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You know what the past is? Honest.

That's what I like about the past, it's honest.

A lot of people forget about the people behind us.

They did with what they had.

And you do with what you've got.

The simplicity of life is gone.

And we're losing so much by not keeping it,

but today we are in a society that everything is so quick.

The simpler things in life bring great joy.

I guess that's why things from the past hit a chord with me

and that's what I would like to do with this build.

It's crazy this is our sixth build of the season

yeah, we're almost done.

It's good on that time now, look at the weather.

Soon we're gonna have snow on the ground,

all the time we're gonna have to, you know,

work twice as hard to do anything.

And we want to finish, you know, we want to meet the goal

that we put down. What's his name?

His name's Chris.

And he sounded like an older gentleman.

And he didn't really touch on what exactly he wants to build.

But he just said that he knows

that you're the, you're the one to build it.

Well, that makes me feel good inside.

I'm the one. I'm the one.

Got some big-ass snowflakes falling.

Well, this is our first snow of the year.

The weather's changing quite quickly.

We've only got two more builds left.

We've got this one and another one,

but we're just getting a little bit of snow,

nothing to frantic over.

Look at this, baby. I know.

Stick your tongue out.

Man: Here is Mr. Tattoo and Veronica lake.

- Morning. - Morning.

- How are you doing? - I'm about even, I guess.

Beautiful morning for it anyway. - Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hello. I remember you.

Did you order this? [ Laughs ] Yeah.

No. No. Not really.

We're not ready for it. Not really.

The snow's here.

We definitely didn't beat the snow,

so we just have to get it done before it's up to here

because that will happen and it's on its way.

Wow, look at that, now would you?

Ooh!

When I walk in Chris's shop, I see a lot of history.

So am I allowed to just look around?

You wouldn't be in here if I didn't want you to look around.

What's the point in coming?

You can never judge a book by its cover,

but you can judge a man by his garage.

When did you start when you was a young man

or your father show you?

I got the disease about the age of seven.

The disease?

Is that what we're calling it a disease because I got it.

It is a disease 'course you have it.

You wouldn't be here if you didn't. [ Sniffs ]

Being a motor head is a disease.

The symptoms of the disease... Dirty fingernails,

staying out in the shop all night,

working on something that most people

wouldn't give you five cents for.

The whole thing is just some kind of madness.

It's just something that happened to me.

It's like measles. [ Laughs ] You get it or you don't.

I want you to consider building me a open wheel racer.

Okay, cool.

When the big names like Buick and Chevrolet were racing at,

say, Indianapolis or whatever,

there's no two of those cars that are really the same.

Buick would have its name on it.

But they have somebody like you build it.

How much money are you looking to spend?

About 10 grand.

[ Car crash sound effect ]

So we're going to make it from whatever we can.

Yeah. We're going to build you

a race car you've never seen before.

I can imagine.

I want to thank you very much.

And I will not disappoint you I hope.

I'm easily content with the best of everything.

[ Laughter ]

Did you hear that, baby?

Easily content with the best of everything.

I'll have to remember that.

'Kay, see you later, Chris. - The $10,000 budget.

You know, that just means we have to be very efficient.

We don't have as much time as normal.

So Chad's going to have to get creative with the lack of money.

And that's what Chad's all about.

♪♪

Chris wants something nostalgic.

John's got all kinds of old stuff.

John! John: Heya, Chad.

What's going on?

What brings you way down this way?

Just come to see what you've got. Come see what you got.

My name is John and I have a few cattle.

[ Cattle lows ]

And a few cats.

I've been doing this for 50 years,

artificial insemination and selling semen to the farmers,

and I'm a, as you can see around this property,

I'm a car collector.

That pretty well sums it up.

John has acquired a lot over his years.

I don't think John's big on selling things.

I really don't think he's big on selling things.

I know he's not big on selling things.

I just came out here because you just never know.

What you got here?

That's a '50 merc. Am I allowed to peek?

Yeah, I'll give you a look. Have a look at it.

It's a California Mercury. Wow.

Usually I don't sell anything.

I'm, you know, I'm a collector.

What do you got in here now?

Must have been a sale on Mercurys, was there?

There was. Look at that, now, would you?

Chad: John has some bodies around that are really good bodies.

And if I can talk one out of him,

that's what I'm looking for.

Something to start with. We'll see what happens.

We've got a build coming up

and I don't know what I'm looking for.

