[Carter] Brought in a 1978 Monte Carlo.
Training Day car.
All right, right there. It's under the mat.
We gotta clean this up.
I don't think there's anything stinkier than engine oil.
Perfect.
Whew! Looks phenomenal.
[Joel] Going back to school.
[Shorty] So, we decided to collaborate with our local high school.
I'm gonna do a little bit,
and then I'm gonna let the kids loose and see what they can do.
My name is Javier, but most people call me Shorty.
I was born in Mexico.
[engine starts]
[Shorty] And when I was four years old,
my parents moved to Texas in search of the American dream.
Now, I'm living that dream, with my own custom shop
and a team that builds the coolest cars on the road.
-[man] Oh, no! -[man 2] My God!
[Shorty] We make dreams...
-Come on. -[Shorty] ...come true.
[all cheering]
What's the difference... between this black,
with the black belt and the green?
Well, the green one's are a little stronger, looks cooler.
[Shorty] Who's that coming, Joel?
Let's go see who it is.
We have another costumer coming in today
with a new car. His name is Carter.
And he's bringing us a Monte Carlo.
[Carter] What's going on?
Oh, we're just tripping on the car, man.
-What year is it? -'78.
-'78. What's going on, Carter?
-How you doing? How you been? -How you doing?
-I'm good. How you doing, bro? -[Carter] Good.
Him and Joel have a good relationship.
Joel's known Carter for many years.
You ain't got enough cars, huh?
I think this makes 12.
The initial thought on this Monte Carlo,
it's like badass, you know? I'm a fan of all these cars.
The G-bodies are getting really popular nowadays.
Everybody wants 'em.
These things are super cool.
You don't really see 'em a lot.
So I'm looking forward to it.
-Yeah, let's check it out, man. -All right.
[Shorty] You act like you don't wanna get close to it, Joel.
[Joel] I'm just tripping on it, man.
-It kinda reminds me of a-- -[Carter] It's dirty.
It's a Training Day car.
That's what it is.
-Yeah. -I knew, I was like, "Man, I've seen this car."
[Carter] I've been looking for one for a long time.
Goal is when it's all said and done
to be identical to the Training Day Monte Carlo.
[Shorty] We're gonna try our best to make this car cooler
so he can feel like it's Denzel driving on the road.
I got that one out of Vegas.
-Got it out of Vegas? -[Carter] Yeah.
-So, what's the story-- -Well-- Yeah, what's the story on it?
Do a LS swap.
-I like that. -[Carter] Uh--
-[Joel] LS swap it. -[Carter] All new interior.
I got a McCall.
-[Joel] Oh, like the original stuff? -With a lower...
-No way! They still make that? -[Carter] ...interior. Yeah.
[Joel] The interior's gonna be one of the most important things,
because Carter's not going back fancy,
he wants to go back to the original
of what it used to be,
which is a velour kind of mixture of vinyl.
It was pretty cool.
Going all black on the inside, Dakota Digital gauges.
[Shorty] I like the steering wheel. That looks pretty cool.
[Carter] The steering wheel is super quaint.
[Shorty] Yeah, we'll keep that.
-[Carter] I wanna keep the steering wheel. -[Shorty] Yeah.
-[Carter] Maybe get the horn work. -[Shorty] Yeah.
I even ordered a cigarette lighter.
I wanna go old school, keep it, get it all working.
Hey, what about the suspension-wise, Carter?
You got any new ball joints and stuff or...
-[Carter] I don't have anything for the suspension. -[Shorty] Hey, look, Joel,
you ain't even gotta ask him that question, man.
Look at that bushing right there.
-[Joel] Oh, man. -[Shorty] There's hardly anything left.
The bushings are bad, so we're gonna go through all of that,
and we're gonna basically redo the suspension.
So these are 13s, right?
[Carter] Yeah. I'm going with the 14 by 700 spokes, with deep dish.
Just like the ones on Training Day.
-The whitewall. -[Shorty] I like it, man.
-I love it. -[Carter] Just set up just like this.
Just a little bigger.
