What's up, America?
[Heavy D] After weeks of prep...
You know what you're doing?
Not at all.
-[Heavy D] ...promo... -[Dave] Let's go!
[all yelling and cheering]
...and even a little bit of last minute desperation...
[man] The seat's still on fire.
[Dave] Oh, my gosh.
I can find a bed,
but no way it would be here in time for the auction.
I'm just gonna make the decision to pull it up.
...the big day is finally here.
Time for our big Diesel Auction.
[Dave] Oh, no.
[Heavy D] We're taking some of the coolest
and most rare diesel vehicles of all time...
[Dave] A Gama Goat?
We're floating!
...and putting on the biggest diesel event
probably within the last decade.
Yeah buddy!
[laughter]
[Heavy D] We have 20 vehicles on the auction block...
That's a Cadillac. Come on out.
[Dave] What? The Eldorado?
[Heavy D] ...worth over $500,000.
We got Taxi cab!
[Heavy D] Our entire business is on the line.
-[Red Beard] This is an emotional roller coaster. -It is.
It's like we're up one minute, we're down the next.
-Are you up or down, man? -Well, right now we're down.
[Heavy D] We've invited a select few hundred people
to actually come to our location and bid in person.
[auctioneering]
And on top of that, we have over 30,000 people
who have registered to bid online all over the world.
[auctioneering]
[Jaxon] 52, online.
So today
is a big moment for us to see if it all pays off.
-[Jaxon] Sold it to you for $85000. -[all cheering]
We gotta finish and get ready. We got guests arriving soon.
At least I hope so.
Our big Diesel Auction
is less than five minutes away.
And I'll tell you right now, I am damn proud
'cause we have a lot of dollars.
More importantly, a lot of blood, sweat and tears
lined up on that auction block.
-Line up looks good, huh? -Oh, it turned out great.
People starting to flow in and line up front.
These trucks have never been so clean.
Now it's time to live up to the hype
and blow 'em away with all these awesome builds we've created.
-Great rods... -[Heavy D] Yeah.
...are everything for me. This is absolutely great.
Oh, I gotta have that. I came all the way from Detroit.
[Heavy D] I think it's pretty sweet because--
-[Dave] Gama Goat. -[Heavy D] What would you use that for?
The better question is, what would you use that?
And that's the answer I was looking for.
[Heavy D] What brought you out here?
Hopefully this thing.
-How's it feel? -That's a cute little car.
-Yeah it feels amazing. Yeah. -It feels great.
-[Dave] Feeling great, right? -Yeah.
[Dave] Do you know what you're looking at?
-It looks like a Corvette. -How many?
It looks like five.
All in we have 16 of our own builds,
plus four consignment builds
for a total of 20 insanely unique cool vehicles
crossing the auction block today.
[Dave] It's a hot item. I think a lot of people are gonna be bidding on this.
You know, they got to outbid me first.
It's my... I'm fighting for this thing.
Are you fighting for it today?
-I'm gonna fight for it. -[Dave] I like that.
We're over $330,000 in the whole,
which means we really need to make like a $150,000 profit
to make any of this worthwhile,
'cause that's a big risk.
Gross sales of all of today's vehicles
needs to be over half a million dollars.
Half a million dollars in one day?
It's time to go big or we're not gonna have
much of a choice but to go home empty handed.
[crowd cheering]
America!
Are you ready for the most insane Diesel Auction
this world has ever seen?
Woo-hoo!
[crowd cheering]
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the world's largest diesel only
with the exception of a few gasoline
and battery powered vehicles auction.
This lineup of vehicles
that you're about to see roll through
is one of the most eclectic,
one of the most diverse, and to me,
one of the most exciting auction lineups
you'll ever see.
[crowd cheering]
This auction is a true no reserve auction.
That means that no matter how high
or how low the winning bid is, we're selling it.
This is a big risk for us
because to be honest with you guys,
we have a lot more money invested in
almost all of these vehicles than you might imagine.
And that's why many of you are here,
because you guys saw there was no reserve
and you thought, "Hey,
there might be some deals slipping through the cracks."
Do you understand what that means?
Sure that's where we landed on that?
We all know I've been against this auction
from the beginning.
Not only have we been sitting on
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of vehicles
for months
now, we could be losing 'em for pennies on the dollar.
Our entire business is dependent on some guy
in a cowboy hat?
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the 2011
world champion cattle auctioneer
Mr. Jaxon Allen.
In addition to our fellow bearded brother Jax,
who happens to be the world's finest auctioneer with Jared,
who's managing the online bids
of the almost 30,000 people across the world
that are anxious
to have a shot at owning one of our vehicles.
We got people waiting and ready to bid.
What we don't know...
is how much they're willing to spend.
-Mr. Allen? -[Jaxon] Yes, sir.
-[Heavy D] Are you ready to go? -I'm ready to rock, man.
Ladies and gentlemen, first up,
we have a 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit.
You've never seen one like this before.
I can guarantee you that.
To me, nothing else says, "Hey,
I'm here to save the planet
and steal your girl at the same time," than this vehicle right here.
This Rabbit was actually
our very first auction vehicle.
-So what year is it? -Eighty-two.
The paint's not great, but it looks like
the body is actually fairly straight.
Whoa.
And at the time, I didn't realize
how much rust this Rabbit really had inside of it.
[Dave] Oh, my gosh.
This isn't good.
And then realized that, you know what,
we're gonna make lemonade out of these lemons and give this car a haircut.
Let her fly.
Woo-hoo!
Which made even more work.
If we don't add some structure to this thing,
the doors aren't even gonna shut properly
and this car might fold in half
as we're going down the road.
[imitating saw]
-[Dave] That look good? -That looks great, man.
But once we finally completed the subframe,
the roll bars and the rest of the metal work,
that build turned out with flying colors.
[laughs]
-[man] That's pretty cool. -[man] Oh, nice.
Don't be surprised if he's bidding at the auction.
Yeah. [laughs]
We spent $6,203 on transforming this Rabbit,
and we got it appraised at roughly 17,500.
Now that we've converted it
into this awesome summertime cruiser,
so there's a decent amount of meat on the bone.
With no further ado, bidders, are you ready?
[crowd] Yeah.
[Dave] Auctioneers, are you ready?
Yes, sir. The only thing you're missing is the fanny pack
and some tube socks, baby.
Hey, hey, how about five?
[auctioneering]
-[Heavy D] All right. Come on. Come on. -Yeah, 8000.
[auctioneering continues]
[Heavy D] There you go.
-There you go. -Come on!
The rabbit bidding starts at about five grand,
and I'm already seeing tons of hands flying up in the air.
Even Shane from Matt's Restoration,
who's been eyeballing this build
since we finished it months ago.
[auctioneering]
There we go.
Once the bid gets over 10 grand,
it's basically Shane and Matt versus
some other guy out there in the audience.
[auctioneering continues]
[man] Come on, Matt. Come on.
-Yeah. Yeah. -[auctioneering continues]
[Jaxon] He's at 13 right there now. 14 grand.
[auctioneering continues]
14,000. I got 13 with you, sir.
I need 14,500.
[auctioneering continues]
'Cause you're working. Yes, sir.
I love watching these guys. Yeah.
Shane has the high bid of 13.5,
and he knows that's way undervalued.
But the other bidders have slowed down.
Don't let, don't lose this thing over a $500 bill.
Do not lose it over a $500 bill.
I got 13.5.14 is a bid.
[auctioneering continues]
Anybody else get 14.5?
Sold it for $14,000.
[crowd cheering]
[Heavy D] What triggered you to purchase this vehicle?
Just the look. It's... it's pretty looking.
Wonderful. Well, congratulations, sir.
That was an excellent purchase.
It really stood out to me because,
you know, it's something that I always wanted, something...
It's a convertible and across a combination of two.
You hardly find something like that.
Now I got a taste. Let's keep going, man.
-I got a taste. -Let's do.
That's a great idea.
We more than doubled our investment.
It's honestly a little less than I was expecting for this car,
but it's a great start.
Up next,
it's one of our most notorious builds
that I know the people online are gonna be
excited about because they've been following it
since its inception.
We have, huh, one of my personal favorite builds
and a build that really put us on the map.
It's a 2017 Polaris RZR
that we call the Fail of the Year.
[crowd cheering]
Hey, remember the Fail of the Year?
I wanna resurrect that project.
We got made fun of a lot.
So people found our attempt to put massive 1500 pound
military axles under a tiny UTV as a bit of a joke.
