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[Kevin] The hood might have to go back.

just a smidge. I don't know how to achieve that yet.

[John] It's gonna gel and get all shiny and dance.

[Dave] I don't think I've seen much of anything that's ever been done like that.

We have a lot of things to do and a short time to get 'em all done in.

With all the work we've put into this car, it better win.

If this doesn't work, then I think I know what it is.

I hate this headrest.

But Kenny, are you tall enough to do this?

Watch that door 'cause that's...

That's normal or we scrape the top here.

Be careful with everything...

- Whoops. - ...'cause there's pretty much no time to fix anything.

This has been a dream well before I was in business.

It's gonna take a team, everybody's expertise, everybody's input.

These cars cannot be displayed, promoted,

seen by the public until they arrive at Detroit Autorama.

There's only so many teams that have put these car together

so it's a great, great, great opportunity.

We'll build a car that nobody has ever seen before.

The goal is to build a Ridler.

- [mimics beeping] - [chuckles]

We did these big long radius sweeps

that just flow really cool with the car.

- It's pretty wild. - We've got these set up.

We don't wanna discolor all of our exhaust and everything.

I'm in here looking at the data.

Oil pressure, coolant temp. You know, air fuels.

- If you guys need it shut down just yell. - I'm clear.

- Okay I'm gonna start. - Okay.

They actually don't bolt together like a normal wheel would.

These actually bolt here.

So then, once the tires on,

- it looks like a one-piece wheel. - Yeah.

Man, those are dope.

We can pray that Javier can fix it.

It looks pretty [bleep] good to me. I don't know how you did that.

Yeah, I think Dave's gonna come in in like 20 minutes

and be like, "Actually, no mirrors."

So this is just a constant radius hinge and it just slips through

the hole on this cover, so you can't see past it.

Is there an adjustment down in the bottom two?

We run the struts and we got like half of our gas out of there.

On those... those hinges, we have no adjustment.

We had this problem when we were taking it off.

Try that.

It's still way high.

One hundred and fifty-five.

I think at this point we only have one choice.

This is kind of a last ditch effort to see if this hood will fit.

Uh, check that's center.

This is it. We've tried everything else.

[exhales] Let's just hope this works.

[bleep] money.

- Maybe it stuck. - It can still come down.

Yeah, we should come down just a hair, both sides.

- Yeah. - You can probably do it one at a time.

We're still a little high.

The hood's not aligning right where it needs to be.

Go ahead.

- Is it down or not? - Still high.

Just judging by the corner is a little far back.

What can we do about that?

Let's pull it off and give it one more shot.

And there's no adjustment to the pivot, right?

You can't bring the whole hood hinge to the back of the car.

'Cause it's all stationary right here.

I'm running out of options on this hood.

[Dave] Justin, this looks really good, actually.

I like the shape of the cushion. I hate this headdress.

Our biggest challenge here is we have such an odd shape

because the transaxle is located right between the backrest.

So the insert being offset,

and that might be something that we have to address.

- We might need to actually cheat that over and then... - I already did,

an inch and a half from...

No, I mean, like, this is so unconventional.

If we had to bring this over another inch and a half, and even right here.

You just make this dive straight into your insert.

If we bring that bolster way out to there

in order for it to look proportioned,

we're gonna have to build this bolster even out.

I almost envisioned part of that bolster being part of the door.

I think at the end of the day, we need to sort out how much of this we want.

Looks versus comfort.

I think it looks proportioned right now.

And we go moving it that way. I think we're gonna...

To try and make 'em still look proportionate and fit the car,

is gonna be really kind of a challenge for us,

- but it's gonna be better to drive, you know? - Yeah.

I mean, already my feet are going this way to the pedals.

Do you think it'd be better if we widen the insert an inch this way?

And let's just get medieval with a piece and wedge it

and just stick it in here and then sit back in the car.

I can't even tell it's there.

- I'll move that insert over an inch too. - Mmm-hmm.

This interior's gotta feel sporty.

Uh, it's gotta feel good.

We bring that... that shape and the softness of that bolster.

You know, it's fashioned onto the door panel.

