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| 1x01 - Search & Rescue: | | Matt is an “A” honor student of a teen who is training for a career in Search and Rescue. He’s sentimental about his ride; his grandfather’s old ‘88 Chevy truck. With our host Chris posing as a tow truck operator, we plucked the truck from Matt, telling him that he had too many tickets. This kid has no tickets, but his dad Jim calmed Matt down -- Jim said he’d take care of matters. Jim is also our insider, and that week; Jim rebuilt the truck with Chip Foose, Roger Willis, Shane Boulay, [...] (More) |
| 1x02 - Museum Worthy: | | Dick Messer. Along with Chuck’s son Derek, Dick works the inside with OVERHAULIN’. Dick asks Chuck if The Petersen Museum can borrow Chuck’s shabby stock 1950 Ford. Getting the car, A-Team captain Chip Foose goes to work, along with Troy Trepanier, Bryan Fuller, Jared Zimmerman, Pete Eastwood and Jim Griffin. As work begins, Dick tells Chuck that the car has been stolen from The Petersen Museum.
As Chip and company make the Ford into a beautiful jewel box of perfection, hosts Chris and [...] (More) |
| 1x03 - Parts Guy: | | Jeff has a cool boss at OPG: Tony is a guy who sees the potential in both Jeff and Jeff’s ‘71 Chevelle. As our insider, Tony worked it so OVERHAULIN’ could borrow Jeff’s car for a week, “shooting” a bogus infomercial. Getting the car, the A-Team of Chip Foose, Alan Budnick, Jim Holloway, Kevin Byrd and Bryan Fuller went right to work.
The week wasn’t just a car build -- it included hidden camera pranks that had A-Teamer Byrd going into OPG and ordering new Chevelle parts for the [...] (More) |
| 1x04 - Surfer Kid: | | Mylan goes surfing every day, getting to the beach in his rusty old 1977 El Camino. He’s one of those rare teens who’s both ultra cool and as nice as they come. Working as insiders, his folks Vicki and Tim knew that the tow truck that grabbed Mylan’s car (“due to tickets”) was OVERHAULIN’, delivering the car to the A-Team of Chip Foose, Bryan Fuller, James Ferguson, Carl Lutes, Craig Chaffers, Revo, J.C. and surf legend Tyler Hatzikian. The tough assignment: making the El Camino into [...] (More) |
| 1x05 - 902-Merlot (Ian Ziering '68 Camaro): | | Actor Ian Ziering played the role of “Steve” for years on “Beverly Hills 90210.” His character had a love of cool and fast cars -- that “love” wasn’t acting; Ian is a car guy who has been trying to trick-out a ‘68 Camaro for years. After enough stalling, Ian’s pal Terry got involved. He’s our insider and our A-Team on this Chevy is Chip Foose, Sal Perez, Jim Sleeper, Aaron Ohama, Josh Kamholz, Rick Andersen, Mundo Hernandez and Orlando Hernandez. The ruse: the Camaro is locked [...] (More) |
| 1x06 - School's Out: | | Dale is one of the top dogs at the foundation that supplies both scholarship funding and project cars for the prestigious car-building college Wyoming Tech in Laramie, Wyo. Dale secures old donated vehicles for the school. But, unbeknownst to Dale, the OVERHAULIN' pranksters took one of those cars from his property and brought it to the WyoTech campus. It's there that over 30 student builders, along with the OVERHAULIN' build team of Chip Foose, Troy Trepanier, Bryan Fuller and Levi Green, [...] (More) |
| 1x07 - Lucky Star: | | Cassie is an 18-year-old bank teller -- she’s responsible, fun loving and the proud owner of a very boring ‘91 Ford Explorer. Chip Foose, along with the mega-OVERHAULIN’ team of Gary Bell, Vince Incalcaterra, Raymond Miller, Jeremy Johnson, Ryan Filar, Joseph John Messinese, Derrick Atkinson, Jeremy Hayter and David Wachter worked at the giant parts factory known as APC, to reinvent Cassie’s SUV in a short seven-day period.
The insiders: Aunt Barbara and Uncle Mike, the family she lives [...] (More) |
| 2x01 - Moving Day: | | Baby-boomer Connie has had her 1964 Corvette since she was a teen.
She’s always had plans to redo the beaten car, but thanks to A-Teamers Chip Foose, Steve LuVisi, Sam Foose, Bryan Fuller, Mitch Lanzini, Carl Richmond and Camee Edelbrock, she doesn’t have to; they’re OVERHAULIN’ it for her at LuVisi’s Automotive Expertise Unlimited. Our key insider is Connie’s husband, Pete, owner of a shabby 1971 VW “Thing.”