I don't know, I don't know why I should come see you.

You won't sell me nothing will ya?

You might? I might. Today I might.

I can't afford that. No, no.

I'm going to have myself a '36 Ford someday.

Someday, hopefully.

John has just acquired a bunch of vehicles over the years.

He has cars that somebody would really love to have, you know.

I like that.

He has some cars that are special.

You want to go in here? I do want to go in.

That's beautiful, John.

That is a '30s... Four.

'34... Dodge.

Dodge. That is gorgeous. Chrome headlights.

That's beautiful, John. That's a time capsule that is.

It is it is.

Look at that in there, now, would ya?

That pretty? That is pretty.

Will you sell this to me, John?

Yes, I would. How much?

[Bleep] I love old cars. 20 grand, you can have it.

Ohh, that's too much.

I I got to get [bleep] out of it, it's too hot for me.

Huh? Ah.

It's beautiful though. I want to give you that.

And that's a '30, '38, Chev.

It's hard for a grown man to say I like your stuff,

but I like your stuff.

What the [bleep] is that?

Holy [bleep] what the [bleep] is that?

That's a Pierce-arrow v12.

Holy! It's quite something else.

It's 460 cubic inch.

Where'd you get that at?

My friend had a boat with two of those engines in it.

He said he would sell it, so I brought home.

What a year would that be?

That's probably a '34 or '35.

Like this is history right here.

That's something that's probably 3/4 o the world has never seen.

And we found here in John's building.

In the, in the back shop, you know.

Probably should start with the car,

but why not start with an engine?

I'm gotta build a car. I just want.

Is that something you'll get rid of?

Sure. I'd sell that.

I think that would just be gorgeous to be able

to look at and watch run. It would be quite a feat.

How much you want for it?

You really interested in that motor?

Yes, I'd love to have that.

What do you what would you do for it?

What do you want for it? I want quite a lot for it.

But if you'll give me if you'll give me $1,000

you can have it. Sold.

I love it. I love it. It's gorgeous. I love it.

We know exactly where we're going now

and the engine is going to tell us exactly what we need

for parts and pieces to make this thing roll.

And it's not the car talking to us this time is the engine.

I love that thing. That's like Christmas to me.

Christmas when you buy. I love that thing.

I hope it turns out good. Oh, it will.

[ Mooing ]

♪♪

We are going to make a race car,

but you think that just popped out of the '30s.

So we have a v12 Pierce-arrow engine,

I want the engine in the middle of the car.

That's nice.

I want to sit right on the transmission

and the way it rides would take you right back to 1930.

And you think that you were born again.

I guarantee it.

And we'll cover the engine and it's quite big.

I got a louver machine

that'll punch a bunch of holes in it

and that will release all the hot air.

And then I'm going to come down here

and I'm going to open the front so the air can go in.

I got goose bumps. It's about fun.

It's about racing, building a hot rod and having fun.

You got that big monster between your legs running.

Whoo. Hot diggity dog.

Grab a seat, we've got seats all lined up for you and everything.

- Here we are this morning. - Can you feel the cold air?

We got winter on our heels,

and I really want to throw this one fast.

I was looking at John's place cars

and I picked the Pierce-arrow engine,

the biggest, baddest thing I've ever seen.

Like, I mean, I couldn't help it.

We're going to make it a one seater person race car,

so if you can picture it or not, I would like to be

almost sitting right on the transmission,

like to have the shifter right there.

[ Laughter ]

I never thought of that.

[ Laughter ]

Anyways, I want the shifter right here between my legs.

I've got this shape and it's got this big, you know,

sideways teardrop in the back.

And then it has the cockpit and then it has your hood

and you're opening for your grille.

I want to keep it true to the year if we can like

everything that we put on it is I want it to be antique-y

or old or have depth to it or we make it.

If they can make it back then, we can make it now.

As we get building in this car.

I want you to think about the history

and the and the people

that probably would have built this car.

And the tools that they had back then.

I get a couple of old tools out there.

Maybe I can get you get that engine running

with the with a bent nail and a rubber band.

We're going to pick a lot of stuff in the back door yard.

We've got to check on chassis out there.

We can pick from.

We've got some body parts that we can pick from.

Also when we start it up, I want it to be so [bleep] loud

that people go, know what I mean?

So this is going to be a lot on you, Alex,

because I don't know if the engine even runs.

Okay.

We'll keep it true to the era

and we'll build a race car

that someone could have been proud of back then.

