Chasing Classic Cars

- Season 8

(2015)

Wayne's got--not one--but two, rare Stutz motorcars on his radar. One is a 1930 Stutz roadster with coveted cut-down doors, but the seller is playing his cards close to his chest. Car two is a Stutz Special built to look like a SSK Mercedes sports car.

Wayne commissions Oakland-based, custom coachbuilder, Steve Moal, to design and fabricate a one-off hot rod. In the meantime Wayne readies the oldest existing DuPont vehicle for the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Wayne brings a rare 1946 Volkswagen Type 11 Beetle (perhaps the first ever brought into the USA) along with the notorious BMC Technical Support Bus to auction at Greenwich. Later a birthday party for his dad leads Wayne to a cherry 1979 Super Beetle.

Wayne travels to Illinois chasing an AC Bristol and a 1956 Porsche Speedster that's been with its current owner for over fifty-five years. Later he brings a 1960 190 SL Mercedes to auction.

Wayne knows collector cars come in all shapes and sizes. From a 1972 Datsun 280Z with just 2,000 miles, to a steam powered 1900 Locomobile that's never left the state it was built in -- Wayne's casting a wide net and coming back with a killer catch.

Wayne travels to Napa, CA to evaluate a collection of cars including a 1911 Kissel Kar, a 1910 Buick Model 16, a 1914 Ford Model T Speedster and a 1915 Ford Model T C-Cab Delivery and later sells the cars at auction.

Wayne buys 1 of 6 Ford Model T House Car then jets to California where he tries to get in good with the judges at the Concours De'Lemons and watches one of his past cars sell for nearly double what he sold it for. Later Roger gets a very special bonus

There's more to be found in Wisconsin than cheese curd and football. Wayne's drawn a bead on a totally original, nearly single owner, 1961 Renault Jolly with under 7,000 miles. Wayne takes Roger for a ride in a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.

Wayne can't wait to see his name in lights when he goes shopping at the Hershey AACA Fall Meet Flea Market for automobilia to decorate his new facility, until he falls in love with a Nash Wagon and makes the owner an offer the he can't refuse.

Wayne and car-buddy, Ralph, head to the VSCCA Wilbraham Hill Climb where it's Wayne's Stutz up against Ralph's Packard speedster in an old-fashioned drag race. With their pride, pink slips and a charity donation on the line, horsepower rules the day.

Wayne's lets his freak flag fly when he lands an exclusive opportunity to get up close and personal with a totally psychedelic 1965 Porsche 356C 1600 Cabriolet owned by none other than Kozmic Blues legend, Janis Joplin.

Two legends in the custom car world came together when Good Guys Founder, the late Gary Meadors, commissioned the late Boyd Coddington to customize his 1956 Chrysler 300B Custom hardtop.

American muscle is in full effect when Wayne helps a client clean out his collection, including a visit to a clutch of restomods located in a remote warehouse in Arkansas featuring a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Custom Coupe & 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Custom.

Wayne travels to the Midwest to inspect an eclectic collection of cars including cool classics, some ornate 30's era cars and a gigantic vintage lumber truck.

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Wayne decides good things come in small packages when he finds what some consider to be one of the earliest 'microcars,' a 1924 Auto Red Bug and a pint sized 1947 Curved Dash Oldsmobile JR in a backyard shed.

Wayne's thrilled to discover two early 356 Porsches in an overstuffed garage. The inspection of the first car goes off without a hitch, but Wayne discovers the driver's door on the second car is riddled with sixty year old bullet holes.

Director/Producer Barry Levinson asks Wayne to restore his iconic 1949 Buick Roadmaster that starred alongside Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in the 1988 film Rain Man, a movie for which Hoffman also won an Academy Award.

Wayne's hunting a 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider he's had his eye on for years. With a reputation for rust and no way to see everything in pictures, he hopes his instincts are right and this car is as good as he remembers.

When collector car specialist Evan Ide discovers an untouched, single owner 1966 Shelby GT 350 Carry Over Car that's been in storage for over 40 years, Wayne jumps at the chance to get the first look.

Wayne buys a stunning 1935 Wetteroth AAA Championship Car with amazing race history - having finished 10th in the 1947 Indy 500. After Roger tunes it up, Wayne runs it in the annual hill climb - the Grand Ascent at Hershey.

American muscle is in full effect when Wayne helps a client clean out his collection, including a visit to a clutch of restomods located in a remote warehouse in Arkansas featuring a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Custom Coupe & 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Custom.

Wayne finds a rare 1936 Indian 4 cylinder motorcycle in a basement in Connecticut along with a wild one-off car built by a father-son team and modeled after the 1968 Hot Wheels Twin Mill toy. Later, Wayne is wowed by a 300 car collection.

Wayne's father asked Wayne to find, and buy back, the rare Ford Model A-400 he owned and sold decades before. All the leads are dead-end until Wayne follows the trail to Arizona. Wayne also helps a client sell a 1962 Maserati 3500 GTI Supperleggera Coupe.