[Mike Hall] My name is Mike Hall and, over the last 40 years,
against better judgment, I've managed to amass over 400 classic cars.
These cars are my legacy,
but I'm running out of time to restore them all.
So I opened up a restoration shop with my son, Connor,
and my best friend, Avery,
to try and turn my passion into profit,
restoring cars that the average person can afford.
But it's tough making a buck,
so I'm going to have to get the whole car-crazed town behind me
to help get the job done.
[engines rev]
But that's how things roll here in Rust Valley.
[engine revs]
[tires screech]
[Mike] I think we're here, buddy.
[narrator] One hundred kilometers west of Rust Valley...
[Avery] Look at that.
He's got some old stuff.
Old Dodge, Pontiac, Chevy.
[Avery grunts]
Ave, why does my truck smell like paint?
- Got it on my **** new boots. - You got paint on your new boots!
Why would you leave that can of paint in your truck?
[Mike] I lost it in there.
[Avery] They're stained for life. Can't stand to see me have nothing nice.
[Avery] You're an idiot.
[Mike] Hello! Clint, we made it. It took a while but we're here.
- Hey, man. - [Clint] Hello.
Mike and Avery are dropping in on musician and junkyard owner,
Clint Wilson, a fellow car nut.
You guys want to come through and see the Pontiac?
- [Mike] Let's go look at his car. - [Avery] Oh, yeah.
Here's the air force. Avery, watch your head on the planes.
- [Avery] Mike, look. - What?
1968 hide-and-seek champion.
[Avery laughs]
[Mike] Clint likes the old stuff, and he collects paraphernalia.
- [Avery] Wow. - I've been collecting it for a long time.
[Clint] Doesn't that wall look sharp?
[Mike] Pardon the pun.
He had some pretty cool stuff. A man after my own heart.
- Why don't we look at the Pontiac? - [Clint] Check out the '66.
Here she is.
- Jeez, you told me it was in good shape. - It is.
- [Mike] Half of it's missing. - It's a shape.
Clint is the proud owner of a 1966 Pontiac Parisienne...
I'm assuming you got the fenders and everything.
I got every part for this car.
...and Mike's hoping to score a job restoring it.
- That grille's all there. - Yeah.
Pontiac had the nicest grilles, and they always had nicer interiors,
nicer chrome.
The last word in full-size adventure cars,
the Parisienne was the top of the Pontiac line throughout the 1960s.
Only available in Canada, it was built on a Chevrolet engine and chassis,
providing affordable luxury for $4,500.
- [Mike] Does it run? - [Clint] It definitely needs upgrades,
- but it runs and drives. - Frame's good?
Yeah, frame's good. It has had a repair in the left rear,
- where they always go. - Yeah.
I've owned six Parisiennes. There wasn't one good frame.
From the outside, it looks good,
but you never know until you start to tear them apart, so we'll see.
Going back to nature.
- You know... - About to turn to compost.
That's called entropy, man. It's part of nature.
All of your pillars are gone, too.
I've never seen one this bad, honest to God.
The front column, where it's rotted, that is a problem.
We're not gonna fix this,
- we're gonna replace this. - You got another cowl?
I might have donor cars that have all these pieces.
- Okay. - Mike?
- What? - Easy on the donor cars.
- Everything's easy... - No...
Remember, I'm willing to sink hundreds of dollars into this project.
All at once, or over a payment schedule?
[Clint] My band is about to release our second record.
I need this car done in time for the album release.
Okay, what's your vision?
[Clint] I want to bring it back to life. I want this to be my retirement cruiser.
So, obviously upgrade suspension, steering, power train...
- Brakes. - Brakes.
If it's gonna go, it's gotta be able to stop.
Exactly.
Mike never worries about a budget.
"We can do that, we can do that, we can do that."
Now that I'm the new shop manager, there better be some cash in it.
You know what, Mike? We haven't talked about money, what this is gonna cost.
No offense, Clint, but Mike gets a little ahead of himself sometimes...
I'm already building it in my mind.
Ballpark, I'm thinking 300-400 hours,
- just because that's what it takes. - What does that translate to?
You're looking at right around $50,000, give or take 10,000 one way or the other.
I'm fine with the budget,
but I currently find myself land rich and cash poor.
- Okay. - How about $25,000,
and a really nice truck?
- It depends what kind of truck. - Mike...
- What? - Do we really need another truck, Mike?
Can't we at least look at it?
- Yeah, let's go look. - Come, look. Trust me.
- Oh, yeah! - Trust me.
[Clint] I don't give this thing up lightly.
This has been my favorite hot rod for ten years.
[Mike] Oh, it's a GMC.
- [Clint] It's '57. - [Mike] Does it run?
- Yeah. - Bonus!
[Avery] Old school, eh?
