1 00:00:00,555 --> 00:00:03,888 (dramatic string music) 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:15,990 --> 00:00:17,268 - First time I got arrested, it was in the back 5 00:00:17,310 --> 00:00:20,000 of one of these, so, still remember that. 6 00:00:20,042 --> 00:00:21,242 You never forget, right? 7 00:00:22,593 --> 00:00:25,424 (engine revving and roaring) 8 00:00:25,466 --> 00:00:29,133 (rhythmic percussive music) 9 00:00:32,580 --> 00:00:33,708 - [Producer] It's freedom, baby. 10 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:35,093 - Freedom. 11 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:38,052 ("Muney" by Beiba) 12 00:00:42,068 --> 00:00:47,068 ♪ I clear money ♪ 13 00:00:51,527 --> 00:00:52,870 ♪ I clear ♪ 14 00:00:52,912 --> 00:00:56,662 (engine revving and roaring) 15 00:01:00,944 --> 00:01:02,178 ♪ I clear ♪ 16 00:01:02,220 --> 00:01:03,348 - I've never driven it on the highway, 17 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:05,717 just from here to the gas station. 18 00:01:05,759 --> 00:01:09,247 (engine revving and roaring) 19 00:01:09,289 --> 00:01:11,043 ♪ I do what I want, what I want, want ♪ 20 00:01:11,085 --> 00:01:13,918 (engine rumbling) 21 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,030 (engine roaring) 22 00:01:24,270 --> 00:01:26,298 - [Jarrod] Okay, now at the risk of stating the obvious, 23 00:01:26,340 --> 00:01:28,788 I think one of the things we should address in this film 24 00:01:28,830 --> 00:01:30,678 is the fact that we are currently sitting 25 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,453 in your, is it 2007? 26 00:01:32,495 --> 00:01:34,818 - 2004. - 2004 27 00:01:34,860 --> 00:01:37,878 Mercury Grand Marquis, which you purchased 28 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,458 after we started this whole documentary process. 29 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,588 - Yeah, so like everything I do in life 30 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:45,648 is obsessive compulsive based, probably, 31 00:01:45,690 --> 00:01:47,928 I'm like undiagnosed OCD. 32 00:01:47,970 --> 00:01:50,118 - Sure are. - And, yeah, sure am, right? 33 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,638 And, like anything that I get really into, 34 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,408 like I remember I got into rock balancing 35 00:01:54,450 --> 00:01:55,445 and I went all in on that. 36 00:01:55,487 --> 00:01:57,408 - As you do. - I got into barefooting. 37 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:59,148 I got into dirt bikes. 38 00:01:59,190 --> 00:02:01,398 I got into cameras, I got into guitars, 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,428 and I dive in deep with it all. 40 00:02:04,470 --> 00:02:07,338 So, I mean, it was you, Donovan, that got, 41 00:02:07,380 --> 00:02:10,308 that decided that this would be a good idea for a film 42 00:02:10,350 --> 00:02:13,158 because I remember Jarrod and I were working on so many 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,568 boring, static, gross corporate gigs 44 00:02:17,610 --> 00:02:19,698 that were really good financially for us, 45 00:02:19,740 --> 00:02:21,795 but like they weren't getting our creative juices happening. 46 00:02:21,837 --> 00:02:24,738 - [Jarrod] We made ones and ones of dollars from those gigs. 47 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:25,571 - Yeah. - Yeah. 48 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:27,858 So, I mean, I think it was, I think it was you 49 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:29,628 that was like, "Well you're bored, right?" 50 00:02:29,670 --> 00:02:31,458 "Make a movie." - Make a movie, yeah. 51 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:32,373 About the people. 52 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:34,428 - Yeah, and I was... Not about the car, 53 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:35,261 about the people. 54 00:02:35,303 --> 00:02:36,225 - [Dale] About the people, the Panther people. 55 00:02:36,267 --> 00:02:38,467 - And we know the story of how that started. 56 00:02:41,790 --> 00:02:43,338 - In my opinion, it'd be like one of the most 57 00:02:43,380 --> 00:02:46,608 recognized cars in North America, I mean, cop cars, 58 00:02:46,650 --> 00:02:48,528 every department has a Crown Vic 59 00:02:48,570 --> 00:02:51,603 or had a Crown Vic at one point, they're used for taxis. 60 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:54,858 They're just one of the greatest built cars 61 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:56,268 in the last 20 or 30 years. 62 00:02:56,310 --> 00:02:57,798 - Well, it's like riding in your spaceship 63 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,168 and you're just sitting on a big comfy couch 64 00:03:00,210 --> 00:03:01,968 while cruising through the galaxy. 65 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:04,488 - A ton and a half of American steel. 66 00:03:04,530 --> 00:03:06,858 You could hit the side of a bus, 67 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:09,194 and I know, because I have been hit by a bus. 68 00:03:09,236 --> 00:03:11,358 (engine revving) 69 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,448 - God bless the weirdos who are into these cars. 70 00:03:14,490 --> 00:03:16,878 - Most of my experiences in the car revolve around 71 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:20,508 driving it like a total maniac and crashing it. 72 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:24,258 - And, you know, the nice noise of, you know, 4.6, 73 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:25,905 and, you know, all that. - Yeah, love it. 74 00:03:25,947 --> 00:03:28,608 - The Panther community makes the geometric community 75 00:03:28,650 --> 00:03:31,008 look normal and well adjusted. 76 00:03:31,050 --> 00:03:32,628 - Well, everyone like, everyone knows a Vic, 77 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:34,938 I mean, you've seen any movie, any, any movie, 78 00:03:34,980 --> 00:03:37,020 there's one in it, if there's a cop car or something, 79 00:03:37,062 --> 00:03:38,118 there's something that's driving down the road 80 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,708 even all the way back to, I mean, 81 00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:42,828 the name's been around since 1955, I believe, so, 82 00:03:42,870 --> 00:03:43,828 everyone knows it. 83 00:03:43,870 --> 00:03:44,748 You could be a soccer mom, 84 00:03:44,790 --> 00:03:46,608 you don't know anything about cars, you drive a minivan, 85 00:03:46,650 --> 00:03:48,135 but you know what a Crown Vic is. 86 00:03:48,177 --> 00:03:49,275 - [Announcer] The Crown Victoria. 87 00:03:49,317 --> 00:03:50,628 - [Announcer] The Crown Victoria. 88 00:03:50,670 --> 00:03:51,948 - [Announcer] Crown Victoria. 89 00:03:51,990 --> 00:03:55,458 - So we provide predominantly emergency vehicles. 90 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:59,958 We do supply some older cars as well as some sport vehicles, 91 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,275 but our biggest output to film is the Crown Vics. 92 00:04:04,317 --> 00:04:05,342 - [Announcer] Crown Victoria. 93 00:04:05,384 --> 00:04:07,394 - [Announcer] The new Ford Crown Victoria. 94 00:04:07,436 --> 00:04:08,555 - [Announcer] Crown Victoria. 95 00:04:08,597 --> 00:04:10,568 (overlapping voices rewinding) 96 00:04:10,610 --> 00:04:13,128 (atmospheric musical cue) 97 00:04:13,170 --> 00:04:14,320 - Well, I remember 98 00:04:15,420 --> 00:04:17,838 there was always this guy at the local grocery store 99 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,858 who would park his old white P71 that ran on propane 100 00:04:21,900 --> 00:04:23,538 right in front, in the fire lane. 101 00:04:23,580 --> 00:04:25,908 He was an old guy, scruffy face. 102 00:04:25,950 --> 00:04:28,638 He was the type of guy that didn't play by the rules, 103 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:30,858 you could tell, always at a smoke in his mouth. 104 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:33,408 And I saw him all the time and I said, "You know what? 105 00:04:33,450 --> 00:04:35,898 Look at that guy, right, he doesn't care." 106 00:04:35,940 --> 00:04:37,390 That's why I love these cars. 107 00:04:38,282 --> 00:04:41,208 (eccentric atmospheric music) 108 00:04:41,250 --> 00:04:43,728 And even going back, you remember when I was younger, 109 00:04:43,770 --> 00:04:45,498 that was the, it was the only car I thought that 110 00:04:45,540 --> 00:04:47,508 we should have for the family. 111 00:04:47,550 --> 00:04:48,438 - So you were born in oh-three, 112 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,088 so these cars were still in production 113 00:04:50,130 --> 00:04:51,949 when you were like, "Get a Crown Vic, get a Crown Vic," 114 00:04:51,991 --> 00:04:52,782 'cause... Well I remember- 115 00:04:52,824 --> 00:04:54,565 - We were gonna buy a Ford Flex, and you were like, 116 00:04:54,607 --> 00:04:56,101 "How 'bout a brand new Grand Marquis, dad?" 117 00:04:56,143 --> 00:04:58,878 - I remember, I remember us being at a Ford dealership 118 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,518 looking for a car and you test drove a Ford Flex, 119 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,218 and this would've been before they stopped making 'em, 120 00:05:04,260 --> 00:05:05,838 and you could go into the showroom 121 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,458 and see a beautiful Grand Marquis 122 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:08,958 or a Lincoln Town Car sitting there. 123 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,298 You could buy a new with zero kilometers on it, 124 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:12,498 and I said, "Well get one of those," 125 00:05:12,540 --> 00:05:15,001 and you just dismissed it, "It's a grandpa car". 126 00:05:15,043 --> 00:05:16,024 - And now look where we are. - And I'll always, 127 00:05:16,066 --> 00:05:17,238 and now look where you are. 128 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:20,598 - In full, like not only did we like make a movie 129 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,118 about these cars and the people who drive these cars, 130 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,058 but we had to like, I had to go all in again, 131 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:28,766 and I had to become one of these people. 132 00:05:28,808 --> 00:05:32,975 (reverberating atmospheric music) 133 00:05:46,707 --> 00:05:49,488 - [Gee] We got the Crown Vic documentary guys here today 134 00:05:49,530 --> 00:05:52,218 and we're doing a Philly Panther meet, it's, 135 00:05:52,260 --> 00:05:55,548 it's not about me, it's about Philly and all the fans 136 00:05:55,590 --> 00:05:57,121 of the Panther platform in Philadelphia. 137 00:05:57,163 --> 00:05:59,058 - Wish I had like one of those air lifts 138 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,957 just built into the car. 139 00:06:02,049 --> 00:06:06,466 - [Driver] Ross, I've already been thinking about it. 140 00:06:11,940 --> 00:06:13,218 - Everybody knows me as Gee, 141 00:06:13,260 --> 00:06:15,963 and I am, I'm the host of the Philly Panther meets. 142 00:06:17,623 --> 00:06:22,623 (impact wrench whirring and clicking) 143 00:06:22,942 --> 00:06:24,605 - [Producer] If you had to describe a Crown Vic, 144 00:06:24,647 --> 00:06:27,798 or the Panther platform to someone who's never, 145 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,071 somehow lived under a rock for all these years, 146 00:06:30,113 --> 00:06:33,378 tell me what's a Panther platform car? 147 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:34,905 - Pretty much almost a bulletproof car 148 00:06:34,947 --> 00:06:39,348 you can beat the hell out of and kind of rebuild it cheaply. 149 00:06:39,390 --> 00:06:42,048 So, you know, it just, they last. 150 00:06:42,090 --> 00:06:44,298 You know, and there's a lot of customization 151 00:06:44,340 --> 00:06:46,338 you can do to it, so. 152 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:48,798 Just meeting people and everybody's different taste, 153 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,538 and it kind of got me more into it, it's like, wow, 154 00:06:50,580 --> 00:06:52,578 there's this whole scene that I didn't even know about. 155 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:55,788 I mean, you know, everybody's seen Crown Vics driving by, 156 00:06:55,830 --> 00:06:58,158 whether it was taxis, like, we're in Philly, 157 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,098 there was police cars everywhere, taxis everywhere, 158 00:07:01,140 --> 00:07:04,548 you saw 'em every day, you didn't really think about it. 159 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:08,005 And now they've like kind of gone the way to the dinosaur. 160 00:07:08,047 --> 00:07:10,965 (engine revving) 161 00:07:11,007 --> 00:07:14,674 (intense atmospheric music) 162 00:07:20,670 --> 00:07:21,948 - [Driver] There's a definition to hoonigan, 163 00:07:21,990 --> 00:07:25,578 it means to drive a vehicle in a very unorthodox manner, 164 00:07:25,620 --> 00:07:29,193 including drifting, high speed, 165 00:07:30,330 --> 00:07:32,628 smoking tires. 166 00:07:32,670 --> 00:07:37,128 Just, yeah, driving a car in a very aggressive manner, 167 00:07:37,170 --> 00:07:40,170 not how your average person would usually operate a vehicle. 168 00:07:41,383 --> 00:07:44,466 (choral harmonizing) 169 00:07:49,782 --> 00:07:52,428 - [Driver] Rear, a V8 rear wheel drive body on frame, 170 00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:55,578 it's the last one, the last one of the like American, 171 00:07:55,620 --> 00:07:59,313 American car, you know, it's just the last of a breed. 172 00:08:00,153 --> 00:08:03,153 (choral vocalizing) 173 00:08:21,402 --> 00:08:23,320 (muffled speaking) 174 00:08:23,362 --> 00:08:25,068 - I'm the founder of Panther Magazine, 175 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:26,448 so I run the magazine, 176 00:08:26,490 --> 00:08:29,208 and create the magazine for the Panther platform. 