Dragster

Challenge to attack a "castle"  with turnips.

Contestants

Team  Yellow

Team captain Richard Strawberry

Keli Monroe

Dave Price

Expert Don Mansfield

Team  Orange

Team captain Anne Saunders

Richard Munson

Shen Chiu

Expert Paul Harrington

Siege

Challenge to build vehicles to compete in a power tug of war.

Contestants 

Team Yellow 

Team captain Richard Strawberry 

Keli Monroe 

Dave Price 

Expert John Kilgour

Team Orange 

Team captain Anne Saunders 

Richard Munson 

Shen Chiu 

Expert Mark Pacey

Off Road Vehicles

Challenge to build a diving apparatus to retrieve an underwater treasure.

Contestants

Team  Yellow

Team captain Richard Strawberry

Keli Monroe

Dave Price

Expert Russel Mitchell

Team  Orange

Team captain Anne Saunders

Richard Munson

Shen Chiu

Expert Harvey Porrett

Sub-Aqua

Challenge to build a powerboat to save their team mates one by one that are stranded on an island.

Contestants

Team Yellow

Team captain Richard Strawberry

Keli Monroe

Dave Price

Expert Lawrence Newing

Team Orange

Team captain Anne Saunders

Richard Munson

Shen Chiu

Expert Richard Yemm

Powerboats

Challenge to build an offroad vehicle to race a relay race around a offroad course.

Contestants

Team Yellow

Team captain Richard Strawberry

Keli Monroe

Dave Price

Expert Paul Zuckowskyj

Team Orange

Team captain Anne Saunders

Richard Munson

Shen Chiu

Expert Mark Muench

Buggies

Challenge to build a rocket that can carry snow globe the highest and return it safely.

Contestants

Team Yellow

Team captain Richard Strawberry

Keli Monroe

Dave Price

Expert Richard Osbourne

Team Orange

Team captain Anne Saunders

Richard Munson

Shen Chiu

Expert Charles Simpson

Rockets

Challenge to build a non powered glider. The winner the one who stays aloft longest

Contestants 

Team Yellow: The Brainy Bunch

Team captain Dr. Chess

Micheal 

David 

Expert Dr. Billy Brooks

Team Orange: In A Spin

Team captain Rob 

Trevor 

Darren

Expert Darren Arkright

Flying Machines

Challenge to build a cannon that can hit the target the most accurately.

Contestants

Team Purple Brothers in Arms

Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry

David Strawberry

Bobby Strawberry

Expert Dr. Derek Ulsop

Team Red The Chemical Brothers

Team captain Paul Westlake

Paul Huff

Rob Flint

Expert David Rayner

Cannons

Challenge to build a vehicle that can race from a start on land to across a lake to end the race with a stretch on land to the finish.

Contestants

Team Turquoise The Navy Blues

Team captain Mark Tammer

Doug Richardson

Samantha Donaly

Expert Johnathon Steadling

Team Pink The Bodgers

Team captain Babs Munson

Bowser Munson

Learch

Expert Mark Eason

Amphibious Vehicles

Challenge to build a vehicle that is wind powered and can carry all four team members.

Contestants

Team Orange The Megalomaniacs

Team captain Nosher

Kevin

Dax

Expert Jacquie Michtell

Team Blue The Driller Thrillers

Team captain Kevin

Vince

Darren

Expert Sid Holder

Land Yachts

Challenge to build a vehicle that can carry one member at a time in a relay contest to see who can achieve the  greatest distance with one cup of fuel. The winner got a amazing 178 mpg.

 Contestants 

Team Pink The Dodgers 

Team captain Babs Munson 

Bowser Munson 

Learch 

Expert Steve Tripere 

Team Green: In A Spin 

Team captain Rob 

Trevor 

Darren 

Expert Josh Darling

Mileage Marathon

Challenge to find a way to lift a mini from a stand under water and then get it to a designated spot onshore.

 Contestants 

Team Red The Chemical Brothers

Team captain Paul Westlake

Paul Huff

Rob Flint

Expert Richard Bradshaw 

Team Orange The Megalomaniacs

Team captain Nosher

Kevin

Dax

Expert Nick Bunton

Marine Salvage

Challenge to build a vehicle that could navigate a course the fastest. The catch it can't use wheels.

