Vegas Rat Rods Officially ENDED After This Happened... WHERE DID ALL THE WELDERUP EMPLOYEES GO?

Here's why the once-popular Discovery show, "Vegas Rat Rods" officially ended. Although it is true the actual shop "Welder Up" is still open and functioning, the show "Vegas Rat Rods" has ended. You WON'T believe what happened behind the scenes! The show was set for the 5th season but they haven't announced a date or mentioned anything about it for a long time. This video will expose what led to the show's abrupt end.
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[@heathcox4944]

Is it just me or discovery gets great shows started, Then screws them up injecting their "Hollywood" BS that nobody really wants??

[@anthonygilmore4460]

Like West coast customs or Occ or Monster Garage with Jessie James. Although I think we can all agree that pimp my ride was kinda fucked from the start but that was MTV anyway...

[@YourName-jm7lz]

thats exactly what happens. Perfect example is Gas Monkey...Richard became all Hollywood....zero quality cars.

[@trollbane66]

They always want to make it about drama instead about building cars.

[@codygrabow4190]

"We gotta finish this or we'll lose the shop!!!" ....yyyyuck.

[@nosnerd1967]

They want his first born

[@charlesanzalone5846]

Still doing his welder up show on the web,it's popular and his shop is a tourist attraction here in lasvegas, ,Steve comes to cars and coffee with some of his rods ,really cool guy, takes pictures with anybody who wants one

[@charzeljenkins7201]

I wish I would’ve known when I came out there last year I would’ve loved to stop by the shop I’m a big fan

[@Geoduck.]

I agree with Heath. The craftsmanship and skill designing and building collector cars and trucks is enough. Fake drama and time issues detract and diminish those shows to the point they become unwatchable.

[@bjodaddyo]

The answer to the question was 10 minutes too long.

[@exogator]

But what was the answer? Canadians, female's, I honestly must have missed it...

[@toofasttopass]

@@exogator naw it was covid lol

[@vegashdrider]

NO SHIT!!!

[@tredeeter430]

Nah none of that

[@rudypadilla9626]

My wife & I & a friend met steve at his store in Vegas Nov 2019 he brought us into the shop area .we talked took photos .. steve is a great humble funny guy Very polite / respectful ..

[@MichaelSmith-wb1es]

We had the same experience with Steve. He was working on the car hauler when we got there and he climbed down off of it and spoke to us for a while and took pictures with us. He seems like a real down to earth guy. When I told him we had been to Counts Customs and the Pawnshop and not seen anyone from the shows. His response was “well those guys are rich. I have to work for a living”.

[@rudypadilla9626]

We stopped at counts customs also. Seen ryan. Called out to him & took photos ( real quick like ) cuz other people starting gathering so had to make it quick .. my wife & him

[@amberbali8881]

Met him at Sturgis also. Real decent dude.

[@bdahl4002]

When my cable bill starting costing more than my food bill for my family i had to cut the cord. Sorry never saw the show. But i saved over 2 thousand a year.

[@sidcostello7532]

you didn;t miss a thing

[@RKG69]

Wait so your food only cost you $2000 a year for your family can you lead me in the right direction please.

[@velvetjones]

That worked a few years ago. Now every single channel is going to have their own streaming service. I got rid of DirectTV but now if I want to watch Formula 1 its $80 for the year and MotoGP is $165 for the year. That's on top of Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Hulu, and who knows what else my wife is subscribed to. So Cutting the cord was a great idea 5 years ago but it's about to turn into the exact same thing as cable tv. Only instead of paying one person you have 15 different bills every month for streaming services. Pretty soon we will have them getting together and making "streaming packages" that combine multiple streaming services. We will be right back to cable TV but over ip instead of coax with set top boxes.

[@velvetjones]

Also if you could feed your family for less than $200 a month you have a small family (2 people no kids) or your entire family is horribly malnourished. My family of 5 spends close to $200 a week on groceries and that is bargain hunting and using coupons.