[Shorty] Body looks to be pretty good. Maybe just a, like, a good polish
-and some touch up here and there, or what? -Yeah, there's a couple
spots, I think--
All right, man, you could cruise...
[Carter] Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
[Shorty] A few touch ups on the body,
the car actually looks pretty good.
-Well, it's cool, man. It's cool-looking. -Cool car, yeah.
Well, how many pumps?
Two, it's front and back, side to side.
-Two pumps. -So, you got four batteries or six batteries?
Six batteries.
Can we see it?
-If you can get that trunk open, I don't have the key. -We ain't got no keys.
The shipping company we used lost the key during transport.
Uh, ended up breaking the steering column
to start it.
So, we'll take it to a locksmith, man.
And they'll make a key for it, right there.
Well, I have a new one that's chrome, too, for the trunk--
[Shorty] So, maybe it doesn't matter if we break it?
-No. -[Shorty] Okay. Well, hell,
-in that case, there ain't no problem, man. -I got the door handles, too.
-[Shorty] He got a key. -Yeah, you got it.
We have a master key, but we don't like to use that master key,
because it's kinda destructive,
but the master key always opens them up.
-Yeah, be careful, Joel-- -I got it, I got it.
[Shorty] Oh, damn, Joel, you're badass.
Look at that.
[Carter] Not real pretty to look at.
The Monte Carlo that Carter brought already has hydraulics,
but we're gonna go through the whole system, make sure everything is good.
That even is loose.
[Shorty] Oh, shoot.
So, you broke it.
-[Shorty] Wow. -I broke it?
[Carter] No. [laughs]
I've got new locks already for the trunk,
for the doors, the ignition,
new steering column, everything.
So I imagine we'll be hot-wiring it and picking the trunk, uh,
you know, for a little while until we get everything installed,
but I'm excited to get this thing done.
I definitely trust the process
that they'll get it done right.
You wanna see what these are?
[Joel] Yeah.
Damn!
Hydraulics, for the year, the system is working flawlessly.
Once we clean it up,
it's gonna look nice, it's gonna function great.
[Shorty] See if you can get that rhythm, Joel.
The switch comes out of my hand.
[Shorty laughs]
What else we got going on?
Well, this is another project, PG.
-Did you see the inside? -No.
Come on, I'll show it to you.
You and Wayne, man, this is all you right here.
How do you like that diamond tuck?
-[Pedro] Damn. -[Wayne laughs]
It's like the '80s.
Is that a recliner on this side?
I've never seen one like that.
-[Shorty] Hey, man. And, yeah, I have a new-- -A La-Z-Boy?
-[Shorty] I don't really see how you keep it up. -Yeah.
We'll leave it up to Carter, man. He wants, uh...
He wants this car to look like Training Day.
-Okay. -Oh, man.
-Yeah. -Now we talking.
Once you guys get done with it,
-it's gonna be a cool little-- -[Pedro] Mm-hmm.
-Yeah, it'll look good. -[Shorty] You know, these little cars,
you don't really see 'em anymore.
-[Pedro] Can you... -[Wayne] Oh, man.
Damn, this is nice. I like it.
Uh, Wayne, did you ask Carter if you can get in there?
No, no, he wouldn't mind.
He can be intimidating, man.
-[Wayne] For real? -Oh, yeah.
He don't know me, [bleep].
[Shorty laughs]
He's messing around with a country boy. [laughs]
Yeah, them country boys could... Man, they could put a whipping on, right?
Man, I think this is gonna be a good build.
-Well, get after it, man. -[Wayne] All right.
It's all you now.
-[Wayne] Heck yeah. -[Pedro] Let's get going.
[Pedro] There it is.
[Wayne] Piece of cake.
[Pedro] No pocket change or nothing here.
[Wayne] No. We never get lucky. [groans]
[Pedro] Holy crap.
Look at that, Wayne. Look at that.
That's mine now.
[Wayne] We might have to keep this a secret, PG.
[Pedro] That's fine.
-Here's $10 to keep your mouth shut. -All right!
[exclaims] I'm rich today. [laughs]
Hey, give me my money back.
-[Wayne] No! -[both laugh]
It's my money now.
