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- [Mike shouting] Hey, Avery! - [Avery shouting] What? and may contain mature subject matter.

[Mike] What are you doin'?

What's it look like I'm doing?

We got work to do, man!

[♪]

[Narrator] This season on Rust Valley Restorers...

[engine revving, tires screeching]

[Mike] Since I've started Rust Brothers,

I've lost thousands of dollars.

The whole plan was to get rid of cars!

[Avery shrieking]

You gained probably 150 more!

- No more bullshit. - What's this one here?

We have a winner!

[Mike] This year we get ahead of the curve

and actually make some coin.

This is Neil,

he's going to be our new head painter.

1971 Super Bee,

'64 Parisienne wagon,

'53 La France convertible pumper.

You're sick!

I have a problem.

When it comes to Mike, no good deed goes unpunished.

Stop, stop, stop!

Oh, you goof!

Well, there we have a problem.

It's not going to line up.

Unreal.

[Mike] As usual, it's turning into a shit show.

Welcome to Rust Valley.

"Do not occupy.

Stop work order."

Bullshit!

I moved here because there was no rules,

you could do whatever you wanted.

$300,000 a month,

and put you in jail for eight years.

[Mike] Everything is changing so fast.

[Vance] I'm losing my swap meet,

I'm losing storage,

I'm losing two thirds of my business.

I think we all have a problem.

[Mike] The car culture here,

this whole culture is going to vanish.

- Neil! - I can do it myself,

but I'm going to do it the right [bleep] way.

Relax.

[Mike] My mistakes could totally wipe out Rust Bros.

Could be the biggest screwup of my entire life.

[♪]

I've only got six months to get rid of 400 cars.

Huh?

[♪]

We're going to have to have an auction.

Mike, if they go for $50,

they're worth $300 for crush.

[Mike] People come to an auction

because they want a bargain.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the show is about to begin.

- Just be careful. - I have no choice.

[Mike] An auction is like rolling the dice.

You must be getting desperate

if you want to move 'em this fast. [laughing]

[auctioneer calling, bidders shouting]

Sold, 500.

Aw, [bleep], what have I done?

[♪]

[Avery] We've got fires everywhere in the neighborhood,

and you're loading up your yard full of gasoline.

Hey, shut up.

Bird's in the air!

[Mike] There's not too many things in life

that last 50 to 100 years.

[Avery cackling in triumph]

[bleep] wild, man!

[Mike] Most of these cars have lasted that long.

[♪]

[laughing]

[cheering]

[tires screeching]

[Mike] I'm praying...

this isn't the end.

[♪]

My name is Mike Hall,

and over the last 40 years,

against better judgment,

I've managed to amass

over 400 classic cars.

These cars are my legacy,

but I'm running out of time

- to restore them all... - [barking]

So I opened a restoration shop with my son, Connor,

and my best friend, Avery,

restoring cars that the average person can afford,

but sometimes, things change.

Now Avery's opened up his own restoration shop,

and we still have to get

the whole car-crazed town behind us

to help get the job done.

[engine revving]

[tires squealing]

[laughing]

But that's how things roll

here in Rust Valley.

[♪]

[♪]

[Mike] Look, buried treasure!

Jesus H. Murphy.

[Narrator] Mike's getting an early start

to his fourth year in business.

[Mike] I think I dug it out far enough.

[Narrator] He's not waiting for the snow to melt

to drag his first project out of the Field Of Dreams.

Mike, what's going on?

Perfect timing!

I got a couple chains there. Hook this thing up.

Let's see if it'll move.

I'm assuming we're pulling this out?

Yeah, it's going to Brad's.

We're going to do the Cummins swap.

[Mike] We're going to try and dig out

my '55 La France pumper fire truck.

It's an amazing piece, solid as a rock.

It's unique.

Who does not love a fire truck?

If we have it running,

somebody's going to give us a good buck for it.

[Narrator] American La France provided fire trucks

to towns and cities across North America

for over a hundred years.

In 1947, a new design,

moving the driver ahead of the engine,

revolutionized firefighter visibility and safety,

and is still in use today.

Let's see what happens!

[Mike] It didn't even budge, did it?

No, turn the wheels a bit.

I'll steer.

Okay.

Come on, baby.

Almost!

[Mike] That truck is about 10,000-12,000 pounds.

We aren't even budging it with my little skid steer.

[call ringing]

[Avery] What's happening?

We're trying to drag this fire truck out.

I'm thinking maybe with two machines

we might be able to at least

get it to the bottom of the hill

where we could hook a tow truck on it.

You know what they say,

nothing ventured, nothing gained, my friend.

Well, guaranteed you'll gain a free [bleep] lunch.

I like lunch.

Avery has a larger skid steer with tracks,

so hopefully we can get this,

get this thing up the hill.

We got no more time to waste.

- Okay, ciao, bud. - - - Okay, bye.

[Mike] This year, we want to start off with a bang,

get ahead of the curve,

actually make some coin.

I paid you 200 grand.

[Narrator] Last year,

a problem Mike had put off dealing with

came to a head...

Well, what part don't you understand?

- We could lose it all. - He doesn't own it.

[Narrator] ...and he was forced to give Connor and Avery

the bad news

that he doesn't own the land

where the Rust Bros shop was built.

[Mike] I mean, I've got a piece of paper

saying he sold it to me.

You might as well have an I.O.U. on the back of a napkin.

I know, I know.

[Mike] I'm hoping I don't have to tear down the new shop

and the old shop,

but the Field Of Dreams is a totally separate property.

I outright own that.

My name's on title.

