Television Show, Fast N' Loud featuring a 59' SWB in thier latest episode

[NW Task Force]

The boys over at Gas Monkey Garage are doing an "old school" build on a 59' Apache short wide box. Anyone else catch this episode? I was surprised to see that the original straight six and three speed were gonna be reused for the build.

[OrrieG]

nine day build. Did you notice all the talk about how bad the rust was, but no metal work, just plastic, then quick shot to finished body work two days later? It also looked like Aaron was maybe dropping the front axle himself? Should be interesting.

[youngrodder]

I think that they should have left the original patina. I was surpised when they said they wanted to keep to a strict 10k budget that they decided to totally blow it apart and sand blast and repaint. I think it would look good just slamming it down with some sweet wheels.

Marc

[NEWFISHER]

I lost interest after the "rust" was going to be filled with epoxy. I would never buy a gas Monkey car after seeing that.

[OrrieG]

I wonder how many of their buyers watch the show to "see my car" and find the suspension is just painted with one coat of rattle can and bondo body work. Then when they see that the rigs are completed about an hour before they hit the auction they understand why they are having to sort out all the shake down problems. The upolstrey lady is amazing doing the work she does if the time frames they give her on the show are real.

[dwcsr]

With the abundance of restorable cars and trucks in central Texas there seems to be a bunch of restoflipers that popped up in that location that do the minimum and charge the maximum. The sad thing is that if you have a competent metal guy its usually quicker to to replace metal than pour bondo without a form and try to get it to look right.

I've seen a few of these filpped resto jobs and they look OK on the paint side but under the hood and chassis they look like they just came out of the field with a full restoration price tag.

[Denee007]

I watched the show one time, I really like it, he's funny, but, when they had set a price, surely they spend much more than they had originally thought? I'd like to see some interviews of the people that bought the flipped classic cars and see how they held up; )

[oldcouple]

Those guys are a bunch of t..d polishers just like the Desert Car Kings show. They seem to loose money every project by doing things to make it look a certain way, instead of well thought out.

[Mangled03gmc]

Bad ass truck, but I refuse to watch that show along with a ton of other new car shows on tv. Mostly all them guys are ass clowns, and make real enthusiast look bad..

[meter swinger]

Never seen any of these shows. Why turn on the B@@B tube when you can see the real deal right here.
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[mknittle]

Originally Posted by meter swinger

Never seen any of these shows. Why turn on the B@@B tube when you can see the real deal right here.
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I don't even own a tv and don't want one! You should see the look on peoples faces when we tell them that we don't have one. it ranged from pity to "I should do that" One guy gave us one and we took it to goodwill.

So to me a gas monkey is a zoo animal that eats beans!

[dwcsr]

I saw the last show on this truck. They must have paid that guy to buy it. When all that bondo starts popping out of the rust holes that guy is going to be pissed. The paint was terrible. The hood didn't match the fender that didn't match the door and none of it matched the cab cowl. Even in a black and white picture it looked off.

[hyatt]

The way they throw those projects together I would not have one You can polish a turd but then its just a shiney turd

[itstheshu]

They put they the front axle on top of the spring to lower it. But the best part is when the motor is grinding they pull the oil pan and clean it and it is fixed.

[oldcouple]

Fuzzy math, paid 4000, put 8000 plus in it, sold it for 14500, made 5000 plus profit?

[youngrodder]

I just finished watching part II for the 59' SWB build. It looks to me that the painter painted the truck in pieces and parts did not match in color. The hood color looked off (a shade lighter) next to the cowl and rest of the truck.

Marc

[andrewmp6]

They are a quick flip shop not a resto shop so they cut corners to max their profits.A true resto shop could take 2 years and only make a profit of 40k if its something really rare.

[Mac the Yankee]

Originally Posted by oldcouple

Fuzzy math, paid 4000, put 8000 plus in it, sold it for 14500, made 5000 plus profit?

They can count as well as they can restore

[niceguy678us]

They bought that truck out from under me around July. It was from Oklahoma. It was the guys grandfathers truck. He drove it in high school and parked it in their field and left it. Married with kids and had to sell it so he posted it up on craigslist. I was driving up there that weekend with a roll of cash and a car trailer to bring it home and the owner called me and told me that he sold it to those guys. He said it would be more fitting since it was going to be on TV, and the memory of his grandfather etc...

