Roadworthy Rescues

Just outside Amarillo, Texas, Derek finds a 1960 El Camino that's been tucked in a garage for 30 years. As he works to revive this classic, he uncovers the vehicle's suspicious past, with bullet holes, a secret fuel tank, and hidden storage compartments.

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, and he has to 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's too disgusting for even him to drive home. So instead, he revives a 1971 International Travelall that's been off the road for 30 years to tow the turd-ridden Thunderbird back to his shop.

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. But it'll take an awful lot of elbow grease to make this one shine.

Derek heads to Guthrie, Oklahoma, where he's found a flathead straight-six, straight-body 1947 Studebaker Champion hiding in a storage container. Derek has high hopes of driving this one home, but quickly discovers some reasons this car was hidden away.

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.

Derek needs a more powerful tractor, so he finds a running 1978 International Harvester 1086 that he'll have to drive 50 miles back to the farm.

Derek finds a '62 Bonneville at a horse ranch in eastern Michigan that he wants to cruise down legendary Woodward Avenue in metro Detroit.

Derek is determined to give the 1962 Pontiac "Barneville" a few upgrades and get it back on the road. But he'll need some help.

Derek heads to Minnesota to revive a dirt track car he's had stashed away, but he'll need some skilled friends to bring his vision back to life.