There's 400 cars there, time to get to work.

I think if Connor hooks to you, we'll get it.

We just gotta get it out of this [bleep] hole.

[Narrator] This year,

Mike can't afford any more mistakes.

You ready?

[♪]

Come on, guys!

Keep going!

Hold it!

Avery!

Stop!

Oh, Ave, for [bleep] sake!

[Avery] Okay, let's keep going.

- What! - What did you break?

I just killed one of your vintage tail lights.

Jesus [bleep].

We're hooked up now, might as well keep pulling.

Yeah. Okay.

You know what, who cares?

The piece of shit is out of there.

That's all that counts.

[Mike] Ave, stay to the high side!

Come on!

Stop!

Good, Avery!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Avery! Whoa!

For [bleep] sakes!

Like, what part of stop doesn't he understand?

Get a better muffler

so when I'm yelling

you can hear me yell "stop."

Yeah, I'll put my ESP hat on.

[Connor] So what are we doing, are we repainting it?

- No. - Are we doing any bodywork?

Or are we just going to make it move?

I think we're going to make it move,

and we'll probably splash it red.

If you paint this thing, Mike,

you're going to be into it for a million dollars.

What did you pay for it?

I bought it for a thousand bucks.

What are you gonna sell it for, Mike?

I bet I could get 20, 30 grand out of this easy,

if it's got a good running Cummins.

Like, how many hours is it going to take

to sand this thing?

[Mike] It's not a show car.

- Mm-hmm. - It's a fire truck.

Okay, let's get this thing out of here.

Okay.

[♪]

- Ave? - What?

Why is my truck sitting so low?

[Avery] It's got no air in the tires.

[Mike] Where's the rear end?

[Avery] I used it.

That's not part of the body!

It was!

What else did you [bleep] take, Ave?

Nothing!

[Narrator] Later that day...

Is my motor still here?

I don't [bleep] know.

[Narrator] ...Mike's at Wildman

to collect the diesel Cummins engine

he wants to install in his fire truck.

[Mike] When I bought this truck,

it had a really low K Cummins 5.9.

Avery wanted the body.

So I sold Avery the body.

Where's the fan, Ave?

It flew away.

Anyway, I'm glad I'm getting it out

while there's still a motor left.

Let me get out of the way.

[Narrator] Before they can move the truck into the shop...

Let me get further out of the way.

[Narrator] ...Avery has to clear

all the other vehicles in its path.

Whatever.

- [thudding] - Holy!

It was a nice bumper.

Close enough.

Look, he's landscaping at the same time!

[Avery] You know, here at Wildman restorations,

I've collected a lot of potential projects,

but I had a fairly tough year last year,

I need a little bit of time

to mull over what I'm going to do next.

I have to look at my options.

Give 'er, Ave!

Well, we got it in here

without too much damage, I think.

[Brad] What's going on?

You guys don't have that motor out of there yet?

Brad!

[Narrator] The Rust Bros shop

doesn't specialize in diesel engines,

so Mike's relying on his friend Brad to do the swap.

[Mike] Why do I have a sense of impending doom?

There you go.

- Piece of shit Dodges. - Whoa, whoa!

- I can't believe it. - Don't you have a bucket?

- Yeah, get a bucket, Ave! - Yeah, I will.

Ave, get a bucket right away!

- Hurry up, get 'em! - Ave, you're leaking!

[laughing]

Mike, you're leaking [bleep] oil on my floor!

[Mike] What a great idea this was,

pulling this in Avery's shop.

[Mike] I know that engine.

It ran like a top.

It's first gen.

They were the best Cummins ever made.

Indestructible.

Should be good for a million miles.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.

Up, up, and away!

Okay, Ave, slide 'er back.

[Narrator] Brad will haul the Cummins engine

back to his shop,

and install the motor in the fire truck.

[Mike] We shouldn't have to spend that much

to get it running.

Hopefully it turns to be a win for all of us.

[Brad] Okay, when you go to fire it,

give me a ring, I wanna hear it.

Okay.

[♪]

[phone ringing]

Jeremiah.

[Jeremiah, on phone] Mike, how you doing, bud?

[Narrator] A few weeks later...

Good, what's shaking?

How's... how's things going?

- Is that Jeremiah? - Yeah.

What are you doing, Jeremiah?

[laughing]

Oh my... [laughing]

[Mike] Jeremiah is basically a mountain man

from the beautiful city of Golden,

and he is a Volkswagen fanatic.

[groaning]

Hey, Jeremiah.

Hey, Mike, how you doing?

[Narrator] Mike and Avery

visited Jeremiah's VW-themed campground last year.

That Volkswagen looks like it's on fire.

It's the V-tubs.

It's a hot tub barbecue machine.

[Jeremiah] Have you guys ever heard the story

of the lost bus up at the mine?

I'm assuming it's a Volkswagen, Jeremiah?

It is a Volkswagen, Mike.

It's a pretty important bus.

It's a double cab transporter truck,

and it's been pushed down the bank

at an old abandoned mine down at Salmo/Creston.

[Mike] I mean, everybody's heard rumors

of the lost mythical twin cab bus.

The fact that there might be one hiding out in the bush,

it's got everybody super excited.

It's a cool thing.

It's a cool piece of history.

[Jeremiah] What you got to understand

is this bus is probably worth over 100,000 U.S.

What?

[Jeremiah] ...once it's all fixed up.

[Narrator] Born

out of the legendary Type 2 Transporter series

in 1959,

the Volkswagen double cabin transporter

was an ideal truck for work crews.

It was difficult to import these trucks,

making them extremely rare in North America.

