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00:10 It's January 20th, this is the day we had planned to take off in the Crusher Camaro
00:23 to drive from Los Angeles, or from here at West Tech Performance in
00:27 Mira Loma, California, all the way to Phoenix.
00:30 And we already ran into our first disaster here.
00:32 We're changing to our new Moser 350 gear set in the back, and
00:39 Finnegan just saved our lives.
00:40 We're good now.
00:41 We didn't strip that bolt.
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00:45 That was hot.
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00:54 So we were installing that 350 gear set, we found out that that new differential
00:58 has a center block in the middle of it, and our old one did not.
01:01 So this actual axle is a quarter inch too long.
01:06 So our pal Rick Stoner is gonna take care of that problem right now by chucking that
01:10 in a lathe and hacking the end of it off.
01:12 Okay, away we go.
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01:18 I still hear it hitting inside.
01:19 [MUSIC]
01:24 Yep, right there, I believe.
01:30 We're ready to grind.
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01:40 We are no more than an hour and a half away from steak dinner in Palm Springs.
01:49 The Crusher owes us steak dinner in Palm Springs.
01:52 Cuz it's evil and it hates me and I will not be beaten.
01:55 I will beat it.
01:56 We will drive, I will get steak dinner in Palm Springs.
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02:09 [BLEEP]
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02:22 This is what we look like when we are so ready to go.
02:26 Yeah, I'm ready.
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02:40 [LAUGH]
02:46 God hates me.
02:50 What is the deal?
02:51 What's the prognosis?
02:52 God hates me, I don't know.
02:53 It sounds like it's super advanced right now.
02:56 It does.
02:56 The moment you turn on the ignition, it just stops the motor.
03:00 So we're gonna plug in the laptop cuz we have technology
03:03 that's apparently failing us right now.
03:06 And we're gonna try to figure out why.
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03:14 We're winners and we are not gonna let this car beat us.
03:17 We worked on it all day long, but finally, out of here.
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03:22 Woo hoo hoo hoo.
03:23 It runs.
03:25 Aah, I didn't have the fuel pump on.
03:28 I don't blame the car for that one.
03:31 All right.
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03:39 Aah!
03:41 Might I mention, by the way, how absolutely screwed we would be without our
03:45 friends at West Tech Performance who we're gonna go mooch gasp from right now.
03:49 You're so unbelievably cool right now.
03:52 People at home, we're not making this stuff up.
03:55 Can we take this with us?
03:55 This actually happened.
03:58 Spilling everywhere.
04:00 That's perfect too.
04:02 This just gets better and better.
04:04 Somebody hold that in, huh?
04:06 This is too good.
04:07 I'm not holding your hose, Steve.
04:09 You can't make this up.
04:11 One more time.
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04:29 It's bad when it's a victory just getting out of the parking lot.
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04:42 Before I educate you on the ways of the Corona,
04:56 I just wanted to point out the lovely and talented Mike Finnegan.
05:01 With gear oil all over his shirts.
05:03 Been a good day.
05:04 It has been a good day.
05:05 Okay, Jason, our video guy behind the camera, is not trained in the ways of
05:09 the Corona and does not realize that any hotel room door can be used thusly to
05:13 open a Corona.
05:15 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
05:16 I'll be here.
05:17 I'd walk over and open my own, but I don't have shoes on and
05:19 Jason already broke a bottle on the floor.
05:21 Yes, he did.
05:22 So Corona guy, you have shoes on.
05:24 Can you walk to the door and open my bottle?
05:26 I believe I can handle that for you right now, young sir.
05:28 [LAUGH]
05:31 See, and you don't do the hit, Jason.
05:33 That's what breaks the bottle.
05:34 You gotta just do the press.
05:36 [LAUGH]
05:37 Salute.
05:38 [LAUGH]
05:39 [MUSIC]
05:43 Ready for day two, which is hopefully the good day.
05:46 We're heading to Quartzsite for breakfast and
05:48 to show video guy Jason why Quartzsite is cool.
05:52 We haven't told him why it's cool, but it's cool.
05:54 And I don't know, that's like 30 miles from here, and
05:56 I think the odds are pretty good we can make it 30 miles in a day.
06:00 So let's go.
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06:11 Did you check that out?
06:22 We're climbing a hill in the Crusher with our blown big block.
06:25 It's running at 150 degrees at 75 miles an hour at 2200 RPM.
06:32 This thing is finally treating us right,
06:34 which I probably shouldn't even say out loud.
06:36 [LAUGH]
06:37 That's bad YouTube.
06:38 It is.
06:39 Good car, good car.
06:41 We're gonna get real good at this.
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06:53 Beautiful, isn't it?
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07:04 This is Quartzsite, Arizona, where they have a rock and
07:12 gem show every year, where all the RVers show up and buy rocks.
07:16 But it's turned into a flea market of everything, and
07:18 it's enormous.
07:19 And there's motorhomes as far as the eye can see in every direction.
07:23 But we have hit the mother load here in this guy's automotive tent.
