Car Masters: Rust to Riches (2018) s01e05 Episode Script

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[Shawn] I don’t even know what to say.
We get a nice sale, money in our pockets,
and Mr. Spendy-pants over here
wants to get--
You were supposed to wrangle in
that situation, Shawn.
-You know how he is.
-[laughing] Yeah.
It needs a monster motor.
We’ve done a ton of work,
and we should be in the final process of
buttoning up this crazy monster Bus build.
But now Mark insists
that his Mad Max apocalypse Bus
is screaming for a much,
much bigger motor.
[Constance]
You were supposed to keep track of him
and not let him wander off
with these crazy notions.
-[Tony] You could’ve prevented this.
-[Caveman] Grab his hand,
take him to the side,
and whisper sweet nothings in his ear.
Make sure you have a beer with you
when you do it.
Sometimes I can talk sense into Mark,
but this time forget it.
He is adamant.
[power tools buzz]
[machinery rivets] [engine starts]
[rumbles]
[engine revs]
-[Tony] All right.
-[Caveman] What’s going on here?
[horn honks]
[Caveman chuckles]
Are you trying to be
someone’s creepy uncle?
Yeah, that’s me.
That’s what I’m trying to be.
[Mark] When we picked up this bike
in a trade in a salvage yard,
I had an idea
that it might come in handy someday.
This could be something.
[Shawn] Why are you looking at that?
Nobody wants a Gold Wing.
[Mark] It’s a Gold Wing.
I’ll be willing to give you
that Gold Wing. You can have it.
Now I’ve got it figured out.
This piece of [bleep] in front of us
is gonna get us the motor for that Bus
that takes that Bus to the next level.
Shawn’s gonna have to trade it
for a big block with a blower on it.
Yeah.
[all laughing]
That is not gonna happen.
It’s gonna have to happen, because I don’t
wanna spend 15 grand on a blower motor.
So a blower motor forces more air and fuel
into the intake manifold,
giving you more horsepower.
It’s the kind of motor we need
to transform this Bus
from a family vacation machine
into a badass urban assault vehicle.
I’m just saying,
what I can maybe do with this thing
is maybe sell it and buy a motor.
It’s only worth something in a trade.
It’s not worth anything in hard money.
A big block blower motor is gonna cost
somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 grand.
By the time we upgrade this bike,
its max value is gonna be eight grand.
That’s why we follow our business model
of “upgrade and trade.”
You always get more bang for your buck.
You want Shawn to trade this
for a blown big block?
But it won’t look like this.
If you strip all that fiberglass
and fake chrome
and fog lights and windshield
and side mirrors and kick plates,
it’s probably gonna take off
about 300 pounds of crap.
Jenny Craig, here you come, fat girl.
[laughing]
I mean, it’s not--
[all laughing]
-Did you call this bike a fat girl?
-[Mark] You can’t say that.
-Call her curvaceous or voluptuous.
-[Tony, indistinct]
The motor underneath this is pretty cool.
I wanna go gangster steampunk,
and just strip it apart.
To me, this bike screams steampunk,
which is a crazy-cool combination
of Industrial Age mechanical metal
meets modern machinery.
It’s a super hot look right now,
and it can make this bike look awesome
and drive awesome when it’s done.
Steampunk. I love that.
Basically, what I wanna do
is I just wanna strip this down.
Rip off all of the body off of it,
rip the handlebars off of it.
We’ll use a beer keg
to hide all the wires.
And we’ll use a hand-pounded metal seat,
replace all the soft lines
with copper tubing,
and it’ll look like a steampunk bike.
We’re probably gonna spend
like $90 on the keg.
We’re all gonna drink it,
so now we’ve only spent 50 bucks.
[all laughing]
And I already have the metal to hammer the
seat out in it, and some copper tubing.
So we’ll be into the bike
for like two more hundred dollars.
And for that 200 bucks,
we get a $15,000 motor to put in the Bus.
