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1956 Corvette. They made
these special for racin'.
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[Shorty] What we're doing
is bringing it back
to its original specs.
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So you're here to work, right?
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I think I'm going
into welding.
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[Rick] With the special
high-lift cam,
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there's a number
stamped on the back,
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which is only in 111 of 'em.
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This could be one of the
most valuable Corvette's
ever produced.
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[Shorty] This is
the moment of truth.
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[Matt] This is my 1984
AM General.
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What is this?
A house or a car?
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We really did
a transformation.
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My name is Javier, but
most people call me Shorty.
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I was born in Mexico.
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And when I was four years old,
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my parents moved to Texas in
search of the American dream.
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Now I'm livin' that dream
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with my own custom shop
and a team that builds
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the coolest cars
on the road.
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[man] Oh, dang!
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[man 2] My God!
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[Shorty] We make dreams
come true.
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[all cheering]
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What you gonna do?
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I deleted everything
on the back of the radiator.
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I mean, you deleted the hell
out of this thing, Short Dawg.
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Today is a another big day.
We got our next build
comin' in
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and it just happens to be
a '56 Corvette.
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Ooh, man, it's nippy.
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[Joel] So what are we doing
to it, washing it?
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[Shorty] A lot more than that,
Joel.
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Good morning, Rick.
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-Shorty, how are you?
-Good. How are you doin'?
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All right, man. Finally,
good to meet you.
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It's good to meet you as well.
This is my buddy, Joel.
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Nice to meet you.
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My name is Rick Wilson
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and I have a 1956
Chevrolet Corvette.
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-This is my grandson, Sawyer.
-[Sawyer] Sawyer.
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-How you doing, grandson.
-Good. How are you?
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-I'm good.
-What's goin' on, bubba.
How you doin'?
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-Sawyer.
-How's it goin'?
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-[Rick chuckling] Yeah.
-[Joel] He broke my hand.
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-My daughter, Jessica.
-Hi. Jessica.
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-Nice to meet you.
-[Shorty] Jessica.
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-I'm Sandra, Rick's wife.
Nice to meet you.
-Sandra.
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Nice to meet you.
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[Shorty] Well,
let's take a look at it
and see what we got.
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I bought this car in 2004.
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Concept of restoring it
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and, uh, bringing it back
original and everything.
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Uh, so it's been
in one of my warehouses
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for 18 years now.
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I was born in '56.
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The era that I grew up to,
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my high school years
and everything,
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Corvettes were great.
So I always wanted to have
a '56 Corvette.
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[Shorty] You wanna open up
the engine and let us look?
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Well, nice. I mean,
it's very unique.
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It's a very, you know,
uh, cool-looking engine.
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I was also mentioning to Joel
what you had told me about
on the phone
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that it could be a very rare
and one of, like, 111.
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That's correct.
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So they built 111
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and Corvette wanted to enter
them into stock car races.
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And so they had to actually
sell the car to the public.
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So they made these
special modifications
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to the car, high-lift cam
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and the carburetors
were a little bit different.
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And there's only
a certain way to tell.
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There is a number
associated with the block
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that should be stamped
on the backside of the engine.
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And if it was, that means
it's like a really rare...
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Right. So Corvette made,
I think there was 3,500
and something cars.
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So 111 of 'em were made
strictly for...
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-For racing.
-...for racing, type deal.
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[Shorty] Very special to you,
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so that makes it special
for us as well.
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You know, you were telling me
a little bit of, uh,
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you know, the story
about your grandson.
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Coming up two years,
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Caleb was involved in
a race car accident
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and there was some issues
that we feel like need
to be told
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for safety for others.
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So once the car's completed,
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our plans are to auction it
to raise money
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for a foundation
for safety awareness
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for race car drivers,
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especially in
the classification
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that my grandson raced in.
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We thought this would be
a good way
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to, uh, tell the story.
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To bring more awareness
and, you know,
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-tell the story about it.
-Right.
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We were gonna take the car
and rebuild it ourself.
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-Mmm-hmm.
-And when he turned 16,
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I was gonna give it to him.
But...
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then after this happened
with Caleb,
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we've decided that
we wanna redo the car.
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So you're gonna have to
answer to him on
how this car is finished out.
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We're gonna have to answer
to Sawyer?
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-That's right.
He's gonna come--
-Well, maybe we can get him
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out here to help.
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He's gonna come out,
look at it
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-and go through it with you...
-Okay.
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-...and ask questions and...
-[Joel] He's got a firm grip,
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so I don't know
if we wanna deal with him.
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I know, man.
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He's been--
He knows how to wrench.
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-Nice. Well, it would be nice
to have him over here.
-He's a wrencher.
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-You wanna cut it hard?
-Yeah.
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Rick brought his family
out here.
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You can tell that it's
very special
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and Caleb is always with them
in their heart.
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And you can see the pain
when they talk about him.
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We just would like to keep
his memory alive and...
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he loved Dad's Corvettes.
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He was a really fine
young man.
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Unfortunately, the good Lord
has other plans for us.
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But this one here, you know,
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Rick's got a special thing
in mind
that he wants to do with it,
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so then it becomes
kind of our challenge.
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Therefore, that kind of makes
it special to us as well.
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Uh, yeah, that's right, man.
Yeah, that's correct, Joel.
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-Really?
-Yes. These are correct too.
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Where's, uh--
where's everybody else?
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Uh, Primo!
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Jose.
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Hey, what's going on?
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Hey, man, I mean, that's
a pretty badass ride, right?
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-[Jose] Yeah, I like it.
-[Primo] Yeah. It's clean.
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I mean, who doesn't like
Corvette's, right?
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-Yeah.
-Especially this one.
What year is this?
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'56, man.
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-I like it.
-Man, nice.
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That's clean.
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[Shorty] This is potentially
a rare car.
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There may only be 111 total.
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I think maybe it needs
to be lowered a little bit.
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-Lowered?
-Yeah.
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The Corvette club's
gonna come get you, man,
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if you put air ride on this.
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[Jose] So what are we doing
to it, Shorty?
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Well, everything,
to a certain level.
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You're gonna like it 'cause
it's pretty small in there.
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-Yeah.
-It's probably
the smallest one
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you're gonna do this year
for us.
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You know, we do need
a convertible top.
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The interior is gonna
change completely.
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We are gonna change
the color on it.
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We're gonna really get
under there and detail it.
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We'll pull the motor.
We'll paint it.
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Get all
the carburetors rebuilt.
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You know, just get it running
in tip-top condition.
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One of the most meaningful and
special things about the car
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is why they wanna do it.
Right, Joel?
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Rick's grandson passed away
in a terrible accident racing.
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This issue's with safety
and stuff.
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So what they wanna
take this car
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and auction it off
and use the money
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to put towards a foundation
for safety.
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So I think
it's pretty special.
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It's gonna remember him.
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[Shorty] You know,
they're just torn up about
what happened.
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But yet, they wanna make
a difference.
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Corvettes are really special.
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First of all,
they're made out of fiberglass
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and then they have
a very unique body.
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This one has the potential
to be one of a rare breeds
of Corvettes.
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So, at some point,
we're gonna have
a Corvette specialist come out
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and check it out.
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It's a small car, so they
cramped a lot of the parts
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in the doors
and under the dash.
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What we're doing to this car
is bringing it back
to its original specs.
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We're redoing all of
the components on the frame,
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freshening up the motor,
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addressing the issues
with the fiberglass,
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and, of course,
body work and paint.
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I'm gonna see
if I can fit in here.
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-[Shorty] Easy, man.
-It's small.
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Let me see.
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I don't have no grease, man,
to get you out of there
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if you get stuck.
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Oh, man!
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Boy, did you eat some tacos
before you came over here?
