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chad: When I first started building cars,

I wanted to be by myself, you know.

I never dreamt of a team though.

When I dreamt, I just dreamt of the cars.

It's hard for me working with people.

There's not a lot of people that are thinking the way I am.

And I expect people to think the way I am,

but a lot of people don't.

I would cut people off fairly quick.

If something is going wrong,

I just -- that's it, it's over, you know what I mean?

♪

as I grew in life,

I realized what it took for this shop to go forward.

I can't do every job by myself.

I have to be able to rely on somebody.

You get a good team, you can do things, you know?

Building a team is harder than building a car.

Now I'm about to take on a build

I would never dream to take on without them.

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we're at redneck rodeo. We're at redneck rodeo, man.

♪

[ cheering ]

it's a celebration of rednecks today.

Truck pulls...

Lawn mowers... [ cheering ]

chain saws.

[ chain saw revving ]

that's crazy.

[ cheering ] woman: Come on, murray!

Yeah, I'm a redneck.

You know I am. Do I have a red neck?

Little bit. - Redneck.

Redneck, we're here. - Here.

We fit in. [ giggles ]

we're here to meet me the potential client.

His name's doug redden.

There's dougie there, look. Hey, doug.

Every year we have a car show

called rockabilly weekend.

It's when our car community comes together and celebrates

and has fun for the weekend.

We always raffle off a car.

Last year, doug redden bought $500

worth of tickets hoping to win.

-What's going on? -Not too much.

-How's the tractors doing? -Not bad.

We just took a look there

and it's going pretty good, it's cool.

I am doug redden. [ laughs ]

I own a dump truck business.

I don't think I got to buy any more

of them tickets like it was. What?

Come on, man, come on. I was looking for a better deal.

What kind of better deal you talking about?

I'm thinking that maybe you should build me a truck.

I never do very good on them tickets.

But I like that chance now.

So the only way I'm going to get it is see my accountant and --

bite the bullet. - Yeah.

They didn't trust me? But I want a truck.

Got anything in mind?

And you want to make something out of it?

I want to make a truck out of it.

Okay.

Chad: I'd love to build a truck for him,

but doug's got me half nervous in the same hand

because I don't know what he got.

All right, man. So stop down.

-Good talking to you. -Nice to see you again, jolene.

I'm glad I met up with you. Yeah, me too.

Maybe it's beer time. Your turn to buy.

[ laughter ]

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[ engine rumbling ]

♪

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yeah. - [ chuckles ]

we'll see, though. - Yeah.

Chad: When I don't build a car, I generally --

I get to start with whatever I want.

It's exciting to me because I know what I can do to it

and I know what it's going to look like in the end.

Doug could have just about anything.

The unknown, it kind of makes me nervous a little bit.

♪

got some new chrome wheels on her anyway.

Look at that, huh? - Wow.

-Hey. -Hey.

-How you doing, chad? -Hey, doug.

-What's going on, brother. -Glad you came down.

What's going on?

I got a little project I want you to look at.

Okay, cool.

Well, this is it, chad.

This is my truck.

This is it.

I hate to tell you, doug, that's not a truck.

Well, I was hoping - it was going to be a truck.

It's a good looking car.

It is in very good shape, but I'm not a car kind of guy.

-Yeah, I understand. -I got the trucker's belly.

I got a -- I need a truck.

It's a little tougher. We're taking a car

and making it into like a --

like, he has big rigs here, right?

I keep thinking big rigs.

Maybe I should think small truck, you know.

And there's lots to work with. It's a nice solid car.

It is a nice old car.

But it's not a truck. It isn't. That's for sure.

-What year is this thing? -'34.

How's it been? I love it. It's a gm.

Something's bugging me about it. Maybe it's bugging me

because I'm not sure of what I want to do.

Do I dual-wheel it in the back?

Do I put big stacks in the bunk in the back

and make it a big rig? I don't know.

Doug: It's going to be unique.

I was kind of figuring that a little bit.

Look at that there, would you? You got an empty one.

Oh, yeah. No engine?

She got a gm stamp on her.

Oh, she's gm all the way.

Oh, she's gm all the way but stucky poo, probably.

Chad: The car was in not good shape.

I was expecting it to be complete underneath the hood.

