Plot Synopsis

Long-bearded rocker Billy Gibbons reaches out to Jimmy Shine, one of the top hot rod builders in the business, to hit the open road in an impromptu search of the perfect fixer-upper. Billy has known Jimmy for more than 20 years and during that time, they've built dozens of award-winning hot rods. When they get together, you never know what kind of car will come to life. Billy acts as the creative director, driving the vision and finding the hidden gem vehicles while Jimmy executes and makes sure it all comes together. But it's a partnership that's often easier said than done. On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT, Discovery premiered the pilot episode of ROCKIN' ROADSTERS, but had no other episodes on its schedule at that time. In the pilot, Billy finds the unlikely car behind his vision -- a rusted and dinged up 1984 El Camino -- after an exhaustive journey into the California desert, and asks Jimmy to build a part car/part truck roadster for a big Hollywood event just three weeks away. It's a tight timeline, but if Jimmy can pull it off, there just might be a bigger-than-normal payoff for this master builder. For Jimmy, it's all hands on deck as the team scrambles to make deadline and incorporate unconventional parts Billy has collected along the way - including an old bass drum pedal. And of course, no hot rod is complete without a hidden "Billy-ism" built into the car.