Series synopsis
Fast N' Loud is an American reality television series that premiered on Discovery on June 6, 2012. It ended on May 25, 2020. It stars Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman.
Motor mastermind Richard Rawlings and mechanical prodigy Aaron Kaufman search for forgotten and neglected vintage cars. They need big projects and big profits to keep the doors open at Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, TX.
Premise
Motor mastermind Richard Rawlings and mechanical prodigy Aaron Kaufman search for forgotten and neglected vintage cars. They need big projects and big profits to keep the doors open at Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, TX.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Richard Rawlings as Self
- Aaron Kaufman as Self - Chef Mechanic
Guest cast
- Chad McQueen
- Kurt Busch as Self
- Joey Logano as Self
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. as Self
- Brad Keselowski as Self
- Burt Reynolds as Self
Episodes
This series spans 17 seasons with 156 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 23 | October 15, 2012 | June 1, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 12 | June 6, 2012 | October 8, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 7 | February 18, 2013 | April 1, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 8 | June 10, 2013 | July 29, 2013 |
| Season 4 | 21 | September 2, 2013 | May 12, 2014 |
| Season 5 | 14 | August 18, 2014 | December 8, 2014 |
| Season 6 | 6 | March 23, 2015 | April 27, 2015 |
| Season 7 | 13 | September 7, 2015 | February 15, 2016 |
| Season 8 | 8 | September 5, 2016 | October 29, 2016 |
| Season 9 | 9 | January 16, 2017 | March 6, 2017 |
| Season 10 | 6 | October 16, 2017 | November 20, 2017 |
| Season 11 | 9 | March 12, 2018 | May 7, 2018 |
| Season 12 | 11 | July 8, 2019 | September 23, 2019 |
| Season 13 | 9 | March 29, 2020 | May 25, 2020 |
| Season 14 | 0 | March 12, 2018 | May 7, 2018 |
| Season 15 | 0 | July 8, 2019 | September 23, 2019 |
| Season 16 | 0 | March 30, 2020 | May 25, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fleetmaster Recharged A '48 Chevy Fleetmaster, '74 Corvette and '63 Cadillac are featured. |
October 15, 2012 |
| 2 |
Hot Rod Recharged A rare '32 Ford, a '64 Econoline van and an '89 Shelby pickup are featured. |
October 22, 2012 |
| 3 |
Apache/Road to Chopper Live (1) In this two-part show, The Gas Monkeys are invited to the biker build off against Paul Snr, Paul Jnr and Jessie James. |
December 3, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Model A Madness Richard and Aaron find the hot rod of their dreams: a rust-free 1931 Model A. As renovation costs pile up, Richard looks to make some fast cash with a couple of quick flips, including the "Drive Angry" Buick Riviera and a Chevy 210. |
June 6, 2012 |
| 2 |
Awesome Aussies and Olds Richard and Aaron find a '55 Chevy Bel Air as well as a 1950 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 coupe, which had been perfectly preserved in a garage for over 50 years. They have 48 hours to fix up a broken-down '73 Caddy convertible for two Aussies hitting Route 66. |
June 13, 2012 |
| 3 |
Monkey Business Dragster Richard and Aaron stumble upon a diamond in the rough: a 1960s Gasser that Richard wants to race. They buy a gleaming '32 Pontiac at a swap meet. And is a friend's 1960 Cadillac Sedan De Ville haunted and cursing the garage? |
June 20, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mashed Up Mustang The crew renovates a ’67 Ford Mustang convertible, painting it black, lowering it, and giving it a new black interior. However, while the car was out for a test drive, it was totaled by a pickup truck driver without insurance; the car was ultimately repaired and sold (not shown). |
February 18, 2013 |
| 2 |
Bad Ass Bronco Part 1 In this two-part show, Gas Monkey Garage rebuilds a ’76 Bronco that is rusted beyond belief and sells it to the owner of the Twin Peaks restaurant chain. |
February 25, 2013 |
| 3 |
Bad Ass Bronco Part 2 In this two-part show, Gas Monkey Garage rebuilds a ’76 Bronco that is rusted beyond belief and sells it to the owner of the Twin Peaks restaurant chain. |
March 4, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ferrari Fix Part 1/Dead Head Bus In this two-part show, Richard and business partner Dennis Collins buy a wrecked red Ferrari F40 for $400,000 then spend $295,000 to paint it black and upgrade it with modern technology. Dennis buys the finished car for his collection. |
June 10, 2013 |
| 2 |
Ferrari Fix Part 2/1917 REO In this two-part show, Richard and business partner Dennis Collins buy a wrecked red Ferrari F40 for $400,000 then spend $295,000 to paint it black and upgrade it with modern technology. Dennis buys the finished car for his collection. |
June 17, 2013 |
| 3 |
No Bull Bonneville Richard has 72 hours to prepare a ’59 Bonneville for the road-tripping Aussies, nicknaming it the Keagle (Kangaroo-Eagle). |
