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
S1.E1 ∙ White Trash
Jesse and his crew are challenged to transform a Ford Explorer into an actual functioning garbage truck.
S1.E2 ∙ Firetruck
Jesse and his team of designers, welders, fabricators, and mechanics transform a Lincoln Town Car stretch limousine into a fire truck.
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.
S1.E4 ∙ Switchblade
In Mustang Mower, Jesse and his team are challenged to turn a 1990 Mustang GT convertible into a fiber-slashing, awe-inspiring monster mower.
S1.E5 ∙ Freezer Burn
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.
S1.E6 ∙ Golf-Ball Collector
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.
S1.E7 ∙ Grim Ripper
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.
S1.E8 ∙ Pontoon Boat
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!
S1.E9 ∙ Delivery Truck
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.
S1.E10 ∙ Hot-Air Balloon
Jesse James and his team redefine "off-road," literally when they convert an old Geo Tracker into a hot air balloon.
S1.E11 ∙ Nut-Shaker
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!
S1.E12 ∙ NASCAR Street Sweeper
A track-driven NASCAR racer (built by Petty Garages and raced by Kyle Petty) is modified into a 200mph street-sweeper.
S1.E13 ∙ Wheelie Car
The team transforms an ambulance into a wheelie-car, but moving the engine to the rear proves daunting.
S1.E14 ∙ Wood Chipper
Jesse is unimpressed by the producers' plan to install a wood-chipper into a Pontiac PT-Cruiser.
S1.E15 ∙ Snowmobile
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.
S1.E16 ∙ Wedding Chapel
A 1994 c2500 Chevy Suburban is modified, into a portable wedding chapel.
S1.E17 ∙ Doom Buggy
The team turns a 1990 Mazda RX7 into a sand rail, and the Doom Buggy is born!
S1.E18 ∙ Road Ramp
A Winnebago Suncruiser is modified into a rolling skateboard ramp, by a design/build-team including pro skateboarders Tony Hawk and Jason Jesse.
S1.E19 ∙ Hot Dogster
How do you make a NYC hotdog cart cool? Transform it into a 1,000 horsepower dragster.
S1.E20 ∙ Rock Crawler
In the Monster Garage, Jesse turns a Ford Bronco into the ultimate rock climber.
S1.E21 ∙ Demolition-Derby Car
Jesse assembles an all female team to build a butt-kicking demolition-derby car!
S1.E22 ∙ Tundrinator
Jesse builds a stealthy motorcycle launcher out of a Toyota Tundra pickup truck.
S1.E23 ∙ Low Bull-Rider
A 1970 Ford Ranchero becomes a 4,300 pound low riding, high bucking bull after Jesse and his crew get their hands on it.
S1.E24 ∙ Sling Ray
Jesse and his team create a mud spitting, off-road dragster from a 1973 Corvette Sting Ray.
S2.E1 ∙ West Coast Clipper
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.
S2.E3 ∙ El Camino/Figure 8 Race Car
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.
S2.E4 ∙ Mercedes/Handicap Car
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S2.E5 ∙ DeLorean/Hovercraft
Jesse and the guys take on a 1982 DeLorean DMC12 and transform it into a hovercraft. What could go wrong?
S2.E6 ∙ Hearse Revisited
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.
S2.E7 ∙ Escalade/Tailgating Vehicle
The team turns a 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV into the ultimate tailgating vehicle.
S2.E8 ∙ Streetline Painter
A 1999 Reynard Championship Car gets turned into the fastest street line painting vehicle.
S2.E9 ∙ Remote-Control Dirt-Track Racer
In this episode, a 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo gets converted into a life size, remote control racecar.
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'.
S2.E11 ∙ Monster Claus Christmas Float
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.
S2.E12 ∙ Celica/Jet Car
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!
S2.E13 ∙ Jet Boat Car
Taking parts from land, air, and water vehicles the team turns a 2004 Picklefork Ultra Boat into a racing machine!
S2.E14 ∙ Box-Truck Wrestling Ring
Professional wrestler Bill Goldberg guest stars as the team turns a 1988 U-Haul 16 series truck into a hydraulic powered wrestling ring.
S2.E15 ∙ Old-School Chevy
With 393 years of customizing experience under their belts, a team of legends converts a 1954 Chevrolet 2-door sedan into a custom cruiser.
S2.E16 ∙ Rock 'em Sock 'em Scions
In the second installment of this two-part episode, teams finish transforming XA & XB Scions, into deadly Monsters and pit them against each other.
