Car Masters: Rust to Riches (2018) s04e04 Episode Script

1
[dramatic music playing]
[Shawn] Obviously, you never
wanna be in this position.
But every once in a while,
you got to look at the bigger picture
and make a tough decision.
Yeah, as hard as it is to accept,
it is the best thing
for the shop, unfortunately.
[Shawn] Ever since the virtual auction,
we've been doing everything possible
to get this shop back on track.
Here we are.
We've done a few deals
that brought in some solid profit.
You guys knocked this
out of the damn park!
-Oh, there you go.
-There you go.
But we're still sitting on
a $250,000 investment.
-Hey, Troy. I'm Shawn. This is Mark.
-How's it going? All right.
-How ya doin'? Nice to meet you.
-Yeah, you too.
[Shawn] And even though our buyer, Troy,
is only willing to throw down 30 grand,
when it came down to it,
sitting on another car
just wasn't something
we were willing to do.
So, Troy, when we built this,
we had in mind that this was
a 50, 60 thousand dollar ride here.
-We're just trying to cash out.
-I understand.
But I just have a budget
that I shouldn't go past.
Even though we're taking
a 15 grand loss here,
this deal is by far our best option
if we want to cash out right now.
-Shake his hand and take the money.
-Thanks, Troy.
-Thank you, Troy. Appreciate it.
-Thank you.
Thank you very much.
[whirs]
[engine revving]
[slow dramatic organ music playing]
[music fades]
[Shawn] So it always sucks
taking a loss on a vehicle,
but, I mean,
that's the car business, right?
-I mean, that's a sting.
-Yeah.
What are we gonna do now?
We're gonna have to recoup this loss.
I actually already lined up a new deal.
Well, look at you,
Mr. Sneaky Pants over here,
doing deals without telling me about it.
Did you think that was gonna make
you look like the hero?
Yeah. Kind of.
I'm not saying I expected
the rocket car to blow up in our face,
but I always knew there was a chance,
so I decided to put
the wheels in motion on a new deal.
I've been talking to John Perez
about doing another build.
It seems he has
a vintage military ambulance
that he wants customized.
John Perez is an old friend of the shop.
A few years back, we built a wedding coach
as a 20th-anniversary gift
for John's wife, Maria.
[people cheering]
[Shawn] John likes his bling,
that's for sure.
Here's the thing.
He only wants to spend
about 35 grand on it,
and apparently he's got
a super quick deadline on this project.
I guess he wants it ready
for some special occasion.
The thing with John,
he's an impulsive guy.
We only had three weeks
to do that wedding coach build,
but tight deadlines mean quick paychecks,
which is exactly what we need right now.
Thirty-five grand won't leave
a lot of meat on the bones,
but at least there'll be
something there to chew on.
-When can we see it?
-Immediately.
I'll give him a call.
We can go over to his place.
-Here, give him a call.
-I'm driving, dude.
-I'm safe and follow the law.
-Your phone links to that thing, dumbass.
Does it? I don't know how to do that.
Do you know how to do that?
[exciting rock music playing]
-This is interesting.
-Ho-ho.
-This is about as blingless as it gets.
-[John] Hey, guys.
-There he is. Mr. Bling.
-Glad you made it.
-Good to see you, man.
-Same, my friend.
-How's it going, buddy?
-How ya doin'?
-Don't tell us. This is it, right?
-This is it.
It's not the Rolls?
[all chuckling]
[John] What do you think?
A 1954 Army ambulance.
[Mark] It's obviously
in really good shape.
I mean, the tires are in good shape.
The body's in good shape.
I'm gonna give it a little whirl
and see how good it runs.
This will tell me everything here.
-[engine starts]
-Wow.
-That purrs like a kitten, man.
-[John] Fine-tuned.
I like that.
That makes the job a little easier.
-What's on the inside?
-[John] It's fully loaded, my friend.
Wow, man, you got everything in here.
Dummies, a stretcher.
We got, like, a full-on museum piece here.
