Rides

1. Speed Bird

Air Date: 2004-01-06

The one and only Ford Motors - when they build a prototype show car, everyone in the auto industry wants to be a fly on the Wall where the secret is blooming. This installment of RIDES will witness the creation of a car that could end up being the next Mustang, Thunderbird, or beyond - a new and highly anticipated model that will leave the drawing board as it comes together before our eyes.

2. Code Name Daisy

Air Date: 2004-01-06

The Midwest's Troy Trepanier is one of the true greats in the Hot Rod World. In this installment of RIDES, Troy will make a top classic into one-of-a-kind musclecar - it'll be a 1967 Ford Mustang that will be given a fresh flair, with a nod to the early Shelbys. The vehicle's new nickname, The FASTFORWARD Fastback.

3. Fast Forward Fastback

Air Date: 2004-01-13

The biggest names in entertainment and sports are people who can not only afford that top-of-the-line Ferrari or Mercedes, they can also afford to have them make that ride into a customized masterpiece. The Through-line car of the episode is the white 03 Hummer for all pro NFL great Lawyer Milloy. This Giant Machine will get torn apart, customized and delivered to the Buffalo Bills star all before our very eyes.

4. Westside

Air Date: 2004-01-20

Jay Leno will be with us when it's unveiled. It will happen on the celebrity-packed 35th Anniversary of a little car named Hot Wheels, and the celebration will feature a full-size version of the best selling Deora, a Hot Wheels collectible that will be big and drivable at this wild and colorful festival.

5. Big Miniature

Air Date: 2004-01-27

What happens when you take a typical 200 horsepower V6 motor out of a new Lexus and drop in a V8? Major horsepower! That is what racecar phenom and off-road champion Rod Millen will be doing on this installment of RIDES. We'll follow Rod as he re-engineers the entire car: chassis, suspension, drive train the whole thing.

6. Rods

Air Date: 2004-02-03

In this episode of RIDES, Justin Scott and his crew will be turning a '56 Chevy pickup into a '56 Chevy roadster. Justin Scott Padifield gives us a view that we all want to see on RIDES. It's a view that most of us will see as the stuff of true hot rod heritage - a place that is bathed in both oily grunge and pure American know-how.

7. Heavy Metal

Air Date: 2004-02-10

Roy Brizzio is nothing less than a hot rod icon. This episode will focus on Roy's specialty - the topless hotrod that is also known as the roadster. As we watch, he will be building a unique custom '32 roadster for a legendary high performance company within the automotive industry.

8. Topless

Air Date: 2004-02-17

Steve Moal and his two sons create hot rods in a garage that was started by Steve's grandfather, who built a truck in 1929. We will watch them build an all aluminum Boatell with a GT 40 cobra power plant. It has to done in time for the L.A. Auto Show, or else. Steve is also working on a classic hot rod. He'll put a 600 hp Ferrari engine under it's hood

9. The Moal

Air Date: 2004-03-02

He's Leonard Lopez. In the World of Custom cars, his skills have earned him the name of The Dominator. The through-line of the RIDES episode is a 1933 2-Door Sedan. It will be chopped, sectioned and wedged.

10. Dominator

Air Date: 2004-03-09

Eight finalists are going for the most coveted trophy in all of hot-rodding, The Riddler. In this episode, we'll follow four cars, being built and what it took to attain perfection. Once we're at this celebrity-packed auto show, we'll get to know the judges and their criteria, seeing that at this level, it might just take a dentists mirror to determine the difference between "victory" and "maybe-next-year."

11. Road To Riddler

Air Date: 2004-03-16

Eight finalists are going for the most coveted trophy in all of hot-rodding, The Riddler. In this episode, we'll follow four cars, being built and what it took to attain perfection. Once we're at this celebrity-packed auto show, we'll get to know the judges and their criteria, seeing that at this level, it might just take a dentists mirror to determine the difference between "victory" and "maybe-next-year.

1. Soccer Mom

Air Date: 2004-07-13

Comic/gearhead Christopher Titus is tricking out an SUV into a one-of-a-kind super-machine he affectionately calls "Killing the Soccer Mom." This refers to taking a kids-and-shopping family tank and getting rid of all that screams "suburban female head of household." Outspoken family man Titus has big plans for this rig, working with Wings West and making it into a ride that you'll WANT Mom to pick you up in.

2. Eleanor

Air Date: 2004-07-20

Look at her — beautiful lines, curvaceous, ultra-sleek and the star of one of the biggest car flicks of all time. She's now being handcrafted, one part at a time, in Dallas. The place that makes this beauty is Unique Performance. She's Eleanor, the leading lady in Gone in 60 Seconds, and you too can have one of these way-cool GT-500E rides for yourself. But before you open the checkbook, check out the episode where we'll see an Eleanor get built from start to finish.

3. Drifters

Air Date: 2004-07-20

The sport is drifting, and Rides will build, test and enter top drifting cars into this crowded circuit of high-speed grace. We'll trace this growing movement from its Japanese origins, seeing how drifting has single-handedly revived the rear-drive compacts of yesteryear.

