"Right now on "Fast n' loud"..." "My boss wears women's jeans." "What?" "!" "When master mechanic Aaron kaufman takes time off," "Hot-rod hunter richard rawlings Seizes the opportunity." "To revisit an old friend..." "There it is." "My 1974 mercury comet." "And remake The first car he ever owned." "That's the way I used to drive In high school." "What is this?" "But when the monkeys realize." "His glory days Weren't all that glorious..." "It was called "Comet vomit."" "They vow to give it The kind of class." "It never had in school." "Y'all can do Whatever you want to." "Paint it some other color Other than green?" "No." "I'm okay with the green." "I'm okay with the green." "Meanwhile, emotions run deep." "When richard tries to buy A '69 c-10 chevy." "It just seemed to me." "Like it was out here Wasting away." "Welcome, guys." "And aaron seeks new horizons Away from the garage." "Yeah!" "It's a week where expectations." "Crash against reality." "We died." "Will the monkeys be able to Deliver green gold to richard?" "I'm gonna go call up Some of my old cheerleaders." "Or will the past come back To haunt them all?" "Okay, that looks stupid." " Wow." " Wow." "We can't even walk down A hallway that well." "This one I'm fired up About, dude." "I finally found My high-school car." "I graduated high school In fort worth in 1987." "That's right..." "I'm a lot younger than I look." "Now, school and me..." "Well, it was never The most comfortable fit," "But I had something cool." "To help me get through The whole thing..." "My 1974 mercury comet." "When you talk to gearheads About hot rods," "You never hear the words "Mercury comet."" "But back in 1974, It had a lot to offer." "Based on the same frame As the ford maverick," "It was a compact car with class And a comfortable ride." "By the time I got mine in high School, it was 11 years old," "But I still thought It was the cat's meow." "You drove a comet?" "Wow." "Yeah." "It was puke-green." "I mean, the most disgusting Color green." "You could have picked." "What made you buy that?" "It was my dad's car," "And he decided to sell it So he could get something else." "He was willing To finance it for me." "I think he charged me $25 a week or something." "And it was a six-cylinder?" "At least I had a car." "Your first car is a lot like Your first love." "You just never forget it." "So, a few years ago, I wanted my first car back." "But being as I couldn't find it," "I decided to look For a '74 mercury comet." "That I could re-create Into the one I had." "Problem is... they were just Utilitarian transportation." "There wasn't anything Really special about them." "Most of them Have just been junked." "You just have to get lucky And find one." "That's been In somebody's garage forever." "There it is." "Look at that!" "Mercury comet!" "Dude, imagine that thing All nice and green-on-green." "It's like 1987 All over again." "So far." "Look at that." "Wow!" "Wow!" "Didn't expect to see that." "Richard." "Good afternoon, gentlemen." "How are you?" "My name is fred naturale." "Hi, fred." "Dennis collins." "Dennis." "The super bee is not for sale." "Whatever." "Never mind the big, Orange thing in the back." "Let's talk about The comet." "Love it!" "So, what's the story On this car?" "Came from california." "And it was a typical Dear-old-lady story." "She drove it on the weekends To the supermarket." "The car actually got shipped out To cape cod, where I bought it." "What are the miles, "R"?" " 55,000." " Yep." "So, I'm checking it out In the driveway." "I mean, the interior Is unbelievable." "The car is clean." "There's no rust." "And it's really dry Underneath." "Been tapped once Over here." "Yeah, there's a little bond On that side." "Probably A parking-lot accident." "You want to see Under the hood?" "Yes, sir." "Still got All the smog stuff." "Yeah." "Start it up." "Whoa." "It sounds good." "This is my wife, daria." "Hey, daria." "Richard rawlings." " This is richard." " Nice to meet you." "He's interested In your comet." "When I purchased The comet," "I was actually gonna do A v-8 swap-over on the car." "And make it a little bit Of a hot rod." "But once I got it Running and stopping," "It ran so good that My wife jumped in." "Behind the wheel one day And never came out." "Never got out of it." "Take it for a drive?" "Absolutely." "Take it as far as you'd like." "Jump right in." "Even the seat-belt buzzer Works, dude." "Does it feel like home?" "Let's find out." "Definitely smells Like the one I had." "Or is that you?" "Well, I guess it's the car." "Hold on." "Hanging a corner." "Yeah!" "That's the way I used to drive In high school." "I'm sure." "Probably had it on two wheels." "So, we get it Out on the road," "And it doesn't make a rattle, Doesn't make a sound," "Does everything It's supposed to do." "Even the a.C. Works." "I mean, This is a good car." "All right, I'm buying it." "I don't care what he says." "Man, not a rattle, Not a shimmy." "Pretty rad." "It's a good ladies' car." "Don't say that, dude." "I drove this car in high school." "It's real dependable." "I had no thought putting her Behind the wheel." "Anyways, you're looking For somewhere around..." "We were asking $6,200 for it, But we're open to offers." "She's got to give The "Yes" or "No."" "So, they were hoping For around 6,200 bucks." "Quite frankly, I don't know." "If that's in or out Of the ballpark, 'cause there's just not anything To compare it to." "But you know me." "No matter what, I need to get it cheaper." "Golly." "I think I only got like 3 grand." "When I sold it In high school." "How about $3,500?" " That's..." " No." " No?" "No