That’s gonna bring that Bus
probably another $20,000 in curb appeal.
This all started when we traded the
T-bucket fire truck for a bunch of stuff,
including the VW Bus and this Gold Wing.
After we’ve upgraded this bike,
we’re gonna trade it
for a big block blower motor
that we’re gonna drop
into our postapocalyptic war Bus.
And instead of trading that Bus for
something that would get us six figures,
with that new big block motor,
this Bus is our $100,000 vehicle.
-We’re gonna sell it.
-[cash register dings]
You are in charge of stripping this down
with your beautiful assistant, Constance,
because Constance is gonna be
more into getting this apart than you.
Because she only knows she’s
getting a big block blown motor out of it.
[all laughing]
[Mark] And unfortunately, Tony’s with me.
We gotta go back over there to
Frankenstein and rip the motor out of it.
And so, break. Everybody go to work. That’s a cassette player.
It’s like the oldest thing I’ve ever seen.
[Caveman]
You’ve never seen an eight-track player?
Oh! Didn’t need that!
[Constance]
She doesn’t want to lose her rear end.
She likes the big booty.
I just keep closing my eyes,
and I’m gonna pretend
that this isn’t here,
and that my engine is here instead.
Oh, we’re gonna dance?
We’re doing the Honda dance? Ooh!
So, Mark put me on this project.
I think he did it to piss me off because
it’s a Honda. He knows I’m a Harley guy.
There ain’t nothin’ like ridin’. I--
You know, you see a dog
sticking his head out the window. Hey!
[laughing]
Those are the only other people
that understand about riding a bike.
I bet you it’s a little easier
to get on now though.
Oh [bleep]. Look at that.
I still wouldn’t ride it.
[hydraulics whirring]
[Mark]
Let’s get the motor out of this thing.
To get the Nailhead out of the Bus,
we’re gonna have to undo a lot of work.
This build is so far outside of the box,
sometimes it takes two or three tries
to get it right.
I guess this goes back in the back
for another day.
Now that we got the Nailhead
out of the chassis,
we’re gonna chop the roof
on the Frank’N’Bus.
We’re gonna add massive wheels and tires.
Then we’re gonna drop in
the new blower motor that Shawn will find.
And finally grind the outside of the Bus
down to bare metal.
Once we’ve done that,
we will have turned this Volkswagen Bus
into a one-of-a-kind
badass heavy metal machine.
I wanna chop the roof on it. I wanna take
about that much steel out of it.
-I want a windshield that tall.
-[laughing] That tall?
Enough for your eyeballs, okay?
So when they’re shooting bullets,
they can’t get you.
Like a surgeon. Yeah.
Like butter.
I’m so sad. That’s my job.
[Mark] Yeah. Missing out on the party?
That makes me wanna cry.
[Mark]
Chopping the top off this ’70s hippie Bus
is gonna make it look
just like a pissed-off hot rod.
-[Mark] And that is one chop top.
-[Tony] All right.
[Caveman] Up.
[Tony] We’ve made a lot of changes
to the VW Bus,
and it’s got such a bad attitude now.
It’s not your school bus.
This is not your family bus.
This thing is mean, it’s long, it’s sleek.
It’s gonna scare people
running down the road.
I mean, it’s all going relatively smooth.
If we sell it by the foot,
we’ll make a fortune.
-Or the pound?
-Or the pound.
[all laughing]
God, this thing is a nightmare. I bet--
I had no idea
it was gonna look like this underneath.
-So I got my keg.
-You got a keg?
-Yeah.
-[Caveman] All right! We get to drink?
No.
I thought you were gonna rip all the wires
off that it doesn’t need to make it run.
-We did.
-[Caveman] We did.
-It needs all of that?
-Yes, it does.
Every single one of these wires?
[Caveman]
This bike has a lot of accessories on it.
It has intercom accessories.
It’s got a stereo in it.
It’s probably got air conditioning in it
for all I know.
[Mark] We’re gonna put everything
underneath that keg. Can you--
-Can you hold the keg?