It flows with the door panel design,

- but actually is functionally part of the seat. - Okay.

I don't think I've seen much of anything that's ever been done like that.

- If this is what you want, I'm gonna start building this. - Yeah. Okay.

Before Justin can add any more foam to these seats,

we're gonna have to add just a little bit more structure.

[Jason] We started out by taking the basic shape of the original design,

and we didn't like how the proportions were

because it's such a tight shape, it had angles in it.

The B pillars, and it's just not that big of a car, really.

We decided we were gonna add some bolster to it by adding

to part of the side of the console.

So it's gonna make this look like it's a... a nice big bolster here,

and I think it's gonna make it proportioned.

Yeah, I'm gonna build it up and then shape it

the way I think that Dave wants.

This is kind of where this is just trial and error,

and this is that custom stuff where you can't...

I mean, this is the way we've got to build it up.

[Dave] I've decided to put some jewelry together for the inside of the gauges.

Now, basically, a black background

with some diamonds and a little bit of white gold will really pop.

With all the cad designs all done up,

we've sent him over to John.

He wants me to come up and check out what he's got in mind.

Hey, John.

- Dave, how are you, man? - [Dave] I'm good.

- How are you? - Nice to see you.

Well, great to see you too.

I'm so excited to see what you've come up with.

So you've got the cad and you've got all of this stuff going.

Got everything you set up. It's ready to go.

- I'd love to show you here we're at... - [Dave] Really?

- ...if you're interested. - You don't have to ask me twice.

- Uh, do you want me to come around? - Hey, come on back.

- Awesome. - You're welcome in the back.

So this is really exciting 'cause I have no idea

at all what you're doing here, so...

From our cad design, did that work?

[John] Well, sort of. I liked your idea,

- but the way that the stones are set from the back... - Uh-huh.

...um, I think that'll be a cleaner look.

So I need to... I had to change the design just a little bit.

- That's the setting for the stone. - [Dave] Okay.

And the only way I thought it would be the cleanest to make it work

was to back set it so the stone will actually come in from behind.

- [Dave] I like that, yeah. - And then it'll... it'll keep this part clean,

and it'll finish nicely and show the best.

I wanted to make sure that we didn't see any, like, clasps.

I don't want it to look like a ring where I have, like, fingers holding the jewels.

- So I think this is actually [chuckles] perfect for me. - [John] Right.

- I'm a... I'm a scale kinda guy. - [John] Right. Right.

You work on a much smaller scale.

I'm so curious on how you make these things.

- The first step is the design, and then we clean it up... - Uh-huh.

...to convert to a printable file to go to my printer.

So I built some supports.

And then these are the... the prongs that will set the stones.

So once I do this, I kick it over to my printer.

So my printer is in here.

- This is what they look like coming off of the printer. - Oh, cool.

We soak 'em in some solution, and that eliminates the build material

and leaves just a solid piece

- that's gonna be ready to be gassed. - [Dave] Okay. Okay.

All right, Dave, so the next step after they're printed,

- we eliminate the... - Oh, so that's the pieces that we just looked at

- with the red support material. Okay. - Yeah.

Do you mind if I pick that up? Not at all. They're fragile, so don't... don't break 'em.

- Um, they, once... - You sound like my mom.

- I know. - [chuckles]

So what we'll do now is we will put 'em on this sprue base,

sprue them up and cast them, which means just basically

converting them from wax to 14 karat white.

I truly feel like the hood might have to go back just a smidge.

I don't know how to achieve that yet,

so let's take it off one last time.

Famous last words.

So we have done everything we can with the hinges.

I think from here, we gotta, uh, figure something else out.

How's it fit?

- What changed? - It's a little tall in the front

and it needs to go... It needs to go down,

but for it to go down, it needs to go back.

2 [Kevin] We're trying to get this hood installed.

We've cleaned out everything.

Every time we put it on, it's doing the exact same thing.

I think I have an idea of what's going on.

All right.

Wish me luck, okay? Good luck. [chuckles]

Oops,

[Kevin] I hate that it's come down to this,

but with the levels of bodywork,

paint, primer,

I think we're gonna have to grind something down.

