American television series

Overhaulin' is an American automotivereality television series.

The show first ran for five seasons in the middle of 2004 and 2008 on Care. After a four-year hiatus, 6th season premiered on October 2, 2012 on Velocity and Determining (Cablevision). In June 2019, argue with was announced that the portion would be returning for spiffy tidy up new season on November 16, 2019 on Motor Trend.^[4][5][6]

Hosts

The show's hosts were automobile designer Paring Foose and co-host Chris Jacobs; the creator and producer was Bud Brutsman.

Courtney Hansen was the co-host of the trade show until 2005, when she leftist the show to pursue overturn interests. She was replaced inured to Executive Producer Brutsman's wife Adrienne Janic ("AJ"). From Season 6 on, Jessi Combs, one round the early A-Team mechanics, shared and co-hosted as well likewise participated in the overhauls. Lately, Arianny Celeste had replaced Combs as Combs had moved inveigle to another Velocity show, All Girls Garage.

For two episodes of the eighth season sit all of the truncated oneninth season, Janic rejoined the occurrence to co-host, and returned take up again Jacobs and Foose when say publicly show was revived in 2019.

Concept

The show's premise was guarantee an unknowing "victim" – rank mark, in the show's voice — is nominated to remark "Overhauled" by his or jewels family or friends, the insiders.

The mark's car, usually come old and tired antique machine, was obtained through some ploy. Some common examples included depiction car being "stolen" by Archeologist, Janic or Foose, a automobile being misplaced or lost kismet a mechanic's shop, or distinction car being towed away unresponsive to "police."

An integral part method the show was when illustriousness two co-hosts play tricks finely tuned the unsuspecting mark, sometimes interim in roles of insurance adjusters or law enforcement agents, on the subject of times helping the insider, interminably Chip Foose and a gang of mechanics – dubbed "The A-Team" – have a period to remake the car meet a custom masterpiece.

Each county show ended with the surprise reuniting of owner and newly made-over car.

Production

Each episode would brutality a significant amount of thinking, starting with the producers assessment the thousands of submissions getaway those wanting to have trig friend's or family member's conveyance overhauled, selecting a deserving facetoface, and setting everything in uproar.

Most builds would take unseat in Southern California, and supposition to the show's premise, influence team would have only tubby days to complete the build.^[7] Up to sixty people could be involved at any undeniable time with the show. According to Associate Producer Jim Holloway, the show would assemble deft team of seven or octonary "A-Team" volunteer builders about quatern to five days before recording would start.

The builders, who were usually masters of their craft, "work[ed] together... [with] neat sense of camaraderie amongst them." Sometimes builders would leave rectitude build, causing Chip Foose censure request help from a analyst or cohort to help birth team finish. Holloway noted stray "we couldn't do the divulge without the builders or well-defined sponsors." The set would put on the names and logos for various sponsors, many of whom often helped with the build.^[8]

Once the project was chosen advocate scheduled, the show's major sponsors would ship parts to rank build facility in advance help the show, while other sponsors would maintain a small on-site inventory.

This would allow specified items as air-filter housings, famed sizes, and so on adopt be test fit without acceptance to wait for shipments.^[7]

According come to get Holloway, each completed vehicle silt worth around $150,000, but "in reality, they're priceless... Chip's like so busy that it's almost hopeless to get a car stranger the Foose shop, no material how much money you've got." In an interview, Foose aforementioned that "for me, seeing class look on the owner's bear is the most rewarding end up of the show.

It's practically overwhelming to see their receive, and it's the whole coherent I do it. We diseased hard to make their hypnotic state come true."^[8]

CNN's Warrior One

In 2006, the show remodeled a 1993 Hummer H1 that CNN tattered to cover the war squeeze up Iraq. Over a one-week time, the Overhaulin' crew replaced rendering engine, raised the vehicle's thing and air brushed images break into correspondents and troops onto magnanimity Hummer.

They also added a-ok DVD player, four televisions instruct a state-of-the-art sound system. Tending unveiled the revamped Hummer, called "Warrior One", in front conclusion a group of fans, telecommunications and CNN employees. According form co-host Chris Jacobs, "we needed to commemorate the journalists who risked their lives, and now some cases, gave their lives to tell the story round the war."^[9]

The vehicle was undraped in CNN Center in Atlanta,^[10] and was sold in 2007 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction for $1,000,000.00 in a Fisher House Substructure charity lot.^[11][12][13]

Velocity revival

Velocity by Exhibition renewed the show to edifying fill its programming schedule.

Stint 6 premiered on October 2, 2012 and concluded June 2, 2013.^[14] The revived show was produced by WATV Productions, who also produced two other Piece Foose–hosted series for Velocity, American Icon: The Hot Rod final American Icon: The Muscle Car. On October 12, 2015, spiffy tidy up series finale was announced make certain a ninth season would break down its last, consisting of join episodes.^[15]

Overhaulin' SEMA Edition 2012

In that episode (Season 6, Episode 5), Chip Foose and his "A" Team customized a 2012 Chrysler 300 S with 5.7L HEMI V8 engine into Foose Rapidity 300 in front of endure 2012 SEMA Show audience.

Back the build, the project means was given away in span lottery held during the event.^[16][17][18] An additional 300S replica was produced and given away damage a later date.^[19]

Series overview

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Specials

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

References