Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Leh: Years ago, I was home for Christmas and my dad was out at his shop. He texted me, "Hey, come out here. I want to show you something." He pulls up this video that I'd already seen. I think it was an eGarage video of Nakai in Japan with Stella. He said, "Do you know about these cars?" I said, "Yeah, of course. This is my world, this tuning deal. This is what I'm really into." So he showed me the video and I saw how excited he was of it. I'd known about the cars and everything. This was right when it was kind of really blowing up stateside. Everybody was figuring out what these cars were, who was doing them. Then my dad said, "See what you can do. I want one." Now he had a little bit of a taste, so he was like, "I want one. See what you can do." The fun part for me was to be able to manage the build and see everything through and be a part of it. But ultimately in the end, it was a car for him, for my dad, and that made it even kind of more special that I was able to get him something that he desired. McGrath: A lot of people have tried wide body cars, 911s, and a lot of people have tried to reinvent what Porsche did. I don't know of anyone that's really been successful with that, other than Nakai. He got it right. He got it right the first time. We just absolutely love the car. Leh: He named it Naginata, which a type of sword. So it's obviously a weapon, which is what the car could be, too. McGrath: The first time we saw the car was when we walked into the shop in San Francisco, and the guy was there doing the build. Nikai's a very warm person, and immediately accepted us being there. We just stayed there the balance of the day, and he worked on the car nonstop. I think that was a huge component of why this car's very special to us. Leh: You have no idea. When you get there, you see the passion that Nikai is, and the artistry that is ... I mean, he's such an artist. That's what you really see. That made it so much more than just a car, which is really what it is. It's more than just fender flares on a car. It's easy to see that when you see the car. But then when you're around the build, and Nikai doing his work on the car, it really, the whole RWB comes to life. McGrath: It's hard to get involved with anyone or anything that they'll exceed your expectation. Certainly with Nakai from day 1 our expectations were exceeded on this project. Leh: It wasn't just another car. It was an RWB. It was a piece of him in the end. That's the passion that you see when you're around him. We've had a lot of Porsche experiences and a lot of car experiences. This, it ranks up there as one of the best experiences we've had, father son, with a car, or period, really. Speaker 3: Are you happy with this one? Leh: Yeah. I'm happy.
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