]
It's a crap sh**t
every time, man.
Every time.
Right there?
I'm getting tight.
The straps are on
and here goes nothing.
[man] All right.
Got it.
[upbeat music playing]
[man] Yeah,
we'll go drag it under.
[producer] I see
it didn't fall, then.
No, it didn't fall,
so that's a great...
-[producer] Yeah.
-That is great.
We're halfway there,
which means we need to keep
the energy up and get it done.
It should be fine. [chuckles]
I mean, if it isn't,
we'll know in a hurry.
-[man] Yeah.
-[chuckles]
-Thank you.
-[man] Yup.
All right, here we go.
The front is very, very close.
How's the back
of the engine bay?
[man] It's good, man.
[Tim] We're gonna have
to watch this battery.
-It's close.
-[man] Got 2 or 3 inches.
-[Cole] Yes.
-[Tim] Okay.
[Cole] We've got plenty
back here right now,
so we're good with that.
[man] Okay.
I got my eye on the harness
here so...
let's go easy.
[Tim] Who's watching
the back of the motor?
[man] I got it.
[Tim] I'm watching both,
uh, inner fenders.
[man] I got this side.
[Tim] Okay.
We have touchdown on the back.
Spoiler alert, I knew
they were gonna make it.
No problem. And we're onto
the rest of the assembly.
Sitting on the body,
nothing fell off
the freaking lift,
so I'm pretty happy
we didn't scratch
or damage anything yet,
so fingers crossed.
Now that all
the major components
are put together
on the Bronco,
now it's onto the smaller
and finer details
of the whole project.
[upbeat music playing]
Sometimes when you apply
all of the body work,
the paint work,
the polishing, the primer,
all of the parts coming
together, and final assembly,
sometimes with rubbers,
well, they just don't fit
that good.
It's just the paint
with the primer
and stuff like that,
the sealer.
It's built up right there,
it just makes some
tight columns and stuff.
[Dave K] So filing off fine
paint work is something
you need to be very cautious
and careful with.
[producer] Oh, you think
third time's the charm?
[Cole] Oh, absolutely.
[producer] I thought that's
a normal amount of time.
[Cole] Well...
[Tim] Right there.
There it is.
-[Cole] Third time.
-Third time's a charm.
-Good job, Cole.
-Thank you.
I'm glad
you could get that in.
-I'm out here working hard.
-[laughs]
The fit is great but
as we move along further,
we're gonna have
some decisions to make.
[Shannon] Now slide
it in there.
Just like that. Look at that.
We had, uh, the original
straps chromed
because they really like that
look, but if they're too loud,
we got a quiet strap,
which is just a cable
to go on here.
They're pretty noisy,
especially when you do
the hard top
and you hit bumps,
stuff like that.
Basically this is an open
chamber so it just
echoes them.
But they are really
tight, so...
[man] I think those ones
are tight enough.
They're probably not
gonna rattle up.
Yeah, these ones
are pretty tight.
I'm gonna have to step in
and make a form
versus function decision here.
What's going on fellas?
You guys, uh, tailgating?
Get it?
Tailgating? [laughs]
I'll be here all weekend.
Try the lobster
and tip your waiter.
We have two options,
so we had the...
Obviously we had those.
-Got those chromes.
-And then we have these.
This is what Tim prefers
because those over time
get loud.
I'm thinking that this minor
cosmetic improvement
is just really not worth it.
-These...
-And they--
-jingling back.
-They ch*nk alot,
and they're tight right now
because we had them plated.
So those usually poke
out of the crevice?
That was my concern.
This Bronco is being built
to jump
and get in the dirt.
Um, those are pretty,
-but--
-These work better.
This is a no-brainer.
-And the simplicity
of it I think is--
-I agree.
There's a reason we didn't do
the spare tire in the back...
[makes sounds]
you always hear it.
-[Kevin] Right.
-You're gonna hear
that eventually.
This is a bit of a bummer,
but it kinda makes sense
and this may result
with some chrome
not being be able to be used.
Put those
in the "swap me" pile.
Okay. Done deal.
[Dave K] Really nice
chrome, though.
