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Discover Channel's most popular show, Monster Garage, is the home base for the legendary Jesse James. The great-great-grandson of the rebel of the same name and owner of West Coast Choppers, and his team are going to transform a 1987 Winnebago Suncruiser into a mobile half pipe on wheels! The garage jocks and engineers take the challenge head on, to build a completely unique vehicle in just seven days with a budget of only $3,000.

Jesse James along with Tony Hawk and BMX pro Rick Thorne, skate park designer Mike McIntyre and RV expert Kevin Jenkins turn a beast of an RV into a traveling ramp. Additionally, they want to be able to ride the ramp while driving the RV! If they pull off this feat, each member of the team gets a $3,400 set of tools.

After designing the ramp in Autocad, they decide to build a ramp 12-feet wide with an 8-foot transition and 10-feet of flat-bottom. Armed with sledge hammers, the team guts the enitre interior of the the RV. Tony Hawk is familliar with this particular RV as he and a sk8 team spent 6 weeks living in it on a tour (an odd coincidence - or not). Next they use Sawzalls to remove the sides, rear and roof of the RV from the steering wheel to the rear bumper.

Soon they make a critical discovery: the opening on the garage is only 11-feet wide. The RV won't fit out unless they narrow the width. A coin toss determines whether they go 8 or 10-feet. Ten-feet won. They built a steel frame for the entire ramp and attached it so one roll-out was over the cab of the RV and the other hung over the rear bumper. They added a sound system, donated by a local shop, and the sounds were pumping.

A few finishing touches were also added like side pipes. James said there's no point in building a spectacle like this if they don't hear it coming before they see it. Jason Jesse added custom side pipes giving the RV a noticable sound as he stomped on the gas. They also pointed out that jason Jesse, a former pro skateboarder, was nearly brain-dead at times. He seemed totally tweaked until he got on a deck and thrashed the ramp as he did in days gone by.

They finished the project with 52 cents to spare - cutting things pretty close - and took the beast out for a celibratory run. Under the cover of darkness, they rolled out as several guys rode the ramp. Everything worked to spec - amazing!

The final test was taking the RV to Venice Beach the next day. A local punk band set up in the parking lot and jammed as Rick and Tony hit the ramp. The crowd seemed stoked. Tony did a 540 and Rick did a backflip.

Discover Channel's most popular show, Monster Garage, is the home base for the legendary Jesse James. The great-great-grandson of the rebel of the same name and owner of West Coast Choppers, and his team are going to transform a fucking 1987 Winnebago Suncruiser into a mobile half pipe on wheels! The garage jocks and engineers take the challenge head on, to build a completely unique vehicle in just seven days with a budget of only $3,000.

Jesse James along with Tony Hawk and BMX pro Rick Thorne, skate park designer Mike McIntyre and RV expert Kevin Jenkins turn a piece of shit RV into a traveling ramp. Additionally, they want to be able to ride the ramp while driving the fucking thing! If they pull off this feat, each member of the team gets a $3,400 set of tools.

After designing the ramp in Autocad, they decide to build a ramp 12-feet wide with an 8-foot transition and 10-feet of flat-bottom. Armed with sledge hammers, the team guts the enitre interior of the the RV. Tony Hawk is familliar with this particular RV as he and a sk8 team spent 6 weeks living in it on a tour (an odd coincidence - or not). Next they use Sawzalls to remove the sides, rear and roof of the RV from the steering wheel to the rear bumper.

Soon they make a critical discovery: the opening on the garage is fucking 11-feet wide. The RV won't fucking fit out unless they narrow the width. A coin toss determines whether they go 8 or 10-feet. Ten-feet won. They built a steel frame for the entire ramp and attached it so one roll-out was over the cab of the RV and the other hung over the rear bumper. They added a sound system, donated by a local shop, and the sounds were pumping.

A few finishing touches were also added like side pipes. James said there's no point in building a spectacle like this if they don't fucking hear it coming before they see it. Jason Jesse added custom side pipes giving the RV a noticable sound as he stomped on the gas. They also pointed out that jason Jesse, a former pro skateboarder, was nearly brain-dead at times. He seemed totally tweaked until he got on a deck and thrashed the ramp as he did in days gone by.

They finished the project with 52 cents to spare - cutting things pretty close - and took the beast out for a celibratory run. Under the cover of darkness, they rolled out as several guys rode the ramp. Everything worked to spec - amazing!

The final test was taking the fucking RV to Venice Beach the next day. A local punk band set up in the parking lot and jammed as Rick and Tony hit the ramp. The crowd seemed stoked. Tony did a 540 and Rick did a backflip.