[@mikewallace5506]

Cable ain't worth it that's such a rip-off specially Comcast

[@AJCsr]

4:16 The Discovery Channel: ("There focus wasn't the cars.") Well I'd say there's where your problem started, and ended !

[@unchained20000000]

The problem was Steve had to jump through hoops like some dog. He's a freakin artist, not some kick dog that rich fucks shit on.

[@junicohen7918]

@@unchained20000000 well he should have figured out the costumer is always right

[@leslielyman3379]

I am 79 years old living vicariously watch cool KZbin content. Your stuff is BY FAR the coolest I’ve seen yet.

[@DarkFlamage]

I think most of us have no idea the amount of pressure, and stress a production crew puts on a real life business. VRR is one example, another is Fantomworks. Dan Short did a very thorough job of explaining why he had to end his show after 8 seasons. I was sad to see FW go, but I could not argue with his reasoning.

[@jmtmreese9334]

That was one of my favorite shows , going to miss Fantom Works

[@Justin_311]

I hardly watched that one but I pass it all the time in Norfolk...actually met Steve and Dave in Vegas. It was awesome

[@ThePeopleVerse]

SOoo, after What? Happened? Covid? The chick leaving? A fart? No point!

[@johngrepo9976]

I miss twiggy!

[@steveclark4544]

People were upset that Cheyenne left? Whenever I saw her on the show all I wanted to know was wtf happened to Twiggy? And she got NO MENTION.

[@robertlafnear4865]

I'm surprised the EPA didn't jump on them as soon as they saw the Diesel Smoke from the engines kinda like they did to the Diesel Bros. and fine them out of house and home...... Love what they built for sure.

[@xterra4hire]

Litterally 3 seconds of things that happened, but 10 mins of history

[@xterra4hire]

@Scott Robinson found em

[@danielhulse4076]

I loved Vegas Rat Rods. I met Steve Darnell in when I was in Vegas at his shop, and he was a really nice guy and had the coolest rat rods I have ever laid eyes on

[@tree01house]

Where is Steve now?

[@Burritos15]

I met him when I was in Vegas my dad is hillbilly

[@boozer7774]

He has KZbin it's called welder up they put out regular episodes on there why would I want to go to motor trend or discovery

[@lemonaid8678]

When will they realize cable tv is headed out the door?

[@patbergeron4248]

Glad to know that Thx

[@callumwilliams4792]

Motor trend not even going to be available for people in uk soon. How shit

[@rickregister9424]

Cable went to hell when they got rid of the Speed channel

[@billyhillk5726]

My wife and I haven't watched TV for many years. We do watch a few internet shorts pertaining to our interests. No drama is very good. Unfortunately, we now have to be active in replacing our incompetent, and criminal infested government. We hope others will join us, and are successful in the removal of these criminals.

[@MrPopples72843]

This guys voice makes me feel like my iq is tanking

[@morepower-4.6]

The deadlines that they had for some of these builds was totally unrealistic! Ok we have 10 days to build a vehicle from scratch and we don’t have any parts, and we need to build the frame from scratch, YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHG right!!!

[@jmann9232]

They just set that timeline for the shows

[@1953beetle]

I loved Vegas Rat Rods.It's a shame it ended.Greetings from Australia.

[@Everymoth]

I wish they can come back on to tv I absolutely love that show

[@ST7_Hayden]

The truck in the thumbnail is in Nashville right now!

[@horizonsky9269]

love this show it was different from every car show on TV so disappointed the way it turned out at the end please come back

[@Anarchy-Is-Liberty]

"in an industry dominated by men" - Thank Christ!!!

[@sandvicheatfresh]

I remember watching a few episodes on Quest and it was called Sin City Motors

[@drew65sep]

So, this explanation almost mirrors the Phantom Works one, and also the reasons for pulling the plug on their respective shows.

[@Bill-xc8le]

This video is worse then then the show was.