way?" " No, no, no." "All right." "What's the bottom line?" "$4,500?" "Wow!" "We're moving In the right direction." "How about 4 grand?" "Smidgeon." "Smidgeon more." "A smidgeon more." "How much is a smidgeon?" "$200." "Okay. $4,200." "That will get us dinner Tonight." "That's a big dinner." "$200 extra will get us..." "I was gonna say." "You're going for A $4,200 dinner, I'm going." "Um..." "Yeah, I'll do it." "Stick out your hand." "Awesome!" "There we go." "Ladies first." "Thank you." "The 4,200 bucks, It's a weird number," "But he needed 200 bucks For dinner." "I mean, look at him." "He's a big guy." "That's probably like Half a side of beef." "4,200 bucks." "There you go, ma'am." "Thank you, richard." "Anyways, This isn't about money." "I don't want to build this car And sell it and make a profit." "I want a chance To get behind the wheel." "Of the very first car I ever had." "And be that kid that was ready To take on the world." "Well, guys, We're gonna get back to dallas." "Thank y'all again." "Thank you very much." "You made my high-school dreams Come true again." "Nice." "Great to meet y'all." " Whoo!" " See you later." "We wish It was green-on-green," "But we can fix that At gas monkey." "Otherwise, It's exactly what I need." "I'm going back to 1987." "It's gonna be like Going back to the..." "Back," "Wherever that is." "How could you be A ladies' man in high school." "Driving a ladies' car?" "Dude, I wasn't." "I got ridiculed like hell In high school." "Sweet!" "Shh!" "All right, guys." "He hasn't seen us." "Mike, tony, get moving." "You're dragging back there." "What's up, guys?" "Where are the guys?" "Hello?" "I told you he'd leave the keys In the car." "Hurry, come on." "Get in." "Get in!" "Hurry." "The train's leaving." "Hurry, hurry, Hurry, hurry," "Before somebody realizes It's gone." "All right, let's go." "Daddy." "Go in reverse, Go in reverse." "Go, go, go!" "This never happened." "Come on, man." "He doesn't look happy." "All right, Get out of the car." "Hey, it's a cream puff." "I can't believe you'd treat A nice classic this badly." "Man." "I freakin' love it, man." "It's a comet, dude." "What's not to love?" "You used two inappropriate Words, "Nice" and "Classic."" "This is yours?" "Hell yeah, it is." "Did it come with a No." "Seriously, man, This is super-cool." "You know how long I've looked For one of these?" " Why?" " Exactly." "You are looking at, Except for the coloring," "The exact car I had in high school." "Hold on." "I'm gonna Go out on a limb... green." "It was green." "With... wait, wait, wait." "With green interior." "With green interior." "So, check this out." "It's actually Kind of bad news for y'all," "But good news for me." "Aaron's taking A little vacation time." "He's not coming in These next couple weeks." "Why?" "Mostly 'cause he's "The bearded wonder"." "And he needed a break." "He just said he wanted To take a little time off." "You know, he even told me He wants to go fly a jet." "And do a lot of other things That he's always wanted to." "But didn't have the time." "Yeah." "But here's the great news." "Aaron would never Build this car for me." "I've talked to him a million Times over the last 15 years," "And he's like, "No way in hell."" "Am I ever touching A mercury comet."" "So, since he's not here, Now we're gonna build it." "That's the bad news For all of us." "That's it." "So, what are we doing?" "I want the exact car I had in high school." "A.C., power steering, Power brakes." "Shag carpet." "I don't think You can use power." "On anything on this car." "Dude, come on." "It's ridiculous." "It's got bumpers That stick out like a mile." "Like this much room between The body and the bumpers?" "I know." "This is the first car I ever customized." "How did you customize it?" "Well, I put A stick-on hood scoop." "I put some stripes on it." "And I had Some keystone mags." "With some toyo raised White-letter tires." "And that's what You want to do again?" "Heck yeah." "This was a rad-dude car in 1985." "Well, since you can't see The motor when the hood's down," "Can we put a real motor In the car?" "Nope." "This is gonna be the car I had in high school." "It can be the car you had in High school with the hood shut," "But with a cool motor In it." " But that was 1985." " Yeah, no kidding." "We're going With six-cylinder." "You gonna tuck These bumpers?" "Please say yes." "No." "That's the way they came, That's the way I want it." "We'll lose the smog control, Clean up underneath," "And just make A bad-ass comet." "You can't use "Bad-ass" and "Comet" in the same sentence." "Yes, you can." " Oxymoron." " No, you can't." "That's a bad-ass comet." "See?" "I just did." "That's wrong." "You know, with aaron gone," "You'd think richard would Ask the rest of us monkeys." "What we want to do With this car." "We have a ton of experience And a lot of good ideas." "But what's he gonna Let us do instead?" "Pretty much nothing." "We could at least add, like, One "O" of cool to it." "If he'd just let us Tuck the bumper," "Shave some stuff off." "And put a 5.0 in it." "Put a 5.0 in it." "Instead of a six-cylinder." " Yeah." " I don't know." "Yeah." "But some big, old, wide Meats in the back, tub it out." "Like, we could, like, make it Like a monster." "But no." "Basically, anything cool, Richard don't want on this one." "Because the car ain't cool." "Ain't cool at all." "So, how long do we get to build Your high-school dream car?" "You got two weeks." " Okay." " All right." "You sure we can't Tuck these bumpers?" "Guys, come on." "This is it." "Get to work." "Bleh." "All