Legend has is it

that a miner in the Kootenays abandoned one

at the bottom of a ravine

in the late 1960s,

and it's ripe for the taking

for whoever finds it first.

[Jeremiah] There's been pictures posted online,

and it's going crazy.

There's a guy in Germany

that's hiring people to go hunt for it.

We gotta get to this thing first, Mike.

God knows we wouldn't want it going back to Germany.

[laughter]

[Mike] We should be working on the fire truck,

but, I mean, it is quite collectible,

it is quite valuable,

so we're going to go on a little bit of an expedition,

and the early bird gets the worm.

Okay, well, anyway, Jeremiah.

We'll get our gear packed up,

leave first thing in the morning.

We'll meet you there at noon.

[Jeremiah] That's awesome.

This is going to be

one hell of an adventure, guys.

Okay. Bye bye.

[♪]

Jeremiah...

[Narrator] 300 kilometers southwest of Rust Valley,

in Salmo, B.C...

- Good to see you guys! - Good to see you, man.

- Yeah, man, how you doing? - Hey, man.

You've got some clue of where we're actually going?

The information I've got is,

we're looking for the lost creek,

and it's in behind the old Jersey emerald mine.

Yep.

Do we have a map?

The map's up here, my friend.

- We're in trouble. - [laughing]

[Narrator] Mike, Avery, and Jeremiah

are starting their hunt for the fabled Volkswagen.

Whatever, let's load some gear.

It's gonna be an adventure, come on.

[Avery cackling] We're gonna be lost!

Jeremiah does not know exactly where it is.

He has a general location,

but that mountain's huge.

I actually brought a mining tool with me, Jeremiah.

Well, it is an abandoned mine.

[Jeremiah] We're trying to find

an old Volkswagen transporter truck

that's been lost in the forest since 1969.

There is a chance that we could get there,

and it's been taken.

That's the risk of the hunt.

[Mike] To bravely go

where no Volkswagen has ever gone before.

It's only about 100,000 acres there to look in.

It's not that bad. [chuckling]

[Avery] [bleep] hot.

[Jeremiah] Some air conditioning?

[Mike] Yeah, we don't want to go over here.

- Look at that. - Holy shit.

Look at that!

That's crazy.

Man, are we ever climbing, eh?

[Mike] I'm just hoping if we do find it,

it's not like 600 feet down in a ravine.

Just 'cause you can walk to it

doesn't mean you can get it out.

- That's true. - Right?

We know it was by the old Emerald City mine.

I mean, any switchback on the road there

could be a potential dump site.

Okay, we're looking for ravines.

We can't see squat in here.

Why don't you just pull over,

we'll go sit in the back.

Yeah, you guys hop out,

and have a look over the bank.

Well, we get a higher vantage point,

and Avery will quit whining about being hot.

[laughing] Ow! [bleep]

[laughing]

Don't step on my gas axe. That's 2,000 bucks.

Lord T'underin' Jesus.

Onwards!

Ah, smell that diesel.

Hey, what's over the bank over there?

Not steep enough!

Seeing nothing.

There's nothing! Nothing!

Okay, hold on, boys.

It's starting to look promising, Jeremiah,

at least there's some vertical here.

Keep an eye peeled over there, Mike.

Is that concrete?

Look at that slab there.

Hey, look at that.

Here, let's stop here.

[Narrator] A few kilometers up the road,

the guys spot what could be the remnants of a mine.

I don't see any dump site.

We should have brought a quad with us.

Look at the amount of concrete they poured here.

Probably find a Sasquatch

before we find that Volkswagen.

Here, Ave!

So you don't have to walk.

Oh, yeah, it's a good old towny.

I got dinner!

We're having frog's legs?

Yeah, yeah. [laughing]

Oh, hey!

Oh, yeah, look at that.

Here's the portal.

Whoa.

Check that out.

There is a lot of history in the Kootenays.

They mined lead, silver, gold.

At the end, it was tungsten.

They've been mining there for over a hundred years.

Well, if this is the lost mine, we just found it.

You got a flashlight?

- No. - Use your phone, man.

[Mike] I'm not going in there.

I'm claustrophobic.

[Avery] You'll get over it.

[Mike] I don't like mines.

Go as far as you want to go.

This is what they call hard rock mining, Ave.

[rock splashing]

- [Avery] You're an idiot. - [Mike laughing]

[Jeremiah] This isn't a Volkswagen.

- Let's go hunting. - Let's go.

We are starting to realize this is a huge mountain.

We could spend days and days up here.

It's the mine, but if this was the right site,

there's no van here.

It's emptier than last year's birds nest.

[Mike] We've got a major build going on back at the shop,

and basically,

we're gonna waste a lot of time, money, and effort

looking for a needle in a frigging haystack.

Let's get going.

[Mike] And who knows, maybe somebody else scooped us.

[Jeremiah] Ugh, I don't want think about that

being even an option here today.

No.

[engine revving]

Hold on, boys!

Okay!

[Narrator] Armed with nothing but a few clues

they found online...

[Mike] Well, we found a lot of neat shit,

but not one Volkswagen to be seen.

Only the one we're driving in.

[Narrator] Mike, Avery, and Jeremiah

are giving it one last shot

in their hunt for a rare abandoned Volkswagen.

The clues are pretty out there.

We've got to find a green gate

lost in the green forest.

I don't know what to think.

[Mike] We're gonna be at the top of the mountain

pretty soon, Ave.

Look at the [bleep] view.

It's quite the pull, the truck's getting hot!

Maybe we'll stop here, cool 'er down!

What the hell is that?

