
Rides (2004)
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Jason Priestley as Host
Episodes 50
Lamborghini Factory
In this episode, the Rides crew crosses the Atlantic for an exclusive look at automotive history. We'll be in Italy to visit the Lamborghini Automobili plant. Rides will receive never-before-allowed access to the plant, witnessing the creation of a hand-crafted Gallardo, as well as the first ever Murcielago roadster. We will witness the craftsmanship that makes these cars the hottest and most exotic toys in the supercar industry.
We'll also take these beautiful beasts for a test drive on the official test track of Lamborghini, the two-lane highway in front of the plant. The official test driver, Valentino Balboni, has been there for 35 years, through 5 changes in ownership, probably the most impressive track record of all!
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Speed Bird
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Actor Christopher Titus and owners of top custom cars make a seven-day run from Arlington, Texas, to Green Bay, Wis.
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A trip to the Lamborghini Automobili plant in Italy to observe construction of the hand-crafted Gallardo and the Murcielago roadster.
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The Ford Cobra.
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Troy Laddl's projects include two 1932 roadsters built simultaneously for two Los Angeles clothing moguls.
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Dodge muscle cars of the late 1960s and early '70s.
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Jay Leno and his '66 Toronado.
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An after-market parts-factory crew soups up a Chevy Nova with street-and-track horsepower.
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Personalized vehicles owned by celebrities, including Jay Leno, Christopher Titus, Tim Allen, bassist Michael Anthony and guitarist Jeff Beck.
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Creators of the sequel to “XXX” build cars to race and blow up.
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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.
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Chip Foose and the team work on a Camaro.
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Jay Leno and a team of professionals restore a Dusenberg.
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A “Paint Off” with Mike LaVallee and a young challenger.
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Racing legend Jack Roush modifies a Ford 150 truck, a Ford Focus and a 2005 GT Mustang.
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Four Chevy HHRs are rebuilt by four designers.
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Seventeen off-road vehicles compete in a race.
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A 2005 Mustang is tricked out like the one in the 2000 action film “Gone in 60 Seconds.”
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A community college near Detroit mods a 1970 Chevelle SS convertible with a 620-horsepower crate engine and XM radio.
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A replica of James Dean's 1955 550 Porsche is built. Also: Jay Leno races his Carrera GT at Talladega (Ala.) Speedway.
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