To steal Connie’s vehicle, the A-Team posed as movers, cleaning [...] (More) |
| 2x02 - Cherry Nova: | | Katy drives a worn and beaten 1967 Chevy Nova. She’s had it for years, she loves it, but Katy tells friends that it’s ‘Dying’. Once it’s brought to our OVERHAULIN’ shop at Dagel’s Street Rods, A-Team members Chip Foose, Gary Dagel, Jesse Combs, Brock Orick, Rowland Gutierrez, Aaron Ohama and Ashley Sangster totally remake the Nova, working with our insiders: Katy’s brother Scott, their mother Pam and Katy’s roommate, Jennifer.
As the adventure begins, Katy is told that the city [...] (More) |
| 2x03 - The 4-4-New: | | Christopher unknowingly submits his 1968 Oldsmobile 442 to the Overhaulin’ A-Team of Chip Foose, Jeff Farina, Craig Chaffers, Matthew Harris, Adam Diaz, Richard Waitas, Marko Milosevich, Darron Shubin and Charlie Tissen. Working with insiders such as Christopher’s wife Jennifer, his best pal Brian and his neighbor Scott, the team recreates the car at MagnaFlow headquarters, making it incredibly cool in our seven-day period.
It begins with neighbor Scott, a part-time car painter, offering [...] (More) |
| 2x04 - Monte Fuego: | | Rayce’s wife Linda and pal Michael work as insiders, helping OVERHAULIN’ get all hands on Rayce’s 1970 Monte Carlo. The A-Team of Chip Foose, Sean Roberts, Tim Roberts, Sal Gutierrez, Ricky Primo, Tommy Primo and Jeff Farina work for seven days on Rayce’s ride, a car that he thinks was stolen right in front of his house. After he first discovers the car missing, Overhaulin’ law enforcement tells Rayce it was found and used in a crime.
Late in the week as the car build goes on, Rayce [...] (More) |
| 2x05 - Dude, Where's My Skylark?: | | Rick loves his 1967 Buick Skylark. It was given to him by his older brother, Robert, an Iraqi war veteran who is our key Overhaulin’ insider. Robert works it so we can grab the car. Robert then interrogates Rick, insinuating that Rick must’ve made an enemy or done something wrong, setting up the notion that the Buick was taken as something relating to personal retaliation or vindictiveness. Of course, our A-Team gets right to work on the car.
Chip Foose, Jeff Mohrfeld, Matthew Harris, George [...] (More) |
| 2x06 - Rustang: | | Mark doesn’t know that an A-Team has nabbed his 1965 Mustang, a crew consisting of Captains, Sam and Chip Foose, Joe Gosinski, Greg Coleman, Kevin Byrd, Melanie Morimoto, Bryan Fuller and Shane Boulay. Mark’s daughter Chelsea and wife Beth are on the inside with Overhaulin’, setting up the heist where Courtney gets a lesson from tennis instructor Mark. As that goes on, Chris and Chip go to the Griep home and steal his ride.
Getting the rust-bucket of a car to Gosinski’s Chicane Sport [...] (More) |
| 2x07 - The Falcon and The Snow-Job: | | Travis is a young guy who wants to be a cop. He also wants to have a top custom of a ‘63 Ford Falcon; instead, he has his old and dying variation on that theme. But the A-Team of Chip Foose, Shane Boulay, Kirk Heinbuch, Jim Lunger, John Hudson, Brad Beltinck, Chris Bennett, Kirk Swanson, Shane Reichardt and Dave Shushereba are gonna grant Travis’ wish regarding the car, while Overhaulin’ is gonna grant his other wish and let him play cop.
Once we get his car, Travis is told that it has [...] (More) |
| 2x08 - Challenging Mopar: | | James received his 1971 Dodge Challenger from his dad, as a graduation present years ago. James’ wife Stephanie knows that James wants the car to be a slick, sleek, raging muscle car, instead of the beaten weekend project that it is. She contacted Overhaulin’ and Overhaulin’ put together the A-Team of Chip Foose, Shawn Williams, Tracy Tichenor, Jason Garrett, Tim Herren, Phil Wilson, Aaron McDonald, John Hopper and Shane Boulay.
During the week of the build, James is told that the car has [...] (More) |
| 2x09 - Coolest Cars: | | Racing instead of building, Overhaulin’ had a reunion with six of its favorite machines: Jeff’s Chevelle, Cassie’s Explorer, Mark’s Mustang, Katy’s Nova, Rayce’s Monte Carlo and Connie’s Corvette. It was a wild party of high-speed and total recall as the owners both raced their rides and took us back to the moments when they were fooled, when they were confused, and most of all -- when they were told that they indeed had been Overhauled.
They also let us in on life with their new [...] (More) |
| 2x10 - Live Strong: | | Champion cyclist Lance Armstrong received a personal gift after he won his sixth Tour de France; a stock GTO that he’s always wanted. His girlfriend, singer Sheryl Crow gave him the car, but the press took the surprise out of Sheryl’s gesture when they reported on the gift before Lance even got it. So Sheryl had to find a new way to surprise Lance. She hooked up with Overhaulin’ and together, everybody took the GTO to a new level of cool.