I don't know what it is.

Holy shit.

Whoa!

It's a pool.

Look at that.

I can guarantee you there's no lifeguard on duty.

[Mike] There's like a full-size concrete swimming pool.

It just makes you wonder

about past lives and what people did there.

I mean, there must have been 400 or 500 people up here.

They're not gonna build a pool for 10 people.

Look like a 318 Poly '66, '68.

Pretty cool.

We've gotta be close, boys, we've gotta be close.

Okay, let's get the hell out of Dodge.

We're losing daylight here pretty quick.

Jeremiah, let's give it another 5-10 minutes

up this way.

If we don't see a green gate,

[bleep] it.

If we don't see a green gate,

somebody is gonna see the pearly gates!

- [laughing] - Let's go.

We're gonna find it.

We're up here somewhere.

Like, the pool was back there.

Where?

Watch it here, watch it here, Jeremiah.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Hey!

What the [bleep] is that?!

The green [bleep] gate!

Go ahead.

What's up here?

[Jeremiah] Look! Look, Avery.

[Mike] The moment of truth, Jeremiah!

Well, let's see if it's still here.

Sure hope so.

Well, this is a dump.

Well, that's definitely not a Volkswagen,

if that's what you're looking for.

That's not a Volkswagen, no.

Hey! What's that?!

Ho ho! We found it, Mike!

- [gleeful cackling] - Look at that, man!

Unreal!

[Jeremiah] This Volkswagen Transporter bus

is ridiculously rare.

The fact that this thing's laying there in the forest,

that's surreal.

How are we gonna get it up is the question?

Solutions, not problems, Mike.

You know what,

let's go look at it.

Jeremiah, we need to get you down there

before you have a coronary on this thing.

I know.

Basically, Plan A, which would be cheapest,

is if we can back a tow truck up to it,

run a cable down,

and yard it out of there,

but who knows?

You don't want to get cut on this shit.

Who knows what was in these.

- Ooh, you okay? - Ave, I said be careful.

What do you think, Jeremiah?

Oh, my god, look at this thing!

It's not bulletproof.

No shit.

That side piece is fixable.

The tail gate's not bad.

No, it's all fixable, Mike.

[Jeremiah] It's got the overrider bumpers.

It's got the original icepick door handles,

it's got the tailgates.

This is equivalent

to the biggest barn find you can get.

No engine?

No.

[Mike] We ain't dragging it up.

There'd be nothing left.

If you want this out of here,

it's gonna be a bird show.

So what does this thing weigh with no motor?

Oh, about 1,600, 1,700 pounds.

[Mike] Seeing where it's sitting,

the angle it's laying in,

this thing's gotta come straight up.

There's only one way to do that.

I've got a buddy in Salmo,

he flies with these chopper guys all the time,

he's gonna have all the slings and shit.

It's gonna be about three grand chopper time.

Hey, Mike, three grand?

That's a lot of money.

I'd like to see this thing up.

You deserve this.

I'll swing for half,

and then whatever you do with it,

we don't want to know. [laughing]

[Mike] This Volkswagen van, it is a very rare piece.

It's a good cause.

It's gonna be a very cool feature

to his bed and breakfast.

It is kind of a cool piece.

Right?

It's got a neat history behind it.

I'm feeling a bit generous today,

let's split it three ways.

Thanks, man.

It is what it is.

Ave, are you okay?

Mike, my heart just grew three sizes.

It looks like your belly grew three sizes, but whatever.

[laughing]

- Let's go. - Okay.

This thing is a piece of history.

You know, it deserves to have a little bit better life

than being in this garbage pit.

Holy [bleep].

- [cackling] - Yeah, you go, Avery!

- Holy [bleep]. - Holy...

But you know what,

my experience about rigging with helicopters

is about that much--

[muttering] I tell you what.

[♪]

- Helicopter. - Are you ready?

[Narrator] The next morning...

[firing flare gun] I like that.

Look for the fat guy with the orange helmet!

[laughing]

[Narrator] Mike called in a favor

and found an available chopper crew.

[Mike] My slope stabilization business,

we use helicopters all the time,

but this one tops the cake.

This is a pretty ugly load.

Just wait till you get the bill.

[laughing]

Rudy, long time, no see.

What the heck are you guys doing?

- Good, you found the place. - I'm sweatin'.

[Narrator] Rudy is a rigging expert

that Mike knows

from his slope stabilization business.

Dion.

[Narrator] Dion is his go-to pilot.

So you guys want to see the reason you're here?

Yeah, we got some questions.

Come here.

You see down there 150 feet?

That is a twin cab Volkswagen Transporter,

and we're going to get you to pick it out of there for us.

Okay.

That's Plan A, is it?

- Yeah, that's Plan A. - Okay, okay.

[Dion] Yeah, there's a few questions

around where we're going to tie onto this thing,

what integrity is left in it

after being in the bush for so long.

I've got 300 pounds in my backpack, hang on!

Holy [bleep].

Didn't you eat your Wheaties, lad?

We're in a place where it's brutally unsafe.

- [clattering] - Oof.

Careful!

[Rudy] There's stuff everywhere.

Trees.

75-degree slope.

These guys are nuts.

What do you think?

Yeah, it's possible.

Think it'd be better to go under if we can...

- Yeah. - Dig out a bit?

We got to cradle it like a baby.

Okay, less talk, more rock.

[Mike] We're going to try and dig under the van,

and we'd like to pick it

where the sub frame rails are.

That's the strongest part.

Okay, I see ya. I got it!

Okay.

Holy [bleep], how hard was that?

Yeah, perfect.

