Car Masters: Rust to Riches (2018) s05e03 Episode Script

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[heavy rock music playing]
-[phone beeps]
-[line ringing]
-[Sam] Hello?
-Sam, you gotta hear me out on this.
I have got a car that will blow your mind.
This massive trade deal has really
come back to bite me right in the ass.
I was trying to step things up
by upgrading and trading our way
into a gorgeous Ferrari 458 Italia.
But that deal is dead.
And now we're stuck with
an extremely unique
gas-powered Tesla Model S.
[Sam] I'd be way more interested in
going from gas to electric.
-Mm.
-A Tesla?
I don't think I can be seen
driving around in that.
Yeah, well,
we're talking about a hot rod Tesla.
A Tesla's still a Tesla.
[Shawn] I took a really big swing
on this trade deal
because I wanted to show everyone
that upgrade and trade was
just as valuable to the shop
as Nick's new high-end deals.
I don't know where this puts us
with trades moving forward,
but I need to clean up this mess
and do whatever I can
to find a buyer for this car.
[man] Seems like a lot
for a conversation piece.
I think I'm gonna have to pass on it.
When it's all said and done,
we're gonna have over $60,000
sunk into this whole trade deal,
not to mention weeks of work.
So Mark wants to sell this Tesla
for at least 90 grand.
In his mind, that's the only way
we'll get enough profit
to spread amongst eight people
and justify all this time and effort.
[phone beeps]
[sighs] How am I gonna get
myself out of this one?
[clicking]
[whirs]
[engine revs]
[exciting rock music playing]
So tell me about this deal
that Nick lined out.
Yeah, it's a buddy of Nick's.
-I guess the guy's a big car collector.
-Yeah.
He's got some good
classic American muscle cars.
[Mark] Hmm.
[Shawn] While I keep hunting around
for a buyer on the Tesla,
Nick has lined up another deal for us.
So Mark and I are on our way right now
to meet up with him and his client
to talk it all through.
So what what kind of car
is he looking for us to build?
Well, here's the thing.
It's not technically a car
that he wants built
What do you mean "technically"?
It either is a car or it isn't a car.
[Shawn] Now, full disclosure.
Nick's deal is a little unorthodox,
but he swears it'll be worth it.
Hear me out. There's this guy Ryan.
He wants us to build
some hot rod-inspired furniture pieces
for his man cave,
but he wants it Gotham Garage style.
[Mark] What are we, Ikea now?
[chuckles]
-[chuckles]
-[Shawn] Nick thinks this is a good deal.
This is one of his bigger clients,
and this guy is the kind of guy
that only likes to work
with a few select shops.
So if we can do him this favor,
maybe he wants to do
a bigger build down the road.
I think it's a great idea.
Know what scares me the most?
You think it's a great idea.
[both chuckling]
I'll listen to what he has to say,
I'll hear him out,
and then I'll make my decision
when we're done.
[mellow rock music playing]
Here they are. Hey, guys.
Hey. How you doing, Nick? Good to see you.
-Wanted to introduce you to Ryan.
-How you doing? I'm Shawn.
[Mark] Nice to meet you.
So Shawn was telling me
that you want us to do something
with your downstairs man cave.
-Let's take a look.
-[Mark] All right.
[Shawn] Is it as nice
as the rest of your house? 'Cause, man
-[Ryan] There's room for improvement.
-[Mark] It needs a little something?
Exactly. Right this way, guys.
This is it, huh?
[heavy rock music playing]
Wow. Man, you got it all going on.
Usually I wouldn't suggest
taking a project like this,
but when you get the opportunity
to work with someone like Ryan
on any level, you take it.
You come down here
and hide a lot, don't you?
-I do.
-[all chuckling]
[Nick] Ryan is one of my bigger clients,
and he has a very substantial collection.
And normally he only trusts
a few select shops to do any work for him.
So as small as this project is,
this could be huge for us.
Especially if I can get him to commit
to a car build down the road.
[Shawn] So, Ryan,
what are you exactly looking for?
Well, everybody has a big screen TV
and the store-bought things.
I don't want that.