Contestants

Team Orange The Megalomaniacs

Team captain Nosher

Kevin

Dax

Expert Jerry King

Team Pink The Bodgers

Team captain Bowser Munson

Anne Saunders

Learch

Expert Dr James Brighton

Walking Machines

Each team has to build a self-mobile machine that has to be able to destroy walls. Then, the machines will be tested in a competition which consists in demolishing 3 walls of a factory. Contestants:'Beach Boys' vs. 'Chaos Crew'.

Demolition

Each team has to build a radio controlled glider that should drop a 'paint bomb' in a target located near the junkyard. Contestants:'Mothers of Invention' vs. 'Three Revs a Minute'

Aerial Bomber

Challenge to build a 2 man submarine the can navigate an under water obstacle course the fastest.  

Contestants 

Team Yellow: The Dipsticks

Team captain Mike

Richard

Ian 

Expert Hugh Williams

Team Red: The NERDS

Team captain Crash

Neo

Jeff

Expert Duncan Macroft

Underwater Chariot

Challenge to build a wind powered machine that can grind the most coffee.

Windmill

Challenge to build a machine that can launch a rugby ball and hit a target. It must be powered by human power only.

Contestants 

Team Blue: The Filth

Team captain Bowser

Bruiser

Nic 

Expert Mike Preton

Team Green: Beach Boys

Team captain Chris

Danny

Jamie

Expert Stuard Harris

Missile Launcher

Challenge to build a Machine able to carry all team members thats able to drive to a river span the torrent then load up the bridge drive to get a flag and repeat to get back the start. 

Contestants 

Team Blue: Brothers in Arms

Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry

David Strawberry

Bobby Strawberry

Expert Stg. Richard Little

Team Turquoise: Mothers of Invention

Team Captain Diana

Will

Matt

Expert David Few

Bridging Machines

Challenge to build a steam powered vehicle that can carry all 4 team members the fastest around a track. 

Contestants 

Team Green: The Beach Boys

Team captain Mike

Richard

Ian 

Expert Adrian Grimmett

Team Red: The NERDS

Team captain Crash

Neo

Jeff

Expert Richard Gibbon

Steam-Powered Car

Challenge to build a machine able to harvest the most wheat in one hour.

Contestants 

Team Turquoise: Brothers in Arms

Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry

David Strawberry

Bobby Strawberry

Expert David Bagley

Team Purple: The Techo Teachers

Team Captain Tim

Juilet

Andrew

Expert David Pruess

Giant Mower

Challenge to build a boat able to cross a pond then extinguish a fire then reach the shore so a team member can retrieve their flag. And onto the center of the pond to place the flag on a buoy.

Contestants 

Team Turquoise: Brothers in Arms

Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry

David Strawberry

Bobby Strawberry

Expert Ian McCrae

Team Red: The NERDS

Team captain Crash

Neo

Jeff

Expert Steven Riley

Fireboat

Challenge to build a dragster with at least 3 wheels that can carry a team the fastest down a 1/8th mile track

Contestants 

Team Turquoise: Brothers in Arms

Team captain Richard "Dick" Strawberry

David Strawberry

Bobby Strawberry

Expert Andy Johnson

Team Purple The Megalomaniacs

Team captain Nosher

Kevin

Dax

Expert Brian Johnson

Teams from USA and UK compete to build a machine capable of flatten vehicles.  USA team chose to build a gravity driven hammer, UK team chose to build a hydraulic crusher.

In race day, USA team was behind UK on crushing, but the UK team's car crusher bent the horizontal beam that holds the crusher arms, causing USA team to win.

Car Crusher

Challenge to build a dragster with at least 3 wheels. The one that goes the fastest in the quarter mile wins.  

Contestants 

Team Red: The Chicago Fire

Team captain Mike

Joe

Mike

Expert Rob Hamilton

Team Yellow: The Texas Scrap Daddies

Team captain Ken

Mark

Sean

Expert Dan Labinsky

Hot Rods

Challenge to build a machine chunk a pumpkin the most accurately to hit a target. They must use human power only.

Contestants 

Team Blue: The Young Guns

Team captain Stan Brighton

Jeus Beltran

Brian Michem

Expert Ron Toms

Team Orange: Three Rusty Juveniles

Team captain Jay

Ray

Tom

Expert Waddy Thompson

Power Paddlers

Challenge to build a machine to carry each member on one lap around a off road course that has bumps, jumps, and water.

