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[Mike Hall] My name is Mike Hall,
and over the last 40 years,
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against better judgment, I've managed
to amass over 400 classic cars.
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These cars are my legacy,
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but I'm running out of time
to restore them all.
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So I opened up a restoration shop
with my son, Connor,
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and my best friend, Avery,
to try and turn my passion into profit,
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restoring cars that the average person
can afford.
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But it's tough making a buck,
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so I'm going to have to get
the whole car-crazed town behind me
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to help get the job done.
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[engine revs]
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But that's how things roll
here in Rust Valley.
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[engine revs]
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[tires screech]
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[guitar rock music playing]
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[Mike] Right there.
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Have you done anything to it
other than let the rats at it?
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- I'm aging it.
- Okay, so patina is worth money?
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Well, no, but rarity and scarcity are.
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[narrator] It's early morning
at the Rust Bros shop.
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- Come on.
- Oh, look how that hood opens.
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- It is nice.
- A collector has come
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to look at one of Mike's
latest acquisitions,
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a 1970 Super Bee.
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Actually, it's in good shape.
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I know Rick and Ed are serious guys
cuz I've seen some of Rick's cars.
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Rick's spent hundreds and hundreds
of thousands of dollars on Dodges.
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I know they've probably got cash.
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I've owned four Bees. This is the only one
that was factory buckets.
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Super Bees, they made 12,000.
AC, bucket-seat cars,
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they might've made 2,000 or 3,000.
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So it could be one of 1,500 left.
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You don't just find those cars.
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How serious are you about selling it?
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I want 20K.
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Eighteen.
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- No.
- Come on.
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- No.
- It needs a lot of work.
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I don't care. Go find another one
that doesn't. Pay 50.
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The car's straight.
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Sure, it needs a little bit of rust repair
here and there, but everything's here.
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Let me think.
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Well, don't think too long,
cuz now that I'm back looking at it,
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I'm starting to get emotional attachment.
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Ed, let's have a talk.
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- It's a big project.
- Huge project.
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But you know what?
It's actually a good car,
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- not rotten.
- Solid.
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- You're not gonna build it.
- **** you.
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I've sold two this year.
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You're gonna start digging into it,
and you can trust me on this one,
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- there's gonna be some issues with it.
- Ave, Ave...
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I have a restoration shop,
why are you telling me what to look at?
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I know how much you get into it
by the time you're doing it.
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Avery would love for me to sell
all of my cars at his price.
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So would Connor.
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They don't have the time, the money,
nothing invested in 'em.
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Don't tell me how to sell my shit.
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Twenty grand?
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We're going to be into that thing
for probably...
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- Another 15 grand.
- Total.
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You have a gazillion cars.
Look at the financial end of it.
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You don't get it.
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These things were an economy car,
basically came with no options.
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This one's got some pretty funky options.
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[Avery] Mike's in the hole,
summer's half over.
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We need to get cash
wherever we can find it.
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- Hey, Rick.
- Hey.
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We like it, but I don't want to pay
20 for it. That's for sure. So...
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- That's about it.
- No.
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It's just a good piece,
and I'm in no big rush to get rid of it.
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To me, these things are more
than pieces of metal.
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They're automotive art,
and some pieces of art,
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I'd just as soon leave hanging
on the wall, so to speak.
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- I tell you what. Let me think on it.
- It ain't going nowhere, Rick.
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I know it isn't! I think him and I would
be the only nuts willing to pay that.
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[Mike] Looking at 20 grand
doesn't really make me happy.
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'70 Super Bees make me happy.
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I'm actually really glad
they didn't buy it.
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- Thanks for looking. No problem.
- Thanks for showing it to us.
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[instrumental rock music playing]
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What are we doing this morning?
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We're gonna go look at a '67, '68 Cougar.
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Last fall, some of my dad's
old buddies that worked
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with him on the railroad stopped by.
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The one guy apparently was gonna do
this old Cougar up,
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so we'll go and see what it looks like.
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Remember, Mike, at the end of the day,
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- it is a job.
- I know.
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He's a friend of my dad's.
Let me talk money.
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- Yeah.
- I'll listen to your concerns,
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but we're going to look.
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[Avery] Here's the place, right here.
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[blues guitar music playing]
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- Wade, how's it going?
- Mike, how you doing?
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Good to see you.
Where's this Cougar hiding out?
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- In the garage.
- Okay.
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- There's a Cougar in here? There it is.
- [Avery] Cool.
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- [Mike] It'd be nice to roll it out.
- [Avery] You can, it's on wheels.
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[Mike groans]
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[Avery] Okay. Get her up to ramming speed.
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[Mike] Okay, that's good, Wade.
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It's a cool piece.
Let's just take a quick look.
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- Is this a '67, or...
- '67, yeah.
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Yep, 7F91C,
so it's probably a 289 car?
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Well, it's got a 302 now.
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What I really like about
the Mercury Cougar is its styling.
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I love that long front end,
that short back end.
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I don't know why it's never caught on
as much as the Mustang did,
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but, to me, it's a classier looking car.
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[engine revs]
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In 1967, the very first Cougar
roared to life.
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Dubbed the "gentleman's Mustang,"
the Cougar offered
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a luxurious longer wheel base, topped with
its iconic electric shaver grille
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and hideaway headlights.
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To show off the Cougar's power,
Mercury hired stock car champions
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to race it throughout the 1967 season,
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and Motor Trend named it
their "Car of the Year".
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[Mike] So, what's the story on this car?
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[Wade] Well, I bought this car
for my daughter,
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and the plan was to...
You know, restoration.
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And so, then, after we started it,
she passed away in a car accident.
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Oh, no, that's sad.
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It's been sitting since then.
It was hard to work on, you know.
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[woman] Every time he goes in the garage,
he has to look at it.
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He was supposed to be doing it
with Candace.
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How long ago was that?
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- Fourteen years.
- It's a long time to look and think.
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Yeah.
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- She was a very pretty girl, eh, Wade?
- Yes, she sure was.
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I can't imagine losing my daughter
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and then looking at something
for 14 years,
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and every time you do,
it reminds me of her.
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I'm never gonna sell the car.
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I thought, I'll get at it when I retire,
and the days aren't long enough.
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- No.
- It means a lot to Wade.
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They were supposed to do it together,
and he wants it nice and I want it nice.
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- Nice.
- Yeah.
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[Mike] Okay, let us take a look at it,
maybe we can help.
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I'm just looking.
The bottom of the doors look good.
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They're just starting to bulge a bit,
but they haven't separated.
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And these frame rails
look really good, Ave.
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- [Avery] There's definitely good parts.
- [Mike] They're like brand-new.
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Hopefully, the front ones look as good,
that's a major concern out of the way.
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Can I be the bad guy
and show some concerns?
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- What have we got?
- That inner fender looks like
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it's been fiberglassed in,
and it's all fiberglass in there.
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These Cougars, they were a good car
in their day.
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This car right now?
It's got issues.
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Last time I checked,
fiberglass is for boats.
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[Mike] Let's just check out
the front frame rails.
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[Mike grunts]
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- I'm stuck on my hair!
- [Avery laughs]
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There we go.
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See this frame rail starting to go?
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We're gonna have to change this,
cut this apart,
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and do a little bit of repair.
The rest looks really solid.
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So, what's the story on this engine?
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It hasn't started up for 14, 15 years.
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- I put a wrench on it, and I spun it.
- Yeah.
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Is that what you want to run?
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- May as well, that's what I got.
- Okay.
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Okay, so, Wade, there's a little more work
than what I thought.
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The car... There are some major issues.
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The main issue is gonna be
what their budget is.
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How far do you wanna go?
What kind of a job do you want?
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I want a job that's not gonna fall apart.
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And it doesn't have to be, you know,
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like a $100,000 car,
because I don't have $100,000.
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No, you want a nice driver.
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- Yeah.