And see if we can get it running and scare a bunch of people.

Probably ourselves, -make her loud, nasty, and fast.

Loud and nasty. Go!

Jolene: The last build put us behind.

So that just means we have very little time on this build.

If we want to stay on schedule,

then we're going to have to finish this one in two weeks.

What do you think, Ali? It's unknown. [ Laughs ]

Unknown what this girl... It's quite something though, eh?

Yes. Isn't it?

I don't know, I think it's... I've never seen one.

[Bleep] It's a piece of... It's a time [bleep] capsule,

ain't it? Yeah.

I don't know much about them.

It looks like it's been sitting for a long time.

I would like to sit right here.

Transmission... Shifter right there.

Shifter [bleep] right there.

The engine's right there.

...look at this thing.

Would you be able to see over top of all that?

How long has it been sitting?

Your header to the side. 20 years.

I've never, ever worked on an engine like this.

This is the first for me it is massive v12.

That's probably over a thousand pounds.

It's huge. I'm not very familiar with this.

Has the same concept of any other gasoline engine

that needs fuel, fire, and compression.

Right out of the gate, I see I'm missing

a whole bunch of transmission pieces.

You know, the clutch pieces.

Probably going to be hard to get parts for.

When I get this thing tore apart,

I hope nothing else is missing out of it

because, you know,

where are you going to find something like that?

Got a lot of work.

I don't know if I can I don't know

if I can get this thing running.

Chad: If you can get fire to it and spark to it, it will run.

And I have faith in Alex he can do it.

And so you can do it. I know we can.

You know, I know we can if anybody can. Alex's can.

How's that.

- Chad. - Yes.

The engine does not work. - We're not going to get it down

over that, you know that?

I'm gonna have to lift her up. This is going to be rough.

Alex: This is not light, that's for sure.

Chad: Love that thing.

Pretty rusty.

The most important element is the engine.

Hands down. That's that's the that's the diamond

in the goat's [bleep].

Feels almost like Frankenstein has entered the building.

And we're looking at 'em and thinking, wow.

You're quite the unit to move around.

You're a wild-looking thing.

Think we can bring 'em back to life?

Right now I'm just checking the head bolt to torque.

Them I'm going to pull the spark plugs.

Fill it full of oil.

Roll it over, make sure the valve train

and everything's not seized.

Like, it sat for 20 years.

Chad: Is that thing gonna be loud?

Say, yes. I hope it's so loud. I hope it's so loud.

If anybody can get it running, I know Alex can.

There's not much stumps Alex.

This is my plan, Alex, on this on this thing here.

This is how wide I want the chas...

I want the chassis, that's how wide I want it right there.

28... should probably make it 29.

29 wide on the inside.

That chassis come from my door-yard.

This is a chassis right here I'm thinking about.

I don't throw nothing away.

I use everything that I think is usable.

This is one hell of a chassis.

We want it to be like an arrow thin as possible

and through the air as quick as possible.

Let's cut this chassis up. Really cut this chassis up.

Yes, I need this chassis to be 29 inches

and I'm going to have to cut.

I relate to people that built cars years ago

because I use the exact same methods that they do,

I use the materials that I have,

I use things that probably are unorthodox,

but yet, it gets the job done.

That would have cut my toe off.

- Ah. - But it didn't.

Chad: We're going to make something for Chris to make him feel like

we were building the fastest car that was ever at that time.

This is my piece. I'm going to put in the back here.

I'm going to bring that together.

It's going to be that narrow.

♪♪

Now, the frame's the right width.

♪♪

This is where I'm sitting right here, man.

Just like that.

Jolene: We're all in turbo mode right now with this build.

We're trying to get it done as quick as possible

so we have enough time for the final build.

Chad: Alex Gould, he's a mechanical genius.

It's just like the scientists playing with Frankenstein

and I have to rely on him to do what he has to do

so I can get done when I have to get done

so we can marry these things together.

Alex: Right now, I'm just checking valve operation,

make sure the exhaust and intake valves open

and watching the valves come off and go down.

That one's stuck, that one's stuck.

These engine valves are stuck. Chad?

- Yes. - There's only a compression

on two of the 12 cylinders.

If the engine does not start.

I will have to build a whole other car.

I mean, in my brain, you know what I mean?

Alex: First I'm gonna try to lubricate these valves,

I'm hoping a little bit of lubrication goes a long way.