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[Shorty] Oh, man, I could--
I could run through there,
man.
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[Joel]
Shorty can dance in there.
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All right, why don't we all
get in there?
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-PG, there's no way
we're all getting in there.
-Come on, let's get in there.
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-I'll get in there. Come on.
-There's no way, bro.
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Let's all get in here.
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Then...
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Man, y'all crazy.
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-[grunts]
-[all laughing]
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Hey, Dawg, we got room
for you. Come on.
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[Shorty] Oh, my God, man.
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Some parts are like
really fun to work on.
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And then some parts are
really not fun to work on.
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But, overall, very cool car.
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We're gonna see what
the Corvette specialist says
about this car.
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And I think that's gonna
determine colors.
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We're gonna find out
what the right color was,
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what the internals
on the motor,
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'cause that's what's
gonna make it special.
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[Joel] What's first,
Short Dawg?
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[Shorty] I mean, there's not
much we can take off the car,
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except for the two doors
and the trunk and the hood.
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[Joel] Make sure y'all bag it.
Please make sure you bag it.
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First things first, we're
gonna take all the trim off,
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take all the chrome off.
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You know, whatever pieces
we can save
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that don't need to be chrome,
we'll leave 'em.
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But other than that,
most of it is gonna be
going to Victor
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so he can get that re-chromed
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and get that stainless
shining really good.
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All this burlap is
kind of gone, rotten.
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We're gonna have to
get all that cleaned up,
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the springs and all that,
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and re-foam it back up.
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[Joel] Rick's Corvette looks
pretty good to be that old.
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I just hope there's no hidden
surprises in this thing.
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Look at all this.
It's all brittle.
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You know this car's
been sittin'.
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For now, we're just gonna
take off all the simple stuff
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that you can get to
right away.
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This thing, look how old
this thing is.
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And it's not even tarnished
or nothing.
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[Shorty] It's almost like
a work of art, Joel.
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-Look at it.
-Damn, they don't make it
like they used to, Shorty.
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Nope. They sure don't.
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[Joel] If you're gonna pick
a car to auction off,
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I think this is the car.
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What's up, fellas?
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-What's up, Short Dawg?
-What's up, Short Dawg?
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Well, I brought a friend
with me.
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This is Caleb.
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His Grandpa, his mom,
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they wanted him to
be a part of this build.
239
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-Yeah.
-He'll point me
in the right direction?
240
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He'll point you
in the right direction, man.
241
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-All right. Cool.
-We'll put him right here.
242
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Every time you get stuck,
just come talk to him.
243
00:10:02,667 --> 00:10:04,667
-Hey, man.
If he's the supervisor...
-[Joe] Yes, sir.
244
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...let's back him up
a little bit so he don't fall.
245
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-All right.
-That way, he can tell us...
246
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-Tell us what, uh, he wants--
what he wants done.
-Yeah.
247
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[Shorty] I'm glad
I have Joe here
248
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because he's
a really good body man.
249
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-[Joel] This thing's light.
-It don't weigh nothin'.
250
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And as far as fiberglass goes,
251
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he has some
really good skills.
252
00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:23,900
[Joe] The overall condition
of the car,
253
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it does have some
stress cracks,
254
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which is typical on
a car that old.
255
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In my hands, it's fixable.
256
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I can fix anything
that's fiberglass.
257
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[Shorty] Take off
the bumper wrench
258
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and everything else.
259
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This piece of trim
has a hole
260
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and that's where exhaust
comes out from.
261
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This is actually part of
the quarter panel
262
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made from cast.
263
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Man, this is insane, man.
264
00:10:43,300 --> 00:10:45,467
These Corvettes
don't have a lot of room.
265
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[Joe] No, sir.
266
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-They really hide
everything on these cars.
-Man.
267
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[Shorty]
This is some cool stuff,
268
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-you know, what they did.
-Yeah.
269
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How they did it.
This is cool stuff, man.
270
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Try-- try right there.
Bring it in.
271
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You know, getting this
radiator out of this '56
272
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is becoming a mission.
273
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I think King Kong
jumped on it a couple of times
274
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before they closed the hood
275
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'cause, I mean, it's literally
squashed in here.
276
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-Look at that, man.
-[Shorty] Trying to put
that back in there.
277
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It's almost like they took it
out of one that was wrecked
or something, man.
278
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Look at that. Look at
all the damage it has.
279
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I'm gonna start taking all the
chrome, all the trimming off,
280
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and get everything ready.
Bag and tag.
281
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Get it all ready for
Victor to come and pick up
282
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to get re-chromed,
plated or polished.
283
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I'm gonna start from the front
and work my way back.
284
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But I'm gonna remove
all the chrome.
285
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Hey.
286
00:12:04,166 --> 00:12:07,100
[speaking foreign language]
287
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We're working on
the '56 Corvette
that Rick dropped off.
288
00:12:09,567 --> 00:12:11,266
The motor might be
extremely rare.
289
00:12:11,266 --> 00:12:13,800
But we won't know that
until we tear the motor down.
290
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In the meantime, I have
my buddy Todd comin' over
291
00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:17,600
to refurbish the carburetors.
292
00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,400
Did you wanna try
and get this thing started
293
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before you
start messin' with--
294
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taking off the carburetors,
on no?
295
00:12:22,166 --> 00:12:24,433
Well, we know the carburetors
are gonna need work anyway.
296
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So it doesn't matter.
297
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If anything, you got
two nice carburetors done.
298
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-[chuckles] You know?
-Yeah, even if it don't run.
299
00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,500
-[Todd chuckling] Yeah.
-Let's go to work, man.
300
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Let's go to work.
301
00:12:33,967 --> 00:12:36,100
Most cars have
a single four-barrel.
302
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You accelerate,
and you see it's running off
this back carburetor.
303
00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:41,667
And then like
when you floor it,
304
00:12:41,667 --> 00:12:43,567
then the other carburetor
will kick in.
305
00:12:43,567 --> 00:12:46,000
It'll get a little more power,
a little more air,
306
00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,166
a little more fuel
in the combustion chamber
307
00:12:48,166 --> 00:12:49,467
and it makes more horsepower.
308
00:12:49,467 --> 00:12:51,667
Today, I'm going to
pull the carburetors off,
309
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look at 'em and see
what kind of shape they're in.
310
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And then I'll clean 'em out,
put new kits in 'em,
311
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and they'll be ready to go.
312
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There we go.
313
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One carburetor.
314
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Okay.
315
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,066
-Hold it like as if
it was a million bucks.
-Wow.
316
00:13:32,567 --> 00:13:33,900
Shorty!
317
00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:36,166
Matt is one of my friends
that likes to come by the shop
318
00:13:36,166 --> 00:13:38,000
and help us out with
whatever we have goin' on.
319
00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,100
He asked me for some help
on one of his projects.
320
00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,400
I can't wait for him to
bring it out here
321
00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:42,900
and see what he has
in store for us.
322
00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:44,800
-What's going on, Matt?
-What's up, man?
323
00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,066
-How you doin', man?
-How you doin'?
324
00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,500
[Shorty] So this is your
little truck, huh?
325
00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,667
[Matt] Yes, sir. This is
my 1984 AM General.
326
00:13:51,667 --> 00:13:53,700
-These were made
for the post office.
-Nice.
327
00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:56,900
Man, that's kind of cool
how... like a shorty.
328
00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:57,900
-It is. It is.
-You know?
329
00:13:57,900 --> 00:13:59,166
This would fit me good, man.
330
00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:01,567
-[Matt laughs] Yes, sir.
-Wow.
331
00:14:01,567 --> 00:14:04,600
Recently, I have started
to intern under Shorty
332
00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,166
and I think I was
just drawn to the fact
333
00:14:07,166 --> 00:14:08,867
that he's an artist, you know.