How much you want for 'em?
-For you?
-Yeah.
Jeez, Dave.
These are our guys.
You're gonna take 'em
to the cleaners on this stuff?
Wow, that's pretty steep.
How do you think
we paid for chrome?
Does it really matter
at this point?
They're gonna sit
on the shelf for [bleep],
go to him for 25.
-I'm gonna go on my high boy.
-You're gonna go
on your high boy?
-Yeah.
-All right. You got it.
-35 bucks?
-All right. Deal.
That's a good deal.
That's a smokin' deal.
Because you know they're just
gonna sit up on the shelf if
we don't sell them to Justin.
-[Dave K] And then we'll get
like $3 out of 'em next time.
-Exactly.
We found a new owner,
I don't have to walk
by unused parts.
Win, win, all wins.
-[Dave K] When we go to sell
we'll remember.
-Winning, winning.
-Boom.
-There we you go.
Looks great, fellas.
-[Kevin] Hi, Brian.
-Hi, Kevin.
-How's it going?
-Fine.
So the shop is only getting
busier and busier.
Brian is getting busier
and busier.
God, there's just some kind
of Zen or calmness about him.
I'm curious
how this is possible.
The work that you do
on these cars and the polish
and all the sanding
and, you know,
you're very precise
in what you do
and you're very, like, calm.
What are you thinking about?
I think about
what calms me down.
And that's working on my
bonsai trees in my garden.
So you're like Mr. Miyagi,
you just like trim
little pieces off?
Yeah. Well, sort of.
How long does that take?
Decades.
While at the shop,
I'm always looking for ways
to relieve stress.
I just haven't been
able to find it.
You know, it really
is calming and relaxing.
You should try it.
I think you'll like it.
I would...
I think I would just rather
try like a Jacuzzi.
These are the AMP
Research steps.
Um, this is actually the arms
and the motors.
[Kevin] I'm gonna continue
to look for ways
to relieve my stress.
As far as
the Bronco's concerned,
the show must go on.
Next up, it's time to install
the AMP Research steps.
Once these are on,
then we'll go ahead
and put the boards on,
tuck them up into the place,
and then we'll put
the motors up there.
Once it's all on
and swings freely,
we know everything's
in the right spot,
we'll go ahead
and get it all wired up.
[Kevin] This is the best
of both worlds.
You always wanna have a step
when getting into thing,
because you don't wanna
look at it.
There's little, uh, blocks
that slide back and forth
in the running board.
And we just have
to get them lined up
on the truck
and tighten it all down.
There we go.
I have a little
adjusting to do, but...
for the most part,
they swing in there
pretty nice.
This makes it so guys
like Justin,
the other Justin,
can easily get in this Bronco.
All right.
Some wiring.
It doesn't matter
if you're tall,
short, skinny, fat,
these steps just makes it
way easier to get in.
[Kyle] There are little
control box there
and we'll find a nice spot
inside the cab to mount this,
and then we'll make all the
wires go down to the boards.
Make it real nice
and clean and tidy.
[upbeat music playing]
[Kevin] These control boxes
allow you to...
If you only open one door,
just one step comes down.
Because that circuit,
the door pin circuit,
is tied together.
That runs the dome lights.
So it could all back feed
in to make both steps
come down.
That's what's really cool
about those boxes.
Not bad for somebody
who doesn't know
what they're doing.
We got the boxes mounted,
now we need to wire
the whole thing.
This is all universal wiring.
So we gotta make it work.
Oh, man.
-Where do I...
-[laughter]
-[groans]
-Good luck.
These will have to run
down through each side
of the vehicle
and I'm thinking
I'm just gonna take
the tubing off of it,
right off and get going.
Kind of make it easier
for myself.
[Tim] Gonna make this noise.
-Oh, yeah?
-[making noise with wire]
This is awesome, isn't it?
Especially when you feed it
through the firewall
and it just crunches
and crinkles.
[continues making sound]
[laughter]
[Kevin] This is one
of those sounds
that you probably
will only like
when you're actually
working on it.
This is the sound
of satisfaction,
the sound of progress,
the sounds
of getting stuff done.
