Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars (Quest)

[mike74]

V8covin said:

You forget they are paid....subsidised....by the tv companies making the shows

And not forgetting the advantage of working with attractive, young tv producers... Allegedly

[Fastchas]

thegreenhell said:

Skyedriver said:

Don't remember the CRX one, which series was that?

S4E04, the same episode as the Mini pickup.

Yep, it was a 'side' job that PC thought might be an easy flip. When he saw it he realised that he couldn't really make much money out of it as the condition was so good. So what did he do to get the £2k-3k profit...?

Painted the calipers. That was it.

And then some guy turned up to buy it for a company he has in Singapore or somewhere where customers want retro cars to drive.
So this guy didn't see it advertised at the lower price then?

[gmaz]

thegreenhell said:

Skyedriver said:

Don't remember the CRX one, which series was that?

S4E04, the same episode as the Mini pickup.

You can watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJe0qb5WBQ

[CooperD]

gmaz said:

thegreenhell said:

Skyedriver said:

Don't remember the CRX one, which series was that?

S4E04, the same episode as the Mini pickup.

You can watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJe0qb5WBQ

Thanks for posting that link. I hadn't seen that episode before. They did a good job with the Mini Pick Up.

[sixor8]

The Saab 96 went for £4500 + fees at CCA at the NEC today:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca031-lot-46...

And the Porsche 944 for £8400 + fees:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca031-lot-46...

[Mortadella]

sixor8 said:

The Saab 96 went for £4500 + fees at CCA at the NEC today:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca031-lot-46...

Mathewsons got more than double that for a much later car last week [on tv ] and didn't have to do any sprucing [bodging] up .

[Red9zero]

Mortadella said:

sixor8 said:

The Saab 96 went for £4500 + fees at CCA at the NEC today:

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/cca031-lot-46...

Mathewsons got more than double that for a much later car last week [on tv ] and didn't have to do any sprucing [bodging] up .

I don't know how many online bidders there were, but I thought the NEC was quite quiet yesterday.

[1000 Miglia]

The Porsche 928 , and a Mini episode is on now and I saw the reg of the 928 and realised this car lives 1 mile away

from me , currently sitting on a drive under a half car cover , blocked in by a skip whilst the house behind has a roof and refurb.

RYE45Y .

[Bluedot]

New series starts June 2nd

[lornemalvo]

I'll give it a miss. I can't abide Drew, there's something about him

[Mercdriver]

Could it be he does not know that much about cars? Keeps going on about originality then proceeds to make horrendous changes to “improve” the car

[Smollet]

lornemalvo said:

I'll give it a miss. I can't abide Drew, there's something about him

There’s lots of things about him I dislike. He really does believe his own press.

[thegreenhell]

Drew is a bellend, but the show can be quite good in spite of his presence. Some of the cars turn out very nicely, usually the ones Paul is in charge of.

[SydneyBridge]

Last series was miles better, just having one car per episode

[1000 Miglia]

The trailer for this shows a FIAT Spyder painted a rather lurid minty green or mauve colour ,then there's a view of same car in red .
Wonder if Drew wanted to paint it black before sensible guy tells him to paint it red ?

Did they paint the bonnet matt black Abarth rally style ?

[Mercdriver]

He would probably have it painted gloss black

[LARK F1 GTR]

lornemalvo said:

I'll give it a miss. I can't abide Drew, there's something about him

Lol!! He is a bit of a know it all! (and that is me being nice!)

[BryanC]

I have to say I think he got the MGC GT just right.
Mini Aston Martin in that Apple green and set off with the pale green upholstery. Thank goodness Paul stuck out for the chrome wires.
L J K Setright always rated the GT body shape and I tend to agree.

[aeropilot]

BryanC said:

I have to say I think he got the MGC GT just right.
Mini Aston Martin in that Apple green and set off with the pale green upholstery. Thank goodness Paul stuck out for the chrome wires.

CWW look terrible....

Would have looked better on a set of these, with appropriate suspension setup.

[BryanC]

Oh No........
Each to their own but might agree if it was a D-type.