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Design team:
Jarri Schwartz (Monster House decorator), Gadget (Monster House/BIG! builder), Big Schwag (Monster Garage commentator), The Pizz (artist)

House owner: Miles Zambromo?

Build team:
Michael Gump (Previous work: Fright house (door frame)), artist
Dan Danknick (Previous work: Geo Tracker balloon), electrical genius
Nikki Giovacchini (as Nik Giovacchini) (Previous work: Mobster house), monster veteran
Chuck Mignacco (Previous work: Geo Tracker balloon), welder
Mike Massingill (Previous work: Fire house), carpenter/firefighter
Mac Sufuentes (Previous work: Low bull rider), lowering expert
Ian Roussell (Previous work: Mad scientist house (mad scientist bar)), welder/fabricator
Ed Robinson (Previous work: Remote control car), circus performer/mechanical expert

Jarri, Gadget, Big Schwag visited home owner's house. Big Schwag got keys from Miles. Big Schwag thought the house looked like Halloween. Big Schwag took a hat, then he left house. Jarri inspected bedroom, then she meditated. Gadget inspected kitchen. Gadget sampled milk and apple. Big Schwag entered garage and discovered a Cadillac car. Big Schwag tested the car. Big Schwag looked at golf cart, and knocked golf club to Cadillac. Jarri looked at living room, then she discovered the reclining chair.

Outside the house, Big Schwag decided to monsterize toaster from kitchen (Skeet Shooting Toaster). Gadget decided to turn coffin into a refrigerator (Deep Six Fridge). Jarri talked about the bed, then Big Schwag decided to monsterize bed (Magic Fingers From Hell Bed). Gadget decided to add conveniences to the reclining chair (Ultimate Lazyman's Lounger). Gadget decided to a movie theater to the Cadillac (Driving Drive-in Theater). Big Schwag decided to monsterize golf cart (Auto Golf Wheelie Cart). Elsewhere, the Pizz made concept drawings.

A toaster, a mattress, a reclining chair, a car, a golf cart, a coffin were brought into the garage.

Day 1

Builders signed up for projects decided to tackle. Ian bent tube for the bed. Mac welded frame for the bed. The bed's design included 4 motors mounted on the upper frame that would make the bed shake, with 4 airbags mounted between frames as cushions.

1:16pm

Movie screen and Da-Lite digital projector arrived. Build team tried to mount screen, but it was too big. Ed decided to cut the screen. The design of Driving Drive-in Theater consists of a hood open forward to reveal screen, and trunk lid open forward, making the projector on the lid to shoot image to the screen. After a meeting, build team decided to mount projector to a retractable rollbar, mounted at the rear seat compartment. Gump bought a refrigerator from Joshua's Appliances for $250 (original price: $325). Gump tried to lift the refrigerator alone, but refrigerator fell. Gump removed cooling coils from the new refrigerator. Ian made articulating mount for the projector.

Monster Nation exhibit (Lumberton, North Carolina)
Monster: Shock Wave (jet engine powered Peterbilt semi-truck)

In Mid-Atlantic fly-in festival, Ken Shockley drove Shock Wave.

Day 2

The stock spring from toaster was replaced by a stronger spring. The toasts were bounced higher, but not monsterous enough. Dan destroyed toaster afterwards. Build team decided to build a new toaster. Gump brought in a freezer from junk pile. Gump decided to use different coils for the coffin. Motor for the bed arrived. A touch screen wireless computer arrived.
Mike decided to add computer to the side of the chair, and a metallic lever to the chair. Jarri and Big Schwag brought in speakers. Gump told Big Schwag he made models of kids toy for happy meal. Build team add hinges for the forward opening hood. Nik built hinges for the hood, then he mounted hood and screen.

11:32am

Ed started making beverage dispenser for the golf cart. Ed decided to make a spring-loaded box capable of storing 6 cans, with a skull on top that would deliver a can when opened. Ian called in 2 experts into garage. A lift kit, 7 8-volt batteries (freebie, $3000), 4 24-inch tires arrived. Build team mounted lift kit, rear axle, then a 5.7hp motor to golf cart. Garage manager Ben (Ben Wood) brought in a gas-powered barbecue grill, cooling coils, keg cooler, CO2 can, a ketchup and mustard dispenser. Dan enlarged the hole to propane tank. Big Schwag and Jarri entered garage. Mac said he could finish the bed tomorrow.

Monster Nation exhibit (Tucumcary?, New Mexico)
Monster: Dinosaurus Rox (fire breathing dragon car/Bobcat loader), Lorien? (retractable fire shooting robot car)

Charlie staged battle between two machines. Dinosaurus Rox lost.

Day 3

Build team mounted ketchup and mustard dispenser to the Cadillac. Dan described the container for the mustard bag. In interview, Dan said his electronic design was used by a multinational cmopany to build robots for US military. Mike built beverage dispenser for the chair. Big Schwag entered garage. Gump built roller legs for coffin refrigerator.

