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Mike and Elvis hit the beach for the ultimate surf wagon, the iconic Holden Sandman. They are tasked with transforming a drab panel van into a hit budget version.

Fabrication is done for the Ridler build, and the client is amazed by their progress. Dave agonizes over the color, since that's the first thing most people notice. The previous five winners were all yellow, but Dave decides to go in another direction.

The Ridler car's engine and transmission are married for the last time and installed, and the team moves on to the wiring and other systems. As the car is prepped to fire up for the first time, a dent threatens to stop the whole build in its tracks.

A 1973 Super Beetle is built for Neesa, who sold her VW to pay for college.

A 1965 GTO convertible gets rebuilt for a retired Black Aces veteran pilot from Panama City Beach, Florida; having parted with his previous GTO years ago in a divorce, gaining a new one became a daily conversation topic with his friends.

A filmmaker sells his beloved 1967 Bronco to accompany his girlfriend to Rwanda to film a documentary about the Rwandan genocide, and the team's replacement is a Godzilla-powered 1967 Bronco Roadster that was invited to be in Ford's SEMA booth.

Mike Finnegan and Tony Angelo buy a mid-1970s Chevy LUV mini-truck and hit the road, enduring electrical problems, torrential downpours, water in the engine, and floods.

The crew finishes the build of the ultimate Mustang Sleeper for Antonio and Andres - a California Special powered by a Coyote Aluminator; Phil wants a '49 Chevy pick-up like the one he rode in as a child, but the truck is a disassembled puzzle.

Chris asks FantomWorks to breathe new life into a 1951 Mercury Woody that was sitting in a chicken coop for thirty years; Dan's 1970 Mustang Boss arrives with a long list of problems and the speed of a sea slug.

When Andy buys a stolen and stripped Porsche C4S at an auction, Bobby is sure it will sink him as Porsches are money pits and parts are pricey; Dave Jensen works overtime to supercharge a '57 Bel Air for a drag race.

Andy's 2015 Challenger R/T is a wreck because of Bobby, but if he can fix the exterior, it will be a knockout sale; Tommy updates the Big Red Jeep with fuel injection, but instead of plug and play, the wiring is a monster.

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

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

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