We got the wires in
and this thing is ready.
[Kyle] Bingo.
[Tim] Oh, yeah.
[Kyle] Try it out, Tim.
I'll get my big...
[Kyle laughs]
Sweet.
And that'll even work
with the battery off, right?
[Tim] Yup.
Can't be climbing in here
with no power.
[chuckles]
A little high for that.
[Kyle] Right on.
[Tim] Cool deal.
Good job, dude.
-Thanks, buddy.
-Yeah.
[upbeat music playing]
Today is a milestone day.
[Tim] All right.
About to start it.
We got our fluids full,
we just wanna check for leaks,
make sure everything's fine.
We got our gauges
on the laptops
since we got the gauges out.
We've got wires,
we got computers,
we got cars, we got rollers,
we got things
all over the place,
we just need them all
to talk together.
We're ready. You ready, buddy?
[Justin] I'll watch
for anything wet.
All right.
Fire in the hole.
[car engine starts]
Well, at least it fired up,
step one, check.
Just... It's at stock,
so it's whatever Ford
set it up as,
so it should be pretty dialed.
Well, I'm not seeing anything
too concerning so far.
No leaks, no new sounds,
it's running great.
So the red line's RPM,
and then you got
your spark table,
green is, uh,
your throttle right here,
so as I give it throttle,
you could see...
It's all live data.
Got no fans.
Nothing's breaking,
but the fan is not working.
I don't think it's turning on.
Factory setting is 212.
Yeah.
But why it ain't on?
We're gonna have
to shut her down,
find out what's going on.
Check the brakes.
We gotta move up.
[Dave K] We're a little
further than we wanna be
with the fan's not kicking on.
We're gonna have to figure out
why they're not
coming on right.
So we have a single
fan set up.
We turn the AC on,
the fan turns on.
So we use the fan relay
for the ground,
and we put a diode in it, uh,
so there's no feedback
or anything.
[hissing]
[Tim] Oh!
[Justin] Awesome.
[Tim] What the [bleep]
was that?
-[Tim] I don't think
it's turning on.
-Factory setting is 212.
Yeah. But... why it ain't on?
[Dave K] We're building
Dave Jones' 1968 Bronco.
Assembly's all done,
we fired it up,
and then checking it out
to make sure
everything's all right.
[muttering indistinctly]
So we have
a single fan set up.
When we turn the AC on,
the fan turns on.
So we use the fan relay
for the ground
and we put a diode in it,
so there's no feedback
or anything.
[hissing]
[Tim] Oh.
And so now we have
the worst case scenario.
[Tim] What the [bleep]
was that?
[dramatic music playing]
[Tim] One of the cooling lines
has popped.
Probably didn't get seated
correctly or something,
but that's why you run it
through a heat cycle.
[Justin] Fan [bleep]
just blew.
[Tim] Was it the radiator cap
or the line?
Cap's on.
The radiator hose
come out. Been the...
Justin, what'd you make
such a mess for?
I was just standing here, man.
That... You were facing it.
I blame Tim mostly.
I think I did put the hose on.
[Justin laughs] Probably.
I don't know.
[Tim laughs]
This is a fine example
of reasons why we run it
through a heat cycle.
Make sure everything
can get the pressure
and hold pressure.
The other thing
we need figure out
is why the fans
didn't kick on,
because factory settings
are 212,
and we shut it off
at 215 or so,
and we still had nothing,
so we got that to figure out.
Fun, fun.
[Justin] You do this again,
you're on your own.
We only get one a day,
all right?
[Tim] We never want this stuff
to happen, but it does.
So my goal is
to get this all cleaned up,
make sure that it's perfect
before Kev and Dave find out.
It did start up and ran great.
-Okay.
-But the fans didn't turn on,
the AC turns on
the fans, so...
-So that's good.
-Yup. The AC turns on
the fans,
but the ECU's not
turning on the fans.
Well, I guess we're gonna have
to explain here.
The ECU sends a ground trigger
to the relay,
and then our AC sends
a ground trigger.
Well, we had those tied in
going into the relay,
and we put a diode in it
so we don't have a feedback.