What are you thinking about doing to it?
-It's a graduation gift for my grandson.
-Awesome.
He just graduated from high school.
He's going to San Diego State.
-Sweet. Yeah.
-So I want a very special build for him.
This is going to be
the ultimate party bus.
You're talking bling party bus.
-Yes.
-I know you.
Yeah. I'mI'm talking
lights, floor, ceiling.
When they open it up, they go,
"Wow, we can party in here."
Leave it to John to take
a pristine vintage ambulance
and turn it into some crazy party bus.
Normally what you'd see out of a party bus
is a fricking Mercedes Sprinter van,
or you see a Chrysler 300
or a Lincoln Town Car.
That's generic. John's not that guy.
-So, what is your timeline on this?
-Well, that's the thing.
-You know me, I'm very impulsive.
-Mm-hmm.
You have five days to get it done.
-[laughs]
-[Shawn] Five days?
-[Mark] Right? Wow.
-Exactly.
Five days, 35,000.
I think that's pretty good.
[Shawn off-screen] We knew this build
would have a deadline. It's John.
But five days?
That's a pretty tight deadline.
So you want the inside
completely John Perez blinged-out.
-Gotta match what I'm wearing.
-Gotta look like you own it.
Exactly. Yeah.
[Mark] John knows what he wants.
I know what John wants.
We're just gonna
have to do it in five days.
We really don't have a choice.
For 35 grand, we'd do it in three days.
Says the guy with the manicure
that doesn't touch the cars.
Well, I only got one thing to say.
We gotta stop wasting time.
I need to get this thing
up the street and on the trailer.
[intense rock music playing]
[horn honks]
[Mark] Right here.
[Caveman] A military ambulance. Right on!
If they have paddles,
I'll give you a charge.
Oh, man!
They didn't have paddles back then.
Let's get this thing
off of this trailer in a hurry.
[Caveman] Why?
'Cause we have a very, very short
length of time to get this done.
[Caveman] Okay, in a hurry!
-I'll just step back.
-[Caveman] Hurry! He said hurry!
[Tony] Oh, God!
[Shawn] That's heavy.
[upbeat music playing]
[Caveman] Wow, that is sick.
John Perez is gonna pay us 35 grand
to turn this into a party bus.
Oh, just put
But we have to have this done in five days
if we want to get our 35 grand.
-[Tony] But it runs?
-It runs. Drives rock solid.
So we need to get this thing
stripped apart on the inside.
-But in the meantime
-[Caveman chuckles]
that 35 grand ain't gonna last forever,
so you need to skedaddle
-and go get us another car.
-No doubt.
[Mark] Line up a few options,
and I'll meet you later to pick something.
Is that a date?
-Yes, it is.
-[Mark] All right.
-[Caveman] Bye. What's in here? Cool!
-So let's get this cleaned up.
All right. I'm ready.
-[men chuckling]
-[Caveman] Oh, hey! This thing is so cool.
John Perez and Gotham Garage
both have the same style.
We both like a lot of bling.
Hey, two heads are better than one?
[chuckles]
But the challenge on this job
will be timing out the build perfectly.
Here, I got a date for you, Constance!
No head. He don't think.
-I'm a little creeped out right now.
-[Tony] He won't talk back.
It's gonna be tight, but if we're gonna
get this party bus done in five days,
we need to map this build out in detail.
So this is how
we're gonna plan this party right.
[heavy rock music playing]
Today is day one.
So we need to strip this thing apart
and then come up
with some detailed sketches
and form a solid plan of attack.
Day two is dedicated to the interior.
I wanna add
super comfortable custom seating
with cold storage underneath.
[clangs]
Day three is when we turn things up.
We're gonna add LED lighting
all across the top
with a disco ball to set the mood.
We're also gonna add
a couple of flat screens
and toss in a mirrored ceiling.
Day 4 is all about the exterior.
We're gonna give this huge ambulance
an all-gold reflective wrap.
And the final day
is all about blinging this thing out
with a ton of Gotham Garage touches.
