[country music playing]
-Woo-hoo! Boy! -[tires screeching]
Uh-oh. That ain't what he wanted to do.
-[upbeat music playing] -[narrator] This time on a special Master Distiller...
This old truck hold a load or two back in the day.
[narrator] It's a battle to find The Ultimate Bootlegger.
[engine accelerating]
Go! Go! Go!
[narrator] With guest judge, Rusty Wallace.
I didn't know a '33 Plymouth looked like this.
-[narrator] Three backwoods builders... -[clatters]
...must customize vehicles...
Impersonating the police. I don't know how that's gonna work out.
...to hide 1000 bucks worth of shine...
Oh, yeah!
Come on, guys.
...and deliver it undamaged,
without getting caught by the law.
-[tires screeching] -Whoo! He's on it.
At the end of the day there can only be
one Ultimate Bootlegger.
[suspenseful music playing]
All right guys, welcome to a very special competition.
Master Distiller's Ultimate Bootlegger.
There are two sides to the moonshine economy.
The shiners that make the liquor.
-[slapping] -Get out.
[engine revving]
And the bootleggers that run it.
Hell, I need to make some money.
I got bills to pay, I got a family to feed.
That's a risky business out there.
-[siren wailing] -[over radio] [bleep] Go ahead and disregard the chase,
we got him.
[Tim] But if you do it right...
[officer] This son of a gun's heavy. It's full of liquor.
[officer grunting] Here we go.
...it brings the biggest reward, fast cash.
[Mark] All right, guys. Your challenge
is to take a vehicle of your choice,
and modify it so that you can hide and run
at least 24 jars of moonshine.
Your criteria are as follows,
the best bootleggers customized their vehicle
to haul the most liquor that they can safely.
They have to have a style that
don't draw attention to the law.
So, we'll judge the overall look of your build.
They have to be able to hide it
where the law can't find it.
Tim will have five minutes to search your vehicle
and see how many jars he can find.
They have to have it where they can haul the most liquor safely.
So, we'll take you to an all-terrain test track
to see how your vehicle handles
and whether or not your jars stay intact.
I'm not a judge in this competition,
but I will be checking in on you boys.
But we do have a very special guest judge,
racing legend, Rusty Wallace.
[upbeat music playing]
-Thanks a lot, Josh. I appreciate that. -[Josh] Yes, sir.
Well, you guys know, bootleggers and car racers,
they get along pretty good,
and this is basically how our sport started.
But, uh, I wanna hear something about you guys.
Tommy Ring, Nashville, Tennessee.
Been building cars since my daddy gave me
my first car at 14.
I've got a hot rod shop
called Ring Rod's Hot Rod Shop,
and I build rat rods and custom builds.
This is a 1934 Austin, it's gonna be a gasser.
Now a rat rod is anything pre-'63, made out of just
bits and pieces and parts of anything.
The next car is a '31 Chevy.
I went to the Dakotas to pick this car up.
My interest in cars started from the get go.
My daddy was a World War II hero,
and when he came back,
they sent him to school to be a mechanic.
As a kid, I do remember about,
hearing about a lot of those bootlegger cars,
and there was a lot of moonshining going on.
So, I was familiar with that.
That's awesome. Sir, tell me about you.
I'm Ben Smithson, out of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Third generation hot rodder,
still out here living the dream.
I run a business called Smithson Speed and Engineering.
We build hot rods and custom cars.
We do things such as metal fabrication,
body work, engine swaps.
If we can make it cooler, faster,
then we're all about it.
I got into building custom cars as a hobby.
My grandfather and my father both did collision repair.
I grew up going to car shows
and drag strips, and stuff like that.
I've just kinda followed in their footsteps.
I would just tack that stuff in.
-See how flimsy that dash is right here? -Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tennessee is home,
and definitely has a lengthy history
in the bootlegging and moonshining,
especially out here in East Tennessee.
It was always kind of one of those hush hush things,
but we definitely have partaken
in our share of moonshine, and so,
it's, uh, it's pretty neat to be here.
Great job. Tell me about you.
Dustin Gilland. I don't really classify myself
to be your average car builder,
I'm more of a, an automotive artist.
So, this is my shop.
We're based out of, uh, Knoxville, Tennessee.
The name of my business is Rusted Reject.
I'm a one man show.
I paint in here, I weld in here,
-I grind in here. -[grinding]
Anything you can imagine, I have done
in this little shop here.
I have been interested in making custom vehicles
since I was a little boy.
My father painted cards for Car Craft and Chevy magazine,
and I got to see some of the most beautiful cars growing up.
Ever since I could walk
I can remember looking at these cars,
just drooling, man.