The '78 Monte Carlo, we're getting rid of this diamond pattern.
Carter wants to do a velour
with a... I guess it's gonna be the black
with the black vinyl on it.
We don't use velour that much,
but I can't wait to see this.
I'm ready to get our parts from another van here at the shop looking good.
So, we decided to collaborate with our local high school here in Duncanville.
I just got together with my buddy, Jason Tyer.
He runs one of the best paint and body programs in the nation.
The high school actually has an automotive shop program.
I believe in these kids so much and this program so much
that I'm gonna let them work on this van.
It's just an awesome thing, I can't wait to get to the school
and, uh, get involved with the students and see what they think.
Yeah, it's been a little bit since I've been here.
[Joel] Going back to school, man.
All right, everybody.
We're gonna work together and do a little project for you guys.
I'm Shorty Javier
and this is my good friend, Joel.
I'm really excited. You know, I've known Tyer for many years.
And it kinda brings me back to my beginnings,
uh, and why I stayed in school.
I stayed in school because this program
was being offered even back in the day.
You know, these kids are, uh...
You know, they remind me a lot of myself.
I just wasn't that interested in traditional classes,
but found this program.
It's the reason I, you know, went back to school
and I stayed in school.
Y'all ready to see this van 'cause I'm looking at y'all,
-like, you're like, "Yeah?" -[Jason] What are we here for, right?
-I mean, let's go. Let's go look at this van. -Let's go, man.
[Joel] I think it's gonna be a great experience for them,
actually, getting insight from somebody that's been doing it for over 30 years.
You can't really just get that out of a book.
[Shorty] This side is, I would say, the worst part.
It's not tremendously bad.
If it didn't have anything wrong with it, we wouldn't be here, right?
Right.
So, Shorty, we just paint this thing back solid white, or what?
We're gonna go back with white,
and then we're gonna put some badass flames, man.
Some of the kids are already interning at my shop,
I hope they make me look good.
There's a lot of square footage, a lot of ground to cover in that van,
especially the roof, since that's the worst part.
It'll take some time, but we'll get there.
It's all about having each other's back.
And don't wait to, uh, you know, to, uh, someone else that screws up
to tell him whatever, but, you know,
think about what's gonna happen in the moment and say...
And help each other.
At the end of the day, this is gonna be a business card for you guys.
-Let's see what happens. -Let's see what happens.
-Magic's gonna happen. That's what's gonna happen. -Magic?
-Magic. -[Shorty and Joel] Magic.
Appreciate you guys coming to help me.
We got the Monte Carlo in the shop,
and we're about set it up to get the motor out of this thing.
Definitely gonna ditch the small-block
and come in with an LS,
and, uh, everything in here is gonna be replaced.
This thing is about to get blown apart.
We will be pulling the motor and transmission together.
Before we start though, we're gonna definitely have
to take the exhaust completely off.
We're probably gonna just cut it off at this point
'cause we're probably gonna do a whole new set up.
Yo, man, I wanna disconnect the mounts real quick.
[Joel] Wow, that's crazy, man.
Hey, man, zip ties will save your life,
especially if you're in a bad situation.
Sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do to get home.
You know, even this right here, you know.
Woo!
Once we get everything out,
the plan is to go in and assess what we're gonna need,
get some parts ordered.
What we're gonna do is we're gonna jack the car up.
Go underneath, disconnect the drive shaft,
and get the wires going to the starter.
And it should be ready to pull out.
Perfect.
Gotta get better at working on these G-bodies.
You know,... this is only like the second one I've done,
so all my G-body fans, be patient,
-I'll get good. -[chuckles] You're coming along.
What's the saying, Art, "Clean and simple?"
[Art] Clean and simple.
Clean and simple is difficult sometimes, man.
It is, man. Sometimes, it can be very, very hard.
Yeah, I got it.
Boom.
[man] You're gonna try to pick it out with that?
Um, I'll pull it out.
All right, that's good.
All right, you good? There's nothing hooked up?
[Art] No.
[Joel] All right, coming down.
[Art] Mm-hmm.
[man] Set it on the ground?
-[Joel] Yeah, yeah. -Yeah.