Contestants 

Team Orange: Damage

Team captain Ristow

John

Kalbot

Expert James Aduskevich

Team Green: The Long Brothers

Team captain Brian Long

Terry Long

Gary Long

Expert Mike Ferguson

Paintball Tanks

Challenge to build a machine that can race to an island to save all their team mates one at a time.

Contestants 

Team Blue: Art Attacks

Team captain Ken

June

Wayne

Expert Justin Manley

Team Purple: The Metal Medics

Team captain Dr. Bill

Alex

Bob

Expert Larry DeCamm

Collapsible Cars

Challenge to build  to open locked treasure boxes 20 feet underwater.  They have to send down an aquanaut in a diver suit and pump air to his helmet.

Contestants 

Team Green: Art Attacks

Team captain Ken

June

Wayne

Expert Greg Brian

Team Blue: The Young Guns

Team captain Stan Brighton

Jeus Beltran

Brian Michem

Expert Bob Kirby

Submarine Racers

Challenge to build a hovercraft that is the fastest in a relay race. Each member must take a turn driving the hovercraft around the course. Each team choose a differeny way to build. One goes for heavy using two engines the other team goes for light weight using only one engine.

Contestants 

Team Yellow: The Texas Scrap Daddies

Team captain Ken

Mark

Sean

Expert Terry Chapman

Team Green: The Long Brothers

Team captain Brian Long

Terry Long

Gary Long

Expert Bob Wind

Railroad Racers

Challenge to build a that will not only attain the greatest height but will also bring a payload an ostrich egg back to earth without damage.

 

Contestants

Team Green The Long Brothers

Team captain Brian Long

Terry Long

Gary Long

Expert Bruce Lee

Team Turquoise Art Attacks

Team captain Ken

June

Wayne

Expert James Tucci

Ice Warriors

Challenge to build a vehicle that can jump crushed cars, race down a dirt straight away, but can still be agile enough to handle tight turns. Contestants Team Blue The Law Dawgs Team captain Tom Dave Mike, Expert John Seasock Team Orange Ghost Mountain Riders Team captain Scotty Clark Johnson, Expert Roy Hooser

Jumbo Trucks

The Challenge is to build a vehicle that not only must carry all members to a gap, but then span the gap without leaving any parts behind, retrieve a flag, and go back to where they started in a head-to-head race.

Portable Bridge

Challenge to build the most accurate and destructive cannon. The objective to break the most concrete bricks in the opponent's wall. They both get three shots both teams thinking the 1st being pretty much a throw away shot to sight in the sights Contestants Team Green The Hicks Family Team captain Sam Anna Jakey Expert Bruce Paulson Team Yellow Washburn Boys Team captain Ray Shane Jon Expert Bernie Paulson

Car Dozer

Challenge for each team to build a raft that can carry two team members out of scrap. Then race the rafts up and down a white water course trying to avoiding rocks and not capsize. The team that completes the course in fastest time wins and advances to the next round. They have 3 laps to get the fastest time. Contestants Team Red The Dukes of Spook Team captain Dave Smith Laura Frenchy Expert Chuck Ratley Team Blue Nasa's Rocket Men Team captain Mike Jim Tom Expert Doug Riddle

Jet Trikes

Challenge to build a glider that can stay aloft for the longest time. The course is a large hill. One team goes for a traditional design the other goes more radical. Contestants Team Red Miami Gearheads Team captain Milton Frank Anthony Expert Chuck Slusarczyk Team Green The Hicks Family Team captain Sam Jakey Anne Expert Barnaby Wainfan

Power Pullers

Challenge to build to a torpedo that can maneuver around obstacles in the water to reach the enemy ship and hit a target to register a kill. The best of five head-to-head rounds wins. Contestants Team Dark Blue Nasa's Rocketmen Team captain Mike, Tom, Jim, Expert Joe Curren Team Light Blue The Law Dawgs Team captain Tom, Mike, Dave, Expert Greg Bryant

Laundry Launchers

Challenge: Each team has to build the most powerful demolition machine they can. Then, they'll try to destroy 9 panels of wall built from concrete blocks. The team that completely destroys the panels in less time wins.

