so... did anyone see that car thing on channel 5?

[RedSparrow]

Just about to watch the 911 one online.

Oh and can you guess what car is on next week???!!!

 

Only an MGB! Who'd have thought it.

[RedSparrow]

I see what you mean about the cockney prick. Or should I say pwick.

If came to look at a car with all that 'You're havin a larf mate I'd wather wolk away naaahh' shit I'd tell him to fuck off then immediately.

[Negative Creep]

Won't that melt or burn off?

 

I've only ever used regular Hammerite on calipers, but never had a problem with heat

[trigger]

I don't think heat is such a issue, it's rust, Hammerite or something of that type stops rust coming through much better, just slopping 2k over them with a 2" brush is just very poor and unprofessional.

[retrogeezer]

is just very poor and unprofessional.

 

and not like them at all!

[trigger]

The owner of the Porsche is a member on http://www.impactbumpers.com/forum/inde ... 21614&st=0 and this was his comment on the car, and i quote.

 

The car was a 1977 LHD conversion with a 1985 engine so was never going to be original; my plan (before needing to sell) was a low key fibreglassy backdate. When Bernie told me his plan involved a Rotrex supercharger, fog lights, custom fibreglass and massive wheels I was a little surprised!

 

The funniest thing for me is Bernie; he's a lovely guy until the cameras are rolling!

 

[brickwall]

And like the lad says; it's the production company that buys the car not the two silly men. They invest bugger all - it's just tv...very bad tv.

[autofive]

i dont understand why adrian flux is associating themsleves with this crap

 

what fun it will be for the winner of the e-type or the porsche to try and get the expertly 'agreed' value back from adrain flux in the event of a theft

[trigger]

And some more threads and pictures on the car.

 

http://www.myporsche911.co.uk/upb/viewt ... =25&page=1

 

http://s373.photobucket.com/albums/oo17 ... s/?start=0

[crapcarcollector]

Well I watched both episodes today after hearing how bad it was on here. You know what, it is absolute crap in the same vain as wheeler dealers and 'Is born', but despite that I loved it. Shock horror, but yes a car programme on telly that deals with old cars, I will watch it. Yes the restos are crap, yes the valuations are stupid, and yes, Bernie is a wanker. Still good fun though. Wish he still had that Leepoo bloke as a sidekick though...

[Negative Creep]

You'd think there would be as many people with an interest in cars as, say, home restoration or cooking, but it's surprising how little automotive TV there is

[brickwall]

Remember Men and Motors? Total nonsense cheap telly made by a wee guy holding a wee home camera with the white balance fu**ed up.

 

G-String Divas was the only bit I really remembered

[quicksilver]

A bit late to the party but I've just watched the Porsche episode on video. It only took the first couple of minutes for Bernie to prove he actually knows sod all about cars. 1957 split-screen Morris 1000 and 1960 Series III Landie, O RLY? The Canadian guy is just as bad with his Alfa Romeros and Aurstin Martins.

Why the fuck did he spend 10 mins cleaning the crud out of the dizzy cap and explaining how it works in great detail like it's something special/interesting about that car? I'm sure I heard him say the rotor arm could make 2 plugs spark at the same time if it wasn't fitted correctly - now I don't have much mechanical knowledge but I'm pretty certain that's impossible. It's utterly crap telly but perversely amusing to watch and point out all the stupid things they do.

[Vanny]

Why the fuck did he spend 10 mins cleaning the crud out of the dizzy cap and explaining how it works in great detail like it's something special/interesting about that car?

 

This is the same bit i watched, but after the third time the missus yelled at the telly 'thats not right' she turned to me and said 'this is shit, can we turn it over', and i couldn't really refuse. My missus is more of the arts and crafts sort, and not into cars in any way, but when she knows that the man on the telly is talking crap, it must be really obvious!

[Guest]

I'll repeat what I said last night after watching as much as I could bear of the 911 'resto': That clunt Bernie the cockerneeeee geezer needs punching in his stupid fat fucking face. Repeatedly. With a body hammer. Should be locked in his garage under the arches in Bow and some Zyklon B thrown in.

Know sod all wanker.

"It's cut and shut" he waffled. Oh right. really....It's got a dicky scuttle and a bit of weld. Yep transpired was a rotten scuttle,thats all, didn't see it getting properly repaired mind. Just a nice shiny shaped bit of plop.

 

'refurb suspension' errrr you replaced what looked like Bilsteins, being yellow and it being ex race by the tyres, with some black things that were probably cheap shite. No bushes. No ball joints. No drop links.

I seem to recall an £8k resto budget. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh realllllllllllllllllly. Having worked at a car restorers I know that must have been a reet great job that.

 

Now we'll see everyone expecting their classic to cost that to restore.

 

Like that Anglia they did on Pimp My Ride. Having had a couple the A pillars would have been trollied, they didn't even touch them, from what I've heard the car is now rotten as a turd.