[Joel] So, we got the small-block pulled out of the '78,
and, man, it actually looks pretty good.
Carter ended up buying another truck
and we ended up pulling the motor out of that truck for the Monte Carlo.
I was asking myself, "Why would you put a 6.0 LS
in a car you're gonna be hopping around?"
But that's Carter.
I mean, this dude loves to make an entrance.
We're on the '78 Monte Carlo.
We've ripped out the small-block.
What you're looking at right now is a mockup motor.
The reason being is because basically
we have a mount in there
that we're not a 100% sure is gonna work.
And I don't wanna, like, toss around, you know, 1,200 pounds.
This is a lot easier. This thing don't weigh anything as you can see.
Now, go back just a little more.
All right, right there.
What we're trying to do is put the bolts in there.
We don't even have the hole to put the bolt in.
It's one of the reasons why you always wanna mock it up, you know?
I mean, theoretically, it should've dropped right in there.
We got the mockup motor out,
and we're gonna cut this off, clean it up,
and then we're gonna move it up slightly,
and tack it,
and then we're gonna check the fitment after that.
We're gonna put the mockup motor back in,
figure out what the position we need that motor mount to be in,
and lock it in.
-All right, there we go. -[man] All right.
[Joel] That... looks perfect now.
We'll mock it up real quick before we weld that in.
-[man] Yeah. -[Joel] Just to make sure we're good.
My expectations today, we're gonna work as a team.
And what we, uh, plan to do is start getting
the roof of the van prepped for etching primer.
You're gonna have 80 grit on a DA sander,
and we're just gonna strip all the paint to bare metal.
While I'm here, you guys have anything that you'd like to ask me
while we're working on the van, feel free to do so.
-Yes, sir. -All right, let's make it happen.
Our plan is to finish the van, and when the van's finished,
it'll go to Corpus Christi next year and compete at state.
And hopefully, we come home
with the best in the show with his van.
[Shorty] Mr. Tyer wants to use the van
for the skills competition for next year.
That's music to my ears
because I know I have my... My van is in good hands.
If they wanna win again like they did this year,
it's gonna have to be badass.
This is a Monte Carlo's seat I'm getting tore down.
We're salvaging the foam.
We're gonna have to do any repairs,
we'll have to see what the other covers feel like.
And we 'em coming in.
The owner, Carter, wants to do the original covers.
And that's what's been ordered here.
As you can see, we got a little bit of rust surface here,
that doesn't hurt.
We'll just have to sand it down, clean it off,
and just put a little paint job on it.
Velour was used in a lot during the '90s
for lowriders, everybody was into that.
Velour and crushed velvet, especially.
And they would do the crushed velvet with the diamonds and biscuits,
so that's where this pattern comes from.
Somebody's already done repaired this foam,
and you can see where it's been smooshed down,
I guess where they're laying down on the seat, going like this.
We've assessed the '78 Monte Carlo,
and, uh, even though the body looks pretty good,
the trunk is pretty bad, it's got some dents,
scratches all over the place.
So, I'm gonna get Joe on it
so he can pull the dents out, get it all fixed and prepped,
ready for me to put it in the booth and get it painted.
[Joe] I'm gonna remove all the paint,
take it all the way down to bare metal,
and then start doing my body work.
I got a couple dents that you can still see here
that I gotta knock out.
So I'm gonna push as much as I can out
to minimize the amount of body filler that I'm gonna use on it.
Here we are with the Monte Carlo,
and, boy, is it hot today.
And this is probably not gonna be the funnest thing right now,
but, hey, we gotta clean this up.
This thing is super clean.
At this point, we can just take some, uh, acetone
and go over it and get all the little bit that got left behind.
I'm really pleased with what I see.
At this point, we'll just finish up cleaning up the wiring
with a rag and clean some of the dash.
And keep going forward, and get this thing ready for sound deadening.
[horn honking]
-[Joel] All right. -What's going on, Joel?
I don't know.
We're getting busy with Carter's Monte Carlo,
and today, we're getting back some parts that we sent out
to the powder coat.
[Juan] Qué pasa.
