Original subtitles

[Announcer] Tonight on lost car rescue...

Look at those trucks!

- [Matt] Holy cow. - [Dave] That is awesome!

Is it something you'd ever consider selling?

No.

[Steve] Is this something you'd part with?

No.

[Matt] Oh, it's gorgeous!

It actually has been spoken for.

If you were us, looking for old trucks...

All the obvious stuff is gone.

They've all kind of disappeared.

[Lee] Ah, for [bleep] sakes, Steve.

The front end is blown!

- [Steve] What? - [Lee] [Bleep]!

What the hell did you buy?

He bought that piece of crap up there.

I'm not trying to fight, Dave.

You're telling me you've got a '42 Hudson?

I do.

Wow. The holy grail.

[Matt] Ho-ho!

I've never seen one of these with my our own eyes!

If we can get it out,

it's the biggest win of the trip by far.

- Gotta go quickly, go quick! - Hey, Lee! Lee, Lee.

[Lee] It's startin' to pop. (Bleep).

[Lee] We've just destroyed a piece of history.

[Announcer] In northern Canada,

there are thousands of valuable classic cars

abandoned in ravines, swamps and barns,

a hidden gold mine out of reach until now.

[Matt] I'm a treasure hunter. That's what I do.

I hunt classic cars that others can't get.

Yeah! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

Yes! Give me a hug!

[Laughter]

It takes a team to achieve the impossible

and I have the best.

Pilot Jess is our eye in the sky.

My brother Steve is our wrench.

Dave is an expert body man.

Lee sets cars free.

And me? I set the mission and I pay the bills.

- Yes! - Said it couldn't be done.

[Announcer] They rescue cars that were lost to history...

We got her done.

[Announcer] And sell them all over the world.

People say we're crazy, but I say we're just crazy enough.

[Dynamic rock guitar music]

♪

[Country music plays]

[Announcer] Matt and the team are on the hunt,

this time for classic pickup trucks

from the 1940s to '60s.

[Lee] Back on the road! Yow!

[Announcer] The classic car world

ignored trucks for decades.

But that's all changed now.

In the last three or five years,

the truck market has basically tripled in value.

And if you want to find good ones worth building,

you gotta go where nobody else goes.

♪

[Narrator] From their homes in southern b. C.,

the team is driving two days to central Canada

to the remote farming region

of north battleford, saskatchewan,

the oldest community in the province.

Dave's family has lived here for generations.

♪

It's good Dave knows the area

because this is the furthest we've gone to hunt.

♪

My grandparents came here in early 1900s.

They settled here

along with many other people from different regions.

And, it's a beautiful place to be.

♪

[Announcer] So far afield, it's more important than ever

for the team to fill the rig

to offset the extra travel costs.

Steve and Lee are driving the back roads,

visiting old homesteads in search of classic pickups.

Bingo, got one.

Yeah, right there on the top of the hill,

50 cars! Old cars and we're going in.

How's it goin'?

[Janice] Okay? What can I do for ya, today?

We were just driving by

and we noticed a couple of vehicles from the road.

Would you be willing to part with one of them?

Depends... If I like ya.

[Lee] Yeah? Go ahead.

Well, this is my buddy Lee and I'm Steve.

- Janice. - Janice?

- Nice to meet you, Janice. - What were you looking for?

We'd be happy to look at whatever you have, there.

We're interested in trucks if ya got trucks.

I guess so.

That'd be fantastic.

- Little tour? - Awesome.

[Janice] I've been on this place for many years.

[Announcer] Like many homesteads,

as the family has grown, so have the vehicles.

[Lee] Wow.

There's a little Ford right here, eh, Steve?

[Steve] Yeah. Beautiful.

I think it's '49 if that looks right.

[Steve] Look at the colour on that.

[Lee] It looks in unreal shape, too.

My husband worked on restoring it all.

[Steve] It's a beauty.

He passed away three years ago.

Ah...

So, this is a family sentimental kind of truck.

Sorry to hear that, by the way.

Thank you.

Just because we can see the cars, you know,

it doesn't mean they're for sale.

They've been there a long time.

There's probably a reason why they've been there a long time.

[Janice] This is a special truck to me.

[Lee] Why is that?

[Janice] Because that's the one we took on our honeymoon.

[Lee] Oh, really?

[Janice] It was a welding truck.

[Lee] Oh, what do we got here, Steve?

[Steve] Ah, a gmc step side.

[Lee] We like this.

[Steve] Oh, yeah.

It's just like a '68 or something.

Ooh, '69.

I wanna say something like that.

I love old trucks.

I got one. 1966 Chevy step side.

We use it every summer,

so I get it that, like, vehicles like this,

like this truck become like a family heirloom.

Is this something you'd part with?

Or, did you go on dates in this as well?

That would be telling, so...

[Laughter]

As far as what would it take to get rid of it?

I mean, I'm open to trade or anything like that.

How much can you work?

[Lee] Steve's available?

[Steve] Lee's a strong guy too, you know?

I don't know.

It might get the neighbours talking.

I mean, it was nice talking with Janice

but this stuff here

doesn't look like much is it for sale

and looks more like a kind of family museum.

So, we're leaving empty handed.

[Announcer] In the Stinson, Jess and Matt

are flying north from north battleford,

looking for trucks in farmers' fields.

