Damn the DMV

SERIES PREMIERE - Richard and Aaron find the hot rod of their dreams: a rust-free 1931 Model A . As renovation costs pile up, Richard looks to make some fast cash with a couple of quick flips, including the "Drive Angry" Riviera and a Chevy 210.

Richard & Aaron find a ’55 Chevy Bel Air as well as a 1950 Oldsmobile Coupe Rocket 88, which had been perfectly preserved in a garage for over 50 years. They have 48 hours to fix up a broken-down ’73 Caddy convertible for two Aussies hitting Route 6

Richard and Aaron stumble upon a diamond in the rough: a 1960s Gasser that Richard wants to race. They buy a gleaming ’32 Pontiac at a swap meet. And is a friend's 1960 Cadillac Sedan De Ville haunted and cursing the garage?

Richard & Aaron scramble to get a replacement '64 Galaxie ready for auction after the first one they find turns out to be in much rougher shape than expected. They have to get creative to get a stuck 1949 F-1 Ford off the back of a large car hauler.

Richard and Aaron turn the granddaddy of big cars, a 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III, into a muscle car and bring a '68 Ford pickup back to life. Richard scoops up a 1970s style hot rod kit car with a mysterious past.

The Gas Monkey guys "frankenstein" together a '68 Ford F-100 truck by blending together two vehicles that shouldn't go together. Richard relives his youth with a '77 Trans Am Firebird. He flips a '67 Caddy convertible to an international buyer.

Richard, Aaron and the Gas Monkey crew unbury a '64 Impala buried in 10 years of debris and bring it back to life. A 1951 Bruco Fire Truck sparks former firefighter Richard's fancy as does a 1955 Caddy Coupe de Ville nicknamed Dolly.

The Gas Monkey crew revives a rust-and-rat filled 59 Rambler to make it SoCal surf-worthy once again. Richard haggles for a 31 Model A. His new Willys Coupe Gasser could be worth $200K if Richard can prove its connection to a legendary racing team.

Richard, Aaron, & the Gas Monkey crew try to "knock the ugly outta" a '48 Chevy Fleetmaster. Richard makes a profit but still gets schooled on a '74 Corvette. It's a tough Oklahoma crowd at the auction for their Chevy and "Scarface"-worthy '63 Caddy.

The Gas Monkey crew have to handle a rare, fragile and flammable fiberglass-bodied Woodill Wildfire with kid gloves if they're going to make a six-figure sale. The boys take in a Harley and then blow off steam by entering in the Demolition Derby.

Richard stretches Gas Monkey's style & Aaron's skills by making an "ugly" 1978 Ford Fairmont into a cool, mirrored drift car. Richard flips a rare 1967 Corvette Stingrays complete with tank sticker and bets his driving skills to sell the shop truck.

Richard and Aaron pick up a very rare 32 Ford 3-window, but buying it is about all they can agree upon. They can't agree on how to freshen up a 1964 Econoline van for their "Swag Wagon" either.

Fired Up Garage goes to work on a ’67 Chevelle. The team also enters a demolition derby for publicity, running into former co-workers of the shop they were all fired from by Richard Rawlings and who they later find out is their new shop landlord.

'Fired Up Garage' struggles to deal with landlord Richard Rawlings, as well as the completion of their first major build. Will theamazing ’67 Chevelle redo put Fired Up Garage on the map, ready to go toe-to-toe with Richard and Gas Monkey Garage.

Thomas makes a profit flipping a car Richard turned his nose up at. Meanwhile, Thomas & Scot pick up solid a ’57 Chevy for their next build. Later, the shop is threatened when a tree falls on it, ruining their office and crushing a customer’s truck.

Richard surprises FU garage with a rundown trailer as a replacement office. Scot has a buyer for the ’57 gasser & gives the crew a two-week deadline, but things come to a halt after Thomas builds an engine that’s unacceptable with the other partners.