[@1953beetle]

I loved the show.

[@JAAB9296]

I agree, the show did suck, unless you were from the ages of 13 to 17.

[@chipmorrison3594]

well that explained nothing!

[@AbstractDreamz]

Im a metal shpaper and I hated watching them hack up the good cars thereby destroying good American classic cars. I cringed during the 55 (approximately 55) chevy. What they did to the sheetmetal was awful. That and how "no fucks given" attitude the owner has about everything.

[@irredeemabledeplorable5227]

Admittedly not for everyone ....but why WATCH.....If you're Canadian, I understand...lmao

[@scottchamberlain5594]

Thanks for answering my wonder as to why The Canadian Film Board logo appears on car shows that are clearly not Canadian.

[@AmericanMX]

So what your saying is the Discovery channel ruined Vegas Rat Rods and Gas Monkey Garage, Welder up, OCC all because Discovery wanted projects done on their schedule and not the time actually needed? Maybe Discovery needs to change their schedule.

[@jdias51]

Right

[@irredeemabledeplorable5227]

If you feel the need to PHUCK something up.....just bring in the cameras....Steve had WAY more patience than I ever had with PRIMA DONNAS

[@bromack2353]

Steve Darnell is the definition of cool , loved his shows and now watching his welding video's 👍👍

[@jasonsparshott7208]

I agree I actually enjoy his You Tube more then I did the show because you can tell he was sometimes doing things in the show that he wouldn’t normally do and the scripted in drama and laughing scenes ! On KZbin it’s all Steve and how and what exactly he does !!

[@Devin-O]

Dude is a dick in life over charging people for the cost of full restoration cars and given rat rods.

[@deeznutzz8375]

Hahaha. You need need to get real. Steve’s a pos.

[@heybuddy32]

There have been a lot of auto TV shows out there, but, in my opinion, this one topped them all!!! I love both the super fine finished customs, originals, etc. but also love what they are doing!!! Keep on get'n gears my brother!!!

[@jillsmith3858]

Met Steve in 2018. Very nice, decent guy.

[@johnDoe-ir3qy]

Wasn’t this the show where he found an old guy in the Desert with a really valuable old Las Vegas Sign and paid peanuts for it and selling it for a fortune thinking he was so clever. The old guy looked like he didn’t have much to live on. Stopped watching it after that.

[@SModelMafia]

The show ended because Steve didn't want to be locked to what someone tells him too. He decided, not someone else. I talked to him, and Merlin at length about it at SEMA..Seems like you want clicks.

[@kramnoslaw4474]

Agreed

[@dieseldabz7104]

Brian you must believe everything your told because Steve lied to you kid...

[@SModelMafia]

@@dieseldabz7104 Kid..that's funny, I'm probably older than you. I'm glad you have the inside scoop. There were other people in the industry there with us, but ok. I know multiple people from Discovery/MotorTrend

[@Ibiza210]

Going with how Discovery treat their "talent" I'm inclined to believe you. They seem to be focused on tv production schedules not fabrication/build schedules.

[@SModelMafia]

@@Ibiza210 I agree.. Even though it's the same " company " the MotorTrend merge has helped some.. I have heard some behind the scenes from several shows, and become friends with several people on shows.

[@DieselDazzler06]

But what happened to Twiggy?? She just disappeared never to be seen or spoken of again 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@artyfuffkin7805]

It became illegal federally to swap a different engine into a production car body in the 90s

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Frick! I got CLICK BATED! 😳😳😳😳😳

[@stevetucker1764]

Bring back show it’s a awesome show

[@glibbylive4564]

bro just looks suuper blazed in the thumbnail😂

[@bobvido9875]

Waaaaaaaaay better than Street Outlaws and OCC . I hope the cars are better made than Occ choppers. Welder up had some cool cars.