Let's do some sketches on this
and figure out the seating program.
And then I'll get with Shawn and give him
a list of what we need to order.
-[Tony] Yeah.
-[Caveman] Hey.
Are all you mama's boys done talking?
It's time to get working!
Move it, Pyle. Move it, move it, move it!
You're Pyle.
-[Tony] Yeah. You are Pyle.
-Oh, yeah.
[all laughing]
[rock music playing]
[music fades]
What do you got?
-I found some good potential flip cars.
-Yeah?
-And I got some pictures to show you.
-That's pretty cool.
[Shawn] The party bus alone
is barely gonna recoup the 15 grand loss
we took on the rocket car.
On a 35 grand job,
I'm thinking we're gonna make
17 or 18 grand profit,
so now we need to get
a quick build in the shop
that can actually
put money in our pockets.
Wait. Wh What was that?
-That one, the Bug.
-Oh, no, that's my
-Where's that one?
-No, that's my mom's car.
I bought that for my mom
a little while ago.
We could make that into a $20-$30,000 car
with very little work, bro.
-A Bug?
-Yeah.
You know what no one's ever done?
A Baja Bug out of one of those.
We go for the same retro style.
We put big tires on the front,
but bigger tires on the back,
so it looks like
an old-school Bug, but it's not.
You know what? I'm gonna call your mom
and see if she'll sell me that Bug.
What do you mean, you got my mom's number?
Of course I have it.
She always checks up on you.
"How's Shawny doing today?"
"He seemed a little disturbed
this morning when he left for work."
[Mark] I know what you're thinking.
Couldn't I just have Shawn go find
another Volkswagen Bug?
Sure I could. Where's the fun in that?
She ain't gonna sell you the car.
It's a nice car.
Oh, come on.
Your mom's worse than you
about making money.
[Mark] All jokes aside, I actually have
a practical reason for wanting this car.
There's a built-in market
of rabid off-road enthusiasts
who love Baja Bugs, but almost everyone
uses a vintage Beetle to build them.
I think if we put our stamp
on a modern Baja Bug,
we'll have a very desirable car.
[line ringing]
-Hello?
-Hey, Carol, it's Mark. How you doing?
Hey, Mark!
Hi, Mom.
Hey, Shawny Boy!
How do you describe Shawn's Mom?
Very simple.
Picture Shawn
but as a sweet little old lady.
We're discussing your really nice
Volkswagen Cabriolet Beetle.
-Oh, it's a beauty.
-Yeah.
[Mark off-screen] Carol is shrewd.
She's been in the car world
her whole life.
She knows how to work a deal,
and she knows how to get a deal.
Where do you think
Goldilocks got all his skills from?
Can I buy that car off for you?
[inhales sharply] I I I just got it.
I'm so attached to it already.
It was like love at first sight,
for heaven's sakes.
Well, what would you want for it
if I was to give you cash today
and then make Shawn
go get you a better one?
Okay.
I'll tell you what I'm thinking here.
How about a nice 6,600?
No, Mom. He's He's kidding you, Mom.
How about a square five grand?
Shawn'll get you another car,
then you could be havin'
a new Volkswagen every month.
-Um
-What about 5,500?
And how about
I get to take it for a final ride
before you sell it?
Okay. We have a deal then.
I'll give you $5,500 cash,
and you get to ride in it
before I sell it.
Oh, that'll be fun. Okay, great, Mark.
-Awesome, Carol.
-Take care!
Take care. Bye-bye.
[chuckling]
I didn't think she'd really give it up,
to be honest.
Only because it was me, my friend.
So there you go.
I'm gonna go get 5,500 bucks,
and you can go pick up your mommy's car
first thing in the morning.
You know I only paid
four grand for that, right?
My mother got you for 1,500 bucks.
-[chuckles]
-[Mark] Worth it!
[exciting rock music playing]
[music fades]
[rasping]
[wood clacks]
You know how long it'll take us to make
the inside of this gaudy but classy?