Building Bashers

In the first of the Junkyard Mega-Wars special, 3 teams of builders from United States, Great Britain and Russia build a vehicles capable of race across salt flats, drive over a rock-filled canyon floor, and sail over a freshwater lake.  Instead of 10 hours of build time, each team has 20 hours to spend, with 10 hours per day.

Team - Members   American Raptors (USA) - Joe Ruggles, Barry McGarraugh, Matt Swain, Jason ""Pudge"" Bunch - Expert   British Bulldogs (UK) - Lee, Tim, Mike - Captain, Graham Mitchell - Expert   Russian Bears (Russia) - Rene Pohl - Expert

Judge: Tony Shaw, HumVee expert and mechanical engineer, from U.S. Army's TACOM (Heavy Automotive Division).

Junkyard Mega-Wars

Bloopers and Trashy Out-Takes

Teams compete to build giant eggshooters.

Egg Shooter

Teams build monster trucks capable of running over moguls and crushing a line of cars.

Monster Truck

Torpedo

Teams work to build a four-man garbage-collecting machine.

Street Cleaner

Challenge to build a boat that carries 2 team members and that can go up and down fast flowing rapids. Each team get 3 goes to get the fastest time. Contestants Team Dark Blue The X-tinguishers Team captain Westy, Fergy, Morley, Expert Alan Pickard Team Green The Body Snatchers Team captain Tim, Garry, Debbie, Expert Colin Poole

White Water Rider

Challenge to build a snowmobile from scrap that can go the fastest around a 300 meter oval course that contains a slalom and a hill. The have 10 a maximum 10 of minutes and can restart 3 times. Contestants Team Blue The McCarknow Clan Team captain Stephen, Colin, David, Expert David Patterson Team Purple The Elli-vators Team captain Ellis, Rodger, Salih, Expert Micke Nordstrom

Snowmobile

Challenge to build a crane that can quickly pick up an item and transport it across a area for it to be placed in a designated area. The teams receive various points from 10-50 depending on how difficult the item is to loft and carry. The items must be completely off the ground when being moved. There are 2 15 minute rounds. The team with the most points wins. Contestants Team Pink Cat-alysts Team captain Gary, Tim, Shane, Expert Tom Betts Team Orange Chairmen Team captain Ron, Gerald, Gary, Expert Phil Harvey

Mobile Crane

Challenge to build machines able to clear a minefield of compressed paint mines. In the 1st round they have 10 minutes to destroy or defuse the most mines. In the second round who ever got the most in the 1st round gets a 5 second per mine head start to find the one giant mine. Contestants Team Lime green Storm Force Team captain Waggie, Richard, Martin, Expert Richard Little Team Orange The Mule Wrights Team captain Ray, Carlos, Rick, Expert John Killgowen

Minesweeper

Challenge to build a vehicle that can carry one team member and can climb a very steep incline in the fastest time or the farthest without losing traction or toppling over. Contestants Team Black The McCarknow Clan Team captain Stephen, Colin, David, Expert Matt Lee Team Orange The Mulewrights Team captain Ray, Rick, Carlos, Expert John Deaville

Hill Climber

Challenge in this episode each team has to build a "tunneller". Then the machines will be tested in a drilling competition. Each team will have to drill a 2 foot hole through 2 concrete walls 3 feet thick each. The 1st wall is a medium concrete. The 2nd tougher wall is a harder concrete reinforced with aggregate. After both holes are drilled all team members must pass through the tunnel to escape. The team which passed through their tunnel and crosses the finish line first wins and will advance to the next round. Contestants Team Dark Blue The X-tinguishers Team captain Westy, Fergy, Morley, Expert Bill Lord Team Orange The Cat-alysts Team captain Shane, Garry, Tim, Expert Andy Weatherall

Tunneller

Challenge to build a boat that carrying one team member that can go fast enough to lift it's self up out of the water winds that are designed and build by the contestants. The winner is the team that can go around the 1/8 mile track the fastest in one of 3 rounds. Contestants Team Yellow The Mulewrights Team captain Ray, Rick, Carlos, Expert Sim Oakley Team Orange The Cat-alysts Team captain Gary, Tim, Shane, Expert Chris Plaass

Hydrofoil

Teams convert automobiles into remote-controlled fighting machines.

