American Restoration

2013 • HISTORY

4.4

104 reviews

TV-PG

Rating

Eligible

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Vol. 7 episodes (13)

1 Under Fire

1/1/16

The pressure is on for Bodie when the biggest restoration of his career flames out. Meanwhile, Dale's routine tune-up on a 1946 Harley turns into a full blown over-haul.

2 Wrestling with the Past

1/8/16

At Wheels Through Time, Dale is tasked with bringing a mysterious 104-year-old motorcycle back to life. In New York, Steve's Restorations grapples with a rare vintage arm wrestling arcade game from the 1980's.

3 Rust-o-mod

1/15/16

Steve's Restorations takes on the challenge of restoring a client's rust bucket 1978 Gran Torino into a unique one of a kind machine while Bodie Stroud Industries attempts to bring new life into a bullet nose Studebaker.

4 Pickup the Pieces

1/29/16

In LA, Bodie fixes up a 1959 Ford F100 in hopes of flipping it to an exacting Ford truck aficionado. Meanwhile in Michigan, Andy takes an emotional ride restoring a 1940's JC Higgins bike, and Bob's Garage resurrects a buried 1930's gas pump.

5 Up Against the Wall

2/5/16

At Wheels Through Time, Dale is racing to bring a 90-year-old Indian motorcycle back to life to perform on the infamous traveling motorcycle stunt show, the Wall of Death. Meanwhile in New York, Steve finds himself in the dark.

6 Three Wheeled Thunder

2/10/16

In LA, Bodie is commissioned to restore a very rare 1948 Davis Divan for the grand reopening of the Petersen Automotive Museum. Meanwhile, Monkey Business tries to turn a '50s carnival tank into a go-cart for a motorcycle group.

7 Mr. Lucky

2/19/16

Andy gets to work on a bizarre kit car that's part VW bug, part Delorean and part motorcycle. And later, Bodie rectifies with another project from the Petersen Museum, an early 1900s electric car charger, and Dale builds a custom Harley for a customer.

8 Here Comes The Judge

2/26/16

Bodie is put to the trial to restore a very rare 1970 GTO "Judge" in one month's time for the SEMA car show. Meanwhile, Andy modernizes a spark plug cleaner into a stereo for a long time friend and Steve hatches a plan to transform a beat up Ford Falcon.

9 Let the Good Times Roll

3/4/16

Steve works his magic on a worn-out but very unique Roller Skate Car from the 70s, for the owner of a local rink. Meanwhile, Dale helps the owner of American Iron magazine restore a rare 1929 Harley Davidson JDH.

10 Basket Case

3/11/16

Dale finds the engine from a super rare 1940 Harley-Davidson WLD in a box of seemingly random parts and is tasked with trying to put the puzzle back together. Meanwhile, Steve turns a 1959 Cadillac tailfin into a custom couch for a Cadillac fanatic.

11 Order Up

3/18/16

Bodie takes on the juicy restoration of a 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe for the CEO of Carl's Jr. Meanwhile, Dale is in a rush to build a bike in time for his museum's annual motorcycle raffle and Andy restores a 1952 Shuffle Bowler game.

12 Taking the Reins

3/25/16

Steve gets cooking on transforming a rusted-out 1956 Willys truck into a BBQ kitchen-on-wheels. Meanwhile, Bodie and his son turn a mini-Divco "milk truck" kiddie car from the 1960s into a souped-up go-kart.

13 Pony Up

4/1/16

Bodie does a custom restoration on a 1967 Ford "Eleanor" Mustang, for Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds. Meanwhile, Dale has his hands full trying to get a rare 1936 Crocker motorcycle to run and Steve restores a 1924 Isotta Fraschini Type 8A.

About this show

"American Restoration" follows five of the best restoration shops in the United States as they not only restore pieces of America’s history, but create new and awe-inspiring works from vintage items.”

Ratings and reviews

4.4

104 reviews

A Google user

January 18, 2016

I loved it when it was the original cast. Now they brought in a couple of other shops doing car and motorcycle restorations. That is boring to me. I would rather see someone restore odd items like they used to do in the first 5 seasons with Rick's Restorations. Car and motorcycle restoration has been done by so many show in so many ways. I'm giving this a 3 star only because of the first 6 seasons with Rick's Restorations that deserved a 5 star. This new season is a 1 star at best for me. I hope they bring the old crew back.

13 people found this review helpful

E. Frank

January 30, 2016

This isn't the American Restoration program that I've grown to really enjoy..where is Rick Dale and his crew..This isn't close..Bring Rick Dale back and call this show something else. Besides the title is confusing my tablet..I'm looking for the original show with the Rick Dale crew and then this show comes up...

5 people found this review helpful

Melissa Mills

October 12, 2015

I actually learn something when we watch this show. At least when the history channel does reality tv, you can still learn something from most of it. Unlike the so called "learning channel". I refuse to even make a comparison between restoration, counting cars, and pawn stars, and the likes of "honey boo boo". Though I think it is amusing that the FCC still even allows it to even be called "learning" anything. Considering I'm pretty sure you lose IQ points every time you watch "TLC" nowadays.

9 people found this review helpful

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