[Matt] Well, there's a nice homestead here on the right.

It looks like there's 4x4s,

do you want to land?

Yeah, they look really good. Let's do it.

When I was flying commercial, I woke up in the morning

and I knew where I was going to fly from point a to point b.

Getting to fly the Stinson and searching for vehicles,

I wake up in the morning and I have no clue

where I'm going to go, which is pretty cool.

♪

[Matt] We've gotta be careful when we walk up like this.

[Jess] Don't get shot off somebody's property.

[Matt] It's like walking in the woods with an animal.

You gotta talk loudly like you're not being sneaky.

[Jess] Hello!

How are you guys doin' today?

[Jess and Matt] Good.

What can I do for you?

We noticed in the back

it looked like you had some old trucks.

- You wanna go take a look or... - Sure.

[Jess] Do you collect vehicles?

Kind of a passion of mine.

So, I add a little bit each year when I come across a deal.

And, I'm going to retire someday

and maybe fix some, but...

[Matt] Oh, nice, look at this one.

[Man] And there's the one that's all original.

Very few are chrome grille and this one has it.

And it's a runner.

[Matt] Oh, it runs, too.

Oh, that's so cool!

That dash, dead centre like that?

Ever since I was a kid, I loved Jeep.

They're awesome.

Is it something you'd ever consider selling?

No, I had to add it to my collection.

I better keep it.

I love it up north because homesteaders

have a lot of vehicles because they keep everything.

Yeah, I can't part with her.

All right.

But what I'm seeing is, I don't think they want to sell them.

[Announcer] Matt and Jess keep searching

but the miles add up, the fuel gets burned

and no trucks appear.

It's wild that it's saskatchewan farm country

of all spots that we haven't found any trucks.

Gettin' a little defeated, here.

I don't have a good feeling about this.

Matt is used to getting what he wants.

So, that really gets to him

when things aren't going as planned

and he gets frustrated very easily.

And, it's all known to us.

♪

[Announcer] Yet to find their first truck

or even a solid lead, the team meets up.

Jess and I flew around all morning,

burned like 700 bucks of fuel.

And we didn't find a single fricking thing.

Trucks are hot, right?

Like, that's why we're out here hunting them.

On days like today I wonder,

"are we gonna to hit the Mark?"

I see where you're frustrated.

This isn't me frustrated.

Super [bleeping] frustrated.

Yeah, Matt's young. He's impatient.

So we have one crummy morning. So what?

We'll move on.

Please, Matt, don't get frustrated.

We're going to find them here.

[Jess] We're just running out of time, though.

Obviously, you're driving 16 hours, you know, in a semi.

We're fillin' the truck with something, right?

As long as it's not a wasted trip.

Sometimes it is a wasted trip.

Like, I've been out here before you came along, Lee.

Dave and I spent four, five days

and we got one crappy vehicle.

And that was it, it sucks.

I've been up here for all my life, right?

30 miles off the main beaten track,

will guarantee you, you'll start spotting stuff, so.

There is a homestead on every quarter.

So, is it a little legwork? Of course it is.

You have to work a little harder.

Hunting cars like we do comes with big risks.

When you go for three days, you spend $6,000, $7,000

and then you realize you have nothing on the trailer

and you go home.

I mean, it's not a charity.

It's a business.

♪

[Announcer] Dave takes Matt deep

into the bush to meet up

with an old car collector friend, Kevin,

in search of a lead.

[Matt] Hey, Kevin.

[Kevin's wife] How are ya?

Hey, Matt!

[Announcer] Maybe he knows where the trucks are hiding.

[Kevin] What brings ya up here to visit?

We're looking for trucks, actually.

We spent the morning flying the plane

and went to probably 30, 40 different homesteads,

like, we're coming up dead ended.

And it's just...

Yeah, all the obvious stuff is gone.

There was no interest in the years back

and either they've been crushed

or, you know, they've left already.

If you were us looking for old trucks,

I mean, is there anyone in the local area

that might have an idea?

Well, offhand I know somebody that goes

around to a lot of farms is our pest control officers.

Pest control officer?

They're hired by the municipality to go check

every farm, every year to see if they have a rat infestation.

They get into all kinds of farm yards

that nobody else would be in.

I didn't even know that was the thing.

Yeah, yeah, well, it's a big thing in saskatchewan.

I never thought we would be chasing down

a pest control officer to get a car.

But, hey, you never know what you're gonna get.

Brilliant idea.

Really? That's awesome.

Kevin's a really cool guy.

He's got stuff that amazes me sometimes.

Since you're here,

would you mind showing off some of your Hudsons?

I know Matt hasn't seen them.

[Kevin] Let's go have a look.

Yeah, I'd love to see them.

- Comin', dear? - No, you guys have fun.

[Kevin] Follow me!

I understand the mission is to find a truck

but you know what, there might be a Jewel

in the rough in the back and we should go take a look.

[Matt] Holy cow. Look at the Hudsons!

These are '34s, right?

[Kevin] Yeah. 34, '35.

[Matt] Nobody has '34.

And so these are all coupes, you know?

So they're very desirable body styles.

Hudson's, they made a nice car.

They're something to treasure

because there's just not many around.

You know, you look at a Hudson, it's a Rembrandt.

It's a work of art. They're gorgeous and fast.