4. Rat Rods

Air Date: 2004-08-03

It's a car culture—flat paint, flathead engines, chopped roofs, rockabilly themes and usually no hood. Rat Rods are for the independent garage dudes who prefer comfort, funk and speed to show cars or high priced restoration.

5. 702 Motoring

Air Date: 2004-08-10

The town of Las Vegas is just one of the stars in this hour featuring the shop where Sin City residents and visitors go to get their high-end vehicles tricked out beyond reason. 702 Motoring in Las Vegas works on cars belonging to casino owners, prizefighters and the occasional dancer.

6. Power Tour

Air Date: 2004-08-31

Actor Christopher Titus and owners of top custom cars make a seven-day run from Arlington, Texas, to Green Bay, Wis.

7. Darkside

Air Date: 2004-09-07

A gothically tricked-out BMW X5 for Jack Osbourne features skulls and ghouls.

8. Raging Bull

Air Date: 2004-09-14

A trip to the Lamborghini Automobili plant in Italy to observe construction of the hand-crafted Gallardo and the Murcielago roadster.

9. Ford Black

Air Date: 2004-09-14

The Ford Cobra.

10. Skin

Air Date: 2004-09-28

Tattoo art and car culture.

11. Hollywood Hotrods

Air Date: 2004-10-05

Troy Laddl's projects include two 1932 roadsters built simultaneously for two Los Angeles clothing moguls.

12. Sick Fish

Air Date: 2004-10-12

A 1971 Barracuda belonging to TV show host Joe Rogan is souped up.

1. Ford Black

Air Date: 2004-11-30

Dodge muscle cars of the late 1960s and early '70s.

2. Skin

Air Date: 2004-12-07

Cadillac's new sports car, the XLR, gets a makeover by Southern California after-market parts shop Five Axis.

3. Mail Order Hot Rods

Air Date: 2004-12-21

Jay Leno and his '66 Toronado.

4. XLR

Air Date: 2005-01-11

Dale Earnhardt's race car is rebuilt. Also: a retrospective of Earnhardt's life and career; and a look at his influence on the racing world.

5. Tonight's Ride

Air Date: 2005-01-18

An after-market parts-factory crew soups up a Chevy Nova with street-and-track horsepower.

6. Hammer

Air Date: 2005-01-25

Dodge muscle cars of the late 1960s and early '70s.

7. Terrible Baja

Air Date: 2005-02-01

Personalized vehicles owned by celebrities, including Jay Leno, Christopher Titus, Tim Allen, bassist Michael Anthony and guitarist Jeff Beck.

8. Thump

Air Date: 2005-03-15

A trip to the Consumer Electronics Show. Included: automobile audio and video.

9. Syn

Air Date: 2005-03-22

A Ford prototype is unveiled.

10. General Blues

Air Date: 2005-04-19

Creators of the sequel to “XXX” build cars to race and blow up.

1. Impressions

Air Date: 2005-06-07

Chip Foose and a team of nine craftsmen build a car rumored to be the front-runner for the Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama.

2. Hammer

Air Date: 2005-06-14

Examining muscle cars built by Dodge in the late 1960s and early '70s.

3. Foose's '69

Air Date: 2005-06-21

Chip Foose and the team work on a Camaro.

4. Time Capsule

Air Date: 2005-07-26

Jay Leno and a team of professionals restore a Dusenberg.

5. Under Pressure

Air Date: 2005-08-09

A “Paint Off” with Mike LaVallee and a young challenger.

6. Core

Air Date: 2005-08-16

The Corvette Z06 and C6R are driven.

7. Driven

Air Date: 2005-08-23

In Atlanta, muscle cars in 24 different classes burn rubber.

8. Roush Racing

Air Date: 2005-08-30

Racing legend Jack Roush modifies a Ford 150 truck, a Ford Focus and a 2005 GT Mustang.

9. Bond

Air Date: 2005-09-06

The 75th-anniversary Miller, a radical 1929 truck with a blown 350-cubic-inch motor and a sleek coupe design.

10. Customized

Air Date: 2005-09-20

Four Chevy HHRs are rebuilt by four designers.

11. Ultimate Offroad

Air Date: 2005-10-04

Seventeen off-road vehicles compete in a race.

12. Eleanor's Big Bro

Air Date: 2005-10-11

A 2005 Mustang is tricked out like the one in the 2000 action film “Gone in 60 Seconds.”

13. Summer School

Air Date: 2005-10-18

A community college near Detroit mods a 1970 Chevelle SS convertible with a 620-horsepower crate engine and XM radio.

14. Hollywood Speed

Air Date: 2005-10-25

A replica of James Dean's 1955 550 Porsche is built. Also: Jay Leno races his Carrera GT at Talladega (Ala.) Speedway.

15. ZZ Chop

Air Date: 2005-11-01

Jerry Noone tricks out a car for Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.

16. Bad Check

Air Date: 2005-11-08

A souped-up Checker cab is built for a Las Vegas casino.

17. Core

Air Date: 2006-03-05