We even earned the hashtag Fail of the Year.
-That didn't stop us. -[cheers]
In fact, that made us even more hungry
to make this project work.
[bleep]
Hi. Fail of the Year time. Round two.
[man] Is that going up?
So with a lot of math, the geometry
and a lot of tube work,
we were able to build this custom bolt-on tube subframe,
complete with fore link suspension,
just like a mini monster truck.
[Dave] All right. Come on down.
-Keep coming. -Oh, baby.
-All right. -Right there. Yeah. All right.
Then we had to build custom drive lines
that attach the custom drop
transfer case to the big military axles...
[Dave] Nice.
...which would turn those giant wheels and tires,
which we needed a little help from a bigger turbo
that we installed in the motor.
Next, we tackled nearly every trail down in Moab
and earned us thousands of views
and silenced those haters.
At the end of the day, it's attracted a ton of people to the shop.
Like, I mean, it's an icon.
Now we're banking on this icon to attract a lot of bidders
'cause we spent $62,000 to build it.
Since this is a no reserve auction,
we don't know how close we're gonna come.
Jax, are you ready to get the bidding going
on the success of the century?
Cool, baby.
Right here now, what do you wanna do?
[auctioneering]
I got 30 grand bid.
I got a $30000 bid, online.
Coming out the gate, the bids
for the Fail of the Year are flying.
[Jaxon] It's 35. Now, 37...
This is awesome. I'm not gonna lie.
I'm getting super pumped
because I'm seeing people in the audience, people online.
This is actually becoming really exciting.
[Jaxon] Now, 40000.
Anybody get 40? Now, 42.5.
Sir, you're gonna be 42.5...
[auctioneering]
But then the bidding stalls out
and the number that we're currently at is nowhere near
where we need to be in order to make a profit.
40,000 bid right here.
You... you are the man in the lead.
I'm getting a little nervous.
[Jaxon] 37.5. Now, 40000.
Anybody get 40? Now, 42.5...
Bidding is kind of stalled out about $25,000
short of our goal
on our unique UTV the Fail of the Year.
40,000 bid right here.
You... you are the man in the lead.
In addition to the hundreds of people that we invited
to actually come here to the auction,
we got tens of thousands of active bidders
from all over the world
closely watching these vehicles,
and I really hope that they get excited
and start running these numbers up.
[auctioneering]
[Jaxon] You gotta be 42,000.
[auctioneering continues]
Thankfully, there's a guy right here in the front row
who keeps the bidding alive and it's crawling up.
[auctioneering] Now, six.
I need 46,000.46000.
We all done at 46,000?
Sold it for 45.5.
You... Bet you had a baby.
He gets it.
But it is nowhere close to our goal.
Sir, do you realize that the parts alone
are worth probably 80,000?
You... you just basically got that thing for about half off.
It's really unique.
It's a build I haven't seen before.
You know, you guys are talking about there's no reserve, right?
-Yeah, I mean-- -Does it sound like such a good idea?
-Now, we were, what, 61 into that? -[Heavy D] Yeah.
[Dave] We took a little bit of a bath on that one.
Let's not forget about the, you know, five or six grand,
-we just made on the Rabbit. -Yeah.
-This is emotional roller coaster. -It is.
It's like we're up one minute, we're down the next.
-Are you up or down, man? -Well, right now we're down.
Well, I just need you to know it's gonna be like this all afternoon.
-Oh, my gosh. -Buckle up.
-Get... -Yeah. Just be ready.
Another vehicle that you would never expect to see here
in our parking lot, diesel powered Taxi
that was imported from the UK.
Hold... hold on one second. This is my bill.
-Well... -Yeah, let me do it. I got it. I got it.
All right. Yeah.
So we got here 1964 Taxi
straight from the streets of London.
-What? -What?
[laughter]
We got a Taxi Cab!
You know what?
I never thought we'd see the day
where we're talking about a bill that Red beard did.
[honking]
God save the Queen.
This is the bold move on your part.
Fortune favors the bold, right?
You know, working with all the vintage parts
from across the pond wasn't easy.
We're definitely gonna need a master cylinder,
break cylinder,
linings on both sides probably be beneficial.
But we've managed to rebuild antiquated brakes.
-There it is. -Just like that.
Outfit it with new wheels and tires.
Yeah.
Master cylinder is bolted back in.
[Dave] Okay.
[Heavy D] Sure, it's kind of amazing with a little bit
of body work and a tune-up can do.
This is the first time I've done my own build,
and I know Heavy D would love to watch me fail.
But that ain't gonna happen.
Because the one thing I love more than making money
is being right.
Let her rip.
[auctioneering]
Who'll get 5000?
Anybody get five? Now, 5.75.
Now, 10000.
Well, I need 10000. Now, 12.5. Now--
-How about 13? -[man] Come on now.
-[Jaxon] Anybody get 13000? -[man] Come on.
[Dave] You can run your own taxi service.
The bidding starts on the Cab
and man, it took off pretty quick.
I gotta say, maybe Red Beard
was on to something with this cab.
-[Jaxon] Anybody get 13? -13 is a bid.
Now, 14. I got 13.5.
I need 14,500.
[auctioneering] It'll do it.
-14,000. You just watch. -Yeah.
-14 bid. Yes, sir. -Yeah!
[Jaxon] Now, 14.5. Yes sir.
Pump 'em up. 14 bid.
Now, I need 14.5.
Matt from Matt's Restoration
missed out on the Rabbit earlier,
but he's very interested in Red Beard's Cab.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] He has the highest bid.
[Jaxon] Sold for $14,000. Let's put him on the buyer.
[crowd cheering]
Hey, that's gonna look good in your showroom.
I think it fits our...
our classic car showroom real well.
And you could drive it there. That's the best part.
-Or we could have someone drive me. -That's right.
The big thing that drew me into the Taxi Cab
is the old look, and it's unique.
We deal with a lot of American-made cars,
and I like that British look of that car.
All right, see, what...
what's it like a huge home run, but 2400?
That's better than some of these losses, right?
I know Heavy D is not gonna tell me, good job.
I don't care.
I'm not gonna tell him the final numbers
until the end of the auction
so he can sweat it out like I have been
since he came up with this whole idea.
The next lot number is an AMC Eagle
that doesn't really look much like an AMC Eagle anymore.
[Dave] It's America's car, the eagle,
the screaming eagle.
So the Eagle is what happens
when old Heavy D here challenges the entire shop
to an on and off road race.
[Heavy D] We're gonna call it the Tour de Utah.
The shop split into teams with only one rule.
The bodies have to remain as factory as possible.
So of course, the whole Heavy D
went way over the top.
[Heavy D] We went through and tore everything original
out of that Eagle.
-Look at that racecar chassis. -[Heavy D] Yeah, buddy.
Morgan got to work designing a full interior roll cage,
including basically a notch in the frame to make room
for the really cool mezzanine rear suspension
that allows for a ton of suspension travel.
Holy moly!
Don't leave out the fact that you dropped
in a overbuilt Chevy LS racing engine.
This looks like it was meant to be.
The Tour de Utah ended up being the Eagle's
really very first shakedown test,
and it didn't end how I had hoped.
[man] Yeah.
[laughs]
Oh. [bleep]
But since then, the guys in the shop
went over to Eagle and really got this thing dialed in.
I'm not lying when I say
this is probably one of the most capable vehicles that we've ever built
and one of the most fun to drive.
[Jaxon] 25,000 on it.
[auctioneering]
I got 25. Now, 35000.
37.5 is a bid online.
Need 40,000 to buy.
I got 40. Now 42.5.
Now, 42.5...
[auctioneering continues]
I got 40 bid. 42.5...
If this thing only sells for 40,000,
that's not even like the amount of money
we have in just parts and, you know, supplies alone.
So this is not good.
[auctioneering continues]
[Jaxon] I got 48 in Internet land.
I need 49,000.
Thankfully, the people bidding online are interested.
They're just moving a little bit slow.
And this is a strategy that a lot of bidders use.
[Jaxon] ...48. Did you say nine?
Now, 50,000.
[auctioneering]
Internet took him at 50. Now 51.
[auctioneering continues]
One who said 51. Now, 52000.
At this point if we can just get like
10 grand more, I'll let her go.
-I'll be happy. -[auctioneering continues]
And then I see the guy in the audience
just shook his head, "no,"
which means we're stuck.
No other bids are coming in.
Sold online for 52000.