- Well, that's what we try and build.
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Basically, just looking at it,
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I'm thinking somewhere around 20K.
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- [Mike] That'd be...
- [Avery] No.
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I started out telling her I could
do it for five.
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You can't.
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- Lying to your wife like that!
- I knew he was lying, too.
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We had this discussion about Mike
spending too much money on these cars.
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He's learned absolutely nothing from it.
His emotions are involved now,
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and that car is going to be about 40 grand
by the time it's done.
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I look at it,
I see 500 hours here, minimum.
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He looks at it, he sees 200 hours.
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- Avery.
- Okay.
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Be like The Grinch and have your heart
grow three sizes this day.
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Mike's got a big heart, but you know what?
It is a business.
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Compassion, profit...
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Bankruptcy.
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We're going to do the best job that we can
and, guaranteed, you'll be happy with it.
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- Yeah, just a little bit.
- Okay, I think we're good.
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[Wade] I trust Mike to do this job,
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and Candace would be really happy
to have the car done.
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I thought this would be a good way
to get it all finished.
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[Mike] Let the pressure off.
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Thinking of Candace right now,
and she'll always be with us, for sure.
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Bittersweet.
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[Mike] Wade, he's had a tough go,
and he's been looking at it for 14 years.
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He doesn't want to wait
until it's too late.
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Now he's fulfilled an obligation
to his daughter, even though she's gone.
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And... I think it'd be a good thing
to do for him.
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[light rock music playing]
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[Avery] We've taken on
one big job, my friend.
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[rock guitar music playing]
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I like the springs that are on her.
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Later that day, over at Avery's shop...
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There's way too much **** junk in here.
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No, there's not. It's all treasures.
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[Avery] Mike's been driving me crazy
at the shop.
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He doesn't listen to anything
I have to say.
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He will not take any of my advice,
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so you know what?
I need to take a little break,
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get back into my own space.
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- Hey, where's this quad going?
- Outside. It's leaving here.
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Avery put his own projects
on hold to start Rust Bros,
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but this summer, he's hired his son,
Shafin, to help him out.
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- I don't need to stay in school.
- [Avery] Yeah.
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- Look at me, I turned out just fine.
- Oh, yeah.
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Working with my son
is a fairly interesting situation.
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Twenty years old.
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If you don't just talk
to the little millennial exactly perfect,
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he gets his little mind
all bent out of shape.
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[Avery] That pisses me off the most.
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The cigarette butts drive me just about
mentally insane.
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Like, I love him to death,
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but it's a typical thing
of working with your family.
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It should be against the law.
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Look at this. Cigarette butts!
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I don't smoke!
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We need to do an assessment
of this here motor and this jewel.
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- [Shafin] That should be easy enough.
- It's gonna be quite easy for me.
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- [Shafin] I ain't cranking it...
- [Avery] You are cranking it!
231
00:10:57,365 --> 00:10:59,116
There's no way I'm cranking that.
232
00:11:00,993 --> 00:11:01,827
Look at that.
233
00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:04,455
Three weeks ago,
up at Avery's mom's farm...
234
00:11:04,538 --> 00:11:06,374
This is a genuine barn find.
235
00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:09,960
...Mike discovered a 1926 Ford Model T...
236
00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:13,005
We just want to know if we can
take that with us when we go.
237
00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:15,883
- Maybe get it running.
- We could make some kind of a horse trade.
238
00:11:15,966 --> 00:11:19,762
...and persuaded her to let Avery
take it home to fix it up for her.
239
00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:21,389
Don't screw up the car!
240
00:11:21,472 --> 00:11:23,724
[Avery's mom laughs]
241
00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:28,104
So, what do you want to do here?
A wraparound seat,
242
00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,731
- or do you want to do the cab?
- I want to do it as a truck.
243
00:11:30,815 --> 00:11:34,276
The problem being is,
it's not what you wanna do,
244
00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,530
it's the availability and parts
to be found.
245
00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:39,782
Okay, peel the hood off this jewel.
246
00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:42,702
You know what? This is going to be
an opportunity to learn him
247
00:11:42,785 --> 00:11:44,537
what a hard day's work's all about.
248
00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:46,831
And maybe whip his attitude into shape
a little bit.
249
00:11:46,914 --> 00:11:50,126
Problem with this motor is,
these things are from a different era.
250
00:11:50,209 --> 00:11:53,462
- Everything's weird on this thing.
- Just get a five-wire wiring harness.
251
00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:54,755
[Avery] For the spark plugs?
252
00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:57,174
- So these are the coil packs, then?
- Uh-huh.
253
00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:59,385
They look like Morse code machines.
254
00:11:59,468 --> 00:12:02,722
This Model T, my dad's been trying
to get it started since he was my age.
255
00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:05,015
It's going to be very cool
if we get it started.
256
00:12:05,099 --> 00:12:06,767
[Avery] You notice it's got three pedals?
257
00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:08,561
Yeah. Clutch, gas, brake.
258
00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:09,937
No.
259
00:12:10,020 --> 00:12:11,522
- Okay.
- Doesn't have a gas pedal.
260
00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:15,609
[Avery] This here's your clutch.
261
00:12:15,693 --> 00:12:18,571
The middle one's reverse, high and low.
262
00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:20,698
- This is the throttle.
- Okay.
263
00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:23,951
This, here, is spark advance.
So, go back,
264
00:12:24,034 --> 00:12:27,079
crank her, start it,
give it a little bit of advance,
265
00:12:27,163 --> 00:12:30,332
give it a little bit of throttle,
and then, down the road you go.
266
00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:34,170
I tell you what. Go get the battery pack
out of there,
267
00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:36,213
I want to see if these coils
got any power in 'em.
268
00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,899
- How you gonna test that?
- I'll show you.
269
00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:41,343
I tried starting this car,
oh, 25 years ago.
270
00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:43,679
And the problems haven't gone away.
271
00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,963
- [Avery] Is there any power there?
- [Shafin] 12 volts.
272
00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:49,226
Coil packs convert
a car battery's 12 volts
273
00:12:49,310 --> 00:12:52,521
into the several thousand volts
required to ignite the fuel.
274
00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:55,191
- There?
- Yeah, 12-28.
275
00:12:55,274 --> 00:12:57,359
If we can get three coil boxes working,
276
00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:59,904
we possibly may be able
to try to start this thing.
277
00:12:59,987 --> 00:13:02,198
See if there's any power
going through this thing.
278
00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:04,617
Got a screwdriver?
Here, it's got a rubber handle.
279
00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:07,953
[Avery] I've been electrocuted quite a bit
by coils. Let me tell you what,
280
00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:09,497
it'll get your attention.
281
00:13:10,664 --> 00:13:12,041
That's a lively one!
282
00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:17,213
We've got a bad coil, I think.
283
00:13:17,421 --> 00:13:19,673
Okay, they can crank this thing over,
284
00:13:19,757 --> 00:13:21,300
and we'll see if the ignition works.
285
00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:24,887
Turn it slow.
286
00:13:26,055 --> 00:13:27,055
There we go.
287
00:13:32,102 --> 00:13:34,438
That's good... Ah! ****!
288
00:13:37,274 --> 00:13:38,274
That hurt.
289
00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,404
Some of the coils
are producing power, but not all,
290
00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:44,490
meaning the engine won't light.
291
00:13:44,573 --> 00:13:47,636
I'm not **** around with this thing.
I thought we might get it started, but...
292
00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,703
I do know where some boxes are.
293
00:13:49,787 --> 00:13:54,083
The Great White Shark has a whole bunch
of coils on a Fordson tractor.
294
00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:56,460
- Another one of your crazy friends, eh?
- Yeah.
295
00:13:57,086 --> 00:13:58,086
I'm driving.
296
00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:01,715
[Avery] And down the road we go.
297
00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:03,634
[rock guitar music playing]
298
00:14:05,052 --> 00:14:07,096
Dad, look how cool this thing
would be to drive.
