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On this episode of Counting Cars.

Kevin gets ditched for a rare Corvette.

I'll be back.

Where are you going?

I'll be back. You're not even going to let me finish my lunch? Eat your food.

Come on.

Horny Mike and Rolly lose their way.

Fair left.

This is Las Vegas. There's no bears here. I don't even want to explain it.

you mean I go barely to the left? I don't even want to explain it to you.

And I take on my most emotional project yet.

I'd like to throw something into it for the wife. Something that says her and

thank you.

What's going on, man? She was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Vegas is a gambling town.

Most people bet with chips.

I bet with rides. Look at this.

And I always go all in. Wow. What would you take for this?

I'm Danny, a .k .a. The Count. And this is my all -star team.

We find them, fix them, flip them.

And sometimes I keep them. I can't help myself.

For my crew, every job's high stakes, and we can't afford to lose.

This is Counting Cars.

Today, Kevin and I decided to take a break from the shop to go search for

new projects.

Sometimes we get lucky.

Sometimes we get shut down. But today, I do feel lucky.

What are those?

Those are animals, man.

Are those goats or sheep? What's happening?

Yeah!

What can a man do? What can a man... What is that?

Oh, check that out.

Jim!

It's an old Challenger, man.

Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

How are you going to do this? We've got a gate.

Let's see if I can't catch this guy.

He's still right there. He's coming down.

That's a nice car, except for that big old smash in the front.

Pretty nice.

Hey, man, how you doing?

Nice -looking car. Sorry about the front, but nice -looking ride.

Yeah. Do you mind if I talk to you about your car for a sec?

I'm a car guy. I saw you pulling in, and it was like, wow, that was a good

-looking car.

42 years of nothing.

Are you serious?

Oh, my Lord.

So a total survivor and she got hit. Ah, dude, I'm really sorry about that. I'm

Danny, by the way. Jason. Jason, nice to meet you.

That's pretty sweet. It's a 70?

Absolutely. 70 Challenger.

I own a shop. I do hot rods. I do muscle cars and stuff like that. Can we come

in and talk to you? Have you got a couple minutes? I'd love to talk to you

your car and, you know, see what you've got going on. Sure.

I'll pop the gate open for you. That's kind. I appreciate it.

Jason, this is Kevin.

Hi, Kevin. Nice to meet you.

Nice meeting you.

I'm crazy purple, huh? I'm crazy.

High impact.

Yeah, I can see that.

This is a shame. What happened?

They had a lane closure on the highway. Someone decided to switch lanes and then

stop dead short.

She needs a facelift, but she'll be okay. How long have you had her?

Eight years now. Eight years.

This car is actually an SE with a smaller NASCAR -style racing window.

rare option. It was. This is number 34 of 46 left known to exist. That's it?

That is it. Wow. Wow. That is very cool.

Boy, oh boy, this car just screams early 70s. It was the height of the muscle

car wars. Without a doubt. Only new car to be brought to market for 1970.

Camaro was already out. Mustang was already out. True.

Cuda was already out. That's a really good point.

Maybe I can make your day a little bit better. I don't know. Would you ever

consider selling this car? This car was a gift from my wife. When we got

married, she promised me she'd get me my dream car. Yeah. Do you think she would

be upset if you sold it? Oh, yeah. She would be crushed. I mean, that's part of

the family. You don't get rid of family.

Absolutely. This is definitely something that we could handle for you if this is

something that you don't want to get into personally.

Yeah, I don't think I can get her back together as quick as I want it. I

understand. This car is gorgeous, and it's an important piece of history. I

to see her all beat up like this. There's no way I could ever turn my back

car this beautiful. We've got to make her right again.

I'd also like to throw something into it for the wife.

What do you got in mind? She's going through her thing, so I want to make

something that's...

Says her and thank you. What's going on, man?

She was diagnosed with breast cancer, so we're fighting that right now.

Sorry to hear that. I'm very sorry to hear that.

She's your co -pilot.

That is my co -pilot. So when she gets healthy, you guys are going to have some

fun. Yes. We will be back out there tearing it up. Amen to that. I'm with

Thank you for taking the time and letting us look at her.

Anytime. It was nice meeting you guys. Man, it's a pleasure meeting you.

Makes you thankful, doesn't it?

I do.

Certain things can really symbolize a relationship, and for this couple, it's

their car. And Kevin and I, we really know what's at stake here. There's a lot

more riding on this than just making some quick cash.

Everything on this car needs to be perfect, including that special little

that Jason's got planned for his wife.

Cut a Yui, because we're definitely not going the right way.

You think?

Hold it back, man.

I don't think my GPS works too good.

Then he had us pick up a truck, gave Mike the directions, and of course, Mike

got us lost.

