Wrecks to Riches | S1E3 | Dad Stole My Car | Chevy Chevelle

this doesn't work no, no, Barry White has a problem, he has four weeks to find an accident, the clocks work and restore it to auction it, but everything he can find belongs to his only daughter, that's my car, dad, dad, is in trouble, how to do it. a dollar Barry White style find a rap that's exactly what we're looking for he's sleeping under there we'll get the right people can do something the right part work bring it in and then I hope it's perfect someone wants to buy it but your money breaks your happiness, this is how you go from

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Barry White is a hot rod superstar in Corona, California.

He has produced National Award winners and hundreds of custom builds for an elite clientele, but this is his biggest challenge: restoring a cemetery wreck to showroom conditions. In just four weeks I'll put him up for auction and I hope he doesn't take a bath, he's pretty clean, he got hit on the back, oh yeah, that one's for his designer. Chris Brown is praying that they find the one that is an old skeleton that can take on some muscle, the muscle car is the best for this, yes, they attract attention. I mean, you know, now cars from the '60s and '50s are getting as expensive as the old street rods were a long time ago and If you have cars from the '60s with a big engine and I mean, it's just cool, Look how straight the body looks perfect, right, it's not for sale, yeah, well, they have other cars here to see what else we're going to find.

Alright, we have an auction for weeks. We are trying to find a car that exists too far away. Yes, Barry's plan is simple. Find a cheap wreck that's not too far away, bring it back from the dead and sell it for a great price. profits, it's not going well trying to find something that works in the time period, I actually have the formal design of the roof, although it has to be something that maybe I have started or somewhere around, some things have been done to it, it may already has been dismantled or and then. disassembled so that we don't have that disassembly process going on no, Chris, this doesn't work no, no, we don't have anything that doesn't work at all.

Now is the time when the clocks run the cruise. The car auction in Las Vegas is one of the largest and

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t. Berry needs to be there in just four weeks, whatever it takes, although there is an option, but he is too close to home. This accident is in Barry's own yard. We bought this from him. Jennifer has a project for her to drive to school during her senior year. she worked hard on it at the beginning and then towards the end she got involved in college now and she has a boyfriend and you know, I evolved into being stationary.

How many dads can tell that story? The kids' summer projects are still on first base. Now it's clogging up the backyard, Barry's daughter Jen is feisty, but she prefers a ride with just one horsepower. You know, people start to get stress from paying fans. Horses are to my taste. Stress if I ever had a bad day and got into a fight with someone. a bad grade on a test, come to the barn and everything is better now, make no mistake, jen is the apple of her daddy's eye and Barry wouldn't bother her, but Barry needs his car badly, so he'll just take it, Do you think she will do it? be okay with it, I hope she's very attached to it, but she hasn't really done anything with it for three or four months, more than that, it's been longer than that, so I hope she's okay, I don't know .

Are the cars solid? We know what it is. We already have a little bit of basic information to know that there is nothing hidden underneath that can get us out of the situation we are in because we don't have much information. It's time to get this car ready for Vegas, yeah let's do it, this could be just another lunch at the speed shop, one big happy family of car restorers, but Barry is trying to pick the moment to break the news to Jeb, yes, his reaction, no. I know I don't know what will happen when she finds out that she's going to lose her car.

How about we use your car shovel for Las Vegas? We are in a bind when we find ourselves with a car that we have done nothing with. It's about a year, so what do you think about using the car? That's the only car you can fight with. The only car we can't find for me right now. That's my car. Dad. Well, use it. I don't care, don't be mad, no, he's all together once in the letter from him: you should be fine, this thing is a Chevy Chevelle ready for some muscle and Barry's speedometer is still at a standstill.

Jennifer's car hasn't cost her a cent. but that's about to change, built from '64 to '73, the Chevelle was the Chevy leaning into the mid-size muscle car revolution that swept the '60s, the first model started with a 327 cubic inch engine and then the monster 454, the most powerful engine in muscle car history. today it is a collector's favorite, but it can be built in time. The countdown to the Las Vegas auction has begun, but to make this '69 Chevy Chevelle look anything like these masterpieces will take a miracle, but the wand-waving magician is exactly what I'm thinking. orange Barry loves orange and you know I'm partial to both, so it seemed like a good color for the car.

Barry is the boss, but you need Chris to create a design to draw on the big box, that's what we need. I go on stage when the lights are on and I get someone excited about it, yeah, it's a good Grampian guy, yeah, and it keeps you kind of covered, yeah, it'll have a sort of nasty racing car look too because it's the wheel. kind of graphite color really has some dynamism, we will put a black stripe reminiscent of an old sports car, it should look quite aggressive now everyone is talking, it looks in color, but this old crash is a long way from the paint shop we have about five days.