- Hey, Dave and Kev. - [Dave] Yes.

So, this one right here is not gonna be round anymore, okay?

Actually, you know, it's gonna be round and flat.

Okay, as long as it kinda...

- As long as it kinda feathers it out. - Trying to set it out.

I'm good with that.

But because I have to block.

- Okay. Okay. - So it's gonna round and a little bit flat.

- Okay. - And this one is... not going to be ugly

because this one is flat too.

- The cool thing... Mmm-hmm. - I follow the, uh, flat and then...

- That's fine. - The cool thing about the Ridler,

and you can't use this on the television show,

is they don't judge ugly, so it doesn't really [bleep] matter.

It's true.

I'm trying to think if that's a good thing or...

- [chuckles] - I'm not... You know what?

- Okay. - [laughs]

I didn't know what to say to that.

- So you're saying I have a chance? - Oh.

I think Javier's got enough material off that this should fit.

The next option,

is not an option anybody wants,

that's grinding on the actual car.

It's time we take it back.

- Yeah, this. - These aren't gonna work.

We already have to repaint some of this hood.

I don't wanna repaint anymore.

Oh, mama.

It's scary but it's clear.

And you're cleared.

[Kevin] That's a lot more than we bargained for on this hood.

But it's in. It's checked off and on these projects,

you think you've got it all dialed.

You gotta cross those bridges, so you know you don't have any problems.

It's down here. It's... It's looking really unbelievable.

- That's a nice car. - Yeah.

John's making great progress with the jewelry, but we're not done yet.

[John] So what we'll do now is we will put them on this sprue base.

Sprue them up and cast them, which means just basically converting them

from wax to 14 karat white.

And load the metal up here.

It's gonna gel and get all shiny and dance.

That, and then you count to 10,

Two and a half minutes to cool down.

Make sure we have a nice button before we quench it.

That button is important, the way that it's nicely shaped and formed.

As a jeweler that matters.

Correct.

Right there.

And they go over here and either Ryan or I or Kevin will work on them,

and we do what we call basically a pre-polish, right?

We... We get a rough casting. We... we file sand and do like 80% of the polishing,

and getting it ready to set.

[Kevin] We're making a ton of progress,

but we are coming down to the wire.

We've got the back glass installed.

We've got some trim, finally back from chrome.

Now we're gonna tackle the windshield, and this is like anything else.

It's all a huge experiment, until it is in,

until we've checked off with it,

it is not even done.

The windshield frame on this car, it's two pieces,

one complete piece for the outside that you'll see.

You are always in my way.

The polycarbonate windshield goes in,

and then it is captured by a complete one piece inside,

and then it gets screwed together.

You can't see the screws that are on the mounting surfaces of this thing.

This actual windshield has been on and off the car probably 15 times,

if not, more than that during this build process.

But you know how these things go. You're never in the clear.

Where do you want to stick it?

Just put it on the driver's side of the car.

- Almost. - You just gotta put the one stud in.

[Kevin] Oh, this is a big step. Once the windshield is in,

then a lot of things can be finalized.

We've been obviously waiting on the actual windshield itself.

And then we had some perfection things to do

on the outer shell of the windshield.

So this will be the first time where it's all together and in the car.

- But, Kenny, are you tall enough to do this? Okay. - Absolutely.

So then we're gonna lock it down for the final time.

We've had this windshield in and out so many times.

It's been ridonculous, so it's gonna be nice to finally lock the thing down.

And just drop it down real easy.

Kind of slide it back.

It looks like something's getting hung up on that stud.

- There you go. - Yeah, it's the studs.

Wiggle.

Wiggle. Wiggle.

Which way does it need to go here?

Uh, it looks like it's in the board.

- You need to pop them up. - Yeah.

- Okay. - Right there.

Once this windshield goes in, it's a huge milestone for the car.

It also opens a whole list of questions.

So what do you want to do? Do you want to just leave the bottom?

- Do you wanna... - Leave the bottom loose and we're gonna start on

the... the inner points right there, Austin,

and you're gonna tighten them down 'cause we gotta sort of help.

Move the roof around.