That was important.

John Dillinger himself had one

and that's exactly what he used it for.

His getaway car! Amazing.

[Kevin] This is one of the more solid bodies I got.

It's in really good shape.

Can you hear it? "Buy me, Dave."

[Laughter]

"Buy me, Dave."

[Kevin] "You're falling in love!"

Would you ever sell one?

[Kevin] Well...

[Sighs]

♪

[Announcer] The team are in saskatchewan

hunting old trucks on Dave's home turf

but they're striking out everywhere.

- Can't part with her. - All right.

[Announcer] After getting a tip from Dave's friend, Kevin,

Matt asks about buying one of his Hudsons.

Would you ever sell one?

Well...

[Sighs]

I'd like to get one done original.

I'd hate to sell something and then find out you needed parts.

I've tried for years.

[Laughter]

I'm in line.

When I met Matt, we were friends instantly.

Here is a guy that is a reflection of myself.

Same interest, knows his stuff.

He's a true spirit.

A lot of people don't know that Hudson made trucks

for a number of years and the front ends

on their trucks were basically car front ends.

But, Hudson trucks were low production.

[Matt] Yeah.

- To find one of them is... - Hen's teeth.

Yeah. Very rare.

I've been looking, but I haven't come across one yet.

Talk about rare. What do you think of this?

[Matt] I think it's awesome.

[Kevin] Any idea what it would be?

[Dave] It's definitely European.

It's a saab '93!

[Kevin] You know, saab is a Swedish car manufacturer.

[Dave] Ugly!

Not ugly. This is artwork, Dave.

The saab is small, it's compact.

And it's complete.

Ugh, it's so weird it's just...

Sweet. I love it.

Meep-meep!

You take your $100,000 car, you cruise down the road.

I get more looks every day.

We're hunting pickup trucks. That's the goal.

But if the price is right on something interesting

and different, we can't turn our back on it.

We've got to pick it up.

That's not my type of vehicle.

I'm an American type of car guy.

I love the American vehicles, not my choice.

I'd be willing to let it go for 2,500.

[Dave exhales]

What's that sound to you?

Did you just have a heart attack, Dave?

You know rarity is a big thing.

- [Dave] My friend. - That adds value.

Well, just as much as I think it's original,

it could be the dog of this year.

1500.

Hit me back. Hit me back. I'm ready.

Would you be comfortable at 1800?

♪

I think 18, we can make a deal.

[Kevin] Oh, well, there we go.

Put her there. Let's do it, let's do it.

Great.

I'll shake your hand for the salesmanship.

You'll see enough of this,

you'll fall in love with this one.

That's not my type of vehicle.

But, Matt, you know,

he knows the market a little better than I do.

Thanks again for the car.

Okay, yeah, you betcha.

We're going to hit the road.

Come to think of it, I did come across a truck.

By whitkow, there's a Ukrainian church over there.

Right, I know that church, yeah.

It's a guy called Dave, I think.

You know, you could check that out.

[Matt] At this time,

I think we'll take any leads, so.

A lead to whitkow, amazing.

My grandparents came from the Ukraine

and moved in whitkow in their early 1900s.

My dad was born and raised in the area.

Yeah, whitkow. It's my backyard.

It's a great sign.

[Revving]

[Announcer] With no time to waste,

Lee and Steve load up the first purchase of the trip.

Matt is following up on the truck lead

and Dave's off to meet Don, the pest control officer.

He's heard he's on a job at this derelict farm.

[Door bangs]

- [Dave] Hello! - [Don] Right here!

[Announcer] Keeping rats at bay

means he gets into many forgotten places.

Dave asks him if he might be able to help with a lead.

I don't really snoop around the yards too much...

[Dave] No, no, I understand. I understand.

Yeah, but I see things.

I went into this yard and he has an old shop there,

and the shop door was open.

And there was an old truck sitting in there.

An old Ford.

I don't know if you're interested.

Oh yeah. Yeah, for sure.

Gordon, Gordon something-or-other.

Okay, I'll write that down.

Don's giving me a lead.

We're obviously on the right track.

[Announcer] Meanwhile, Jess and Matt

are in the Stinson going further afield in their hunt.

Matt has sent Steve and Lee to whitkow to meet up

with a guy named big Dave who has trucks for sale.

♪

[Phone ringing]

Yeah, Dave.

Yeah, no, my team's going to be there a. S. A. P.

They should be there already,

I don't know what's going on, but.

Steve, something's frickin' not right here.

[Steve] The road's pretty bumpy, too though.

[Lee] Yeah.

Where are those guys?

[Jess] You sent them the coordinates, didn't you?

[Matt] That was hours ago.

It feels like something's sticking.

For [bleep] sakes, Steve.

[Steve] What?

[Lee] The front end is blown!

[Steve] What? [Bleep]!

Steve, something's frickin' not right here.

[Steve] The road's pretty bumpy, too though.

[Lee] Yeah. It feels like something's sticking.

For [bleep] sakes, Steve.

[Steve] What?

[Lee] The front end is blown!

[Steve] What? [Bleep]!

♪

[Lee] It just about went off the road.

[Steve] Is it out? It's flat.

[Announcer] The team has little to show

for their time in saskatchewan and Matt is tense.

