Car SOS - how good are their restorations?
Discussion
Michael-b35fl said:
One thing I have realised recently is that there is a market for a property nuts and bolts car show made for car enthusiasts. With wheeler dealers new patronising monkey and the lanky bafoon on car sos I have had enough. I don't care if he's had a hard time just get on and tell us about the car. Don't cut to a break and then remind me about what I just saw 5 minutes ago when you come back on air.
Will some one in the TV industry listen and make a proper car show. Every car enthusiast in the UK is dieing for it.
Get on youtube and subscribe to MotorTrend.Will some one in the TV industry listen and make a proper car show. Every car enthusiast in the UK is dieing for it.
Road Kill and Hot Rod Garage are as close to that as I've found.
Really genuine and proper car guys, without goofy presenters like Wheeler Dealers and Car SOS.
Will make you insanely jealous for how amazing the US car scene and parts availability is though, and make you hanker for a muscle car / pickup.
+1 for Hot Rod Garage and Roadkill. Really good watch and does make you want a classic muscle car!
Also worth a look is some of the project car series from Mighty Car Mods. Been following them from the start and they've done some really good projects on some interesting cars. They actually teamed up with Roadkill for an episode in America, is a great watch IMO
EDIT beaten to it with MCM!
Also worth a look is some of the project car series from Mighty Car Mods. Been following them from the start and they've done some really good projects on some interesting cars. They actually teamed up with Roadkill for an episode in America, is a great watch IMO
EDIT beaten to it with MCM!
If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to how good Car SOS is then watch any episode of goblin works or the new 'improved' wheeler dealers.
After that you will be happy in the knolwedge that Fuzz and Tim should get an oscar......
Joking aside, it does its cars properly and the back story (for me) is on the whole worthwhile. Tim 's shennanigins is just a bit of background filler for the non car person who's watching.
Also its now the only authentic british car programme we've got so long may it reign. Wheeler dealer is virtually american, goblin works is trying to be american and everything else IS american. Careful what you wish for......
After that you will be happy in the knolwedge that Fuzz and Tim should get an oscar......
Joking aside, it does its cars properly and the back story (for me) is on the whole worthwhile. Tim 's shennanigins is just a bit of background filler for the non car person who's watching.
Also its now the only authentic british car programme we've got so long may it reign. Wheeler dealer is virtually american, goblin works is trying to be american and everything else IS american. Careful what you wish for......
zeb said:
If you are in any doubt whatsoever as to how good Car SOS is then watch any episode of goblin works or the new 'improved' wheeler dealers.
After that you will be happy in the knolwedge that Fuzz and Tim should get an oscar......
Joking aside, it does its cars properly and the back story (for me) is on the whole worthwhile. Tim 's shennanigins is just a bit of background filler for the non car person who's watching.
Also its now the only authentic british car programme we've got so long may it reign. Wheeler dealer is virtually american, goblin works is trying to be american and everything else IS american. Careful what you wish for......
I'd rather Car SOS than Classic Car Rescue with Bernie and Mario.After that you will be happy in the knolwedge that Fuzz and Tim should get an oscar......
Joking aside, it does its cars properly and the back story (for me) is on the whole worthwhile. Tim 's shennanigins is just a bit of background filler for the non car person who's watching.
Also its now the only authentic british car programme we've got so long may it reign. Wheeler dealer is virtually american, goblin works is trying to be american and everything else IS american. Careful what you wish for......
Tim's meeting with Roger Moore was particularly chortlesome.
"Can I shake your hand?"..."Don't you kiss it!"...
I covered a Car SOS filming session at Bruntingthorpe for a piece I was writing; the guys were doing a Caterham 7 . I have to say I was hugely impressed - tiny crew,ad lib script and two very likeable guys dong the presenting. The timetables and deadlines are self imposed , and real , so the producer told me and I saw , and heard nothing to make me disbelieve him. Easy to be cynical but I thought they were bloody great - proper car guys . .
mat205125 said:
Tangent time!!
Whats this thing I saw advertised on Dave last night, that's due to start this week ????
So and so, supercar modder, or something like that?
It looks like one of those programmes that will irritate and annoy, however be essential car crash viewing.
Yianni Supercar Customiser, Wednesday at 8 (2x30 minute episodes). Actually started last week but you didn't really miss much - Unless you are a big fan of sticky back plastic! Whats this thing I saw advertised on Dave last night, that's due to start this week ????
So and so, supercar modder, or something like that?
It looks like one of those programmes that will irritate and annoy, however be essential car crash viewing.
stuartmmcfc said:
I understand though that he was the drummer long after they were at their peak?
Band members[edit]Richard March (born 4 March 1965, York, England) - bass, engineering
Mike Stokes (born 15 June 1971, Birmingham, England) - keyboards, turntables, programming
James Atkin (vocalist for EMF, born 28 March 1969, Birmingham) - vocals, guitars
Fuzz Townshend (born 31 July 1964, Hammersmith, London, England) - drums
References
Was reading the other day that the bloke who had his Sierra Cosworth fixed up complained that they'd spoilt the originality of his car when they swapped the engine he'd removed the head from with one from a Sapphire. Cheeky fecker - as if he'd have ever fixed it on his own.
http://www.xrstyle.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?505...
http://www.xrstyle.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?505...
andym1603 said:
blade7 said:
In the majority of cases I'm sure the owner didn't have the means or capability to save the car. Though there's been a few Hooray Henry's laughing all the way to the bank I suspect.