-[Caveman] As long as you promise to--
[Mark] I will not cut you.
-[Mark] There.
-[Caveman] Whack!
[Mark] So now that I got my beer keg,
I’m gonna use it to camouflage
all of the wires that are on the bike.
Because the bike is supposed to be
along the steampunk line of thinking,
which has nothing to do
with wires and computers.
I’ve never seen a bike with so much
going in so many different directions.
So, I’m thinking that some of this is…
maybe turn signals and whatevers.
-[Constance] Some of them--
-[Caveman] We marked everything.
[Mark] Did you?
You might wanna see if it starts now.
[engine sputters]
[engine sputters]
Somebody call Honda,
have them send a tech guy over.
This project was supposed to be
down and dirty,
clean, strip it apart, do it fast,
trade it for a big motor for the Bus.
[engine sputters]
-[Mark] Uh--
-Why you got to come over and break it?
It has now turned into
a two-wheel smart car.
I’m gonna go get a beer.
You guys fix it. I’m out.
You should stay here
and we should get the beer.
You already had a beer.
You had a 15-gallon beer.
[Shawn]
I’m hitting a few local watering holes
to see if I can find someone
who’s got a blower motor collecting dust.
It’s gonna be a pretty decent bike.
You know anybody with a big-ass motor
they’re trying to get rid of?
There are lots of people
that would like a bike like that,
but no one with a motor to trade.
[Shawn] Luckily,
Temecula is a huge car and bike hub.
So, even though this trade
is a bit of a challenge…
Are you into steampunk?
Do you know what steampunk is?
That ring a bell with you guys? No?
…this is the place
to try and pull something like that off.
Also, I know a lot of people,
so if I don’t find someone
who’s got a blower motor in their garage
that wants a bike instead,
I’m putting my feelers out,
see what comes back to me.
[hydraulics whirring]
All right.
Let’s go grab some new, big, shiny wheels.
[Tony] Some big rims.
[Mark] Some huge wheels.
How’re you liking that Rally cap
in the middle?
I think it’s a good-looking wheel.
Because we’re grinding the Bus down
to a bare-metal finish,
these polished aluminum wheels
will create a perfect contrast
between the postapocalyptic look
of the Bus
and a more sleek hot rod of style.
Picking the right wheels
is one of the hardest parts. [Mark]
It definitely makes or breaks your car.
Even though we paid $3,000 for the wheels,
they will definitely boost the sale price
many times over.
That’s not fitting
in that little, tiny hole.
Not even close.
So we get to make big ol’ yahoo cut
and a yahoo cut.
All right. So the Gotham Garage mantra:
When in doubt, cut it out.
When in doubt, cut it out!
[Mark] Yep.
[Tony] In order to make room for
these giant 22-inch wheels and tires,
we’re gonna have to make some
modifications to make them fit on the Bus.
[Mark] It’s like Fourth of July.
[Tony] And we’ve got a third axle.
This is like something you would see on a
huge heavy-duty off-road military vehicle.
And that’s what we’re going for.
It’s just mean and aggressive
and over the top.
This is not a Volkswagen Bus anymore.
This is something totally different.
[Mark] This is Frank’N’Bus.
All right, guys.
What’s the status on the Gold Wing?
Figure out what you did wrong?
Well, first off, this little thing
that you decided to unplug--
-[Mark] I didn’t unplug anything.
-[Caveman] Here we go.
[Constance]
I specifically remember you unplugging it.
Nope, wasn’t me. Does it start?
[Caveman] Yeah.
[engine starts]
See? It’s fixed.
-[engine revs]
-Ooh.
Yeah, just don’t touch things.
I will be back in a little bit
with a hand-pounded, hammered-out seat.
Steampunk is all about copper and metal.
That’s why we’re gonna custom design
some handlebars, make a new seat,
and put a lot of tubing on it.
Okay, watch your melon.
It’s like the 1800s
come into the new millennium.