In Lance and Sheryl’s hometown of Austin, Texas, [...] (More) |
| 2x11 - California Performance Bel Air: | | Glenn teaches special needs preschoolers, living in Southern California with his wife, Jennifer and their twin toddlers; boys who will probably grow up to be as car crazy as Glenn. He’s in love with his beaten 1962 Chevy Bel Air. But he handed it over to Overhaulin’ thanks to a prank played by Hot Rod Magazine publisher Ira Gabriel. Ira ‘rented’ the car for a music video, having Glenn think the car was in safe hands until its return.
Art Carr, Chris Basset, Jeff Binder, Jeremy Hayter, [...] (More) |
| 2x12 - Gambler 514: | | The Super-Team of Jeff Georges, Phil Brewer, Jr., Jimmy Kerlin, Bobby Mikus, Gregg Bond, Bill Cate, Kevin Byrd, Greg Coleman, Carl Richmond, Bryan Fuller, Revo and Zack Merril joined Team Captain Chip Foose at the world famous SEMA Show in Las Vegas. SEMA is the Superbowl of auto parts and accessories, one of the world’s largest conventions, and there at the center of it all was Overhaulin’, redoing a 1970 Mustang for a local Vegas man.
The mark’s name: Barry. Barry’s son Brent was [...] (More) |
| 2x13 - Butterscorched: | | John has had his classic but stock 1952 GMC truck for a long time, always wanting to fix it up, never having the time or the money for a rebuild. That all changed after his family got hold of Overhaulin’ and set Chip Foose loose on the pick-up. Foose had a lot of help with an A-Team of builders such as Revo Reeves, Jerry Bermudez, J.C. Genty, The Nance Brothers and the one and only Skratch.
The Heist Prank had John discovering his truck missing and a note; the message was from a mock [...] (More) |
| 2x14 - Thievin' Teacher: | | Dennis Korn teaches auto shop at Citrus Community College. One of his best students is Nicole; her beaten Camaro is one of the class projects. OVERHAULIN' steals her wheels from the school, along with Dennis as a crafty insider. With a cracker-jack A-Team, Chip Foose spends a week on Nicole's rusty wreck, making it into the show car of her dreams. But during that week, OVERHAULIN' pranking has Dennis posing as the car thief to Nicole, with the teacher asking her to go along with the theft for an [...] (More) |
| 2x15 - Double-Haulin': | | Chelsea and Lindsey are very different sisters; Chelsea loves to have fun with her free-wheeling Mazda pick-up. Calm and cool Lindsay has a beaten but classic Chevelle. Overhaulin' has a special DOUBLE-HAULIN' for the two sisters, doing BOTH their rides in the same week in the same space at MagnaFlow. At first, the girls think their vehicles were stolen because of a college prank. They soon learn that they were stolen for parts. As the week goes on, Overhaulin' Team Captain Chip Foose works with [...] (More) |
| 2x16 - Soldier's Ride: | | Frankie Jr. was a soldier in the Iraq war. He came home and started a father/son project with his dad, Frank Sr.: rebuilding a 1966 Chevelle. But after Dad and Mom Alma contacted Overhaulin', it quickly became a secret team project. With the help of Frank Sr. and Alma, the car was "stolen" and brought to Motherís Polish, where Chip Foose and the A-Team went to work on the oldest Chevelle ever to come through Overhaulin's doors.
As the work went on, Frankie Jr. was told that the car was recovered [...] (More) |
| 3x01 - Wiley & the Road Runner: | | John loves Plymouth Road Runners. This third one he presently owns is a rare ‘69 convertible. The other two are long-gone fond memories. One was totaled in an accident and the other had to be sold by a younger John, then on a leaner budget. Of course, John plans on fixing up this third Road Runner, but as his wife Linda contacts Overhaulin’, Chip Foose and his team learn that a little help just might be in order.
With Chris Jacobs and his posse taking the car from John’s garage, the mark [...] (More) |
| 3x02 - Mad Kidney Donor: | | Host and Prank King Chris Jacobs brings Jason's '95 Chevy Tahoe to Chip Foose and the Overhaulin' A-Team at Street Concepts. Jason left it at a shop for service, and he doesn't know that his wife Lindsay and his pal Willy are in cahoots with Overhaulin'. Willy helped to set up the service shop situation, and he has one true friend in Jason. After all, not long ago, Willy needed a kidney and Jason generously donated one of his to Willy.
