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[Derek] This time
on Roadworthy Rescues,

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we build a '38 Chevy.

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[Dave] By unbuilding it first?

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-Yup.
-I... Just trust me.

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It's fine.

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[Dave] I don't know
what's going to happen

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-in a foot from now.
-[Derek] Oh.

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[theme music playing]

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[country music playing]

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[Derek] This week
on Roadworthy Rescues,

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something completely
different.

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We're doing a full build
bumper-to-bumper

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on this 1938 Chevy Coupe.

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Vice Grip Garage fans
on YouTube
will recognize this car.

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I picked it up
five or six years ago

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from a family friend
of Luke McLean,

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who was the owner
and racecar driver
of this car.

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He started racing in 1958.

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And this was
his original racecar

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and it was inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2002,

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along with himself.

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He won many championships

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in the '60s with this car.

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It was a driving force.

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It set track records.

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It has probably more wins
than anything.

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It's an absolutely iconic car.

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I did some racing with it,
some rally cross,

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some oval stuff, and then
it's really been sitting.

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My friend Andy and I
blew it apart.

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We wanted to rebuild it.

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Our goal is to get this thing
back on the track

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and back on the street,
make this thing street legal.

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We've obviously got
a tremendous amount
of work to do.

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We're here at my friend's shop
in Minnesota.

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We have tools and things
in Parts Galore,

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but we need to walk
around this thing,

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see what it's really
going to take,

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and then get after it.

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So let's take a look here.

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So this car is
one of the most raw, radical,

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and outrageous examples
of a homemade racecar

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and how things really were

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just thrown together
back in the day to go race

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and have fun
with your friends.

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Luke and his friend
put this together

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with stuff they had
laying around the yard.

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And I'm gonna show you
a few examples of that.

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They had
a drill pipe roll cage

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and a bunch
of homebrew suspension.

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And he got really creative,

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and that led him winning
a lot of races.

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One of those examples

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is this hot little
small-block in here.

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Looks pretty stock,
but I assure you it's not.

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And if you notice, it's set
way back into the cab.

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The front of the engine
is right here,

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where traditionally it would
have been way up here.

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So he was playing
with weight distribution.

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The suspension was moved
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and we'll see a bunch of those
cobbled pieces and plates

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and things of that nature.

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We actually...

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Andy made this hoop for me

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later on in the bumper.

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We had to take
some of this stuff off

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just to make it somewhat safe.

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We added the nerf bars.

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There were just
drill pipe nerf bars.

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look at the steering here.

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Again, it's just pieces
and chunks of metal

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that they had
laying around the yard,

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and they just put it in there.

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And now remember, this car
is going around the track

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at probably 80,
90 miles an hour.

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And this is what's steering
your vehicle.

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Pretty sketchy.

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So in here, this was,
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just bent-up drill pipe
and really sketchy.

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And because the engine
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see this here, normally
the firewall is way up here,

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it's flush with the dash.

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The transmission shifter
was about here.

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He actually shifted this car,

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and I, between the legs
when you're racing this.

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And if you look where
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the seat was actually set
way back into the car,

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offset to the center
and angled

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because there was only
a tiny little pocket over here

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to run the brake and the gas.

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Mostly the gas.

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I don't remember
the brakes ever working.

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That's probably
why he always won.

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So that's gonna be
one of our challenges is,

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we need to get
the motor forward

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so we can properly build
a transmission hump,

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make some room for feet.

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I wanna put two seats in here.

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If we're gonna put it
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be nice to have a passenger

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and things of that nature.

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But we're not going to be
using this engine

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or the old transmission.

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I've got big plans.

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So, here's a high level
overview of the build here.

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Now, I've been
collecting parts for years

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and we brought some with us.

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And hopefully,
it looks something like this.

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First of all,
the frame needs to be

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completely stripped down.

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We've got a Mustang II
manual rack front suspension

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that has to go in here.

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To get rid of this, that,

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let's just call it what it is.

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All this needs cut off
and redone.

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In the rear,
I wanna do a four-link

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and hang a quick performance
rear back there

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with 35 spine axles
and a 3.55 gear.

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So we got some whole shot

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but we could still run it down
the highway.

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Up front, the business end,

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I've got a BluePrint 400

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that's been wrapped
in a trash bag

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for, I don't know,
five years.

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It made 515 horsepower,
naturally aspirated.

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That's quite a bit
but I wanna pick it up.

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So we're gonna throw
a Blower Shop 871

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on top of that bad boy

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and really put
the Ponies down.

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Buying that,
we have a TKX five-speed

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I want to put in this.

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Again,
so we have a highway gear,

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that we could still got

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some grunt down low.

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Okay. There's a lot to do here

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in a handful of days.

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And I think I need some help.

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And I got just the guys.

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Andy, you remember Andy,

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or Alexi, DeLorean?

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-How's it going, man?
-Good.

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[Derek]
You're probably excited
to get this out of your shop.

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Yeah, it's been
sitting about right there

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for, yeah, a long time.

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-A long time?
-It's kinda been a centerpiece

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for the shop but--

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[Derek] And now,
we also need four-link Dave.

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Yes! He's back.

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-How's it going?
-[Dave] Yes!

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Mobile fabrication unit.

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[laughter]

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Obviously, these guys

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are tremendous fabricators,

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which will leave me
to doing things like

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trying to figure out how
to make motor on and wiring,

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-and all of that--
-Because it needs a blower.

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-Right.
-That's what this thing needs.

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-That's very important.
-Needs a blower to run,

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-clearly.
-Yeah.

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All right. That's...

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-Blow this thing apart.
-Yes.

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That's all there is to it.
There is...

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There's three pallets
of hard goods over there

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that need to go on this car.

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Purchase some Sawzalls.

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-Yup, all that.
-[Derek] Let's get at her.

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[Andy] Yup.

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[rock music playing]

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[Derek] So here's
the general idea of where

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we're gonna start here.
We've got three of us.

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We don't wanna be crawling
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but there are certain things
that need to happen

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so we can
all work independently.

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Primarily,
the engine and transmission

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needs to come forward
so we can figure out cooling,

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so I think we're gonna get
the engine transmission
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get the front suspension
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because then
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and actually
hang that four-link

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and get a drive shaft
measurement.

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We're gonna have
to get that out right away

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because that's gotta be
custom made.

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We're not gonna worry
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or tin, or wiring,

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or any of that
to the very end.

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Basically it's bending tube,

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welding, cutting, purchase,
all of that stuff,

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engine transmission
placement.

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If there's time at the end,

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we'll doll it up.

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Now, it's just disassembly.

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[machinery whirring]

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[Dave] There it is.

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I'm gonna give that back
to the ice cream...

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-[Derek] Holy cow.
-[Dave] man.

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[upbeat music playing]

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[Dave] Huh.

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[Derek grunts]

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[Dave] Hang in.

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[Derek grunts]

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[Dave] How close are we?

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-Oh, wait.
-[Derek] Yeah, hold on.

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-[grunting]
-[Dave] Where's the rest of--

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[Derek]
We need another tall guy.

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[Dave]
This seems really wrong.

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Pull up. Let's evaluate.

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-[Andy] Okay.
-[Dave] I don't know

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what's going to happen
in a foot from now.

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[Derek]
What if we tip it over?

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[Dave] Oh, jeez.

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[Derek]
This is the wildest thing.

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[Dave] Can someone
take a picture?

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[Derek] Is this gonna work?

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I can't see nothing. Oh.

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[Dave] This is actually
going really well.

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[Derek] Yeah, what were
you guys worried about?

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[laughter]

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[country music playing]

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[Derek] We're gonna
pull off the fuel,
make it happen here,

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actually use a tool
as it's intended,

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a cherry picker,
and lift the engine out

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and then redo all of this.

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Front axle goes away,
shock hoops go away.

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-[Andy] Yup.
-[Derek] This gets cut off.

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This gets cut off.

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Everything gets ground,
cleaned up.

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We got to fit
the front end in here

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because that's gonna dictate

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where we put the engine.

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And I got a foam block,

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put some accessorize on it.

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We can start setting that in

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because then we could put
the radiator in,

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make sure it fits
in the nose cone,

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and then build that way.

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[Andy] Piece of cake.
We'll be done by noon.

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[machinery whirring]

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[rock music playing]

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-[Andy] Yeah!
-[Derek] Yes!

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[Andy] How many grinders
do you think we're gonna kill

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-this week?
-[Derek] All of them, 14.

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[rock music playing]

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[Derek] We're gonna
divide and conquer.

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Dave's setting up the torch.

