Mike Brewer's World of Cars
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202025 Min.Beendet

Mike Brewer's World of Cars

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S01E12 - "The King of Customs"

Ausgestrahlt am May 19, 2020, 4:00 PM

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Beschreibung

Exploring the mechanic shops and those crafts people that keep a passion for cars alive. From the lowriders of East LA to tiny shops in England's Midlands, Mike Brewer finds people who share his love of finding, building and driving cars.

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Status
Beendet
Sprache
English
Laufzeit
25 min
Erstausstrahlung
March 3, 2020
Beendet
May 19, 2020
Sendeplan
Tuesday um 0:00

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Episoden (1 Staffel · 12 Episoden)

Lowrider Lowdown

Mike begins a journey of discovery about lowriders in East LA. He gets some experience with hydraulics and pinstriping, eats a burrito the size of a car battery, and cruises down Whittier Boulevard with the Lifestyle Car Club.

Mar 3, 2020

31 Min.

Mini and Me

Mike ponders whether an old car loses its soul if the engine or body is replaced. He returns to England to visit British Motor Heritage, a company that produces genuine components for classic British cars like Minis and MGs.

Mar 10, 2020

25 Min.

Top Fuel Duel

Mike finds himself near Indianapolis at the home of NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown. Antron shows him around the mammoth Don Schumacher Racing shop, but Mike as an ulterior motive for his visit: revenge.

Mar 17, 2020

33 Min.

Chicago and the Tin Man

Mike is in Chicago, home of famous movie cars, deep-dish pizza, and one of the US' foremost coachbuilders, Brian Limberg. The Tin Man keeps this bygone artform alive, building car bodies from scratch using old-school techniques.

Mar 24, 2020

25 Min.

Loud and Lifted in Houston

Mike travels to the outskirts of Houston, Texas, to meet a father-son team who are experts in mud bogging, a motorsport that has to be seen to be believed. While there, he drives a monster truck for the first time in his life.

Mar 31, 2020

24 Min.

EV The Silent Killer

Mike looks at classic cars' future in a world with more electric cars. He travels to Oceanside, California, to EV West, a company that specializes in putting powerful electric motors into everything from Porsches to VW vans.

Apr 7, 2020

25 Min.

Stock Car Resurrection

Mike travels to Charlotte, North Carolina, where bootleggers played an integral role in NASCAR's creation. Between barbecue joints and whiskey distilleries, he visits Bill Rhine, whose shop rescues and restores famous stock cars.

Apr 14, 2020

25 Min.

High Sierra Salvage

Lake Tahoe, California, is a resort area that's also a unique home for artists and dreamers. Renowned customizer Aaron Hagar teaches Mike that Tahoe is the kind of place where rat rods co-exist with vintage European sports cars.

Apr 21, 2020

25 Min.

The Shop Around the Corner

Mike travels to the Midlands in England to visit two small shops that are helping keep classic cars on the road. Each produces small but essential components that can be hard to find, but otherwise they couldn't be more different.

Apr 28, 2020

25 Min.

Model T to Mustangs

Mike tours Detroit from behind the wheel of a Mustang GT350, taking in a broad sweep of automotive history, from the birthplace of the legendary Model T to a junkyard where wrecked cars find new life.

May 5, 2020

25 Min.

A Pint in the Hand

In Fresno, all Mike wants is a nice cold pint, and he's willing to pick grapes, become an expert on coil spring manufacturing, or even brew the beer himself to get one. Plus, he tries to buy a lovely '83 Mercedes turbodiesel.

May 12, 2020

25 Min.

The King of Customs

Hot rodder Gene Winfield is one of the greatest customizers who ever lived. He's won just about every award in the custom car world, and he's run his own creations on the salt flats and dry lake beds where hot rodding was born.

May 19, 2020

25 Min.

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