Speed Channel

Your friendly how-to guide to auto customization

Two Guys Garage is a popular show featured on the Speed channel. Sam Memmolo is the host, whom you may remember from such shows as Crank & Chrome and Shadetree Mechanic on TNN in the 1990s. His current show is targeted towards mechanics and do-it-yourselfers.

About the Show

Two Guys Garage covers everything you need to know about building and customizing performance cars, including track testing. The show focuses on showing the viewers how to complete fabrication techniques, including welding, painting, wheel balancing, machining and drilling. They feel that fabrication is the secret to success in building and repairing dream rides. Sam shows the viewers how to complete hands-on projects on a variety of import and domestic cars and small trucks.

Aside from shop projects, Sam frequently visits some of the most famous manufacturers in the automotive industry. Performance engineering experts also occasionally stop by the garage to share their knowledge and expertise with Sam and the viewers.

Continuing car projects are a main part of every episode of Two Guys Garage. These projects produce new and interesting problems each episode for Sam to solve with his mechanical expertise. Sam's friends will also bring their special cars to the show, and guest experts frequently help solve specific high-interest fabrication problems.

Some of the featured products and brands include Aero Exhaust, Bar's Leaks, Dupli-Color, Green Grease, Satisfied Motorsports, Fast Funnel and Bend-Pak Incorporated.

What the Fans Are Saying

Some fans report that the how-to information on Two Guys Garage is useful, but is also too basic. They find many of the projects, such changing air filters and wiper blades, to be too easy and that Sam should show viewers how to accomplish more complex tasks. Some fans even compared the show with an infomercial for performance parts and manufacturers.

Two Guys Garage is now in its sixth season on the Speed channel, with 26 new episodes lined up. Based on what fans are saying about Two Guys Garage, it seems to be a good show for automotive beginners who want to learn how to do some basic fabrication projects. Just don't expect anything advanced for the experts.

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