Powerblock

This ’67 Nova had been sitting for 2 years with no motor, no trans, after a life changing event hit the owner’s family and the build was indefinitely put on hold. Now, our Loctite Team hopes to make a dream come true and re-build this musclecar for this young owner and his kids.

The Nova returns from media blasting with some very bad news, and at least another 300 man hours of body repair added to this restoration. See metal work, body panels and the build up of a new 383 stroker as our Loctite Build Team goes full throttle.

Part 3 in our Nova build includes delays in parts that have the Loctite Build Team nervous as body finishing is completed. The owner sees his 383 stroker fired up via web cam, and the Nova comes out of the paint booth with new paint with an old theme.

Final assembly of our 67 Nova includes wiring, new upholstery, dash, gauges, headliner and everything else to bring this classic muscle back to life. Tim takes it on a shakedown run, and family takes delivery of their pride and joy.

In the second build of Search & Restore, we travel to Pomeroy Ohio to meet Anthony, who commutes to his job at the penitentiary in a worn-out ’94 GMC Sierra. Rusted through, it’s his daily driver. But fixing up the 4x4 is a distant second to raising his two biological and five adopted, children. Search & Restore to the rescue!

In the second part of the Sierra build on Search & Restore, the Royal Purple Build Team gets seriously busy building one rusted-through 4x4. The salty Southern Ohio roads haven’t been good to Anthony’s GMC, so it’s getting a new crate motor, junkyard frame, lift kit, suspension, and more!

She works to feed needy kids. He works the 12 hr night shift. Together the Rowes have fostered some 30 children, adopting 5 of them. We found this couple in Pomeroy Ohio asking for help fixing his daily driver. Watch this ’94 GMC 1500 turn to gold!

Cindy, Anthony, and their 7 kids, five of them adopted, travel to the Search & Restore garage to get their rusted out 4x4, now sporting new everything! Engine, suspension, brakes, interior, restored bed and frame, plus one of Strange’s custom paint jobs.

Down in Louisiana is a dedicated father, and wheeler whose near stock TJ is too puny to hang with his buddies. With the help from the Xtreme 4x4 and Horsepower TV, and big group of volunteers, Jason’s baby Jeep grows into a hardcore wheeler on steroids!

The stripped TJ is treated to custom width 9” housings, heavy duty knuckles, and a one-off roll cage that will be the envy of Jason’s 4-wheeling buddies. Plus hot rodder Tim Strange earns crawling credentials when he & Xtreme’s Ian Johnson hit the trail.

Good guy Jason Smelser won’t recognize his TJ when we’re done with it. Part III sees the Jeep coming together, with a completely freshened up and rebuilt straight six, transmission rebuild, heavy duty transfer case, body protection and paint and more.

One month, all donated parts. Jason and his family arrive at the Tech Center for our reveal. But it doesn’t end there! What is a hardcore Jeep build without seeing exactly what it can do on the trail. So we load everyone up and head into the woods.

Build 4 begins in Colorado, when Tim surprises veteran Paul Kahler with a makeover. He earned a Purple Heart in Iraq, is a sergeant with Colorado National Guard, and studies at night for degree in counseling. We take Paul’s ’67 coupe for a hot rod build up.

With all of the metal work done, the coupe heads for some serious body prep followed by Tim Strange’s custom paint. While at the same time, the Horsepower guys take the Ford Racing short block, build power with performance headers, intake and carburetor.

Lots of volunteers this week including 2 Wyotech grads, suspension and air conditioning experts, and Tim and our build team who turn our Mustang build into a roller with new front suspension, 9” rear, and all the goodies to turn Paul’s into a show winner!

Tim Strange & our Wyotech Build Team wrap up week 4 with the completion of Paul Kahler’s '67 Mustang Coupe. This veteran and his family pick up their ride, and many of the volunteers are on hand to show their appreciation for his service to our country.

Chad's a gearhead through and through. And a tragic motorcycle accident in his youth never stood in the way of fulfilling his dream of owning a '55 Chevy. Tim and the team surprises this Tacoma, WA family with a full blown makeover of his Handyman Wagon.

Body work continues on the '55 Chevy Handyman when just about every piece of original sheet metal is replaced, even the chassis! Tim Strange and Tommy Boshers bring in some characters to help, while our owner checks in live via video feed.

More volunteers and mucho gallons of primer paint and clear are part of week 3 as the car progresses to better than new condition. Build leader Tim Strange provides step-by-step how to on the car painting process, plus how to get that million dollar shine!

Final assembly in our last half hour of Chad's '55 Handyman Wagon, including some last minute engine troubleshooting, a "slot car-like" road test with Tim and Tommy, then the family arrives at the Tech Center for what is a very emotional give back.

Shane inherited a classic truck that has been in his family for decades. Honoring his father and grandfather who have since passed, he asked Tim Strange and our volunteer team for a little help. We travel to Pennsylvania to rescue this 4-generation Ford.

With over 600 man hours into the truck during the teardown and metal work stage, work continues as more rust and patch panels are found under the fresh paint. Tim and volunteers provide how-to metal fab tips, as this classic truck gets ready for paint.

Owner Shane gets a peak at the progress as week 3 brings some of the top paint, body and airbrush/graphics talent from US & Canada. Watch Tim Strange and our volunteers pick up the pace when 1K more man hours are added to this cool yet traditional build.

Five days left to finish the F2 before the Skennonto family arrives from Pennsylvania to see our take on Shane’s dad’s classic truck. Guitar legend Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top stops by to lend his support when the truck is test driven before the big reveal.

