Car Masters: Rust to Riches (2018) s02e05 Episode Script
Later, Vaydor
[power tools run]
[engine revs]
I know you're stuck at 73,500,
but I gotta convince him.
He's stuck on 80,
but, man, we are really, really close.
I'm never gonna find another guy
that's so perfect for this deal.
Mark bails on me here,
and he does this all the time.
He just doesn't have the patience,
but I'm gonna find a way to work this out.
This is the guy.
He's into boats, he's into cars,
and I've heard he's a megacollector.
There's got to be
something of value around here
to sweeten the deal.
Is there anything we can do
to put something together?
- No money.
- Something to throw in to sweeten the pot.
You must have a ton of stuff around here
an old car, Go-kart, a golf cart.
- [background music halts]
- I'm kidding about that.
[laughs]
But is there anything
that you can throw in?
I have something in here. It's a kit car.
- A kit car?
- It's still under shrink-wrap.
I bought it to put it together
with my grandson,
but, mmm, I don't have the time.
I paid 11,000 for it.
Yeah? Would you be willing
to throw that into the deal?
- I mean
- Probably.
- Probably?
- Probably.
- Probably.
- Don't move. All right? Don't move.
Hey. Hey. Listen, he's got something.
He's got a kit car
- And?
- that he'll throw in with the deal.
- Is it all there or is this something
- I don't know.
- It's in the shrink-wrap, he says.
- Does he have it here?
- I can look at it right now?
- It's here. It's brand new. It's
- If I get out of my truck
- It's
- If I get out of my truck
- It's shrink-wrapped.
Get out of here. Come on. Come on.
[power tools run]
[engine revs]
It's a cool kit.
I got it from Florida. Have a look at it.
Do you mind if I cut it open
so I could peek inside?
Sure. Have a look.
I promise not to make too big of a slice,
'cause if we load it on the trailer,
I don't want nothing to go flying out.
You're thinking about loading it
on the trailer?
It looks like something.
I don't know if it is or not, but
Wow.
- I know exactly what this car is.
- Really?
This is a Vaydor kit.
Does that name sound familiar to you?
- Something like that.
- This headlight opening's a dead giveaway.
The eyebrow look-in. And then this nose
looks kind of like a Bugatti. It's not.
It's actually pretty cool.
A kit car is a car
that's manufactured and sold
as a set of parts.
You then take that set of parts
and assemble them
into a working, driving car.
And right now,
the Vaydor is a very hot
custom rebody kit.
It's built off an Infiniti G35 platform.
You take the cleanest G35
that you can find,
strip it down to the chassis
and the drivetrain,
and then mount the pieces of the Vaydor
on top of the Infiniti
to create a custom supercar.
[Mark] It looks like it's all in there.
Seats, dash panel, door panels.
- The whole nine yards.
- This the one they build off the Infiniti?
Yeah. We have to
come up with a donor car.
So, BJ, 73,500, plus your kit
and we're a done deal?
Sure.
Shake his hand, will you?
You're on the water,
and I'm on the way.
All right. Now we got ourselves a deal.
The best part of a Vaydor
is it's a very hot car right now.
Really sought-after.
But the cherry
on the ice-cream sundae right now
is that I get to cook up another project.
That's what I call success.
And all because of me?
No. 'Cause of BJ
'cause he had the kit over there.
Oh. Oh. Pfft.
[honks horn]
- Oh, no.
- What's up?
Weren't we supposed to get money?
This does not look like money to me.
Where's the money?
Oh, we got money. We not only
got 73,500 for the boat,
but we also got this,
right around about 11 grand in value.
- Okay.
- [Mark] It's called a Vaydor.
It's a car
that's built on top of a G35 platform.
It gets big-ass brakes, big-ass wheels.
Super popular and super expensive
when they're done.
I've seen them done before,
and they're super cool-looking,
I will say that, but it's
totally different than what we do here,
and they're a ton of work
because they're built
to look very particular.
[Mark] I completely understand.
For a high-end
custom-car garage like ours,
kit cars are generally frowned upon
because
they're simple cookie-cutter builds.
But the Vaydor
is not your typical kit car.
It's fully customizable.
You can take this car
as far out as you want,
and you can get as creative as you want.
From the custom paint
to the custom interior,
this will be a one-off Gotham creation
just like any of our other builds.
Not to mention, if we can sell this thing
in the $90,000 range
and keep our costs low,
we're talking about
a $40,000 to $50,000 profit for the shop.
Okay, first things first.
Shawn, you need to find us
a clean Infiniti G35.
In the meantime, inventory the entire car
and the contents of this little bag.
All right, let's roshambo,
see who's gonna take inventory.
Hold on. Be right back
Caveman doesn't wanna play
'cause he always loses.
I'll play your game.
Rock, paper, scissors, club?
[laughter]
So how we doing the inventory?
- We'll load it off. I'll give you a hand.
- Okay.
- And you?
- We'll assist.
Hey, I finally won!
[laughs]
- Gonna start calling him The Intimidator.
- Yeah.
[giggles]
[Constance] Oh, look.
A thing that looks like a car.
[Tony] Kind of looks like a car.
[Caveman] Wow, look at that.
I have no idea what half of this stuff is,
but this is the roof.
Right. Let's take the roof off.
[Tony] I've seen a lot of kit cars
and a lot of rebodies,
but I have never seen one
with this many parts and pieces.
You guys,
there's a lot of stuff on the inside.
- It's got a spoiler.
- That might be a extra part.
Spoiler of some kind?
[laughs] Or just start claiming things
are extra parts.
[Tony] I remember when I was a kid,
and I would build model cars.
This is kind of like that,
except it looks like someone came over
and dumped out that box
and said, "Build me a car."
[CM] These guys must play Tetris well,
whoever packed this.
[laughter]
I've already found a place
to grab a G35 for cheap.
They're actually pretty easy cars
to track down.
So right now, I'm focusing my attention
on a big trade we've got in the works.
Mark and I are in the middle of
setting up a megadeal
that could pay huge dividends
for the shop.
We're trying to get our hands on
a one-of-a-kind replica
of a 1960 Plymouth XNR concept car
that'll end up being
a huge six-figure car when it's done.
Even though the car's only half-built,
the body alone is so valuable,
the owner wants us to give up
two vehicles to seal the deal.
One is a vintage racer
that we already have in storage,
and the other is a Dodge Power Wagon,
which is not an easy truck to hunt down.
You got a '42 Dodge Power Wagon?
I personally can't go anywhere near 20.
[man] I'm not in a hurry to get rid of it.
I think I'm gonna hold out.