To make things worse, Lee and Steve are now late

for a meeting with big Dave,

who has trucks for sale, because they've got a flat.

- But, we got a spare, right? - Yeah, but we got no Jack.

[Lee] We don't have a Jack.

No. It's in the other truck. It's in Dave's truck.

[Bleep]

If we lose this lead, Matt's gonna be pretty (bleep).

It's not our fault that the tire went flat

but it is our fault that we don't have a Jack.

We're burning daylight.

I know Matt wants us...

[phone ringing]

Hold on one second.

I'm getting a phone, here.

- Speak of the... - [Steve] Really?

- Yeah. - [Steve] It's Matt?

- Yeah. You want... - No, no, no, no.

- Hello. - [Matt] Where are you guys?

Oh, we're just getting the truck sorted out here.

[Matt] You gotta get over there

or else we're going to mess up. Get there asap.

- [Lee] Give us a half an hour. - [Matt] Yeah, okay.

'Kay, later. Bye.

Ears are burning there.

He's going to [bleep].

Yeah, well we're not telling him about this.

We got no Jack. We got no time.

We gotta get creative.

Something's gotta happen right now.

We've got the crane on the trailer.

Why couldn't we just use the crane to lift our own truck?

It's separated, separate system.

I mean, I'm confident but I'm not 100%.

So, I'm gonna try and lift the truck with the crane

that's mounted on the trailer.

I mean, I've never tried this before.

But looking at it, it should work.

Safety? Not sure.

[Steve] How we looking?

[Lee] Good.

I'm underneath putting blocks under the axle.

I mean, if that truck falls, I'm under it.

It's just all coming down on top of me.

Yup. Try and come down slow.

[Lee] Okay.

(Bleep), it worked!

I mean, that was amazing that it worked.

I mean, I've never seen that happen before.

Lee is not just a pretty face, I guess.

Am I right? I never doubted you.

I never...

[Lee] Gimme a piece of that, come on!

Come on! We did it, man!

Come on, Steve. Let's get the tire goin'!

We gotta hurry up.

[Steve] I know.

♪

[Announcer] Matt has teamed up with Dave

on the ground to chase leads.

So, Jess returns to the sky

and goes a ways off the main highway.

She spotted something hopeful.

[Jess] Hey, Matt, can you hear me?

Hey, I'm just flying over a homestead that has trucks.

Okay, awesome.

I will send you the coordinates and talk to you soon, okay?

[Dave] So, I knew it.

We travelled out 30-mile range

and we're going to get those leads.

What she described to us sounds like the place we want to be.

This is the homestead that we've been looking for.

♪

[Matt] How's it goin'?

[Jack] Good.

- I'm Matt. - I'm Dave.

- Jerry. - Jack.

- Jack? Dave. - Jerry.

Pleasure. Nice to meet you, Jack.

[Matt] I don't know if you heard earlier,

a little red plane that buzzed over top.

That was our friend, Jess.

She let us know that there's an old truck on the property.

[Jack] You want to have a look?

- [Dave] Sure, sure. - [Matt] You guys have the time?

[Jack] Oh yeah, we got more time than anything else.

[Matt] All right.

[Light laughter]

Yeah, there it is.

Nice. Well, that's a '40? '41?

'40 or '41, yeah.

Looks like it's got an international back half

and a Chevy front half.

It was bought from a neighbour in about 1950.

[Matt] It's like the jungle just took it back.

That's neat.

That's the original steering wheel.

[Jack] It is.

[Matt] With the old knuckle duster.

You used to grab hold of that and spin the wheel with it.

And then when the front tires got stuck,

it'd spin too fast, it'd break your knuckles.

Old cars and trucks are like time machines.

They literally roll us through time.

And, for me, they're all important artifacts

and they all have their own individualized story attached.

Speedometer doesn't go back to zero on it.

'58 or '59, the neighbour's barn caught on fire

and dad jumped in that truck and drove it so fast

that the speedometer never did come back to zero.

Wow.

[Laughter]

He topped it out.

What a gorgeous truck! Fat fenders,

bug-eyed headlights, smiling teeth of a grille.

That particular design, the modern type of vehicle

that chev and gm went on direction,

was to give it more of a flair, more appeal.

Can't lose with the look of this baby.

Is there a chance that you guys might be interested

in selling the truck?

[Jerry] 5,000.

- [Laughs] - 5,000?

Well, thank you for your time, uh. I'm just gonna...

But I want you to be happy so, what's going to make you happy?

18.

[Matt] 18. He comes back with 18.

[Dave] A little closer.

I honestly think, guys, it's worth about 14.

1,500 and it's yours.

- All right. - Thank you.

[Dave] Thank you, guys. Truly appreciate that.

[Matt] That's awesome.

It was a good old truck in its day.

It might as well go somewhere

where somebody might appreciate it.

Better there than here, sittin' in the bush.

Making somebody else happy is a good deal.

[Announcer] Dave's belief is starting to pay off

but the team isn't out of the woods, yet.

And that includes Lee and Steve.

[Steve] Watch your fingers...

[Lee] I know.

[Steve] How long's it been?

Half hour. So, we're already late.

[Steve] He's gonna be pissed.

[Lee] I'm a boss of my own company

and I know there's just some things

you don't want to hear about. This is one of them.

As an owner, all you want is a job to get done.

And me and Steve are gonna get it done.

