Counting Cars: '41 BUICK RAISES BIG BUCKS FOR CHARITY (Season 9) | History

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Man, my shop is always busy. But right now, it is straight up crazy. Everywhere I look in this place, there's a project going on. On top of that, I got a couple coming in right now from Miami. They want to add to the fun because they got a project that they want to do. I'm anxious to sit down with them and hear all the details. Well, come on in here to the shop. We'll-- we'll look at some stuff, and you guys kind of tell me what you got in mind. So come on in, you guys. This is a portion of Count's Customs. This is-- you know, this is one of the work areas. You know, we do a whole bunch of crazy stuff. For instance, something I'm proud of would be my crazy van. This is a personal thing of mine and, you know, we kind of go nuts with anything you want. So I'm not sure what you're looking for. Well, Danny, I'm basically looking to give you a blank check. I like that. I just want-- [LAUGHTER] Definitely. I understand why. - Thank you. - Yeah, no. But I'm looking-- What do you what? I'm looking for something bad ass. We're looking to-- we're looking to raise a lot of money. Our daughter, Skye, she was just recently diagnosed with the disease called NF2. It's also known-- I'm not familiar with it. Yeah, no one's ever heard of this disease. It's also called neurofibromatosis type 2. So basically, tumors just grow all over your everybody. Oh, my lord. And there's really not much you can do about it. I am so sorry to hear this. Skye currently, she has a brain tumor. She has a tumor in each of her ears. She has a big tumor in her chest. And she has nine tumors on her spine. So what these tumors do is they just grow and grow, and then they'll start to do damage. And once the damage is done, it's irreversible. Man, oh, man. God bless you guys for your strength. So we're going to make a difference. And you guys are going to make a difference also. OK, so now how can we help? We need a bad ass car-- OK. --that will raise tons of money-- OK. --so we can get the word out there about NF2 so we can help every single person that has this horrible, awful disease. And I'm sure we can raise a bunch of money. It would be our honor to do this. Let's get-- let's get on with what we can do to help. Let's build something really cool. Man, I cannot imagine what this family is going through right now with this. But I know one thing. We are going to do everything we can to make this project special. They want to turn this extremely unfortunate situation into something positive. And frankly, that's what I'm all about right now with this. We're going to build them a gorgeous car, raise as much money as we can for this charity, and raise as much awareness as we can for this horrible disease. God bless you guys on your quest for this. From the bottom of my heart, I got to say, I know they call you The Count. But you're a true prince in my book. Thank you, brother. Thank you, brother. God bless you. God bless you. - Thank you. God bless you. Come on with me. - You guys are strong folks. - Come on with me. Absolutely. Absolutely. And if it happens to be, you know, fast, that's all right, buddy. [LAUGHTER] - It will be. Come this way. We'll go to the office. When I bought my '41 Buick awhile back, I had no idea what I was going to do with this car. But like I say, everything's got a reason. Fast forward-- Zack and Lana. Special couple coming to me out of Miami. They wanted a car to build to auction off to raise awareness for a very special purpose. Man, I personally decided we're going to step this ride up. I wanted to go crazy because this car's got a purpose. It's got a reason. Now, after hundreds of hours of body, paint, interior, mechanical-- man, this car is gorgeous-- Zack and Lana are here to check out this amazing ride. I can't wait to see what they think of it. Lana, how are you? I'm doing fabulous. How are you? I'm fantastic. Zack, how you doing, bro? Super duper. Fantastic. Very excited. So thank you again for trusting us with this project. First off, how is Skye doing? Skye, she's doing very, very well. Her last MRI showed she has had many more tumors growing. But the great news is none of the tumors have caused paralysis yet, thank god. She doesn't actually know she has the disease because I want her to have a happy childhood with no worries. And this is our job to worry about. Yeah. She's happy, she's healthy, and she laughs a lot. OK, that's a beautiful thing. Are you guys ready to see this car? - Yes. - I'm freaking out a little bit. I don't know if I'm going to laugh, or cry, or scream. I don't know what's going to happen. Come on up here. Come see this baby. OK. Ryan, my man. Bring it out, baby. There's so many cool touches on this car. [MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, my god. Can I run to it? Wow. DANNY: I want you to take your time, and just enjoy it. [MUSIC PLAYING] [ENGINE REVVING] Oh, yeah. DANNY: Make yourself at home. [LAUGHTER] Make yourself at home, please. Oh, my god. It's so beautiful. DANNY: My guys really went above and beyond on this one, man, turning this '41 Buick Coupe inside out, ending up with a perfect blend of updated performance and old school style that anyone would love to own. We deleted most of the chrome trim and smoothed out the body lines, giving it a sleeker, longer, and