I want a couple of custom pieces
made just for me that nobody else has.
So it sounds pretty much
like you're giving me
almost free reign to do whatever we want
as long as it's got some class
and makes the place
look better, not worse.
I would really like
to keep all this about 25,000.
[Nick] So $25,000 seems like a fair deal.
But how about this? I know you want
a custom car down the line.
What if we can do a handshake deal
that you'll come to us for the custom car
later this year, next year,
and do this for 25,000? How about that?
I think if you could really blow
my mind with this,
then I'd agree to that.
-Yeah?
-I like the sound of that.
-But you better blow my mind in here.
-Yeah, that's what we plan to do.
-Thank you.
-All right, cool deal.
I feel really good about this deal.
I mean, we're getting 25 grand
for building a few pieces of furniture.
And, really, what we're just doing
is showing this guy what we're capable of.
It's something that's
a little bit different for us,
but if we're gonna do it,
we need to do it right.
I wanna do super creative pieces,
but I also wanna show him
that we work very quickly too.
So we'll get out of your hair,
and we'll start brainstorming.
And you and I, we'll have to hit
the antique stores on the way home.
Mark's already got this done in his mind.
Almost. Almost. Almost.
[heavy rock music playing]
-[Jake] Oh, look at this!
-[Caveman] What we got?
We got some scrap metal.
Don't tell me
we're turning this into a full car.
[Mark] Nope. There's not enough there
to even start with.
But it's all there for what we'll do,
but I'll explain that in a minute.
-Let's just get the stuff off the trailer.
-Dude, 15 cents?
-[Jake] That's good. Let's have a soda.
-[Caveman] Right?
On the way back from Ryan's yesterday,
Shawn and I stopped off
at a few of his secret spots
and brought back some junkyard gold.
Think we're gonna find
some nice stuff today.
[Mark] We got car parts that we can turn
into some furniture pieces,
and we also scored on
a 1950s soda-dispensing machine.
So, while Brian and Constance
move the Tesla forward,
I'm gonna get Tony, Jake, and Caveman
lined out on this man cave project.
[Tony] So what are we doing
with all this stuff here?
Instead of building a car for a guy,
Nick's got a client,
and he wants us to deck out his man cave
with some badass Gotham Garage furniture.
-What are we, Ikea?
-That's exactly what I said to Shawn.
I just turned Mark into Martha Stewart.
[chuckling]
What we're going to do is
take that Plymouth ass in,
and we're gonna make
one of those badass couches out of it.
And then we're gonna take
this Coke machine,
and we're gonna turn it into
a beer vending machine.
-Oh wow.
-That's pretty badass.
[Mark] Ryan wanted stuff
that no one else has,
and I can guarantee
that he's gonna be the only guy around
with a '50s-style beer vending machine.
So you think this thing works?
[chuckling] It absolutely will
when you guys are done with it.
[Mark and Caveman chuckling]
[Mark] First off, Tony, Jake, and Caveman
are gonna need to tear
this Coke machine apart
and get those
old gizmos and gadgets turning again.
They'll also need to retrofit
the metal sleeves on the inside
to dispense Mother Nature's
sweetest nectar, frosty cold beer.
From there, they'll move on
to the Plymouth back end
and reinforce the inside to turn it into
an ultra-custom, hot rod-inspired couch.
They'll finish them both off
with a ton of precision metal work
and some silky smooth paint
that will make these pieces
truly one-of-a-kind works of art.
Now, here's the deal with this project.
I really wanna show this guy
that we can work fast,
but with everything that's going on
with that Tesla,
I need to dedicate all my time
to getting that car completed
with Brian and Constance.
So, Tony, I need you to step up
and take this project
from start to finish.
All right.
Even though it's a couch,
and even though it's a vending machine,
it's gotta have the same quality
as when we build a car.
So every inch of it's gotta be perfect
'cause, really, what we wanna do
is impress him so much
that we guarantee
getting that other big build.
So I think the first thing you need to do
is get this thing up and running
and then figurin' out
how to make it dispense beer bottles.
-Should I get some beer for the dispenser?
-No.