It has no spark plugs in the holes,

and they are open to the weather,

and I'm thinking, that's probably not a good thing.

We're looking at an engine replacement, you know,

so it's a lot more work.

What kind of money you think you want to spend?

If you want to make this into a truck

the way -- you know, the way I want to do it, I guess,

and I guess that's why you're coming to me...

Exactly. ...The way I want to do it.

You'd be you'd be 25, probably.

Yeah. Yeah.

And that's including that you give me the car.

Oh yes, I understand. Yes.

You'd have to have the guy for free in that price.

I'm thinking 30 days.

Are you all right with that? Do you think that's okay?

No, I'm great with that.

When can I pick her up?

That'd be awesome. Let's do it.

That was easy. When --

I said that was 30 and the car?

No, I said 25 and what did you say?

20 days? - 30.

30 days. Oh, I forgot about that!

Jolene: Doug's a big fan, so it's great

that he's come to us, he's got a car.

He trusts that chad's able to turn it into a truck.

You know, I think he's come to the right place.

You know, in chad we trust.

Doug: Perfect.

Chad: He's given us the vehicle that he wants done.

That changes the ball game, doesn't it?

But there's an opportunity there, is there not,

to make something that I'd never dreamt of.

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[ thunder rumbles ]

chad: I need to think about how I'm going to do this.

I've never done this before,

so I'm going to take a minute and think about it.

Doug has given us a 1934 oldsmobile.

It's a very nice looking car, and it's a four-door.

I've decided since doug has a hauling company,

I'm going to build him a dump truck.

So what we're going to have to do is make a cab.

We'll remove all the back.

The look for the dump truck is kind of toyish.

When I was a kid, that was fun to go to town to get a toy

to play with in the ditch and dig holes.

We're going to move it forward

and then we're going to reconnect.

In my brain, when we're building this,

it tells me that it's going to be fun.

We could almost make a wheel barrel effect.

It's pretty cool. It's kind of a dump truck

like you would never see, but you think would exist.

We're going to try to make it round where we can.

We'll try to make it look like you could push it.

You could touch it and play with it.

I like it.

♪

all righty.

This is the car that we're starting with, obviously.

'34 oldsmobile.

We're doing this for doug redden.

He's into hauling sand and gravel and that stuff.

We want to make him a dump truck.

But the first thing we got to do is make it a cab,

and we'll cut the bum off it

because we can make that the back of the cab.

We can make a box for it.

What I would do is make this all out of the exhaust pipe.

Exhaust pipe up like this and exhaust pipe --

you know what I mean? That's how we'd do that.

We know how to bend exhaust pipe.

[ slams ] right?

Colton: It sounds pretty crazy that we're talking about

making a dump truck out of '30s oldsmobile,

but when I sit down and listen to dad's ideas,

there's not much that he can tell me anymore

that I don't believe he can do.

Is the thing going to actually tilt up and down?

Yeah, for sure. Yeah, we'll just put it on a pedestal there

or a thing where it can pivot.

How heavy is that dump box going to be?

That's a lot of weight,

especially if he's actually going to use it.

Remember that toy had the thing?

-That would be cool. -That's a great idea.

It had a little arm here,

and then you had a little wheel here, right?

Would you make it so you could turn it and --

that'd be a lot of work, wouldn't it?

Oh, yeah. - [ laughter ]

that would make it more look like a toy, would it not?

I collect antique toys, and I like the way they look.

-I think you got that. -Yeah.

I think it would be a nice -- it would be a nice toy.

We got a car into a truck and then into a dump truck.

You know, we got to have a good size engine,

make sure it's safe and strong.

I mean, I think it's definitely an ambitious built,

but who else is doing stuff like this?

Jolene: At hiltz auto co., we want to be a brand

that creates one-of-a-kind cars.

In time, we'd like to be a household name.

When they think of us, then they'd think of the crazy cars

that we put out every year.

30 days. 30 days.

All right, let's go for it.

Let's put put the plan in action.

-Well, it's rock and roll time. -[ grunts ]

♪

the very first thing we do is strip it down

and see what we got.

[ whirring ]

♪

colton: When I started working here last year,

I did not know anything about cars.

Every day I pull in the driveway,

I have to prove myself here.

What bolts are these for? Front bumper, back bumper?

