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Laverda Dave:
And then there's the real cost of restoring these old wrecks and then selling them on for a profit. Take Wheeler Dealers, Mike Brewer buys a TVR for £10k but it needs a complete new chassis. Ed China spends a week stripping the car to put the new chassis in place in addition to a lot of other work like renewing the brakes etc. Brewer then sells the car for £12k and claims they've made a big profit despite the new chassis cost £2k! Ed China obviously works for free and for the love of the work. I might try the same thing when I ask Trigger to rebuild my 750 engine for the Rickman 😁......

SumpMagnet:
I refuse to watch anything with Mr Cole in it. Can't stand the man. Watched an early episode of the Motorbike Show, when he was 'restoring' a classic Bonneville. He spent 10 minutes explaining about the carb...then handed it over to his 'mechanic' to bolt it on. Move along...nothing to see here....

Wheeler Dealers? It was always a giggle, and I used to play 'spot the bits they replaced but never mentioned'. Usually followed by a quick check on the DVLA website to see if the car was still actually on the road. If I was feeling particularly rough, I would search out the owner club forum for the car they had just done, to see what was being said. Usually got a chuckle or 2! You could often turn up what had REALLY happened to the car they had 'sold' to a member of the production team.

I prefer Car SOS ..... but I also think it would be better by far without the fake 'rush' all these programmes think we need. Without the fake blagging, the fake 'stealing' of the car, and the even more fake 'surprise reveal'. I have spent 18 months tinkering with my old Honda, slowly doing bits and pieces. It's therapy. I suffered badly from stress, and have some unpleasant things I have to cope with at home. When things get too much...I slope off to the shed, and do some work. If some git went and did it all for me....I would be FURIOUS! I would have to buy another and start over!

For me...it's not about the finished item. If it was...I wouldn't have an F2. It's about the pleasure of doing it.

And...in a swervy link back to the original post...that's why I find Alan Millyard's articles fascinating. Not only is he skilled, he is also imaginative and doing these things for the love of doing them. Not doing a job or trying to be a celebrity.

bobv7:
This is what happens when entertainment gets confused with reality! Even if they do cheat over timescales etc., it's good to see that there are still folks around with genuine skills. :D

Nurse Julie:
So, that Edd China, how come he has never got any oil / grease / crud / shite etc on his gloves or his long sleeve T shirt he wears under his short sleeved T shirt 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I only have to look at a bike and I'm covered in crap 😭😭😭😭

MCTID:
Folks....I'm really sorry to have to tell you......but those programmes on TV like Car SOS, Wheeler Dealers and Henry Cole..........well they are NOT real.

Really......they aren't.

Sorry.

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