[Mike] The color, it's an eye-popper. '57, my year.
It's a long box, but due to the fact it's been lowered, the thing looks sick.
It's not that bad-looking.
It's got a Camaro front clip on it, disc-brake front ends.
- [Avery] It does? - [Clint] Rides and steers better.
[Avery] It's not a bad-looking motor in there.
[Clint] Small-block, lumpy cam, 650 CFM.
It's got a Super T-10 four-speed out of a 'vette.
- [Mike] Why get rid of this? - [Avery] This is nicer than that car.
- Because my heart lies with the Pontiac. - Yeah.
This truck, 25K, and I'm pretty sure we're in the ballpark.
Let me shake your hand
- before you change your mind. - No problem.
- Shake his too. - We got a good deal here. Right on.
Nice truck... that we're going to sell right away, right, Ave?
Oh, yeah!
[man] Okay. Push out.
Start cranking her.
It's early morning at the Rust Bros shop.
[Avery] We'll try to get her a one-shot wonder.
The crew's been given a 60-day deadline
to restore the '66 Parisienne...
We got her.
...in time for Clint's album release party.
- It'll sit pretty good right there. - [Avery] Close enough.
- What we doing first? Compression test? - I guess, yeah.
We got a battery?
Mike has asked his go-to engine expert, Dave, to help Avery test the motor.
Give her some jumping power.
[Avery] We're going to do a compression check on this motor.
If the cylinders are all good, it's a way of telling that the motor's in good shape.
[horn blares]
[Dave] That works. I've got power but no power to the solenoid.
Do it the old-fashioned way,
- cuz it's right there, Dave. - Screwdriver.
[engine struggles]
Hear that?
[engine revs, pieces clattering]
Sounds like the rod's knocked out of it, eh?
[pieces continue to clatter]
It's knocking pretty hard.
[pieces continue to clatter]
[Dave] Automatic's done.
Is it worth doing a compression test on it, or what?
Not a chance.
This motor is done. It sounds like somebody dragging a garbage can
down a gravel road.
- Yank it? - Let's take it apart and get rid of it.
- How fast can I pull this, Ave? - Probably 40 minutes.
Let's get the torches.
[Avery] Clint seems like a neat guy,
but this thing's got "grief" written all over it.
[Dave] I'm doing a James Brown. Get down!
Replacing the motor means the crew will be hard-pressed
to meet their 60-day deadline.
Okay.
[Avery] There we go.
- Okay, little slide to the head. - Yeah.
Okay, Dave.
It took us 32 minutes to pull it out.
Better than we thought.
- [Avery] Thanks for your help. - [Dave] You betcha, brother.
Five minutes down the road...
[Mike] Ted! How's it going, man?
- Good. - And you're Burke?
- I'm Burke, yeah. - Glad to meet you. Mike.
...Mike's paying a visit to an old friend.
Long time, no see. How's the old green Meeker working?
It's good.
- Last summer... - Where do you want it?
...Mike donated an old air compressor to Ted's sandblasting business.
It looks better in your yard than it did in mine, Ted.
- [Mike laughs] - [Ted] Alright.
Now, Ted's returning the favor.
Because of my good deed, he gave me a tip on a smokin' deal.
Let's have a look.
Oh, doesn't that look pretty?
Burke is motivated to unload his '73 'Cuda at a knockdown price.
[Mike] The 'Cuda, not a Barracuda.
They're not a car you come across every day.
Deluxe interior, rally gauges, exhaust options...
It's just a very cool car, and nothing screams Mopar muscle
like a 'Cuda.
[engine revs]
What packs a bigger bite than a Barracuda?
In this high-performance variation on its iconic muscle car,
Plymouth loaded huge horsepower onto a heavy-duty suspension,
and sleek E-body design.
With its seductive hood scoops, bucket seats, and racing stripes,
the 'Cuda dazzled the sporty youth of the 1970s.
[Mike] 'Cuda, hard top, 318 car.
Obviously, there's not a 318 in it now.
Burke's upgraded it to an even bigger engine.
Doesn't that look pretty? We got power steering,
we got power brakes, we got billet pulleys.
Lots of juice.
It's got a big block in it.
The motor's hot.
Let's give her a little tickle.
[engine starting]
Flame on!
She's a hot unit.
[engine revving]
[Mike] That's good. That's good.
Okay, so what do you got to get out of this piece
- of automotive history, Burke? - I paid 14 for it...
fifteen years ago.
[Mike] We've got our first swap meet of the year coming up.
If I can get it for what he paid for it 15 years ago,
flip it right away, I could make a good chunk of change.
So, what do you want to get out of it?
Twenty?
That's pretty fair, for what it's got.
- I was thinking more like 13. - No.
- Shit. No, can't go that... - You paid 14.