After the diode, that's
when it goes really high,
so I'm assuming
the diode went bad.
Or maybe we just need
another diode.
We definitely needed that.
I mean, stack two of them.
Well, that would
make it more...
What's better than a dam
than a double dam?
At least he's in a good mood,
so we're all good.
The... As we shut it off,
we blew the little
radiator hose off
and scared the crap out
of me and Justin.
Okay. But this is the reason
-that we run it
through heat cycles.
-[Tim] Yup.
Kevin gets it. He knows
it's part of the process.
Because things get loose,
things need to be tightened,
this is exactly
what I was thinking
when I asked you to run it
through a heat cycle.
I would rather
it happen right here,
even though it did make a mess
and scare the crap out of you,
than on the corner
of State Street and KFC.
-Yeah. Yup.
-You know what I'm saying?
But other than that,
I'm excited,
-and I think Dave's
gonna be pumped.
-Yup.
[Kevin] Small hiccups
like this are expected.
That's why we run the car
through its paces
before the customer gets it.
We wanna catch anything
that might happen.
I know that
this is the wrong year,
but have you...
Did you ever watch
-the movie
Romancing the Stone?
-No.
I want this
to be Dave's little mule.
-Okay.
-I'm about it. Okay.
-Let me know. Thanks, bro.
-[Tim] Yup.
[Tim] I'm just gonna
go through
and re-torque everything,
recheck,
bolt and unbolt
the whole engine bay,
to make sure
this doesn't happen again.
You never know when Kevin's
gonna be in a good mood again,
so I don't want this
to happen.
Let's try and put this, uh...
[car engine starts]
Tim, she's running again.
Yup.
I hear this engine running
and it sounds awesome,
and there's not coolant
all over the floor.
That's a good sign.
-Full of coolant?
-[Tim] Yeah.
-I got the coolant
going back in there.
-Nice, nice, nice.
Well, it looks like
you got everything fixed,
what was the problem?
-Uh, we tried to be fancy
and go for the diode.
-Okay.
-Diode isolation, not wire?
-Yup. Yup.
So I took that out
and I just ran it
-where we just had
it separate out.
-Okay.
-Yup.
-[Kevin] That works.
-[Tim] So...
-[Kevin] Okay.
There... There's the fans.
There's the fans. Cool.
-[Tim] Yeah.
-So that does it for me.
As long as no more coolant
lines come off,
I'm gonna call this
in the bag.
-[Tim] Yeah. Yeah.
-Cool, dog. Let's go.
Let's go ride this
little mule soon.
-[Tim] Let's get it.
-I like it.
[Kevin] Okay, later, bro.
Have a good night. Okay.
[door creaks opens]
Yo, dawg.
-[Kevin] What's up, dude?
-You got a minute?
[exhales sharply]
Yeah, I'm just super
stressed out.
[Brian] Well, I have
just the thing.
-What is that?
-Yes, it is a bonsai.
-But what... Wow.
-That is a tree in a pot.
-A shallow pot.
-Wow, that does...
I didn't think
they were gonna be that big.
I'm very intrigued by this.
Bonsais come in many sizes
and shapes.
-Is this like a larger one?
-Much like people.
Tall, skinny, round,
and everything in-between.
Is this a tree that
you've grown from the start?
No, I went
and bought this for you.
-You did?
-Yeah.
-It's how much I love you.
-Oh, that's sweet.
I wanted you to have a tree.
[Kevin] This is cool.
I have so many questions.
Like are little flies
gonna fly around
and I'm supposed to catch
them with chopsticks
like Mr. Miyagi?
Okay, the... Okay, time out,
there's a couple things.
Every plant that Dave gets...
-dies.
-[Brian] Mmm-hmm.
So you have to tell me
how to take care of this
and I wanna be able
to trim it.
I'm loving Kev's enthusiasm.
What's this tree's name?
Well, I mean, the person
who is working on this tree
didn't develop
a relationship with it
because he knew it wasn't
gonna be his someday.
So what he did...
-Is he got it to this point...
-Okay.
-for someone else
to finish it.
