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On this episode of Counting Cars, Morty Mike takes me on a wild goose chase.

I don't see no dogs.

Easy there, buddy.

Hello.

Roley and Scott go to war.

What's up, Roley, baby?

And things heat up over a last -minute change on a 73 Charger. It's not done.

What do you mean it's not done? Four hours, customer will be here. I have to

side with Scott here.

I'm going to cancel the customer right now. The car's not done.

Vegas is a gambling town.

Most people bet with chips.

I bet with rides. Look at this. And I always go all in. Wow. What would you

for this?

I'm Danny, a .k .a. The Count, and this is my all -star team.

We find them, fix them, flip them, and sometimes I keep them. That's a 30G. I

can't help myself.

For my crew, every job's high stakes, and we can't afford to lose.

This is Counting Cars.

Earlier in the week, Scott got a lead on a 1973 Dodge Charger that's currently

collecting dust in another local shop.

I'm told it's in fantastic shape, so Kevin and I are going to go check it

You know what? That's also the Dukes of Hazzard car, isn't it? It was the Dodge

Charger, absolutely, but a whole different era.

Don't you have some Daisy Dukes? I think I've seen you out washing your car with

them. Oh, yeah, that's what I wash my car with, yeah.

My Daisy Dukes.

You're a funny guy.

Johnny D's Auto Repair. Johnny D's Auto Repair. Should I just pull in? Yeah, why

not? Oh, I see the note.

The HR guy.

Why is that nose sitting up so high?

Why does it not look like there's an engine in that car?

And there's no hood.

Let's just see what he's got.

You were right. No motor, no trans.

Hopefully he has it. Did Scott not tell us that it was... Hey, guys.

I'm not sure.

You guys.

You guys from Count Custom? Absolutely.

You Johnny?

I'm Johnny. Johnny, I'm Danny. Very nice to meet you. I'm Kevin.

How you doing, Kevin?

Thanks for calling us out on this, man. I appreciate it. Heard you guys were

looking for a car for a project?

Absolutely. We've got a client, as a matter of fact, that's looking for a 73

Charger. It's a good -looking car.

Chargers have always been a badass car since the day they were born. They just

say muscle.

Does it have an engine?

Nope. Okay.

All right, so that answers our question earlier. We were wondering what kind of

motor it had. It's whatever we put in it. And what kind of hood it had.

Whatever we put on it.

All right. I guess you talked to Scott at our shop. Thanks, Scott. Yeah,

we were under the impression that we could drive it. I don't know why.

I can't believe we drove all the way over here for what we thought was going

be a quick flip, and the car has no engine.

Scott really screwed up.

Good Lord.

Okay, a little bit of a mess, but this is nice. I like it. It's a nice start.

It's straight. It's solid looking.

So was this something you were going to build? Yeah, I was going to build it as

a project, but I just never got time. I know that feeling.

Yeah, I'm sure you do.

Well, let me ask you a question, man. What do you need to get out of this?

17 sound fair?

If we did it in $100 bills, would you do 15?

You know, I could probably be talked into something like that.

And that's all I carry, $100 bills. That's all that ever mattered, ain't it?

Absolutely. I think we scored today.

I was expecting a complete car. I was expecting something with an engine and a

transmission and a hood. But something got lost in translation somewhere. I

call that a Scottism. I'm not bummed about that because the car is nice.

You know what we ought to do with Scott?

What's that?

Is we ought to put...

scott in here yeah and it'd be like uh rickshaw at home yeah it'd be just like

the flintstone kevin you want to take care of this with johnny and if you

mind man can i walk around your shop a little bit i love it thanks brother

whoa whoa hey hey hold up hold

up hold up i think johnny's holding out on us you gotta wander down here into

happy land what's he talking about A couple Camaros. Oh, no.

Uh -uh. Come on.

You got to go. I'll be over here, man. Trust me. You don't want to miss this.

He does this to me all the time.

Is this yours?

No, that's the customer's. It's just... 68?

69. 69.