I’m digging those handlebars
compared to the other ones.
-Yeah.
-[Mark] I like the pan seat.
I thought it was gonna hurt your ass,
but it is comfortable.
Especially when you lean over on the bars,
you’re this close to your motor.
Constance, this close.
-So keep on copper tubing.
-[Mark] Keep on copper tubing.
[Mark] Ready?
-Oh, I’m diggin’ that.
-Raise.
[Mark] Yeah, raise.
[Tony] It’s alive!
-Yeah.
-How do you like that?
[Mark] It better put a smile on your face.
What is it about moving car parts
that puts a smile on every man’s face?
All we need is, uh, something more you.
Yeah, besides me sitting in this hole.
[Shawn] Speaking of which,
I got a guy that has a big
Chevy big block motor with a blower on it.
Really?
[man] I got your number
from my friend in a bar.
The word got out,
and I got a call about a potential deal.
[man] It’s got an 871 blower on it.
It’s not your typical
muscle car big block motor,
but I think we can make it work.
He’s willing to trade it for the bike,
possibly.
-Seriously? Are you kidding me?
-[Shawn] It’s not done yet.
But as soon as that bike’s done,
I can set up a trade.
[Tony] Good job, Shawn. Way to go, man.
A finished bike means a motor for the Bus.
A finished Bus
means Shawn can sell the Bus,
God willing, for six figures,
and get us that big payday.
[hydraulics whirring]
[Caveman] This bike is finally starting
to come together.
Just a few more Gotham Garage touches
and some polish to make it shine.
We got this hand-pound copper seat,
all these gears on it…
yards of copper tubing
that I replaced vacuum lines with.
We put these old pressure gauges on it.
We got this keg that covers everything up.
We made these straps, and then Tony blew
out “Gotham Garage” on one of the straps,
and the other one said “steampunk strap.”
It’s definitely a different bike now.
It’s been transformed from
the ugly duckling to the golden goose.
I’ve seen a lot of different bikes,
but I’d never seen anything like
we did here at the shop with this bike.
It’s just bitchin’.
I’ve been a biker all my life,
and I’d never even thought about
riding a Gold Wing.
But when I get on this bike, I feel like
I’m on this futuristic kind of thing.
I actually like riding this bike a lot.
Almost makes me feel like
I’m cheating on Linda, my Harley.
I got to give it to you, man.
You figured out how to trade a motorcycle
for a big-ass motor.
That’s the tallest order
I’ve ever given you.
[laughing]
It’s not surprising, but--
What’s the deep breath for?
I know when you take a deep breath
you’re about to tell me something
I probably don’t want to hear.
The motor’s actually out of his boat.
Huh!
You’re [bleep] kidding me, right?
You should be absolutely happy as hell
that I even found any motor.
I was until you said “boat.”
God only knows what’s inside this thing.
It could be corroded, it could have
lots of water damage inside of it,
or it could be just a piece of junk.
I don’t know what it is.
What do you want me to do?
I got you a gigantic motor
with a blower on it.
This ain’t no weeny-ass motor
out of Grandpa’s fishing boat.
This is a high-performance engine
out of a drag-racing boat.
[motor roars]
[Shawn] I’m sure there might be a little
work to convert it from a boat to a Bus,
but, I mean, Mark wanted big.
It doesn’t get much bigger than this.
I’ll reserve my judgment
until after I see it,
and then I’ll either kiss you on the lips,
or punch you in the mouth, one of the two.
You’re not kissing me on the lips.
You’ll be kissing me on the ass
is what you’re gonna be doing.
[Mark] It could have a ton of problems.
That said, if it’s the right motor to
power the Bus, then it’s the right motor.
[Shawn] I think that’s him there.
[brakes squeak]
-What’s up?
-How are you doing? I’m Mark.
-Hi, Mark.
-Nice to meet you, man.
I’m Shawn.
Talked on the phone about the bike.
You wanted something a little different.
This is definitely something different.