And see what I can do to free 'em up.

That didn't work, so I'm gonna try and clean 'em

to free 'em up to get 'em to work.

This one just barely turns. These are stuck.

This is gasoline.

Gonna wash them off and clean them up.

Chad has a lot of faith in me to get this engine running.

I think a little too much faith.

I need that for compression.

Everything is moving nice and free now.

Now that the valve's free, hopefully the energy will start.

It's time to fire this thing up.

[ Laughs ]

One side's firing.

She probably needs a good drink.

[ Engine cranking ]

No, I need another coil, that coil's no good.

♪♪

I'm nervous [bleep].

[ Engine cranks, stops ]

[ Engine cranks ]

Hopefully, she should have enough gas and now

six cylinders are soaked.

[ Engine cranks, starts ]

Oh!

Right on! Holy [bleep]

That's [bleep] sick.

That is awesome!

A lot of work paid off, and now you can sleep tonight.

Good job. Good job. We got an engine for this beast.

Good job. Awesome. I am happy.

We have to get the engine

in place before we start fabricating the body.

This thing is so damn heavy,

I don't think we're going to pick it up.

We're just going to pull it over there with a pallet Jack.

And then we're going to pick that chassis up

and try to jam it down over top of this thing.

We're not going to get it down over that, you know that?

Alex: Gonna have to lift her up.

This is going to be rough if you build the body first.

The engine is so heavy that we're not going to be able

to get the engine in the body, after we build the car.

So, engine first, body later.

I know we're doing this backwards,

but that there will not pick that engine up,

that's 1,500 pounds

and that would probably fold that cherry picker.

Oh, by the way, we let that down slowly

and you watch your side, Alex,

and see if we're going to touch anything or not.

It's close. Oh, she's on there, that's for sure.

Whup, whup, whup, whup, whup, whup! Love it, love it, love it.

That right here, man.

Pulling the throttle.

Make her hand controlled now.

This is the biggest go-kart I've ever built,

but I can imagine someone doing it, you know,

back in the day. This is going to be badass.

Yeah, she's, she's quite a monster.

It's quite a piece of history, you know.

Quite a piece of history.

And it's going to live again in this race car.

Well, I know the engine runs,

but we still need the parts for the transmission.

I'm trying to find a clutch and pressure plate for our build.

I'm hoping there's one here.

The clutch and pressure plate, that's what

connects the engine to the transmission.

I've known Mark for quite a while.

I gave him a call.

He told me to come out, search around, see what I could find.

He has a lot of old engines, transmissions.

Some of the stuff he has is bigger gear.

So I'm hoping that he has something

that fits this, this build.

Well, look at this one here. Where'd this come from?

This pressure plate itself is 16 inches.

So that one isn't going to work, because we need

something that's 14 inches.

The transmission being so big, I might get lucky

and there might be something in one of these trucks.

Well, here's an old fire truck.

Ah, she's got a big old diesel in it.

If it had the original engine, that might have worked for me.

What do we got here? Oh, god.

Ah, so small.

No harm in looking.

The problem I'm coming across.

Is that a normal like vehicle, small truck.

The clutches and pressure plates are too small.

Coming and finding the semis, the clutches of pressure plates.

Flywheels are too big.

Damn it.

This engine's rare and it has its own unique size.

That is making it hard to find parts.

Son of a bitch.

The countdown is on and the situation's getting tough.

I got to find a clutch pressure plate,

and here ain't gonna work.

I might have to do some digging

and hopefully someone has got parts for this transmission.

Chad: We got one week to go.

We're halfway through the build,

we have not got the pressure plate, clutch.

We haven't got that stuff to put the transmission on.

And if we do not get that,

we've actually failed.

I'd like to take this... Off all on the inside the chassis,

like right on the edge. - Yeah.

Then I would like to take this square tubing

and go up straight.

And then I would like to scissor truss it.

We want to make that frame stronger than strong.

So we decided to put scissor trusses on the side of it

so that chassis can't bend.

When I was in school,

we'd always make a bridge out a Popsicle sticks.

We used scissor trusses to make it strong,

so it don't go like this.

Let's make it strong as possible.

We've got a big engine in there.

♪♪

Them look good weld, back.

Gonna build a gate now, just tack it on.

♪♪

Chad: That thing looks badass and that thing's already is...

Looks like... Oh man, that thing's

back in the day already isn't it?

We've only got three days left to this build,

I'm going to Murphy's auto sales.