Fair left.

This is Las Vegas. There's no better here. I don't even want to explain it.

you mean like go barely to the left? I don't even want to explain it to you.

You know where we are?

Oh, my God.

Well, we were going in a cul -de -sac. Oh, my God. So we're going to keep going

down until we find the right cul -de -sac. Right there.

What the...

I like the headlights. It's a paperback.

Got wheels.

Well, we got wheels. We got nothing back here.

This can be the right car, man. We should make sure, you know, before we

knock on the door or something, you know.

Call Danny. Make sure. I mean, this is the biggest piece of shit on the street,

though. That's true.

So it's usually the right car.

What's up, Danny? What do you got?

A quarter of a car. A quarter of the car. That's what we tried to figure out.

This is really truly the piece that we have to pick up.

It's a good truck. It's a 68 Chevy short bed, which is a really desirable truck

for like a street hot rod.

These Chevy trucks were revamped and renamed the Action Line in 1967.

It marked the end of the truck being designed strictly for work purposes and

beginning of a more comfortable and convenient ride the average person could

enjoy. How much did you pay for this?

Are you serious?

Yeah. This is a truck like a World War II vehicle that got bombed.

This thing will be an easy sell. We'll be able to flip this truck in no time.

trust me on this, guys. I got a plan.

We trust you, brother. You know what you're doing.

Okay, thanks, brother. See you at the shop.

All right, brother. See you soon. Peace.

I'll go get her.

All right. Yeah, I see the truck and I see work.

Tons of work is going to get shoved down our throat.

We're here to pick up your...

Well, looks like your eyesore, honestly.

Hello there. How are you? Good, I'm Rolly. Wendy.

Nice to meet you. Good to meet you. So why would you say it's such a beautiful

vehicle? Been in the family for a while. My brother's out of town, so I might as

well get rid of it while he's gone.

I agree. That's the way to do things.

Yeah.

When Danny calls and he's all, $4 ,500, I'm like, sweet. My brother has not

gotten as far along as he would have liked with it, so he's like, go ahead

take it.

Oh, Mike, look what I noticed.

There's no hinge in it. That's why you're driving it. I don't care. You're

driving it? Yeah. Go ahead, get in. I'll show you how to lock the door. Oh,

yeah? Yeah. I have some special secrets for you. I do.

Mark Dyer. Oh,

there's your door lock.

We're doing this redneck style.

Yeah, costume door lock.

Got it?

Yeah. Can you put a little more on there, please? A little more?

Oh, yeah. You're good to go. I don't want to fly out on the right turn, you

know? You'll be good. For you?

Oh, I got keys, too.

Nice. Hopefully start up, too.

I'm glad you wore your sunglasses, seeing as how there's no window. Yes.

Wow. I've got face, too.

Wow. They look rough.

Come on, get her in gear.

I always tell Kevin that I'm going to take him to lunch as a thank you for all

the hard work, but I never actually end up doing it. Today, I'm going to make it

up to him, and I'm going to take him for a nice sit -down meal.

I got stuff to do, home skillet.

Still got half the day ahead of us, man.

All going to be good, brother.

Sweat it not.

Oh, dude.

You got to check that out.

I know it's 60s. I'll be back.

That looks like a... Yeah, man. Where are you going?

I'll be back. You're not even going to let me finish my lunch? Eat your food.

Come on. Really?

How you doing? Hey, pretty good, partner. All right, man.

What a good -looking car you got here, brother. Hey, thank you very much. 63

split window. Good Lord Almighty.

I've had it for 31 years. My pride and delight.

Yeah. I'm Danny, by the way. Hey, Danny. Kim. Ken, nice to meet you. Nice to

meet you. Hi, Kevin. My buddy Kevin, man. Pleasure to meet you. Beautiful

Yeah, man. We're car people. If you don't mind, I'd love to take a few

and really look at it and talk to you about it. Sure.

You want to pull it over here? We'll get out of the way of these people. I'll do

it. You rock, Ken. I appreciate it, man.

I was just pulling in to get gas. All of a sudden, these guys just came up to

me, started talking about my car.

I was very proud to show it to them. It definitely is my pride and joy. Next to

my wife, my favorite thing in life.

Wow.

1963 Corvette. Very rare because of the split window.

There were only 10 ,000 coupes made.

And when I trace the numbers down with this combination, the paint and color

everything are about 400.

Man, okay.

So this is correct paint on this car? Yes.

This was called Sabering Silver. It was a $90 option. Oh, the good old days. In

my opinion, the 63 Corvette has got to be one of the most beautiful cars ever

built. It was designed by Bill Mitchell, who insisted on having the split window

in the back. But that became a big controversy with the gentleman who was

designing the car as far as performance and engineering, which was Duntoff. 63

was the only car with the split window. In 64, they eliminated it altogether,

which makes the 63 that much more valuable.