Car Jousting

Best of Junkyard Wars

Bloopers and Trashy Out-Takes 2

In this episode, each team has to build a drilling machine. Then, the vehicles will be tested in a competition which consists in digging a hole big enough through 3 concrete walls to get all the team and the machine in it. Contestants: "Turbines" vs. "Bold Three"

Mechanical Mole

Challenge : build a hill-climbing car capable of carrying a team member as far as possible up a 400 ft., 40 degree gradient hill. Each team gets 3 attempts at conquering the steep gradient. Contestants Team Yellow : The Pit Crew Team captain Frank, Scott, Tim, Expert Chris Adamson Team Blue : The Jet Jocks Team captain Ron, Dave, Gifford, Expert Randy Ellis

Climbing Car

Challenge : build a land-racing yacht. Contestants Team Green : The Quantum Mechanics Team captain Leila Hasan, Danielle Smith, Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, Expert Nord Embroden Team Red : The Geeks Team captain Thomas Massie, Rhett Creighton, Rony 'Koobs' Kubat, Expert Dennis Bassano

Sand Yacht

In this episode, each team has to build a machine that's able to pick up the garbage from the streets. Then, the machines will be tested in a competition which consists of picking up the garbage off the street. The team that collects more garbage (by weight) wins. Contestants 'Sewer Rats' vs. 'Trash Can Heroes'

Garbage Guzzler

In this semi-final competition, the teams have to build hydrofoils in a straight-up time trial. Teams: Sewer Rats vs. Turbines

Flying Boats

In this episode, each team has to build a boat which has to be able to extinguish small fires. Then, the vehicles will be tested in a competition which consists in extinguishing a fire from a house across a lake. Contestants:

"Pit Crew" vs. "Geeks".

Fire Fighting Flotilla

In this episode, each team has to build a powerful and fast remote controlled car. Then, the vehicles will be tested in a competition which consists in a giant battle bot fight. The teams can win by knocking out the enemy or earning points. Contestants: 

"Pit Crew" vs. "Turbines".

Combat Cars

In this episode, each team has to build a light weighted vehicle which has to be able to participate in a race through a 3-lap mud course. Contestants:'Model Ts' vs. 'Detroit Muscle'

Manic Mud Racers

In this episode, each family team has to build a powerful boat which has to be able to hit another boat and withstand it. Then, the vehicles will be tested in a competition that consists in pushing the enemy boat out of a "battle circle". Contestants "Kentucky Fried Family" vs. "Morterheads"

Teams from two New York City boroughs build paintball-firing tanks to out-gun each other.

Each team has to build a 'Collapsible Car'. The car should fit in 4 small valises. Then, they will test the cars in a race, but both cars experienced technical problems...

Each team has to build a submarine that has to be controlled by a man inside of it. Then, the submarines will be tested in 3 races. The team that wins 2 races advances to the next round. Contestants 'Custom Cruisers' vs. 'Model Ts'

In this episode, each team has to build a "Railroad Racer", a vehicle which is able to race through the train rails. Then, the vehicles will be tested in a competition which consists in dropping a load in a section of tracks before reaching a barrier. Contestants: "Kentucky Fried Family" vs. "Brooklyn Benders"

In this episode, each team has to build a one-man "hockey car". Then, the vehicles will be tested in a huge hockey match where the cars have to hit the giant puck into a huge hockey net. Contestants: "Kentucky Fried Family" vs. "Custom Cruisers"

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Mud Monsters

Hovercraft

Golfball Gatling Gun

Blind Navigation

Clockwork Cars

Smooth Riders

Monowheels

Tugs of War

Diggers

Destroyers

Car Flinger

Flight of the Century

To celebrate 100th anniversary of the first flight by Wright brothers, teams from U.S., U.K. and France built flying machines capable of stop exactly at the red line located in the middle of a  dry lakebed in California's Mojave Desert - using materials and tools in 1900s.  In addition to 20 hours build time, each team had 2 hours of decoration time, 2 test flights, and a modern FAA-approved engine to power the vehicles.