[Engine revs]

[Steve] Atta boy! Just throw it in, let's go!

[Squeaking]

We're outta here. Back on the road!

Woo! Yow!

[Announcer] Lee's fix has saved the day

but the day is disappearing fast.

Over an hour late, they still need to meet up with big Dave.

[Lee grunts]

[Knocking]

- [Big Dave] Yeah! - [Steve] Hello.

[Lee] Yeah.

- Hey! - Hey, my name's Steve.

This is my buddy, Lee.

Hi, nice to meet ya.

We heard, kind of, that you had some trucks.

[Big Dave] Show you a few of them, I guess.

Yeah? Awesome.

Sorry we're late, by the way.

Guessin' you only keep the good ones back here.

- [Big Dave] In the rough? - [Steve] Yeah!

[Big Dave laughs]

There's a '58 Fargo. There's a 413.

[Steve] Oh, yeah?

[Chuckles]

Looks like it had a few late nights.

[Big Dave] Well, it was probably all the same night.

[Laughter]

It's all together but it's just a tough thing

back where we are, the Fargo aren't as popular.

I mean, I don't know if they're popular around here or not.

It was more of a farm truck, eh?

More of a farm, yeah.

That thing went like stink, though.

[Laughs]

Get granny out of the boneyard and put her to work.

I mean, really not finding much of any sellable trucks

or resealable trucks in this yard.

Matt may be right to be worried.

[Big Dave] I'm a Chevy guy.

[Steve] What do you have as far as Chevy goes?

[Dave] Oh, it looks like an apache to me.

[Steve] Complete apache.

[Big Dave] No, somebody borrowed the emblem.

[Steve laughs]

Where? Oh yeah, well...

[Announcer] Chevy's light duty trucks were known as apaches.

This could be the killer deal the team so desperately need.

We'll take it!

It's a '58 apache, 1958.

I mean, this is a 50th anniversary for Chevy.

It's a big year for Chevy.

It's got a unique style,

the kind of never-ending curves throughout this truck.

I think it's perfect for a swap

onto a chassis that has 4-wheel drive.

And with that clean body, it's a perfect match.

[Steve] It doesn't look like a lot of rust, though.

It didn't see a whole bunch of salt, this truck,

it probably didn't ever hit a highway.

[Steve] Oh, yeah?

[Big Dave] So, how's those sills? There's no holes.

That's a big plus for these trucks.

And this truck hasn't been driven

on salted roads in the wintertime,

so I mean, it hasn't had

that kind of corrosion build-up.

This is what we're looking for.

This is what we want to get.

And now we just got to hope

that Dave's willing to part with it.

- She's a sweetheart. - How much of a sweetheart?

I've never seen one this nice.

Probably 10 years since I drug another one home.

I gave that one away, though but you aren't kin.

No. Well, I am single. I mean.

Oh, I'm not going to marry ya.

No! No, no, not you.

Not you. I mean, like...

[announcer] Marriage may not be in the cards

but Lee wants to consider

their next commitment carefully.

Would you consider 1,000 cash?

No. That's only 480 beer.

[Laughter]

How much beer are we talking that's gonna get this?

A couple sounds twice as good.

Would you meet us closer to 1,500?

♪

I would skip at 15.

Would you do 1,750?

♪

[Announcer] Steve and Lee are negotiating with big Dave

for a 1958 Chevy apache.

It's exactly the kind of classic pickup

the crew is after.

Would you do 1,750?

[Tense instrumental music]

Yeah, I'd probably do that.

How many beer is that?

600.

[Announcer] Another truck secured.

But before they can drink to their success,

they need to load it up.

It was one of my neighbours', John's truck,

and did a bunch of work for him

and feeding cows at 40 below,

and hauling feed when he was out.

So we took it on trade.

Not getting my money back, but, oh well.

[Announcer] The truck numbers are growing

but having travelled so far, they have yet to break even.

And without even enough to cover their costs,

this could be the end of the road.

♪

[Announcer ] A new day, a new truck for Lee and Steve

to load but this one comes with an extra feature.

[Steve] Is that tree in the truck?

I mean, I just, I'd hate to have to kill this tree, Lee.

[Lee] We're not going to kill no trees, Steve.

There's no sense saving a truck

and killing something at the same time.

Trunk is basically growing right in front of the tires.

Like, it's in this pocket here on the other side?

Exactly.

[Announcer] To save the tree, they need the power wagon

to first pull the truck up

so they can get around the tree trunk.

Let's see what you can do.

Remember, don't damage it.

[Steve] Let's do it.

It doesn't seem like it's really wanting to...

Ooh... okay.

Easy, Steve.

Oh! Easy, bud.

Oh, there it is. We're out of the hole now.

[Lee] Okay?

[Announcer] With the truck lifted away from the tree,

they now must pull it forward and out.

But Lee is still worried.

The tree's, like, kind of growing

right in between the bed and the truck.

I can fold it back while you pull it.

Just remember, I'm tangled in the tree.

Go slow!

[Engine revving]

Whoa!

Hey.

[Gasps]

There it is.

And it's out.

Couldn't have done it any smoother than that, Steve.

[Steve laughs]

[Narrator] Loaded up and trucking,

they head out in search of more.