This one's not for sale. Yeah.

It's a keeper. Come on. Beautiful.

Johnny's got some really pretty, sexy iron laying around that shop.

Z -28.

72?

Yes, sir.

This was a fun little field trip today, I gotta say.

I got some paper towels to clean a drool. I know. Come on, Rocky, let's go

treat with Uncle Danny. Man.

Seriously, Mike?

It's got to be like 130 out here today.

Well, you needed a little walk.

The other day a guy came in to order a custom bike.

I like low center of gravity. I like one color, but a loud color. Kind of a pro

street vibe.

Now, Horny Mike knows a guy who might have a custom frame, but he's rarely

around, so it's not a sure thing.

We're on our way over there right now to go check it out.

Anybody home?

I guess we could have tried going out around the front and knocking on the

Nah, that'd be too easy.

Easy there, buddy. Easy there, buddy.

I don't see no dogs. I'm just looking for Fido, man.

If I see one, I'm going to point right at you. Watch.

Get him. Get him.

Hello?

I don't think there's anybody home, dude.

I'm starting to feel like we shouldn't be here, man.

Was that what you were talking about? I see it right there.

That was out by the back door.

Yeah, well, you know, I don't want to go in here any further, man.

What you need, man?

Hey, man, how you doing? Good.

Sorry we snuck in on you, but by the way, I'm Danny. How you doing, Danny?

good, good. We're just white guys. Hey, John, how are you, man? Good, good.

He told me he came by earlier and thought you had what looked like a

laying out in the backyard, and he said that that might be it right there. That

is it. That is it. Got it. All right. Is that one you're working on, getting to?

I don't know. I got it.

I don't really have time to finish it. Would that be something you might be

interested in getting rid of? Yeah, you betcha.

Yeah, Mike, what this looks like to me, it looks like an Atlas frame.

Yeah, Atlas frame. Cool. And the motor was, what did you say it was? It's a

Nice. Atlas makes high -quality custom frames designed to fit Harley engines

transmissions. And this should make an excellent start for what the client has

in mind.

I like it. Get a nice fat tank slammed down low over that.

Take it all the way down.

Yeah. Take it as close to the motor as you can. Exactly.

What are you in the mood for to take for this today?

Let's start out at 35.

Well, John, you know, you're obviously a bike guy running a shop back here, so

you know what's in store for me to make this happen. Would you consider, like,

$2 ,000 in cash, $100 bills?

$25, and it's yours.

You're on.

You're on. I don't consider it done, brother. Mike, call, I don't know, maybe

Roley.

Have him come over here with something we can get this home with.

John, thank you, brother. You gotcha. We need someone to come pick up a bike

around the corner.

I'll top that, man. You get the heavy end.

Uh -oh.

I thought I said get the heavy end.

I did.

You just brought the cart. They said I need to bring the cart. That's it.

I don't think you understood them very well. You probably should have brought

the van, too.

You didn't bring no straps or nothing. We got to bring this crappy -ass cart. I

didn't know why I bring a cart here. Oh, this blows.

It's not going to look suspicious if we are walking with this bike on the street

like two homeless.

Well, we won't look homeless, but we might look like we stole some.

Oh, you idiot.

I don't know if it's going to fit, really. That bike's so long.

I think it should fit.

The other day, Scott sent Danny and I on a mission all the way across town to

look at a car that had no motor in it.

It's time for a little payback.

We're going to put it back, or the tire is going to hit the door.

Oh, yeah, right. And he's so big. Yeah.

Let's do something with his phone.

He's going to be so pissed off.

You signed my paycheck, not him. Right.

I'm glad this is leather.

I got some lotion.

It's been on the sun. Yeah, it's three years old. Oh, it is?

Yeah. Oh, perfect.

Oh, is that him?

What the hell is that in my office?

Get out of here!

What the f*** out of here?

I cannot believe some...

I...

Yeah,

I've got some.

I know these people are too stupid to get out of the building.

Devin, were you in on this? Who was it? Tell me who it was.