S3.E1 ∙ Quarter-Mile Cadillac
The garage is used to turn a 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood into a drag racing machine.
S3.E2 ∙ Miata/Personal Watercraft
This time around Jesse and his team "embark" on an endeavor to transform a Miata into a watercraft.
S3.E3 ∙ Gorillamobile
The team turns a 2001 Toyota Tundra into Koko the Gorilla's personal transport vehicle.
S3.E5 ∙ Pikes Peak Hill Climber
The Monster Garage crew converts a 1988 Chevrolet Blazer into a vehicle capable of climbing Pikes Peak.
S3.E6 ∙ Firetruck Brewery
The team converts a fire truck into a mobile brewery with the help of a professional brew master.
S3.E9 ∙ Army Tractor Pull
Jesse, and his team of Army gear-heads, modifies a vintage World War II Willys Jeep into a twin-engine tractor-pulling beast.
S3.E10 ∙ Honey Bee Drift Car
A 1975 Datsun 210 Honeybee is Monster-ized into a drift car when the team installs a Nissan 350Z engine.
S3.E11 ∙ All-Girl Build: Dirt-Track Racer
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.
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!
S3.E13 ∙ Belly Tank Lakester
Jesse has the toughest challenge yet, when he attempts to build a vehicle from just the fuel tank of a Phantom F-4.
S3.E14 ∙ Ultimate Surfmobile
Jesse and a team of surfers, transform a broken down, rusted out, 1950 Ford Woody Wagon into the ultimate wave-chasing off-road machine.
S3.E15 ∙ Episode #3.15
Rebuild a Ford Model A into a Hot Rod
S3.E17 ∙ Episode #3.17
Jesse combines a Sno-Cat and a 1970's T-bucket into one mean monster.
S3.E18 ∙ Peel Trident Micro Car
Jesse combines a Sno-Cat and a 1970's T-bucket into one mean monster.
S3.E19 ∙ Logsplitter
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.
S3.E20 ∙ Mobile Funhouse
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.
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.
S3.E22 ∙ Flying Car
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.
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."
S4.E2 ∙ Sour Kraut
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.
S4.E3 ∙ Armored Dunkster
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.
S4.E4 ∙ Full Steam Ahead
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!
S4.E5 ∙ Crop Circler
Jesse, with his zany band of mechanics and UFO nuts, set out to make one of the greatest hoaxes in crop circle history.
S4.E6 ∙ Backyard Monsters II
In part two of Backyard Monsters, we continue our travels around North America in search of the craziest Backyard Monsters.
S4.E7 ∙ All Female Dirt Racer Revisited
Jesse and team of women try to convert a 1974 Chevy Camaro into a Street Stock dirt track racer.
S4.E8 ∙ '51 Cool Caddy Daddy
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.
S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9
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S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10
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S4.E11 ∙ Anglia Nitro Gasser
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.
S5.E1 ∙ Georgia High School Dragster
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.
S5.E2 ∙ The Noodler
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.
S5.E3 ∙ Mini-Truck
Jesse and a team of Mini Mechanics transform a 4x4 pickup into a lowered Mini street machine.
S5.E4 ∙ Monster on Ice
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.
S5.E5 ∙ Battery-Powered Dragster
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.
S5.E6 ∙ Backyard Monsters: Part 1
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.
S5.E7 ∙ Episode #5.7
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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.
S5.E9 ∙ Ultimate Old School Wagon
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.
S5.E10 ∙ Episode #5.10
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S5.E11 ∙ Baja Trophy Truck: Part 1
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.
S5.E12 ∙ Baja Trophy Truck: Part 2
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.
S5.E13 ∙ Texas High School Rat Rod
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.
S5.E14 ∙ Episode #5.14
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S5.E15 ∙ Episode #5.15
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S5.E16 ∙ Episode #5.16
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S5.E17 ∙ Episode #5.17
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S5.E18 ∙ Episode #5.18
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S5.E19 ∙ Episode #5.19
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S5.E20 ∙ Folsom Prison Build
Mechanics who are incarcerated at California's notorious maximum-security Folsom State Prison turn a 1969 Chevy Impala into a powerful lowrider.
S6.E3 ∙ The Sailboat Sleeper
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S6.E7 ∙ Back to the DeLorean Hovercraft
Jesse James seeks redemption from one of his most legendary defeats, the DeLorean Hovercraft; almost two decades later, this week's team, including a kicked off builder from the past, tries the impossible: making a DeLorean hover.
