Jessica Bieri

Derek heads to Guthrie, Oklahoma, where he's found a flathead straight-six, straight-body 1947 Studebaker Champion hiding in a storage container. Derek has high hopes of driving this one home, but quickly discovers some reasons this car was hidden away.

Derek has had a 1955 Pontiac Chieftain with a 287 V-8 sitting on the hillside waiting for a revival. He's keen to make this car a tribute to the early days of NASCAR, when a guy would kick off the hubcaps, paint on a number, and hit the track.

Derek heads to Lompoc, California, where he's found a 1940 Chevrolet gasser. David Freiburger helps sort through the car's long list of issues, with the hope of squaring up in an old-school-style drag race against Freiburger's '56 Field Car.

Derek battles fluid leaks and bad brakes just to get the Turd Bird back to Vice Grip Garage. There he tears the car down, blasts it clean, and gives it a new life with a modern touch. But it'll take an awful lot of elbow grease to make this one shine.

Derek heads back to his family farm in North Dakota, where his grandfather left a 1946 Ford grain truck. This truck has been out of commission since the 1980s, and he has to team up with his brothers Chris and Sean to get it driving in time to haul grain.