- So it's a weird story.
It's weird, everything.
I've been working on something with a longtime friend and--
and a client.
I don't even-- I don't even know how to explain it, man.
The client's cars, you know, they arrived last night.
And this gentleman is looking to auction these vehicles off.
They're great cars.
So the whole object of the game is to not change the integrity
of the cars because that would change the value of the cars
because of who the client is.
It's-- it's-- uh.
What the client wanted--
the client is not--
who the client was.
And I got-- I got a long-time history with this cat,
and it goes all the way back to the '80s.
But the client on these cars, I'm gonna show you right now.
No kidding.
It was-- it was Burt Reynolds.
- The Burt Reynolds? - The Burt Reynolds.
Oh, man.
It's like, there's not a lot of people that I idolize,
but that--
that is the man right there.
It's-- it's really--
it's really tough.
I love this guy.
We shared a building together when I lived in South Florida.
We knew each other pretty, pretty well.
And he's a huge car guy and just one
of the coolest cats you'd ever want to know.
So the whole object of the game is, you know,
the Barrett-Jackson auction is right around the corner.
And he had a few vehicles that he wanted to prepare
for the auction to sell.
And I was the guy that he trusted to send the vehicles to
and get them ready for auction.
You know, he wants all the proceeds-- wants the proceeds
to go, you know, to a retired stuntman foundation, you know,
because he's really big into that stuff.
Here's the thing, men.
The goal is to carry out the man's wishes,
make them beautiful again, like I was saying, without changing
the integrity of the car.
They're his personal cars.
And so I just want to do a whole bunch of straightening out
some things, touching up some things,
buffing out some things, just making them beautiful,
and getting them ready.
OK.
Can we look at these cars?
It's killing me.
Yeah.
This is really what you think they are.
Oh, goodness.
DANNY: This is actually--
that's actually Burt's personal "Hooper" Trans-Am.
This is really the one Burt's personal "Bandit" Trans-Am.
Wow.
And the truck up there, the crew cab
Dually from "Cannonball Run."
Hey, is that the truck with the guy that talked
like a bear or something in it? - Yeah.
With the overalls. DANNY: That's the one.
- Yeah. - Man, is that the jet car?
DANNY: That's-- that's-- that's-- yeah,
that's the jet one. - What?
Oh, my goodness.
DANNY: I know, dude.
We're just going to make them as beautiful as possible
for the stuntman foundation.
Don't you worry.
We'll take very good care of them.
You know I won't drive it.
DANNY: To be honest with you, I drove this one home last night,
just-- just because I could.
You know what I'm saying?
I would too, man.
Drive like in the movies.
Yeah, I jumped the bridge coming home.
So gentlemen, just, thank you, guys.
And I'm going to try and clear my head, get a cup of coffee.
- Relax. - Get the ball rolling.
Thank you, guys.
Sorry you lost your boy.
Amen, we did.
We lost a star.
Not-- not-- not a celebrity, a star.
Yeah.
Man, you talk about literally an emotional roller coaster,
I was so psyched when Burt's people told me
that the cars were coming in.
I didn't even get a chance to tell the guys when I got
the call that Burt had passed.
I mean, literally, I got the cars the night before.
So I just gotta say, man, this project
has gone from fun to just really,
really, really important.
I love Burt on screen.
And I loved this man as I got to know him off screen.
I'm truly going to miss this cat.
This guy was a legend.
Burt Reynolds' cars.
Mike, no playing with the CB, Mike.
CB. It's got the CB in it.
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DANNY: You know, we've done a lot of special projects
here at Count's Kustoms.
But I gotta say, man, getting Burt Reynolds' couple of very
personal cars, very famous cars, ready for auction for him,
that's huge. That's big.
That means a lot to me. Burt was a friend.
He was somebody I knew an awfully long time ago.
And he was a huge legend.
And we said goodbye to Burt not too terribly long ago.
And now we're saying goodbye to two of his beautiful cars.