Teams - Members   The American Eagles (USA) - Ken Kellet (Captain), Andrew King, Norm Kellett, Paul Stecewycz   The British Buzzards (UK) - Darren Arkwright, Bill Brooks (Captain), Wendy Phillips and Iain Evans   The French Falcons (France) - GÃ©raud Lafage (Captain), Eric Toquoy, Dimitri Carstensen and Gerald Senger

The American Eagles built Walden IX; The British Buzzards built a hybrid based on Wright Flyer (1912 version)'s wings, French Antoinette's tail, and Bill Brooks' original fuselage; The French Falcons built BlÃ©riot XI.

In race day, the USA team vehicle faile

In this episode, each team has to build a "Dune Buggie" which has to be able to withstand the hard conditions of the desert. Then, the vehicles will be taken to the desert to test them in a competition. Contestants 'Junkyard Hogs' vs. 'Superchargers'

Dune Buggies

The ultimate way to deal with traffic jams would be to push the offending cars out of the way and go through. Well, for the High Flyers and Big Shots, that dream is about to come true. The will be building a machine that will power it's way through a gauntlet of cars. A bunch of cars have been strewn down a track. The team that has the fastest total time after 3 runs (and a different driver each time) through the cars will advance. However, if they go outside of the yellow boundaries on the sides of the track, they incur a ten second penalty. So it isn't just speed...it's precision as well.

 For the High Flyers, it's all about the traction. Using a monsterous truck for a base, they will add a second axle to the rear and wrap the two tires with tank treads. Combine a big engine and those massive footprints and put a big plow on the front and you have a bulldozer...in essence. However, adding a second axel isn't exactly a walk in the park. Neither will finding a big, reliable engine? This machine will have to be just plain tough!

 The Big Shots are going for power. A big truck chassis and a big engine will give them lots of power and strength to withstand any major collisions. However, their plow is going to resemble a cow catcher (like you used to see on old time locomotives). The trick is that they will put their blade at the rear and drive in reverse. This will protect the engine and give them some low-range power. Again, finding a good engine might be the problem.

It will be a hot time in the junkyard this episode as the Auto Amigos take on the Dirty Drivers in a fast and furious challenge to build a trike powered by a jet-engine. The race will consist of three trips down a one-eighth mile track...one at a time. The team that records the fastest time in any of their three trips will advance to the semi-finals.

 The Dirty Drivers are building a true jet engine on a lightweight frame. A propane tank will provide the gas and a spark plug will act as the ignition source. The key ingredient will be a turbo-charger from a truck. The turbo charger has two fans that turn in opposite directions. One fan will suck the propane into a combustion tank while the other will suck the heated air out and through a nozzle. If there's time, they also want to build an afterburner which should increase their speed. An afterburner ignites any remaining gasses in the chamber for added thrust. Time is NOT on their side.

 The Auto Amigos, on the other hand, are going for a thermo-jet engine. A car engine will be attached to a large fan. The fan will suck air into a large tube which will be funneled out the back. Around the back side of the fan are a series of nozzles which will spray a mist of gasoline into the tube. A spark plug will ignite the propane causing a jet of hot air (and flames) to shoot out the back. This is going to be heavy so a big, beefy, sturdy frame will be necessary. The weight might slow them down and cost valuable seconds.

In this episode, each team has to build a sled-puller tractor which has to be under 2000 lbs. Then, the tractors will be tested in a competition which consists in pulling a medium-sized sled through a simple course. The team that pulls the sled further wins. Contestants "Jet Doctors" vs. "Missile Masters"

In this episode, each team has to build a machine which has to be able to launch heavy objects. It doesn't matter if they build a catapult, a giant robot, etc... Then, the machines will be tested in a competition which consists in launching a 150 lb washing machine as far as possible without destroying it until it crashes into the floor. Contestants "High Flyers" vs. "Superchargers"

In this episode, each team has to build an amphibious vehicle which has to resist sea water. Then, the buggies will be tested in a competition which consists in "saving" a mannequin from an island - passing through the beach and the sea - in the less time possible. Contestants "Jet Doctors" vs. "Auto Amigos"

Beach Rescue Racers

In this episode, each team has to build a car which has to be able to hit a ball with precision. Then, the cars will be tested in a very strange competition which consists in getting the lowest score in a giant-sized 3-hole short golf match. Contestants "Jet Doctors" vs. "High Flyers"

Off-Road Golf

Slick-backed 1950s-style rockers from Sheffield (Rockin' Rabble) and a crew of slick estate agents from Surrey (Hot Property)built fully functioning fire engines.  Each vehicle would be tested for a race to resuce a stranded doll on second floor of a wooden house, a race to douse the burning barbecue grill, then the race to douse the flame on the wooden house.

