Bitchin' Rides: Road to the Ridler

Dave and the crew start the Ridler build by creating a fiberglass buck, which will then be transferred to aluminum, one of the most difficult metals to use in fabrication. But once they finish the buck, Dave realizes there may be a problem with the roof.

The fabrication process begins, and the team begins to see how difficult building a car out of aluminum by hand will be. Each panel needs to be hand crafted to perfection, and some of the lines in Dave's drawings look virtually impossible to replicate.

The team passes a huge milestone in the Ridler build, as the body and chassis are merged with mock-ups of the other major elements of the car. For the next major step, the body shop matches every panel, gaps the car seamlessly, and fixes any flaws.