Okay, I'm sticking my fingers in there.

I don't want 'em impaled.

How many you got?

Well, I started with 10.

[chuckling]

Hey, hey.

If you can lengthen those two

and just one on this two, and we're good.

Dion, what do you think?

I think we got a plan.

I like it.

Okay, well,

why don't use hussle your [bleep] Aussie ass

up the hill and fire that thing up?

I'm not from [bleep] Australia.

- Oh, you mean you're a kiwi. - That's right.

Isn't that the bird that doesn't fly?

- That's right. - Holy [bleep],

I think we're screwed, boys.

It's fun to, it's fun to joke around and that,

but eventually you gotta say,

"Okay, I gotta do my job now."

Rudy, do you feel as this thing gets lifted up,

it's gonna have enough integrity

from what you've seen digging under?

- Yeah, yeah. - Okay.

It's strong.

The main thing is don't get under it,

'cause we don't know what's going to fall off of it.

No, no, if something goes sideways,

you don't want to be anywhere near it.

[Mike] If he drops the load, you're dead.

You don't stay under it, you stay away from it.

I mean, you're down in a friggin' ravine,

there's not too many places to run.

We got a guide rope.

We'll put it way up there.

We'll have one way back here,

and it's gonna go up, it's gonna go over.

God willing, it's gonna land on the trailer.

[Mike] Worst-case scenario, it could fall off.

There's a hundred different variables.

Anytime you're working with choppers is dangerous.

[Mike] About to fire the bird!

Avery, get out of there!

[Avery] Jesus snapping arseholes.

Okay.

This bitch is gonna fly!

[♪]

[tires squealing]

[Avery cheering] Yeehaw!

[Dion] Okay, helicopter's lifting.

[Mike] Copy that.

Bird's in the air.

[Narrator] High up in the Kootenay Mountains...

Dion, Rudy's about 20 feet in front of the bus

to grab the hook, and we'll give it to Max.

Thank you.

[Narrator] Mike, Avery, and Jeremiah

are attempting to recover

an ultra-rare double cab Volkswagen truck.

[Mike] Any time you're doing something

that's really dangerous, the adrenaline's pumping,

you're just hoping it's all gonna go good.

[Mike] You're right above us.

Down slope a bit.

Yeah, I'm just going to start again.

[Avery] He has no idea where his load is.

Like, this might be a problem here.

[Narrator] Dion can't see the Volkswagen

through the trees.

[Mike] Okay, we gave Rudy the orange hard hat,

so you can see him.

Perfect.

Down about 50 feet.

30 feet.

Hang on, Rudy's going to grab it.

Okay, he's got it.

Okay.

[Narrator] The crew gets the chopper's line

hooked to the bus.

Okay, you got 'er hooked.

Okay, up slow, up slow.

[Avery] There's all kinds of debris

underneath this thing.

If he's caught on something,

and that pilot hits that release button,

200 feet of that rope

is gonna come falling down.

[Mike] Okay, you got the weight.

You're on it.

She's moving.

Okay, she's coming up.

[Avery] Yeah, baby!

[Mike] Okay, she's free!

[Dion] You want me to take it?

[Mike] You're good, you're good to go, Dion.

[Rudy] He's gotta go downhill.

[Mike] Down slope a bit!

I've just got the sun in my eyes here.

[Avery] He's got this thing just about right in the trees.

He's flying blind right now.

[Rudy] Come out of the way, Max.

[Jeremiah] Oh my god, man, oh my god.

[Avery cackling]

[Rudy] Holy shit!

[Mike] Down slope a bit-- Yeah, you got 'er.

You're above the trees.

[Mike] It's pretty cool to see that Volkswagen

after 50 years

going straight up 200 feet.

It's like a resurrection.

[bleep] wild, man.

I've done sketchy shit before, but that tops the scale.

[Mike] It's gotta go up about five feet.

Okay, start coming down.

Down.

That's good!

- Whoa! - Leave 'er.

Hang on, Up. Okay.

Down, down.

We can move it, that's good.

Beauty.

You're free.

[cackling]

Yeah!

[♪]

- It's unreal... - Jeremiah!

- I think you need a cigarette! - No, it's unreal.

[Avery] This thing is pretty cool.

You just don't see these things.

It makes it all worthwhile.

Thank you so much. That's amazing.

- [laughter] - That's amazing.

Roughest flying I've ever done, but, hey, it's there.

I'm just full of emotion. This is amazing.

I only got one thing to say.

We need to get a life.

[laughter]

[Mike] This is like the unicorn,

the needle in the haystack.

We've got it, It's sitting on his trailer,

he's dragging it home.

[Jeremiah] Let's see if we can get out of here.

[Mike] Maybe I'll get to be the first one to sleep in it.

We'll see. He owes me a favor.

Couldn't have timed that one

much better, Jeremiah.

[♪]

[♪]

[Mike] Brad called me down here.

Can't be good, Ave.

I thought he was going to show me my motor running,

but I don't think that's what's happening.

[Narrator] On their way back to town,

Mike and Avery are stopping in for an update

on the fire truck's diesel Cummins engine...

[laughter]

We're definitely in trouble!

[Narrator] ...and to see a familiar face.

They finally realized your true talents?

- [laughter] - Yep.

Sitting at a computer?

[Avery] My dear son Shafin

Sitting at a computer?

He said, "Dad, I love you to death,

but I'm not working for you anymore." [laughing]

So, how has the shop been?

Peaceful.

[Avery cackling]

I bet.

Where's Brad?

Brad's in the back.

I don't want to talk to the hired helper.

