Monster Garage

Expert mechanic Jesse James helms this high-octane series that transforms regular cars into outrageous vehicles in just seven days.

Genre: Reality-TV, Sport

Cast:Jesse James , Hector Orlandi , George Barris , Wink Eller , Eric Scarlett , Lisa Legohn , Jonathon Babek , Richard Petty , Brett Wagner , Chris Artiaga , Jason Jessee , Professor Ginz , Crystal Stranger , Christian Ristow , Steve Hosking , Tonna Carlo , Jimmy Morrison , Tony Gentile

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ White Trash

Sun, Jun 23, 2002

Jesse and his crew are challenged to transform a Ford Explorer into an actual functioning garbage truck.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Firetruck

Sun, Jun 30, 2002

Jesse and his team of designers, welders, fabricators, and mechanics transform a Lincoln Town Car stretch limousine into a fire truck.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Swamp Buggy

Jesse and his crew transforms a Volkswagen new Beetle into a Swamp Buggy, to participate in a slalom race in the Louisiana Bayous. We see if the car can be strong enough to float in the water. And Jesse takes the risk to drive it despite the fact that the bayous waters are crowded by alligators.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Switchblade

Sun, Jun 23, 2002

In Mustang Mower, Jesse and his team are challenged to turn a 1990 Mustang GT convertible into a fiber-slashing, awe-inspiring monster mower.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Freezer Burn

Sun, Apr 2, 2006

In 1996 it was born a Chevy Impala Supersport clone. In 2002 it mutated into a monster capable of smoothing out the roughest of frozen surfaces.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Golf-Ball Collector

Mon, Oct 7, 2002

Golfers beware! This is no ordinary range-picker. It's a 1984 Porsche 944 that Jesse and company transformed into a player-harassing, ball snagging monster.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Grim Ripper

Mon, Oct 28, 2002

Death was certainly the theme of this mission. Jesse and his crew transform a 1973 Miller Meteor Cadillac hearse into a formidable car-crushing beast.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Pontoon Boat

Sun, Oct 1, 2006

Imagine you've acquired a 1989 Ford 20-passenger school bus. What do you do? Why not turn it into a pontoon party boat? Jesse James and his crew, do just that!

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Delivery Truck

Sun, Oct 8, 2006

Part two of this episode covers the race itself. During 24 straight hours of driving, day and night, through Baja California's haunting and desolate terrain, Jesse and his Monster only have one goal: finishing alive.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Hot-Air Balloon

Fri, Nov 1, 2002

Jesse James and his team redefine "off-road," literally when they convert an old Geo Tracker into a hot air balloon.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Nut-Shaker

Sun, Nov 19, 2006

A F-150 pickup truck gets converted into a machine capable of shaking nuts and fruits from trees without damaging the tree. Squirrels beware! Here comes Jesse James and his latest creation!

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ NASCAR Street Sweeper

Dec 2002

A track-driven NASCAR racer (built by Petty Garages and raced by Kyle Petty) is modified into a 200mph street-sweeper.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Wheelie Car

Sun, Dec 3, 2006

The team transforms an ambulance into a wheelie-car, but moving the engine to the rear proves daunting.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Wood Chipper

Sun, Jan 14, 2007

Jesse is unimpressed by the producers' plan to install a wood-chipper into a Pontiac PT-Cruiser.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Snowmobile

2003

A factory-fresh 2003 Mini is combined with two snow-tracks, and a pair of high-revving, two-stroke engines, to build a Mini/snowmobile hybrid.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Wedding Chapel

Sun, Feb 11, 2007

A 1994 c2500 Chevy Suburban is modified, into a portable wedding chapel.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Doom Buggy

Sun, Feb 18, 2007

The team turns a 1990 Mazda RX7 into a sand rail, and the Doom Buggy is born!

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Road Ramp

Mon, Apr 14, 2003

A Winnebago Suncruiser is modified into a rolling skateboard ramp, by a design/build-team including pro skateboarders Tony Hawk and Jason Jesse.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Hot Dogster

Mon, Jun 2, 2003

How do you make a NYC hotdog cart cool? Transform it into a 1,000 horsepower dragster.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Rock Crawler

Sun, Apr 1, 2007

In the Monster Garage, Jesse turns a Ford Bronco into the ultimate rock climber.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Demolition-Derby Car

Mon, Jun 16, 2003

Jesse assembles an all female team to build a butt-kicking demolition-derby car!

