What's happening, world?
Today...
we're getting in a car
for a very special person.
[upbeat music playing]
What I'm thinking
about this particular car
is how to take the world
of a Challenger,
stay true to the shape,
while modifying it in
a grounded space of reality.
[Greg] A little bit
of a trial by fire.
Gonna scribe it.
Cut it and weld it.
Here we go.
How's the rear window fit?
The [bleep]
Hmm, is this gonna
actually mount?
I like things that demand
the attention, right?
[Dave] Right.
I don't wanna say,
"Hey, look at me."
[Dave] Flambe Dave is here.
This is just way too much
and it's not gonna work
for the car.
[theme music playing]
[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 1] This is gorgeous.
[Dave] Performance...
[man 2] It's fantastic.
[Dave]
Stance, wheels, sound.
There's one thing
that makes our car stand out.
Ours are bitchin' rides.
[man 3]
Well, it never gets old.
[man 4 laughs]
[upbeat music playing]
Last time on Bitchin' Rides.
What's happening, world?
Today, we're getting in a car
for a very special person.
Can't tell you who that is,
but you'll find out
soon enough.
[engine revving]
We started working
on a rusty old '70 Challenger.
Dave, Dave.
I'm not trying
to make a big mess...
-I'm just gonna get...
-in the shop.
We got it stripped, dipped.
We have a brand new chassis
from the Roadster Shop
and we got a special motor
for this thing.
It's got a radiator,
it's got a core support,
got a condenser,
it's got a intercooler.
I wanna put
the engine in now.
Here's the deal.
I got a very rare Hellephant
engine from Mopar.
We got straight
to work with all
of the replacement
body panels.
And Kevin got a little excited
and almost spilled the beans
on who our special client is.
[Kevin S]
This is [bleep] car.
So after all of that,
it's now my privilege
to spill the beans,
as it were,
to tell you who our huge,
massive superstar client is,
Mr. Kevin Hart.
[dramatic music playing]
So Kevin, I know you didn't
bring me all the way out here
just to check out your studio.
What did you wanna talk
to me about car-wise?
What was--
What I wanna talk to you about
is the world of the build
that I want.
Why I feel like
you're the right person
to achieve the goal at hand.
You know,
I've admired your work
for a very long time.
I mean, I think now,
over the last couple years,
people right now are aware
that I'm a car enthusiast.
This is probably car
number 17.
This is the first one
by Dave though.
You know, I just wanted
to be able to say
that I've worked with Dave
and got a build from Dave.
It was a priority to get
to Dave and to basically
be a fan of the work
that I've been a fan of
and be able to say
that I now own a piece of.
What I'm thinking
about this particular car
is how to take
the world of a Challenger.
-What year?
-Well, I'm going with '70.
-[Dave] Okay.
-[Kevin H] '70. In my opinion,
-the best year.
-[Dave] Okay.
I wouldn't disagree with you.
[Kevin H] Some will
argue with, some won't.
[Dave] Not me.
[Kevin H] Um, I think '70
is the best year.
And what I'm trying
to do here is basically
take a car
of old that people love.
Stay true to the shape.
-Stay true to the world.
-[Dave] Okay.
While modifying it
in a grounded space
of reality.
I actually drive 'em.
So I like them
to be street ready
to where I can treat 'em like
a daily driver if I chose to.
I think for me, it's more
about the craftsmanship
that goes
into the work of the car.
We're talking about,
of course,
flush mounting the windows.
We're talking about tucking
the bumpers.
We're talking
about tubbing it,
sitting in the mud.
I'm talking
about playing around
with the look and feel
to my exhaust...
-Okay. Cool.
-my tailpipes, where,
how, what?
You know,
are they coming out the side?
Are they better
coming out the back?
Are they hidden?
There's so much that goes
into what basically makes
a car fit underneath
the definition of beautiful.
So those are
the priority pieces to me.
I wanna go big on my engine.
Okay.
That's one of my specialties.
[Kevin H]
You know, the big engine.
-But reliable.
-[Kevin H] Yes. Yes.
-[Dave] So--
-I wanna drive it.
So you know what, so here's...
So here's the thing.
What I would probably suggest
based on some of the stuff
you're talking about,
'cause that's really
right up my alley.
I like to make a car
still look like what it was.
-[Kevin H] Mmm-hmm.
-[Dave] But perfect it.
-Okay.
-[Dave] So fit and finish,
getting rid of seams.
I hate looking at screws
around, like, headlight,
doors, and taillights
and all that kinda stuff.
Do you have a color
that you wanna do?
-Black.
-[Dave] Black.
-Black.
-Good enough for me.
-Do you wanna do a graphic?
-You know what it is?