And some of them runnin' shine and some of them drag racin'.
Let's me know that I've got rust
going through my veins.
I can't wait to see what you guys are gonna build.
All right guys,
next time we see you,
we expect to see your modified vehicle
with at least 24 jars of hidden moonshine.
And remember guys,
you'll get extra points for performance and style.
This is gonna be great.
When you come back, we'll put 'em to the test,
and you'll get your bragging rights,
and also, the Ultimate Bootlegger Trophy.
[straining] I can't get it, it's so big.
-Wow! -[Mark] I love that thing.
You guys better get on out of here. Get started.
Good luck.
-Good luck, you guys. -Good luck, you all.
-Thanks, you guys. -Go and get after it.
[slow country music playing]
[mechanic] Oh, yeah!
-[jars rattling] -Twenty-four.
[Ben] A bootlegging vehicle versus a custom car or a show car,
it is gonna be a little bit different skill set,
but I'm really looking forward to it.
This is a early-2000s Ford Crown Victoria.
[upbeat rock music playing]
As you can tell, it's a former cop car.
It has all the badging on it.
Not many people are going to pull over a sheriff's car
when looking for moonshine.
That's just not who you think would have that.
So, we think this is a great hidden spot.
We're gonna hide at least 24 jars of moonshine
somewhere in this vehicle.
-Let's see what we can fit back here. -Oh, God!
Yeah, what's that?
-[clatters] -[Ben] I mean, we got a...
I'm seeing all kinds of
compartment room right here.
[mechanic 1] Underneath though...
-Yeah, so we gotta-- -[mechanic 1] It might be
-the gas tank, right? Yeah. -The fuel is on the thing. Right.
We've got to conceal it.
Make sure that it doesn't get damaged.
Phew!
-[mechanic 1] Oh, we got plenty of room. -[talking indistinctly]
[tool whirring]
[objects clattering]
Out she comes.
-[mechanic 1] I have one... -[jars rattling]
...two, three,
and then probably two more right here.
Yeah. So, that's five.
And then four across there.
And then just really focus on how to conceal it.
We could make it where you gotta have a tool
to get this stuff apart.
The trunk area is where we're gonna be
storing the moonshine jars.
There are two large spacious areas.
The trunk well and then right behind the rear seat.
And we're gonna make some storage compartments,
make some fake walls,
and then hopefully make it look where it's factory.
Um, so when you open the trunk,
it doesn't raise a lot of eyebrows.
-Dude, we have moonshine for days. -Mmm-hmm.
[engine starts]
[engine revving]
[Tommy] I'm very excited to be able to do
this bootlegger vehicle.
-[clanks] -For this build I've chosen a 1933 Plymouth.
[upbeat music playing]
It's an old sedan, it's '33.
That was the height of moonshining going on.
It's the perfect car for it.
It looks mean, low and sinister.
It's about 300 horses, not just a monster, but then again,
the car only weighs 1,200 pounds.
So, with that weight ratio, it... it's a rocket.
It needs to hold a minimum of 24, 25 quarts.
I was thinking we could probably get 50 in this car.
Today we're gonna start out by walking around the car.
Try to figure out what's the best way
to hide this moonshine.
You know, we got this deep place here,
where a seat used to be.
This is a lot of space back here.
[Tommy] We could probably put 30 jars in there,
and then the back trunk area,
that's no longer a trunk,
we could probably get 25 quarts in that.
[Ethan] What are we thinking we're gonna cover it with, though?
It's gotta be somethin' that's like, you know,
looks like it's part of the car.
Here's what I'm thinking, you all.
We ram that from front to back,
and cover that whole area with that.
We'll have something that we can grab it by.
Yeah, but it can't be too obvious.
If it looks like a handle...
-[Tommy] Well, if it's a loaded hinge... -[Katherine] Right.
You know, they are pressure fitted.
So when you push down, they lift back up.
We could do that.
We've decided the best place to put two compartments
is the back trunk area.
We're gonna push for 50 jars.
We're gonna have a covering over the top of that.
You'll see a flat back deck, with a secret slider door.
It will be more risky to haul 50 than 25,
but if you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.
I think we're off to a good start.
We got a lot of work ahead, but...
-[Katherine] Yeah. -...at least we know
what we gotta plan.
[country music playing]
[Dustin] Where do you reckon we're gonna hide these
24 jars of shine?
[Iryna] Yeah, I know.
[Dustin] So, Rusted Reject, it's small.
My wife comes out and helps me do everything
she can help me do.
Like, if you look under the bed, you know,
maybe we could put it under the bed.
