Wheeler Dealers 2014/2015 - New Series

[PanzerCommander]

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[JonRB]

PanzerCommander said:

They did a VW van that was turned into a camper because they didn't have the budget for a split screen. ED ended up 'buying it' I imagine because they couldn't sell it due to the hideous bubble print wrap they put on it.

I thought it was a panel van in Burnt Orange? Or was that a different one?

[PanzerCommander]

JonRB said:

I thought it was a panel van in Burnt Orange? Or was that a different one?

I must have missed that one, I know the starting VW van they used on this particular one was in a sort of dysentery beige colour.

It wouldn't have been bad if they had put a sensible wrap or paint on it as the conversion genuinely looked pretty good.

[CooperD]

I think they have done a panel van and a VW camper. The camper was orange and I think Mike said at the end of the show it was sold to someone in the Army serving in Afghanistan. I'm sure the panel van was the one Edd bought. I think that had a blue wrap with bubbles on it.

[Justin Cyder]

They did a white Bay window van that they sprayed orange & a beige T25 van that they wrapped in some hideous bubble pattern.

[MitchT]

Watched this on Quest yesterday evening. They did a lovely BMW E30 325i Touring. I'm gobsmacked that they didn't remove the towbar. I'd walk away immediately from a car with one on, as would most people. Fabulous car otherwise and I'm surprised that they only advertised it at £2k.

[BrabusMog]

Am I making this up or do I remember them doing a Citroen breadvan years and years ago?

[idiotgap]

BrabusMog said:

Am I making this up or do I remember them doing a Citroen breadvan years and years ago?

Don't seem to have done:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wheeler_Deale...

[LeighW]

BrabusMog said:

Am I making this up or do I remember them doing a Citroen breadvan years and years ago?

Wasn't that on the show Mike did before Wheeler Dealers - Deals on Wheels?

[BrabusMog]

Oh is that what it was? Was the guy different to Ed?

[Welshbeef]

sandman77 said:

Here is the line up (tweeted by Ed China)

Ford Thunderbird
Jaguar XJC
Audi TT
VW Splitscreen
BMW Z1
1903 Darracq
Lincoln Continental

I actually saw my first ever (on the road) Z1 this week a dark colour - its a small car v today's standard. Not something I would purchase.

Jag XJC however mmm

[steviegunn]

LeighW said:

Wasn't that on the show Mike did before Wheeler Dealers - Deals on Wheels?

It was, he came back with it from France filled with cheese.

Here it is if you are registered with 4OD - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/deals-on-wheels...

Edited by steviegunn on Friday 8th August 20:02

[williamp]

Chris_H said:

Mike Brewer has said this morning on Facebook that the new series starts on 1st September.

Sounds stupid, but I always admire how neat the wires go into and out of the fusebox...

[robinessex]

I'm always disappointed in the way some bits of the cars are left rusty/oily. It wouldn't take much to clean/degrease and slap on some hammerite paint. So I suggest they invest in a pressure washer, degreaser, blast cabinet, a few paint brushes and tins of hammerite paint.

[chris watton]

robinessex said:

I'm always disappointed in the way some bits of the cars are left rusty/oily. It wouldn't take much to clean/degrease and slap on some hammerite paint. So I suggest they invest in a pressure washer, degreaser, blast cabinet, a few paint brushes and tins of hammerite paint.

..Like fitting lovely re-chromed light surrounds with the original rusty screws...

[LuS1fer]

Hammerite is sh*te and doesn't last two minutes. Something like POR-15 is what you need.

[robinessex]

LuS1fer said:

Hammerite is sh*te and doesn't last two minutes. Something like POR-15 is what you need.

Agreed Hammerite isn't perfect. Definitely better if the part is shot blasted first. I've found it works better if placed in the sun and 'baked' on after 24hrs of application.

[mcflurry]

robinessex said:

I'm always disappointed in the way some bits of the cars are left rusty/oily. It wouldn't take much to clean/degrease and slap on some hammerite paint. So I suggest they invest in a pressure washer, degreaser, blast cabinet, a few paint brushes and tins of hammerite paint.

Maybe on one show they might - after all, it does show different fixes, rather than the same old oil change and pads each time

[MissChief]

Liked the look of that Z1 so went to have a wee nosey at prices. £30k! I hope Mike didn't pay anywhere near that!

[JonRB]

robinessex said:

So I suggest they invest in a pressure washer, degreaser, blast cabinet, a few paint brushes and tins of hammerite paint.

They have a cleaning cabinet; I've seen it used several times on the later shows.

They also hired a steam cleaner on the Porsche 914 episode. Plus a lot of the time, the cars go from shabby to beautifully cleaned with no comment, so I would hazard a guess that every car gets a pressure wash and detail before sale - they just don't explicitly show it.