2:06pm

Ed mounted a clock to the bottom of drink dispenser. Build team tested golf cart. When Ian drove the golf cart, it did wheelie in street. A driver in purple shirt turned wheels during wheelie, then driver was knocked off the cart when the vehicle turned right. Big Schwag asked Mac about the bed. Ian made golf cart's steering system. Ian's steering design included breaks connected to rear axle, allowing driver to steer the vehicle in the middle of a wheelie. When Chuck was testing ketchup and mustard dispenser, mustard leaked from dispenser during test. In second test, mustard no longer leak. Dan made AC motor controller for the bed. When testing the bed, the bed frame moved very little. Dan said the motors were too weak. Mac changed the design of bed to use air bags to shake the bed. Ed completed drink dispenser. 2 linear actuators arrived. Build team successfully tested the scrolling screen. Dan discovered actuator must be mounted outside the engine compartment. Ian mounted Ed's drink dispenser to golf cart. Gump mounted styrofoam boards to coffin's upper shelf. Ian built swing arm for hitting golf balls. Build team added bars to the outsides of the Cadillac.

Monster Nation exhibit (Richmond, British Columbia)
Monsters: Grinder (red belt sander racer), Blue Thunder (blue belt sander racer)

In the belt sander race between Grinder and Blue Thunder, Steve Mackenzie drove Grinder, Tonya drove Blue Thunder. Grinder won the race.

Day 4

Nik successfully tested and installed actuators. Dan prepared wiring for actuator. Build team tested projector arm actuator. Chuck added mounting plates for the Cadillac's front horns. Ian added crossbar between the horns of the Cadillac. Gump was assembling refrigerator. Fog machine and strobe lights arrived. Mac added half-circle rotors to bed's motors. Build team tested bed succesfully, with0ut mattress. In second test for the bed, a mattress was added to the bed, with Dan on mattress. Bed was completed. Build team successfully tested drink dispenser for the chair. Chair was completed. A licensed serviceman (Dan) added cooling gas to the refrigerator's cooling element. Gump made skull latch for refrigerator. Mike scavenged a starter motor for golf cart's swinging club, then he mounted motorized golf club. Mike tested golf club, but the club flew away. In second golf club test, the club worked. Golf cart was completed. Ian started making toaster. Ian mounted air bag that would launch toasts. Build team tested toaster twice, but the toasts were not launched far enough. Build team successfully tested Cadillac's projecting mechanism.

Day 5

Ian decided to improve the cart by improving incrasing golf cart's wheelie angle, and adding a titanium wheelie bar. Nik decided to make the toaster bigger by lenghtening the launching arm. Gump brought in a sewing machine to sew fabrics for decorating refrigerator's door. Ed made golf bag for the golf cart. Build team tested toaster, and the toaster flew much higher than before. Build team added grill sheets to toaster. Build team completed toaster. Seksul Roba and Erector played music. Jarri and Big Schwag entered garage for inspection. Build team demonstrated projector, barbecue grill, ketchup and mustard dispenser, popcorn maker on Cadillac to Jarri and Big Schwag. Gump demonstrated coffin refrigerator. Jarri and Big Schwag tried the bag, build team demonstrated the bed's vibration and fog generating feature. For the Ultimate Lazyman's Lounger, build team demonstrated reading light, cup holder on right swing arm, computer screen on left swing arm, remote control, sound system, reclining feature, drink dispenser. Builders demonstrated toaster. The Auto Golf Wheelie Cart was taken to outside. Ed demonstrated the cart's drink dispenser, then Ian did wheelie driving with Big Schwag in the cart. During the driving test of golf cart, a golf club was broken in the middle of wheelie. During the exit sequence, a white car exited the garage and crashed into a pile of scraps in front of the exit, then build team destroyed the car.

Day 6

Miles returned home. Miles, Jarri, Gadget, Big Schwag entered house. Miles, Jarri, Gadget demonstrated Ultimate Lazyman's Lounger. Big Schwag and Gadget lifted Miles to the chair's drink dispenser's tap. Miles turned on the tap. Jarri, Gadget, Big Schwag demonstrated the Deep Six Fridge. Big Schwag served Monster Garage beer made from the Firetruck Brewery vehicle. Gadget demonstrated toaster outdoors. Miles and Schwag shot at toasts and fishes with paintball guns. Miles hit a fish. Gadget demonstrated golf cart with Miles on the vehicle. Miles tested the bed.

Miles, Jarri, Gadget, Big Schwag exited house. Big Schwag demonstrated the modified 1972 Cadillac El Dorado convertible (El Monstero). Big Schwag demonstrated drink dispenser. The screen showed Monster Garage (Switchblade episode). Big Schwag drove Cadillac to road with hood turned on.

In ending screen, Big Schwag and build team flipped over the destroyed white car, then a forklift shoved the white car into the junk pile. Someone used fire extinguisher on forklift.