How much money you gotta make for storing it?
- It's been sitting for 15 years. - Yeah.
It's gone up in price.
There's some value, by far.
I tell you what. I got 16,000 bucks.
I don't know if that's enough, but that's what I got...
You give me a check right now
- and I'll go for 16. - Okay, and it won't bounce.
Ted will vouch for me.
I brought one.
"1973 'Cuda, 16,000."
**** that's a lot of zeroes.
Perfect. Let's load her up.
I'm thinking it's a pretty good deal for me.
We're going to bring it to the swap meet, see what happens.
Thanks, Ted.
[horn honks twice]
[Connor] What is this?
[Avery] I hope it's a customer's car.
Whose car is this?
Do you want me to lie to you?
- He's smiling like it's his. - I do want you to lie to me.
My dad has spent so much money on cars,
you can't even fathom it. It's insane.
- You bought it, didn't you? - Yeah.
There's 400 down in that field to pick from. The idea is to restore them,
and the key word is a "sell."
[Mike] 440, 500 horse, dynoed,
mint upholstery, new tires.
Oh, look how ugly it is!
It's our biggest swap meet of the year coming up.
He's bought four cars in the last two days.
That doesn't work for our business plan.
- Guess what I paid for it. - Twenty.
- Eighteen? - Lower.
- Sixteen? - Sixteen thousand Canadian. Oh, I see.
That's not bad.
- What's wrong with it? I saw this. - It's got...
- [Avery] What's that? Pennies from heaven? - Swap meet's coming up in five days.
- If somebody offers us 26, 27... - [Avery] We might sell it next week.
[Connor] If you dig into it, you'll be into it for another 20.
[Mike] Where do you see 20 grand?
This is like three days to change quarters.
Mike, you've done nothing in your life in three days.
I know what he's done in less than three days.
Probably took him about 30 seconds to make me.
- Whatever. - Let's not fall in love with it.
- Okay. - Get it unloaded.
[Mike] Okay.
[Mike] There should be another bolt here. Where is it?
Okay.
At the Rust Bros shop...
[Mike] Man, this thing weighs a ton.
Good thing you're short, Tony.
...Mike is trying to make up for wasted time on the Parisienne,
after the motor had to be junked.
I should know better than to give a solid deadline for a car.
Good things take time.
[Clint] Special delivery.
- How's it going, buddy? - Hey, Clint.
- [Avery] Hey, man. - Wanted to see what the hell you guys
are doing with my car.
- [Mike] Just in the dismantling process. - [Clint] Holy smokes!
Basically, we've spent about three hours' labor so far, that's it.
- Holy... Do I owe you for that? - No, just...
So, we were talking a timeline before on this.
Are you seeing it getting held back for any reason?
I just want to make sure
- I don't get lost in the shuffle. - [Mike] No, it should be close.
- We will take care of it, and you. - That's what I want to hear.
At the end of the day, you're gonna have one kick-ass car.
- [Avery] Hey, Boyd? - [Boyd] Yeah?
[Avery]We need to get stuff for the swap meet.
Avery's asked Boyd, Rust Bros' newest auto body tech...
- Here, you drive. - I don't want to drive.
...to help him look for parts down in the yard.
[Boyd] I'm just kind of sketchy about taking shit from here.
[Avery] Don't worry about it.
This pile of parts has been sitting here for probably three years.
These doors are...
If they're not all rotted out, they're easy to sell.
It's our biggest swap meet of the year coming up.
Mike has been dragging his feet. He's got all kinds of stuff to sell.
There's a cool hood. It's not even bent.
- Not unless we... - It's got a little surface rust.
- [Boyd] You could buff that out. - [Avery] Course you can!
[Avery] Are you sure you're not related to Mike in a past life?
[Boyd] There's a lot of good stuff here.
Does Mike know we're taking all this stuff?
I don't know if he's gonna appreciate us raiding his pile.
- You know what? - He knows where everything is in here.
This shit has been sitting here, and nothing has moved,
nothing has sold. We're running out of room, Boyd.
He's been spending so much money, we need to recoup a little bit.
- Load that. What's that bumper for? - I'm not here.
You're not here. That's all right.
I think that's good for now.
- Thanks a lot for doing this, Connor. - No problem.
Down the road, Connor's hoping to help out a friend...
Caleb called me up the other day, he said,
"Hey, Dusty at Active Care, his truck got stolen."
...with a very unusual restoration project.
- [Connor] I'm just glad you got it back. - [Dusty] Oh, yeah.
Dustin's a friend of mine,
and I want my old man to hear the story before I show him the truck.
How you doing?
I got an '83 GM truck. My old man passed away from cancer a couple years ago.
It got stolen out of our shop.
Jesus, that sucks.
Losing the truck was like losing him again.
It's sentimental value, for sure. Not just to me, but the rest of my family too.
I don't have that much stuff of his.
Finally, we got a hot tip, and the Chase RCMP picked it up.
We just want to get it back, at least in the condition it was.
- It's a big truck. - Looks like it needs doors.
[Dustin] They stole it and repainted it.
Used to be our company colors, orange and... Now it's pink.
They even painted over the lights.
- [Connor] I think they were in a hurry. - Yeah.
The thieves coated Dustin's beloved truck with house paint,
to conceal it from the police.
How's the tailgate?
It's a Chevy tailgate, it's a GM truck, so when it closes,
- it doesn't close too nice. - Is that what this is for?
Yeah.
[Mike] Get something that says "GMC."
I just hope this paint isn't a total disaster to strip.
[Mike] What are you doing? Is it getting painted?
- We got LINE-X next to us. - Yeah.
They offered to help after they heard about it.
LINE-X is like a spray-on, rubberized kind of coating
that is literally bombproof.
Dustin's truck is a shop truck, so you can bash stuff off
and it'll take the abuse.
What about this grille, Dustin?
I'd like to keep the grille.
- It was the old man's. He put it there. - Yeah.
[Mike] Square body, lot of square footage.
But the kid never thought he'd get the truck back.
You can see the emotion and attachment he has for this truck.
We need a rocker, we need one door for sure.
We're gonna help him out.
I'm thinking, to rough it out,
a couple of weeks.
- That'd be great. - Just to get it in, get it out.
- Thanks, Mike. - Okay, thank you.
[Mike] Like... Like, what?
What's he doing with all this shit?
A few hours later...
Avery!
...Mike comes across Avery and Boyd's truckload of parts.
I asked you to accomplish something, not waste time.
You wanted something to bring to the swamp meet.
Not junk. This is all garbage.
Who's going to buy garbage?
I tell you what. Since you think it's all garbage,
you won't have a problem with us selling it.
- No. - Will you?
- I'm not selling any of this shit. - Why not?
- Because I'm not. - Why not?
First of all, it's garbage. Now it's worth something.
It's worth something to me.
Those are Nova taillights. That's a '68 Chevelle,
which I have two cars.
Why would I give this shit away, and then have to go and buy it?
That's for one of the Beaumonts, and it's only half a grille.
They do not make these. We have two '66 Beaumonts.
Maybe somebody will give us ten bucks for it, and we'll be up.
**** off. Go put it all back where you found it, and don't scratch it.
And I'm docking you two hours of pay, too, for wasting my frigging time.
Avery, go do something.
After nearly a week at the Rust Bros shop...
Okay, one, two, three...
...Mike's still struggling to disassemble the Parisienne's rusty shell...
Okay, leave me alone.
I know what I'm doing. Go do something.
...and keep his staff on track with this build.
Avery, you know what you can do?
You can go grab the '66 Impala shell that we gotta take the rear end
and the steering column out.
That's something that we need to do.
Why wouldn't you take it out where it's at?
Then go do that.
[Avery exhales frustratingly]
Hey, Tony. I've come down for some peace and quiet.
Mike thinks he has the perfect rear end
for Clint's Parisienne in one of his old Impalas.
Let's try taking it out nicely.
If it doesn't come out nicely, we'll take it out un-nicely.
We want to get this done.
We need to cut the time down on these builds,
get to the next build, get her out the door.
- [Avery] Ready? - [Tony] Ready.
[Avery] I would never have guessed that was gonna come out that easy.
Yeah, no shit.
- We gonna put it on the roof of your car? - Put it on the roof rack, yeah.
[Avery laughs]
Before installing the rear end,
they'll need to check that it's tough enough for what Clint wants.
You know the quickest way to do it is just pull the pan off,
drain the oil, and take a look.
The numbers'll be stamped.
The numbers inside will reveal the gear ratio.
The higher the ratio, the faster the acceleration.
We've gotta be environmentally conscious,
gear oil's pretty insidious shit.
Doesn't that look... Oh. You had to get some on me, didn't you, Tony?
Okay, start spinning, Tony.
He's hoping for two numbers, a multiple of three or more apart.
And we got...
Fifteen into 41.
Two-seven-three.
Which isn't what we want to see. ****.
[woman] Good afternoon, Rear Ends Only.
We're doing a '66 Parisienne, he's going to be running 550 horse.
We're going to get a brand-new rear end for his car. Could take a while,
it'll cost a few bucks, but...
that's what the client wants, that's what we're gonna give him.
- [man] Okay, so send it down to us, Mike. - [Mike] I'll get it there tomorrow.
Thank you.
Okay, you're good. Straight. Crank her hard. Keep coming.
Mike and Connor are now starting
disassembly on Connor's charity project...