As the week goes on, Jason has a hard time getting his Tahoe [...] (More) |
| 3x03 - Bel Air BBQ: | | Young Tyson has been working on his 1956 Bel Air for quite some time. His mom, Terry has watched for a while as her son has taken auto shop classes in school, learning how to make the old Chevy into a cool hot rod. But the evolution is slow and the hot rod has yet to be cool, so mom called Overhaulin'. As Chip, Chris and the gang dove in head first at Street Concepts, they were quickly reminded of just how short a seven-day build really is.
Fact was, even with a seven-year build, most of this [...] (More) |
| 3x04 - Tuner Car: | | Prankster Extraordinaire Chris Jacobs gets permission from insider Jennifer; she tells Chris he can take her boyfriend's '95 Honda Civic to Street Concepts for the Overhaulin' of its life. The Civic belongs to Dylan, a guy who has been trying to fix the car up for quite a while now. It's a tuner car that is in bad shape, needing body work, an interior and a serious amount of everything else. Chris grabs the ride and brings it to Chip Foose.
Chip and his A-Team of car-building pros tear into the [...] (More) |
| 3x05 - Illegal Fowl: | | Deputy Sheriff Mike more than loves his 1965 T-Bird; it was his father's treasure and he is beyond sentimental about the ride. His wife Stephanie works as an insider for Overhaulin' as Chris, Chip and the team at ACS grab the Thunderbird and decide to make the hardtop into a roadster. It's a big job if you have a while to pull it off; it's sheer madness to try in a week. But never underestimate the drive of Foose and the A-Team.
As car work goes on, Mike is trying to track down his ride. When [...] (More) |
| 3x06 - One Ugly Horse: | | Mike often brings his '67 Mustang to Tom. Tom owns a shop and he's worked on the car for years. It's a special Mustang since Mike is wheelchair bound, with the car requiring a lot of gear, enabling Mike to get behind the wheel and drive. And Mike drives this car Big Time; he's already made it into a pretty cool ride, but Overhaulin' has decided to make it much cooler. So Tom plays the inside and works with Chris, Chip, A.J. and the gang.
With the car in Tom's care, Chris takes the Mustang to [...] (More) |
| 3x07 - Snaked: | | Ana recently became the owner on a 2005 Ford Mustang. Her husband, Richard worked with Overhaulin' as Chip and the A-Team took on the task of tricking-out something quite different for the crew: a new car. Chris grabbed the '05 as Ana took part in a family lunch. He brought it to California Performance Transmission where it was carefully torn apart and quickly put into paint; after all, the deadline for this build was set for five days.
Pranking Ana involved a lousy rent-a-car and an insurance [...] (More) |
| 3x08 - Navy Seal: | | John’s 1965 Ford pickup means a lot to him. John is an ex Navy SEAL who has had the truck for a long time. He even named it after a departed friend named Mitch. His wife Angela got hold of Overhaulin’ and requested a Chip Foose rebuild. Overhaulin’ not only stepped up to the challenge; the show enlisted a team of Navy builders; guys who were thrilled to work on a ride for a fellow Navy man. After the heist, the real work began.
As the truck was made remarkable, John was told that his [...] (More) |
| 3x09 - Clean LaMans: | | Chris, A.J., Chip Foose and Overhaulin' use their formidable pranking and building skills on Frederick and his 1968 Pontiac LeMans. Chris begins it all by posing as a homeless man, getting a dollar from Frederick and then stealing the ride, bringing it over to California Performance Transmission. Frederick's wife Tanya worked as an insider, beginning her part by giving a lot of ‘car’ and ‘Frederick’ information to Chip. The car began transforming as the pranks escalated.
Soon after [...] (More) |
| 3x10 - Nova Cain: | | Ivan’s the mark, not knowing his Nova from 1970 is leaving his parents’ property and moving to Classic Industries, where Overhaulin’ will work with his wife, Shannon. She’ll be an insider for a week of building and pranking. Chip Foose gets a well-earned vacation for the first part of the build, but he does the design ahead of time and returns by the end of the build to add his one-of-a-kind details to the car. When Chip's gone, his dad Sam Foose assumes the role as Captain of the build [...] (More) |
| 3x11 - Customs: | | Martin owns a 1965 Impala. Overhaulin' took it to Classic Industries and asked Martin's wife what her husband wanted in an Overhauled ride. Vanessa told Chip Foose all of Martin's desires, but as she watched the car come apart, she wasn't sure if Chip and the A-Team could really make the ride come back together and beautiful in just seven days. Vanessa watches the show, but when you're actually there, it all seems impossible.
Of course, the team did deliver an amazing transformation in the end. [...] (More) |
| 3x12 - Firey Brit: | | Kaeser Compressors played host to the A-Team as Andy helped Chip, A.J. and Chris work their Overhaulin' magic on an '05 Magnum. The Magnum belongs to Andy's wife, Jo, and working as an insider, Andy knew just how to prank Jo and just how to please her when it came to making an already nice car into a stunner. One key aspect of the redo was all about the amazing painted flames of Mike Lavallee, an artist Jo had raved about.