Sold. All right.
[Jaxon] 52,000 online.
Somebody just got themselves a hell of a deal.
We made $9700 profit on the Eagle,
which, you know, shouldn't be complaining about,
but man, I really expected more,
because I thought that was just an absolute no brainer.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, next up we have
one of the most wild off the wall but capable vehicles.
-Am I right? -Yeah.
It comes with the trophy first place.
Look, no hands.
Woo-hoo!
While Heavy D spent a ton of money on the AMC Eagle,
the 1980s Subaru BRAT that competed against it
with its own special little sleeper.
So our main goal is to build this into a beast.
It still looks like a BRAT,
but it's gonna be able to beat whole Heavy D
with all of his bells and whistles for his vehicle.
Adios, motor.
But to give it some more power and a better suspension,
we took the unit body and put on top of a 2005 lifted Impreza.
Didn't take away any of the structural integrity.
You guys are smarter than you look.
We built an interior roll cage,
put on a camper shell and winches all around.
I mean, we basically got the gnarliest,
the fastest, the coolest off road race truck for half,
what, whole Heavy D put into the AMC Eagle.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Woo!
This little orange machine is used to define expectations.
So hopefully we can get at least 25,000 to help us
claw our way back out from our auction debt.
Hey, hey, what do you say?
[auctioneering]
BRAT bidding is starting off hot.
We got the crowd interested,
and the online bidders are going crazy.
[auctioneering continues]
[Dave] Or maybe not.
[auctioneering]
After some decent wins...
Sold online for 52000.
Sold. All right.
[Jaxon] 52000 online.
...and a devastating loss...
You just basically got that thing for about half off.
...we're in the middle of auctioning off a 1980
Subaru BRAT turned all terrain race vehicle.
[auctioneering]
The bids on the BRAT haven't reached high enough
to cover the cost of the bill.
So me I'm out there working the crowd
trying to squeeze in a few more dollars.
Come on, man, you drive this to high school.
Don't let it slip away.
[auctioneering]
I'm practically begging people to bid.
[auctioneering]
And then we get a hit from our online bidders.
[auctioneering]
I just need a little bit more.
[auctioneering]
[Jaxon] Sold it for $22,000.
[crowd cheering]
-Is that online? -Fort Morgan, Colorado.
Wow, that's a good place for that to go.
I feel like that's a good home for it.
Look, that was pretty embarrassing.
But any money we earn
takes money off our original auction debt
and gets us that much closer to being back in the block.
Coming up next is one of the heaviest hitters in the lineup.
So hopefully I can start to relax a little bit.
Next up is one that I know I keep saying this,
but this really is the hardest vehicle
for me to wanna part with.
I can't even talk about it. You wanna take it?
We put it to work more than any other vehicle.
It's an old fire truck.
We took off the old pumper bed on the fire truck.
[man] I think you're clear.
You're good. That's good.
From there, we cut the frame and extended it.
We added a tandem rear drive axle
with heavier duty suspension.
And then we got the Miller rollback body,
which is basically the ultimate tow truck,
you know, component.
Dang, that thing is a monster.
And then from there we were able to turn our attention to,
you know, making it nice inside,
making it look pretty.
Man, that is one sweet tow truck.
Overtime a lot of the bells and whistles they talked about wore out,
so I had to go through, fix the wiring.
[Dave] What's dripping?
That was the hydraulic fluid
right down there in the center.
[Heavy D] Fixed the hydraulic lines.
This bed is crashing into the cabin of this truck.
Fingers crossed.
[Heavy D] Fixed the damage to the cabin, the stacks,
the broken bed had caused.
We did it!
[Heavy D] And with new paint, some powder coat,
it's better than new.
In my opinion, the coolest rollback on the road by far.
And now it could be yours.
Let's get the bidding going.
[auctioneering]
After a very enthusiastic start...
I got 27.5. Need 28 grand. 28,000.
[auctioneering]
I'm nervous that we're gonna be shy
of our $50,000 goal.
[auctioneering continues]
We all done? We all through?
[auctioneering continues]
[Heavy D] There we go. That's what I'm talking about.
[auctioneering continues]
You're going to be 49 grand.
-50. -[Jaxon] 50000!
$50,000 bid. Big man online.
-There we go. -Here we go.
[Jaxon] 50,000, they said. Now I need 55.
[auctioneering continues]
Well, it looks like our online mystery man
has scared away all the other bidders.
[Jaxon] How about 52.5?
[auctioneering]
52.5. Now, it's 55000.
-Here we go. -Don't let him get you.
[auctioneering continues]
So that truck sold for 52,500.
Yeah, look at that right there.
Wow!
Ron Cobley? I did not see that one coming, Ron.
Well, we hit our goal.
That build was pretty much all profit.
Ron, you got a shop up in Kaysville.
-Yes, I do. Right. -In Layton, right?
And you move broken vehicles around.
Yes, I do.
I can't believe I walked in here today
and bought that tow truck.
Somebody was sleeping.
My plans for the tow truck is get it out there
and make some money with it.
I think... I think... Honestly, it probably went $30,000 too cheap,
and you're gonna able to make some money right away.
So that's one hell of a purchase.
-Congratulations, Ron. -Thank you. Thank you.
-[Dave] All right, congrats, man. -I know Ron.
That's going somewhere where it's actually gonna be put to work, which is awesome.
And it's gonna stay here locally, so we'll still gonna see that.
That's great. I've seen your old ex around the town.
-There it is. Just like... -I don't like that.
[laughter]
You turn your eyes right over here.
You've got a 1971 M792 Gama Goat.
This thing is awesome to drive.
Gama Goat is a really cool military vehicle.
Six wheel drive, super capable off road.
Heavy allowed me to be the general on the Gama Goat build.
And let me tell you what, it was definitely a battle.
I don't know if you're familiar with split ring wheels,
but they'll kill you. I want 'em gone.
[Dave] Why is it aiming at us?
We then designed a completely custom roll cage.
Feels like rugged military, but it also feels safe.
And specialty wheels that can fit over those
watertight drum braking systems
to be able to run giant tires.
This is probably bigger than we would ever put on a pickup truck.
[Dave] We had to completely open the fenders
and even cut into the fuel cell for clearance.
[Heavy D] Oh, hello.
And when we finally got to take the bigger,
the badder Gama Goat out for a test drive,
Heavy D could barely turn the wheel.
-[Heavy D] I got no steering. -[engine sputtering]
There's definitely no power steering.
Just a big stupid mechanical steering linkage.
After a few steering box rebuilds
and a lot of investigation,
we were able to get the steering repaired
and functioning properly.
Yeah, baby!
Yeah! [laughter]
Then we turn to the old battle worn body
of the Gama Goat so it becomes
obviously the ultimate off road adventure
capable machine for anybody.
That swims.
[both] Float, float, float, float, float!
We're floating!
Come on, let's go.
Let's get her going.
You are going to love the Gama Goat.
-Love it. -[auctioneering]
The bidding for the Gama Goat
is just absolutely taking off.
We have people in the crowd
raising their hands like crazy.
[auctioneering continues]
23.5.
We got 23.5 on the Internet net.
And now we have bids coming in from online bidders.
I need 24. [auctioneering]
24 bid. Now 24.5.
This thing is really taken off.
And honestly, I don't...
I had no idea how high it could go at this point.
After months of planning, our big Diesel Auction
is finally kicked off
and we have hundreds of bidders here in person
and thousands of bidders online.
And currently they are locked in,
battling for the Gama Goat.
The family friendly, amphibious,
six by six military vehicle
that we put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into it.
[auctioneering] Now I need 24.
[auctioneering] 24 bid. Now, 24.5.
[auctioneering]
Now, 25.5...
It's down to a mystery online bidder.
And the guy right here in the front row
that already won our awesome UTV
fan favorite rock crawler the Fail of the Year.
[Jaxon] Now 25.5. And 25.5. And 25.5...
[auctioneering]
And now it's passing the 25,000
estimated value mark.
You come on and cheer him along now.
[auctioneering]
Internet, you're on?
-It gotta to be $26,000. -Yep.
[Jaxon] Now, 26.5. And 26.5.
Yes, sir. Now 27,000.
[auctioneering] Internet, gotta be 27,000.
We got 27. Now 27.5.
Do not let technology knock you off your feet.
27.5. Now 28,000.
[auctioneering continues] 28,000 is a bid.
We need now 28,000.
I got 27.5. I need 28 now.