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Tundrinator

Mon, Jun 30, 2003

Jesse builds a stealthy motorcycle launcher out of a Toyota Tundra pickup truck.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Low Bull-Rider

Mon, Jul 7, 2003

A 1970 Ford Ranchero becomes a 4,300 pound low riding, high bucking bull after Jesse and his crew get their hands on it.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Sling Ray

Jesse and his team create a mud spitting, off-road dragster from a 1973 Corvette Sting Ray.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ West Coast Clipper

Mon, Aug 11, 2003

In this special episode of Monster Garage, host Jesse James and his crew of maverick mechanics transform a pontoon boat into the ultimate shark diving boat, complete with spherical metal cage.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Doughnut Shop/Cop Car

Mon, Aug 18, 2003

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3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ El Camino/Figure 8 Race Car

Mon, Sep 15, 2003

Jesse and the crew armor plate a 1971 El Camino in hopes that it can survive serious damage when it races a figure eight track.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Mercedes/Handicap Car

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5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ DeLorean/Hovercraft

Mon, Oct 13, 2003

Jesse and the guys take on a 1982 DeLorean DMC12 and transform it into a hovercraft. What could go wrong?

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Hearse Revisited

Sun, Sep 30, 2007

Redemption? A team gets a second chance to prove they can complete a Monster when they try to convert an old Hearse into a gravedigger.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Escalade/Tailgating Vehicle

Mon, Nov 10, 2003

The team turns a 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV into the ultimate tailgating vehicle.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Streetline Painter

A 1999 Reynard Championship Car gets turned into the fastest street line painting vehicle.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Remote-Control Dirt-Track Racer

Mon, Dec 1, 2003

In this episode, a 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo gets converted into a life size, remote control racecar.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Semi-Truck Chopper

A diesel Peterbilt semi-truck is transformed into a chopper-inspired trike, by builders including noted hot-rodders/custom-car builders, the 'Blastolene Brothers'.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Monster Claus Christmas Float

Mon, Dec 22, 2003

The Monster Garage team creates a parade float that's naughty and nice as they combine a 1986 Pontiac Firebird with a 1991 Ferrari Testarossa.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Celica/Jet Car

Mon, Jan 12, 2004

The team builds the fastest Monster to date, using a Rolls Royce Viper MK22 engine in a 2003 Celica body, with top speeds over 200 mph!

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Jet Boat Car

Mon, Jan 26, 2004

Taking parts from land, air, and water vehicles the team turns a 2004 Picklefork Ultra Boat into a racing machine!

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Box-Truck Wrestling Ring

Mon, Feb 16, 2004

Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg guest stars as the team turns a 1988 U-Haul 16 series truck into a hydraulic powered wrestling ring.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Old-School Chevy

Mon, Mar 15, 2004

With 393 years of customizing experience under their belts, a team of legends converts a 1954 Chevrolet 2-door sedan into a custom cruiser.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Rock 'em Sock 'em Scions

Mon, Apr 12, 2004

In the second installment of this two-part episode, teams finish transforming XA & XB Scions, into deadly Monsters and pit them against each other.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Quarter-Mile Cadillac

2004

The garage is used to turn a 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood into a drag racing machine.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Miata/Personal Watercraft

Mon, Jun 7, 2004

This time around Jesse and his team "embark" on an endeavor to transform a Miata into a watercraft.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Gorillamobile

2004

The team turns a 2001 Toyota Tundra into Koko the Gorilla's personal transport vehicle.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Dodge/Train Car

2004

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5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Pikes Peak Hill Climber

Mon, Jul 26, 2004

The Monster Garage crew converts a 1988 Chevrolet Blazer into a vehicle capable of climbing Pikes Peak.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Firetruck Brewery

2004

The team converts a fire truck into a mobile brewery with the help of a professional brew master.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Rolls-Royce/John

2004

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8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Old-School Chopper

Mon, Sep 1, 2003

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9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Army Tractor Pull

2004

Jesse, and his team of Army gear-heads, modifies a vintage World War II Willys Jeep into a twin-engine tractor-pulling beast.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Honey Bee Drift Car

Tue, Sep 9, 2003

A 1975 Datsun 210 Honeybee is Monster-ized into a drift car when the team installs a Nissan 350Z engine.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ All-Girl Build: Dirt-Track Racer

Mon, Nov 29, 2004

This episode features the garage's second All-Girl team as they attempt to convert a 1975 Chevy Camaro into a Super Stock dirt track racecar.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Episode #3.12

The 1964 Lincoln Continental was the luxury vehicle of its time. The team modifies it into an open road racer that combines class with fast!

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Belly Tank Lakester

Wed, Sep 15, 2004

Jesse has the toughest challenge yet, when he attempts to build a vehicle from just the fuel tank of a Phantom F-4.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Ultimate Surfmobile

Mon, Feb 7, 2005

Jesse and a team of surfers, transform a broken down, rusted out, 1950 Ford Woody Wagon into the ultimate wave-chasing off-road machine.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Episode #3.15

Rebuild a Ford Model A into a Hot Rod

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ DC High-School Build

Fri, Nov 12, 2004

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17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Episode #3.17

Jesse combines a Sno-Cat and a 1970's T-bucket into one mean monster.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Peel Trident Micro Car

Mon, Mar 14, 2005

Jesse combines a Sno-Cat and a 1970's T-bucket into one mean monster.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Logsplitter

Sun, Oct 17, 2004

Jesse James and Monster Garage take off their crash helmets and toss on a lumberjack wool cap... they're making a log-splitter out of a Zimmer.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Mobile Funhouse

