1 00:00:01,510 --> 00:00:03,610 [Javier] Look at all these guys coming over to help, man. 2 00:00:03,610 --> 00:00:08,143 We're halfway through this very rare 1960 VW panel van, 3 00:00:08,209 --> 00:00:10,243 but we still need to prime it, 4 00:00:10,309 --> 00:00:13,610 paint it, interior, mechanical. 5 00:00:13,610 --> 00:00:16,109 I told Shorty this part was easy. 6 00:00:16,109 --> 00:00:17,443 [man] Man, why you said that? 7 00:00:17,510 --> 00:00:20,309 [Javier] So I'm working on our '57 Triumph TR3. 8 00:00:20,309 --> 00:00:22,343 That's an awesome looking car. 9 00:00:22,410 --> 00:00:24,743 I can't believe it. This is so cool. 10 00:00:24,810 --> 00:00:26,010 Let's do it. 11 00:00:27,443 --> 00:00:29,043 [man] There we go. There we go. 12 00:00:29,043 --> 00:00:30,209 [whoops] 13 00:00:33,209 --> 00:00:34,309 [Javier] My name is Javier, 14 00:00:34,309 --> 00:00:35,910 but most people call me Shorty. 15 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:37,910 I was born in Mexico. 16 00:00:37,910 --> 00:00:39,309 And when I was four-years-old, 17 00:00:39,309 --> 00:00:40,610 my parents moved to Texas 18 00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:42,810 in search of the American dream. 19 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:45,510 Now I'm living that dream with my own custom shop 20 00:00:45,510 --> 00:00:47,710 and the team that builds the coolest cars on the road. 21 00:00:52,943 --> 00:00:54,109 We make dreams... 22 00:00:54,109 --> 00:00:55,510 -Wow! -[Javier] ...come true. 23 00:00:55,510 --> 00:00:57,343 [all cheering] 24 00:01:04,410 --> 00:01:06,243 [Javier] We bought this van from Flipper Dave. 25 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:08,710 So I picked up this bus a few years ago. 26 00:01:08,710 --> 00:01:10,910 It's a 1960 double door panel. 27 00:01:10,910 --> 00:01:13,309 And since Eliot loves this VW busses, 28 00:01:13,309 --> 00:01:14,710 he just had to have it. 29 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:16,209 Dude, this is a unicorn, man. 30 00:01:16,209 --> 00:01:17,810 [Javier] Eliot dropped by the shop to see 31 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:19,743 how his panel bus was coming along. 32 00:01:19,810 --> 00:01:21,343 We primed the top of the van already, 33 00:01:21,410 --> 00:01:23,043 but we still have a long way to go, 34 00:01:23,043 --> 00:01:25,209 so we're going through what's left to do. 35 00:01:25,209 --> 00:01:27,810 The other thing that I wanted to talk to you about 36 00:01:27,810 --> 00:01:30,209 this is like a gray in here. 37 00:01:30,209 --> 00:01:32,543 -[Eliot] Primer. -You want it back the way... the way it is, right? 38 00:01:32,610 --> 00:01:34,143 I want it to get back just the way it is. 39 00:01:34,209 --> 00:01:37,043 Okay, so I have... I have a gray primer already. 40 00:01:37,109 --> 00:01:38,510 Actually, it looks like you painted it, 41 00:01:38,510 --> 00:01:39,910 -but it's matte clear. -Okay, cool. 42 00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:41,243 We're still gotta clean up the bottom. 43 00:01:41,309 --> 00:01:42,510 Over there in the other shop, 44 00:01:42,510 --> 00:01:43,843 we can actually jack it up pretty high. 45 00:01:43,910 --> 00:01:45,010 Okay. 46 00:01:45,010 --> 00:01:46,143 And so you can get underneath it. 47 00:01:46,209 --> 00:01:47,510 I heard you're the rattle can king. 48 00:01:47,510 --> 00:01:49,910 Yeah. Yeah. I can do it. Group no cliff, man. 49 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:52,109 You know, do some tagging, dude. That's how I do it. 50 00:01:52,109 --> 00:01:53,610 The good thing about these 51 00:01:53,610 --> 00:01:55,243 is they make a lot of these parts. 52 00:01:55,309 --> 00:01:58,410 How can they be so rare when they make a ton of parts? 53 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:00,743 Well, the bus itself is not rare. 54 00:02:00,810 --> 00:02:02,143 The double door panel is rare. 55 00:02:02,209 --> 00:02:03,810 Oh, okay. So just the doors are rare. 56 00:02:03,810 --> 00:02:05,810 [Eliot] Yeah, the doors is what makes it rare. 57 00:02:05,810 --> 00:02:08,109 Not having the seat over there makes it ultra-rare, you know? 58 00:02:08,109 --> 00:02:09,209 [Javier] Yeah. Yeah. 59 00:02:09,209 --> 00:02:10,810 You know, Eliot is amazing. 60 00:02:10,810 --> 00:02:13,143 I don't know if there's anyone else in this world 61 00:02:13,143 --> 00:02:16,510 that knows more than him about VWs. 62 00:02:16,510 --> 00:02:17,943 But the other question I have for you 63 00:02:18,010 --> 00:02:21,209 is, do you have a code number or do you wanna pick one? 64 00:02:21,209 --> 00:02:22,610 Nah, I'm gonna get you a code number 65 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:24,810 'cause it's real important that we get this back right. 66 00:02:24,810 --> 00:02:27,243 This is called Sealing Wax Red is what this thing 67 00:02:27,309 --> 00:02:28,410 -would have been. -[Javier] Okay. 68 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:31,010 And it's a iconic Volkswagen color. 69 00:02:31,010 --> 00:02:33,043 We're gonna do those safari windows right, 70 00:02:33,109 --> 00:02:34,243 get this thing to pop up. 71 00:02:34,309 --> 00:02:35,410 -Mm-hmm. -[Eliot] Yeah. 72 00:02:35,410 --> 00:02:36,643 That open up all the way like this? 73 00:02:36,710 --> 00:02:37,810 -[Eliot] Nature's AC. -Yeah. 74 00:02:37,810 --> 00:02:39,143 And what I wanna talk to you about is, 75 00:02:39,209 --> 00:02:40,410 you know, the brackets and stuff, 76 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:41,810 -do we wanna weld 'em in? -[Javier] Mm-hmm. 77 00:02:41,810 --> 00:02:43,010 Sometimes they screw 'em in. 78 00:02:43,010 --> 00:02:44,510 So, you know, I'm gonna let you look at it. 79 00:02:44,510 --> 00:02:47,209 If there's a good way to bolt 'em in, whatever, 80 00:02:47,209 --> 00:02:48,510 then there's nothing wrong with it. 81 00:02:48,510 --> 00:02:49,810 [Eliot] It might be the way to do it. 82 00:02:49,810 --> 00:02:51,143 [Javier] Now that I know what Eliot wants. 83 00:02:51,143 --> 00:02:53,710 We can finish priming, sanding and painting the van. 84 00:02:53,710 --> 00:02:55,143 Then him and his crew will come in 85 00:02:55,209 --> 00:02:56,410 and knock out the mechanic work. 86 00:02:56,410 --> 00:02:57,743 Can't wait to see what happens. 87 00:02:57,810 --> 00:02:59,643 It's coming along really nice as you can see. 88 00:02:59,710 --> 00:03:01,209 I think you're gonna be stoked. 89 00:03:06,010 --> 00:03:07,510 I have a client coming in to see about 90 00:03:07,510 --> 00:03:08,943 a very special car. 91 00:03:09,010 --> 00:03:10,610 I asked Raul to give me a hand, 92 00:03:10,610 --> 00:03:13,309 and I bet he's never seen anything like this before. 93 00:03:13,309 --> 00:03:14,543 Man, what is this thing? 94 00:03:14,610 --> 00:03:15,810 It's a go-kart? 95 00:03:15,810 --> 00:03:17,410 [Javier chuckles] 96 00:03:17,410 --> 00:03:18,710 It looks like a go-kart, don't it? 97 00:03:18,710 --> 00:03:20,510 -Yeah. -It's not a go-kart. 98 00:03:20,510 --> 00:03:22,643 It's a Triumph TR3. 99 00:03:22,710 --> 00:03:25,209 It's a British car. 100 00:03:25,209 --> 00:03:27,309 This one is a '57. 101 00:03:27,309 --> 00:03:30,710 I painted this car inside out, top and bottom. 102 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:33,643 It's back for me to finish putting it together. 103 00:03:33,710 --> 00:03:35,309 So she's supposed to be bringing me 104 00:03:35,309 --> 00:03:36,710 some more parts for it. 105 00:03:36,710 --> 00:03:38,209 And that way we can get on it. 106 00:03:38,209 --> 00:03:39,643 And maybe I can get you to help me... 107 00:03:39,710 --> 00:03:41,643 -Yeah. -...you know, finish it up. 108 00:03:41,710 --> 00:03:42,843 [horn honking] 109 00:03:42,910 --> 00:03:44,543 -Somebody is here. -There she is, man. 110 00:03:49,743 --> 00:03:52,643 Hey, I'm Lisa Richardson Vincelli. 111 00:03:52,710 --> 00:03:55,510 And my car has been with me since childhood. 112 00:03:55,510 --> 00:03:57,543 It's a '57 Triumph TR3. 113 00:03:57,610 --> 00:03:58,843 I brought you some more pieces. 114 00:03:58,910 --> 00:04:01,043 -[Javier] Did you? -[Lisa] Yeah. Are you ready for it? 115 00:04:01,043 --> 00:04:03,710 My father owned it, and unfortunately, 116 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,443 my father died when I was a young teenager, 117 00:04:05,510 --> 00:04:08,209 and I had the car bug. Since I was so young 118 00:04:08,209 --> 00:04:10,109 and wanted to keep it and couldn't afford to fix it. 119 00:04:10,109 --> 00:04:12,610 I put it in the barn of one of my uncles. 120 00:04:12,610 --> 00:04:14,109 It was in there for a long time. 121 00:04:15,143 --> 00:04:18,309 This is the original grille with all the... 122 00:04:18,309 --> 00:04:20,243 -[Javier] Okay. -[Lisa] ...mount pieces. 123 00:04:20,309 --> 00:04:21,610 Okay. 124 00:04:21,610 --> 00:04:23,243 The headlights. 125 00:04:23,309 --> 00:04:25,309 -Okay. Okay. -And these are all new. 126 00:04:25,309 --> 00:04:26,910 Today I'm over at Shorty's shop, 127 00:04:26,910 --> 00:04:28,543 dropping off a lot of components 128 00:04:28,610 --> 00:04:29,943 that need to go back on the car. 129 00:04:30,010 --> 00:04:31,710 These cars, there's... there are certain parts 130 00:04:31,710 --> 00:04:33,243 that are very specific to this car. 131 00:04:33,309 --> 00:04:34,410 And so you wanna make sure 132 00:04:34,410 --> 00:04:36,209 that you're putting on everything that's original. 133 00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:38,043 Wow. That's huge. 134 00:04:38,109 --> 00:04:40,410 One bumper, the back is just a couple of little things. 