299
00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:08,222
Where?
300
00:14:08,389 --> 00:14:10,140
At Rust Valley's biggest wrecking yard...
301
00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:11,183
Wasps' nest.
302
00:14:11,267 --> 00:14:14,103
Donny, better known as
the Great White Shark,
303
00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:16,897
he's got more junk than anybody else
in the neighborhood.
304
00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:19,984
He's gotta have some pieces here
for this Model T, somewhere.
305
00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,236
[Shafin] Thought you said it was here?
306
00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:25,239
The tractor was here.
It was right there, I think.
307
00:14:25,739 --> 00:14:27,616
- What color was it?
- I'm sure it was gray.
308
00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:28,993
It's a Fordson tractor.
309
00:14:29,076 --> 00:14:31,328
It had coil packs on it. Where is it?
310
00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:33,612
I just took a walk over there,
and there's a yellow one.
311
00:14:34,081 --> 00:14:35,791
Nothing ever moves in this yard.
312
00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:39,753
There it is, right there.
Does it look yellow to you?
313
00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:41,672
What color is that **** tractor?
314
00:14:41,755 --> 00:14:44,049
- Does it look yellow?
- "The tractor's not here anymore."
315
00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:45,968
This piece of shit car was in the way.
316
00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:48,762
- Get up, get on it.
- Let's see if the coils are still in it.
317
00:14:49,930 --> 00:14:51,098
[Shafin] Woo!
318
00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:54,059
They even look like
nobody's even half-killed them yet.
319
00:14:54,143 --> 00:14:56,520
It must be the only new-looking
thing Donny owns.
320
00:14:57,354 --> 00:14:58,355
[Shafin] Don't tell him!
321
00:15:00,399 --> 00:15:01,609
The White Shark!
322
00:15:01,692 --> 00:15:04,153
- [Shafin laughs]
- What are you two shit-rats doing?
323
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:07,239
We're trying to get my old Model T
thing... car started.
324
00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:08,574
Whose Model T?
325
00:15:08,699 --> 00:15:10,910
- Mine.
- He thinks it's his.
326
00:15:10,993 --> 00:15:13,412
- Yeah, it's...
- You don't know how to drive a Model T.
327
00:15:13,495 --> 00:15:15,247
[Avery] Not very many people do.
328
00:15:15,789 --> 00:15:18,042
- How many pedals are in the Model T?
- Three.
329
00:15:18,125 --> 00:15:20,210
- What do they do?
- What do you do with the pedals?
330
00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:22,963
- Middle one's reverse.
- What do you do with the other two?
331
00:15:24,298 --> 00:15:25,215
I forget.
332
00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:27,343
Yeah, cuz you don't know
how to drive a Model T.
333
00:15:28,802 --> 00:15:31,430
The problem being, Donny,
is these coils on this car,
334
00:15:31,513 --> 00:15:34,516
I think, are the original coils.
There's two that are good,
335
00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,186
and two that are bad,
and they're working intermittent.
336
00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:39,396
So, what are these jewels worth?
337
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,900
- Fifty bucks.
- I don't know.
338
00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:46,028
- Fifty bucks.
- Dad. Pull out the sock.
339
00:15:46,403 --> 00:15:47,655
[Avery] The Great White Shark.
340
00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:50,699
He can smell $50
from about ten miles away.
341
00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:53,869
- There. There you go.
- Sweet. Okay, well...
342
00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,830
I need some doors off one of them
old Fords, if you come across one.
343
00:15:56,914 --> 00:15:58,123
About a '65.
344
00:15:58,207 --> 00:15:59,625
Can you quit looking around?
345
00:16:00,209 --> 00:16:01,043
What for?
346
00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:03,963
Because I'm trying to protect
my inheritance. Can we go now?
347
00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:06,298
Before Donny tries and steals it all.
348
00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:08,258
Let me see that sock!
349
00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:12,346
No, the other sock!
350
00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:14,723
- [Avery] There, Donny.
- Why don't you buy that van?
351
00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,576
- [Shafin] No! Come on.
- [Donny] You need it.
352
00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,602
- That one, there?
- Can we go? No, Dad. Stop.
353
00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:20,104
- [Donny] The one-ton.
- Oh, my God.
354
00:16:20,187 --> 00:16:21,747
- [Avery] That right there?
- The Fargo.
355
00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:24,358
- That's an international.
- Oh, yeah, that's right, I forgot.
356
00:16:24,441 --> 00:16:26,694
Okay, good. Come on, let's go.
357
00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:27,861
Have you ate yet?
358
00:16:27,945 --> 00:16:29,113
Let's go.
359
00:16:29,196 --> 00:16:30,072
- What?
- Come on.
360
00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:32,032
You don't need to be buying
any more shit.
361
00:16:32,116 --> 00:16:32,992
Why not?
362
00:16:33,075 --> 00:16:34,702
Cuz, too broke. Let's go.
363
00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:36,996
- Bring that sock back here!
- [Shafin] No.
364
00:16:37,079 --> 00:16:38,079
[Avery laughs]
365
00:16:39,206 --> 00:16:41,208
[guitar rock music playing]
366
00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:46,964
- Connor!
- Yo.
367
00:16:47,047 --> 00:16:48,924
It's time to get this Cougar
into C-count city.
368
00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,217
We've finally got room.
369
00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:51,927
Back at the Rust Bros shop...
370
00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,822
- We pushing it?
- There's no engine or tranny,
371
00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,606
- shouldn't be that bad.
- ...Mike and Connor
372
00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:59,143
are starting disassembly
on the 1967 Cougar.
373
00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:01,895
[Connor] Go, go, go, go, go, go.
374
00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:02,980
Oh, baby!
375
00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:04,897
Okay.
376
00:17:05,232 --> 00:17:07,526
- We could almost get two cars here.
- No!
377
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,319
- I'm just saying!
- No, we can't.
378
00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:12,197
We could. We got lots of room.
379
00:17:14,241 --> 00:17:16,076
- [Mike] What?
- [Connor] Look at that.
380
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,327
Corrosion.
381
00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:19,079
[Connor] Fenders are solid.
382
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:21,957
- [Mike] This is not metal.
- No.
383
00:17:22,583 --> 00:17:23,583
Listen to it.
384
00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:28,380
Look, that hole. That's all fiberglassed.
385
00:17:28,756 --> 00:17:30,090
- You think so?
- Yeah.
386
00:17:30,174 --> 00:17:33,844
[Mike] No. Tell me it isn't so, bro.
387
00:17:33,969 --> 00:17:35,971
- Oh, Jesus.
- [Connor] Yeah, it is.
388
00:17:36,346 --> 00:17:37,973
Unbelievable.
389
00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:41,477
[Connor] There's definitely
more fiberglass than steel in this trunk.
390
00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:46,815
Okay, moment of truth. Let's take a look
and see how bad this floor is.
391
00:17:47,941 --> 00:17:49,443
Eww!
392
00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:50,527
It's all fiberglass.
393
00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,614
It looks like steel,
but it's all fiberglass.
394
00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:56,950
This thing's almost beyond repair.
It's way worse than it was supposed to be.
395
00:17:57,034 --> 00:17:58,034
Look...
396
00:17:58,827 --> 00:18:01,371
Then they painted it black,
so it looked like it was metal.
397
00:18:01,455 --> 00:18:03,999
- Yeah. There's no floor left there at all.
- Jesus!
398
00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:05,250
[Mike] No.
399
00:18:05,334 --> 00:18:08,295
[Mike] There's so much fiberglass
where there should be structure,
400
00:18:08,378 --> 00:18:09,880
I think the car is dangerous.
401
00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:12,883
If you're ever in an accident,
the thing would just buckle.
402
00:18:12,966 --> 00:18:14,843
There's a reason they make 'em
out of steel.