I am looking for something to help me come up

with something on the back end of the car.

I know I want two hoods.

That's what I want. I want two hoods.

I mean, it doesn't matter which ones they are.

I want two of the same.

You know, so I can marry them together

and then make something out of it.

- Anybody home? - Hey, Chad.

Hey, man. What's going on?

How you doing, little boy? And see you for a while.

Yes, it's been a while. How you been?

Good. We're on a doing a build.

I'm third generation. My grandfather run a salvage yard

back in the '40s and '50s.

I'm building the back of the end of a race car right now,

I got the front of it sort of mocked up.

But I'm looking for some body pieces for the back.

This would be probably the only place that I could randomly see

a bunch of older cars lined up with hoods on them.

Most of the hoods and doors and trunks

are all up here in the bushes.

- It's all pretty cool, here. - Yeah,

look at that now, would ya?

They're all off and everything got a hood there.

Got a hood underneath of it, that one's on.

I'm going to keep an eye on that one.

I like this point thing going on, you know.

I mean, we want to go fast.

So in the back, I've seen a lot of racer... race cars.

They come to a point which looks cool.

But as I look at it, it's too wide for our car.

You know what I mean, we've made our car narrow, right?

So it's too wide to put them this way and come back to point.

So what I'm thinking is if I can get two of them

and put them up on their side,

it'll come up like a canopy and it'll be narrow.

It's pretty good shape.

Got two of the... Got two of these.

Sure. Yeah. That's cool.

Yeah.

What would you want for the two hood

for that hood, that hood over there,

and that hood that goes to that? Yeah.

The hoods we usually get like $150, $200 apiece for 'em

if they're good, right?

So if I give you 100 bucks you'll give me that,

and another hundred bucks for the hoods?

100 bucks apiece. Hundred bucks apiece.

Deal. Thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Awesome. I like this place.

It would take a couple of days, probably, to fabricate that.

It would take me two minutes to weld them two hoods together.

You know what I mean? Like time is worth more than money.

♪♪

We wanted to be done with the race car today,

but not have any transmission parts, it will be done.

I don't know what else to say, like.

[ Imitates crying ]

You cannot put the transmission on 'til you have the clutch

and the flywheel Alex is off with Colton.

He thinks he might have found those transmission parts.

While they're gone,

I'm going to try to make the cockpit of the carrier.

I'm going to weld the... Pop these two hoods together.

Look at that. Hickory dickory dock.

♪♪

This piece is going to run down there like that.

♪♪

And boom.

But I cannot do anything right at the present moment

because I want the transmission in there,

you know what I mean?

I can't weld this canopy on the back,

'cause the transmission's not in there.

And the frame.

[ Sighs ]

Jolene: I really hope Alex comes back with the transmission parts,

we're out of time with this build,

so we can't afford to wait for them any longer.

Pisses me off.

As we got nothing figured out, I have to keep

continue on building the body

because, you know, I can't stop just because that has stopped.

- Hello. - Hey.

Alex: We pulled the transmission out of the shop,

there is nothing salvageable from the clutch pressure plate

on that engine.

That transmission that was in the build.

Oh, okay. So it's a it's a bust then?

It's a bust, yeah. Okay.

Well, we had to check. Yeah.

Alright. We'll head back.

Great. Bye.

Chad: We've built this car backwards.

We've got the engine sitting on Jack stands

and I'm building the car around it.

While Alex is trying to find parts.

We need the transmission so we know

where everything goes and what we're doing.

See how that rolls?

[Bleep] Rolls downhill and every time it rolls,

you just figure it out.

We have winter coming.

We've been scared a couple of times.

The snow is coming.

[Bleep] Yeah.

Well. [Bleep, bleep]

I know, I just wanted to show you. Take a picture of it.

I just thought you guys would get a hold of that way

before to this, you know what I mean?

Like, we're we're kind of behind a little bit.

It is what it is like. I don't know what to say.

We should've had that transmission here

by [bleep] ourselves, really, but.

I'm searching for this clutch and pressure plate

and I'm not having any luck,

John Sizlack he runs a peers hero a place in Massachusetts,

I'm hoping he has what we need.

Hey, how are you doing there, John?

Good. How we doing? Not too bad.

I did some searching on the old interweb.

And you're the man to talk to about these Pierce-arrow

and Seagrave engines.

We specialize in Pierce-arrow.