-[Joel] What's up, vato? - [speaking Spanish]
-What you bringing? -Where's the lunch?
-Well, no lunch yet. -No lunch?
-Not yet. -As soon as we unload that good stuff you brought.
[whistles]
Ooh-wee!
Hey, man, I think he's trying to give you some competition.
You know, he's trying to throw a little bling in the parts.
[Shorty] Hey, man, he's trying to get a little creative.
I just copied some techniques from the best.
-Oh, yeah? -[Juan] From Shorty.
One time I saw him clear coating the car,
and I saw him spraying like this much,
like, "Oh, that's how you're supposed to do it."
-So you opened up your gun and let it rip? -Yeah. Yeah.
Cool. Well, let's go try it out, man,
see if we can tear it up.
-[Shorty] Yeah. -[Joel] Let's go.
[Juan] Where are we going? Where's the lunch?
The plan for today is to head over to the Duncanville High School
and check with Mr. Tyer and all the students that are working on the van.
I haven't been over there in a couple days.
It sounds like they have the roof ready to be put in primer.
I'm excited to come over and check the van out
and see how it's coming along.
[Jason] Here's our arsenal of painters for the day.
These are the top guns, right here?
These are the top guns.
Come on in, guys.
I want you to start on one side of the van,
we're gonna paint from the front to the back.
How many coats of this are we putting on, Tyer?
So, this paint here, we're gonna do two.
We're gonna do two coats of etch prime.
Remember, time's money, right, Shorty?
That's right.
What would be helpful, instead of you, like, like,
it's pointing directly down at it,
when you come in here, and let's just say you start right here,
and when you come in like this, feather it.
Feather your primer into the... Into where you left off.
Instead of having that one line right there real heavy.
The first one was an etching primer,
basically, sprayed on there, so it'll protect the metal.
This is a filler primer,
this right here will fill up just
a lot of the infiltrations that are on it.
A couple more coats of this and we'll have painted it black.
We don't have to strip the white completely off,
but what we do wanna do is make sure we featheredge all this stuff out.
So as we start sanding, let's turn the air on.
We just wanna blend all this in.
As that white starts to disappear, what we end up
with is a nice, smooth transition, okay?
It's a nice blend from primer to paint.
The nicer we make it look now, the nicer it's gonna look when we prime it, okay?
We got a lot of progress on the '78 Monte Carlo.
Today, we're gonna get the front end together,
and, uh, we gotta be very careful
'cause Juan did a number on this thing,
and it's beautiful.
Get this...right.
-Man, look at that, man. -Came out nice.
What we're gonna do now is get the spindle ready.
This is basically your shield for your brake.
Forgot to bring my bearing packer,
so we're gonna do this old school.
There's a bunch of needles in this bearing.
And what you wanna do is pack bearing grease
in between those needles.
At the very top at the lip there,
once he has that bearing packed,
it'll start oozing out of the top there.
Just make sure your pad inside is clean.
You don't wanna put it in when it's dirty.
Man, you're good to go at that point.
There we go.
This is the hydraulic cylinder.
Oil flows through, cylinder comes out telescopically
and that's what lifts the car up.
Make sure the cup's in the spring.
Yeah. Yeah, we're good.
Cinched these on.
Now let's go to the back.
That's the fun part.
For better performance, we're gonna upgrade the drum brakes to disc.
To do that, we're gonna have to pull the axles.
So let's pull these C-clips and slide these axles out.
I don't think there's anything stinkier than...
-[Ryan] Gear oil? -...than gear oil. Yeah.
[Ryan] There she goes.
There's-- Is that the Texas twang we're talking about?
There's the Texas twang. You can already smell it.
That thing looks brand-new, dude.
Yeah, it looks good.
This bolt right here
is holding this little center section here.
And what this is is a pin
and it's keeps the spacing that keeps the C-clips locked.
So there's the pin.
What Ryan's gonna do right now is push the axle in
and it frees up the, uh...
-[metal clangs] -...just like that.
And there's your C-clip.
It's crazy, man.
Jesus.
Yeah, I would say they're a little tight.
I'm tellin' ya, this car loves to fight.