[all chuckling]
I've obviously managed builds here before,
but even though this is a small project,
it seems like it has
a little bit more significance.
[Jake] That's probably the mech
that turns the belt, I would imagine.
[Tony] Should be, but it's not.
I don't know why this thing's not turning.
There's no beers in it.
[chuckles]
With these pieces, we're trying to make
a big first impression
with one of Nick's high-profile clients,
and it sounds like
it could potentially lead us
to a pretty lucrative relationship
with this guy.
-Know how to work on these, Caveman?
-A little bit here and there.
[Tony] So I definitely wanna
step up on this one
and show Mark and everybody else
that I'm up for this task.
I think I found the problem.
Just push this [grunts] tooth in.
Oh, look at that. Oh yeah. Look and see.
-It's working?
-[Caveman] Look.
-[Jake] Good job, Caveman.
-[Tony] Look at you. You're a genius.
All right, this is good.
So the gears are turning.
But the real challenge here, guys,
is gonna be to get these canisters
to fit our beer bottles.
It looks like this thing is set up
for those super thin soda bottles
from back in the day.
I can tell you right now,
it's not gonna fit a beer bottle.
[exciting surfer rock music playing]
How do we feel about this angle?
-It's pretty flat, actually. It's not
-Yeah?
[Mark] You look a little stymied
under this car.
So I know it's a little unorthodox,
but we have to put the driveshaft
-Inside. [chuckles]
-inside a car. Should work, right?
It's gonna make the interior
very interesting.
[Mark] All that
is gonna have to be modified.
Even though this Tesla deal fell through
and our short timeline no longer exists,
I still wanna finish this car
as soon as possible.
Then it's ready to be sold
the second Shawn lines up a buyer.
[engine revving]
We've obviously got
the motor firing already
and all of the Tesla electronics working.
[Tony] Oh damn. That worked. It's on.
[Mark] So the next step
is to put this car in motion.
In order to do that, we have to install
a custom two-piece driveshaft
to get this car driving on the street.
So let's go ahead and drop this car down.
You and I will get in it
with the driveshaft,
then you give us a free ride to the top.
You don't want to try and climb in?
No, I don't really wanna
-I'll take the free ride on the button.
-[chuckles]
[Constance] The big issue
that we're up against here is that
this Tesla was never intended
to have any of this stuff,
including this driveshaft.
Please keep your hands and arms
inside the vehicle at all times.
[whirs]
Now that this car is set up
with a hot rod motor and transmission,
the driveshaft allows us to transfer
the power from the motor
and transmission to the rear tires.
So when you hit the gas pedal,
that driveshaft
is gonna start spinning super fast.
[Mark] More, more. Okay, good.
[Constance] If any of our alignment is off
in our custom setup,
that drive shaft could just break loose.
[Mark] Ooh.
And that could cause
major damage to this car.
Gonna have to do
a little spacer-wacer right there, man.
-[Brian groans]
-[Mark] 'Cause it's hitting the floor.
[Constance] This isn't a situation
where you just cross your fingers
and hope that it works.
It's triple and quadruple check everything
to make sure it's foolproof.
[Brian] Okay, Constance, bolt it.
[whirring, rattling]
[Brian] You're good.
[Mark] All right. Spin it. Good?
-Yep, we're good.
-All right.
[exciting rock music playing]
Bring us down to Earth, please.
[whirring]
-Ow.
-[Brian grunts]
-[Brian laughs]
-[Mark] The drive shaft's in. We're good.
But before I take it out on the street,
we need to put a wrench
on every nut and bolt in this drivetrain
to make sure that it's safe,
so I can get it out there.
All right.
Then we hopefully will be able to fire
this up and drive it out of the building.
Let's handle that tomorrow,
and then we'll see if it all works.
Yes. Does that mean I get to drive it?
Uh, let me think about it. Uh, no.
[Constance] Nice try, Brian.
You're new here. You'll learn.
[giggles]
[driving rock music playing]
[music ends]
It fits a little way in,
but it doesn't go
All the way.
I think there's room to do it.
It's not by much.
-It's just aluminum.
-Yeah.
