Rides (2004)
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 in the Summer of 2004 and became TLC's highest-rated series of the year.
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Episode 1 - Soccer Mom
Release Date: 2004-07-13Comic/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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Episode 2 - Eleanor
Release Date: 2004-07-20Look 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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Episode 3 - Drifters
Release Date: 2004-07-20The 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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Episode 4 - Rat Rods
Release Date: 2004-08-03It'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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Episode 5 - 702 Motoring
Release Date: 2004-08-10The 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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Episode 6 - Power Tour
Release Date: 2004-08-31Actor Christopher Titus and owners of top custom cars make a seven-day run from Arlington, Texas, to Green Bay, Wis.
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Episode 7 - Darkside
Release Date: 2004-09-07A gothically tricked-out BMW X5 for Jack Osbourne features skulls and ghouls.
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Episode 8 - Raging Bull
Release Date: 2004-09-14A trip to the Lamborghini Automobili plant in Italy to observe construction of the hand-crafted Gallardo and the Murcielago roadster.
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Episode 9 - Ford Black
Release Date: 2004-09-14The Ford Cobra.
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Episode 10 - Skin
Release Date: 2004-09-28Tattoo art and car culture.
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Episode 11 - Hollywood Hotrods
Release Date: 2004-10-05Troy Laddl's projects include two 1932 roadsters built simultaneously for two Los Angeles clothing moguls.
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Episode 12 - Sick Fish
Release Date: 2004-10-12A 1971 Barracuda belonging to TV show host Joe Rogan is souped up.