Be careful with everything

'cause there's pretty much no time to fix anything.

- And I think this gap is tighter on that side. No? - Yeah.

It looks like you might just need to pull the center down just a hair.

So maybe I need to jump up there

and just, like, put all my body weight on it.

Yeah, whatever is going on on the inside here.

- You got one in the center ready? - Yep.

- Yeah, and then drop. - Go ahead.

- Are we tight in the center? - Yep.

Got a little bit of a gap.

Um, here it fits good.

But here it doesn't.

And maybe that has to do with this screw not being in.

[Kevin] The frame is fit on the car and it's fit fine.

Now that the glass is in, you just never know.

The roof's not gonna pull this up if I push it down.

I thought this fit better.

2 - [Kevin] Are we tight in the center? - Yep.

We got a little bit of a gap.

Um, here it fits good.

Here, it doesn't.

[Kevin] The frame is fit on the car 15 plus times, and it's fit fine.

Now that the glass is in, it shouldn't affect it, but you just never know.

The roof's not going pull this up if I push it down.

Does that make sense?

- If we can loosen that and push the roof down. - Mmm-hmm.

But that's not gonna change this.

Look, it's not gonna move that much.

- I don't think, but we can try. - No, it's not.

We might have to finagle some of each.

- And maybe... maybe this screw... - 'Cause this is a little high.

...is pulling this too tight.

Maybe I need to put, um, something different in it

to where it will let it come up a little bit.

All we can do at this point is pray and make small adjustments

because we don't have time to do anything else,

- and I don't really have any other options. - There.

Back there.

A little more.

- Oh, yeah, that's... - Good.

- Yeah. - Yeah, that's way better.

It fit. It's fantastic.

Now we just gotta get this thing bolted to the car

and move onto the next.

Kenny, you got the hardware for the bottom?

Whoo. Whoo.

[chuckles] ♪ Happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪

♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap ♪

I'm happy because this [bleep] car's almost done.

John's making great progress with the jewelry,

but we're not done yet.

This is really, really cool, from the CAD to the print

- to what you call sprueing, and then casting. - [John] Yep.

[Dave] And then basically breaking it off of its tree...

- [John] Right. - [Dave]...and deburring it, polishing it.

That's so cool. So what's next after this?

- So the next step is to set it. - Okay.

I have one here that's ready to go.

So this is where I need a little help with my...

- microscope. [chuckles] - [chuckles] Oh, you got the same problem as me?

- Yeah. - Uh-huh.

[John] That prong I put in, it needs to be bent back

to allow the... the stone to clear,

so they can get it in there nice and level and perfect.

And once I have that done,

then I have to...

I have to make a seat for it.

The stone has to sit in a seat...

- [Dave] Uh-huh. - ...in order for the prongs to lay down.

So in order to do that,

I have a... a little fancy burr.

And I just clean up this seat a little bit

and make it so that...

the stone sits level.

[Dave] That is such fine detail.

[John] Yeah, it's easy in a microscope.

And...

Sometimes you have to check fit

and make sure that it's where you want it

and level.

Well...

Wow, that is just some serious detail.

[John] Push these prongs over.

There you go.

[Dave] Honestly, John, from the outside looking in,

that is such a simple-looking piece and elegant.

But the amount of process

that you go through to... to create something like that...

[John chuckles] It's a lot of steps.

[Dave] It is, but it's beautiful.

That is so cool.

Give me a jingle when you've got 'em all done.

[John] I'll call you as soon as they're ready to go.

- [Dave] Hey, thanks again. - All right. Thanks, Dave.

- [Dave] Take care. - Okay.

This dash needs to get bodyworked, then wrapped

and we should be able to put it in.

[Dave] The entire time we've been building this,

the object was to try and have

the least amount of seams in the leather.

So the bigger piece of leather on this dash

is definitely harder to work into place,

and definitely a lot harder to handle.

But it's definitely worth it.

[man] Yeah. Pretty intricate piece.

[Justin] We're having to seam it...

here on the ends.

But we buried the seam...

in a channel,

I'm gonna go ahead and move it in now.