135 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:41,576 Yeah. Okay. 136 00:04:41,610 --> 00:04:44,510 So it's... that's very tedious to put it back together. 137 00:04:44,510 --> 00:04:45,610 -This is Raul. -Hey, Raul. 138 00:04:45,610 --> 00:04:47,109 -[Javier] And-- -[Lisa] Nice to meet you. 139 00:04:47,109 --> 00:04:48,543 He... he come over here and asked me 140 00:04:48,610 --> 00:04:50,410 what it was, and he asked me 141 00:04:50,410 --> 00:04:51,810 if it was some kind of a go-kart. 142 00:04:51,810 --> 00:04:53,043 [laughter] 143 00:04:53,109 --> 00:04:54,943 You will feel like it's a go-kart when you're in it. 144 00:04:55,010 --> 00:04:56,143 These cars were hand-built, 145 00:04:56,143 --> 00:04:58,209 so he was gonna be hand building the car, 146 00:04:58,209 --> 00:04:59,543 even if I bought every body panel 147 00:04:59,610 --> 00:05:00,810 -from somewhere. -[Raul] Yeah. 148 00:05:00,810 --> 00:05:03,309 They get hand-built on the car. 149 00:05:03,309 --> 00:05:04,910 [Javier] I like the banjo steering wheel. 150 00:05:04,910 --> 00:05:06,343 -I know. -So what is this... 151 00:05:06,410 --> 00:05:08,309 -so what is this for? -[Lisa] That is the trafficator. 152 00:05:08,309 --> 00:05:09,810 -[Javier] The what? -That's your blinkers. 153 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,109 This is like having a little mirror, 154 00:05:11,109 --> 00:05:12,743 -this little thing, it's like-- -[Lisa] I know. 155 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:14,610 I mean, this little mirror looks like it belonged in, 156 00:05:14,610 --> 00:05:16,309 -like, in your pocket or something. -[Lisa] I know. 157 00:05:16,309 --> 00:05:17,943 -[Raul chuckling] -You know, not even on that. 158 00:05:18,010 --> 00:05:19,209 -All basic stuff. -Yeah. 159 00:05:19,209 --> 00:05:20,910 And here you thought you were just gonna get on 160 00:05:20,910 --> 00:05:22,209 by knowing American-made cars. 161 00:05:22,209 --> 00:05:23,410 I'm excited. 162 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:25,410 This car the way it was, I mean, 163 00:05:25,410 --> 00:05:26,843 who would have thought it was gonna have 164 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:28,810 a beating heart again and on the road? 165 00:05:28,810 --> 00:05:31,043 I knew. I got a lot of flak for it, 166 00:05:31,043 --> 00:05:33,443 but I was determined this sucker was getting back on the road. 167 00:05:33,510 --> 00:05:35,143 Well, thanks for bringing all this stuff. 168 00:05:35,143 --> 00:05:36,343 We're gonna get on it. 169 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:37,843 I'm excited to give it back to you. 170 00:05:37,910 --> 00:05:39,043 Cool. I'm excited, too. 171 00:05:39,043 --> 00:05:41,143 And after 13 years that's been under construction. 172 00:05:41,209 --> 00:05:44,143 My goal is just to finish it up, 173 00:05:44,209 --> 00:05:45,843 give it back to you so you can enjoy it. 174 00:05:45,910 --> 00:05:47,343 I'm ready. 175 00:05:49,810 --> 00:05:52,510 [Javier] So we're coming along really good on the panel bus. 176 00:05:52,510 --> 00:05:54,043 I put some polyester filler 177 00:05:54,043 --> 00:05:55,610 on the biggest panels on the van 178 00:05:55,610 --> 00:05:58,010 to make sure that these come out nice and straight. 179 00:06:01,443 --> 00:06:03,910 Finish up the back. Go over it with a little over 220. 180 00:06:03,910 --> 00:06:05,610 I've been doing this bus in sections. 181 00:06:05,610 --> 00:06:08,710 The roof is already done. It's ready for paint. 182 00:06:08,710 --> 00:06:10,643 And then once we finish this, 183 00:06:10,710 --> 00:06:13,243 we'll KD-3000 these right here, 184 00:06:13,309 --> 00:06:16,043 along with the front and the inside of the vent. 185 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:17,410 Once we do that, 186 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:18,910 then we go straight to paint. 187 00:06:25,443 --> 00:06:27,043 [whistles] 188 00:06:27,109 --> 00:06:29,209 Hey, guys. This is Isaac. 189 00:06:29,209 --> 00:06:32,143 Isaac, this is Raul, and this is Charlie. 190 00:06:32,209 --> 00:06:35,343 Isaac is from the same class with Mr. Tyler 191 00:06:35,410 --> 00:06:36,810 and he's in the same class as Julia. 192 00:06:36,810 --> 00:06:37,910 Oh, okay. 193 00:06:37,910 --> 00:06:39,243 And so he's also 194 00:06:39,309 --> 00:06:41,910 a classic car lover to the bone. 195 00:06:41,910 --> 00:06:43,043 Yes, sir. 196 00:06:43,109 --> 00:06:45,710 I think the best thing to do is get him wet right away. 197 00:06:45,710 --> 00:06:47,010 Get him dusty. 198 00:06:47,010 --> 00:06:48,510 What do you like doing the most? 199 00:06:48,510 --> 00:06:50,910 Oh, man, I love painting. 200 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,710 I love doing bodywork, too. 201 00:06:52,710 --> 00:06:54,010 Ready to get dirty. 202 00:06:54,010 --> 00:06:55,910 We can get him on the bumpers for the VW. 203 00:06:55,910 --> 00:06:58,510 We love working with kids and... 204 00:06:58,510 --> 00:07:01,643 and, you know, keeping the... the trade alive. 205 00:07:04,410 --> 00:07:06,043 Yeah, now I want you to go around the bumper, 206 00:07:06,109 --> 00:07:07,443 look for little dents. 207 00:07:07,510 --> 00:07:08,543 All right. 208 00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:10,043 And then you see all this green? 209 00:07:10,109 --> 00:07:11,209 -Yeah. -That's... 210 00:07:11,209 --> 00:07:13,410 And that's primer. That's a little dent here. 211 00:07:13,410 --> 00:07:15,143 So, yeah, man, just take all that green off, 212 00:07:15,209 --> 00:07:17,410 do it with 80 primer. 213 00:07:17,410 --> 00:07:18,610 All right. 214 00:07:26,743 --> 00:07:28,943 Isaac did a great job on the bumper on this bus, 215 00:07:29,010 --> 00:07:30,510 and now Raul is gonna take him 216 00:07:30,510 --> 00:07:32,443 and do a little bit of work on the door. 217 00:07:32,510 --> 00:07:35,143 I haven't done very big panels. 218 00:07:35,143 --> 00:07:36,410 I've done a few. 219 00:07:36,410 --> 00:07:39,410 Yeah, the key is not to put a lot of filler on the panels. 220 00:07:39,410 --> 00:07:40,810 You did pretty good, man. 221 00:07:40,810 --> 00:07:42,643 I tried. 222 00:07:42,710 --> 00:07:43,843 He's gonna take over. 223 00:07:46,643 --> 00:07:51,410 I'm working on our VW panel bus. 224 00:07:51,410 --> 00:07:52,543 I just got done 225 00:07:52,610 --> 00:07:54,309 with my last section of primer, 226 00:07:54,309 --> 00:07:55,510 which is the floor. 227 00:07:55,510 --> 00:07:57,109 I wanted to do the floor separate 228 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:58,610 just because I wanted the floor 229 00:07:58,610 --> 00:08:00,010 to come out really nice 230 00:08:00,010 --> 00:08:01,943 because it's potentially 231 00:08:02,010 --> 00:08:04,143 we're going to leave it the way it is. 232 00:08:04,209 --> 00:08:05,309 The customer wanted 233 00:08:05,309 --> 00:08:07,510 a kind of a grayish color on the inside. 234 00:08:07,510 --> 00:08:09,309 We are ready to start blocking, 235 00:08:09,309 --> 00:08:10,810 get it ready for paint. 236 00:08:12,543 --> 00:08:13,643 All right. 237 00:08:13,710 --> 00:08:15,343 -We're having a block party today. -Okay. 238 00:08:15,410 --> 00:08:17,010 We got some reinforcements coming in. 239 00:08:17,010 --> 00:08:18,309 Hopefully, they give us a little help. 240 00:08:18,309 --> 00:08:19,810 You guys are gonna be the teachers tonight. 241 00:08:19,810 --> 00:08:21,643 These... these are just friends of ours that come in. 242 00:08:21,710 --> 00:08:23,810 They wanna help. They just wanna be a part of it. 243 00:08:23,810 --> 00:08:26,010 I'm going to sound the... [speaks Spanish] 244 00:08:26,010 --> 00:08:27,910 So you cover your ears, man. 245 00:08:27,910 --> 00:08:29,309 -Y'all ready? -[man] Yes, sir. 246 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:31,209 [honking] 247 00:08:34,510 --> 00:08:35,610 [Raul] How come he can't call us 248 00:08:35,610 --> 00:08:36,810 like normal people, man? 249 00:08:36,810 --> 00:08:39,143 Oh-oh, that sound like it's time to work. 250 00:08:39,209 --> 00:08:41,643 [Javier] Look at all these guys coming over to help, man. 251 00:08:41,710 --> 00:08:43,343 -[man] Cavalry is here. -[Javier] Look at that. 252 00:08:43,410 --> 00:08:44,843 -[Raul] Yeah. -What you got, Shorty? 253 00:08:44,910 --> 00:08:46,510 -What do you want us to do? -[Javier] Hey, man. 254 00:08:46,510 --> 00:08:48,043 -Well, we got some panels over there. -Okay. 255 00:08:48,043 --> 00:08:50,043 Yeah, just start at one end and stuff it really good... 256 00:08:50,109 --> 00:08:52,443 -Okay. -...all up in here, you know? 257 00:08:52,510 --> 00:08:54,309 -Just don't miss a spot. -Okay. 258 00:08:54,309 --> 00:08:55,810 Look at all these people, man. 259 00:08:55,810 --> 00:08:57,510 I'm gonna paint this van tomorrow. 260 00:08:57,510 --> 00:09:00,243 So start right here at the top and start Scotch-Briting your way over. 261 00:09:00,309 --> 00:09:02,309 You know, every time when it's time to work, 262 00:09:02,309 --> 00:09:03,843 he'd always leave, don't he? 263 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:05,910 [man] Maybe he's just not in the block parties. 264 00:09:05,910 --> 00:09:07,510 [man] If you would have told him there's food, 265 00:09:07,510 --> 00:09:08,710 he'll be here. 266 00:09:08,710 --> 00:09:10,443 [laughter] 267 00:09:10,510 --> 00:09:12,343 When you get to the... to the hinge here, 268 00:09:12,410 --> 00:09:13,443 you know, just Scotch-Brite it 269 00:09:13,510 --> 00:09:15,710 'cause if we can't get the sandpaper up in there, 270 00:09:15,710 --> 00:09:17,610 the only thing that gets in there is a Scotch-Brite. 