334
00:14:08,867 --> 00:14:11,266
And that's actually what I do
full-time. I'm an artist.
335
00:14:11,266 --> 00:14:12,900
But I also
collect vintage trucks
336
00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:16,000
and my wife and I
run businesses out of them.
337
00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,066
And so I wanted to make
these my new canvas.
338
00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:20,867
So between, uh,
me and my wife,
339
00:14:20,867 --> 00:14:23,600
we have about ten of
these vintage postal trucks,
340
00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,767
uh, all different eras, from
'42 all the way up to '84.
341
00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:30,667
The goal for this one is
is to get it fixed up
342
00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:33,467
and start renting it out
for events.
343
00:14:33,467 --> 00:14:36,100
But, as you can see,
we got a lot of work.
344
00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:37,266
-[Shorty] Look,
we're here to help, man.
-Yeah.
345
00:14:37,266 --> 00:14:38,867
If you don't mind
putting in the work,
346
00:14:38,867 --> 00:14:40,567
I don't mind
putting in the guidance.
347
00:14:40,567 --> 00:14:42,166
-[laughs]
-Open that door, uh, Matt,
348
00:14:42,166 --> 00:14:43,100
and let me
see what it does.
349
00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:45,667
This one is gonna be
a marketing truck
350
00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:48,667
or it could also be rented out
for weddings or parties.
351
00:14:48,667 --> 00:14:51,800
It could be some beer,
champagne, whatever you want.
352
00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,300
Some Shorty's merch, you know.
Hang that out the window.
353
00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:55,867
-Hey, man, that'd be cool.
-What, uh...
354
00:14:55,867 --> 00:14:57,100
What color are you going with?
What--
355
00:14:57,100 --> 00:15:01,266
So my vision for this
is really just
to go white with it.
356
00:15:01,266 --> 00:15:03,166
So that way, it could be
rented out either white
357
00:15:03,166 --> 00:15:04,367
or we can wrap it--
358
00:15:04,367 --> 00:15:05,700
[Joe] We need to put
the Shorty touch on this one.
359
00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,367
Put some hydraulics on it
maybe some.
360
00:15:07,367 --> 00:15:09,367
-Put some hydraulics on it.
-I don't know if--
361
00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:10,467
[laughs] Yeah.
362
00:15:10,467 --> 00:15:12,100
-No hydraulics?
-No hydraulics.
363
00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:15,300
What do these things have in
like as far as power plant?
364
00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:18,800
I believe
it's a straight-6 258.
365
00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,300
-[Shorty]
All right, let me see--
-As small as it is,
366
00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:21,867
I figured it'd have a couple
of squirrels in there.
367
00:15:21,867 --> 00:15:22,734
Oh, dang.
368
00:15:22,734 --> 00:15:24,667
[Joe] Check out that box
over there, Shorty.
369
00:15:24,667 --> 00:15:25,567
[Matt] Yeah.
370
00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:26,700
I was just looking at that.
371
00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:28,467
Matt, was is this?
A house or a car?
372
00:15:28,467 --> 00:15:31,567
Yeah, so we actually
modified the interior lighting
373
00:15:31,567 --> 00:15:32,967
for marketing events
374
00:15:32,967 --> 00:15:34,867
to be able
to run off the battery
375
00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:38,166
or we can also plug in
to straight wall outlet.
376
00:15:38,166 --> 00:15:39,867
-It's got a ton of work.
-Yeah.
377
00:15:39,867 --> 00:15:41,266
-I will guide you, man...
-Okay.
378
00:15:41,266 --> 00:15:42,567
...and get
this little thing going
379
00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:44,200
to where you can
start makin' money on it
380
00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,100
-and mix it up.
-Yeah, no, that'd be great.
381
00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:47,767
I can tell you
what the first thing is.
382
00:15:47,767 --> 00:15:49,967
-Okay.
-You need to start
debadging it.
383
00:15:49,967 --> 00:15:51,767
You need to start taking
everything off of it...
384
00:15:51,767 --> 00:15:55,000
-Okay.
-...everything that's
gonna be in your way,
385
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,467
so we can strip it down
and take that old material
off of it.
386
00:15:57,467 --> 00:15:58,400
[Matt] Okay.
387
00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,266
All right, well,
let's do it, man.
388
00:15:59,266 --> 00:16:00,867
-All right, let's get to work.
-Yup.
389
00:16:00,867 --> 00:16:03,533
[Shorty] Yeah, that thing's
gonna look like a
million bucks when it's done.
390
00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,667
We have the carburetors
for the '56 Corvette.
391
00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:09,467
I'ma start with
pulling the top off.
392
00:16:09,467 --> 00:16:11,867
It's good to kind of bag
some of this stuff up
393
00:16:11,867 --> 00:16:15,200
because you're talking
about almost
a 60-year-old carburetor.
394
00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,166
So, if you lose one, I mean,
you might be out of luck.
395
00:16:18,166 --> 00:16:19,400
Here we go.
396
00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,367
See this in here?
That has to all be cleaned,
397
00:16:22,367 --> 00:16:23,967
soaped, blew out.
398
00:16:23,967 --> 00:16:26,734
You do not want
dirty fuel getting in here.
399
00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:31,000
This is the accelerator pump
right here.
400
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,400
When you give it gas,
that thing moves
401
00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,767
up and down like that,
and it pushes gas
402
00:16:35,767 --> 00:16:38,133
and it comes out of
these squirters right here.
403
00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:41,000
This base will come off.
404
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,600
And then we'll soak the body.
405
00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,266
Ready to take a bath.
406
00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:50,100
We got everything clean now.
407
00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:52,934
We're gonna go ahead and
start assembling some of this.
408
00:17:05,667 --> 00:17:07,166
I wanna see me light the gas.
409
00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:10,000
My air's like the gas
going into the float chamber.
410
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,667
When I push these up,
it'll cut the airflow off,
411
00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:14,934
which will cut the gas off.
See?
412
00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:16,467
[blowing]
413
00:17:16,467 --> 00:17:17,433
[blowing stops]
414
00:17:19,567 --> 00:17:21,333
I might get it.
I might not.
415
00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,100
See 'em squirt?
416
00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:26,333
So the accelerator pump's
working. All good.
417
00:17:27,367 --> 00:17:28,934
And the carburetor's done.
418
00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,567
One down
and one more to go.
419
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,367
-How're we doin', Matthew?
-Good, good.
420
00:17:35,367 --> 00:17:37,667
Just got the bumper off here.
421
00:17:37,667 --> 00:17:40,800
Matt has been really hard
at work with this AM General.
422
00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,967
I see you made
a lot of progress.
423
00:17:42,967 --> 00:17:45,767
Yeah, I got everything off,
I believe.
424
00:17:45,767 --> 00:17:47,000
He's got a lot of work
on his hands
425
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,467
because, you know, he wants
to make it look really good.
426
00:17:49,467 --> 00:17:50,900
To make something look
really good,
427
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:52,467
you gotta make it look
really ugly first.
428
00:17:52,467 --> 00:17:54,266
-Want me to start
doing the razor blades?
-Yeah.
429
00:18:00,667 --> 00:18:01,667
Hey, Matt.
430
00:18:01,667 --> 00:18:03,767
-Yes, sir.
-Look how easy
it comes off, man.
431
00:18:03,767 --> 00:18:05,033
[Matt] Wow.
432
00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:08,166
Once you finish doing this...
433
00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:10,166
-Yeah.
-...we'll take the DA
434
00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:12,166
feather everything out
really good,
435
00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:13,767
you get it taped up,
we prime it.
436
00:18:13,767 --> 00:18:15,100
Yeah.