[Kevin] The dash is made up of three 3D printed pieces,

and when we wrap it, it's supposed to look like one-piece dash.

That's kind of what we're going for.

[Justin] Pull this thing tighter than skin on a grape.

[Dave chuckles]

The plan here is to lay a blanket down real quick

and we're gonna start putting these three pieces together.

Special delivery. I'm so excited to see these things on the car.

They look bitchin'.

With such an intricate piece cut on the mill,

it's really difficult to get a perfect finish everywhere,

but this one is almost flawless.

The part that has a little bit of shadowing

was already intended to be done in black.

If this doesn't work, then I think I know what it is.

The thickness of the backing could be holding it up.

When I go to put it on, it might rock.

Oh, it's bent. That's why that's [bleep] this way.

It is [bleeping] I think it's shaped like this.

- From the machining. Yeah. - [Dave] Give me a hammer.

2 [Dave] Well, it was doing it this way before, too.

So, I'm just gonna double up this clear tape.

I think it's shaped like this.

- From the machining. Yeah. - [Dave] Give me a hammer.

[laughing] No, I'm...

No. I'm kidding. Uh, no.

I'm just gonna double up the tape. Maybe that'll do it.

This is such a fine tolerance that just even the thickness.

When we pre fit it without the tape backing off of it, it sits perfect.

But as soon as we take this thin backing off of here,

we have just enough warp to the machining

and all of the stuff that's been done on these

to allow it to just barely rock, and we don't want that.

So I'm just gonna double up this tape. And it's so thin,

you will never notice that it's...

up just slightly higher.

We're in great shape here in a second.

[Kevin] What's up with the name?

So "Twelve-Air" is kind of a play off of...

the concept car, 1954, the Corvair.

And...

it's a 12-cylinder, so...

- [Kevin] It seems... - Genius, really.

[both chuckle]

[Dave] And this, once I get it in place, should drop right onto...

its home.

It's there.

You wanna put it in the press?

[Dave] No, I don't.

I think I'll just manhandle it myself.

- Good, no? - [Dave] Yeah.

Pretty good.

God, it's beautiful.

- [Kevin] It really makes that engine pop for sure. - Right?

Another thing checked off the list,

and as long as we're checking things off the list,

that means we're making great progress.

Q-A-U-R...

- [man chuckles] - I'll have it done before he learns how to spell "quarter".

[man] Q-U-A-R-T-E-R.

- [Kevin] Q-U-A... - [man] R.

Quarts... oh, that makes more sense.

[Dave] So this is gonna go in the inserts,

basically of the seats, just to kind of tie in that pattern.

[Justin] So we just had these laser etched.

They're the same design

as the grill and everything else

we're putting into this.

If you look at this guy right here,

see the laser print on it is super, super light.

You could see it, and we thought it looked pretty good.

But we've done this before, and it looks way better

with just a little bit of black rubbed in.

[Dave] That's a great detail.

So, look at that. Just when we thought it was clean.

Now watch, we'll grab another one of these.

And this is not gonna come out of where that laser etch was.

It's there for good.

And it won't bleed on it either

because we... we wiped down those last ones,

many a times.

[Dave] Sweet!

[Justin] Pretty nice, right there.

- Look at the difference. - [Dave] Yeah, compared to the two,

oh, yeah, big difference.

Money.

John's gonna actually bring the jewels down here

and deliver 'em in person,

so he can actually see what it is that he built.

And I'm really pumped to see these things go together.

So, John, you're getting full access to the secret room.

- And there's Will. - Hey, Will, how are ya?

- [Will] Good. How are you? - Doing good.

- How've you been? - Good. It's nice to see you again.

Did you bring us the goods?

- I brought you the goods. - Awesome. Awesome.

So these...

These are petite and tiny,

but they're way cool.

Fourteen karat white gold...

[Will] He's hired.

I'm just eyeballing the distance.

- [laughs] - Yeah, it's perfect. That's fine.

You set pretty good.

Oh, that's gonna be so sweet.

- So this is basically what we're gonna have... - That's pretty cool.

...sitting over the top of it. And so you can see--

And this piece is kind of scratched up,

- but this is our... - [Dave] You know I'm gonna have you...