I don't know.

How in the [bleep] can you not know that?

Colton: First build, there were a lot of ups and downs,

and I got it in my dad's trust back as much as I can.

Chad: - Ooh, get the fender off.

Look at that thing now, would you?

Starting to get her clothes off, see what she looks like.

Sometimes that's good and sometimes that's bad.

Taking this molding off around the top of the roof here,

and then I'll remove the wooden structure underneath.

As we all know, you can't weld to wood.

♪

aaron's right at home.

He's got wood pliers and everything.

This car is held together with little nails like that.

They're kind of a nuisance.

There's probably 5,000 of them in this car.

They're sharp.

Chad: As you deconstruct older cars,

you realize more and more where they've came from.

We went from the wheel to the wheelbarrow

to the wagon to the car.

So on these cars, you have to dig the wood out.

-How's that? -It's pretty good.

Chad: The first thing we're going to do

is we're going to make this car into a cab for a truck.

We're gonna cut it in half and mary the back on.

So I'm thinking that we go right with that window

right straight across.

We're going to cut it off there. Number one rule

in cutting a car in half --

make sure it doesn't go wonky on you.

[ laughs ]

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♪

perfect.

[ clattering ]

that would be... Somewhat like that.

[ chuckles ] we've got that sucker

way, way, way too long.

Well...

Biggest complaint with old trucks...

-It's too small. -Cab's too small.

You know what? It would look pretty damn sick --

pretty cool with a cab that long,

if you know what I mean. Like, it would look like --

close that in, but just leave the cab bigger like that.

Yeah.

I think that it would really look cool.

There we go! There we go!

Now get a nail.

Yeah, be careful. Watch your eyeballs.

-Just -- -I got it.

-I guess? -Yeah.

I think it's held, isn't it?

Anyways, - I want to just take a look.

Do you like how big the cab is, or...

I love it.

I kind of like it this size.

Actually, that looks actually good there, does it not?

You would never think it was a car,

just the way we built the cab of the truck.

It looks like it would be a dump truck as a cab,

just a little bit bigger.

We're just doing it our way, which is the hiltz auto co. Way.

I like both corners on it. Both corners look good.

It's raised in the middle like, I mean --

yeah, I like it. I love it.

-Beep. Beep. -[ laughs ]

you guys went hunting for bicycles?

I think he's going to be surprised.

I think doug will piss himself. Ha ha!

♪

let's make our boxes big.

4 feet should be the bottom.

We're turning a 1930s oldsmobile into a dump truck.

This is our chance to show here at hiltz auto co.

We can build anything.

So we need to decide how much of an angle we want.

So if we make a box, a square box here, we have to decide...

Now that I got the cab in proportion where I want it,

now it's was time to make the dump body, you know?

What we should do is weld something on here

and then we can weld our square box here

out of our exhaust pipe.

We'll take exhaust pipe and we'll put it

on the corner of that square

and we'll run it up to the corner

so we get all the angles are the same thing,

so same 10 feet long?

I'm thinking we'll make a box this big.

-Yeah. -That'd be quite an angle,

say that's 4 feet from there up to that corner.

Would be quite an angle, would it not?

Yeah, it'd be 30, almost 40 degrees.

Good old [bleep] aaron pulling out the degrees.

[ laughs ]

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[ whirring ] the base of the dump body

is going to be 4 feet long,

and we're going to basically taper it out on both ends.

Then we heard welding outside in the wind.

That's why they call you al.

-Super al. -[ laughs ]

chad: I want to make the dump out of exhaust pipe

because I want that nice round edge finish.

Flat as a pancake.

I do not want something square and awkward looking.

I want it to look like a toy.

That's going to be the bottom of it, obviously.

But I'm thinking I'd like to have that hoist

just go out far enough that you can go up

to the back of the truck and sit down on that.

That's a two-bum seater.

-Okay, yeah. -You know what I mean?

You could put water in that, have a --

have a hot tub. Oh, my god.

Ow! Getting in the hot tub.

♪

there's no sense getting your panties

all tied up in a knot

if you don't even know where you're going, so...

There's so many things going on, right,

we want to know if we're even in proportion or not.

Yeah, let's slowly keep coming ahead.

Um, I've got -- that's cool.

The things we come up with, I'm telling you.