177 00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:31,728 Yeah, I feel like people always appreciate the magazine 178 00:08:31,770 --> 00:08:34,749 'cause you can scroll all day on Instagram, 179 00:08:34,791 --> 00:08:36,918 but then when you get tired of it, it's just like, 180 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,528 hey, I got a magazine in the side of the door, so. 181 00:08:39,570 --> 00:08:40,998 All different types of bills, 182 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,948 people from different communities, different states, 183 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:44,628 different countries, they're all in the magazine. 184 00:08:44,670 --> 00:08:46,338 Well everything seems to be digital, 185 00:08:46,380 --> 00:08:48,228 and everyone has a following on Instagram. 186 00:08:48,270 --> 00:08:50,958 You can go on someone's Instagram and see their car, 187 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,768 but as everything becomes digital it's more like 188 00:08:54,810 --> 00:08:57,105 having a physical copy is kind of nostalgic kind of 189 00:08:57,147 --> 00:08:59,568 and people appreciate that, so, 190 00:08:59,610 --> 00:09:02,208 I feel like having a magazine is just something 191 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:03,198 people would appreciate, 192 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,938 especially when it comes to Panther cars. 193 00:09:04,980 --> 00:09:07,578 So it's something different in the community. 194 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:08,988 If you're not familiar with Panthers, 195 00:09:09,030 --> 00:09:10,098 once you sit in one you like, 196 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:12,528 I kind of like that car, actually, so. 197 00:09:12,570 --> 00:09:15,468 - Philly's got strong car clubs with a lot of Crown Vics, 198 00:09:15,510 --> 00:09:17,418 so that's why I wanted to start doing 199 00:09:17,460 --> 00:09:19,848 the Philly Panther meet thing at the Navy Yard. 200 00:09:19,890 --> 00:09:22,308 Today it's V8 Ryder'z. 201 00:09:22,350 --> 00:09:24,138 I hit them up and let them, you know, 202 00:09:24,180 --> 00:09:26,598 let their club have some love, and you know, 203 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,878 let them do different parties and tie it in. 204 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,416 Since we have people in town from the meet, 205 00:09:31,458 --> 00:09:33,228 V8 Ryder'z, they're doing their event tonight, 206 00:09:33,270 --> 00:09:35,658 that's what this is, and then Sunday after the meet, 207 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:39,858 there's a 808 car club, they do a lot of stuff in Philly 208 00:09:39,900 --> 00:09:41,538 as far as feeding homeless people, 209 00:09:41,580 --> 00:09:43,278 clothing drives and stuff, and like, 210 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,488 and they're gonna do the after party tomorrow. 211 00:09:46,530 --> 00:09:48,249 - There was a lot of gun violence going on in here 212 00:09:48,291 --> 00:09:49,248 in the city of Philadelphia, 213 00:09:49,290 --> 00:09:52,818 even back when I was doing photography back in 2018. 214 00:09:52,860 --> 00:09:54,618 - Wow. - And my thing was, you know, 215 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:55,818 guns down, cameras up. 216 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:58,218 - Love it. - I wanted to create a program 217 00:09:58,260 --> 00:10:00,258 to whereas though, you know, I could teach children 218 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,072 how to use photography, how to do cinematography. 219 00:10:02,114 --> 00:10:04,368 - That's awesome, man. 220 00:10:04,410 --> 00:10:07,548 - But I got into an accident, I lost all my camera equipment 221 00:10:07,590 --> 00:10:10,398 and then I just moved into supporting mothers. 222 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,178 I started a non-profit organization called Sista Talk PHL. 223 00:10:14,220 --> 00:10:16,398 But I always drove Vics, I love Vics. 224 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,898 That's the only thing that I would drive. 225 00:10:17,940 --> 00:10:20,028 I'd tell anybody, if you catch me in anything 226 00:10:20,070 --> 00:10:21,678 other than a Vic, it's a rental, 227 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,438 or it's a car that, you know, I'm messing with somebody. 228 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,918 - Well, Crown Vics, first of all, they, they hard body, 229 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,108 like you can get into so many accidents 230 00:10:30,150 --> 00:10:33,048 and they're easy to fix, so it's like, 231 00:10:33,090 --> 00:10:33,881 you can't go wrong with a Vic. 232 00:10:33,923 --> 00:10:35,598 You can't, you don't even wanna Charger 233 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,498 'cause they fold like aluminum foil, so we love our Vics, 234 00:10:39,540 --> 00:10:40,373 they Panthers. 235 00:10:41,755 --> 00:10:44,688 - In my opinion, the most known car in the world. 236 00:10:44,730 --> 00:10:49,730 - One of the best vehicles ever produced by mankind. 237 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,248 - [Announcer] This year Ford introduces the 1992 238 00:10:52,290 --> 00:10:55,023 Crown Victoria, and it's a big hit with the critics. 239 00:10:55,955 --> 00:10:59,455 (light atmospheric music) 240 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,968 - Around the world, almost everywhere you go 241 00:11:05,010 --> 00:11:06,957 you can see a Crown Vic, 242 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:09,888 as an old cab or as an old police car, 243 00:11:09,930 --> 00:11:12,798 or certainly you used to always be able to. 244 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,445 Being from St. Thomas, when you went somewhere you could say 245 00:11:15,487 --> 00:11:17,118 "I know where that car was built." 246 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,398 Well certainly at the St. Thomas production facility 247 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,618 that Ford had, we built, 248 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:24,408 the last car built there was the Crown Vic. 249 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:27,228 - Ford people value their jobs 250 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:31,908 and know that there are opportunities for them to grow 251 00:11:31,950 --> 00:11:33,408 within the company. 252 00:11:33,450 --> 00:11:37,158 After all, our greatest asset is our people. 253 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,868 - [Narrator] So does it begin with enormous 254 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:42,228 physical capabilities, the might and muscle, 255 00:11:42,270 --> 00:11:45,918 the brute strength necessary to make the kinds of cars 256 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:46,788 that people want. 257 00:11:46,830 --> 00:11:49,488 - [Reporter] In 2011, it wasn't GM, but Ford 258 00:11:49,530 --> 00:11:51,408 that shuttered its assembly plant there, 259 00:11:51,450 --> 00:11:54,258 putting about 1100 people out of work 260 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:57,768 in a city where only about 35,000 live. 261 00:11:57,810 --> 00:11:59,958 It was the last of the bigs to go 262 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,358 and it left St. Thomas with one of the highest 263 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,088 unemployment rates in the entire country. 264 00:12:05,130 --> 00:12:07,608 - The site of the old Ford assembly plant 265 00:12:07,650 --> 00:12:10,608 is now the site of an Amazon distribution center. 266 00:12:10,650 --> 00:12:15,168 I mean, I'm not sure we can ever compare the solidness 267 00:12:15,210 --> 00:12:19,458 of an automotive assembly job of the '70s, '80s, and '90s 268 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:22,300 to what is today's newest 269 00:12:23,310 --> 00:12:25,953 instant delivery system that Amazon has. 270 00:12:31,781 --> 00:12:35,364 (gentle atmospheric music) 271 00:12:37,650 --> 00:12:40,968 - I couldn't believe the amount of Panthers 272 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:43,501 that are in this yard right now. 273 00:12:43,543 --> 00:12:45,018 But how, how did you get into Panthers? 274 00:12:45,060 --> 00:12:46,908 - It was actually not by choice. 275 00:12:46,950 --> 00:12:49,248 I'm gonna have to say when I was 16 years old 276 00:12:49,290 --> 00:12:51,678 and walked into this place to do co-op, 277 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:52,698 I kind of never left. 278 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:54,918 - [Dale] So how many Panthers do you think you have here? 279 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:55,751 - Hundreds. - Hundreds of Panthers. 280 00:12:55,793 --> 00:12:57,528 - I don't even, I don't even know if I could put 281 00:12:57,570 --> 00:12:58,878 an actual number on it, 282 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,888 but I'm gonna say in the hundreds for sure. 283 00:13:00,930 --> 00:13:05,028 Crown Victorias, Panthers, a lot of Mopars, lot of Packards, 284 00:13:05,070 --> 00:13:06,618 but I would say the majority of our stuff 285 00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:09,168 is Crown Vic Panther-based. 286 00:13:09,210 --> 00:13:11,328 I guess it's one of those things where a lot of this stuff 287 00:13:11,370 --> 00:13:13,338 is beyond the point of repair. 288 00:13:13,380 --> 00:13:15,108 - [Dale] Yeah, and it's just, you're just looking for 289 00:13:15,150 --> 00:13:16,613 like parts and anything you can salvage- 290 00:13:16,655 --> 00:13:17,806 - And that's why... And at least it's here. 291 00:13:17,848 --> 00:13:19,908 At regular junkyards, it'd all be crushed by now. 292 00:13:19,950 --> 00:13:21,783 - We don't, we don't shred or crush. 293 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:29,208 Through other car rallies and different events, 294 00:13:29,250 --> 00:13:33,258 I actually met the founder of Out Motorsports, Jake Thiewes, 295 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:37,578 and got invited to an open track event with them 296 00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:41,028 and it kind of took off from there, and I would say 297 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:45,738 my enthusiasm towards like racing in general 298 00:13:45,780 --> 00:13:47,028 has come from them. 299 00:13:47,070 --> 00:13:49,968 And the fact that I can take the Crown Vics 300 00:13:50,010 --> 00:13:52,638 and the Panthers, and go and do something else with those 301 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:55,428 besides Crown Vic meets, it's quite enjoyable. 302 00:13:55,470 --> 00:13:57,678 We get a lot of interest when the Crown Vics roll up, 303 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,988 especially the taxi cab, you know, it's a long door. 304 00:14:00,030 --> 00:14:02,718 I know the one instructor that's down there, you know, 305 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,508 hadn't seen too many of them because they're not really 306 00:14:05,550 --> 00:14:06,978 anything outside of New York City, 307 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:08,808 they weren't very popular for taxi cabs, 308 00:14:08,850 --> 00:14:10,428 they were normally old police cars. 309 00:14:10,470 --> 00:14:12,438 - [Announcer] And for today's police officers, 310 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:14,404 these are the good old days. 311 00:14:14,446 --> 00:14:17,696 (police siren blaring) 312 00:14:21,180 --> 00:14:23,238 - Crown Victoria is really a funny story 313 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,028 because in law enforcement, 314 00:14:26,070 --> 00:14:28,578 police either loved that car or hated that car. 315 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:30,775 And the one thing I always said was 316 00:14:30,817 --> 00:14:34,908 "The Crown Victoria didn't do anything exceptional, 317 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:36,798 but it did everything well." 318 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:38,628 And that car took me to places 319 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:42,108 it should have never taken me to and got me home every time. 320 00:14:42,150 --> 00:14:45,768 Well, I've been a police officer since 1987, 321 00:14:45,810 --> 00:14:47,523 so I'm in my 35th year. 322 00:14:49,380 --> 00:14:51,108 Always had the love, love for it, 323 00:14:51,150 --> 00:14:53,688 my father was a town constable, 324 00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:55,818 and in the summer after I graduated high school, 325 00:14:55,860 --> 00:14:58,668 I just was talking to friends and I was like, I don't know, 326 00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:01,998 I hate math (chuckles), I hate working inside, 327 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,818 I'm gonna be a cop, so I went to college for, 328 00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:06,168 for a degree in criminal justice 329 00:15:06,210 --> 00:15:10,068 and got fortunate as three months after I turned 21, 330 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:12,678 I got hired by the local sheriff's office 331 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,398 and I worked there till 1993, 332 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,173 when I became a New York State trooper. 333 00:15:24,030 --> 00:15:25,758 If I put all my lights on, 334 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,188 I'm advertising to you that I'm coming. 335 00:15:28,230 --> 00:15:30,798 And it's riskier, 336 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,918 in my opinion, it's riskier for you to run 337 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,488 or for you to have just a couple second window to decide 338 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:38,748 if you're gonna get away or not, 339 00:15:38,790 --> 00:15:39,978 so that was my traffic mover, 340 00:15:40,020 --> 00:15:42,188 so I could hit my thumb switch, and flip it back off- 341 00:15:42,230 --> 00:15:44,088 - Yeah. - I can get through traffic. 