[chuckles]
It's gonna take us five days.
[laughs]
[Tony] So day one on this build
was very productive.
We got the whole ambulance cleared out,
and then me and Mark sat down
and came up with some
pretty cool sketches for the party bus.
Now we're gonna
start working on the interior.
The back of this ambulance is where
the biggest transformation
is gonna take place.
We just need
some drywall and some texture.
-[Constance] Curb appeal.
-[both chuckle]
So this interior all needs
to be hand-built from scratch.
Easy-peasy.
We need to make the seats ourselves,
we need to do full custom upholstery,
and Mark wants to make cold storage
underneath the seats for drinks and food.
What else do you need cut?
Is that it for all the seats?
That's it for the seats.
So we got seatbacks,
backrests, back panels.
-Now we just need a wedgie for the roof.
-[Mark] How long and how big?
-They're 91 inches long.
-All right.
[Tony] Here's what concerns me most
about our five-day timeline.
In no way, shape or form
[clacking]
is this ambulance
set up to be a party bus.
-That fits pretty good.
-[Constance] Yeah.
You gotta remember,
these old military vehicles,
they're built to reliably
transport people and equipment
over the most rugged terrain,
so they're very simple machines.
[Caveman] Look, now you see me.
-Now you don't.
-[Constance laughs]
[Tony] Everything we're
doing to it is custom,
which means it's all gonna take time.
So if we're gonna turn this
into a legit party bus,
we're gonna have to work
quickly and efficiently
to get this done in time
for the graduation party.
[Mark] I'm pretty happy
with the progress we made today,
but we just gotta keep
plugging at this thing.
I mean, we gotta really knock this out.
But tomorrow,
we got another car showing up,
so we need to divide and conquer.
Tony and Constance,
you stick on the ambulance,
and Caveman and I, we're gonna jump
on this new Baja Bug project.
First thing in the morning,
when you come in,
get started back on this,
and get it all buttoned up.
Just keep in mind,
John likes a lot of bling.
-Let's go raid Shawn's office.
-[all chuckling]
[heavy rock music playing]
[honks horn]
That must be Shawn with his mom's car.
Or actually, with my car.
[Caveman] The horn sounded pretty decent.
[chuckles]
I can tell your mom's a used car salesman,
-or that's where you get it.
-[Caveman laughs]
Couldn't see this damage in the picture.
-[Shawn] Oh, that.
-[Mark] Yeah.
-She likes to ride right up on the curb.
-[all chuckling]
With Baja Bugs, most people
use the older Volkswagen Beetles
because it's a super simple car
that you can make an off-road car out of.
-My work's done here.
-[Mark] Yeah.
-I got to go get my mom another car.
-Get a nicer one.
'Cause you got an extra
1,500 bucks of my money.
[Shawn] Heck yeah.
[Mark] When you go and use a newer Beetle,
you've got to deal with the computer.
There's all kinds of hydraulic stuff
for the convertible top.
You don't know which wires you can cut
and which wires you can't cut.
-How often do we get cars with AC?
-[Caveman] Oh. Uh
Needless to say,
it's not an easy undertaking.
[brakes squeak]
[Caveman laughs]
-Put the top back up.
-Hey, look what I found.
Aw
-Shawn!
-Aw. No way!
-I'm I'm framin' this.
-Oh, dude, he had a mullet!
[Caveman laughs]
My goal here is to get
20 grand or more for this Baja Bug.
Up, up, and away.
That means it's got to have appeal
to a legitimate off-road enthusiast.
[upbeat music playing]
Whenever you're talking off-road,
you've got to start with the suspension.
We're gonna lift the car,
adding big off-road shocks
all the way around.
Plus a set of ginormous tires,
so it can handle anything we throw at it.
We'll also give it a roll cage for safety.
Then we'll paint it
an outrageous classic color
in Beetle style.
That's how we're gonna take
Carol's little cruiser
and turn it into an all-terrain beast.
[music fades]
[rattling]
[grunts]
[rattling]
Ah! I got it!