I'm hoping to get one
that runs and drives
and isn't all beat to crap.
You got a half a truck here,
and you're asking the world for the thing.
Ideally, I'd like to steal one
for around 14 or 15 grand.
That's kind of where we need to be
to make the XNR trade work in our favor.
With a deal like this
that has so many moving parts,
the numbers have to line up properly.
Take my number down.
If you're anywhere around
the 14-grand neighborhood,
uh, drop in, give me a call.
- [man] You're wasting my time.
- Bye. Thank you.
These trucks are tough to get.
I got to get away from
these Power Wagons for a second,
go pick up that Infiniti.
Am I in my office
talking to myself right now?
I guess I am, aren't I?
[chuckles]
This car is really you, Shawn.
It's got that Corporate America,
"I'm on my way up" type vibe.
"I've been working hard
and looking for that promotion."
- But he didn't get the promotion.
- [others laugh]
What year is this Infiniti?
This is an '05.
That looks nice. You did a good job
getting us a sweet donor car.
Okay, I'm done with my work.
You guys have fun.
So let's get it up on jack stands,
get the wheels and tires off of it,
and tear everything off
without breaking anything.
- So be gentle taking it apart.
- Yes.
Treat it like it was
your first bologna sandwich of the day.
Yeah, you know how that goes.
[others laugh]
Grab your tools.
This car is basically
a high-performance car
masquerading as a luxury car.
[Caveman] Hey, it kind of remind me
of, like, a chop shop right now.
[Tony] Hell, yeah.
Get it apart before the cops show up.
- [CM] Yeah, right?
- [chuckles]
[Mark] The G35 has the exact same
drivetrain and wheelbase
as a Nissan 350Z,
which is a popular car
for racing and drifting.
Plus, the G35
is compatible with tons of upgraded
high-performance parts,
which actually makes this car
the perfect platform to build a Vaydor on.
That's gotta be a record
for how fast you can strip a G35.
- We're pretty quick at these teardowns.
- Right?
You turn around
and don't look for a minute,
- your car's gonna be in pieces.
- [CM] Right?
- [Constance laughs]
- All right, Caveman.
Ready to meet me here
early in the morning tomorrow?
- Yep.
- We're gonna get this car cut up,
then we're gonna get these
fiberglass panels mounted on it.
- Well, cool.
- I want to say, "Looks good, guys," but
- It doesn't.
- No, it doesn't.
[Mark] You know what?
I'm gonna get a beer.
- [Tony] Beer sounds good.
- [Constance] Yeah.
[rooster crows]
[door creaks]
We're not taking anything structural off.
We're taking off the cosmetics of the G35.
So let's get the Sawzall
and start cutting.
So now it's time
to make this Infiniti disappear
and transform it into a supercar.
- [cackles]
- [CM] Cutting some [bleep] up, aren't we?
[Mark] Once we've carved up this G35
- and stripped it down to the studs
- And now we have a convertible.
it's time to reassemble it
with all the fiberglass parts.
That's where the real challenge begins.
There are over 50 pieces
and they all mount
in very specific places on the car,
so we really have to think this through.
When the body is mounted,
we're also gonna add Brembo brakes
and a fully adjustable
air-ride suspension.
Those high-end performance parts,
super-slick wheels and tires,
and a knockout paint job
are what are gonna send
the value of this Vaydor
through the roof.
This is where the rebody begins.
We don't have a car anymore.
Now we have a car-cass.
- We have a carcass.
- [snickers]
So the only way for me
to get the right deal on a Power Wagon
is I got to hit the road
and see some of these old trucks
in person.
I've never been to Dave's place before,
but from what I hear,
he is the go-to guy
when it comes to Dodge Power Wagons.
You must be Dave.
I am Dave.
And this must be Power Wagon heaven.
It is.
Man, look at this place.
You weren't lying when you said
you got a ton of Power Wagons.
We have a variety, I'll tell you.
A nice-running truck
- is about 22,000-24,000.
- Holy [bleep].
- What's this one set me back?
- Twenty-four five.
Twenty-four five.
Runs great.
I originally had
a 15-grand budget for this truck,
so I'm getting a little worried
about this XNR trade.
This is a 1941 model.
It's called a weapons carrier, a WC-12.
I'm asking 25.
- Twenty-five?
- Yeah.
I didn't realize that these trucks
are worth that kind of money.
If we're gonna build a Power Wagon
and a single-seat racer,
when those two vehicles are done,
they'll be worth about 90 grand.
Let's keep looking at
what you got over here.
My best guess for the XNR
is that we're gonna be able to sell it
for somewhere in the $150,000
to $175,000 range.
But if it sells for much lower than that,
then we're screwed.
We're just cutting ourselves too tight.
That's why we got to keep the budget
as low as possible.
Man, I kind of
underestimated the value
of a Power Wagon.
Bottom line is,
this is a risky investment for the shop,
and it's my job to protect ourselves
every step of the way.
So I'm just gonna need
to put in a little extra work
and see if I can find
the best deal possible
for a Power Wagon.
- Thanks, Dave. I appreciate it.
- Have a safe trip.
Seriously, this is what
a Caveman inventory looks like?
I laid it all out. What more
"I don't know.
Put in back of cave. Get to it later."
[Caveman chuckles]
While Caveman and I
mount all the body panels to this Vaydor,
I've got Tony over at the water jet
cutting me all the mounting brackets
I'm gonna need for this project.
And Constance is gonna keep inventory
on all of the parts that came off the G35,
'cause we're not sure if we're gonna need
any of those parts moving forward.
There is one thing I know about cars
the metal goes first.
Yes, the metal goes first.
[Mark] So the biggest challenge
with this car is
- You gotta go over your head.
- if you don't take each part
and put it in the exact right spot
in the exact right order,
everything is gonna be off.
Almost like building a giant model.
Kind of what it is. All cars are models.
And it doesn't help
that some of these parts
are unrecognizable.
Because
it's such a futuristic body style
it's kind of like
somebody took apart a Transformer
and scattered the pieces on the floor.
The problem is, unlike a Transformer,
it can't put itself back together.
I don't know about
door-gap quality, but
Um
You're not supposed to be able
to put your hand in there.
No. Not at all.
- Where's the other door at?
- The other door?
'Cause if they're both off,
then that means I miscalculated something.
[both chuckle]
[bang]
[Mark] Door number one does not like me.
Um that door fits right.
And we're square on the car,
which is not really good.
Like, all joking aside,
that means something's not straight.
Like I said,
if you don't put the parts in order,
the car will not go together correctly.
Hey, you know what?