[Iryna] It's one of the first things that they wanna look at.
If you have a truck, where do you hold stuff?
You hold it in the bed.
I am certainly the underdog,
there's no question in that.
But I love a challenge.
This is my, uh, 1947 Chevrolet Cab Over Engine truck.
We built this truck from the ground up.
It's sitting on a modern S10 frame,
V8 automatic overdrive.
It's pretty fast.
Took about five vehicles
to build this truck.
Uh, everything, down to here,
all of this is handmade.
The rockers are handmade, the floor pan's handmade.
This intersection's handmade.
Bein' 75 years old,
and the truck spending it's entire life
in Tennessee, there's...
There's no telling, man.
It could have hauled millions of gallons of shine
and nobody would have ever known about it.
[slow instrumental music playing]
[Iryna] You know, there is quite a bit of room down here.
What do you reckon we just
yank this piece off and, uh,
make it a door?
Like a secret door?
-[Dustin] Like a secret door. -[chuckles]
Makin' us a nice drawer under there.
It's gonna have to pivot right here,
so it's gonna have to be like a door hinge.
My strategy to hide,
uh... the moonshine...
My best bet is gonna be stashing it under my floor,
with a drawer that slides out.
None of the stash spot will be visible
from any angle and, uh,
actually the locking mechanism inside,
you'd have to know where it is,
to even be able to open it.
What do you say we, uh, pull this thing into the shop?
-Let's do it. -All right.
[door creaks]
[gripping instrumental music playing]
So, right now I'm in Tennessee, rolling around.
I'm going to meet the bootlegger build-off contestants.
They've been working on their cars and stuff.
I think the judges chose me for this
because I'm a moonshiner, I'm a racer,
I love fabricating and I love bootlegging,
and this is my legacy, man.
[Tommy] All right, let's get that installed.
-[Ethan] So this one's covering up the 25. -[Tommy] Yeah.
[Ethan] There we go.
Josh is gonna be coming by the shop today.
Josh has done a ton of bootlegging.
So I'm sure he's gonna have some great ideas
that'll just make the pot that much sweeter.
The 25 quarts is gonna fit back there.
And then, the metal section there's 25 quarts under that.
Now, what would we put the whiskey in?
Well, you don't want the jars to rattle.
-'Cause that'll give it away. -[Tommy] Yeah.
-So they're gonna have to be sectioned off. -[Tommy] Yeah, right.
Our main concern is that the jars don't break,
and they don't shake and they don't rattle.
We could put PVC on the bottom and glue this.
-And the glue each cylinder to each other. -So--
[machine whirring]
[Tommy] Great. Do a few more.
[Tommy] We're gonna have it in PVC tubing.
There's no way that Moonshine could get out.
[Ethan] This stuff dries pretty quick
so we don't have a lot of time on each one.
[Tommy] I think this is a plan.
[Tommy] Oh, that's plenty of room.
-Totally. -There's no way that'll rattle.
[Tommy] Have y'all covered that much ground?
[Katherine and Ethan] Yep.
There may be a raise in y'all twos future.
Hopefully some health insurance.
[Tommy and Katherine laugh]
-I made it, I made it. -[Tommy] Hey, buddy.
We've been working day and night, man,
trying to get it ready to do the thing.
I think we're about there.
-You wanna show me what you got going on here? -Oh, man, I'd love to.
[Tommy] Everything came out of the scrapyard.
The-- the rollbar was a monkey bar.
All the exhaust, that was basketball goals.
Headlights are off a tugboat.
Into your dashboard, I've a '64 Ford dump truck.
You definitely nailed the style on this one.
[Tommy] All this is cedar to look rustic and it's trimmed out.
So this compartment right here is on sliders.
25 quarts of Moonshine back there in that PVC.
These woods will be glued in.
There'll be a piece of trim across here.
But there'll be a-- a hidden pin through here.
-So if you tried to lift it, you can't lift it. -Mmm-hmm.
[Tommy] If you tried to pull it, you can't pull it.
You'd have to know where the pin was.
And then all this trim it's...
is fake.
-It's all on velcro. -[Josh] I'll be damned.
[Tommy] And then this center section right here,
these two panels here in the middle,
they're also gonna be on velcro.
Well, I'll be damned.
You slide that out, and there's all the whiskey.
You can reach all the way to that end
and reach all that way.
-This looks like it's down on frame all the way. -[Tommy] Yeah.
-So it looks like it's just bottom. -[Tommy] No room.
-[Tommy] Yeah, I had four inches off the ground. -Good damn job.
-[Tommy laughs] Appreciate it. -[Josh] I like this a lot.
[Josh] I think this is a good job.