To finish the body, finish all the sheet metal and paint it. I need a lot of parts for a 69 Chevelle. Can you help me? Hey, I want to see if you can hook me up with a set of tires and I need a transmission. I need some pointers, what this guy really needs is a brand new car that you'll be on my case to get the parts here and I'm sure I'll be held responsible if something doesn't show up the way we have it. There's a long way to go in a short period of time, so it will be interesting, but the parts are what's most important.

It's going to be a little hectic, but you know, it's all part of the job, but in this job no one has planned to have a family. fight Barry's daughter is mad, she'll drive a minivan instead of his Chevelle, it's my car and I really don't appreciate you using it without knowing me, knowing she's a spoiled brat, she's an only child, she gets almost anything. she wants to but she's a good girl overall she's a great girl he'll never get over it Barry doesn't have time for a family fight he has one week to paint this shelf one week to replace the interior one week to install the undercarriage and a fourth week To tune it all up, we'll put a big block on it and a 400 transmission will do all the suspension, we'll put all the right bushings, shocks and components on it, we'll try to make it like an old muscle. car but I'm a modern version something that's fun to drive that's going to be around the corner chris has booked a paint shop just down the street we're really moving now I feel like I'm hoping it's a stroke of luck because this baby not Driving anywhere, especially without a front, but waiting at the paint shop, new front fenders, but what kind of table does this cover?

What we did after we put our two good coats of primer on, we took a little bit of red in there and I sprayed some light mist. coat over it, what they call a guide coat and what that does is when you start blocking with a long block, the red paint won't go away and it actually makes it a lot easier to see where your ups and downs are if the sanding isn't perfect , the paint job will have imperfections and that would cost a lot of money at auction. I have to get that paint right away.

We will paint the car to perfection and I still don't have any paint. We know where it is or if we have to pick it up somewhere. Whatever Chris did in a previous life will come back to haunt him. We will not answer each other and will only be guided by the painting. This needs to be handled. We should have been at this painting thing on Monday. We knew we were painting this week. You told me it was Senate paint when I gave it to him. the paint order and he said, "I'll send you the other paint.

I said I needed it for this week. These guys have been arrested for doing this. We have to have paint. We're in the eleventh hour here and we have to have it." It's the first obstacle for Chevelles and it's a big one. Without paint. Berry's busy schedule just got tighter. I don't know why the painting isn't here waiting for us. We don't have time to waste time. Everyone else is putting everything here. There is time and I don't understand why it's not here. I'm trying to finish a Chevelle project and I'm running out of time because we have to get all the paint done while Chris looks for paint.

Barry works on the panel spaces. adding value to the Chevelle the gap fits and everything would be so much better than it was 69 you couldn't have bought a car in '69 there are gaps as good as this one will be Barry has been free of his daughter since he

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her car now she's back with attitude, go get a shirt, come out here and help me. It's hard to be the boss. You've got to keep your workers on the job and you've got to keep up with them because there are a lot of nights where you're working for Barry White, but you're keeping everyone on the job. happy isn't that hard, it hasn't gone sideways, it's like when there are a lot of hot rods to play with, the team could let off steam on the shop dragster, yeah, a lot of ultra orange, everyone is having a good time, except one boy, me.

I'm going to do all the body work thinking Alvey Chris really needs a break but the next day the Chevy gives him some time, a front fender doesn't line up with the door, yeah that's what I said, it's if you look . to him, yeah, like this, this one is straight, it's just bent, you don't know which fender car is, a piece of cake, the door has already been aligned with the rocker panel, so if we push the door in, then we have to start again. the other part, so we're already at this point, so now we just have to go ahead and make the fender work with the door, easy, easy, easy, okay, you're lined up, you haven't started yet, the body is finished, it's ready. for paint, if Chris can deliver, yes, that means they have nine in total, how many do you want my mom to have all night for college?

Absolutely Brian, make sure each surface gets three coats of paint, berries, spend Domitor is breathing, so there are three. coats of clear for grand one ultra orange pearl Chevelle ready for inspection but not everyone is impressed I don't like it you like it more peach it's not green she wanted a green there are two things you should have brought her money can your lawn look pretty good? It just needs to be sanded a little bit, I mean we're going to cut it right now with 1200 grit and a little bit of 15 grit and some 2000 grit and then we'll start polishing it.

This meticulous process of trimming to clean layers creates a flawless finish less than three weeks to Showtime and the spending meter is rebbit a thousand dollars in body prep four thousand dollars in paint and a lot of money still to come excellent parts Barry uses only the best baby to power up an old car but want it to run like Well, but all this could send the fuel gauge into the red zone. We have a lot of stuff, almost all the parts, including some of the suspension parts to put the whole car together. Boxes and boxes.

