Roadworthy Rescues

Derek works to revive a 1960 Chevrolet El Camino with a suspicious past.

Derek heads back to his family farm in North Dakota, where his grandfather left a 1946 Ford grain truck; this truck has been out of commission since the 1980s; he must team up with his brothers Chris and Sean to get it driving in time to haul grain.

Derek finds a racoon-infested 1968 Thunderbird in Texas that is completely filled with turds.

Derek battles fluid leaks and bad brakes just to get the Turd Bird back to Vice Grip Garage. There he tears the car down, blasts it clean, and gives it a new life with a modern touch. .. show full overview

Derek heads to Guthrie, Okla., where he finds a 1947 Studebaker Champion in a storage container.

Derek has had a '55 Pontiac Chieftain waiting for a revival, and he's keen to turn it into a tribute to the early days of NASCAR.

Derek heads to Lompoc, California, where he enlists David Freiburger to help him sort through a 1940 Chevrolet gasser's long list of issues.

Derek and his brother Sean take on the cheapest 1970 GTO Derek could find. They'll fight through bad starters, sparky wiring, milky oil and more.

It's hay season in central Tennessee, and Derek needs a tractor with more horsepower; he finds a running 1978 International Harvester 1086, but he'll have to drive it 50 miles to get it back to the farm.