You know, I'm wondering if there's anywhere you can hide
something else in here you know, like...
Judges are obviously gonna be able to...
They're gonna know you gotta hide this bottle in here.
-Somewhere. -[Josh] Yeah.
If you got another one they don't find,
-well, then, you've pulled the dirt under their nose. -[Tommy] Yeah.
I think I've utilized
pretty much everything in that car
that you could hide.
But I'll come up with something cool
that's-- that gives me just that extra point.
[Ben] Aw, yeah.
That's the money. [chuckles softly]
[man] I think that'll work.
[Ben] Make sure to get the rest of them in.
Me and the guys have been really busy
working on this thing.
Now, uh, we've done a few modifications to it.
But we're still kind of a little bit behind probably.
[door unlocks]
All right, here's the car.
[Josh] I hear you big dog.
[Ben] It's an old cop car
from right here in Rutherford County.
One time, I rode in a Crown Vic.
Cops were taking me to jail,
they were playing bad boys and laughing at me.
This is a true story.
So what made you pick a cop car?
You know, a cop car would be less likely to be running Moonshine.
And you're less likely to pull another cop car over.
So we're hoping to kind of hide in plain sight.
That's a really bold choice, old man.
You're impersonating a police.
I don't know how that's gonna work out.
I'd really love to see where you guys are planning on hiding your Shine,
what you guys got in store.
-Wanna check out my trunk? -I definitely do.
The great thing about this Crown Vic is it has a massive trunk.
This thing's got a big ol' trunk in it.
You're definitely gonna be able to hold [bleep] ton of liquor in here.
[Ben] To hide them, we plan on building an entire false floor
above this
that looks just like a factory floor in here.
It's covered with the carpet and what not,
like the-- like they come from the factory.
And we're gonna try to get someway to lock it.
Um, so that not anybody can just open the trunk
and then pick it up,
and then bam, there's your Moonshine.
We wanna lock it so it's concealed and hard to get to.
I know for a fact that Tim Smith's hauled a lot of liquor,
done a lot of bootlegging in a Crown Vic.
I guarantee you he's gonna go straight to the trunk.
If you can figure out some other way to hide
a jar or two, or something or the other,
I think it'd be in your best interest.
If you've got it hid somewhere else and they don't find it,
you might win the competition.
Well, I'll definitely take that into consideration,
and do some more looking and searching.
You're up against some competition, so you need to be creative.
Okay, all right.
-Challenge accepted. -Yeah.
Good job, man.
[Josh] How we doing?
[Dustin] This is our little Mom and Pop, uh, hotrod shot.
[Josh] I hear you, man.
This is our, uh, '47 Chevy COE.
[Josh] Pull her out on, dog.
[engine whirring]
What a cool [chuckles] old ride, man.
That is cool as hell.
[Dustin] You wanna take a look at this thing?
See if you can find my stash?
Yeah.
[Josh groans]
[Dustin] It's not in the bumpers.
It ain't behind the seat or under the seat.
It ain't in there.
[Josh] It's gotta be that--
It's gotta be this doohickey right here.
[Dustin] Oh, that's-- That's just toolbox, officer.
-[Josh] All right, I hear ya. -[laughs]
[Josh] How you getting it in there?
Huh.
Even though I could see this box,
I can't quite figure out how he's getting it in an out.
[Dustin] Are you kind of at a loss?
[Josh] I mean, I'm wondering what you got going on in here.
Reach your hand up under the fender wheel here.
Can you feel, there's a little cable here?
[metal clangs]
I knew something moved.
Well, I'll just be damned.
-Wow. -And this case here,
-slides all the way out. -Okay.
Pretty-- pretty ingenious, man.
Flips open.
Twenty jars inside. And that's only box.
This is good. This is creative. This is ingenious.
I feel like this is a really good hiding spot.
The biggest problem I see with this whole thing
is when I crawl under there looking for a hiding spot,
I see the box.
Well, man, I-- I love everything you're doing here.
But the only problem I see with this ride,
is you can see that metal box
when you're looking up underneath there.
'Cause when I got under there,
that was the first thing that I noticed.
And I knew exactly that that was the hiding spot.
So if there's a way to camouflage that,
I think you're in business, man.
It's a good idea, man, I appreciate that.
I'll make it happen.
-Good job. -Thank you, sir.
-Appreciate it. -Nice to meet you bro.
You too, have a good day.
[Mark] Welcome back, gentlemen.
One of the parameters for this challenge
was to build a car or truck
that would throw off the law.
Now each one of you are gonna walk Rusty and myself
around your vehicle
and tell us why your design
is the ultimate bootlegger vehicle.
