Monster Garage

Champ Car Line Painter (2x9)

Air date: Nov 24, 2003

1999 Reynard Championship Car / Street Painter For anyone who's ever gotten stuck in traffic piling up behind a worktruck crawling along, may we present Jesse's latest attempt to create the fastest (fill-in-the-blank here) ever. Will he and the team be able to help countless commuters by turning a 1999 Champ Car into the world's swiftest street painter? • Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif. • John Buttera, race-car builder and toymaker, Kenosha, Wis. • Gavin Diehl, heavy-equipment mechanic, San Jose, Calif. • Clyde Foss, streetline painter and owner, Four S, Long Beach, Calif. • John Gregory, fabricator and owner, Gregory Racing Fabrications and Racetronics, Nazareth, Pa. • Paul Gentilozzi, race-car driver and Champ Car team owner, Lansing, Mich. • Tony Giaccone, welder and fabricator, California Hot Rod/MRL Industries, Jamestown, Calif. • Tom Prewitt, custom painter, Damon's Motorcycle Creations, Brea, Calif.