Vegas Rat Rods

- Season 3

(2017)

An enthusiastic cowboy is looking for a rat rod to lift the spirits of his small town. Steve quickly lands on the idea of making a death defying carnival ride on wheels. But will this rolling house of horrors bring joy to anyone but Steve?

A family man with a need for speed brings a battered 50's era pickup to Steve looking for a bad ass rat rod the whole family can enjoy. To meet their client's demands the crew need to find a way to add glitz and gloss to a smoke belching monster.

Restoring a 1930's era fuel delivery truck proves a big challenge when the crew discovers a warped frame.

A client comes to Steve with a restored 1954 Tin Woody Wagon hoping the Welderup crew can "make it cool". When Steve's plans call for burning the car to achieve the look he's after some on the team wonder if he's finally gone too far.

An electrical lineman from Texas tasks Steve and the Welderup crew with customizing his company's first work truck, a trusty old early 70's Ford pickup. Leading them to create a monstrous homage to the linemen that brought power to the West.

When Joe, Welderup's general manager, discovers that his two-year-old son has cancer Steve enlists the crew to build a custom vehicle that he hopes will show anyone who is battling the disease that there is life after the struggle.

Steve is called out for building cars that are too modern. He is unable to turn down a challenge so he builds a race ready period correct 1931 ford coupe.

The WelderUp crew sets out to transform a rare but crumbling 70's era Charger body into a lifted bear metal monster.

To appease a demanding new client Steve aims to make a big rig rat rod out of a'79 Peterbilt that he once drove for his father's steel company. But his high expectations are crushed when cousin Dave goes rogue and prematurely paints the truck.

Steve faces an uphill battle meeting his client's demands for a 1930's era truck before eventually acquiring an old friend's family heirloom Diamond T. But then the real work begins to transform a gutless work truck into a mountain taming monster.

Two bodyguards from Nashville prove to be tough customers when they ask Steve to redesign their Chevy truck into a bat out of hell for their impending anniversary. While the Welderup crews lack of communication threatens to tear their union apart.

A client commissions a version of Steve's famous D-Rod for himself.