- That actually looks like a core support.
- What's that?
Basically, it's an addition
to your factory core support.
- It's the core support for this body
- For the body
not for this car.
Normally, the core support
is what the radiator is mounted to.
Apparently the Vaydor
has its own core support
that mounts over the core support
for the G35.
[Mark] There you go.
It's so easy
to overlook something this simple
because all of the parts
are so foreign-looking to me
that it was lying on the floor
right in front of our faces,
and we didn't know it was there.
[Caveman] Heh heh. Look at that.
And there we have butterfly doors.
How cool is that?
[Caveman] It's really sick.
At least this part of it's done.
The body's on it. We have a car again.
- Man, that thing's nice.
- It looks like a car.
Good job. We have a car.
- We have a car.
- Not a car-cass.
[chimes dinging]
Thanks for getting out of the shop there
and introducing me
to some of your friends here.
- Yeah.
- I'm telling you,
this Vaydor, it's a tough sell.
So right now, I'm gonna
put my search for the Power Wagon
down for a minute
and focus all my attention
on finding a buyer for the Vaydor,
which, up to this point,
has been a little tricky.
All my typical connections
are these old hot-rod guys,
and they barely know what this car is.
- Have you heard of the Vaydor?
- [man] What, like Darth Vader?
No, no. No, the Vaydor, the car.
That's why I've enlisted Constance
to help me out.
Yeah, she's the muscle-car girl,
but she's also connected to
the trendier side of the automotive world.
And those are the guys who could help me
locate a buyer for the Vaydor.
I think it's gonna be
a younger, hipper crowd
than you're maybe used to dealing with.
You know, I can talk to the young guys.
- You know
- Yeah?
"Heading back to my hizzy
for a couple of brew-has.
- You know what I'm talking about?"
- Do not embarrass me today.
Please.
- Me?
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey, Constance.
What's going on?
- I'm Shawn.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- What are we up to today?
We're building a car right now.
It's called the Vaydor.
I don't know
if you've heard about that kit.
It's a bit of a kit car, right?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is.
- Yeah.
Constance has the connections
that have these cool shops
that even know about this car,
yet have the money.
I'm actually looking for a potential buyer
for a car called a Vaydor.
It's a real niche market,
but I could look around.
That's the thing about this car.
It is a younger, trendier type of car.
All your buddies,
they gotta love that kind of car.
Oh, yeah. I'll hit up
my rich-guy Rolodex of people.
We'll see what we can
make happen for you.
Yeah? I have a pretty good feeling
something's gonna work out from this
'cause these are the guys that know
the potential buyers I'm looking for.
Let's find you a buyer.
- I love this guy.
- I know, right?
- I gotta meet more of your buddies.
- [giggles]
And she thought
I was gonna embarrass her? Please.
I get along with your friends pretty good.
Maybe I ought to hang with you more,
and we'll go
- Ooh, easy there.
- [chuckles]
Man, look what I got.
You got stuff to stock, don't you?
- Look at that.
- Big brake kit.
- "Very heavy."
- Damn.
That's a brake.
This little customization
is what's gonna make that car
very valuable
and worth a heck of a lot more money
than if it didn't have
these giant brakes on it.
The biggest high-performance upgrade
that we're adding to the Vaydor
That's good.
is a ginormous set of Brembo brakes.
These are the type of brakes
that you will find
on all high-end supercars.
- Tell me that ain't a brake, brother.
- Thing is gonna stop.
Like nobody's fricking business.
Back in the mid '70s, Enzo Ferrari
commissioned Brembo brakes
- There we go.
- to be the exclusive brake
on his Formula 1 racing cars.
Basically, Brembo
is the OG of racing brakes.
See how easy it is?
So easy a Caveman can do it.
We're also gonna add a set
of Amani forged wheels
- Those things are sick, dude.
- Right?
and a fully adjustable
air-ride suspension.
You get one of them fancy controllers
for the airbags?
Yeah, it's motey-control.
Rise, rise, rise!
Not only are all these fancy
aftermarket parts
gonna make this car
perform like a supercar
That is pretty cool, man.
but they're gonna put the price tag
right around the 90-grand range.
Little bit of bodywork and paint
and some reassembly, we got a car.
Yeah, and then I say we celebrate.
Sure.
I'll call Mom up,
have her bring us a cake down.
Okay.
I'm Sure.
I'm never gonna pass up cake.
[snickers]
[cell phone rings]
Steele Smith.
Hey, Steele. How's it going?
This is Shawn at Gotham Garage.
- How you doing, buddy?
- Good. How's it going?
I've exhausted all my resources
on this Power Wagon search,
and unfortunately,
things aren't looking too great.
This guy Steele
has the best truck I found,
but he wants 25 grand for it.
Realistically, where are you at
on the price on this truck?
Twenty-five's
just not in my budget right now.
I was really looking at somewhere around
15 grand, to be honest with you.
You know, a ten-grand difference
may not seem like a lot,
but this XNR trade
is a very complicated deal.
I'm firm at 25 right now,
'cause it's-it's so hard
to find a super-nice one like it is.
I know Mark
is dying to get his hands on this XNR,
but we're gonna
have to have a talk pretty soon,
because the numbers on this deal
are just not adding up.
[sighs]
[Mark] A Vaydor
is a high-end luxury sports car,
so it's gonna need a paint job
that puts it in the same class
as all the big boys.
I don't care
if you're at the grocery store
or doing a buck 85 down the freeway,
when this bright-green,
metallic, metal-plate car
with all that gold bling passes you,
jaws are gonna hit the pavement.
When we acquired this car
as part of that boat deal,
no one knew what to expect.
What came in
as a bunch of fiberglass panels
on a wooden pallet
is now a one-off supercar.
With the way we do business
[starts engine]
you never know
what's around any given turn.
[revs engine]
And the only way to get through the maze
is to the grip the steering wheel
and mash the pedal to the floor.
[tires squeal]
[Mark] This Vaydor is a fricking monster.
We added Brembo brakes,
Amani forged wheels,
custom leather interior
and a paint job
that sparkles like a prism in the sun.
It takes a lot of work
to build a car of this quality.
Therefore, Shawn's
gonna have to pull up his bootstraps,
get at least 85 grand,
and put a little bit of money
in our pocket.
[upbeat music playing]
[knock on door]
[knocking continues]
Hello.
- [woman] Hello.
- Hi.
Hi. Can I see Michael, please?
There's no Michael here.
My son is Michael.
Sounds like my mom.
Hey, Michael, your mom's here!
- Hi, darling.
- Hi, Mom.