I think I would love to see
what the world
of the graphic...
-Okay.
-looks like, just to see it.
So maybe we just explore it.
Okay.
But I feel very strong
about going black.
Do you have an idea
of what color of interior
you wanna go with?
Now, I'm a big...
I'm a big fan of black
with red interior,
and now it doesn't necessarily
have to be--
But not bright red.
I don't wanna do a bright red.
-We can darken that up.
-I like the idea of that.
Maybe almost like a wine
or, you know,
-something like that.
-Yeah. Let's go...
Let's go a little darker.
I don't...
I don't like anything
that just...
That says I'm screaming for...
-[Dave] Okay.
-the attention.
I like things that demand
the attention.
I don't wanna say,
"Hey look at me."
I want people to go,
"Oh, wow, look at that."
Kevin's got my tastes
in mind as well.
He wants to go black
on the outside,
red on the inside,
which is really one
of my very
favorite combinations.
That shouldn't be a problem
to make him happy.
If I could have sharp
body lines
that could basically
take the place of a stripe.
-[Dave] Mmm-hmm.
-I'm happy there.
When you're looking
at the metal work
and you're looking
at the body lines on the car,
those are the things
that speak volumes to me.
I'd like to put together
a chassis.
You know, let's do
a Roadster Shop chassis.
They run great.
They'll go around the corner
like nobody's business.
Do you want
a manual transmission,
do you wanna shift it,
or you want just an automatic?
Which I don't think
there's anything wrong
with an automatic,
I'm gonna tell you
that right now.
Well, I'mma go...
The reason why
I wanna go automatic
is because I have a lot
of manual.
Right.
I think right now it's time
for me to do a couple builds
where I'm just straight
out the gate, start up...
Pay attention to where
you're going not shifting.
-Yes.
-Right, right, right.
Just straight out
the gate, go.
My calfs are getting big.
-Uh, you know--
-[Dave] Me too.
You know, yeah,
the calfs are getting big.
I don't think
Kevin's really a stranger
to the car thing anymore.
He's got a lot of cars
that he's bought.
A lot of cars
that he's having built.
And I'll tell you what,
to have one of mine
in his barn,
I'd be honored.
Do you like chrome
on the outside of the car.
A lot of times
I'll keep chrome in the car
if it has chrome.
But if you're wanting to do,
like, more just,
like, blacked out
and kind of stuff.
-Black it out.
-[Dave] Just black it out.
-Black it out.
-That was easy enough sell.
Well, I think
that what I need to do
is I'm gonna get back
to Salt Lake.
I'm gonna sit down
at the drawing board.
I'm gonna do a little bit
of research and I'm gonna put
a couple of renderings
together for you.
And I'd like to just start out
with just some line art
so you kind of see
what the body mods would be.
-Okay.
-And then I'll go in
and I'll put some color to it.
Maybe we throw around
a graphic
and just kind of play
with that idea.
If it looks like
it doesn't belong,
let's just do straight black.
Sounds like
you're well prepared
and, like,
this is what you do.
I'm in.
I've been building it
in my mind
for the last three minutes.
-I'm in, I'm in.
-Thanks, Kevin.
-I'm in. I'm locked in.
-Great place.
-Thank you, man.
-This is awesome.
I'm excited.
I'm excited to add it.
I'm excited to put it
in its new home.
I'm excited to look at it
on Sunday mornings
when I'm just standing
in front of my car
with a cup of coffee.
That's what it's all about
after the age of 40.
Your renderings
are what I need.
-All right.
-Thank you.
You got her.
I cannot wait to get back
to Salt Lake,
get to my office
and start drawing this car up
and get him a copy of it.
I think he's gonna love it.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] My biggest goal
always is to build
the most bitchin' ride
I possibly can for somebody.
And this car
in particular has created
a lot
of different challenges.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave]
This is gonna be bitchin'.
So this engine
is actually one of a hundred
that were produced by Mopar.
They were a special edition
crate engine.
They come
with a thousand horsepower
and a thousand foot-pounds
of torque.
Now, what do you do with that?
Well, you gotta put
a transmission behind it,
to get the motor,
to put them power
to the rear wheels.
[Will] The overall goal today
is to get the transmission on
and this engine in the car.
This in particular muscle car
is very slender
in the height of the body.
And of course,
this big motor is very tall
in the height of the body.
This is gonna give us
a little bit of a challenge
to try and fit it in there.
[Will] Even though
this is all alloy,
it's still gonna come up
to you probably 600,
and that's gonna change
the shape of the car.
So we'll get that into place
before we're hanging
the front sheet metal,
just to take that
into consideration.
Lots of goodies,
like H-beam rods,
all this sounds like jargon,
but the rods
have been shot peened,
which makes
the surface stronger.