-[Rusty] Let's get after it. -All right, boss.
Man, I'll tell you what, this is uh,
this is a pretty cool Hot Rod.
[Tommy] Rusty Wallace is of course a legend.
So to have him here,
makes you nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof.
[Rusty] I didn't know a '33 Plymouth looked like this.
-Well, it didn't until I got through with it. -[all laugh]
[Tommy] It's been lowered, it's been chopped.
It's got instruments in the back.
[Mark] Tommy may have a good idea because,
he could be going to any given car show,
and the police pay him no attention.
My only concern would be
that I've got the smallest car of all three.
But overall, I feel pretty good about it.
I think I got as good a shot as anybody.
Well, I'll tell you what, this is-- this is different.
Man, he's brave.
[Ben] This is a real deal cop car.
We think that the sheriff's car will be,
kind of hiding in plain sight.
I mean, how many cop cars have you seen
pull over another cop car?
I really hope Mark and Rusty appreciate where our heads where at,
using a cop car.
Uh, it was definitely a risky and bold move.
We did tint the windows
so that you hopefully can't see
and then tell that we aren't police officers.
It's got the single overhead cam.
You got 4.6 interceptor motor.
So it's got plenty of power.
You got some big ol' mud tires in the back of it.
It looks like it'll get through a lot of terrain.
No doubt about that.
It looks like it'll get uphill with 22 cases full, don't it?
[Ben] Another thing we did,
we put some toggle switches in here
that cut the rear lights off.
So if it's night, and we're having to run from someone,
uh, we can cut both those lights off
and hopefully, get on down the dirt road and-- and--
lose some folks.
Be incognito.
It's, uh, sneaky little deal.
I mean, it's just like a sleeper, isn't it?
-I mean... -Yeah.
[Mark] Good luck to you, Ben.
I appreciate it. Thank y'all.
[Rusty] Well, I'll tell you what.
This one here is not like the others, that's for sure.
I'm looking at the wheels, I'm looking at the shape.
I'm looking at the color.
And it just makes me go, "Wow, this is way different."
[Dustin] There's a pretty good chance
This old truck hauled a load or two back in the day.
[Rusty] Dustin, did you build this yourself?
From the ground up, by myself.
This is originally a two-and-a-half ton truck.
It took five vehicles to make this one.
-Really? -Five?
[Rusty] Now, what kind of motor's in this?
[Dustin] This is small block Chevrolet
with a $700 full electronic overdrive.
The bed of this truck here is off of a '62 Chevy C10
that-- that I saved from the crusher.
Modern drivetrain.
so it looks old and rough
and cruises down the road like a brand new truck.
What about that.
There outta be a lot of places on this vehicle
to hide Moonshine liquor.
Each one of them you can see the personality of the builder
is in that vehicle.
[Rusty] With Tommy's car, only 1200 pounds.
That thing's gonna fly, you know.
Yeah, that's insane.
'Cause it's got a 400 horsepower motor in that thing.
-[Mark] Right. -[Rusty] Let's move on to the cop car.
[Mark] It's a great idea blending in with the cops.
But if he has an accident,
then the Moonshine liquor that he's hauling
is the least of his worries.
How about we move on to Dustin's truck?
The thing I do like about it it's got a fresh engine in it.
-It's got a good transmission in it. -It does.
It's got really good brakes on it.
I don't know where he's gonna hide anything here.
unless it's under the hood.
I know what a 350 looks like.
A 350 engine is this big and he's got a hood this big.
All three of 'em look good.
You know, what's gonna make a difference either way is
when you get pulled over,
that first five minutes
so that law enforcement looking at that vehicle.
Can he find something in five minutes?
And I think that's my task.
[Mark] All right, guys.
They look great on the outside.
But the next challenge is what's on the inside that counts.
I'm gonna take five minutes
to search each of your vehicles
just like a cop would
if they thought you were doing something suspicious.
I know a thing or two about hiding liquor.
If I find all of your liquor,
you'll be going home at the end of this challenge.
And you'll be taking your ride home.
[Josh] I can't give you any hints on this.
Or it wouldn't be a fair competition.
-Only thing I can give you, my friend, -[Tim] Okay.
is five minutes.
And your time is starting right now.
-[Tim] Okay. -All right.
Oh, no, five minutes might not be long enough, Tim.
[Tim] Maybe not, I don't know.
[Tommy] Tim's out there searching the car right now.
Of course, that makes me a little...
a little nervous.
I don't wanna go home.
I'd like to make it to the end of the competition.
Three and a half minutes, dog.
-You better get on the stick. -[Tim] You can--
[Josh] You running out of time.
