Mark Greeley: Fast N’ Loud Weekly Recap

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Fast N’ Loud Weekly Recap | Cruisin’ For A Bruisin

Well, there you have it! The first build of the new era of Gas Monkey Garage is complete and judging by the number of you logging onto GasMonkeyGarage.com at the end of the episode to try and buy the 1973 Chevrolet P30 Step Van seems it was a great success.

While the P30 Step Van was certainly the biggest build to take place on the episode, it wasn’t even close to the biggest vehicle. That right is reserved for the pair of Camelot Cruisers we saw Richard and Dennis Collins buy up in Illinois for $30,000 which seemed more than the duo was looking to spend, but significantly lower than the $50,000 asking price. And as Richard put it, “I’m finally making enough money that I can make stupid decisions,” but having been inside them they weren’t stupid at all… See for yourself.

However, just because Richard is in Illinois does not mean the pressure is off the Monkeys as they had to scramble to get the van into paint already later than Mike Coy would have preferred. Hoping to catch up Mike tries a new paint, but it’s just not delivering the deep black he, or Richard, is looking for, so it’s back to basics with base coat, clear coat three times each which will take him the better part of three days… And nearer the deadline than he’d like to be.

As Mike and Tony Cano feel the pressure in the paint booth, Jason Aker is feeling it in regards to getting the 1965 Shelby that Richard and Dennis bought running. It also didn’t help that Jason had indicated to Richard that he could easily double his $300,000 investment in the car once it’s running. Yet even with the aid of Charles Cimino, Jeremy Cheatham and a custom fabricated tool the trio were unable to get the motor unfrozen. Not wanting to risk damaging the car Richard called it off and looked to find a buyer for it not running and that’s just what he did letting it go for $400,000.

With the Mustang out of the way, all the attention is back on the step van as the chassis returns from the powder coater and Mike wraps up the extensive paint job. And with the Tex Mex Car Show quickly approaching it’s all hands-on deck, including Tony Cano helping out in areas he’s not used to in order to insure the team makes the deadline. In typical Monkey fashion they complete it right in time to open up the Scoggin-Dickey ZZ6 crate motor with a Monster transmission and torque converter en route Brenham, TX.

Greeted by nothing, but kind words the reveal was a relief to Richard and the team who relished getting to see their hard work appreciated first hand by real people and real fans. And now you can get that same head turning, jaw dropping attention that they received by buying this build to have as your very own. GYSOT!