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Tex Mex Motors Season 2 premiered on Netflix on Friday, November 22, 2024. Rob "Rabbit" Pitts returned with his team of car restorers to refurbish worn-out and neglected vehicles that once transformed could be sold to automobile enthusiasts and collectors at a high price.
Episode 3 saw Rabbit and Scooter buy a 1986 Saleen Fox Body Mustang from a junkyard where it was being used as a chicken coop. Rabbit knew they could make a hefty profit by selling the car, however, he needed to check if it was one of the originals built by Steve Saleen, the creator of the design.
In Episode 5, You Got a NASCAR, Steve and his daughter, Molly visited Rabbit to authenticate the car. Scooter was amazed to be in Steve's presence and said:
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"I'm starstruck."
Steve Saleen started his career as a race car driver but soon became an automotive designer and manufacturer. He developed the Saleen Fox Body Mustang which deviated from the typical design of the Ford Fox Body.
Ultimately, Rabbit sold the Mustang for $75,000, earning Borderland Customs a noteworthy profit.
Tex Mex Motors star Rabbit buys a Saleen Mustang for $3,500
In Episode 3, Fox Body in the Henhouse, Rabbit, and Scooter drove to a junkyard, hoping to chance upon a classic car needing a restoration. After some searching, they found a Fox Body Mustang. However, Rabbit's excitement dwindled when he saw that the car was being used as a chicken coop. Regardless, he cleaned the car and found that the windshield said "Saleen Mustang."
"I mean, this just blows my...I can't wrap my mind around this. It's got a Saleen body kit and stripes on it," the Tex Mex Motors star said.
Rabbit aimed to sell the vehicle for over $70,000, however, he needed to verify it to ensure it was not a fake. He bought the car for $3,500 and gave the junkyard owner a chicken coop to keep his chicken.
When he drove the car back to his auto body shop, his team was surprised to see its state. Regardless, they were excited to restore the vehicle, hopeful about the profit it would earn them. The Tex Mex Motors team decided to give the Mustang a factory reset and return it to its original form with a black paint job and signature Saleen stripes on the sides.
However, they encountered several challenges on their way to refurbishing the car. In Episode 3, Wes discovered that the car had a bent frame which prevented them from working on it. Finally, they resumed work after Rabbit took it to another automobile shop to repair it. Meanwhile, Rabbit struggled to contact Steve.
When Andy revealed that he knew Steve's daughter, Molly, and could ask her for Steve's appointment, things gradually started to look up.
However, in Episode 4, when Andy started painting the body and looked forward to meeting Steve, who was scheduled to arrive in three days for the car's authentication, a sandstorm broke the garage's lock and damaged the Mustang.
Scooter found Andy a temporary body shop where he could repaint the car. When he was finished, the Tex Mex Motors restoration team started reworking and assembling the vehicle. However, they could not complete the project within the limited time and presented an unfinished Mustang to Steve and Molly.
Steve and Molly inspected the Mustang to see if it was a knockoff. After checking the dash plaque and its corresponding VIN, Steve confirmed that the Mustang was one of the 200 he designed.
"It is a real Saleen. When I saw the console plaque, we made 'em out of magnesium because we wanted to make sure people could not duplicate it. So when you showed me that, I go, 'That looks like it should.' " Steve explained.
He signed the car's dashboard, leaving the Tex Mex Motors cast with a renewed hope of making a profit. While giving the transformed vehicle a test drive, Scooter said:
"This thing's a lean, mean, pristine Saleen."
Rabbit had two potential buyers for the Mustang. After much deliberation, the Tex Mex Motors star contacted Leon, a local from El Paso, and sold the automobile for $75,000, earning his business a $50,000 profit.
Stream Tex Mex Motors Season 2 exclusively on Netflix.