Look at that, oh, we have a great grill. The idea behind this is that the thing about super muscle cars is new technology and old cars make them better than most when they were muscle cars. Automotive technology has come a long way in 40 years and Barry wants it on his Chevelle if you drive a '69 today you realize how bad they really were compared to today's standards so what we're trying to do is bring the level of handling and everything related to performance until today and that is the idea behind taking the old car turning it into a new car again, so it is a super muscle car for super handling, Barry operations for adjustable shock absorbers in every way or you can go from just driving on the street, some Canyon carving things like that or go to the race track with stalls or some autocross road racing and all that kind of stuff very, very versatile just grab a scraper and scratch this not everything is new some original frames and moldings brought back to life a little satisfaction cleaning something that has been there for about 30 years Come on everyone pitches in even Jenna come on list what do we need the glass for the side of the passenger.

We have Dr. Irwin, she agreed to help work on the car, you know, although it'll probably be a little emotional because she still sees. It's her car knowing it will be sold.at the end of the project. Well, if you want the door, it actually comes with the glass. Will this work? I can write? I haven't heard that working on the car with us is fun. she's growing up when I started in the garage so she's always helped handle parts and you know, things made helped hold things when we needed another pair of hands and stuff so she's always been a help for the team to have just a week to rebuild this.

The car installs each part from scratch. We need to make these holes big enough to place these plastic push-in ornaments. In the technical name, it is an ornament. My fingers are prettier than yours, I'm sorry, it's like washing dishes, you always have to pee when you have to wash the dishes, maybe things were better when these two didn't talk, you don't know, I'm Union, I'm watching Jan do something, help them get it. for one, hold the thing or something, it's coming in less than two weeks for the auction and a thousand pieces to install, look at what just arrived, that's beautiful, isn't it the muscle that's cool?

It's amazing, probably around 7 grand sitting there, yeah, very, very nice. I'm impressed with a lot of money and there's a lot more to spend, so let's start dropping it here pretty quickly. The Chevy Chevelle is starting to look like a car and will soon sound like one. It is the heart. Yes, this is great. Fantastic. a 489 big block Chevy made the toe harder 510 horsepower at the end of the pedal too bad what brings it that's awesome good yeah awesome and Tim poses Tim has hoes yeah great top hose with pepper get in there look that's it Awesome, beautiful, now we're getting there, what do you want to address first?

It is your decision to adapt a completely new interior. Barry called in the later specialists. All the important things. Every broadcast is gravy. We're pretty good. Very fast. It's pretty easy. excellent, you are the man, usually the smallest things are always the ones that require the most support, people refuse, so usually the old things make it work, the back seat will remain renovated and recovered in black leather, the front seats They are new, which makes the Chevelle comfortable, who costs? $4,000 those shiny black seats are bringing back memories 60 summer 69 style cost here so far for this half built Chevy Chanel $10,000 Barry is going to need big spenders in Vegas blackberry his team are perfectionists they want to build the best Chevelle money can buy the Chevy The Previous owner has returned to work but is still testing his father.

I'm not saying I can't, it's just that this situation is screwed. I'm taking it out right now. The solution you may want to consider trying is to take a piece of clear plastic. wet it, yeah, and stick it to the window, don't you like it saturated? yeah, and then when you're painting, it'll go into the plan. Excellent fantastic, you're the man, it's not a problem, my trunk, thank you, yes, Oh, Jim, yes, thanks Gary. well, Garretson berries, good books, which means someone else doesn't see footprints, a steep track, so we need, we have one, you only need the second, you have one side of a seat, there is a seat track on each side from the seat, I know when we have one. seat, we'll see prints, look at his bug, look at the seat prints on the deck, there are two on each seat, there are two on one seat and none on the other seats, guys, yeah, if you can spend the night, that's fine get those mirrors too. a breakdown in communication thank you thank you that's a dead end deal for him I mean he's going to get us one way or another these two can also be father and son you have to have thick skin I mean they're going to ruin your bus once a long silence after a while you'll get used to that part only five days until Showtime this is Barry's prize the cruise car auction in Las Vegas big prestige big money best automotive creations ever built to attract high bidders Barry's building a better Chevelle than the original hidden behind the dash our 21st century comforts we have new faceplates we put in all the new stuff here all the wires are connected microswitches and everything to make everything work turn it on and off all the wire a microswitch actually works so that everything is controlled electronically, but activating the cable activates the microswitches, so you have the old technology that was from the '69 car and you integrated it into the air conditioning technology of 2005, great deal, the expense meter is screaming. 25,000 and weather, everything they put into this car was what I originally wanted to put in, so it's turning out very nice.

