Most builds would take place in Southern California, and true to the show's premise, the team would have only eight days to complete the build. Each show ended with the surprise reuniting of owner and newly made-over car.Įach episode would take a significant amount of planning, starting with the producers reviewing the thousands of submissions from those wanting to have a friend's or family member's vehicle overhauled, selecting a deserving person, and setting everything in motion. Some common examples included the car being 'stolen' by Evans, Janic or Foose, a car being misplaced or lost at a mechanic's shop, or the car being towed away by 'police.'Īn integral part of the show was when the two co-hosts play tricks on the unsuspecting mark, sometimes acting in roles of insurance adjusters or law enforcement agents, other times helping the insider, while Chip Foose and a team of mechanics – dubbed 'The A-Team' – have a week to remake the car into a custom masterpiece. The mark's car, usually an old and tired antique car, was obtained through some ruse. The show's premise was that an unknowing 'victim' – the mark, in the show's language - is nominated to be 'Overhauled' by his or her family or friends, the insiders.

For two episodes of the eighth season and all of the truncated ninth season, Janic rejoined the show to co-host, and returned with Jacobs and Foose when the show was revived in 2019. Recently, Arianny Celeste had replaced Combs as Combs had moved on to another Velocity show, All Girls Garage. From Season 6 on, Jessi Combs, one of the early A-Team mechanics, returned and co-hosted as well as participated in the overhauls. She was replaced by Executive Producer Brutsman's wife Adrienne Janic ('AJ'). Courtney Hansen was the co-host of the show until 2005, when she left the show to pursue other interests. The show's hosts were automobile designer Chip Foose and co-host Chris Jacobs the creator and producer was Bud Brutsman.

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