Ultimate Car Build Off
In this tournament style competition build-off, America's top shops compete for a chance at glory and a $100,000 grand prize. Garages from Los Angeles, Detroit, and Atlanta battle it out each week in an attempt to make it to the finals and win the cash. Hosted by master builder Lou Santiago and professional driver Andrew "ACP" Picard - and judged by legendary designer Chip Foose, this will be the Ultimate Car Build-Off.
- 2010-2010
- 1 season
- Discovery Channel
- Reality
In this tournament style competition build-off, America's top shops compete for a chance at glory and a $100,000 grand prize. Garages from Los Angeles, Detroit, and Atlanta battle it out each week in an attempt to make it to the finals and win the cash. Hosted by master builder Lou Santiago and professional driver Andrew "ACP" Picard - and judged by legendary designer Chip Foose, this will be the Ultimate Car Build-Off.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2010
Episode 1
Soccer Mom Super Car
Mon, Jun 21, 2010 42 mins
Hollywood Hot Rods and Pure Vision are given four days to turn a soccer mom mini-van into a supercar before their creations are put through the paces at Willow Springs Raceway. The winner will progress to the Los Angeles Semi-Finals.
Episode 2
Hill-Climbing Hearse
Mon, Jun 28, 2010 42 mins
Speed Unlimited and Hollywood Hot Rods go head to head to transform their hearses into hill climbers. The garages have four days to go from sedate delivery vehicle to hill-conquering beast, then face off on a 33 foot hill and a 45 degree incline!
Episode 3
Flight of the Firebird
Mon, Jul 5, 2010 43 mins
ES Motorsports and Hollywood Hot Rods battle it out to reach the national final, for a shot at $100,000. Which team can turn their Firebird into a flying car, and cover the greatest distance taking off from a 200 foot cliff at Eagle Mountain?
Episode 4
Push Me, Pull You
Mon, Jul 12, 2010 41 mins
UCB moves on to Detroit, where Team Z Motorsports and Alternative Automotive Technologies are told to buy two front-wheel drive cars. Lou and ACP show up and tell them they have to put the two front halves together and make them into one car.
Episode 5
Four-Wheel Wheelie Machine
Mon, Jul 19, 2010 40 mins
Monkeywrench Racing and Voodoo Choppers are tasked with taking two motorcycles and making one four-wheeled vehicle with one purpose in mind - pull the longest wheelie they can down the _ mile runway at historic Grosse Ile Airport.
Episode 6
Tank Tread Truck
Mon, Jul 26, 2010 42 mins
Voodoo Choppers and Alternative Automotive Technologies tackle the tricky realm of treaded vehicles, as they attempt to turn trucks into tanks capable of taking on the obstacle course at the Eaton Proving Grounds.
Episode 7
Underwater Vehicle
Mon, Aug 2, 2010 41 mins
UCB moves on to Atlanta, where Lou and ACP wheel an electric golf cart into Atlanta Air Exchange and Mild 2 Wild. Both shops are run by fathers, with sons working for them. Which family can focus on building an effective underwater vehicle?
Episode 8
Spy Car
Mon, Aug 9, 2010 42 mins
Everyone fantasizes about having a car with James Bond like accessories - rockets, spikes, smoke. Batlground Motorsports and Auto Extremes come face to face with turning that fantasy into reality.
Episode 9
Hovercraft
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 42 mins
Personal watercraft are great vehicles for the water. But can they be turned into hovercraft, that can work on both land and water? Atlanta Air Exchange and Batlground Motorsports duke it out for the last slot in the National final.
Episode 10
Drive on Water
Mon, Aug 23, 2010 41 mins
For the UCB final episode the three city winners - ES Motorsports, Alternative Automotive Technology, and Atlanta Air Exchange - have to make a car or truck drive on water. The winner walks away with the grand prize of $100,000.