I don't know. Was it you?

How you doing today?

Oh, you've got jokes today, huh?

Devin, I saw you!

Get my shit clean.

A few weeks ago, Horny Mike found this Atlas frame that we're going to be using

to build a custom bike for a customer that I've got.

Shannon, he's putting the engine in, transmission in, front end, wiring,

the whole thing set up so we can turn our $2 ,500 investment into a solid

payday. Right now, I'm headed back to the shop. I want to check out our

project because I've got a potential buyer coming down to check it out.

Big D, we're ready, baby.

What's up, Jeff?

Buyer inbound. Give me some stamps and let's make this money.

Nice. She looks beautiful now. Yeah. This thing came out gorgeous.

We originally bought this Charger for $1 ,500.

Now, over the past month, put a new engine in it, transmission in it,

brand -new interior in it, full custom paint job on her. She is absolutely

gorgeous. Now, with all the parts and the labor in it, I'm hoping we can flip

this car for about $23 ,000.

She purrs, too. Yeah? She purrs.

Let's take a listen.

Oh, yeah.

I got no complaints so far, you guys, but I'm still looking. Get the hell out

here. You're just toying with me. Every car that comes out of my shop has Counts

Customs name on it, and I never let a car leave unless it lives up to my

standards. If it's not perfect, it's not finished. End of story.

Not done.

It's not done.

You just walked around the whole car. You said it's perfect.

I said I was liking it. Is your bandana choked in your head? Four hours,

customer will be here. This guy's a real buyer.

This is somebody who's got sentimental value to this year and make.

What are we missing here? Because I'm looking at it, and it looks done to me.

I need to talk to Horny Mike and Ryan.

Danny, I have to side with Scott here. I've got a guy coming down here with

cash. I'd like to get rid of this. I don't mean to sound rude, but I don't

really care.

This car's leaving the shop with my name on it. Come on now, you're going to

shoot the budget in the foot.

My buyer's going to be here in four hours. I cannot believe Danny, once

is going to make a change in the ninth hour.

The guy spent weeks working their butts off on this Dodge Charger, and although

she looks beautiful, something's not quite right.

I got a thought.

It's going to put this car over the top and increase that potential for profit.

Brian, I thought you were like this with him.

Get it right on the first time. Yeah, it's done.

It's beautiful. And under budget.

It's beautiful.

Beautiful. But there's a whole lot of car here, a whole lot of real estate

that's all the same color.

Papa, we can't repaint this whole car. We're not. We're not.

Here's what we need.

Satin black.

That's easy. You know what I'm saying? Okay. That's an easy one. That's

There's more. There's more. There's more. It's pretty easy. The Volpar

in satin, just like the hood. Right.

Give me a little satin love around here. Gotcha.

Scott, find me the fender well trim, shoot it satin to match.

We're done.

That was a lot.

No, it wasn't. What's the estimated time on that, Ryan?

Give me three or four hours. For the little bit we'll put into it, we're

to get more out of it. As long as you go up to your office for the next five

hours and don't change nothing else. I'm not changing anywhere.

I really love the car.

I know it's risky making last -minute changes, but right is right. And if I

the correct graphics to this charger's paint job, it might cost a little bit

more now, but it's going to look so much better when it's done. And in my book,

that equals greater value and higher profits.

While Ryan finishes the paint job on the Charger, the Atlas bike, it's right and

ready. We've been working on it for weeks. We took our customer's vision,

the right frame at a bargain price, added a high -end motor, put a classy

paint job on it, turned this thing into art on wheels.

He's here to collect on his investment.

I just hope we haven't let him down.

Michael, I do believe we probably hit this right on the money.

I'm here today at Count Customs to finally see my motorcycle.

Danny says it's done. He says I'm going to love it. I haven't seen it yet, but

I'm really excited to see my bike.

Fire that up and bring it out.

That's you. Oh, my Lord.

Beautiful.

Minimal color. Yep, like you want it.

