For The Love of Cars

[speedking31]

marksx said:

Would a thousand man hours not be the whole team though? A phrase used for dramatic effect? If, say, 5 people work on the car, 200 total hours in the garage at say £50 an hour labour. £10k labour cost. Still steep mind.

I think manhours has a specific meaning = man x hours. Workshop time is different. Not to say that TV people wouldn't understand.

Edited by speedking31 on Wednesday 3rd June 12:55

[rubystone]

SydneyBridge said:

it looks like Ant has done minimal work on each car anyway, looks like the work has been contracted out to other people and Ant has just popped in for a bit of filming every now and again.

I am sure no one is losing money on the programme and in effect C4 are getting a fairly cheap to make programme, compared with the cost of making most programmes.

Did anyone spot Paul and Mark from T2D dismantling the bug? All the work in these cars has been farmed out...

[Morningside]

Looking at that beetle I thought...hang on, tidy engine, newish wheels, new exhaust. Was the original owner going for the 'rat' look? (you know quality mechanicals and poor body).

[bobbo89]

Zad said:

I suspect Drew may just be there as someone to point a camera at. Quite often at these filmings, bidders will decline to be shown on TV. At which point they generally edit someone in who perhaps bid on a different item, but who will agree to be shown.

He's a car nut who through his business and TV has earned himself enough brass to be enjoying cars.

He's recently worked very closely with T2D to build a Beetle race car to enter into Goodwood, sold his oval rag top to fund it I believe.

He's probably just there because the T2D guys are and lets be fair, if you were invited to go, you would!

[simonrockman]

I wonder if they want my 190E for the next series...

[rubystone]

simonrockman said:

I wonder if they want my 190E for the next series...

I thought I might buy a rusty E-Type and then sprain my ankle. I could then invite them to restore it, given the fact my incapacity prevents me from that task. Should make great telly. V happy for Philip to take the piss as much as he likes.

[SydneyBridge]

rubystone said:

I thought I might buy a rusty E-Type and then sprain my ankle. I could then invite them to restore it, given the fact my incapacity prevents me from that task. Should make great telly. V happy for Philip to take the piss as much as he likes.

Then you could get a friend or family member to buy it back for you, present it to you as a gift (you might need to cry a little bit at this point..) and you have a restored E-Type for a fraction of the cost of the restoration..

[RichB]

SydneyBridge said:

rubystone said:

I thought I might buy a rusty E-Type and then sprain my ankle. I could then invite them to restore it, given the fact my incapacity prevents me from that task. Should make great telly. V happy for Philip to take the piss as much as he likes.

Then you could get a friend or family member to buy it back for you, present it to you as a gift (you might need to cry a little bit at this point..) and you have a restored E-Type for a fraction of the cost of the restoration..

Fine except your family member will be well out of pocket having paid a record price for the car at auction.

[WestYorkie]

RichB said:

Fine except your family member will be well out of pocket having paid a record price for the car at auction.

But they give you the money for the car. There's the auction fees to pay but you'd still have your car fully restored for next to nowt.

[RichB]

WestYorkie said:

RichB said:

Fine except your family member will be well out of pocket having paid a record price for the car at auction.

But they give you the money for the car. There's the auction fees to pay but you'd still have your car fully restored for next to nowt.

Sorry now you've lost me.

[WestYorkie]

Ok. When the rally driver's FIL bought the car for him he also got the money from the sale.
He could just give his FIL the money back and you'd only lose the auction fees. Hth

[Willhire89]

WestYorkie said:

Ok. When the rally driver's FIL bought the car for him he also got the money from the sale.
He could just give his FIL the money back and you'd only lose the auction fees. Hth

Whoa...

.....and the auction house commissions which could well see buyer and seller at least 30% apart

[RichB]

Rather than focusing on one car I was just being flippant because I thought it was humorous thread. I don't suppose C4 gave the chap £150k to buy the Aston or the money to buy the SAAB which he subsequently sold for charity. But ho hum I don't know - it could all be a set-up

[WestYorkie]

So the restoration has cost 30% of the sale. Quids in I'd think.

[Laurel Green]

Heads up. Anyone watched it yet?

[poing]

Watching now after the F1, I like the behind the scenes kind of stuff and want to see where the cars are now.

[SydneyBridge]

poing said:

Watching now after the F1, I like the behind the scenes kind of stuff and want to see where the cars are now.

Same here, very interesting but nothing mentioned at all about the actual cost of the restoration. Would be interesting to know. Sure all but the Aston sold for tons less than the restoration cost, not that it really matters..

[Laurel Green]

poing said:

Watching now after the F1, I like the behind the scenes kind of stuff and want to see where the cars are now.

Same here. I was apprehensive as to the 'recap' but looks like it might be both entertaining and informative - my sort of programme.

[Smollet]

I thought it was a lot better than some of the episodes it was based on. Probably because it concentrated on the cars themselves rather than TV hype that surrounded them

[e21Mark]

How many records were broken in this episode then?