- [Mike] It's good there. - ...Dustin's recently recovered
stolen truck.
We're changing this one door.
They even changed these.
[Mike] They should call us Sob Story Auto Body.
Hey, that's all you.
My dad's a sucker for sob stories.
It's cost him a lot of money in the past.
I'm not as much of a softy as he is,
but I feel for Dustin. Nobody deserves to have their truck stolen,
especially one that's got sentimental value like this.
We gotta do a bit of repair to this one,
but all in all, it's all pretty solid.
[Mike] Yeah.
- [Connor] We need a seat for him. - [Mike] Seat?
[Connor] This isn't the right seat for the truck. It's the wrong year.
[Mike] This dash is just roached.
[Mike] Have you got it all? Do I have to write it down?
I know exactly what we need.
Let's check out Lyle. He's got a bunch of these things.
[Mike] If we're on the hunt for some parts for Dustin, Lyle's the man.
- Lyle! - What the hell's going on here?
- How's it going, man? - Good.
- Look at the line-up of square bodies. - Oh.
I gotta get 'em all, otherwise you'll get 'em.
[Mike] Basically, Lyle's the square body guy in Rust Valley.
He rebuilds them, he scraps them out, he sells parts.
We need a seat, a mint driver's door, two door panels, and a dash.
I got it all. Did you bring your wrenches?
- Yeah. - You know how to turn 'em?
- He doesn't, that's why he brought me. - I brought the kid.
There's junk everywhere, you gotta watch it. I hoard stuff.
The door's got a little bit of rust on the bottom, you might not want that one.
- Driver's door is the one we need. - Nice door panels in it.
They're awful nice, too nice for you.
[Mike] We don't want to have to patch it. I'm not into it.
You'll have to put one patch, but that ain't bad.
Okay, yeah.
Where's your seat?
[Lyle] Isn't that a beauty? Goddamn.
- [Mike] Look at that. - [Connor] It's in good shape.
All right...
Another truck in here, and it's got a tractor and furniture.
[Mike] ****. You've been busy.
- [Mike] Where you hiding this dash? - [Lyle] Right over here.
[Lyle] The black goes with anything, but brown goes, too.
[Mike] I like the black one.
- What's the package deal? - A thousand bucks.
But for you, 1,100.
Come on, Lyle.
- 800 today. I'll give you the whole works. - 700.
- 750. - 700.
- 725. - Okay.
- Let's get it out. - Let's go grab some tools.
[Mike] Look at that thing.
The next morning, Mike's heard there's a client
interested in one of his most prized possessions...
Looks like it's doing 100 miles an hour standing still, man.
Beauty.
...a 1970 Dodge R/T Charger.
[Avery] What are you doing?
Connor told somebody I'd sell the thing for 50 grand
and they want pictures.
Connor has a lead on a buyer eager to snap it up
before tomorrow's swap meet.
I don't want to sell it, not even for 50.
I'll never get another one that's been parked 25 years,
this thing's a **** survivor.
What do you think you're gonna find if you dig into this, a pristine car?
If you do, you're on glue.
Yeah, but this is factory air.
All the upholstery's mint, door panels are mint.
I've got the original key codes.
I've got the fender tag. I know the whole history
- of the car from day one. - [Avery] The swap meet's coming up.
He might as well forget about making any money.
- [Connor] Yeah? - I'm not doing it.
**** no!
- If someone gives you 50 grand for it? - I don't care.
I'm not selling it. I'm having separation anxiety.
You can sell it when I'm dead. F**** off.
Bastard. I'd rather sell four other cars at 10,000 apiece and keep that one.
Why sell the diamonds and keep the **** silver?
[Mike] There's got to be something here that's good, Ave.
There's just an hour to spare before the swap meet.
Hang on, before you drop something on my **** toes.
Avery's finally convinced Mike to sell some of his parts.
We're just looking for something we think is gonna sell,
and gonna raise some cash today.
Grab that bumper. It's something old. Somebody would want that.
Maybe grab that one, too.
- Holy ****! Grab it your **** self! - No, I'm looking for shit.
You're the grabber.
Oh, hey. These are worth money.
None of the parts that Avery picked are ones I wanted to sell. [groans]
I decide what parts I'm gonna sell. And for what price.
[Mike grunts and groans]
Careful with those.
What else we got here?
- It's a plow or something. - [Avery] Or something.
That's a cool piece, Ave.
It's yard art. People will buy that instantly.
- You think so? - Oh, **** yeah.
They'll figure they got shot in the ass with a bolt of lightning.
[Mike laughs]
Ave, how about the tractor?
- It'd sell. - Let's load this up.
[Mike and Avery laugh]
[Mike and Avery grunt and groan]
- Strong like an ox and smart like a bull. - [Avery] Oh, yeah.
