Wheeler Dealers 2014/2015 - New Series
Discussion
joe_90 said:
Was that guy Mike from the Boyd codington tv show that was on a few years ago?
Yes. He was/is part of a wheel company (MHT Wheels I think) Chip Foose was involved in. Overhaulin' and Wheeler Dealers are both part of the Velocity family in the US. I think Mike even appeared on a recent episode of Overhaulin' as well.
I know it's understandable in 35degree heat in the shade, but I do find watching the profusely sweating Edd, Mike....and Paul quite uncomfortable.
This, and the stupid American cars has turned me off WD. I'm not saying all American cars are stupid but tonight's AMC Chaser I thought must've been some sort of comedy stunt. Ugh! However as has been mentioned before, Discovery pay the money and dictate what goes out. If curmudgeonly old Brits like me switch off, what do they care?
NB, for what it's worth I rather enjoyed the Subaru episode from way back (apart from the daft autographed stripes that is).
This, and the stupid American cars has turned me off WD. I'm not saying all American cars are stupid but tonight's AMC Chaser I thought must've been some sort of comedy stunt. Ugh! However as has been mentioned before, Discovery pay the money and dictate what goes out. If curmudgeonly old Brits like me switch off, what do they care?
NB, for what it's worth I rather enjoyed the Subaru episode from way back (apart from the daft autographed stripes that is).
Tonight's was awful - that was the first time ever I FF'd through most of it. As far as I could see, that car had zero redeeming features, even less than zero with that hideous exterior and interior.
And not one bite for the sale, hardly surprising.
At least with the RX7 disaster, the engine parts were interesting.
And not one bite for the sale, hardly surprising.
At least with the RX7 disaster, the engine parts were interesting.
k was that all about??
I say give them the benefit of the doubt, and assume it was a joke.
It is possible to make a pretty good car out of a Pacer, but rather than the number 5,500 (dollars) you'd need numbers like 8 (cylinders), 401 (cubic inches), 5 (gears), and 400 (brake horse power). Then you'd end up with this (which sold for $10,200):
http://www.dailyturismo.com/2014/09/10k-pacer-of-a...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181536862193
That would really be a laugh.
It is possible to make a pretty good car out of a Pacer, but rather than the number 5,500 (dollars) you'd need numbers like 8 (cylinders), 401 (cubic inches), 5 (gears), and 400 (brake horse power). Then you'd end up with this (which sold for $10,200):
http://www.dailyturismo.com/2014/09/10k-pacer-of-a...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181536862193
That would really be a laugh.
gareth_r said:
I say give them the benefit of the doubt, and assume it was a joke.
It is possible to make a pretty good car out of a Pacer, but rather than the number 5,500 (dollars) you'd need numbers like 8 (cylinders), 401 (cubic inches), 5 (gears), and 400 (brake horse power). Then you'd end up with this (which sold for $10,200):
http://www.dailyturismo.com/2014/09/10k-pacer-of-a...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181536862193
That would really be a laugh.
At least that looks presentable. Tonights was a complete disaster.It is possible to make a pretty good car out of a Pacer, but rather than the number 5,500 (dollars) you'd need numbers like 8 (cylinders), 401 (cubic inches), 5 (gears), and 400 (brake horse power). Then you'd end up with this (which sold for $10,200):
http://www.dailyturismo.com/2014/09/10k-pacer-of-a...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181536862193
That would really be a laugh.
Edd China might be a excellent engineer / mechanic but some of his choices and taste over the years has been truly awful.
Wasn't the worst by a long way though.
Remember the old VW van they covered in bubble vinyl wrap.
It was so terrible they couldn't shift it and Edd had to buy it.
I found the episode interesting but it just underlines the saying "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". The car wasn't my cup of tea and I thought the vinyl wrap was over the top, bit like that snakeskin one they did a few years ago. There was probably a very limited market for that type of vehicle as was shown by the fact that no buyer was interested and they had to write off all the costs by putting it in a charity auction. Looking forward to the Datsun 240Z next week.