[@traceywebb7040]

Got to be one of the best shows on the box....sad to see it go but I'm stoked Steve and the guys are still in business 😎👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@heathenamerican8149]

Welder Up KZbin channel is way better than what Discovery put out.

[@rickietatum4319]

Hope they bring this awesome show back. There is a huge following of it over here in the UK and we love our Rat Rods too.

[@christianxzowner2958]

Got instagram?? Go follow him there..i enjoye every trip and vids he post there...♥️🤟

[@Axial32]

They still produce cool videos of builds. Just not for the discovery channel, which is fine.

[@tempromental]

@@Axial32 i use to like this too it was called "Sin City Motors" in UK. I thought it was a UK production as it had the Dave / UK TV Logo in the credits

[@juststuffwithwolfe4482]

I’m pretty sure that vegas rat rods have a KZbin channel

[@Jesse_Jessie_James]

They do it's Steve's Darnells Account.

[@KTMsteve]

the video series "officially ended after this" is very clickbaity. its never been just ONE event.

[@philipehrmantraut1548]

Absolutely love the show and the crew and the amazing products they put out

[@tommyhall350]

Sorry buddy I love your videos welder up I will miss you buddy come back on when you can Steve good luck

[@michaelosullivan8119]

Im thinking drawing up me plan to build a mini rat rod with custom tray

[@deegan727]

These guys couldn’t handle “consecutive 12 hour days”? That’s only half a day😂 I’ve been working 12s and 16s nights and days often 6 days a week, but even up to 10 days in row for 15 years. Give me a show so I can take a break😂

[@scumdog88]

you must of been working when you watched this and commented

[@deegan727]

@@scumdog88 I was actually.

[@hunterwilliams9632]

Great show I'll never get you Discovery channel uses Canandas to film they were started in NEW YORK city

[@1978garfield]

The Canadian government gives tax credits to shows with Canadians. They also require a certain amount of Canadian content on TV an radio.

[@nachocroes8075]

I love that show and steve darnell.

[@georgecameron7788]

Wow. Several 12 hour days on a row. Lmao.

[@jayer-su3hu]

Yeah that's called.....ummm....work back where I come from

[@bradrichards6107]

I am sure the crew was being paid very well for those 12 hour days.

[@grantschwartz8254]

That's not very accurate many of the days were much longer than that. But it was a job and we did get paid for it.

[@jasonsparshott7208]

@@grantschwartz8254 12 hours of straight up work on your feet in boots on concrete in the heat is no joke now don’t get me wrong it is a regular work schedule for 3 on 4 off no OT or 4 on 3 off with 4 hours OT anybody with a grain of work ethic can do that but 5-6 day in a row of real work in a tuff environment is not easy for any body 40+ with a family to deal with now at 18-30 no family and young with confidence and skill or need and want for skill can and do 12+ 6 sometime 7 days a week but at 47 years old I can tell you that it gets hard and you’re health can go down hill quickly! Now I still work 10-14+ hours a day 5-6 days a week running my own small business and I’m extremely competent and very skilled in my trade ( HVACR , in the winter I take on Plumbing and electrical jobs as well ) but in the last 3 years my pain level and ability to crawl/climb in and out of tight areas has decreased and become way way harder for me to do multiple times every day ! So I pretty much need a helper to jokey up and down for me daily in other words I’m not as good as I once was but I’m as good once as I’ve ever been ! So don’t knock 12 hour days like it’s child’s play I can promise you it will catch up to you ! Maybe not as soon as it did to me but it will ( I also played just as hard as I worked for 35 years I have been in the field literally my entire life I was running a 3 man install crew for my fathers business at the age of 11 ) and I acted and competed in extreme sports like I weighed 140 lbs instead of 200 + lbs and partied like I just turned 21 from 16 until 36 years young ! Lol Just stating my opinion!

[@robertfandel9442]

My record was 38 - 12s with a couple 14s mixed in

[@llhl6223]

They released a season in 2020 and more is coming but on hold due to Covid

[@bundunett3212]

great show, hope it makes a return!