[laughter]

Right to the head dick.

[Mike] Basically I'm concerned,

'cause the one thing I know about diesels,

they're expensive to fix.

Just lay it over here.

Okay, you see this all here?

Feel these with your fingers.

They're all high spots,

and then you see all the rust here?

Yeah.

Feel it go downhill here right there, see that?

- Yeah. - Where's the straight edge?

There, now you can see it.

[Brad] Over time, it's had condensation,

and it's had liquid in there, and it's warped.

It will probably leak externally is the problem.

Kick me in the nuts, why don't you?

When I first bought the truck with the Cummins in it,

I assumed it was a good runner.

The only way to fix this motor

is to pull all the pistons and crank out,

send it to the machine shop

and have them re-deck the block,

but to re-deck the block,

now you're doing rings and bearings.

What did we get a quote for the other day

on this, bottom end?

5,500, I think?

I mean, I'm up to here now.

The problem we have right now, Mike,

if I can't get parts locally for this,

we're going to be at least a five-week turnaround.

[bleep]

[Mike] I don't have

five to six more weeks.

I started early,

I was supposed to get ahead of the curve,

and everything's just turned into dust

right in front of my eyes.

No use stopping.

Okay, well, whatever, make it so.

We'll make it happen.

- Okay, guys. - All right.

[♪]

What's with that?

[Connor] Have you seen this yet?

[Narrator] Back at Rust Bros...

"Do not occupy.

Stop work order."

Are you kidding me?

[Narrator] ...Mike is hit with more bad news.

I thought you followed the rules.

Well...

"The person is subject to a fine

of not more than $10,000..."

- Oh, really? - "...or a term of imprisonment

not exceeding three months, or both."

[Avery] What?!

[Narrator] Mike's been slapped

with a stop-work order

on the new shop he built last year.

[Avery] Did you need a permit

when you started building it?

Well, I didn't think I did, but obviously I did.

They brought all the zoning in last year.

Unbeknownst to me, I needed a permit.

I didn't get the permits necessary

to put up the building,

so it's all my fault.

It was just going to be a slab,

but once I saw the slab, I just went, "Wow!"

You started building the Taj Mahal instead.

I know, I know, I know.

Mike, how can you get a permit

if you don't own the land?

I'm enjoying busting your balls about this,

but you know what, I feel... I feel for you, man.

[Mike] I can't get permits on land I don't own,

but Ed could have.

Again, it goes back to me

not knowing what was going on.

I got a million bucks tied up, I mean.

Well, look at the bright side, it's not his land.

- Oh, yeah, right. - [laughter]

It's my shops.

[Mike] This is an additional problem,

as well as the land ownership issue,

so now I've got issues up to here.

I'm almost drowning in friggin' issues.

[Connor] One day, you'll learn.

One day.

[♪]

[Mike] Summer's coming.

You know what that means?

[Connor] That means convertible.

[Narrator] Mike's season is off to a bad start...

[Avery] What's this one here?

[Mike] This one's roached.

This one's a '69 Cutlass.

[Narrator] He needs a quick win

to get him back on track.

What has ever stopped you before?

[Mike] There's no floors, there's no trunk,

there's no quarters.

You know what's interesting about this?

The Mike Hall definition of bad.

[Mike] Well, basically, we ran into some snags

on the fire truck restoration,

so I'm looking to do something

we can restore quick, easy,

and potentially give us a good return on our investment,

preferably a convertible.

What else do we got for convertibles?

Hang on, we're looking.

[Mike] Basically,

we tried to have a better plan going forward,

but same old shit show as last year.

Welcome to Rust Valley.

What about this?

That's pretty rotten looking.

What exactly is this?

- It's a 1971 Buick Skylark. - Skylark rag.

It would be easier making a silk purse

out of a pig's ear.

It better be worth at least $300,000,

because he'll be into it for 295

by the time he's done.

What else do we have in convertibles?

Uh, hang on.

How about this?

I got the original motor, it's all in pieces.

It's a 1969 Barracuda.

[Narrator] In the height of the hippie movement

and the muscle car era,

the 1969 Plymouth Barracuda

offered high performance,

and an optional floral mod top roof.

Highly collectible,

only 805 convertibles

with a powerful 318 engine upgrade

were ever produced.

We could put a power steering box in it,

maybe put a disc brake conversion.

I mean, it needs quarters, it needs a trunk.

- Needs a roof. - Well, it needs everything,

but I mean, still.

[Connor] I don't know where he sees us making money

building this car.

What's it worth done?

If you can actually

fry the tires on it,

well, then, 60, 70,000.

If we just do this as, like, basically stock

with a couple upgrades...

- Oh. - Some 360 heads, a 340 intake,

give it a little pizzazz.

You see the angle on this window?

You know what'd happen if you put some soap on it?

It'd be a slippery slope.

[laughing]

No. Okay.

Well, let's try to get it out of here.

Let me go grab the deck truck.

[Mike] We're starting with a fairly rare car,

and I think we're just going to spice it up enough

that it might have a broad appeal.

Watch the door.

[Mike] I know it's a chance,

but it's one I'm willing to take.

That's good.

Okay.

[♪]

[Cassidy] You can probably put both of them on there

at once, hey?

[Narrator] A few days later...

[Jordan] That's one way of doing it.

[laughing]

[Narrator] ...the crew is mounting the Barracuda

on the rotisserie

for sandblasting to strip the old paint.

What?

It's supposed to be sideways and up in the air.

It should've been sideways.

Should I just...

You should've had it up on the extension sideways,

and just brought it right out.

Well, you wouldn't get it through there.

