This page is all about how to create an Over haulin application. Overhaulin is a US Automotive reality TV show, hosted by Adrienne Janic and Chris Jacobs. There have been 77 episodes over 5 seasons so far. The show is broadcast on TLC and has run since April 14, 2004 onwards. http://www.tv.com/overhaulin/show/27718/summary.html The idea of the show is "to transfer a wreck into a dream".

The show depends on families and friends submitting an over haulin application, which requests a car to be overhauled without the knowledge of the owner of the car. Most of the cars on the show are vintage cars that are past their prime which are in need of many repairs. An application can be made through the Overhaulin forum, full details are provided in a section below.

As part of the show in each episode the disappearance of the car to the owner is explained in various ways (e.g. stolen, gone for repair, towed by police, crushed, etc).

The overhaul mechanics team (led by Chip Foose) have 1 week to overhaul the car. There have been many spectacular restorations over the years of the show. All 77 overhauls to date are provided in this link.http://turbo.discovery.com/overhaulin/episode/episode.html

Overhaulin is extremely similar to the show Pimp my Ride, which is very successful. Overhaulin also has similarities in format to American Chopper, Monster Garage and Extreme Makeover Home Edition (albeit this is for homes).

The approach to making an application to have a car featured on Overhaul is:

1. Visit the Overhailin forum http://www.overhaulinforums.com/index.php
2. Register to use the Overhaulin Forums site by clicking "Register" options, the rules are:
   1. "Be respectful"
   2. "Keep your forum posts clean"
   3. "Do not post any personal information"
   4. "Enjoy yourself!"
3. Visit the Getting Overhaulin Application portion of the forumhttp://www.overhaulinforums.com/viewtopic.php?pid=3251
4. Complete your post similar to the other advertisements you see there.