Classic Car Rescue, tonight 8pm, C5.

Classic Car Rescue, tonight 8pm, C5.

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The Don of Croy

6,002 posts

160 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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AARRRGGHH - I'd forgotten just how monumentally irritating that gobs*te was...and lumpen Mawio seems to have willingly become just a plank...

Still, uber cheap programme making (not even seeing the upholstery end of the job etc etc).

As for the talc in the air vents - do all restorers do this on their profit centres?

speedking31

3,557 posts

137 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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What's the point of introducing the jeopardy "If this car has to be scrapped then that's the end of this car and the end of the project ..." if you then follow up immediately with "Text 12345 for a chance of winning the car from tonight's restoration project." silly

Faust66

2,037 posts

166 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Said it before and I’ll say it again: CCR is the finest comedy on TV at the moment by a fair margin - I actually bellowed laughter at the “this car is a deathtrap, but stay tuned to find out how to win it, eh?” moment last night and I’ve not done that at a TV show for years!

I find it strangely compelling viewing though... you know you shouldn’t watch, you know your blood pressure will rise, you know that it’s all staged poorly and that the main characters are irritating little pricks, you KNOW that it’s complete and utter crap yet you find yourself transfixed like a rabbit in the headlights of an oncoming juggernaut.

Just HOW much worse can they make this programme? Every time I think they’ve hit rock bottom, they manage to surprise me yet again.

Keep up the good work boys... Oh, and if you’re welding a panel onto a car I’d have thought that it would be best to secure BOTH ends before starting. Yes, YOU, you with the mig torch in your hand, happily grinning away whilst the other end of the front valance you are attempting to weld flaps merrily in the breeze.

Magnificent stuff!

MC Bodge

21,650 posts

176 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Having endured the garbage that was the 928 programme and flicked through the guff that was the Fiat 500 one, I've now given up on it.

Question:
Who/what are the presenters?
Who are the geezers in that garage under the arches?

Is anybody knowledgeable and skilled involved?

nicanary

9,799 posts

147 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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More than the usual number of pre-arranged "comedy" moments this week. When they discovered the rotten bulkhead on the first car the acting of Bernie and Mario was to their usual standard, but the other "mechanics" (I can hardly bring myself to type the word) hammed it up like kids at a primary school nativity play. Script? What script?

And the exhaust "falling off" in the spray booth! "We all knew the rubbers were rotten" - well maybe so, but an exhaust doesn't just fall off along its whole length in one go like that. Talk about "set up scenario".

They spoke about fitting the soft-top from the 1st car to the second one, but did you notice how opaque the rear window was? We were never shown the soft-top again - I reckon they dumped it.

Possibly the funniest one yet. I understand how some of you get annoyed, but it's my comedy highlight of the week.

PBeardmore

7 posts

180 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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its clearly a comedy pure and simple, my kids loved the powder in the air vents gag, rolling around the floor they were, more in commom with Charlie Cairoli than anything else . I do wonder what these guys do between series as it must be impossible to be taken seriously within the classic car arena..or in fact any profession
actually, come Christmas, they would be great as Ugly Sisters - coming to a panto near you :-)

Edited by PBeardmore on Tuesday 29th April 11:15

stuartmmcfc

8,664 posts

193 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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PBeardmore said:
its clearly a comedy pure and simple, my kids loved the powder in the air vents gag, rolling around the floor they were, more in commom with Charlie Cairoli than anything else . I do wonder what these guys do between series as it must be impossible to be taken seriously within the classic car arena..or in fact any profession
actually, come Christmas, they would be great as Ugly Sisters - coming to a panto near you :-)

Edited by PBeardmore on Tuesday 29th April 11:15
My kids loved this scene and lauged and laughed.
This made me think again about letting it wind me up and I've decided it is worth watching , fake disasters and all. because it makes us smile smile

Incidentally, I loved "For the love of cars" last week but found this weeks a bit to serious and didn't really enjoy it. No body else in the family were interested and drifted away.

nullogik

225 posts

143 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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SydneyBridge said:
In Kent, loads of lovely cars
Looks like it is Peter Jarvis.

Not many places have a Rolls Royce Phantom VI and Mercedes R107 with US Spec bumpers in stock.

monthefish

20,443 posts

232 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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fatboy69 said:
What a pair of pillocks. It just gets worse. One of the most, if not the most, annoying car 'restoration' series ever made.

Utter garbage.
yes
Caught 5 mins of last nights episode by chance. Just awful.



PBeardmore said:
actually, come Christmas, they would be great as Ugly Sisters - coming to a panto near you :-)
Genuinely, it is more like a pantomime than a proper car/restoration show.

BigBen

11,648 posts

231 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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nullogik said:
Not many places have a Rolls Royce Phantom VI and Mercedes R107 with US Spec bumpers in stock.
A 560 no less, not available in RHD.

nullogik

225 posts

143 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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BigBen said:
nullogik said:
Not many places have a Rolls Royce Phantom VI and Mercedes R107 with US Spec bumpers in stock.
A 560 no less, not available in RHD.
If I remember correctly, because of all the smog equipment fitted to the US cars the US spec 560 had less power than the 500 sold in Europe!

BigBen

11,648 posts

231 months

Tuesday 29th April 2014
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nullogik said:
BigBen said:
nullogik said:
Not many places have a Rolls Royce Phantom VI and Mercedes R107 with US Spec bumpers in stock.
A 560 no less, not available in RHD.
If I remember correctly, because of all the smog equipment fitted to the US cars the US spec 560 had less power than the 500 sold in Europe!
The earlier V8s as featured on the show were crippled by the smog equipment, I suspect it was more sorted by the time the 560 came along but would not be surprised.

ooo000ooo

2,532 posts

195 months

Thursday 1st May 2014
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nicanary said:
They spoke about fitting the soft-top from the 1st car to the second one, but did you notice how opaque the rear window was? We were never shown the soft-top again - I reckon they dumped it.
I thought the soft top looked dark green when they fitted it and thought it wasn't the one off the other car.

Patch1875

4,895 posts

133 months

Thursday 1st May 2014
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Not on next week?

gareth_r

5,740 posts

238 months

Thursday 1st May 2014
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Patch1875 said:
Not on next week?
Bank holiday.

Jader1973

4,009 posts

201 months

Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Just watched the SL episode.

Dreadful, really dreadful.

The first one was obviously rotten - they zoomed in on the bulkhead when they were buying it and I thought "uh oh, that looks dodgy".

Laurel Green

30,781 posts

233 months

Monday 12th May 2014
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Tonight's episode starts at 7 o'clock. Thought it worth mention.

SydneyBridge

8,631 posts

159 months

Monday 12th May 2014
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VW camper van tonight
I hate the 2 blokes so much and the stupid staged arguments, but love the cars...

GC8

19,910 posts

191 months

Monday 12th May 2014
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Surely a Camper has more scope for corrosion, bodging and toffee apple making than any other vehicle that they have approached?

marshalla

15,902 posts

202 months

Monday 12th May 2014
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SydneyBridge said:
VW camper van tonight
I hate the 2 blokes so much and the stupid staged arguments, but love the cars...
I love the cars too - that's why I refuse to watch these fitters abusing them.