[Mike and Avery grunt]
Are we building cars or farming?
I'm raising rust.
[Mike and Avery laugh]
The collector car world attracts all sorts.
Hoarders, billionaires, poor man, rich man, smart man, dumb man,
you name it.
You just never know, but it attracts everybody.
It's a record turnout for this year's
White Post Auto Museum Spring Swap Meet.
Thanks. We're gonna move this guy in here.
Avery, what about this one?
- How much? - I think...
- You gotta take the cap off, Mike. - Is that why it didn't work?
Mike's plan for today
is to try for a quick flip on some of his recent car purchases.
You never know, miracles happen.
They only made 2,200 of them.
We got the '73 'Cuda, 30K.
Might be a little high, but it's a cool car.
If we can get 30K, I'm taking the money and I'm running.
We've got the '64 Biscayne wagon. Got a smokin' deal on it, 1,500.
Put it there for 45 with a parts car.
"Comes with..."
Rust.
"...parts car."
[Mike] Up top, at the upper shop, we've also pulled out some of the projects
that we didn't sell last year. We've got the yellow truck,
and then the crème de la crème, we've got the '70 R/T Charger.
I'm in no rush to give it away, but it's one hot-looking car.
There's going to be 2,000 people at this thing.
Basically, it's like throwing crumbs to a herd of ducks.
- Mike. - What?
Mike...
Junior over there wants to go into the plowing business, I think. Come over here.
[boy] Does it run?
[Avery] Yeah, this motor will run quite fine.
Clean it up, be a good project. What do you want to do with it?
My grandpa does
- the little garden tractor pulls. - It'd be awesome for that.
- This is a heavy tractor. - Poppy.
Junior says you might be interested in this thing.
- Yeah. - [Mike] It's not seized.
This thing runs all day long. It's a cast-iron block. It's a good motor.
[Mike] A hundred and fifty bucks.
You take 100 bucks for it?
Why don't you give me 125, meet me in the middle...
This and the seat's worth 100 bucks.
You give him 100, I'll pitch in the last 25.
- There we go. - Look at that.
- Thank you, I'm happy. - I'm broke.
- It's going to a good home. - It is.
Thank you, man. Goodbye.
He's going to value the investment he has in that thing,
and, therefore, he's going to take pride in doing something with it.
- Ave, you stick around, I'm going to eat. - Bring me a hot dog back before I die.
Step right up, don't be shy!
[Mike] There we go. Oh, yes.
Ukrainian smoky, the farmer's sausage!
- [woman] How are you? - How are you?
- [woman] Good. - Two of 'em.
- [Avery] Wanna buy this plow? - [man] How much?
I tell you what. Bottom-line price...
- Sixty bucks. - Sixty bucks, eh?
Thanks a lot.
Fifty, that's my final offer.
- You got 50 cash on you? - I do.
Decorate my hand.
"Decorate my hand"!
Thank you, sir.
Avery!
- What? - I sold the other one with no disc for 60.
- So tell me you got more for that one. - No, I didn't.
- Well, it's not yours to sell, ****. - It is, we're gone.
I got 50 bucks for it. It's the end of the day, nobody was taking it.
- It's noon. It's not the end of the day. - Anybody looking at anything,
- gonna buy anything's already gone. - Give him back his money ****, Avery.
I leave you for...
Eight bucks for your... Eight bucks.
- Do you want it or not? - No, I don't want it.
- Now I got two hot dogs. - I'll trade you some water for a hot dog.
Nope. Eight bucks. Whip out the sock, buddy.
Come on, keep coming.
Okay, there's eight. There you go.
Mike...
What the **** did you do to my hot dog? It's got handprints all over it.
This one is a 'Cuda. It's got a killer stereo in it.
[Mike] You'd look good in that car, hon.
The day is half over,
and most of Mike's merchandise hasn't sold.
Look under the hood.
[Mike] Everybody's looking at that 'Cuda.
[man] Wow.
It's one hot-looking car.
I take cash, and I take cash.
Tell your friends. Like to see it gone today.
That thing looks like a Hot Wheels car, except life-size.
- This one is a 'Cuda, not a Barracuda. - They're getting hard to find, eh?
Go ahead.
Set the hook.
[engine revs]
[Avery] Sounds good.
Okay, it's 35 now. He's smiling.
She's on sale today.
It's for sale, it's not on sale.
My mistake. For sale, on sale...
'Cudas are a hot commodity, they're not common.
You don't give them away.
What are you looking for out of this?
The way it sits, I figure it's worth about 30K.
- Twenty-five coming close? - No.
Mike, you know what? You're a chowder head.
No, I'm not. 27,500.
I'll meet you in the middle, if you're serious.
I'm going to walk around,
- come back after. - Take a look. I mean, it's here.
