Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Ray White]

I have just watched the latest episode of Ant Anstead trying to make a profit on old cars; ostensibly to finance a house renovation. The Alfa Romeo Giulia that he bought as a non runner and with no steering returned a loss of about 2K.

I was shouting at the TV when he bought the car from a dealer for way too much and found myself with little in the way of sympathy when he took it to Auction and made a hefty loss despite putting in a fair amount of work to get it roadworthy.

Anyone else see this guy's antics with old cars?

[consul 57]

i have not seen that one yet but seen all the terestial tv ones so far, they always pay too much for cars tbh.
i am surprised he has made any money at all with some of them.
bit like bangers & cash restorations prog, only a few make any profit.

[Ray White]

[petelang]

I've followed the series from last year. He has made a bit on a few, but he's really not a very bright guy when it comes to money issues. In fact, he's not quite the "born mechanic" either. Typical TV trash with usual jeopardy thrown in.
Far better is Flipping Bangers.
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Daimler Fifteen 1934 (now sold)
Armstrong Siddeley 15 Long 1933
Daimler V8 250 1969

[Ray White]

[MikeEdwards]

I've been recording the current series of "Bangers and Cash" but I've now progressed from watching it on 6x speed and stopping if there's anything that looks interesting to just looking at what they list in the programme guide and deleting it if there's nothing of interest mentioned. As for the rest of them, I don't really bother - I've got loads of other stuff to watch, and as others have mentioned, most of them contain some sort of nonsense of some sort, either rubbish spoken, or jobs badly done. I used to watch some to learn, but they don't seem to do that any more and there are Youtube channels that are more interesting. A lot of those are more filler than content, though.
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1976 Vauxhall HP Firenza, 1976 Vauxhall Sportshatch (x2), 1986 Audi coupe quattro, 2000 Audi TT

[Rootes75]

But is he really the one choosing the cars for restoration? I'd have thought his research team find something that sounds interesting or appealing?
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Various Rootes Vehicles.

[Ray White]

[consul 57]

[Ray White]

The latest purchase was a Morgan 4/4. The first error (in my opinion) was not to set the tappets when renewing the rocker cover gasket; especially as it hadn't been off for many years.

The fact that Ant was left clueless about the absence of oil pressure after replacing the oil pump gasket, is perhaps understandable if he has not had much to do with older cars like the Morgan... but fortunately his mechanic friend knew the old Vaseline trick. I went through the same thing with my TC. !

The biggest mistake, however, was putting it to auction without a reserve.


Overall, he lost 6,800 pounds.

What it has taught me though is that I will probably have to keep hold of my MG TC; at least until the market recovers......if it ever does!

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[ukdave2002]

With any of these programs we are not watching a documentary, its an "entertainment show" with salaried presenters, the show will have a budget, so having to make a profit on individual restorations is not essential.

The presenters wont personally take a hit on a loss or profit when the car makes money, if that were the case they would take a much lower risk on the vehicles selected, and concentrate on similar models that they would be familiar with, the show would then have less jeopardy, which the production companies will equate to lower entertainment value.

If you want reality then YouTube is a better source.

[Keith D]

[quote]If you want reality then YouTube is a better source.[quote]

I don't think so Dave. YouTube has been ruined by AI. I've never seen so much rubbish disguised as facts

Keith
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1950 Austin A40 tourer
1999 BMW Z3
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[Ray White]

I may be naive but I can't help feeling that "flipping bangers" has an element of honesty about it. Those two guys are, I think, quite believable .... or at least more plausible than most of the others.

[alastairq]