342 00:15:44,130 --> 00:15:47,553 I think the dependability and the reliability and, 343 00:15:48,594 --> 00:15:51,520 you know, I say bulletproof, but the cars 344 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,228 were never really a question mark, you know, 345 00:15:54,270 --> 00:15:55,848 they weren't the fastest car we've ever driven, 346 00:15:55,890 --> 00:15:58,668 they weren't the biggest car, they weren't the most, 347 00:15:58,710 --> 00:16:01,458 the best handling car, but they did everything really well, 348 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,728 and I think in this line of work, 349 00:16:04,770 --> 00:16:08,418 there's so many question marks, and to have your car 350 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:10,698 not be one of 'em, you know, just, it's just there 351 00:16:10,740 --> 00:16:12,768 and it just works, you know, and I think that's, 352 00:16:12,810 --> 00:16:14,358 that's where a lot of people really 353 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,578 learn to appreciate and love that car. 354 00:16:16,620 --> 00:16:20,703 I have hit a lot of deer with a Crown Victoria. 355 00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:26,898 The last one I hit, I was responding to a shots fired call. 356 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:28,638 We get this call and a few minutes later 357 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:31,098 he called out with a vehicle with a carload of people in it, 358 00:16:31,140 --> 00:16:32,658 so you want to get there, obviously. 359 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:34,668 It's scary. 360 00:16:34,710 --> 00:16:36,828 It's very risky. 361 00:16:36,870 --> 00:16:38,478 Your adrenaline's going. 362 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,328 And I was going triple digits when I hit a deer 363 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:44,148 that came out of the woods, and my, one of my best friends, 364 00:16:44,190 --> 00:16:46,998 or my best friend on the job was right behind me, 365 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,758 and his car looked like you took a bucket of chum 366 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,088 and threw it on his car 'cause I vaporized this deer, 367 00:16:53,130 --> 00:16:56,478 and it totaled the trooper car, I still made it to the call. 368 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,108 I had no header panel left, no headlights left. 369 00:17:00,150 --> 00:17:03,018 The hood was gone, the doors were pinched closed 370 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:05,895 because the fenders got pushed back, and I rolled up and, 371 00:17:05,937 --> 00:17:08,838 and the deputy had the people at gunpoint 372 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,948 and was giving them commands, 373 00:17:09,990 --> 00:17:12,138 and I pulled up and my car was smoking 374 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:15,828 and no headlights, and just the cloud. 375 00:17:15,870 --> 00:17:17,808 I stopped and the cloud kept going, 376 00:17:17,850 --> 00:17:19,968 and I'm hitting my door to try to get out, 377 00:17:20,010 --> 00:17:22,608 and when I got out, it made that (imitates crunching) noise. 378 00:17:22,650 --> 00:17:25,188 And it was like a cartoon, he's standing like this 379 00:17:25,230 --> 00:17:27,933 and everybody's just looking at me, you know, it was. 380 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:31,338 So that was another one where it shouldn't have got me 381 00:17:31,380 --> 00:17:33,798 where I got to, but I drove probably three or four miles 382 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,868 after I hit the deer to get to where that was 383 00:17:35,910 --> 00:17:37,458 and that was the last that car drove. 384 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:38,988 - [Producer] Wow, that says a lot about that car. 385 00:17:39,030 --> 00:17:39,863 - Yep. - Yeah. 386 00:17:43,380 --> 00:17:44,988 - Hi, my name is Al. 387 00:17:45,030 --> 00:17:48,648 This is the special build of Operation Los Santos. 388 00:17:48,690 --> 00:17:51,663 Why Los Santos, because this is a GTA V car. 389 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:54,708 - [Producer] So what do you think, what do you think people, 390 00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:56,208 yeah, what do you think people's reactions, 391 00:17:56,250 --> 00:17:57,288 how do they feel about it? 392 00:17:57,330 --> 00:17:59,268 - Majority's all good, you know, they like the car, 393 00:17:59,310 --> 00:18:02,058 they know it's a GTA V car. 394 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:03,678 They smile and laugh. 395 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,568 I don't want to talk too much about my cancer, 396 00:18:05,610 --> 00:18:08,178 but I had cancer in the heart. 397 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:12,018 I was in hospital when they briefed, 398 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:15,588 when they sent me home to recover for five days. 399 00:18:15,630 --> 00:18:19,788 I had to keep my hands functioning 400 00:18:19,830 --> 00:18:23,718 and I needed to escape from, from reality, 401 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,358 so I played GTA while I was home. 402 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:31,068 And, so I'd say, well this car means something to me, 403 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:34,390 and maybe when this car, its purpose is to 404 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,248 take it to a Canuck place where kids are dealing with death 405 00:18:40,290 --> 00:18:43,248 and maybe they can change their way of thinking 406 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:45,363 and maybe fight like I did. 407 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:50,118 That's why I built this car as a GTA V car 408 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,683 because it's something special to me. 409 00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:58,008 - Some people have the entire goal to preserve their car 410 00:18:58,050 --> 00:19:00,431 and wash it with a diaper, and you know, 411 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:03,348 because they believe that every time they take it out, 412 00:19:03,390 --> 00:19:04,638 they'll make it worse. 413 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,648 - Mm-hmm. - We are actively 414 00:19:06,690 --> 00:19:08,966 making our cars worse every single time we drive them. 415 00:19:09,008 --> 00:19:10,427 - Yes. Yeah, absolutely. 416 00:19:10,469 --> 00:19:13,261 (engine revving) 417 00:19:13,303 --> 00:19:16,248 I was raised on my dad having Mustangs, SN95s, you know, 418 00:19:16,290 --> 00:19:19,818 Cobras, GTs, and we had a point where we had, 419 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:22,398 he after that bought a Mustang GT in '05, 420 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,288 and he said, "Alright, well we got two cars here 421 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:26,658 I'm bored of, take your pick." 422 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:29,358 So I was 13 years old, I'm like, wow, okay, we could have, 423 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,388 I could have a Crown Vic, a land yacht that's slow, 424 00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:33,618 you know, four-door big, 425 00:19:33,660 --> 00:19:35,658 not particularly good looking as it is. 426 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:40,700 And like any sane 13 year old would I picked the Crown Vic. 427 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,833 (engine rumbling) 428 00:19:45,034 --> 00:19:49,034 ("Blood of Garuda" by Carvings) 429 00:19:54,971 --> 00:19:58,804 (engine revving and rumbling) 430 00:20:05,213 --> 00:20:08,380 (light chiming music) 431 00:20:10,830 --> 00:20:13,638 - I am Cody, I'm from Cambridge, Ontario, 432 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,138 initially from Newfoundland, 433 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:18,378 and this is my 2008 Crown Victoria taxi cab. 434 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:21,408 - [Producer] Have you had anyone try to flag you down yet? 435 00:20:21,450 --> 00:20:23,418 - Not yet, I'm waiting for it. 436 00:20:23,460 --> 00:20:25,638 I bet you I'll just show up to a bar at night 437 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,198 to play some pool and someone's gonna think 438 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,358 I'm ready to take some fares. 439 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,778 But people ask me if it's illegal to drive this 440 00:20:32,820 --> 00:20:36,288 because you know, technically I'm impersonating a cab, 441 00:20:36,330 --> 00:20:38,508 so you know, people could just kind of hop in, 442 00:20:38,550 --> 00:20:40,818 but I don't have any of the GRT stickers 443 00:20:40,860 --> 00:20:42,258 or any of like the local plaques 444 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:43,578 stuck to the back of the car 445 00:20:43,620 --> 00:20:46,878 saying that I am a legit like, local taxi driver. 446 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,938 I look at a car as kind of like a blank canvas 447 00:20:49,980 --> 00:20:52,788 and you kind of put yourself and your personality into it. 448 00:20:52,830 --> 00:20:54,288 Like with my old Beatles and such, 449 00:20:54,330 --> 00:20:56,208 the way I did those cars up, people looked at the car 450 00:20:56,250 --> 00:20:58,548 and they're like, yeah, I could absolutely see you 451 00:20:58,590 --> 00:21:00,108 driving this car. - Yeah. 452 00:21:00,150 --> 00:21:02,148 - Although some days I kind of think, man, I'd be better off 453 00:21:02,190 --> 00:21:03,468 as an alcoholic or a drug addict 454 00:21:03,510 --> 00:21:04,728 'cause I'd have a savings account, 455 00:21:04,770 --> 00:21:06,558 or at least more than if I wasn't into cars, but. 456 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,258 - I was like a raging environmentalist 457 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:14,058 because my previous career was for Greenpeace International. 458 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:15,618 I've been all over the world 459 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:19,818 and arrested in multiple countries 460 00:21:19,860 --> 00:21:23,688 and so I have a little bit of exposure therapy 461 00:21:23,730 --> 00:21:26,583 with the Crown Vics, I've been in the backseat, and, 462 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:30,738 I've seen friends and family being put in the backseat 463 00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:31,613 of these cars. 464 00:21:33,990 --> 00:21:36,258 Before I started driving a Crown Vic, 465 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:40,278 my body physically com, like, 466 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,398 almost hurt when I saw a police car. 467 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,858 Now that I drive one, 468 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:49,278 I not only like actually made friends with lots of cops 469 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,563 and like they open up and we have something to chat about, 470 00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:56,238 I don't have that feeling anymore when I see a police car, 471 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,961 even when I'm driving and stuff, my body is calm, and- 472 00:21:59,003 --> 00:22:00,528 - So for... It makes me happy. 473 00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:03,798 - [Producer] For you to overcome your trauma 474 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,840 and to heal from sort of being afraid of cop cars, 475 00:22:09,150 --> 00:22:11,028 you had to buy a cop car. 476 00:22:11,070 --> 00:22:12,303 - Basically, yeah. 477 00:22:13,890 --> 00:22:15,948 There is actually a place in Port Hope 478 00:22:15,990 --> 00:22:18,558 called Monkey Mountain, and there's like a legend about it, 479 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:19,878 they have all kinds of stories about it, 480 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:21,168 that it's been haunted, 481 00:22:21,210 --> 00:22:24,468 that a circus train crashed there once 482 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:26,088 and a bunch of monkeys let loose 483 00:22:26,130 --> 00:22:28,443 and they went all around in the forest, and, 484 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:32,358 all kinds of weird ghost things happening, 485 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,928 so I thought it would be great to have that as an origin 486 00:22:35,970 --> 00:22:38,868 of our creature 487 00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:42,708 that's in the horror movie, which is the mutant, 488 00:22:42,750 --> 00:22:44,943 oversized, man-eating chipmunk. 489 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:47,531 - [Cameraman] Great. 490 00:22:47,573 --> 00:22:49,253 - I can't believe. (maniacal laughter) 491 00:22:49,295 --> 00:22:50,086 Yep. - Hellraiser. 492 00:22:50,128 --> 00:22:51,078 Is if we could kind of find- 493 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:53,208 - [Onlooker] That's what it makes me think. 494 00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:57,318 - Ready, and action, slowly, Willow. 495 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:00,018 My car is almost like an extension of my body. 496 00:23:00,060 --> 00:23:03,018 When you live out closer to nature, you need a vehicle, 497 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:06,108 you know, to have a better life. 498 00:23:06,150 --> 00:23:10,031 As much as I love electric cars, and the whole idea of that, 499 00:23:10,073 --> 00:23:13,098 it still runs off of nuclear power, 500 00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:16,008 so that's really not a sustain, 501 00:23:16,050 --> 00:23:17,598 it's not really a sustainable, 502 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,758 they might wanna call it green or whatever, 503 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,008 but it's still hooked up to a huge grid 504 00:23:22,050 --> 00:23:23,943 that we are all dependent on, so. 505 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:28,698 Above all of my like philosophy and political beliefs 506 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:32,418 and everything like that, freedom is the most, 507 00:23:32,460 --> 00:23:37,460 is held in the highest regard, and that's what a vehicle is. 508 00:23:37,761 --> 00:23:40,511 (engine revving) 509 00:23:45,908 --> 00:23:48,738 - [Dale] Hoonmerc Racing headquarters, Queens, New York. 510 00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:49,571 - [Rob] Yep. 511 00:23:49,613 --> 00:23:52,038 - [Kenny] And you gotta put your tier one sticker on, Rob. 512 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,805 - [Rob] I know, you know what the trouble is? 513 00:23:53,847 --> 00:23:55,398 - [Kenny] You don't know where the location. 