271 00:09:34,610 --> 00:09:36,043 It's always nice when, 272 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:37,243 you know, a lot of guys wanna 273 00:09:37,309 --> 00:09:39,543 come and get together and help us out 274 00:09:39,610 --> 00:09:41,610 and have some fun and have some food at the same time. 275 00:09:41,610 --> 00:09:44,209 And as you can see, it's a party. 276 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:46,410 It's a block party over here, man. 277 00:09:46,410 --> 00:09:48,910 [laughter] 278 00:09:48,910 --> 00:09:51,343 Joel and Charlie got some bad ass burgers 279 00:09:51,410 --> 00:09:52,643 going on here on the grill. 280 00:09:53,910 --> 00:09:55,810 Come on, guys. Come on, boys. 281 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:12,610 [Javier] Come on, PG, let's go look at the seat. 282 00:10:12,610 --> 00:10:14,043 I got a really big job for you. 283 00:10:14,043 --> 00:10:15,309 -[Pedro] A big job? -Yeah, the... 284 00:10:15,309 --> 00:10:17,209 Probably the biggest job that we have here in the shop. 285 00:10:18,209 --> 00:10:19,943 Look right here. 286 00:10:20,010 --> 00:10:21,643 Is that all? Really? 287 00:10:22,710 --> 00:10:24,109 This is for the Volkswagen? 288 00:10:24,109 --> 00:10:26,243 [Javier] Yeah, this is for the Volkswagen. 289 00:10:26,309 --> 00:10:28,309 For the bus. 290 00:10:28,309 --> 00:10:31,943 And you can see it's probably gonna be the simplest job 291 00:10:32,010 --> 00:10:33,309 -you ever had to do. -[Pedro] Yeah. 292 00:10:33,309 --> 00:10:35,043 I mean, it's in really good shape. 293 00:10:35,043 --> 00:10:36,943 -Really good condition. -[Pedro] Yeah. 294 00:10:37,010 --> 00:10:38,410 [Javier] But I see a slider. 295 00:10:38,410 --> 00:10:40,343 -Like a slider-- -Yeah, I think it's kind of the slider. Right. 296 00:10:40,410 --> 00:10:42,810 You know that this right here is swivel. 297 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:46,243 It's 100% original hardware. 298 00:10:46,309 --> 00:10:49,510 The cover may not be a 100% original 'cause it's, 299 00:10:49,510 --> 00:10:51,710 you know, the van is... is pretty old. 300 00:10:51,710 --> 00:10:54,010 One of the unique features on this bus that I love 301 00:10:54,010 --> 00:10:55,209 is the swivel seat. 302 00:10:55,209 --> 00:10:56,510 You can sit in there. 303 00:10:56,510 --> 00:10:58,209 Once you get to the place where you're gonna deliver it, 304 00:10:58,209 --> 00:10:59,543 you swivel around it and get out 305 00:10:59,610 --> 00:11:02,043 whichever way you were going to and you make your delivery. 306 00:11:02,109 --> 00:11:03,410 Take the seat, 307 00:11:03,410 --> 00:11:05,910 get it all cleaned up, get it painted. 308 00:11:05,910 --> 00:11:07,209 It's up to you, man. 309 00:11:07,209 --> 00:11:09,410 [Pedro] So Shorty just got through showing me the seat 310 00:11:09,410 --> 00:11:11,243 for that panel van, the Volkswagen. 311 00:11:11,309 --> 00:11:13,043 We love these Volkswagens. 312 00:11:13,109 --> 00:11:17,010 And my wife and me grew around all this Volkswagen, 313 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:20,910 so I'm excited to work on it, especially on this van. 314 00:11:20,910 --> 00:11:23,309 -I just need it done. -All right. Yeah. 315 00:11:23,309 --> 00:11:25,543 It's not heavy. 316 00:11:25,610 --> 00:11:27,543 [Javier] Yeah, it's a little seat, but it's got a punch. 317 00:11:31,109 --> 00:11:35,143 So the plan with this Triumph is to get it assembled 318 00:11:35,209 --> 00:11:37,510 because PG needs to do some interior work on it. 319 00:11:37,510 --> 00:11:39,410 So I need to put all the panels on it 320 00:11:39,410 --> 00:11:42,243 and get it back over here so we can get it running 321 00:11:42,309 --> 00:11:45,043 and hopefully deliver it to Lisa as soon as possible. 322 00:11:45,043 --> 00:11:46,910 I never thought I would like this little cars, 323 00:11:46,910 --> 00:11:48,410 but I actually love it. 324 00:11:48,410 --> 00:11:51,010 I mean, I have something similar to this car. 325 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,510 It's a little Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. 326 00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:57,410 I'm working my way from the back to the front. 327 00:11:57,410 --> 00:11:58,810 Just be really careful. 328 00:11:58,810 --> 00:12:01,010 We're gonna have to hold this up like this. 329 00:12:01,010 --> 00:12:02,610 Yeah, just like that. 330 00:12:02,610 --> 00:12:04,710 Let it down. 331 00:12:04,777 --> 00:12:05,810 There we go. 332 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:08,810 -Oh, okay, you got it? -[Raul] Yeah. 333 00:12:08,810 --> 00:12:12,010 Let me put on another couple of bolts here. 334 00:12:12,010 --> 00:12:13,276 Okay. 335 00:12:13,309 --> 00:12:17,610 Literally, every single panel on this car has been reworked. 336 00:12:17,610 --> 00:12:19,810 It's definitely been a journey working on this car. 337 00:12:19,810 --> 00:12:21,510 It's been a lot of fun. 338 00:12:21,510 --> 00:12:23,943 I like it because it's kind of 339 00:12:24,010 --> 00:12:27,243 not your regular old classic car, you know? 340 00:12:27,309 --> 00:12:29,610 This is an English car. 341 00:12:29,610 --> 00:12:31,810 I hardly ever work on anything else 342 00:12:31,810 --> 00:12:33,710 but American-made classics. 343 00:12:35,010 --> 00:12:36,109 I think once it's done, 344 00:12:36,109 --> 00:12:37,610 it's... it's gonna be beautiful. 345 00:12:39,343 --> 00:12:40,643 This is kind of tricky. 346 00:12:40,710 --> 00:12:43,043 So all I need you to do is hold it 347 00:12:43,109 --> 00:12:45,510 'cause I have to put it under here. 348 00:12:45,510 --> 00:12:47,910 This car, it's little, but it's feisty. 349 00:12:47,910 --> 00:12:49,643 It fights you all the way. 350 00:12:49,710 --> 00:12:51,710 Like these fenders are kind of awkward, 351 00:12:51,777 --> 00:12:53,410 and you have to manipulate 'em in there 352 00:12:53,410 --> 00:12:55,043 because it's got so many ways 353 00:12:55,109 --> 00:12:56,810 you can screw it up if you're not careful. 354 00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:58,109 Needs more? 355 00:13:01,543 --> 00:13:02,710 There it goes. 356 00:13:03,710 --> 00:13:04,810 We're good. 357 00:13:04,877 --> 00:13:06,510 Let me put a couple of screws in it. 358 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:09,209 I'll let you get back to whatever it is you were doing. 359 00:13:09,209 --> 00:13:11,043 We're just getting the final bolts on this fenders, 360 00:13:11,109 --> 00:13:13,043 but we still have a long way to go on the assembly. 361 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:22,343 Back over here in my kitchen, 362 00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:25,910 I'm about to mix the paint for our Volkswagen bus. 363 00:13:25,910 --> 00:13:28,543 That's the beauty of this... of the system here. 364 00:13:28,610 --> 00:13:31,410 I have a ton of toners here. 365 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:34,710 I can mix up just about any color that I want. 366 00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:40,209 In this case, Eliot wants a specific color for the bus. 367 00:13:40,209 --> 00:13:46,410 So he just happened to send me a code that goes to this bus 368 00:13:46,410 --> 00:13:48,309 but in a modern formula. 369 00:13:48,309 --> 00:13:51,877 I'm gonna mix it up and get it ready for paint. 370 00:13:51,877 --> 00:13:56,243 1440 grams of the first toner. 371 00:13:56,309 --> 00:13:58,209 The machine takes care of everything for me 372 00:13:58,209 --> 00:13:59,443 except doing the pouring. 373 00:14:00,543 --> 00:14:01,810 38, 39... 374 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:04,777 1440. 375 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:06,710 Yellow oxide. 376 00:14:06,777 --> 00:14:08,209 These scales are pretty sensitive, 377 00:14:08,209 --> 00:14:10,877 so you can't really have 378 00:14:10,877 --> 00:14:13,910 any fans blowing or wind coming in 379 00:14:13,910 --> 00:14:15,610 because the scale will fluctuate 380 00:14:15,610 --> 00:14:17,109 and kind of throw you off. 381 00:14:19,010 --> 00:14:20,143 331. 382 00:14:22,410 --> 00:14:23,610 There we are. 383 00:14:28,309 --> 00:14:30,610 We're gonna see what the color looks like. 384 00:14:30,610 --> 00:14:31,910 See, there we go. 385 00:14:33,810 --> 00:14:35,309 Anytime I'll get something in... 386 00:14:35,309 --> 00:14:37,243 in my kitchen and it's ready to paint, 387 00:14:37,309 --> 00:14:38,610 it's where I get excited. 388 00:14:38,610 --> 00:14:41,777 We've literally stripped this van inside and out. 389 00:14:41,777 --> 00:14:46,443 This is certainly a big, big moment. 390 00:15:28,977 --> 00:15:30,410 Already have all the parts in there. 391 00:15:31,710 --> 00:15:33,910 -Is the guy here, Joel? -[Joel] Yeah. 392 00:15:33,910 --> 00:15:35,610 Dude, that color, you were worried about it? 393 00:15:35,610 --> 00:15:36,777 [Javier] I was worried about it. 394 00:15:36,777 --> 00:15:39,109 Nah, man, that's perfect, man. 395 00:15:39,109 --> 00:15:41,777 When we got the 1960 VW bus with Eliot, 396 00:15:41,777 --> 00:15:43,209 we thought it was a good idea for him 397 00:15:43,209 --> 00:15:44,710 and his crew to come in and help us 398 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:46,610 with the mechanical aspect of it. 399 00:15:46,610 --> 00:15:48,276 They are experts in their field. 