403
00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:19,324
[Connor] Oh, there's nothing
holding this car together.
404
00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:22,184
[Mike] Hard to tell when we were crawling
underneath it and looking,
405
00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:25,028
cuz you could just see black.
There's no way that we're patching this.
406
00:18:25,062 --> 00:18:26,772
No. We'd be welding, like,
407
00:18:26,855 --> 00:18:28,982
60 square feet of junk in here.
408
00:18:29,149 --> 00:18:33,112
Twenty grand ain't gonna go very far
if we've gotta rebuild this whole car.
409
00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:36,115
- But...
- We'd better work really fast!
410
00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:40,119
You might have to find him another Cougar.
Don't you have a couple of these?
411
00:18:40,202 --> 00:18:42,496
I got four or five, but this is the one
412
00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:45,374
- he wanted to do with his daughter.
- Yeah, I know, but...
413
00:18:45,457 --> 00:18:47,126
we cannot do this for 20 grand.
414
00:18:47,209 --> 00:18:50,170
- [Mike sighs] I should know better.
- Yes, you should.
415
00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:55,843
[upbeat guitar rock music playing]
416
00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:57,177
[Avery] I hope they work.
417
00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:58,679
Back at Avery's shop...
418
00:18:58,762 --> 00:18:59,847
Oh, they're tight.
419
00:18:59,930 --> 00:19:03,142
...he and Shafin are testing
the new coil packs in the Model T.
420
00:19:03,225 --> 00:19:05,185
We need to see
if this thing's got power in it.
421
00:19:05,269 --> 00:19:08,772
We cleaned some wire connections,
we've got a new set of coil boxes for it,
422
00:19:08,856 --> 00:19:10,732
- and we got lucky.
- Hello, sir.
423
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:12,919
[Avery] Lordco had a set of spark plugs
laying around.
424
00:19:12,943 --> 00:19:15,103
They must've been in stock
since the beginning of time.
425
00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:20,909
Okay, turn that crank over.
426
00:19:23,787 --> 00:19:24,787
Okay.
427
00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,457
[Shafin] Do we know if these coil packs
are even good?
428
00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:29,585
Ow! ****! That's hot!
429
00:19:30,252 --> 00:19:31,545
I think they're good.
430
00:19:31,628 --> 00:19:33,505
Grab me that **** screwdriver.
431
00:19:37,134 --> 00:19:38,468
Crank this jewel over.
432
00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,098
- Hear that?
- We're in business.
433
00:19:44,224 --> 00:19:45,517
Couple more parts, and...
434
00:19:45,601 --> 00:19:50,063
[imitates squeaking machinery]
435
00:19:50,147 --> 00:19:52,107
Turn it over again. Sounds just like that.
436
00:19:53,817 --> 00:19:56,445
This motor probably hasn't run
in over 30 years.
437
00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:59,823
But I tell you what. It's got compression,
it will run.
438
00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,950
[Shafin] Whoa! Trying to flood the thing?
439
00:20:02,826 --> 00:20:04,828
Just put gas everywhere
there's electricity.
440
00:20:04,912 --> 00:20:07,039
We need to be careful starting this thing.
441
00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:08,457
You pull that thing over.
442
00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:09,625
[Avery] Chicken shit.
443
00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:11,210
[Shafin] Go.
444
00:20:13,503 --> 00:20:16,798
If it's the last thing I do,
this motor will run.
445
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:21,929
[electricity buzzing]
446
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,976
I can see owning one of these cars,
you wouldn't need a gym membership.
447
00:20:28,810 --> 00:20:30,062
Grab that can of ether.
448
00:20:30,145 --> 00:20:32,814
It'll either rip my goddamn arm off
or it'll start. One of the two.
449
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,651
[Avery] Yeah, spray some in the holes.
450
00:20:40,364 --> 00:20:42,199
[engine engages, then stalls]
451
00:20:45,535 --> 00:20:48,497
The engine is finally
showing signs of life.
452
00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:50,666
[engine putters]
453
00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:56,630
[engine runs]
454
00:21:04,304 --> 00:21:07,641
We got that car running. Feels awesome,
I like seeing my dad happy.
455
00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:08,725
I like seeing him...
456
00:21:09,851 --> 00:21:11,270
do the stuff he loves to do.
457
00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:14,481
- Look at that.
- If my dad sets his mind to something,
458
00:21:14,564 --> 00:21:16,275
or getting something running, it will run.
459
00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:19,736
I'm super stoked it runs.
It sounds actually not bad.
460
00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:22,239
It is the most simplest engine ever made.
461
00:21:22,322 --> 00:21:25,784
For some reason, it was the hardest engine
I've ever worked on to get to run.
462
00:21:25,867 --> 00:21:27,119
I like this thing.
463
00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:28,452
[Avery chuckles]
464
00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:31,999
We should check the oil in it.
Might be a hell of an idea.
465
00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:35,961
- What do you think, Shafe?
- It's... different.
466
00:21:36,044 --> 00:21:37,684
You open them little petcocks down there.
467
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:38,964
Oh.
468
00:21:39,047 --> 00:21:41,508
What's this big gob of weld
on the side of the frame?
469
00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:45,053
- What are you talking about?
- Something you might want to see there.
470
00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:47,388
There you go.
471
00:21:48,598 --> 00:21:50,892
- You see it?
- Yeah, I see it,
472
00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,936
it's pretty hard not to see it.
473
00:21:53,020 --> 00:21:56,023
I don't know who patched this thing.
It's not real safe.
474
00:21:56,106 --> 00:21:58,525
That thing,
it needs to be cut out of there and fixed.
475
00:21:58,608 --> 00:22:01,069
You know what? That pisses me off.
476
00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,613
It's just never cut-and-dried
with this old stuff.
477
00:22:03,905 --> 00:22:05,532
It's a good thing a guy likes this car.
478
00:22:13,206 --> 00:22:15,334
[upbeat instrumental rock music playing]
479
00:22:27,262 --> 00:22:28,262
Morning.
480
00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:30,599
It's the final swap meet of the summer
481
00:22:30,682 --> 00:22:32,392
at the White Post Auto Museum...
482
00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:34,636
- Hey, Jim, how's it going, bud?
- How you doing there?
483
00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:36,855
...but Mike's busy buying, not selling.
484
00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:39,608
I'm going to try and get a bit
of an early bird head start,
485
00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:42,569
check out the vendors and see
if there's anything that I really need
486
00:22:42,652 --> 00:22:45,113
before everybody else
gets all the good deals.
487
00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:46,406
Isn't that pretty?
488
00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:48,992
Mark, is this your pile
489
00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:52,579
- of choice automotive memorabilia?
- Yes.
490
00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:54,873
What's the deal
on that beautiful '57 grille?
491
00:22:54,956 --> 00:22:57,334
- I have the panel that needs that piece.
- 150.
492
00:22:57,709 --> 00:22:58,752
- 150 bucks?
- Yeah.
493
00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:02,005
That's totally reasonable. Done deal.
Good man.
494
00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:03,673
Thank you. Beauty.
495
00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:04,965
How's it going?
496
00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:07,928
[man] Look what I just scored, 50 bucks.
497
00:23:08,261 --> 00:23:10,180
- [Mike] These are worth $1,000.
- [man] I know!
498
00:23:10,263 --> 00:23:11,765
- Can you believe that?
- No.
499
00:23:11,848 --> 00:23:13,016
You're pissing me off!
500
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,689
That **** still owes me three grand
on that car.
501
00:23:19,773 --> 00:23:21,900
- Is that right?
- Yeah. I'm gonna phone him.
502
00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:25,153
Jeez, I remember this one.
Wait, I own it!
503
00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:28,906
Connor.
504
00:23:29,282 --> 00:23:30,742
- [Connor] Hey.
- Where are you?
505
00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:32,369
I'm up at your shop.
506
00:23:32,452 --> 00:23:35,092
It's hard to sell anything
when you don't have "for sale" signs up.