I'm liking it.

Yeah, I'm liking it, too, actually.

I'm glad we put it together. [ laughs ] yeah.

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-what time is it now? -20 minutes till break time.

-Let's make a cab corner. -Okay, cool.

This is where it gets tricky for me

because for me, - like, I see what's going on,

but I wouldn't know where to bring this,

because I don't know

what this is supposed to look like in its day.

Well, let's stand back and take a look at it for a second.

Come look. Come look at it with me.

What if you made it too big and it interfered with the box?

Chad: The biggest challenge for the cab corners --

when you're running cab corners, it's just not a round bend.

It's rounder at the corner, then wider at the top.

Pretty hard to make a smaller bend at the bottom

than it is at the top.

So there's a lot to figure out. Well, that piece there,

it has to continue all the way around the back of the truck.

So we're going to have to roll it.

We'll roll it,

then we'll put the bend in it,

and then we'll shrink it

so it goes to shape, if you know what I mean.

We'll put the shrinker on this thing here and shrink it.

So we'll see. I'll show you.

♪

this is our patient today.

His name is metal.

Colton wanted to be on the right foot

when we first started off, but he just had too many things

going in his brain, you know?

He was racing around everywhere.

We had a little issue with that, but it's just --

yeah, he's my son. I love him,

and I want to make sure that he gets over that hurdle.

Nice little roll. You know what I mean?

We start rolling up too much and we don't want her too much,

we'll roll that down. Just a second.

Bring it back out. [bleep]

that looks good enough for me though. What?

It's not bad at all.

It's okay to roll something too far sometimes,

but it's not okay to bend something too far sometimes.

You know what I mean? Like, to break the edge.

When you're here, you have to use your brain and your hands.

You're learning. You have to pay attention

to all pieces.

This shape is going this way, right?

That's going that way. But look at this shape.

Is it bent in half? Is it up too far?

Is it crooked?

How do you get that?

You got to take it in the shrinker,

get a little heat on there,

pry on that, pull it together.

Everything matters. Everything matters.

So if you think of everything, you should be good.

See the teeth, how they're apart?

See that little gap there? Mm-hmm.

That means we're going to bring it together.

If there's no gap there, then when you push down,

it pulls it apart.

So we know we're on shrinker.

I guess so.

[ whirring and hissing ]

see that shrinking that?

I'll do a little bit, then I'll show you.

Pulling it, making it go like this.

I think that's what we wanted, right.

Your eyes crooked? I see what you're doing.

We're getting it now. Oh, my god.

See that? Who wants cab corners?

I'll make you some. Smack her.

Just give her a daub there.

Good.

Put your wire where you want to weld.

Good.

Keep going. Keep going. Let off.

I've never seen a cab corner on a truck

that big before. [ taps ]

weld her up, colton.

♪

chad: Don't warp it.

He's doing awesome. Doing good today.

♪

looks good. Awesome.

That looks good. Yeah.

That look good.

Good job. Like, I mean -- yeah.

♪

coming in with a load.

Beep, beep.

See if chad's in there. Let's show him our spoils.

♪

[ laughs ]

you guys went hunting for bicycle?

Alex is a mechanic from heaven.

He can almost do most anything when it comes to mechanically

and he's going to be in charge of making the body dump.

Grabbed a jack. - Okay.

For like a trailer.

This is going to be up against, on a pivot,

on the bottom of the box.

We're gonna cut this off, put a sprocket on it.

Like, that's why we grabbed a bicycle.

And then we're going to extend -- keep this handle.

So put chain and sprockets

wherever we want to locate the handle.

-Okay. -And then you just turn it up.

Awesome.

Lickety-sprocket.

[ laughter ]

you know, alex, don't talk a lot.

He's looking at things and thinking about it, you know.

He's using this old ticker up here.

And some people do and some people don't,

and alex is one of those people that uses his brain.

Alex: It's actually going to mount just like this.

And then the chain, sprockets --

chain's gonna go on here right straight up

to where the handle's gonna be.

Aaron made an arm that connects on the frame

that sits under the dump bed.

The jack connects to the arm.

When you turn the jack handle,

it tilts the dump bed.

Thing's heavy. - Yeah.

Aaron: We got a heavy load to lift.