Hi, honey. How you doing?
Believe it or not, none of us
have ever met Caveman's mom.
Aw, Mom, you're the best.
- Love you.
- I love you.
Love you so much.
I would've thought Caveman's mom
looked like Caveman.
Not the case.
He must look like his dad,
'cause he don't look [bleep] like his mom.
- I didn't know your name was Michael.
- Right? Guys, don't give me a hard time.
[Mark] Oh, so now it's Michael.
Mom, come here.
Wanna see what we got going on?
Yeah, I do, darling.
[Mark] So Caveman was officially born
as Michael.
[Mom] Michael Vincent Pyle.
Michael Vincent Pyle.
MVP!
- Yeah.
- Remember that. MVP.
- This guy.
- All right?
[British accent] I did buy some forks.
- Thank you.
- Some forks?
I love the accent.
What a second. Caveman's mom is British?
How did that sweet little British lady
make this guy?
Where's your accent?
'Cause I was born here.
Michael Vincent Pyle.
You did not come from that sweet lady.
[chuckles]
[Tony] What do you think
of our new project?
[Mark] It's called a Vaydor.
That is the most fabulous car
I've seen ever.
Can I drive it?
[laughter]
- We could let her sit in it.
- [Mark] We could let her sit in it.
I'll sit in it, yeah.
- Mom does want a sports car.
- Yeah.
It's about as sporty a sports car gets.
Oh. My. God.
- Caveman had a bit to do with it.
- Did he? I'm glad.
I'm just really proud of Michael.
He's always liked
tearing things apart, fixing it.
I think he gets a sense of accomplishment
when it's all done.
He's proud.
I love it. I love it.
I feel like I'm a star.
I need champagne now.
[laughter]
I promise I won't drive.
[all laugh]
He was always moving furniture
and putting cushions up,
making runways for cars.
He was a maniac.
Not much has changed, really,
but just got older.
Cars got bigger.
[both chuckle]
[Tony] What would your girlfriends say
if you pulled up in this?
They'd want to know
who my sugar daddy was.
[laughter]
[Shawn] Big-money car ♪
We got ourselves a big-money car, Marky.
This car came out really nice.
Thank you.
The green just pops.
That's the color of money right there.
So my little field trip with Constance
paid off big time.
- Alan, this is Shawn from Gotham Garage.
- Yeah?
Someone told me
you are in the market for a Vaydor.
You have my attention.
This guy Alan
is very intrigued by the car.
So my game plan
is to get the car in his driveway
and see if he likes it enough
to dig down in his wallet
and start forking out a ton of cash.
[cackles]
- Hey, Alan. How's it going?
- What's going on?
- How you doing?
- All right, good. This is Mark.
How you doing, Alan?
Nice to meet you.
- That is truly a one-of-a-kind car.
- There ain't gonna be another one like it.
- That's for sure.
- How about we get it off the trailer?
- Let's get it off the trailer
- And let him really enjoy.
And then he could absorb it
as it's supposed to be seen.
[starts and revs engine]
Sweet Jesus.
So, first reactions from Alan
He loves that car, am I right?
I got to admit,
he definitely looks like a guy
that wants to buy a Vaydor.
So basically, we took that Vaydor kit,
slammed it down over a G35 platform.
It's got huge Brembo brakes on it,
front and rear.
The interior is all leather.
It's white, gold, and green.
Yeah. I love the green accents.
Why don't you park your ass
right inside there and get a feel for it?
We're trying to sell you a car.
You gotta make sure it fits.
- I am 6'4", and it does fit me.
- [Mark] Start it up.
I love the gauges over here, too.
[starts and revs engine]
I know I'm a little biased,
but you look good in this.
- [chuckles]
- You look like money.
Well, you've hit a home run.
I think Alan's already in love with this.
- I am.
- I'm thinking 95 grand
is a killer deal for you, am I right?
Ninety-five thousand's a lot of money.
Um
How about if we get closer to 80,000?
I'm thinking 95 is such a fair price,
but everybody likes to negotiate
a little bit.
I'm gonna go all the way down
to 90 grand on this thing.
How does, uh
- 85 sound?
- You're getting really close.
If it's what you want
and you're ready to do a deal today,
I'm gonna go 87,500, and that's it.
That's all we can do.
Eighty-seven five sounds good.
- That's what I like to hear.
- [chuckles]
Let's break this down.
We got the Vaydor kit for about 11 grand,
and we paid 8,500 for the G35,
and with the performance parts
and a paint job,
we got a little over 42 grand
in a fully customized Vaydor.
That means at 87,500,
we're taking home about 45,000 in profit,
which is pretty nice.
- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you, sir.
- Okay, thanks again, Alan.
- Thank you.
Definitely not a bad deal for a kit
that was thrown in on top of a boat deal.
Hoo, yeah. Hell, yeah.
Alan was frigging stoked.
Stoked, dude.
That's a really good deal now.
We got some money. We can focus on
this two-car deal for the XNR.
We'll get that little single-seat racer
all buttoned up,
and then get that Power Wagon,
get it in and start working on it.
Yeah, the, uh, Power Wagon.
Well
You're scaring me now.
What are you talking?
Well, I found a really nice
Dodge Power Wagon for us. It's perfect.
It's all original.
It's exactly what we'd want.
But the guy wants $25,000 for it.
I thought we could get an unrestored one
for 15 grand, but 25?
That's undoable, man.
That's not gonna work with this XNR.
The money we just got from the Vaydor
is just gonna cover
bills and overhead on both shops
and buying parts
to get these two cars together
to trade for the XNR.
Yeah. You know, as of right now,
I'm thinking that this deal
is not looking right.
This trade with Andy,
the owner of the XNR,
is one of the biggest deals
this shop is ever gonna do.
I am not letting this deal
slip through my fingers.
You know, this XNR
this is a game-changer type of car.
This is a "put you on the map" car.
So you gonna have to
figure this out on your end, pal.
You know, a pre-'50s Dodge Power Wagon
isn't as cheap as we thought.
This deal can't fall through, dude.
There's way too much riding on this XNR.
If you can't seriously find a Power Wagon
for less than 25 grand,
then you get on the phone
and you call Andy
and you tell Andy
he's gotta kick down another ten grand.
- You want me to call him and ask for cash?
- Yeah.
I can't imagine he's gonna go for
an extra ten grand.
Use your imagination there, buttercup,
and make it happen.
I know Mark wants this deal
to go through at all costs,
but we already had
a deal in principle with Andy,
so going back and renegotiating that,
I have no idea
how this conversation's gonna shake out.