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He's gonna start cutting
a lot of this.

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Andy's gonna come in here

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and actually
weld this cage together

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because as we're cutting
a lot of this out.

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We're losing
some of our stability.

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He's gonna weld that in,
zap it all up,

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maybe put another bar
in there.

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He's also gonna work

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on the running board.

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And I think that'll probably

256
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close up big.

257
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I'm working
on the little step plates

258
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that I had done
on the other side,

259
00:10:04,379 --> 00:10:05,862
so I'm trying to copy it.

260
00:10:05,862 --> 00:10:08,103
I had done it by hand
years ago.

261
00:10:08,103 --> 00:10:09,379
So I'm trying
to use the technology

262
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and draw it in CAD,

263
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and then go put it
on the CNC plasma

264
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and cut it out.

265
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Save some time, so we'll see.

266
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So far, so good, I guess.

267
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[country music playing]

268
00:10:26,758 --> 00:10:29,000
[Dave] The front of this
thing was on a straight axle

269
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with leaf springs.

270
00:10:30,172 --> 00:10:32,206
All the stuff
was like moved forward.

271
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It was welded
in the wrong places.

272
00:10:34,413 --> 00:10:36,758
It had scabbed
over patch panels.

273
00:10:36,758 --> 00:10:39,758
It's nuts how much stuff
we cut off of this.

274
00:10:40,896 --> 00:10:44,103
This is the weirdest way
I've ever built a car.

275
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All right.

276
00:10:49,379 --> 00:10:53,413
It is back down to almost
a bare '38 Chevy frame,

277
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which is really cool.

278
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It's a great starting point.

279
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If we keep hustling tonight,

280
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we should be able
to have this thing

281
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like fresh and clean.

282
00:11:00,758 --> 00:11:02,379
So tomorrow
we can come in here.

283
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We can throw
a crossmember in it,

284
00:11:04,172 --> 00:11:06,206
do that Mustang II suspension

285
00:11:06,206 --> 00:11:08,310
and actually start making
forward progress.

286
00:11:09,275 --> 00:11:11,689
But the amount
of disassembly today

287
00:11:11,689 --> 00:11:13,586
has been amazing.

288
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It's just crazy.

289
00:11:15,068 --> 00:11:16,310
So much work.

290
00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:21,931
[country music playing]

291
00:11:28,103 --> 00:11:30,517
[Derek] Well, good morning.
Day two on the '38 Chevy.

292
00:11:30,517 --> 00:11:31,758
You didn't miss a lot
last night.

293
00:11:31,758 --> 00:11:33,206
It was just grinding
and grinding,

294
00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:34,689
-and grinding a lot.
-Lots of cutting.

295
00:11:34,689 --> 00:11:36,862
And grinding.
So I think you guys

296
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are gonna work
on a Mustang II and stuff.

297
00:11:38,586 --> 00:11:40,586
[Dave] Yeah, I wanna
to square up the chassis

298
00:11:40,586 --> 00:11:41,896
a little bit, even just...

299
00:11:41,896 --> 00:11:43,413
Even if it's just trying

300
00:11:43,413 --> 00:11:45,068
to, like, pull
the tape measure on it.

301
00:11:45,068 --> 00:11:46,482
And then I wanna get that

302
00:11:46,482 --> 00:11:48,275
Mustang II crossmember
welded in

303
00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:50,068
and start sort of fixing

304
00:11:50,068 --> 00:11:51,689
these front frame rails
back up,

305
00:11:51,689 --> 00:11:53,758
so they're not total
Swiss cheese garbage.

306
00:11:53,758 --> 00:11:55,482
[Derek] Yeah.
So what he's talking about

307
00:11:55,482 --> 00:11:57,275
underneath here
after we got everything off,

308
00:11:57,275 --> 00:11:59,896
it's really rotted metal,
stuff like that.

309
00:11:59,896 --> 00:12:02,068
So he's gonna try to put
some stability in it.

310
00:12:02,068 --> 00:12:04,379
But to help Andy, I'm gonna
stay out of these guys' way.

311
00:12:04,379 --> 00:12:06,862
I'm gonna go over here,
start working on engine stuff.

312
00:12:06,862 --> 00:12:08,310
So I'm gonna assemble
the blower,

313
00:12:08,310 --> 00:12:09,586
I gotta get
the transmission out,

314
00:12:09,586 --> 00:12:10,896
we're gonna see
if the clutch is correct.

315
00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:12,862
We've got the accessories
to figure out,

316
00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:15,103
we got a body built
kind of back behind us,

317
00:12:15,103 --> 00:12:16,793
and then
our power is combined,

318
00:12:16,793 --> 00:12:18,482
and in 40 minutes,
we'll put the motor in.

319
00:12:18,482 --> 00:12:20,172
-Yeah.
-Okay.

320
00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:22,517
[country music playing]

321
00:12:22,517 --> 00:12:23,896
[Dave] We are not throwing

322
00:12:23,896 --> 00:12:26,206
the solid front axle
back in this thing.

323
00:12:26,206 --> 00:12:28,172
That was old news.
We're now throwing in

324
00:12:28,172 --> 00:12:30,413
this Mustang II front kit
from heights.

325
00:12:30,413 --> 00:12:32,896
This is actually
a fully independent

326
00:12:32,896 --> 00:12:34,793
rack and pinion
front suspension.

327
00:12:34,793 --> 00:12:39,000
These have been on the market
for probably 30 years now,

328
00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000
and they always work
really good.

329
00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,586
So they usually fit well.
They go together.

330
00:12:43,586 --> 00:12:45,172
You don't have problems
with them.

331
00:12:45,172 --> 00:12:47,482
It's gonna be a coil spring,

332
00:12:47,482 --> 00:12:50,793
and then I think it has some
sort of an adjustable shock

333
00:12:50,793 --> 00:12:52,413
that goes in here.

334
00:12:52,413 --> 00:12:54,482
We're gonna go and fit this
to the chassis.

335
00:12:54,482 --> 00:12:57,413
It's actually made for this
frame width,

336
00:12:57,413 --> 00:12:59,310
so it should go together
pretty quick.

337
00:13:00,103 --> 00:13:01,896
This is one
of my favorite kits to do.

338
00:13:01,896 --> 00:13:03,482
I've been doing these things

339
00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:05,482
since I started
doing chassis work,

340
00:13:05,482 --> 00:13:07,068
and it's always a good time.

341
00:13:07,068 --> 00:13:08,620
It is gonna get
a little bit weird

342
00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:11,103
when we're trying to set up
that engine in place

343
00:13:11,103 --> 00:13:13,206
because we're gonna have
a steering rack

344
00:13:13,206 --> 00:13:15,310
that goes kinda right past

345
00:13:15,310 --> 00:13:17,000
where the motor mount
needs to be.

346
00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,689
But we should be able
to get creative,

347
00:13:18,689 --> 00:13:20,275
build some, like,
little tube mounts,

348
00:13:20,275 --> 00:13:22,172
and get the engine
where it lives,

349
00:13:22,172 --> 00:13:25,103
and have all the room
for Derek's gigantic feet.

350
00:13:25,103 --> 00:13:27,413
I feel like I can actually
weld this thing in

351
00:13:27,413 --> 00:13:29,482
and not have to worry
about the thing

352
00:13:29,482 --> 00:13:32,068
driving down
the road crooked.

353
00:13:38,275 --> 00:13:40,034
[country music playing]

354
00:13:40,034 --> 00:13:42,793
So this is the crowning jewel
of the car.

355
00:13:42,793 --> 00:13:44,275
It's gonna be
the engine assembly.

356
00:13:44,275 --> 00:13:46,551
This is a BluePrint 400
small-block.

357
00:13:46,551 --> 00:13:48,689
I picked this up years ago

358
00:13:48,689 --> 00:13:50,896
and have had it
just sitting in the shop

359
00:13:50,896 --> 00:13:53,862
waiting for the day
to build this '38 Chevy.

360
00:13:53,862 --> 00:13:58,275
This thing here made
515 horsepower

361
00:13:58,275 --> 00:14:01,137
at around 5,900 RPM.

362
00:14:01,137 --> 00:14:03,241
Naturally aspirated.

363
00:14:03,241 --> 00:14:04,689
But this isn't complete

364
00:14:04,689 --> 00:14:08,103
without the Blower Shop 871
blower.

365
00:14:08,103 --> 00:14:11,586
This is a Ritz blower
that's gonna be going on top.

366
00:14:11,586 --> 00:14:14,689
Apparently, the Hot Rod Garage
budget is a lot higher.