Looking at the bike chain itself

and the sprocket setup,

realized we better get something heavier duty.

I don't think this chain is going to work.

♪

♪

[ horn honks ]

whoo!

I feel like a gangster in this. My neck hits the window.

♪

alex: Our initial design was to use the bicycle chain

to crank up the dump,

but I don't think the bicycle chain is,

you know, strong enough to dump the load.

♪

so colton and I are going to get a bigger one

off a motorcycle at my father's.

Well, here we are.

Called ahead. - [ chuckles ]

oh, god. - Hey, he's up there.

Look, he's up there working on something.

[ grunts ]

-hey, man. -How you doing?

-What's going on, dad? -Not too much.

How you been?

Well, I got to - try and cut some wood up.

Oh, are you? - Yeah.

I haven't seen you in a while.

Lou is a cool dude. He's like an old gangster.

He's got a big gold tooth.

He always got his hat right down,

you know, pants up, got a giggle on.

You know, scouting out the area,

seeing what alex is doing.

Well, looks like you've been in the...

In what? Body filler.

No! - [ laughs ]

you got more on your pants probably

than you did on the car.

If you take 'em off, they'd stand right up.

Stand right up by themselves.

My old man, he learnt me a few things when I was younger.

He's the first one to put a wrench in my hand

and then get mad at me after I lose it.

I'm just wondering if those old motorcycles

I had up here are still kicking around.

They're still there. I didn't take off on them.

[ laughs ] - I couldn't get 'em going.

[ laughter ]

louis, he's an old t.G.

You can see it in the way he walks around.

He's always up to no good.

He's always looking around and seeing what's going on.

When I get old, I'm gonna be like alex's old man.

Piling wood at 100 and, you know, teasin'.

You out here doing abs, louis?

No, I bought that a long, long time ago.

I think I found the one. I don't know if it's any good.

It's been sitting around here for quite a few years.

Colton: It's got a cool gas tank.

I don't believe there's a master link in it,

I don't think.

We might have to take it over there and cut it off.

♪

[ whirring ]

I think with this piece...

Just like that.

My fingernails are getting long, too.

You need a trim?

No, I just -- I keep them --

oh, you just got yours done, did you?

Alex: We got chain, but we're gonna need sprockets.

Colton: You are gonna need a sprocket,

with teeth left on it. Yeah.

It's been quite a few years

since I touched anything in here.

We're upgrading.

Another chain?

We're going to have lots of chains.

A couple sprockets.

We should have enough now.

All right, dad, see you.

Yeah, okay. - Later, man.

You take care. - You too.

Stay out of the mud. [ colton laughs ]

♪

we go by these lines.

Alex: We're going with some bigger shaft,

bigger gear, bigger chain, bigger sprocket.

We like to use these as the bottom of the system

and then we'll go to a larger diameter sprocket

right out of the handle.

Just going to physically turn the jaw faster

by having a changing gear ratio.

-Say we're going industrial. -Aaron: We're going heavy duty.

Alex: I think that chain is strong enough,

but when we get it onto the box, I'll find out.

Can you wind her up for me, alex, little bit there?

I hate to get you down on your knees and do the deal,

but that is cooler than [bleep].

♪

it's not slow.

I'm happy with that. You guys happy with it?

-Yeah. -Awesome.

Chad: I really feel like doug would get a workout doing it,

but it works, you know. It goes right to the top.

It does what a dump truck is supposed to do.

Hercules, hercules!

♪

♪

we need a more powerful engine in this car,

or should say truck now,

because it's going to need it, you know.

And as you can see, the cowl is small.

I didn't really want to get into modifying too much.

How you doing?

Not too bad.

Todd, right? - Yep. Chad?

Good to meet you.

Todd messaged us. He said he had a six-cylinder

292 manual speed transmission.

You're into old cars, obviously.

-Just starting... -Just starting now?

Starting to get into them. Okay, cool.

Watching your show got me a little hyped up.

Is that right? That's good. I motivated you, did I?

-Yes, you did. -Awesome.

Is this what the motor come out of?

Yes it is. I took it out and I put a 350 in, so.

Okay. - I just want to go

to more of a little hot rod rig, that's all.

It makes me happy that I inspired him

to get on his project and get going on his project.

