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

[Negative Creep]

It wasn't the first muscle car was it?

[trigger]

According to Wikipedia it was the 1949 Hudson Rocket 88 followed by a number of others in the '50's, long before the Mustang.

 

To be fair that Canadian bloke doesn't seem so bad but that Bernie "Ya havin a laugh in ya" does my head in.

[trigger]

According to Wikipedia it was the 1949 Hudson Rocket 88 followed by a number of others in the '50's, long before the Mustang.

 

To be fair that Canadian bloke doesn't seem so bad but that Bernie "Ya havin a laugh in ya" does my head in.

[Cheggers]

I wonder how many Mustangs were used in the making of this episode?

[Cheggers]

I wonder how many Mustangs were used in the making of this episode?

[Lacquer Peel]

It's a fugging pony car.

[Lacquer Peel]

It's a fugging pony car.

[trigger]

Some kind of specialist when he doesn't even look at the floor!

[trigger]

Some kind of specialist when he doesn't even look at the floor!

[Cheggers]

The twat can't even fake dropping a windscreen properly

[Cheggers]

The twat can't even fake dropping a windscreen properly

[RoadworkUK]

Fuck it. I'm going out. Thats enough.

[RoadworkUK]

Fuck it. I'm going out. Thats enough.

[Negative Creep]

Does that boiled vinegar trick actually work?

[Negative Creep]

Does that boiled vinegar trick actually work?

[RedSparrow]

According to Wikipedia it was the 1949 Hudson Rocket 88 followed by a number of others in the '50's, long before the Mustang.

 

To be fair that Canadian bloke doesn't seem so bad but that Bernie "Ya havin a laugh in ya" does my head in.

 

Yeah the Canadian guy is ok, however he seems to to the square root of fuck all throughout the programme.

 

Finding a good proxy for when it comes online...

 

FUCK! We all hate this but tune in every week! It's like Jerry Springer - awful TV with awful people but I still watch it. I am off to have a look for the viewing figures.

[RedSparrow]

According to Wikipedia it was the 1949 Hudson Rocket 88 followed by a number of others in the '50's, long before the Mustang.

 

To be fair that Canadian bloke doesn't seem so bad but that Bernie "Ya havin a laugh in ya" does my head in.

 

Yeah the Canadian guy is ok, however he seems to to the square root of fuck all throughout the programme.

 

Finding a good proxy for when it comes online...

 

FUCK! We all hate this but tune in every week! It's like Jerry Springer - awful TV with awful people but I still watch it. I am off to have a look for the viewing figures.

[Cheggers]

If that smoke was generated by the engine rather than a smoke machine, I'll wave my cock in the Sainsburys cheese aisle.

[Cheggers]

If that smoke was generated by the engine rather than a smoke machine, I'll wave my cock in the Sainsburys cheese aisle.

[Micrashed]

F*ck it, Im watching Corrie on ITV +1, thats how bad it is.

And the missus says she wants to watch Corrie.

[Micrashed]

F*ck it, Im watching Corrie on ITV +1, thats how bad it is.

And the missus says she wants to watch Corrie.

[wackywacerwill]

Does that boiled vinegar trick actually work?

 

Not heard of that one before though I've heard of the slightly* more dangerous boiled oil method. Heat/beat/rebuild would of been my method of attack with that old lump of pig iron mind.

 

Watched it tonight and it was much like I'd expected it would be. The light blue hue is no colour for a mustang if you ask me.

[wackywacerwill]

Does that boiled vinegar trick actually work?

 

Not heard of that one before though I've heard of the slightly* more dangerous boiled oil method. Heat/beat/rebuild would of been my method of attack with that old lump of pig iron mind.

 

Watched it tonight and it was much like I'd expected it would be. The light blue hue is no colour for a mustang if you ask me.

[ayrshirelad]

Since when to you inspect a potential restoration project without at least checking the floor???? On at least sticking your head under the car and having a tap at the sills etc.??? How not to buy and restore a car i think this programme should be called. How come the so called valuer is the same chappy both side of the Atlantic???? Surley there was a valuer on the Canadian side of the pond??? I' d my money on there being two cars again. Going by the way the shots were cut and from what you could see of the front scuttle and dash and the general underside of the car before and after, i doubt they could have done all they said they did in the time scale. A non matching numbers Pony car is worth less than a matching numbers one. Why did he not try putting Diesal down the bores of the supposadly seized engine and leave for a day or so. At least overnight? I wonder where the car is if it being offered for sale.Presumably it is this side of the pond. If they had done it in Red or Black the car would have looked better or even HIghland Green. Does make me wonder how they are going to do the Mini. How big a disaster that will be???.

[ayrshirelad]

Since when to you inspect a potential restoration project without at least checking the floor???? On at least sticking your head under the car and having a tap at the sills etc.??? How not to buy and restore a car i think this programme should be called. How come the so called valuer is the same chappy both side of the Atlantic???? Surley there was a valuer on the Canadian side of the pond??? I' d my money on there being two cars again. Going by the way the shots were cut and from what you could see of the front scuttle and dash and the general underside of the car before and after, i doubt they could have done all they said they did in the time scale. A non matching numbers Pony car is worth less than a matching numbers one. Why did he not try putting Diesal down the bores of the supposadly seized engine and leave for a day or so. At least overnight? I wonder where the car is if it being offered for sale.Presumably it is this side of the pond. If they had done it in Red or Black the car would have looked better or even HIghland Green. Does make me wonder how they are going to do the Mini. How big a disaster that will be???.