367
00:14:14,689 --> 00:14:16,896
Their credit card went
right through for this blower.

368
00:14:16,896 --> 00:14:18,586
So that's pretty sweet.

369
00:14:18,586 --> 00:14:20,344
Thanks guys. Appreciate it.

370
00:14:20,344 --> 00:14:23,103
And then we've got
a CVF Racing accessory system

371
00:14:23,103 --> 00:14:25,068
that ties everything together
on the front

372
00:14:25,068 --> 00:14:26,758
with one nice belt.

373
00:14:26,758 --> 00:14:29,482
It's gonna be rad.
So I gotta build this thing.

374
00:14:29,482 --> 00:14:31,172
I'm gonna use
a dummy block over here

375
00:14:31,172 --> 00:14:32,758
to figure out
all the accessories,

376
00:14:32,758 --> 00:14:34,758
start measuring,
start assembling.

377
00:14:34,758 --> 00:14:36,068
So when
the suspension's done,

378
00:14:36,068 --> 00:14:37,482
we can start figuring out

379
00:14:37,482 --> 00:14:39,689
where to place this engine
in the frame rail.

380
00:14:39,689 --> 00:14:41,689
I need to move it way forward

381
00:14:41,689 --> 00:14:44,275
so I could fit my big old
cowboy boots in there

382
00:14:44,275 --> 00:14:46,103
and run the pedals,

383
00:14:46,103 --> 00:14:49,379
which we still haven't
hung either on something.

384
00:14:49,379 --> 00:14:51,379
We need a firewall

385
00:14:51,379 --> 00:14:53,482
and then everything's
gonna be fine.

386
00:14:53,482 --> 00:14:56,172
Just you wait and see.
We got lots of time left.

387
00:14:56,172 --> 00:14:58,172
No, we don't.

388
00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:01,827
[country music playing]

389
00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:13,379
[Dave] Derek's messing around
with the engine.

390
00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:15,275
He's gonna get that thing
mounted, which is awesome.

391
00:15:15,275 --> 00:15:17,103
So I figured
I would move back here

392
00:15:17,103 --> 00:15:19,482
to the four-link
for the rear axle.

393
00:15:19,482 --> 00:15:21,793
We've got this drag style
four-link kit.

394
00:15:21,793 --> 00:15:23,655
These are just the brackets
for the frame side

395
00:15:23,655 --> 00:15:25,344
and the axle side.

396
00:15:25,344 --> 00:15:27,758
And just kinda brainstorming
back here with Andy

397
00:15:27,758 --> 00:15:29,793
on where this stuff
is gonna live.

398
00:15:29,793 --> 00:15:32,793
I kinda feel, like,
we're gonna end up

399
00:15:32,793 --> 00:15:34,586
doing some tube work
on this one.

400
00:15:34,586 --> 00:15:36,448
This is actually
designed for, like,

401
00:15:36,448 --> 00:15:38,103
when you back half a drag car

402
00:15:38,103 --> 00:15:40,793
and you have a frame rail
that comes up real steep,

403
00:15:40,793 --> 00:15:42,793
we don't have that,
but we do have

404
00:15:42,793 --> 00:15:44,379
open space to work with.

405
00:15:44,379 --> 00:15:46,068
So I think
what we're gonna do

406
00:15:46,068 --> 00:15:47,586
is shoot a round tube

407
00:15:47,586 --> 00:15:49,000
across the frame

408
00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000
and that'll give us
sort of a starting point.

409
00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,655
Eventually,
we'll probably tie

410
00:15:52,655 --> 00:15:54,448
that tube in with the cage

411
00:15:54,448 --> 00:15:56,379
and then with
the transmission mount.

412
00:15:56,379 --> 00:15:58,689
This guy here is pretty cool,

413
00:15:58,689 --> 00:16:01,103
but you can see,
it's designed to, like,

414
00:16:01,103 --> 00:16:03,000
get welded to an axle

415
00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,137
before it has
the end bearing cups on it.

416
00:16:05,137 --> 00:16:06,586
So, we're gonna end up having

417
00:16:06,586 --> 00:16:09,172
to trim this out
here and there

418
00:16:09,172 --> 00:16:11,482
so that we can slip this
onto the axle.

419
00:16:11,482 --> 00:16:14,172
We'll get her in and out,
side to side,

420
00:16:14,172 --> 00:16:15,689
make all this stuff happy.

421
00:16:15,689 --> 00:16:17,275
And later on today,

422
00:16:17,275 --> 00:16:19,034
we should have
four bars in here

423
00:16:19,034 --> 00:16:21,103
and an axle that kinda
goes up and down.

424
00:16:21,896 --> 00:16:24,551
[upbeat music playing]

425
00:16:24,551 --> 00:16:26,413
[machinery whirring]

426
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,241
[Andy] I'm trying
to get the motor mounts

427
00:16:34,241 --> 00:16:35,551
situated in here.

428
00:16:35,551 --> 00:16:37,482
We've got a couple
different styles here,

429
00:16:37,482 --> 00:16:40,034
and I'm gonna get creative
on the captain side

430
00:16:40,034 --> 00:16:41,793
because we've got
a steering rod

431
00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,172
that comes off the rack

432
00:16:43,172 --> 00:16:44,862
that has to travel
through here

433
00:16:44,862 --> 00:16:47,344
and make its way
into the cabin there.

434
00:16:47,344 --> 00:16:49,379
There's another bracket
that I'm gonna try to use

435
00:16:49,379 --> 00:16:51,689
to push this forward
to give us more height,

436
00:16:51,689 --> 00:16:53,482
but I've got to start
making marks

437
00:16:53,482 --> 00:16:55,586
to make sure
this is in here square,

438
00:16:55,586 --> 00:16:57,862
get everything figured out
where I think it needs to be,

439
00:16:57,862 --> 00:16:59,586
and I gotta pull this
back out,

440
00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:01,448
put the bell housing
and transmission on it,

441
00:17:01,448 --> 00:17:03,000
get it back in.

442
00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,758
We know this lift is level,

443
00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:06,793
so we can start eyeballing

444
00:17:06,793 --> 00:17:09,241
where we want the engine
to sit as far as tilt

445
00:17:09,241 --> 00:17:11,172
and final height
and everything,

446
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,482
and then we'll burn those in

447
00:17:13,482 --> 00:17:14,793
and we're off and running.

448
00:17:14,793 --> 00:17:17,517
[country music playing]

449
00:17:18,586 --> 00:17:20,310
[machinery whirring]

450
00:17:51,275 --> 00:17:52,655
[Dave] Get in there.

451
00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:54,689
[country music playing]

452
00:18:04,689 --> 00:18:05,931
Hell, yeah.

453
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:25,172
-[Andy] Got it.
-[Derek] Okay.

454
00:18:25,172 --> 00:18:26,724
That's pretty good.

455
00:18:27,965 --> 00:18:31,310
Bang that blower pulley
right off on that crossmember.

456
00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:35,379
Hold it. [laughs]

457
00:18:35,379 --> 00:18:36,793
[Andy] This goes down.

458
00:18:37,862 --> 00:18:39,275
[Derek]
Well, it's end of day two

459
00:18:39,275 --> 00:18:40,586
and we kicked butt today.

460
00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:42,655
We actually got a lot done.

461
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:45,034
Crossmember's in
for the Mustang II.

462
00:18:45,034 --> 00:18:46,482
Dave's been working
in the back.

463
00:18:46,482 --> 00:18:48,172
We got the four-link
started here.

464
00:18:48,172 --> 00:18:49,965
Andy's got
all the cage welded in.

465
00:18:49,965 --> 00:18:52,275
Did a bunch of other welding
and stuff like that.

466
00:18:52,275 --> 00:18:53,793
Engine and transmission are

467
00:18:53,793 --> 00:18:55,241
kind of sort
of mocked in here.

468
00:18:55,241 --> 00:18:56,793
This is where
it's gonna live.

469
00:18:56,793 --> 00:18:58,379
It's only day two
and I feel like we've...

470
00:18:58,379 --> 00:19:01,413
-We're killing it, dude.
-We got a lot done.

471
00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:11,586
[country music playing]

472
00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:18,551
[Derek] It's day three
and we are almost finished.

473
00:19:18,551 --> 00:19:21,172
-It's really getting there.
-[laughter]

474
00:19:21,172 --> 00:19:22,689
We have a plan though.

475
00:19:22,689 --> 00:19:25,482
Dave's been absolutely rocking
on this four-link back here.

