Monster Garage
Grim Ripper
Episode Synopsis
1973 Miller Meteor Cadillac Hearse / Car Crusher-Destroyer Death was certainly the theme of this mission: the transformation of a 1973 Miller Meteor Cadillac hearse into a formidable car-crushing beast. Because it marked the first failure — and destruction — of a Monster vehicle. • Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif. • George Barris, custom-car designer (including the Batmobile, Kitt from Knightrider, the Munsters' Koach, and the DeLorean from Back to the Future) • Tim Conder, mechanic and motorcycle customizer, Seattle, Wash. • Jose Gonzalez, motorcycle customizer and forklift repairman, Yale/Chase, Long Beach, Calif. • Bart Grande, dyno shop owner and racer, GodSpeed Dyno Works, Oceanside, Calif. • Doran Hirschkorn, Bobcat manufacturing engineer, Bismarck, N.D. • Steve ""Tombstone"" Sterle, horror-prop manufacturer, Hollywood Tombstones, San Fernando Valley, Calif.