- Let's set a couple... - [Will] Yes, let's set a couple on there.

[Dave] Let's set some in here...

for our clock.

And this will give us a really good idea of...

- What this is gonna-- - ...what it's gonna look like. Right.

[John] All of a sudden I can't grab them.

So is this on the big end of the spectrum

of what you are used to making?

Uh... Well, yeah.

I've done pieces that size that have 60 stones in them.

- Oh, really? Oh, wow. - Yeah. [chuckles]

It just depends on what the design is and what the want is.

Oh, see, that is exactly what I was hoping for.

Now you're getting the full visual.

[Will] And the number is floating,

- and obviously it won't be all busy. - [Dave chuckles]

- That's a... that's a mock up of the speedo. - Right.

And then we're able to dim the light down

- if we need to or whatever. - [Will] Yeah, totally.

[Dave] You won't see the actual light,

it'll be back behind the bezels.

In my imagination, it looks perfect.

But now, in real life, it's even better.

John, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

That is exactly what we're after.

- Those are cool. - [Dave] Isn't that awesome?

- Let's shake hands. - Thanks for letting me be part of the game.

- Yeah, this is awesome. - Oh, yeah, we appreciate it.

- I can't wait to-- - Welcome you to our realm.

Yeah. I can't wait to get creative again.

I'll... I'll call you up. We'll do some more stuff.

- I'm in your pocket, whatever you need. - Yeah.

Imagine the most difficult Tetris game you've ever played

and times up by a 100.

That's what getting the dash in this car is like.

- Let's roll it down. - Let's make sure we got all hands on deck before we go in.

Have you seen Justin?

Yeah, he's about this tall, bit of an attitude.

And just like everything else on this car,

the tolerances are just as tight on the dash.

Does this need to be tilted yet

- or do you do that after? - Ah, after.

Maybe we need to put that, like, in second.

It's very large compared to the car.

It's almost like, half the car, it seems like,

so getting this thing in is gonna be very tricky.

Somebody on that corner.

[Will] I'll watch this side.

Okay, go up high.

[Dave] There we go.

- Go back slowly. - [Dave] It's supposed to tilt?

Start turning it now.

- This... my side down? - No, opposite way, wasn't it?

That's got to go way down.

[Kevin] Yeah, it goes like that, but...

- Yeah, that's like... Your end's down. - This has to go way down.

That's where we've got to start tilting it right off of that.

Right here?

- ...outside the car, there we go. - There we go.

- This end down. - Watch that door

'cause that thing, Dave, that's normal or we scraped the top.

They've had this dash in before.

The doors weren't on.

The back glass wasn't in.

I don't even think the windshield was in.

Now we have all these parts on the car...

[man] Try it down the window.

Go down, then. Go down.

[Kevin] No, we're hooked.

- [Dave] Oh, okay. - [Will] We're hooked over the door.

2 [man] What do you think of the Ridler

now that it's getting close?

What do you think you guys' chances are at winning?

Oh, we're gonna win.

It's something that no one's seen before.

[Kaden] Seeing it in this stage is pretty nice.

It's just crazy to see something be built from scratch.

[man] Kev, how do you liking the Ridler,

now that it's coming along?

I hate it.

You know, I think this car is tested everyone's patience quite a bit.

With all the work we've put into this car, it better win.

It's an amazing car.

Something that we've never built to this level.

[Will] I just hope for the best.

I hope the competition is as good and strong.

[man 2] I know it's gonna win. Oh, 100 percent.

The car is coming together very well.

I got into this now.

- [man 3] Yeah. [chuckles] - What do you say?

There's a couple of things that have been a little bit delayed.

That car is a bad bitch.

I really like it a lot,

but I like it a lot more once it's there.

[Dave] Twenty-five years of experience doing this stuff,

we never missed the deadline.

This is just another one of those things

where we're not gonna miss the deadline.

[Justin] I like how everything's come together

that we've got done so far.

I think it's gonna be absolutely incredible car.

Being from Michigan, I used to go

to the Detroit Autorama every year,

and look at the Great 8.