[engine starts]
[revs]
My background in my family,
my uncles rode Harleys,
and my grandfather rode Harleys.
You know, I’ll ride bikes till I’m gone,
I hope.
[engine starts]
-Ah, there you go.
-[Mark] Yeah. You look good on it.
[Shawn] Yeah.
He’s feeling pretty comfortable there.
Well, at first, Lolo reacted to the bike,
I thought, a little subdued, actually.
I think it actually stunned him.
He didn’t get excited right off the bat.
So, Lolo, I mean, you like it?
It looks like it suits you pretty well.
How about the women?
They’re gonna come flocking over to you,
man.
What are you thinking?
It’s nice, it’s cool.
I like it, I really like it.
[Shawn] Now that I know you like this,
let’s check out that motor.
Let’s go.
-[Shawn] There you go.
-[Mark] That is a very big motor.
-[Lolo] Yes.
-[Shawn laughing]
[Mark]
I am liking what I’m seeing already.
How many horsepower you talking here?
-[Lolo] Fifteen.
-[Mark] 1500 horsepower.
Ten-to-one compression.
Wow. Ten-to-one?
-[Shawn] Ten-to-one?
-Ten-to-one.
[Mark]
It’s a boat motor dragster quarter-miler.
Do you know what that’s gonna do
to that Bus, dude?
It’s gonna wrinkle it like
a Twinkie wrapper. It’s just gonna--
So, the original motor
in our 1978 Volkswagen Bus
had about a hundred horsepower.
And even though
we’ve stretched and reenforced the Bus,
the power and torque
of this 1500 horsepower motor
would put so much force on the frame
it could probably twist it in half
like a pretzel.
[Shawn]
This is the motor you were asking for.
At least it isn’t a little one,
where you have to build it up.
It’s one that’s already built up,
and you can put it down a little
like you want to do it.
-[Mark] Yeah, that’s the--
-[Shawn] Exactly.
That is the--
He’s a better salesman than you, dude.
-He wants the bike.
-I want the bike.
[Mark] So, what we’re gonna have to do
is detune the motor
and lessen the horsepower in it
so we don’t hurt the Bus.
You being the time miser that you are
and always on my back
about “You’re taking too much time,
you’re taking too much time,”
you just put a week on my time. -Don’t listen to him.
-[Mark] Genius boy.
We’re looking for a big motor.
He wants a big motor.
-Are you guys married?
-No.
Everybody asks us that.
[laughing]
[Mark] That being said?
I’ll take it. We’ll do the deal.
-Wonderful.
-You got yourself a deal.
-All right.
-[Mark] Thank you.
-Thank you.
-I’ll take care of your baby.
All right. Yes, sir.
-[Mark] Then we’ll get it loaded.
-[Lolo] Okay.
I got Mark the motor he wanted.
Do you know what I went through
to find a guy that has…
I don’t care what you went through.
…a gigantic motor
he’s willing to trade for that bike?
That’s the impossible.
I did the impossible.
If it was impossible,
you wouldn’t have done it.
I have done the impossible.
I don’t think you understand the word
impossible, what the definition means.
-It means unachievable.
-My work here is done.
Hey, I got a delivery for Constance.
[Caveman] Whoa!
-Oh [bleep]
-Wow!
-[Tony] Damn!
-That’s a motor!
[Constance] That is very large.
[Tony] This thing is heavy.
[Mark] So?
[Constance] You guys been hanging out
down at the drag strip lately or--
-[Mark] Yeah.
-We were hanging out at the boat races.
And unfortunately, he’s not kidding.
It needs to be detuned.
It’s at 1500 horsepower.
-So, Shawn got too big of a motor?
-[laughing]
[Mark]
No, just Shawn got the wrong big motor.
[Tony] No, this thing is awesome!
Never mind.
You know, maybe you guys don’t want it.
-[laughing]
-[Shawn] I’ll take it back.
-[Caveman] No! Leave that here!
-[Constance] This is--
I know you’re having some issues with it.