[RedSparrow]

Oh have a look at this from AUTOCAR:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/anything-goes/car-tv-rubbish

 

I think he's just jumping on the bandwagon, but anyway:

Channel 5's Classic Car Rescue was a wasted opportunity

 

James Ruppert

by James Ruppert

12 October 2012

 

It was my considerable misfortune last Monday to catch Classic Car Rescue on Channel 5. I mistakenly thought that an hour of prime time telly involving finding, restoring and selling a classic would be truly fascinating.

 

Now I’ve actually been involved with cars on telly. I know how it all works and just sometimes how things are exaggerated, fixed and blown out of all proportion for the entertainment of the masses. I lasted one day on a show that seemed to want to insult the average motorists intelligence. I made my excuses and left the production office with a clear conscience.

 

Top Gear have turned mucking about with cars into an art form. One that can’t be copied. However, that hasn’t stopped the makers of Car Crash TV, sorry Classic Car Rescue, trying.

 

Contrived scenarios that was painful to watch. It was also painful to listen to a big fat bully making a drama out of a manufactured crisis. I refuse to dissect what’s wrong with the programme I saw, which involved restoring an MGB for 10p, then getting it valued by a bloke who didn’t even put it on a ramp.

 

Channel 5 need to think again, but it is unlikely that they will. I watched it with someone who isn’t bothered by cars and hated it. Yet will sit and enjoy three middle aged blokes on Top Gear.

 

Even though I am old, cynical, tired and quite ugly I still get approached for TV programme input. Most recently three production companies and the BBC have discovered via Google that I’m the go to guy for The German Car Industry and the 1980s. They needed a shed load of information for a documentary they are making.

 

Unfortunately for them I am not a potential intern willing to work for nothing. Yet they admitted they knew nothing about the subject. I think that’s how bad TV shows involving cars get made.

 

Happy viewing.

[RedSparrow]

Oh have a look at this from AUTOCAR:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/anything-goes/car-tv-rubbish

 

I think he's just jumping on the bandwagon, but anyway:

Channel 5's Classic Car Rescue was a wasted opportunity

 

James Ruppert

by James Ruppert

12 October 2012

 

It was my considerable misfortune last Monday to catch Classic Car Rescue on Channel 5. I mistakenly thought that an hour of prime time telly involving finding, restoring and selling a classic would be truly fascinating.

 

Now I’ve actually been involved with cars on telly. I know how it all works and just sometimes how things are exaggerated, fixed and blown out of all proportion for the entertainment of the masses. I lasted one day on a show that seemed to want to insult the average motorists intelligence. I made my excuses and left the production office with a clear conscience.

 

Top Gear have turned mucking about with cars into an art form. One that can’t be copied. However, that hasn’t stopped the makers of Car Crash TV, sorry Classic Car Rescue, trying.

 

Contrived scenarios that was painful to watch. It was also painful to listen to a big fat bully making a drama out of a manufactured crisis. I refuse to dissect what’s wrong with the programme I saw, which involved restoring an MGB for 10p, then getting it valued by a bloke who didn’t even put it on a ramp.

 

Channel 5 need to think again, but it is unlikely that they will. I watched it with someone who isn’t bothered by cars and hated it. Yet will sit and enjoy three middle aged blokes on Top Gear.

 

Even though I am old, cynical, tired and quite ugly I still get approached for TV programme input. Most recently three production companies and the BBC have discovered via Google that I’m the go to guy for The German Car Industry and the 1980s. They needed a shed load of information for a documentary they are making.

 

Unfortunately for them I am not a potential intern willing to work for nothing. Yet they admitted they knew nothing about the subject. I think that’s how bad TV shows involving cars get made.

 

Happy viewing.

[In The Pit]

When Mario dropped the screen it was so obviously staged and once again Bernie made a member of staff walk out. As Trigger and Redsparrow have said Mario is ok and does seem to be a genuine classic car lover but Bernie is just too over the top. I like the narrator his voice sounds familiar anyone know who he is?

 

With the success of the 2002 onwards format of Top Gear its obvious that TV companies are more likely to commission a car show if it follows a similar staged format. Maybe the creators wanted to do a more serious type of classic car show but were told to make it more slap stick like Top Gear as that’s what the viewers want. If it was going to be more fact based im sure Bernie wouldn't have been cast. The fact that Bernie speaks with an annoying voice is the same as Jeremy Clarkson speaking in that put on sarcastic up/down pitched voice. The problem with the current Top Gear format is that its 10 years old and is now very dated and the show has become almost a parody of itself.

[In The Pit]

When Mario dropped the screen it was so obviously staged and once again Bernie made a member of staff walk out. As Trigger and Redsparrow have said Mario is ok and does seem to be a genuine classic car lover but Bernie is just too over the top. I like the narrator his voice sounds familiar anyone know who he is?

 

With the success of the 2002 onwards format of Top Gear its obvious that TV companies are more likely to commission a car show if it follows a similar staged format. Maybe the creators wanted to do a more serious type of classic car show but were told to make it more slap stick like Top Gear as that’s what the viewers want. If it was going to be more fact based im sure Bernie wouldn't have been cast. The fact that Bernie speaks with an annoying voice is the same as Jeremy Clarkson speaking in that put on sarcastic up/down pitched voice. The problem with the current Top Gear format is that its 10 years old and is now very dated and the show has become almost a parody of itself.

[trigger]

Isn't the narrator the same gezzer who done that show about those dodgy UK mechanics at the Spanish garage, IIRC called The Garage?