[closing music playing]
- [calliope plays]
- [child] I want to see the show.
[engine revs]
I know you're stuck at 73,500,
but I gotta convince him.
He's stuck on 80,
but, man, we are really, really close.
I'm never gonna find another guy
that's so perfect for this deal.
Mark bails on me here,
and he does this all the time.
He just doesn't have the patience,
but I'm gonna find a way to work this out.
This is the guy.
He's into boats, he's into cars,
and I've heard he's a megacollector.
There's got to be
something of value around here
to sweeten the deal.
Is there anything we can do
to put something together?
- No money.
- Something to throw in to sweeten the pot.
You must have a ton of stuff around here
an old car, Go-kart, a golf cart.
- [background music halts]
- I'm kidding about that.
[laughs]
But is there anything
that you can throw in?
I have something in here. It's a kit car.
- A kit car?
- It's still under shrink-wrap.
I bought it to put it together
with my grandson,
but, mmm, I don't have the time.
I paid 11,000 for it.
Yeah? Would you be willing
to throw that into the deal?
- I mean
- Probably.
- Probably?
- Probably.
- Probably.
- Don't move. All right? Don't move.
Hey. Hey. Listen, he's got something.
He's got a kit car
- And?
- that he'll throw in with the deal.
- Is it all there or is this something
- I don't know.
- It's in the shrink-wrap, he says.
- Does he have it here?
- I can look at it right now?
- It's here. It's brand new. It's
- If I get out of my truck
- It's
- If I get out of my truck
- It's shrink-wrapped.
Get out of here. Come on. Come on.
[power tools run]
[engine revs]
It's a cool kit.
I got it from Florida. Have a look at it.
Do you mind if I cut it open
so I could peek inside?
Sure. Have a look.
I promise not to make too big of a slice,
'cause if we load it on the trailer,
I don't want nothing to go flying out.
You're thinking about loading it
on the trailer?
It looks like something.
I don't know if it is or not, but
Wow.
- I know exactly what this car is.
- Really?
This is a Vaydor kit.
Does that name sound familiar to you?
- Something like that.
- This headlight opening's a dead giveaway.
The eyebrow look-in. And then this nose
looks kind of like a Bugatti. It's not.
It's actually pretty cool.
A kit car is a car
that's manufactured and sold
as a set of parts.
You then take that set of parts
and assemble them
into a working, driving car.
And right now,
the Vaydor is a very hot
custom rebody kit.
It's built off an Infiniti G35 platform.
You take the cleanest G35
that you can find,
strip it down to the chassis
and the drivetrain,
and then mount the pieces of the Vaydor
on top of the Infiniti
to create a custom supercar.
[Mark] It looks like it's all in there.
Seats, dash panel, door panels.
- The whole nine yards.
- This the one they build off the Infiniti?
Yeah. We have to
come up with a donor car.
So, BJ, 73,500, plus your kit
and we're a done deal?
Sure.
Shake his hand, will you?
You're on the water,
and I'm on the way.
All right. Now we got ourselves a deal.
The best part of a Vaydor
is it's a very hot car right now.
Really sought-after.
But the cherry
on the ice-cream sundae right now
is that I get to cook up another project.
That's what I call success.
And all because of me?
No. 'Cause of BJ
'cause he had the kit over there.
Oh. Oh. Pfft.
[honks horn]
- Oh, no.
- What's up?
Weren't we supposed to get money?
This does not look like money to me.
Where's the money?
Oh, we got money. We not only
got 73,500 for the boat,
but we also got this,
right around about 11 grand in value.
- Okay.
- [Mark] It's called a Vaydor.
It's a car
that's built on top of a G35 platform.
It gets big-ass brakes, big-ass wheels.
Super popular and super expensive
when they're done.
I've seen them done before,
and they're super cool-looking,
I will say that, but it's
totally different than what we do here,
and they're a ton of work
because they're built
to look very particular.
[Mark] I completely understand.
For a high-end
custom-car garage like ours,
kit cars are generally frowned upon
because
they're simple cookie-cutter builds.
But the Vaydor
is not your typical kit car.
It's fully customizable.
You can take this car
as far out as you want,
and you can get as creative as you want.
From the custom paint
to the custom interior,
this will be a one-off Gotham creation
just like any of our other builds.
Not to mention, if we can sell this thing
in the $90,000 range
and keep our costs low,
we're talking about
a $40,000 to $50,000 profit for the shop.
Okay, first things first.
Shawn, you need to find us
a clean Infiniti G35.
In the meantime, inventory the entire car
and the contents of this little bag.
All right, let's roshambo,
see who's gonna take inventory.
Hold on. Be right back
Caveman doesn't wanna play
'cause he always loses.
I'll play your game.
Rock, paper, scissors, club?
[laughter]
So how we doing the inventory?
- We'll load it off. I'll give you a hand.
- Okay.
- And you?
- We'll assist.
Hey, I finally won!
[laughs]
- Gonna start calling him The Intimidator.
- Yeah.
[giggles]
[Constance] Oh, look.
A thing that looks like a car.
[Tony] Kind of looks like a car.
[Caveman] Wow, look at that.
I have no idea what half of this stuff is,
but this is the roof.
Right. Let's take the roof off.
[Tony] I've seen a lot of kit cars
and a lot of rebodies,
but I have never seen one
with this many parts and pieces.
You guys,
there's a lot of stuff on the inside.
- It's got a spoiler.
- That might be a extra part.
Spoiler of some kind?
[laughs] Or just start claiming things
are extra parts.
[Tony] I remember when I was a kid,
and I would build model cars.
This is kind of like that,
except it looks like someone came over
and dumped out that box
and said, "Build me a car."
[CM] These guys must play Tetris well,
whoever packed this.
[laughter]
I've already found a place
to grab a G35 for cheap.
They're actually pretty easy cars
to track down.
So right now, I'm focusing my attention
on a big trade we've got in the works.
Mark and I are in the middle of
setting up a megadeal
that could pay huge dividends
for the shop.
We're trying to get our hands on
a one-of-a-kind replica
of a 1960 Plymouth XNR concept car
that'll end up being
a huge six-figure car when it's done.
Even though the car's only half-built,
the body alone is so valuable,
the owner wants us to give up
two vehicles to seal the deal.
One is a vintage racer
that we already have in storage,
and the other is a Dodge Power Wagon,
which is not an easy truck to hunt down.
You got a '42 Dodge Power Wagon?
I personally can't go anywhere near 20.
[man] I'm not in a hurry to get rid of it.
I think I'm gonna hold out.
I'm hoping to get one
that runs and drives
and isn't all beat to crap.