I can tell by the look on your face.
I mean, I’m super excited.
-[Mark] Yeah, but intimidated?
-But this is gonna take like a minute.
High-performance blower motors
are completely different
than a typical muscle car motor
than I’m used to dealing with.
Like, I can’t just throw that in there.
[Mark]
That ain’t going straight in the Bus.
It’s a grenade ready to go off
if you do it wrong.
-One little mistake and it’s over.
-I’ve seen the tops blow right off.
[Constance] These blower motors
just have so much power.
It’s really like a ticking time bomb
just ready to explode at any moment.
[Mark] So, we just need to make
some phone calls
and get somebody here
tomorrow or the next day
to help you break it down
and put it back together.
Even though this is a boat-racing motor,
we finally have the last piece
to transform this VW Bus
into the war machine I’ve envisioned.
[making engine noises]
[Constance] I like the sound
this motor makes. [laughs]
[Caveman making engine noises]
Constance, this is Simon.
Simon, this is Constance.
-How are you?
-Resident engine girl.
Nice to meet you.
Whatever Simon says,
that’s what Simon does.
He is the master of this motor.
Simon is truly a legend
in the hot rod community.
He is in the Hot Rod Hall of Fame,
he’s an accomplished engineer,
and he’s a former
world championship racer.
Nobody knows these blower motors
better than he does. [Simon] What specifications do you have
on the motor? Tune-up specs?
He just basically brought it in.
It was just missing the bow on top for me.
And here I am.
This is about as far as I’ve gotten.
[Simon] As we disassemble it,
we can check things.
I think what we’ll end up doing
is reverse engineering the tune-up
so we know what we got.
-So, whatever Simon says.
-Thank you.
[Simon] Let’s get going.
Let’s start twisting some wrenches.
Drag-racing motors,
whether they’re in a car or a boat,
are designed to do one thing only,
that is go from point “A” to point “B”
as fast as possible without blowing up.
Clear the studs. Okay, I got it.
But you take that and put it into
a street car, and it’s not gonna work.
It’s designed to be at idle
or at full throttle.
We want to be able to just make it
a little more docile.
It’s still a very high-performance motor,
but it’s just not on the ragged edge
like it is with
a professional drag-racing motor.
[tapping wrench]
[Simon] We are leaking,
ladies and gentlemen.
[Constance]
I figured it came out of a boat,
that there was gonna be like
a little bit of water in it,
but I definitely wasn’t expecting
like Spring Break ’98 water.
So all this, like, corrosion
is all from water being in there.
-Right?
-Yeah.
[Constance] Hopefully, there’s no more
damage caused by all that water,
because it’s gonna end up costing us
a ton of time that we don’t have
and a ton of money
which we’re not trying to spend.
[Simon sighs]
[phone rings]
Ben, I got a little something
I want to pitch to you.
I have this, uh…
old VW Bus, a stretched Bus.
Today I am stepping into
the seemingly impossible task
of gauging interest
into this apocalyptic lowered,
stretched, chopped van thing
that Mark is building.
The big problem is,
how do I even describe this thing
to potential buyers?
I’ve got something special for you.
It’s not your typical Bus.
This would be perfect
for your car collection.
[man 1] I got a couple of little ones.
Can I take the kids to school in the Bus?
Kids?
At this point,
I’m using every sales trick I know.
But I think I’d have an easier time
getting Caveman to eat a salad.
Don’t you wanna have something
that’s like a show-stopper?
[man 2] This just isn’t the one.
This is not the one.
This something you’d be interested in?
[man 3] Let me get back to you.
I’ll think about it, okay?
Okay. Hey, nice talking to you.
Say hello to your girlfriend for me, okay?
Oh, and your wife.
Who the hell is gonna buy this thing?
[Constance]
I got the cylinder heads clean,
and they look ten times better
than they could.
I actually was surprised
they looked this good.
Thankfully,
the water damage wasn’t that extensive.