Is it all just for [bleep] and giggles,

or does it really mean something?

And to him, it means something.

She's rough, but she'll slowly come around onto her.

You know what? Everything I start with is rough,

probably rougher than most people

would even begin to play with.

I was going to get it painted and everybody keeps telling me,

"no, leave it the way it is. The rough luck is going in now,"

so... - Well, I'll tell what.

You'll enjoy it more driving it

and then tearing it apart and spending money on it.

I guarantee you.

Want to take me down and show me that engine?

Yeah. I got it in another building out back.

All right, then. - If you want to show it to me,

I'd much appreciate it. No problem.

Okay, man.

I'm hoping that this engine gives it a trucker's feel.

That's what I want I want, I want a trucker's feel

when you get into it and you get the big stick shift

and it shifts like an old truck, it feels like an old truck,

well, it must have been an old truck.

Here she is sitting right here.

And that is the transmission?

That's the transmission that goes with it.

Holy routin'!

That transmission looks humongi.

She's just as heavy as the engine is.

Wow.

She's got the brakes right on to it.

And you get the clutch, flyweel's still on there.

Everything is there. The parts are there for it.

-So... -Right on.

Back in the '50s and the '60s,

you would have a one-ton dump truck,

that six-cylinder engine -- for sure, you would.

This engine would have almost as much power as a v8 would have.

It will fit our build just perfect, you know?

What do you think you would want for it?

Um...

If it just sits here, I'm never going to use it again.

♪

just a couple hats, and we'll call it even.

♪

I appreciate it.

Long as somebody's - getting some use out of it.

Appreciate it. - And we'll put it to good use.

Thank you very much, todd. You're a good man.

Glad at least it's going to somebody who could use it.

Once I get my hats, it's his.

Thanks, todd. Appreciate it, man.

Couple hats for you. Okay, thank you.

Don't do any crimes when you're wearing those, man.

I'll try not to. [ both laugh ]

for this man to give me this engine,

it's kind of cool, you know?

There's good people.

Fits perfect. Awesome, appreciate it.

It's people like you keep me rolling, how's that?

Glad to help you.

It won't be the last time that I'll talk to todd probably,

no doubt in my mind.

♪

-what's taking you so long? -What?

There could be a chance this engine don't run at all.

Let's see if I can start her here.

[ ignition cranks, clunks ]

♪

chad: Alex, this engine is yours.

I've just knighted you.

This is your engine. Yeah.

"yeah," he says.

Most of the fabrication is done,

so alex is going to try to hook the engine up that I picked up.

Alex: I want to pull it in.

Want me to push, try to keep it straight?

It might fit.

Let's hope.

[ crackling ]

[ hammering ]

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what do you think?

Well, the engine -- does the engine turn over?

I don't know.

[ laughter ]

[ laughing continues ]

oh, it's gonna move, isn't it?

We got her all mounted is all,

and we don't know if she works!

[ laughing ]

[ whirring ]

we still got to mount all the tires.

We got to paint all the wheels. We got to paint the chassis yet.

We got to do the body work. [ chuckles ]

yeah, there's lots to do.

So I'll stop talking and go back to work.

Aaron: I made up the panels for the dump frame.

Dump boxes are always made of a heavy seal.

So this is a little heavier gauge

than what we would use in a body of a car.

I'd say then that's sort of more or less there, right?

That's not bad at all.

Colton's in charge of welding in the panels themselves.

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colton: I want to take my time, and I want to make sure

I do the best I can with the welds on this box,

instead of running around like a chicken with my head cut off.

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[ crackles ]

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[ crackles ]

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[ crackles ]

alright. Today, I guess

you're going back on that, are you not?

What's taking you so long?

Huh?

I'm just asking you a question.

What's taking you so long?

Are you taking your time?

No. I thought I was going pretty quick.

I thought I was doing alright.

I guess I'm slow.

[ stammers ]

to weld that box together,

you should be able to throw that --

like, that side together in what, 20 minutes.

Oh, yeah. Well, you've got to grind them all down, too.

Well, there's 12 hours yesterday,

and 12 minutes -- 20 minutes and 12 hours.

That means you could weld up seven boxes.

[ chuckles ]

I'm just wondering what you're doing.

Colton's a really hard worker.

He's always in it.

But we are on a time crunch.