476
00:19:25,482 --> 00:19:28,379
He's got, like,
all the bracket do-dabbies
welded on,

477
00:19:28,379 --> 00:19:30,689
-and the thing I'm sitting on
welded in.
-[Dave] Yeah.

478
00:19:30,689 --> 00:19:32,482
And you're gonna do the arms,
levers?

479
00:19:32,482 --> 00:19:34,586
Yeah, this morning I'm busting
out four-link bars

480
00:19:34,586 --> 00:19:37,172
so this thing can swing
in its own axis

481
00:19:37,172 --> 00:19:38,758
-or whatever you call it.
-Mmm-hmm.

482
00:19:38,758 --> 00:19:40,482
And then I wanna do
coil over mounts

483
00:19:40,482 --> 00:19:42,482
-and kinda wrap
that thing today.
-Nice.

484
00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:44,034
Andy and I are gonna throw in

485
00:19:44,034 --> 00:19:46,000
a transmission
crossmember quick.

486
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,896
And then we're gonna get
a driveshaft measurement.

487
00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:49,379
And hopefully,
we gotta get one made,

488
00:19:49,379 --> 00:19:50,551
and then I'll come back

489
00:19:50,551 --> 00:19:52,241
and help Andy clean up
the frame horns.

490
00:19:52,241 --> 00:19:54,172
And I think we're gonna
try to paint everything.

491
00:19:54,172 --> 00:19:56,896
The cage, front suspension,
all of that.

492
00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:58,344
That's our goal
by the end of the day,

493
00:19:58,344 --> 00:20:00,103
is to have some wheels
hanging on this thing.

494
00:20:00,103 --> 00:20:01,310
And it should look like a car.

495
00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:04,103
Yeah. And it's definitely
gonna look like a go-kart.

496
00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,793
[laughter]

497
00:20:07,793 --> 00:20:10,275
[machine whirring]

498
00:20:13,137 --> 00:20:15,793
Yo, I am gonna be making some
four-link bars here.

499
00:20:15,793 --> 00:20:18,172
I've never done one of these
drag-style four-links,

500
00:20:18,172 --> 00:20:21,862
so I'm not sure
where I'm supposed to mount
everything,

501
00:20:21,862 --> 00:20:23,896
but I think what I'm gonna do
is find the middle spot,

502
00:20:23,896 --> 00:20:25,448
top and bottom,

503
00:20:25,448 --> 00:20:26,896
and middle spots over here

504
00:20:26,896 --> 00:20:28,241
and just make bars that fit,

505
00:20:28,241 --> 00:20:30,034
and it should be fine.

506
00:20:30,034 --> 00:20:32,586
So I'll pull measurements
on all these things,

507
00:20:32,586 --> 00:20:33,793
get the axle centered.

508
00:20:33,793 --> 00:20:36,689
Then go and weld
the bungs into the tubes

509
00:20:36,689 --> 00:20:38,000
that this thing comes with

510
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,586
and, hopefully,
in a couple hours,

511
00:20:39,586 --> 00:20:42,068
we'll be like cycling
this thing.

512
00:20:42,068 --> 00:20:44,103
[Derek] Poor Dave. Every time
he hangs out with me,

513
00:20:44,103 --> 00:20:46,793
just welds for five days
straight.

514
00:20:48,551 --> 00:20:50,344
Sorry, Dave. Love you.

515
00:20:50,344 --> 00:20:53,000
[machine whirring]

516
00:21:00,655 --> 00:21:04,103
So a guy brought in
two transmission crossmembers

517
00:21:04,103 --> 00:21:05,448
to give us some options
on here,

518
00:21:05,448 --> 00:21:06,586
'cause I really have no idea

519
00:21:06,586 --> 00:21:07,896
what we were getting into.

520
00:21:07,896 --> 00:21:10,586
And there's one
that's already lowered

521
00:21:10,586 --> 00:21:12,241
but it wasn't quite enough.

522
00:21:12,241 --> 00:21:14,172
So we're actually taking
the straight one,

523
00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:15,896
running it through
the bender here,

524
00:21:15,896 --> 00:21:17,655
and adding our own 19
and a half degree.

525
00:21:17,655 --> 00:21:19,000
Whoop.

526
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,241
And then Andy's gonna hack
this at an angle,

527
00:21:21,241 --> 00:21:22,448
weld it into some plates.

528
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:24,034
I've cleaned up
the frame over here

529
00:21:24,034 --> 00:21:25,241
and got the plates ready.

530
00:21:25,241 --> 00:21:26,862
And then we have
a custom crossmember

531
00:21:26,862 --> 00:21:29,137
and the transmission will
bolt right up to this thing.

532
00:21:29,137 --> 00:21:32,310
[country music playing]

533
00:21:58,068 --> 00:21:59,379
Oh. So now that we have

534
00:21:59,379 --> 00:22:01,344
this essentially bolted in
where it's gonna live

535
00:22:01,344 --> 00:22:03,344
and we're just gonna have
to deal with it
at this point.

536
00:22:03,344 --> 00:22:05,172
I'm gonna go ahead
and just yank this back out.

537
00:22:05,172 --> 00:22:07,551
I still have a ton
of just pebbly stuff

538
00:22:07,551 --> 00:22:09,172
that takes up time to do.

539
00:22:09,172 --> 00:22:11,379
Put a starter in.
Put the sparkulators in.

540
00:22:11,379 --> 00:22:12,655
Put the oil in.

541
00:22:12,655 --> 00:22:14,586
Now that I've casted
the accessories in

542
00:22:14,586 --> 00:22:16,793
the foam block, I gotta build
everything out here,

543
00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:19,068
get all the pulleys
to line up, do all that.

544
00:22:19,068 --> 00:22:20,793
I got a different
bottom pulley

545
00:22:20,793 --> 00:22:22,793
for the blower
I gotta put back on.

546
00:22:22,793 --> 00:22:25,862
And then I got things like
I gotta plumb oil lines.

547
00:22:25,862 --> 00:22:27,482
I gotta drop
the distributor in.

548
00:22:27,482 --> 00:22:31,241
I need to time it. There's
just a lot that needs done.

549
00:22:31,241 --> 00:22:33,517
[upbeat music playing]

550
00:22:55,896 --> 00:22:58,137
The four-link
all kinda lives in its own,

551
00:22:58,137 --> 00:23:00,068
and now I'm trying
to figure out coilovers.

552
00:23:00,068 --> 00:23:01,482
I'm trying to figure out like

553
00:23:01,482 --> 00:23:03,655
how to have adjustability up
and down.

554
00:23:03,655 --> 00:23:05,793
And I'm gonna build a little
crossmember over here,

555
00:23:05,793 --> 00:23:08,068
some tabs off of it
that'll grab that.

556
00:23:08,068 --> 00:23:10,241
And then I believe after that,

557
00:23:10,241 --> 00:23:12,448
I need to figure out
a driveshaft loop.

558
00:23:12,448 --> 00:23:15,689
That crossmember I just put in
is right in line

559
00:23:15,689 --> 00:23:17,482
with where the driveshaft's
gonna live.

560
00:23:17,482 --> 00:23:20,896
But, at least, now I know
where the hoop needs to go

561
00:23:20,896 --> 00:23:23,137
and how big it needs to be,
up or down.

562
00:23:23,137 --> 00:23:25,827
[upbeat music playing]

563
00:23:28,655 --> 00:23:30,896
[Dave] The goal today was
to get to a spot

564
00:23:30,896 --> 00:23:32,689
where we could sort of
blow it apart

565
00:23:32,689 --> 00:23:34,379
and start
painting parts white.

566
00:23:34,379 --> 00:23:36,275
And I think
this is pretty close.

567
00:23:36,275 --> 00:23:37,551
I'm gonna do
a little bit of fab work

568
00:23:37,551 --> 00:23:38,896
for a driveshaft loop

569
00:23:38,896 --> 00:23:40,379
and then
I can kind of put a bow

570
00:23:40,379 --> 00:23:42,517
on this thing
and say it's done.

571
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:53,000
[upbeat music playing]

572
00:23:54,137 --> 00:23:56,000
[Derek] Well, we put in
the hours last night

573
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,689
and, look,
the chassis is all white,

574
00:23:58,689 --> 00:24:00,862
just like Luke
and his friends

575
00:24:00,862 --> 00:24:02,172
did many times in the past.

576
00:24:02,172 --> 00:24:04,862
There was a few different
Sherwin Williams

577
00:24:04,862 --> 00:24:07,172
and some sort of out
Behr Paint.

578
00:24:07,172 --> 00:24:09,137
-[laughter]
-All sorts of stuff.