Anybody get 28000?
Sold it down...
[Dave] Yeah!
And the guy that got the Fail of the Year scores himself a second vehicle.
This guy must have a bigger garage than me.
I'd like to see it.
Hey, what are you gonna do with your new Gama Goat?
It's probably gonna end up doing some Elk Farm tours.
Congratulations, man.
This guy might be my long lost twin brother.
You're a sucker for big tires, aren't you?
What I'm gonna do next with the Gama Goat
is either put it in commission for Elk Farm tours,
or it could go to Canada
and do highway tours, or Alaska.
[Heavy D] Hey, we're into that thing like 17 grand.
[Dave] Yeah.
I mean, we spent a ton on it, but that's like $10000 profit.
-10,000. -That's probably the win.
We're back up. We're back up.
And it's close to what it was appraised for, too.
-That's a big win. That's huge. -Yes.
-Good job. -Good job.
I mean, I'd smile, but I don't want Heavy D to get too comfortable.
Now, lot number 12 is a very special vehicle.
It started as a 1974 Ford F100,
but it has obviously been heavily modified.
And we keep on rebuilding it and improving it.
[Dave] Hey, Uncle Donny is on the phone with his bank right now.
Yeah, Uncle Donny is definitely getting a second mortgage
ready for this one because he is the brainchild behind this.
Hey, America, have you met Uncle Donny yet?
F100 originally started out in Uncle Donny's shop,
and he just kind of tinkered away at it for years.
Oh. Huh?
No fingers missing.
[Heavy D] So then I agreed to buy it back from him
so that we could bring it to our shop...
Best day of my life right now.
...and get it ready for one of the biggest off road races
in the country the Mint 400.
Friday at 5:00. There's no way.
-Next Friday at 5:00. -We want a week from today.
To get it ready for the Mint 400,
we had to completely rebuild the suspension.
We had to rebuild a bunch of the roll cage,
build a new dash for it.
Time to get a bit hectic!
He's getting our ass kicked.
We swapped out the engine
literally the night before the race.
And then...
[man] That's our drive line.
We broke down in less than five minutes into the race.
Since then, we didn't really do much with it...
-[Dave] Ta-da! -[Heavy D] ...until...
I wanna challenge you to a five lap race.
No one else...
...which gave us a perfect opportunity
and excuse to finish it.
We installed a brand new LSA crate engine in it.
We added under drive unit to be able to get higher wheel speed.
There's a significant difference
between the size of these teeth
and the size of these teeth.
Rebuilt the shocks and then finish it off
with a nice vinyl wrap.
When you cut back in front of me, dude,
you were on three wheels sliding across these ruts.
Like, seriously, I don't know how you did it.
We may have kicked Todd Leduc's butt in that race...
but we never managed to find the right buyer.
So I decided to put it up for the auction
and getting it ready for the auction,
we decided to return it
to its original Gulf paint scheme.
This vehicle has been race prepped.
You can put it right head to head
with some of the trophy trucks out there
and it'll go through all the rough stuff in the desert.
You know who can't resist all the new awesome stuff we put on this?
Uncle Donny.
He is here and ready to buy it back.
[Heavy D] Jax, let's get it rolling.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] Bidding for the F100 starts off really hot.
[Jaxon] 45. It's gonna be 55.
Now, 65.
I'm watching people just hands going up everywhere,
online bids.
You know, this is exciting.
[auctioneering]
And Uncle Donny jumps in and I'm like,
"Okay, this just went from exciting to interesting."
Crazy, crazy.
Hey, did anybody do a credit check
on Uncle Donny before you start bidding?
[Jaxon] So 90 I need. 92.5. Here it is.
Now 95,000.
Man, I cannot believe Uncle Donny is hanging in there.
[auctioneering]
Oh, we got a real battle here.
-[Jaxon] Don't say no. -[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] Come on, Uncle Donny.
[auctioneering continues]
-Sold! -[Jaxon] Sold it for $92000.
Let's get on the way with Uncle Donny!
Yes!
Oh, that's awesome.
Who is on the other end of that call?
Uncle Donny. Well.
What just happened?
I had somebody else bid on it.
[laughter]
I got on the phone with me.
I had another guy to help me bid on it,
and we're gonna go do some racing with it.
Spent a lot of time sitting in that thing,
dreaming about driving it.
And now I'm gonna get the chance.
Congratulations, man. That's awesome.
I'm excited to see that thing going home.
-Uncle Donny! -That's... Yeah.
That's the perfect home for it. That's a good deal.
Based off of how much money we spent on that thing,
pretty stoked on that.
So even though we didn't quite hit our goal of $100,000,
we still took a big bite out of our huge auction debt.
And more importantly, this thing is going home.
♪ Money money money money honey ♪
This broke the mold of all the different categories
that we decided to add to the auction
as far as different vehicles go.
It's probably the heaviest vehicle
in the entire lineup today.
It's an international TD18 bulldozer.
That is what we're talking about.
Just all American beef.
When we first saw the 1952 International TD18 dozer,
it was in rough shape.
-Everybody clear? -[engine sputters]
Come on, baby. Wake up.
Go on. Here we go. Here we go.
[Dave] Bring her on out.
-Hey, nice, you escaped. -[exclaims]
Getting it to turn, that was a real problem.
Did the plug get backed out of there?
Yeah, but I think this stripped.
However, after digging into it,
we found that the brakes, well,
the problem was just a broken bolt.
That's our problem.
Just the very tip of this long bolt
that holds the brake band together, stripped out,
and the clutch slippage
just needed a little adjustment.
[Dave] That's what I'm talking about.
Oh, no.
This, guys, is the dozer that built America.
I want one of you guys to take this thing home.
Start making some money with it.
[crowd cheering]
Five thousand, let's go.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] There we go.
So we just spent a ton of money
on getting this bulldozer ready for the auction,
which means we should have some
pretty decent profit in one of the sells.
[auctioneering]
Unfortunately,
as the bidding starts,
people are kind of all over the place right now.
They're checking out other auction bills.
It's a little bit of a ghost town at the moment.
[Jared] Five thousand, let's go.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] There we go.
Today's the day of our big Diesel Auction.
And we have hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line,
along with our reputations.
So far, we've had a few high dollar wins.
Sold!
Let's get on the way with Uncle Donny!
Yeah.
And we're almost reaching our goal
on our 1950s bulldozer
that we hope can be another big win.
But the excitement has turned to crickets.
So you know what?
I'm heading out to work the crowd.
[imitating auctioneer]
-[auctioneering] -[Dave] Come on.
[auctioneering continues]
Cruise around the field, plow all the dirt, make some dirt bike jumps.
[auctioneering continues]
Ninety-- $10,000, 10.5!
Yes, we hit our 10,000 goal.
-And then you got the truck to haul it out of here with? -Yes.
[Dave] Yeah, you can go to right on the truck.
But I'm not ready to give up yet.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] Yeah.
[auctioneering continues]
Sell it for $13000.
Yeah.
Nice. Who's the buyer?
[Jared] Lincoln, Utah.
That was a huge win for us.
Up next is one of our consignment vehicles,
which means we make a 10 percent fee
on whatever it sells for and we have $0 invested.
This was a consignment.
It's a 1955 International S1100.
There's a lot of classic trucks
that have been restored out there, but not a lot of them
have been heavily modified with diesel engines.
Diesel Dave and I actually drove this.
-[exclaims] -[man] All right.
This is a 6.2 out of a 1980 Chevrolet Blazer.
Never in your life
have you heard an International
coming your way that sounds like this.
This is a cool truck.
Yeah!
Looks like the seal of approval.
-Thumbs up, my friend. -Okay.
Thumbs up. Yes.
This is a no reserve auction,
and this vehicle is gonna sell for whatever the high bid is.
So Matt's Restoration has to have a lot of confidence in us
to be able to bring a big enough crowd
to bring value to his car that he's trying to sell.
[auctioneering]
Here we go.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] So I'm watching the bidders,
and I'm watching Matt and Shane.
And I'm like, "Please, please, please
let us get the price they're looking for,"
because if they don't get the money
they're looking for,
our reputation is out the door
and we're just getting started.
-[auctioneering] -Here we go.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] I'm watching hands go up.
And I'm watching the price go up.
[auctioneering]
[man cheers]
-[man cheers] -There you go.
[Heavy D] And at this point, I can't even tell
whether there's any online bidders.
21. Just in time, now 22.
[Heavy D] Just because this thing's gone absolutely crazy.