[NEWFISHER]

I can stomach and am entertained by the " Aron " character, but that Richard Rawlings needs a new career or go back to taking up's on the used car lot. Just watched the Biker build off revenge episode last night and apparently he upset Jesse James before the show and you could see through Jesse's body language that he wanted to squash him. It's probobly ALL drama and I usually don't watch stuff like that, but I'm hiding from my Suburban project.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by niceguy678us

He said it would be more fitting since it was going to be on TV, and the memory of his grandfather etc...

wonder what they think now...

On those shows when they deal with the family it seems there is always a comment about how they are glad it is going to a good home, blah blah blah. Then six months later they see the show and its been flipped for more money or not given the attention it should have gotten. I remember one on Boyd's show were the kid buys a stock beautifully restored 32 giving the guy a big line of bull, then commences to tear it down (not so gently I might add) and used the frame and body (which ended up in satin primer if I remember). Never understood why he didn't just buy a repop frame and body, they are made. Hopefully someone else got good use out of the stock parts.

[dwcsr]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

wonder what they think now...

On those shows when they deal with the family it seems there is always a comment about how they are glad it is going to a good home, blah blah blah. Then six months later they see the show and its been flipped for more money or not given the attention it should have gotten. I remember one on Boyd's show were the kid buys a stock beautifully restored 32 giving the guy a big line of bull, then commences to tear it down (not so gently I might add) and used the frame and body (which ended up in satin primer if I remember). Never understood why he didn't just buy a repop frame and body, they are made. Hopefully someone else got good use out of the stock parts.

Boyd got caught as did most CA builders by buying an old cars for $100 and add to it then selling for 50k and paying tax on $100. If its a 27 frame it skirts a lot of the reselling laws about car taxes. If its a repop its titles as a 2000 or what ever year you purchased it in and you pay tax on the finished value when its sold

They also sold cars undone field fresh for X $ then fixed them up for the owner and charged it to labor skirting sales taxes altogether.

All my CA vendors now charge me sales tax on any sale that drop ships back into CA. So I have to charge sales tax and its a fight sometimes so we don't drop ship to CA residents any more. You can thank Boyd and few other notable builders for that.

[Sonoma10714]

Thye build some pretty decent rides. A lot of you guys are just hating for the sake of hating. You are telling me you never built a car/truck that didnt have the absolute best of everything and had fun with it? The cars are what they are. Now, do they get more money than some of their cars are probably worth? Yes. They want to make as much as they can and the buyer wants it for nothing. If you are not smart enough or educated enough to look at a vehicle or ask the right questions (Did you cut out the panels or fill them? How many miles on this motor? Was the frame sandblasted as well? ect ect) then you shouldnt be buying that vehicle. I see them building decent hot rods varying in quality depending on the budget. Everyone wants to hate on shows who dont build cars with ever single nut and bolt replaced and every available component powder coated. Get over it. Get over yourselves and get your own show.

[mr48chev]

We all have and are allowed to have our opinions Sonoma10714 and what is one guy's idea of a pretty decent ride can be another guys idea of a bondo filled junker with a flashy paint job on it that has too much suspect work in it. I've never watched the show in question and probably never will as the concept behind it doesn't appeal to me.

Before you go too far questioning the previous poster's abilities you had better understand that several of them have built and own world class trucks that not only have won a lot of shows but have been featured in several magazines. These guys aren't a bunch of Gold chainer Goodguys members who buy a world class truck and haul it around to shows and sit in their matching custom sewn lawn chairs while looking down their long noses at the peasants from their lofty pearches. They bust their butts out in the shop to build some nice rigs and some do a lot of work on other guys rigs.
They see the guys on that show pretty much the same way I do. Right there with the guys who have the gypo car lots down on auto row who sell rebuilt cars with new shiny paint jobs and bling wheels to guys who think they are getting first class cars and don't realize that the car was a total six weeks before. The guys on the car lot are just a bit quieter about it.

[Sonoma10714]

Dont get it twisted, I'm not arguing anyones abilities to build a car or truck on this forum and has nothing to do with this conversation. I have seen some of the amazing rides constructed on the site. I was more or less arguing that fact that they are saying they're over-charging or ripping people off (in this thread and another). Just want people to remember, the real value of a ride is what someone is willing to pay. Not what YOU are willing to pay. Some people don't like to except that. So we end talking about it like we are now. Just like I don't like excepting people's opinions and end up writing comments like these. Basically, I have come to the conclusions that weshould all just except everything, go drink some beer, do some wrenchin' and forget about it!