Mon, Apr 25, 2005

This Monster is guaranteed to make you scream! Jesse, with his team of circus geeks and carnival freaks, transform a road tripping RV into a crowd pleasing go-anywhere fun house.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Episode #3.21

This episode goes on location inside Folsom State Prison. Here the maverick mechanics, comprised totally of inmates serving time at the facility, transform a rusty 1969 Chevy Impala into the ultimate low-rider.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Flying Car

Mon, Feb 14, 2005

In part two of this season finale, the Garage finishes its Panoz Esperante flying car and takes it to Kitty Hawk, NC. for a test flight.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Milk Bomb

Jesse and five builders take a beat-up 1959 Chevy Apache milk truck and transform it into the world's first mobile "milking parlor."

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Sour Kraut

Mon, Oct 10, 2005

Jesse and a team of legendary Volkswagen racers and customizers set their sights on turning a rare 1951 split window ragtop, which had been left to rot in a swamp, into a nine-second quarter mile dragster.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Armored Dunkster

Mon, Oct 17, 2005

This time in the Monster Garage Jesse and his team convert an old armored truck into a mobile dunk tank, which turns out to be a "painstaking" project for one mechanic.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Full Steam Ahead

Wed, Jan 5, 2005

Jesse finally gets to tackle his steam dream wehn he and a team of steamboat experts harness the awesome power of steam by converting an 18' 1964 Chris Craft wooden boat into a turn-of-the-century [that's turn-of-the-LAST-century] steam launch. Jesse won't be setting any speed records with this contraption, but he might blow the Garage to bits!

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Crop Circler

Mon, Oct 31, 2005

Jesse, with his zany band of mechanics and UFO nuts, set out to make one of the greatest hoaxes in crop circle history.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Backyard Monsters II

Mon, Nov 7, 2005

In part two of Backyard Monsters, we continue our travels around North America in search of the craziest Backyard Monsters.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ All Female Dirt Racer Revisited

Mon, Nov 14, 2005

Jesse and team of women try to convert a 1974 Chevy Camaro into a Street Stock dirt track racer.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ '51 Cool Caddy Daddy

Mon, Nov 21, 2005

Jesse James and six legendary customizers, transform an abandoned 1951 Cadillac into a one of a kind piece of automotive art. ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons arrives for the design.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9

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10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10

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11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Anglia Nitro Gasser

Mon, Dec 12, 2005

Jesse James has long dreamed of racing the Baja 1000. In part one of this two part episode, Jesse has a team of ten top off-road builders to help him make a Trophy Truck capable of running the most legendary of all desert races.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Georgia High School Dragster

Mon, Dec 19, 2005

Robert Groves High School Career Academy gets a visit from Jesse James. He's brought the frame and body of a junior dragster, and these mechanics-in-training have a week to transform a few boxes of parts into a dialed-in, super-sleek racing machine.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ The Noodler

Mon, Mar 20, 2006

Mamma mia! Jesse James and a crew of Italian-American builders cook up the world's fastest (and only) pasta making European import. Turning a 1981 308 GTSi into a kitchen on wheels proves a tougher task than any of these wise guys ever imagined.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Mini-Truck

2006

Jesse and a team of Mini Mechanics transform a 4x4 pickup into a lowered Mini street machine.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Monster on Ice

2006

Jesse and team of maverick mechanics transform a 1977 Chevy ice-cream delivery truck into a truck that can take icy corners at 100 mph and also still serve ice cream.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Battery-Powered Dragster

2006

Watts up? Jesse James and a motley crew of electric vehicle experts set their sites on a battery-powered car. But in the Monster Garage, nothing's ordinary.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Backyard Monsters: Part 1

Nov 2005

That's right folks, Backyard Monsters is back! In this episode, The Big Schwag introduces the stories that take us across North America to find out what kinds of crazy monsters are lurking in backyards everywhere.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Episode #5.7

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8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Episode #5.8

Jesse, and an all female team, once again try to convert a 1974 Chevy Camaro into as street stock dirt track racer.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Ultimate Old School Wagon

2006

For this episode we're going to start with your Mom's old station wagon before the existence of mini-vans and SUVs, and turn this hulk of American steel in full-on, no-holds barred Monster magnificence. Watch as an over-the-top All Star team of fabricators, welders, engine guys, and automotive wizards make this the penultimate build ever.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Episode #5.10

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11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Baja Trophy Truck: Part 1

2006

A team of 10 elite off-road builders supports Jesse in building a Trophy Truck capable of propelling him to his lifelong dream: racing the Baja 1000.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Baja Trophy Truck: Part 2

2006

Jesse heads south of the border with his new truck for the Baja 1000 and its demented series of obstacles, including people, cattle and booby traps.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Texas High School Rat Rod

Mon, Dec 19, 2005

A crew of students at the Texas School for the Deaf gets a surprise visit from Jesse James, and the chance to build a rat rod during a week of after-school shop class.

14Season 5