We need to finish on time, and on budget.

Chad: How are you making out? Did I hurt your feelings?

-No. -I hope I didn't hurt your feelings.

What are you doing?

Putting my 1-inch marks.

Are you serious? Slow up, here, a little bit.

Slow up, here, a little bit, boys.

You guys are going too serious on me.

I don't know. I just...

Alex: He says, "I want it perfect for dad."

well, it does look awesome.

It does.

He marked every one.

Like, I come in, and the first thing I say -- "wow. Awesome."

then, I say, "holy [bleep], it ain't done."

[ laughter ]

he took it literally.

I'm asking him to slow down his brain,

so he can think.

He he didn't slow down the brain.

He slowed down the work process.

He slowed down the wrong thing.

But that's fine, because he's done a great job.

It looks good, but what I'm saying is,

look, man, I would do the 1-inch thing just by eye.

Okay.

And that's what I mean by 20 minutes

welding that up.

Okay. You know what I'm saying?

I want to show -- where's the weld --

you know how I would do it?

Yeah. Just go right around it.

Okay. Yes.

Every inch.

You can look in through your helmet,

and see what that thing is, and pop -- pop one there.

And pop one there. And then, pop one there.

Anyways. Anyways. Anyways, I'm glad we talked.

I think he's doing a fantastic job right now.

I mean, if I can just keep him welding,

and learning welding, that's great.

I'm proud of you. - Believe me, I'm proud of you.

I know.

We have to start this engine,

so I'm kind of --

we don't have much left for time,

so I want to make sure this thing runs.

Right now, I'm just going through,

and I'm hot-wiring it right now.

There could be a chance this engine don't run at all.

We were told it was a good engine, but...

You never know.

Let's see if I can start her, here.

Want me to get a hand in there?

I'll run the throttle.

[ engine starts ]

it's not smoking at all, is it?

No. That's [bleep] awesome.

[ laughter ]

that's fire-trucking cool.

You know how good -- happy that makes me feel?

Oh, my god.

Woop woop!

That makes me feel happy. Happy, happy,

we got to call that guy, and thank them.

That's gonna be a good working dumptruck, my son.

Gene: Chad. Where is chad?

Hey, chad. How are you?

I came here, and did a surprise visit to chad

because I haven't seen him for, you know, since last year.

It's good. Good to see you.

Appreciate you coming.

Chad: Gene winfield is a custom car builder,

and he's a legend in my mind.

Gene really inspired me.

He showed me that you could weld metal to a car,

and can make it look good.

Yeah, what are you doing? What are you building?

What is this? - It is a truck.

A truck. It was a car.

Was a car. What kind of a car?

It was a 34 oldsmobile four-door sedan.

How many days you got to finish this?

Or should I even ask?

We're revealing it Friday.

This week? Yeah.

Friday. Today's Monday.

Okay. Well, then, I better get out of here pretty quick,

and let you go to work.

Well, we'll just work a little later, that's all.

I enjoy showing him what we're doing,

and the time that we're taking to do it.

What's this? So, that's the box of it.

That's the bed. Yeah.

Oh, I love it.

Gene: He's able to look at something,

and make something out of it.

And it works out good.

So, I think some of that, he got that from me.

This is the grill. Is this gonna be painted?

Yeah. We'll paint it with the chrome paint.

Chrome paint.

I'll let you. [ laughs ]

gene, listen, he's doing it for 75 years.

92 years old, you know, he chopped his car when he was 15.

Know what I'm saying? You have to respect that.

I'm out of here.

[ indistinct talking ]

you guys better go to work.

When gene winfield takes time out of his day

to come to hiltz auto co, it's a good day.

-That was too cool. -Very excited.

I'm hoping that he made something a little unique.

Awesome.

Gene: You're working with metal, okay?

It's only metal.

And you work away on it.

And if you screw it up, you know, it's okay.

Either you fix it, or you throw it away,

and get another piece. Just keep working.

So, once you start on a project or an idea, follow it through,

no matter how hard it is, no matter how much you say,

"oh, my god, I screwed it up. What can I do?"

just keep going. Keep going.

Have that drive.

Take the time to figure it out.

-That's right. -Thanks, man.

Alright. You're welcome.

Gene: Chad can look at something, and visualize it on a car.