right, Here's the deal." "Richard has A change of heart..." "Y'all can do Whatever you want to." "Before breaking a seller's." "It sounds like you got a lot Of family history with it." "Does that come With a big price tag?" "Well, I guess we should Get started on this thing." "I really don't want to." "It does nothing for me." "I don't mind Doing ugly ducklings," "But this is The ugliest duckling." "This is not even a duck." "Richard." "What's this I hear, You're building a '74 comet?" "Heck yeah." "Like the one I had in high school." "Ha!" "Are we paying for it?" "Yes." "Have we bought it?" "Yes." "Okay." "So, you know how it goes." "When you think back On your childhood." "You tend to remember The good times," "But not so much How things really were." "It was vomit green." "That was not cool In high school." "Green." "It was super-cool." "It was called "Comet vomit."" "Comet vomit..." "That's what they called you." "We don't need To talk about that." "I don't think This is a good idea." "It's a great idea." "What are you gonna have The monkeys do to it?" "Make it just like the one I had in high school." "Then I'm gonna get My lovely wife." "To dress up in an eastern hills Cheerleading uniform," "And I'm gonna go cruise around, Try to be cool." "Goodness." "No." "As richard's big sister," "I feel like it's my job To save the world." "And not have to relive this Ugly, ugly chapter in history." "I think you need To think about this." "What's the point Of doing the car." "If you're not gonna give it The gas monkey treatment?" "That's what People want to see." "Because I want it to be Like the one I had." "It's 2017." "Come on." "I wasn't..." "Listen to me." "What?" "Listen to your sister." "No comet vomit." "Let the monkeys Do their job." "They know how To gas-monkey it up." "Listen to me." "I was the cool one, Anyway." "Just go away." "I'm gonna go to talk to my guys." "Hang on, hang on." "Don't put that thing On the lift yet." "It's a cream puff!" "All right, Here's the deal." "So, I've been listening To y'all bitch enough." "And I've heard all The snide comments and remarks." "So, instead of building My exact car from high school," "To a point, y'all can do Whatever you want to." "Why don't we Give it some nuts." "And give it a little 2017 version of what I had?" " I like the sound of that." " Yeah." "Why don't we do a 300 motor, Maybe a different carburation?" "Change the stance, Maybe cut off the bumpers." " Bumpers." " Bumpers!" "Get rid of all this trim That's not needed," "And paint it some other color Other than green?" "No." "It will be green." "I'm okay with the green." "I'm okay with the green." "What about the hood?" "Do you want to go." "With the grabber hood That had the snorkels?" " Yeah, a grabber hood." " Absolutely a grabber hood." "All right." " We're talking bigger wheels." " Bigger wheels." "We can just do A locker rear end," "Straight-6 webers, Keep the c4," "Put a shift kit in it, Just hop it up a little bit." "So it will be Fun to drive." "Y'all still need to give us Enough time to do our job." "You're gonna get your four days, Just like always." "I don't want to get Into fender flares." "And I don't want to get Into changing my suspension." "And I don't want to get Into shortening the rear end." "And having to build tubs Or anything of that crap." "So that you don't Have to do any mods." "Does that make y'all happy?" " Yes." " Yes." "Here's the downside." "The bearded wonder Gets back in three weeks," "So that's all the time You're gonna get." "Whoa." "Well, you got to look At the bright side, too." "You don't have to deal With aaron." "He'd be trying To shoehorn a 572 in there." "And that's a chevrolet And not even a freakin' ford." "But we do Have to get it done." "Before he gets back From vacation," "So it's still A lot of work on our part." "If that's decided, We need to start." "Tearing this thing down..." "Like now." "I don't know why richard Finally saw the light," "But I'm certainly More excited about this build." "Now that richard's letting us Monkeys have some input on it." "And let's just shred it And get it to mike and tony." "Try to give you a decent Amount of time this time." "Sure." "All right." "Of course, Now that we've talked the talk," "We got to walk the walk," "Especially now that We're piloting the ship." "It's going to be our asses on the line." "If richard's not happy When it's done." "Literally dropped the tank." "Ay, papí!" "Gotty." "Wink." "Aah." "There's a couple Of big issues..." "Or, in this case, small ones..." "That we got to tackle If we're gonna stay on schedule." "What is that." "That was the reaction We had, too." "We're going to have jamie Soup up the motor." "With a carburetor And some new internals." "And give this motor Some real power." "Leave it loose So it will fly out of the back." "And we're sending All the interior." "Out of house, to rolando." "Clear?" "You're good on my side." "Then, while mike and tony Start stripping the paint..." "It's kind of satisfying Watching it bubble up." "It's making Your hair fall off." "What?" "!" "..." "We're going to tackle." "One of the ugliest things about This car... the bumpers." " Hey, guys." " What's up?" "Just bumping' along here." "Be careful back there." "That stuff Really stinks, guys." " No, it doesn't." " We know." "So, here's the deal About comet bumpers." "Any year But this particular year," "They had really nice, Sucked-in bumpers." "But this little era has The big impact-absorbing bumpers." "That are horrible." "If we don't fix that, No matter what else we do," "Everybody's gonna be turned off At the first look