Rockin' Rabble built on top of a pickup truck with a giant tank and a paddle pump.  Hot Property built from a van with a smaller tank and pump.

In challenge day, Hot Property won the rescue race, Rockin' Rabble led on barbecue grill event.  In third race, Rockin' Rabble's vehicle's pump broke, so the teammates had to use water bucket.  Hot Property eventually ran out of water, but not before dousing most of the flame.  Hot Property won the third round and the match.

Fire Engines

In the second semi-final, three policemen from Hampshire (Cops and Bodgers) and a team from the Royal Navy (Destroyers) built curling machines that can skim full size, wheel-less cars across an ice rink.  The winning team would be the one that has its car closest to the centre.  Destroyers built a chain driven, motorized pushing arm; Cops and Bodgers built a gravity-driven hammer.

In challenge day, the machine from Destroyers was broken, but eventually fixed.  Destroyers won.

Car Curlers

In the final of the UK tournament, a team of naval engineers from Portsmouth (Destroyers) and a bunch of estate agents from Surrey (Hot Property) built tanks that can pass over the rough terrain and shoot predetermined targets.  Destroyers built a 6-wheel drive tank, Hot Property built tread-driven tank.

In challenge day, the tank from Destroyers was able to finish the course with a broken turret.  Hot Property's tank, however, was high-centred when driving over a uphill slope.  The tread failed to push the tank across the slope and the team failed to finish the race.

Tanks

A team of engineers from Jaguar (The Catalysts) and season 12 champions (Destroyers) built Grand Prix racing cars capable of taking on Britain's fastest circuit.  The Catalysts built a car with engine behind the driver, Destroyers built a car with engine in front of the driver.

In challenge day, The Catalysts won the race and Grand Final.

Grand Prix

In the Scrappy Races series, five teams - The Barley Pickers, The Megalomaniacs, Chaos Crew, Boat Buoys and The Green Goddesses - build road-legal vehicles capable of being adapted to take on a different challange each week. The first episode follows the teams on their initial build, leading up to the vehicles being put through the government roadworthiness examination and then a spin round the Scrappy Races test circuit.

The Scrappy Races: The Build

The teams travel to South Wales for their first proper challenge. They have eight hours on a local scrapheap to adapt their vehicles before taking them out for speed trials on the Pendine Sands, home to attempts on the World Land Speed Record since the 1920s.

The Scrappy Races: Speed Challenge

The Scrappy Races motorcade travels to Tong in Yorkshire, where the teams adapt their vehicles to take on a torturous all-terrain course.

The Scrappy Races: Off-Road Challenge

The final leg of the Scrappy Races tour takes the teams to the banks of Loch Lomond where they must adapt their vehicles for a race on water.

The Scrappy Races: Amphibious Challenge

Four teams scour junkyards from California to the Vegas strip, facing huge challenges along the way.  Under the new rule, each team has total of 12 hours to gather materials from a junkyard, then carry the materials to modify the team vehicle elsewhere. After each match, each team will retain its own vehicle to race in next match.  In this episode, they have to modify their vehicles to go downhill from Sierra Nevada mountains and pass a giant log.

Team - Members  Anarchy (black) - Chopper Rat, Lin-Dog, Brandon  Farm Boys (green) - Chaney, Stupe, Grandpa  Fire Power (red, from Kentucky) - Fletch, Keith, Crusher  Metal Maidens (pink, from San Francisco) - Flybutter, Rebecca, Kiki

Final scores  Anarchy: 0 (total 0), Farm Boys: 3 (total 3), Fire Power: 0 (total 0), Metal Maidens: 4 (total 4).

Junkyard Mega Wars: The Great Race (1)

Two teams compete to fabricate unlikely machines from castoff parts found in a junkyard.

All Episodes of Junkyard Wars

Browse all episodes of Junkyard Wars

Season 1

Dragster

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/27/2000

Siege

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1998

Off Road Vehicles

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2001

Sub-Aqua

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1998

Powerboats

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1998

Buggies

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1998

Rockets

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1998