I'm sure whoever buys it at the auction will know they will enjoy it as much as I do. I was going to do it once in Sun, it would come from Betty, there you go the first time every time, that's Barry White's motto. Excellent with the auction just a few days away, it looks like they won't be bad for the first fire. Yes, Chappelle tends to be pretty thick. car and when it was all orange it looked very big and I think now that it has this stripe it really makes it look more elegant to keep the strict muscle car look, but we are giving it our version of a muscle car. 69 The Chevelle Reborn cost us $30,000 in total, a super muscle car to us is basically taking the generic car and turning it into a better muscle car than what they would have made at the time they made muscle cars in the 60's and 70's in Instead of just having an old carburetor, you know, with a big engine, the cars have air conditioning, heating, you know, nice stereos with a good suspension, it's a great car to get in and get back to anywhere from the day you these things run in a straight line and nowadays I want to say this thing is I'm going to corner with the best of them so it's all about a great little sports car almost knocked over.

You can go through one trend and 30 years later you can start another trend. You know they are timeless, that's the best part. About these cars, they never get old. I'm very happy with the way this car is coming out, all the things these guys have been doing in the past, you know, month. I'm surprised it looks so good, we always do our best. Get ahead on all these projects, but do it on a short timeline, the car is amazing after four weeks of discussions and hard work, it's time for some love, we finish it, work on it, we take your car, take it to take a walk. okay, don't bend it, I'm not going to bend it, bend it, I'll kill you now, which makes the car or daughter more proud, the two together are as good as 500 horsepower and lettre seems to stop the Traffic, this is sweet. machine I never thought I'd be able to drive it like I'm essentially a guy who has the Green Monster in primer for longer.

In reality, it is a really very nice car and whoever buys it at the auction is a real person. Jen's debut. Driving could bring tears to Barry's eyes, except when the Chevelle is parked for charging. I drove the car here and it started a second ago. It doesn't start again. Where is Benton? He has no signal. Something is due to some wrong electronic disaster. The Chevelle needs to be in Las Vegas on the auctioneer's block in 24 hours it has power there no spark burners working right if Barry is blaming his daughter he's not saying he just needs it fixed now it's the module's turn to fire let's take it away the cover to the wires mark, it has to be that all hopes are pinned on a new ignition module, you have to ground the box, yes we mounted the coil on the firewall, apparently we didn't have a good enough ground from the bodies to the frame, the motor and the battery, so what happened was when we pressed the accelerator one way or another it must have moved broke that ground and the only thing that will kill the module is a loss of ground and a loss of terrain and hitting the module just punctured it and made it explode, the Chevelle is going to Las Vegas, I think it will do very well in Las Vegas, it's just a Chevelle.

I think the crowd will really love this car, but at a car auction, anything can happen if I'm nervous; Otherwise, this is where a hot rod builder must stand and be judged. Hundreds of masterpieces, all competing for buyers at the Cruz car auction, cars are selling, there's money in the air, 35,000 Chevelles are next, so it's a gamble, we're in Las Vegas, you never know what's going to happen, I never know if we're going to hello, it's show time center stage the Chevelle is ready for buyers inspection the sharks are circling motive creations ever built could you know what it took to film here?

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n from Barry's daughter. It sure is like music, I don't care, don't be mad, no, they had trouble finding the right paint, this needs to be handled, the man should have been at this paint thing on Monday, they got hundreds of new components, it's new technology and old cars. making them better than they were when they were muscle cars bringing a crash back to a 21st century super sports car it's a driver one of my favorite cars here four weeks of discussions and hard work and 30,000 of Barry's hard-earned dollars bring your happiness and buy this car this car moment of truth in value every day owns it just started 20 I have 23 less than 24,000 someone else I have 23 a little less around there but at 24,000 I have 24 I have it now five I have twenty-four five six I have twenty-five six seven I'm 27 five boy you're out there but if you're 30 30 30 give me 30 give me 30 give me 28 30 now 31 now 35 34 35 36 37 37 38 39 he's on the money you're gonna give 47 48 48 now 49 the kind of the car's t-shirt is the renowned collector ordell Brown a good development 6000 for a very white Camaro 56,000 maybe 55 57 our Darnell maybe for 56 57 out 15,000 58,000 for you 50 75 I never thought of 59 Ardell 58 5b 59:55 city crazy 61 to 61 degrees 61 thousand once again 61 and that's how you get from Rex to riches that was great I'm glad I got it I'm glad it's going to a good home I'm glad to see this reaching someone who really appreciates it these cars and it becomes a reality, you know, it's like watching him grow up, boy, get on, it's an amazing experience, muscle cars, they're fine, you know the lesson. to lead the way, but if you're going to buy them, sell them and that's where the strong part of the markets is right now, everyone is smiling, even the previous owner of Chevelles, yes, Jennifer learned a valuable lesson, never lend her your car . dad and when they return to California, Jen shares the loot.