"Classic Car Rescue" Channel 5 on Mon 24th Sep 20:00
Discussion
vixen1700 said:
Watched five minutes of this and saw him talking about Cockney rhyming slang and had to turn it over, switched back at the end and saw that horrible thing they'd cobbled together, then saw the valuation. £22k. 
Good lord.
I'm surprised the RSPCS (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cockney Stereotyping) hasn't taken them to task yet.Good lord.
vixen1700 said:
Also did they say it was a 3.2 litre, as if it's an 'R' registered car, it should be a 3.0 SC?
It started out that way, but the engine was damaged when the previous owner bought the car and he was advised to get a replacement 3.2 with management system and drop it in, which also answers the "ECU? What ECU?" question that's running around. See here: http://www.myporsche911.co.uk/upb/viewtopic.php?id...V12 Migaloo said:
what I could not understand is why keep the old RS type rear bumber and fit the whale tail, surely it would've been better to have the car Retro'ed and fit a RS type front end and the small kick up spoiler at the back, then I reckon that guy would've valued it at about £25k...
do u think they know what a rs is ?!that guy from rm auctions should be fired
for more than one reason
mph said:
chrisr29 said:
Erm, to give folk on forums something to moan about perhaps?
Personally I find it hilarious....like an old episode of Minder with Arfur running around on one of his dodgy car deals.
Actually it's nothing like that, more like a motoring episode of fake Britain.Personally I find it hilarious....like an old episode of Minder with Arfur running around on one of his dodgy car deals.
Contrived crap.
Plus, which rock ape taught them to take paint off with an angle grinder and them smooth it all off with filler?
Just seen the second one. £22k for a car with a non period whale tail, non Porsche colour, the wrong engine and a pattern part front bumper? Away and sh*t*!
To me, the ideal for a restoration would be to put it back to the standard it was in when it left the factory - in this case, to be fair, they couldn't. It already had a non-standard engine, and the cost of sourcing the correct motor would have made the whole project a loss-maker.
But they made matters worse with their creation of a "bitsa" - a sort of parody of various models of 911. They bought the wrong car in the first place, unfortunately. I've seen next week's effort, and TBH lots of restorers do this type of "conversion", and it's pretty well accepted in MG circles. It's the standard of the work I'm waiting to see.
But they made matters worse with their creation of a "bitsa" - a sort of parody of various models of 911. They bought the wrong car in the first place, unfortunately. I've seen next week's effort, and TBH lots of restorers do this type of "conversion", and it's pretty well accepted in MG circles. It's the standard of the work I'm waiting to see.
The funniest thing is, you're all complaining about how s
t this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out!
One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
this seems to cover it nicely!:
Car Crash TV :
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
t this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out! One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
this seems to cover it nicely!:
Car Crash TV :
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
4rephill said:
The funniest thing is, you're all complaining about how st this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out!
One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
Not all. I watched the first one, decided it was total rubbish and e-mailed Channel 5 with my opinion. I didn't watch the second programme and definitely won't be watching any more. Not watching it is the only language a TV company will understand, perhaps others should do it if they dislike the series so much.t this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out! One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
Galileo said:
Getting it valued by some chump who obviously doesn't know what he's doing is one thing. ("Is that bumper original?")
4rephill said:
The funniest thing is, you're all complaining about how st this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out!
One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
this seems to cover it nicely!:
Car Crash TV :
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
not me, that cockney tt this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out! One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
this seems to cover it nicely!:
Car Crash TV :
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
t makes me want to burn kittensApache said:
4rephill said:
The funniest thing is, you're all complaining about how st this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out!
One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
this seems to cover it nicely!:
Car Crash TV :
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
not me, that cockney tt this show is - but you're all watching it week in and week out! One way or another, they've got you all hooked on it!
this seems to cover it nicely!:
Car Crash TV :
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
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