Roadworthy Rescues

Derek Bieri travels to Minnesota to revive a long-stashed dirt track car; once legendary, the disassembled vehicle requires help from skilled friends to realize Bieri's vision.

Derek hasn't given up on the Barneville, the 1962 Pontiac Bonneville he pulled out of a barn; he's determined to get it back on the road and give it a few upgrades, but he'll need some help to have it done in time for a special surprise ending.

Derek finds a '62 Bonneville that's been sitting for decades at a horse ranch in eastern Michigan; he has to replace the transmission and fabricate all-new motor and transmission mounts if he wants to cruise Woodward Avenue in metro Detroit.

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.

Derek and his brother Sean take on the cheapest 1970 GTO Derek could find.

Derek heads to Lompoc, Calif., where he's found a 1940 Chevrolet gasser; David Freiburger helps sort through the car's long list of issues, with the hope of squaring up in an old-school-style drag race against Freiburger's '56 Field Car.

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 Guthrie, Okla., where he finds a flathead straight-six, straight-body 1947 Studebaker Champion hiding in a storage container.

Derek battles fluid leaks and bad brakes just to get the Turd Bird back to Vice Grip Garage; 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 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 heads back to his family farm in North Dakota, where a 1946 Ford grain truck from his grandfather sits; this truck is 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 works to revive a 1960 Chevrolet El Camino with a suspicious past.

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.

Amid the cornfields of Michigan, Derek discovers a '37 Chevy Deluxe he wants to drive to GM headquarters in Detroit; but it's been off the road for over 20 years and is going to put up a fight to make the 150-mile journey.

In need of a new riding lawn mower, Derek heads east to find himself a 1950 Ford 8N tractor; with a cracked engine block and a bees' nest for a battery, Derek will have to revisit his farming routes to make this implement operational.

Derek and his brother Sean head back to their family farm in North Dakota; intent on building a goin'-to-town rig for the old farmstead, they dig out a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle sedan that's buried in cow pies and has a waterlogged engine.

Derek heads to Alabama in search of a Bandit replica; instead, he finds a Trans Am that's the wrong year, wrong color, wrong engine and has clearly been in a wreck; that won't stop Derek from attempting to turn it into a car worthy of Burt himself.

Derek enlists Steve Dulcich to help restore a derelict Dodge Coronet; with a seized drivetrain, they must replace everything to complete a 500-mile road trip to Nashville.

Derek Bieri and Dave Chappelle find an old dually among a flock of chickens; with the goal of building this rig into a car-hauling shop truck, Derek sets his sights on major performance upgrades, while Dave gets to work on a custom suspension setup.

Derek teams up with his brother Sean to convert a 1966 Oldsmobile F-85 from a wannabe drag racer into a timeless cruiser; it'll take more than a paint job to make this car street-able, as the guys discover the engine is keeping a horrible secret.

Derek teams up with Dave Chappelle to revitalize a 1972 Jeep J2000 that's sat among a field of neglected Jeeps; together, they cobble together parts from various Jeeps to get theirs running and attempt to make the 100-mile journey to Derek's shop.

In the snowy landscape of Michigan's Northern Peninsula, Derek finds a 1964 Ford Galaxie that's sat abandoned for 32 years; he plans to not only get this Ford running, but also to turn it into a rally-tribute car.

In need of a new riding lawn mower, Derek heads east to find himself a 1950 Ford 8N tractor; with a cracked engine block and a bees' nest for a battery, Derek will have to revisit his farming routes to make this implement operational.

Amid the cornfields of Michigan, Derek discovers a '37 Chevy Deluxe he wants to drive to GM headquarters in Detroit; but it's been off the road for over 20 years and is going to put up a fight to make the 150-mile journey.

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.

Derek heads to Alabama in search of a Bandit replica; instead, he finds a Trans Am that's the wrong year, wrong color, wrong engine and has clearly been in a wreck; that won't stop Derek from attempting to turn it into a car worthy of Burt himself.

Derek and his brother Sean head back to their family farm in North Dakota; intent on building a goin'-to-town rig for the old farmstead, they dig out a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle sedan that's buried in cow pies and has a waterlogged engine.

Derek teams up with his brother Sean to convert a 1966 Oldsmobile F-85 from a wannabe drag racer into a timeless cruiser; it'll take more than a paint job to make this car street-able, as the guys discover the engine is keeping a horrible secret.

Derek enlists Steve Dulcich to help restore a derelict Dodge Coronet; with a seized drivetrain, they must replace everything to complete a 500-mile road trip to Nashville.

Derek teams up with Dave Chappelle to revitalize a 1972 Jeep J2000 that's sat among a field of neglected Jeeps; together, they cobble together parts from various Jeeps to get theirs running and attempt to make the 100-mile journey to Derek's shop.

In the snowy landscape of Michigan's Northern Peninsula, Derek finds a 1964 Ford Galaxie that's sat abandoned for 32 years; he plans to not only get this Ford running, but also to turn it into a rally-tribute car.

Derek Bieri and Dave Chappelle find an old dually among a flock of chickens; with the goal of building this rig into a car-hauling shop truck, Derek sets his sights on major performance upgrades, while Dave gets to work on a custom suspension setup.

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

Derek heads to Guthrie, Okla., where he finds a flathead straight-six, straight-body 1947 Studebaker Champion hiding in a storage container.

Derek heads back to his family farm in North Dakota, where a 1946 Ford grain truck from his grandfather sits; this truck is 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 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 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; 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 finds a '62 Bonneville that's been sitting for decades at a horse ranch in eastern Michigan; he has to replace the transmission and fabricate all-new motor and transmission mounts if he wants to cruise Woodward Avenue in metro Detroit.

Derek heads to Lompoc, Calif., where he's found a 1940 Chevrolet gasser; David Freiburger helps sort through the car's long list of issues, with the hope of squaring up in an old-school-style drag race against Freiburger's '56 Field Car.

Derek and his brother Sean take on the cheapest 1970 GTO Derek could find.

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.

Derek Bieri travels to Minnesota to revive a long-stashed dirt track car; once legendary, the disassembled vehicle requires help from skilled friends to realize Bieri's vision.

Derek hasn't given up on the Barneville, the 1962 Pontiac Bonneville he pulled out of a barn; he's determined to get it back on the road and give it a few upgrades, but he'll need some help to have it done in time for a special surprise ending.