of it." "So, they left us About a football field." "So if we can get it down To an end zone," "It's gonna look a lot better." " What are those?" " Geez." "Well, before, When it stuck out really far," "See, these cool bad boys would Go here and do this number." "'Cause that's how far It was out." "What I'm wondering is..." "If I could cut..." "Say, cut the lip of it... right there?" "Or tuck it Under the bumper." "Let's look at it." "Yes, sir." "You want to stick that one On here?" "Now I got paint stripper All over my hands, thanks." "Okay, that looks stupid." "Yeah." " Easy, killer." " Patience." " Yeah, that looks fantastic." " What was I thinking?" "You know what, guys?" "The amount of work it would take To not only suck this in." "But then make All this business on the corner." "Out of rubber And plastic make sense... and that piece Is falling off." "Is not worth it." "I think it's obvious." "What's obvious?" "That we need a new bumper." "Yeah, 'cause this one sucks Really bad." "So, you think, obviously, This bumper's not gonna work?" "There's just too many Other options, I think," "That are better." "Yeah, this bumper's awful." "I think..." "Pull that away." "I think we use A '69, '70 maverick bumper..." "They curl up, and I think It would fit into that," "Where at least we could Shape it the way we want." "And then you could use A lower valance off that car," "And even if we had To shorten it." "We can get one of those local." "Yeah." "But richard wanted us To keep these bumpers." "Well, richard doesn't get To choose anymore." "We all know Richard wants to keep the comet." "Looking like a comet, And we're gonna try." "But we also want To make it look cool." "And on this tight schedule, we Don't have time to fool around." "Well, it's settled, then." "We're gonna get A different back bumper." "We need to take The most efficient route." "Whenever possible That will still give us." "The look we're after." "Here's my modification." "Done." "Sorry, richard." "So, here's a fun fact for you." "Having all seven monkeys Try to cobble together." "Your high-school car Doesn't come cheap." "And daphne made it real clear." "That I had to dig up some cash Of my own to help pay for it." "So, a friend of mine just Down the street from gas monkey." "Gave me a call And told me about a truck." "That's been in his family For a very long time," "And he was ready to sell it." "I grabbed some cash And headed over." "What's going on, james?" "How you doing, sir?" "Doing all right?" "Is this the truck You called me about?" "Yes, sir." "It's my wife's Grandfather's truck." "No kidding." "'69 step-side Chevy pickup." "He bought this When he was still with us." "And when he passed away," "My father-in-law decided He wanted it." "Drove it for many, Many years." "So, is this The original seat?" "I don't know." "He had both of these When he passed away," "And I just kept both of them, 'cause if we ever did anything," "I didn't know Which one would go in it." "What we had hoped to do With that truck was..." "My father-in-law Was going to help my son," "When my son turned 16, Fix it up," "And it was gonna be My son's first vehicle." "There's a spot or two On the floor, I think," "That's gonna have To be repaired and fixed." "But he developed arthritis." "And ultimately found out That he had lung cancer." "And ultimately passed away." "Man." "So, there the truck sat." "So, how long's it been here?" "About four years." "And, man, I loved my father-in-law." "He was a heck of a guy." "Yes, sir." "And..." "It just seemed to me like It was out here wasting away." "And sonny Wouldn't have wanted that." "The more he started talking About his father-in-law," "He really did get A little tore up over it." "And, you know, That's pretty cool to see." "People get emotional about cars." "Because it's also, You know, part of family." "I mean, I could tell you A ton of stories." "That I'd probably cry like a Little baby about me and my dad." "And some of his hot rods He had when I was growing up." "So, my thought was..." "If there's any life in it," "Driving down the road With somebody," "Sonny's kind of still out there Hot-rodding around." "I gotcha." "There's always life In these old pickups." "I can promise you that." "He wants to see this thing Back on the road." "And I'm willing To help get it there," "But only if I can get it For the right price." "You know, it's just An old step-side pickup truck," "So I don't know." "It sounds like you got A lot of family history with it." "Does that come With a big price tag," "Or what do you want for it?" "Well, you can't pay for the Emotional attachment, richard." "I realize that." "I gotcha." "I wish more of my customers Realized that." "So, I think Just what I'd like to do." "Is just do $1,000, If you could do that." "I'm not gonna Argue that, sir." "I appreciate you, richard." "I can give you a grand." "That's not a problem." "I even got that in cash." "So, at 1,000 bucks, I'm not gonna low-ball the guy." "There's no reason to." "It's a super-fair price Right there." "Let's go get that title And do some paperwork." "All right, man." "Appreciate it." "Driving up every day, Seeing this truck sitting here." "Was always a monument to me, Kind of, of sonny," "And it's hard to let it go." "But I think this has got an Opportunity now to go somewhere." "And be fixed up And have a good home." "I believe it will be Driving down the road," "And I think, somehow, Up in heaven," "Sonny's gonna be smiling." "The comet Drags the monkeys down." "Do is alter the..." "The whole front end?" "Yeah, That's a big deal." "And aaron's vacation