For The Love of Cars

[Davel]

Really enjoyed it.

[P I Staker]

Great series. I hope they do another.

[onyx39]

Anyone know anything about the rest of the cars the Guy who purchased the De Lorean has? I am assuming its a private collection.

[Evoluzione]

Morningside said:

I enjoyed the programme BUT I was getting annoyed when he kept repeating the auctioneer.

They repeated everything, it was 10 minutes stretched to 60 and I think they deliberately undervalued the cars. That said, I did enjoy the whole series and hope they do some more.
I wonder how Ch4 did out of it financially?

[JonRB]

On balance, it was a good series and I enjoyed it. Glenister was variable, swinging between rudely disparaging and gushing luvvie. But, on the the whole, it was good.

[S0 What]

krunchkin said:

The bloke who bought that DeLorean is clearly fking loaded. WHY in the name of christ has he not had his teeth fixed?

Loaded yes but Roger is a decent bloke who just happens to love cars, he worked bloody hard to get where he is and now he's enjoying it and simply isn't fake enough to bother with teeth that look like he's borrowed them for the day
In all honesty i thought that series was the best of it's type on TV in the last few years, really enjoyed it

[e21Mark]

S0 What said:

In all honesty i thought that series was the best of it's type on TV in the last few years, really enjoyed it

Classic Car SOS is my fave out of the current crop.

[Fastpedeller]

For The Love of Cars........ Tonight episode should have been renamed 'For The Love of Money'
It will all be going the way of housing and not affordable if this continues!

[JonRB]

Fastpedeller said:

For The Love of Cars........ Tonight episode should have been renamed 'For The Love of Money'
It will all be going the way of housing and not affordable if this continues!

All 6 of those cars represented the very best examples of their type with thousands of man hours spent making them so. It's hardly surprising that they made top dollar.

Things sell for what people are prepared to pay. If that prices you out of the market, then that's capitalism for you.

[GC8]

They have a provenance that few other cars enjoy. How many cars are into their third 'full restoration' now?

[David87]

Well, that was a series I very much enjoyed. I certainly hope there are more on the way!

[RichB]

I enjoyed that and thought Ant came across as having a genuine interest in the cars he was working on, a decent chap and obviously a skilled engineer and craftsman.

[e21Mark]

RichB said:

I enjoyed that and thought Ant came across as having a genuine interest in the cars he was working on, a decent chap and obviously a skilled engineer and craftsman.

I didn't get any of that.

[zaphod30]

I had thought all along that it was a good series.

A few doubts raised now though.
The "world record" price for the Land Rover just happened to be paid by Ant's business partner.

[Scuffers]

B17NNS said:

e21Mark said:

How much did Ant actually do though? Certainly didn't see much evidence in the program.

With the timescales involved I'd say he was a hands on project manager. He openly said he had a team.

I understand the stag work was farmed out...

[e21Mark]

Scuffers said:

B17NNS said:

e21Mark said:

How much did Ant actually do though? Certainly didn't see much evidence in the program.

With the timescales involved I'd say he was a hands on project manager. He openly said he had a team.

I understand the stag work was farmed out...

I believe the rest was done by Anstead's company Evanta. (Nice work if you can get it. Especially if you can then sell at inflated price to a business partner) The Land Rover is now for sale at a mere £59k.

Edited by e21Mark on Monday 2nd June 07:46

[ajprice]

e21Mark said:

The Land Rover is now for sale at a mere £59k.

Because it's "as seen on 'For The Love of Cars'"?

[SydneyBridge]

As the auction was before the tv series started, I guess the cars were unknown and everyone was wondering why there were tv cameras at the auction and 'that bloke from life on mars' kept hugging some other bloke..

[WinstonWolf]

e21Mark said:

Scuffers said:

B17NNS said:

e21Mark said:

How much did Ant actually do though? Certainly didn't see much evidence in the program.

With the timescales involved I'd say he was a hands on project manager. He openly said he had a team.

I understand the stag work was farmed out...

I believe the rest was done by Anstead's company Evanta. (Nice work if you can get it. Especially if you can then sell at inflated price to a business partner) The Land Rover is now for sale at a mere £59k.

Edited by e21Mark on Monday 2nd June 07:46

Did you miss the Escort episode? You should watch it, he's a tidy fabricator. Look at the quality of the shut lines on the rebuilt front end, spot on diagonally as well as in parallel.

[CooperD]

Really enjoyable series. I found most episodes very interesting.