[Tommy] I feel like I've got a really great hiding spot.
Of course, who knows?
Once Tim gets into it,
I mean, that's his business.
[thudding]
He finds a panel and if it'll open,
that's probably a good clue.
[Josh] One minute, Tim.
[Tim] I'm looking, I'm looking.
No jars of Moonshine.
[Tim] It's got like, a secret place back here.
I know it's back and I went back,
I can't get to it.
Thirty seconds, Tim.
[thudding]
Time's up, dog.
He's still trying to rip it out.
[Tim] I know where it is.
-[Josh laughs] -[Tim] I just can't get to it.
[Josh] Next.
Now it's Ben's ride.
Time's starting right now.
Man he's got the doors locked.
That was smart.
That was a good idea.
-[Rusty] Uh-oh, the seats are coming out. -[Mike] Yes, they are.
[Rusty laughs]
You have no idea how hard it is for me
to keep my lips sealed right now.
Come on, Josh, you can't be no tattletale.
[Ben] Tim knows Crown Vics in and out
because he has actually had them as bootleg cars in the past.
[Tim grunts]
That's a lot of movement going in there.
I feel like there's probably not a lot of places that we can hide those
that he hasn't already tried.
You running out of time, you better get to work!
[Tim] It's under here.
[Josh] He's after that trunk.
You better bust a move.
Five, four, three, two, one.
[Tim breathing heavily]
[Tim grunts]
-He's a dog with a bone back there, ain't he? -He is.
[Mark] You better bust a move.
[Josh] Five, four, three, two, one.
You're done.
Time out. Time out.
You're done.
Did you find anything?
I find his whole load.
[Josh] How do you know that's all of it?
Well, I got a whole lot in the back.
Are you ready to do Dustin's?
[Tim] I'm ready, man.
[Josh] All right. Well, your time starts now.
I can't get the door open.
That's the problem, I can't get the door open.
Got another locked door.
-Four minutes, Tim. -[Tim] Okay.
I think that my hiding spots in my truck
are extremely hard to find.
Those steps that goes up into the cab
wasn't that the actual battery boxes for 'em.
[Josh] Yeah, I think so.
And even if you can find 'em
you're not gonna know how to access 'em.
Two minutes, dog. Two minutes.
[Mark] He built it from scratch.
He could've built hiding places
-anyway he chose to. -That... that's true.
[Josh] All right. You running out of time.
Here you got 15 seconds.
Wow.
Five, four, three, two, one.
Time's up.
[Mark scoffs] Give it up.
-I give up. -Have you find anything?
I didn't find nothing on Dustin's.
He's clean.
Outstanding job, all three of ya.
Building your cars and hiding you stash,
it was difficult
but I would like each one of you to show me
how to get to it
or if you have another location.
Tommy show me where your stash is at.
-[Tommy] Start in the very back. -[Tim] Okay.
Was that... was that the device, the switch?
-[Tommy] That device, I've got a magnet on the dash. -[Tim] Uh-huh.
[Tommy] This was here. If you take this lid off.
-[Tommy] You stick that magnet down in there. -[Tim] Uh-huh.
[Tommy] You pull the safety pin. Once you do that...
-[Tim] Yeah. -[Tommy] Step two,
is this trim is velcroed on.
-[Tommy] This lifts up. -[Tim] Okay.
-[Tommy] And this comes out. -[Tim] Okay.
-[Tommy] And then all-- There are 25 jars are here. -[Tim] Okay.
[Tommy] There's this panel up above here.
[Tommy] You pull this off, drop that down.
Two pints up in there where the wipers used to be.
And then, there's this little area
right here on the kickplate.
And you got this.
-Come on guys. -[overlapping chatter]
-Come on. -[Mark] I love that.
Little mini ones over there.
-[Tim] I definitely did not find all of 'em. -I'll be darned.
-Outstanding job. -I appreciate it.
I'mma gonna go over here and check out Ben.
Ben, I found a stash back here
and I see you have this, uh, device here
the way you're securing it.
You got four actuators right here, right?
-Which I'm surprised you got that up, -Yup. Yeah.
without breaking anything.
And over here we've got some push buttons.
-Pull this-- Yeah. -Oh, you gotta take the dash out?
[Ben] So pull that off. Right here's one.
And then there's one right here.
What else you got in here?
-You got some other stuff in here? -Yeah.
Both of these door panels.
Have a gallon in each side.
-So a gallon here. A gallon over there. -Okay.
So we also took the windshield washer fluid bottle
and we cut the hose
and re-routed the hose under the dash.
Essentially hit your windshield washer
you got moonshine coming out right there.