- Okay, man, thanks for asking. - Thanks.
End of the day, I sold a few parts.
We never sold those. You said those would sell, too.
I just tried selling them.
I was hoping to have a couple of big-ticket items sell,
so, I mean, I'm a little disappointed but you can't win 'em all.
Just too bad we never sold the 'Cuda.
- I thought you were a salesman. - Well, whatever.
Look who's looking at my '70 R/T.
- Basim! - Hey, Mike.
How's it going, man?
This guy's been bugging me for two years about this R/T Charger.
- What are you here for? - Same thing.
Same thing you've been here the last three times, Basim.
[Basim] This car, when I first saw it, was just love at first sight.
It's like my dream car, right?
[Mike] It's all original, except for the engine.
For over a decade, Mike's resisted
selling his beloved Charger to anyone.
It does have good options. Power steering, power brakes.
It's got a factory air chill, eh?
[Mike] Yes, factory air.
[Basim] Nice.
He knows he's looking at a rare piece of Mopar muscle.
- Let's take it for a test-drive now. - Let's take it for a test-drive.
Don't let fear and common sense slow you down.
[engine revs]
- [Basim] Are you ready, Mike? - I'm ready.
Let's go for a ride.
What's the speed limit? 20?
[Basim laughs]
Now we're talking. You know what, Mike? The car shifts well, actually.
- It does. - Really good.
[Avery] That thing's got a bit of tap, eh?
[Basim] That was fun, Mike.
[Mike] Nothing smells like an old car, eh?
So, you gonna sell it to me, or what?
[Basim] I've been trying to buy this car for the last two years.
Mike doesn't want to sell any of his stuff,
especially this '70 Charger.
Okay, so, what are you offering today?
Forty-five.
It's worth 50.
Seriously, Mike, it's tough to negotiate with you.
It's the longest deal in history with him, I think, this car and you. Two years.
I tell you what.
- Yes. - I appreciate the interest you've shown.
Forty-seven thousand dollars.
Take it or leave it.
You got a four-speed to throw in with the car?
- Transmission? - What, you mean like an 833?
- Yeah. - No.
I'm not throwing in a free 833, no.
How about this? Final offer.
47,500, with a transmission, plus six cans of beer.
- Okay. I know it's going to a good home. - Thank you.
- My friend, finally! Congratulations. - You have to give me the six cans of beer.
[Mike] I know the car is going to a great home.
It'll be restored the way it should be.
And that kid is going to have a grin on his face for years to come.
Okay, man, thanks again.
The day started off a little rough, it ended on a high note,
a $47,500 high note.
I mean, all in all, it was a good day. I need a couple more of these every month.
Inside the shop, the body crew is making progress on Dustin's GMC truck.
[Mike] This year, hopefully, we're going to find the balance.
I can't just go broke building other people's cars.
To me, the cars bring back a flood of emotions for some people.
One of the fondest memories Dustin has of his dad is building that truck,
and it'd be nice if we can get it back where it looks better than it did.
[Connor] I guess we're ripping this thing apart today?
We'll pluck her off the frame, see what the mounts are like, lift it up.
Mike can't afford any more setbacks to the Parisienne's 60-day build,
so he's asked Connor and Avery to make sure the frame's as solid
as Clint promised.
One, two, three,
four, five, ten.
- That's no good, though. - What's that?
Frame's cracking here, and rusting. She's broken.
[Avery screams] Look at this. Right here, too.
Oh, yeah.
Well, let's get the body ripped off it, then we can look at the whole frame.
- Will that just spin it? - It's rotted right out. Connor...
- is there anything holding this body on? - I don't think so.
[Avery] It's all bad.
Frame is safety, body's lost.
Keep coming.
[Connor] We want to check his frame. The whole car rides on the frame.
How rotten is it?
That's a little soft.
- What's this? - That's... Oh, no!
[Connor] Who in their right mind Bondos a frame?
- [Connor] Is that a scabbed-on patch? - [Avery] It is.
[Connor] Holy!
[Connor] This is not like, you know, a little bit of a rust repair on a body.
When you have an issue with the frame between your axles,
that frame can snap.
[Connor] Like, that's bad.
The whole rail's done.
We can't let this leave our shop.
- Well, should we make some phone calls? - Phone your father.
The Parisienne restoration is dead in the water,
until a solution for its frame can be found.
[phone rings]
[Mike] Connor, what's up?
You want the good news, or you want the bad news?
What a tough choice. Give me the bad news, get it over with.
- Frame's rotten. - **** sakes.
****!
Somebody's patched it, done some work to it,
they had Bondo on it and shit.
I knew better.
That's why, when we looked at the car, I asked Clint, "How's the frame?"
He said it was good to go.
The good news is, the body's off the frame.