437
00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:16,800
-It'll be okay.
-Okay.
438
00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,767
Yeah, it's almost like
I don't wanna get off of it.
439
00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:22,367
-It's too much fun.
Let me have a turn.
-It's too much fun. Yeah.
440
00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:25,533
-Look at this.
This is like dreadlocks.
-Yeah.
441
00:18:36,867 --> 00:18:38,900
Joel and I are gonna assess
the body on this Corvette
442
00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:40,467
and figure out how
to attack it.
443
00:18:40,467 --> 00:18:42,100
I think we're good for now.
444
00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:44,767
We're gonna start looking at
all the body panels,
445
00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:46,000
see how that fits.
446
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,100
And then, in the process,
check for any cracks
447
00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,367
that are on the fiberglass
448
00:18:49,367 --> 00:18:50,867
or any holes that have
been waddled out
449
00:18:50,867 --> 00:18:52,300
that need to be redone.
450
00:18:52,300 --> 00:18:55,100
Wherever you see some holes
that are not--
that don't look good
451
00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:57,767
that we might need
to put fiberglass on--
452
00:18:57,767 --> 00:18:59,667
While we're doing fiberglass
on one thing,
453
00:18:59,667 --> 00:19:01,166
we could probably
fix another.
454
00:19:01,166 --> 00:19:02,867
-Fix another.
-Stuff like this,
455
00:19:02,867 --> 00:19:04,800
uh, we may be able
to sand it, you know,
456
00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:05,767
-all the way down.
-All the way down.
457
00:19:05,767 --> 00:19:07,767
Yeah, and then we can put
a coat of, uh...
458
00:19:07,767 --> 00:19:09,100
-Fiberglass resin.
-...resin. Yeah.
459
00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:10,266
-Yeah, 'cause that's--
-Does that sound good?
460
00:19:10,266 --> 00:19:11,467
Sounds good to me.
461
00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:23,266
I just blocked
the initial first block
462
00:19:23,266 --> 00:19:24,867
on this radius right here.
463
00:19:24,867 --> 00:19:26,100
It seemed like
it doesn't have a clear coat.
464
00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:28,100
Seems like it's all--
it's an enamel paint job.
465
00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,567
'Cause usually
when you sand something,
466
00:19:29,567 --> 00:19:32,367
it'll really turn white
right off the bat...
467
00:19:32,367 --> 00:19:34,567
when you sand. But,
as you can see, that's red.
468
00:19:34,567 --> 00:19:36,166
When it's red,
that means it's the enamel.
469
00:19:36,166 --> 00:19:39,066
Cars back in the '50s
were pretty much all enamels.
470
00:19:39,066 --> 00:19:40,867
Some people like enamels
because it's, to them,
471
00:19:40,867 --> 00:19:43,467
it seems much thicker
as far as a coat goes.
472
00:19:43,467 --> 00:19:44,900
But a lot of people
like the clear coat
473
00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:47,200
because they tend to be
a little bit glossier.
474
00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,066
If it looks this good enamel,
475
00:19:49,066 --> 00:19:50,367
imagine with
a couple coats of clear.
476
00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:52,066
It would really make it pop.
477
00:19:53,667 --> 00:19:55,500
Now that
the actual paint is off
478
00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:58,500
and I'm now to the first, uh,
layer of the gel coat,
479
00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,967
you can actually see
it's a lot of stress cracks
480
00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:02,567
on this radius right here.
481
00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:04,367
I might not go
with the fiberglass mat,
482
00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:06,300
but there is a product,
it looks like Bondo,
483
00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,900
but it's got fiberglass
strands mixed into it.
484
00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:11,266
I'll probably coat
this radius with that
485
00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:14,367
and it'll give it that nice
good solid bond.
486
00:20:14,367 --> 00:20:16,533
And it will also
still be fiberglass.
487
00:20:19,266 --> 00:20:21,400
We've already sanded
the quarter panel,
488
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,867
which is the one
that had the most damage.
489
00:20:23,867 --> 00:20:26,000
And what I've got here
is some Fiber-tech,
490
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,166
fiberglass reinforced
compound filler.
491
00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:29,166
That's all I really need
492
00:20:29,166 --> 00:20:31,000
because it's
just a hairline crack.
493
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,200
It's basically just like
replacing it with fiberglass.
494
00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,500
It'll be a much stronger--
a much stronger bond
495
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,967
and it'll keep the crack
from coming back.
496
00:20:41,367 --> 00:20:43,200
I've already blocked
this whole side.
497
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,166
Right here,
I had to dig in super-deep
498
00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:47,166
'cause it had some
big long scratches.
499
00:20:47,166 --> 00:20:49,066
The filler's already
been applied
500
00:20:49,066 --> 00:20:50,900
and I've already sanded it,
501
00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:52,166
kind of feathered it out.
502
00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:54,867
By being fiberglass, uh,
reinforced filler,
503
00:20:54,867 --> 00:20:56,967
it makes the quarter panel
a lot more rigid.
504
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:20,767
[Joel] What we're doing
is going ahead
505
00:21:20,767 --> 00:21:22,800
and putting the oil
in the cylinders.
506
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,300
If any moisture got in there,
there's gonna be rust.
507
00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:26,600
And this will soften that up
508
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,367
to where we'll be able
to move the crank
509
00:21:28,367 --> 00:21:31,467
without basically
damaging anything.
510
00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:33,867
You don't wanna do a lot.
Just a couple
of squirts in there.
511
00:21:33,867 --> 00:21:36,867
Let it soak now
for a few days,
and it should loosen up.
512
00:21:37,767 --> 00:21:38,867
Looks good.
513
00:21:45,066 --> 00:21:46,967
Rick and his family
are coming out today
514
00:21:46,967 --> 00:21:49,433
to check on the progress
of the '56 Corvette.
515
00:21:50,467 --> 00:21:53,100
In the process, we've invited
a Corvette expert,
516
00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:55,266
to lead us in the right
direction of this car.
517
00:21:55,266 --> 00:21:57,467
-David, this is Rick
and his wife.
-[Rick] Nice to meet you.
518
00:21:57,467 --> 00:21:58,567
-Hi, I'm Sandra.
-[David] Good to meet y'all.
519
00:21:58,567 --> 00:22:00,467
Uh, he owns his own shop.
520
00:22:00,467 --> 00:22:03,467
So we asked him
to come over today
521
00:22:03,467 --> 00:22:06,367
to help us identify
some of the things
522
00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:08,800
that you wanna know
about the car.
523
00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,066
Can you help me out
to deal what kind
of car this is?
524
00:22:11,066 --> 00:22:15,100
Yeah, '56. It's definitely
the higher-end two four car.
525
00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:17,166
Three speed. So it was
one of the ones
526
00:22:17,166 --> 00:22:19,667
they tried to bring back
and make a sports car.
527
00:22:19,667 --> 00:22:22,500
They had an option
of a special high-lift cam,
528
00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,166
which was only
in a 111 of 'em.
529
00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:29,166
'56 is one of the least amount
of cars that Chevrolet
made the Corvettes.
530
00:22:29,166 --> 00:22:30,500
Probably 400 and so.
531
00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,967
It's definitely a one...
one of a kind here.
532
00:22:32,967 --> 00:22:35,467
One of the main things
we wanted to see is to help us
533
00:22:35,467 --> 00:22:38,266
figure out if maybe
this was one of those cars.
534
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,200
It very well could be.
535
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,166
The only way to really,
without the documentation,
to really be sure,
536
00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:46,500
would be to pull
the engine out
and take it apart,
537
00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:47,800
and really check
it over thoroughly.
538
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,467
-Right.
-The only way to tell.
539
00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:52,266
-Because there's no other way.