The crankshafts
have the same treatment.
These discs are what they call
Mallory weight.
That's a heavier material
than the actual crankshaft.
So you drill
the crankshaft out,
put those weights in there
to help get the balance
all perfect.
You can see it's very clean
and very beefy.
Pretty cool.
So if you think
this engine's cool,
you should see
the transmission.
Little Chrysler
which we were kind
of marveling
over the other day
when we opened it,
that the case
and this whole gear case
just seems
very kind of dainty
I guess you'd say.
Nice and small,
which is great for packaging.
-Hey, Eric.
-[Eric] Hey.
[Will] You wanna help me
a second?
That looks heavy.
-Just a little guy.
-[Will] Isn't that crazy?
-8-speed in there.
-Smaller, the better.
[Will chuckles]
Looking at the bolt pattern
it has no provisions
for these and the dowel.
Where's the dowel?
It's got a little baby dowel
in this side
and a threaded hole.
Hmm.
Is this gonna actually mount?
Uh, Houston,
we have a problem.
Kev?
Kev?
Kev!
Dave asked me to attach
this huge Hellephant engine
to this tiny
little transmission.
I think we got a problem.
-[man] It's your--
-[Will] Kev?
Kev.
-Kev!
-I don't know.
Doesn't seem like
it's matching up.
What's even more embarrassing
is everybody seems
to be rubbernecking,
wondering what's going on.
Missing a couple holes.
I'm going to lunch.
[dramatic music playing]
Huh.
Huh?
I don't know
what Will's problem is
but I'm sure
we'll figure it out.
I am a whizz
at problem solving.
-[Will] A, uh--
-[Kevin S] 305 stay alive.
[Will] Hey, prove me wrong.
That this actually
bolts together.
This guy is obviously
not the right size.
This is threaded,
this is threaded.
Here's our third hole here.
We got nothing.
If you pop the pins,
we should be good
to grab some holes.
-No?
-[Will] No, look at it.
[Kevin S]
Oh, this one right here
and this one right here.
[Will]
And the spacing looks off.
If we had this lined up,
this would be nowhere
near the--
[Kevin S]
I'm not understanding it.
It's probably some weird Mopar
thing that nobody knows about.
I mean, it's the same color.
It's gotta be right.
[laughs]
[man] Maybe it's this end
that goes to it.
[Will] I think it would be
just about as close.
[Kevin S] There's not even
a hole for the pin over here
and you're way high.
[Will] See this is, uh...
Yeah, I'm not sure
what's going on here.
I'm not either.
Time to bust out these
problem solving skills again.
I'm having trouble
bolting this transmission
to this engine.
Any suggestions
Mopar whisperer?
This is supposed to be like
a Hellcat transmission,
Instead it's like
a hell kitty.
[Kevin S] Yeah, something.
Hell if I know.
There you go.
I'm allowed
one dad joke per show.
Dave gets them all.
I'm just asking for one.
So it turns out
we got a little baby.
Kev's gonna figure it out.
This transmission may not fit
but we can still move forward
with getting
the engine in place.
I mean, hopefully,
fingers crossed,
we'll have another
transmission soon.
It turns out they actually
sent us the wrong speed.
We ordered an 8HP90.
It looks like they
sent us some kind
of a hybrid
of a 6-speed something
that doesn't even go
to this car.
I don't know
if it was cased wrong
and we never opened it,
but we got
the new one on the way.
Problem solved.
[Will] Well, no wonder
it's so small and dainty.
Hopefully,
the other one's a monster.
We really just need an answer
on the firewall placement
don't we?
-Nope.
-So maybe we'll just hover
that thing in there.
And obviously, won't have
the weight on the car.
Appears as though it wants
to go right where it belongs.
Oh, that sensor's hanging
out there pretty good.
You can see
that the Roadster Shop
kind of prepped this car out
with this firewall
but it's not really matching
the tow boards down low.
If it was just
to zap it together
with the tow boards
that's down low,
it would kind of put it
at an angle.
Since it's not in yet,
we just wanna verify
it's where it needs to be.
Wouldn't be the first firewall
we've moved
to fit a big engine.
[upbeat music playing]
[Will] It's in there
and it's nice and tight
just like I like it.
They build it
like I would build it.
[laughs]
[Kevin S] So, we won't be
painting that more.
[Will] Can you see it?
Can you see the little gap?
There's plenty of room.
Trying to get this thing down
in the car, best we can,
'cause this intake
is a mile high,
which is rad
because I like big engines,
but we're gonna have to do
a whole bunch of work
to keep this under the hood.
While we have this engine
in place,
we're gonna do a mockup
on the front end
to see how everything's going.