507
00:23:35,163 --> 00:23:36,581
Okay, I'm on my way.
508
00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:41,336
- Hey, Mike.
- What?
509
00:23:41,711 --> 00:23:43,588
How're you supposed to sell anything?
510
00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:45,507
You got no nothing on nothing on nothing.
511
00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,551
Why don't you put some prices
on these windows?
512
00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:50,429
- Start writing with your finger.
- Up the road from the swap meet,
513
00:23:50,512 --> 00:23:53,265
the crew has rolled out some classic cars,
514
00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,350
hoping to attract buyers.
515
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:56,810
25K, what do you think?
516
00:23:56,893 --> 00:23:57,893
Sure.
517
00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,938
This is worth 15K all day long.
518
00:24:01,356 --> 00:24:02,190
- Mike.
- What?
519
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,985
You need a pair of binoculars
to see the price on it.
520
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:06,194
- Avery.
- What?
521
00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,572
You're the last person to give advice
on how to sell shit.
522
00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:09,698
How much shit have I sold?
523
00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:11,825
- How much shit is in your yard now?
- Lots.
524
00:24:11,908 --> 00:24:14,077
- Exactly.
- How much shit is in your yard?
525
00:24:14,161 --> 00:24:15,161
- More!
- More!
526
00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:18,123
Hey, you know what you need to do today?
527
00:24:18,206 --> 00:24:20,292
- Sell, sell.
- Sell something. Just sell something.
528
00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:21,918
- I will.
- Okay, I gotta go.
529
00:24:22,002 --> 00:24:23,378
Okay, take care.
530
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,422
Sell some stuff, like your kid asked.
531
00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,257
What do you know about selling?
532
00:24:27,340 --> 00:24:30,469
You've had that stupid friggin' 'Vette
parked here for two years.
533
00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:33,180
Bet you 100 bucks
you can't give that car away today.
534
00:24:34,389 --> 00:24:36,558
I bet you $100 I can sell that car today.
535
00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:39,186
You're on. Get on it.
536
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:40,937
I'll sell this piece of shit.
537
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,114
I'm amazed this thing started.
538
00:24:56,703 --> 00:24:58,205
Why is he going forward?
539
00:24:58,997 --> 00:25:00,332
Cuz he can't find reverse?
540
00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:02,792
[horn blaring]
541
00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:04,836
**** me.
542
00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,714
[horn continues to blare]
543
00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:09,508
He is a ****.
544
00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,092
[horn continues to blare]
545
00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:16,848
I would never buy anything off that man.
546
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,478
You just devalued it a couple K.
547
00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:24,481
- It looks good in the trees.
- Crank her.
548
00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,317
Keep going... Whoa!
549
00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:31,404
You better go make a sign.
How are people gonna know it's for sale?
550
00:25:35,242 --> 00:25:37,452
Amazed Mike hasn't discovered this yet.
551
00:25:39,996 --> 00:25:42,332
[Avery laughs]
552
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,919
[Mike] That's the best you could do?
553
00:25:46,002 --> 00:25:47,504
Ave, I'll go make you a sign.
554
00:25:47,587 --> 00:25:49,714
That is just so sad,
it's beyond description.
555
00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:52,384
- It's almost as sad as this car.
- You wanna buy a car?
556
00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:54,094
No, I got one, thanks!
557
00:25:54,177 --> 00:25:57,264
You get a free plant with it.
A daffodil, begonia.
558
00:25:57,764 --> 00:25:59,933
- Hello. How's it going, buddy?
- Hey, how you doing?
559
00:26:00,016 --> 00:26:01,744
- Good. How's the day, man?
- Good. Yourself?
560
00:26:01,768 --> 00:26:03,603
- Good. Looking for a ride, man?
- Oh, yeah.
561
00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:05,522
- This is a beast, right here?
- You bet.
562
00:26:05,605 --> 00:26:08,483
[Avery] It's an '81,
real close to the last of this style.
563
00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:12,696
It's been looked after mechanically
very well, but it needs an interior in it.
564
00:26:12,779 --> 00:26:16,032
- It had real leather seats at one time.
- Smells like Grandpa's jacket in here.
565
00:26:16,116 --> 00:26:18,118
Oh, yes. Take a look under the hood.
566
00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,079
5.7 liter. Eh?
567
00:26:21,162 --> 00:26:24,207
Oh, look at that, she's had some
high-performance work done to her.
568
00:26:24,291 --> 00:26:25,542
Jump in, start her up.
569
00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:28,628
[engine starts and runs]
570
00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:32,090
She purrs like a kitty.
Can I take her for a test-drive?
571
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:34,175
I'll take you for a ride.
572
00:26:48,648 --> 00:26:50,817
She goes good. She brakes, too.
573
00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:54,664
[man] Careful.
Don't take it to the highway.
574
00:26:54,738 --> 00:26:57,365
- She's got a bit of pep, eh?
- She has her pep.
575
00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:58,950
[man hollers in delight]
576
00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:00,743
Oh, yeah.
577
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:06,625
[man] Oh, yeah!
578
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:14,007
That's great. Yeah, she goes.
She's a keeper.
579
00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:16,760
- What do you think?
- I don't know, the upholstery...
580
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,721
- I'll have to do some work in there.
- Well...
581
00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:21,139
Ten grand, my friend.
582
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,517
Ten grand? I think, you know,
she's worth about
583
00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:25,894
Seventy-five to eight?
584
00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:29,314
I tell you what... Nine.
585
00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:30,649
- Nine?
- Nine.
586
00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:32,901
[man hems and haws]
587
00:27:33,234 --> 00:27:36,279
What about 85?
Just to get her out of your hair here.
588
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:38,823
So your parking lot
looks a little bit cleaner.
589
00:27:38,907 --> 00:27:41,451
- This parking lot will never look clean.
- I tell you what.
590
00:27:41,534 --> 00:27:43,328
I got a coffee shop in town.
591
00:27:43,411 --> 00:27:45,246
If you come out, I'll just feed you.
592
00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:47,170
I'll give you some coffees,
a few free lunches,
593
00:27:47,415 --> 00:27:48,958
and that'll make your belly happy.
594
00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:51,044
Food always makes it go better,
my friend.
595
00:27:51,127 --> 00:27:52,420
I think we can do 85.
596
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:53,963
- Can do 85? Great.
- Yes.
597
00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:56,675
You put your mind to selling a car,
you can sell it.
598
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,843
Mike thinks I'm an idiot.
He needs to pay attention.
599
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:01,179
I do know what I'm talking about
sometimes.
600
00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:02,639
- Ave.
- What?
601
00:28:02,722 --> 00:28:04,599
- What's happening?
- I just sold this car
602
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:05,767
to this fine gentleman.
603
00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,769
We also got free coffees, too.
604
00:28:07,852 --> 00:28:09,562
- That's right.
- He owns a coffee shop,
605
00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:11,374
- we got ten free coffees.
- Glad to meet you.
606
00:28:11,398 --> 00:28:14,275
- You get some free lunch.
- That means I owe you 100 bucks?
607
00:28:14,776 --> 00:28:17,278
[Mike] Jesus!
Did he give you the warranty?
608
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,781
- Yeah. As soon as I get out of here...
- The full warranty?
609
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:21,866
- It's gone! Good.
- ...it's gone.
610
00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:24,202
As long as you know. Good luck.
611
00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:29,249
[guitar rock music playing]
612
00:28:31,251 --> 00:28:33,962
- Hey, Wade, how's it going?
- Good, how are you doing?
613
00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:37,382
Mike's called Wade
into the shop to deliver some bad news
614
00:28:37,465 --> 00:28:38,550
about the Cougar.
615
00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:41,553
There's just too much damage
to bring that shell back to life.
616
00:28:41,636 --> 00:28:44,055
There's gonna be some hard decisions
have to be made.