[grunting] Hold on.
[groans]
Oh, my God.
Yeah. I think I'm gonna cut it off.
There's no way we're getting that thing off of there.
Set this bad boy on this.
[Joel] Set the diamond, man. That's the diamond.
Man, look at that thing.
[Ryan] Check that out.
I don't know. Is that me? Or...
[sighs]
[Ryan] What's wrong?
Tell me I'm not seeing that, Ryan.
What's that?
I should be able to see your face right now.
[laughs]
Instead, I'm staring at a throttle body.
Definitely, uh, a little high.
Hmm. I guess better now than later.
-Yeah. -[sighs]
Got the motor mocked up.
Got everything looking good. The intake looks great.
Unfortunately, it's not gonna work.
The intake runners are a little too tall.
It does help with a little bit of top-end torque with tall runners,
but we're gonna have to switch that out.
We pulled the motor out of the Monte Carlo
so that I can paint it.
We went with a glossy black
so that it would stand out in the engine bay.
That way, the motor will shine like a star.
[speaks in foreign language]
I love it, man.
I mean, I know it's not your favorite color,
but, man, look at that.
[Shorty] You know, the way we're doing inside the engine compartment
matte black and then all the aluminum that you're putting on
and stuff like that,
I think painting the block glossy--
-Gives it a little different-- -Yeah, it'll give a little different contrast
and, being a lowrider, it'll show up, you know?
It'll show up pretty good, so.
-Yeah, this sucker's gonna look-- -Get it shined.
Man, he's gonna trip when he sees this.
Today we're dropping in the motor in the Monte Carlo
that Shorty painted.
We've already mocked this thing up.
So it should go right in?
So, it would go right there.
This is where you hope that all that time spent with the mock-up pays off.
There's still a chance these mounts may not match up.
Boom. Touchdown.
Perfect.
-Whoo. -And then that new intake you got.
[Joel] Look at that. Man, that thing is gonna clear.
Me and Ryan got this motor set in here,
and as you can see, it looks fantastic.
I think Carter's gonna love it.
[Jason] What we're gonna be doing this afternoon
is applying some body filler to the van,
do a quick walkaround and we'll go from there.
So we have a pretty good little dent right here.
I don't know what happened to it,
but it's too deep that I would feel comfortable
with glazing it and blocking it out.
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna weld these studs to it, okay.
And what we're gonna do is we're gonna weld a pin to the side of the dent
right here
and then we'll hook a slide hammer to it
and pop that dent
and straighten that metal out.
I wanna start with putting one right there.
Looks like you got it on there.
Go ahead and take the hammer.
Pull it forward first.
All the way in.
Yeah, there you go. And now you pull it back.
One more time.
I think we're good.
[Jason] Think so? Think it's good enough to skim it?
I'll tell you what. The students are doing great.
I'm super-stoked to get this van done,
especially in primer hopefully by next week.
It's just keep getting more exciting every time you come out here
seeing the progress.
Right now, I'm putting the last cover on.
This is for that Monte Carlo.
I have to put this plastic in there.
Some-- Uh, these covers sometimes come in tight
and they gotta kind of slide.
This is the old way, the old-school.
And it's still goin' on with this new generation sometimes.
So...
I'll apply some adhesive.
We'll set the plastic on there.
Whoa.
Carter's gonna be riding in style
with this velour.
The seat looks good.
The padding, everything. The covers fit perfect.
What we're doing is getting the tank set up
for the, uh, Monte Carlo.
The old one was just in really bad shape.
Plus, this is a new style with EFI
where the pump's gonna be separated from the sending unit.
So it's a lot cleaner install.
The straps for the old tank
are putting up a fight, but, uh...
Ryan just handed my Goliath.
We're gonna see if we can knock him off with this.
Yeah!
That's good right there.
Gasoline.
There it goes.
Come down just a little bit, Art.
This thing is full of gas.
Badass, man.
Look how nice that looks.
We're at the high school with Mr. Tyer's class today.
We got the van over there
and it's all done coated.
So we're gonna bring our block party to the school
and have it here today.
