About this season
Specializing in one-of-a-kind custom builds, Bill Carlton and the crew of Houston's Ekstensive Metal Works deal with rowdy customers, challenging projects and tight timelines while working on everything from muscle cars to monster trucks.
Episodes (12)
1. Jeep Splits and Foreign Whips
Aired 19 January 2022 • 50 min
Bill and the gang split a '60 Willys Jeep and overhaul a '98 AMG G-Wagon.
2. Mom-Ster Truck
Aired 26 January 2022 • 50 min
The guys begin to custom fit a '69 MGC for wrestler and actor John Cena.
3. From the Ground Up
Aired 2 February 2022 • 50 min
Bill is tested by a '28 Ford Rat Rod, a '42 Ford pickup and a '75 C10.
4. Root Beer Cadillac
Aired 23 February 2022 • 50 min
The crew blends old and new to radically redesign a client's '74 Eldorado.
5. Bigger, Badder Wrecker
Aired 2 March 2022 • 50 min
The team works their magic to customize a brand-new International wrecker.
6. H1 Hummer-Dinger
Aired 9 March 2022 • 50 min
Bill changes things up when a 2001 Hummer H1 needs serious reinforcements.
7. MGCena
Aired 25 May 2022 • 45 min
Actor John Cena is amazed by the transformation of his British classic '69 MGC into a custom-built masterpiece with all-American trimmings. Also, the team has to get creative building a chassis and bed for a '60s Jeep Willys entirely from scratch.
8. Across the Block
Aired 1 June 2022 • 45 min
The Mecum Auction comes to town, and Bill runs four vehicles across the block with shocking results. The team starts their next monster build, a custom all-tube buggy. Building an indestructible cage requires all their fabrication skills and then some!
9. Hometown Homerun Van
Aired 8 June 2022 • 45 min
When the hometown Houston Astros ask for a custom van that brings the party, the Ekstensive team swings for the fences on their 2022 Ram ProMaster van. Bill gives an unfinished '68 C10 one of their most innovative suspension and chassis designs to date.
10. Ram Tougher and Louder
Aired 15 June 2022 • 45 min
Bill takes the '68 C10 into uncharted territory with over-the-top fabrication and an epoxy river bed that tests their skills like nothing before. A 2018 Ram dually can't handle heavy loads, so the team comes up with a unique setup to get it back to work.
11. C10 to End All C10s
Aired 22 June 2022
Bill refuses to hold anything back on the '68 C10, as it finishes in a Texas-sized flourish looking unlike anything they've ever customized before.
12. Bill's 1,500-HP Diesel Buggy
Aired 29 June 2022
The team custom builds the buggy of Bill's dreams, a 1,500-horsepower vehicle, entirely from scratch.