June 24, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dale Jr.'s Sick Nomad NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. asks for a custom-built car for a road trip vacation. The crew rebuilds a ’56 Chevy Nomad in record time and delivers it to his Mooresville, North Carolina estate. |
September 2, 2013 |
| 2 |
Chopped Cabriolet and 'Vette Rescue A widow sells her husband's Ford ’32 Cabriolet, the team rebuilds a ’62 Corvette. |
September 9, 2013 |
| 3 |
Cool Customline KC's upgraded ’55 Ford Customline is flipped to Mark Cuban. George Foreman visits the garage while Richard and Dennis are out to buy 2 Nash Healey cars and a ’38 Aston Martin. |
September 16, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chopped and Dropped Model A - Part I Aaron and Richard find a 1931 Model A to chop! What begins as a simple build quickly grows into a grand green machine. With less than a month to build this chromed out 60’s show car from the ground up, Richard’s wild plan may be too much. |
August 18, 2014 |
| 2 |
Chopped and Dropped Model A - Part II When Richard snaps back to his senses, he puts the Monkeys back on track. They must finish the ’31 chopped Model A in ten days but not without a lot of strife. Meanwhile, Richard and Dennis argue over a holy grail find of a ’64 ½ Mustang. |
August 25, 2014 |
| 3 |
Super Sonic Camaro - Part I When Richard lands the biggest deal in Gas Monkey's history, his crew struggles to hit Sonic Drive-In’s deadline. Meanwhile, Christie and Richard spar over losing an auction bid. Tensions are high and it doesn’t look like anyone’s going to come out on top. |
September 1, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
'71 Scat Pack Challenger Part I Richard and Aaron try and transform a vintage '71 Dodge Scat Pack Challenger. |
March 23, 2015 |
| 2 |
'71 Scat Pack Challenger Part II Aaron and his team attempt to get the '71 Challenger build to accept the 2015 Challenger technology. In the process, they create a one of a kind resto/mod. Richard buys a busted up '34 Plymouth and the crew takes the '57 Shorty bus for a test drive. |
March 30, 2015 |
| 3 |
Back to the 80's in a 68' Coronet Richard buys a '69 Malibu only to realize there are massive issues. Aaron crashes into a '68 Coronet on the GMG lot. Richard travels to St. Louis to buy a tricked out '79 Camaro. Motley Crue performs at Gas Monkey Live grand opening. |
April 6, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cutlass Low Rider, Part I Richard buys a '78 Cutlass so Aaron can build Gas Monkey's first ever lowrider, only to discover that Aaron's plan to create custom hydraulics is something he's never attempted before. |
September 7, 2015 |
| 2 |
Cutlass Low Rider, Part II As Richard heads to Houston to check out Gas Monkey's top fuel NHRA dragster do some racing, the Monkeys need to do some racing of their own to finish a custom lowrider paint job on the '78 Cutlass in time for the car's debut. |
September 14, 2015 |
| 3 |
Big Red Caddy, Part I Richard and Aaron decide bigger is better, giving a red '67 Cadillac convertible the luxury treatment in a risky bid to attract a higher caliber of buyers. |
September 21, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harley and Me Richard buys Aaron a 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA '45 with the aim of rebuilding the bike appropriate to its original era in order to participate in a vintage race on the New Jersey shore in just two weeks. |
September 5, 2016 |
| 2 |
Hot off the Pantera Looking to make a smash debut at an all-new Barrett-Jackson auction in eight weeks, Richard buys into Aaron’s plan to build a first-ever ’72 Pantera fitted with a custom turbo-charged Ford EcoBoost V6 engine. |
September 12, 2016 |
| 3 |
Pan-tera’s Labyrinth A last minute problem arises with the turbo-charged EcoBoost '72 Ford Pantera Aaron is building for the new Barrett-Jackson Northeast, which in turn, forces Richard to gamble by bringing his quarter-million dollar 2005 Ford GT to the auction instead. |
September 19, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Million Dollar Monkey Aaron heads to Pike's Peak, while the guys build a 1955 Chevy that Richard plans to sell at a Barrett-Jackson auction on the East Coast. |
January 16, 2017 |
| 2 |
Opening Bid Richard prepares for auction at Barrett-Jackson, but last-minute problems with his '55 Chevy may prevent him from taking it to auction. |
January 23, 2017 |
| 3 |
When Lightning Strikes Betting on a speedy build because of all the aftermarket parts available for G-Body cars, Aaron decides to bet Richard that he can finish a 1980 El Camino in three weeks instead of four. |
January 30, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Step Vanning into a New Era It's the beginning of a new era at Gas Monkey Garage as Richard puts the Monkeys in charge of hot-rodding a '73 Chevy P30 Step Van for their first big build without Aaron. |
October 16, 2017 |
| 2 |
Crusin' for a Bruisin' As the Monkeys race to finish their first big build without Aaron, Richard tries to unload his '65 Shelby Mustang GT that has a frozen engine. |
October 23, 2017 |
| 3 |
All About the Bass Richard brings in Gas Monkey's first ever guest builder, Dallas Hot rodder Brian Bass, to team up with the Monkeys and build a '60s style hot rod out of a '34 Ford Coupe. |