-I see.
-This tree [bleep]
is very complex.
-[Brian] So you need
-to name it.
-So...
Name it Steve.
Oh, that's great.
Steve the Bonsai.
I will love and take care
of Steve, my new bonsai tree.
How often do I water
this thing?
-[Brian] Typically every day.
-[Kevin] Okay, every day,
so throw a couple ice cubes
in here every day?
No. No, no, no, no, no, no.
It's not a...
It wasn't born in the Arctic.
I just thought it like cold...
I like cold water.
Well, it's... It...
Trees don't.
-Really?
-Yeah.
Just like lukewarm
[bleep] out of the hose.
It shrivels them up.
-That's fair.
-[laughs]
We all know how bad
that can be,
so I'm glad I asked.
And I might make a cut
right now for you,
but I almost feel
like I need to stare
-at this thing...
-[Brian] Yeah.
and really, really think
about how...
-What... How...
-[Brian] Say,
you're a natural.
-And let Steve tell me...
-Yeah.
what he wants.
So I can cut this guy
like right here.
[Brian] If you have
enough leverage.
Yes.
That's one of the most
satisfying sounds in bonsai,
is when the scissors come
together. [makes sound]
Steve and Kevin
needs some time alone.
Welcome to the world
of bonsai.
-Where are you going, dude?
-I gotta go back to work.
Master,
I might need more help.
You know where to find me.
[door creaks close]
[upbeat music playing]
[Justin] [bleep]
hope this works.
[Dave K] We're on
the last stretch
of this bitchin' Bronco
and now it means
we're onto upholstery.
[Justin] Okay, I'm gonna
do this one more time I guess.
So working with these seats
and us getting these built up,
that's not that big a deal.
But if we gotta add later on,
that's a pain in the a*s.
[makes engine sounds]
Kevin keeps saying,
"It's my little mule."
It's gonna be nice.
I wanna see how
this little mule fits me.
I'm gonna give
the full rundown
of that entire movie. [laughs]
I thought
it was a great movie.
It's looking really good.
-Taking the headrest off.
-Yeah.
Yeah, you don't want
a headrest, did you?
No, no, uh-uh.
Seems like we're awfully high
in the saddle.
Are you changing the foam?
You gonna the foam down?
I'll sew in the quarter inch,
not half.
-How's that?
-Perfect.
So we don't get
too much taller.
Okay. Okay.
And it seems to me
that it's pretty good,
but I think the seat
could come down just a little.
So the center console,
let's just get back to
the center console, then.
[Dave K] So 14, 14 and a half,
go forth from right here,
and then you're just gonna do
a boot on this.
-We have a box
that goes across here...
-Okay.
and then there'll just be
a ring that goes in here.
Then you have
your two cup holders,
center console,
and then just a little
catch point for your phone.
Do you want a charging pad
like we did on...
I don't wanna do
a charging pad.
Just the USBs in the box?
Just the USB,
just one would be fine.
I don't think he needs
a whole bunch,
-and just somewhere
to throw your stuff.
-Okay.
Okay? Cool.
[Dave K] The next project
for this little mule
is the center console.
We have a lot of room
to work with,
so it could be a big mule.
With the size
that we have to fit
just so it can be
totally custom,
which actually gives us
some great options.
[Dave K] We got
the structure made,
it fits wonderful,
and it gave us an option
to put two vents
to the rear seat,
which is really gonna be nice
for the rear passengers.
Now it's time to upholster it.
[Justin] Really,
the only thing
about a bigger console,
it means more leather,
a little more sewing,
the install's gonna be
the same,
shouldn't be that big a deal.
So really, with this console,
just with it being
a little bit different shape,
there's a few odds and ends
and some tweaks
that we gotta do to
make this right.
Just because it's bigger,
it really doesn't mean
this is more difficult.
Just basically this
black-focused leather
that we're using
on this, um...
just getting him
to get this patterned out.
With all
the leather patterned out,
I wanna make sure all these
tailor marks are right,
I'm gonna lay this up here
so it lays out perfectly.
-See how you got
your start and stop?
-Yeah.