♪

Following up on the lead from the pest control man,

Steve speaks to a farmer named Gordon, who gives him

another tip about what might be a Hudson truck.

He mentions a guy named Curtis and he has a truck

then he says a Hudson truck.

Oh, geez, I got just excited about it.

"A Hudson truck? Really?"

Like, I can feel the hair in the back of my neck

stand up because a Hudson truck is so rare.

We're running out of time.

I gotta chase this one down.

[Narrator] Matt calls everyone together to talk strategy

for their final day.

- Beautiful. - The meat slice.

[Dave] Tell me about the truck, man.

[Lee] Look who showed up.

[Steve] Oh, I hear somethin' behind me.

- [Dave] Hey, guys. - [Matt] What's goin' on, here?

[Steve] We just thought we'd take a little roadside break.

Well, I would have thought, like,

you'd be conjuring up ways to fill the truck.

We're waiting for leads or purchases, right?

You just gotta wait for me all the time?

I'll just sit back, relax and let daddy-o

figure out how to save the day every time.

And what the hell did you buy?

You bought that piece of (bleep) Up there.

That's not a truck.

I'm not trying to fight, Dave.

I don't feel super confident, right now.

The whole team knows coming out here is risky

and we don't have anything to show for it.

People look up to Lee

and when he's golfing, it sets a precedent and a tone

that we can all just do our own thing

and not stay focused.

Put yourself in my shoes.

It's like throwing $10,000, $15,000 on black.

I mean, like, "don't worry about it.

Let's golf our way through success."

There's fuel. There's tires.

Matt's uptight.

We're running out of time and the truck's not full

but we'll fix that.

I can see why he's upset but cool it down, buddy.

We gotta make sure that every inch of that trailer is loaded.

What do you think, Steve?

This is one of the farthest places we come to for trucks.

I think we gotta take the biggest load home.

Yeah, I'm with ya.

Tiger Woods over here, you want to chime in or...?

You guys were losing me, sorry.

Who can't do their job well and take breaks?

If you go hard at something all the time,

you're going to burn yourself out.

Don't worry, we'll put you back in your cage pretty soon.

But seriously, guys, we've got one day left.

I got a pretty interesting lead,

so I'm pretty excited about it.

Let's see what happens.

I'm not giving anybody any hopes up at all

because if it's not a Hudson, that'd be very disappointed.

And if it is a Hudson, it's our golden ticket.

Hallelujah.

This trip will be written down on our personal history book.

[Announcer] Dave heads off in search of his final lead.

And with only a few hours left,

Jess and Matt take to the skies.

Look!

- [Matt] Oh, yeah. - [Jess] Trucks!

There's a bunch of stuff down there, eh?

Looks like early '30s to mid '40s,

maybe even a late '50s one.

Dave's golden rule of flying 30 miles

past the main roads is paying off.

And just in time.

It's got a flipping landing strip, too.

I think it's meant to be.

[Engine rumbling]

Nice car.

I hope we found a kindred spirit, here.

Hopefully he's not mad.

Just gotta sweettalk him.

- Hello! - [Matt] How's it going?

[Al] Pretty good. What's happening?

Well, we were doing some flying

and we noticed that you have got some cars over there.

And I hope you don't mind.

[Al] No, I've done similar things myself.

Oh, perfect!

-Well, I'm Jess, -you're Jess.

- And this is Matt. - Nice to meet you, Matt.

And Jess. Let's go.

[Jess] Okay.

[Matt] Is that what I think it is? '44?

- [Al] '41. - [Matt] '41 Ford?

They're a very pretty little truck.

[Matt] Oh, it's gorgeous!

[Al] Well, that belongs to a guy out in b. C.

And he says he doesn't want to sell it.

[Matt] Oh, this is a nice one, too. '64?

[Al] '64 or '65, yeah.

[Matt] This is one of yours?

[Al] No, it belongs to a young fellow that started on it.

Of course, like a lot of young guys,

he got girlfriends and married.

[Matt] Here we are again.

I'm looking at some great stuff

but it's not looking like

we're going to take anything home.

Nothing's for sale.

Look at this beauty, here.

[Al] That's a real farmer truck.

[Matt] Whoa, that's cool.

[Al] That's a pretty early ram, I would say.

That's one of the first.

To find a dodge brothers emblem,

porcelain that's not shattered or cracked or stolen.

How did it survive?

[Al] It has been here for quite a while.

Come on, this is a great truck.

He's gotta let me buy this one.

Can't sell you that one.

It actually has been spoken for.

No [bleeping] way.

♪

After I got the tip about the Hudson,

I've been looking for Curtis.

- Hi, there! - Hi!

I'm looking for a guy named Curtis.

Oh, you found him.

[Dave] Super. My name's Dave.

[Curtis] Hi, Dave. Yeah, yeah. Pleasure.

Talking to a guy named Gordon.

He thought that you have

or had an older truck in the barn someplace.

I haven't thought about that truck in a while,

- but he's right. - What is it?

Well, it's a '42 Hudson.

You're telling me you got a '42 Hudson?

- [Curtis] I do. - Holy (bleep). Wow.

This is one of the rarest trucks.

Apparently only 50 of them, or near 50 of them were made.

If it's a 1942, it's like looking out in the field

and there's a sasquatch standing there.

That's what this truck is.

Rare.