And it looks like
we have a little room in the hinge.
I really don't wanna get
into re-making all these pieces.
-There's a lot going on here.
-Yeah, definitely not.
Thanks to Caveman, we have the gears
in the vending machine turning.
I think I found the problem.
Just Look at that.
[Jake] Good job, Caveman.
[Tony] So now,
we need to come up with a way
to get these beer bottles to fit
inside the canisters.
You ever use those exhaust flaring tools?
[Jake] Yeah, opens up
and stretches the tube?
You think that might
stretch these out a little bit?
It's definitely worth a shot.
Let's give one a try
and see where it gets us.
[Tony] Let's do it.
An exhaust flaring tool
is used to expand your exhaust pipe,
and by coincidence,
it fits perfect in these canisters.
So just drop it all the way in,
start it at the bottom?
[Tony] Yeah, let's go to right here.
To really impress Nick's client,
Mark wants to show him
that we work super quick around here.
So I'm hoping that this exhaust tool
is a nice little shortcut
to help us get this beer machine
fully functional.
-[Jake] Would you look at that?
-[chuckling] Oh man.
Now we just gotta do it 51 more times.
-Yeah.
-[both chuckling]
-[tool clicking]
-[upbeat music playing]
Checking 'em off.
It's working out pretty good.
All right, let's get it all back together
and see if it works.
Dope. Let's do it.
[Tony] So you got the gear
[Caveman] Ooh!
By the hair of my chinny chin chin.
Huh.
There ain't no way, Tony.
The mech ain't gonna turn that.
[Tony] Yeah, the belt's too tight now.
It's never gonna fit over those rollers.
[tense music playing]
[Tony] Oh crap.
So, uh
Maybe we can move the location
of where these roller wheels are.
We just have to move 'em up, relocate 'em.
That might actually work.
-It's a start anyway.
-Yeah.
[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
The entire machine
is designed to fit a certain size belt,
and by expanding the canisters,
we actually changed the size of the belt.
So now we have to adjust
the rollers to sit higher,
and then we should be able
to get the belt to fit over the rollers.
-That looks pretty good.
-[Tony] I think so.
-[Jake] Wanna tack it?
-Yeah.
It's kinda like
when you had too many beers
and your size 32 belt doesn't fit anymore.
What do you do?
You go grab a nail and a hammer
and you pop a new hole in that belt.
And that's what we have to do.
[Caveman] Oh, look at that.
You got plenty of adjustment now.
Sure, I was being kind to myself
with a 32 on the belt,
but a gentleman never reveals
his belt size.
[chuckling]
Moment of truth.
We'll see how good our measurements are.
Right! Look at that.
Let's see here.
You guys ready for the test?
[Jake] Fingers crossed.
[suspenseful music building]
[music fades]
-[Jake] Oh, that is super sweet.
-[Caveman] Tight?
[Tony] I think it's working.
Let's see if our beer lines up.
All right, so we shut this.
-One more time.
-Let's give it a test.
Oh, it's working!
Bingo!
-I'll have another one. And another one
-[Jake] Another one!
[Caveman] You can get two at once
if you make the door a little bigger.
-[Jake chuckles] That's perfect.
-Nice work, guys.
So now that this is working,
we can start getting it ready for paint.
But in the meantime,
we gotta jump on that couch
because we've got a whole couch to build.
-You really want me to jump on it?
-You could be the tester.
-[Caveman] I'm always the tester.
-[all laughing]
[mellow blues rock music playing]
I got a Tesla Model S
with a gas-powered motor.
I figured something like that is
right up your alley. Am I right?
[man] Ooh, you know, um,
that's not really my thing, man.
[Shawn] Just like that?
No second thought? No nothing?
Yeah, it's just that's not something
that I'm looking for right now.
I've been trying my best
at wrangling up a buyer for this Tesla,
but I am striking out at every turn.
All right, well,
if you know anybody though,
hit me back will ya?
I'll send 'em your way.
I appreciate you calling, buddy.
-[phone beeps]
-Man.
I need some help.
Badly.
You having fun?