400 00:15:48,276 --> 00:15:50,309 They eat and breathe Volkswagens. 401 00:15:50,309 --> 00:15:51,610 Well, now that we got it on the lift, 402 00:15:51,677 --> 00:15:53,410 we can start dropping out the transmission 403 00:15:53,410 --> 00:15:55,076 that will all come out as one unit. 404 00:15:55,076 --> 00:15:56,810 We'll drop out the... the front beam. 405 00:15:56,810 --> 00:15:58,476 Let's just get the suspension out of it. 406 00:15:58,476 --> 00:15:59,610 All right. 407 00:15:59,610 --> 00:16:00,810 Let's get to work. 408 00:16:04,176 --> 00:16:05,410 Let's get these wheels off. 409 00:16:05,410 --> 00:16:07,043 [Eliot] Yeah, let's get this stuff out of here. 410 00:16:09,376 --> 00:16:11,376 [whooping] 411 00:16:17,276 --> 00:16:18,610 -[Javier] Are you ready? -Mm-hmm. 412 00:16:20,176 --> 00:16:21,510 All right. Tell me when it's good. 413 00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:22,777 [Eliot] You're out. You're out. 414 00:16:24,977 --> 00:16:26,176 Success. 415 00:16:26,176 --> 00:16:27,276 [Eliot grunts] 416 00:16:27,276 --> 00:16:28,677 [Javier] I got a big one. 417 00:16:30,309 --> 00:16:32,710 What I'm doing here is I'm just prepping to get the front end. 418 00:16:32,777 --> 00:16:34,410 We're gonna take the front end out, everything, 419 00:16:34,476 --> 00:16:36,777 the hubs and everything's just gonna drop down as one unit. 420 00:16:38,109 --> 00:16:40,510 -It won't budge. -I told Shorty, this part was easy. 421 00:16:40,510 --> 00:16:41,677 Yeah, I know. 422 00:16:43,109 --> 00:16:44,476 [chuckles] Man, why you said that? 423 00:16:47,309 --> 00:16:49,176 [Eliot grunts] 424 00:16:49,176 --> 00:16:50,510 [Eliot] All right, we're out. 425 00:16:54,209 --> 00:16:55,710 All right, boys. 426 00:16:55,777 --> 00:16:57,010 Good job. 427 00:17:01,209 --> 00:17:02,710 We're gonna get this tore down, G. 428 00:17:02,777 --> 00:17:03,810 All right. 429 00:17:03,877 --> 00:17:06,309 Yeah, see if you could get it all pulled off 430 00:17:06,376 --> 00:17:08,076 and take it off to the bare metal. 431 00:17:08,076 --> 00:17:09,209 -Okay. -We're gonna have to 432 00:17:09,276 --> 00:17:11,209 put new foam and save these patterns 433 00:17:11,276 --> 00:17:13,576 'cause I'm just gonna get them an idea. 434 00:17:13,576 --> 00:17:15,510 I'm not going by this because you could see 435 00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:17,410 how off and crooked it is. 436 00:17:17,410 --> 00:17:18,710 -Oh, yeah. -That's... 437 00:17:18,777 --> 00:17:21,376 Man, it looks... it looks real terrible. 438 00:17:21,376 --> 00:17:22,610 That's kind of worn out. 439 00:17:22,677 --> 00:17:24,043 It's uneven. Feel it? 440 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:25,209 [Gavino] Yeah. 441 00:17:25,276 --> 00:17:26,977 I'll let you get going and tear it down. 442 00:17:26,977 --> 00:17:29,109 -[Gavino] Okay. Okay. I'll get it going. -I'll see you up there. 443 00:17:30,677 --> 00:17:32,209 We're gonna get this modernized. 444 00:17:32,276 --> 00:17:34,010 So first we gotta break it all down. 445 00:17:34,010 --> 00:17:36,410 It looks pretty bad. It's in very bad shape. 446 00:17:36,410 --> 00:17:37,810 All your lines are off. 447 00:17:37,810 --> 00:17:40,810 If you look at it, this side is way higher than this side. 448 00:17:40,877 --> 00:17:43,010 So we're gonna have to straighten everything up, 449 00:17:43,010 --> 00:17:45,610 refoam everything, make it look new again. 450 00:17:48,209 --> 00:17:50,276 First we gotta get rid of this nastiness. 451 00:17:53,977 --> 00:17:56,143 This is still original. 452 00:17:56,143 --> 00:17:57,810 You can tell by the materials that they use. 453 00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:02,476 You have bits of 1960s flying around in the air now. 454 00:18:04,076 --> 00:18:06,043 There it goes. 455 00:18:06,043 --> 00:18:07,209 That's it. 456 00:18:07,276 --> 00:18:08,576 That's the burlap. 457 00:18:08,576 --> 00:18:09,777 It does look like it's leaning. 458 00:18:09,777 --> 00:18:10,910 [Gavino] Yeah, it does. 459 00:18:10,977 --> 00:18:12,510 This car must have been leaning to one side. 460 00:18:12,576 --> 00:18:13,710 -This way. -Yeah. 461 00:18:13,710 --> 00:18:15,043 That's the side it swivels to, too. 462 00:18:15,043 --> 00:18:17,109 -He was doing this, right? -[laughs] 463 00:18:44,510 --> 00:18:47,910 So Manuel is gonna start from scratch and make a pattern. 464 00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:52,143 Yeah, one piece going that way and notch it in. 465 00:19:07,309 --> 00:19:11,276 We're trying to pick up the van and put it on the lift 466 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:13,777 that we have outside so we can clean the bottom. 467 00:19:13,777 --> 00:19:16,209 The bottom needs to be pressure washed. 468 00:19:16,209 --> 00:19:17,810 [Joel] We set this on there. 469 00:19:19,209 --> 00:19:20,476 Boom, it's done. 470 00:19:20,476 --> 00:19:23,777 And it grabs so much surface that it won't teeter-tot. 471 00:19:23,777 --> 00:19:25,109 [Javier] Okay. Well... 472 00:19:25,109 --> 00:19:26,576 [Joel] So let's do that first. 473 00:19:28,510 --> 00:19:29,877 We gotta touch down here. 474 00:19:32,043 --> 00:19:33,209 [Javier] This thing is heavy, man. 475 00:19:33,209 --> 00:19:34,376 Can you see, Shorty? 476 00:19:34,376 --> 00:19:35,710 'Cause I can't see nothing. 477 00:19:35,710 --> 00:19:36,977 [Javier] Yeah. All right. We're good. 478 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:40,576 -[Joel] We're okay? -Yeah. We're good. 479 00:19:45,143 --> 00:19:46,243 Now the dirty work. 480 00:19:46,243 --> 00:19:48,309 Just getting the underneath of the bus cleaned up. 481 00:19:55,043 --> 00:19:56,610 We're just gonna wire wheel, 482 00:19:56,677 --> 00:19:58,176 get the grease off of everything. 483 00:20:18,810 --> 00:20:21,109 [Javier] I'm in the process of putting the bonnet on. 484 00:20:21,109 --> 00:20:24,476 I had the pleasure of working on it for Lisa. 485 00:20:24,476 --> 00:20:26,677 It's got a super cute looking little face. 486 00:20:26,677 --> 00:20:29,143 It looks like a car from a cartoon, you know? 487 00:20:31,376 --> 00:20:33,677 [Raul] All right, get your side first. 488 00:20:33,677 --> 00:20:35,043 -[Javier] My side? -[Raul] Yeah. 489 00:20:39,043 --> 00:20:41,043 Okay, Raul, hold on a second. 490 00:20:41,043 --> 00:20:42,176 Hold on a second. 491 00:20:42,176 --> 00:20:43,576 Okay. Go ahead. Put it in that. 492 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:46,877 Pinch it together with your hands. 493 00:20:47,977 --> 00:20:49,109 Yeah. There you go. 494 00:20:49,109 --> 00:20:50,610 Let's go a little bit up. 495 00:20:53,143 --> 00:20:54,309 Cool, man. 496 00:20:54,376 --> 00:20:55,877 Okay, Raul. 497 00:20:55,877 --> 00:20:57,510 Thank you, man. I appreciate it. 498 00:20:59,710 --> 00:21:01,710 And the gap is pretty good. 499 00:21:01,710 --> 00:21:04,610 As you guys can see the hood looks really good, 500 00:21:04,610 --> 00:21:06,109 and put all the hardware back on it, 501 00:21:06,109 --> 00:21:07,977 the car looks super cool. I think we're good to go. 502 00:21:19,143 --> 00:21:20,176 -[man] What's up, Eliot? -Hey. 503 00:21:20,176 --> 00:21:21,710 Eliot, this is, PG. 504 00:21:21,777 --> 00:21:22,910 This is Elliot, man. 505 00:21:22,910 --> 00:21:24,010 What's up, man? Doing all right? 506 00:21:24,010 --> 00:21:25,109 Hey. Good to see you. 507 00:21:25,109 --> 00:21:26,476 -Nice to meet you. -PG. How you doing? 508 00:21:26,476 --> 00:21:28,209 -Hey, you got that seat, huh? -[Gavino] Yeah. Yeah. 509 00:21:28,276 --> 00:21:29,309 It gave it that original look. 510 00:21:29,376 --> 00:21:30,576 [Eliot] Oh, yeah. 511 00:21:30,576 --> 00:21:32,677 We gave it that side stitch instead of the welt 512 00:21:32,677 --> 00:21:35,476 because you sliding in and out could wear that out. 513 00:21:35,476 --> 00:21:37,276 [Eliot] Yeah, that looks really, really good, man. 514 00:21:37,276 --> 00:21:41,410 We found some original pieces and original cover. 515 00:21:41,476 --> 00:21:43,510 -We went by that pattern. -I think it's perfect. 516 00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:45,309 I told you he was the right man for the job. 517 00:21:45,376 --> 00:21:47,143 -Hey, that's awesome, man. -So it came out good, man. 518 00:21:47,143 --> 00:21:48,209 I'll get it going. 519 00:21:48,276 --> 00:21:49,610 [man] Yeah, we'll get it in there, man. 520 00:21:49,677 --> 00:21:51,309 -[Eliot] Appreciate it, brother. -Thank you, man. 521 00:21:51,309 --> 00:21:52,710 -I'll let you check it out. -Nice to meet you. 522 00:21:52,710 --> 00:21:54,209 -Thank you. -All right, PG. 523 00:22:06,877 --> 00:22:08,076 Here it is. 524 00:22:09,576 --> 00:22:10,810 Here it is. 525 00:22:12,209 --> 00:22:13,376 Great. 526 00:22:16,910 --> 00:22:19,376 That... this goes on first, that second. 527 00:22:19,376 --> 00:22:22,376 PG's and tier guys, Noel and Gavino 528 00:22:22,376 --> 00:22:24,309 are some of the best interior guys I've ever seen. 529 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:25,510 There is no car, 530 00:22:25,576 --> 00:22:28,209 foreign or domestic, that they can't do. 531 00:22:28,209 --> 00:22:29,476 Hey, guys. 532 00:22:29,476 --> 00:22:31,610 -How's it going, Shorty? -Lisa sent the treasure map. 533 00:22:31,677 --> 00:22:33,043 Hopefully there's money at the end of it. 534 00:22:33,043 --> 00:22:34,176 -Okay? -Oh, yeah. 535 00:22:34,176 --> 00:22:37,977 This is an original documentation of a precise 536 00:22:37,977 --> 00:22:42,309 backseat mounting on this car, and she wants it to the tee. 537 00:22:42,376 --> 00:22:45,410 All right, so looking at this diagram here, 538 00:22:45,410 --> 00:22:47,410 what's gonna sit in there if it's a back seat? 539 00:22:47,410 --> 00:22:51,410 This seat here is not gonna sit you or me 540 00:22:51,410 --> 00:22:54,076 or anyone else in here, okay, for that matter. 