-[clatters loudly]
-[Mark] Caveman! Easy, dude.
Don't cut through any wires
on the backside of that.
Remember last time
we worked on a little German car?
Stop. Stop.
We don't need another Smart Car event
where we're chasing wires
for the next three weeks.
Don't say anything! I've been I've been
on a new thing about manifestation.
-Okay?
-Yeah?
-You manifest for something to happen.
-How often does that work for you?
Actually, you'd be surprised
how many times that's worked lately.
Yeah, I don't think so. Anyways
[whispers] Smart Car.
A lot of you might remember
that Mark and I worked on
a Smart Car a while back.
And just like this Bug,
we were turning it into an off-road car.
-Ah-ha! Yeah!
-[Mark] Get your helmet on.
[Caveman] Truth be told,
that thing almost broke me.
[Mark] What the hell is wrong?
It's not staying in drive!
[Caveman] When we tore that thing down,
we pulled apart so many wires
it made the computer malfunction.
[Mark] What is this?
No That's the motor.
[Caveman] And it took us days
to retrace our steps to figure out why.
Where's the self-destruct button at?
[Caveman] So from here on out,
on this Bug build,
I'm gonna be extra delicate and careful,
because if this car
gives us any problems like that,
I'm gonna smash this damn Bug
like a bug.
That's it. I can
There we go. Now we're coming off.
Caveman, what did I just tell you?
You have to be careful.
Just think, "No Smart Car."
[Caveman] Stop manifesting it!
[upbeat blues rock music playing]
So, uh, what what do we got going on?
-Party lights.
-Yeah.
I mean, we need as many lights as possible
in this small, confined area.
-That's the idea.
-[laughs]
Tony and I have been hard at work,
moving as quickly as possible,
trying to transform this ambulance
into a VIP party bus.
We got all of the seats cut out.
We put the mirror up on the ceiling,
and Tony was able to create
all of these custom fixtures
and lenses for our lights.
Next up, we wanna hook up
all of the LED lighting in the back.
The top ones,
we'll run them through the back.
We'll drill a hole up the corner
and then run our two passes that way.
Or, like I said, you can run two passes,
and then run
that little bit that you had left
along the side right here.
-Yeah.
-On the outside.
[heavy rock music playing]
[Tony] You know,
this party bus is a fun project,
but if I'm being honest,
things at the shop
are just kind of stagnant right now.
The concept vehicles were supposed to
kick off a whole new era here at the shop
and lead us to bigger,
more high-paying builds,
but since they're both stuck in storage,
we're basically working on
the same old jobs,
and the future here
is more uncertain than ever.
Hey, Scott. It's Shawn from Gotham.
I'm just calling you up
on those concept vehicles
I sent you pictures of before.
I know Shawn is meeting with people
and spreading the word
about the concept vehicles
-How about the car and the bike?
-What What is that? That's gorgeous.
-What a beauty that is.
-Yeah, you like that, huh?
but if they aren't gonna sell
any time soon,
I think we all need to accept that
and come up with a new path forward.
[whirs]
Lights are in. We got the covers
mounted up in the corners.
I think it's party time.
[techno music playing faintly]
There you go.
-[Tony] Oh! We got some fade going on.
-[chuckles]
All right, we're looking pretty good,
but we've still got
a lot of stuff left here.
We got to hook up the party ball,
we gotta hook up the TVs,
uh, we've gotta get
these panels all upholstered,
and then we've gotta
put all of that back in.
So we're getting there,
but we're definitely
gonna be cutting it close.
Next time Mark and Shawn
decide on a five-day timeline,
I feel like we should be consulted.
[Tony] I know, right?
[heavy rock music playing]
[music fades]
So we're gonna Sawzall
the top of that shock mount on,
and then the back,
we got these, uh, Fox Shox.
Let's get this up in the air a little bit.
Then we'll start with the front end
and go to the rear end.
[whirring]
Now it's time to put
the "Baja" in Baja Bug.
