Derek Bieri takes old cars from non-running derelicts to renovated transformations; he seeks out abandoned cars where they lie dormant and gets them running again, explaining why they are still relevant.
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.
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.
The Barneville Part 2
S3 E11
Derek Bieri takes old cars from non-running derelicts to renovated transformations; he seeks out abandoned cars where they lie dormant and gets them running again, explaining why they are still relevant.
Derek heads to Minnesota to revive a dirt track car he's had stashed away for years. It was a legend in its heyday, but with the car currently in pieces, he'll need the help of some skilled friends if he's going to bring his vision back to life.
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.
Jeep J-Too Sketchy
S2 E2
Dave Chappelle helps Derek get a 1972 Jeep J2000 running and on the road.
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 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.
Hatchet Coronet
S2 E5
Derek enlists Steve Dulcich to help revive a derelict Dodge Coronet.
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.
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.
Steve Dulcich returns along with the long-lost Vanishing Paint Challenger; Derek and Steve pull out VP's automatic 727 in favor of a manual T56 and set their sights for a local road course, where they take on a last-generation Challenger RT.
Derek goes off the deep end with an '80s icon, the DeLorean; it's been wrecked, painted, and doesn't run, but Derek and his friends change all that with a good old junkyard LS.
In the first episode of the series, Derek extracts a 1967 Ford Mustang that has sat dormant for 28 years. But the years of rust and neglect won't stop him from transforming this car into a new creation.
Derek decides to breathe new life into a 1951 Chevy Deluxe that has been out of action for decades. He must be prepared to put in more than the usual time and effort to succeed.
Derek saves a 1966 Pontiac Tempest with a rare overhead-camshaft six-cylinder engine; just dusting off cobwebs won't do this car justice; Dan the Interior Man works his magic on the upholstery; Derek sets to work.
Derek heads to a scrapyard to find a retired tow truck he can use around the shop; this 1979 Dodge D300 proves reluctant to go anywhere; Derek will have to hotwire the entire electrical system if he has any hope of making it home.
Fighting overgrowth and the weather, Derek battles to get a 1964 Chevy Bel Air out of a field in Kentucky and back to his shop; he and his brother Chris intend to swap the Bel Air's tired 283 V8 for a 350 small-block.
At an inner-city Detroit car club, Derek finds a 1928 Ford Model A that hasn't run in over 60 years; he calls in the help of Model A expert Paul Shinn to dissect this derelict 94-year-old car to figure out why it sat for so long.
In the season finale, Derek travels to the last standing AMC dealership, Collier Motors in Pikeville, North Carolina; with more than 100 cars sitting derelict, Derek finds an AMC Rebel SST convertible that needs reviving.