Car SOS - how good are their restorations?
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daqinggegg said:
I love the show, as for Tim’s credentials, WIKIPEDIA Tim Shaw, an interesting read (especially, at the end of 2006 Shaw interviewed Kitty Hart- Moxton). As for Fuzz Townsend, there is no doubt he is a lover of all things omnibus and all things car related, as well being more than a bit handy with the spanners and a hell of a lot more.
The segments with Tim blagging, seems not popular on this thread, you want car programs accept it. Now we have WRC, F1 (which we always had) TG, TGT, Fast n Loud and Car SOS and many more. These need to appeal to the masses. Back in the 70’s we were lucky if we had a bit of Rally-cross on a Saturday afternoon and the RAC rally once a year. Now we have a plethora of them, with differing degrees of success.
If in doubt, check out car SOS, Car SOS S03E02 Awesome Audi, a genuine petrol head, and two people who are genuinely in to all things automotive, "Give it some beans"
What more do you want!
I agree wholeheartedly. I think some people just come on here to complain just for attention. I think it’s the best car programme by a square country mile.The segments with Tim blagging, seems not popular on this thread, you want car programs accept it. Now we have WRC, F1 (which we always had) TG, TGT, Fast n Loud and Car SOS and many more. These need to appeal to the masses. Back in the 70’s we were lucky if we had a bit of Rally-cross on a Saturday afternoon and the RAC rally once a year. Now we have a plethora of them, with differing degrees of success.
If in doubt, check out car SOS, Car SOS S03E02 Awesome Audi, a genuine petrol head, and two people who are genuinely in to all things automotive, "Give it some beans"
What more do you want!
|https://thumbsnap.com/YIisUPzk[/url]Smollet said:
Welshbeef said:
droopsnoot said:
Apparently the quattro they restored is being auctioned off for charity soon.
If that’s the case then the poor chap who owned it must have passed away. Apparently it's already been auctioned, raised around £20k - https://www.autoclassics.com/posts/news/car-sos-au...
Buggles said:
Welshbeef said:
I think it’s because he cheated on his wife she found out and sold his brand new Lotus Esprit V8 for £0.36 (back when he was a radio DJ).
But fidelity issue aside from what he’s done on tv it’s great fun.
Fuzz his music is well - a required taste.
Let's not cast aspersions, he didn't cheat on her. But fidelity issue aside from what he’s done on tv it’s great fun.
Fuzz his music is well - a required taste.
Wikipedia said:
Shaw's wife, Hayley, sold her Lotus Esprit, worth £25,000, for 50p on eBay after he told Jodie Marsh live on air that he would leave his wife and two children for her. Hayley placed the lot on the auction site at the 'buy it now' price of 50p with the description 'I need to get rid of this car in the next two to three hours before my husband gets home to find it gone and all his belongings in the street.' The car sold within five minutes.[9]
I remember when this happened, it was whilst I was at uni and on another forum I used to frequent someone linked to the ad, It had of course already sold, and I was very jealous as I could easily have go to London within the hour to collect it. Whether I could have insured it or not as a 20-ish year old student, I rather doubt.. but still.
sandman77 said:
Al chemy said:
I emailed them numerous times, they couldnt even be bothered to acknowlege my query!
Tim is a bit marmite but both seem pretty genuine chaps. Fuzz worked on Practical Classics magazine for years and his restoration company has a good reputation.
I remember one episode (I think it was the integrale) where mid restoration the poor chap died - to me from the start he visually didn’t appear as bad as some but what an emotional show.
It showed the real passion and of the team. Some people may have thought Fuzz and Tim are jack the lads but the way they dealt with it was fantastic.
It showed the real passion and of the team. Some people may have thought Fuzz and Tim are jack the lads but the way they dealt with it was fantastic.
New Series (#7) starts on Thursday https://en-gb.facebook.com/carsosofficial/
To herald the new series, there have been lots of repeats shown over the last few days. With the usual caveats regarding Tim's 'blagging' adventures which are tedious, I do think it's a good series.
The stories behind why the owner hasn't restored the car are generally quite touching.
But at the risk of appearing massively cynical... I can't help think that many of the cars were dogs when they were bought. As a result. shortly after purchase, the car inevitably wouldn't start, failed the MOT or started to fall to bits. The owner hasn't the ability or funds to repair the car or get it repaired. Offloading the car would mean taking a fairly large hit, so it's left in a damp garage or under a tarpaulin. However, the owner still can say "I've got a <insert impressive car here>" down the pub.
Against that background, many of the restorations are very good.
I don't think many restorers would even touch them, I can't imagine they would be cost effective compared to buying a recently restored car.
To herald the new series, there have been lots of repeats shown over the last few days. With the usual caveats regarding Tim's 'blagging' adventures which are tedious, I do think it's a good series.
The stories behind why the owner hasn't restored the car are generally quite touching.
But at the risk of appearing massively cynical... I can't help think that many of the cars were dogs when they were bought. As a result. shortly after purchase, the car inevitably wouldn't start, failed the MOT or started to fall to bits. The owner hasn't the ability or funds to repair the car or get it repaired. Offloading the car would mean taking a fairly large hit, so it's left in a damp garage or under a tarpaulin. However, the owner still can say "I've got a <insert impressive car here>" down the pub.
Against that background, many of the restorations are very good.
I don't think many restorers would even touch them, I can't imagine they would be cost effective compared to buying a recently restored car.
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