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ash73 said:
Just watched the Alfa Spider episode, blimey what a mess when it came out of the chemical bath. Did some googling and according to the owner's club the resto cost £40k. Some nice pics here:
http://www.longmyndservicestation.co.uk/classics/c...
I always wondered why the Morgan and Alfa were subcontracted as I noticed the different workshops, doubt Fuzz did any real work on these.http://www.longmyndservicestation.co.uk/classics/c...
Maybe time constraints
If you look at the TV series "An MG is born" you can see what it looks like to follow a restoration in a bit more detail. Ten hours of blokes in a shed drinking tea with a little bit of hammering.
http://www.an-mg-is-born.com/
Understandably it was a bit niche. What's really nice about Car SOS is that they worked out how to meld a little bit of men stood in a shed drinking tea with dusty human interest stories. That means that people who are not all that interested in the minutae of restoration will still watch, meaning that the show gets a decent audience.
http://www.an-mg-is-born.com/
Understandably it was a bit niche. What's really nice about Car SOS is that they worked out how to meld a little bit of men stood in a shed drinking tea with dusty human interest stories. That means that people who are not all that interested in the minutae of restoration will still watch, meaning that the show gets a decent audience.
I'm watching repeats so a bit behind the times. In the Corvette episode, Tim claimed to be an American muscle car nut. He described the C3 as the third generation Stingray (wrong) and attempted to blag a discount by claiming he could identify the Corvette among 4 V8 cars by the engine sound only.
Getting 3 out of the 4 spot on he proudly announced the last guess as "a Big-block Corvette". It was a small block! They can't even get the cheating right.
He had of course just walked past the same 4 cars parked outside and proudly named them for the camera before going inside.
Getting 3 out of the 4 spot on he proudly announced the last guess as "a Big-block Corvette". It was a small block! They can't even get the cheating right.
He had of course just walked past the same 4 cars parked outside and proudly named them for the camera before going inside.
sandman77 said:
If think I must be the only one here who quite likes the Tim bits. I find them mildly amusing.
The people who don't are in a minority otherwise they wouldn't do it, you can't judge an entire audience from 5 blokes on some forum. He didn't get very far with a big discount from the Dutch guy though, he was having none of it!The owner of the Flavia didn't come out of that too well IMO, cills riveted on, bits of wood, filled with filler foam and wheel arches made from plastic folders? Dear me, I wondered if he was bodging it up to sell it on before being stopped.
The Tim parts are really just not necessary.
I'm surprised some of the places go along with it. The wheel refurb centre were flat out but the manager had time to go through the process whilst 4 of his employees dicked about trying to get an egg out of a pissing jar?
He could have just got a nice set of pro race alloys for the same cash instead and not made the car look quite as chav.
I'm surprised some of the places go along with it. The wheel refurb centre were flat out but the manager had time to go through the process whilst 4 of his employees dicked about trying to get an egg out of a pissing jar?
He could have just got a nice set of pro race alloys for the same cash instead and not made the car look quite as chav.
skinny said:
I'm surprised some of the places go along with it.
Free publicity, worth way more than the stuff they end up either discounting or giving away. skinny said:
The wheel refurb centre were flat out but the manager had time to go through the process whilst 4 of his employees dicked about trying to get an egg out of a pissing jar?
Yeah, not really busy though. That's the thing, obviously all the "we're too busy" and "no chance till next month" and having to creep into someones unit without them seeing him is all the made-up bit, and it's the fact that it's so obviously staged to "add drama" that makes it annoying. It's just what turns it from a niche thing like the Mark Evans series (where the closest it got to prime time was on Quest at tea-time with probably a few hundred watching, so not a big draw to advertisers) into something that can go at 9pm on a relatively mainstream channel. 
princealbert23 said:
227bhp said:
The people who don't are in a minority otherwise they wouldn't do it, you can't judge an entire audience from 5 blokes on some forum.
Don't believe that at all. Remember how those 5 blokes hated SIARPC and what happened to that section once they had the chance. miniman said:
Just watched the Range Rover episode. Less "Car SOS" and more "fetch some rust over to Rimmer Bros and replace 99% of it then ruin the suspension with an air ride kit".