514 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:56,928 - It's like someone that's got a million tattoos. 515 00:23:56,970 --> 00:23:58,398 Where do you put the next one? 516 00:23:58,440 --> 00:23:59,748 - [Dale] Tell me about this stuff. 517 00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:01,128 What is this? 518 00:24:01,170 --> 00:24:03,888 - [Kenny] Those planks we plan on building a platform. 519 00:24:03,930 --> 00:24:05,448 - Yeah? - A wooden platform 520 00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:07,438 so we can put Hoonmerc on it for the winter. 521 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,688 - Oh, okay. - So she's off the dirt. 522 00:24:08,730 --> 00:24:10,368 - Yeah. - Plus we could, 523 00:24:10,410 --> 00:24:12,648 I can have a stable jacking spot. 524 00:24:12,690 --> 00:24:13,758 - [Dale] Raise it up. 525 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,278 - So I can work on it during the winter. 526 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:17,748 We have a lot of new modifications 527 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,440 that's gonna be happening to her. 528 00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:25,600 Then you got the collection of Rob's famous burnout tires 529 00:24:26,610 --> 00:24:27,543 and backup tires. 530 00:24:31,622 --> 00:24:35,539 (engine starting and rumbling) 531 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,198 - [Dale] How big are his cables? 532 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,990 - That's, you can, I could have did it from back there. 533 00:24:56,721 --> 00:24:57,813 You got mine? 534 00:24:58,890 --> 00:25:00,939 - [Rob] I got the ones, the last ones. 535 00:25:00,981 --> 00:25:03,427 The ones from, what is that. 536 00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:04,638 - Oh. - Look at how dirty 537 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,278 that desert engine is. 538 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,598 - [Kenny] Oh, yeah. 539 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,277 Just don't wash it with water like I did. 540 00:25:11,319 --> 00:25:12,252 Yeah, let's go. 541 00:25:12,294 --> 00:25:13,085 (engine coughing) 542 00:25:13,127 --> 00:25:15,877 - Well, it's coming. - It's close. 543 00:25:17,780 --> 00:25:19,653 - [Rob] It's almost ready to fire up. 544 00:25:24,491 --> 00:25:25,587 - [Kenny] I don't know what happened. 545 00:25:25,629 --> 00:25:28,848 - Yeah, that thing, that thing, it was $3 at Harbor Freight. 546 00:25:28,890 --> 00:25:29,723 It's like. 547 00:25:31,092 --> 00:25:32,210 (engine starting and rumbling) 548 00:25:32,252 --> 00:25:33,987 - [Rob] No problem. 549 00:25:34,029 --> 00:25:34,946 No problem, 550 00:25:37,928 --> 00:25:39,411 - [Dale] See that, I've never had any problems 551 00:25:39,453 --> 00:25:41,051 with that. - The legend does it again. 552 00:25:41,093 --> 00:25:43,338 - [Dale] Who's calling me now? 553 00:25:43,380 --> 00:25:44,213 Greg. 554 00:25:47,550 --> 00:25:49,054 Hey man. 555 00:25:49,096 --> 00:25:50,418 - [Greg] Good morning, man. 556 00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:51,485 - [Dale] Good morning, I'm just here with Kenny 557 00:25:51,527 --> 00:25:54,084 at the Hoonmerc Racing headquarters. 558 00:25:54,126 --> 00:25:54,978 (Kenny laughs) 559 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,478 - [Greg] Nice. (laughs) 560 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:57,408 - [Dale] What are you saying? 561 00:25:57,450 --> 00:25:59,508 - [Greg] Yeah, I hit, I hit Rob a little while ago 562 00:25:59,550 --> 00:26:01,878 'cause I took back the ceramic pads I bought 563 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,068 and I got semi metallic for the front pads. 564 00:26:04,110 --> 00:26:06,348 - Oh, beautiful. - Okay. 565 00:26:06,390 --> 00:26:08,028 - [Greg] Yeah, Rob said they'll bite better, so. 566 00:26:08,070 --> 00:26:10,409 - [Kenny] Yeah, they will bite better. 567 00:26:10,451 --> 00:26:12,168 - [Greg] Yeah, so. 568 00:26:12,210 --> 00:26:13,548 Yeah, so I'll throw you some, 569 00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:15,228 maybe Sunday after the meet or something, 570 00:26:15,270 --> 00:26:16,398 I'll throw you some bucks, Kenny, 571 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,138 if you want to throw front pads on my car. 572 00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:20,538 - No problem, I'll do, I'll bang 'em out really quick. 573 00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:22,730 I could even do it at the meet if you want. 574 00:26:23,577 --> 00:26:25,752 - [Greg] (laughs) Whichever way would- 575 00:26:25,794 --> 00:26:27,948 - It'll make some good, it'll make some good content 576 00:26:27,990 --> 00:26:30,048 for you too, if, at the meet. 577 00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:32,740 - [Dale] Yeah, I'm actually recording this right now. 578 00:26:36,256 --> 00:26:40,006 (engine revving and roaring) 579 00:26:47,767 --> 00:26:50,684 (engines rumbling) 580 00:26:56,065 --> 00:26:58,998 - And just overall the car is set up 581 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:00,878 from the factory to be a good handling car, 582 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,548 it was designed to chase after speeding vehicles 583 00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:05,381 on the highways, 584 00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:07,728 it was designed to be able to go around corners fast, 585 00:27:07,770 --> 00:27:09,228 and you take a vehicle that was already designed 586 00:27:09,270 --> 00:27:11,838 to do something well and you modify it, 587 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,808 and it's just going to enhance what that does in so many, 588 00:27:14,850 --> 00:27:17,898 so many different ways, and it's, it changes the vehicle 589 00:27:17,940 --> 00:27:20,702 for something that was not designed to be be. 590 00:27:20,744 --> 00:27:24,494 (engine revving and roaring) 591 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:38,298 - Here we go. 592 00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:40,456 Tail of the dragon, baby. 593 00:27:40,498 --> 00:27:44,498 ("Slide Down" by Will Harrison) 594 00:27:45,361 --> 00:27:49,111 (engine revving and roaring) 595 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,718 - [Producer] So we, where are we? 596 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:15,593 Right here. 597 00:28:17,130 --> 00:28:18,033 That's us. 598 00:28:20,790 --> 00:28:22,128 - [Rob] Rhythm section. 599 00:28:22,170 --> 00:28:23,658 - [Producer] That's where we want to be. 600 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:26,898 - It's pretty much like driving a really heavy Miata. 601 00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:28,368 - Yeah. - You dump it into the corner 602 00:28:28,410 --> 00:28:30,108 and you just, you feel the weight. 603 00:28:30,150 --> 00:28:32,388 You don't have that light feeling that the Miata would have, 604 00:28:32,430 --> 00:28:34,608 but that weight kind of helps push the cars 605 00:28:34,650 --> 00:28:36,033 in the ground, so. 606 00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:38,688 It's, I guess it's more eventful, 607 00:28:38,730 --> 00:28:40,968 and takes a little more skill to drive a heavy car 608 00:28:41,010 --> 00:28:42,888 because you're dealing with a lot of weight transfer. 609 00:28:42,930 --> 00:28:43,788 - Right. - And when you have 610 00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:45,918 these switchbacks where the road goes right, left, 611 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:46,848 right, left- 612 00:28:46,890 --> 00:28:47,778 - Very sharp. - You get all that 613 00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:49,998 weight transfer and that, that's where the car could start 614 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:51,468 to get like squirrelly on you. 615 00:28:51,510 --> 00:28:54,260 (engine revving) 616 00:29:12,803 --> 00:29:14,018 - [Rob] Kenny, this is fucked up. 617 00:29:14,060 --> 00:29:14,988 - [Kenny] We're right at the edge, right? 618 00:29:15,030 --> 00:29:17,128 - [Rob] How are we gonna get her out of here? 619 00:29:17,170 --> 00:29:19,308 Here take this one here. 620 00:29:19,350 --> 00:29:22,638 - [Kenny] She's hanging, but she's a survivor. 621 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,823 The awesome man. 622 00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:28,998 - Look, the best drivers in the world crash, 623 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:30,558 race car drivers. 624 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,628 Sometimes we take it a little too far. 625 00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:34,878 Sometimes you push it a little too hard. 626 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,088 And look, by no means am I the best, you still recording? 627 00:29:38,130 --> 00:29:39,528 By no means am I the best driver in the world, 628 00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:43,368 by no means am I in even the top thousand, 629 00:29:43,410 --> 00:29:45,528 there's drivers out there that are phenomenal, 630 00:29:45,570 --> 00:29:49,473 but every time you push a vehicle to its limits, 631 00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:52,218 this is what, this is what you have to expect. 632 00:29:52,260 --> 00:29:56,688 Especially on roads, where racetracks have runoffs, catches. 633 00:29:56,730 --> 00:29:58,980 There's no such thing as this on a racetrack. 634 00:29:59,951 --> 00:30:02,312 (tow truck rumbling) 635 00:30:02,354 --> 00:30:03,828 - Yeah. - Right. 636 00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:04,878 - Straighten... Straighten your wheel out. 637 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,533 - [Rob] Straighten her out, Kenny. 638 00:30:09,511 --> 00:30:10,690 - [Onlooker] Wow, (indistinct). 639 00:30:10,732 --> 00:30:12,408 (engine rumbling) 640 00:30:12,450 --> 00:30:14,028 - [Kenny] So Rob, we're back on the road now, eh? 641 00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:18,272 - We're back on the road like nothing happened. 642 00:30:18,314 --> 00:30:22,128 (engine accelerating) 643 00:30:22,170 --> 00:30:23,208 - Alright, first and foremost, 644 00:30:23,250 --> 00:30:26,268 I want to thank each and every single one of you guys 645 00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:28,218 who came out here today. 646 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:31,428 It's literally like trying out for the special forces. 647 00:30:31,470 --> 00:30:33,318 All of you guys, all of you guys standing out here, 648 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,348 ladies and gentlemen, standing out here today, 649 00:30:36,390 --> 00:30:38,418 you are the elite special forces 650 00:30:38,460 --> 00:30:40,878 of the Panther community, okay? 651 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,128 Some of you're here because your car's been modified 652 00:30:43,170 --> 00:30:44,020 to hell and back. 653 00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:48,408 Some of you're here because of your superior driving skills. 654 00:30:48,450 --> 00:30:50,598 And some of you're here just from the sheer weight 655 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:52,808 of your fuckin' balls, okay? 656 00:30:52,850 --> 00:30:55,038 Some of you here have all three of them, alright? 657 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,099 - I'm back for round two. 658 00:30:56,141 --> 00:30:57,201 - [Mr. Random Reviews] Yeah. 659 00:30:57,243 --> 00:30:58,728 (radio feedback) (laughter) 660 00:30:58,770 --> 00:31:00,798 - It's just a really heavy Crown Vic 661 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:01,938 with all the cop stuff in it. 662 00:31:01,980 --> 00:31:03,258 - It's got prisoner partition, 663 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,298 you guys can see it still has a full blown light bar. 664 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:08,838 - I have tools in the back, I have the, I have everything. 665 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,458 - These are very heavy cars 666 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:12,438 and brake fade is a really big issue, 667 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,348 so try to use your brakes the least amount as possible, 668 00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:17,058 and just manage your speed. 669 00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:19,608 - Number five, the general CVPI. 670 00:31:19,650 --> 00:31:20,550 - [Producer] Nice. 671 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,030 - Number six, Hoonmerc. 672 00:31:25,072 --> 00:31:25,905 - Alright. 673 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,868 - Alright, number seven 674 00:31:29,910 --> 00:31:31,758 is gonna be the Carolina Interceptor. 675 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:32,648 - [Onlooker] Whoo. 676 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:34,098 - Good way to do it man. - Looking forward to it, man. 677 00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:35,581 Thank you for making this happen for everybody. 678 00:31:35,623 --> 00:31:37,488 - Absolutely man, good luck out there, 679 00:31:37,530 --> 00:31:40,098 you're definitely gonna be part of the tier list event. 680 00:31:40,140 --> 00:31:40,968 - Yeah. - So best of luck 681 00:31:41,010 --> 00:31:41,868 and be safe out there, man, 682 00:31:41,910 --> 00:31:42,888 we'll see what kind of times you get. 683 00:31:42,930 --> 00:31:43,837 - Thanks, brother. 