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07:31 This is apparently a hand activated turbo.
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07:42 Ready?
07:43 Ready.
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07:54 That was great.
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08:02 [LAUGH]
08:09 It's Friday.
08:12 It's Friday, right?
08:13 It might be Saturday by now.
08:15 Might be Saturday.
08:17 We're in- Wickenburg.
08:20 Wickenburg, Arizona.
08:21 And they have a traffic circle out here, which I might add is incredibly wrong.
08:25 Someone needs to put a stop to that.
08:27 It built a traffic circle.
08:29 David's angry about it.
08:30 I'm angry.
08:31 The crusher's here, we're here.
08:33 I'd like to note, we didn't get out a single tool today.
08:36 Except for him.
08:37 [LAUGH]
08:38 And the laptop.
08:40 And the laptop.
08:41 And nothing broke.
08:45 Various things leaked.
08:47 Not much.
08:48 But we reached our goal.
08:50 So we're celebrating with really [BLEEP] screws.
08:54 [LAUGH]
08:55 Yeah, they're sub-average at best.
08:57 You know what?
08:58 The crusher worked really good today, I have to say.
09:00 We cruised all day long at 70 plus miles an hour with our blown big block,
09:05 with overdrive and 350 gears.
09:08 I'm not mad at her anymore.
09:09 No.
09:10 Not at all.
09:11 It's a thing of beauty and a joy to behold forever.
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09:15 You ever see Tulane Blacktop?
09:16 There's two characters, the mechanic and the driver.
09:19 And I'm ashamed to say that I think the roles are becoming the driver and Finnegan the mechanic.
09:24 Look at him in here.
09:26 I need a short 3/8 or-- yeah, short 3/8 and short 1/2 inch end wrench before I pass out.
09:35 All right.
09:37 [GROAN]
09:39 All right, look, Jimmy.
09:41 It's not a good sign.
09:42 I've only been on the road for three minutes and we're already fixing the car.
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09:58 It's like a show.
10:00 It is like a show.
10:02 The old ones are really cool.
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10:16 We spent three days in Wickenburg one day.
10:18 We've been working on the crusher because we were driving along and Steve here from Kites Customs
10:23 was right next to us going, hey, I know you guys, I recognize that car,
10:26 right when we chugged to a stop and died.
10:28 We had a fuel pressure problem.
10:30 So we took the entire fuel system apart, ran the gas all the way down to our arm pit,
10:34 and we didn't find a problem but now it's fixed.
10:37 So now we're going to hit the road again.
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11:22 Wow, that's a lot of people.
11:25 This is amazing.
11:26 It is amazing.
11:29 So awesome.
11:30 This doesn't happen in California.
11:31 This is a good cruise.
11:51 I'm celebrating time.
11:52 I like the fact that you guys actually drove it.
11:55 We drove it.
11:57 And not nicely either.
12:04 Hey, we finally made it to the Scottsdale Cruise and it is huge this time.
12:08 I'm walking around right now just sort of finding whatever cars catch my eye
12:12 because there's way too many here to shoot every single one of them.
12:15 And even though these photos are going to be a little blurry at night,
12:21 we're going to do a gallery of them on hotrod.com.
12:24 So that's what we're working on.
12:25 The crusher's parked over there, and I guess Finnegan is hanging out with it,
12:28 soaking up all the glory for having driven the thing, and we actually made it.
12:36 That's cool.
12:40 I could do without the art show, but this is clearly my favorite motorhome here.
12:46 I absolutely approve of that Scout, and I'm a Jeep guy.
12:56 Old school.
12:57 I love the '67 with the exact same sheet metal.
13:00 Winnebago is insane.
13:03 And the guy with the petty car, he started it.
13:07 Oh, man.
13:08 Well, that was right next to the --
13:10 I had to pull my sweatshirt down because I was getting a boner to hide it.
13:17 Scottsdale thing is coming to a close.
13:19 This has been good, but you know what?
13:20 It's only half over.
13:23 I'm reluctant to claim success on this after last night's stunt.
13:26 We got to get home tomorrow.
13:29 This is Dennis from Hot Rod Radio.
13:30 He's our baggage.
13:32 He's also the new guy, which means if he breaks down, he's getting dirty.
13:38 Are you sure you want him touching the car?
13:40 Oh, you got some tools?
13:42 No, no tools.
13:43 Just you?
13:44 Just bags.
13:45 Okay, okay, I'm in.
13:58 Waffle House.
14:00 It's the last day of our Crusher Camaro road trip.
14:02 We've been driving our blown big block from L.A. to Phoenix and back.
14:06 We're tired.
14:09 [coughing]
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14:45 This is a freaky place, man.
14:46 This is how horror films start.
14:47 All of a sudden, now look, Finnegan's gone, and David's taking pictures, not paying attention.
14:52 He's the next one that's going to fall through a little trap door.
14:55 Then it's just going to be me and Jason, and then it'll just be Jason.
15:01 Bye.
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