So here's my question.
Do you think we need
to set this on the, like,
transmission jack and then...
get the hoist outta the way
or can we sneak
this front end in here
and check the radiator clamps?
Uh, I think
we can stick it in there.
[upbeat music playing]
[Will] Well,
there's miles of room.
Okay. I'll take that.
[Dave] Now that we know where
the motor and transmission
sit in this chassis,
it's now time to get to work
and figure out
how we're gonna put
these massive tires
in the back of this car.
Roadster Shop gave us
these inners
and we're making
the outer section here
to match the specific tire
we're gonna run,
which is a big old tire.
We have to make sure
that the outer wheel housing
is going to accept
the new quarter panel.
That's the proper way
to put a quarter panel
and a wheel housing together.
Got a template here
for the wheel tub
on the driver side.
Luckily, Howard already took
care of the passenger side,
so we should have
an easy mirror image.
[upbeat music playing]
[Max] Roadster Shop took care
of half this project.
Got half the tub made,
just gotta make
the other half.
No real trick,
just gotta make it fit right.
And then we'll have to cut
this piece up,
make everything fit
with the quarter panel on.
So what we're gonna do
is take the new aftermarket
outer wheel housing,
remove the rim
off of the edge,
which will be the piece
that actually attaches
to the quarter panel.
And then we're gonna fashion
a brand new wheel tub
to make sure
we have enough room
for these massive
rear tires.
[machine whirring]
[Max] Halfway done
with the outer wheel
house here.
Just made the template
for this lower section here.
Just gotta transfer it
over to steel
and cut it out, weld her in.
Gotta match
everything up here,
so putting
a little shape into it.
Take a little finesse.
[upbeat music playing]
[Max]
For this next section here,
I'll have to pull out
the tub,
weld it on the bench,
hammer it out,
and then refit it
onto the car.
This will be a straight piece
with a minor curve to it.
But other than that,
everything's pretty flat.
It fits.
[Dave] You know,
all of the parts
are now starting to fit.
But as any puzzle,
there's always a mystery.
Everything good
with the quarter glass,
you're gonna fit
around that big tub?
We might have to put some
little tiny tires in the back.
I don't wanna mess
with that mechanism at all.
Everything good
with the quarter glass,
you're gonna fit around
that big tub?
[Max] I don't wanna mess
with that mechanism.
We might have to put some
little tiny tires in the back.
No, we'll be messing
with the mechanism
before that.
Yeah, I know.
I think we're gonna have
to trim this off a bit.
So I think the guys have now
come up with a good solution
to not only fit
the bigger tires,
but also to be able to have
the rear quarter glass
roll all the way down.
Since the big-a*s tub,
we're gonna have to do
a little relief in the tub,
so the window
can go all the way down
without it sticking way up.
Source out
all those window parts
and get cooking on that.
I'm sure there's some
of you out there wondering
why we'd actually put
a big old tub
and then put a notch back
into the face
of where the tire should hit.
Visually from the outside,
you can't see
this little thing,
but there's plenty of room.
Don't worry,
those of you at home,
it's never gonna touch.
[Will] That angle
that's on this back corner
come out of there,
make yourself a little
triangular box.
[Max] For sure.
That box needs to land on here
within like
an eighth of an inch
of the glass right here.
[Max] Yeah,
it's gotta be tight.
Nice and tight, right?
So this rear guide,
you can shorten it up.
I thought it was just gonna,
like, kinda slash in.
[Will] Just... That's it.
That back corner lands
way down there.
So just take a little bit
of that off
and there's totally room
for the tire.
-I'm stoked.
-[Max] Sweet.
I mean,
it's a little interesting,
-but it'll be fun.
-Right.
Go get a rear window.
Yeah. And it'll roll down
all the way.
-Yeah.
-All right. Cool.
[rock music playing]
[Max] So we got the box shape
going here
for the window cutout.
Keep everything from debris
getting into the car
and protecting the window
from rocks
and then anything
that kicks up from the tire.
[rock music playing]
Pocket is welded,
everything's in place,
and now it's time
for a test drive
for this rear quarter glass.
[Max] Kinda tough to go up,
the drill battery can only...
Well, it's going up
pretty good.
Pocket's ready
for the window.
It's all sealed up.
No debris will get in there.
We can slap
the quarter panel on.
[Dave] That was definitely
a lot more work
than originally anticipated,
but not out of the norm
for putting big stuff
in little places.
Now it's onto the rest
of the build.
[tense music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
We thought we were about ready
to go ahead and weld
this roof skin on,
but there's actually
something else
we have to accomplish first.
[Will]
How's the rear window fit?
-The [bleep].
-Does it?