541 00:22:54,076 --> 00:22:55,410 I think that this seat right here 542 00:22:55,476 --> 00:22:56,877 was meant for a cat or a dog. 543 00:22:56,877 --> 00:22:57,977 Okay. That's making more sense. 544 00:22:57,977 --> 00:22:59,610 So I think that... 545 00:22:59,677 --> 00:23:01,209 [laughter] 546 00:23:01,276 --> 00:23:02,510 I'll let you guys get to it, man. 547 00:23:02,576 --> 00:23:03,710 I'll see you later. 548 00:23:03,710 --> 00:23:05,076 So we're gonna transfer over 549 00:23:05,076 --> 00:23:07,476 these templates onto half inch plywood. 550 00:23:19,476 --> 00:23:22,209 [Raul] Now we're gonna staple the material onto it. 551 00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:32,977 Right now I am setting up the rear door panels. 552 00:23:32,977 --> 00:23:36,877 There was some misalignment to it, so I am just... 553 00:23:36,877 --> 00:23:39,076 I mean, doing what I do best, make it fit the car. 554 00:23:39,076 --> 00:23:42,209 So what I had to do was trim a bit around the wheel well. 555 00:23:42,276 --> 00:23:46,510 That way these holes line up to the bolt holes that 556 00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:47,910 which is for the top frame. 557 00:23:47,977 --> 00:23:50,209 Once I do that, wrap the material 558 00:23:50,209 --> 00:23:51,610 and we should be good to go. 559 00:24:18,309 --> 00:24:20,410 There you go. Got the seat in. 560 00:24:20,476 --> 00:24:23,810 Got its all new caps on. Got the door panel pieces on. 561 00:24:23,877 --> 00:24:25,209 Screwed on and everything. 562 00:24:25,209 --> 00:24:27,109 I'm pretty excited to see what she thinks about it 563 00:24:27,109 --> 00:24:29,877 after she sees it, knowing that it's been in her family 564 00:24:29,877 --> 00:24:31,143 for quite a bit. 565 00:24:31,143 --> 00:24:32,977 We'll see how she... how she reacts to it. 566 00:24:39,043 --> 00:24:41,610 -Hello. -What's up? 567 00:24:41,610 --> 00:24:43,010 Oh, man. This thing's bad ass. 568 00:24:43,010 --> 00:24:44,610 Look what I got, man. 569 00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:45,710 Look what they brought us, man. 570 00:24:45,777 --> 00:24:47,043 Yeah, they brought some good stuff. 571 00:24:47,043 --> 00:24:48,176 [Javier] The wheels. 572 00:24:48,176 --> 00:24:49,777 These are a Porsche pattern. 573 00:24:49,777 --> 00:24:51,109 These are called gas burners. 574 00:24:51,109 --> 00:24:52,309 You can see 'em on 914s 575 00:24:52,376 --> 00:24:53,910 and like the old Porsches and stuff like that? 576 00:24:53,910 --> 00:24:55,677 -Is there anything that goes in the center? -Yeah. 577 00:24:55,677 --> 00:24:57,010 There's a little Porsche center cap 578 00:24:57,010 --> 00:24:58,176 that goes over the centers there. 579 00:24:58,176 --> 00:24:59,410 [Javier] Heck, yeah, man, I love 'em. 580 00:24:59,476 --> 00:25:01,043 They're not real blingy. You know want I mean? 581 00:25:01,043 --> 00:25:02,810 Because this is an industrial kind of a bus. 582 00:25:02,877 --> 00:25:04,677 -[Javier] I like the low key of 'em. -Yeah. 583 00:25:04,677 --> 00:25:07,376 This blush kind of looking like a black chrome kind of... 584 00:25:07,376 --> 00:25:08,610 The front one is that, like, 585 00:25:08,610 --> 00:25:10,309 considerably smaller than the rear. 586 00:25:10,376 --> 00:25:11,943 -[Eliot] Yeah. -It's gonna be the badass. 587 00:25:11,943 --> 00:25:14,176 [Eliot] There's some meet in the back, have to be a little bit staggered. 588 00:25:14,176 --> 00:25:15,710 I love 'em. They look badass, man. 589 00:25:15,710 --> 00:25:17,410 Cool, man. I see, you got all the gear, man. 590 00:25:17,410 --> 00:25:19,209 [Javier] We got all the suspension that Joel and I 591 00:25:19,209 --> 00:25:20,376 were just checking it out. 592 00:25:20,376 --> 00:25:22,510 Obviously, we're replacing everything that's stock. 593 00:25:22,576 --> 00:25:26,209 My buddy Nate up in Oregon, he did the beam, 594 00:25:26,209 --> 00:25:27,877 built the transaxle, and he shipped it 595 00:25:27,877 --> 00:25:29,076 to his caliper to caliper, man. 596 00:25:29,076 --> 00:25:31,109 So all we gotta do is throw it in there and go. 597 00:25:31,109 --> 00:25:32,610 And then this is a Beetle transaxle. 598 00:25:32,610 --> 00:25:33,710 Okay. 599 00:25:33,777 --> 00:25:35,610 So they do that because the busses 600 00:25:35,610 --> 00:25:38,410 had reduction boxes that actually made 'em sit a little higher. 601 00:25:38,410 --> 00:25:40,309 So that's all you really gotta do to the busses 602 00:25:40,376 --> 00:25:41,510 is put a Beetle transaxle in 603 00:25:41,510 --> 00:25:42,810 and we can get 'em down on the ground. 604 00:25:42,877 --> 00:25:43,910 Really. 605 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:45,576 And then the spring plates are adjustable too. 606 00:25:45,576 --> 00:25:47,143 That's real common in the Volkswagen scene 607 00:25:47,143 --> 00:25:49,576 Porsche bolt pattern five by one thirties. 608 00:25:49,576 --> 00:25:51,810 It'll be tough to get those tires underneath 609 00:25:51,877 --> 00:25:53,910 the... at the back because it's kind of mid skirt. 610 00:25:53,977 --> 00:25:55,309 Well, I'll tell you what, it looks like 611 00:25:55,376 --> 00:25:56,810 you got some killer drive train. 612 00:25:56,810 --> 00:25:58,143 -I can't wait, man. -Yeah. 613 00:25:58,143 --> 00:25:59,710 We can compliment everything else on the bus. 614 00:25:59,777 --> 00:26:01,209 Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's gonna be cool. 615 00:26:01,276 --> 00:26:03,109 The motor, when does that come in? 616 00:26:03,109 --> 00:26:05,109 They... He fired it up last night. 617 00:26:05,109 --> 00:26:06,910 -He was running it on the stand. -[Javier] All right. 618 00:26:06,977 --> 00:26:08,510 [Eliot] So we'll bring it over in the morning. 619 00:26:08,510 --> 00:26:10,109 Okay. Nice. Nice. 620 00:26:12,777 --> 00:26:14,610 This front suspension is pretty kick ass. 621 00:26:14,610 --> 00:26:15,810 It's gonna get us low. 622 00:26:15,810 --> 00:26:17,576 It's gonna narrow us up for the front breaks 623 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,777 that we've got going here. 624 00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:19,910 We've got it all prepped. 625 00:26:19,910 --> 00:26:22,209 Right now, we're about to try to 626 00:26:22,276 --> 00:26:23,610 roll the beam underneath it, 627 00:26:23,610 --> 00:26:25,610 and I think we're gonna try to set the bus down 628 00:26:25,610 --> 00:26:28,076 into the beam and then get it all bolted in 629 00:26:28,076 --> 00:26:29,777 so that we can start routing the shift rod 630 00:26:29,777 --> 00:26:30,910 and all that kind of good stuff. 631 00:26:30,977 --> 00:26:32,309 So I'm thinking about pulling this thing 632 00:26:32,376 --> 00:26:33,810 all the way down to this end, 633 00:26:33,810 --> 00:26:35,810 and then we'll build it up with these two by fours a little higher, 634 00:26:35,810 --> 00:26:38,109 and then we'll just lower it down into the beam. 635 00:26:38,109 --> 00:26:40,176 So this beam is an adjustable beam. 636 00:26:40,176 --> 00:26:44,076 It's set up to be lowered, but we can also dial it in with this little... 637 00:26:44,076 --> 00:26:45,410 this little alligator teeth. 638 00:26:45,410 --> 00:26:47,710 Basically, what this is doing is this is pinching 639 00:26:47,777 --> 00:26:50,376 a set of spring packs that goes down the middle. 640 00:26:50,376 --> 00:26:52,176 It can pinch it in different locations 641 00:26:52,176 --> 00:26:54,309 to change the angle of the control arms. 642 00:26:54,376 --> 00:26:55,510 -Pull that lock. -Yes, sir.. 643 00:26:56,910 --> 00:26:58,209 Go slow. 644 00:26:58,209 --> 00:26:59,677 Stop, stop, stop, stop. 645 00:26:59,677 --> 00:27:01,076 Eliot, I think come back up a little. 646 00:27:01,076 --> 00:27:03,476 And we're just trying to line up the first hole 647 00:27:03,476 --> 00:27:04,710 to get the beam started. 648 00:27:04,777 --> 00:27:06,410 -One at a time. -[Konstantin] Okay. Ready? 649 00:27:21,410 --> 00:27:22,877 [Javier] Right there where the wheel sits, 650 00:27:22,877 --> 00:27:24,710 how much further is it gonna go up there? 651 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:25,877 Let me put it this way. 652 00:27:25,877 --> 00:27:27,710 If there was a passenger seat and I was sitting there, 653 00:27:27,710 --> 00:27:28,910 you might have a problem. 654 00:27:28,910 --> 00:27:30,209 Let's pull the lift down a little bit. 655 00:27:30,276 --> 00:27:31,710 Let it sit on it a little bit. See what's-- 656 00:27:31,777 --> 00:27:33,209 Okay. Okay. Yeah. 657 00:27:35,309 --> 00:27:37,143 [Javier] Damn, Eliot, that's almost all the way down. 658 00:27:37,143 --> 00:27:39,043 -[Eliot] What? -[Javier laughs] 659 00:27:39,043 --> 00:27:41,176 Damn. Oh, man, that thing is stiff. 660 00:27:41,176 --> 00:27:43,043 It's a little... little neck breaker. 661 00:27:43,043 --> 00:27:45,209 Not about the ride, it's about the look. 662 00:27:45,276 --> 00:27:47,076 -Ain't that right? -It's the look. 663 00:27:47,076 --> 00:27:48,610 That's all that matters. 664 00:27:56,209 --> 00:27:58,143 [Joel] Take a look at that, Shorty. These boys coming. 665 00:27:58,143 --> 00:27:59,376 They're coming in hot. 666 00:27:59,376 --> 00:28:00,610 [Javier] Oh, damn. 667 00:28:00,677 --> 00:28:03,276 Elliot and his guys are coming in like a hurricane. 