[RedSparrow]

 

With its elegant styling and simple engineering, the MGB became the bestselling British sportscar ever. The team manage to find a rusting model that falls apart when they get it to the garage, prompting a rush to try and get this legend back alive.

 

I hope they got this one for free 'cos you can tell it's a rotter from this one picture!

[trigger]

And here is the finished result, Shocked?. Well the front indicators have been fitted wrong for starters.

 

 

 

I've just found this online too which tells you all about the few 4 episodes.

 

http://bellmediapr.ca/discoveryworld/

[TimothyClaypole]

I've not seen any of the slaphead's other efforts due to having a shite tv aerial on purpose and I'm glad I managed to miss the lot from seeing this latest "entertainment".

 

 

I'd rather watch the parts to this repeatedly.

[face]

Another thing I don't get is the frantic hurry they find themselves in, all seemingly because that is when the valuer has been booked in for.

 

Fucking postpone the booking and make a decent job of the motors, perhaps?

 

I realise that this is a weak effort at adding some pressure to the situation in order to conjour some sort of 'edge' for TV, but it's complete bollocks.

[RedSparrow]

Haha! I don't think that Bernie will ever be on TV again with the slating he's getting on the net.

Also, I am dead against Rubber to Chrome MGB restos. If I had to have an MGB it would be a rubber bumper one in a nice BL colour like brown or harvest gold.

[face]

Fuck me - anybody watch this last night?

 

I really do not know where to start.

[Danblez]

I didn't think it was possible but it is actually getting worse. Much much worse. Even my wife who was working at the time shouted "can you not turn that shit off" and she wasnt even watching it

[face]

It was massively over-scripted.

 

Seriously, how bloody stupid do the makers think people are?

[idiotboy]

Yes I witnessed this debarcle.

 

I couldn't believe that they paid £500 for it to start with, it was rotten as a pear and worth £200 max. The pratt who was "supposedly" selling the vehicle wanted £800 which quite frankly cloud cuckoo land.

 

I'm not sure I'd want to pay £5000 for a car that had been rushed together in that way, especially knowing that the rear suspension had been tacked back on. Make a note of the reg number and avoid at all costs.

 

I was also introduced to a new career a "professional car valuer" wow what an amazing non job. Someone who drives round the country in his flash BMW, waving his clipboard and saying I think your bodged together car is worth £5K. I'm in the wrong bleedin game.

[face]

Every week he asks "has this had a full bare metal?"

 

That faux 'sacking' incident left me in utter disbelief. As did the intentional wheel spraying.

 

And who the hell fitted that new interior?

[nigel bickle]

Hhmmm. Anyone who leaves a glass sunroof in an E, then fills in a Webasto on an MG -needs a serious slap.

 

Anyone who clearly cuts through the springs to allow the axle to ''fall out'' must believe his audience are total numpties.

 

Or -could it be because they realised it WAS rotten and they then ' rebuilt' another car? How else do you explain how -last episode he made a great play of refurbing the dist cap (scraping it clean) yet in this one manages to change the colour of the engine bay without removing the ancillaries..And the door shuts, boot etc. In 2 weeks. Yet doesnt know which way around to fit the front indicators?

 

I dont know who this programee is aimed at? Disinterested 'white goods' drivers would turn off anyway. Anyone who knows ANYTHING mechanical is hooting with derision. The only people who benefit will be the bar room pundit who even now is buying shares in Isopon, scanning the 'classified' & practicing his 'geezer' accent. Deplorable.

 

How long before we hear of one of these on an MOT ramp? I'd just love a good look around one of their ''jobs'', & I'll bet Adrian Flux are having severe misgivings..

 

But -it is car crash telly at its very best; & we'll all watch the whole series just for the amusement factor alone. Bet they dont commission a second....

[brickwall]

You've pretty much said it all. However, I enjoy it - in that mystified sorta way. it's like watching Jeremy Kyle because you heard a major uneducated slow brainer is appearing and hilarity will ensue.

 

I assume the people offering to sell the cars get their £500 TV money?

[messerschmitt owner]

I thought it was a fantastic programme - well scripted, professionally put together and with a car that went from being a yellow turd to a green concours winner - and in only two weeks, for such a small amount of money.

 

No way was the car at the end the car at the beginning. And who strips a car using a grinder, then spends weeks filling it back in after gouging the metal surface up.

[retrogeezer]

And who strips a car using a grinder, then spends weeks filling it back in after gouging the metal surface up.

 

I cringe when that grinder comes out (every week!)

 

And then the Mario character said to the 'valuer' that there was no filler in it!

[messerschmitt owner]

I'm positive the reason they got rid of the Webasto was because the ringer car didn't have a sunroof - I couldn't see where the new metal had been welded when they showed you the bare metal new roof.and I can't believe they are that good at welding and finishing.