-To be sure, 100%.
540
00:22:52,266 --> 00:22:54,300
-[Shorty]
Is that okay with you?
-Mmm-hmm.
541
00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:56,100
-[Shorty] Okay.
-Sawyer, is that all
right with you?
542
00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:57,700
-[Sawyer] Mmm?
-Is that all right with you?
543
00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:00,133
-I don't know what
we're talking about.
-[all laughs]
544
00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:02,867
All right.
545
00:23:02,867 --> 00:23:05,233
So I got... I got all
kinds of colors here.
546
00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:08,266
What are your thought,
first of all?
547
00:23:08,266 --> 00:23:12,467
We wanna keep it original
as possible.
548
00:23:12,467 --> 00:23:16,467
After little bit of research,
and looking at cars
that actually raced
549
00:23:16,467 --> 00:23:19,867
-on the Daytona
beach in 1956...
-Mmm-hmm.
550
00:23:19,867 --> 00:23:22,100
-there's like three colors...
-Okay.
551
00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:24,867
that the car,
more than likely was.
552
00:23:24,867 --> 00:23:30,367
It was either a Venetian red,
Polo white, or Arctic blue.
553
00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:31,800
[Pedro] Special delivery.
554
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,166
[Shorty] This is Pedro.
He bought some samples
for us to look at.
555
00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:36,700
-Great.
-Quite a bit of samples.
556
00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:40,300
So, depending what direction
the paint and everything goes.
557
00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:43,567
[Shorty] He's either kind of,
undecided on the color
of the car,
558
00:23:43,567 --> 00:23:45,767
-between maybe, like,
three combinations, right?
-[Sandra] Yeah.
559
00:23:45,767 --> 00:23:48,000
In white, blue, red.
560
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:52,100
So, this color,
if you painted the car white,
this will go perfect with it.
561
00:23:52,100 --> 00:23:54,567
Now if you paint it a blue,
it would go perfect with it.
562
00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:57,266
-If you paint it a red, look
how good it goes with red.
-[Sandra] It does.
563
00:23:57,266 --> 00:24:01,900
And all of this is gonna
depend on whether that this
Corvette is one of a 111,
564
00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:05,300
as to really where we're gonna
go with the color scheme.
565
00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:07,900
We have a variety of colors
that could actually
go on this car.
566
00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:11,800
They want to be really careful
and make a wise decision.
567
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,467
So, there's no telling.
568
00:24:13,467 --> 00:24:15,000
I think we're getting close.
569
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,967
-[Shorty] Okay.
-Think we're getting close.
570
00:24:16,967 --> 00:24:18,300
[Rick] This is gonna
work out just right.
571
00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:20,300
-It's gonna be one
in a million.
-Yes, it will.
572
00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:22,100
Sounds good.
573
00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,600
All right. So you said
you're here to work, right?
574
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,634
-Maybe. Mmm-hmm.
-Maybe?
575
00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:30,166
-Come on, man.
I'm gonna put you to work.
-All right.
576
00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:31,533
Get over here. Come on.
577
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,166
[Sawyer] Oh, yeah,
I get to see...
578
00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:38,400
[Shorty] Get him a block
and get him started.
579
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,200
-[Joe] You ready to work?
-Yes, sir.
580
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,433
-Come on, man. Let me get
you some safety stuff first.
-All right.
581
00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:48,100
-All right. So what I'm
doing here is blocking.
-Okay.
582
00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:49,867
So what that does is,
I'm trying to make sure
583
00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:51,567
that all the body
work is straight.
584
00:24:51,567 --> 00:24:53,266
I take this block right here.
585
00:24:53,266 --> 00:24:54,900
So what I do,
I go with an X pattern.
586
00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,033
This way and then this way.
587
00:24:58,100 --> 00:24:59,433
Move it up a little bit.
588
00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:10,367
Hey, look. You don't have
to put so much effort into it.
589
00:25:10,367 --> 00:25:12,767
Just glide it, okay? Just...
590
00:25:12,767 --> 00:25:16,667
You can just put it on there.
Put a little bit
of pressure on there.
591
00:25:16,667 --> 00:25:19,433
-And... And just sand on it,
just like that.
-Yes, sir.
592
00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:28,934
[Shorty] You can't go into
another spot until you finish
the one spot you started on.
593
00:25:30,667 --> 00:25:32,667
[Sawyer] Think I'm
going into welding.
594
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,800
I end up having to take
the Corvette door off.
595
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,066
Because I notice there
are some cracks
throughout the whole door,
596
00:25:46,066 --> 00:25:49,266
that I needed to get
access to and I couldn't
really get to it.
597
00:25:49,266 --> 00:25:51,166
With it being mounted,
I glanced in there
598
00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:54,066
and saw that there
is a major problem in here.
599
00:25:54,066 --> 00:25:56,000
That somebody had tried
to repair it before.
600
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,000
Fiberglass is just watered up,
and just thrown in there.
601
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,500
I need to get in there,
get all that stuff...
old stuff off.
602
00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:04,200
And clean it up a little bit,
603
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,066
and put new layers
of fiberglass on there
to make it look clean.
604
00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,900
Laid the mat on there,
put the resin.
605
00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:17,266
Get all the air bubbles out.
606
00:26:17,266 --> 00:26:18,700
And that makes
it much stronger.
607
00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,066
And it'll be like new again.
608
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,166
Next, that I'm gonna
be repairing out is all these
609
00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:52,567
little chips and cracks
that are throughout the door.
610
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:55,266
These are just like
surface cracks,
just in the top layer.
611
00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:57,367
Grind those down,
create a little valley.
612
00:26:57,367 --> 00:27:00,433
And use a fiber tech
to get those taken care of.
613
00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:08,500
While I have Jose
working on the Corvette,
614
00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:11,734
I'm over here helping
a buddy, Matt,
on his AM General.
615
00:27:13,567 --> 00:27:17,867
We've been spending hours
just getting this thing
every nook and cranny
616
00:27:17,867 --> 00:27:21,000
just masked, so that way he
can come in and spray it.
617
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,734
Doesn't have to look pretty.
Just has to keep
the overspray up.
618
00:27:25,767 --> 00:27:27,767
I'm excited to finally
get rid of that red.
619
00:27:27,767 --> 00:27:29,867
No more red. We're going
white with it.
620
00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:34,066
If you're gonna
paint this truck white,
621
00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:36,867
it only makes sense
to buy white primer,
so you can prime it.
622
00:27:36,867 --> 00:27:38,634
That way you already
have a foundation.
623
00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:40,967
It might not have the gloss.
624
00:27:40,967 --> 00:27:45,066
It might not have, you know,
what a clear coat
paint job would have.
625
00:27:45,066 --> 00:27:47,600
But this primer, it actually
looks really good.
626
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,567
It'll look like
it's already painted.
627
00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:51,634
Gotta make sure you
wear your safety equipment.
628
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,367
I'm actually coming along
pretty well on the Corvette.
629
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:22,800
I did all the body work
and everything.
630
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,800
But there's still
surface cracks
on the outside of the body.
631
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,266
But in order to get to that,
I had to grind down,
create like a little valley.
632
00:28:29,266 --> 00:28:32,100
This area here does
hold the chrome bezel.
633
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:36,367
I might have to put about
two or three layers of fiber
tech, to thicken that up.
634
00:28:36,367 --> 00:28:38,166
On the inside, I have a little
bit more of a problem,
635
00:28:38,166 --> 00:28:40,166
'cause I guess
from the spare tire.
636
00:28:40,166 --> 00:28:43,600
I don't know if it was
actual jack or something
that was lose in here.
637
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,467
But it kind of banged up,
and then cracked
it pretty well.