Open the door and get in if you like. Oh, that's dangerous.

Absolutely. That's dangerous.

Dangerous for other reasons.

Comfortable, isn't it? It really is.

I know what's coming.

Thanks, Kevin.

You wouldn't think about selling this, would you?

No. No? No.

I can't say that I blame you. No. I was offered $125 ,000 for it, and I wouldn't

take that. Really?

Put your wallet back in your bag.

Thank you, Ken.

You're very welcome. I appreciate it, man. From one car guy to another, you

got yourself one amazing piece here, brother. Thank you.

One amazing piece. Thanks, guys. I hoped that this guy would be willing to sell

this car, but after talking to him just for a couple minutes,

Something to him. And I get it. I have cars like that.

He was not going to sell it.

I like your frame job, Mike. Thanks, buddy.

What did I do?

A couple days ago, me and Roley had to pick up an old Chevy pickup.

Thing was in pretty bad shape.

Somehow Danny's already got a buyer for it, so he said drop everything and get

it done.

Hey, signal playground, what are you doing?

Looked like you made your hair today.

Happening out.

They were shorthanded here.

Whose hood are you working on? This one.

They said the hood.

Don't be a smartass with me. Better not be doing your personal during my time

again. Same personal as for some truck. I don't know which truck it's for. It's

for a truck.

There's supposed to be a Rolls Royce in here. Well, if this is a Rolls Royce,

this would be a badass, souped -up Rolls Royce hood. But this ain't no Rolls

Royce.

You're supposed to be standing on a Rolls Royce hood.

Well, then there should be one over here.

The only hood these two screw -ups should be working on right now is a

-Royce hood. And that damn sure is not a Rolls -Royce hood.

That's why I have to watch them. When they start messing with my schedule with

side projects, it costs Danny money.

And then I'm going to ask, hey, there is a pickup truck over here in the paint

shop where there's supposed to be a Rolls -Royce. Whose pickup truck is

She's talking to him on my face. Come up out of there.

Come up out of there right now.

Hey, you got something there.

Stop it.

You want to come hang out with me with Dumb and Dumber over here, please?

What do you guys got going over here? I don't know. What are they doing?

Yeah.

We're trying to get this truck done.

Why are you giving me the crazy face like I should know? You didn't tell me

nothing about this. Oh, I thought you knew about this. Get the... Get out of

here. No, you didn't. Bottom line is, this is a quick flip. The whole truck

there, Scott. All's we needed to find is a bed, and I'm working on that right

now. You start writing the schedule from now on. You handle it. You're the man.

Hey, dude. No, seriously.

I got a plan for this. Go ahead. We're going to do a quick flip on this. All's

we got to do, I got a bed. I got a line on a bed, and it's primer. What do you

mean you got a bed? You bought a truck without a bed?

Yeah, yeah. This guy, he's going to ship me the bed.

So the $30 ,000 paid job.

we had in this booth got booted out for a $5 ,000 pickup that you don't have 100

% of the parts? No, it's not going to be $5 ,000. We're going to make $5 ,000 on

this deal. We might even make $7 ,000 to $8 ,000 on this pickup.

Maybe $9 ,000. This truck is paying payroll this week. That's all I'm

you. All right?

Or next week.

Or the week after. It doesn't matter. Or maybe three months from now. It doesn't

matter. Hey, Scott, you need a tissue?

I think he's going to cry.

Dumb and dumber. No, no, you're dumber, bro. No.

The team is finally finished with this Chevy pickup truck, and she is

gorgeous. We went through the engine, transmission, rear end, suspension,

brakes. All of the custom metal fabrication is delicious.

Lining up the right customer with the right vehicle can be a bit of a science.

I'm pretty good at it. I spend a lot of time talking to this guy on the phone,

and I feel really confident that this truck is exactly what he's looking for.

Roll that out, gang. Roll that out.

Wow. Look at that.

Sexy as can be. Look at that.

Holy moly. In your face.

That is beautiful.

Troublemakers, troublemakers, troublemakers. Thank you, guys. I

Anyways, Jerry, what we have here is a beautiful truck.

68. The C10, it's a Chevy 350 motor, turbo 350 tram.

It's got a 10 -volt GM rear end in it. Disc brakes up front, drums in the rear,

power steering, power brakes.

We put a lot of time and a lot of effort getting everything to line up nice and

straight and clean. And then, of course, we went with this, you know, psycho

Tangelo paint job on it. Beautiful. With the ghost flames in it.

Love the orange and black.

