For The Love of Cars
Discussion
gareth_r said:
The script seemed to make a point (repeatedly) that the SAAB's engine was a four-stroke, but I don't recall any mention of the fact that it was originally powered by a 2-stroke. Did I miss it? Perhaps that info was lost in the edit.
I suspect that the fact that the engine was a 3-cylinder 2-stroke running on pre-mix may have been a major factor in the car's lack of popularity in the UK.
They didn't even mention, except in an almost inaudible background discussion, that the engine was a V4 that came from Ford in Germany.
EDIT:
Noticed that the Transit in the preview at the end seemed to have the extended bonnet... doesn't that mean it's a diesel or a V6 ?
V4, surely? An absolute bd to start, from what I've heard.I suspect that the fact that the engine was a 3-cylinder 2-stroke running on pre-mix may have been a major factor in the car's lack of popularity in the UK.
They didn't even mention, except in an almost inaudible background discussion, that the engine was a V4 that came from Ford in Germany.
EDIT:
Noticed that the Transit in the preview at the end seemed to have the extended bonnet... doesn't that mean it's a diesel or a V6 ?
Edited by gareth_r on Monday 18th May 10:33
gareth_r said:
EDIT:
Noticed that the Transit in the preview at the end seemed to have the extended bonnet... doesn't that mean it's a diesel or a V6 ?
My uncle bought a brand new Transit van in late 1972, which had the V4 engine in it, and it was a 'twin rear wheel extended bonnet version'Noticed that the Transit in the preview at the end seemed to have the extended bonnet... doesn't that mean it's a diesel or a V6 ?
(don't think you could get a diesel engine version back then, and nor could you get a factory V6 version either. The V6 engined Tranny vans used by Boreham as service vans at the time were built by the mechs at Boreham IIRC)
Max_Torque said:
gareth_r said:
The script seemed to make a point (repeatedly) that the SAAB's engine was a four-stroke
I'm pretty sure this was whoever wrote the script not understanding what a V4 engine was, and saying "four stroke" all the time instead!chris watton said:
My wife likes this programme, but says she prefers Car SOS.
I don't like this series 2 so much, and I have no desire to a whole programme next week on transit vans!
Unless it's one Dan Gurney had a hand in building in the late 60s. I don't like this series 2 so much, and I have no desire to a whole programme next week on transit vans!
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Edited by Smollet on Monday 18th May 18:36
i kinda like a car is born, bar the dodgy jokes.
any show that would go into any great detail just wouldn't keep the majority interested sadly I think the only way you could do it is like https://www.youtube.com/user/badobsessionmsport but they probably won't make much money out of it...
any show that would go into any great detail just wouldn't keep the majority interested sadly I think the only way you could do it is like https://www.youtube.com/user/badobsessionmsport but they probably won't make much money out of it...
I was watching the Fiat 500 one last night. The car was an absolute mess yet they barely dealt with it's resto and just filled the programme with stuff about other small cars.
Basically we saw the bits, we saw it after being painted and we saw the engine, then again in bits, then shiny and new. A few minutes on how he replaced/repaired the body work and floorpan would have been good.
I'm thinking that all the cars are auctioned at the same time as in the last series but it's all shot as if it's a different auction. Yesterday I could see the Rover SD1 in the background.
Basically we saw the bits, we saw it after being painted and we saw the engine, then again in bits, then shiny and new. A few minutes on how he replaced/repaired the body work and floorpan would have been good.
I'm thinking that all the cars are auctioned at the same time as in the last series but it's all shot as if it's a different auction. Yesterday I could see the Rover SD1 in the background.
croyde said:
I was watching the Fiat 500 one last night. The car was an absolute mess yet they barely dealt with it's resto and just filled the programme with stuff about other small cars.
Basically we saw the bits, we saw it after being painted and we saw the engine, then again in bits, then shiny and new. A few minutes on how he replaced/repaired the body work and floorpan would have been good.
I'm thinking that all the cars are auctioned at the same time as in the last series but it's all shot as if it's a different auction. Yesterday I could see the Rover SD1 in the background.
I think they just changed the format a bit, as the last series had the auction at the end and they must not have got the viewing figures they thought they would have...Basically we saw the bits, we saw it after being painted and we saw the engine, then again in bits, then shiny and new. A few minutes on how he replaced/repaired the body work and floorpan would have been good.
I'm thinking that all the cars are auctioned at the same time as in the last series but it's all shot as if it's a different auction. Yesterday I could see the Rover SD1 in the background.
croyde said:
I'm thinking that all the cars are auctioned at the same time as in the last series but it's all shot as if it's a different auction. Yesterday I could see the Rover SD1 in the background.
It is the same auction, at the Autosport show at the NEC. I don't think there's any attempt to disguise that, as you can see the same people in the crowd, the same cars in the background, and so on. They probably thought it would work better if the average viewer didn't have to remember all the earlier cars in the series for the last programme, and it completes the story in one concise programme.Must mean that the reason they have so much trouble restoring the cars "in only ten weeks" is because they're doing all of them in the same ten weeks.
The auction for the first series was done before anyone knew about the programme, this series everyone knows what they are doing and they also have the 'stories' this time.
Must have been a busy day filming at the NEC with each car and the relatives etc, then all edited for each show.
Must have been a busy day filming at the NEC with each car and the relatives etc, then all edited for each show.
droopsnoot said:
croyde said:
I'm thinking that all the cars are auctioned at the same time as in the last series but it's all shot as if it's a different auction. Yesterday I could see the Rover SD1 in the background.
It is the same auction, at the Autosport show at the NEC. I don't think there's any attempt to disguise that, as you can see the same people in the crowd, the same cars in the background, and so on. They probably thought it would work better if the average viewer didn't have to remember all the earlier cars in the series for the last programme, and it completes the story in one concise programme.Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff