Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[gresham flyer]

Sometimes I tune into this programme to see if they tackle anything out of the ordinary.

Oh how they seem to do things different over there.

Around every street corner in the sunshine state,there is a specialist on hand for your restoration needs.

You can have a big block rebuilt in days,state of the art upholstery,trick suspension,out of this world paintwork,new wheels custom made.

All this work carried out by a typical mid west Dork in a baseball cap back to front,a midget in custom tailored overauls,the Foose looking like he has stepped out of a board meeting,a chick babe in tight teeshirt,and the oh so neat and cool paintsprayer.

Everyone rushes about and works through the night!!

Could you imagine making that programme in Europe!!!!


The Spanish would need the car for a month.
10.00am starts,siesta`s,we will do that tommorow,sangria at 6.00pm,no working in August.

The French would not fair any better.

The local mayor would first give his approval,two hour lunch breaks,35 hour week,no british cars,about 30 bank holiday`s.

What about over here in blighty.

Ok we are going from 1300cc to 1600cc with twin su`s,that will burn the back tyres.

Someone left the bodyshell on a trailer and its been nicked for scrap.

But a chap down the pub,has a brother in law with a better one!!

It will be raining.

We contracted out the interior,that has been hijacked by samali pirates on the way from China.

Sorry no more than two persons can work on the car at anytime(Health and Safety)

On an industrial estate in the midlands the Wolfrace wheels are having a makeover.

That 60 year old ex British Leyland lathe is still churning out trick trunnions for the suspension.

The bumpers are stuck on the M6 in a traffic jam.

A sticker on the back of the tricked up Allegro would read Made By Lithuanians.

Tongue in cheek signing out.

[traction39]

Thank you for that...it made me laugh!!
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Alistair

Citroen Light 15 1953, "12" 1939,
Riley 9 Special 1932

[1.5ran]

I am off to share this with some friends brilliant & you are so right !

[Giggles]

We've eatched Overhaulin' for a few years and the more recent series have stopped the "stealing" of the car, which is much better.

Chip Foose is a well talented man and so are the people that work with him.
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1953 Humber Hawk
1955 Ford Fairlane
1960 & 1963 Humber Super Snipe's

[Brian M]

You are forgetting "the magic of TV".

The was a programme (I forget the name) a few years ago where supposedly three people restored a Bristol car, from a fairly rough example to concours in just seven days.

Total strip down to bare shell - one day
Engine strip, rebore, regrind, rebuild - one day
Re-upholster complete interior - one day
Paint strip,extensive alumunium repairs, one day
(The best of all) Respray from bare metal one day and night -to let the paint dry!!!
Total refit - one day
Tune, road test, MOT and deliver on the seventh day

I read somewhere that it actually took about six months!

There is only one 'person' who did more in seven days, and he rested on the Sabbath!
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Brian
1970 Volvo Amazon and 1978 Safari 15-4 Caravan
Classic Safari Forum: www.classicsafaris.co.uk

[gresham flyer]

The first programme series hosted by Lee Hurst,restorers Claire Barratt,Axel Cleghorn and Jerry Thurston.

Claire was quite level headed.
Axel was an ex fireman,he seemed ok.
Jerry was a bit hard to work with,drama in a crisis.

The bristol was concoursed without removing the engine.
The owner restored Bristols for a living,all a bit rehearsed to me.

The second series was hosted by Suggs,a good all round bloke but never got his hands dirty.

As an avid restorer myself I thought at first the programme would be just up my street,seeing other projects take shape.

But very quickly everthing did not seem real,like we have to endure finding obsolete items and getting things made.

Claire did a good programme about her watermill she lives in.

Showing all the restoration work.

All these shows about house resto`s ,car resto`s etc are more about the people than the job in hand,all a bit dramatic I think.

Lets have a British OVERHAULIN,working on our sort of stuff!!!

[Rick]

[Giggles]

If Chip Foose was to come over here and do a series then I would volunteer any our cars, there are a couple of British car builders I would consider getting their hands on a car but not many.
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1953 Humber Hawk
1955 Ford Fairlane
1960 & 1963 Humber Super Snipe's

[Rdover]

I love all the earlier series of these programmes whether it is OCC, American Hot Rod or Salvage Squad but as the series go on it becomes more about the people and faked fighting than about the vehicles.

OCC had daily meetings about the arguments apparently.

These are entertainment programmes first and foremost.
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Richard

[Comrade-Paul]

Not quite Overhaulin, but I remember setting myself a challenge in 1999.
I gave myself 14 days to rescue a Hilman Hunter from a junkyard.
Replacement engine, gearbox, full interior (I used MkIII Sceptre), sills.
Full front steering and suspension rebuild.
Minor paintwork new battery & MOT.
On the 15th day I took it to a Show.


Total budget was £400. & I did it with £6 left.
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Picture taken in 1960??

[P3steve]

I met Jerry Thurston from Salvage Squad once and he admitted that they did very little work on the restorations they carried out and most of what you saw was set up for the cameras and it did take a lot longer than your led to believe on the show, but then to be honest you've got to be daft to think otherwise!

[peter scott]

[gresham flyer]

One of the members in salvage squad is a member of our local historic car club.

I don`t think they needed" DRAMA "lessons.

The natural personality shows quite well in these programmes

Restoring historic buildings as my business,I watch the TV programmes such as Grand Designs,Build A New Life In The Country and the new one Restoration Man,knowing full well the builder will get no thanks at the end,although he has had to endure the customers temper tantrums ETC.

It is always him who made them go over budget,not the £30,000
kitchen,many extras thrown at him ,or gold taps etc.

The owners always sit preening themselves on a job well done,whilst they have no money to pay him.

To make a Drama it is always the builders fault.