Roadworthy Rescues

Derek finds a 1951 Chevy Deluxe that's been sitting for 44 years. He needs to get it running and stopping if he hopes to tackle the Chattanooga hills and make it home.

Derek saves a 1966 Pontiac Tempest with a rare overhead-camshaft six-cylinder engine, working magic on the upholstery and converting the OHC to EFI.

Derek heads to a scrapyard to find a retired tow truck he can use around the shop, but this 1979 Dodge D300 proves reluctant to go anywhere.

Derek battles to get a 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air out of a field in Kentucky and back to his shop in Tennessee for an engine swap. It's no easy task.

Derek returns to the shop where he apprenticed as a teenager, and to a 1979 Chevrolet K5 Blazer that's been sitting for over 20 years.

Derek finds a 1928 Ford Model A in a car club in Detroit. Then he calls in an expert to figure out why it sat so long and tries to get it running.

Derek travels to the last standing AMC dealership in Pikeville, North Carolina. He finds an AMC Rebel SST convertible that needs reviving.

In Michigan's Northern Peninsula, Derek finds a 1964 Ford Galaxie that's sat abandoned for 32 years. He plans to turn it into a rally-tribute car.

Dave Chappelle helps Derek to revitalise a 1972 Jeep J2000 that's sat among a field of neglected Jeeps. Can they turn it into an off-road machine?

Derek teams up with his brother Sean to try to convert a 1966 Oldsmobile F-85 into a timeless cruiser. But the engine is keeping a horrible secret.

Derek and Dave Chappelle find an old dually among a flock of chickens in rural Kentucky. They set out to turn it into a car-hauling shop truck.

Derek enlists Steve Dulcich to restore a derelict Dodge Coronet. But the guys must replace everything on this car if they hope to make the trip back to Nashville.

Derek heads to Alabama in search of a Bandit replica. Instead, he finds a Trans Am that's the wrong year, wrong colour, wrong engine, and has been in a wreck.

Derek and his brother Sean head back to their family farm in North Dakota. They dig out a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle sedan that has a waterlogged engine.

Derek finds himself a 1950 Ford 8N tractor. But with a cracked engine block, Derek will have to revisit his farming routes to make this implement operational.

Derek finds a 1937 Chevrolet Deluxe that's been off the road for 20 years. But can it make the 150-mile drive to the General Motors headquarters in Detroit?

Derek and Sean Bieri head back to Zweifel Motors in the Black Hills of South Dakota to revive an Oldsmobile station wagon Derek has been eyeing for 16 years.

Steve Dulcich returns along with the Vanishing Paint Challenger. Derek and Steve switch out the gearbox and go to a local road course.

Derek goes off the deep end with an '80s icon, the DeLorean. It's been wrecked and doesn't run, but Derek and his friends change all that with a good old junkyard LS.