90% of the work we do here in the shop is Pierce-arrow.

Are you the guy that's actually doing that engine?

Yeah. Yeah. What are you guys building?

Well, it's it's a one seater race car.

A lot of engine for seats.

Yeah, I'm just trying to find the clutch pressure plate.

Would you happen to have a clutch pressure plate?

Well, yeah, I should have a clutch and pressure plate

for that. Yeah, it's awesome to hear, man.

What's the price you thinking on the clutch and stuff?

You know, $200-300 range, something like.

Geez, that's pretty good. That's greatly appreciated, man.

Well, I might pass you on to Jolene.

She's the shop manager, so.

Well, if I have any further questions,

I know to give you a call. For sure.

I'd be happy to help you out if I could.

Alright. Cool.

Alex: I'm so relieved we found these parts,

but we got to get them here.

Now this thing can get up and go.

♪♪

Let's cruise on get this bad boy down.

- Yeah. - Finish it.

Jolene: We had originally budgeted two weeks for this build,

but it's going to take three.

There's no borrowing time when the weather comes.

If we keep pushing the deadlines,

then it's really going to jeopardize the final build,

and whether we're going to be able to

fit it into the schedule.

It's going to take two days to get the parts here.

Once they're installed, we still have to finish

building around them.

Yesterday we was it was a turd day,

but turd days turn into big days, the next day.

Turd days, right?

Once you get that plunger in there

and you plug them and the turds go down

and she's ready to rock and roll again. Alright.

We still don't have those parts.

I guess I'm going to have to throw a little trust in Alex

that they're on their way

and we're just going to keep fabricating to doing

all we can to get ahead. That's all we can do.

I'm happy with the thing on the back, I think.

Yeah. When you were describing it,

I thought you were putting this down here.

I could put two on the side.

[Bleep] That's like quite, fancy, wouldn't it, huh?

What do you think of that, Paul? - Does look cool.

Could do all three and arrow like an arrow.

Pierce.

[ Laughter ]

[Bleep]

That'll you know what? I might go for it.

Gotta make these match, you know what I mean?

Like my face and my [bleep] match.

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Perfect.

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♪♪

Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.

Uh.

Breathe and think for three seconds.

Cool. That looks good.

I'm happy with that. Very happy.

Right now I might make a shield for the top.

I'm going to do center, first, corner,

second, body line, third, body line,

fourth, corner, fifth, and then,

fill in the places where I need more square tubing.

You know what I mean?

The more time that we take on this car,

the less time we have on the last one.

You know, I know that we have another one coming.

So the clock is ticking.

It took forever for me to find these parts,

but the clutch and pressure plate are finally here.

You know the saying "as rare as hen's teeth"?

Well, we found the hen that has teeth.

[ Laughs ]

Man, I'll tell ya, I was I was skeptical at first.

Soon as Alex gets the transmission in,

I can finish fabrication.

What I hard, find, that was to get.

Oh, wow.

Geez that's precious gold right there.

- Geez, you're excited. - Oh, my.

And now is the day that we hooked everything

and still get the radiator on it got a body almost built,

now we got to work in a knot hole.

But that's what happens sometimes

when you can't get parts, I guess, is it not?

That is exactly right.

We cannot stop moving forward because we haven't got something

we got to keep moving forward

is just that we have to work a little harder sometimes.

That clutch is still really good, too.

That's what I'm saying, like it's got lots of...

That's awesome. You have no idea.

So you just got to clean that up a little bit

and slide that pan in. I will clean it up.

Okay. We'll get the car sort of lifted up for you.

That is [bleep] awesome.

Oh, good.

My heart just sunk for a second. That is [bleep] awesome.

It's the exact same. Same? Awesome.

So the starter would work and everything?

Yes. Yes. That's the only other thing...

♪ Ahh ♪

I got the transmission assembled.

Now we just have to get it in place.

Chad: I can see the teeth are going.

That's where we want to go, like, right there.

Go up a little tiny bit. - Feel good. Real good.

A little more. - Now just push straight.

Hey, whoa, whoa.

Gonna fall off the back.

[Bleep] Yeah.

I just can't wait for him to see it.

You know, I think it's going to really take him back.

Chris: Wow is all you can say to that.

Chad: I haven't got the money for some big louver press,

and I want louver, so this is what I did.

We just do it all by hand and press them out with that.

This is a Jack.

This is coil Springs off a hood.