The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is legend, in NASCAR racing, in animated film, and now on Powerblock, when Tim Strange rescues a stalled project from a Michigan viewer. Volunteers gently transform history into a show-stopping lead sled right before your eyes.

The transformation of Tom Moore’s Hudson from an undone resto-mod to an award-winning lead sled continues when scores of volunteers arrive at the Tech Center for mock up week. Great body work tech highlights week 2 as the ’51 Hornet gets ready for paint.

Week 3 means paint/polish and a final fit of dozens of components that will go into Tom’s ’51 Hornet. We’ll look at the history of this amazing car, from NASCAR domination to defining affordable luxury. Plus the owner gets a sneak peek via a live feed.

The final week is frantic in efforts to get the Hudson test driven before the entire Moore Family heads down from Michigan to see Tim’s take on the owner’s project. Fears are put to rest when they see the final result – a chopped and bagged masterpiece!

Ty Cardona sold his Barracuda as a teen to start a family. 26 years later his kids are grown, and a replacement Mopar sits in his driveway undone. Ty’s a firefighter who spends his free time helping others. So we decided to help finish his dream car.

More metal mods happen this week when our team of volunteers tackle our firefighter’s ’74 Challenger. Custom rear spoiler and front and rear valances are hand crafted in efforts to create a one-of-a-kind modern muscle car. Plus Mike & John build a hemi.

With over 1500 hours into the build, Tim and the volunteers spray color, wet sand, buff and polish Ty’s Challenger. All this is being done for a Powerblock viewer who works as a firefighter, and spends all his free time helping others. Good deed done!

5 days to go, Tim Strange & the team ready the Challenger by firing up the hemi, and taking it for a shakedown run. Then Ty Cardona, his wife, kids, and grandchildren enter the Tech Center for their big day – the unveiling of his unique “dream Mopar.”

When one of our viewers took us for a ride in his wobbly, lifted Jeep TJ, we told him we’d take a look at it. What he doesn’t know is we’re rebuilding it from the ground up, with trail-tested suspension, a powerful straight-six 4.0L and more!

A nationwide team of auto techs drop by the Xtreme 4x4 shop to transform a viewer’s beat-up TJ into a fully-loaded dual-purpose rig! The build continues with stainless exhaust, a custom rollcage, and high-tech axle assemblies.

We told a viewer that we’d take a look at the shaky suspension on his lifted TJ. But we called in a nationwide team of 16 auto techs from 9 shops to rebuild his ride! Today: hydraulic-assist steering, revamped electronics, and selectable lockers.

Ian and a crew of seasoned auto techs wrap up a major rebuild of one lucky viewer’s Jeep TJ. We’ll take him to the trail and sit him behind the wheel, for his first serious off-road adventure!

MuscleCar’s Tommy Boshers gets a helping hand from the entire Powerblock Team in order to begin turning a tired old 1970 Monte Carlo into a Serious G-Machine which will be given away to one lucky viewer. This episode includes an in-depth 6.0 LS build with Horsepower TV’s John Bouchard.

Progress continues on the Monte Carlo Giveaway G-Machine as Mike from Horsepower helps Tommy from MuscleCar stiffen the frame, and Ian from XTreme 4x4 lends a hand with a beefed- up rear end for the old Chevy. See how a suspension swap takes this GM car to a whole new level of handling.

Tommy from MuscleCar shows how to get rid of one of those annoying holdovers from the Muscle Car era: a vinyl top. Learn how to get rid of that nasty glue that doesn’t want to let go! Then after some Body work on our Giveaway Monte Carlo G-Machine.

It’s wrapping up the Giveaway Monte Carlo G-Machine build as the Powerblock guys including Tommy from MuscleCar and Ryan from Trucks set to tying up a ton of loose ends to get the old Chevy to Start, Stop, Go, and Turn.

When Andy lost his wife to cancer, priorities changed. His Nova sat in the garage as a constant reminder of a dream unfulfilled. Enter our volunteer team. This 4 week build transforms the family car into a tribute to a loved one not forgotten.

With paint and bodywork complete, our team finishes the task of completing a frame-off resto of Andy’s 67 Chevy II in just 4 weeks’ time. He and his small children visit the Tech Center to see the transformation of their Nova turned bonafide hotrod.

Jason loves to go wheeling, but can’t hang with the big boys in his stock wheeler. Our all-volunteer team heads to Louisiana to rescue his Jeep TJ from the junkyard. Host Tim Strange calls upon the top aftermarket suppliers to give this ride a steroid injection!

Good guy Jason Smelser won’t recognize his TJ when we’re done with it. Part 2 shows the Jeep come together, with a completely freshened up and rebuilt straight six, transmission rebuild, heavy duty transfer case, body protection, paint and more.

Chad’s a complete gearhead. A tragic motorcycle accident in his youth never stood in the way of fulfilling his dream of owning a ’55 Chevy. Tim Strange and the team of volunteers rescue his project and turn it into a one-of-a-kind custom street rod!

Modern components turn a classic into a “G-machine” with an LS3, overdrive trans, and air suspension. Then the family returns to see what 4 weeks and our all-volunteer team can do when motivated for a good cause. Many tears shed in this emotional reveal.

The Fabulous Hudson Hornet is legend, in NASCAR racing, in animated film, and now on Powerblock, when Tim Strange rescues a stalled project from a Michigan viewer. Volunteers gently transform history into a show-stopping lead sled right before your eyes!

Can a world-class award-winning hotrod be built in 20 days? Watch this ’51 Hudson go from a stalled project car, to a meticulously assembled, chopped, bagged, and smoothed “blue ribbon” masterpiece. Top builders from the US volunteer to make it happen.