Jo caught Mike on Overhaulin' before, awed by those flames that would [...] (More) |
| 3x13 - Biggest Beater: | | To truly take on the challenges of all challenges, Overhaulin' set out to find and fully reinvent America's Biggest Beater; the ride that really needs some tough love. After going through a mountain of Overhaulin' submissions, Chip Foose and Chris Jacobs narrowed it down to three finalists. The designer and the prankster then hit the road to see the cars and owners in person, traveling to the Midwest, the South and along the West coast.
The loser that would become the big winner happened to be [...] (More) |
| 3x14 - Desperate Impound: | | Geoff watched through the years as his wife Sharon lost touch with her much beloved 1967 Pontiac GTO. It was her first car, her racing car; it was everything to her back when she was younger. Life, the kids and all that comes with it; these elements managed to keep the GTO in moth-balls as Sharon fantasized of one day resurrecting the vehicle.
Well, a fantasy came true as Geoff contacted Overhaulin’. The car would transform at Kaeser Compressors.
As Chip and the A-Team performed their [...] (More) |
| 3x15 - Neighborhood Watching: | | Dennis always loved his ‘69 Pontiac Firebird. He was very upset when it was stolen. He had no idea that it was being fully reinvented at Hot Rod Car Craft, with his girlfriend Stephanie playing the inside with Overhaulin’. During that difficult week for Dennis, Overhaulin’ pranked-up a scheme that enlisted the Firebird owner into joining the Neighborhood Watch. Also joining the Watch: a neighborhood bagman played by Chris.
While Chip, the A-Team and Westcoast Customs made the Firebird [...] (More) |
| 3x16 - Overlord: | | Overhaulin' set out to overhaul the most unoverhaulable person on Earth. And even if "unoverhaulable" isn't exactly a real word, it sure does apply to Chip Foose. Fooling Foose was only the beginning; he knew every trick in the book and he's deep into the world of those who were pulling all this off. After the stealing and the fooling came the truly hard part: Overhaulin' a vehicle without Chip. Luckily, Chip's dad Sam was available to steer this whole reinvention of the Foose family's beloved 1956 [...] (More) |
| 3x17 - That '70s Van: | | Chip, A.J. and Chris time-travel back to the bicentennial year as they prank John while reinventing his 1976 Chevy van. They get a lot of help from both John’s daughter, Danielle, and Danielle’s husband, Phil. Hot Rod Car Craft is where the van experiences a rebir th. That takes place as John learns that his son-in-law had the van stolen out from under him, supposedly happening as Phil was using John’s van to pick up a swing set.
John is beside himself. The van is the machine of his youth, [...] (More) |
| 3x18 - Leno's Heist: | | Jay Leno works as an Overhaulin’ accomplice, doing it all to make a friend’s dream come true. That friend is fellow car fiend David. Thanks to The King of Late Night, David’s 1956 Chevy Nomad is stolen and made amazing. David’s son David Jr. also works as an insider. After the Nomad is ripped off, Overhaulin’ sends a not-so-sober retired volunteer cop to check it all out. With that, David knows that his much-loved ride is gone for good.
But of course, it’s being worked on by Chip [...] (More) |
| 3x19 - SEMA (a.k.a. The SEMA Show, or 67 Charger): | | Merrick’s ride is a 1967 Dodge Charger. He’s a college freshman and a sales clerk living in Las Vegas. His friend Scott works the auto shop that belongs to Merrick’s family; it’s a garage supervised by Merrick’s mom, Sheral. Well, Merrick has no idea that Sheral and Scott are secretly working with Overhaulin’. Merrick doesn’t even know that Overhaulin’ happens to be in Vegas to reinvent his ‘67 before the massive crowds of the SEMA show.
SEMA is the giant convention of [...] (More) |
| 3x20 - Overtime: | | Matthew's '30 Model A Ford was totally Overhauled. It all began as Chris dressed like a rockabilly punk and brought the car to Hot Rod Car Craft for a session of deconstruction with A.J., Chip and the A-Team. Matthew kept the Model A as a scruffy rat rod. Working with Matthew's wife Aimee as an insider, the goal was to make it into a very cool hot rod while also converting it into a safe, family ride. It proved too much for a seven-day build.
As the oldest car tackled to date by Overhaulin', [...] (More) |
| 3x21 - Got GTO?: | | David is wheelchair bound, paralyzed from the waist down. He was Overhaulin’s mark in a grand adventure that transformed his ‘69 GTO. His brother Richard was the key insider, keeping David clueless while Chip and the A-Team made the ride great at Original Parts Group. As the redo took place, David dealt with an apathetic detective played by Chris. David quickly learned that his GTO wasn’t only stolen; it was probably gone for good.