668 00:28:03,276 --> 00:28:05,376 They're bringing in a new... brand new motor, 669 00:28:05,376 --> 00:28:06,810 a bunch of other components, 670 00:28:06,877 --> 00:28:08,677 and they're getting ready to install it. 671 00:28:08,677 --> 00:28:10,376 It's gonna be a monster day today. 672 00:28:11,710 --> 00:28:13,176 Look alive, baby. 673 00:28:13,176 --> 00:28:14,677 [Javier] You got the rescue dog? 674 00:28:15,977 --> 00:28:17,176 [Eliot] Look what we got, dude. 675 00:28:17,176 --> 00:28:19,410 -[Javier] Yeah. -Dang, man. 676 00:28:19,476 --> 00:28:20,710 [Eliot] Motor and the motor lifter. 677 00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:22,677 We think that's gonna look good under that bus. 678 00:28:22,677 --> 00:28:24,410 [Javier] Man, that's... that's awesome. 679 00:28:24,476 --> 00:28:25,977 We've gotta get the motor into the bus, 680 00:28:25,977 --> 00:28:27,176 and then we gotta hook up 681 00:28:27,176 --> 00:28:28,977 all the electronics and the fuel 682 00:28:28,977 --> 00:28:30,677 so that we can fire the thing off. 683 00:28:30,677 --> 00:28:32,677 And so today's a huge day. 684 00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:34,710 We got a lot of people to get it done, 685 00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:37,043 so there's no reason that it shouldn't happen pretty soon. 686 00:28:37,043 --> 00:28:38,143 Me and Joel, 687 00:28:38,143 --> 00:28:39,810 we're super glad y'all are here... 688 00:28:39,877 --> 00:28:42,043 -[Eliot] Yeah. -...to help us get this bus going. 689 00:28:43,309 --> 00:28:44,410 There was no shortage of help. 690 00:28:44,476 --> 00:28:46,510 They brought the dream team over here to... 691 00:28:46,510 --> 00:28:47,910 to help us with this little bus. 692 00:28:49,076 --> 00:28:50,309 [man] Three, two, one. 693 00:28:50,376 --> 00:28:51,710 Hey, that's pretty good, Shorty. 694 00:28:51,710 --> 00:28:54,209 The dream team for your dream shop. 695 00:28:57,376 --> 00:28:58,510 [man] Got it. 696 00:28:59,410 --> 00:29:01,209 So we got a new reproduction tank 697 00:29:01,276 --> 00:29:02,376 true to original. 698 00:29:02,376 --> 00:29:04,710 So 10 gallon gas tank 699 00:29:04,777 --> 00:29:06,209 that sits directly behind the engine 700 00:29:06,276 --> 00:29:08,010 and the fuel line goes straight to... 701 00:29:08,010 --> 00:29:09,376 straight to the back of it. 702 00:29:11,910 --> 00:29:13,576 So these are the adjustable spring plates 703 00:29:13,576 --> 00:29:15,376 that just came in from powder coating. 704 00:29:15,376 --> 00:29:17,276 They're part of the suspension components for the rear. 705 00:29:17,276 --> 00:29:19,010 So we're working on putting that stuff together. 706 00:29:19,010 --> 00:29:21,176 And after that we can go ahead and get the... 707 00:29:21,176 --> 00:29:23,410 the transmission stabbed in as well as the engine so. 708 00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:35,810 So what I'm putting on now are the transmission mounts. 709 00:29:35,877 --> 00:29:38,777 So these go in before we actually put on the cradle itself. 710 00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,810 The way Volkswagens work same applies for Beetles as well, 711 00:29:41,877 --> 00:29:44,276 but the actual motor itself 712 00:29:44,276 --> 00:29:46,010 is supported by the transmission. 713 00:29:46,010 --> 00:29:48,510 So this obviously has to go first 714 00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:50,209 and then the motor next. 715 00:29:51,276 --> 00:29:52,677 [Konstantin] Let's align to the right. 716 00:29:52,677 --> 00:29:53,910 All right. 717 00:29:54,977 --> 00:29:56,510 -I'm in. -[Konstantin] Good? All right. 718 00:29:56,510 --> 00:29:58,410 [Javier] Those plates came out pretty good. 719 00:29:58,410 --> 00:30:00,410 These are obviously custom built to lower, you know-- 720 00:30:00,476 --> 00:30:01,710 -[Eliot] That's a custom piece. -Yeah. 721 00:30:01,777 --> 00:30:03,076 And so what that does is 722 00:30:03,076 --> 00:30:05,043 the... the Beetle gets it pretty much where you want it, 723 00:30:05,043 --> 00:30:06,309 being a straight axle 724 00:30:06,376 --> 00:30:08,576 and puts it right in the position here. 725 00:30:08,576 --> 00:30:10,610 And then these are just fine tuning it, right? 726 00:30:10,610 --> 00:30:12,309 So sometimes your... 727 00:30:12,376 --> 00:30:13,576 your torsion bars getting 'em up, 728 00:30:13,576 --> 00:30:15,376 you have a little bit of sag or something like that, 729 00:30:15,376 --> 00:30:16,510 so you can jack this one back up 730 00:30:16,576 --> 00:30:18,010 and kind of level, just level 'em back up. 731 00:30:18,010 --> 00:30:19,710 So this is where... This is the adjustable one. 732 00:30:19,710 --> 00:30:20,910 [Eliot] Yeah. 733 00:30:20,910 --> 00:30:22,710 You know, all these guys are very knowledgeable, 734 00:30:22,710 --> 00:30:25,276 I mean, extremely knowledgeable on VWs 735 00:30:25,276 --> 00:30:26,510 and we couldn't have had 736 00:30:26,576 --> 00:30:27,810 a better crew out here to help us. 737 00:30:27,877 --> 00:30:29,910 And think the... the magic part about 738 00:30:29,910 --> 00:30:31,510 it is the way they work together. 739 00:30:31,510 --> 00:30:32,710 They're almost as good as us. 740 00:30:32,710 --> 00:30:33,910 Almost. 741 00:30:33,977 --> 00:30:35,410 -Almost, Joel? Yeah. -Almost. 742 00:30:35,410 --> 00:30:36,877 Well, as far as VWs they are pretty good. 743 00:30:36,877 --> 00:30:38,309 They'll kick our ass on VWs. 744 00:30:38,376 --> 00:30:39,476 Yeah. 745 00:30:41,276 --> 00:30:42,510 -[Konstantin] Ready? -[Ethan] Yeah. 746 00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:47,143 Way too close. We're just trying to get the motor 747 00:30:47,143 --> 00:30:48,810 into position, 748 00:30:48,810 --> 00:30:51,510 maneuver the motor in a way where we tilt it up... 749 00:30:51,510 --> 00:30:54,610 up and in and... and be able to bolt it up. 750 00:30:56,010 --> 00:30:57,910 All right. It's going down just a little bit. 751 00:31:10,309 --> 00:31:11,610 It looks awesome. 752 00:31:16,309 --> 00:31:19,309 So we're hooking the shift rod up on... 753 00:31:19,376 --> 00:31:22,276 on the front here, this area on the pitman arm. 754 00:31:23,910 --> 00:31:25,143 Check this out, Lazaro. 755 00:31:25,143 --> 00:31:27,143 Why don't you get the... the original one? 756 00:31:27,143 --> 00:31:28,576 Let's compare it to this one. 757 00:31:28,576 --> 00:31:29,877 This one's an aftermarket one. 758 00:31:31,043 --> 00:31:33,076 The bend is just a little bit off 759 00:31:33,076 --> 00:31:34,810 and... and it doesn't take much to be off 760 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:35,910 for it to be... to hit 761 00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:37,710 'cause it's hitting right here. 762 00:31:37,777 --> 00:31:38,910 See, this one's longer 763 00:31:38,977 --> 00:31:41,410 the distance from here to here. 764 00:31:43,710 --> 00:31:46,043 So we gotta straighten that bend out, 765 00:31:47,410 --> 00:31:48,777 you know, this thing is... 766 00:31:48,777 --> 00:31:50,677 -[man] All right. Let's hold. -[Lazaro] ...just a little bit. 767 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:53,209 Man, I think I've bent it already. 768 00:31:53,209 --> 00:31:54,710 Let's see. Let it loose. 769 00:31:56,810 --> 00:31:58,576 I'm gonna give that a shot. Let's see what that... 770 00:31:58,576 --> 00:31:59,810 what that does. 771 00:32:02,710 --> 00:32:03,910 Get in there. 772 00:32:06,209 --> 00:32:07,410 Okay. 773 00:32:07,410 --> 00:32:09,309 -I think you're good. -Look. 774 00:32:09,309 --> 00:32:11,309 When you bolt it up... 775 00:32:11,309 --> 00:32:12,510 [Lazaro] I think you're good. 776 00:32:12,510 --> 00:32:14,309 I think we're fine. We'll just do the bushing pin. 777 00:32:14,376 --> 00:32:15,410 [Ethan] Okay. 778 00:32:15,410 --> 00:32:16,710 How they did it in the factory, 779 00:32:16,710 --> 00:32:17,877 if something didn't fit right, 780 00:32:17,877 --> 00:32:20,309 they just made an adjustment on the spot. 781 00:32:20,376 --> 00:32:21,677 Made it work. 782 00:32:31,910 --> 00:32:34,076 We're scrambling on Lisa's 57 Triumph. 783 00:32:34,076 --> 00:32:35,510 Joel is working out the taillights. 784 00:32:35,576 --> 00:32:37,209 We're putting the last pieces of trim on it 785 00:32:37,209 --> 00:32:38,309 and we're gonna clean it 786 00:32:38,376 --> 00:32:39,510 and make it look sharp for her. 787 00:32:40,610 --> 00:32:42,209 This is a big moment for Lisa. 788 00:32:42,209 --> 00:32:45,209 She's waited a long, long, long, long, long time 789 00:32:45,276 --> 00:32:46,810 to get this car where it is today. 790 00:32:50,076 --> 00:32:51,777 You know, you work and you work doggedly 791 00:32:51,777 --> 00:32:55,977 to get something done and then it's happening and it's kind of surreal. 792 00:32:55,977 --> 00:32:57,810 So I'm very excited about it. 793 00:32:57,810 --> 00:32:59,143 There she is. 794 00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:00,610 Hi, guys. 795 00:33:00,610 --> 00:33:01,910 How are you feeling? 796 00:33:01,910 --> 00:33:03,510 [Lisa] I'm feeling shaky, actually. 797 00:33:03,576 --> 00:33:04,610 I can see that. 798 00:33:04,677 --> 00:33:06,410 -I know. I know. -How are you doing? 799 00:33:06,476 --> 00:33:08,710 I'm good. Glad to be here. 800 00:33:08,777 --> 00:33:10,910 -I'm a little bit sweaty so-- -Hey, Joe. 801 00:33:10,910 --> 00:33:12,043 This is a long road. 802 00:33:12,043 --> 00:33:14,276 You've been waiting a long time to get here. 803 00:33:14,276 --> 00:33:15,476 A long time. 804 00:33:15,476 --> 00:33:17,209 And this is a family heirloom. 