684 00:31:43,879 --> 00:31:44,670 (horn sounding) 685 00:31:44,712 --> 00:31:47,462 (engine revving) 686 00:31:54,270 --> 00:31:59,258 - [Participant] This route is crazy right now. 687 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,648 Wow, that dust is crazy. 688 00:32:01,690 --> 00:32:05,357 ("Off Guard" by Edgar Hopp) 689 00:32:18,050 --> 00:32:21,078 - As the sun goes down today here at the Tail of the Dragon, 690 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,943 literally sunset, that's how long we've been out here, 691 00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:26,298 we're gonna announce the winner, 692 00:32:26,340 --> 00:32:29,838 and as you can see, the trophy says Tail of the Dragon 2022, 693 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,138 Tier 1, Fastest Panther on the Dragon. 694 00:32:33,180 --> 00:32:36,018 That's something that's not to be taken lightly, 695 00:32:36,060 --> 00:32:37,488 it's a very big deal. 696 00:32:37,530 --> 00:32:40,068 Everybody here pretty much risked their lives for that. 697 00:32:40,110 --> 00:32:42,438 And we had a good time and we're finally all safe, 698 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,108 so that's all that matters at the end. 699 00:32:45,150 --> 00:32:49,458 - In first place, and the winner of a hundred bucks, 700 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,473 is Hoonmerc with 2.22.28. 701 00:32:53,550 --> 00:32:56,718 - [Onlooker] Ohhh-ohh. 702 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,338 - Wow. - 10 milliseconds. 703 00:32:58,380 --> 00:32:59,778 - Oh my god. - Congratulations. 704 00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:01,212 - That is awesome. 705 00:33:01,254 --> 00:33:02,058 - [Mr. Random Reviews] We gotta write the time 706 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:02,891 on the trophy right there. - Thank you. 707 00:33:02,933 --> 00:33:04,728 - [Mr. Random Reviews] I got the marker right here. 708 00:33:04,770 --> 00:33:06,228 Here babe, write the time on there, 709 00:33:06,270 --> 00:33:07,620 you got better handwriting. 710 00:33:08,964 --> 00:33:10,163 - [Participant] Ah, well. 711 00:33:10,205 --> 00:33:11,128 - [Dale] That's awesome. 712 00:33:11,170 --> 00:33:13,221 - This is awesome. 713 00:33:13,263 --> 00:33:14,838 That was so close. - That's exactly what I think 714 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,308 it was gonna come down to. 715 00:33:16,350 --> 00:33:19,359 You two, some, some real, it was gonna be real close. 716 00:33:19,401 --> 00:33:20,639 - I can't, I can't believe that like- 717 00:33:20,681 --> 00:33:21,554 - Less than a 10th of a second. 718 00:33:21,596 --> 00:33:22,611 - [Dale] Yeah, you're right there. 719 00:33:22,653 --> 00:33:25,488 - I can't believe that I got four seconds between. 720 00:33:25,530 --> 00:33:26,390 - Yeah. - That's awesome. 721 00:33:26,432 --> 00:33:27,438 - [Mr. Random Reviews] To be honest with you guys, 722 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,208 that's the shocker for me of the night. 723 00:33:29,250 --> 00:33:31,818 'Cause I expected both of you to completely shoot it out. 724 00:33:31,860 --> 00:33:33,018 - Yeah. - But this guy showed up, 725 00:33:33,060 --> 00:33:34,920 18 fuckin' years old. - Yeah, man. 726 00:33:34,962 --> 00:33:36,798 - [Mr. Random Reviews] And came within four seconds of two, 727 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,661 two of the best drivers that are standing right here. 728 00:33:38,703 --> 00:33:40,458 - That is awesome. - Which is incredible. 729 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:44,898 - [Dale] You just took third place in a Panther race 730 00:33:44,940 --> 00:33:46,428 at Tail of the Dragon. 731 00:33:46,470 --> 00:33:48,288 - Yeah. - Against two guys 732 00:33:48,330 --> 00:33:51,258 who are like, you know- 733 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:53,598 - Top of the field. - Top of the Panther game. 734 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,040 How does that make you feel? 735 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:57,170 - That feels really good. 736 00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:02,358 With a car that I really thought 737 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,638 really wasn't gonna handle that well, 738 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,263 and is basically completely stock. 739 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,290 It should serve as some kind of inspiration that 740 00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:14,778 no matter who you are, no matter what you think 741 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:18,678 your car is capable of, just get out and try. 742 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:20,988 Go ahead and drive it, and it's, 743 00:34:21,030 --> 00:34:24,708 these cars weren't built to go over the Tail of the Dragon 744 00:34:24,750 --> 00:34:26,868 as fast as they possibly could. 745 00:34:26,910 --> 00:34:29,778 Even with the modifications that Rob has 746 00:34:29,820 --> 00:34:32,613 and that Carolina Interceptor has, 747 00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:36,528 there's still, there's something about, 748 00:34:36,570 --> 00:34:40,459 it's not built to do that. 749 00:34:40,501 --> 00:34:44,726 (ratchets clacking) (muffled speaking) 750 00:34:44,768 --> 00:34:47,518 (engine roaring) 751 00:34:56,854 --> 00:35:01,187 ("Encontrei a Paz" by Clara Mendes) 752 00:35:06,514 --> 00:35:11,026 - Drift around the little one (indistinct). 753 00:35:11,068 --> 00:35:14,189 - We're gonna cut the exhaust, the mufflers, 754 00:35:14,231 --> 00:35:17,814 and the rear catch out of Dale's car today. 755 00:35:20,721 --> 00:35:24,554 (singing in foreign language) 756 00:35:33,382 --> 00:35:34,382 Okay, Kenny. 757 00:35:35,796 --> 00:35:38,864 Cut them (speaker muffled by power saw). 758 00:35:38,906 --> 00:35:43,239 ("The Price You Pay" by Jaw Square) 759 00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,799 (welder crackling) 760 00:35:54,708 --> 00:35:58,541 (engine rumbling and roaring) 761 00:36:04,855 --> 00:36:05,949 - [Participant] Whoo. 762 00:36:05,991 --> 00:36:08,966 ♪ And the home ♪ 763 00:36:09,008 --> 00:36:11,591 ♪ Of the brave ♪ 764 00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:14,271 - Whoo! - Whoo. 765 00:36:14,313 --> 00:36:15,598 - [Participant] A-ooh! 766 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,548 - [Participant] Whoo! 767 00:36:16,590 --> 00:36:19,308 - The way my mind works, which is Mr. Random, it's, 768 00:36:19,350 --> 00:36:22,638 I'm sure it's a form of undiagnosed ADHD, 769 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,128 it's like, okay, they look good as cop cars, 770 00:36:25,170 --> 00:36:27,858 but what, what can we do with these things? 771 00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:29,886 What, how far can we push? 772 00:36:29,928 --> 00:36:33,168 (engine roaring) 773 00:36:33,210 --> 00:36:35,268 I'm not cool, I'm not a thug or any, 774 00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:37,908 I'm the family from, everybody's welcome here, everybody, 775 00:36:37,950 --> 00:36:40,608 all kinds of build, whether it's finished, whether it's not, 776 00:36:40,650 --> 00:36:42,138 whether you're on 26s, 777 00:36:42,180 --> 00:36:44,328 whether it looks like a frickin' Mad Max, 778 00:36:44,370 --> 00:36:46,308 whatever it is, you're welcome here. 779 00:36:46,350 --> 00:36:48,528 I like to let my car speak for me. 780 00:36:48,570 --> 00:36:51,438 And this car, like I said, everybody showed out here 781 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,938 with some of the best cars I've ever seen, 782 00:36:52,980 --> 00:36:56,448 but nobody showed up with something like that, that's- 783 00:36:56,490 --> 00:36:58,585 - No. - Ridiculous. 784 00:36:58,627 --> 00:37:01,627 (light piano music) 785 00:37:05,913 --> 00:37:07,517 - [Child] I like your car. 786 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,228 - [Dale] The way I think about it is 787 00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:11,778 we don't have many years left with these cars, right? 788 00:37:11,820 --> 00:37:14,868 - [Sean] We don't, like they are going away fast. 789 00:37:14,910 --> 00:37:15,858 - [Dale] And the price is going up. 790 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:18,558 - The prices are going up, you know, 791 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,058 with fuel being so high and these cars 792 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:23,598 not being the greatest on fuel, mileage, demolition derbies. 793 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,818 I cry every time I have to work a demolition derby 794 00:37:25,860 --> 00:37:27,828 because they're all Panther cars, 795 00:37:27,870 --> 00:37:30,209 and most of 'em are the police interceptors. 796 00:37:30,251 --> 00:37:31,217 - It's sad. - It is. 797 00:37:31,259 --> 00:37:35,426 - [Dale] I know we shed a tear sometimes for them. 798 00:37:37,470 --> 00:37:39,708 - These things, you can beat on 'em as hard as you want 799 00:37:39,750 --> 00:37:41,568 and they just keep coming back for more. 800 00:37:41,610 --> 00:37:44,988 - And you have people, well, like us, 801 00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:47,358 who drive around old cars because they love 802 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,488 to drive 'em around and they love to work on 'em, 803 00:37:49,530 --> 00:37:51,618 and they love the history of the car. 804 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:54,078 Not because they want to stick it to the man or anything, 805 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,748 but because that's, that's what they love. 806 00:37:56,790 --> 00:37:58,908 - This is kind of different because I always just had 807 00:37:58,950 --> 00:38:00,918 a fascination with creating something 808 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,938 and anything that you do to these cars can be your own 809 00:38:04,980 --> 00:38:07,818 if you have the mind and the heart to do it. 810 00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:12,468 And I've always just seen these in the rearview thinking, 811 00:38:12,510 --> 00:38:14,568 they really look angry and they're trying to, you know, 812 00:38:14,610 --> 00:38:17,238 and I, my personality is kind of like that too, like- 813 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,071 - [Dale] Yeah. 814 00:38:18,113 --> 00:38:18,946 - I look like, 815 00:38:19,807 --> 00:38:23,538 I don't know, people, I've, I've, I'm kind of an outcast. 816 00:38:23,580 --> 00:38:27,333 - Each car here, police officer, a firefighter used it, 817 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,618 and we're now rolling what used to be their home, 818 00:38:30,660 --> 00:38:31,897 their workplace... Yeah. 819 00:38:31,939 --> 00:38:34,368 - And we're keeping 'em going to respect the duties 820 00:38:34,410 --> 00:38:35,536 that they did for our country. 821 00:38:35,578 --> 00:38:37,335 - Yeah, yeah. - You know? 822 00:38:37,377 --> 00:38:39,498 - And, you know, it's a very, 823 00:38:39,540 --> 00:38:40,908 it's a once in a lifetime moment. 824 00:38:40,950 --> 00:38:42,528 Everything that we are all seeing here today, 825 00:38:42,570 --> 00:38:43,548 everything we're being part of 826 00:38:43,590 --> 00:38:46,578 is gonna be once in a lifetime, so, 827 00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:50,073 it's, you know, we wanted to take the opportunity, and, 828 00:38:50,970 --> 00:38:53,208 if you don't mind, just hang on to that. 829 00:38:53,250 --> 00:38:55,150 Yeah, we want to christen 830 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:00,228 baby Maria, at only five months old, 831 00:39:00,270 --> 00:39:02,088 to the Panther family, okay, everybody give her 832 00:39:02,130 --> 00:39:03,232 a round of applause, welcome her. 833 00:39:03,274 --> 00:39:04,191 - Whoo! - Whoo! 834 00:39:04,233 --> 00:39:06,034 - To the Panther family. 835 00:39:06,076 --> 00:39:07,578 She's in good hands. 836 00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:09,948 Okay, we're all, we're all one big extended family, 837 00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:11,448 and there's nobody more passionate right here 838 00:39:11,490 --> 00:39:14,898 than their parents, and we just want to welcome her 839 00:39:14,940 --> 00:39:17,328 and give her all our blessings, guys, she's gonna be, 840 00:39:17,370 --> 00:39:18,708 she's gonna be one hell of a little fighter, 841 00:39:18,750 --> 00:39:19,751 I'll tell you that much. - Aw. 842 00:39:19,793 --> 00:39:20,984 - [Onlooker] Once you come into the Panther club 843 00:39:21,026 --> 00:39:22,272 you can't get out. - And she's gonna be driving 844 00:39:22,314 --> 00:39:23,965 a Crown Vic when she gets older. 845 00:39:24,007 --> 00:39:25,998 - No, Ron, you put that. - No, give me that. 846 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,648 - It's been awhile, I forgot how to hold babies. 847 00:39:27,690 --> 00:39:29,269 - [Onlooker] They told me, they told me to hold it. 848 00:39:29,311 --> 00:39:30,918 Ron? - Mommy, when she turns 18, 849 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,268 she can drive to Vic? 850 00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:33,478 - Yeah, right. - There she is. 851 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:34,938 (onlookers calling out and applauding) 852 00:39:34,980 --> 00:39:36,585 - [Onlooker] Baby Panther. 853 00:39:36,627 --> 00:39:39,299 (applause and singing) 854 00:39:39,341 --> 00:39:41,860 - I don't know the rest. - Yeah. 855 00:39:41,902 --> 00:39:44,735 (engine rumbling) 856 00:39:49,814 --> 00:39:50,778 (muffled speaking) 857 00:39:50,820 --> 00:39:53,418 - Hey guys, we're gonna be shooting, okay? 858 00:39:53,460 --> 00:39:54,293 Alright. 