The Daimler Dart owner springs to mind here.Dids444 said:
I love watching car SOS and I'd be surprised if any of their work was under par as even for a TV show they do seem to go the extra mile.
Did you see the Daimler Dart episode for example? When this came out the spray booth it looked a million dollars
It still looks a million $ now too. You can see where the paint has sunk a bit and there are a few bubbles, but overall it still looked blooming nice when I saw it last year. From talking to the guy he had a few teething problems, charging issues, coil issues and flat battery issues etc. and things like odd loose bolts and silly stuff from where the reassembly had been rushed, but overall the work was of an extremely high standard and definitely not in any way bodged. I think he said the paint job alone was something like £16k - that was how much the restoration shopped billed the production company, or around that, it was a huge amount of money and they had put a huge amount of hours into it. He also said that he genuinely didn't know it was being done and really was as surprised as he looked when it was handed over. Apparently he really did turn up unexpectedly when Tim and Fuzz were loading the car onto the trailer and they also really did do the whole job in four weeks. Fuzz hadn't been to bed the night before handing it over as the whole workshop had been working on it through the night to try and get it finished for the deadline. They got the car running and to to the location but didn't manage to get it MoT'd or 100% finished so had to take it away after the day's filming to finish off the last bits before delivering it back a couple of days later.Did you see the Daimler Dart episode for example? When this came out the spray booth it looked a million dollars
Having looked over the car in person I must say I was impressed and the guy who owned it was like the Cheshire cat - he was literally living his dream! Made me feel all warm and fuzzy......
If the quality of the Dart is typical of the quality of the restorations they are doing, then I would say they definitely aren't to 'TV production company' standard, but much more to decent commercial restoration company standard. Fuzz really knows his oily bits it seems.
larrylamb11 said:
It still looks a million $ now too. You can see where the paint has sunk a bit and there are a few bubbles, but overall it still looked blooming nice when I saw it last year. From talking to the guy he had a few teething problems, charging issues, coil issues and flat battery issues etc. and things like odd loose bolts and silly stuff from where the reassembly had been rushed, but overall the work was of an extremely high standard and definitely not in any way bodged. I think he said the paint job alone was something like £16k - that was how much the restoration shopped billed the production company, or around that, it was a huge amount of money and they had put a huge amount of hours into it. He also said that he genuinely didn't know it was being done and really was as surprised as he looked when it was handed over. Apparently he really did turn up unexpectedly when Tim and Fuzz were loading the car onto the trailer and they also really did do the whole job in four weeks. Fuzz hadn't been to bed the night before handing it over as the whole workshop had been working on it through the night to try and get it finished for the deadline. They got the car running and to to the location but didn't manage to get it MoT'd or 100% finished so had to take it away after the day's filming to finish off the last bits before delivering it back a couple of days later.
Having looked over the car in person I must say I was impressed and the guy who owned it was like the Cheshire cat - he was literally living his dream! Made me feel all warm and fuzzy......
If the quality of the Dart is typical of the quality of the restorations they are doing, then I would say they definitely aren't to 'TV production company' standard, but much more to decent commercial restoration company standard. Fuzz really knows his oily bits it seems.
An excellent post. Thank you for taking the time to post it. Having looked over the car in person I must say I was impressed and the guy who owned it was like the Cheshire cat - he was literally living his dream! Made me feel all warm and fuzzy......
If the quality of the Dart is typical of the quality of the restorations they are doing, then I would say they definitely aren't to 'TV production company' standard, but much more to decent commercial restoration company standard. Fuzz really knows his oily bits it seems.
John_S4x4 said:
I like "Mighty Car Mods" on YouTube
Worth watching the builds that Marty and Moog are not as involved with as well on MCMTV2 like the Stagea V8 Turbo build and the 1UZ Turbo Ford Fairlane build:V8 Turbo Fairlane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIUolF28_E&li...
V8 Turbo Stagea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjDGM7noTJw&li...
RadoVR6 said:
stuartmmcfc said:
I understand though that he was the drummer long after they were at their peak?
Band members[edit]Richard March (born 4 March 1965, York, England) - bass, engineering
Mike Stokes (born 15 June 1971, Birmingham, England) - keyboards, turntables, programming
James Atkin (vocalist for EMF, born 28 March 1969, Birmingham) - vocals, guitars
Fuzz Townshend (born 31 July 1964, Hammersmith, London, England) - drums
References
If wiki is to be believed, the timeline (near the bottom) puts him touring with the band just after "The looks or the lifestyle" album came out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Will_Eat_Itself
Also toured the US with Nine Inch Nails!!! Now that would have been a treat back in the mid-nineties!!!
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