You got a half a truck here,
and you're asking the world for the thing.
Ideally, I'd like to steal one
for around 14 or 15 grand.
That's kind of where we need to be
to make the XNR trade work in our favor.
With a deal like this
that has so many moving parts,
the numbers have to line up properly.
Take my number down.
If you're anywhere around
the 14-grand neighborhood,
uh, drop in, give me a call.
- [man] You're wasting my time.
- Bye. Thank you.
These trucks are tough to get.
I got to get away from
these Power Wagons for a second,
go pick up that Infiniti.
Am I in my office
talking to myself right now?
I guess I am, aren't I?
[chuckles]
This car is really you, Shawn.
It's got that Corporate America,
"I'm on my way up" type vibe.
"I've been working hard
and looking for that promotion."
- But he didn't get the promotion.
- [others laugh]
What year is this Infiniti?
This is an '05.
That looks nice. You did a good job
getting us a sweet donor car.
Okay, I'm done with my work.
You guys have fun.
So let's get it up on jack stands,
get the wheels and tires off of it,
and tear everything off
without breaking anything.
- So be gentle taking it apart.
- Yes.
Treat it like it was
your first bologna sandwich of the day.
Yeah, you know how that goes.
[others laugh]
Grab your tools.
This car is basically
a high-performance car
masquerading as a luxury car.
[Caveman] Hey, it kind of remind me
of, like, a chop shop right now.
[Tony] Hell, yeah.
Get it apart before the cops show up.
- [CM] Yeah, right?
- [chuckles]
[Mark] The G35 has the exact same
drivetrain and wheelbase
as a Nissan 350Z,
which is a popular car
for racing and drifting.
Plus, the G35
is compatible with tons of upgraded
high-performance parts,
which actually makes this car
the perfect platform to build a Vaydor on.
That's gotta be a record
for how fast you can strip a G35.
- We're pretty quick at these teardowns.
- Right?
You turn around
and don't look for a minute,
- your car's gonna be in pieces.
- [CM] Right?
- [Constance laughs]
- All right, Caveman.
Ready to meet me here
early in the morning tomorrow?
- Yep.
- We're gonna get this car cut up,
then we're gonna get these
fiberglass panels mounted on it.
- Well, cool.
- I want to say, "Looks good, guys," but
- It doesn't.
- No, it doesn't.
[Mark] You know what?
I'm gonna get a beer.
- [Tony] Beer sounds good.
- [Constance] Yeah.
[rooster crows]
[door creaks]
We're not taking anything structural off.
We're taking off the cosmetics of the G35.
So let's get the Sawzall
and start cutting.
So now it's time
to make this Infiniti disappear
and transform it into a supercar.
- [cackles]
- [CM] Cutting some [bleep] up, aren't we?
[Mark] Once we've carved up this G35
- and stripped it down to the studs
- And now we have a convertible.
it's time to reassemble it
with all the fiberglass parts.
That's where the real challenge begins.
There are over 50 pieces
and they all mount
in very specific places on the car,
so we really have to think this through.
When the body is mounted,
we're also gonna add Brembo brakes
and a fully adjustable
air-ride suspension.
Those high-end performance parts,
super-slick wheels and tires,
and a knockout paint job
are what are gonna send
the value of this Vaydor
through the roof.
This is where the rebody begins.
We don't have a car anymore.
Now we have a car-cass.
- We have a carcass.
- [snickers]
So the only way for me
to get the right deal on a Power Wagon
is I got to hit the road
and see some of these old trucks
in person.
I've never been to Dave's place before,
but from what I hear,
he is the go-to guy
when it comes to Dodge Power Wagons.
You must be Dave.
I am Dave.
And this must be Power Wagon heaven.
It is.
Man, look at this place.
You weren't lying when you said
you got a ton of Power Wagons.
We have a variety, I'll tell you.
A nice-running truck
- is about 22,000-24,000.
- Holy [bleep].
- What's this one set me back?
- Twenty-four five.
Twenty-four five.
Runs great.
I originally had
a 15-grand budget for this truck,
so I'm getting a little worried
about this XNR trade.
This is a 1941 model.
It's called a weapons carrier, a WC-12.
I'm asking 25.
- Twenty-five?
- Yeah.
I didn't realize that these trucks
are worth that kind of money.
If we're gonna build a Power Wagon
and a single-seat racer,
when those two vehicles are done,
they'll be worth about 90 grand.
Let's keep looking at
what you got over here.
My best guess for the XNR
is that we're gonna be able to sell it
for somewhere in the $150,000
to $175,000 range.
But if it sells for much lower than that,
then we're screwed.
We're just cutting ourselves too tight.
That's why we got to keep the budget
as low as possible.
Man, I kind of
underestimated the value
of a Power Wagon.
Bottom line is,
this is a risky investment for the shop,
and it's my job to protect ourselves
every step of the way.
So I'm just gonna need
to put in a little extra work
and see if I can find
the best deal possible
for a Power Wagon.
- Thanks, Dave. I appreciate it.
- Have a safe trip.
Seriously, this is what
a Caveman inventory looks like?
I laid it all out. What more
"I don't know.
Put in back of cave. Get to it later."
[Caveman chuckles]
While Caveman and I
mount all the body panels to this Vaydor,
I've got Tony over at the water jet
cutting me all the mounting brackets
I'm gonna need for this project.
And Constance is gonna keep inventory
on all of the parts that came off the G35,
'cause we're not sure if we're gonna need
any of those parts moving forward.
There is one thing I know about cars
the metal goes first.
Yes, the metal goes first.
[Mark] So the biggest challenge
with this car is
- You gotta go over your head.
- if you don't take each part
and put it in the exact right spot
in the exact right order,
everything is gonna be off.
Almost like building a giant model.
Kind of what it is. All cars are models.
And it doesn't help
that some of these parts
are unrecognizable.
Because
it's such a futuristic body style
it's kind of like
somebody took apart a Transformer
and scattered the pieces on the floor.
The problem is, unlike a Transformer,
it can't put itself back together.
I don't know about
door-gap quality, but
Um
You're not supposed to be able
to put your hand in there.
No. Not at all.
- Where's the other door at?
- The other door?
'Cause if they're both off,
then that means I miscalculated something.
[both chuckle]
[bang]
[Mark] Door number one does not like me.
Um that door fits right.
And we're square on the car,
which is not really good.
Like, all joking aside,
that means something's not straight.
Like I said,
if you don't put the parts in order,
the car will not go together correctly.
Hey, you know what?
- That actually looks like a core support.
- What's that?
Basically, it's an addition
to your factory core support.