Takes him to new heights." "Aah!" "Skrrr!" "Hey, you got to watch out For them curves, man." "Watch out for them curves." "How long are you Gonna have it, germs?" "As long as it takes." "I don't mean that In a rude way," "But it's The wrong answer." "Well, can "As long as it takes" Be quick?" "Yeah." "Well, Now that we have parts," "We should be able to start Rock 'n' rollin' on it." "'Cause I will come over here And sand if I have to." " No." " No, you won't." " No, no, no." " Okay." "So, we let mike and tony Start priming the comet." "While we're chasing parts down." "Well, now that stuff's Starting to roll in," "We got to finish Mocking everything up." "Before we can give it back To him." "Get this up here." "We tracked down A pair of maverick bumpers." "To replace these hideous, huge Bumpers that were on the car." "But it's gonna take some work to Make them fit the way we want." "Dude, I can get My whole hand in here." "Not only that, it's tucked Way underneath there." "And it's, like..." "Buck-toothing Right here." "And then it's, like, Underbiting over here." "We're gonna have To shorten the bumper." "And then have it Re-chromed." "That's the only way It's gonna happen." "I think we're on the right track With the bumpers," "But there's still Another important decision." "We have to make." "Where do you want To go with this?" "Are you ready to take it To the body shop?" "No, no, no." "We don't know What we're gonna do yet." "Richard told us He added a hood scoop." "To his high-school version Of this car." "But we're gonna do one better." "We pulled in A ford maverick grabber hood." "With these cool air scoops On the side." "Aah!" "Now we've just got To make it look." "Like it belongs on our comet." "Seems like all you'd have to do Is alter the..." "The whole front end?" "Yeah, That's a big deal." "Even though it doesn't look Like much, that's a big deal." "Do you think if we used The maverick grille." "Instead of this, It would look better?" "We could get A maverick grille." "Only thing..." "like, we didn't Start with the maverick." "It's not supposed To be a maverick." "Yeah, it'd break His little heart." "If we did anything else To change his original car." "So, you just want to cut The scoops out of this hood." "And put them In that hood?" " You want to use the boss'?" " I think so, yeah." "If we just carve these out..." "We'll cut them around this way," "Get the hump And everything," "And stick it onto that hood And see how it goes." "I just see A humongous difference." "In how these are sitting, Versus that hood." "So to try to graft those Onto that," "When you could just Cut this front end off." "And put that front end on it." "I don't know." "I'm gonna Leave it to you, jeremy," "To figure out What you want to use." "I feel the same way." "Yeah, you're the fabricator." "You're the one That's gonna have to do it." "So put your mind around it, See what you think." "All right." "Just don't Take six weeks to do it," "Like somebody else We know." "Fun." "Watch your feet." "Moving behind." "So, here's the skinny on this." "We want to keep our original Structure from the comet hood." "But use the skin off The maverick grabber hood." "You guys have fun with that." "I'm taking my body back." "All in all, it has Kind of the same features." "It still hits The same "A"-to-"B" points." "On all the corners." "It's got like a 1/4-inch gap On the back back here." "Do you want it Right up against the edge?" "If you can, get it as close As you could for me." "It's gonna take a lot of work," "But nothing to it but to do it." "Hey, dude." "What's going on?" "Hey." "Just wanted to know how Things are going at the shop." "Well, they're going." "You're not gonna believe What richard's got us Building right now..." "A '74 comet, And it's green." "Of course it is." "Can you guys take A long lunch today?" " Yeah." " Why not?" "What kind Of question is that?" "Yeah, I think that's a winner." "Well, meet me at The fort worth alliance airport," "Because I've got A surprise for you guys." "Fort worth alliance airport." "Okay." "When do you want us To meet you?" "Right now, man." "Okay." "Good enough." "We'll see you shortly." "What does he want us To go to the airport for?" "Heck, I don't care." "Let's go." "Let me go get Jonathan and webster." "If this is what I think This is, this is gonna be good." "When I was little, I was a big f-14 fan." "I loved "Top gun." I watched it About 4 billion times." "And then I was always a big fan Of the thunderbirds." "They flew f-16s." "And I thought that the plane Was given to us by god himself." " That is awesome." " Dang, this is crazy." "So when I found out that The thunderbirds were performing." "Just a little ways From the shop," "I decided to have a field trip, My style." "How do you do, sir?" " Welcome, guys." " Hey." "So glad y'all could Get out of the shop." "Thanks for having us." "Field trip." "It's nice to get away." "Welcome out of the garage." "I'm major scott petz, The advance pilot and narrator." "With the united states air force Thunderbirds..." "Call sign cheetah." "The thunderbirds are The united states air force." "Advanced demonstration team." "We take our eight f-16s On the road." "And perform air shows." "Every single week From march until november." "This is A high-performance aircraft." "It's doing 9 g's, Going over 500 miles an hour." "And six of them Have more horsepower." "Than the entire starting lineup Of the daytona 500..." "In one motor of one jet." "Wow." "It's a complex system." "You guys want To pick my brain," "Or the harder workers on The team... the mechanics