[whirring, clicking]
Caveman and I are gonna add a pair
of badass Fox Shox to this little Beetle.
Look at that.
-Wink!
-Oh, look.
[Caveman whistles] Wow. That's awesome.
[Mark] These shocks
will lift this car way up off the ground
and give it
some awesome off-road capability.
[whirring]
Nothing like a sharpened drill bit.
I get you!
-[grunts]
-[Mark] Easy, Caveman.
[Caveman] Damn it. My bad.
[growls]
The last thing we can afford on this Bug
is for any wires or cables to come loose,
or even worse, get cut accidentally.
[Mark] Dainty hands,
Caveman, like a ballerina.
You shut up over there,
I don't wanna hear you.
That's gonna make the computer go haywire.
It's gonna take us forever
to figure out what went wrong.
It is frustrating because
now I have to be gingerly and dainty.
You have no idea
how unnatural this is to me.
-You can do it. You can do it.
-[blows raspberry]
If you haven't noticed by now,
I love tearing stuff up
and just ripping it apart.
[yelling, laughing]
[grunts]
-[sighs]
-[Mark laughs]
So I am doing my best here,
but, boy, it's not easy.
Ready for a go?
Let's take a spin around the parking lot.
[Caveman] I was delicate as possible,
and I didn't cut any wires, I swear.
-[Mark] Let's see how this thing rolls.
-Oh! Baja, huh? Oh, yeah, look at that!
-Now it's a Baja Bug.
-Now it's a Baja!
There we go. Oh, yeah, check it out.
Yahoo! Yeah, look at us!
-Look, Baja Bugging it.
-What do you think, little car?
-How do you like that? Driving around.
-Road beauty, bro!
[car clicks]
-Yes, the brakes still work.
-No, that wasn't me.
-Yes, it was. No.
-No, they just They're just grabbing.
No. That's you.
[Mark] And now it won't move.
-What did you cut?
-I didn't cut nothing. Nothing.
-You cut something, it didn't work.
-It was you playing.
I only drove it this far.
I'm not doing one.
I told you from the get-go,
don't say it, 'cause you manifested it.
-[Mark] Is it something you cut?
-I didn't cut nothing.
[Mark] No sprinklers,
no gas line, no nothing?
-Uh, no. Um
-Push me into the parking spot.
God
-[tires squeal]
-Oh, hey! Hey!
[Mark] Got you, sucker!
She works perfectly.
-You're all thinking, "Oh, no, Smart Car!"
-When you hit your funny bone, it's funny.
Well, at least nothing went wrong.
Come back, let's go.
[mischievous music playing]
All right.
-[laughs] You didn't expect that, did you?
-I did not expect that.
Okay, let's stash
this build to the side for a minute.
I'm gonna go meet with Shawn,
and then we can go
all hands on deck on that party bus
and get it ready in time for the party.
Actually It actually rides really nice.
[mellow rock music playing]
[Shawn] Hey.
Okay, listen.
I wanna give you an update
on the concept vehicles, all right?
I've been really putting out the word.
I've been getting a lot of action on them,
but nobody's ready
to fork out over 250 grand for them.
It's been a few months
since the virtual auction,
and I don't think any of us thought
that we'd still be sitting
on the concept car and bike.
Look, we're in limbo right now,
and I could tell the rest of the crew,
they're getting a little restless.
We need to figure out
what we're gonna do with these things.
I know Mark's plan was to sell
this car and bike to an individual buyer.
Then that would lead to bigger,
more high-profile builds.
But as long as we're
still sitting on these vehicles,
we're stuck in neutral.
I've thought about it.
We started out building those cars,
and then we've always talked about
taking them to a live auction.
So, why don't we revisit that?
There's some big auctions coming up.
Why don't you reach out
to some auction houses.
Take these cars to an auction
and see what happens.
Really?
I know our plan from the beginning was
to take these vehicles to a live auction,
and with Covid restrictions loosening,
I can understand why Mark
would bring this back up.
But here's the issue.