But luck was with David as a break in the case just [...] (More) |
| 3x22 - Napa Doublehaulin' (a.k.a. Double Trouble): | | Dayrline works for NAPA Auto Parts, arriving at work each and every weekday thanks to her beloved ‘67 El Camino. Occasionally, she’ll make a delivery for NAPA with their ‘03 S-10 pick up. Well, how’s THIS for bad luck: in one day, both her El Camino AND her delivery truck were stolen right out from under her nose. Of course, her bad luck was good luck, with Overhaulin’ playing the thief, redoing both rides at Original Parts Group.
Having both vehicles, Overhaulin’ decided to prank [...] (More) |
| 3x23 - Lowrider Girl: | | Noemi’s ‘64 Chevy Impala was reborn at Classic Industries. The adventure began as Chris took the ride and brought it to A.J., Chip and the rest of the A-Team, all working with Noemi’s husband Cesar as the insider. Deconstruction and reconstruction went on as Noemi learned that the city took her car, insisting it pass smog tests and adhere to other regulative concerns. Her frustration with the bureaucracy grew throughout the week.
But in the end, all of Noemi’s frustration would be worth [...] (More) |
| 3x24 - Photo Shoot Fiasco: | | Miles says his 1968 Ford Bronco carries the spirit of both his father and his father-in-law. Miles used to work on cars with his dad, and he received the Bronco from his wife’s father when the in-law passed away. On top of that, it was only a few years ago when both fathers died within mere weeks of one another. Miles’ wife is Chrissy. As an Overhaulin’ Insider, she tells that story to Chip after the Bronco is ‘rented’ from Miles.
Chrissy works for a fashion magazine. This allows the [...] (More) |
| 3x25 - Uncle Sam's Nephew: | | David is a U.S. Marine, and his 1968 Pontiac Firebird was given new life at Classic Industries. For this operation, Chris, A.J. and Chip worked to give a returning hero a huge homecoming. His ‘68 Firebird ultimately became a car worth saluting. But it took the industrious work of the A-Team and a pair of insiders to pull it all off; David’s parents, Judy and Ron kept matters covert as Foose deployed the troops and the car was reborn.
While the Firebird was being re-hatched, pranks messed [...] (More) |
| 3x26 - Hot Head: | | Lisa knows her husband Mark is in love with his treasured 1972 Cutlass. She’s known that since the day she met him. The car was his father’s. It’s been in the family since the day Mark’s dad special ordered it new from the factory in the early seventies. All that explains Mark’s misery when the Cutlass supposedly becomes involved in a tangle of identity theft and impound fraud. But of course, all of that is the work of Overhaulin’.
As Mark spends a week trying to get his car back [...] (More) |
| 4x01 - Mean Anemul: | | Manuel is being taken for a ride, but it's not in his precious and rare Oldsmobile 442. The ride is actually by a list of mechanics who’ve some how managed to convince Manuel to part with thousands of dollars with promises of restoring his 442 into a mean machine.
Manuel has owned the car for over 8 years, and kept it at his parent’s house. The first set of mechanics was his father’s friends, who decide to follow the father’s instructions rather than Manuel’s. The shifter has never [...] (More) |
| 4x02 - LeMama's Boy: | | Tony is called “Mr. Personality” by his friends because he loves life and is very charismatic and animated, and his childhood best friends know because they still hang out with him: his buddy Rob and other best friend, is actor Charlie Sheen. It was Sheen who actually filled out the application for Overhaulin’ to ask for Tony’s car to be overhauled. Charlie and Tony have been best friends since they were teenagers, and Tony was even the Best Man at Charlie’s wedding……
Tony was [...] (More) |
| 4x03 - Spaced Out: | | Jamie is described as loud, charming, excitable and extremely social by his girlfriend Gretchen. She just cracks up at him because he’s such a hoot. Jamie was given the Galaxie as a high school graduation present 12 years ago. He had it looking good at the time and would cruise and take pictures of himself in it.
Life started getting tough, his mother was diagnosed with cancer so he took on caring for her and the financial burden of the household. His grandparents live with the mom so he is [...] (More) |
| 4x04 - Overhaulin' Bling (a.k.a. BLING!): | | 1996 two-door Chevy Tahoes are rare machines; so says Derek. He owns just such a ride. He also spent a week fooled by both his girlfriend Irene and the joking, building, crazy, pranking crew at Overhaulin’. Irene, along with Chip, A.J., Chris and the A-Team took Derek’s ‘96 and blinged-it-out royally. It all happened as Derek was led to believe that the vehicle was towed for parking problems at the condominium complex where he lives.