♪

[Announcer] Matt and Jess are loving everything

in al's collection but so far he's not selling.

[Matt] This looks like a studebaker.

This thing's, like, almost rust free.

Oh, that's cool. The full dash.

All the little emblems. Nobody's messed with it.

Doors open and close.

Yeah, that's a sweet truck.

[Al] They are probably

one of the most artistic trucks ever made.

So elegant.

Now this is a truck that style-wise

knocks it out of the park.

The big three truck manufacturers

were just chasing each other around like a merry-go-round.

Everyone's running this way and studebaker

is like, "I'm going to go that way."

Studebaker is tailored to uniqueness.

Everybody has a friend that you're like,

"that guy, they broke the mould when they made that guy."

Well, that's the guy that buys a studebaker.

Do you think it'd run?

Well, it was running when parked, let's put it that way.

That's a good sign!

Oh, it looks good to me. Wow.

[Al] I bought it from the Ford dealer

in north battleford...

- Oh, wow. - Back in the '60s.

- Wow, this is a gold mine. - Very cool.

He's been saying no to everything

but maybe this one because he let me check it all over,

maybe he'll let me buy this one.

Would you sell it?

♪

[Announcer] Matt has his eye on an old studebaker truck

which would be a great addition to the semi

but al doesn't seem to want to sell anything.

Would you sell it?

♪

Yes, this one I would sell.

What would you need?

I think 2,500 would be a reasonable price.

Would you consider something closer to 1,300?

I could go down to two.

Think we could find some middle ground?

1,750.

♪

I would do 1,750.

We have a deal. [Chuckles]

Thank you.

I'm in love. This is awesome.

Finally, this truck was worth the wait.

[Announcer] The semi is slowly filling up

and the Hudson that Dave has found might send

the team's tally right over the top if it's for sale.

[Dave] I'm excited, eh.

I don't know if I want to sell it

- but let's have a little look. - Okay.

[Curtis] Yeah, I got it from a friend of mine.

He went by Teddy bear or bear like we called him.

And he said, "so I'm going to take you out to my barn

and show you my stuff."

There is no less than 28 Hudsons.

I looked at these Hudson's and I say,

"I see a red Fender in the garage.

I said, 'what's that'?"

He said, "that's the holy grail.

That's a '42 Hudson pickup truck."

- Unbelievable. - 47 made.

My buddy passed away and I helped his brother

get rid of some of the other vehicles

and he gave me first chance and I said,

"that's the one I want. I want the holy grail."

Well, it's in that one there, now.

Holy.

I don't think my heart can stop pounding already.

[Curtis] You go for it.

[Announcer] Desperate for a glimpse

of this mythical motor, Dave risks life and limb.

♪

Oh, crap, man, yeah. Is this ever cool?

[Celestial vocals]

Curtis, this thing is awesome.

It's a '42 Hudson.

I've never seen one in person.

I'm not leaving this place

until that thing is in the back of a truck.

I don't care what it takes.

This truck is coming home.

This truck is not a rough work truck.

It was made specifically for the middle class.

Hudson was ahead of their time.

They hired probably one of the first women ever

to help design the truck.

And because of the designer,

it was actually marketed specifically for women.

It was attractive, it was stylish and still is.

We're here with a group of folks, eh,

and we're buying vehicles

and you're going to break my heart

if I have to phone 'em and say, "hey, it's not for sale."

It's not about the money.

It's kind of about the memory of my buddy, bear.

Well, I can guarantee you it's gonna get built.

Somebody with experience...

We're not going to sell it to somebody

that's going to butcher that thing.

It's going to be done right

because it is rare and it's a cool, cool truck.

[Laughs softly]

Oh man. I don't know.

It is getting more expensive to fix stuff like this.

What are you thinking?

I'll take $5,000 for it. That's my bottom dollar.

And you have to get it out of here.

I don't care about the building

but if you wreck the truck taking it out,

I'm not responsible. That's on you.

- You got a deal, pal. - All right.

I was going to do something with it and I kind of was sad.

But I owned a piece of history so I'm okay with that.

[Announcer] Finally, after a tense few days,

the team has tracked down

one of the rarest trucks ever made.

[Matt] Guys, Dave just found us a '42 Hudson.

I think it's in there.

[Lee] I just can't believe there's a truck in there.

[Matt] It is looking pretty bad, though, eh?

[Lee] Easy.

[Laughter]

[Celestial vocalizing]

[Matt] Oh, there it is!

Oh wow, that's definitely a '42.

It's real. I've never seen one of these with my own eyes.

Like, this is the kind of stuff

that will be heard from here to California.

This is the kind of stuff that puts us on the map.

[Steve] I like it.

They made, like, a handful of these.

This truck could make our whole trip worthwhile.

Amazing.

We gotta get it out of here, though.

[Lee] Look at that roof shake when he comes down, Steve.

[Steve] I'm pretty sure it's the truck

that's actually holding it up.

The crane will be able to lift this roof off.

- It's just a matter of like... - Will it stay together?

Will it stay together and then if it doesn't stay together,

we've just destroyed a piece of history.

[Matt] There's a kicker, too here, Lee.

Dave paid for it already.

He paid for the truck.

He paid for it already on the contingency

we can buy the truck, but we buy before we touch it.

Holy [bleep].

If we can get it out, it's the biggest win of the trip by far.