638
00:28:46,467 --> 00:28:48,367
But I did create a good size
valley that'll allow me
639
00:28:48,367 --> 00:28:51,166
to put about two or three
layers of fiberglass mat.
640
00:28:51,166 --> 00:28:52,700
I want it to be
all fiberglass,
641
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:55,767
because it just does have
some weight. It does have
a spare tire back there.
642
00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:58,767
I'm gonna come back
and redo some
of the actual holes.
643
00:28:58,767 --> 00:29:01,266
Because somebody
either repaired it before,
644
00:29:01,266 --> 00:29:03,467
or maybe just over time,
they wattled out.
645
00:29:03,467 --> 00:29:06,800
So, you had a real
small hole here,
a great big hole there.
646
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,266
So I'm gonna make it all
proportionate and even
and make it look right.
647
00:29:36,367 --> 00:29:37,367
[Shorty exclaims
in excitement]
648
00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:38,967
We're about
to paint the truck.
649
00:29:38,967 --> 00:29:40,667
However, we're gonna
do it in two sections.
650
00:29:40,667 --> 00:29:42,800
Just like we primed it.
So we're gonna
do the roof.
651
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,967
And we've got all these
other parts that he
wants me to paint.
652
00:29:45,967 --> 00:29:48,066
So I got my work
cut out for me today.
653
00:29:48,066 --> 00:29:51,100
[Matt] We decide
to go white on the truck,
just because it's evergreen.
654
00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:53,100
The truck will be used
for many different purposes,
655
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:54,567
from market events
to weddings.
656
00:29:54,567 --> 00:29:57,266
Really, anyone that would
wanna lease it out.
657
00:29:57,266 --> 00:30:01,000
So going white is just
a good color that anyone
wants to add on to.
658
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,100
If they wanna wrap it,
or if they don't want to,
659
00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:05,367
if they wanna put
a little logo here or there.
660
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,700
I'm looking forward to Matt
getting the bottom ready,
so we can come shoot that.
661
00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:25,266
And get it done,
so he can take us
all out for a treat.
662
00:30:25,266 --> 00:30:28,367
Some of our other vehicles,
we actually wrap
on a regular basis.
663
00:30:28,367 --> 00:30:31,967
So, learning the process
of doing custom paint
664
00:30:31,967 --> 00:30:34,734
was really eye opening,
the amount of hard work.
665
00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:36,333
It was crazy.
666
00:30:39,266 --> 00:30:41,066
We're still working
on the '56 Corvette.
667
00:30:41,066 --> 00:30:43,000
It's for my good customer,
Rick and his family,
668
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,667
that potentially,
they're gonna auction
it off for charity.
669
00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:48,433
There's still a lot to do,
particularly on the body.
670
00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:51,700
How's it going, Jose?
671
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:55,700
Man, it's going all right.
I'm just getting it all
cleaned up for you.
672
00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:57,867
-Cool.
-Did run into an issue though.
673
00:30:57,867 --> 00:31:01,400
Check out this gap.
My fingers can go
all the way through.
674
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,967
It ain't like your
standard metal.
675
00:31:02,967 --> 00:31:05,867
By this being fiberglass,
you know the process.
676
00:31:05,867 --> 00:31:09,367
I'm gonna have to add
fiberglass mat
and build this edge out.
677
00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:11,600
Yeah.
678
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,166
I mean, these cars weren't
perfect from the factory.
679
00:31:14,166 --> 00:31:17,166
-Right.
-You know, they were
all over the place.
680
00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:21,467
I probably need to call Rick
and ask him how
he feels about it.
681
00:31:21,467 --> 00:31:23,600
If he wants us to do
something with it,
682
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:28,700
it's gonna require, uh,
quite a bit of work.
683
00:31:28,700 --> 00:31:31,266
-Hopefully we'll get an answer
from him pretty soon.
-Yes, sir.
684
00:31:31,266 --> 00:31:32,967
[Shorty] Then we'll know
what to do.
685
00:31:32,967 --> 00:31:35,533
-If you need help with that,
just let me know.
-Yes, sir.
686
00:31:37,767 --> 00:31:40,967
I talked to Rick,
and he said he'd like
to fix it a little better.
687
00:31:40,967 --> 00:31:44,000
So I got Joe working on it,
adding some glass.
688
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000
We're gonna add about
another quarter of an inch,
689
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,567
and then from there,
we're gonna take it,
690
00:31:47,567 --> 00:31:50,367
and get a pretty good gap
all the way around.
691
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:52,600
So what I'm doing,
I've already did
on the bottom.
692
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,100
Now I add another layer
of aviation tape
on the top side.
693
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:59,000
And it's rigid enough,
where it gives me
a nice, straight line.
694
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,100
What I'm gonna do now,
is just fold it down.
695
00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:02,800
This will create
like a little taco.
696
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:06,467
Then I just put
straight resin,
directly to the fiberglass.
697
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,467
My method is,
I take fiberglass strands.
698
00:32:08,467 --> 00:32:09,867
I chop it up
into little bit strands.
699
00:32:09,867 --> 00:32:11,166
I mix it. It's my own mixture.
700
00:32:11,166 --> 00:32:12,600
I mix it all up.
Get it all in there.
701
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,100
And I basically just
pour it on to the edges.
702
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,166
You can actually call it,
taco out of fiberglass.
703
00:32:18,166 --> 00:32:21,667
I'm sandwiching two pieces,
and putting resin
in the middle.
704
00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:23,233
So I guess the resin
would be the meat.
705
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,166
I'm pouring in the...
the taco meat now.
706
00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:31,467
It's still really watery
for me, to be able to just
pour it in like a liquid.
707
00:32:31,467 --> 00:32:34,367
And by doing the chop,
it gives me
a extra reassurance
708
00:32:34,367 --> 00:32:38,100
that it's a good solid bond,
where it really adheres
to it really good.
709
00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:40,467
And it makes the edge
very rigid.
710
00:32:40,467 --> 00:32:42,100
If you can see over here
on this side,
711
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,367
you can actually see
the transition of the actual
quarter inch line that I made.
712
00:32:45,367 --> 00:32:49,100
This is exactly what I was
trying to achieve.
I wanted to go above the line.
713
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:51,100
And now I just gotta
shave it down to the line.
714
00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:53,533
Joe is so good
with fiberglass,
he can make a taco.
715
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,266
Brother Carl is coming over
to the shop to take the engine
out of the Corvette.
716
00:33:13,266 --> 00:33:14,867
So we can get
it over to Dave.
717
00:33:14,867 --> 00:33:17,066
We call Brother Carl,
not Brother Carl,
718
00:33:17,066 --> 00:33:18,700
but [in hoarse voice]
Brother Carl.
719
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:21,166
-[in hoarse voice] Shorty.
-[both laughs]
720
00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:22,900
[in normal voice]
What's he doing to the motor?
Does he know yet?
721
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:28,000
Remember, this motor
is supposed to be one of 111.
722
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,400
The only way you know
if this a rare motor,
723
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,800
is by taking
the internals out.
724
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,000
There will be date stamps
on the block.
725
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,867
So they can tell from
those date stamps if it was
at least the correct year.
726
00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:43,567
'59 and older heads had
the staggered bolt holes.
727
00:33:43,567 --> 00:33:46,266
-And in '60,
they squared 'em up.
-Yeah.
728
00:33:46,266 --> 00:33:49,433
I've been around this kind
of car my whole life.
My dad had a '58,
729
00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:51,467
when I was growing up.
730
00:33:51,467 --> 00:33:52,567
I'll let you have at it.
731
00:33:52,567 --> 00:33:55,300
And then, let me know.
I'll bring the forklift in.
732
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,266
-And, we'll pull it out.
-Right on. We'll get after it.
