About this season
Rides is an automotive reality TV show produced for the TLC Network. The show's host is automobile enthusiast and amateur racer Jason Priestly. Rides debuted in the Summer of 2004 and became TLC's highest-rated series of the year.
Episodes (17)
1. Impressions
Aired 7 June 2005 • 60 min
Chip Foose and a team of nine craftsmen build a car rumored to be the front-runner for the Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama.
2. Hammer
Aired 14 June 2005 • 60 min
Examining muscle cars built by Dodge in the late 1960s and early '70s.
3. Foose's '69
Aired 21 June 2005 • 60 min
Chip Foose and the team work on a Camaro.
4. Time Capsule
Aired 26 July 2005 • 60 min
Jay Leno and a team of professionals restore a Dusenberg.
5. Under Pressure
Aired 9 August 2005 • 60 min
A “Paint Off” with Mike LaVallee and a young challenger.
6. Core
Aired 16 August 2005 • 60 min
The Corvette Z06 and C6R are driven.
7. Driven
Aired 23 August 2005 • 60 min
In Atlanta, muscle cars in 24 different classes burn rubber.
8. Roush Racing
Aired 30 August 2005 • 60 min
Racing legend Jack Roush modifies a Ford 150 truck, a Ford Focus and a 2005 GT Mustang.
9. Bond
Aired 6 September 2005 • 60 min
The 75th-anniversary Miller, a radical 1929 truck with a blown 350-cubic-inch motor and a sleek coupe design.
10. Customized
Aired 20 September 2005 • 60 min
Four Chevy HHRs are rebuilt by four designers.
11. Ultimate Offroad
Aired 4 October 2005 • 60 min
Seventeen off-road vehicles compete in a race.
12. Eleanor's Big Bro
Aired 11 October 2005 • 60 min
A 2005 Mustang is tricked out like the one in the 2000 action film “Gone in 60 Seconds.”
13. Summer School
Aired 18 October 2005 • 60 min
A community college near Detroit mods a 1970 Chevelle SS convertible with a 620-horsepower crate engine and XM radio.
14. Hollywood Speed
Aired 25 October 2005 • 60 min
A replica of James Dean's 1955 550 Porsche is built. Also: Jay Leno races his Carrera GT at Talladega (Ala.) Speedway.
15. ZZ Chop
Aired 1 November 2005 • 60 min
Jerry Noone tricks out a car for Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
16. Bad Check
Aired 8 November 2005 • 60 min
A souped-up Checker cab is built for a Las Vegas casino.
17. Core
Aired 5 March 2006 • 60 min