Trust your tailor marks.
You've already had these
on here, okay?
You need to pull
-to their marks.
-[Frankie] Okay.
But I like how you got...
You got a ton of tailor marks,
you're not gonna have
a problem with this.
-This is pretty simple.
-Okay.
[Justin] Okay, a lot of people
call these tailor marks,
witness marks,
call them whatever you want,
but the reason
these are important,
these are your start
and stop locations,
and in between,
if you don't hit them,
they're not gonna fit.
These tailor marks
are very important,
it helps you a lot
when you're sewing
because you've got
to line them up.
The console looks great.
We have a ton
of stuff left to do.
This is the first
Alcantara one I'm doing now.
-So that...
This is a first for me.
-[man] Okay.
We have a little bit
different process
doing the headliner
on this one.
We're gonna use not leather,
but Alcantara.
This'll require Justin
to use a little bit
different material
in a little bit
different style.
Lay one coat on it.
How wide were we?
-Sixty?
-Yeah.
I put a pencil line in there,
if that's okay.
No, that's fine.
We'll chalk-line it again
and we'll mark one down
the middle.
Yeah. I mark... I still got
to mark the one in there.
-We can't steam this in.
-Right.
We're gonna have to set it in.
[spraying]
[Justin] We went
with the Alcantara
because they wanna pull in
two or three different
fabrics and materials,
and I thought
this would be a good one
for this application.
Actually, alcantara's kind
of difficult to work with,
it doesn't have
a ton of stretch.
The thing
you gotta be careful with
if it's not foam-backed,
is you sh**ting glue on it
and it bleeding through.
Another challenge
with doing this headliner
is not only the shape
but the thing that we got
sittin' in front of us
that we gotta work around.
I feel like we can set
this in 10 minutes
-because
it's kicking pretty good.
-Okay.
So with us doing this
in Alcantara,
we're not gonna steam this
in completely,
so we only got about
for all this contact cement
to flash off
before it's too dry
or too wet.
Keep it tight, don't let it
touch anything, okay?
Grab that other end,
and I'm gonna hand...
I'm gonna walk through
and hand this to you.
-[man] Okay.
-[Justin] This is the front,
fold it.
Okay. Right there.
You're gonna be
on one of the corners.
Might need one of you, Quinn.
Quinn or Sergio, somebody.
Come towards me.
[bleep], hold it first,
right where I'm at.
Right where I'm at.
In the moment,
I might sound mad,
a little angry,
but I'm really not.
Don't you worry,
you're not the first one
to get yelled at
doing this, okay?
Time and precision
matters here,
we can be friends later.
No, that's good. Okay, hey.
-Now Cass, pull your corner.
-[Cass] My corner?
Yeah, side to side.
Look at that line though.
I want to straighten
that line out.
Pull forward,
not the corner now,
just pull forward. Tight.
Using different materials
definitely have
different challenges,
and we haven't used
a ton of this.
Kind of tedious, actually,
because there's not
a ton of stretch.
It's about done.
Okay. Pull that right
over there, son.
A little bit more.
The roof has a minor curve
into this
and there's not a lot
of stretch with this,
it's definitely
making it harder.
Got a little crease
I'm trying to get out,
trying to stretch it.
Believe it or not,
as flat as this roof looks,
it's not.
It's got curve to it.
Well, this is...
Has to be at least to there,
or it's not gonna cover.
I think we're gonna be
all right.
I think I can get it
but it's gonna take
a little bit of finessin'
and a little bit of cussin'.
Gonna get it steamed in here,
get these corners tucked.
Okay, Frankie.
-Let's get to steamin'.
-[Frankie] Okay.
[Justin] Cover every drop
of that.
So with that 10-minute flash
mark that we thought we had,
we still had to steam this in,
we took it,
did a test pattern,
and it worked out great.
[Dave K] We've test-drove this
a lot of times,
but it's important
to just make sure
that everything's buttoned up
before I take it back to Dave.
This is gonna be the last run
on the dyno
before we give it back
to the customer.
We've already put like
a hundred street miles on it,
but I always like
to strap them down on the dyno
in a closed environment
where I don't have
to worry about traffic
or any other variables,
and look at a couple things.