As the pranking took place, the Tahoe was given one of [...] (More) |
| 4x05 - Junk in the Trunk: | | Marilyn is married to Chris. Marilyn’s ‘56 Cadillac sat in their garage for a good long while, used mostly as a closet in the last few years. In fact, the giant trunk was incredibly handy when it came to storing a lot of stuff. Well, Chris knew that Marilyn would rather drive it than use it to store junk in. So he got hold of Overhaulin’ and a plan was put into motion -- a plan where Foose and the A-Team would tackle Overhaulin’s first Caddie.
Marilyn and her husband had a brief vacation [...] (More) |
| 4x06 - Chip & Chris Flipped: | | One fine day, as a fun and fascinating change of pace, Chip Foose and Chris Jacobs decided to swap jobs for an episode of Overhaulin’. Of course, that meant that Chip would spend the week co-hosting along with A.J., while Chris would shoulder the responsibility of designing the car and working nonstop with the A-Team. The car for that week was Geoff’s ‘67 Dodge Coronet, a classic-model MOPAR that Chris loves.
Insiders included Geoff’s wife, Amy and his dad, Lowell. As the week went on, [...] (More) |
| 4x07 - Chip & AJ Trading Places: | | As Chris did in a previous episode, A.J. took the designing reigns from Chip Foose and helped the A-Team create a masterpiece for an Overhaulin’ mark. The car was a 1963 Mercury Comet, and the owner was Megan. Megan’s mother Michelle worked as an insider the entire time. As A.J. made decisions on every inch of the car, Chip co-hosted the show with Chris, creating a job-swap that made for one very memorable Overhaulin’.
Prank-wise, it was quite a week for Megan, as her mom brought the car [...] (More) |
| 4x08 - All in the Family: | | Isaias’ ‘67 Dodge A-100 is a big part of Kristine’s life. From the day Kristine and Isaias met, he had talked about his dad’s odd Dodge that was part van, part truck and just plain unique. Once the couple married and started a family, Isaias spoke of fixing up the A-100 and one day giving it to their son. It’s the vehicle Isaias had worked on as a kid with his dad, and Isaias wanted to keep it in the family. But Kristine knew it needed a lot of help.
She contacted Overhaulin’, where [...] (More) |
| 4x09 - Hot for Teacher (a.k.a. Hottie Teacher): | | Melissa was the mark. She’s the owner of a 1964 Malibu. Quantum Tec-Star is where Chip and the A-Team got to work on her Chevy. It’s also where Melissa’s husband Ron instigated matters as an Overhaulin’ insider. The heist was all about over due parking tickets and an impounded car. Melissa works as a teacher, concerned that huge impound fees would be more than problematic on her salary. These ‘fees’ became prank material.
As the week went on, the car became beautiful as Melissa became [...] (More) |
| 4x10 - Roadies Stole My 'Vette!: | | Overhaulin’ conned Carl, the owner of a ’57 Corvette. The ride was rescued at Quantum Tec-Star, and Carl’s wife Trisha worked as the insider. The heist took place at the home of Carl and Trisha. This is where Chris and Rob dressed up like unemployed roadies and broke into the garage that was housing the Corvette. They made off with the car and took it to Chip and the A-Team. The crew quickly learned that the ’57 Chevy was in bad shape
The pranks escalated at a rapid pace, as prankster [...] (More) |
| 4x11 - Juvenille Delinquent: | | Tanner is a very mature teenager who loves hanging out with his dad Wade at hot rod swap meets on weekends. Wade is teaching Tanner everything he knows about hot rods. Mom, Tammie, says that Wade is very patient with Tanner and the bond they share for cars is incredible.
Tanner knows that his dad's dream is to fix up the Chevelle, but Wade has recently gone back to work so his time with the car and Tanner is limited. Tanner wants to surprise his dad with this Overhaulin’‚ to thank him for [...] (More) |
| 4x12 - Motley Cruiser: | | Randy’s 1969 Buick GS got the Overhaulin’ treatment, thanks to the hard and sneaky work of Randy’s pal, legendary rocker, Vince Neil. Vince played the insider as Chip and the A-Team made the Buick into a one-of-a-kind marvel. But it wasn’t easy; the pranks were major and the car was in horrible shape when it arrived at Quantum Tec-Star. The Buick had rust issues beyond belief, and the pranks scared the daylights out of the mark.
Much of the prank-work involved the fact that Randy’s [...] (More) |
| 4x13 - Pop Star Steal: | | Singer and dancer Drew Lachey looked far and wide for just the right truck. He wanted a classic pick-up that would allow him to do carpentry work and still cruise around in a certain cool and retro style. When he finally found the ‘67 Ford he wanted, it was a case of buy quickly and ask questions later. At first glance, the truck didn’t seem too bad. At second glance, it was a mess, complete with an engine that Drew could barely get started.