[breathes deeply]
Trying to find a buyer for this Tesla,
it's been challenging to say the least.
I can imagine.
Which is, um, why I wanted to talk to you.
Do you know anybody,
I mean, like, anybody,
that would be
remotely interested in this Tesla?
[chuckles dryly] No one jumps to mind.
Selling these over-the-top niche cars
is definitely not my forte.
But sitting on a project like this Tesla
that has all the money
and the resources invested,
that can be crippling
for a small garage like Gotham.
I wouldn't ask you if I wasn't desperate.
-No, I know.
-And I'm just grasping at straws here.
[Nick] I have a lot riding
on this partnership.
I put all my other business on hold
to make this work.
And as long as this Tesla
is an albatross around our necks,
it's gonna affect our ability
to take on high-end projects.
[exhales] Okay, there's probably
a couple of people I can call.
I'd appreciate that.
-Thank
-Oh, well, you know, no promises.
They're looking for something
a bit more unique,
something more of an art piece.
[chuckling] I'm not sure
it's gonna be a Tesla with a 383,
but it gives me the opportunity
to call them and find out.
That's all I'm asking for.
I appreciate it.
I wanna get past this Tesla
as much as everybody else,
so we'll make some calls and see.
-I'm Thank you very much, Nick.
-All right.
No worries. Talk to you in a bit.
[Shawn] Okay.
[exciting rock music playing]
[music fades]
[Mark] Well, now that
we've got the driveshaft in all the way,
let's, uh, get everything else
kinda cleaned up and buttoned up
so we can go take it for a test-drive.
[exciting rock music playing]
Now that we have
this driveshaft installed,
right now we're giving it the once-over.
We're tying up all the loose ends
so we can go test this car
out on the street.
At first glance,
it all seems like this will work,
but remember, this is an untested system.
So if anything is off,
and I mean anything,
when this driveshaft
starts turning at speed,
if it starts to wobble,
the failure would be catastrophic.
[Brian] It smells good.
[Constance] I mean,
it doesn't smell like a Tesla,
if that's what you're wondering.
[both chuckling]
Not only will it tear up
the whole drivetrain that we've created,
but we'd also have to come up with
a totally new solution
to make this car drivable.
So we need to put this car
out on the street
and make sure
that this whole setup is solid.
All righty, you guys ready for this?
[rumbling smoothly]
[Constance] Okay. So far, so good.
[Brian] Hell yeah!
[chuckling] That thing looks tight.
[Mark] It seems like
it's holding up pretty well.
Okay, I'm going to hammer on it
and see if it holds up.
-[engine revving]
-[tires squeal]
-Whoo! Yes!
-Whoo! Yeah!
[upbeat rock music playing]
Ah, that was so cool!
[Mark] Hearing this car rumble and shake
under its own power is totally surreal.
And surprisingly enough,
it's a very smooth ride.
No different than your typical hot rod.
-Yeah!
-[sighs in relief]
[Mark] Now that it's running and driving,
we can move on
to the fabrication part of this project
and get this car
that much closer to the finish line.
[chuckles]
-It drove.
-Man. Pretty badass.
And it sounds awesome, but, whoo, man
-[Brian] Awesome.
-The exhaust is going through the floor.
Well, let's get some, uh, sheet metal
and get started on fabricating
a center console and fender flares,
and get the exhaust run on it,
and get her done and get her out of here.
Good job, guys.
[Brian] That's what I'm talking about!
[exciting dubstep music playing]
-[Tony] These feet'll be pretty good.
-Mine's good.
Ready? We'll roll it forward.
-Yeah, it looks pretty sturdy.
-Yeah. See, look how solid that is.
Yep.
Now that we've got
our vending machine fully functional,
it's time to put the couch together.
-Cool.
-Party time in the man cave.
[Jake] The last piece
Mark wanted us to build for the man cave
is a super custom couch,
and it really needs to look like
an art piece.
-I'm gonna go polish these up.
-All right.
[dramatic music playing]
So over the years
of me being a fabricator,
I've done quite a few
custom furniture pieces,
and when it comes to furniture
and automotive stuff,
they're very comparable.