579
00:24:09,137 --> 00:24:12,172
But, look, we've spent
every minute we've been here

580
00:24:12,172 --> 00:24:14,034
repairing, patching,
replacing,

581
00:24:14,034 --> 00:24:17,275
fixing, welding,
boxing this original frame

582
00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:19,689
and building this chassis
because we all agreed

583
00:24:19,689 --> 00:24:21,275
that was kinda the cool thing
to do.

584
00:24:21,275 --> 00:24:23,000
It's got a lot of history.
It's been around.

585
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,344
And it's the affordable,
realistic way to do it.

586
00:24:25,344 --> 00:24:27,241
Now, could we have borrowed
the Hot Rod Garage

587
00:24:27,241 --> 00:24:29,586
credit card again and bought
a Roadster Shop chassis

588
00:24:29,586 --> 00:24:31,275
and just rolled that thing in
and already had the body

589
00:24:31,275 --> 00:24:34,896
and engine in?
Yeah, but it's not as cool.

590
00:24:34,896 --> 00:24:36,172
It's really expensive.

591
00:24:36,172 --> 00:24:38,379
It's not realistic, really.

592
00:24:38,379 --> 00:24:40,896
And don't get me wrong,
they're really nice chassis,

593
00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:42,482
but that's just not
what we're about.

594
00:24:42,482 --> 00:24:46,172
So, now, we finally get to do
legit assembly

595
00:24:46,172 --> 00:24:48,172
and start putting
all the pieces back together.

596
00:24:48,172 --> 00:24:50,000
One of the things
I've gotta do here

597
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,965
is trim this body
to fit back on the car.

598
00:24:52,965 --> 00:24:55,103
One of our first challenges
was trying to figure out

599
00:24:55,103 --> 00:24:56,586
where to put this engine
and transmission,

600
00:24:56,586 --> 00:24:58,068
because, remember,

601
00:24:58,068 --> 00:25:00,448
the way that Luke
had the engine was set

602
00:25:00,448 --> 00:25:03,586
way back in here like this,
but the exhaust, tucked.

603
00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:05,103
It went under the vehicle.

604
00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:07,379
Well, now we've got some
really cool side exit headers

605
00:25:07,379 --> 00:25:10,137
that kinda complete the look
that I wanna do with the car.

606
00:25:10,137 --> 00:25:12,000
So I'm gonna have to trim

607
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,586
and it's gonna clean up
the look of the body

608
00:25:13,586 --> 00:25:14,896
from the side anyway.

609
00:25:14,896 --> 00:25:16,689
And then Andy's gonna
have to figure out

610
00:25:16,689 --> 00:25:19,172
how to make different mounts

611
00:25:19,172 --> 00:25:21,103
and tie this
into the chassis,

612
00:25:21,103 --> 00:25:22,689
most likely with some gussets

613
00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:24,793
along the A pillar
and B pillar.

614
00:25:24,793 --> 00:25:26,689
So we're getting ready
to grab that thing,

615
00:25:26,689 --> 00:25:28,896
walk it over here, and just
throw it right back on.

616
00:25:28,896 --> 00:25:31,275
The problem is Andy did such
a nice job with this cage.

617
00:25:31,275 --> 00:25:32,689
It's really tight on the car,

618
00:25:32,689 --> 00:25:35,655
so you have to like stretch
it and fit it over

619
00:25:35,655 --> 00:25:37,655
'cause the cage
follows the body lines.

620
00:25:37,655 --> 00:25:38,965
Things are gonna happen
quickly.

621
00:25:38,965 --> 00:25:40,448
It's gonna be awesome.

622
00:25:40,448 --> 00:25:42,241
Okay. Down.

623
00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:43,448
How's it going over there?

624
00:25:43,448 --> 00:25:46,275
-How far are we?
-Going good.

625
00:25:46,275 --> 00:25:48,172
Guys, if you get
your hand out, it might go.

626
00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:49,689
-Who?
-You.

627
00:25:49,689 --> 00:25:51,689
-Yeah, you, yeah.
-What's wrong with it?

628
00:25:51,689 --> 00:25:53,241
-We're gonna go down.
-Oh, we were going down
already?

629
00:25:53,241 --> 00:25:56,620
I thought we were going
forward, further.

630
00:25:59,896 --> 00:26:01,137
Oh.

631
00:26:01,137 --> 00:26:02,655
Just fall right in place.

632
00:26:02,655 --> 00:26:04,689
-Is Travis still alive?
-There it is.

633
00:26:04,689 --> 00:26:06,172
Travis.

634
00:26:06,172 --> 00:26:08,275
-All right.
-[laughter]

635
00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:09,379
Okay.

636
00:26:09,379 --> 00:26:10,551
Now back.

637
00:26:10,551 --> 00:26:12,551
Up and back.

638
00:26:12,551 --> 00:26:14,000
Oh.

639
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,689
Oh, oh, okay.

640
00:26:16,689 --> 00:26:19,413
-That's it.
-That's close enough, I guess.

641
00:26:23,172 --> 00:26:25,620
[upbeat music playing]

642
00:26:27,482 --> 00:26:30,275
[Derek] We are putting
the motor in, finally.

643
00:26:30,275 --> 00:26:32,379
It's starting to look
like a real car.

644
00:26:32,379 --> 00:26:34,068
[upbeat music playing]

645
00:26:43,896 --> 00:26:45,586
Okay. Easy.

646
00:26:45,586 --> 00:26:47,931
Whoa. Easy.

647
00:26:50,586 --> 00:26:52,344
Oh.

648
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:54,827
Yeah, you just need to go...
Look. There you go.

649
00:26:56,172 --> 00:26:59,241
[Dave] I'm out back.
I was just gonna throw
some paint on this,

650
00:26:59,241 --> 00:27:01,068
but I think what I'm gonna do

651
00:27:01,068 --> 00:27:03,482
is actually like
put the center chunk in,

652
00:27:03,482 --> 00:27:06,034
do the RTV,
clean the whole housing,

653
00:27:06,034 --> 00:27:07,689
and paint it put together.

654
00:27:07,689 --> 00:27:09,482
It'll be less masking

655
00:27:09,482 --> 00:27:11,689
and a little bit less
work in the long run.

656
00:27:11,689 --> 00:27:13,586
So I'll be out here.
We'll get that thing in.

657
00:27:13,586 --> 00:27:15,000
We'll get axle shafts in it,

658
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,896
kinda button this thing up,

659
00:27:16,896 --> 00:27:19,896
and then paint the whole
thing white all in one shot.

660
00:27:19,896 --> 00:27:23,103
[upbeat music playing]

661
00:27:28,137 --> 00:27:31,103
[Derek] So a guy pulled
the valve cover off here.

662
00:27:31,103 --> 00:27:32,965
Out of necessity
and curiosity,

663
00:27:32,965 --> 00:27:34,689
I wanted to see what was
inside of this engine.

664
00:27:34,689 --> 00:27:36,793
Again, I've had this for years
after I got it

665
00:27:36,793 --> 00:27:38,448
and it's just been sitting.

666
00:27:38,448 --> 00:27:40,379
It's got top valvetrain in it.

667
00:27:40,379 --> 00:27:41,965
It looks really nice.
It's got the BluePrint heads.

668
00:27:41,965 --> 00:27:43,379
Obviously, it's a Rollercam.

669
00:27:43,379 --> 00:27:45,551
But we needed one
valve cover off

670
00:27:45,551 --> 00:27:47,379
to slip that
blower manifold in,

671
00:27:47,379 --> 00:27:50,275
otherwise it's sat on
the edges of the valve cover.

672
00:27:50,275 --> 00:27:52,137
And I'm also going
to take advantage of this,

673
00:27:52,137 --> 00:27:54,137
setting this
to top dead center

674
00:27:54,137 --> 00:27:56,379
by watching
the valves here operate.

675
00:27:56,379 --> 00:27:58,379
So I'm gonna hook up
a jump box here in a minute,

676
00:27:58,379 --> 00:27:59,793
crank it over.

677
00:27:59,793 --> 00:28:01,482
We'll watch this
valvetrain move.

678
00:28:01,482 --> 00:28:03,689
And once that piston's
at top dead center,

679
00:28:03,689 --> 00:28:05,103
I'll have my timing marks

680
00:28:05,103 --> 00:28:07,344
and I can set this
at initial timing

681
00:28:07,344 --> 00:28:09,034
and then drop
my distributor in.

682
00:28:09,034 --> 00:28:11,137
So when we go to fire
this thing up eventually,

683
00:28:11,137 --> 00:28:12,862
bam, it should light
right off.

