Wheeler Dealers

[Yolevas]

wpa1975 said:

thegreenhell said:

Red9zero said:

MB's wife's Instagram was on the side of their gazebo, so I guess it's a family affair. Maybe Elvis was somewhere else that day ? I'm sure the Transit owner could have loaned it to MB for the show too. I've seen lots of cars from TV shows on their stands. It doesn't mean none of them sold.

Mike tells the ownership story of the Transit here

Not convinced that is the whole story, Mike says that they cannot purchase the Wheeler Dealer car yet Edd did end up buying the Lamborghini after filming finished.

I wonder if he had the Transit done as part of the show.

I also recall Edd bought one of the VW buses they did, and that was shown on the show; the one they put a blue wrap on.

[biggbn]

thegreenhell said:

Red9zero said:

MB's wife's Instagram was on the side of their gazebo, so I guess it's a family affair. Maybe Elvis was somewhere else that day ? I'm sure the Transit owner could have loaned it to MB for the show too. I've seen lots of cars from TV shows on their stands. It doesn't mean none of them sold.

Mike tells the ownership story of the Transit here

I have always been a bit ambivalent towards Mike. I remember the early, early shows he did with Richard Sutton I think it was and he was a perfect foil for the other fellas urbane sophistication. That video really endeared him to me, thaks for sharing. Always liked Johnny as a presenter, seems like a decent spud.

[Doofus]

biggbn said:

I have always been a bit ambivalent towards Mike. I remember the early, early shows he did with Richard Sutton I think it was and he was a perfect foil for the other fellas urbane sophistication. That video really endeared him to me, thaks for sharing. Always liked Johnny as a presenter, seems like a decent spud.

This, pretty much.

[carlo996]

Owd art yer and.

No thanks. Useless presenter and was a dick to Ed.

[Doofus]

carlo996 said:

Owd art yer and.

No thanks. Useless presenter and was a dick to Ed.

Two d's.

[Challo]

carlo996 said:

Owd art yer and.

No thanks. Useless presenter and was a dick to Ed.

Really? Presenter of one of the biggest car shows on TV, with growing audiences for 20 years.

What did he do to Ed? Did you watch the interview and hear his explanation?

[ncbbmw]

wpa1975 said:

No way did they respray it for £930, £3k I would say would be the bare minimum.

Maybe they had to show a lower price to make sure they made a profit.

Shortly after the Transit show was on the WD facebook page was promoting the episode, someone posted a comment about how on earth do they respray a LWB Tranny for £930?

WD replied saying it was only the cost of the materials as 'they did the work themselves'

Argh, they just forgot to mention it on the show

[biggbn]

carlo996 said:

Owd art yer and.

No thanks. Useless presenter and was a dick to Ed.

I could not stand Ed as a presenter. Similarly I'm sure he is a lovely guy and would be great to chat with over a pint but he was so terribly wooden. I'm not a WD fan but much prefer Elvis, and even like Ant marginally more.

[ncbbmw]

Last Saturday's CCA Auction had a few WD show cars for sale, did these cars sell on the episodes they were featured in?

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1978-porsche-...

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/2003-mercedes...

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1963-fiat-600...

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1983-vauxhall...

And from the Mike Brewer Dream Car Series
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1985-ford-fie...

[Greg_B]

Challo said:

Really? Presenter of one of the biggest car shows on TV, with growing audiences for 20 years.

What did he do to Ed? Did you watch the interview and hear his explanation?

The mob is everywhere. Brewer can do nothing right in their minds.

[biggbn]

ncbbmw said:

Last Saturday's CCA Auction had a few WD show cars for sale, did these cars sell on the episodes they were featured in?

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1978-porsche-...

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/2003-mercedes...

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1963-fiat-600...

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1983-vauxhall...

And from the Mike Brewer Dream Car Series
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1985-ford-fie...

Crazy the most desirable to me, the 928, is amongst the cheapest there!!

[SS427 Camaro]

I recently watched the TVR Griffith episode, what an absolute load of tosh.
Still, he must be doing £££ something right as he has a large car collection that is housed in a very nice unit.

[Doofus]

SS427 Camaro said:

I recently watched the TVR Griffith episode, what an absolute load of tosh.
Still, he must be doing £££ something right as he has a large car collection that is housed in a very nice unit.

He doesn't just earn money from selling WD cars...

[SydneyBridge]

Video by Mike previewing the auction, including the WD cars. I assume the 'sales' shown on the show fell through...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h7qjKvoBYg

[SS427 Camaro]

Just watching the Maserati 3200 episode on Quest, some interesting tech info, worth watching if anyone is looking to buy one ( as I was a couple of years ago )

[BossHogg]

ncbbmw said:

And from the Mike Brewer Dream Car Series
https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1985-ford-fie...

That's a blast from the past. My first car was a E reg 1.1L almost identical to this one. Same colour, it cost me £6,700 new in 1988.

[wpa1975]

biggbn said:

I could not stand Ed as a presenter. Similarly I'm sure he is a lovely guy and would be great to chat with over a pint but he was so terribly wooden. I'm not a WD fan but much prefer Elvis, and even like Ant marginally more.

I don't agree, in Edd's days it was in most cases fixes you could do at home, Ant arrived and it was a complete change of direction and loads more fabrication work including making exhausts, no chance that you could do any of this at home.

Now we have Elvis who seems to do very little repair work, I believe they now employ 10 additional mechanics behind the scenes plus whenever a complex repair is needed it is always the same and Elvis has a mate who can do it on the cheap.

The show has had it day, too many other people doing the same idea.

[biggbn]

wpa1975 said:

biggbn said:

I could not stand Ed as a presenter. Similarly I'm sure he is a lovely guy and would be great to chat with over a pint but he was so terribly wooden. I'm not a WD fan but much prefer Elvis, and even like Ant marginally more.

I don't agree, in Edd's days it was in most cases fixes you could do at home, Ant arrived and it was a complete change of direction and loads more fabrication work including making exhausts, no chance that you could do any of this at home.

Now we have Elvis who seems to do very little repair work, I believe they now employ 10 additional mechanics behind the scenes plus whenever a complex repair is needed it is always the same and Elvis has a mate who can do it on the cheap.

The show has had it day, too many other people doing the same idea.

I'm not talking about the format man, just Ed's presentation skills. I'm not a fan of the show regardless but have always found him wooden and devoid of personalty. His passion does not translate well through the camera for me

[carl_w]

I've watched a couple of the free Elvis ones on Discovery+ and thought they were OK?

[MDifficult]

wpa1975 said:

The show has had it day, too many other people doing the same idea.

And yet, it's more popular and makes more money for all involved than at any point in its history. Seems the market for the new model is far greater than the market for the old model.

Personally, I preferred Edd (engineer) to Ant (fabrication) and definitely Elvis (fitting wheels on wonk and using 'mates' facilities) but can't argue with Mike's business logic. Good luck to him.. through hard work and a dab of unique personality he's made himself a fortune and is living his best life - we should all be so fortunate.