Agree with you all so far. That was poor. A bad choice of car done badly. It is of course possible to make a half-decent Pacer but I doubt it could be done with the aim of making a profit.
The lowering job was pretty crap to start off with. Edd didn't bother replacing the clearly worn and cracking rubber bush or the shock absorbers. Fitting stiffer springs with the original, presumably worn-out, shocks will have resulted in a terrible ride.
Considering that they said the body was straight and rust-free for $5,5000 they could have had themselves a top-notch respray but instead went for a puerile wrap job which would have appealed to roughly one person in the whole world, namely Edd China. I can't for the life of me imagine what he was thinking when he came up with that idea.
There was no effort whatsoever made on the mechanical side so the car was left with a completely underwhelming wheezy six-pot.
As far as I can tell they haven't had what I would describe as a single genuine sale to a member of the public in this series. Mike offloaded the first car to a British friend of his looking for a demo vehicle, the second went to a mystery middle-man and the less said about last night's effort the better.
The lowering job was pretty crap to start off with. Edd didn't bother replacing the clearly worn and cracking rubber bush or the shock absorbers. Fitting stiffer springs with the original, presumably worn-out, shocks will have resulted in a terrible ride.
Considering that they said the body was straight and rust-free for $5,5000 they could have had themselves a top-notch respray but instead went for a puerile wrap job which would have appealed to roughly one person in the whole world, namely Edd China. I can't for the life of me imagine what he was thinking when he came up with that idea.
There was no effort whatsoever made on the mechanical side so the car was left with a completely underwhelming wheezy six-pot.
As far as I can tell they haven't had what I would describe as a single genuine sale to a member of the public in this series. Mike offloaded the first car to a British friend of his looking for a demo vehicle, the second went to a mystery middle-man and the less said about last night's effort the better.
johnxjsc1985 said:
its driving me nuts I know I have seen him somewhere before. Was it on OC CHopppers?
He first appeared on Boyd Coddington's American Hot Rod but got fired as he was moonlighting for Chip Foose:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0jG5Q-EZHRE
Maybe it was ED China's way of saying "if you keep bringing me pieces of Crap its going to cost you".
I watched the Porsche 933 episode last night and that was proper Wheeler Dealers stuff taking rough Cars destined for the scrap heap and making them good again.
There are plenty of other Amercian based Car shows what where they thinking.
Seems a bit of a jolly.
I watched the Porsche 933 episode last night and that was proper Wheeler Dealers stuff taking rough Cars destined for the scrap heap and making them good again.
There are plenty of other Amercian based Car shows what where they thinking.
Seems a bit of a jolly.
johnxjsc1985 said:
joe_90 said:
Was that guy Mike from the Boyd codington tv show that was on a few years ago?
its driving me nuts I know I have seen him somewhere before. Was it on OC CHopppers?He's Mike Curtis. As I recall he talks a bit strangely because most of his face was paralysed following a horrific car accident in which Boyd's son was behind the wheel. Boyd sacked him because he was working on the side designing wheels for Chip Foose.
rohrl said:
American Hot Rod.
He's Mike Curtis. As I recall he talks a bit strangely because most of his face was paralysed following a horrific car accident in which Boyd's son was behind the wheel. Boyd sacked him because he was working on the side designing wheels for Chip Foose.
cheers I can switch my brain off again now.He's Mike Curtis. As I recall he talks a bit strangely because most of his face was paralysed following a horrific car accident in which Boyd's son was behind the wheel. Boyd sacked him because he was working on the side designing wheels for Chip Foose.
gareth_r said:
I say give them the benefit of the doubt, and assume it was a joke.
I have to wonder too if they were being ironic and simply burning some of the budget from the 'Merkin' committee running the show.Crap car, ill-considered and half-arsed mods, then an anti-climax of an ending with a 'charity' element (always the last-resort of celebs looking for an excuse for shoddy work or to cover up misdeeds
).I wonder if they wanted to throw some 'Wayne's World' references in (like they did with James Bond and the DB7) but the anal lawyers 'over there' put a stop to it?!
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