[MUSIC PLAYING] All right, I think we're
in the middle of nowhere, Ry. That's about right for Texas. Ain't you from Texas? I'm Texas proud. But let's do this. We're not leaving until we
get barbecue on the way out. You know what happens
when you eat barbecue. I don't care, man. I want barbecue on the way out. RYAN: We've got a client
who wants an old school Volkswagen bus restored into
a modern/retro crazy street cruiser. Volkswagen buses are not
normally in our wheelhouse. But when the client
said they wanted a Count's Kustoms-style
bus, there's no way we're saying no to that. We've heard about
this place in Texas that supposedly
is a literal field of up to 100 Volkswagen buses. We tracked down the cat
that runs the place, and he and his dad
have been collecting these buses for years. He invited us to
come down and check out his Texas-sized collection. Shannon, being our resident
Volkswagen freakazoid, was definitely going to be
riding shotgun on this one. Up there. I see something. This is a
Volkswagen bus ranch. Holy cow. [MUSIC PLAYING] Ooh, there's another
batch of them out there. Just control yourself, man. I know how you get
around Volkswagen buses. SHANNON: I'm just
taking it all in. RYAN: Play it cool, though. Ready? Yeah. Dude, this is like a
retirement fund right here. Look at that. I am speechless. Just bury me right here. All this over there. He's got, like,
one of every bus. Hey, how you doing, man? I see you found it. Yes, sir.
Ryan. Nice to meet you. - Bryce Dishman.
- Hey. Shannon. Nice to meet you, Bryce. Ooh, look at this. Look-- this is insane. This is like Bugtopia. BRYCE DISHMAN: I'm a
VDub bus enthusiast. I don't do it for the money. I've got a-- I got my own job. I got-- I teach and stuff. So, you know, I just do
it to buy more buses. You've got, like, one of
everything here, don't you? I think so. I-- you never have
enough, though. Because I don't know-- I don't know what enough is. And, you know, it's almost
like a VDub disease, you know? RYAN: Right. OK.
- This is the shiny one. Damn! Do you want me to
pull it out for you? Please. I'm going to worry
about rust and Bondo. You worry about all
the other stuff. Wait, look, there's a plus.
It runs. We can drive it back to Vegas. It's in amazing condition. Dude, it's in
amazing condition. Wow. Phew, man, look at this. Nice. Mind if I touch? You can touch all you want. Like I said, if you're
coming this far to look at it, by all means touch it. You playing a song? If the metal tings,
there's no Bondo. If it goes thud, there's Bondo. I'm not hearing a
lot of Bondo, dude. There's a lot of tings. That's a good sign of the body. All right, all right. Mind if I ask you where
you got this thing from? I bought it from a
lieutenant colonel that called me about moving some-- three other restored buses. And I said, what is it? And he said, it's a '60 bus. And I said, with
air conditioning? I said, hmm, Texas bus
with air conditioning. I might-- That makes sense, right? Makes sense. SHANNON: Can we look
inside, check it out? BRYCE DISHMAN: By
all means, shoot. Wow. Oh, look at that. It's got the old lock shifter. It's safe to say, when you're
a Volkswagen person, you're-- it's a whole cult.
It's a culture. It is. It's a sickness. It's a-- it is, unfortunately. With AC, little compressor. So what size
engine is in here? This has got an 1835
Single Port with the dual-- That-- --40. I was about to say, that
manifold looks pretty old. I haven't seen
one in a long time with the NP intake runners. There's a few rust
blisters here and there. Yeah. The body is solid. I don't feel a lot of Bondo. Are we buying a bus or what? Man, I think we-- you know,
if we can negotiate on a price, I think we found the right one. I mean, it's still
an early split window bus that's affordable. Dude, I think the
bus is cool as hell. What's your-- what
were you asking for her? I was asking 37 for it. It's not I'm trying to
beat you up on the price. Don't-- don't get
the wrong impression. But we are doing a
full color change. We are definitely
going to have to strip the bus
because we got to give our clients what we know. So I can't give a
client a paint job that's on top of
another paint job that I don't know
anything about. Right. So there's rust that has to
get cut out, paint needs to be stripped, everything re-sealed. I mean, we're going to have
a ton of hours and money into this thing just
getting it painted the color it's supposed to be. Man, 33,500 and
you can have it. Dude, you know what? That's a great price, man. Thank you. Well, pleasure. It-- it leaves a little
room for us to, you know, have it shipped back. All right, Bryce,
thank you, man. Pleasure. Our shop coordinator
will get back with you with the details, a
check, and let you know when we're going to pick it up.
- All right. Like I said, it's-- Barbecue, man. - Wire transfer.
- Thank you. - Quicker.