[@mgurnick8534]

You Said It Was A Hit Show? > So as A Hit? Show How The Hell Was Taken Off the Air!

[@PaulJersey]

They need an older, wealthy clientele to survive. $65k for a C8 Vette or a Rat Rod? Why would I possibly buy a rat rod?

[@BMcKee931]

His Instagram and KZbin channel is doing good. I still enjoy Steve and Merlin

[@faerieSAALE]

No matter your business - when Hollyweird comes knocking and offers fame, cash, and celebrity status just look them straight in the eye and say; "EAT ME, now get out!"

[@michaelgrissom834]

No Fish NO Tuna Just Soggy Crust

[@steffhoarehoare8578]

You don’t know a great show when you have one

[@ats-3693]

They build killer looking rat rods, but then ruin them by powering them with lumbering belching diesel engines.

[@automotiveaddiction428]

I liked the show...I even spotted them hitting the bong on a build.

[@DirtySlapper99]

I got stoned with Steve then spent 3 hours starting random engines lying around in his yard

[@f360speedhoodkinghotrods7]

"The Dude abides"...¡☆☆☆

[@scottrobinson9666]

What episode did u see it on?

[@automotiveaddiction428]

@@scottrobinson9666 i think it might have been the cab over truck build...its right near the end ..it was a truck build I remember for sure.

[@dieseldabz7104]

Also was hitting the cute girl with tattoos and big tits and that caused a HUGE problem...

[@brownwrench]

Stumbled across a shoot for this show on Fremont while visiting Vegas. Got shooed out of the way by the producer as I had no idea what was up with the Davetar booth.

[@TunaNoCrustOfficial]

That’s kinda rude of them haha

[@davidbutton8497]

Damm stev the master of V8 diesel creations ⭐️💝⭐️💝 miss the Madness 🎩

[@EPcleaner]

I vote to bring it back - Welder Up USA!!

[@EPcleaner]

As I said I would vote to bring it back. Doesn’t have to be associated with Discovery. I did enjoy seeing the great vehicle projects/auto-art!!

[@grantschwartz8254]

It was an incredibly challenging situation for sure! I got to meet some amazing people and do some very cool stuff!

[@paulburns3039]

are you doing the same type of work now?

[@grantschwartz8254]

@@paulburns3039 Hey Paul! I have been doing hot rod work for the past 20 years. I still run my own shop in Elmira Ontario Canada. Schwartz Welding.

[@paulburns3039]

@@grantschwartz8254 Nice and Best wishes!

[@jimwortham8634]

Personally watch all the car shows on TV this is a lot better than most of them

[@erichill1892]

Thanks for some info, but please…talent who appears on camera and stars in the show are called cast, not crew.

[@mattchewynichols5217]

Twiggy was cool 😎

[@williamwalker5084]

Yes it would be nice to get the show back on it was the best one that I always watched bring it back

[@carlottavaldivia3803]

On Life below zero discovery gave the woman who lives near north pole a hard time too. She stood her position and discovery adjusted to her

[@meaninglesscog]

Guess I'm an OG cord cutter now. Never even heard of any of those shows.

[@misshap44]

This was aired in England but was called sin city motors, loved it

[@superduty4556]

No cable bill = more go-fast parts. Change my mind.

[@ericwilkes238]

Have you ever put 67 chevell sail panels on a 65 cotvair.

[@dashriprok5852]

Saw it in person. Very very strong very very awesome .glad it off .discover kills tv

[@treeguyable]

They tried making a show with some of my fellow loggers here in Eastern N.C., called "Swamp Loggers". Too much crap, not enough productivity. Stay in Hollywood.