October 30, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dat Car Richard and the Monkeys partner up with SEMA Battle of the Builders finalist Big Mike to build Gas Monkey's first ever import tuner, a '75 Datsun 280Z. |
March 12, 2018 |
| 2 |
Tune It Up As the Monkeys and guest builder Big Mike race to get their '75 Datsun 280Z ready, a missing part may stop Richard from debuting Gas Monkeys first-ever tuner car at SEMA. |
March 19, 2018 |
| 3 |
Shining Up a '59 F-100 When a big-name client wants Gas Monkey to build them a promotional vehicle on spec, Richard bets they'll take a shine to a custom '59 Ford F-100. |
March 26, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bullitt in the Chamber Richard Rawlings and the Monkeys are handed a huge challenge when Chad McQueen asks them to take a 1968 Fastback Mustang and turn it into the iconic muscle car for a recreation of Hollywood's most famous move car chase. |
July 8, 2019 |
| 2 |
Scout's Honor Richard Rawlings and the Monkeys forge gear-head history, to be the first to pack a '79 Scout with a 707 horsepower Hellcrate engine for a huge payday. Then, after Feds busted its last owner, will Richard retake his famous Ferrari "Dark Horse?" |
July 15, 2019 |
| 3 |
Beyond Reasonable Scout The Monkeys race to be the first-ever to drop a Hellcat motor in their '79 International Scout and fulfill Richard's quest to fetch the world record for the most-expensive ever sold. And Richard tries to convince a friend to buy a '63 Stingray. |
July 22, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Super Troupe Jeep Gas Monkey teams up with the Gary Sinese Foundation to build a custom '81 Jeep CJ7 as a throwback tribute to the soldiers for Veteran's Day. Later, an original '68 Chevelle has Richard seeing green but only if he can part with his California dream. |
March 30, 2020 |
| 2 |
Wranglin' World Records The Monkeys begin work on a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the second of two jeeps they're customizing for the Gary Sinese Foundation's Veteran's Day auction. Meanwhile, Richard makes a deal on a '55 Crown Vic he hopes to donate to the Gas Monkey Foundation. |
April 6, 2020 |
| 3 |
Vintage Payday Richard races toward a vintage payday by restoring his '37 Buick Racer back to its Indy 500 roots. Meanwhile, the guys buy a one-owner '77 Blazer that could fetch them double their money. Later, a surprise birthday gift has Richard feeling nostalgic. |
April 13, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dat Car Richard and the Monkeys partner up with SEMA Battle of the Builders finalist Big Mike to build Gas Monkey's first ever import tuner, a '75 Datsun 280Z. |
March 12, 2018 |
| 2 |
Tune It Up As the Monkeys and guest builder Big Mike race to get their '75 Datsun 280Z ready, a missing part may stop Richard from debuting Gas Monkey's first-ever tuner car at SEMA. |
March 19, 2018 |
| 3 |
Shining Up a '59 F-100 When a big-name client wants Gas Monkey to build them a promotional vehicle on spec, Richard bets they'll take a shine to a custom '59 Ford F-100. |
March 26, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bullitt in the Chamber Richard Rawlings and the Monkeys are handed a huge challenge when Chad McQueen asks them to take a 1968 Fastback Mustang and turn it into the iconic muscle car for a recreation of Hollywood's most famous move car chase. |
July 8, 2019 |
| 2 |
Scout's Honor Richard Rawlings and the Monkeys forge gear-head history, to be the first to pack a '79 Scout with a 707 horsepower Hellcrate engine for a huge payday. Then, after Feds busted its last owner, will Richard retake his famous Ferrari "Dark Horse?" |
July 15, 2019 |
| 3 |
Beyond Reasonable Scout The Monkeys race to be the first-ever to drop a Hellcat motor in their '79 International Scout and fulfill hot-rodder Richard's quest to fetch the world record for the most-expensive ever sold. And Richard tries to convince a friend to buy a '63 Stingray. |
July 22, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Super Troupe Jeep Gas Monkey teams up with the Gary Sinese Foundation to build a custom '81 Jeep CJ7 as a throwback tribute to the soldiers for Veteran's Day. Later, an original '68 Chevelle has Richard seeing green but only if he can part with his California dream. |
March 30, 2020 |
| 2 |
Wranglin World Records The Monkeys begin work on a 2018 Jeep Wrangler — the second of two jeeps they're customizing for the Gary Sinese Foundation's Veteran's Day auction. Meanwhile, Richard makes a deal on a '55 Crown Vic he hopes to donate to the Gas Monkey Foundation. |
April 6, 2020 |
| 3 |
Vintage Payday Richard races toward a vintage payday by restoring his '37 Buick Racer back to its Indy 500 roots. Meanwhile, the guys buy a one-owner '77 Blazer that could fetch them double their money. Later, a surprise birthday gift has Richard feeling nostalgic. |
April 13, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 6, 2012 |
| Last aired | May 25, 2020 |
| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 21:00:00 |