[auctioneering]
And then boom.
[auctioneering]
Sell it for $23,000, happy bidders.
At first it started off low and it went up to,
I believe, 22,000 or 23,000 is what it went for.
So we're really excited about that.
Now, that's a good buy 'cause we drove it.
-What's your name? -Kevin.
Kevin, what are you going to do with that?
Finish the restoration on it.
Oh, I love it.
That cuts us $2,300, you know, for a fee for selling it.
This is awesome.
I don't really know what I can say about this
next mythical creature that is on the auction block.
Other than the fact that it's diesel powered
and it gets a lot of people's attention.
What shall we do? What are we about to release?
[man] Release the Kraken!
The Kraken concept was one of those things
that was actually kind of hard to say no to
because my curiosity wanted to see it come together.
-What the hell is the Kraken? -This is a mono-wheel.
-The octopus thing? -Oh, yeah.
However, I did still have a lot of doubts about it.
You convinced me to do another terrible, terrible...
terribly looking idea, but with huge potential.
Sam started with a spinal cord-looking seat that sits outside the rollers,
inside that giant steel ring for a base.
If you don't have supports out on the side
-with this rib structure we're building... -Yeah.
It's gonna be super uncomfortable.
Oh, it's cold.
For stability, he added two tentacle outriggers
with similar mono wheels on each.
These are a lot bigger than I originally envisioned.
The outrigger arms pivot on a custom hydraulic system.
It's alive.
It looks like an actual Kraken.
And the whole thing is powered by a two cylinder diesel
that sits right between your legs.
Oh. Yep.
There's an engine right in my crotch.
That doesn't seem right.
Doesn't seem right.
Definitely took some trial and error to figure out
how to get enough weight on the front
to be able to steer it.
There's some balance issues
that we got to figure out here.
But once we perfected this tilthy tentacle vehicle,
it turned out pretty awesome
and actually ended up becoming one of the coolest vehicles
that we've ever built for a viral video.
Yeah!
It's like a creature from the depths of hell.
-Depths of hell! -Depths of hell!
[heavy metal music playing]
[women screaming]
We still have a lot of money invested.
So I'm hoping that somebody in the crowd or online
is really into sea monsters.
So, Robert, let's find some money on the Kraken.
All right. We have $5,000 on the Kraken.
[auctioneering]
You can have your very own Kraken.
The online bidders are clearly into the Kraken,
and we've hit our goal.
Sail the seven seas on the Kraken.
-Hello. -[auctioneering]
I don't even know if they're looking at it.
These guys are risk takers.
All of a sudden, an old man
behind the highest bidder jumps in.
And then there were just two.
Seven seas in the Kraken.
Does he need to phone a friend?
[auctioneering]
Think of all the buried treasures you
can find in the Kraken.
Sold for 13,000.
The old man and the sea monster.
You were right behind me the whole time.
Oh, wow. That was... He snuck up on him.
-Congratulations, man. -Anybody else see that?
-He did a sneak attack. Wow. -He did do a sneak attack.
I did not see that coming.
That's the coolest vehicle you got here today.
Hey, thanks, man. Now your coolest vehicle.
[old man] One of a kind. One of a kind.
-And now it's yours. -What are you going to do with it?
-Yeah, I can't wait to take it for a spin. -I'm excited for that.
Hey, man. Congratulations, bro.
I was not expecting that old man
to literally come out of nowhere
and spend that much money for the Kraken.
Fun has no age limit.
Wow. The Kraken.
I'm actually going to miss that thing.
That is probably one of the most photographed vehicles we've ever built.
People just go crazy over it.
That one had me a little nervous.
But, man, did that crazy machine help us out.
I think we're on a good pace if we can keep it up.
However, we still have a lot of wild cards coming up.
All right. Ladies and gentlemen.
Next up, we have a 1979 Cadillac Eldorado.
Next up is our shop's
very first classic car restoration.
We have sunk a lot of money into this build,
trying to bring it back from the dead.
Bring it in.
[all cheering]
Is anybody into bingo?
Because if you are, you are going to be
the talk of the bingo hall
when you roll in with this bad boy.
This right here is the Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz.
And this was another victim of the late '70s fuel crisis, right?
It was when all the manufacturers were thinking,
"What are we going to do? We got to get rid of these big blocks.
We got to figure out how to save money."
So let's go throw some diesel engines in vehicles
that have never had them before.
[tires screeching]
I could be a cop in the '70s.
-Whoo-hoo! -I am so floored.
I'm getting dizzy.
[Heavy D] When we bought the Eldorado,
it was missing a hood, had been in an accident,
and it was not fully mechanically sound.
Why is there dog food in the intake?
-You found the leak? -Yeah, the return line.
[Heavy D] So first thing we did was a full tune up
and get the engine running
exactly how it's supposed to be.
And then from there, we turned our efforts to the suspension.
Oh. Hey.
[Heavy D] 40-year-old suspension.
It needed a lot of parts replaced.
And we're done.
[Heavy D] And with a new coat of paint
and some old school touches,
this Cadillac turned out perfect.
This vehicle is...
I feel like it's going to be a deal for somebody.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] Jax is up there throwing out numbers
to try to get somebody to bite
and get the bidding going on the Cadillac.
And the numbers just keep getting lower and lower.
-Come on, get a bidder. -[auctioneering]
75 in the back. Got to be 10,000 up front.
[Heavy D] Finally, we get a bite at five grand,
and that gets the thing moving.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] After the first hand, we get up to 10K pretty quick
thanks to a kid in the front row.
[auctioneering]
Got to be 12.5. I got ten bid.
How about 11 grand?
[auctioneering] 10, 11, 12.
Oh, it's a front row deal. 11 now.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] This little kid in the crowd is going head to head
with grown men like he's done it a million times before.
[auctioneering]
Yes, yes.
Way at the back. Yes, sir.
[auctioneering]
-14 online. Now 15,000. -Do it again.
[Dave] And now the online bids are starting to come in
and things are getting pretty interesting.
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, yeah, 15,000.
[Heavy D] We're over halfway through bidding
in our Big Diesel Auction,
and we're banking on every single dollar
to help us hit that $150,000 profit mark
to make this auction worth
all the time and energy we put into it.
[Dave] Right now, we got bidders online
and bidders in the crowd fighting
over our fully restored Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz.
It is one of the most surprisingly fun to drive cars.
Literally feels like you're driving
your living room sofa down the freeway.
We're only $1,000 away from our goal.
[auctioneering]
And there is no sign of the bids slowing down.
Now 15,000, live crowd is out.
[Dave] This kid just got us our goal for our Cadillac Eldorado.
I'm wondering if they're going to keep the fighting going.
15.5.
[Dave] Apparently, the new owner of the Volkswagen Rabbit
decided that one classic car wasn't enough.
[auctioneering]
You are my man. I tell you what.
16.5. [auctioneering]
Sold for $16,000.
16,000.
-Let's go! -Yeah!
Oh, wow.
Soon as we got to 12, I was like, "All right, let's cut it."
And then when they hit 15, little man just...
[imitates explosion] just threw up.
How do you feel about that?
-I feel great. -Yeah.
Yeah, that's a rush, huh?
You gonna let your dad drive it?
Okay, yeah.
-[all laughing] -Thanks, buddy.
[Heavy D] Right here on stage we have the vehicle
that almost cashed in my wife's life insurance policy on me.
This next little build started off as a joke,
but then it turned into a really fast,
really capable little vehicle
and actually one of the craziest things we've ever built.
This right here is a little electric mini bike.
Imagine doing 0 to 60 in 2 or 3 on that.
I can't imagine doing 0 to 6.
[Dave] We started with an old beat up 1975 Road Runner bike.
Tada!
-[Dave] Stretched the frame. -I like the way that fits.
[Dave] And put on a wheelie bar.
It had a really fat tire.
Looks pretty wicked.
It's an aggressive looking little mini-bike.
[Dave] But the cool factor came in
when we put in a 20-volt semitruck starter motor.
-Just bump it. -[whirrs]
That is violent, Sam.
[Dave] Powered by 20 power tool batteries.
[engine roars]
-[all cheering and yelling] -Who won? Who won that?
[man on radio] The electric bike wins by one bike length.
[all cheering] Yeah!
[Heavy D] It was the scariest eighth mile I've ever done in my entire life.
As a promo vehicle for us, this thing's already been worth its weight in gold.
So now whatever we can sell it for a few thousand bucks, that's great.