Singer Nick Lachey is Drew’s brother. Nick is [...] (More) |
| 4x14 - CNN Hummer Special (a.k.a. Warrior One): | | At the start of the Iraq war, CNN acquired two Hummers to assist their journalists. After long and dangerous tours of duty, the vehicles were sent back to CNN headquarters in Atlanta. One of the Hummers was put on display as a reminder of the network’s mission. As for the second Hummer; well, it was decided that it would receive an “Overhaulin’”, provided, of course, the crew was willing and able. Chip and company gladly said, “Yes”!
Chris, A.J. and Chip went to Atlanta to meet the [...] (More) |
| 4x15 - The Boss is Back: | | Hector’s 1970 Mustang received an Overhaulin’. It happened because Hector’s wife Marina and his cousin Marcello put the plan into motion and the car into the hands of Chip, Chris, A.J. and The A-Team. Hector is a huge fan of Overhaulin’; that’s why the prank involving the heist needed to be a doozy. Chris and Chip stole TWO of Hector’s cars. It was a move that threw the mark off-track and a Mustang into Quantum Tec-Star.
As the Mustang received a lot of care, the Overhaulin’ prank [...] (More) |
| 4x16 - Overhaulin' Bumrush: | | This special episode of Overhaulin’ featured an “Overhaulin’ Dream Car”, a vehicle rebuilt after the owner was told it would happen. The lucky owner was Domnick, a driver madly in love with his needy 1970 Monte Carlo. Domnick’s wife, Gina, contacted Overhaulin’ from the couple’s hometown: Thornton, Colorado. Once Domnick’s Monte was chosen to be a “Dream Car”, A.J., Chip and Chris went to Thornton to tell Domnick.
Domnick was both stunned and fully thrilled to meet the [...] (More) |
| 4x17 - SEMA Show: | | Dan, his wife Kelly and their son, Mike are Nevada residents. They are a family of happy MOPAR enthusiasts, led by a man in love with his 1972 Dodge Challenger. Dan has been working on that Challenger for quite some time. Luckily for Dan, his wife and son got hold of Overhaulin’; they told Chip, A.J. and Chris about Dan’s car. Dan’s Overhaulin’ would prove to be beyond special, taking place at the giant SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
The plot would quickly thicken in the prank department; the [...] (More) |
| 4x18 - The Short Yellow Bus: | | John Force is the most prolific champion in drag racing history and the biggest winner in NHRA history. He is also the owner of the biggest heart, and dedicates his time to children’s charities, i.e. Make-A-Wish, CHiPs For Kids, Ronald McDonald House, and the schools throughout the country.
Craig, his friend and co-worker, says that John has been talking about buying a little yellow bus for over ten years and finally purchased one this year. John’s plan is to fix up the bus and go to schools [...] (More) |
| 4x19 - Mustang Sting: | | David started out life with one strike against him; he was born with a defect to his skull which required him to have two surgeries before the age of eight months old. It was successful but his parents were always careful about letting him play rough. Dave grew up like any other American boy loving baseball and fast cars.
At age 16, his dad bought him a 1969 Mustang fixer-upper: this was a father and son project that took a few years for them to restore, but it still needs help.
Fast forward [...] (More) |
| 5x01 - Brushtang: | | Matt's plans for restoring his prized 1965 Mustang Coupe were sidelined when his sick brother moved in, but with the help of Chip and the A-Team the classic gets a second chance to shine. |
| 5x02 - Family Truckster: | | George is the proud owner of a Chevrolet pickup truck passed down to him by his beloved father-in-law, Herb. To honor his memory, George's wife Kathy thought the truck should be restored to its former glory by none other than the Overhaulin' team. |
| 5x03 - Wake Up Call: | | After his father's tragic death, Harrison lost interest in restoring the 1963 Chevy Nova they had been working on together. Fortunately, a good friend contacted Chip and the team and asked them to finish the car Overhaulin' style. |
| 5x04 - Scout's Honor: | | Jim's 1956 BelAir convertible has languished in his driveway since his senior year of high school. Since Jim is too busy to give it the necessary attention, his son Danny contacted the Overhaulin' crew to restore the car to its former glory. |
| 5x05 - Number 1 Camaro: | | Sandy and Ken's 1967 Camaro is a forgotten family heirloom. After her father's death, Sandy contacted Chip and the team to restore the car to its original luster. She wants it to capture the spirit of the family patriarch. |
| 5x06 - That's All, Volks!: | | Like all VW fanatics, Hot Dog Fred has nothing but love for his old VW Microbus. After Chip and the A-team work their magic, he might just fall in love all over again. |
| 5x07 - SEMA - Radical Roaster: | | In the midst of SEMA -- the world's biggest car show -- Chip Foose and the A-Team tackle their most outrageous build yet: turning a mid-1950s dog of a car into a 21st-century superstar. |
| 5x08 - The Marks Return - Chip's Picks: | | In an episode like no other, Chip and Chris revisit some of the most memorable builds in Overhaulin' history - including the classic '56 Ford truck. |
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