We're pitching a... [speaks foreign language]
You know, a lot of these kids have never heard of it.
So let's hope, uh, that we don't make 'em jump too high.
[airhorn blowing]
I know what that means. Block party time.
Block party.
I'll tell ya what, I'm looking at the body, man.
It looks great.
I'm happy with it, man. I think the kids are doing an awesome job.
[Shorty] Isn't that cool?
These are little... [speaks foreign language] ...earrings.
That's awesome.
[Jason] What do you got, Short Dog?
I brought a little bit of a... a little treat for everybody.
-All right. -A little bit of ice cream.
[Jason] Guys, anybody want some ice cream?
-Oh, yeah! -Yeah!
[girls cheering]
[students] Thank you!
I can't wait to put the color on it
with the paint scheme.
Come in and do some pinstripes.
Do some pinstriping,
start using that sucker.
I think it's coming along really well.
Over here. There we go.
Hell yeah.
Our little driveshaft.
There we go.
Yeah, that jumpity's got a little bite on it, huh?
[Ryan] Yeah.
We got the rear end looking good.
All the breaks are on, the rear components.
Now it's just time to finish up these brake lines,
get this thing done.
If you use an aluminum rod template, you can shape it
just by moving it with your hand.
In my case, I have a walking pipe bender.
I mean, it's state of the art.
You basically give it the template.
He takes a few minutes.
And you get a nice piece like this.
Hmm?
Yeah, they don't have these anywhere in the world.
I think we have the first one here
at Shorty's Dream Shop.
And it fits like this.
It fits on there real clean.
So we're pretty much wrapped up on the rear section of the car.
The brakes are in. E-brakes are on.
It's all blacked out real nice with the trim black that we used.
It really highlights all your new stuff
as far as your brake lines, your brakes.
It really gives it a real finished look.
We've got the van over here. We got all the kids working to get it taped up
so we can put the flames on it.
We'll do a fade with the yellow.
And then we'll do a fade with the orange
on top of the yellow.
And then we'll take a little bit of a brighter red
and then just do the tips.
I'm gonna do a little bit,
and then I'm gonna let the kids loose
and see what they can do.
You see the difference between the red and then the orange?
The transition.
-See how you're stopping it right there? -Yes.
You need to fade it like this.
I was so anxious.
I was like, "Okay, just don't go up.
Don't go down. Just stay consistent."
[Shorty] When you start doing something like this,
your hand is gonna be down at the bottom, right?
So you never wanna do something under here
and then the one up here.
Because then, if you do this one first,
then your hand's gonna get into it.
So you wanna work your way from the top down.
You see where that hair drug around it like that?
'Cause I didn't turn it fast enough.
But that's okay.
All of the imperfections are okay.
When something's done by hand, there's always gonna be
a little imperfection here and there,
and that's what makes it cool.
Pinstriping was fun. It was really hard though.
You have to have a steady hand.
He makes it look really easy.
We need to get this tore down.
This came off Shorty's Scooby-Doo machine.
I got some plaid ordered for it.
We're gonna put plaid on the inserts
and then put the vinyl that matches.
It's looking pretty good.
-You need money or anything? -No.
[speaking in foreign language]
...a cloth insert.
[speaking in foreign language]
We got the guys to finish up with the bottom.
He's working on the top. So I'm excited.
[Shorty] I'm working on a '78 Monte Carlo truck.
This is one of the last things we need to do to the car.
I'm just trying to get this trunk ready
so I can get some color on it.
Lots to do and a little time to get there.
It finally got here.
[Ryan] Ah, man, look at that.
-How about that for bling? -Golly!
Man, that came out good.
Thought you'd get a kick out of that.
Look at that.
That's badass.
Carter is wanting a 100% Training Day car
and the good thing about that,
it's just gotta be black.
What you're looking for is a good nice even texture.
-Ready? -Yup.
[Joel] We have our Dakota Digital gauges set up right now
and it looks awesome.
Like, brand-new.
We got Carter comin' in to see his car,
his '78 Monte Carlo for the first time in a little bit.
I'm kind of like, I don't know,
I'm a little nervous about how his reaction's gonna be to his car.
