One thing people never think about is how much work goes into getting cars from tv shows to run AFTER the show is filmed. The thrash leading into the show is always fun to watch and easy to understand, but when you hurt one of them during filming there is a period of time where you just don’t want to even touch them afterward. When you finally do, it is sort of anticlimactic because all you are doing is making them the same as they were before. In the case of Faster With Finnegan, they have had some pretty interesting rides and they are each saddled with their own kinds of drama and issues.
In this video, you’ll find Newbern and Brandon getting them back up and running so they can go to their new home. Watch.
Video Description:
Welcome back to the channel. In this episode, we revive several Motortrend vehicles and get them ready to ship back to California to be put in storage. My friend Brandon Wise and myself give you a behind-the-scenes look at the carnage.
The Lambo is a kit car built on a 1986 Pontiac Fiero Chassis. It actually caught on fire during the shoot. Episode 7 Season 3 of Faster with Finnegan. An oil line got too close to the exhaust and melted through. Luckily the damage was minimal. The fire extinguisher did more harm than good!
The Opel is an old drag car I bought near Birmingham, Alabama. It was used on Faster with Finnegan Season 3 Episode 1. It has a small block Chevy backed by a Powerglide transmission. It had a Blower Shop 671 Super Charger on it but we needed it for another build. We also broke the front end on Season 3 Episode 12 during the Project car showdown.
The Drag-Kota is a truck that was built on Dirt Every Day. Fred and Dave converted it from a drag truck to a dune truck. We got our hands on it for an episode of Faster with Finnegan Season 4 episode 3 and wrecked it!