859 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:56,916 Alright man, so, 860 00:39:56,958 --> 00:39:59,938 you know, even if you've handled guns your whole life, 861 00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:01,681 I'll still kind of run you through it. 862 00:40:01,723 --> 00:40:02,556 Huh? 863 00:40:03,410 --> 00:40:04,998 There we go. 864 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,028 Then we'll take the safety off- 865 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:07,238 - Yep. 866 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:08,530 - And it's hot. 867 00:40:09,539 --> 00:40:11,426 (intense rhythmic music) 868 00:40:11,468 --> 00:40:14,301 (bullets popping) 869 00:40:16,006 --> 00:40:20,423 ("Third Banana" by Martin Landstrom) 870 00:40:35,942 --> 00:40:37,338 But I mean, look, this thing will fold 871 00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:39,178 all the way to the top and it's like a fuckin'- 872 00:40:39,220 --> 00:40:41,470 - Said it's 800 horsepower. 873 00:40:44,901 --> 00:40:48,734 (engine roaring and rumbling) 874 00:40:59,839 --> 00:41:02,085 - Okay, so in first place, 875 00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:05,910 and the winner of the Best in Show of Panther Fest 2022, 876 00:41:06,806 --> 00:41:09,817 okay, the winner of the trophy and $500 877 00:41:10,950 --> 00:41:15,438 is gonna go to Robert, car number one. 878 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:16,826 - Whoo! - Robert. 879 00:41:16,868 --> 00:41:18,424 - Thank you, everyone. - Yeah, baby. 880 00:41:18,466 --> 00:41:19,701 - There he is. - Thank you. 881 00:41:19,743 --> 00:41:20,534 - Yeah, man. 882 00:41:20,576 --> 00:41:23,883 Congratulations man, so, there you go, there's that. 883 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:27,978 And I know this is probably the best part of it right here. 884 00:41:28,020 --> 00:41:29,808 You're gonna have to count it up 'cause my math is terrible, 885 00:41:29,850 --> 00:41:34,428 but, 500 bucks man, there's two, three, 886 00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:36,610 four, and 887 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:40,348 there you go, man. 888 00:41:40,390 --> 00:41:41,251 - Thank you so much. 889 00:41:41,293 --> 00:41:42,780 - Congratulations. - I appreciate you. 890 00:41:42,822 --> 00:41:44,118 - Whoo! - Hell, yeah. 891 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,068 - Thank you for having us, thank you everyone, so much. 892 00:41:46,110 --> 00:41:46,901 I appreciate you all. - Hold that up. 893 00:41:46,943 --> 00:41:48,348 Hold that trophy up, man. 894 00:41:48,390 --> 00:41:51,668 - For anybody wondering, he's the one that has the Hoonmerc. 895 00:41:51,710 --> 00:41:52,968 So congratulations, man. 896 00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:53,843 - Thank you. 897 00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,698 - If you guys want to see something that I can't, 898 00:41:58,740 --> 00:42:01,188 I can't sanction, I can't get behind, but hey, 899 00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:02,838 if you want to see it, you want see it, 900 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,458 go ahead and follow the winner right here. 901 00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:05,799 - [Onlooker] Can I help? (laughs) 902 00:42:05,841 --> 00:42:08,690 - And, best of luck to you, man. 903 00:42:08,732 --> 00:42:12,732 ("Late Night Lady" by Carvings) 904 00:42:13,714 --> 00:42:16,047 - [Participant] I'm driving. 905 00:42:37,688 --> 00:42:40,521 (engine starting) 906 00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:45,350 ("Night Driver" by Ballpoint) 907 00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:00,603 - For me personally, 908 00:43:01,860 --> 00:43:04,278 it's big and it, I feel safe, 909 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,548 and they're a reliable vehicle, 910 00:43:07,590 --> 00:43:11,718 so, I mean these engines, like, if you maintain 'em, 911 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,145 you're getting at least 500,000 out of 'em. 912 00:43:14,187 --> 00:43:17,748 And I mean, I'm at 276 now and this car's run better than, 913 00:43:17,790 --> 00:43:20,988 than ever, right, and I've got stage two cams, 914 00:43:21,030 --> 00:43:24,798 bigger injectors, an Edelbrock Victor Jr intake. 915 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,328 That added a little bit of power and just it's mean, 916 00:43:27,370 --> 00:43:29,148 like, they're mean looking cars, 917 00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:31,248 and they're just fun to drive, like. 918 00:43:31,290 --> 00:43:33,390 - My favorite memory driving at Crown Vic? 919 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,128 Taking this car up to the Appalachian mountains, 920 00:43:37,170 --> 00:43:40,698 driving 650 miles through nothing but mountainous roads. 921 00:43:40,740 --> 00:43:42,198 Spending two days in the mountains 922 00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:44,388 with the most amazing views. 923 00:43:44,430 --> 00:43:47,230 A car that handles like no other car that I ever driven. 924 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:52,038 Reliable, I'm able to take this car on 800 mile trips, 925 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:53,102 thousand mile trips, 926 00:43:53,144 --> 00:43:55,439 and I always wind up bringing it back home, 927 00:43:55,481 --> 00:43:57,737 I always wind up pulling it back into my driveway. 928 00:43:57,779 --> 00:43:59,988 (engine rumbling and roaring) 929 00:44:00,030 --> 00:44:02,388 - The fact that I'm able to modify it this heavily 930 00:44:02,430 --> 00:44:06,948 and then drive it for a total of 12 hours at a time 931 00:44:06,990 --> 00:44:08,718 is really a testament to the car. 932 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,638 I don't know of many other modified cars 933 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,718 that would still drive like a, like a boat on the highway, 934 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,214 and still be able to go around turns 935 00:44:16,256 --> 00:44:18,243 and handle as well as you want them to. 936 00:44:24,210 --> 00:44:25,908 Yeah, it's got a nice little power bang. 937 00:44:25,950 --> 00:44:26,741 - [Producer] Sure does. 938 00:44:26,783 --> 00:44:30,423 - Like around like 2,500 to like all the way to red line it. 939 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,260 And that's a testament to Marty's, 940 00:44:34,590 --> 00:44:35,756 or Jeff, the guy who tuned it- 941 00:44:35,798 --> 00:44:37,368 - Jeff, yeah. - At Mo's Speed Shop. 942 00:44:37,410 --> 00:44:40,548 He like, he'll give you a balance, like you can, 943 00:44:40,590 --> 00:44:42,445 if you say I want peak horsepower, he'll be like, 944 00:44:42,487 --> 00:44:43,638 "Well, okay." 945 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:44,688 - Yeah, where do you want it? - But if you want 946 00:44:44,730 --> 00:44:46,338 usable horsepower, he'll like, 947 00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:48,530 he'll clean out your power curve, which is, 948 00:44:49,530 --> 00:44:52,758 like, my overall horsepower is maybe lower than I expected, 949 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,638 but the power I have to use 950 00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,120 throughout the RPM range is way better. 951 00:44:58,162 --> 00:45:02,579 (tires shrieking and engine roaring) 952 00:45:08,572 --> 00:45:10,398 I just drove it actually 953 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,008 12 hours from Philadelphia to Atlanta 954 00:45:13,050 --> 00:45:15,588 to have Marty do some work to the motor. 955 00:45:15,630 --> 00:45:17,568 - Always got 'em tuned by Marty. 956 00:45:17,610 --> 00:45:19,818 - Tuned by Mo's Speed Shop, Marty Ochs. 957 00:45:19,860 --> 00:45:21,948 - Tuned from Mo's Speed Shop out in Georgia. 958 00:45:21,990 --> 00:45:25,098 You should check them out, they're, they do some great work, 959 00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:26,740 if you're not already tuned by them. 960 00:45:26,782 --> 00:45:27,667 (engine starting) 961 00:45:27,709 --> 00:45:30,924 (indicator chiming) 962 00:45:30,966 --> 00:45:34,216 (mellow country music) 963 00:46:07,956 --> 00:46:09,103 - This is Rob. 964 00:46:09,145 --> 00:46:13,368 (speakers muffled by music) 965 00:46:13,410 --> 00:46:15,558 - Hi, I am Marty Ochs, I am one of the owners 966 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,988 of Mo's Speed Shop in Dallas, Georgia. 967 00:46:18,030 --> 00:46:20,928 We work on and tune cars on a daily basis, 968 00:46:20,970 --> 00:46:23,688 and we do it around the world, literally, now. 969 00:46:23,730 --> 00:46:25,248 - [Dale] Maybe tell us a little bit about 970 00:46:25,290 --> 00:46:27,948 your relationship with, with Marty, 971 00:46:27,990 --> 00:46:30,723 and how you guys kind of came together, and how this- 972 00:46:31,590 --> 00:46:34,149 - The first thing we did was we built a Marauder together, 973 00:46:34,191 --> 00:46:36,408 the world's fastest Marauder for a long time 974 00:46:36,450 --> 00:46:38,268 until somebody put a big block Chevrolet in one 975 00:46:38,310 --> 00:46:39,528 with a big blower on it. 976 00:46:39,570 --> 00:46:41,148 You know, we built that project together, 977 00:46:41,190 --> 00:46:42,558 became really good friends. 978 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:43,938 He was flying down every weekend, 979 00:46:43,980 --> 00:46:46,218 and we were going car shows and stuff like that. 980 00:46:46,260 --> 00:46:48,948 So then he moved down here and we opened up the shop 981 00:46:48,990 --> 00:46:52,261 together and now we work 24 hours a day. 982 00:46:52,303 --> 00:46:55,338 I was never really a Panther enthusiast until, you know, 983 00:46:55,380 --> 00:46:57,078 I guess within the last five or six years, really. 984 00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,208 - Yeah, what's crazy is how contagious 985 00:46:59,250 --> 00:47:01,788 the Crown Vic stuff is, 'cause Jeff's uncle, 986 00:47:01,830 --> 00:47:06,738 who is also a great friend of mine, you know, he bought- 987 00:47:06,780 --> 00:47:07,571 - He bought his old car. 988 00:47:07,613 --> 00:47:09,648 - [Marty] He bought one of my Crown Vics. 989 00:47:09,690 --> 00:47:11,568 - He's got the most expensive thousand dollar car 990 00:47:11,610 --> 00:47:13,608 in the world. - He's gone completely crazy 991 00:47:13,650 --> 00:47:16,551 with it, you know, with wheels from ADTR 992 00:47:16,593 --> 00:47:19,578 and, you know, other bits and pieces from ADTR. 993 00:47:19,620 --> 00:47:22,368 - I am Chris from ADTR Performance 994 00:47:22,410 --> 00:47:25,638 and we are a, the one stop shop for Crown Vics, 995 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,158 Grand Marquis, Town Cars and Marauders, 996 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,678 make performance parts for these cars 997 00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:33,918 and try and make things go fast 998 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:35,560 that aren't supposed to go fast. 999 00:47:39,030 --> 00:47:40,795 It's funny though, I mean, like so many people, 1000 00:47:40,837 --> 00:47:42,785 like, oh, I want, you know, 400 horsepower, 1001 00:47:42,827 --> 00:47:44,568 I want 500 horsepower. 1002 00:47:44,610 --> 00:47:48,528 After a while, it all becomes kind of boring, like you- 1003 00:47:48,570 --> 00:47:49,788 - Yeah. - You want more, 1004 00:47:49,830 --> 00:47:52,465 you want more, and so it's like, people have called me, 1005 00:47:52,507 --> 00:47:56,868 you know, the drug dealer of Crown Vics because it's like, 1006 00:47:56,910 --> 00:48:00,712 you always gotta have more, like it's never enough. 1007 00:48:00,754 --> 00:48:03,504 (engine revving) 1008 00:48:04,380 --> 00:48:06,858 - [Producer] Do you really need 600 horsepower, no. 1009 00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:09,148 - Well, I mean, the answer to that is yes, obviously. 1010 00:48:09,190 --> 00:48:10,837 (both laughing) 1011 00:48:10,879 --> 00:48:13,629 (engine revving) 1012 00:48:17,884 --> 00:48:21,634 (rhythmic atmospheric music) 1013 00:48:27,510 --> 00:48:31,008 Because there isn't a ton of after market support for it, 1014 00:48:31,050 --> 00:48:34,878 like the parts are more expensive than other platforms. 1015 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:38,688 But I think the appeal is that you're making a car 1016 00:48:38,730 --> 00:48:43,008 that really was intended as a family driver, grandma mobile, 1017 00:48:43,050 --> 00:48:44,065 like police car, whatever you say, 1018 00:48:44,107 --> 00:48:46,998 you know, whatever you want it to be, 1019 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:49,428 you're making something that was large, 1020 00:48:49,470 --> 00:48:53,290 either go faster or make people do like the double take. 1021 00:48:53,332 --> 00:48:56,178 (engine starting and revving) 1022 00:48:56,220 --> 00:48:58,038 - That's kind of like where it all started for me, 1023 00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,188 like I just had just this weird infatuation. 1024 00:49:01,230 --> 00:49:02,688 I don't know, like I just love lights 1025 00:49:02,730 --> 00:49:05,118 and anything that doesn't necessarily go or belong, 1026 00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:07,818 I like making that happen, I've always done that. 1027 00:49:07,860 --> 00:49:11,215 2009, 2010, 1028 00:49:11,257 --> 00:49:14,148 you know, the recession hit, I lost my job. 1029 00:49:14,190 --> 00:49:17,343 I lost every, every ounce of income that I had. 1030 00:49:18,390 --> 00:49:21,348 And, so I had to downgrade, downsize everything. 1031 00:49:21,390 --> 00:49:24,318 And that was really my foot in the door 1032 00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,568 because at the time those cars were cheap. 1033 00:49:26,610 --> 00:49:29,118 So I bought one of these things, and I gotta tell you man, 1034 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:33,618 this was the, still to this day was one of my favorite cars. 1035 00:49:33,660 --> 00:49:37,368 So, you know, I get, I get the Crown Vic 1036 00:49:37,410 --> 00:49:40,368 and we started hanging out downtown Cleveland 1037 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:41,598 at this bridge. 1038 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:42,708 We used to hang out down there. 