805 00:33:17,209 --> 00:33:18,376 Yeah. 806 00:33:18,376 --> 00:33:20,376 It was my dad's when we were teenagers, 807 00:33:20,376 --> 00:33:22,910 and I haven't driven it since then. 808 00:33:22,977 --> 00:33:24,209 So you ready to see it? 809 00:33:24,276 --> 00:33:26,043 I'm very ready to see this. 810 00:33:26,043 --> 00:33:27,410 Hey, Shorty. 811 00:33:37,777 --> 00:33:39,109 Wow! 812 00:33:40,209 --> 00:33:41,910 [Joel] Give it a little honk there, Short-dog. 813 00:33:41,977 --> 00:33:44,109 -[laughs] -[honking] 814 00:33:44,109 --> 00:33:45,410 Oh, my God. 815 00:33:46,910 --> 00:33:48,576 That's an awesome looking car. 816 00:33:55,476 --> 00:33:56,610 [Javier] What do you think? 817 00:33:56,610 --> 00:33:58,610 You look awful good in that car, Shorty. 818 00:33:58,677 --> 00:34:00,376 That is a gorgeous car. 819 00:34:00,376 --> 00:34:01,476 [Javier] Finally, right? 820 00:34:01,476 --> 00:34:02,610 [Lisa] What a job you guys did! 821 00:34:02,677 --> 00:34:03,810 Oh, my! 822 00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:06,043 -Today is the day. -I know. 823 00:34:06,043 --> 00:34:07,510 And, you know what, we can't tell you 824 00:34:07,576 --> 00:34:09,376 how glad we are to be a part of it. 825 00:34:09,376 --> 00:34:10,777 We know how much it means to you. 826 00:34:10,777 --> 00:34:12,810 I don't think I could have gotten anybody better. 827 00:34:12,810 --> 00:34:14,309 [Javier] Pedro and his guys, I mean, 828 00:34:14,376 --> 00:34:16,143 they did a beautiful job on the interior. 829 00:34:16,143 --> 00:34:17,309 This, I think, 830 00:34:17,309 --> 00:34:19,209 was the original color for the car. 831 00:34:19,209 --> 00:34:21,410 -It is. -[Javier] I did all the bodywork. 832 00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:23,309 I did all the fitment on the body, 833 00:34:23,309 --> 00:34:25,176 painted the car for you and everything 834 00:34:25,176 --> 00:34:27,777 and basically put the car back together. 835 00:34:27,777 --> 00:34:30,476 It was a pure pleasure working on this car for you 836 00:34:30,476 --> 00:34:32,810 and trying to get it back to how you wanted it. 837 00:34:32,877 --> 00:34:36,610 [Lisa] This is exactly how I viewed it would look like. 838 00:34:36,610 --> 00:34:38,710 [Javier] For us to be able to revive your memories, 839 00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:40,410 -you know, thanks for that. -You definitely did. 840 00:34:40,476 --> 00:34:42,576 I didn't expect such an emotional feeling 841 00:34:42,576 --> 00:34:44,710 when it came out, but it's... it's a stunner. 842 00:34:44,777 --> 00:34:46,176 And now I can get in that sucker 843 00:34:46,176 --> 00:34:47,710 and go for a drive, man. 844 00:34:47,777 --> 00:34:49,677 -Yes. -Way over time for that. 845 00:34:49,677 --> 00:34:50,910 Yeah. 846 00:34:51,977 --> 00:34:53,410 [engine starts] 847 00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:56,777 Yep. It's a new car. 848 00:34:58,710 --> 00:34:59,977 Oh, this is crazy. 849 00:35:01,076 --> 00:35:03,109 Haven't driven it since I was about 17. 850 00:35:03,109 --> 00:35:04,710 My dad died a couple of years after that 851 00:35:04,777 --> 00:35:07,276 and I just vowed that I would get it fixed one day. 852 00:35:07,276 --> 00:35:09,309 So getting it out about 15 years ago 853 00:35:09,376 --> 00:35:10,410 and getting it back on the road 854 00:35:10,476 --> 00:35:13,510 and getting it completed is very exciting. 855 00:35:13,576 --> 00:35:15,410 I can't believe it. This is so cool. 856 00:35:21,410 --> 00:35:22,910 -What's up, Tanny? -[Tanner] What's up, man? 857 00:35:22,910 --> 00:35:24,877 -[Javier] How are you doing, brother? -Good. How are you? 858 00:35:24,877 --> 00:35:26,710 -Looks like you came ready for work, man. -Yeah. 859 00:35:26,777 --> 00:35:28,910 Eliot wants a logo on his VW bus, 860 00:35:28,910 --> 00:35:30,410 so we're gonna call in my friend Tanner 861 00:35:30,410 --> 00:35:32,810 so he can throw it down and get it done for him. 862 00:35:32,810 --> 00:35:34,143 And so this one here 863 00:35:34,143 --> 00:35:36,576 is, like something that he had talked about. 864 00:35:36,576 --> 00:35:38,109 This is what's coming to my mind right now. 865 00:35:38,109 --> 00:35:39,243 [Javier] All right. 866 00:35:39,276 --> 00:35:42,710 This here, panel it out with a pinstripe like this. 867 00:35:42,710 --> 00:35:45,043 -[Javier] Mm-hmm. -So it creates a box. 868 00:35:45,043 --> 00:35:46,143 Yeah. 869 00:35:46,143 --> 00:35:47,777 So... so you wanna put this on here? 870 00:35:47,777 --> 00:35:49,209 -Yep. -And then outline it. 871 00:35:49,209 --> 00:35:50,309 Make it look like a sign. 872 00:35:50,309 --> 00:35:52,276 I think he would love it, man. I really do. 873 00:35:54,910 --> 00:35:56,209 [Tanner] So I'm gonna put this down first 874 00:35:56,276 --> 00:35:58,610 and get that outer perimeter started, 875 00:35:58,677 --> 00:36:01,209 and I'll probably do some decorative 876 00:36:01,209 --> 00:36:02,610 stuff in the corners. 877 00:36:02,610 --> 00:36:04,710 Got a logo marked up where it's gonna be. 878 00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:05,910 It's really detailed. 879 00:36:05,910 --> 00:36:08,910 So I'm gonna use this basically transfer... 880 00:36:08,977 --> 00:36:11,410 this basically graphite paper just white. 881 00:36:22,977 --> 00:36:25,309 Balancing is, I feel that's the most important part. 882 00:36:25,309 --> 00:36:28,476 You can have this really awesome logo and it's like, 883 00:36:28,476 --> 00:36:31,710 "That's so cool, but does it fit in the area?" 884 00:36:31,777 --> 00:36:33,410 I know Eliot very well 885 00:36:33,476 --> 00:36:36,209 and I know that he's into this kind of stuff, 886 00:36:36,209 --> 00:36:38,710 so I think he'll be surprised to see this on there. 887 00:36:45,810 --> 00:36:47,276 [Javier] Everything on the bus is hooked up 888 00:36:47,276 --> 00:36:49,043 and we're getting ready to fire it up. 889 00:36:49,043 --> 00:36:51,510 I can't wait to get this thing on the road. 890 00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:53,376 So we're gonna prime the fuel system, 891 00:36:53,376 --> 00:36:54,777 get the electric pump 892 00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:56,510 to fill up the carburetors with some gas, 893 00:36:56,510 --> 00:36:58,677 and then we'll get the timing... 894 00:36:58,677 --> 00:36:59,777 timing light ready 895 00:36:59,777 --> 00:37:01,410 and then try to fire it off and then 896 00:37:01,410 --> 00:37:02,677 get it idling good enough 897 00:37:02,677 --> 00:37:04,610 to get the carburetors to idle. 898 00:37:04,610 --> 00:37:06,810 -[Joel] Go ahead, Konty. -Here we go. 899 00:37:06,877 --> 00:37:09,643 [engine sputters and starts] 900 00:37:19,443 --> 00:37:21,076 Man, it's good enough for a test drive, I think. 901 00:37:23,276 --> 00:37:24,910 It sounds really good. 902 00:37:24,977 --> 00:37:26,143 -[man whooping] -Yeah. 903 00:37:26,176 --> 00:37:28,043 [Konstantin] We need to lower the back end or something? 904 00:37:28,043 --> 00:37:29,510 -A little bit? -It's a little too high. 905 00:37:29,510 --> 00:37:31,243 [Javier] Yeah, I would say about another inch. 906 00:37:31,243 --> 00:37:32,910 -Okay. -All right, look at that. 907 00:37:32,977 --> 00:37:34,643 -There it is right there. -[Joel] Wow! 908 00:37:34,643 --> 00:37:36,176 So the good thing about these spring plates 909 00:37:36,176 --> 00:37:37,410 is they've actually got... 910 00:37:37,410 --> 00:37:39,510 they have it drop welded into the spring plate. 911 00:37:39,510 --> 00:37:40,743 [man] Okay. 912 00:37:40,743 --> 00:37:43,510 And so you retain the... the spring and the torsion bar. 913 00:37:43,510 --> 00:37:46,643 -So it still rides good. -It'll still ride really good. 914 00:37:46,643 --> 00:37:48,076 [Joel] Wow, that's crazy, man. 915 00:37:48,076 --> 00:37:49,777 [Javier] Can you do that to an Impala? 916 00:37:49,777 --> 00:37:51,777 [Joel] Yeah, put a little air ride system on it. 917 00:37:51,777 --> 00:37:53,276 [Javier] Yeah, it looks a lot better now. 918 00:38:02,877 --> 00:38:04,877 It's time to take this bus over to Eliot. 919 00:38:07,977 --> 00:38:11,010 Today, Eliot's gonna see the final version of his bus. 920 00:38:12,810 --> 00:38:15,243 We've done a couple of things that he doesn't know about. 921 00:38:15,243 --> 00:38:17,610 I can't wait for him to see it and see his reaction. 922 00:38:20,209 --> 00:38:21,576 Well, Eliot... Y'all ready? 923 00:38:21,576 --> 00:38:22,810 Am I ready? Come on, dude. 924 00:38:22,810 --> 00:38:23,910 Are y'all ready for it? 925 00:38:23,977 --> 00:38:25,343 -Bring that bus in, dude. -Come on, man. 926 00:38:25,343 --> 00:38:26,810 Are you all ready for it or what? 927 00:38:26,810 --> 00:38:28,143 -[all] Yeah. -Yeah. 928 00:38:28,143 --> 00:38:29,610 Now, we're talking right. 929 00:38:29,610 --> 00:38:31,410 Now, we're talking. 930 00:38:31,410 --> 00:38:33,209 -[Joel] Here it is. -[Eliot] No way. 931 00:38:33,209 --> 00:38:34,343 [Joel] Look at that thing, man. 932 00:38:34,343 --> 00:38:36,309 Dude, they got the safaris in. 933 00:38:36,309 --> 00:38:37,543 -[whoops] -Oh, yeah. 934 00:38:40,076 --> 00:38:41,576 Hell, yeah, dude. 935 00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:44,243 -Oh, boy. -[Joel] That's bad ass. 936 00:38:48,343 --> 00:38:49,810 Hot dog, boy! 937 00:38:49,877 --> 00:38:51,410 [chuckles] Good to see you. 938 00:38:51,410 --> 00:38:53,243 -[Eliot] Man-- -[Javier] What do you think, Eliot? 