Oh, that looks good. Really good.
But at the same time, the car moves.
There's many different angles to look at.
A piece of furniture
is just sitting in the corner.
[Tony] Like a glove.
[Jake] So it does take
a lot of time and effort
to make that stand out
just as much as a car
that has all these
moving parts and pieces.
-Oh, that's actually fitting pretty good.
-Yeah, man. I think we're really close.
I think we need to get
a little bit more reveal of the fin.
-You know, so it can blend.
-[Jake] Cool.
And if the hope is to get a big car build
out of this man cave deal,
we gotta make sure
we build everything out perfect.
-It's gonna be under a microscope.
-Caveman. How's this looking?
It's looking like it's about ready
to get primed and painted.
Well, Jake's done.
Let's give these things a last wipe down,
and we'll get 'em all primed and painted.
-Let's do it.
-All right.
[epic music playing]
To finish off these custom pieces,
we wanna give each of 'em
a really killer paint job.
And since it's hot rod-inspired,
we want this paint to feel like
it's show quality.
So we're gonna go with
a black and white theme all around.
And Jake's even gonna do
some really slick custom pinstriping,
just like you would see on a badass car.
All right, the paint looks really slick.
Yeah, it polished out really well.
Thank you.
[Tony] Now let's work on the upholstery
and get these things finished up.
Obviously, this isn't the biggest,
most prestigious project
that we've done here,
but Mark allowed me to take the reins,
and with Caveman and Jake's help,
I think we put together
some pretty awesome-looking pieces
for this client's man cave.
And with these final touches,
all the intricate upholstery,
all the tiny details,
I think we're showing off
some really high-quality work.
Hopefully, I stepped it up enough
and came through for Mark
and everyone else in the shop.
And hopefully, this is the kind of work
that will get Nick's client to commit
to another project with us.
[music fades]
I hope you like this
and are impressed with what we did.
We, uh, put our all into it.
[mellow Western music playing]
So, we took this 1950s soda pop machine,
and we converted it
into a one-of-a-kind beer dispenser.
That is cool.
That's exactly what I was looking for.
Whoa!
So this whole belt drive mechanism
is pretty crazy how it works.
Best part is, it was built in the '50s.
Everything was mechanical.
So no electronics, there's no computers.
By the time you wear this belt out,
you'll be too old to remember
what was in the fridge.
-[chuckling]
-Or too drunk.
Or too drunk.
Let's go over here and take a look
at this custom couch we built for you.
[slow, driving rock music playing]
-That is cool.
-So do you wanna give it a test-drive?
I would love to give that a test-drive.
[Nick] Ryan seems to like
what the shop have put together for him,
but building a few furniture pieces
and committing to a whole car build
are obviously two very different things.
Oh yeah, Ryan looks good
in the back of that custom car.
That's great.
It's got a beer holder for you
and a beer holder for your friend.
I know him, and I know him well,
and he's a very discerning collector.
So hopefully this work was enough
to show him what the shop is capable of.
So, happy client?
[suspenseful music playing]
Yeah, absolutely. I love it.
Awesome. Awesome.
So if that's what the guys can do
with a few unique pieces
of, uh of sculpture,
think what they can do with a car.
Oh, absolutely.
The workmanship
on all these pieces are amazing.
You can tell the time and effort
and the quality that's in these pieces.
I'm looking to expand my collection soon.
And when I do, I'm coming to you.
That's what we like to hear.
I can't wait to have them do
a future project for me.
Now the joy of a Gotham Garage build
is the test-drive.
So I think it's time
that we test-drive the beer dispenser.
Oh, I think so.
[Nick] After you, sir.
I know you guys
weren't totally into this build at first,
but, man, we might have
just made a client for life.
-[Mark chuckling] Yeah.
-Oh, he already He's already working it.
[Mark] Tony did such an amazing job
taking the lead on this project.
When his friends round that corner
down into his man cave bar,
he's gonna be able to say to himself,
"Not only do I have
something you don't have,
I have something you can't have."
But maybe they can have
because if we got our line
of Gotham Garage furniture
I'm just saying.
Little pocket cash on the side never hurt.
