Bitchin' Rides - Season 9eps5 Page

Maintaining the rugged, "cop car" aesthetic while hiding modern performance and comfort underneath. Behind the Scenes at Kindig-it

Season 9, Episode 5 of Bitchin' Rides , titled deviates from the shop's usual high-end supercar builds to tackle a project with pure soul: a tribute to the legendary Bluesmobile . The Mission: A Father-Son Road Trip Bitchin' Rides - Season 9Eps5

Fixing "unsound" components that would otherwise leave the client stranded on the Mother Road. Maintaining the rugged, "cop car" aesthetic while hiding

While the car looks the part on the outside, it arrives at the shop as a "mechanically unsound" reproduction. The Kindig crew, led by Dave Kindig and Shop Foreman Kevin Schiele, must pivot from their usual aesthetic-heavy transformations to focus on extreme mechanical reliability. Key hurdles in the build include: While the car looks the part on the

The episode centers on a client who arrives at Kindig-it Design with a unique "mission from God". His goal is to embark on a father-son road trip along the iconic , and there is no better vessel for that journey than a reproduction of the famous 1974 Dodge Monaco from The Blues Brothers . The Challenge: Form Over Function