939 00:38:53,243 --> 00:38:55,143 Oh, my gosh! 940 00:38:55,143 --> 00:38:56,309 Did you change the stance, man? 941 00:38:56,309 --> 00:38:57,543 We changed the stance a little bit. 942 00:38:57,543 --> 00:38:59,043 Where your you guys did, 943 00:38:59,076 --> 00:39:01,209 you know, they thought it was a little... it had a little bit of a rake. 944 00:39:01,209 --> 00:39:02,543 So we changed the stance a little bit. 945 00:39:02,543 --> 00:39:03,877 This is the way it's supposed to look. 946 00:39:03,877 --> 00:39:05,343 [Javier] And then we called in Tanner 947 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,810 and he did that little logo on for you. 948 00:39:07,877 --> 00:39:08,977 What do you think? 949 00:39:08,977 --> 00:39:12,677 That thing right there, dude, is on point, man. 950 00:39:12,677 --> 00:39:13,977 Look at the brush marks and stuff, 951 00:39:13,977 --> 00:39:15,076 man, it's insane. 952 00:39:15,076 --> 00:39:16,643 -[Javier] Yeah, it's just-- -Midlothian man. 953 00:39:16,643 --> 00:39:18,810 That's what I'm talking about right there, dude. 954 00:39:18,810 --> 00:39:20,543 Man, it looks phenomenal. 955 00:39:20,543 --> 00:39:21,677 Tell the truth. 956 00:39:21,677 --> 00:39:23,143 This paint color is scared you, didn't it? 957 00:39:23,143 --> 00:39:25,643 -It sure did, man. Yeah. -What do you think now? 958 00:39:25,643 --> 00:39:27,243 [Javier] I love it, man. I love it. 959 00:39:27,243 --> 00:39:28,643 I love the color. It looks beautiful. 960 00:39:28,643 --> 00:39:30,176 -This is the marquee, man. -Yeah. 961 00:39:30,176 --> 00:39:32,010 You know, this is the one when you pull to the shop, 962 00:39:32,010 --> 00:39:33,309 this is the one that's sitting out. 963 00:39:33,309 --> 00:39:35,710 It's awesome. Oh, you got the safaris on now. 964 00:39:35,777 --> 00:39:37,710 So the coolest thing on Volkswagen busses 965 00:39:37,710 --> 00:39:39,143 is the safari windows. 966 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:41,076 And you can just roll in in that thing 967 00:39:41,076 --> 00:39:42,410 with the windows open like that, 968 00:39:42,410 --> 00:39:43,810 and it just turns heads. 969 00:39:43,877 --> 00:39:45,143 -You got 'em painted in time. -[Javier] Yes. 970 00:39:45,143 --> 00:39:46,677 Obviously, everything is a scramble, 971 00:39:46,677 --> 00:39:48,576 you know, when you're trying to do something like this. 972 00:39:48,576 --> 00:39:50,410 When you told me the color and I got it... 973 00:39:50,410 --> 00:39:52,143 I mixed it and I opened it up, 974 00:39:52,143 --> 00:39:53,510 I said, "Man, I screwed up on the mix." 975 00:39:53,510 --> 00:39:54,643 Hang on, hang on. 976 00:39:54,643 --> 00:39:56,476 "I got four missed calls from Shorty." 977 00:39:56,476 --> 00:39:57,977 This is the quintessential 978 00:39:57,977 --> 00:39:59,476 Volkswagen color called Sealing Wax, man. 979 00:39:59,476 --> 00:40:00,643 [Javier] Wow. 980 00:40:00,643 --> 00:40:02,309 Just a little bitty dots chrome here and there. 981 00:40:02,309 --> 00:40:03,677 -You know what I mean? -[Javier] Yeah. 982 00:40:03,677 --> 00:40:05,010 All the seals, you know, 983 00:40:05,010 --> 00:40:06,309 they... they bring it up, you know? 984 00:40:06,309 --> 00:40:07,543 Oh, just noticed that. 985 00:40:07,543 --> 00:40:09,576 Yeah, you've got the... all the window seals, they-- 986 00:40:09,576 --> 00:40:12,543 Yeah. All the window seals make the color pop. 987 00:40:12,543 --> 00:40:13,810 You wanna see that one seat? 988 00:40:13,810 --> 00:40:17,143 PG, I think he had the hardest job of everybody. 989 00:40:17,143 --> 00:40:19,043 Well, this is all the interior we did. 990 00:40:19,043 --> 00:40:20,810 Yeah, you worked for like months, night... 991 00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:22,910 nights and days to get this seat done. 992 00:40:25,076 --> 00:40:27,410 We found out that this was the original look 993 00:40:27,410 --> 00:40:28,710 -that was underneath... -[Eliot] Yeah. 994 00:40:28,777 --> 00:40:30,376 [Pedro] ...all their covers and all of that. 995 00:40:30,376 --> 00:40:32,610 [Eliot] You said there was some original material in there, right? 996 00:40:32,610 --> 00:40:34,309 -Yeah. Yes. -[Eliot] Swivel seat, man. 997 00:40:34,309 --> 00:40:35,576 Yeah. 998 00:40:35,576 --> 00:40:37,610 From what it looked like then to what it looks like now, 999 00:40:37,610 --> 00:40:38,910 it's night and day. 1000 00:40:45,243 --> 00:40:48,243 This thing is extremely, extremely rare, man. 1001 00:40:48,243 --> 00:40:49,610 Well, why don't you sit in that, man? 1002 00:40:49,610 --> 00:40:50,910 See how you look. 1003 00:40:52,076 --> 00:40:54,076 -Look at you, man. -Dude! 1004 00:40:54,076 --> 00:40:55,977 It's nice in here, man. 1005 00:40:55,977 --> 00:40:57,610 You actually spent a lot of time in here, 1006 00:40:57,610 --> 00:40:59,376 actually, body working and stuff, didn't you? 1007 00:40:59,376 --> 00:41:01,109 Oh, man, you have no idea. 1008 00:41:01,109 --> 00:41:02,810 I can't wait to drive it, man. 1009 00:41:02,810 --> 00:41:04,243 -It's gonna be awesome. -[Javier] I know. 1010 00:41:04,243 --> 00:41:07,309 You have no idea how bad ass this bus looks from the front. 1011 00:41:07,309 --> 00:41:08,977 It's less than a foot off the ground. 1012 00:41:08,977 --> 00:41:12,309 The headlights, the emblem, all the little signal lights. 1013 00:41:12,309 --> 00:41:13,877 This thing is amazing, Shorty. 1014 00:41:13,877 --> 00:41:16,109 Your team did, I mean, knocked it out of the park, man. 1015 00:41:16,109 --> 00:41:17,376 Thanks, man. Appreciate that, man. 1016 00:41:17,376 --> 00:41:19,109 [Eliot] This is really cool, man. I appreciate it. 1017 00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:21,910 Both teams came together for a labor of love 1018 00:41:21,910 --> 00:41:23,309 for somebody that deserves it. 1019 00:41:23,309 --> 00:41:25,276 My team, you know, they did their job. 1020 00:41:25,276 --> 00:41:26,977 And then your team, they did their job, 1021 00:41:26,977 --> 00:41:30,309 so they got it running nice and crisp. 1022 00:41:30,309 --> 00:41:32,010 [Eliot] Dude, man, you got the tails to match 1023 00:41:32,010 --> 00:41:33,410 the bumpers in the inside! 1024 00:41:35,543 --> 00:41:36,977 Talk me about it, Ethan. 1025 00:41:36,977 --> 00:41:40,643 It's a 2.3 liter, 44 Weber IDFs. 1026 00:41:40,643 --> 00:41:42,677 So how many horsepower you think that thing's making now? 1027 00:41:42,677 --> 00:41:44,910 Probably somewhere between 140, 160. 1028 00:41:44,977 --> 00:41:47,043 You can get it on a freeway and... and do six... 1029 00:41:47,043 --> 00:41:48,343 570. No problem. 1030 00:41:48,376 --> 00:41:50,043 You even painted the inside of the engine compartment, man. 1031 00:41:50,043 --> 00:41:52,376 [Javier] We had to slick it all up for you. 1032 00:41:52,376 --> 00:41:56,209 This van, I wanted it to be a representation of my shop, 1033 00:41:56,209 --> 00:41:57,810 my little museum here. 1034 00:41:57,877 --> 00:42:01,176 And man, that logo, like, I haven't had a logo. 1035 00:42:01,176 --> 00:42:03,343 I played around with some ideas and things, 1036 00:42:03,343 --> 00:42:04,977 and you guys pulled it off, man. 1037 00:42:06,309 --> 00:42:08,443 Shorty brought it back to better... 1038 00:42:08,443 --> 00:42:10,643 better than from the factory condition. 1039 00:42:10,643 --> 00:42:11,777 And it is amazing. 1040 00:42:11,777 --> 00:42:13,209 You look down the side of that thing 1041 00:42:13,209 --> 00:42:14,476 and it looks like a mirror. 1042 00:42:14,476 --> 00:42:15,810 And you guys killed it, man. 1043 00:42:15,810 --> 00:42:17,176 I mean, this is... My guys had a blast. 1044 00:42:17,176 --> 00:42:18,777 -[Joel] Yeah. -That's all I've heard about... 1045 00:42:18,777 --> 00:42:19,910 Well, we had a blast, too. 1046 00:42:19,977 --> 00:42:21,677 ...how much fun they had coming over to your shop. 1047 00:42:21,677 --> 00:42:22,810 It was awesome, man. 1048 00:42:22,810 --> 00:42:24,143 It was awesome working on the bus. 1049 00:42:24,143 --> 00:42:26,209 Especially for you and the collection you have, 1050 00:42:26,209 --> 00:42:27,810 man, it's truly amazing. 1051 00:42:27,810 --> 00:42:30,376 You know, this is much better than a museum. 1052 00:42:30,376 --> 00:42:33,043 You guys take this to heart as far as 1053 00:42:33,043 --> 00:42:35,576 the... the hobby of fixing up VWs and stuff. 1054 00:42:35,576 --> 00:42:37,209 So it was a pleasure for all of us 1055 00:42:37,209 --> 00:42:38,576 to be able to do something for you. 1056 00:42:38,576 --> 00:42:40,476 Thanks to your guys, I mean, bottom of my heart, man. 1057 00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:01,109 -[Joel] What is it gonna sound like, Shorty? -[blows raspberry] 1058 00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:03,910 -Like that? -[Joel] There you go, man. 1059 00:43:03,910 --> 00:43:05,043 [laughs] 1060 00:43:05,043 --> 00:43:07,209 Hey, hey, T, put some turbo to it. 1061 00:43:09,043 --> 00:43:11,010 -Hey. Hey, hey, hey. -[Joel] There you go, man. 1062 00:43:11,010 --> 00:43:13,109 -[Javier] Yeah, that's it. -I didn't spit on you. 1063 00:43:13,109 --> 00:43:14,510 Man, what the hell is going on there? 1064 00:43:14,510 --> 00:43:15,710 [laughter] 1065 00:43:15,777 --> 00:43:17,276 What in the hell... 1066 00:43:17,276 --> 00:43:19,410 [laughter] 1067 00:43:20,710 --> 00:43:22,143 -Oh, my gosh, dude. -[man] Rock, paper, scissors. 1068 00:43:23,309 --> 00:43:24,677 Should I ask? 1069 00:43:24,677 --> 00:43:26,076 Who'll get to drive it first? 1070 00:43:26,910 --> 00:43:27,010 [laughter]