NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Speed Bird
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2004
The one and only Ford Motors - when they build a prototype show car, everyone in the auto industry wants to be a fly on the Wall where the secret is blooming. This installment of RIDES will witness the creation of a car that could end up being the next Mustang, Thunderbird, or beyond - a new and highly anticipated model that will leave the drawing board as it comes together before our eyes.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Code Name Daisy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2004
The Midwest's Troy Trepanier is one of the true greats in the Hot Rod World. In this installment of RIDES, Troy will make a top classic into one-of-a-kind musclecar - it'll be a 1967 Ford Mustang that will be given a fresh flair, with a nod to the early Shelbys. The vehicle's new nickname, The FASTFORWARD Fastback.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Fast Forward Fastback
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2004
The biggest names in entertainment and sports are people who can not only afford that top-of-the-line Ferrari or Mercedes, they can also afford to have them make that ride into a customized masterpiece. The Through-line car of the episode is the white 03 Hummer for all pro NFL great Lawyer Milloy. This Giant Machine will get torn apart, customized and delivered to the Buffalo Bills star all before our very eyes.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Westside
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2004
Jay Leno will be with us when it's unveiled. It will happen on the celebrity-packed 35th Anniversary of a little car named Hot Wheels, and the celebration will feature a full-size version of the best selling Deora, a Hot Wheels collectible that will be big and drivable at this wild and colorful festival.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - Big Miniature
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2004
What happens when you take a typical 200 horsepower V6 motor out of a new Lexus and drop in a V8? Major horsepower! That is what racecar phenom and off-road champion Rod Millen will be doing on this installment of RIDES. We'll follow Rod as he re-engineers the entire car: chassis, suspension, drive train the whole thing.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Rods
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2004
In this episode of RIDES, Justin Scott and his crew will be turning a '56 Chevy pickup into a '56 Chevy roadster. Justin Scott Padifield gives us a view that we all want to see on RIDES. It's a view that most of us will see as the stuff of true hot rod heritage - a place that is bathed in both oily grunge and pure American know-how.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Heavy Metal
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/10/2004
Roy Brizzio is nothing less than a hot rod icon. This episode will focus on Roy's specialty - the topless hotrod that is also known as the roadster. As we watch, he will be building a unique custom '32 roadster for a legendary high performance company within the automotive industry.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Topless
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/2004
Steve Moal and his two sons create hot rods in a garage that was started by Steve's grandfather, who built a truck in 1929. We will watch them build an all aluminum Boatell with a GT 40 cobra power plant. It has to done in time for the L.A. Auto Show, or else. Steve is also working on a classic hot rod. He'll put a 600 hp Ferrari engine under it's hood
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - The Moal
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2004
He's Leonard Lopez. In the World of Custom cars, his skills have earned him the name of The Dominator. The through-line of the RIDES episode is a 1933 2-Door Sedan. It will be chopped, sectioned and wedged.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Dominator
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/2004
Eight finalists are going for the most coveted trophy in all of hot-rodding, The Riddler. In this episode, we'll follow four cars, being built and what it took to attain perfection. Once we're at this celebrity-packed auto show, we'll get to know the judges and their criteria, seeing that at this level, it might just take a dentists mirror to determine the difference between "victory" and "maybe-next-year."
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Road To Riddler
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2004
Eight finalists are going for the most coveted trophy in all of hot-rodding, The Riddler. In this episode, we'll follow four cars, being built and what it took to attain perfection. Once we're at this celebrity-packed auto show, we'll get to know the judges and their criteria, seeing that at this level, it might just take a dentists mirror to determine the difference between "victory" and "maybe-next-year.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Soccer Mom
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2004
Comic/gearhead Christopher Titus is tricking out an SUV into a one-of-a-kind super-machine he affectionately calls "Killing the Soccer Mom." This refers to taking a kids-and-shopping family tank and getting rid of all that screams "suburban female head of household." Outspoken family man Titus has big plans for this rig, working with Wings West and making it into a ride that you'll WANT Mom to pick you up in.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Eleanor
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2004
Look at her — beautiful lines, curvaceous, ultra-sleek and the star of one of the biggest car flicks of all time. She's now being handcrafted, one part at a time, in Dallas. The place that makes this beauty is Unique Performance. She's Eleanor, the leading lady in Gone in 60 Seconds, and you too can have one of these way-cool GT-500E rides for yourself. But before you open the checkbook, check out the episode where we'll see an Eleanor get built from start to finish.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Drifters
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2004
The sport is drifting, and Rides will build, test and enter top drifting cars into this crowded circuit of high-speed grace. We'll trace this growing movement from its Japanese origins, seeing how drifting has single-handedly revived the rear-drive compacts of yesteryear.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Rat Rods
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2004
It's a car culture—flat paint, flathead engines, chopped roofs, rockabilly themes and usually no hood. Rat Rods are for the independent garage dudes who prefer comfort, funk and speed to show cars or high priced restoration.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - 702 Motoring
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2004
The town of Las Vegas is just one of the stars in this hour featuring the shop where Sin City residents and visitors go to get their high-end vehicles tricked out beyond reason. 702 Motoring in Las Vegas works on cars belonging to casino owners, prizefighters and the occasional dancer.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Power Tour
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/31/2004
Actor Christopher Titus and owners of top custom cars make a seven-day run from Arlington, Texas, to Green Bay, Wis.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Darkside
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/7/2004
A gothically tricked-out BMW X5 for Jack Osbourne features skulls and ghouls.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - Raging Bull
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/14/2004
A trip to the Lamborghini Automobili plant in Italy to observe construction of the hand-crafted Gallardo and the Murcielago roadster.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Hollywood Hotrods
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/5/2004
Troy Laddl's projects include two 1932 roadsters built simultaneously for two Los Angeles clothing moguls.
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#23 - Sick Fish
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/2004
A 1971 Barracuda belonging to TV show host Joe Rogan is souped up.
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#24 - Ford Black
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/30/2004
Dodge muscle cars of the late 1960s and early '70s.
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#25 - Skin
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2004
Cadillac's new sports car, the XLR, gets a makeover by Southern California after-market parts shop Five Axis.
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The Best Episodes of Rides
Every episode of Rides ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Rides!
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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:TLC
Best Episodes Summary
"Speed Bird" is the best rated episode of "Rides". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/6/2004. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Code Name Daisy".