733
00:33:58,266 --> 00:34:01,266
My mom actually jokingly
says that she didn't
ever look twice at him,
734
00:34:01,266 --> 00:34:02,734
if he hadn't been
driving a Corvette.
735
00:34:08,567 --> 00:34:09,834
Pulling the drive shaft out.
736
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,467
Get the speedometer
drive loose
737
00:34:19,467 --> 00:34:21,767
and probably gonna have
to take the shifter off of it.
738
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:28,767
Oh, there's the shifter.
[laughs]
739
00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:32,166
Still gotta pull at least
the fuel line
at the fuel pump.
740
00:34:34,166 --> 00:34:35,867
I think it's ready.
Pretty much ready to come out.
741
00:34:39,367 --> 00:34:41,333
-[in hoarse voice]
Brother Carl.
-Shorty.
742
00:34:42,367 --> 00:34:44,867
[in normal voice]
It has a front
motor mount, and it's...
743
00:34:44,867 --> 00:34:46,367
it's real close
to the fuel pump.
744
00:34:46,367 --> 00:34:48,667
I'm afraid it's not gonna
com up out of there
with the fuel pump on it.
745
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:54,500
That fuel pump will fight you
to the death, Brother Carl.
746
00:34:54,500 --> 00:34:56,066
[Carl] This one's not
too bad, actually.
747
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,166
[Shorty] Okay.
748
00:34:58,166 --> 00:34:59,867
Hey, don't throw it away,
Brother Carl.
749
00:34:59,867 --> 00:35:03,367
-That might be the rarest
fuel pump ever.
-[laughs]
750
00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:05,834
-We ready, Brother Carl?
-We're gonna know.
751
00:35:07,567 --> 00:35:10,500
Till we pick it up
and figure out
what I forgot to unhook.
752
00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:11,667
[Shorty] All right.
Here we go.
753
00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:14,533
[cranks forklift]
754
00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:16,166
Turn that way.
755
00:35:17,967 --> 00:35:19,734
All right. Easy.
756
00:35:22,367 --> 00:35:23,834
We got a wire up there.
757
00:35:28,567 --> 00:35:30,634
Whoa. Come on up.
Stop!
758
00:35:38,066 --> 00:35:39,200
All right.
759
00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:43,433
Just got through pulling
the motor out of the Corvette.
760
00:35:44,900 --> 00:35:46,700
Get it to David, see
761
00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:48,734
what kind of shape
the motor itself is in.
762
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:55,467
[Shorty] We sent the hub caps
off to Steve with
a classic 3M restoration,
763
00:35:55,467 --> 00:35:58,667
to see if he could refer
to the hub caps
and make 'em look like new.
764
00:35:58,667 --> 00:36:01,100
[Steve] These are '56
Corvette hub caps.
765
00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:03,700
We got a couple of dents
on this one
we're gonna get out.
766
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:06,767
And then from there,
we'll go to the sander.
767
00:36:06,767 --> 00:36:09,000
And from the sander,
we'll go to the buffer.
768
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,033
And polish 'em up
to a mirror shine.
769
00:36:15,667 --> 00:36:18,000
You know, we just sand
out the scratches
we just put in it,
770
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,867
with some more grits
and then we'll
be ready to polish.
771
00:36:32,166 --> 00:36:35,367
It's like little rope pieces,
threads basically.
772
00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:38,500
It gets out, like,
your scratches
and your heavy damage.
773
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,266
And then you go
to cotton or flannel wheel.
774
00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:43,200
Usually keeps gradually
getting softer.
775
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:44,967
Kind of works like
grits of sanding.
776
00:36:44,967 --> 00:36:49,934
We'll get the last final
shine on these
and wrap 'em up.
777
00:37:00,767 --> 00:37:04,166
That's it. The final product,
it's all shined up.
778
00:37:04,166 --> 00:37:07,100
Once you put
the center cap back on,
779
00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:08,433
man, these are gonna
look really good.
780
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,066
We're here at Dave's shop.
He is a resident
Corvette expert.
781
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,800
He's gonna tear down the motor
and see if it in fact it is,
782
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:21,000
one of the 111 rare motors
that Chevy ever
made that year.
783
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,367
-Hello, Dave.
-Hey, Shorty.
784
00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:25,166
-You all right?
-I see it.
785
00:37:25,166 --> 00:37:27,600
-I see your name
on your shirt.
-Yes, sir.
786
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,200
-Couple of Corvettes
in here, man.
-This is awesome, man.
787
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:31,667
Yeah, I love
Dave's shop, man.
788
00:37:31,667 --> 00:37:34,467
He's got some really cool
awesome looking cars in here,
789
00:37:34,467 --> 00:37:36,033
that he's working
on for customers.
790
00:37:41,567 --> 00:37:44,567
-Well, you wanna see
what I brought you?
-Let's see what you brought.
791
00:37:44,567 --> 00:37:47,800
Shorty just brought Rick's
engine over
to his '56 Corvette,
792
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,800
for us to disassemble,
check the integrity
of the engine,
793
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,266
and to see if the original
cam shaft was in the car,
794
00:37:54,266 --> 00:37:56,166
for the special
high-lift option.
795
00:37:59,767 --> 00:38:04,000
[Shorty] One of the things
that makes this motor a rare
motor is the cam shaft.
796
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,266
And it's called
the Duntov racing cam,
797
00:38:06,266 --> 00:38:08,467
that Chevrolet put
in this motor that year.
798
00:38:08,467 --> 00:38:09,867
It's a high-lift cam shaft.
799
00:38:09,867 --> 00:38:13,467
It gives the motor more
horsepower,
and better for racing.
800
00:38:13,467 --> 00:38:15,200
This is excitement,
right here.
801
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:19,500
To remove the cam shaft,
we need to remove
the intake manifold,
802
00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:21,567
drop the old pan,
remove the timing cover,
803
00:38:21,567 --> 00:38:26,266
water pump, pulleys,
and the lifters
and the rocker assemblies.
804
00:38:26,266 --> 00:38:28,667
We got really good casting
on this, though.
805
00:38:28,667 --> 00:38:30,066
They're really, really good.
806
00:38:30,066 --> 00:38:35,467
L-25, that's probably
the month, the day, the year
that it was produced.
807
00:38:35,467 --> 00:38:38,000
This is the moment of truth.
808
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,433
And this is where we find out
what kind of cam
it really has in there.
809
00:38:49,367 --> 00:38:50,800
So how is it we're
gonna know again?
810
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,967
-There's a number
stamped on the back.
-Okay.
811
00:38:53,967 --> 00:38:59,600
This is a 292 cam,
which is not...
the correct cam.
812
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,367
This has been replaced.
813
00:39:01,367 --> 00:39:03,100
So, what does that mean?
814
00:39:03,100 --> 00:39:07,900
The original cam was probably
too far worn or something
and then replaced with this.
815
00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:11,500
It's not the Holy Grail
that we were hoping it to be.
816
00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:12,800
But let me ask you
something, Dave.
817
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,667
Even if the cam
has been replaced,
818
00:39:14,667 --> 00:39:16,100
and if it was
one of those motors,
819
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:18,266
wouldn't the lobes be
a little taller
or whatever?
820
00:39:18,266 --> 00:39:19,500
Could be a reproduction, yes.
821
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,467
We can take it to
the machine shop...
822
00:39:21,467 --> 00:39:23,700
-Okay.
-...and have
them measure this,
823
00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:26,900
-the lift and duration
on our cam doctor.
-Uh-huh. Okay.
824
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:31,000
To see if in fact,
that could be
a reproduction cam.
825
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,667
So unfortunately,
the only way to tell,
826
00:39:33,667 --> 00:39:37,567
is for him to take that cam
and it'll have a higher...