That's a sexy good look, man. It's got you written all over it. This thing is

gorgeous. Inside's all painted up. Wow.

You guys did this up nice.

It came out good.

It's got the whole dash set up with modern gauges. The bed's all lined.

I mean, the truck is all there. I'd really like to take it for a test drive.

Absolutely. Let's go now. Let's do it. You're driving, man. All right.

Oh, yeah, this thing sounds great.

350. It doesn't get any better than that. I've been wanting a 68 for a long

time. All right.

Why a 68, Gary? It's just always been my favorite. I like the grill on it. I

feel you. I'm with you. I think the 68 has a really beautiful face.

I'm impressed with this truck.

You look comfy in it.

I gotta have it, Danny. It's a cruiser, brother. I gotta have it, bro. We gotta

work this out.

Hook, line, and sinker.

Now, just gotta work out the price.

What's up, guys? What's up? What's happening?

Well, we just had a very nice test drive in that 68.

Oh, what a beautiful truck.

You guys... 20 G's beautiful?

I told him where we're at. I told him we were asking 20. Mm -hmm. And he's at

15.

I know you're shaking your head, but there's common ground somewhere. We can

find it. I'm sure... Yeah, I can't do 15.

15 just barely covers a paint job. We're close.

We're close. Look at this guy. Look at this guy. It's got my name all over it,

man. Here's the bottom line, man.

This man needs this truck.

And I want to put him in it.

So he's at 15 and we're at 20.

Let's find some common ground and get this man on the road. How about 19, 9,

9, 9, 9?

Wow.

You don't love it?

I'll tell you what. I'll go 17. I want the truck.

17 today. We'll drive to the bank right now. How about 19, 5?

Can't do it.

I don't have it. Dude.

I don't have it.

That's where he's at, man. That's what he's got. Yeah, man.

Seriously, if we don't take the 17, I'm just going to keep it.

Sold. Get on out of here. You just bought you a truck. Yeah.

Thank you, Danny.

Congratulations, Gary.

Thank you very much.

Absolutely. Come on, let's do some paperwork.

Scott likes to bust balls, but if I'm going to put $1 ,000 less in the bank to

make sure that this truck goes to a good home, I'm good with that.

Besides, I'm still walking away with 5Gs in my pocket, and that's a good day.

Hey, man, you know where maybe I might find somebody who wants this in their

driveway? Yeah, I know exactly.

We've got Jason's Challenger all fixed up, but this car represents more than

that. It's a huge part of his relationship with his wife.

who unfortunately is battling breast cancer. She has no idea that the car is

done, and I can't wait for him to show her. This is going to be a great day.

She's home, brother. She's home.

Oh, that is awesome.

Ready to be enjoyed, man.

Thinking about maybe going cruising tonight?

Oh, absolutely.

I'm going to grab the wife.

She needs this. I need this.

Amen. Stop burning up some premium.

Hey, all right. I hear you, man. I've got to show her. I've got to call her

She's got to do that. You got it, brother.

Hey, Tom.

We don't normally make house calls because we like to have the cars at the

in case we run into any problems. But in this case, Jason and his wife, in the

way she's been feeling, we wanted them to share a private moment together.

Wow.

Baby girl, there's no dent.

Hey.

Oh, my gosh. You look beautiful.

These lined up perfect.

Wow.

She's ready for you guys to have some fun.

Which is exactly what you deserve.

We've missed her. This challenger was nice before, but now it's show quality.

Not only did we fix the front end, but we have fixed all the dents and restored

it back to its original plum crazy purple.

Now it's time to show Jason's wife the surprise that he requested for her.

There you go.

Have a seat there.

Check out that glove box.

Oh, that is nice.

That's gorgeous.

You like that?

Yeah, I do.

Very pretty.

When I got in the car and I looked at the glove box, it was just absolutely

amazing. It's part of his tattoo, and it's our anniversary, and they wrapped

of that up on the glove box. It's just beautiful, and I'm so touched.

I'm so happy.

I know.

Oh, wow. All right, y 'all are getting to me now. I'm sorry.

You guys deserve something to just put a smile on your face.

Look at that smile.

Big,

beautiful smile. That's what I like to see, man.

Keys are in it. She's ready to rock, man. I don't have to worry about the

in my hair right now, so I want to take advantage of it, you know? That's the

perfect time of year.

Exactly. I don't either. You got the same look. Right.

This particular challenger really...

just represents love between Jason and Tammy.

And I'm just stoked that we got to do it for them.

Had some happy people right there, man. Not wasting any time. Love it.

That's awesome. I love it. We done did good today, Kevin. Makes you feel good.

Amen to that, brother.

How do we get out of here? I don't know.

Jump up and down, whoop, whoop.

Hope they're coming back soon. You too.