And that's very unusual.

A lot of people don't have that capability.

It's unreal. It blows my mind.

Every time I see -- any build that he does blows my mind.

In the end, I guess it comes right out of chad's brain.

And it's amazing.

The look for the dumptruck is gonna be two-tone.

That means two different paint jobs.

I just thought that, if we just painted it white,

and put a nice black fender on it,

it could be what it could have been.

I looked towards the past, and some of the black and white cars

back in the past were gorgeous.

I slept like a muffler last night.

I'm exhausted.

[ laughs ]

what?

It's crunch time right now, with the dumptruck build.

It took forever to get the dumptruck system

figured out, so it's all hands on deck right now.

So, every second counts in the day.

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we're going up.

A second, a second, a second.

You're pushing us.

Right there. Lets try it right there.

Set it down.

The dump is probably 400 or 500 pounds.

And we're gonna have to see if --

crank the dial, [indistinct] is gonna be able to lift it.

We've only got two days left,

and if it don't work, I don't know what to tell you.

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[ chad speaks indistinctly ]

ain't that pretty?

You can turn the wheels, now.

[ whistles ]

chad: I never took her car and built a dumptruck before.

What would I build a dumptruck for?

I don't drive trucks, man. I drive cars.

But it's a chance to explore what we can do to make our mark,

and let everybody know that hiltz auto co

will be here to stay.

I think that knocked it out of the park, didn't it?

To be able to go from visualizing it,

to building it, to touching it,

is goosebumps.

I'm proud of everybody.

Alex, I'm proud of you. You did a good job, man.

I'm proud of you, too.

You know what I'm proud of you for?

Putting up with me.

I think he's gonna be surprised.

I think doug will piss himself.

[ laughs ]

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doug: Very excited.

I'm not sure just what he did,

I'm hoping that he made something a little unique,

a little different.

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awesome.

Right on.

Over the top.

Awesome.

Awesome!

Awesome.

I love it.

Oh, the truck's awesome,

the last time I seen it, it was a car.

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chad: We tried to do it just right for you.

That is unreal.

Is it a car anymore?

It does have the grill, doesn't it?

It's got the cat grill.

It does so.

Isn't that wild.

Hi, jolene,

I like the tank.

-See what you think. -Isn't that beautiful?

Doug: Geez, you got some engineering done in there.

[ indistinct talking ]

I love the box.

-Yeah. -You did an awesome job.

Chad: So, that is the exhaust pipe.

Oh, really?

[indistinct] metal on the side of her.

Doug: I do like the truck all over.

Everywhere you look,

it's just what it should be.

The chad style.

And it's altogether different than what I imagined.

Chad: Is it?

You're not inside my head, so...

No. No. - And you weren't inside mine.

This is -- and that's a good thing.

[ laughter ]

-I love the girl. -That come from gene winfield.

-Did it? -It did so

I love it.

-He loved the naked ladies. -Well, sure he did.

Who wouldn't, really?

[ laughs ]

I like them.

We got another surprise for you in the back.

Yeah? What's going on in the back?

We're gonna have to get alex to come over.

You want to wind that thing up, alex?

Come on over here, doug.

I'm gonna take instructions.

Yeah.

Isn't that awesome?

Look at all your tickets.

Doug: Awesome!

I got my $25,000 worth of tickets!

Yes. I love it.

Doug has bought many, many raffle tickets from us

over the last couple of years.

So, we thought it would be fun to give them all back to him.

I'm gonna buy one this year.

I think doug's over the moon.

Chad: Beauty's in the eyes of the beholder.

And that truck is beautiful.

And I'm proud of everybody that touched it.

That means another happy customer for hiltz auto co.

-It's awesome. -Well, good.

Yes. It's hard to believe what you can do with an old car.

Rockabilly! 10th anniversary!

We're gonna have to step it up this year, I guess.

It's the first year that we're building

a giveaway car under hiltz auto co.

I want people to be wowed.

Alex: Wow. This body is...

Jolene: We got what we paid for.

I see potential in everything.

I see a lot of work.

No. That's tempered.

My chance, and my opportunity,

to come up with something brand-new.

You ruined that.

You absolutely [bleep] destroyed that.

That was my chance, right there.

Being that bad boy out!