****. Okay, bye.
Okay, we need some strong backs and weak minds. Who here qualifies?
[man] All of us.
- On three? - Just drop it.
At the Rust Bros shop,
Mike's put the Parisienne and its rusty frame on hold.
- It's good there? - Yeah.
The whole crew's taking Dustin's late father's truck
from crime scene to cherished heirloom.
I might live to be 90, I don't know, but my dad died at 60.
- [man 1] That's gonna look really good. - [man 2] Okay, down.
My dad was a special person. He was always bringing strangers home,
helping 'em out, so it's kind of good to see my kid helping other people.
Those that can afford to give, should.
- [man] I guess we get at her. - Thanks.
- Okay. - It's all yours. Ciao.
With the thieves' pink house paint
finally stripped, the team at LINE-X is restoring the truck
to its once-orange glory
in a gritty new hard-wearing finish.
- That's what you call "hugger orange," eh? - That's right.
That's amazing.
At the Rust Valley outlaw drag strip,
where locals come to show off their rides...
- I'm sure you've done a few passes here. - Yeah, we've all done passes here.
The old man showed me this place, originally.
...Connor's brought Dustin to see his finished truck,
at a place that holds a lot of memories.
Me and my dad, we had a ton of fun, ripping up and down in old hot rods.
I think this has been a race strip since pavement got laid down.
- Nice, straight stretch. - I'm stoked to see this truck.
Oh ****. I'm just anxious as hell, eh?
Super nervous. I can't believe the truck's coming back after a month.
I hear it.
Oh, shit! Look at this thing. This thing looks good from that far away.
No way.
You guys blew it out of the water. Right on.
- Come take a look. - That thing looks insane.
[Mike] Here it is, buddy.
- Shiny and new. - [Dustin] What a difference.
[Dustin] Wow, guys. I don't know what to say.
These guys went above and beyond. All the bodywork's done,
all the metal's done, it's got full LINE-X.
Wow, this was done right.
I can't believe how clean it is.
[all laughing]
The hugger orange is unreal.
In the sunlight, it sparkles, the metallics.
- The color turned out awesome. - It was a perfect pick.
The whole truck is like a brand-new truck. I didn't think it would ever be that good.
[Connor] This is the door we put on. The rockers are all new.
[Dustin] Hey, the seat, what a difference.
- [Connor] Right? - [Dustin] Look at that seat.
- [Dustin] This is amazing. - [Mike] You even got matching door panels.
- [Dustin] This is amazing. - [Mike] Like the beautiful tailgate?
- Love the tailgate. - GMC.
It opens, too.
- [Dustin] Look at the box liner, an' all. - [Connor] Yeah.
- [Dustin] Wow. - [Connor] The whole thing is LINE-Xed.
- [Dustin] The lights, even. - [Connor] Yeah, everything turned out.
Every detail. You guys do great work.
[Mike] What do you think your dad would think of it?
He wouldn't know what to think. He'd like every part.
Dad would be blown away. But I think Dad would be stoked. He would.
He'd be happy.
He's almost in tears.
Happier than shit. I wish the old guy could've seen it.
[Mike] It's eye-popping. She'll be grabbing attention.
- Can we drive it? - Yeah. It's your truck.
- [Connor] Dude, this thing's awesome. - [Dustin] Time warp back to 1980.
[engine revs]
[Connor laughs]
How's it going? What can I do for you?
We're looking for a classic.
I might have one or two! [laughs]
The next day at the shop...
Here's two with a little bit of color.
...a newlywed couple is on the hunt for a colorful classic car
that could be their wedding present to each other.
[Mike] '57 GMC. Somebody's already put a Camaro clip in it.
[man] With the front clip, does that mean it's got disc brakes?
[Mike] Disc brakes, power steering. All the modern amenities
and that classic look.
'73 'Cuda. Plum purple.
I mean, it's not perfect, it's really loud.
- Loud is good! - [Mike] Here, hop in. Fire it up.
[engine revs]
[woman] I've dreamed of owning a muscle car
from the time that I could drive.
[Mike] Wanna take her for a burn?
Something growly and sexy
It likes lots of gas.
It shifts hard. It's full manual.
That's, like, for drag racing.
[woman] This is fun to drive.
- What do you think? - How much are you asking?
- You tell me. - Will you take 25?
No.
- 26? - No.
I tell you what. As is, wear is, I don't touch it again,
I would take 27,000 bucks.
- All right, got yourself a deal. - Perfect. Thank you very much.
Look, your nails even match the car!
I didn't lose. It's gone to a good home.
If I'd torn it apart, I'd have another 30, 40 grand into it and I'd be buried.
No matter how you look at it, it was a win.
Where's the keys?
- Okay, well, there you go. - They're mine already.
I know whose car it is. Let me get some paperwork.