Every little bit counts to help get us towards our goal.
[Dave] It doesn't weigh very much.
[Heavy D] Basically, it's got one speed.
Everything. All out. There's no throttle.
It's a button.
You hit the button and you just pray.
With that said, Jax, let's find the crazy new owner.
Why don't you do a little drive across the front.
[chuckles]
[auctioneering]
-Yeah! -Oh!
[auctioneering]
Well, bidding started, and I'm not going to lie,
I'm surprised.
[auctioneering]
This little bike is already way
past my expectations, and it's still going up.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] I'm thinking like, dude, we're gonna make, like, ten grand on this thing.
And then just as quickly as it all starts,
everything stalls out.
Sold it for 5,000.
Yeah!
That's gonna be $5,000 of fun.
I tell you what.
[Heavy D] Congratulations. That was a hell of a buy.
That's a really cool vehicle.
You'll never see anything like it again.
[Dave] I cannot believe that a little dare
to entertain our followers turned into $4,000 profit.
[Heavy D] The next vehicle up is a consignment,
which means that we're going to make
10 percent of whatever it sells for,
which is really important because remember,
we have a 300,000 base line
that we have to hit to even break even.
And then from there we have a goal of making
about 150,000 in profit.
[Dave] Plus, we need all those consignments to do really well
because our reputation is on the line.
This is lot number 20.
It's a 1964 GMC DT 5500 that has a 6.6 liter
LVZ Duramax engine under the hood.
That's the same engine that comes in Chevy pickups.
You know, the market for these old body style
trucks is blowing up right now.
Everybody's trying to find them
because the problem is these things...
that thing is 1964,
there's just not many good examples of them left.
[Dave] This 1964 GMC 5500 came from our buddy Jason,
who sold Red Beard the London cab.
So you're telling me there's a Duramax under here?
That's exactly what we're telling you.
So it actually came out of an ambulance.
[Dave] They want to get $30,000 out of this
to cover the costs of all the cool modifications.
This is a no reserve auction.
So that could go for 100,000 or it could go for 10.
Yeah.
So you're taking a big risk here by putting
it in the auction, is what I'm saying.
[Dave] That's a very steep price tag,
especially looking at what all the other vehicles are going for today.
We're just gonna have to see how it works out.
So we'll go ahead and get the bidding going.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] Bidding starts on this old GMC and somebody online
must really want it
because as soon as the hand goes up in the crowd
and bids on it, bam, another online bid.
[auctioneering]
-Come on now. -All right. Let's go.
Keep going. Keep going.
[auctioneering]
-Worth every bit of that. -[Jaxon] Sixteen thou--
[auctioneering]
Sell it your way for 16.5.
-Sold 16.5. -Where are they from?
They are from Blanding, Utah.
-Blanding. -Ouch.
[Dave] This is way below the number that Jason wanted to hit.
Plus, he's got to give us 1,650 dollars for a 10 percent auction fee.
This is not only bad for Jason, but it's also bad for us
because some of these crazy high end over-the-top builds
are going for less.
And the next build that's coming up,
it's a hard one to even put a price on in the first place.
♪ Three, two, one ♪
This vehicle, when I saw it on the internet,
I don't even remember what happened.
I just remember ending up in Reno with a bunch of cash
and trying to drive this home.
You really do look like a Corvette guy.
-Thanks. -You look just like my dad.
I found this unicorn of a Corvette.
You know, just one of a kind creation.
What is this thing?
Well, it's actually two Corvettes put together.
The front half is the 1979.
The back half is the 1978.
[Heavy D] Is that a full size TV I'm seeing there?
[Dave chuckles] There you go.
It took us a little while to get the mechanical issues
sorted out on the Corvette
and to keep it from overheating.
I see a little leaking over here.
-Leaking? -Yeah.
Explains why it was overheating.
That's the hole where the water was flowing out of.
Cruising down the road, get on the freeway,
everything's looking good.
And then something explodes under the hood.
Windshield covered with coolant.
Couldn't see anything.
Here's what we need to do. New hoses.
We need to check the temperature sensor.
We need to bleed the system, make sure there's no bubbles in it.
All right. Supply line's in, fan's back on.
Now we just got put in the return line.
We spent $11,535 on purchasing and fixing this Corvette.
But we didn't get a chance to do any cosmetic touches to it.
So I'm really hoping that just the overall unique factor
of this vehicle is enough to get people excited to bid.
I'm really excited to see what happens with this car
because there's actually, believe it or not,
a ton of interest in this. So, Jax, take it away.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] So I guess our expectations
must have been a little unrealistic on this one.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] At the moment, we're not even going
to make back the original purchase price.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] We get up to ten grand almost to our goal
and you know what I notice?
The guy in the front row, they bought the Gama Goat,
that bought the Fail of the Year
is starting to put his hand up again.
-There you go. -Going again.
They need a trailer for sure.
That guy came to buy.
Let's just hope his check clears.
[Dave] It's the day of our big auction,
and we've been slowly crawling our way back into the black.
That's the coolest vehicle you got here today.
Hey, thanks, man.
[Dave] After investing all of our money
into making this the biggest, the baddest,
most awesome Diesel Auction on the planet.
[auctioneering]
Now we've reached the Hail Mary in our auction lineup.
[Heavy D] It's like a two for one,
one Corvette, two Corvettes.
[Dave] Now, we're hoping that a big bidder
that already bought two of the biggest vehicles we have...
[auctioneering]
...is ready to shell out some more cash on a crew cab Corvette
that needs to climb a couple more thousand dollars
so that we can hit our goal.
-Yes! -There we go.
The big time bidder is the last one to bid.
And I think everybody online and all the other bidders are like,
"Nah, we're not going to mess with this guy."
Which is not great because currently the sale price sucks.
Thirteen? Thirteen?
Sold it for 12,500.
Congratulations.
Uh, today I was able to pick up the Corvette, the Gama Goat,
and the side by side, the Fail of the Year for 86.5 total.
This is a little different than the previous two purchases.
What caught your eye?
I don't know.
I didn't either. I just knew I had to have it.
He wants something he could drive to church.
I'll do something with it.
We're just taking stuff from here and taking it to his place.
[Dave] I think this guy must be your long lost cousin
because obviously, he has the cool vehicle,
weird vehicle hoarding gene that you have.
[Heavy D] Stop it. It's not hoarding if you love them.
-I think it still is. -[Heavy D] It's not. Not if you love them.
I mean, it's not a huge win.
-A win is a win, man. -Yeah.
[Heavy D] I think by the time we got here
and paid everything for it, we'll probably break it even.
-But, hey, I'll take that. -It's cash back in the pocket.
All right.
Next up, we've got lot number four,
which is definitely an absolutely one of a kind vehicle,
an all-wheel drive, diesel powered hydrostatic motorcycle.
This is an absolute contraption.
A few years ago, we traveled up to Sturgis
to take a look at a motorcycle that I saw for sale.
Two-wheel drive, hydrostatic, diesel powered monster.
This motorcycle is powered
by an 840 CC Yanmar diesel engine.
It also has airbag suspension that allows
the bike to raise and lower over 12 inches,
and it's got twin turbos.
Beyond that, a ton of other custom work
has gone into this bike.
What did you build the majority of this from?
Everything, including the kitchen sink.
This is actually the P-trap out of the bottom of a sink.
-Come on. -Is it really?
-Check it for wedding rings before you put it on there? -Yeah.
This motorcycle paid itself off as soon as we bought it.
People went crazy over it and got really excited.
So basically anything that we get out of it now is 100 percent profit.
I'm just hoping that there's somebody out there
bold enough to think that they can own
and drive a vehicle like this.
Look at that thing.
Push the right button and it shoots a missile too.
[auctioneering]
[Dave] We're getting towards the last few vehicles of our auction,
and we need to squeeze out every penny we can.
Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man.
Come on. Come on.
12.5 again.
-250. -12.250?
[auctioneering]
So I'm giving it all I got to pump up the crowd and keep the momentum going.
Hey, lookie there. We got a new buyer.
New blood. He's in at 12.250.
The old man who bought the Kraken
and now also has the highest bid on the diesel motorcycle.
He definitely likes to live on the wild side.
[auctioneering]
Someone online says, "No way, though."
[auctioneering]
Last chance 12.75.
Sold that hog for $12,500.
12.5.
[Heavy D] Somebody in Fairview, Utah,
got a little excited and they now own
one of the coolest motorcycles
that I personally have ever ridden.