Was it Rimmers? I thought the strategic use of Britpart cardboard as wing protectors meant it was them, though I thought they might have given them a bit more of a plug, along the lines of the namecheck they gave the veneering guys.Tim was less annoying this time, actually spent long enough watching them doing the veneer work to make it interesting. The scene where he told Fuzz about wanting air suspension was hammy at best, though.
I figured it was Britpart too from the cardboard.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Britpart/@52.4...
The RR was a runner with a new looking alternator at the beginning and it sounded like she was driving it until very recently, not the usual left for many years thing. The story didn't quite ring with me but she appeared genuinely happy. My Mum would react similarly if we got her Morris 8 back and restored.
For me the best was seeing how well a Rangie can be put back together. More info on the work carried out and less "blagging" was better too. I liked the tooling about in the original model too.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Britpart/@52.4...
The RR was a runner with a new looking alternator at the beginning and it sounded like she was driving it until very recently, not the usual left for many years thing. The story didn't quite ring with me but she appeared genuinely happy. My Mum would react similarly if we got her Morris 8 back and restored.
For me the best was seeing how well a Rangie can be put back together. More info on the work carried out and less "blagging" was better too. I liked the tooling about in the original model too.
Looking at the MOT history it's been tested every year but not covered much miles.
Oh and it was tested today having failed yesterday! Strange that the son used the ruse that it had gone to have an engine oil leak fixed and that's seemingly the only thing that they didn't look at.
Test date 14 December 2016 Test Result Fail
Odometer reading 121,814 miles MOT test number 1014 6992 8648
Reason(s) for failure
offside Headlamp aim too far to the right (1.8)
nearside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure (2.4.G.1)
nearside front Brake pipe kinked on caliper (3.6.B.2b)
nearside front Brake pipe fouled by moving parts pipes on caliper foul between axle and caliper on full lock (3.6.B.2a)
offside front Brake pipe fouled by moving parts pipes on caliper foul between axle and caliper on full lock (3.6.B.2a)
Advisory notice item(s)
offside front window inoperative
aftermarket air suspension fitted
power steering reservoir damp
all brake discs slight corrosion
Parking brake lever has little reserve travel (3.1.6b)
nearside front Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases joint (7.1.2)
rear Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases joint (7.1.2)
rear exhaust loose at joint
Oil leak ()
offside rear brake pad wear indicator wires insecure
Test date 17 December 2015 Expiry date 16 December 2016 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 121,332 miles MOT test number2880 9584 7117
Test date 6 October 2015 Expiry date 5 October 2016 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 121,171 miles MOT test number9483 8077 3513
Advisory notice item(s)
Oil leak
Underside coated in Oil / Underseal
Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
nearside rear brake disc slightly corroded
All tyres slightly worn on edges and cracking
nearside Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
centre Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
n/s bonnet & o/s/f bumper corroded
Oh and it was tested today having failed yesterday! Strange that the son used the ruse that it had gone to have an engine oil leak fixed and that's seemingly the only thing that they didn't look at.
Test date 14 December 2016 Test Result Fail
Odometer reading 121,814 miles MOT test number 1014 6992 8648
Reason(s) for failure
offside Headlamp aim too far to the right (1.8)
nearside rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure (2.4.G.1)
nearside front Brake pipe kinked on caliper (3.6.B.2b)
nearside front Brake pipe fouled by moving parts pipes on caliper foul between axle and caliper on full lock (3.6.B.2a)
offside front Brake pipe fouled by moving parts pipes on caliper foul between axle and caliper on full lock (3.6.B.2a)
Advisory notice item(s)
offside front window inoperative
aftermarket air suspension fitted
power steering reservoir damp
all brake discs slight corrosion
Parking brake lever has little reserve travel (3.1.6b)
nearside front Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases joint (7.1.2)
rear Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases joint (7.1.2)
rear exhaust loose at joint
Oil leak ()
offside rear brake pad wear indicator wires insecure
Test date 17 December 2015 Expiry date 16 December 2016 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 121,332 miles MOT test number2880 9584 7117
Test date 6 October 2015 Expiry date 5 October 2016 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 121,171 miles MOT test number9483 8077 3513
Advisory notice item(s)
Oil leak
Underside coated in Oil / Underseal
Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
nearside rear brake disc slightly corroded
All tyres slightly worn on edges and cracking
nearside Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c)
centre Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
n/s bonnet & o/s/f bumper corroded
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