[Dave] I'm taking my very best game,

so I'm anticipating that,

when we get there, the judges will see that,

and, uh, that they'll appreciate what we've put together.

If it doesn't win, I'd be

completely blown away.

It is the most impeccable thing I've ever seen.

[man] Javier!

Yes, sir!

[man] How do you like this Ridler?

It's always [bleep] nice.

The winner. This is gonna be the winner for sure.

Why? Because I'm polishing.

- [all chuckling] - [man] Yeah.

2 Only got about an inch right there to clear that corner.

- And we can't go... - [indistinct chatter]

Yeah, there we go.

There you go. There you go.

[Kevin] Now, go back.

- Okay, now let it rotate. - Turn the steering wheel.

- Let it rotate. - [Will] Okay, there we go.

[Kevin] Probably gonna need seven guys to put the dash in.

It's gonna be like a Tetris dance 360,

extreme version.

Good. Looking good.

Okay, watch that computer.

Now the computer comes down?

Tilt this side down.

Can it go forward then?

- [Justin] Let's go... - Go back further.

- Can we go back any? - Yeah.

Keep the rag up there in the back window, please.

- A little bit more. - [Kevin] All right.

- You got it. - [Dave] There you go. Bingo. Okay.

Okay, go easy right here.

How are you there, Kev?

- [Kevin] I'm tight. - It's getting really tight.

A little smudge, that's fixable.

A big smudge or a scratch,

start over.

- I don't know what rags you wanted, Kenny. - Uh...

Smudges aren't a big deal as long as we're not scratching it.

But we have to get the dash in.

You have room if you squeeze like that.

It's what? What is it? Wednesday?

We have a lot of things to do,

and a short time to get them all done in.

We're coming down in the last 72 hours of this build.

Everybody is full throttle.

They're supposed to be around this.

[Kevin] All the last details.

Our fingers are crossed.

Do-si-do, cuz.

So before we do this, though,

let's get a straight line going.

[Kenny] It was getting all the glue and stuff,

and we're now mounting these tires.

[Will] We're just going at it, trying to finalize some fitment.

We've got to be on the money. Zero flaws.

[Will] We want to finish out early, so that we can step back

and correct anything we don't like.

[Dave] This is the piece that's gonna go around the suspension.

My brakes were this shiny once.

[Will] Pretty damn good.

It's 'cause, uh, we've been doing this before.

I'm not doing too well on the finish early part,

but we're still gonna get there.

Oh, that's so good.

Stick the one side...

pull it all the way around.

In my eyes, after 22 years in business,

and there isn't too many cars

that are built like what we're working on.

Seam here.

[Justin] We'll come in and cut both of them at the same time.

I think the front of this could come up.

If you could think you could get anywhere near

doing one of these cars on your own,

I mean, good luck.

Last little pieces.

Finally, a car.

It's, uh, what, five years of dreams?

About four.

[Dave] After a couple of years, I have no idea how many hours,

the guys have come together on this car as a team,

and really, you can see the results.

I think everybody's gonna be able to tell

this is a very special build.

And even though the car is done,

we still have a couple of hurdles left,

and we have travel.

So the car's got to stay top secret for only another few days.

We'll be in the trailer most of that time,

and then we'll be on the dock.

But one picture of this car gets out beforehand,

and apparently, it could be all over,

which would suck.

So... no pictures.

Car is done. We're getting it in the trailer.

A new trailer, obviously a new car.

Everyone's a little on edge.

It's like this is the last step for the crew at the shop.

We just need to knock it out.

Are we good?

Dave?

- We're good. - I think we're good.

One...

[Dave] So, you want me to sit in the car to steer it?

- Is that neutral? - Yep.

- [Kevin] Turn right. - [Dave] Hang on one second.

How's that looking up there, guys? Line me up.

[Kevin] To the left a hair.

- [Dave] I am not touching the brakes yet. - [Kevin] Okay. hold it.

Everybody got their eyes on that?

[Dave] Where's our fuel?

[Kevin] How much fuel is in the car?

- We put five gallons in it... - Yeah, we put five gallons in it,

just ran it. We checked it.