more modern look. Then Ryan went to town with an orange and black paint scheme with hand-turned gold leaf that compliments the car perfectly. It looks amazing. Ghetto Bob did his thing with an all new handcrafted, one-of-a-kind art deco-inspired interior and installed a one-off custom sound system that'll be music to the ears of the winning bidder. This car's a head turner. Everyone who sees this car is going to want to drive it, and that's sure to raise a ton of money when she goes up for auction. You guys know Ryan? Ryan, you know Zack and Lana? Nice to see you. Hi. I'm going to give you the grand your. She is a 1941 Buick. Ryan went crazy. Ryan-- let's just start with the outside. RYAN: Well, first of all, if you saw what a '41 Buick looks stock, you'd be completely floored that this is the same car. So what I did is it took a classic color combination-- orange and black. The black, that is a Ford tuxedo black. As the sun hits it, in this black, you're going to see different shades of shimmering pearls in it. RYAN: The orange on it actually has a flop to gold. And then without the light, it has a real deep, rich orange to it. And then the gold leaf, of course, sells itself. Hand turned. First impression right now. What you guys thing? - Amazing. Absolutely incredible. It's so gorgeous. It is going to attract so much attention. This is just-- it's mind blowing. Thank you. That's what we wanted. Let's continue the tour. Come with me up front now. It gets even more fun up here. Let's go under the hood. Well, once it got under the hood-- which, by the way, we had completely modify this hood to make it work this way-- but it's hiding a beautiful, old school big block Chevrolet 409. You've gotten modern Restomod air conditioning setup in it, which is fantastic. All modern electronics in it. You've got updated brake system in it with disc brakes on the car. Everything as far as the exterior of the car has been tied in aesthetically to inside under the hood as well. I really wanted to drive this thing around town. But I can't fall too in love because it's going to go somewhere special. Zack is not driving this car. - He's not driving this car? - Absolutely not. He's not allowed. This is for NF2 research. This is a stunning, gorgeous car. And you're not going to mess it up. You got to show it off a little bit. You haven't seen me drive yet. Now, skip to the inside. Let's pop the door. You ready for this? Just enjoy. Tell us what you think. Oh, my god. Art deco, right? Yes! I've never seen anything like this. It's a flaming river tilt steering column. See, like, I can feel even when you're holding the steering wheel, like, there's grips. - Yes. - I've never felt that before. That's, like, really fast. All the controls in the center-- those knobs-- are all of your air conditioning control set up on it. I love how it's all silver. Yeah. And even, like, where the horn is, you can, like, totally, like, check your makeup as you're driving. So-- All the stitching, if you notice, we went-- interior was black. We put the orange behind the perforation so it just pops through. There's just so much detail. It's not too much. It's not gaudy. It's absolutely gorgeous. But let's look at the trunk. But you're going to dig this. Boom. Here is your trunk. There's your amplifiers. There's your sub. The other speakers are hidden inside the car. It bangs. And yet you've still got a trunk. It's all one-off equipment made just for this vehicle, just for us to use on this vehicle. And it is top of the line. You've just made this total baller right here. Oh, absolutely. Every inch of this car is special, and it's because of you guys. That's the bottom line is, you know, God just sends the right people for the right reason at the right time. Something needs to be done for this disease. And you happen to be chosen. And I think-- I think what you guys are doing is unbelievable. And so thank you for letting us be a part of this. And all we can do is hope and pray that this accomplishes what you all were looking to accomplish. That's all we want to do on our end. And I hope so. Well, thank you guys so much for all of your work that the whole-- your whole entire place put into this. We can tell how much love and detail was put into every aspect of this. And thank you. - Amen. - Thank you all. So I pray-- I pray that this works for you. I got to hug you, man. Absolutely. Absolutely. God bless you. - Thank you. Pleasure. Thank you. Man, I love cars. I love cars in a way that people don't even understand. But when it comes to parents, and their children, and that story about them loving their child-- come on, man. Zack and Lana, they love Skye like nobody's business. We felt it the entire time when they talked about this car. We felt it the entire time we worked on this car. And now, because of that, somebody is going to pay a lot of money for this car. And I want a lot of money for this car. Not just because they're getting a fantastic car, but because they're helping children like Skye fight this horrible NF2 disease. And I'm proud that myself and my team got to play a small part in helping raise awareness against this and doing what we love to do. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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Length: 10min 31sec (631 seconds)
Published: Wed Jul 01 2020
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