It's probably the biggest win this year for us.

- [Lee] Easy! - [Matt] Ho-ho!

[Announcer] Having found the holy grail,

an ultra rare Hudson truck,

the team need to get it out of a derelict barn.

The plan is to access their prize from above.

The first step is to cut enough rafters

so the roof can be broken free.

Then, using the crane, Lee can peel back the roof.

This will give them enough space

to rescue the Hudson from its ramshackle prison.

[Clacking]

Watch the nails.

This is a complicated extraction.

I completely trust Steve and Lee

but three is better than two.

And I thought it better if I jump up on the roof.

They take care of the crane and all the rigging.

[Announcer] First, Matt needs to cut holes

for the crane straps to hold the weight.

[Matt] Just looking in there is anything falling on it?

I know Matt knows what he's doing.

I mean, he's up there with the chainsaw.

He's got to cut through the joists

and maintain a little bit of structure

so that he can support himself.

If Matt makes the wrong cut,

he's falling down into the Hudson.

And now, me and Steve got to recover

not only the Hudson, we've got to recover Matt, too.

I mean, recipe for disaster.

This one, an even lift so it doesn't snap in half.

- What do you think, Lee? - I like it.

Thank you for giving us

an opportunity to show you what we do, Matt.

[Laughs]

Hey, if I'd rather I get hurt than you guys.

I don't believe that Matt's worried about our safety.

Matt wants the glory.

And, you know, what better way to get to a car

than chainsaw your way to a car.

That's just what he wants to do.

He wants to stand on the roof and pry it open.

He's excited about this car. It's in there.

[Announcer] Once the straps are in place,

Matt can cut the beams in the roof.

But with no beams, it's not just

the roof that could drop on the Hudson,

the entire building could collapse.

Whoa! That's it.

When I make these cuts, it's game on.

If you see this thing move, just give her.

- I'll jump. - [Lee] Do the cut.

[Announcer] With the crane supporting the weight,

Matt makes the final cut.

[Chainsaw buzzing]

♪

♪

That's it.

It doesn't get any easier than that, Lee, I did all the work.

It's up to you now.

[Steve] We got this.

[Matt] Don't [bleep] this up, guys.

You gotta go quickly. Go clean.

- Lee! Lee, Lee, Lee... - You want me to go quick?

Well, once it's... It could snap in half...

[Steve] No, no, no.

If I go quick, we're going to have a problem.

- If you don't go quick... - The crane doesn't go quick.

[Lee] If one strap gets tight, the other one doesn't,

it's going to, frigging, pull everything together

and we're gonna be screwed.

All right, all right, all right.

[Cracking]

That centre is pretty rotten, eh?

This is stressful. Kills me just to watch this.

[Matt] It's startin' to pop!

[Steve] (Bleep)

Yeah, there it goes...

[Matt] Go, go, go, go, go!

Yes! Nice, Lee! Nice!

(Bleep)! Gimme a hug!

[Laughter]

Whoo! Look at that beauty.

[Bleep] Yeah.

Look at that, every bit's there.

Let's get this thing right out of here

so we can have a good look at it.

Just give me a moment with her, all right?

[Steve] Okay. We are going to do

very, very well with this Hudson pickup

because every little piece that makes it complete is there.

And people love complete, especially when it's this rare.

[Crane whirring]

[Steve] Oh, there we go.

[Matt] Nice!

- [Steve] Oh, wow. - Look at that thing!

Look at the colours. The sexiest looking truck.

This trip was about saving classic pickups.

Turned out awesome. Better than I could imagine.

I mean, I thought we'd get a few chevs

and the odd Ford, you know, mainline stuff,

but a '42 Hudson.

Never in my wildest dreams would I think we'd find that.

It is awesome.

[Dave] That is awesome!

Holy! Look at this beauty.

[Matt] Golden! Interior's like mint.

That Hudson truck was lost.

Full stop.

It was gone in that barn.

It would not have lasted another winter.

It doesn't make me feel too bad

about paying five grand for it

and about selling it for who knows how much

because we saved it.

And now I'm going to sell it to a restorer,

to somebody who is going to put it back on the road.

That is going to be a sweet day.

We've got a fantastic load. I'm even liking the saab, now.

[Laughter]

I knew you'd turn around.

They nailed it!

There isn't a bad vehicle on there.

Dave!

[Laughter]

Dave, you were right.

Look at it! We did good.

- [Dave] We did excellent. - We did it in three days.

I mean, the Hudson speaks for itself.

It's all sorts of different-weird.

- The saab's ugly-cool. - Ugly-cool.

The apache is going to be a quick sell.

The '39 chev and then studebaker.

What a load.

I mean, you look at a load like this,

you can't help but being giddy.

People will line up to buy these trucks

and conservatively we'll nail 25 grand on it.

I'll admit the slow start on this trip

got me a little worried.

And I regret that I was a bit stressed with the team.

But that's easier said in hindsight

when you're looking back on a load like this.

Guys, like, you nailed it.

Got everything we asked for.

Every machine came back.

Nothing was broken.

Steve popped the front tire.

[Laughter]

What?

As Dave would say, "it's roached."

You know, I don't even care.

Forget about the tire.

Dinner's on Steve and Lee. You guys broke the tire.

[Jess] See ya in town.

♪