Episode
Counting Cars: Danny’s Detroit special
Overview
Danny Koker restores a 1969 Shelby GT500 numbers-matching car from a rust bucket into an instant classic; the team visits the Detroit Autorama to check out the Ridler Award competition where million-dollar cars are the norm.
Details
- Series
- Counting Cars
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2019-07-09
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Danny’s Detroit special is Episode 17 in Season 8 of Counting Cars. It aired on 2019-07-09. The runtime is 23 min.
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