Just under our goal.
But it's getting us closer to that $150,000 profit goal that we set.
This next vehicle coming up is actually
one of my personal favorites that we built for a client.
Well, he used it to promote his wakeboarding business,
and then he brought it back to us
to be able to sell through the auction.
And the reason why I was excited about it
is because this is going to bring a whole new
demographic of bidders that are hopefully here
looking for something maybe a little bit different.
[Dave] Let's just hope we didn't make a huge mistake.
[Heavy D] If you're into boating, if you like surfing,
if you like the lake and the water,
and you like a boat with a lot of power.
Lot number ten is the boat for you.
This diesel military boat
was a pretty ambitious build for us.
Trying to turn an old Vietnam-era
-bridge building boat... -It's called Miss Saigon.
...into a really nice and really capable
diesel powered surf boat, that was a lot of work.
She's been sitting for probably 30 years.
We've got to see if they'll even spin over.
[engine sputtering]
[Heavy D] We got the pair of 50-year-old 353
Detroit diesel engines up and running again.
[engine sputters then roars]
Nice work.
And then decided to add HX35 turbos to each of them.
We completely redesign the rear of the hull
by adding a big ballast tank,
which also changed the fluid flow from the props.
So it allowed us to have a much cleaner surf wave.
There is no other boat out there like this one.
Which is why I'm really excited to see what kind of money it brings.
Let's go surfers. Whoo-hoo!
Oh, baby.
[auctioneering]
I believe my son is bidding. [laughs nervously]
-Come on, Bo. -Hey, uh...
Bo, you're six.
He's not taking his hand down.
20,000.
-20. -22.5.
[Heavy D] The bidding on the boat starts right around 20,000.
Which is good 'cause I'm thinking, okay,
we might hit our goal.
[auctioneering]
And all of a sudden, one online bidder, boom,
he goes up from there.
We're all excited and then flatline, nothing.
It completely stalls.
[auctioneering]
-Sold that thing, 22.5. -Sold.
-Okay. -22.
[Heavy D] To see the boat flat line like that and bring
way less than what I think it's worth and way less
than what we sold it for, that sucks.
[Dave] That's why so many people are online bidding.
With the no reserve auction, those guys are out there
and they know that they are going to get a couple items
that are going to be complete steals.
I hate everything about that.
All right.
Well, that was a good deal for somebody because that boat
has performance characteristics
of some of the $150,000 wakeboard boats
and you just got it for pennies on the dollar.
So congratulations.
Look, I know Heavy D's a little disappointed
in the boat numbers, but we get 10 percent of that.
So we just added a clean $2,250 to our profit.
What Heavy D needs to be worried about
is that absolute wild card he's got coming up next.
[Heavy D] Next up, we have the vehicle
that a lot of people have been watching.
A lot of people know, a lot of people are talking about
it's a 2011 Jeep JK
that has been heavily modified into a vehicle
that we lovingly call Rattle Trap.
If I had my way, I'd keep Rattle Trap forever.
America! Yeah!
[Heavy D] But I've already kept one vehicle from the sale.
Remember the tank that I traded for the Hummer
that I'm never going to get rid of?
Red Beard went full Red Beard.
I'm going to make Heavy D replace the vehicles
he's taken from the auction
with his own personal vehicles, if I have to.
You're going to do that with that man bun?
Yeah, I do everything with this man bun.
And I was forced to make a sacrifice.
You know Rattle Trap.
It's awesome, but it could be awesomer.
-See those shocks? -Yeah.
They could use some love.
I know how many people love this Jeep.
And I'm sure with just a little bit of elbow grease,
it'll be as good as new.
I'm already hearing a little clunk.
It's feeling really soft.
Muscles investigated the issues
we had with the suspension.
That's why it's leaking.
That's completely destroyed.
[Dave] ...and found out the shocks were completely busted.
But we didn't have money to buy new ones.
So we had to rebuild the ones that we had.
[Heavy D] Perfect.
[Dave] So after an engine tune up, a little paint detailing,
Rattle Trap passed the triple off road test from Heavy D.
Look at this thing go, dude.
This is crazy.
Maybe we shouldn't sell it.
[Heavy D] It is the perfect vehicle for somebody
who wants a total off road-capable jeep.
Now, she is probably in the best condition of her life.
It could be yours. Let's get the bidding going.
Yeah, come on.
[auctioneering]
-Yeah! -That's what we're talking about, buddy.
Rattle Trap bidding starts off hot just like expected.
[auctioneering]
Wait is that kid bidding?
Yeah. He's definitely not old enough to drive.
[auctioneering]
Now 75.
-72.5. -Attababy.
Kid knows what he wants, huh? I like it.
We've reached our goal for Rattle Trap,
but the bids are not slowing down anytime soon.
After a lot of ups and downs in our big auction...
[Heavy D] You just got it for pennies on the dollar.
[Dave] ...we're finally gaining some momentum.
Sold that hog for $12,500.
Wow. All right.
Now, we're currently in a bidding war
for one of our most iconic
and popular vehicles, Rattle Trap.
[Dave] And it looks like the winner is going to come down
to either one of our thousands of online bidders
or this little kid in the front row.
[auctioneering]
Now. 77.5.
76.
-Let's go. -Yeah!
-Come on. -[auctioneering]
That little kid is not backing down.
[auctioneering]
[Heavy D] And now we have a third bidder challenging.
[auctioneering]
-Sold it to you for $85,000. -[all cheering]
I want that kid's allowance.
So where are you from?
-Oregon. -What's your name?
Remington.
Remington, what are you going to do with that jeep?
Rock it home.
Nice.
I'm really excited for the Rattle Trap.
And I'm taking it home, so...
Congratulations.
Let's keep him around and keep bidding.
[Heavy D] Not only was that buyer
probably one of our youngest buyers ever,
which is awesome, because
it proves that the Jeep was worth
getting it back in good shape.
We only spent a couple grand and we got top dollar.
It's like those new shocks paid off.
You feel good?
Next auction, we're doing a kids only auction.
[all laughing]
Oh, man, I can't believe how long that one went.
That was great, man.
I'm on a high. Let's go.
Boom!
I knew selling Rattle Trap would be a huge win.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.
Muscle did all the work, but guess what?
I'm the brains behind this operation,
and I know you guys are probably dying to know,
have we hit our goal of 150,000 in profit?
Not yet.
Next up, we have a vehicle that has been absolutely
just causing a huge scene on the Internet.
People have just been really, really excited about this vehicle.
It's a Land Rover Defender.
It's like one of the most iconic 4x4s of all time.
This next build kind of took me by surprise.
It's not even ours.
The owner of the vehicle
actually saw our Diesel viral vehicle online,
heard about the auction and thought, "Hey,
I'm going to sell my vehicle at auction."
Did you tell him it's a no reserve auction?
He's going to find out soon enough.
I want to get at least 27,000.
[Heavy D] Being no reserve, you just have to trust us
and trust the process
and know that hopefully they're going to bring as close to that.
They might bring way more.
You know, you never know 'cause it's a way bigger audience.
[Dave] We've had our experiences
working on Defenders and we know
how much people love them.
[Heavy D] Nice, simple little four-cylinder diesel.
Should all be reversible.
Turn it while you're standing there. Yeah.
[Heavy D] That drag link should just be able to switch around.
I wonder if we're going to have to get new spindles for it.
All right, let's get it torn apart.
[Dave] So given the opportunity
to add one of these classic Defenders
from overseas in nearly perfect condition.
[Heavy D] Literally feels like we're driving around
in the UK, just gloomy and rainy.
[Dave] It's gonna be a pretty big draw to our auction.
[Heavy D] This thing's got great airflow.
You understand, these are really hard to get.
You have to import them all the way from the UK.
There's all sorts of red tape paperwork.
It runs.
Enough for your auction?
I think so.
This could be good.
Any vehicle that we brought in as a consignment,
meaning not ours,
but we're selling for somebody else,
we make it 10 percent, basically a commission on it.
So this Land Rover Defender, this thing could bring us
anywhere between 1,000 to 5,000 in pure profit
because we didn't have to touch it.
So I'm really hoping the defender brings big money.
Or it could disappoint not only us,
but the seller, Roman.
[Heavy D] This one is powered by a 2.5 liter TDI diesel engine.
It's got the five-speed manual transmission.
It is right-hand drive,
but you can still drive it legally here in the States.
