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V8covin said:
So they paid 8k for a scrapper and then 4k for a mint restored body + chassis that together made 1 vehicle.
That would be called ringing in this country.
Not sure, unless they were deliberately trying to conceal what they did. I remember the beach buggy episode when they started of with a really rough Beetle, then replaced the body for a buggy, then a shortened new chassis, then the engine, steering column, gearbox, wheels... Then there was the Morgan when they changed the whole frame too.That would be called ringing in this country.
I GUESS Brewer Motors wouldn´t deliberately break the law
generationx said:
V8covin said:
So they paid 8k for a scrapper and then 4k for a mint restored body + chassis that together made 1 vehicle.
That would be called ringing in this country.
Not sure, unless they were deliberately trying to conceal what they did. I remember the beach buggy episode when they started of with a really rough Beetle, then replaced the body for a buggy, then a shortened new chassis, then the engine, steering column, gearbox, wheels... Then there was the Morgan when they changed the whole frame too.That would be called ringing in this country.
I GUESS Brewer Motors wouldn´t deliberately break the law
Liszt said:
trooperiziz said:
What exactly did they use from the original car in the end? The engine, the suspension, the axles... that's it isn't it? Body, gearbox, glass, interior, brakes, hub lockers, wheels, tyres etc... were all new or from the donor car.
"This is the most work we have ever done on a car"
It was two cars!
"I remember when this car rolled into the workshop"
That was a different car!
Suspension was new too! "This is the most work we have ever done on a car"
It was two cars!
"I remember when this car rolled into the workshop"
That was a different car!
V8covin said:
Shakermaker said:
I think they only used the body from that other vehicle and not the chassis -
I'm pretty sure they used the chassis too which technically makes it a completely different vehicle.They've certainly moved on from their 'there's some rust, let's fill it with filler and paint over it' days...but that was part of the charm. Bodging a car up to make it look better and then some spannering that the home mechanic could tackle. It was stuff I (as a keen home mechanic) could relate to.
It's a bit like when the missus watches bake off, and then attempts to do what they've done in our kitchen with varying results.
The (current) American series is just big budget nonsense. I still watch it, but I don't sit there thinking 'I could/would do that'.
Hopefully the UK series will be better.
It's a bit like when the missus watches bake off, and then attempts to do what they've done in our kitchen with varying results.
The (current) American series is just big budget nonsense. I still watch it, but I don't sit there thinking 'I could/would do that'.
Hopefully the UK series will be better.
Packrat said:
Iva Barchetta said:
I don't know which series I'm watching currently ,it's "new to Quest".
It's UK based and have so far done an Elise and a Corvette C2, which ironically they shipped from the US.
I don't have Discovery channel.
Nor me until I got nowtv. Worth the £6.99 a monthIt's UK based and have so far done an Elise and a Corvette C2, which ironically they shipped from the US.
I don't have Discovery channel.
Last night was the Polish luxury that is a FSM Serena .
The tax disc in it was 2013.
Shakermaker said:
But they didn't say it took 800 hours, they quoted somewhere in the 250 region
Might be different on the US version but from memory it took over 700 hours and they made a song and dance about how it was the most labor intensive car they had done. Even if it was not the 700 hours figure, why would a body replacement be the most labor intensive. And, where was the labor in the show? They went from scrap car to showing new chassis to having new body. That is not the most work they have ever done. The TVR would be equivalent and that was certainly not the most work they have done.I think they screwed up because it was a huge amount of work which they did not want to go unrecorded but they couldn't show it because someone else did it.
generationx said:
V8covin said:
So they paid 8k for a scrapper and then 4k for a mint restored body + chassis that together made 1 vehicle.
That would be called ringing in this country.
Not sure, unless they were deliberately trying to conceal what they did. I remember the beach buggy episode when they started of with a really rough Beetle, then replaced the body for a buggy, then a shortened new chassis, then the engine, steering column, gearbox, wheels... Then there was the Morgan when they changed the whole frame too.That would be called ringing in this country.
I GUESS Brewer Motors wouldn´t deliberately break the law
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