There's only, like,
a half-inch gap on each side.
When it's shoved
all the way up?
[Dave] So the idea
behind the design
on this rear window
is we're gonna go ahead
and flush mount
both front and rear.
Now, they don't make
a custom piece
of oversized glass for this.
[Will] Probably gonna
wanna do a bunch of work
on here before we...
-[man] Yeah.
-stick this in.
We're gonna have
to rework the quarter
and this guy before we get
this put in place.
Split this out
and then have...
Looks like three-eighths
of an inch
or so on both sides.
The line's gonna have to stay
the same here
and then we're gonna have
to figure out
if it's three-eighths
of an inch there,
then we'll have to take it out
of this.
You can kinda discount this
for now.
Step that over,
then this will flow out,
and then we'll just make
the changes to that.
[Max] Yeah.
I was really hoping
it was gonna be easier.
[laughs]
[rock music playing]
[Dave] We just simply
have to make the hole
a little bit smaller,
make sure it's all butted up,
bring the sides
in a little bit,
the windows now moved up
and it's gonna sit
perfectly flush,
and then we're off
to the races.
[rock music playing]
So we're gonna flush mount
this window
without getting
flush mount glass,
so we're just gonna
tighten it up
around the perimeter
and then fit the sock window.
Window's a little small
for the opening,
for what we want it
to look like.
A little shrinky,
a little stretchy,
we're gonna try to just make
this out in one piece,
so we don't have
to weld in two spots.
[Dave] No matter what we need
the metal to do,
we have the equipment to deal.
Whether it's shrinking it,
stretching it,
bead rolling it,
putting little more curve
in it
with the English wheel,
we know exactly
what we need to do to make
this panel fit perfectly.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] Okay.
This piece rolled out
and looks beautiful.
Now, it's time to marry it
to the body.
And you know what that means?
There's gonna be
a lot of cutting
and a lot more welding.
But before everything
gets un-clecoed and welded,
I wanna make sure
that everything's
falling into place.
[Eric] Hmm,
then we gotta find out
where the center is
on this thing now.
Let's just try to hit
those two points
and then let's go all the way
to the edge.
I'm gonna bring mine back
to you.
I think that's it.
[rock music playing]
[Eric] So the plan is,
we're gonna get
the roof 100% prepped.
So that we can weld these in
and now the roof skin
doesn't have to come back off.
Slide it forward
and get in here.
[Eric]
Clumped the little tacks here
in case we gotta break it
apart again.
We're gonna scribe it, cut it,
and weld it.
Here we go.
sh**t some sparks, Steve,
at the same time, dual action.
Yeah.
[rock music playing]
[machine whirring]
[Eric] What do you think?
I think we're done
three-quarters of the way up.
Let's fit this window and, uh,
see how we like it
and then we can get
this bottom piece modified.
The guys have done everything
in their power
to make sure
it's perfectly straight.
They've shaped it,
they've cut it,
they've nipped it,
they welded it.
And if this gap around
this window doesn't
look great,
I'm gonna be a little bummed.
It's like, uh,
a skinny eighth over here.
What're you working with?
Yeah, about the same up top.
[dramatic music playing]
[Eric] Let's fit
this window and, uh,
see how we like it.
[Dave] We have been modifying
and customizing
nearly every single last panel
on Kevin Hart's
One of the biggest tricks
the guys have started with
was actually shrinking
the back window section
to fit the original glass
but making it flush.
It's like, uh,
a skinny eighth over here.
What're you working with?
Yeah, about the same up top.
[Eric] Or maybe when I modify
this bottom piece,
it'll fix that.
But I think overall
in the height
and the gap...
It's looking pretty good.
Three-quarters
of the way done.
We got a little bit left,
so tomorrow,
we'll button it up.
So far,
so good though, I like it.
[dramatic music playing]
[Eric] Since we slid
the window up,
to close up the gap
on the top here.
We're gonna have a nice inch
gap down at the bottom here.
So I'm gonna split this thing
and shove this up
against the window
and make
a little filler strip
and weld it in,
and that should be a flush
mount glass after that.
[upbeat music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[machine whirring]
I cut out a two-inch strip
but I'm only expecting
to add,
like, three-quarters
of an inch,
but I found it better
to have a little extra meat
on this thing
when you're welding it.
I guess no better way
to get into it
than just cut it in half, huh?
I'll weld it all
with a two-inch strip,
and then get it set in place,
and then overlap it,
scribe the next part,
and cut the rest off.
[rock music playing]
Just need to hammer it
one more time.
All right. I'm just gonna
cut this back a little bit
because I've gotta shape this
to the, uh, deck lid
a little better.
