This is one of the prettiest colors in here.
What's up, fellas?
- What's happening, man? - What's up, Kev?
You guys remember Rod.
We did the bike for Sharon and Rod.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
Good to see you, Rod.
You too.
Rod and his wife, Sharon, had an awesome bike customized
for Rod's 50th birthday.
Happy birthday, baby.
Thank you.
I love you so much.
I love you too.
We made sure that we engineered it
so that Sharon could ride safe and sound on the back
with her prosthetic leg.
It turned out beautiful, and I'm stoked to see that Rod's back,
and I'm curious to see what he's got for us today.
Rod's got a new project for us.
All right, what you got, brother?
Well, I know you're a big Road Runner fan.
Yeah, without a doubt.
This is the existing Road Runner.
'71?
71 Plymouth Road Runner.
440, [inaudible] out, double pumpers, high rise intake--
Wow.
[inaudible] Mickey Thompsons.
But it doesn't run.
Doesn't run.
No.
I just want the car to run good, and--
Yeah, nice.
--I want Sharon and her daughter, Shaina,
I want them to both have something to always
look at and know their dad by.
Gotcha.
I know it'd mean a lot them.
Mean a lot to me, just to see the smiles on their face.
Well, you're a good man.
You're a good man, Rod.
She's a family heirloom and really has a lot
of significance to the family.
So--
She needs to come alive again.
Bro, I tell you what, consider it done.
We'll make it happen.
Be safe.
I'll see you couple of weeks.
Sight unseen, I'm a little bit nervous about the condition
of this Road Runner, because where this car is coming from,
they tend to have some rust issues.
But this is a really important gift from Rod to Sharon
and her daughter, Shaina.
And I'm really going to make sure
that we do everything we can to make
sure this ride comes to life.
When Rod came to us with Sharon's 1971 Road Runner,
I knew we had to go above and beyond.
This car is meant to honor Sharon's late husband,
and we are not about to let them down.
There were some major rust issues,
but we outsourced the body work and got
her straight as an arrow.
Then we went to town rebuilding that engine from the ground
up so this baby runs as mean as she's about to look.
Finally, Ryan stepped in, painted this Road
Runner one of my all time favorite Mopar
colors, Plum Crazy Purple.
Now it's time for Rod and Sharon to arrive so we can show
off this unbelievable ride.
There he is.
How you doing, Sharon?
- Wonderful. - Good to see you.
Good to see you, darlin'. - [inaudible]
Absolutely.
Rod, my man, how are you?
Just fine.
Good to see you, Dan.
- You must be-- - Shaina.
- You're Shaina. - Yes.
Very nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Absolute pleasure.
How's everybody doing? - Great.
Real good.
What a beautiful day to look at this car.
The car actually was my late husband's, and the car has not
been started, driven, or run since his funeral,
September of 2005.
I remember sitting in my sixth period class.
My dad told me he was going to pick me up from school,
hearing my dad's engine out there revving up, revving up,
and I was like this is so cool.
And I felt like a million dollars.
You all right?
You ready for this?
So ready.
- You ready for this, Sharon? - Oh yeah.
Rod, you good, my man?
I'm ready.
All right, here we go.
[inaudible],, bring out that gorgeous family member, baby.
Love that sound.
She [inaudible]
Uh-huh.
[breathing heavily]
Oh god.
[inaudible] is that.
Oh, look at that.
Oh god.
Oh wow.
Oh, you got the ghost flames in it.
Look at that.
Oh my god.
Awesome.
Thank you, Danny.
Thank you so much.
You did it.
You guys did it.
Man, that rocks.
Count's Customs put a ton of heart and soul
into this Road Runner to honor Sharon's late husband.
We went back in time to 1971 when a Road Runner like this
was ruling the road.
We raised the back end and decked her out with
some old school slapper bars.
Then we made sure she was sitting pretty on four
Pro-Trac tires of that era.
The engine went through a major overhaul,
giving her a Big Block 440 Mopar complete with a modern rotary
compressor for the A/C, so Sharon stays cool while she's
burning serious rubber.
Then Ryan sealed the deal, doing an outstanding job
on that Plum Crazy paint, pinstripes,
and sick ghost flames.
This is a beautiful car that's received a lot of love
and will continue to give a lot of love for years to come.
[horn]
There you go.
It doesn't even feel like this is real.
Seeing Sharon and Shaina's reaction
to the work we did on this Road Runner, well,
man, that was something special.
When people love cars like we do,
it's like they become part of the family.
And watching this car get done, it was like a family
member coming home.
I'm super proud of all the work that my boys did on this ride.
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