The folks at the History Channel have sent out a lot of terrific shows for us to review for you, and they’ll carry right on with that particular streak by sending out volume one of American Restoration.

American Restoration follows the guys at Rick’s Restorations. Led by the shop’s namesake, Rick Dale, the crew will have their work cut out for them as they set out to take a variety of products, from Coke machines to golf carts to any of a number of items. Every item has a story, and the restoration is often just as much a story as the items themselves.

See, this has a lot of appeal for a variety of reasons. Not only will we get to see the neat stuff that arrives, and you’ll see some truly amazing stuff here, but you’ll also get to see the incredible process of restoration, as well as the looks on people’s faces when they see just what happened to their products. See, they bring Rick’s shop stuff that’s separated from garbage only by the fact that it doesn’t have a plastic bag around it and it’s not on the curb. And Rick’s shop not only takes it from garbage to great, they’ll even throw a little bit of a twist into things by doing an unusual reveal, like wearing cowboy hats while bringing out a Hopalong Cassidy bike.

Like most History Channel shows, it’s something of a niche item. But still, you are going to see some impressive stuff here. You’ll actually get to see things you may have only heard about, and it’s actually pretty exciting. Even better, the episodes are each around twenty-odd minutes, and they’ll move sufficiently quickly to pretty much prevent just about anyone who watches it from getting bored.

The episodes move at a terrific clip and show some really impressive items, so anyone interested in the history of random stuff is going to find something they’ll go nuts over right here. But do bear in mind that, much like American Pickers Volume 2, this is not the complete first season, just a chunk of it. Still though, you’re going to get about six hours of great material.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives American Restoration Volume One an eight out of ten–it may be a little narrow in terms of interest, but it’s still got a whole lot going for it, and that makes it well worth watching.