-All right, cheers.
-Yeah.
Cheers. Cheers.
-Bottoms up.
-[Shawn] Mm-hmm!
[Mark] Mm!
[exciting rock music playing]
[Mark] Constance, grab the seat bottom
and put it in the back of the car
on the seat frame.
And then, Brian, will you grab
this other seat and put it on this side?
We wanna get this car ready
so as soon as Shawn lines up a buyer,
we're good to go.
So now that we have this Tesla
running and driving on the street,
it's time to make it look
as badass as it drives.
So this
That's gonna get a little tack there,
and then there's gonna be a new body line
where this comes around like that.
So we just need to tack this
and then weld that piece to this piece.
-[Brian] Okay.
-We wanna go full hot rod with this Tesla.
So we're gonna add some wild fender flares
on the front and the back.
I want this Tesla to look super aggressive
and worthy of that 383 stroker motor.
[dramatic rock music playing]
Not only are we gonna give it
super wide fender flares,
but I wanna cut
a unique hole in that hood.
I want it to look like
that motor just blew the lid off of it.
This car is a one-of-a-kind.
I mean, it's a freaking gas-powered Tesla,
so it needs to look the part.
[music ends]
All right, well, that's done.
Now it looks like a proper
Gotham Garage hot rod, so I'm stoked.
-You guys happy?
-[Constance] Love it.
Sweet. Well, let's get it, uh,
into body work,
and then I'm gonna go meet with Shawn
and see where we stand on a buyer.
Sounds good.
[exciting blues rock music playing]
We are the reason for this party, really,
because he's probably celebrating
his man cave.
-I think so.
-What's up?
Nick was just telling me that Ryan is
just crazy happy about the man cave.
-[Nick] He is.
-Cool.
-He's having a party Saturday night.
-[Mark laughs] Already?
The reason we called you in here,
we got some good news.
-[Mark] Yeah?
-Nick found a buyer for the Tesla.
Wasn't that your job?
Aren't you supposed to be
the one that's selling the Tesla?
How'd you get roped into doing his job?
I was I was happy to help.
Don't worry about it.
This has not been
an easy task trying to find
a buyer for a gas-powered Tesla.
Couldn't be that hard.
Nick found somebody.
[Nick] It took a few phone calls,
but I found a client
that might be
a little intrigued by the Tesla.
Guy named Joe,
haven't done a great deal of business,
but I've known him a long time.
Uh, he's got a great collection
of exquisite cars,
but he's looking for
something different, unique.
Now look, no one wants to get
their hopes up on this,
but the timing could be perfect.
As far as I understand,
the car's nearly completed,
the team are nearly done,
so if we can get it sold
pretty much straight away,
then that will be a big win for the shop.
-Have you guys talked price at all?
-[Nick] Um
[smacks lips] He's not prepared
to speculate on a number
until he sees the car.
Okay.
It's a unique car, um,
but there are no comps.
He wants to see the finished product.
So, um, I'm taking it,
this is our best option at this time?
This is the only option
we've got right now.
I think we need
to get the guy in front of the car
and let him fall in love with it.
Well, then I guess, unlike Shawn,
I can't pass off my job to somebody else.
I have to go paint the Tesla.
[Shawn chortles] I get where you're going
with that one. Yeah, that's funny.
[smooth electronic music playing]
[engine revs]
[Mark] The way I see it,
this car has split personalities.
It's half American hot rod and half Tesla.
So I wanna give it a two-sided paint job.
On the left, I'm gonna go stark white
to represent
a practical, tech-advanced car.
And on the right,
I'm spraying it deep, deep red
to show off that aggressive side,
that badass monster
with a 383 stroker motor.
[Constance] Caveman,
do you want a soft rag for that?
[Caveman] I was gonna use
paper towels to get the dust off.
[Tony] Going up.
[hydraulics whirring]
I was Okay.
I guess the windows are gonna be last.
Okay.
[exciting music playing]
[Mark] When we agreed
to take on this project,
we had no idea
that it'd turn into such a roller coaster.
We obviously don't know
where things are gonna land
with this buyer that Nick found.