Just got a little bit
of a wider gap here
in the middle that I want,
so I'm gonna cut this back,
uh, about an inch or so,
and then put
a couple of shrinks
and see if I can close
this gap up a little bit,
so we don't have do it later.
[rock music playing]
[saw buzzing]
Too much already.
Let's stretch it out
a little bit.
This looks great.
I'm gonna weld it
and then hopefully
it doesn't move
too much on me.
So far, so good.
[Dave]
Now with the flush mount
glass in place
and looking wonderful,
the filler panel
between the trunk
and the glass looking awesome
and the trunk is now swinging,
it's time to put our attention
somewhere else.
[rock music playing]
[Dave]
A couple other big changes
that we're gonna make
on the back of the car.
I want the bumper to sit
flush in the body
and be part of the body,
but still have a clean gap
and everything's
gonna look spot on.
[tool whirring]
[rock music playing]
[Dave] And then also,
we're gonna make
those rear roll pan
part of the car
instead of removable.
That way we can get
the exhausts
really nice and clean.
[rock music playing]
[machine buzzing]
Now, with the roll pan
all one piece
to the back of the car,
I wanna now turn
our attention
to the taillight panel.
This is gonna be really cool.
We're gonna make
a full-length LED
with a custom grille
across the lens,
custom bucket,
and make it all flush mount
and look like
it was born that way.
This really is gonna give
the appearance
of the back of the car
has been widened,
so it's very important
to make sure that
it's nice and flowing
and goes with the body.
Steve's gonna have
to make a nice deep bucket
to make sure we got plenty
of room for all those LEDs.
[rock music playing]
[Dave] Boy, that didn't take
Steve that much time at all.
And now, the taillight panel
is actually ready
to be scanned,
so we can start
programming parts.
[Greg] I'm gonna start
building a taillight
for the Challenger here.
We're putting a grille
over the light
that'll match the front ones.
So scan this
and then I got to go scan
the front grilles too,
kind of gonna build them
all at the same time,
so they all match
really well.
Cool. I think that's it.
And so I got this scan,
it's pretty quick now
the new scanner's got
a quite a wider field of view.
So it's really just
a couple minutes
on this back part.
So there's the scan
with the taillight
bucket in there
and then here's the scan.
I haven't moved the car,
so the scan's
in exactly the same spot,
but just
without the pan there.
My concerns are gonna be
the gap to the body here
and the gap
to the bumper there.
All the metal work is done.
So I should be able
to just kind of fit my stuff
to their stuff
rather than vice versa.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] Once Greg gets all
of this scanned,
now he and I can go up
and sit at the desk
and basically come up
with the idea
of how everything's
gonna look
for all
of these different pieces,
the grille, the lens,
the diffuser, the LED panel,
and the assembly
that holds it all together.
[Greg]
That's good right there.
We're all ready to go.
Let's see
if I get any issues here.
A lot of really tiny tools.
All the parts of the taillight
are acrylic, so it's...
Basically,
this part is a bunch
of tiny hexagons,
so it's basically gonna punch
and then clear it out.
I think this thing's got
three million lines of code.
We're 8,000 in.
Hopefully,
I don't have any issues.
This is a little
more forgiving
than if I were making
this out of metal.
I'm still learning
how to do this kind of stuff.
So a little bit
of trial by fire,
but it always seems
to work out.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] You know, everything's
really starting to shape up
on this taillight panel.
But there's one
particular piece
that's gonna involve
both water and fire.
Now, not necessarily
in that order.
Hmm.
I don't wanna confuse you.
Just watch.
All right.
What do we got here?
So we machined these...
This is the grille
for the taillight
and then these are
the front grilles.
[Dave] Okay.
Greg's moving right along,
building these custom grilles
for Kevin Hart's car,
but we're running
into a little bit of a snag
with the final finish.
Not sure exactly
how to go about fixing that.
Well, this is the one
you did on the CNC router?
Yeah. So there's a few spots
that kind of got burned
with the plastic.
I tried to keep that
as minimal as I could.
But in the ends,
we have a few spots
that are just kind of dull.
You can see
where it's not that glossy
factory finish of the acrylic.
If we can figure out
a way to get rid
of those kind of foggy spots
on here.
Okay. I don't think
you're gonna hurt anything
by wet sanding it.
Most of the imperfections
look like
-they're just on the ends.
-Mmm-hmm.
So maybe we can just
kind of sand that out
-and see if we can get it
to polish back.
-[Dave] Hmm-hmm.
Can you get this on the table
and just lock it
and see what's up?
-Yeah, totally.
-Okay.
Plastic,
you can typically sweat
the gloss back up
to the surface.
Mmm-hmm. So--
[Kevin S] So we'll sand it
and we'll leave it
at, like, 800, a thousand.
