—While Bill Carlton is still the reigning champion in Texas' custom truck world, some up-and-coming shops on the Northside of Houston are trying to make their name with a new generation of jaw-dropping monster machines.

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Season 110 of 10 Episodes

Building a 1979 Little Red Express from a Cummins diesel on out, including compound turbos; down the block from Ekstensive, the father-son team at Wide Open Garage builds a Samurai lake crosser from the ground up.
The father-son team at Wide Open Garage have their hands full converting a rusted shell of a Suzuki Samurai into a rock-crawling mega-truck; a customer arrives at Mod Mafia with a big problem: their Jeep Gladiator isn't safe to drive.
A request about a 1947 Ford truck becomes 1 Way Diesel Performance's next ground-up build; Mod Mafia jumps into uncharted territory with a Viper ACRX race car.
Mod Mafia transforms a fire-damaged M1038 Humvee ambulance into an extreme camping overlander; the Wide Open Garage team builds a bulletproof race car for the appropriately billed Death Car Race, in which drivers are blindfolded.
Looking into what happens if a Cummins diesel engine is put into a 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo; a customer wants Wide Open Garage to turn an old, rusted Chevy truck into a lifted, all-terrain truck on huge 74-inch tires.
Putting a twin-turbo Cummins into a 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo is a monster build unlike any other for 1 Way Diesel Performance; YouTube's "Unspeakable" star Nathan Graham asks Mod Mafia to help him out of a jam with his all-terrain, amphibious SHERP.
The 1991 Land Rover Defender is known for ruggedness and simplicity; Mod Mafia does a reboot of a tired, old Defender with modern performance, power and custom luxury; Wide Open Garage takes an old-school Bronco monster truck into overdrive.
Social media star Liver King not only wants Mod Mafia to beef up his prized 2001 H1 Hummer's performance, he wants to customize it for his primal lifestyle; the team at Wide Open Garage must build a custom off-road truck completely from scratch.
Wide Open Garage's mega-truck build gets even bigger as they take an old-school '82 C10 square body and create a one-of-one show truck, monster truck; one Way Diesel Performance lives up to their name by giving an '88 Silverado more than 1,200 horsepower.
1 Way Diesel Performance is thrown a mega-curveball with a classic '48 Dodge Power Wagon; in a race pitting garage vs. garage, a 2,700hp diesel truck hits the line against a turbocharged first-generation Camaro.

The Fox Body, the Scout and the Silverado

While Mod Mafia is better known for custom Hummers, Josh and crew bring a '69 Plymouth Road Runner to life with a rebuilt 426 short-block Hemi.
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A 1991 Mustang is turned into a diesel race car; the Wells family restores a 1969 International Scout; Mod Mafia builds out a 1992 Chevy Silverado as a gift for a customer's wife.
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Two classic American muscle cars roll into two very different Texas shops; the Wells family puts Duramax diesel power into a 1975 Pontiac Trans Am; Mod Mafia overhauls a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner in critical need of a modern facelift.
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Daniel Donnan's creativity is tested when a new customer wants to turn his four-door 2006 GMC Sierra truck into a cool off-road truck; Mod Mafia tricks out a 2001 Hummer H1 with a brand-new performance setup.
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Mod Mafia flips the script on a '97 Hummer by swapping in a bigger, tougher military grade Humvee chassis and a rare P400 diesel V8; the father-son team at Wide Open Garage hand-build the 90s Chevy Truck into a race truck with a turbo 400 LS engine.
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The Wells family at 1 Way Diesel Performance overhauls an old friend's 1993 Chevy Suburban; At Wide Open Garage, Dave and Daniel build a 1997 Pontiac Firebird.
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While Bill Carlton is still the reigning champion in Texas' custom truck world, some up-and-coming shops on the Northside of Houston are trying to make their name with a new generation of jaw-dropping monster machines.

Bill Carlton, Chris Garcia, Daniel Donnan

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