684
00:28:12,862 --> 00:28:14,137
Now is also an excellent time

685
00:28:14,137 --> 00:28:15,379
to get any of this dirt
and debris.

686
00:28:15,379 --> 00:28:17,068
It's been sitting
in a barn for years.

687
00:28:17,068 --> 00:28:19,275
And I'm gonna dump
in my engine oil,

688
00:28:19,275 --> 00:28:21,793
slather up
all the valvetrain,
good opportunity.

689
00:28:21,793 --> 00:28:23,448
That'll be in
and we could take off this

690
00:28:23,448 --> 00:28:25,275
"no oil" sticker as well.

691
00:28:25,275 --> 00:28:28,482
[upbeat music playing]

692
00:28:39,793 --> 00:28:41,344
[Derek] Well, since a guy
has never owned

693
00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:43,000
an engine part this nice,

694
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,310
I'm gonna go ahead
and take a flap disc to it.

695
00:28:46,586 --> 00:28:48,137
Here's why.

696
00:28:48,137 --> 00:28:50,172
I just went to plop
this thing on

697
00:28:50,172 --> 00:28:53,000
and it is not playing nice
with the BluePrint heads.

698
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,103
There's these tabs here

699
00:28:55,586 --> 00:28:57,241
over the intake ports

700
00:28:57,241 --> 00:29:00,655
and these are interferencing
with the heads.

701
00:29:00,655 --> 00:29:04,241
So I've traced out an intake
gasket here with a marker.

702
00:29:04,241 --> 00:29:06,241
That's our do not enter zone.

703
00:29:06,241 --> 00:29:09,379
I've got to come in here
and just angle this chunk

704
00:29:09,379 --> 00:29:11,172
right here and here,
on both sides,

705
00:29:11,172 --> 00:29:13,586
so hopefully this sits down
on that engine.

706
00:29:13,586 --> 00:29:14,896
I really don't have a choice.

707
00:29:14,896 --> 00:29:16,689
I can't go carve
into the heads

708
00:29:16,689 --> 00:29:19,068
because then the valve covers
will not seal

709
00:29:19,068 --> 00:29:21,241
and will be blowing oil
up everywhere else.

710
00:29:22,758 --> 00:29:25,896
So this is gonna
be terrifying but fun.

711
00:29:25,896 --> 00:29:27,793
[machine whirring]

712
00:29:30,689 --> 00:29:32,931
[upbeat music playing]

713
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,206
I am getting ready
to figure out plates

714
00:30:05,206 --> 00:30:07,000
to try to cage in to the body,

715
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,655
because now we don't have
any body mounts on the front.

716
00:30:09,655 --> 00:30:11,620
We should do it anyway
'cause everything
kinda just needs to...

717
00:30:11,620 --> 00:30:14,000
The body needs to be one
with the cage

718
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,068
when the cage is tied
into the frame like this.

719
00:30:17,241 --> 00:30:18,379
So I'm gonna go around

720
00:30:18,379 --> 00:30:20,551
and make some dimple died
sheet metal frames

721
00:30:20,551 --> 00:30:24,034
to tie it in here
and around the top of the cage

722
00:30:24,034 --> 00:30:26,379
and then there'll be a pillar
back here somewhere

723
00:30:26,379 --> 00:30:29,689
and then we'll be good to go
and all one piece again.

724
00:30:29,689 --> 00:30:32,206
[upbeat music playing]

725
00:30:41,379 --> 00:30:43,413
-[Dave] Driveshaft coming in.
-Coming in hot.

726
00:30:43,413 --> 00:30:45,689
I guess through that hole.

727
00:30:45,689 --> 00:30:47,206
-Right here?
-[Dave] Yeah.

728
00:30:47,206 --> 00:30:48,758
-Oh, okay.
-And then up to that thing.

729
00:30:48,758 --> 00:30:50,379
I was gonna say,
"Why did we put that there,"

730
00:30:50,379 --> 00:30:51,896
but, you know...

731
00:30:51,896 --> 00:30:53,689
Oh, thank God, it went in.

732
00:30:55,413 --> 00:30:57,758
-Oh.
-[Dave] Look at that.

733
00:30:57,758 --> 00:30:59,551
That was easy.
You just let it hang

734
00:30:59,551 --> 00:31:01,068
and I'll go grab the axle

735
00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:03,000
and, hopefully,
all these things attach

736
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,000
to other things
in the right spots.
That was cool.

737
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,379
We just like randomly gave
the driveshaft guy

738
00:31:08,379 --> 00:31:09,724
some notes yesterday

739
00:31:09,724 --> 00:31:11,068
and now we have a driveshaft.

740
00:31:11,068 --> 00:31:12,448
We'll find out
if it's the right length

741
00:31:12,448 --> 00:31:14,068
or not here in a second.

742
00:31:14,068 --> 00:31:16,172
[upbeat music playing]

743
00:31:22,034 --> 00:31:24,241
You wanna come down
with the lifter bump?

744
00:31:24,241 --> 00:31:26,275
-[Andy] Okay.
-Oh, God.

745
00:31:26,275 --> 00:31:28,068
My hand was in there.

746
00:31:28,068 --> 00:31:29,413
A little more.

747
00:31:29,413 --> 00:31:30,724
No, that's good.

748
00:31:30,724 --> 00:31:32,448
Dude, I'm dialed.

749
00:31:33,172 --> 00:31:35,965
The driveshaft
is gonna be perfect.

750
00:31:35,965 --> 00:31:39,103
We're gonna connect
all these dots

751
00:31:39,103 --> 00:31:42,034
and there's gonna be
a car here pretty soon.

752
00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:45,655
[upbeat music playing]

753
00:32:08,379 --> 00:32:10,137
[Dave] Can I get a hell yeah?

754
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,310
-Look at that.
-[Derek]
Looks like a real thing.

755
00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:14,793
[Dave]
It is a real... It's crazy.

756
00:32:14,793 --> 00:32:16,206
It just went from like a bunch

757
00:32:16,206 --> 00:32:18,103
of stuff laying on the ground

758
00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:20,241
to a bunch of stuff
on a race car.

759
00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:23,862
The integrated shock mount
thing is pretty sweet.

760
00:32:23,862 --> 00:32:25,620
That makes it nice.

761
00:32:25,620 --> 00:32:26,724
Great work, Dave.

762
00:32:26,724 --> 00:32:28,344
[Dave] ♪♪ Awesome

763
00:32:28,344 --> 00:32:32,000
♪♪ Slowly becoming a car

764
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,965
[upbeat music playing]

765
00:32:33,965 --> 00:32:36,241
[Derek] We had to modify
the blower manifold.

766
00:32:36,241 --> 00:32:37,793
We got all that figured out.
Went through the valvetrain.

767
00:32:37,793 --> 00:32:39,517
We got it on top dead center.

768
00:32:39,517 --> 00:32:41,275
Got some clearance here
on the valve covers

769
00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:43,793
and gaskets, air,
got everything mounted.

770
00:32:43,793 --> 00:32:47,137
Now, I'm gonna probably
stab the lightning whirler

771
00:32:47,137 --> 00:32:50,137
in the back here
while I still have some room

772
00:32:50,137 --> 00:32:52,896
and get that set
to initial timing.

773
00:32:52,896 --> 00:32:54,724
I gotta pull up the paperwork
on this.

774
00:32:54,724 --> 00:32:57,137
I'm guessing it's probably
16 to 18 degrees.

775
00:32:57,137 --> 00:32:59,034
That's pretty much
every small block.

776
00:32:59,034 --> 00:33:01,000
[upbeat music playing]

777
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:10,034
[Derek] After that's done,
I'll get the blower belt on,

778
00:33:10,034 --> 00:33:11,758
after I torque on the case,

779
00:33:11,758 --> 00:33:14,275
and then we can find
our throttle body

780
00:33:14,275 --> 00:33:15,517
and throw that up here.

781
00:33:15,517 --> 00:33:17,482
We have a single and a double.

782
00:33:17,482 --> 00:33:19,413
Right now,
we're just gonna do a single.

783
00:33:19,413 --> 00:33:22,206
But, ideally, we're gonna
have two big carbs on here

784
00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:24,206
or two Snipers
or something like that.

785
00:33:24,206 --> 00:33:25,965
Fuel injection would be great

786
00:33:25,965 --> 00:33:29,586
just because this is gonna be
at events

787
00:33:29,586 --> 00:33:31,000
from West Coast
to East Coast,

788
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,206
different elevations,
different weather.