These vehicles have now been
sitting on the shelf for quite some time,
and auction buyers are always
looking for the hot new thing.
If we don't get 250,000,
are you willing to accept that scenario?
Well, yeah, because I don't think
that's gonna happen.
My fear is if we put those vehicles
on an auction block,
in front of that type of crowd,
it could totally backfire,
and the bids could fall way short.
In a big live auction setting,
there's gonna be tons of new buyers there.
It's gonna be our best opportunity
to get the most money for these vehicles.
All right, fair enough.
That's all I needed to hear.
I'll look around at some of the auctions,
see which one's coming up soon,
and we'll kinda go from there.
No, sounds like a plan.
[Mark] I got 48 hours
to go finish building myself
a, uh, custom party wagon
out of a military ambulance.
[heavy rock music playing]
We got two days left to finish
this party bus for John and Damien,
but we've got to dedicate one full day
to the biggest part
of this transformation,
wrapping this massive ambulance.
[dramatic dance music playing]
So what do you give
a guy that loves bling?
You give him
a huge party bus wrapped in gold.
[music continues]
[crickets chirping]
-[Mark] Look at that.
-[Tony] That's a lot of gold.
I still can't believe we got
all this done as fast as we did it.
Long as we're done today,
we're golden, hit our target.
-"We're golden."
-[Caveman] It's gold already!
[all laughing]
[Mark] Our final day on this build
is all about one last push
to dial in all the fine details.
We'll have dinner here,
or we'll be done by lunch?
[Tony] Probably having dinner here.
[Mark] We're not only gonna give Damien
a super-clean
limousine style plush interior,
it's also gonna have
all the cold storage underneath the seats.
-We wanna add some big TV screens to it.
-[Tony] Hey!
[Caveman] What are we watching?
[Mark] We'll give it a disco light.
[Tony] Oh, look at that. Nailed it!
[Mark] LED lights, mirrors on the ceiling,
so that with those doors shut,
Damien is gonna have
the party of his life in the back.
[exciting music plays]
[music fades]
[festive music playing]
[Mark] This ambulance project
was exactly the fun type of build
we need right now.
Sure, it was a quick turnaround,
but the end result was worth it.
In just five days,
it went from a military vehicle
to a blinged-out millennial party bus.
We gave it a super loud
gold exterior with giant tires.
On the inside, you would never know
that this thing was born back in the '50s.
John gave us 35 grand to build this thing,
but honestly,
it looks like a million bucks.
This is gonna be one bus
that Damien is gonna have
way too much fun driving around in.
[mellow blues rock music playing]
So what do you think of that, huh?
It is blinged to the max.
-And
-You know
He texted me. He's just pulling in now.
I'll go get them.
Shine it up a little bit, will ya?
-Yeah, yeah. Can't see yourself in it?
-It doesn't have enough bling. [chuckles]
[Mark] We know that John
and Gotham Garage's style, identical.
And this gold party bus
is gonna knock his socks off.
My problem with the whole deal
is I don't know
what Damien's gonna think of it.
John, John, bring him over here!
[Mark] Ah, he's got him blindfolded!
Bring him in. Come on over here.
He's gotta be surprised.
Let's get you over here.
I want you to get a good wide view
of this super surprise I got for you.
[Shawn] Yeah, we already
sent John pictures, and he loves it,
but I don't even think
John told Damien what the gift was,
so we're definitely gonna get
a raw reaction from Damien.
Today's your graduation.
We're having a great party,
so I want you to take off the blindfold
and check out what we got for you.
[Damien] Let's see, Grandpa.
No way!
[John] The Ultimate Party Bus!
This thing is insane!
How do you like that?
Is that enough bling for ya?
That is sick. I love it.
-Party bus!
-[Damien] Thank you so much!
-Love you.
-Love you too.
I honestly didn't know what to expect
because my grandpa is unpredictable,
but I'm so glad with how it turned out.
It means something more
coming from my grandpa.
I really appreciate
what he did for me and
I mean, you see that thing on the street,
you're not gonna think it's a party bus.