Up and over.

Well, I'm not [bleep] carrying a car

over top of other cars.

That's just stupid.

Just go right on over 'em.

Boom!

Where's the other 'Cuda hood?

[Narrator] Across the yard...

Sarah, where did we put the other 'Cuda hood?

[Narrator] ...Mike's searching for missing parts.

I'd say it's probably blue.

[Mike] This 'Cuda build,

I was hoping it would go smooth,

- it would be just like Ex- - Lax.

- Are we ready? - Well,

we just need to go grab some tools

to tighten up these, right?

Grab 'em, let's go.

Proper planning precludes piss-poor performance!

We've got nothing but issues,

guys are squabbling, guys are fighting.

I can't see in front, Helmet!

- Am I clear? - Yeah, whatever.

[Mike] We've gotta get this thing on the rotisserie,

we've gotta get the metal work done.

There's way more than what I thought...

Whoa, whoa, yeah.

That's good.

Gentle, Helmet! Gentle!

[Mike] ...but once you start,

there's no going back, we gotta finish it.

[♪]

Are you kidding me?

They still want me to jump through all those hoops?

Who are these people?

Like, who gave them the right?

[Narrator] Later that day,

Mike gets a call from his lawyer

about his permit problems.

What is happening, Mike?

From what I heard of it, it's not good.

It's not good, Ave.

My consultant and my lawyer

were trying to work through the issues.

I'd like to be able to use the shop.

These guys are not being reasonable.

I need a structural engineer

to say the building is not going to fall down.

Okay, well, that's not that big of a deal.

A geotechnical engineer

to tell me that the slope's not going to fall down.

I need a soils report

to make sure the slab

is not going to sink into the mud,

and...

unless I get everything out of here,

I'm in breach.

What?

I've got to have this building emptied out

by the end of the day,

'cause it's unsafe.

That's not good.

Where the [bleep] am I going to put the cars, Ave?

[ahooga horn blaring]

[Mike] Let's go for a walk.

I'd like to get a couple under cover, but...

[Avery laughing]

[Mike chuckling ruefully]

[Avery] Mike!

[Mike] I know.

[Narrator] Under threat of fines

and even jail time,

Mike needs to empty his newly built shop.

[Avery] There's no room anywhere on Mike's property.

He's got too many vehicles.

He has a problem.

Man, this is the year

I got to get my shit together, Ave.

[Avery] It is.

Do I even want to open this door, Ave?

Like...

I'm kinda curious what's in there myself.

Aw, Jesus.

[Avery cackling]

[both laughing]

[Avery] What is all that shit?

[Mike] [bleep] if I know.

Why don't we just drive over and talk to Frank.

- Frank Moonshiner? - Yeah.

I think I'm gonna talk to my buddy Frank.

He's got all his boat storage buildings up.

[♪]

Frank!

Michael!

Old buddy, old pal.

[laughter]

You're looking for storage?

Not very long, Frank,

just a little itty, bitty time.

A minimum Frank, five years.

Five years.

[laughter]

[Mike] Hopefully he's got room,

I can plug some cars for a month or two

until we can make some room in Seacan City.

[Avery] [bleep] this is a nice building.

One, two, three.

One behind here and two here.

Yeah.

- That'd be it. - Okay.

[Mike] I've got 50,000, 60,000

tied up in a beautiful structure that I can't use.

I'd really like to work this out amicably.

If not, scorched earth.

There's way too much space

for him to be involved with this building.

[laughing]

[♪]

- Thank you so much. - There you go, have a good one.

- You too. - Thanks.

[♪]

Do it the old-fashioned way.

[Narrator] Back at the shop,

Helmet and Cassidy

are struggling to make up for lost time

on the Barracuda.

[whistling]

I've seen better, but I've seen worse.

Good job, Cass.

Hey, Mike, come have a look.

Put your hand on it.

Slow down, slow down, feel it.

I'm talking about this line right here.

What about it?

- It's gotta go up. - It goes like that.

Right here it dives down.

Give me a level.

[Narrator] There's a problem with the new quarter panels.

This was supposed to be a simple build.

As usual, it's turning into a shit show.

[Helmet] You're at one inch.

Bang on.

And what are we here?

5/8th.

It's gotta be an eighth inch.

[Cassidy] These quarter panels came

[bleep] creased in every spot.

[Narrator] The two quarter panels

have different contours.

Now that they're installed,

it's harder to fix.

It's just weird

how we never can [bleep] seem to see a problem

until it's too late.

It's just kinda weird.

Yeah, it's because we went to go fit up

the [bleep] back end.

Oh, look, shit doesn't fit.

I'm just saying, guys.

So, what do you want done?

Do you want it spliced or bondoed?

Raise it up, raise it up.

I'm so [bleep] tired of doing shit twice,

it's amazing.

Well, you're in restoration,

and [bleep] everything is trial and error.

- Nothin'-- - Well, no, it shouldn't be.

[Mike] Both sides should have been measured

before they started welding.

Here we go, same bullshit,

reaction instead of proaction.

Okay, less talk, more [bleep] rock.

Make it happen.

[bleep], I wish I was 22 again and knew it all.

Holy [bleep].

[♪]

Home, sweet home.

This seems exciting.

[bleep], I got this thing tied in here.

Don't break your back, old timer.

[groaning] Holy [bleep], what's in here?

- [laughing] - [bleep]

Let's go meet the crew.

Hey, guys, Neil, this is the crew.

Guys, this is Neil.

He's going to be our new head painter.

You know what the definition of insanity is?

Doing the same thing over and over again,

expecting a different result.