And then you're gonna try
to sweat it back, shiny.
I think so. I think so.
Oh, look,
there's a torch right here.
-Whoa.
-Hold my coffee. Watch this.
-All right. All right.
-Take it easy.
So, like...
we're just trying to get,
like, the edge of...
[Greg]
Like softened the shape?
Yeah. Just...
Oh, look at that.
It just brings the gloss right
back up to the top though too.
It doesn't take much.
That's crazy.
Look at that.
[Greg] Yeah, that looks good.
[Dave] See how I just
softened that edge?
It's funny too 'cause
I was watching that piece
and it's, like, it bulged out
and then
it sat right back down.
-[Dave] Yeah.
-[Greg] Yeah. So--
Keep the right amount
of heat on it, huh?
Right.
So whoever does that needs
to know they're responsible.
They don't screw
this thing up.
-It's on them.
-You wanna be that guy?
-I guess that's me.
-There's your guy. I'll...
Flambe Dave's here.
Flame on.
[laughter]
Okay. So we got a plan
to finish this sample.
We're gonna have Eric block it
and then give it a light buff.
And once he's done with that,
I'm gonna come back over it
very lightly
and sweat it with a torch
to see if I can get the gloss
in the plastic
to come back up
to the surface.
-Okay.
-All right. Cool.
[Greg]
All right. Thanks, Dave.
[Dave] Yup.
-Morning, Steve.
-[Steve] Guess I'm blocking.
[Eric]
I always get the fun job.
Just looking for an arrayment
of different sand grits here
so I can work my way up.
I think we wanna end up
at like 800 or a thousand.
We can get started
with this guy.
I'm gonna start out with 220.
Doesn't look like I have
to go too deep,
so hopefully we can just kind
of finesse this guy
in here a little bit.
[upbeat music playing]
[Eric] Now, I'm up to 600.
This stuff's
standing out super fast.
So I grabbed 600,
We'll probably finish up there
and see how it looks.
The second side now.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] You know,
everything is looking
so much better already.
I'm pretty sure this is gonna
be the way to go.
[upbeat music playing]
Once it's dry,
I'll hit it with the torch.
Now, let me tell you,
sweating acrylic
is kind of bitchin'.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dave] You know, now it's time
for me to turn my attention
back to the original design.
I'm going to have
to make a decision
on exactly what to do with it.
Dave saw it
and he's freaking out
'cause the engine's very tall.
And, uh, I looked at it
and the hood that we have,
I mean, it really
could lend itself
to raising
almost three inches
is what it's gonna have
to raise.
Look how cool it could be.
Like, we would leave
this all alone
and really do our raise
right here.
Raise this up,
be like three inches.
Everybody will have an opinion
then we'll build it.
At least it's got some sort
of raise already.
At the end of the day,
Dave's opinion
is what's most important
around here.
We're gonna split this hood,
set the structure on,
so then we can see,
just kind of get
some perspective
on how much this engine
comes out of the hood.
[upbeat music playing]
[drill whirring]
[Will] This hood has some
difficult features
that's gonna make it
pretty difficult to split.
I'm gonna check in with Max
and see how I can help.
You know
about the back edge, right?
[Max] Yeah. We just got
to buzz it all off.
Yeah, cut those couple tacks
because the way this thing
is kind of nested together,
we'll just fold the lip up...
-[Max] Right.
-pull the skin off
and then slide it out
of the front.
[Max] Yeah.
Just use your cut-off wheel
and just try
-to basically remove them
the best you can.
-Right.
If we got to peel
under there a little bit,
no big deal.
You can imagine
if you're just using, like,
a can opener and you're, like,
bend it, bend it,
bend it, bend it open,
then you just stretch
the daylights out of it,
you know?
Run the blade under it
and just kind of...
-Yeah.
-work it like this, you know?
And I mean it probably
doesn't even need to go that.
Well, no, it is.
It's gonna have to pretty much
stand up 90...
-Okay.
-so that we can go this way
because that's all captured.
Yeah, I suppose
we got this whole lip here.
-Yeah.
-Totally.
Okay.
[rock music playing]
[saw buzzing]
[hammer pounding]
[upbeat music playing]
Everything was going smoothly
until we run into an issue
with the inner structure.
-Wait.
-A lot of glue.
Yeah, a lot of glue.
-Let's just see how it goes.
-Okay.
But if we can reach
under there
with the knife and
cut the glue...
-Yeah. Right.
-then great.
[upbeat music playing]
That glue is not easy
to get through.
[Max]
Oh, yeah, you're up here.
We got through most
of the glue,
but we still have some sort
of issue.