Now I'll show you
the best part of the truck.
This, my friend,
is where the party starts.
-Inside.
-[Shawn] Yeah!
[Damien] This thing is insane!
-Can you do some partying in this bus?
-[Mark] Look at that.
We got you two flat-screens. Party ball.
-This is insane.
-You gotta have the mirror on the ceiling.
-We got two ice chests built-in.
-[Shawn] Heck yeah.
[John] Fabulous job, Mark.
-Wanna hop up in and see how it feels?
-Of course. Try it out.
This is a mobile nightclub
you got going here.
-[Mark] Pretty much.
-Oh, man. This thing will be lit at night.
John and Damien love the car,
which we love.
And at 35 grand, that means
we're getting 18 grand in profit.
You know, it's not the biggest payday,
but it ain't too shabby
for five days of work.
You guys did an awesome job to it.
The lights, the ceiling, the mirrors.
Five days was tight on this,
but we got good money.
It's a win-win situation.
John's happy. We're happy.
Everything is good.
Finally, something easy around here.
You gotta love that.
We build a car in five days,
and this guy thinks it's easy.
Easy for me.
-[chuckles]
-Yeah.
So the only thing left to do
is get suited up and go partying.
-How's that sound?
-That sounds amazing.
-That sounds like a plan.
-[Mark] All right-y.
-Hey, I wanna get suited up and party.
-[Mark] You don't get to go.
[Shawn] Oh, man.
[rock music playing]
[music fades]
[Mark] Every Baja Bug needs a roll cage,
and every Baja Bug needs
a push bumper on the front.
So that's how we're gonna do this
so that it looks
just like a Baja Bug from the '70s.
[Tony] Let's build a Ba-Ja Bug.
[mellow music playing]
Now that the party bus ambulance is done
and delivered to John and Damien,
I wanna go all hands on deck to fab up
this roll cage for the Volkswagen
That's how you bend a roll bar.
and get this project finished up.
Look at that.
[festive music playing]
[music fades]
Three for me, one for you.
-Hey, Mark.
-Yeah?
I need you for a minute.
I got a guy on the phone right now
that wants to buy the concept pair.
[sputters] I guess I should
go take that phone call.
This guy just calls me out of the blue.
His name's Nick.
I guess he saw pictures
of the concept car and bike
-through a contact at the Petersen Museum.
-Really?
[Shawn] Hey, Nick, you there?
I'm with Mark here.
-[Mark] Hey, Nick.
-Hey, Mark.
So, Nick, you were saying
you're a broker, huh?
Yeah, I'm a I'm a collections consultant
to a few collectors here in the U.S.,
and a handful overseas, Europe, et cetera.
One of my guys passed on some photos
of your concept car and bike
a couple of weeks ago.
I put it in front of a few people,
and I've got one guy
that's particularly interested.
-He wants me to come have a look.
-Really?
I want to see
if it's available for me to see.
[Mark] When do you wanna look at it?
If it's possible, I could be there
in about an hour to an hour and a half.
Obviously, we had pretty much written off
an individual buyer at this point.
Mark and I had settled on bringing
this car and bike to a live auction.
Absolutely, an hour,
an hour and a half will work.
We can get the cars over here to the shop
and cleaned up for you to view.
No problem.
Fantastic! I'll see you then.
All right, Nick,
thanks for the phone call.
-Cheers.
-Thanks, Nick.
[Shawn] But if we could
sell these vehicles today,
we can avoid any financial risk
of letting those vehicles
hit the auction block.
You and I need to get the concept cars
with the truck and trailer.
Hopefully we have a deal.
As far as I'm concerned,
this is probably our last and only chance
to make a deal
before we roll the dice at a live auction.
We got an hour to make some money,
so no time to waste. Let's get goin'.
-Shine them cars up. All right.
-[Tony] Whoo!
-Get your nicest boots, Shawn.
-[Shawn] I might put on another shirt.
[all chuckling]
[closing theme music plays]