- It's the core support for this body
- For the body
not for this car.
Normally, the core support
is what the radiator is mounted to.
Apparently the Vaydor
has its own core support
that mounts over the core support
for the G35.
[Mark] There you go.
It's so easy
to overlook something this simple
because all of the parts
are so foreign-looking to me
that it was lying on the floor
right in front of our faces,
and we didn't know it was there.
[Caveman] Heh heh. Look at that.
And there we have butterfly doors.
How cool is that?
[Caveman] It's really sick.
At least this part of it's done.
The body's on it. We have a car again.
- Man, that thing's nice.
- It looks like a car.
Good job. We have a car.
- We have a car.
- Not a car-cass.
[chimes dinging]
Thanks for getting out of the shop there
and introducing me
to some of your friends here.
- Yeah.
- I'm telling you,
this Vaydor, it's a tough sell.
So right now, I'm gonna
put my search for the Power Wagon
down for a minute
and focus all my attention
on finding a buyer for the Vaydor,
which, up to this point,
has been a little tricky.
All my typical connections
are these old hot-rod guys,
and they barely know what this car is.
- Have you heard of the Vaydor?
- [man] What, like Darth Vader?
No, no. No, the Vaydor, the car.
That's why I've enlisted Constance
to help me out.
Yeah, she's the muscle-car girl,
but she's also connected to
the trendier side of the automotive world.
And those are the guys who could help me
locate a buyer for the Vaydor.
I think it's gonna be
a younger, hipper crowd
than you're maybe used to dealing with.
You know, I can talk to the young guys.
- You know
- Yeah?
"Heading back to my hizzy
for a couple of brew-has.
- You know what I'm talking about?"
- Do not embarrass me today.
Please.
- Me?
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey, Constance.
What's going on?
- I'm Shawn.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- What are we up to today?
We're building a car right now.
It's called the Vaydor.
I don't know
if you've heard about that kit.
It's a bit of a kit car, right?
- Yeah. Yeah, it is.
- Yeah.
Constance has the connections
that have these cool shops
that even know about this car,
yet have the money.
I'm actually looking for a potential buyer
for a car called a Vaydor.
It's a real niche market,
but I could look around.
That's the thing about this car.
It is a younger, trendier type of car.
All your buddies,
they gotta love that kind of car.
Oh, yeah. I'll hit up
my rich-guy Rolodex of people.
We'll see what we can
make happen for you.
Yeah? I have a pretty good feeling
something's gonna work out from this
'cause these are the guys that know
the potential buyers I'm looking for.
Let's find you a buyer.
- I love this guy.
- I know, right?
- I gotta meet more of your buddies.
- [giggles]
And she thought
I was gonna embarrass her? Please.
I get along with your friends pretty good.
Maybe I ought to hang with you more,
and we'll go
- Ooh, easy there.
- [chuckles]
Man, look what I got.
You got stuff to stock, don't you?
- Look at that.
- Big brake kit.
- "Very heavy."
- Damn.
That's a brake.
This little customization
is what's gonna make that car
very valuable
and worth a heck of a lot more money
than if it didn't have
these giant brakes on it.
The biggest high-performance upgrade
that we're adding to the Vaydor
That's good.
is a ginormous set of Brembo brakes.
These are the type of brakes
that you will find
on all high-end supercars.
- Tell me that ain't a brake, brother.
- Thing is gonna stop.
Like nobody's fricking business.
Back in the mid '70s, Enzo Ferrari
commissioned Brembo brakes
- There we go.
- to be the exclusive brake
on his Formula 1 racing cars.
Basically, Brembo
is the OG of racing brakes.
See how easy it is?
So easy a Caveman can do it.
We're also gonna add a set
of Amani forged wheels
- Those things are sick, dude.
- Right?
and a fully adjustable
air-ride suspension.
You get one of them fancy controllers
for the airbags?
Yeah, it's motey-control.
Rise, rise, rise!
Not only are all these fancy
aftermarket parts
gonna make this car
perform like a supercar
That is pretty cool, man.
but they're gonna put the price tag
right around the 90-grand range.
Little bit of bodywork and paint
and some reassembly, we got a car.
Yeah, and then I say we celebrate.
Sure.
I'll call Mom up,
have her bring us a cake down.
Okay.
I'm Sure.
I'm never gonna pass up cake.
[snickers]
[cell phone rings]
Steele Smith.
Hey, Steele. How's it going?
This is Shawn at Gotham Garage.
- How you doing, buddy?
- Good. How's it going?
I've exhausted all my resources
on this Power Wagon search,
and unfortunately,
things aren't looking too great.
This guy Steele
has the best truck I found,
but he wants 25 grand for it.
Realistically, where are you at
on the price on this truck?
Twenty-five's
just not in my budget right now.
I was really looking at somewhere around
15 grand, to be honest with you.
You know, a ten-grand difference
may not seem like a lot,
but this XNR trade
is a very complicated deal.
I'm firm at 25 right now,
'cause it's-it's so hard
to find a super-nice one like it is.
I know Mark
is dying to get his hands on this XNR,
but we're gonna
have to have a talk pretty soon,
because the numbers on this deal
are just not adding up.
[sighs]
[Mark] A Vaydor
is a high-end luxury sports car,
so it's gonna need a paint job
that puts it in the same class
as all the big boys.
I don't care
if you're at the grocery store
or doing a buck 85 down the freeway,
when this bright-green,
metallic, metal-plate car
with all that gold bling passes you,
jaws are gonna hit the pavement.
When we acquired this car
as part of that boat deal,
no one knew what to expect.
What came in
as a bunch of fiberglass panels
on a wooden pallet
is now a one-off supercar.
With the way we do business
[starts engine]
you never know
what's around any given turn.
[revs engine]
And the only way to get through the maze
is to the grip the steering wheel
and mash the pedal to the floor.
[tires squeal]
[Mark] This Vaydor is a fricking monster.
We added Brembo brakes,
Amani forged wheels,
custom leather interior
and a paint job
that sparkles like a prism in the sun.
It takes a lot of work
to build a car of this quality.
Therefore, Shawn's
gonna have to pull up his bootstraps,
get at least 85 grand,
and put a little bit of money
in our pocket.
[upbeat music playing]
[knock on door]
[knocking continues]
Hello.
- [woman] Hello.
- Hi.
Hi. Can I see Michael, please?
There's no Michael here.
My son is Michael.
Sounds like my mom.
Hey, Michael, your mom's here!
- Hi, darling.
- Hi, Mom.
Hi, honey. How you doing?
