Martha views a 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside as a moneymaking party bus; JD hopes to win a 1966 Chevy C10 truck; a 1994 Land Rover Defender fetches high bids.

A 1961 Chevy Apache is brought back to life; JD rebuilds a Renegade and pranks the buyer; Ash hopes to quickly flip a Toyota truck.

Tommy beefs up an anemic Jeep; Martha spends big to resurrect a 1963 Ford Ranchero; Ash hopes to locate a special Hemi.

A 2007 BMW Alpina B7 holds a secret for Ash; Tommy transforms a Toyota Land Cruiser; JD hopes to flip a Z28 for a quick profit; Martha scores a 1961 Chevy Corvair.

Martha flips a gem from the prewar era; Ash's custom truck comes with some unpleasant revelations; Tommy acts like a rock star; JD transforms a 1966 Mustang.

Martha picks up a 1966 Beetle; JD transforms a 5.0 Mustang; a beefy 1985 Suburban contains a surprise in the back; Ash locates a 1988 Alfa Romeo convertible that's missing a seat.

Martha works on a 1969 Barracuda; Tommy uncovers a loaded 1965 El Camino; JD picks up a 1978 Trans Am.

Tommy purchases a monster truck with suspension troubles; J.D.'s Camaro needs new paint; Martha buys a 1964 Thunderbird with a surprise under the seat.

Martha takes a gamble on a vintage Harley-Davidson; Ash empties his wallet for a 1984 Mercedes-Benz 380SL roadster; JD scores a classic beauty, then gives her up.

Tommy buys a 1999 Prowler; a 1969 Camaro SS reveals its stubborn side; JD lands a BMW with bling; Martha has big plans for a beat-up Chevy Silverado.

JD scores a 1977 Jeep CJ5 with a surprise under the hood; Tommy purchases a 1994 Hummer H1; Martha's newly acquired 1985 Dodge Ram needs plenty of work.

Tommy hopes to transform a 1951 Chevrolet Fleetline into a custom hot rod; JD scores a 1985 Chevy mud bogging truck; the Sharks determine who is the fastest driver.

Martha lands a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser with a secret; Ash's 1968 Pontiac GTO stalls on the drive home; Tommy gambles on a 2007 Dodge Ram with a broken odometer.

Auto customizer Ryan Friedlinghaus takes an unorthodox approach when it comes to managing his family of artisans and technicians at West Coast Customs. But time and again the shop's famed design team comes up with a car build that has street edge and craftsmanship. This series takes viewers inside WCC to see how ordinary vehicles are transformed into one-of-a-kind rides, including candid looks at the logistics, mechanics and decisions behind the transformations. With visionary CEO Freidlinghuas at the helm, WCC has become a pop culture phenomenon servicing celebrity clientele such as Mark Wahlberg, Justin Bieber, will.i.am, Michelle Wie and Blake Griffin.

Car enthusiast Mike Brewer and internationally renowned car designer Ant Anstead work together to give new life to run-down, classic automobiles in order to resell at a profit. Working with a limited budget, Mike's job is to find and purchase a vehicle before presenting it to Ant, who makes the necessary repairs -- and there usually are plenty of them -- giving tips along the way about electrical and structural issues, mechanics, cosmetic touches and finishing work. Once complete, the restored car is taken for a test drive, and then Mike negotiates the purchase price with a new owner. The series, a British import, began airing on Discovery Channel in the U.K. in 2003. Its first 13 seasons featured master mechanic Edd China as Brewer's sidekick.

A team of ace mechanics and designers transforms mundane or even junky autos into unique custom cars under the watchful eye of auto design legend Chip Foose. After a creative ruse gets each car into the shop, the work is done unbeknown to the cars' owners, deserving folks such as returning veterans or people who are down on their luck, and each episode concludes with a surprise unveiling of the revamped ride. "Overhaulin" debuted on TLC in 2004 and ran for five seasons, then re-emerged with new episodes on Velocity in 2012. Chris Jacobs and model Arianny Celeste co-host.

It takes a lot of nuts and bolts, so to speak, to challenge Richard Rawlings and his crew at Dallas hot rod shop Gas Monkey Garage. But that's what mechanics Tom Smith and Jordan Butler are fixin' to do by opening a rival shop with fellow car pros Thomas Weeks and Scot McMillan. The venture, Fired Up Garage, is their chance to go toe-to-toe with powerful Gas Monkey -- featured in Discovery's hit series "Fast N' Loud" -- and prove that they have what it takes to run a car business. Smith and Butler have extra motivation, too: They worked at Gas Monkey before a series of mishaps forced Rawlings to fire them.

Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman deal in rusty gold. The proprietors of Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas buy, restore and resell forgotten, derelict American cars, everything from 1931 Model A cars to '73 Trans Ams. As "Fast N' Loud" shows, Rawlings is the mastermind, a deal-maker with an eye for relics worth their efforts, and to find them the guys search barns, fields and auctions across the U.S. Kaufman manages most restorations. He's a fabricator and self-taught mechanic, whose techniques and design skills first endeared him to Rawlings and kick-started the partnership. At the end of Season 12, that partnership ended when Kaufman exited Gas Monkey, leaving Rawlings as the series' sole star.

Desert Valley Auto Parts in Arizona doesn't merely sell original parts to car collectors and restoration junkies. The McClure family business certainly can do that all day long, what with more than 10,000 rust-free vehicles parked at their 100-plus acre facility. But what really gets the McClures and their crew excited is finding cars to restore themselves, and sometimes they are located right on their lot. After getting them up to speed and back on the road, they sell them at auction.

Car fanatic Philip Glenister teams with designer Ant Anstead on a mission to find classic cars in not-so-classic shape, fix them up and then auction them off. Glenister finds vehicles that he can get for the right price and brings them into the shop for Anstead to restore. Since Glenister gets to know each seller during the bargaining process, he uses stories about the car as inspiration to help inform Anstead's overhaul. After the front-to-back transformation is complete, the guys take the car for a spin. At the end of the season, the finished cars are sent to a public auction to see if all of the hard work pays off.

"It's Mopar or No Car" for Mark Worman and his Graveyard Carz ghouls. They're game for any repair or restoration job, as long as it's in the Mopar mold -- a Chrysler muscle car from the late 1960s or early '70s. The series follows the progress to get the racing classics -- some left for dead in a scrap heap -- across the proverbial finish line, which to muscle car specialist Worman means nothing less than perfect restorations. After all, too much beauty exists in quality Detroit automobiles to let them go to rust.

Two ideas producers seem to consistently rely on for reality TV programming are shows about refurbishing and "flipping" cars, and shows about auctions. (Oh, and don't forget to add "Wars" to the program titles ... because it's all about the battle on reality TV!) "Texas Car Wars" combines both of those plot points. It follows the risky bidding wars waged at car auctions among four auto shops in Texas, where there are more unregistered, salvaged cars than anywhere in the country. The series then reveals how the shops' employees try to turn the junkers they purchase into jackpots by fixing them up for resale.

Wayne Carini chases cars for a living. Not literally, but if a vehicle were an iconic Mercedes Gullwing or a luxurious Maserati Ghibli, for instance, and Carini saw it in motion, it's a sure bet he would get himself in gear and run after it. That's how much this man loves classic cars, a passion that Velocity has captured for this series since 2008. Known as a "collector car archaeologist," Carini leads viewers into the business of locating high-end automobiles stashed in homes, garages and barns in the U.S. and abroad. When he finds a gem, Carini negotiates to buy it, then resells at auction or privately. Along the way he talks shop with respected collectors, restorers and artisans.