About this season
HOT ROD Garage is the ultimate, hands-on car aficionado's workshop show. From paint and body repair to engine swaps, HOT ROD Garage is full of the tips, tricks and know-how that you've come to expect from the crew at HOT ROD Magazine.
Episodes (13)
1. Typhoon Rollin' In
Aired 8 September 2023 • 42 min
The '92 Typhoon is back; rod knock will be a thing of the past as Alex and Lucky refresh the drivetrain and pit it head to head against today's top-of-the-line people-mover.
2. Solving Crimes & Clocking Times
Aired 15 September 2023 • 43 min
Last year's newly minted annual holiday, HRG Day, was a wild success for everyone but the Bonemaro, the Crown Hic and the Savoy; all three came home hurt, and Hot Rod detectives Alex and Lucky are on the case to find out why.
3. To Achieve a Goal, Set a Goal
Aired 22 September 2023 • 43 min
Alex and Lucky explore new territory in the world of land speed racing and continue down a well-worn path with the Bonemaro; more than the cars, this one is all about goals, setting personal targets and breaking personal bests.
4. The ICE-Cold Return of Project X
Aired 29 September 2023 • 43 min
After years of living a polarizing existence with an electric motor, Alex and Lucky have been given the go-ahead to bring Project X back to its glory days as a gas-huffing machine; there's no better way than a simple 1,000-hp crate 632 from GM.
5. Grand Trashional Earns a New Name!
Aired 6 October 2023 • 43 min
The team's long disappointed Grand National has finally earned its keep at Hot Rod Garage; with whiff after whiff at the dragstrip, the team has pulled out all the stops, called a few friends and finally got to the bottom of what's holding them back.
6. Roadkill Nights Is Back!
Aired 13 October 2023 • 42 min
"Roadkill Nights" is back, and so is the team's '55 Savoy; the team is in Pontiac, Mich. for all the street-legal drag racing action on Woodward in the Big Tire class; that means faster cars, better drivers and a need to step up the game.
7. Burnt Reynolds
Aired 20 October 2023 • 43 min
Lucky Costa and Alex Taylor join forces to build hot rods in every shape imaginable; from the American RWD V-8s that would be expected to oddball and niche performers that wouldn't, they build them fast, build them cool and build them right.
8. Land Speed Field Test
Aired 22 December 2023 • 43 min
The '32 Roadster land speed car is finally starting to take shape, and it's ready to take its maiden voyage down the dry lake bed of El Mirage; that is, of course, if the lake bed stays dry.
9. Buggin' Out!
Aired 29 December 2023 • 43 min
Alex and Lucky set out to answer if a dim-a-dozen Beetle can be called a hot rod as they take a well-worn Beetle and start it down the road to a Cal-look cruiser; they're cheap, easy to modify and have parts support galore.
10. Typhoon Times Two
Aired 5 January 2024 • 43 min
An all-wheel-drive sport truck should really have all of its wheels driving; that's the goal as Alex and Lucky upgrade a Typhoon trans and everything from the transfer case forward, bulletproofing parts until the next one fails.
11. Busted Burt Combusts Again
Aired 19 January 2024 • 43 min
Derek's Roadworthy Rescue'd Trans Am may have been destroyed before, but the crew is trying to make it right; enter 455 upgrades for power, a T-56 for shifts, and EFI for all of those hairpin turns.
12. We're Gonna Lose the Shop!
Aired 26 January 2024 • 42 min
The crew is losing the shop, so they have one last project: a push truck for their Land Speed Roadster; a '57 Chevy panel truck is the perfect base to clear the shop's shelves.
13. HRG Day Is Here to Stay!
Aired 2 February 2024 • 43 min
HRG Day is back and features friends, horsepower and tacos; lining up the newest members of the fleet for dragstrip duty.