here?" "So, what kind of workout routine To y'all do." "To get In this kind of shape?" "We do the 8-minute abs." "So, we get here, And us guys, man..." "We're all kind of star-struck, You know?" "We love what we do, But those air force guys..." "They're on a totally Different level than us." "Of course, I wouldn't know that Firsthand, but aaron would." "He actually got To fly with these guys." "A couple weeks back." "We're going ballistic, man." "I guess it pays To be one of the bosses." "You guys want to see A jet up close?" " Absolutely." " Come on." "Have you guys worked on, like, Jet motors or anything?" "Yeah, every day." "Every day." "The next thing you know," "We're staring into the mouth Of this huge intake." "There's 30 blades up there With this engine." "Any gearhead out there Knows how cool it is." "To get up close and personal." "With an incredible machine Like this." "Right up here," "You can kind of think of it As the transmission." "We call it An accessory-drive gearbox." "Our tires... we keep them At around 300 psi." "And the wheel Is actually designed." "To blow, separate apart." "And it will light off Right around here." "Just from the heat, And that's what creates." "Around a 16-to-20-foot flame Shooting out the back." "Each wing holds About 500 pounds of fuel." "The thing is..." "This isn't like a car." "If something goes wrong," "You can't just pull over To the side of the road." "A mechanic working On these things..." "He's got to be On top of his game." "Think of, like, an engine." "You know, you have a piece of A valve, whatever it is." "You'll blow a hole In the block." "You're far away From a fuel tank." "We have fuel tanks All around the engine," "So if a blade Punctures that," "You're now a fireball Flying around." "All right, guys, The pilots are stepping out." "They'll be loading up In the 1 through 6 jets." " Enjoy the show." " Absolutely." "Thanks for having us." "So, the thunderbirds Are doing their big shows." "With music and everything On the weekend." "But lucky for us, They have to rehearse..." "And we got a front-row seat." "God, dude, they look Like they're right On top of each other." "I call that Going to work." "God, the stress those wings Are under, man... ew." " God, man!" " Man." "The opportunity to go fly With the thunderbirds." "Was a childhood fantasy of mine." "Aah!" " Wow." " Wow." "We can't even walk down A hallway that well." "You can't be a gearhead And not love this." "That's a controlled stall." "Yeah, He's walking it, yeah." "Very, very challenging, Especially on a windy day." "That's a lot of work." "Yes!" "Nice!" "I know this took a bit of a bite Out of the monkeys' day," "And they're not on vacation, Like me." "But, sometimes, taking a break Is exactly what everybody needs." "Maybe there's a little bit Of inspiration." "These guys have A schedule to keep," "And they're doing a good job." "Now my guys can get back To the shop and get back to it." "All right." "Yeah, it sure does Make you feel proud." "Of the old Red, white, and blue." "That's a hell of a show." "So, here it is." "Richard's negotiating." "Comes between A man and his marriage." "10 grand?" "My gosh." "My wife would kill me." "And the honeymoon is over For the comet build." "Sounds like The timing is way off." "You mother-trucker!" "The answer when we return." "The answer is "A."" "The convertible Mercury comet caliente." "Driven by vince vaughn's Character, trent," "Was actually owned by writer And co-star jon favreau." "What you think?" "It's fresh." "This is fresh." "You can smell it." "It looks good, man." "Yeah, It looks pretty decent." "Straight." "And the green's Not near as bad." "As I thought It was gonna be." "Nah." "I'll tell you what..." "That engine bay..." "You can definitely tell That you sandblasted it." "It's super-fresh." "Well, cool." "We got a car to build now." "Yep." "We got..." "The fenders are done, too." "Next, I'm gonna get started On the hood." "Okay, we'll start, I guess, Making brake, fuel lines," "And then start hanging Suspension." "Yeah." "All right." "Come on in." "Whoa!" "Going up." "So, we've arrived at another Key stage of this comet build." "Look out now." "The main body's Over here for good," "And we can finally start Hanging parts on this car." "Well, the good news is..." "We have more power." "And with the locker in..." "We got it in now..." "The tires and wheels Will hook up pretty good." "'Cause we spent a lot more time Than we expected." "Fabricating the hood And the bumpers," "We're coming down to the wire." "Scooch it up A little bit." "So, our goal Is to get everything on," "Everything working on schedule." "Work through the burn." "You're almost there." "God, dude, my leg..." "Dude, seriously?" "You're literally Almost..." "I can't move any farther." "My butt's Cramping up, man." "Don't stop now, dude." "It's all riding on you." "Keep truckin'." "Man." "So, you came in from indiana?" "No, minneapolis." "Minneapolis." "Right on." "This texas weather..." "If you don't like it, Just wait a minute." "So, you guys remember That truck" "I bought from a friend of mine The other day?" "The guy selling it was kind of Emotionally attached to it," "So he wanted it to go To a good home." "Well, since aaron seems to be Enjoying his vacation." "A little more than I'd like," "This isn't a good time for us To build it." "So I had tony put it up On the old interwebs." "And before you could say, "Give me a beer,"." "This guy named jason from Minnetonka or minnesota." "Or..." "I don't know..." "Somewhere cold." "Said he's coming down To look at it." "I said, "Cool." "Bring a