"Classic Car Rescue" Channel 5 on Mon 24th Sep 20:00

[Steve w]

Surely you can't have expected anything else after watching the codged up dross turned out on Chop Shop.Restoration they are having a laugh, some people shouldn't be allowed to own a socket set.

[v8250]

The over-zealous moderating bds have removed my suggestive comments from the programme link. I see nothing wrong in demanding the 'show' be cancelled & never transmitted again.

Pls let your programme views be openly known on the following link...

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue/e...

[mattman]

can't disagree with any of the comments so far, it makes Mike Brewer look like a highly knowledgeable car historian.

Only good thing is that its better than watching EastCorrieStreetdaleste.....

Was I the only one who entered the competition then? If I win, I can't wait to spend the £30k I'll sell it for - perhaps they will offer a cash alternative to the car?

[TonyHetherington]

I entered the competition! If I win I'm going to take it apart and restore it properly

And weld up that sodding sunroof.

[1954etype]

TonyHetherington said:

I entered the competition! If I win I'm going to take it apart and restore it properly

And weld up that sodding sunroof.

Very difficult to do. I know of a number of cases where restorers found it easier to replace the roof panel.

[Moikey Fortune]

I thought it was alright, looked like a nice paint job and the interior looked neat enough

Wouldn't mind winning it either

[XJ13]

benjj said:

Here is a snapshot of next week's 911 'restoration'

Wet Lipped Yank: "Hot diggety donut, lets go get us a real life Jagwar XKE'

Fat Cockney: "You slaaag, we did that last week innit."

Wet Lipped Yank: "Holy makeroly good buddy, I know that, its just that we know what were doing now and, well, hot dawg if it aint just peachy fun."

Fat Cockney: "That doesn't make sense you farking noodle, I'll take you dahn Hackerney, a top bloke mate of mine has got some pork we need to have a butcherz at."

Wet Lipped Yank: "Well I'll be dipped in doo doo, a real life Porsher Nine Hundred Eleven? Hot diggety damn."

[insert 47 minutes of shouting and cack...]

Fat Cockney: "Well we finished the car in 8 hours at a total cost of £800. Now some top geeza from Bonhams is comin' ovah to value it."

Wet Lipped Yank: (looks nervous)

Bonhams Appraiser: "I'm terribly sorry chaps but it appears you are a complete shower of fking st. This car is ruined and is worth fk all. My wife is a commissioning editor for Channel 5 and I'm going to tell her that I'm leaving her if they don't cancel this fking travesty of a show, poste haste. Good day to you both."

Fat Cockney: Lummy.

[credits roll]

Nice one - and I suspect you will be right. However ... perhaps Channel 5 are cleverer than we think? Perhaps they will have sky-high viewing figures from people wanting to see the next episode of this comedy?

[Old Merc]

The only good thing to come from that show was all the funny comments about it on here,keep up the cracks lads.

[hedgefinder]

why is it that every cockney that makes it onto TV always makes cockneys look like aholes?

[hedgefinder]

v8250 said:

The over-zealous moderating bds have removed my suggestive comments from the programme link. I see nothing wrong in demanding the 'show' be cancelled & never transmitted again.

Pls let your programme views be openly known on the following link...

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue/e...

dozens of less than admiring remarks, and loads more removed by moderators, mine included....

"with out doubt the worst contrived drivel I have ever witnessed, channel 5 should take a serious look at who ever directed, produced and edited this pile of steaming dog turds and thought it was fit to air"

[alpinemauve]

I thought the two presenters were the two from Masterchef!!!

[S0 What]

My god that was fking awfull, no need to post my own as there's many a better slagging off in the prev posts, well done chaps

[200Plus Club]

so many comments posted already sum up my thoughts, but my personal highlights were the comments about the engine being ruined, then suddenly fixed as it was only due to overfilled oil from the su carbs, and then all it needed was the cylinders "cleaning out" and one piston repairing.

does anyone believe they actually did fit that second hand shock and brake disc? if they did then i'd love to know what the new owner eventually thinks of it. like the way they checked with the magnet for filler and then proceeded to larrup twice as much back onto the shell prior to painting.

ive seen the bald cockney geezer before on those horrendous programmes where they cut n shut cars for "celebrities" and he was crap on those.

the commentary was interesting also, hope no-one takes it as a serious piece of information.

it will be worth watching the rest of the series just to see how bad the cars are!

[dr_gn]

I hate it when a 2+2 comes up on TV and they refer to it as an "E-Type", and how beautiful it is. Everyone who knows little about them must wonder what all the fuss is about regarding aesthetics.

If that heap of st really is worth £30K I'll happily sell my fully rebuilt '64 4.2 RHD manual Coupe (with Webasto sunroof) for £100k and go on a long holiday...

The worst classic car programe I've ever seen.

[dockertrigger]

Other then the program being utter ste I've also noticed that in the clip for next weeks 911 episode neither of the two so called presenters are wearing their seat belts on the main road!.

http://www.channel5.com/shows/classic-car-rescue/c...

[IroningMan]

dr_gn said:

...If that heap of st really is worth £30K I'll happily sell my fully rebuilt '64 4.2 RHD manual Coupe (with Webasto sunroof) for £100k and go on a long holiday...

It's just dawned on me why they're giving it away in a competition. I wonder if they'll do that every week...

[dr_gn]

IroningMan said:

dr_gn said:

...If that heap of st really is worth £30K I'll happily sell my fully rebuilt '64 4.2 RHD manual Coupe (with Webasto sunroof) for £100k and go on a long holiday...

It's just dawned on me why they're giving it away in a competition. I wonder if they'll do that every week...

So why did they say at the end that they'd 'made 10 grand profit" then?

That 'expert car valuer' must be a right bell end. He probably got it confused with a Coupe.

[TonyHetherington]

dr_gn said:

So why did they say at the end that they'd 'made 10 grand profit" then?

Leaving aside the ludicrous 'costs' (was it £6400 for a 4 week restoration, including respray and parts?!), that £10k 'profit' came purely from the supposed valuation by the chap in the 8-series, rather than actually selling it.

Looking at it as a TV programme, it's probably quite cheap to make.

[dr_gn]

TonyHetherington said:

dr_gn said:

So why did they say at the end that they'd 'made 10 grand profit" then?

Leaving aside the ludicrous 'costs' (was it £6400 for a 4 week restoration, including respray and parts?!), that £10k 'profit' came purely from the supposed valuation by the chap in the 8-series, rather than actually selling it.

Looking at it as a TV programme, it's probably quite cheap to make.

You simply can't do the work supposedly done in 4 weeks for that money - bodywork, respray, trim (leather on a 2+2 is obviously even more expensive than for a coupe, and is worth less at the end of the process), mechanical work, wire wheels, tyres, etc etc.

How many people were involved, and at what hourly rate? The two main 'characters' were clearly incapable of doing any mechanical or cosmetic work to a reasonable standard on any car. Anyone who's ever restored an E-Type will tell you that they are not easy cars to work on and get right even if you've got a clue about what you're doing.

[TonyHetherington]

I quite agree

What surprised me also was that with a supposed bare metal respray, they didn't even take the bonnet off - not to work on the engine, not to work on the underside, not even to spray it. It's a matter of a few bolts, no?