I'd rather it break down on me
and find the issues
on my side of the fence
than all the way down
in Arizona.
Nice tool because
if you think you hear
something out on the road,
obviously, you can't
really trail behind it
and listen to it,
so the dyno's
a really nice tool
to just run this thing
in a controlled environment,
I don't have to worry
about traffic
or anything like that.
And what I'm doing
is just a vehicle simulation
test right now.
Kind of emulate
what you would see
in real-life scenarios.
Obviously, that's not
gonna be 100%
to what it would be out
on the road,
but it gives you
a really good idea.
[Dave K] Two things that
we're looking for here
is to make sure that
the air temperature is good
going into the engine,
and also, it might be
really important
to make sure
that the speedometer is set
so we don't get
any speeding tickets.
[car engine revving]
Everything's checking
in perfectly on this Bronco,
and it's ready
to go down to Dave
and introduce him
to his new little mule.
[car engine revving]
Oh, do you hear that?
Yup. I hear him.
We're here
in Paradise Valley, Arizona,
at our good friend
Dave Jones' house
to give him back
his 1968 Bronco.
-Yeah, buddy.
-Oh, man.
-[car engine revving]
-[Dave K] Oh,
do you hear that?
[Dave J] Yup. I hear him.
Rumble in the hills.
You know, when Dave
first brought that Bronco in,
it looked like
it had a lot of history,
a lot of bad history, that is.
Yeah, buddy.
Oh, man.
What do you think of that?
Oh, it's pretty.
[rock music playing]
-[Dave J] Quite be that nice.
-Right?
-Hi, Kev.
-[Kevin] How's it going,
buddy?
[Dave J] Good.
How you doin', man?
-Good to see you, brother.
-Good to see you.
-Ta-dah!
-Here it is.
[Dave J] When I heard
that roar coming up
the mountain,
I could tell it's
that Five-O really turning on.
What do you think
of the colors, man?
You know, I...
At first, I thought
that it was gonna be
a little... A little off.
- [Dave K] Mmm-hmm.
- [Dave J] But I really
like that color.
-This is a Porsche color...
-Oh, is it?
and some call it chalk,
some call it crayon,
but some, myself,
call it freakin' awesome.
[Dave J] The gray came out
and it's got
some good coloring to it,
then that white
just really offsets it.
And then a set
of our fender flares,
and these are
actually really cool
because they kind of emulate
the nicest-looking flares
that you can get
for these Broncos,
but you're not looking
at the pockets
and the screws all
over on the outside.
- [Dave J] Yeah.
- [Dave K] And also I like
to have it underneath,
so just as nice and clean,
and smooth.
And what do you think
of the wheels?
[Dave J] The wheels
are bitchin'.
-[Dave K laughs]
-[Dave J] Those are...
Those are just like
the old Ford hubcaps, man.
[Dave K] Super bitchin',
right? Yeah.
Our fender flares
actually cover those wheels
so that it
looks proportionate,
it looks beautiful,
and of course,
all the hardware is hidden,
so if you ain't got some,
get some.
The chassis,
I haven't even drove this yet.
This thing is amazing.
For sure the wheelbase,
as it is,
it rides so incredible,
it buzzes down the roads
at 80 miles an hour,
and it doesn't feel like
you're gonna tip over at all.
This RS4 Roadster Shop chassis
is the only way to go.
It has coilovers,
it has a 4-link,
it has a set
of brand new axles, 35s,
this thing is money.
When Dave drives this Bronco,
it's gonna allow him
to feel confident on the road.
[Dave K] One of my very
favorite parts of this
is actually the bumpers.
[Kevin] So what Dave designed
and the way that the metal...
The metal shop
put them together,
is it's actually a two-bumper.
-And then you--
-[Dave J] Yeah,
they fit really good.
[Kevin] Made out of tube,
but it's super strong,
and it's really cool,
it's amazing.
[Dave K] Let's check out
the business end...
-[Dave J] All right.
-[Dave K] of this
bad boy, though.