But one thing is for sure,
we built a truly original ride.
The wheels and tires,
the side pipes,
the frickin' insane power plant
that's blasting through the hood.
I cannot wait to see
what this thing feels like
out on the street.
[music fading]
[dramatic rock music building]
[Mark] For better or worse,
we've always been known
as a shop that takes risks.
That's because when we go places
that other shops wouldn't think of
[music stops]
people take notice.
[engine revs]
[tires squeal]
[man exclaims]
[music resumes]
[Mark] Everything about this Tesla
screams wicked hot rod.
We started with an older Tesla Model S.
-And then went total Gotham Garage.
-[music stops]
[music resumes intensely]
Every detail is a reflection of this shop.
You can see it coming from a mile away,
and you can hear it
coming from a mile away.
To me, this car is worth
every bit of 90 grand and then some.
[music ends]
This car came out really nice.
Of all the unique cars
that we build around here,
this one really stands out.
-It's out of the box.
-[Mark] Yeah.
And look, literally out of the hood.
As amazing as this car turned out,
we still don't know a ton
about Nick's buyer, Joe.
According to Nick, he's interested
in something totally unique.
There's some serious shock value
going on here.
And, obviously,
this car checks off that box.
[Mark] Yeah, if he wants
a Gotham Garage car,
it doesn't get any more Gotham Garage
than this Tesla.
I hope the shock value on this
impresses Nick's guy
when he comes around that corner.
How can you not dig this car?
Now even though this is Nick's client,
we agreed
that I'm gonna lead the negotiations
since the Tesla was always
my deal from the beginning.
-There he is.
-Excited to see this car.
Yeah, exactly.
Hopefully, he values this car
as much as we do.
What do you think?
Whoa, look at that.
How you doing? I'm Shawn.
-Joe. Nice to meet you.
-Joe. Mark.
Nice to meet you, Mark.
Look at that motor.
-Yeah, you can't miss it, right?
-Wow, it is tearing out of the hood.
[Mark] Yeah, it's got a 383 stroker in it.
I love the, uh, mag wheels. Nice piece.
-The pipes.
-[Mark] Yeah. Big side pipe.
Everything I own has to have a side pipe.
-[Shawn chuckles]
-Look at that.
Tried to make a hot rod out of it.
-This is actually where the fuel goes.
-[Mark] That is where the fuel goes.
It's got everything that the Tesla
already had baked into the inside,
but you get all the American muscle
on the outside.
-[Joe] Can you fire it up?
-Oh yeah.
[Shawn] Can we fire it up?
Am I gonna need earplugs?
You'll need 'em.
The neighborhood'll need 'em.
[engine revving loudly]
[mouthing] Wow.
[engine turns off]
-[Mark] Gotta love that, don't ya?
-[Joe] Wow.
Oh, you've outdone yourself on this one.
-What a piece of work. Gorgeous.
-[Mark] Thank you, man.
How good is this gonna look?
The Goldwing there, the Ferrari there
-I want this in my office.
-[laughs]
I think this would be a great centerpiece
for everybody to walk by and check out.
This is an amazing car.
Well, I gotta ask the big question.
What do you gentlemen want for this?
We feel a very fair value is 125 grand.
My value is, uh, not gonna be
right at that number.
I'm really comfortable
at about $65,000 cash.
Mm. Wow.
[tense music playing]
[Shawn] This is the big elephant
in the room when it comes to this car.
It's so unique
that there's no monetary comp for it.
So it's worth
what someone's willing to pay for it.
Plain and simple.
There is a lot going on here,
and for 65 grand, I mean,
you know what it takes
to build something like this.
But Mark's bottom line on the car is 90k.
In his mind, that's the only way
we make enough profit
to pay out eight people
and make ourselves whole on the car.
[Joe] For my needs
and for what I'm gonna use it for,
this is gonna be a centerpiece
that I'm not really gonna use,
other than the fact
that it's just beautiful.
[Shawn] If we can't make a deal right now
or find some sort of compromise,
this car goes back into storage
with no other legitimate buyers
on the horizon.
[closing theme music plays]