617
00:28:44,639 --> 00:28:47,142
Someone was quite, quite creative here.
618
00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:50,186
Everything that we thought
when we looked at it was metal...
619
00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,149
They just laid fiberglass matting
over everything.
620
00:28:55,483 --> 00:28:57,944
- [Wade] Oh, my gosh.
- Same thing with the trunk.
621
00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:00,488
It all looked like metal
when we were underneath it,
622
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:02,699
but all of this is fiberglass.
623
00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:04,701
- [Wade] Oh, my God.
- [Mike] All of that.
624
00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:07,120
We punched holes through it everywhere.
625
00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:11,666
This Cougar build, the emotion
and the memories that are attached
626
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,127
is because the father and daughter
were gonna build the car,
627
00:29:14,210 --> 00:29:16,212
and then the daughter tragically died.
628
00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:21,426
I don't know exactly what Wade feels
when he looks at the car,
629
00:29:21,509 --> 00:29:24,721
but I know it's more than that '67 Cougar
staring at him.
630
00:29:25,638 --> 00:29:27,056
What we wanted to talk to you...
631
00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:29,058
I have four of these
down in my back field,
632
00:29:29,142 --> 00:29:31,269
and I have a really good '68.
633
00:29:31,352 --> 00:29:34,439
Basically, we'd be using
one of our shells as a donor,
634
00:29:34,522 --> 00:29:37,192
and putting all of your parts on it.
We could use your motor,
635
00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:40,445
your tranny, your doors, your trunk...
636
00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:42,655
- The interior.
- ...your lights, your interior.
637
00:29:42,739 --> 00:29:45,658
- Dash.
- Then it saves us 400 hours
638
00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:48,161
- of trying to fix this.
- Yeah, well...
639
00:29:48,244 --> 00:29:50,288
I don't really like to ask him, but...
640
00:29:50,371 --> 00:29:53,091
to do the best job we can do,
we need to start with something better.
641
00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:56,127
We'll walk down in the back field
and I'll show you our donor body.
642
00:29:56,586 --> 00:29:57,586
Okay.
643
00:29:58,004 --> 00:30:00,006
[guitar music playing]
644
00:30:03,384 --> 00:30:06,262
[Mike] See? All nice and straight.
645
00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:09,724
It's got disc brakes,
it's got most of the AC stuff.
646
00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:10,850
Good roof.
647
00:30:11,684 --> 00:30:15,480
Then the same thing with the trunk.
This is still all steel.
648
00:30:17,690 --> 00:30:20,193
This one, I think,
would be way easier to fix.
649
00:30:20,276 --> 00:30:21,945
- The floor looks way better.
- Yeah.
650
00:30:22,028 --> 00:30:24,322
Anyway, between this car and your car,
651
00:30:24,405 --> 00:30:26,616
we can make something
that's a nice driver.
652
00:30:26,699 --> 00:30:29,911
Well, I think that's probably
a much better idea.
653
00:30:29,994 --> 00:30:33,414
- It'd save a lot of work, and save money.
- Work, time, money,
654
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:34,874
so, I mean, it's a win-win-win.
655
00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:37,752
I'm happy that I brought it to Mike.
656
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:41,172
It is a way bigger job than I anticipated.
657
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:47,554
Hey, you know what? I think I've lost
a pint and a half of blood.
658
00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:50,223
- Let's get out of here.
- Let's get out of here. Go.
659
00:30:50,306 --> 00:30:54,143
He's agreed that it's a better option.
It's a whole weight off our shoulders,
660
00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:58,648
but bottom line is the heart and soul
of the car will still be there.
661
00:30:58,731 --> 00:31:02,193
The doors, the gauges, the upholstery,
it'll all be her car.
662
00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:14,789
- Avery.
- What?
663
00:31:15,582 --> 00:31:17,375
You've been here a month working on this.
664
00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:20,545
- What the **** have you done?
- Next morning, at Avery's garage...
665
00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:24,007
Waiting for a hand. You can't do
everything yourself all the time.
666
00:31:24,090 --> 00:31:26,217
My dear child, nowhere to be seen.
667
00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:29,053
So I brought Mike in.
Mike can come and give me a hand.
668
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:30,638
- [phone chimes]
- Hang on.
669
00:31:31,639 --> 00:31:33,558
- Hello.
- Is that your useless kid?
670
00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:36,519
Why is my kid calling
from your kid's phone? Where is your kid?
671
00:31:36,644 --> 00:31:40,189
- On the boat for four days, drinking.
- Where are you guys at?
672
00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:41,273
What are you doing?
673
00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:42,859
[Shafin] We're in Neilson.
674
00:31:42,942 --> 00:31:44,986
I thought you were supposed
to be at work today?
675
00:31:45,069 --> 00:31:45,904
No.
676
00:31:45,987 --> 00:31:48,740
Typical millennium child.
677
00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:52,076
"Like, work? When I get around to it."
678
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,913
Why are you on Connor's phone
when Connor's on holidays?
679
00:31:54,996 --> 00:31:56,080
'Cause we're hanging out.
680
00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:57,040
- Oh.
- Oh.
681
00:31:57,123 --> 00:31:59,042
That's why I'm here helping your dad?
682
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:02,003
- [Shafin] Well, here.
- [Connor] Hello?
683
00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:04,672
- Hey.
- Hark, do I hear women in the background?
684
00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:06,341
[Connor] No... Yes.
685
00:32:08,217 --> 00:32:11,095
If he starts being a village idiot,
you be his big brother
686
00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:13,157
- and you correct his doings, friend.
- Oh, I will.
687
00:32:13,181 --> 00:32:14,098
Okay, bye.
688
00:32:14,182 --> 00:32:15,391
- Okay, bye.
- Okay, bye-bye.
689
00:32:15,642 --> 00:32:16,768
Well, what's the plan?
690
00:32:17,310 --> 00:32:20,480
I tell you what. None of this stuff
is correct for this truck.
691
00:32:20,563 --> 00:32:22,565
Except for the frame
and some of the motor parts.
692
00:32:22,649 --> 00:32:24,651
Gotta strip her down to nothing
and start over.
693
00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:27,528
Good, well, where's some tools?
Let's get this thing torn apart.
694
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,531
I think they're lag screws.
695
00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:33,409
- Give me a seven-sixteenths, Ave.
- Here, try that.
696
00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,536
[Avery] I wanna pull this turtle deck off.
697
00:32:37,413 --> 00:32:41,668
As usual, I'm laying in the **** dirt,
and you're up there using an impact.
698
00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,712
That's okay, I'm getting in touch
with the Zen of this
699
00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,714
90-year-old piece here.
700
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:52,011
I don't know if I'm repairing a car
or taking a building apart.
701
00:32:54,597 --> 00:32:55,597
Okay.
702
00:32:56,432 --> 00:32:58,017
Ow! ****!
703
00:32:58,101 --> 00:33:00,186
- Did it hurt right away?
- Yeah, it did!
704
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:02,772
Ow!
705
00:33:03,147 --> 00:33:04,983
- [Avery] ****.
- [Mike] Sorry, bud.
706
00:33:06,192 --> 00:33:08,027
- I'll kiss it better.
- Yeah, perfect!
707
00:33:08,444 --> 00:33:10,613
- You know what this is called, Mike?
- Karma.
708
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:12,490
- [Mike laughs]
- Yeah, **** off!
709
00:33:14,242 --> 00:33:15,952
Hang on, we've got one screw over here.
710
00:33:21,124 --> 00:33:23,185
[Mike] Why don't you just go
under there and undo it?
711
00:33:23,209 --> 00:33:27,046
- No, you can't.
- It's your car, destroy it how you will.
712
00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,734
I tell you what, I've been looking at lots
of these vehicles.
713
00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:32,802
- I was gonna do it as a truck.
- Yeah.
714
00:33:32,885 --> 00:33:36,472
But I changed my mind. My vision
is to make a convertible roadster.