Now we can move on to step two,
which is building everything back
from the bottom up.
To lower the horsepower,
we needed to reduce the air-fuel mixture
that was coming into this motor.
And that brought us
right around 700 horsepower,
which is great for this Bus.
[Simon]
That should be it for now, I think.
All right. A complete… engine.
[Simon] Back together.
[Mark] Shawn’s gonna get us six figures
for this Bus, so it’s gotta be perfect.
And no ordinary shade of paint
is gonna cut it.
So, we’re gonna grind this bad boy down
to give it that urban assault vehicle
Mad Max look
to match the rest of the style
and power of the Bus.
We’re gonna have to check
the wiring on this cap too.
[Mark] But the cherry on top of this cake
is gonna be that blower motor.
It’s gonna make this monster come to life.
-So we’re just gonna roll her over.
-[Constance] Roll over.
[Simon]
And let’s just get some cackle out of her.
[engine starts]
[rumbles]
-Yay.
-There you go.
The Frank’N’Bus is alive!
Monster motor there!
What is going on?
[indistinct]
Wow. The beast is alive.
[sputters]
[Shawn] Man, that thing sounded good.
I have to admit, Constance, that was
a great idea to go with a bigger motor.
-Oh, yeah.
-I know Mark had nothing to do with this.
-It was so simple.
-[Constance] So simple.
I didn’t even break a nail.
It was a lot of work to take the Nailhead
out and swap, but it was worth it.
This blower motor just makes it.
Now that we got this together,
we need to get on the outside
and get this thing done so we can move it.
When your motor’s in the front of your car
it’s protected by the engine compartment.
The issue with the Bus is
we’re sitting in the engine compartment.
So,
in order to protect everyone in the Bus,
we opted to put
a one-inch piece of Plexiglas,
bulletproof, just like at the bank,
between us and the violence
that’s in the back that we call a motor.
After that,
we installed blood-red Pexiglas windows
to complete the apocalyptic look
from the outside.
On the inside, we added racing seats
with four-point harnesses
that will keep everyone safe
from the zombie uprising.
All that’s left is for Tony and Constance
to figure out the exhaust.
We have this exhaust.
It’s gotta come out somehow
out of this car.
I’m thinking we just do it
the Gotham Garage way,
and we cut a big hole.
[Constance] Just everything about this Bus
is so unique and so awesome.
It’s nothing like anything
you’ve ever seen before.
Like,
does that not just look like a drag car?
[Caveman] Obviously, these look badass.
[Constance] Come on, Caveman.
Caveman strength. There we go.
-[Caveman] Fling it.
-[laughing]
I mean, it tops all expectations.
-That really finishes it off.
-All right. We’re done here.
Mark’s talking about
taking it to the desert.
Well, I’m hoping that he’s like,
“Let’s go today.”
I’m ready. Let’s go.
[engine starts]
[engine roars]
[Mark] It’s a pretty cool feeling
to see something
that comes out of your head,
through your hands and into fruition.
Driving this Bus is pretty much like
you’re outrunning the end of the world.
That’s the point of this Bus.
It’s to scare the [bleep] out of you.
This Bus has been one of the most
intense builds I’ve ever performed.
The engine is the heart of the car.
This thing is ginormous.
It’s got a one-inch thick
bulletproof shield
between us and the motor.
Twenty-fours in the back,
18s in the front.
The exhaust pipe
goes right out the side of the Bus.
I could go on and on and on,
and it would take the rest of the day
for me to explain to you
everything that’s been done to that Bus.
Everybody had to be
at the top of their game
to pull this off the way we did.
It’s a machine, it’s not a car.
I was never building a car.
I was building a postapocalyptic machine.
Hey, I hope that test-drive went well,
’cause I got some news for you guys.
-I found a potential buyer for the VW Bus.
-Right on.
This guy, he’s a collector,
and he actually has three garages
full of race-inspired hot rods.
I mean, this is the guy.
What’s he potentially gonna pay,
or what are you talking?