So we had one, two, three, four, five,
-different places -Five locations.
Luckily, Tim did miss a few, so I'm stoked that we made it through.
I'm ready to get behind the wheel
and see what that Crown Vic will do.
[Mark] Dustin.
I mean, right now I'm looking at you.
You don't have anything on this truck.
See that step there?
[Dustin] And look at that.
Mmm-hmm.
[Dustin] Now, inside here we've got two boxes.
Each box holds 20 jars.
I churn out box number two.
If we let you...
-take a little look at that. -[Dustin] That's the thing.
Well, guys you get 40 jars of 100 proof moonshine in here.
Oh, hell, I could look
-searched for a week and not that. -[chuckles]
I couldn't have found it either.
-[Dustin] I got more for you. -[Tim] You got more?
[Dustin] I done tore this whole van apart.
That tune is a valve.
What you do is you crack that valve open.
Okay. And you got moonshine.
[Dustin] Holds 45 gallons of moonshine.
So the overall load of this truck
as it sits is 55 gallons.
Outstanding.
Talk about being innovative. Wow.
[Tim] I think all three of these guys are in it to win it.
-They're here to win. All three of 'em are. -No doubt. Yeah.
All right, guys. You know...
the challenge was that Tim had to find
all your liquor for you not to move on
to the next round.
Well, obviously, Tim did not find all of your liquor.
That means that you're all going to the next round.
[Tim] The next challenge
is where all of your hard work is going to pay off
and we'll see who really is the ultimate bootlegger.
[Josh] Everybody thinks hauling a load of liquor's
about going fast, about speed.
But it's not. On these mountain backroads
the agility is what's gonna save your liquor.
You're gonna have to go fast, but if you go too fast
you might break your jars.
Now it's time to see what y'all got.
Tommy that means you're first.
[Tommy] I don't think any jars will break on this run.
I think the way they're positioned in the PVC foam,
bottom and top, pressing down on it,
I just don't think there's any way a jar could break.
I think the one's gonna have the toughest time is Tommy.
The vehicle looks awful low to me.
It looks like it's gonna bottom out.
He could prove me wrong.
Three, two, one!
Go, go, go.
-[Mark] There it comes. -[Rusty] Here he comes.
That sounds like a race car, man, don't it?
[Mark] He's looking for that clearance.
-[Rusty] Come on, Tommy. You can do it. -[Ben] Come on, Tommy.
[Mark] He ain't eating it up for speed
but he may be playing it smart.
-[Tim] Oh, oh. Uh-oh. -[Rusty laughing]
He almost spun out.
[Mark] Here he comes. Here... Oh, yeah.
Skin her back. Play into it.
[Mark] All right.
-[Rusty] Good job, Tommy. -[Josh] Now you're a racer.
All right, Josh. You can send me the next 'un
whenever you're ready.
It's time, baby. Hold together for me.
My truck is extremely top heavy.
Halt.
I'm very nervous about this last competition.
Three, two, one. Go!
[Rusty] That truck's got power and all that.
[Tim] Here he come.
[Rusty] But if he ain't going too fast
on the gravel right there, the car is gonna slide quite a bit.
[shouting]
[Mark] Uh-oh.
That ain't what he wanted to do--
[Josh] I'm running around here like a kid in a candy store
with my tongue dragging the ground
looking at all these rat rods and finally Tommy asked me...
"You wanna go for a ride?" I'm like, "Hell, yeah!"
[Josh] I'm having the time of my life
just getting down, kicking around.
And that's about the most fun I've had
in the last few weeks, I gotta tell you.
[Tim] Here he comes.
[shouting]
[Mark] Uh, oh.
That ain't what he wanted to do.
What the door then came open.
He's on the gas.
[Tim] The door came back open again.
-[Rusty] Oh! -[Tim] Oh, no!
That's not good.
[Rusty] Ooh, that was aggressive there, right?
-[Mark] That was good. -[Rusty] I tell you he drove hard.
All right, Josh. You can send me the next 'un
-whenever you're ready. -All right.
[Ben] Tim found our jars and no one else's
so this last leg is gonna be out saving grace.
I think that the police car's
got the best chance so far.
Three, two, one.
[Josh] Go, go, man. Go!
[Rusty] Ooh, he's coming in hot, man.
He's tryin' to get that thing turned
he's got that locked up rear end.
[laughing]
Ooh, he's on it.
[Tim] How's that?
Man.
[Rusty] Whoo!
[all laughing]
-[Mark] Good job, man. -[Tim] Yeah, man.
Go over to your vehicle.
Speed wasn't the main factor here.