Well, it's been the same result five years.

Let's try something new.

This is my crew.

This is Jordan. That's Helmet.

Cassidy.

Sarah is our parts manager.

Want to tell them what your background is?

I've done a lot of cool cars.

I've won a couple of awards,

featured in a couple of magazines as well,

so I'm really happy to be here with all you guys.

So...

- Okay, let's get to work. - Salud!

Time is money.

[♪]

[Mike] This Neil guy,

he's supposedly an excellent painter.

He said he'd come out, give us a tryout.

We'll try him out.

Hopefully everybody's gonna get their shit together,

we'll get this project on track,

and move forward with it.

If you're reactive,

all you're doing is putting out fires.

You want to be ahead of the game.

Basically plan the work, work the plan.

Okay, there she is, she's in.

The proof is in the pudding.

[engine revving]

[♪]

What are we doing?

Oh, we got a barbecue down on the beach.

[Narrator] Near Shuswap Lake...

Better not be goldarn hot dogs!

We better have some chicken or somethin'!

[Mike] I had to go do

a small slope stabilization job there

for the last two, three days.

I've been out of town.

Well, there's enough of you to cook up.

[cackling]

[Mike] I don't really know

why we're going to the beach.

Sarah said we're heading for a barbecue.

You'll see, you'll see.

[Avery] Oh, I think I'm too fat to get out.

Come on.

Ave,

you're wasting away, little buddy.

Why is my crew here?

'Cause they don't want to work either.

[cackling and laughter]

Don't you guys have work to do?

Where's the barbecue at?

We know you've been away working

and probably worrying,

and you wanted to have a really good season this year,

so we worked some overtime,

and we got the car done.

It's already finished?

Have I got the bill for the overtime yet?

[laughter]

Hopefully we can collect!

We'll talk about that later.

We built the Barracuda.

Okay, let's have a look.

Roll it back.

Ooh, look at that!

Hey, that thing's pretty nice.

Look at that. Wow.

That looks sick.

[♪]

[Avery] That thing looks awesome.

You guys did an amazing job.

It come out really nice.

[Mike] It does, it looks great.

I like the color, I like the upholstery.

[Connor] You said you wanted a convertible?

Here you are, on the beach,

in the summer, top down.

Yes.

[Mike] There's been a lot of time, a lot of effort,

and a lot of money spent on this car.

I love convertibles.

It's also late '60s,

pinnacle of the muscle car era,

and those chrome rallies, an iconic statement.

[Avery] Hey, are these hood scoops original?

They came on 440 cars,

but this is the only factory-style add-on

that we could've done.

They look great.

I love 'em.

[Mike] Oh, look at that,

the back valance.

Wow, looks great, nice piece.

That paint really looks good in the sun.

Nice job, Neil.

[Avery] The paint looks good.

What's it got in it for a motor?

[Mike] 318, with 360 heads, 340 intake.

Jordan, the engine bay looks great.

I like that black air cleaner,

the blue spark plugs,

I mean, it all just looks cool.

I don't think we're going to have a problem selling it.

[Avery] And, hey, maybe you can get enough money

to buy a barbecue for out here next time maybe.

[Mike] The crew really pulled together.

They put in an amazing effort over the weekend,

and what can I say? I'm really proud of them.

[♪]

The AC works good.

Hair in the wind.

I love convertibles.

I think this thing runs pretty good, man.

[Avery] This thing runs.

I think this is the best-running vehicle

that we've built so far.

No, this thing's great!

[Mike] This build fills me with some confidence.

I have some hope for the future.

We'll see what happens

on the next three or four builds.

Hopefully we can hit them out of the park

just like they did this one.

[Avery screaming] Connor!

[chuckling] Oh, ho, ho, oh!

[Avery] Why is it

every time we get in one of these things,

you try killin' both of us!

Only in Mopars.

- Whoo-hoo! - [laughing]

[♪]

You know what the first trick to selling cars is?

- Advertising. - Advertising.

Always advertising.

You're going to tell me how to sell cars?

Well, all you're good at doing is buying them,

so yeah, I think you need a bit of help.

[Narrator] Plagued by permit problems

and a legal battle

over ownership of the land under the shop,

Mike and Connor are making some changes.

My mistakes could totally wipe out Rust Bros.

I could have to tear the shop down,

tearing down the storage building,

tearing down Seacan City.

I mean, could be the biggest screwup

of my entire life,

so I'm kind of reassessing some of my basic choices.

Where would be a nice overhead vantage point?

I don't know, the roof?

The roof.

So how do you get word out to 291,000 people?

You put something on Instagram?

Put something on Instagram.

That's why I don't do this shit.

Magic. Ooh!

Hey, everyone, so I got a bit of a surprise.

Let me spin this camera around for a sec.

So, down there is the Field Of Dreams,

all right?

We got, you know, stuff everywhere.

Cars pretty much every corner you can see.

This is a five-acre chunk of land here,

and...

we think it's sold.

[Mike] Dave Schwandt's buddy

that owns a wrecking yard on the island,

he's very interested in buying the property.

I mean, I'm 65.

I do not want to leave 400 cars

for my wife and kids to deal with.

If the deal goes through and everything's good,

we have six months to sell 400 cars.

So if anyone wants something,

or if anyone sees something that they like,

everything down there has to go.

[Mike] The cars are my dream.

I've spent 40, 50 years of my life

amassing all this...

I call it treasure, other people call it junk.

If there ever was a time to simplify my life

and my future,

the time is now.

This is the time.

Everything's gotta go.

If you don't believe me...

Everything's gotta go!