trailer." "I'll hold it till you get here."" "So, here it is..." "'69 chevy c-10." "Decent truck." "You know, just clean, No rust-out." "It's got some surface rust," "And I bought it here local, One-family-owned." "And, usually, What I do on something like this." "Is just go through it Front-to-back." "And make sure I can tell You the truth about what It does and doesn't do." "So, what's your plan?" "I'm kind of thinking An ls swap," "Kind of a gas monkey garage Clone." "That I build myself and I can Probably actually afford." "Really?" "Well, this one's got The original six." "We tuned it up." "New brakes, battery." "Cleaned the car." "Cleaned the gas tank." "I like the '69 c-10." "It's kind of a unique Body style..." "You know, a short box, Sporty little truck." "It looks really clean." "So, does this thing run?" "Yeah." "Up in minnesota, Due to the salt," "All of our classic cars Kind of get rusty and crusty," "So, definitely, if you can Come down south and pick one up," "You have to take That opportunity." "Throw the hood down." "Let's go for a ride." "So, we take the truck Out on the road." "You know how I work..." "Got to seal the deal." "You know, it could be A skosh peppier," "But it's running Nice and clean." "We died." "And, well, it's not running All that great." "We're off now." "I mean, what are you gonna do?" "It's a hot rod." "Or it's gonna be a hot rod, If I can sell it to this guy." "So, there you go, man." "See?" "It just needed to warm up A little bit." "She's purring Like a kitten." "Besides, jason didn't come All this way." "To go home empty-handed." "I paid $1,000 for it," "But I think I can make eight Times that." "If I play my cards right." "You know, this one Being one-family-owned And what have you," "And it is in really, Really good shape..." "I don't know. 10 grand?" "Richard starts at $10,000." "I'm like, "My gosh." "My wife would kill me."" "I don't think I can get To $10,000." "I can do $5,000." "Mnh-mnh." "How about $7,500?" "$7,500 seems like a lot, But it is solid." "It'd be nice if I could throw A soda can back here." "And it not fall out, But I can do $7,500 today." "Cool." "Let's do it, man." "I'm a little disappointed To part with this truck, But gas monkey did well." "We got a local one-owner truck Back on the road," "And it's going to a good home." "It's gonna be a pretty cool Hot rod." "Let's get out of the rain And go do some paperwork." "Check this out." "Yeah!" "We got some shiny new rims!" "When us monkeys pushed richard." "To let us beef up His high-school car," "We were taking on A lot of responsibility." "Hot damn." "I dig that, man." "Not only because the boss man." "Has such sentimental value tied Up into this build," "But we wanted to show him That we could do this." "Dude." "I like it." "Wow." "Yeah, once we get that valance In front all laid in," "I mean, it's gonna look A lot more tucked to the ground." "Right now, we are this close To finishing." "Bottom or top?" "We can still get the car done On time." "We have a lot of loose ends To tie up," "But we need to fire it tonight." "If we want to stay on Our schedule," "That's the only way It's gonna work." "Ready?" "Yep." "Let's do it." "Aah!" "So close." "It sounded so good For like a whole half a second." "Just got to get some gas Up to it." "Yeah, I know." "It's gonna take a while For it to... just crank it." "Man." "You mother-trucker!" "Sounds like the timing Is way off." "So, anytime you have An old motor." "That will crank But won't engage," "You can quickly narrow it down To two things..." "Either fuel or fire." "Come on, baby." "This is it." "Go ahead." "It sneezed." "Ooh!" "In this case, we'd already Double-checked our spark plugs," "So we knew the problem Was in our fuel-delivery system." "Is there enough gas?" "How many gallons did we put?" "5?" "Yeah." "But that's plenty." "Again, fool." "17th time is the charm." "Hold on a second." "Hold on." "He's gonna check something." "This was the last thing We wanted." "First time bringing them to Life, they always want to fight." "If richard walks in right now And this thing isn't firing," "All he's gonna see is a bunch Of I's on our foreheads." "Guess what it is." "What's the matter?" "The same thing it is Every single time." "It's not sucking." "It's backwards." "It's sucking On the delivery side." "So the fuel-pump fittings Are backwards again." "The one that feeds the Carb and the one that Comes from the tank." "I didn't put those on there." "I didn't do the fuel pump." "I didn't, either." "It came in on the motor." "So, we get going pretty fast Around here on these deadlines," "And sometimes the little things Get overlooked." "For instance, we thought we had A perfectly plumbed engine," "And that's just not the case." "He said he was running it, So we just stuck it in there." "I didn't check it twice." "Kind of embarrassing, But it happens." "So, who's taking the blame For it?" "I will." "Hey, As long as we get it fixed." "Before richard gets here So I don't have to hear Him, we're all good." "What's up?" "I thought you were Gonna have this running By the time I got back." "We didn't want to get it running Before you got here." "You need you to be here For the big presentation." "You ready?" "Just like high school." "Little puff." "There we go." "All right, good enough." "Get it on the ground." "Let's drive it." "Feels good when we win." "What does richard always say?" ""Winner, winner, Chicken dinner"?" "That's what I'm talking about." "Coming up, when The comet makes a comeback..." "Richard gets schooled By some old friends." "Biggest geek you've ever seen." "Comfortable?" "I