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Losing the first one in a fire, buying a second and then breaking his back in a microlight accident, the guy certainly deserved their help. Unlike some of the others. Saw the last 15 minutes of the E-Type episode the other day and couldn't see why he was deserving of a fully restored car. What did I miss with his story?
fido said:
Technical question:- when they clean out the cylinder bores after repairing the block on the Singer engine - wouldn't that slightly increase the gap between pistons and cylinder walls?
Yes, but if I saw correctly they were only honing the bores, which is basically done with a light stone, so not taking off anywhere near enough material that the piston rings would struggle to take up. I was surprised (but had forgotten) that they were doing that after painting the block, though - I'd have done it before, or maybe the engine man might have done it in case anything else appeared.Edited by fido on Wednesday 30th November 21:49
The Tim Shaw bits are indeed woeful and as everyone realises completely false.
I was watching the E type one the other day and, given that I live in Aldridge where the workshop is based and around which most of the filming take place, I use the very same parts emporiums that were featured in Tim's desperate late afternoon component search.
He was filmd going to three parts factors. All are within half a mile of the workshop. Two are next door to each other. One of which doesn't even sell car parts but HGV parts only.
Even the closing times were made up.
Truly pathetic fictional rubbish.
Get rid of Tim Shaw and focus on the car restoration stuff.
Cheers,
Tony
I was watching the E type one the other day and, given that I live in Aldridge where the workshop is based and around which most of the filming take place, I use the very same parts emporiums that were featured in Tim's desperate late afternoon component search.
He was filmd going to three parts factors. All are within half a mile of the workshop. Two are next door to each other. One of which doesn't even sell car parts but HGV parts only.
Even the closing times were made up.
Truly pathetic fictional rubbish.
Get rid of Tim Shaw and focus on the car restoration stuff.
Cheers,
Tony
TerryThomas said:
What's entertaining about fake haggling though?
It adds an extra dimension and to be fair the whole program is 'fake' is you analyse the 'peril' of parts not being easily obtainable or the 'impossible' timescales. Without that humour and human interest, a man repairing old cars over and over again would very quickly become quite dull as well as appealing only to a very small minority. Wheeler Dealers is just the same with Mike Brewer buying parts. A tried, tested, and successful formula. Lots of things in life are fake, especially on TV and in magazines, if you're going to start breaking them all down to their actual basic component pieces and bare bones you'll be left with not much more to watch and look at than nature documentaries and pictures.
You'd be surprised at what goes on behind the scenes of photo shoots for car magazines too
You'd be surprised at what goes on behind the scenes of photo shoots for car magazines too
Was the MX5 one the one where they tuned the thing up for an owner who clearly did not like fast driving?
On the subject of Tim Shaw I actually think he would be fine as a presenter and don't mind him when interacting with Fuzz they just need to drop all the fake bits where he "blags" parts and discounts. They are woeful.
On the subject of Tim Shaw I actually think he would be fine as a presenter and don't mind him when interacting with Fuzz they just need to drop all the fake bits where he "blags" parts and discounts. They are woeful.
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