715
00:33:36,556 --> 00:33:40,351
Ninety percent of all the trucks
you see out there
716
00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:42,437
were made out of cars.
717
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:46,065
The simple reason is
you got more fuel if you had a truck.
718
00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:47,942
During the Depression, and that?
719
00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,777
[Avery] They got more fuel ration
out of it.
720
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,405
I do believe this used to be a car
at one time.
721
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:55,491
Huh. Maybe, I think, like a roadster,
a convertible.
722
00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:59,203
It'd be cool if she can just putt around
at 28 miles an hour,
723
00:33:59,495 --> 00:34:01,748
talking on her cell phone.
That'd be all good!
724
00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:03,332
[Mike laughs]
725
00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:05,877
I do have some parts for these
down in the yard.
726
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,629
I'm pretty sure I got a tub.
I know I got some doors.
727
00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:10,233
[Avery] Know what?
Before I go further,
728
00:34:10,298 --> 00:34:13,051
I gotta convince my mother
that this is a good idea.
729
00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:16,596
This is gonna be
an interesting conversation.
730
00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:19,557
It's God's way of reprieving me,
she's not answering the phone!
731
00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,351
- [Avery's mother] Hello.
- Hi.
732
00:34:22,810 --> 00:34:25,605
This project of yours,
that we're doing for you.
733
00:34:25,688 --> 00:34:28,691
I think we've got the perfect direction
in what to go for you.
734
00:34:28,941 --> 00:34:30,234
Oh, yeah, what's that?
735
00:34:30,318 --> 00:34:33,446
- You're gonna get a convertible roadster.
- Not a farm wagon?
736
00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:35,281
You don't need a farm wagon.
737
00:34:35,364 --> 00:34:38,785
All it'd give you is more incentive
to drive around and collect junk.
738
00:34:38,868 --> 00:34:41,454
Can I get a sheep in there
to take it to the vet clinic?
739
00:34:41,537 --> 00:34:43,664
Put it in the turtle top
and lock it in there,
740
00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:46,000
it'll be good in there,
it'll be fine, yeah.
741
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:48,252
- We'll see.
- Okay, bye.
742
00:34:48,419 --> 00:34:50,630
Okay, then, we'll see you in a while.
743
00:34:50,713 --> 00:34:55,134
People wonder why I'm the way I am.
Eh? Come by it naturally.
744
00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:03,392
[guitar rock music playing]
745
00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:08,106
We got his hood, we got his scoop,
we've got his grilles.
746
00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:10,501
- [Connor] His grilles were in good shape.
- [Mike] Yeah.
747
00:35:10,525 --> 00:35:13,361
Today, Mike and Connor
are transferring parts
748
00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:15,947
from Wade's '67 Cougar
to the new '68 shell.
749
00:35:16,030 --> 00:35:17,990
We got a brand-new full quarter coming,
750
00:35:18,074 --> 00:35:20,868
Carl's got the patches made for
the trunk drop-off.
751
00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,245
Can't believe how solid this is,
752
00:35:22,328 --> 00:35:23,830
- compared to the other one.
- I know.
753
00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:26,958
Then we got his fenders, trunk lid.
754
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,586
Actually, why don't we just slap
one of these fenders on, just to see?
755
00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:35,842
I'm liking it. Looks like a car already.
We're half done, it's almost restored.
756
00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:37,885
The more we can use of his car,
757
00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,555
the more it's gonna feel like
it is his car, right?
758
00:35:40,721 --> 00:35:42,401
- [Connor] As much of it as we can?
- Yeah.
759
00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:46,352
His steering wheel. We'll pull that wheel.
It is an original '67 wheel, so,
760
00:35:46,435 --> 00:35:50,314
at least when he's driving the car,
he's holding on to, like, the memory.
761
00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:52,441
Pop that wheel. What do we need?
762
00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:54,527
I bet you that's a fifteen-sixteenths
or one inch.
763
00:35:54,610 --> 00:35:56,154
- [Connor] Yeah, probably.
- Yeah.
764
00:35:57,905 --> 00:35:59,665
- [Connor] Look out, look out.
- [Mike] Okay.
765
00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:03,369
That thing hasn't been off in a while.
766
00:36:06,038 --> 00:36:07,039
[Mike] Use the puller.
767
00:36:07,957 --> 00:36:09,083
****. Where's the puller?
768
00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:12,002
Wrench.
769
00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:17,258
- [Mike] Coming?
- [Connor] We're good.
770
00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:19,343
Perfect. Done.
771
00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:23,806
Now we've got the steering wheel out,
time to start doing the fenders, doors.
772
00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:25,892
There's a whole bunch of stripping
and grinding.
773
00:36:25,975 --> 00:36:28,186
- Let's get these into Cassidy.
- Okay, we'll get these,
774
00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:30,313
we'll grab the valances, the trunk,
775
00:36:30,396 --> 00:36:31,272
- all that stuff.
- Okay.
776
00:36:31,355 --> 00:36:35,193
- We'll see what they look like naked.
- I bet they look better than you naked.
777
00:36:36,068 --> 00:36:38,404
- [Mike] That's not saying much.
- [Connor laughs]
778
00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:42,491
[Mike] He's entrusted us to do this build
in memory of his daughter,
779
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,786
but it's gonna take us a little more time
than what we figured.
780
00:36:46,370 --> 00:36:49,999
Getting the Cougar restoration
done right means more work
781
00:36:50,082 --> 00:36:52,210
and a longer wait for Wade and Charmaine.
782
00:36:52,793 --> 00:36:54,462
It's gonna be a beautiful car,
783
00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:57,215
and the look on their faces
when they see it
784
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,383
is gonna more than make up
for the money I'm losing.
785
00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:02,845
It's bad for business,
but it's good for my soul.
786
00:37:07,016 --> 00:37:10,561
The Ford Model T
is still a long way from being done...
787
00:37:10,645 --> 00:37:13,105
[Mike] You could've come back
another 30 feet.
788
00:37:13,189 --> 00:37:16,359
...so, Avery's brought the car
over to Rust Bros.
789
00:37:16,859 --> 00:37:18,361
Oh, you ****. Ow!
790
00:37:18,444 --> 00:37:19,904
Good thing this is your mom's,
791
00:37:19,987 --> 00:37:21,948
- not a real client's.
- Let her go.
792
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,619
- You couldn't do that with a modern car.
- No.
793
00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:30,081
It looks almost like it was gas-welded,
I don't know.
794
00:37:30,623 --> 00:37:35,086
Shafin needs Mike's tools
to fix the faulty gob-weld on the frame.
795
00:37:35,544 --> 00:37:37,838
Get in here, grind that down,
796
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,642
and let's see
how we'll correct the problem.
797
00:37:39,674 --> 00:37:40,954
- Yeah.
- Let's get her on track.
798
00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:48,307
While Shafin works inside...
799
00:37:48,391 --> 00:37:49,850
I don't know what that stuff is.
800
00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:53,229
...Avery and Mike go hunting for parts
to turn the Model T
801
00:37:53,312 --> 00:37:55,106
into a convertible roadster.
802
00:37:55,189 --> 00:37:57,441
Isn't that a Model-T tub? Yeah.
803
00:37:57,525 --> 00:37:59,735
It is, and this thing's in good shape.
804
00:38:00,027 --> 00:38:02,738
- Have you got some doors for it?
- Let's go look.
805
00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:05,449
My mother's worked hard her whole life.
She's getting a car.
806
00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:06,867
Ah!
807
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,787
That way, when she visits me,
she can enjoy herself and have something
808
00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:12,415
to look forward to,
other than me aggravating her life.
809
00:38:12,498 --> 00:38:14,417
[guitar rock music playing]
810
00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:23,206
[Avery] Good. Let's look at it.
811
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:28,055
I tell you what, you redeemed yourself.
812
00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,139
Put her there.
