Cuban Chrome

Fernando bets his life's savings on restoring a '58 Chevy Bel-Air but his assistant, Roberto, thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, cabbie Demetrio's '53 Oldsmobile breaks down and his family must scour Havana to find a rare part.

Dayan starts an apprenticeship with Havana’s best mechanic but when they work on a car it nearly goes up in flames. Demetrio decides to restore his Oldsmobile, but when his “friend” sells the engine, his car is left in pieces.

Fernando and Roberto discover the Bel-Air’s crankshaft and pistons are damaged and hard to replace. Demetrio buys a new engine, but the oil-pan gets cracked. As his sons try to start it, they learn that their father has no money.

Demetrio's welder flakes again, and he learns that all the work done on his car must be re-done. Ricardo is disappointed by Dayan's sloppy work on the '59 Austin Healey, but he gives him one last chance to redeem himself.

All of Cuba watches President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announce that the U.S. and Cuba are resuming diplomatic relations. Michel tells his father, Demetrio, that he's leaving Cuba to study in Mexico on a scholarship.

When Demetrio skips a baseball game in order to work on his car, he discovers he needs a new transmission bar. Meanwhile, Ricardo's friend from Miami arrives with a suitcase full of parts in the nick of time.

Roberto and Fernando can't get the Bel-Air's engine to start. Ricardo has hand-crafted aluminum pieces for his Austin-Healey, but they can't be welded without Argon gas. Demetrio's move to get his car painted backfires.

With one week to go, Demetrio gets his car painted, but a thunderstorm threatens to ruin the paint job. Ricardo fights with his painter over the car's new color, and Fernando's Bel-Air continues to stall.