About a week ago, Rob Zombie called the shop to commission
a bad-ass truck build.
He wants to take this truck on tour
with him for this summer's Mayhem Festival.
He gave us some ideas for the artwork.
And I got Horny Mike and Ryan on board.
And they went out of their minds.
And I got to say it is outrageous.
Now, Kevin and I, we're in San Bernardino for the launch
of this summer's Mayhem Festival and to deliver this truck
to Rob Zombie himself.
Rob, my brother.
How are you?
- It's so good to see you, man. - Good to see you.
How you doing? How are you?
Excellent, excellent.
How are you, brother?
How's things, my man?
- Awesome. - Awesome.
- Awesome. - Good.
Speaking of awesome, come with me.
We have something awesome for you.
All right, make my day better.
So I really wanted to get a classic truck
made, something that wasn't too modern, too tricked out.
Because I have very particular tastes.
So I really hope I like it.
Man, how's things going on the tour?
You're feeling good?
I'm easing into it.
I'll get there by showtime.
I got you.
I don't like to peak too early.
All right, all right.
Well then, I tell you what, man.
I think it's time we show Mr. Zombie his truck.
That's Mister to you.
- Mister to me? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, Kevin gets to call him Rob.
- You can call me Rob. - Exactly.
KEVIN: Thanks, Rob.
I can call him Mr. Zombie.
This is awesome.
I totally dig Rob Zombie's music, his artwork, his films.
And I can't wait to see the look on his face
when Kevin rolls this baby out.
There's full badness coming your way.
OK.
I can actually feel the ground rumbling.
DANNY KOKER: Absolutely, man.
ROB ZOMBIE: [inaudible]
DANNY KOKER: There you go, there you go.
Wow.
Got an Americana theme going.
Oh, yeah.
Dirty, filthy American theme.
[laughs] That's you, man.
Oh, I like the seats.
Oh, the paint job is pretty nice, man.
I'm gonna check it out up close.
[mimics sizzle]
[laughs]
Wow.
[revving]
[rock music]
DANNY KOKER: We stripped this truck down to bare bones
and started from scratch, rebuilt the complete front
end on it, made a beautiful custom satin
black paint job, all covered in Rob-Zombie-inspired artwork,
only to be topped off by the green
Zodiac-materialed interior and that custom
tonneau cover to match.
I think this truck is one of the coolest things
we've done in a long time.
And frankly, I love it.
[revving]
Nice and--
Quiet, fuel efficient-- just what I wanted.
It's green.
It is green, technically.
It's a hybrid.
We started with a Prius.
ROB ZOMBIE: That's a hell of a Prius, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What do you think, brother?
ROB ZOMBIE: You know why I love it?
Because it looks like something that
could have been, like, on "The Munsters"
or "The Addams Family."
It looks like a totally vintage hot rod from that time frame.
That's why I love it.
It's simple, but it's over the top.
Do you know that you just actually made me
slightly verklempt right now?
No, that's why I love it, man.
It looks like something George Barris would have
done in the '60s or something.
The first thing that popped out to me was the blackness.
The truck was flat black, which I
like because that always makes it seem like serious business.
It's such a sloppy kind of demolition derby vibe.
And I was pretty shocked by the mural of myself.
The only problem I had was that I
didn't think it was big enough.
It should have really covered the entire truck.
So check this out too, man.
Fun doesn't stop there. ROB ZOMBIE: It doesn't?
No, no, no, I got something else for you.
There's more?
But wait, there's more.
Always, man.
Just a special gift from us to you, brother.
We wanted to give you a Zombied-out guitar.
Aw, thanks, man.
Incredible.
It is my pleasure.
Well, that was a bit of a mad rush to get that truck done.
To me, the key to a good rush job
is to make sure it doesn't look like a rush job, especially
for a VIP client with an incredible artistic eye
like Rob Zombie.
It wasn't easy, but we got her to the show on time.
Rob's happy, I'm happy.
Rock and roll.
I know you've got a show to do. - Yes, I do.
So we're going to get out of your hair.
All right.
Matter of fact, I'll walk you back to your bus.
- All right. - That's cool, man.
I'm glad you're digging on it, bro.
Yes.
Now I have a bus I want to talk to you about fixing up.
All right, all right.
Whatever Will Smith has, I want something twice as big--
something that they have to shut down when it enters.
[laughter]