813
00:38:29,432 --> 00:38:31,475
- I think it's safe for Grandma now.
- There you go.
814
00:38:31,559 --> 00:38:34,687
Shafin, when he puts his mind to it,
he's super talented.
815
00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:39,191
I'm quite proud of him.
816
00:38:42,194 --> 00:38:44,405
Here, that thing gets adjusted up
a little bit.
817
00:38:46,699 --> 00:38:49,535
My mother's not gonna be able
to hand-crank this thing.
818
00:38:49,618 --> 00:38:51,329
It needs to have a good starter on it.
819
00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:53,092
- [Shafin] Right.
- [Avery] You got a seat?
820
00:38:53,122 --> 00:38:54,122
It's right here.
821
00:38:55,207 --> 00:38:58,419
She'll be showing up in a couple days.
We need to work as a team.
822
00:38:58,794 --> 00:38:59,920
[Shafin] Look at that.
823
00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:02,256
[Avery] We need to get it done.
824
00:39:06,260 --> 00:39:07,470
[Avery cheers]
825
00:39:10,973 --> 00:39:12,975
[guitar music playing]
826
00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:18,856
- [mother] This what you ran away to?
- [Avery] Yeah, it's paradise.
827
00:39:18,939 --> 00:39:22,693
Avery's mother, Helen,
has traveled down from Fort St. John
828
00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:26,030
to see her finished 1926 Ford Model T...
829
00:39:26,113 --> 00:39:29,075
Avery, I'll just step into the phone booth
and call the cab.
830
00:39:29,158 --> 00:39:31,619
You never know,
you might meet Superman in there!
831
00:39:32,703 --> 00:39:35,122
...and she's come dressed
to match the era.
832
00:39:35,664 --> 00:39:37,458
Where did you get that thing on your head?
833
00:39:37,541 --> 00:39:41,170
That's what flappers wear. And they
usually have fringes on their skirt
834
00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:43,923
and they had a belt down here,
long pearls.
835
00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:46,425
- And feathers.
- Are you ready for this?
836
00:39:46,509 --> 00:39:48,149
- I'm ready.
- I hope you like this thing.
837
00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:51,722
- If you don't like it, I'll take it.
- Well, it's gonna stay in the family.
838
00:39:51,806 --> 00:39:53,766
Okay. Open the door!
839
00:39:55,142 --> 00:39:57,353
Oh, my God, it's got a chrome bumper.
840
00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,024
[Helen] Oh, my goodness.
841
00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:04,693
Yeah, she's pretty fine.
842
00:40:04,777 --> 00:40:06,195
- You like that?
- Yeah.
843
00:40:06,278 --> 00:40:08,280
- Yeah?
- Well?
844
00:40:09,031 --> 00:40:10,533
It's pretty good, pretty good.
845
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,869
Now you know what
your great-grandfather rode in.
846
00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:18,958
You didn't give us much to work with,
Helen, but luckily I had some pieces.
847
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,293
I didn't know if it'd ever get restored,
848
00:40:21,377 --> 00:40:24,088
but I think they did
a really good job on it.
849
00:40:24,171 --> 00:40:25,171
It's gorgeous.
850
00:40:29,218 --> 00:40:31,971
[Avery] We got away from spoke wheels.
We got some wire wheels.
851
00:40:32,054 --> 00:40:34,974
We'd hate to have a beaver attack
and chew off your wheel.
852
00:40:35,641 --> 00:40:39,019
[Helen] It's kind of a special car
because my father sold these cars
853
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:41,522
in the '20s out of Cadillac, Saskatchewan,
854
00:40:41,605 --> 00:40:44,733
so I kind of look on it
as a family heirloom.
855
00:40:44,817 --> 00:40:47,278
Got the goldarn custom wind deflector.
856
00:40:47,361 --> 00:40:49,280
Oh, yes, you don't wreck your hairdo.
857
00:40:49,363 --> 00:40:51,365
It's got a locking steering wheel on it,
858
00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:52,867
so nobody steals this thing.
859
00:40:53,033 --> 00:40:54,869
- Oh, my...
- It was an original option.
860
00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:58,873
Anybody nowadays couldn't steal it anyway,
cuz they wouldn't know how to drive it.
861
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:02,126
- Yeah, the middle pedal's reverse.
- Is that right?
862
00:41:02,209 --> 00:41:05,588
[Helen] The seats and the upholstery
are all really nice in there. It's great.
863
00:41:05,671 --> 00:41:09,258
- This is for the fishing rod?
- That's where the convertible top goes on.
864
00:41:09,550 --> 00:41:11,552
Oh, I thought maybe it was a buggy lip.
865
00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:13,136
No!
866
00:41:13,804 --> 00:41:15,764
I often wanted a convertible.
867
00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:18,726
I think you should take Helen for a ride
in this chariot, Ave.
868
00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:21,145
[Helen] This is going to be an experience.
869
00:41:21,353 --> 00:41:22,897
Oh, there it is.
870
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,065
[Mike] Oh, what's this, Ave?
871
00:41:25,191 --> 00:41:28,068
Well, in the 1920s,
they wore this kind of a hat,
872
00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:29,069
- so, there.
- Stylish.
873
00:41:29,153 --> 00:41:31,697
- You like that, don't you?
- That's stylish, Ave, yeah.
874
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:33,491
Let's see...
875
00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:35,159
Oh!
876
00:41:36,285 --> 00:41:39,246
- You look like...
- That is you, buddy.
877
00:41:39,371 --> 00:41:41,874
- Yeah.
- My, look at you two.
878
00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:44,502
A picture of a simpler past.
879
00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:47,129
Okay, guys, be safe now.
Have her back by ten.
880
00:41:50,132 --> 00:41:53,052
- Okay, you ready?
- Yeah, I'm ready. Let's go.
881
00:41:53,636 --> 00:41:56,055
See you in a week.
If we don't come back, we'll write.
882
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,559
- [Avery] What do you figure?
- I love this convertible.
883
00:42:00,643 --> 00:42:03,437
I always wanted a convertible,
but I didn't know it was gonna be blue.
884
00:42:06,398 --> 00:42:10,361
I'm proud of him, what he's done with it.
He's a very talented person, you know.
885
00:42:10,444 --> 00:42:14,281
There's not too many things he can't fix
if he takes a notion to.
886
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,242
Get this old jewel into high gear.
887
00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:19,036
Oh, we're really cruising now.
888
00:42:19,245 --> 00:42:21,664
Does about 35 miles an hour, wide open.
889
00:42:21,997 --> 00:42:23,791
[Avery laughs]
890
00:42:23,874 --> 00:42:25,626
This thing's pretty neat to drive.
891
00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:28,712
This build, it cost more
than I thought it was gonna cost.
892
00:42:28,796 --> 00:42:29,922
It took a long time.
893
00:42:30,130 --> 00:42:32,841
But at the end of the day,
it's all worth it.
894
00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:35,844
[Helen] Can't believe the job you did
on this thing.
895
00:42:39,098 --> 00:42:41,225
[Avery] Doing this Model T
has got me thinking.
896
00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:43,811
I've sacrificed a lot working for Mike.
897
00:42:44,603 --> 00:42:45,980
I'm kind of wondering if maybe,
898
00:42:46,063 --> 00:42:48,649
should I get into the restoration business
with my son, Shafin?
899
00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:52,403
I could make my own decisions,
and make my own mistakes.
900
00:42:52,486 --> 00:42:55,531
I need my own projects. I need my space.
901
00:42:55,614 --> 00:42:59,076
It's a chance to show
what I'm capable of doing.
902
00:42:59,451 --> 00:43:02,413
It's time for me to go do my own thing,
and make my own way.
903
00:43:03,122 --> 00:43:04,206
I think it's time.
904
00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:06,249
I think it's time.
905
00:43:09,003 --> 00:43:11,005
[guitar rock music playing]