1039 00:49:42,750 --> 00:49:44,988 That's all we did, we'd go down there, beautiful lights, 1040 00:49:45,030 --> 00:49:49,308 which naturally is my thing, and we'd just hang out. 1041 00:49:49,350 --> 00:49:50,508 We'd go down there and hang out. 1042 00:49:50,550 --> 00:49:55,338 And doing that enough for a couple of years, 1043 00:49:55,380 --> 00:49:59,688 now we're 30-something-plus people with Crown Vics, 1044 00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:03,438 and we officially became Chapter 21 of the Crown Vic Boys. 1045 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:08,480 That crowd, when I lost everything, treated me like family, 1046 00:50:08,580 --> 00:50:11,538 you know, like that made, that gave me the fulfillment, 1047 00:50:11,580 --> 00:50:16,248 that gave me the big empty space that I just didn't have 1048 00:50:16,290 --> 00:50:18,273 because I literally lost everything. 1049 00:50:19,350 --> 00:50:21,393 Well after getting the Crown Vic, 1050 00:50:22,860 --> 00:50:24,768 I mean, it's no secret at this point, 1051 00:50:24,810 --> 00:50:27,498 they're probably the worst designed headlights 1052 00:50:27,540 --> 00:50:29,298 ever known to man. 1053 00:50:29,340 --> 00:50:32,208 So, I was kind of at a point where I was like, 1054 00:50:32,250 --> 00:50:34,068 okay, I gotta do something about this 1055 00:50:34,110 --> 00:50:36,408 because if I'm gonna drive this car, 1056 00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:38,478 and I'm gonna have to deal with this, 1057 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,458 I'm gonna find a way to remedy this. 1058 00:50:40,500 --> 00:50:45,498 And at the time, there was no market. 1059 00:50:45,540 --> 00:50:48,303 And now with the sealant nice and warm. 1060 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:53,673 And just flatten it out. 1061 00:50:55,950 --> 00:50:57,550 Doesn't have to be perfect, but, 1062 00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:03,378 doing this gives a nice foundation, 1063 00:51:03,420 --> 00:51:05,553 a nice bed for the new sealant to sit on. 1064 00:51:06,690 --> 00:51:07,983 - The details. - Yep. 1065 00:51:09,180 --> 00:51:11,568 There's a lot of 'em. (laughs) 1066 00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:15,048 After finally getting my first set of headlights 1067 00:51:15,090 --> 00:51:17,515 and posting about it, you know, then this guy says, 1068 00:51:17,557 --> 00:51:19,825 "Ooh, I like that. How do you do that?" 1069 00:51:19,867 --> 00:51:22,098 "Oh, I like this," and it just, just ever so slightly, 1070 00:51:22,140 --> 00:51:24,798 they just started popping up one by one. 1071 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,538 And eventually it just kind of sparked, 1072 00:51:26,580 --> 00:51:27,708 duh, what am I doing? 1073 00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:29,838 I mean, it took me years to realize 1074 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:31,698 that this could be a business. 1075 00:51:31,740 --> 00:51:34,248 So I was doing it on the side for friends and I was, 1076 00:51:34,290 --> 00:51:36,438 you know, random person here and there on the forums, 1077 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,508 like crownvic.net, that kind of thing. 1078 00:51:38,550 --> 00:51:41,268 And then back, you know, in 2018, I made it official 1079 00:51:41,310 --> 00:51:43,758 and decided, you know, I filed for a license, 1080 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:45,468 and kind of history ever since. 1081 00:51:45,510 --> 00:51:47,087 All right, start up. 1082 00:51:47,129 --> 00:51:48,422 (indicator chiming) 1083 00:51:48,464 --> 00:51:50,323 - [Producer] Ohh. 1084 00:51:50,365 --> 00:51:51,595 Ohhh ohhh. 1085 00:51:51,637 --> 00:51:52,728 (Kevin laughing) 1086 00:51:52,770 --> 00:51:56,256 - [Kevin] Here is your passenger side turn signal. 1087 00:51:56,298 --> 00:51:57,391 (signal clicking) 1088 00:51:57,433 --> 00:51:59,355 - [Producer] What? 1089 00:51:59,397 --> 00:52:01,698 - [Kevin] And I'm gonna fix the timing on this a little bit, 1090 00:52:01,740 --> 00:52:03,693 but that's, 1091 00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:06,258 you get the idea. 1092 00:52:06,300 --> 00:52:07,998 - There's different aspects of it. 1093 00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:10,548 Everybody makes it what they want it to be. 1094 00:52:10,590 --> 00:52:12,528 Everybody has their own target goal. 1095 00:52:12,570 --> 00:52:14,508 There's, you know, there's the Crown Vic guys 1096 00:52:14,550 --> 00:52:16,428 who are in clubs and everything else, 1097 00:52:16,470 --> 00:52:17,808 exclusive Crown Vic clubs. 1098 00:52:17,850 --> 00:52:19,938 If you would have asked me about that 10 years ago, 1099 00:52:19,980 --> 00:52:22,007 I would've said, "You're outta your mind." 1100 00:52:23,220 --> 00:52:25,968 - [Announcer] Many boys like Mel were a public problem 1101 00:52:26,010 --> 00:52:28,578 until in 1950, someone had the idea 1102 00:52:28,620 --> 00:52:30,408 of turning this abandoned airstrip 1103 00:52:30,450 --> 00:52:33,378 into a legitimate test course for hot rods 1104 00:52:33,420 --> 00:52:35,568 Here they compete under strict rules 1105 00:52:35,610 --> 00:52:37,938 designed for safety and fair play. 1106 00:52:37,980 --> 00:52:39,768 This strip was so successful, 1107 00:52:39,810 --> 00:52:42,618 that others were opened up across the country. 1108 00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:45,048 Automatic expulsion faces any member 1109 00:52:45,090 --> 00:52:47,148 who races on the public highway. 1110 00:52:47,190 --> 00:52:49,788 As a result, the juvenile nuisance problem 1111 00:52:49,830 --> 00:52:53,683 has been reduced as much as 90% in some communities. 1112 00:52:54,780 --> 00:52:56,748 - Well, we're eager, we're eager to show you 1113 00:52:56,790 --> 00:52:58,128 a whole different side. 1114 00:52:58,170 --> 00:53:00,468 This weekend's very special because you have people 1115 00:53:00,510 --> 00:53:03,708 from Los Angeles, people from Texas, people from Detroit, 1116 00:53:03,750 --> 00:53:07,218 people from, yeah, the Bay, you know what I'm saying? 1117 00:53:07,260 --> 00:53:10,158 All, and Vegas as well, it's crazy, there were, 1118 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:11,358 there's gonna be the people in Arizona 1119 00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:12,938 and we're all gonna be in the same place at the same time. 1120 00:53:12,980 --> 00:53:13,998 - [Producer] Oh man. 1121 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:15,258 - [Manny] All the names on Instagram 1122 00:53:15,300 --> 00:53:17,658 that have been like forming like a good solid network 1123 00:53:17,700 --> 00:53:18,978 of like supportiveness- 1124 00:53:19,020 --> 00:53:20,720 - Yep. - And positivity and whatnot. 1125 00:53:20,762 --> 00:53:23,628 And just joining in through this mafia code 1126 00:53:23,670 --> 00:53:25,908 of like respect and honor. 1127 00:53:25,950 --> 00:53:26,928 Everyone's just getting closer, 1128 00:53:26,970 --> 00:53:28,728 now we all getting to hang out in like real life, 1129 00:53:28,770 --> 00:53:29,688 like real quick. - Yeah. 1130 00:53:29,730 --> 00:53:32,392 - Put our lives on hold, everyone's super excited. 1131 00:53:32,434 --> 00:53:36,851 (engine revving and tires squealing) 1132 00:53:43,368 --> 00:53:45,754 - [Onlooker] Whoo! 1133 00:53:45,796 --> 00:53:49,191 (rhythmic electronic music) 1134 00:53:49,233 --> 00:53:50,235 - All these Panthers, you know what I mean? 1135 00:53:50,277 --> 00:53:51,822 - [Producer] Look at it, right, I got goosebumps. 1136 00:53:51,864 --> 00:53:53,464 - [Participant] And it's still half of 'em ain't up. 1137 00:53:53,506 --> 00:53:54,613 - [Manny] It ain't even half of it. 1138 00:53:54,655 --> 00:53:55,446 - [Participant] Not even half. 1139 00:53:55,488 --> 00:53:57,858 - [Participant] It's like backyard style. 1140 00:53:57,900 --> 00:54:00,600 - [Participant] I'm a baller on a budget, so (laughs). 1141 00:54:02,626 --> 00:54:04,008 - Food, we're going back to the crib. 1142 00:54:04,050 --> 00:54:05,658 We got a crib for everyone to come to 1143 00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:08,928 and it's really spacious, there's room for everyone to park. 1144 00:54:08,970 --> 00:54:10,518 The house is hella huge, 1145 00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:12,858 so you guys are all welcome to come on over, 1146 00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:15,438 we're gonna be grilling, music, drinking, 1147 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:17,448 bring booze tonight, too, you know what I'm saying, 1148 00:54:17,490 --> 00:54:18,978 anything you wanna party with. 1149 00:54:19,020 --> 00:54:20,328 That way we can just chill at the house 1150 00:54:20,370 --> 00:54:22,638 for the rest of the night, you know what I'm saying? 1151 00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:24,289 - What was the bill, five? 1152 00:54:24,331 --> 00:54:26,493 - [Producer] 500, 600 bucks? 1153 00:54:26,535 --> 00:54:27,666 Maybe. - Paid seven something 1154 00:54:27,708 --> 00:54:29,215 at Costco. 1155 00:54:29,257 --> 00:54:32,025 - Listen, I think it, and I think that we're just different 1156 00:54:32,067 --> 00:54:34,463 and it's harder for people to accept it, so, 1157 00:54:34,505 --> 00:54:36,228 you know what I'm saying, it's like, 1158 00:54:36,270 --> 00:54:38,601 you hear all this riffraff about us, ah, they're haters, 1159 00:54:38,643 --> 00:54:41,598 they're mean, they're bullies, they're this, they're that, 1160 00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:44,298 blah, blah, but then you actually come meet us in person 1161 00:54:44,340 --> 00:54:45,858 and then you're like, 1162 00:54:45,900 --> 00:54:47,448 none of this matches what I was told, 1163 00:54:47,490 --> 00:54:49,690 but I'm actually here, those people weren't. 1164 00:54:51,330 --> 00:54:53,209 Got some merch for people. 1165 00:54:53,251 --> 00:54:55,801 - Came down, riding from LA and made it out. 1166 00:54:55,843 --> 00:54:56,682 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1167 00:54:56,724 --> 00:54:57,761 - Did you show it? - Hey. 1168 00:54:57,803 --> 00:54:58,745 - And let's go. 1169 00:54:58,787 --> 00:55:00,360 (men shouting and calling out) 1170 00:55:00,402 --> 00:55:02,097 Shot, papa. 1171 00:55:02,139 --> 00:55:04,385 Panther Mafia, baby, (indistinct). 1172 00:55:04,427 --> 00:55:06,408 - People from very dangerous neighborhoods, 1173 00:55:06,450 --> 00:55:08,958 and there's people from, that have a great, wonderful life, 1174 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,248 they just happen to like the car. 1175 00:55:10,290 --> 00:55:12,258 There's different, there's even different age groups here. 1176 00:55:12,300 --> 00:55:15,048 There's people above 40 and there's people just over 20. 1177 00:55:15,090 --> 00:55:18,108 And you know what, through the car you develop a bond. 1178 00:55:18,150 --> 00:55:20,898 Everybody comes together over the most humble thing ever, 1179 00:55:20,940 --> 00:55:23,928 a Crown Vic, and you can choose to get butt hurt about it 1180 00:55:23,970 --> 00:55:25,518 and have an ego and like try to, you know, 1181 00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:27,498 make up for things here and there and whatnot, 1182 00:55:27,540 --> 00:55:30,118 or you could, you could just accept it for what it is, 1183 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,825 and I never said it was a fast car, it's a fun car. 1184 00:55:32,867 --> 00:55:34,428 I have a lot of fun in it, 1185 00:55:34,470 --> 00:55:38,358 and these people seem to have a lot of fun too, you know. 1186 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:39,768 And it really, it just, 1187 00:55:39,810 --> 00:55:41,832 it brings out the car enthusiast in people. 1188 00:55:41,874 --> 00:55:43,068 And all these people have in common 1189 00:55:43,110 --> 00:55:44,268 is they drive the same car (laughs). 1190 00:55:44,310 --> 00:55:45,828 - And they come to... Always getting everybody- 1191 00:55:45,870 --> 00:55:47,672 - Almost couldn't make it. - They keep coming back. 1192 00:55:47,714 --> 00:55:49,068 - He couldn't make it. - They keep coming back 1193 00:55:49,110 --> 00:55:51,348 every single time, and that says something to you. 1194 00:55:51,390 --> 00:55:52,725 That's not me trying to sell you and tell you, 1195 00:55:52,767 --> 00:55:54,198 oh, my meets are always lit, 1196 00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:56,718 oh, you know, if Maadvic's involved, it's a scene, 1197 00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:58,938 you know, nah, like these people know 1198 00:55:58,980 --> 00:56:00,708 and they come time and time again 1199 00:56:00,750 --> 00:56:03,018 and they have the blast of a lifetime. 1200 00:56:03,060 --> 00:56:05,958 It really started for me when 1201 00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,748 I would say about 10 years into being into my Vic, 1202 00:56:08,790 --> 00:56:09,978 I was the only person I was into my Vic, 1203 00:56:10,020 --> 00:56:12,648 nobody cared about my Vic, like nobody cared, trust me, 1204 00:56:12,690 --> 00:56:13,848 like nobody cared. 1205 00:56:13,890 --> 00:56:16,158 I thought it was just me, and then finally I found out about 1206 00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:19,488 a group on Instagram called Bay Area Vics. 1207 00:56:19,530 --> 00:56:23,118 And I'd never seen like 10 or 12 Vics together. 1208 00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,188 I thought it was the cool, that's like all I want to do, 1209 00:56:25,230 --> 00:56:27,545 like anybody with a Vic, like we must be friends, like. 1210 00:56:27,587 --> 00:56:29,238 - I just like legit like the body, 1211 00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:31,908 like the fuckin' four door, it's a big sedan. 1212 00:56:31,950 --> 00:56:35,508 And like, for the time, I crashed my old car, 1213 00:56:35,550 --> 00:56:37,758 so I had, didn't have much money. 