- All right, thanks, guys. Thank you very much, Bryce. Thanks, man. I know your
stomach's growling. I know my stomach's growling. All that talk about
barbecue, of course. That's right, man. RYAN: Well, all right,
that worked out great. That place was insane, and
we found the perfect bus to start restoring. Now all the hard work starts. VWs really are their
own rare breed. Back in the day, they
only cost about $2,000. But by today's standards, they
go anywhere from $50,000 all the way up to over $100,000. It all depends on what the
buyer's willing to pay. Shannon really knows
his Volkswagens. Years ago, we built
one for the shop, and he guided us through it. Hopefully, this insane
custom comes out perfect. Otherwise, it just might
be the last one we ever do. I can't wait to
get started on it. I can't wait to come back. [MUSIC PLAYING] DANNY: You know,
except for Shannon, we really don't do a lot of, you
know, Volkswagens around here. But when we got this 1960
VW 11-window bus in to do, that was cool, man. But when I found
out that the client wanted to make it this
high-end luxury beach cruiser, I was stoked. Man, my team kicked
into high gear. We took this baby
down to bare metal. Restored every
inch of this thing. Added all kinds of
goodies to this baby. She's ready to cruise,
ready to cruise the beach, ready to
cruise the mountains, ready to cruise the country. She's ready. Come on out. I can't wait. Bryce, how are
you doing today? Man, I'm doing outstanding. DANNY: Clients couldn't
make it out to the shop, so we wanted a stamp of
approval from VW expert Bryce himself, the guy we
bought the VW from. He's here. He wants to check it out now. Can't wait to hear
what he thinks. Bryce, you, my
brother, are a VW man, and you're a VW bus man. I am. Got a lot of them. Got a couple. My boys referred
to it as a bus farm. It's-- You're growing
them down there. No, it's-- we're
hunting them-- You're hunting them. Why you got so many buses? Well, I got into them about
12 years ago, and just-- it's the Volkswagen addiction. Here's the deal. We built this
beautiful '60 VW bus. These clients, they're
Back East folks. And before we ship
it back to them, you being here means a ton
to us because we would love your stamp of approval
before this thing gets loaded up on a
truck and gets gone. Well, if it's anything
else like y'all built, I'm sure it won't be hard
to give it the stamp. You know, pssht. You are-- you are a gentleman. I think we should
just look at it. The problem is, is
getting Shannon out of it. He's already threatened to
steal it two or three times. All right, we ready
to bring this out? BRYCE DISHMAN: We are.
- You ready to bring this out? Oh, I'm definitely ready.
BRYCE DISHMAN: All right. All right, let's
bring this baby out. All right. Shannon, my man, bring
that baby out, but stop! Don't keep going! That sounds a little more
than 40 horsepower back there. DANNY: Might be a
little bit more. Oh! It looks awesome. Dang, did you happen to put
a clutch in on that thing? DANNY: [LAUGHS] BRYCE DISHMAN: Oh! This man is paying attention. Uh-huh. The brakes work good. God, that paint is ridiculous. DANNY (VOICEOVER):
My guys always knock it out of the
park, but this baby is truly a work of art. Our clients wanted to keep that
classic VW old school style but give it a high-end
luxury overhaul. We updated the
engine and suspension and added brand
new disc brakes for maximum modern driveability. Next, Ghetto Bob created
a gorgeous custom leather interior, providing
the kind of luxury you really don't see in a VW bus. Ryan did his magic on the
outside, an insane two-tone Turkish blue and white
with a blue pearl paint job that just beams under the sun. This thing is so cool. I never really wanted a VW
bus, but I think I do now. This bus, OK, she's 1960. She's an automatic
and air conditioned. Yes. Everything-- That's awesome. --in the rear had to be
relocated to make it all work. Because they never made a
split window with an automatic. - Nope.
- So this is-- I know the engineering work
underneath this thing must be-- It's amazing under there. Yes. And you got that
church key, man. I got the church key. Let's take a-- let's
take a look at this engine. So I want you to check this
out, how factory this looks. Yet it is so custom. What kind of beast did
you put back here, Shannon? SHANNON: It is a 2276. BRYCE DISHMAN: God! SHANNON: Yeah. [LAUGHTER] So how's it push this
automatic transmission? It's a little
different, you know, because I've never driven
a bus with an automatic. So do you sit there
with your-- your foot, your left foot, trying
to reach for the clutch every time shifting? Yes. Yes. DANNY: It's one of a kind. Oh, it's going to be-- I mean, I foresee it being
in magazines or something down the road. Amen. I mean, the purists would like
this thing because it's subtle, you know, but it's clean. It's nothing extravagant,
but yet it's got all the amenities of a new car. I cannot thank you enough for
coming out and looking at it. Oh, it's awesome. Total stamp of approval? - Oh, no doubt.
- OK. I mean, it's-- anybody would be
thrilled and happy to-- to get something like this. Bryce, I can tell
you this, brother, the next time we need a bus for
a client, we're calling you. I know the place we can
all go eat, and we can-- we can stare at some
buses out in the field. We're going to have a good time. If you got a
few minutes, man-- Sure. --let's go bum
around the showroom. - Yes, you got awesome--
- Perfect. --awesome stuff.
Let's go. Just back away. Just back away. [LAUGHS] DANNY: We get so many classic
American muscle cars and hot rods here at Count's Kustoms. It's just what we do. But every once in a
while, it's so cool to do something completely
different like this VW bus, which came out so wicked. I personally love it. Bryce is a VW expert, man. If he's digging it, I know my
clients are going to dig it. I'm so proud of my
team and my boys for taking on this challenge
and knocking it out of the park. [MUSIC PLAYING]