- We should have, like a gallon... - [Dave] It's 0.2.

It'll be okay, you think?

- Yeah. - Oh, that's bull [bleep]

That's the show.

That's our show caliber.

- Okay, so we really don't know how much fuel is in the car. - No.

One of the first things that we have to do is the tech test.

So we're gonna need a little bit of gas.

Okay, hold it.

You need to get out.

[indistinct]

All right, everyone, just get a hold of the car front and back.

Get it nice and slow, nice and slow.

Good.

You slip that in, and that should get us.

That's got clearance.

Okay. One, two, three...

One, two, three...

Hold it. Stop. We're good.

Keep going.

- [bleep] Forward. - What about right here?

[man] That's gonna crash.

2 We have spent, I don't even know how much time.

We cannot mess it up.

- [bleep] Forward. - What about right here?

These are only an inch tall.

All right, we're just gonna need to lay something in here.

We need go just a little bit farther.

Let's go up on that and everyone's just kind of got it.

One, two, three...

Still good?

[Dave] You said go?

One, two, three...

Okay, let's... let it go back a little.

One, two, three...

Okay.

Okay, hold up. what about those middle hooks?

I did a test with this trailer, but it is a brand new system.

I think I've got all my I's dotted

and maybe half of my T's crossed.

- Ready? Here we go. - [Dave] Go!

Okay, that's good. We got one more to go.

Are we good here?

- [man 1] That's what I don't know. - [man 2] Clear.

[Kevin] So we just have to pull it back out.

Once we get the front wheels on their trolleys,

lock them down and the winch should be able to take it from here.

Set, go!

One, two, three... last bump.

Last bump!

Okay, we're in.

We got eyes on the rockers.

- We all good still? - [man groans]

We need to get the front tire strapped,

and then we'll figure out what we're gonna do.

It's so funny to have to run guard like this

to make sure nobody takes a picture.

[chuckles] Ruins it.

It's happened before.

Loading the car up to go to Detroit,

a picture of it,

and they got disqualified as soon as they got there.

[Will] I said no photos!

[indistinct]

She in?

It's in the can, man! [laughs]

So I think at this point, we're...

I don't wanna jinx this.

The next thing we need to do

is just get the car safely to Detroit.

It's been a very good experience,

but there's been a lot of stress.

It will be a nail biter, getting it out,

getting a set until this thing is done and the show is open,

we'll have just a little bit more stress.

All in all, everything's good.

See you guys in Detroit.

[Kevin] Detroit, here we come. 1,300 miles to go.

[Dave] So this will be the sketchy part.

It's so low, I can't get in the car without a drag, and so...

Hang on, when is the last time we started this thing?

Hey, do you think it'll start, Dave?

[Dave] I don't know.

God, that'd be nice, if it does.

Okay. All's I'm gonna do,

we'll pull forward, backwards,

stop, left, right,

and then we'll push it from there, okay?

Okay. Fire it up.

[engine whirring]

[Dave] Nope.

[engine sputtering]

- What do you wanna do? - I don't know.

All I needed to do to pass this test

was to get this car to drive

under its own power for two feet.

[Kevin] Like, I got reverse, neutral, and that's it.

[Dave] There's a lot of pressure on us at this point.

Can we reach in with the screwdriver

and push that cable a little bit more?

[Kevin] This is so tight, Dave. No way.

We're done.

- You wanna cry, huh? - I know.

[Will] I was super nervous.

The culmination of all of our efforts.

You never know what's gonna happen.

- We'll check out the rest of the crop. - The next one.

...difficulty design, the textures,

the color use, the engineering.

That's what they're most interested in in finding out,

who went through the most trouble

to build the most the ultimate car.

- [Kevin] It's awesome. It looks great. - [Dave] So cool.

- Good job. - Thank you. I appreciate it.

- You have some good competition. - [man] Yeah.

[Dave] I was hoping for some competition.

I'll tell you if there is any show in the world

that has [indistinct] cars,

[indistinct] This is pretty amazing.

Um... it really is.

All right, well, I was supposed to give an award here.

[indistinct]

[all cheering]