Believe it or not, none of us
have ever met Caveman's mom.
Aw, Mom, you're the best.
- Love you.
- I love you.
Love you so much.
I would've thought Caveman's mom
looked like Caveman.
Not the case.
He must look like his dad,
'cause he don't look [bleep] like his mom.
- I didn't know your name was Michael.
- Right? Guys, don't give me a hard time.
[Mark] Oh, so now it's Michael.
Mom, come here.
Wanna see what we got going on?
Yeah, I do, darling.
[Mark] So Caveman was officially born
as Michael.
[Mom] Michael Vincent Pyle.
Michael Vincent Pyle.
MVP!
- Yeah.
- Remember that. MVP.
- This guy.
- All right?
[British accent] I did buy some forks.
- Thank you.
- Some forks?
I love the accent.
What a second. Caveman's mom is British?
How did that sweet little British lady
make this guy?
Where's your accent?
'Cause I was born here.
Michael Vincent Pyle.
You did not come from that sweet lady.
[chuckles]
[Tony] What do you think
of our new project?
[Mark] It's called a Vaydor.
That is the most fabulous car
I've seen ever.
Can I drive it?
[laughter]
- We could let her sit in it.
- [Mark] We could let her sit in it.
I'll sit in it, yeah.
- Mom does want a sports car.
- Yeah.
It's about as sporty a sports car gets.
Oh. My. God.
- Caveman had a bit to do with it.
- Did he? I'm glad.
I'm just really proud of Michael.
He's always liked
tearing things apart, fixing it.
I think he gets a sense of accomplishment
when it's all done.
He's proud.
I love it. I love it.
I feel like I'm a star.
I need champagne now.
[laughter]
I promise I won't drive.
[all laugh]
He was always moving furniture
and putting cushions up,
making runways for cars.
He was a maniac.
Not much has changed, really,
but just got older.
Cars got bigger.
[both chuckle]
[Tony] What would your girlfriends say
if you pulled up in this?
They'd want to know
who my sugar daddy was.
[laughter]
[Shawn] Big-money car ♪
We got ourselves a big-money car, Marky.
This car came out really nice.
Thank you.
The green just pops.
That's the color of money right there.
So my little field trip with Constance
paid off big time.
- Alan, this is Shawn from Gotham Garage.
- Yeah?
Someone told me
you are in the market for a Vaydor.
You have my attention.
This guy Alan
is very intrigued by the car.
So my game plan
is to get the car in his driveway
and see if he likes it enough
to dig down in his wallet
and start forking out a ton of cash.
[cackles]
- Hey, Alan. How's it going?
- What's going on?
- How you doing?
- All right, good. This is Mark.
How you doing, Alan?
Nice to meet you.
- That is truly a one-of-a-kind car.
- There ain't gonna be another one like it.
- That's for sure.
- How about we get it off the trailer?
- Let's get it off the trailer
- And let him really enjoy.
And then he could absorb it
as it's supposed to be seen.
[starts and revs engine]
Sweet Jesus.
So, first reactions from Alan
He loves that car, am I right?
I got to admit,
he definitely looks like a guy
that wants to buy a Vaydor.
So basically, we took that Vaydor kit,
slammed it down over a G35 platform.
It's got huge Brembo brakes on it,
front and rear.
The interior is all leather.
It's white, gold, and green.
Yeah. I love the green accents.
Why don't you park your ass
right inside there and get a feel for it?
We're trying to sell you a car.
You gotta make sure it fits.
- I am 6'4", and it does fit me.
- [Mark] Start it up.
I love the gauges over here, too.
[starts and revs engine]
I know I'm a little biased,
but you look good in this.
- [chuckles]
- You look like money.
Well, you've hit a home run.
I think Alan's already in love with this.
- I am.
- I'm thinking 95 grand
is a killer deal for you, am I right?
Ninety-five thousand's a lot of money.
Um
How about if we get closer to 80,000?
I'm thinking 95 is such a fair price,
but everybody likes to negotiate
a little bit.
I'm gonna go all the way down
to 90 grand on this thing.
How does, uh
- 85 sound?
- You're getting really close.
If it's what you want
and you're ready to do a deal today,
I'm gonna go 87,500, and that's it.
That's all we can do.
Eighty-seven five sounds good.
- That's what I like to hear.
- [chuckles]
Let's break this down.
We got the Vaydor kit for about 11 grand,
and we paid 8,500 for the G35,
and with the performance parts
and a paint job,
we got a little over 42 grand
in a fully customized Vaydor.
That means at 87,500,
we're taking home about 45,000 in profit,
which is pretty nice.
- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you, sir.
- Okay, thanks again, Alan.
- Thank you.
Definitely not a bad deal for a kit
that was thrown in on top of a boat deal.
Hoo, yeah. Hell, yeah.
Alan was frigging stoked.
Stoked, dude.
That's a really good deal now.
We got some money. We can focus on
this two-car deal for the XNR.
We'll get that little single-seat racer
all buttoned up,
and then get that Power Wagon,
get it in and start working on it.
Yeah, the, uh, Power Wagon.
Well
You're scaring me now.
What are you talking?
Well, I found a really nice
Dodge Power Wagon for us. It's perfect.
It's all original.
It's exactly what we'd want.
But the guy wants $25,000 for it.
I thought we could get an unrestored one
for 15 grand, but 25?
That's undoable, man.
That's not gonna work with this XNR.
The money we just got from the Vaydor
is just gonna cover
bills and overhead on both shops
and buying parts
to get these two cars together
to trade for the XNR.
Yeah. You know, as of right now,
I'm thinking that this deal
is not looking right.
This trade with Andy,
the owner of the XNR,
is one of the biggest deals
this shop is ever gonna do.
I am not letting this deal
slip through my fingers.
You know, this XNR
this is a game-changer type of car.
This is a "put you on the map" car.
So you gonna have to
figure this out on your end, pal.
You know, a pre-'50s Dodge Power Wagon
isn't as cheap as we thought.
This deal can't fall through, dude.
There's way too much riding on this XNR.
If you can't seriously find a Power Wagon
for less than 25 grand,
then you get on the phone
and you call Andy
and you tell Andy
he's gotta kick down another ten grand.
- You want me to call him and ask for cash?
- Yeah.
I can't imagine he's gonna go for
an extra ten grand.
Use your imagination there, buttercup,
and make it happen.
I know Mark wants this deal
to go through at all costs,
but we already had
a deal in principle with Andy,
so going back and renegotiating that,
I have no idea
how this conversation's gonna shake out.
[closing music playing]
- [calliope plays]
- [child] I want to see the show.