And it's just a classic example of the way
that they originally came from the factory.
And it represents their capabilities perfectly
with that giant roof rack and it's ready to go.
[auctioneering]
Sold for 22,500 on the internet.
Give him a big round of applause.
[Heavy D] It's not good.
That Defender ended up selling for much less
than what Roman was expecting, which I mean,
yeah, we still make our consignment fee.
But, dude, this is not setting a good precedent for the rest of the vehicles.
And keep in mind, we've still got
one more really, really big build to go.
Okay, guys. This is it. Our last build.
Hey, we're doing pretty damn good.
This is way better than I expected, to be honest.
But I'm about ready to have a heart attack.
I've been nervous about this auction from the beginning.
And now we have one vehicle left,
and we're on the verge of pulling this whole thing off.
And I really am about ready to have a heart attack.
Oh.
[Heavy D] Here we have a 1957 Chevrolet 210.
It sounds a little different than it should.
[Heavy D] And that's because it's got a 12 valve Cummins diesel
under the hood with a five-speed transmission.
I'm not looking to buy a full-blown project,
so if it doesn't run.
Let's not waste our time.
Unless you fall in love with it.
And then you'll buy it no matter what.
Muscle and I drove all the way up to Idaho
to check out this 1957 Chevy 210
that had been swapped over to a Cummins engine.
Stuffed in there good, huh?
I had to do things to make it fit obviously.
The radiator had to change where it goes in and out
and had to use an inner cooler off of like a Honda Civic.
The conversion definitely wasn't the cleanest.
And this vehicle is covered with rust.
But...
Geez.
-It boogies. -It does boogie.
-I kind of like it. -I do too.
[Heavy D] ...the way it drives and the way it sounds,
the big diesel engine got me so excited,
but I just couldn't resist bringing it back to the shop
and turning it in the Diesel Brothers' first rat rod.
[Dave] We went through the entire vehicle, fixed all the leaks...
No more oil leak!
...which was not easy with that giant Cummins stuffed under the hood.
There's not a lot of oil in here,
so it must have been leaking for a while.
Cleaned up the rear diff.
And it's really burnt and it's really stinky.
Ugh.
We fixed up some of the more unique parts.
Done right.
Done at the farm.
And we even fixed the steering.
You sure you know what you're doing?
I'm trying, amigo. Check it out.
Moment of truth.
Oh. I love it.
[Heavy D] Then we got to work preserving and enhancing the car's old look.
We added some rust stopping chemicals
to be able to keep patina where it is.
And then we even took an airbrush gun
and added a little patina in areas where it needed it.
From there, it got wheels, tires, tint.
Not even I thought this car would turn out this clean.
[Dave] And we have no idea
what something like this is even worth.
So we took it down to Vegas
to see the king of rat rods, Steve Darnell.
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
That's actually my favorite color.
-Is it? -Hell yeah.
Dude, that thing looks great.
[Heavy D] Steve appraised this old Chevy at over $25,000.
[laughing maniacally]
Go in there, yeah!
Which means even though Red Beard hasn't given me the exact totals yet,
just by doing some quick math,
I'm thinking that if this build
sells for anywhere near the appraised value,
we might already be hitting the $150,000 goal we set.
♪ That perfect ♪
♪ Perfect shade of blue ♪
[Dave] Or we miss our target, then Red Beard gets to say
that he was right and that this auction was a bad idea.
This thing is absolutely one of the most fun vehicles I've ever driven...
because it's got tons of power.
It's got the cushy suspension. It's got the big body.
It's got plenty of room for all your family and friends.
And it could be yours.
But you got to get your bidding in now.
[Dave] So it should sound something like this.
Bing-da-da-boom-boom.
Five, six, seven, nine, twelve, fourteen.
-Right, yeah. -Just like that, Dave.
And I want you to just feel the rhythm, okay?
Clean and clear and smooth.
[auctioneering]
Boom, boys and girls.
Bing-da-da-boom-boom.
[techno remix of Dave auctioneering]
Five, six, seven, nine...
Boom, boys and girls.
See, it's all just going to come together.
I'm not gonna do any more
because it's going to be a secret for when it comes.
But you get ready, especially you up in front, big guy.
You are a mountain of a man. Him too.
[Heavy D] After three months of finding
and building some of the coolest
and most unique diesel vehicles in the world
and spending like over $330,000 to do it.
Today, we find out if it was all worthwhile or not.
[Dave] We're down to our very last auction vehicle,
a 1950s diesel rat rod.
And the bidding's already up high enough
to cover all the parts and labor we put into it.
If we can just get a little bit more...
we could possibly hit our goal of 150,000 profit
and go down in the Diesel Auction history.
[auctioneering]
How about 17.5?
I'm happy with the way these numbers just keep climbing.
It shows people are definitely interested.
[auctioneering]
Yes, sir. Now 21.
[auctioneering]
I thought the bidding was slowing down around 20 grand,
but no, hands just keep going up.
[auctioneering]
Give me a heart attack.
[Dave] There's a couple people in the audience still going.
At the back, you got to be 24.5.
Got to be 24.5. He says yes.
[auctioneering]
25.
Sold that car for $24,500.
[Heavy D] Might actually come out on top,
exceeding our goal.
Yes!
All right, man. What's your name?
-Joe. -Joe, what just happened?
-I'm a straight wagon guy. -Okay.
-And all throughout my house, we have 12 of them. -Okay.
Everything lined up.
The stars lined up perfectly for that one.
And you understand how much it would cost
if you were to try to build that yourself, right?
Yeah, it's just I'm trying explain it to my wife.
-[men laughing] -I saw something happening back there.
And that look, no, he's not dead.
You guys just... you guys now have one of the coolest vehicles.
Congratulations, man. That's one hell of a buy.
And I'm pumped for you. Thanks for coming.
All right, guys, listen.
Hey, I just want to say thank you
to every single one of you
who came out today to support this auction.
Obviously, this is something we put a lot of thought into,
a lot of time and energy,
and you guys made it all worthwhile.
With that said, thank you for coming.
Have a great day.
[all cheering and applauding]
Okay. Okay.
That's great. You three, let's go with him.
We got to talk some numbers.
[Heavy D] Look, I know we had some big losses today.
We had a few washes.
But we also had some real big wins.
[Dave] And you know that Red Beard's been tracking it down to the very last cent.
Now it's time to see how it all shakes out.
Wow. Right?
I'm always down to sell vehicles that we've already built.
However, building new ones
specifically for this auction was a huge risk.
-I had my doubts. A lot of them. -We all did.
-You did, too? -No.
Why do you guys make me feel like I'm the only one doubting everything?
That's normal. That's normal. He always has doubts.
-He doesn't say anything until the end. -This whole time,
-I thought I was the only one. -It was a big risk, man.
I want to savor this moment for a minute and let Heavy D squirm
before I give him the final number.
-The VW truck. -We made, like, seven grand.
The cab, 2,400.
Not big, but not a loser.
Tow truck, about 47,000.
The Gama Goat. Ten grand on that.
The dozer, we profited $9,000.
The Cadillac, 5,000.
That Corvette, we were up a thousand bucks.
That one surprised me. I thought we'd get more interest out of that.
Yeah, I did, too. Rattle Trap, up 83.
If you count what we put into it.
-That's huge. -Yeah.
The Chevy 210, that was eight.
So with all those vehicles I just listed,
plus the vehicles we already built
and the 10 percent fee on consignment sales,
this nut ball idea of doing an auction--
What's the total?
Hold on.
Guess.
-Okay, so this is gross profit. -Gross profit.
I'm going to be optimistic and say we're 200K.
I'm going to go 100K.
-[Dave] 100K. -I'll go in the middle, 150.
Grand total $175,000.
-Whoa. -Yeah!
-That's awesome. -That's awesome.
-There we go. -Yes!
You know, Heavy D does do some crazy things from time to time
like investing over $300,000 into this auction.
But he also sold over half a million dollars of vehicles today.
So overall, I guess you could say
that I am going to end the day with a smile on my face.
[Heavy D] We pulled off something that
nobody else has really done,
at least people that are in our space,
like our competitors,
none of our competitors are putting on their own auctions.
I'm obviously very happy that we made a bunch of money.
But even more than that,
I'm happy we were able to show the world
that we can do way more than just trucks.
Just think if we can do that,
imagine what we'll do next year.
Hey, there you have it.
$175,000 in profit.
And we just continue to cement our place
at the top of the truck world.
All in all, total success.