just want to be in A different place right now." "Don't bother me unless you're Bringing me coconut drinks." "Keep it going, 'cause my heat Goes away when you do that." "I was in high school With richard from 1984 to 1987." "Richard was really not known As the "Athlete" in school." "But, man, he could detail The heck out of a car." "Richard definitely wasn't A ladies' man." "I think he wanted to be, But he wasn't." "Richard rawlings' hair In high school..." "He had a direct part In the middle." "Biggest geek you've ever seen, Man." "Richard liked to pop his collar A lot." "And pulled it up real high." "And walked through the halls Like he owned it." "He thought he was so cool." "And everybody was like, "Okay."" "You know, that comet..." "I don't understand Why he was in love with it," "Because it was puke-green," "And nobody thought That it was cool." "He would do donuts To get attention," "But it really didn't work." "But what made it Interesting to me." "Was he thought It was everything." "He thought this was The coolest car ever made." "And I actually admired that." "Welcome to eastern hills High school and my first car." "1974 mercury comet." "In what I affectionately call "Vomit comet green."" "For years and years, I've been Threatening the car community." "By bringing back the vomit comet And finally decided to do so." "I went out to arizona, Found myself a pristine." "White-with-blue-interior '74 mercury comet," "Brought it back down here To dallas," "And told the monkeys What I wanted." "I want the exact car I had in high school." "Why?" "Exactly." "So, after a lot of pressure From daphne." "And the guys moping around," "I decided to let them do Their thing." "You know, give me The 2017 version of my comet." "Richard Turned it over to us," "And, you know, That was a big deal for us." "To make the car that We thought he should Have had in high school." "We wanted it Meaner and cleaner," "So one of the first Things we had to deal With were the bumpers." "1974 Was one of those years." "Where they actually stuck The bumpers out quite a bit." "For crash regulations..." "Ugly." "We put a 1972-style Maverick bumper on ours." "We tucked them in." "10 times better." "One way richard tried to toughen Up his car back in high school." "Was to add a hood scoop." "We decided to make it A lot cooler than that." "So, our plan was to use The maverick grabber hood With the dual dome scoops." "But it didn't quite fit The comet." "What we decided to do is To keep the original comet hood." "And implement the grabber hood Into the back two-thirds." "And it gave us the look we were Looking for, fit the car." "We didn't have to change The front end." "Saved us some time." "Now, when it came To the power plant," "I didn't really want to go Overboard." "I had jamie rebuild the motor, Rebuild the carburetor." "It's got a little bit more Power, but we're running." "All the original Components underneath..." "Motor, tranny, rear end, You name it." "Well, except for charles here Had to put in a posi-trac." "Come on in." "You know, That's the differential." "Where both wheels spin At the same time." "Let me tell you why that's cool." "When I would do brake stands Through here," "Only one wheel was turning." "Now we're gonna be turning two." "Hey, peg leg... not cool." "Not cool." "Unless You're a pirate." "This is true." "Arrrr!" "When it came to rolling stock, We reached out to u.S. Mags," "Who made us a stellar set Of wheels." "And chassisworks took care of us On the front suspension." "With the varishocks, The total-control suspension." "Makes this car Ride like a dream." "Now, when it came to color, The 1974 mercury comet green." "Was the coolest color In the world." "Well, Let's talk about that." "It wasn't exactly The coolest color." "But you made me Go with it anyway." "So, me and tony Took a little more time." "To straighten up the body And make it absolutely perfect." "We worked the gaps." "We worked everything To really slick this car out, 'cause let's be honest... the Car that richard had before..." "The tuba player was going on More dates than he was." "When we finally Got the color laid on," "We all had to agree With richard." "Man, it's the right color For the car, and we all love it." "When it came to the interior, I wanted to keep it stock." "Now, the car that I had in High school was green-on-green," "Which was A really hideous combination." "But this car, being a bucket Seat, screamed for black." "We put in a kicker stereo, Subwoofer, 6x9s." "Now richard can relive Those old heavy-metal days." "From back in the day." "So, I was a little nervous." "Letting the guys Take over the comet, 'cause I really wanted the comet Of my high-school days." "But, well, I couldn't have been happier." "When they delivered The 2017 version." "But, at the end of the day, The big question is..." "Am I gonna get a wicked, smoky Burnout," "Like the ones I thought I was Doing when I was young?" "There's only one way To find out," "And me being a child, Kids will be kids." "Y'all watch this." "Don't wreck it." "Yeah, Don't wreck it." "Let's go, richard!" "Let's go, richard!" "Let's go, richard!" "Let's go, richard!" "Whoo!" "So, I guess I'll never have." "That perfect replica Of the vomit comet," "But I'm okay with that..." "Whoo!" "Because, just like me," "The gas monkey comet Is way too cool for school." "What's up?" "!" "This turned out so perfect, So nice." "I mean, I could probably sell it For a really big profit." "But I never will." "I mean, Unless I get the right offer." "See y'all later." "Captions paid for by Discovery communications."