Episode
Rust Valley Restorers: Gold Fever
Overview
With his car auction fast approaching, Mike strategizes how to draw a bigger crowd. James West takes on his biggest, most challenging build yet - turning a 1955 Cadillac into a 70s-inspired Street Freak.
Details
- Series
- Rust Valley Restorers
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2024-10-31
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Gold Fever is Episode 7 in Season 5 of Rust Valley Restorers. It aired on 2024-10-31. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 6: Blind Spot
Mike and Avery try to get an auctioneer to help them downsize their collections, but Avery scares him off. Frame issues leave Mike's restoration of a Diamond T truck dead in the water.
Episode 8: Diamond in the Rough
A rare Diamond T truck build has Mike and his crew scrambling to keep up with their client’s demands. Avery battles a hornet’s nest, his mother and his own impending sense of doom as auction day arrives.
More episodes from this season
Episode 5: Time Machines
JF begins restoring a 1928 Model A Roadster, while Avery takes on a 1941 military vehicle and these antique machines are full of challenges; Mike chases redemption at the races.
Episode 4: A Tale of Two Engines
Mike takes on a rare Hertz Shelby Mustang for his friend's brother, but the badly damaged car might be too far-gone; a drag race against another local shop turns into a Chevelle showdown.
Episode 3: A Little Help from My Friends
Mike enlists his buddy Dave to help him rid the Field of Dreams of a junk-stuffed school bus. Richard revives the glorious luxury of private rail cars using an old trailer, while Russell leans on an old friend to help him build a truck honoring family members he's lost.
Episode 2: Mike M.I.A
Mike is burning the candle at both ends, working at remote locations for his rock scaling business, while trying to manage the shop's restoration of a 1969 Road Runner convertible from afar.
Episode 1: Scouts Honour
Mike kicks off his fifth year in business with the restoration of a rare 1971 International Scout II, before teaming up with his brothers to find a new home for their late father's 1964 Mercury motor.