So, you know, doing a Coyote,
this is a pretty small
engine bay
for the most part.
It doesn't really fit much,
but that fit just fine.
[rock music playing]
Doesn't look that small to me.
[laughs] It's not.
[laughing]
It's a big engine,
it's got a lot of horsepower.
[Dave K] It's all
of the right pieces
in all the right places.
What we did,
this is kind of cool.
I thought I wanted to try
and do something that
still kind of looked vintage.
-Yeah.
-So doing a blue...
A blue motor for a...
For a Ford, you know,
that was kind of telltale.
So these are 3D-printed,
and I thought
this was a perfect spot
to put the emblems that
are normally on the fender.
Instead of breaking the line,
just keeping it outside,
I wanted it very clean,
I thought that
was a perfect spot,
-I think
it fits in perfectly.
-Yeah. I love it.
-It's turned out really nice.
-Isn't that cool?
[Dave J] I really like
the Coyote motors
and the way
that they put them Bronco
and stick these on the,
you know, side of them,
it just made it look nice.
Bronco's looking just great,
everything's turned out,
but there was a big issue
with the interior.
Well, let's see if we can
get you in the saddle here
and see if you like it.
I think you're gonna love it.
All right.
We were going back and forth
on the colors,
so I'm really excited to see
how the whole thing
really came together.
[Dave K] By the way,
look at this.
I don't know
if you noticed this one.
[Kevin] This is one
of my favorite things, too.
-Oh, the step-downs. Oh, yeah.
-[Dave K] Yeah.
-[Dave J] That's really cool.
-[Dave K laughs]
-[Kevin] The time is here.
-Wow.
That's pretty cool.
[sighs] It worked out.
[rock music playing]
-This is leather right here.
-It's not...
I thought it was gonna be
a lot more overdone.
But it's just about perfect...
-[Dave K] Right.
-[Dave J] the way
the seats look.
It just has
a very nice proportion,
it's not overdoing it,
but it's a nice detail.
I should've known,
you pulled it off again.
[Kevin] I should have known.
[Dave J] Well, this
is really cool here, too,
this ceiling,
the way it comes out.
-[Dave K] Yup. All Alcantara.
-[Dave J] So clean.
And then, like I said, we kept
it super stealthy on this one,
but it has a full stereo sub
under the seat,
runs right off your phone,
and so you're set.
[Dave K] I rarely ever put
a black interior in something.
This was actually a perfect
choice for this vehicle,
especially with
the lighter exterior.
So by doing black leather,
black Alcantara,
I still wanted to break it up
and do something,
maybe add a little bit
of a vintage look.
[Kevin] Well, now there's
only one thing to do.
-What's that?
-[Kevin] We're gonna get taken
-for a ride.
-Go for a burn.
Okay. I'll be back
in a minute.
Watch your step.
[rock music playing]
[Dave K laughs]
Woo!
It's got lots of pull to it.
I know, right? [laughs]
That was perfect.
Getting behind the wheel
and just being able
to hit that gas
and get that instant
horsepower and get the...
You know, get that Coyote
to kick in, it's just fun.
It's nice.
-It curls right around.
-Uh-huh.
[Dave K] It's that short
wheelbase, man.
-You gotta love that.
-[Dave J] Yeah.
[Dave K laughs]
That thing scoots.
I'm telling you.
[Dave J] Nice little driver.
I mean--
It's probably like one
and a two, right?
Yeah. It's just like...
[Dave K] So you know,
Dave's got his farm truck
thing taken care of,
his classic car taken care of,
and now his off-road vehicle
taken care of,
this is pretty much
all encompassing
perfect collection,
and I'm very excited
to have three of my vehicles
in his barn.
[laughs]
[Dave J] Is that
the most bitchin'?
It is the most bitchin'
one today.
[laughs]
Wee!
[rock music playing]
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10x03 - A Bitchin' Off-Road Warrior
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Reality show featuring Dave Kindig from the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company Kindig It Designs as they show their process of restoring and rebuilding vehicles.
Reality show featuring Dave Kindig from the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company Kindig It Designs as they show their process of restoring and rebuilding vehicles.