Okay. Like, 80 or 90 grand.
That’s it?
It’s a six-figure car, dude.
Vehicles with this much custom work go for
more than a hundred thousand every day.
For 80, 90 grand,
I would just walk away from it.
If I lose this guy,
there’s gonna be nobody else.
As far off the deep end as Mark has gone
with this build,
to the right buyer,
it could be worth six figures.
But finding that right buyer,
that’s easier said than done. I’m kinda with Shawn on this.
I feel like 90 is a really good number.
I would definitely be happy with that.
That’s a pretty good payday.
I know there’s not Bus guys
standing around just on every corner.
You know how I feel.
I’m gonna go with Shawn
when he makes this negotiation for the Bus
because someone
is gonna have to rein in his desire
to just take the quick payout and leave.
I will get my hundred thousand dollars
for this Bus.
I’m really excited to sell this Bus
because it’s one of
the most badass vehicles we’ve ever made.
I mean, there’s some frickin’ money
in that suspension
and that frame just itself.
And then you throw a $15,000 motor
that we just went through.
It’s all freshened up.
We put $26,000 into this Bus,
plus a ton of sweat equity.
That’s why I want
over a hundred grand for it,
to make it worth everyone’s while.
[Shawn] I don’t want you crying
and having a hissy fit
if the guy hits us at 80 grand.
He can hit me at 80 grand,
but it ain’t gonna stick.
It’s been a while since we cashed in
on a big car.
And the crew’s been barely getting by
with the cash cars we’ve been sneaking in.
I mean, we have to sell this car,
even if it’s not the number Mark wants.
Oh, wow.
-[Shawn] Hey, hey.
-[man] Unbelievable.
-Hey, guys. This is Mark.
-How you doing?
-How you doing? Mark.
-Craig, Randy.
[Mark] Randy, nice to meet you.
Randy worked in the drag-racing world
with John Force Racing.
Now he owns one of the largest
privately owned drag-racing museums.
So if anyone could appreciate the motor
we have in this Bus, it’s these guys.
The novelty of a Bus
with a huge drag-racing motor
would be the perfect addition
to their museum.
[engine starts]
You know,
it sounds like a funny car to me.
Yeah.
Sounds good!
[engine revs]
-[Craig] Ha!
-[Randy] Hey, it sounds great.
It’s not a nitro engine in it,
but it sounds like it.
When you hear it fire up, it’s something
that would really impress a lot of people.
There’s no VDub Bus that sounds like that,
Mark.
[Mark]
That’s how they were supposed to be made.
It’s definitely one of a kind,
and I like the Mad Max look.
-Oh, wow.
-This is the whole showpiece.
The engineering that went into this Bus
is pretty unique.
That looks great.
Yeah, it got a lot of engineering
on the frame and everything too.
Seeing what Mark did on this thing and
all the work he did, impressive really.
I’m ready to go for a ride.
I’m so happy, I could just fart.
[laughing]
I’m thinking, hey,
if you’re interested in it,
I think a bargain is 120.
[Randy] Yeah, it’s a little more
than I really wanted to spend really.
I was thinking more like about 75.
Seventy-five?
Seventy-five is not realistic.
You know what it took to put
this Bus together. It ain’t cheap.
-Let’s just knock it right down.
-What’s your bottom--
I’m gonna go all the way down
to a clean hundred grand.
Hundred grand. That’s where our number is.
There’s no way.
Listen, the attraction
we’re gonna have with this thing,
bringing people,
more people to the museum, you know.
-Call it.
-You really wanna go with that?
-Yeah, yeah, I think it’ll…
-All right.
…make some money back.
Ninety-three, my final offer.
Let me talk to your stupid ass.
I am not taking 93. I’m not taking 93.
It’s not gonna happen.
[Shawn]
Mark has clearly lost his perspective.
There just isn’t a big market
for a Bus like this.
If we don’t close this deal
right here, right now,
it could be months
before I find another potential buyer.