1214 00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:40,878 I'm like, what can I, what can I get, you know what I mean? 1215 00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:41,711 - That was love. 1216 00:56:41,753 --> 00:56:43,798 I always wanted to be from one of them car club, 1217 00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,818 and I always wanted to be a part of something, 1218 00:56:46,860 --> 00:56:48,498 and you made that possible for me. 1219 00:56:48,540 --> 00:56:53,220 Like I said, I'm down right now, but I love you. 1220 00:56:53,262 --> 00:56:56,118 You're like a god to this shit, man, like, 1221 00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:59,598 you inspiration to people that wants to be 1222 00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:02,868 a part of something, a part of a family, 1223 00:57:02,910 --> 00:57:05,838 a part of fuckin' 1224 00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:07,761 greatness, man, like, you feel me, 1225 00:57:07,803 --> 00:57:09,798 like when we pull up to gas stations 1226 00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,158 or we pull up anywhere, it's a good feeling 1227 00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,978 to see people turn their heads like, damn, 1228 00:57:16,020 --> 00:57:18,288 that motherfucker is clean, or, you know, like, damn, 1229 00:57:18,330 --> 00:57:20,838 look at, look at the unity. 1230 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,915 - I'm just the guy that opened the door and said, 1231 00:57:22,957 --> 00:57:24,968 "Hey yo, there's a boss meeting." 1232 00:57:25,010 --> 00:57:26,568 That's it, that's it. - And that's what I love. 1233 00:57:26,610 --> 00:57:29,058 - It really warms my heart because it's like, 1234 00:57:29,100 --> 00:57:31,008 you know, everything that we, you know what I'm saying, 1235 00:57:31,050 --> 00:57:32,778 went through in life, you know what I'm saying? 1236 00:57:32,820 --> 00:57:34,638 What old cars can do, bro. 1237 00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:36,888 From what, what's the '88 model out there? 1238 00:57:36,930 --> 00:57:38,538 You know what I'm saying, the station wagon? 1239 00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:40,218 - It's beautiful. - To 2011s. 1240 00:57:40,260 --> 00:57:41,178 You know what I'm saying, people don't think 1241 00:57:41,220 --> 00:57:42,738 that's beautiful, I love it, you know what I'm saying, 1242 00:57:42,780 --> 00:57:45,768 because you don't, you know, I take, I take value in it 1243 00:57:45,810 --> 00:57:46,758 because, you know what I'm saying, 1244 00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,348 for it to drive four, five, 1245 00:57:48,390 --> 00:57:49,758 however many hours he drove here 1246 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:50,958 and it's still sitting here running, 1247 00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:53,118 not leaking on the driveway. 1248 00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:55,278 You know, people take pride in these old cars. 1249 00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:56,538 It's more than that, you know what I'm saying. 1250 00:57:56,580 --> 00:57:57,648 - It's more than that. - You know, people, 1251 00:57:57,690 --> 00:57:59,891 you can have family and not be your blood, you know, 1252 00:57:59,933 --> 00:58:03,108 and I see that, you know, and different ethics, and genres, 1253 00:58:03,150 --> 00:58:04,852 you know what I'm saying, like, you know, a lot of people, 1254 00:58:04,894 --> 00:58:07,068 you know, you know, color, color 1255 00:58:07,110 --> 00:58:09,408 kind of deteriorates a lot of things that goes on. 1256 00:58:09,450 --> 00:58:10,659 I don't see color, man. 1257 00:58:10,701 --> 00:58:12,246 - No. - What is color, man? 1258 00:58:12,288 --> 00:58:13,329 Come on now, you know what I'm saying? 1259 00:58:13,371 --> 00:58:15,540 - This dude has like- 1260 00:58:15,582 --> 00:58:17,552 - Shout out Maadvic! - Panther Mafia. 1261 00:58:17,594 --> 00:58:20,808 - He's given up so much of our personal life. 1262 00:58:20,850 --> 00:58:22,083 His work life, 1263 00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:25,128 his home life, 1264 00:58:25,170 --> 00:58:28,818 to make sure that everybody like, who has a Panther, 1265 00:58:28,860 --> 00:58:30,915 feel like you're doing something. 1266 00:58:30,957 --> 00:58:33,480 ("Third Banana" by Martin Landstrom) 1267 00:58:33,522 --> 00:58:37,847 Whether you're just driving a fucking soft Panther, 1268 00:58:37,889 --> 00:58:41,786 fucking go with that Panther, you created that Panther. 1269 00:58:41,828 --> 00:58:43,592 - [Onlooker] Talk that shit. 1270 00:58:43,634 --> 00:58:46,429 (speaker muffled by music and applause) 1271 00:58:46,471 --> 00:58:49,369 - [Speaker] (indistinct) out of that Panther. 1272 00:58:49,411 --> 00:58:52,161 You, if you love it, he loves it. 1273 00:58:54,405 --> 00:58:57,086 - [Onlooker] That's what it's about. 1274 00:58:57,128 --> 00:58:59,170 - That's it. - Hey, on three, 1275 00:58:59,212 --> 00:59:00,650 Panther Mafia. 1276 00:59:00,692 --> 00:59:02,442 One, two, three. 1277 00:59:02,484 --> 00:59:04,411 - [All] Panther Mafia! 1278 00:59:04,453 --> 00:59:06,203 - [Participant] Whoo! 1279 00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:14,838 - [Jarrod] I had the assumption that we were gonna meet 1280 00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,778 a lot of like, you know, paramilitary guys, 1281 00:59:17,820 --> 00:59:19,908 you know, there wore a lot of camo. 1282 00:59:19,950 --> 00:59:20,891 - Yeah. - Right? 1283 00:59:20,933 --> 00:59:21,724 - Yeah. - And they, 1284 00:59:21,766 --> 00:59:23,838 they wanted to be cops or they wanted to be like, you know, 1285 00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:25,068 in the military. 1286 00:59:25,110 --> 00:59:27,948 I think the thing that surprised me the most was 1287 00:59:27,990 --> 00:59:31,158 there's a huge fan base for this car in the Black community. 1288 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,143 - [Dale] And old guys who are into- 1289 00:59:32,185 --> 00:59:33,408 - And weirdos. - And weirdos. 1290 00:59:33,450 --> 00:59:34,278 Yeah, well, they're all weirdos, 1291 00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:35,418 doesn't matter if you're Black or white. 1292 00:59:35,460 --> 00:59:36,251 - Yeah, yeah. 1293 00:59:36,293 --> 00:59:37,308 - If you drive a Crown Vic, you're- 1294 00:59:37,350 --> 00:59:39,257 - Yeah, there's something a little off, but it's great. 1295 00:59:39,299 --> 00:59:40,090 It's wonderful. - Yeah, it's great, 1296 00:59:40,132 --> 00:59:42,318 it's wonderful, and I am one of those people, and so- 1297 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:44,585 - You sure are buddy, you sure are. 1298 00:59:44,627 --> 00:59:45,418 - Ready? - What are you doing? 1299 00:59:45,460 --> 00:59:46,251 - Yeah. - Turning it around? 1300 00:59:46,293 --> 00:59:48,520 - It's in a rut. - Look at that Panther power. 1301 00:59:55,350 --> 00:59:57,618 - They really were the last of the big 1302 00:59:57,660 --> 00:59:59,558 American body on frame car. 1303 00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:02,778 - If you want a car to bully people with, get a Crown Vic. 1304 01:00:02,820 --> 01:00:04,818 - This car is a cheat code. 1305 01:00:04,860 --> 01:00:05,868 The car is a cheat code, man, 1306 01:00:05,910 --> 01:00:07,998 you can make this thing be anything. 1307 01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:11,288 - It's, it's not the cars, it, it's not these, 1308 01:00:11,330 --> 01:00:12,438 don't get me wrong, you look around, 1309 01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:14,778 all of our cars are beautiful, they're all metal, okay? 1310 01:00:14,820 --> 01:00:17,508 We all love the same car, but it's the people every day. 1311 01:00:17,550 --> 01:00:20,358 - The comradery of the Panther platform, 1312 01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:22,638 everyone has that common interest, 1313 01:00:22,680 --> 01:00:25,038 so there's just the community aspect of it, so. 1314 01:00:25,080 --> 01:00:28,908 - The Panther community is, it's a tightly knit community. 1315 01:00:28,950 --> 01:00:31,488 There used to be dozens of us, now there's hundreds 1316 01:00:31,530 --> 01:00:33,078 to possibly thousands of us. 1317 01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:36,561 - It's the rawness of a Panther owner, it's the rawness. 1318 01:00:36,603 --> 01:00:38,808 - It's an intimate community, like, 1319 01:00:38,850 --> 01:00:41,838 everybody's so different, but we all share the same thing. 1320 01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:44,328 - I've already made friends with people with Vics, 1321 01:00:44,370 --> 01:00:45,798 and like, if it wasn't for those Vics, 1322 01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:47,538 I'm not sure if we would've ever became friends. 1323 01:00:47,580 --> 01:00:48,858 We're just different people. 1324 01:00:48,900 --> 01:00:51,258 - At the end of the day, it's like this car, 1325 01:00:51,300 --> 01:00:54,798 this platform, the Panther, pulls us all together. 1326 01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:55,998 - But to go back to your question, 1327 01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:57,648 what happens to the Crown Vics, 1328 01:00:57,690 --> 01:00:59,838 you can't separate that from what happens to the Crown, 1329 01:00:59,880 --> 01:01:02,748 the car market in general, you know. 1330 01:01:02,790 --> 01:01:06,108 For me, I hope gas priced cars keep going up in value 1331 01:01:06,150 --> 01:01:09,018 'cause I'm pretty heavily invested in them. 1332 01:01:09,060 --> 01:01:10,818 The question is whether you're gonna be able to get gas 1333 01:01:10,860 --> 01:01:13,818 and afford gas, you know, and it's, again, not politics, 1334 01:01:13,860 --> 01:01:17,688 it's just, you know, eventually they're gonna, you know, 1335 01:01:17,730 --> 01:01:20,028 downsize the production of gasoline, 1336 01:01:20,070 --> 01:01:21,770 so that's gonna change everything. 1337 01:01:22,740 --> 01:01:25,428 - I know that there's going to be an end eventually, 1338 01:01:25,470 --> 01:01:28,278 I mean, hopefully it's not too soon, 1339 01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:32,538 but I think with how many Ford made of these cars, 1340 01:01:32,580 --> 01:01:34,548 and now people are getting 1341 01:01:34,590 --> 01:01:37,128 more and more interested into 'em, into them, 1342 01:01:37,170 --> 01:01:39,138 hopefully they won't just, 1343 01:01:39,180 --> 01:01:40,818 you know, end up in a scrapyard somewhere 1344 01:01:40,860 --> 01:01:42,858 and people will actually take care of them, 1345 01:01:42,900 --> 01:01:44,568 or at least they'll live on. 1346 01:01:44,610 --> 01:01:47,538 - Man, I'm a big guy, and I like big cars, 1347 01:01:47,580 --> 01:01:50,598 big American cars, and you know, they don't make 'em, 1348 01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:52,158 they don't make them like they used to. 1349 01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,408 - Eventually these cars are gonna fade, 1350 01:01:54,450 --> 01:01:55,908 and when that happens, 1351 01:01:55,950 --> 01:01:59,658 there might not be a surplus anymore of parts available, 1352 01:01:59,700 --> 01:02:02,418 like there are things now you can't get from Ford anymore. 1353 01:02:02,460 --> 01:02:05,448 - I don't know, there's allure to these cars, I think. 1354 01:02:05,490 --> 01:02:07,878 They're obviously American cars. 1355 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:11,373 There's not many long body sedans anymore. 1356 01:02:12,210 --> 01:02:14,478 - It's the last of the big V8 sedans. 1357 01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:17,821 I mean, all companies now are going to SUVs, and, 1358 01:02:17,863 --> 01:02:21,325 you know, I don't want to have an SUV, I like the sedan, so. 1359 01:02:21,367 --> 01:02:23,658 You know, it's a community. 1360 01:02:23,700 --> 01:02:25,938 You know, maybe not everybody gets along, 1361 01:02:25,980 --> 01:02:28,038 but it's just something that we're, 1362 01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:30,978 you know, it just kind of sucked me in. 1363 01:02:31,020 --> 01:02:33,738 It's just, it's an iconic car. 1364 01:02:33,780 --> 01:02:36,512 I mean, you guys are doing the documentary, it's like, 1365 01:02:36,554 --> 01:02:38,178 you know, you used to see 'em every day. 1366 01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:41,088 Now when you see 'em, and the funny thing was, 1367 01:02:41,130 --> 01:02:44,508 I never, I saw 'em as police cars and taxis, 1368 01:02:44,550 --> 01:02:46,338 but it's like after I got mine, then I'd be like, 1369 01:02:46,380 --> 01:02:49,008 every time I see a Vic or a Marauder or whatever, 1370 01:02:49,050 --> 01:02:50,995 or a Town Car, I'm like, oh, there's, you know, and it's, 1371 01:02:51,037 --> 01:02:53,938 you know, it's just an icon. 1372 01:02:53,980 --> 01:02:57,730 (engine revving and roaring) 1373 01:03:00,620 --> 01:03:03,468 ("Muney" by Beiba) 1374 01:03:03,510 --> 01:03:06,498 - [Dale] Everyone knows that we live in a polarized time. 1375 01:03:06,540 --> 01:03:10,428 Right versus left, young versus old, 1376 01:03:10,470 --> 01:03:12,483 progress versus the status quo. 1377 01:03:13,380 --> 01:03:14,898 If you believe the media, 1378 01:03:14,940 --> 01:03:16,398 it would seem that our differences 1379 01:03:16,440 --> 01:03:18,708 are almost insurmountable. 1380 01:03:18,750 --> 01:03:20,088 Or are they? 1381 01:03:20,130 --> 01:03:22,848 - I mean, whatever the fuck you're doing, dude, 1382 01:03:22,890 --> 01:03:24,441 it's amazing, man, so. - It's working. 1383 01:03:24,483 --> 01:03:25,488 - It's fuckin' amazing. 1384 01:03:25,530 --> 01:03:26,658 - That should motivate you right there 1385 01:03:26,700 --> 01:03:27,595 to want to just keep building them. 1386 01:03:27,637 --> 01:03:29,358 - [Mr. Random Reviews] Hell yeah, dude. 1387 01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:30,948 - [Dale] When we started filming this movie, 1388 01:03:30,990 --> 01:03:33,408 we didn't know where the road would take us. 1389 01:03:33,450 --> 01:03:35,868 As it happens, it took us everywhere. 1390 01:03:35,910 --> 01:03:38,853 We met all kinds of people from all over the world, 1391 01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:43,698 all united by a common love, the Ford Panther platform. 1392 01:03:43,740 --> 01:03:47,127 - This is my magnum opus, this is my masterpiece. 1393 01:03:47,169 --> 01:03:49,428 (engine revving) 1394 01:03:49,470 --> 01:03:51,618 - [Dale] If people from different faiths, races, 1395 01:03:51,660 --> 01:03:55,338 backgrounds, neighborhoods, and ideologies can come together 1396 01:03:55,380 --> 01:03:57,333 over something as weird as a Crown Vic, 1397 01:03:58,290 --> 01:03:59,990 what else could we have in common? 1398 01:04:01,109 --> 01:04:03,942 ("Muney by Beiba) 1399 01:04:05,151 --> 01:04:08,901 (engine revving and roaring) 1400 01:04:15,130 --> 01:04:18,880 ("April Showers by Big Girl)