789
00:33:33,206 --> 00:33:35,724
It'd be really nice just to
lean and hit a button,

790
00:33:35,724 --> 00:33:37,310
thing fires off,
and you don't have to...

791
00:33:37,310 --> 00:33:39,793
-[whooping]
-What's the elevation

792
00:33:39,793 --> 00:33:42,482
-at the Atlantic Ocean?
-Yes?

793
00:33:42,482 --> 00:33:44,724
And then Pacific Ocean
is different?

794
00:33:44,724 --> 00:33:46,413
-Oh, yeah, big time.
-Okay.

795
00:33:46,413 --> 00:33:48,103
[laughter]

796
00:33:48,103 --> 00:33:50,551
[upbeat music playing]

797
00:34:06,448 --> 00:34:09,344
[machine whirring]

798
00:34:12,034 --> 00:34:14,241
[Dave] Check it out.
The axle housing is in place

799
00:34:14,241 --> 00:34:15,896
and suspension's
hanging there.

800
00:34:15,896 --> 00:34:18,344
And now I'm gonna do
the axle shafts

801
00:34:18,344 --> 00:34:19,896
and throw these guys in.

802
00:34:19,896 --> 00:34:21,620
These are custom made
to length

803
00:34:21,620 --> 00:34:23,482
for this rear end,
which is pretty cool.

804
00:34:23,482 --> 00:34:25,275
And we've got this disc
brake kit

805
00:34:25,275 --> 00:34:27,068
that also needs to go
on with it.

806
00:34:27,068 --> 00:34:29,206
So I'm gonna go ahead
and slide these in,

807
00:34:29,206 --> 00:34:30,896
do a little RTV in here,

808
00:34:30,896 --> 00:34:33,551
start marking up the brake
caliper stands,

809
00:34:33,551 --> 00:34:36,310
and then we should kinda have
fully complete rear axle

810
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:37,620
here pretty soon.

811
00:34:46,793 --> 00:34:49,275
[upbeat music playing]

812
00:34:50,758 --> 00:34:52,793
[Derek]
Well, good morning.
We're back on the '38 Chevy.

813
00:34:52,793 --> 00:34:54,551
We're here
in Central Minnesota,

814
00:34:54,551 --> 00:34:56,448
at my friend Andy's place,

815
00:34:56,448 --> 00:34:58,275
trying to get this car
put back together

816
00:34:58,275 --> 00:34:59,758
that he and I started,

817
00:34:59,758 --> 00:35:02,206
I don't know,
five years ago probably.

818
00:35:02,206 --> 00:35:04,206
I'm not quite sure
it's gonna run, Andy.

819
00:35:04,206 --> 00:35:06,655
Yeah, but it's gonna
look cool.

820
00:35:06,655 --> 00:35:08,862
[Derek] Today, Dave and I
are gonna slam together
on this front end.

821
00:35:08,862 --> 00:35:10,517
I'm gonna get the control
arms put together,

822
00:35:10,517 --> 00:35:11,862
get all the hard burn here,

823
00:35:11,862 --> 00:35:13,793
spindles on, springs, shocks.

824
00:35:13,793 --> 00:35:14,862
He's gonna pack bearings.

825
00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:16,379
We're gonna knock some
studs out.

826
00:35:16,379 --> 00:35:17,965
We gotta convert
that for our wheels.

827
00:35:17,965 --> 00:35:20,034
And hopefully here shortly,

828
00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:21,379
we're gonna have it
down on the ground

829
00:35:21,379 --> 00:35:23,206
on all of the paws.

830
00:35:23,206 --> 00:35:24,793
[upbeat music playing]

831
00:35:33,862 --> 00:35:36,862
[Derek] Well, we ordered
a standard
Mustang II front end,

832
00:35:36,862 --> 00:35:38,379
but looking
at the ride height

833
00:35:38,379 --> 00:35:41,034
and everything going on,
we switched to drop spindles,

834
00:35:41,034 --> 00:35:44,000
but then we've got
standard-height coil springs
here.

835
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,655
And we're gonna fix that

836
00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:47,758
with the old band saw
lowering kit.

837
00:35:47,758 --> 00:35:50,482
So I'm just gonna come
in here and take one coil off

838
00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:54,137
and that'll give us, well,
essentially that in lowering.

839
00:35:54,137 --> 00:35:56,241
[upbeat music playing]

840
00:36:04,758 --> 00:36:06,931
Okay. Keep going.

841
00:36:08,034 --> 00:36:09,517
Keep going.

842
00:36:11,793 --> 00:36:13,034
Okay.

843
00:36:13,034 --> 00:36:15,172
[upbeat music playing]

844
00:36:19,137 --> 00:36:21,172
[machine whirring]

845
00:36:45,586 --> 00:36:47,758
[Derek] So a guy is going
with the manual rack here

846
00:36:47,758 --> 00:36:48,862
for a couple reasons,

847
00:36:48,862 --> 00:36:50,413
mostly to simply

848
00:36:50,413 --> 00:36:52,655
but also keep
the old-school stuff alive.

849
00:36:52,655 --> 00:36:54,448
So you'll see here,
we don't have
a power-steering pump

850
00:36:54,448 --> 00:36:56,103
or anything on the engine,

851
00:36:56,103 --> 00:36:59,206
which means we would have
a big, traditional honk
and gearbox

852
00:36:59,206 --> 00:37:01,172
and the hydraulic lines
and all that.

853
00:37:01,172 --> 00:37:03,965
Instead, this is going
to take care of it for us.

854
00:37:03,965 --> 00:37:05,413
This is a manual rack.

855
00:37:05,413 --> 00:37:07,379
This simply...
Basically, it goes up

856
00:37:07,379 --> 00:37:09,034
and attaches
to the steering wheel

857
00:37:09,034 --> 00:37:10,103
and you muscle it around.

858
00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:11,344
I say muscle it

859
00:37:11,344 --> 00:37:13,137
but it's really not that bad.

860
00:37:13,137 --> 00:37:15,379
This is gonna attach
right here.

861
00:37:16,931 --> 00:37:19,000
And then we'll put some duo
daubers on right here

862
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000
that... [whistles]
right into that.

863
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,931
And then we can adjust
our toe in,

864
00:37:22,931 --> 00:37:24,103
we'll have to do camber
and all that.

865
00:37:24,103 --> 00:37:25,620
We're gonna kinda
rough it in.

866
00:37:25,620 --> 00:37:27,310
Then we can start
on the steering shaft

867
00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:29,000
that's gonna work our way
under there

868
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,689
through the firewall
and up into the cab.

869
00:37:31,689 --> 00:37:33,379
[upbeat music playing]

870
00:37:35,551 --> 00:37:37,862
[Derek] There's a whole
chunk of front end here

871
00:37:37,862 --> 00:37:39,827
that I just sawed all off.

872
00:37:39,827 --> 00:37:41,896
We gotta start
redesigning that

873
00:37:41,896 --> 00:37:44,137
and come up with some way
to mount the radiator

874
00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:45,758
and shape the front.

875
00:37:45,758 --> 00:37:47,793
It's gonna need a bumper
or a push bar,

876
00:37:47,793 --> 00:37:50,310
something that can get
through the wall of a tavern

877
00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:52,000
and that stuff.

878
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,310
[machine whirring]

879
00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:56,620
[upbeat music playing]

880
00:38:16,758 --> 00:38:18,551
[Derek] Well, it's funny
how some of the little things

881
00:38:18,551 --> 00:38:20,379
or things that you would
assume would be easier,

882
00:38:20,379 --> 00:38:21,758
actually take up more time.

883
00:38:21,758 --> 00:38:23,896
We're trying to get
the original sheet metal

884
00:38:23,896 --> 00:38:26,586
back on this front end,
which actually surprisingly

885
00:38:26,586 --> 00:38:28,931
is somewhat falling
right into place.

886
00:38:28,931 --> 00:38:31,931
But if we make a tweak here,
that's way off.

887
00:38:31,931 --> 00:38:33,379
We move this, that's thrown.

888
00:38:33,379 --> 00:38:35,310
We're gonna keep fiddling
around with this.

889
00:38:35,310 --> 00:38:37,689
It's gonna be quite a night
trying to get this
figured out.

890
00:38:37,689 --> 00:38:39,620
Eventually, we'll have this
all supported in here,

891
00:38:39,620 --> 00:38:42,206
gusseted in, get it to look
somewhat straight

892
00:38:42,206 --> 00:38:44,137
and we gotta get
the steering shaft in there
as well,

893
00:38:44,137 --> 00:38:46,068
but we'll catch up
with you tomorrow morning

894
00:38:46,068 --> 00:38:47,551
and share the progress.

