Counting Cars: STUNNING '66 CORVETTE REVS DANNY UP (Season 9) | History

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[MUSIC PLAYING] I love Vegas. Vegas stole my heart, man. How many years now, here? RYAN: 16 years? That's how long you've been with me. Maybe it's not Vegas. Maybe it's me. [LAUGHTER] My man Ryan and I have just finished up some very important projects, and we're looking for the next. So there's this old neighborhood I've been wanting to check out. I'm hoping we get lucky today. All right, now we're getting close. Let's go in here to the right. Let's just go for it. Here we go. Oh, what's here on the right? Stingray. Probably a '64 or '65. I think we need to find out. Looks like it needs love. We could be the guys to love it. I'm gonna knock on the door before somebody comes out and gets mad. Yeah. DANNY: All right. [KNOCKING ON DOOR] Man. Hey, how you doing? I hope I'm not interrupting you. No. I'm Danny. This is Ryan. And we're car guys. Now, what year is this one? This is a 1966. DANNY (VOICEOVER): Back in 1966, "Sports Illustrated" gave actor and all-around speed demon Steve McQueen six high-end sports cars to test drive, including a '66 Corvette. He was so impressed with its power and handling, he called it one of the fastest production cars for the money. And if this '66 Stingray gets the king of cool stamp of approval, well, let me tell you something, it gets mine. How long have you had this car? I'm the second owner. I've had it for 40 years. 40 years? What happened here in the front? I, uh, sort of hit the back of a truck. It'll flop back into shape. Sure. RICKY: Let me open the hood for you. I like the Stinger hood on here. It looks good. This gotta be 425, 450 horse? 420. DANNY: 420? There you go. That's a lot of horsepower for a plastic car. Absolutely. This car will get up and rock and roll. I gotta take a closer look. This thing's gotta sound great, man. Would it start right now if you fired it up? The battery's dead right now. You know, I wish I could. I'd love for you to hear it. DANNY: Digging on this. And, you know, one of the nice things is that wing window. I know. I love wing windows, I do. I think it's one of the coolest things cars used to have. Before they had air conditioning. DANNY: Right. I mean, you just adjusted the wing window, and it's no problem. DANNY: This is a pretty cool car. You look like you're growing roots in there. I am growing roots in here, man. RICKY: He's pushing away my old roots in there. DANNY: I'm sure you get asked this all the time, and so I'm gonna be the next guy who asks you-- would you ever consider selling this car? Now I will, 'cause I'm in danger of losing my house. And you know, it's gonna be the house or the car. I understand that feeling. Have you thought about a number on this car? 25 seems like a reasonable number, considering the nose damage. You know, I love this car. DANNY: Yeah. You know, it's been my baby. People call me Ricky Corvette. I can't imagine them calling me Ricky Toyota. [LAUGHTER] There's no pride in that one. No, no. This '66 got a ton of potential, man. I love C2s. This could be the project I'm looking for. Plus, I might be able to help a gentleman out of a jam at the same time. Brother, I tell you, I know you're Ricky Corvette. I can see why. It fits you. Well, let me ask you this. As is, you don't have to do anything. Don't fix it. Don't start it. Don't do anything to it. Would you consider a cash offer of 18 grand on this car? I just got an offer of 18 grand a week ago. Would 20 do it? I'd think about it. But you know, you're dealing with somebody that has physical and emotional attachment to the car. Let me tell you something. Welcome to the club. I want to shake your hand on that one, because I am the same way. I can imagine the person with this. And I also completely understand and realize that this is not necessarily something you want to do right now, and I respect that. What would it take to seal this deal? Somewhere between 20 and 25. Like, 24.99, or something. [LAUGHS] Would you do 22? I never thought I'd be doing this. How about 23? The gears are turning. I'd rather you have it, 'cause I don't want to sell it to one of my neighbors and have it pass by my house every day. RYAN: Oh, you'd hate that. Right now, money is more important than fun. There's so much love in this car. Yeah, I can feel it. Tell you what, man. I don't know if it's you or the car, but you have yourself a deal. All right, sounds good. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. I will give this car so much love, I promise you. RICKY: Sounds good. DANNY: See you tomorrow, Rick. RICKY: All right. This could be a win-win all the way around, man. Picked up a beautiful '66 Vette to fix up and flip, and we helped out a gentleman save his house, man. This is gonna be a great project. It's got everything I'm looking for, you know? Now we're just gonna do it up. RYAN: I'm not mad at you. I would have bought it. DANNY: Exactly. DANNY (VOICEOVER): We took this gorgeous '66 Vette and went all the way nuts on her. We kept the timeless C2 styling and gave it an updated Count's Kustoms style makeover. And man, this thing is smoking. We deleted the front bumpers and changed out the grill, creating a sleeker look on this Vette's pretty face. We kept that 427 Stinger hood, because it's just too cool. And under that hood, we installed a BluePrint 383 stroker engine and paired it with side pipes that make her sound mean. Lastly, we replaced those pop-up headlights for those cool SCCA road course L88-inspired headlight assemblies. I love 'em. Man, this thing is sure to turn heads of Vette lovers and everyone else too. So I called my buddy Greg to come over and lay his eyes on it, because this guy knows cars and he's got good taste. Still driving the Impala. What up, Greg? Hey, Danny. If I get his stamp of approval, I know the owner's gonna love it. What is the guy expecting from you? What kind of car did he want? He just really wanted just a fun car, a muscle car, a sports car, a hot rod car. To me, that says Corvette. I just kind of did it how I would do it for the amount of money that he had. Right, right. So come look at this. So let me see it. Tell me what you think. It's basically ready to ship? Yeah, we're down to it. So you're down to-- Oh, we're down to it. There's something you don't like, I don't have a lot of time. - Oh, my gosh. Ryan, bring it out, man! Come on! Come on. Look at that. [ENGINE ROARS] GREG: Wow. DANNY: [LAUGHS] That's fantastic. [ENGINE ROARING] Wow. First impressions? First thing is the color. DANNY: Jelly red. GREG: Fantastic. It's not wild, but it's clearly a custom. DANNY: Perfect. GREG: But the best part is coming out. Those headlights are just phenomenal. DANNY: Agreed. That makes the car pop. I couldn't agree with you more, man. I love the L88 racing headlights. GREG: This makes it different than every other one at a car show. DANNY: Agreed. Wow. And it'll always work instead of those stupid roll-up deals you have to find that get stuck-- Vacuums and electric motors. GREG: Right. Great choice. These aren't an off-the-shelf kit. No. GREG: They're one-off? We made these lenses. So he has a one-off set? - One-off windows-- - That's insane. --one-off lights. We made these in a powder coat oven here in town. GREG: This guy is gonna be so happy with these headlights. DANNY: They're gorgeous. How do you feel about the other mild custom touches? GREG: Period wheels. DANNY: Yes. GREG: Beautiful side pipes. DANNY: Yes. We put the '67 big black hood on a '66 car. GREG: Right. DANNY: Actual, real side mount headers, as you would have. GREG: What's it got for a motor? Let's check it out. You're gonna dig it. You're gonna like this too. You're really gonna like this too. It has got a 383 stroke. Clean. Look at this. GREG: Wow. DANNY: About 475 horse-ish, give or take, backed up with the four-speed. Big aluminum radiator. Gotta keep it cool. Nice electric fans. Gotta keep it cool. Brand new Restomod air conditioning. You know I gotta put AC in everything. Disc brakes all the way around in the car. Power steering. The side mount headers and side pipes. Nice stuff. DANNY: I'ma close the hood. Show off the interior. Let me see. No more, no less than is absolutely necessary. All Dakota Digital on the gauges. The wood wheel. Factory-style interior seats. GREG: Simple, clean. Dude, it's-- Simple, clean. It's a pretty cool ride, ain't it? Yeah. So you're the client. You're sitting there at your house. The doorbell rings. There's a big shipping truck out front. They roll up the door. They back this baby out. Boom, how do you feel? A purist might think the car's incorrect-- DANNY: Right. GREG: --because it's missing all the flaws that the car came with. DANNY: Right. But a guy that just wants a really nice car, you've made the car what it should have been from the beginning. Honestly, I wouldn't change a thing. Yeah, absolutely amazing. That's how we felt, but we needed a fresh set of eyes, man. I love this car. Well, this is how I would drive it, so. Speaking of driving it-- Yeah? --you took me for a ride in your '63 a few days ago. Oh, yeah. Yeah, take me for a ride in this. Sure. Let's drive this thing. Let's go. Let's see what it's like. We'll be back. Oh, I love this car! [ENGINE ROARS] [MUSIC PLAYING] Nothing beats seeing a happy client when they lay their eyes on their Count's customized car for the first time and they smile so big. But Greg, he's a car guy. The man's got good taste. I get his stamp of approval, I know that the client's gonna be digging this ride. Wow, this car drives great, Danny. [ENGINE ROARS] DANNY: This '66 is done exactly the way I would have done it for myself. I really hate to see this car go, but I know it's going to a great home. I know it's going to somebody who's going to love it just as much as I do. [LAUGHS]
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Published: Wed Jul 08 2020
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