[drill whirring]
So, now, I wonder
what's across the front.
-[Max] Probably glue.
-[Will chuckles]
[Dave]
This engine will put out
a thousand foot-pounds
of torque.
A thousand horsepower.
You know,
we have so many challenges.
The engine's certainly
one of the biggest ones,
so we've had
a independent chassis.
[Kevin S] The Challenger
that we're building
never really had a chassis.
It had a K-Member,
so it's the same
as kind of the Coronet.
You have to cut
the whole floor out
and install a new chassis.
And they actually had
a whole package for this car
and send it out
and it gets tacked on
and it's supposed
to be beautiful.
We've moved the firewall.
And now, we really just need
to come down
to the nuts and bolts
of the situation.
So to get
some better perspective
on what we're gonna do
with this gigantic engine,
we're gonna set
the structure on.
It's already got
a big hole in it
that will give us some concept
of what we're gonna do
with the actual skin.
But removing this skin
from the structure
has proven
to be a real trick.
Finally.
-It's off, man.
-Here, stand it right there.
Typically, this is what you
run into a couple little spots
where you got the glue,
but they had...
Well, these spots...
Yeah. Okay, fine.
But those big long runners,
those were a pain.
Right here, right here.
Big long stretches.
Those were a pain.
We set this hood structure
in place
that's gonna give us
a good profile
of what the hood
is actually doing.
[tool whirring]
[Will] Right here.
It's gonna be tight,
but it'll work.
So this frame will only need
minor alterations,
but there are plenty of things
on this Hellephant
that are not gonna fit
under the skin.
I think we just run
this power steering fluid
right up through the hood.
Yeah.
We'll just cut a big hole
in the hood for power steering
and oil, and radiator.
Oh, and the radiator.
That thing's close too.
I don't know.
That's not the worst.
I mean, this is where
this was ramping up to
and they're talking about
three inches approximately.
So you can imagine...
I mean, there's a rib up here
that's big and tall.
Looks like kind of like
two inches to me
would do it, which it...
Which the way this hood
has all this cool look to it.
Will better be careful
because what he's talking
about doing
to this hood could end up,
I don't know,
hanging on the wall
like another hood.
I think we need to get
the designer
come talk about this,
how he wants it,
then I'm gonna cut it
and build it
just how I want it.
Hell, yeah. Do it.
Right.
'Cause that's definitely
how things work around here.
[Will] Where did Dave go?
-[laughter]
-So what you think?
That's a lot of motor
sticking out of there.
Can you see past the engine?
I'm afraid of how far
it's sticking out.
Might be a bit
more work than...
It's the aesthetic
when we're done.
How far are you gonna have
to be over the top of that,
so you have a little bit
of wiggle room, right?
[Will] At least a little bit.
Like, all the CAD stuff
is saying, like,
three inches is how much
taller the hood has to be.
-Serious?
-[Will] Yeah.
Oh.
[Will] I don't know.
I don't...
I don't know
that it's gonna be bad,
but what in the world
would we do
with this to make it look...
Right now,
it looks like an armadillo.
This is the ugliest motor
I've ever seen in my life.
I think it should be
caterpillar yellow.
-No.
-[Will chuckles]
Not far off that.
What if we cover the whole top
of this with our own cover,
make it look good,
and let's bring those edges
up a little bit
and border around this,
so it looks like
it was done on purpose?
[Will] Mmm-hmm.
Well, I mean, that's...
I don't know.
Really cool cover.
It needs to look modern
and muscly.
Yeah.
If we can't have this engine
and hood look good together,
we're gonna have to come up
with a completely
different plan.
Max, go grab that other side.
That whole thing would be up
that high, so visually,
if you stand back here
and look at it.
It's chopped.
The... Yeah. I mean,
that car, just...
You lose every bit of it...
And even at that point,
I'm almost concerned
about bringing
this section up too.
We always strive to build
the biggest and baddest ride
that we possibly can
out of anybody's project.
This car's proving
to have a lot
of different challenges
that are creating
more challenges
on top of that.
[Will] I don't see
what's wrong with that.
That's full on top fueller.
What do you mean you don't see
what's wrong with that?
You can't see anything
past it.
[laughter]
You can't even see
all the [bleep] on the dash
-that's left in there.
-[Will] Oh, I know.
It makes it look like there's
an elephant on the hood
because there is a elephant
on the hood.
You got no windshield.
[Will] Look how chopped
it makes it look.
[Max] Dude, right?
You wouldn't be able to go
around a corner properly.
Right now,
I honestly do not have
a good solution for this hood.
This is just way too much
and it...
It's not gonna work
for the car.
Yeah.
[intense music playing]
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10x08 - Kevin Hart's Challenger
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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.