895
00:38:47,551 --> 00:38:49,517
[upbeat music playing]

896
00:39:02,551 --> 00:39:05,758
[upbeat music playing]

897
00:39:41,448 --> 00:39:45,517
Well, here is the hall of fame
777 1938 Chevy.

898
00:39:45,517 --> 00:39:47,000
No, it doesn't run

899
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,758
and we didn't get to
the interior
and stuff like that.

900
00:39:48,758 --> 00:39:51,413
We ran out of time.
But in no way is this defeat.

901
00:39:51,413 --> 00:39:53,862
This is incredible
and we did a lot of work,

902
00:39:53,862 --> 00:39:55,310
thanks to Andy and Dave,

903
00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:56,620
in the amount of time
that we had.

904
00:39:56,620 --> 00:39:58,310
I mean, this thing basically

905
00:39:58,310 --> 00:40:00,620
is brand new
other than the body.

906
00:40:00,620 --> 00:40:02,310
-[laughs] Everything was such.
-It was pretty wild.

907
00:40:02,310 --> 00:40:03,862
I was looking through
my pictures on my phone

908
00:40:03,862 --> 00:40:05,448
and thing was blowing apart...

909
00:40:05,448 --> 00:40:07,379
-[Derek] Yeah.
-like two days ago.

910
00:40:07,379 --> 00:40:10,517
[Derek] This is an early '60s
champion dirt track car

911
00:40:10,517 --> 00:40:12,000
that was inducted
to the hall of fame,

912
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,793
along with Luke McLean

913
00:40:13,793 --> 00:40:15,517
around 2007.

914
00:40:15,517 --> 00:40:18,275
And he actually went back
and rebuilt it again

915
00:40:18,275 --> 00:40:20,413
with his friends
and started racing it

916
00:40:20,413 --> 00:40:22,137
and winning once again.

917
00:40:22,137 --> 00:40:25,034
And you drove this
and raced it around the track

918
00:40:25,034 --> 00:40:27,344
-in that same form?
-[Derek] In that same form.

919
00:40:27,344 --> 00:40:29,275
Yup, it was wild.

920
00:40:29,275 --> 00:40:31,724
So I've been dreaming
of this car,

921
00:40:31,724 --> 00:40:35,758
how it looks right here,
for a long, long time.
And this thing was rad.

922
00:40:35,758 --> 00:40:38,758
We actually ended up
spending three full days

923
00:40:38,758 --> 00:40:40,413
repairing and patching

924
00:40:40,413 --> 00:40:41,931
and adding
to the original frame

925
00:40:41,931 --> 00:40:44,482
and basically made a custom
chassis on this thing

926
00:40:44,482 --> 00:40:46,172
which I think
was really cool.

927
00:40:46,172 --> 00:40:48,793
Yeah. I agree.
I think doing all this work

928
00:40:48,793 --> 00:40:51,551
to the stock frame
may have been a lot of hustle

929
00:40:51,551 --> 00:40:53,413
but it's still cool
to be able to say

930
00:40:53,413 --> 00:40:54,758
-that's the original frame.
-Yeah.

931
00:40:54,758 --> 00:40:56,310
-It's imperative.
-[Derek] Yeah. Absolutely.

932
00:40:56,310 --> 00:40:58,758
Now it's got a hyped
Mustang II front end on it

933
00:40:58,758 --> 00:41:00,620
and Dave killed it
on the back end

934
00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:02,517
with like a very racy

935
00:41:02,517 --> 00:41:04,655
adjustable four-link
back there

936
00:41:04,655 --> 00:41:07,655
and custom driveshaft hoop
and all sorts of stuff.

937
00:41:07,655 --> 00:41:08,862
[Andy] It's pretty trick.

938
00:41:08,862 --> 00:41:11,310
[Derek] We've got
a BluePrint 400 in here.

939
00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:13,862
And it's got a Blower Shop,
671 on that.

940
00:41:13,862 --> 00:41:15,862
We're gonna have some
sort of Holley fuel system.

941
00:41:15,862 --> 00:41:17,896
I haven't decided if we're
gonna poke it through the hood

942
00:41:17,896 --> 00:41:19,310
or go duals out.

943
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,551
Time will tell on that.

944
00:41:20,551 --> 00:41:22,448
We've got a Silver Sport
Transmissions

945
00:41:22,448 --> 00:41:24,275
TKX five-speed in here

946
00:41:24,275 --> 00:41:26,000
and the package of one

947
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,206
is gonna be a handful
and a lot of fun.

948
00:41:28,206 --> 00:41:31,137
I hope to do road course
stuff, drag racing,

949
00:41:31,137 --> 00:41:33,206
dirt track, cruising events,

950
00:41:33,206 --> 00:41:35,448
-drag weeks, ice cream...
-Yeah.

951
00:41:35,448 --> 00:41:36,862
[Derek] tavern trips,
you name it.

952
00:41:36,862 --> 00:41:38,172
-[laughs]
-Yeah. Everything.

953
00:41:38,172 --> 00:41:39,931
-Yeah.
-But it doesn't run.

954
00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:41,517
Nope.

955
00:41:41,517 --> 00:41:43,068
[Derek]
So there's a track back here.

956
00:41:43,068 --> 00:41:44,448
-Mmm-hmm.
-[Derek] Do you have something

957
00:41:44,448 --> 00:41:45,965
-we could maybe, you know--
-Yeah, I got a couple...

958
00:41:45,965 --> 00:41:47,448
Two, three things
we could grip.

959
00:41:47,448 --> 00:41:49,275
All right. We'll take this end
on a high note...

960
00:41:49,275 --> 00:41:50,827
-Yeah. Let's do it.
-and go break something.

961
00:41:50,827 --> 00:41:52,724
-Gotta... Dirt tracking.
-[laughter]

962
00:41:52,724 --> 00:41:54,413
[upbeat music playing]

963
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,862
[engine revving]

964
00:41:56,862 --> 00:41:58,655
[Dave] Oh, my gosh.

965
00:41:58,655 --> 00:42:01,172
-Oh.
-Next time
on Roadworthy Rescues,

966
00:42:01,172 --> 00:42:03,275
we're going racing.

967
00:42:03,275 --> 00:42:05,344
-[Derek] Oh.
-[Dave] Oh, jeez.

968
00:42:05,344 --> 00:42:07,103
[laughs]

969
00:42:07,103 --> 00:42:08,620
-[car engine revving]
-[Dave] Oh, wow. That was...

970
00:42:08,620 --> 00:42:10,896
-That's enough.
-[Derek] Oh.

971
00:42:10,896 --> 00:42:12,275
[Dave] Pipe it down.

972
00:42:12,275 --> 00:42:14,172
-[laughter]
-Victory. Victory.

973
00:42:14,172 --> 00:42:15,827
Woo-hoo!

974
00:42:15,827 --> 00:42:17,758
Let's find... Look out.

975
00:42:17,758 --> 00:42:19,000
-[cheering]
-[laughter]

976
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,172
[Dave] Oh, God.

977
00:42:20,172 --> 00:42:21,793
That little tree.

978
00:42:21,793 --> 00:42:23,344
[Andy] Pulled my hand in.

979
00:42:23,344 --> 00:42:25,551
-Oh, my.
-[Dave] Derek.

980
00:42:25,551 --> 00:42:27,655
[laughter]

981
00:42:27,655 --> 00:42:30,068
[upbeat music playing]

982
00:42:43,137 --> 00:42:45,172
Well, that's gonna do it
for this episode

983
00:42:45,172 --> 00:42:46,724
and season
of Roadworthy Rescues,

984
00:42:46,724 --> 00:42:47,931
but stay tuned.

985
00:42:47,931 --> 00:42:49,758
-There's plenty more to come.
-Yeah.

986
00:42:49,758 --> 00:42:51,344
[car engine revving]

987
00:42:51,344 --> 00:42:54,551
[upbeat music playing]

988
00:43:18,448 --> 00:43:21,000
Woo!

989
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,448
[Derek] Like Christmas.

990
00:43:22,448 --> 00:43:24,034
-[laughter]
-[Dave] Darn it.

991
00:43:24,034 --> 00:43:25,862
It's too narrow right there,
evidently.

992
00:43:25,862 --> 00:43:27,551
What are you doing down there?

993
00:43:27,551 --> 00:43:29,000
[car engine revving]

994
00:43:30,586 --> 00:43:32,344
[upbeat music playing]