Hey, check this out. Got some cup holder or I don't know what that is. Tell me

that is not what we talked about.

She's long. She's low.

She's smooth.

She's minimalistic.

Absolutely. She's one color. Fat, sexy, but skinny waist.

Yep. It's got them curves.

No gauges. Right. No switches. No, no. Just clean all the way around. Love the

way the fenders hug it off. Never seen one exactly like this. She's low and

Try this thing on man. See how it fits

The first time I saw the bike, I was floored. Danny and I were on the same

page. He read my mind. I saw high -performance features I've never even

before. This is something you literally can ride all day long, but yet you can

just absolutely whoop some butt out on the street too, man. Oh, I like the

dance. I like where my arms fall.

Beautiful. And it's long without being too long. You know, it was like in

between. I like the statement it makes. Yeah, it wasn't the crazy long bike.

It's not a short bike. Yeah.

I think it's time to get you in the wind.

This custom job was a fun one for me. The customer and I, we were in total

on this project from the get -go. With that Atlas frame that Horny Mike found,

was able to increase my profits to $4 ,000.

The other day, these two idiots, Kevin and Roley, they thought they'd play a

joke on me. The problem is they know I'm going to get them back. Kevin, he's out

doing business today.

But Roley, I got something for his little app.

Wake up! Do your job!

It's you!

I hurt my knee, too.

Oh, you want me to get you a Band -Aid?

You're going to be all right.

Hey, you know what? Little girl.

Here's the spray. It looks good.

Here's the spray. Finish it. It looks good.

Okay.

Hey, next time we do it together, okay? Work together.

What's up, baby?

What's up?

What's up, baby?

What's going on? Oh, you wanted to play with a big dog.

We're not even. I'm just getting started.

After I talked Scott off the ledge, he convinced the potential buyer to come in

a little bit later, which gave my guys a little bit more time to finish the

paint job on the Charger the way I want to see it. Check it out, brother.

Your 73 Charger awaits.

Tell me that ain't beautiful.

Thanks, Rory.

Outstanding.

She came out really, really nice. My goodness.

She's basically brand new from front to back. The engine is completely rebuilt.

The transmission is completely rebuilt.

All new interior.

Anything that was bad on it has been completely cut out and replaced.

It's brand new from top to bottom. It's like I'm a kid again.

When I first saw the car, it was just outstanding.

They did a super, super, super job. How nice is this?

Takes you back?

It sure does.

This is a show car.

This is just fantastic.

Blacked -out taillights. Good, good, good, good, good, good.

Little flavor touches.

The gunmetal gray has just got a little bit of ice pearl in it just to add a

little schmuck to it when it gets out in the sunlight.

The paint is perfect on it. The color is just great. The black accents on it fit

perfect. I've got to have it.

I've got to have it.

That was easy. What kind of money are you asking?

This car came out gorgeous.

All in, I'm about 18 .5 on the paint and the restoration.

To make a profit, I need to get about $22 ,000, $23 ,000 out of it, but today

I'm really hoping to sell this car for around $28 ,000.

We're asking $28 ,000, Dave, and you knowing cars and knowing this car, I

you can see that there's a good value here.

It's a little steep.

I mean, I've got a budget to work with. Okay. And I've got a wife to answer to.

Amen to that. I was thinking low 20s.

Can you do that?

Take a look underneath for a second here.

That's not hard to look at either.

No.

You know, you can take it.

Show it off and be proud to raise the hood. I'm still low 20s. Yeah. Can we

with the price?

Sure, there's some room. Kevin, what do you think, man?

How's 26 .5?

I'll tell you what.

25.

That's it. Cash.

Cash? Cash. 25 cash?

25 cash.

If you can do that, you got a deal.

You just bought yourself a car, Dave. 25.

Absolutely, man. I think you and your wife are going to have a ball on this.

When a customer wants a first -class ticket back to the glory days, the

in the details.

Going the extra mile on this paint job, it really paid off. He got himself a

gorgeous muscle car, and I picked up a nice little chunk of change.