[@stansmad]

Great show, I miss it. But they do have their own shows now on KZbin. "Goodsons All Terrain"

[@deanwattles8722]

First of all, the term "rat rod" is something that never existed back when guys were building their "hot rods", in the 30's, 40's 50's, they did not consider their cars rat rods, they were their hot rods, their pride and joy. They didn't have the resources nor the money to buy parts so they used what they could get. The cars people are destroying to build what is marketed as a "rat rod" today is sad. The idea of spending tens of thousands on a car to make it look fake old and pieced together is a joke. I just figured the show thankfully ended because it was bad.

[@LVVideoGuy]

Welderup is STILL available on Motor trend on demand...

[@dustinrossi9384]

Also on KZbin

[@natemars9258]

Also on Pluto TV

[@rosendoolivares8726]

Rust valley best show ever can't wait four 4 seasons. God bless

[@nicolerivero5440]

I hope they bring it back!

[@jlutie2943]

Won't be missed

[@michaelhaslett3742]

This is a great show.

[@charlesanzalone5846]

At cars and coffee Steve mentioned he was tired from the tv production ,he has a business to run

[@717weston]

Show won’t be missed much

[@genghiscalm4879]

As a frequent viewer and a canuck, I had no idea this was a Canadian production. Surely the best way to promote Canadian content is to base a show in Las Vegas - lmfao

[@jordanfalkowski6924]

By the looks of that office trailor it appears to be simillar to a scene of a certain lost essence from a construction site.

[@charlescurtis1042]

They should have ended the show before they ran over the Pontiac with tank

[@disfunctionalmorons1324]

That was the idiots on misfit garage

[@tommyhall350]

Hope you come back on Steve will miss your videos take care buddy

[@1dashcamboatsandcars]

Great show, welder up has a youtube channel now.

[@joezupp4968]

I live the diesel work, but not into the ridiculous stuff so much. I'm not a rat rod person. I did like the big truck stuff. Might contact him to get something built, I never have time to build my stuff anymore.

[@randall1959]

The Discovery Channel and the History Channel can take a successful business and wreck it in record time. I know one pawn shop that kicked them out because they were tired of the staging and the people they had to deal with. To quote the owner "I was a millionaire before you ever came in the door and I'll be a millionaire when you leave"

[@commoguru]

Not hard to be successful when your business is taking advantage of desperate folk.

[@randall1959]

@@commoguru The pawn shop I was referring to was not taking advantage of desperate folks. It's been part of the community for a very long time and helped people with loans that banks wouldn't touch. Some people do stupid things that make themselves "desperate" like gambling.

[@retrogametech1626]

Couldn’t be hard getting Canadians when 50% of them live in the USA already

[@Deezarehairy]

Rat rod's for people who can't restore a vehicle to it's beauty...

[@hbroscoe939]

This Video has more Filler than some of those damn Cars.

[@treeguyable]

All bike and car shows, black shirts are mandatory.

[@jaybarber68]

Darnell! Like the shop owner in the movie “Christine”

[@duaneayers6117]

Maybe Stevie might want ta make a phone call to Bad Chad before the 💩 gets to deep around their.

[@billywaynehuggins8567]

I don't care anything about the bad Chad show either that is a bunch of bull

[@robt2151]

Bad Chad on TV was a complete turn-off. Bad Chad on KZbin is much better.

[@scottmccambley764]

The other Canadian financially supported cable tv show is Texas Metal. Another show with a creative owner behind the wheel. Canadian viewership seems to prefer builds over the drama when it comes to their tv car culture. Maybe because a typical hot rod costs 3 to 4 times more to build in the GWN than in the States. The brains at Summit Racing really need to think about international expansion into Canada.

[@BlackJacket705]

Canadian here. I don't watch may cable TV car shows for this exact reason. I can't deal with made for TV drama, unrealistic time lines, and trying too hard for the camera. I didn't think richard rawlings could be a bigger douche bag that he comes off as on TV, meeting him in personal briefly at roadkill live proved me wrong.

[@danfuller06]

Bad Chad is another one also. Don't really prefer that show tho. Mostly hack builds using coat hangers for welding rods