I've been out on a rig for over a month,
so, ready to see it, definitely.
What you think about that?
That's clean.
-Is that what you envisioned? -Man.
[Carter] You know, we walked in, it was just...
I mean, surreal.
Everything I'd expected it to be and more.
I know you like this, uh, Training Day, right?
-Oh, yeah. -Training Day Monte Carlo--
"Welcome to the office."
-Let's see the heart. -He wants to see the heart.
-[Joel] He wants to see the heart. -I wanna see the heart, man.
Hoo!
[Carter] When we opened the hood, I was just blown away.
It's not even the same car.
It looks phenomenal under the hood
and it's more than I could really ever envision.
We went all out on it.
I'd rather overkill than not do enough.
Uh, I probably am a little excessive
in most things I do, obviously.
Valve covers turned out awesome.
Man, that thing is amazing. It's a work of art.
-It really truly is. -[Carter] No doubt.
Killed it. Appreciate it.
Well, it looks like a real lowrider with the wheels.
You know, that's what they show.
All the suspension is powder coated
-All the A-arms, the ring and everything. -[Joel] Yeah, the front--
-the front suspension, yeah. -[Shorty] They look nice, man.
I'm definitely ready to hit some switches
and hit the road.
[Shorty] Whoo-wee!
Ready to ride.
Man.
Man, this turned out great.
On the interior, I wanted to keep it kind of old-school.
The seats are super-comfortable.
They look amazing. It's just...
I mean, it was a homerun.
[engine starts]
[engine purring]
Man, that sounds great.
Whoo-wee!
We did do a full build on this car, you know.
We got the motor in there, the 6.0.
And then, PG, as always, you know,
he did a great job on the interior.
The wheels, uh, the stance, obviously,
you know, for a little lowrider,
it's really cool.
I think he's ready to go out there
and, uh, start training day.
[Carter] I love it.
Couldn't be more pleased with it.
It turned out awesome.
T and I, we did a little bit of horse trading
and he gifted me this van.
And so now, I just wanna take him to the school
to see the finished product.
And are you ready for a surprise?
Man, you know me. I like surprises.
I know you haven't see this thing in a while.
The transformation that the van has taken,
it's amazing.
If you like it, I know I'll like it.
Yeah, I love it, man.
Let's go. We're ready.
For my first time seeing the van out in the open, in the daylight,
ooh, man, it looks awesome.
[T] Damn!
Man, that's sweet, Short Dog.
Look at your logo on there, too, man.
-[Shorty] Ninety-eight-plus. -[Jason] Ninety-eight-plus.
I mean, don't give me a 98-plus,
you gotta give all these other guys a 98-plus.
-Well, you and... -Me and a whole lot of other people.
Man, I never thought it'd look like a new--
Like, that looks new.
Damn, PG.
Very nice, PG.
I like that fabric you put on there.
Ah, man, it looks-- I mean...
To me, man, it-- it screams '80s.
Mr. Short Dog, these are the ones to thank right here.
Thank you, guys, very much, uh, for your hard work.
And, uh, thank you, Tyer, for leading the team, man.
[Jason] I couldn't have asked for anything more
out of the kids, okay.
They worked their hearts out
and a lot of blood, sweat and tears went into this thing.
[Shorty] All right, so now that it's finished,
there's only one thing left to do.
Come on, guys, let's go.
Oh, yeah!
[Shorty laughing]
Cruising.
[Shorty] It's awesome, man. I love it.
Heck of a park-runner, huh?
[T] Definitely, if you wanna turn some heads.
Hell yeah.
I got you a little surprise I did for you, T-money.
Oh, heck.
[all laughing]
-Hold on, man. -There you go, T-money.
Let me see.
I made it from that seat cover, the old seat cover
-that you had in there. -Check that out, Shorty.
Yeah, that's cool, man.
What do I use this for?
When we barbecue?
[Joe] When you barbecue, man.
I don't know if he's gonna cook,
I don't know if he's gonna sand or buff or what.
I can tell you one thing, he's gonna--
I'm gonna make him use it.
Beautiful, right?
I made some shorts, too.
[all laughing]