We're checking for safety.
Take a look at your liquor to see how much survived.
[Rusty] Ooh.
All right, guys.
Tommy, you're good?
Ben, you're good?
Dustin, you're good?
Outstanding.
Now you all deserve hell have you one after that.
In the meantime, gentlemen,
we got a tough decision to make here.
We're gonna go out and deliberate
and one of your guys
will be named The Ultimate Bootlegger
[Mark] Seems like all these guys did what we asked them to.
-They put their heart into it. -Mmm-hmm.
-They put their heart into it. -They went all out,
I mean, all three of 'em was in it to win it.
-What's your thoughts on it... -Well,
Tommy's car,
that was an awesome looking car.
That motor was strong in that car.
-It just-- -Yeah, it only weighs what, 1200 pound?
-[Rusty] 1200 pounds, yeah. -[Mark] 1200 pounds.
I mean, that's like a go kart
-woulda fit the horsepower on. -[Rusty] Yeah.
[Rusty] Really wasn't a big fan
that it can't really maneuver out there too good
-if he needed to. -Low to the ground.
Tommy identified he had alcohol
but I could not get it out.
And then what Ben did with the old cop car
really got that rim hooked up
and put those big knobby tires
in the back end for traction.
And when it was all said and done,
when we're timing those guys,
-he had the fastest time. -[Mark] Oh, yeah.
[Rusty] And when it comes to making everything hard to find,
we kind expected
that maybe that stuff might be hidden in the back.
-And that's where it was at. -[Tim] Yeah.
His vehicle was the only one
that I really taken alcohol out of it.
No I didn't get all of it
but I found a big chunk in the trunk.
So really, you know,
he's caught, he's caught.
What do you think about Dustin?
That was a really cool looking truck.
Cool wheels and tires,
great engine, transmission, all the stuff.
But if I had to take that thing offroad or something,
I don't think that'd work too good with that truck.
When you look at it you try to figure out what is it.
If Dustin got pulled over by the law,
I don't think they'd ever think about moonshining
that... in that truck.
And, uh, Dustin's truck had more liquor in it
-that was not found that the other two combined. -Mmm-hmm.
-[Mark] And Tim didn't find any of it. -No.
I'm proud of 'em all.
-As we all are. -Yeah, that's for sure.
But, at the end of the day
there can be only be one Ultimate Bootlegger.
Yeah, I mean, for myself,
-I know where I'm at right now. -Yeah.
-Me too. -Me too.
-So, go get 'em, boss. -All right, buddy,
All right, guys. Welcome back.
Sure wasn't an easy task for us.
There's a lotta criteria here
that we took into consideration.
And, uh, each one of these vehicles
is outstanding in its own way.
Tommy, I'll start with you.
You're a artist, whatcha done with that car.
I was a little concerned with it
as low as it sits to the ground.
But, uh, I really liked the way you handled it
in the obstacle course.
And it did a little trickery I wanna say, you know?
Couldn't figure out your little locking device to get it out.
And then, when you showed me the two bottles
over the wiper motor at the top of the windshield,
now way in world, that I would even look there.
Ben, my policeman friend.
-[chuckles] -The way you drove that rascle
through that obstacle course was very impressive.
And, uh, just so you know
you did have the quickest time.
[laughs]
Buddy you worked hard on that car.
I mean, I'm really got turned on
how you put the big tires in the back
so you get a lot of grip.
All them trick switches you had in there.
How it took two people
to open that back of that car
and all that, so I was real impressed with your build.
All right, Dustin.
Double donuts, doors flying open.
Really impressed me about it the fact
that you had 55 gallons.
And I was unable to find...
anything on your truck.
That truck just blended right in, man.
I've... If I was cop,
there's no way I'd be pulling you over
because I'm thinking you're a moonshiner.
The only one negative thing would be
the agility of that baby,
taking that thing off road.
But all three you guys,
Great, great build.
Only one of you is gonna get this trophy.
The Ultimate Bootlegger Trophy.
Built it.
Ran it.
Won it.
Turn around and see the winning vehicle roll in.
Congratulations. Good job.
Good job to all of you.
We all did an amazing job. I'm proud of all of you.
Growing up in the Great Smoky Mountains...
-Outstanding. -It's a little heavy.
It might be full.
...it brings me great pride to win this
because there was a lot of bootleggers
back in the day.
So I'm honored to take part of it.
I know for a fact...
there's jars of liquor in that truck.
Let's all go have one of 'em.
-Yeah, let's go get a drink. What do you think? -[Tim] That's what I'm saying.
[Tim] We just gotta get Dustin
to show us how to get it out.
[all laughing]