Rust Valley Restorers

Rust Valley Restorers is a Canadian documentary series produced by Mayhem Entertainment for History in association with Corus Entertainment. Reruns of the series air on DTour (formerly Prime and TVTropolis). Internationally the series is distributed by Netflix and shown as a Netflix original series.

In the United States. seasons 1 and 2 are distributed by Netflix, while seasons 3 and 4 are distributed by Motor Trend+ (in which that streaming service refers to them as seasons 4 and 5, respectively).

Premise
The series takes place in the South Shuswap, an area in Tappen, British Columbia, also called as "Rust Valley", which is known for its unique car community and junkyards. It is shot at a vintage automobile restoration shop run by skilled craftsmen who restore, trade and sell classic cars into collectible vehicles.

Main

 * Michael (Mike) Hall, born 4 February 1958, owner of Rust Bros Restorations. A rock blaster by profession, Hall began collecting cars in his teens and decades later owned over 400 parked on his property near the Trans-Canada Highway. He tried to sell both the cars and his property in 2016 but received no offers. When he raised the price in 2017, the story went viral and he received phone calls from prospective buyers. He also received offers from producers to create a documentary. Hall has also made a guest appearance on Discovery Canada TV show Highway Thru Hell. Hall then built a restoration workshop on his property and the show started in 2018.
 * Avery Shoaf, born 9 June year (unknown), a car-interested friend of Mike Hall's. Shoaf previously had a company which repaired heavy equipment. Owner of Wildman Restorations
 * Connor Charman-Hall, Mike Hall's son who used to work in Avery Shoaf's business.

Recurring

 * Sarah Ward joined Rust Bros in 2018 and primarily works with locating the correct parts for vehicles that are being restored.

Season 4 (2022)
Parenthesis used for cars featured, but not historically highlighted.

Release
In December 2018, Rust Valley Restorers premiered on the History Canadian Channel, and on 23 August 2019 the series was released to Netflix. A second season was ordered and a trailer was released on 22 October 2019 with the season premiering on 21 November 2019. The second season was released to Netflix on 8 May 2020. The second season was split into two parts for the Netflix release with each part consisting of six episodes.