827
00:39:37,567 --> 00:39:40,667
-A higher lift and duration.
-A higher lift and duration.
828
00:39:40,667 --> 00:39:42,500
So one last thing
left to do.
829
00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,266
And then we'll find out
if it is or it isn't.
830
00:39:45,266 --> 00:39:48,667
The only thing we got left
after that is for him
to put it back together.
831
00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:50,934
And, keep on trucking.
832
00:39:54,667 --> 00:39:58,166
And that, well, it'll be all
the way. So might
as well blast it.
833
00:39:58,166 --> 00:40:00,767
-[horn honks]
-Check it out, man.
Check it out.
834
00:40:00,767 --> 00:40:02,533
[Matt] Breakfast is served.
835
00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:04,367
Look at that.
836
00:40:04,367 --> 00:40:06,400
-Hey, Matt,
that thing looks good.
-What's up, guys?
837
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,000
-That's awesome, man.
Look at that.
-You selling taco?
838
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,934
Did you bring us--
I hope you brought
us breakfast, man.
839
00:40:14,467 --> 00:40:17,967
It's a little bit of a thank
you to the guys. I wanted
to bring 'em a little treats.
840
00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:20,667
So, dropped off some
breakfast tacos
and some coffee.
841
00:40:20,667 --> 00:40:22,567
Got the lights.
I'm about to give you guys...
842
00:40:22,567 --> 00:40:23,700
Look at that, man.
Look at that.
843
00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:26,000
-Brought you guys
some breakfast tacos.
-Some LEDs.
844
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,767
I think the AM General
turned out great.
845
00:40:27,767 --> 00:40:29,967
You know, it's perfect
for what Matt
wants it to be.
846
00:40:29,967 --> 00:40:32,266
He wants to work out of it.
He wants to lease it out.
847
00:40:32,266 --> 00:40:34,467
So I hope that everything
goes well for him.
848
00:40:34,467 --> 00:40:36,066
And make some
good money for him.
849
00:40:36,066 --> 00:40:38,567
-Do you have any hot sauce?
-Maybe, let's see.
850
00:40:38,567 --> 00:40:39,767
[Shorty]
You thought of everything.
851
00:40:39,767 --> 00:40:42,200
Yeah, man. Just wanted
to, like, seriously say,
852
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:43,900
thank you, guys,
for all the help, man.
853
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:45,467
I couldn't do
this without you. So...
854
00:40:45,467 --> 00:40:49,066
Hey, well, this is the best
way you can get
to my heart right here, bruh.
855
00:40:49,066 --> 00:40:52,066
It's good to see the final
paint on the AM General.
856
00:40:52,066 --> 00:40:55,000
It's been a long road.
A lot of hard work.
857
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000
-I ain't gonna pass out
this free breakfast.
-Heck, no, man.
858
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,300
When we first brought
this van in, it was red.
859
00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:02,967
It had paint cracking.
It was horrible.
860
00:41:02,967 --> 00:41:06,700
And so, over the past
few months, we really
did a transformation.
861
00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:10,166
It's looking like a brand
new truck, and we're excited
to put it to work.
862
00:41:10,166 --> 00:41:12,367
It's definitely
a learning process...
863
00:41:12,367 --> 00:41:15,867
-Was it easy?
-It's not easy.
[laughs]
864
00:41:15,867 --> 00:41:19,467
I literally feel like
Daniel san
and you're Mr. Miyagi.
865
00:41:19,467 --> 00:41:22,500
I sanded and sanded
and sanded some more.
866
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:26,467
After getting in all those
crevasses and curves
and cracks and sanding,
867
00:41:26,467 --> 00:41:28,266
I mean, it's some hard work.
868
00:41:28,266 --> 00:41:31,100
I definitely have to give
props to all the guys,
but especially Shorty.
869
00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:34,300
'Cause, I mean, the work
that he does here,
it's second to none.
870
00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:36,567
[man] It looks good to me.
I like it, man.
871
00:41:36,567 --> 00:41:38,767
When we got
this little truck in here,
872
00:41:38,767 --> 00:41:40,567
it really looked like crap.
873
00:41:40,567 --> 00:41:42,400
[Matt] Yeah, it was rough,
I remember it.
874
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,867
So see the transformation
of it, you know,
when it first came in.
875
00:41:45,867 --> 00:41:49,967
And now the way it looks,
that's just a sign
of hard work.
876
00:41:49,967 --> 00:41:52,266
You know,
we know you're
a hard-working individual.
877
00:41:52,266 --> 00:41:54,300
So, hopefully you have
good success out of it.
878
00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:55,800
And ultimately,
that's the goal.
879
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,867
So this is the newest
addition to our fleet.
880
00:41:57,867 --> 00:42:01,767
Our business, we apparently
have a bunch of vintage
postal trucks
881
00:42:01,767 --> 00:42:05,266
that we use for different
marketing and wedding
and events.
882
00:42:05,266 --> 00:42:07,367
And so, we're excited
to put this one to work.
883
00:42:07,367 --> 00:42:10,300
Yeah, this thing's already...
It's already got a job booked.
884
00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:12,400
Uh, I mean, seriously,
I couldn't do it,
without you guys.
885
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,367
Man, you knocked
it out of the park.
886
00:42:15,367 --> 00:42:17,934
You put in some hard work,
that's what you get.
887
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,266
You know, Matt,
it looks like he's
a young go-getter.
888
00:42:22,266 --> 00:42:24,100
I'm happy for him
and I wish him
all the best
889
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:25,867
in his journey
to being an entrepreneur.
890
00:42:25,867 --> 00:42:27,266
Well, that's awesome, Matt.
891
00:42:27,266 --> 00:42:29,767
-Thanks, guys.
-I'm glad you got it done.
Glad you got it finished.
892
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,967
-Good job, man.
-Thanks, guys.
893
00:42:32,967 --> 00:42:34,800
-Good to work.
-Let's go to work, man.
894
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,667
All right.
895
00:42:36,667 --> 00:42:39,066
-Oh, hey, man, we kind of,
forget the tacos, man.
-Yeah...
896
00:42:40,667 --> 00:42:43,333
-Take more, man.
-Take these as food to go.
897
00:42:46,767 --> 00:42:50,467
We've made a lot of head
way on the '56 Corvette,
especially on the body.
898
00:42:50,467 --> 00:42:52,166
But, there's still
a lot to be done.
899
00:42:52,166 --> 00:42:53,767
Ready for you
to get busy, huh?
900
00:42:53,767 --> 00:42:55,700
Once we decide on the color,
we need to paint it.
901
00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:58,367
Get some interior done,
diagnose the motor.
902
00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:00,367
I think this car's
gonna be one of a kind.
903
00:43:00,367 --> 00:43:03,467
We need to make Wayne one.
And he's gonna
call it JW, right?
904
00:43:03,467 --> 00:43:05,967
For John Wayne,
and he's gonna
sell tacos.
905
00:43:05,967 --> 00:43:09,867
Shorty's Dream Shop,
we got your airride
we got your tacos.
906
00:43:09,867 --> 00:43:12,467
-[Shorty] Frijoles.
-We need drinks now.
907
00:43:12,467 --> 00:43:15,367
-I'm already getting thirsty.
I can't talk.
-You can blame that on him.
908
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,367
Hey, we're gonna put,
"Authentic Mexican"
at the bottom.
909
00:43:20,367 --> 00:43:23,000
My tacos gonna be out
of bread though,
not tortillas.
910
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,967
Yeah, you know what?
We can go back to the old
school bologna sandwiches.
911
00:43:26,967 --> 00:43:28,667
-Wayne's bologna.
-Cut.
912
00:43:28,667 --> 00:43:30,100
[all laughs]