MuscleCar

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MuscleCar is a television program whose hosts demonstrate how to rebuild muscle cars while sharing information about these cars and their history. It became a part of a group of shows called the Powerblock, currently shown on Spike TV, on January 7, 2006.

The original co-hosts of the show were Lou Santiago and Jared Zimmerman, however midway through the first season Zimmerman left the show to return to Rad Rides by Troy, the custom car shop he had been employed with prior to joining the MuscleCar show as co-host. Since Zimmerman's departure, Santiago remained the show's single host, relying upon various shop assistants and fabricators to assist with tasks when they require more than one person.

Santiago remained as the host of the series until his last taping of the show on Friday, October 26, 2007. The final show with him as host aired on February 17, 2008 with his on air official announcement of his departure. However, he made his first announcement while being interviewed the week following October 26, 2007 by Kevin Oeste of V8TV, at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

As of the October 1st, 2007 taping, Rick Bacon (AKA The Arsonist) became the new co-host of Muscle Car TV. As of the October 29th, 2007 show taping, Rick became the solo host of the show.