Season 1
Overhaulin' is an American automotive reality television show created by Bud Brutsman and produced by Brentwood Communicatons International in which an unknowing "victim" is nominated by their family or friends to have their car "Overhauled" by the show's team.
The series originally aired in the USA on the TLC network from 14 April, 2004 to 26 June, 2008. There are 77 episodes in five seasons.
Overhaulin' airs in South Africa on DStv's Discovery Channel.
Synopsis
The show's premise is that an unknowing "victim" (the mark, in the show's language) is nominated to be "Overhauled" by their family or friends (the Insiders).
Their car, usually an old and tired antique car is obtained through some ruse. Such ruses include, but are not limited to:
Stolen (the most common way Overhaulin' separates the car from the mark)
Impounded or towed away
"Misplaced" at a dealership or mechanics shop
While the two co-hosts play games with the unsuspecting mark (sometimes acting in roles of insurance adjusters or law enforcement agents, other times helping the Insider), Chip Foose and a team of top mechanics (dubbed "The A-Team") have a week to remake the car into a custom masterpiece.
Each show ends with the surprise reuniting of owner and newly made-over car.
Cast
Courtney Hansen co-hosted the show with Chris Jacobs for the first two seasons. Adrienne "AJ" Janic - the wife of show producer Bud Brutsman - took over from hansen from Season 3 onwards.