I had a guy named Errol Maister

he welded the thing all together and pretty well put it together.

It was a big whopping 200 dollars.

It doesn't really punch the hole.

We have to cut the hole and then and then we form it.

It's just a mold, really. But it does do the job.

It does exactly what I need it to do.

It's been a good tool, I've done many hoods with it.

Many hoods.

Alex: Push down on the back of the train.

Whoa, too much.

I know it'll fit, because I had the [bleep]

In the... -want a hand, do ya?

Not jiving. You put grease on that at all?

No, you don't put grease on the clutch.

There goes.

Yeah, whoa. Got it.

Chad: It means, something to me to have that engine,

that transmission all hooked up again, ready to rock and roll,

that hasn't been hooked up in 30 years.

Now, she's gonna run a race car.

There she is right there, people. Huh?

She's not pretty, but she works.

Well, listen... That's pretty.

To get that to work inside that, to get that in there,

and have the engine working with the transmission working

it all coming together. And the gear shift right here.

That's [bleep] awesome.

That those who look towards the past move on

to the future a lot faster.

You understand that?

Yeah. What am I saying?

You know what, say it again.

[ Laughing ] Say it again.

Windshield's going in.

[ Bang ] Yeah!

[ Bang ] Alright.

[ Bang ]

[ Bang ] That's cool as [bleep]

We have done nothing to this car

that couldn't have not been done in the day.

Hope this is going to work or fit or what,

but we're going to try it.

[ Clank ]

Dinner!

It does look like a seat that would have been done, then.

It's worn and tattered and turd-y.

Jolene: It's all hands on deck right now.

Trying to get a lot done in a short amount of time.

I'm getting used to getting my hands dirty, I guess.

Just like one of the boys, building cars.

Chad: I built a muffler box because I knew

we had to have an exhaust system on it.

The exhaust is on.

I'm just, just got a little bit of anxiety.

I want it to start right.

Everything's hooked up, steering's hooked up,

brakes are hooked up. I'd like to see it start.

Wouldn't you? I'd like to see it.

I want to I want to hear her start.

Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

[Indistinct]

Whoo!

[ Pop! ] [ Cheers ]

- Whoo! - Yeah!

[ Laughs ]

Paul: Holy [bleep] gotta get rid of this smoke!

Paul, we're going to die!

We're going to see the flames shooting out of it.

That's honky tonk-ing -that's loud.

That seems way louder than the first time you turned it.

That's true [bleep] race car. That's what you hear race day.

Yeah.

Damn, that looks good.

[ Brakes squeak ]

We're at the airport, we're going to reveal a race car

that the team has built for Chris.

And I just can't wait for him to see it, you know.

I think he's going to really take him back

and I think he is going to really enjoy it.

Chris: I don't know what he's come up with.

I wouldn't be here if I wasn't very curious.

And we'll see what he's done.

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♪♪

"Wow," is all you can say to that.

Whoa.

[ Laughter ]

What you think, Chris?

Best man in the world in 1942.

Listen, man, that's something else.

I'm glad you think so. That's something

right out of "mad Max."

Oh, man. I'm glad you like it.

Oh, I love it.

Boy, I'll tell you, I'm at a loss for words.

I think it's great. I wouldn't do anything to it.

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♪♪

The workmanship in it's great.

It is what it really would have looked like back

when they were building such things and they did build them.

It's, I think, a real work of art.

There's no fanciness or fake to it.

It's just as real as it can be.

Which to me makes it really attractive.

We've got a v12 Pierce-arrow.

Good god. 24 spark plug.

And that thing was sitting for 20 years

and this man tore it apart.

My god, what an engine.

What's that engine weigh, 800-900 pounds?

Fifteen hundred. Whoa.

Chris: Well, I love the engine, you just don't see

that sort of thing outside of a museum.

When people like me are gone,

that engine will still be a part of history,

and if you're going to preserve it, why not put it

in something that you're gonna really looking at?

What in the hell is that?

Well, there it is. I just love it.

I think it's great. Awesome.

Now, how do you get the door open?

If get out of here, you'll never see me again.

I'd like to talk to you about commissioning a car.

- Okay. - The car is going to

be a showpiece. Best of the best.

Chad: It's the last build.

We have to make this the biggest and the baddest.

We can't do much fabricating

until we have an engine in place.

So that transmission's [bleep]? Yeah, you can't use it.

Jolene: We're building this car from scratch

and we have one week until the big party.