Wheeler Dealers
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Jim the Sunderer said:
I was watching an old one with a Morgan 4, I'm sure I saw Edd me old China bashing on the wheel spinner with a steel-headed hammer
Is that the one where they pour literally hundreds of man hours into a complete chassis change, and then at the end declare a "profit" of a couple of hundred quid which would actually be an eye-watering loss with the labour charges?Clockwork Cupcake said:
Is that the one where they pour literally hundreds of man hours into a complete chassis change, and then at the end declare a "profit" of a couple of hundred quid which would actually be an eye-watering loss with the labour charges?
At least that one was quite interesting, rather than the "let's rebuild another turbo" episodes.Clockwork Cupcake said:
Jim the Sunderer said:
I was watching an old one with a Morgan 4, I'm sure I saw Edd me old China bashing on the wheel spinner with a steel-headed hammer
Is that the one where they pour literally hundreds of man hours into a complete chassis change, and then at the end declare a "profit" of a couple of hundred quid which would actually be an eye-watering loss with the labour charges?Entertaining as the truck is the episode didn't really do anything new (again). I know this is now aimed primarily at American audiences who may not have seen so many repeats of the older series, but another clutch change?
I enjoy this show, albeit in a reduced capacity from its original "acheivable" projects, but it's getting very repetitive and the cars are getting more expensive. I know times change and there simply aren't any thousand quid hot hatches left, but these days the cars are more frequently out of reach for the program's original viewership.
I enjoy this show, albeit in a reduced capacity from its original "acheivable" projects, but it's getting very repetitive and the cars are getting more expensive. I know times change and there simply aren't any thousand quid hot hatches left, but these days the cars are more frequently out of reach for the program's original viewership.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Is that the one where they pour literally hundreds of man hours into a complete chassis change, and then at the end declare a "profit" of a couple of hundred quid which would actually be an eye-watering loss with the labour charges?
Its only a loss if you charge yourself for the time to do itA hundred man hours is reasonably acheivable for a dedicated home mechanic, maybe not in one hit like they do on the show, but say you've got one day a week to work on your car for 8 hours, you'd have it done in 3 months with no outlay on labour, just on parts.
Which of course means that for any actual home mechanic, it would take around 5 years to do because just as you started doing it, the postman would arrive and then you might as well put the kettle on for a brew, start the washing up whilst you wait for the kettle to boil, remember that you needed to hang the washing out BEFORE you covered your hands in oil and grease... then its lunchtime I guess and you've got pick the kids up from another birthday party...
(of course they do also assume that every home mechanic has a two or four post lift to make everything accessible and limitless professional tools)
Shakermaker said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Is that the one where they pour literally hundreds of man hours into a complete chassis change, and then at the end declare a "profit" of a couple of hundred quid which would actually be an eye-watering loss with the labour charges?
Its only a loss if you charge yourself for the time to do itA hundred man hours is reasonably acheivable for a dedicated home mechanic, maybe not in one hit like they do on the show, but say you've got one day a week to work on your car for 8 hours, you'd have it done in 3 months with no outlay on labour, just on parts.
Which of course means that for any actual home mechanic, it would take around 5 years to do because just as you started doing it, the postman would arrive and then you might as well put the kettle on for a brew, start the washing up whilst you wait for the kettle to boil, remember that you needed to hang the washing out BEFORE you covered your hands in oil and grease... then its lunchtime I guess and you've got pick the kids up from another birthday party...
(of course they do also assume that every home mechanic has a two or four post lift to make everything accessible and limitless professional tools)
There were two of them (brothers if memory serves) but then I'm sure Edd has help.
Re: the clutch change. I found the double clutch business interesting and would have preferred more on it. I'm glad there was no diagram drawn on a bench first with the bits being shown afterwards.
I liked the SRT. I would have preferred the car with a better chassis and suspension, lowered, with a two-seater body with a smallish boot though. You know, like a Viper. Shame no one's thought of that.
In the 60s, a friend removed the body from a +4 chassis (Triumph engine). Everything was removed apart from the rear tub. I was called in to give a hand to lift it. The chassis was then rolled out of the garage to enable the engine and gearbox to be removed. The new chassis was placed in the garage and as bits were removed from the old chassis, they were put on the new one. Took a while, but dad was an engineer and helped a lot. Took about a year, but then the owner was at uni. This was Soton and he lived in Bromley so he came home a lot of weekends.
Within a year of getting it on the road, a bus drove into it and smashed the back in.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Graunching_dave said:
You are obviously one of the people for whom the point of Wheeler Dealers has completely passed you by.
Am I? Please mansplain it to me. They do quite often stray from Ed's bodge it up with filler and rattle can over it days, the the idea is still the same.
SpeedBash said:
There has been two series since he left—— time for him to get over it / what has he actually been doing all this time? SpeedBash said:
The way he said "dead weight" in the 1st answer was very telling. A psychoanalyst would have a field day with that.Wonder who, sorry what, he meant.
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