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[buzzy bee]

Hi

Yeah I love that too, and the great biker build off!

Cheers

Dave

[Rick]

What channels are they shown on in the UK?

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[buzzy bee]

Hi

I used to see them on men and motors when you could get it on free view and then on sky at my mums house, but haven't seen any for ages!

Cheers

Dave

P.S... "The Garage", the one in spain I think, is quite good, where he looks after all of the ex pats motors, worth watching just to laugh at the banter in the garage!

[Uncle Joe]

buzzy, did you see the biker build off a while ago with the australian guy?

He was brilliant at forming metal, no filler, nothing, but perfectly formed pieces.

UJ

[buzzy bee]

Hi

I can't rmember him, will have to see if you can get them on DVD, I remember seeing a blacksmith building a bike, not sure which program it was, they have a set time to build it in and if the complete, they get to keep the bike. He formed the handle bars by heating bar and twisting it, snapped a snap on vise so ended up heating it and bashing it on the ground! Can't remember if he completed his or not!

Cheers

Dave

[Uncle Joe]

Buzzy, the name of the australian was Scotty Cox.

Check out the bike he built, without filler (bondo) on:

http://www.scottys-choppers.com.au/bikes/discovery/index.html

Absolutely fantastic. The mans a genius with metal!

UJ

[buzzy bee]

Hi

I never saw that one, but wish I had, amazing! I was on the phone as I looked and completely ignored the friend on the phone, as it was so stunning!

He he

Cheers for the link

Dave

[Uncle Joe]

The sad thing is, it didnt win....no taste some people.

Buzzy, I'm wondering if the blacksmith you mentioned was Indian Larry, the guy who made his frame from chain?

UJ

[buzzy bee]

Hi

Yeah that rings a bell!

Will have to research that name!

Cheers

Dave

[62rebel]

Being American, i shudder to think you have to watch our cranky overpaid and overrated "experts" as they week after week crank out more over-the-top exercises in automotive excess. i APOLOGIZE for them. first off, if i were Coddington, i'd sack the whole crew. too much arguing and infighting to be getting PAID for. when he was younger and worked on his own cars, he had some validity but he's only the cashbox now. and back to the topic: i've turned down offers for a couple of my cars, but never twice retail ...

[old gto]

cranky overpaid and overrated "experts"
Definition of "expert".....
"ex" is an unknown, and a "spert" is a drip under pressure!

[62rebel]

speaking of which... when i bought my mk1 cortina 1300 (?) 2dr saloon i paid $250us for it and sold it on for maybe $500us. it had capri disc brakes and a set of rostyle wheels on it, autobox and little else. what would my little Corty be worth today? (when i bought it i had evil plans to build a faux-Lotus...)

[old gto]

I myself could not begin to guess what it would be worth here in the US, but I can tell you there are clubs with collectors and lovers of just about everything, and if you have thoughts of selling it, you should seek them out.
A friend of mine has over a DOZEN Gogo-mobiles, and a couple Isettas. He started a club of micro car owners. A bumper sticker he had made for one of them....
"Anything over 13 horsepower is over-kill!"

[62rebel]

isn't it strange that we (yanks) are obsessed with HP to the expense of everything else? oddly enough, my old Benz diesel was rated at only 65bhp IIRC. and it was a highline 280 series turbo! my beloved Falcons are nominally rated between 85 and 90 hp; and they move pretty well. of course, they weren't pulling 150ampere alternators (dynamos?) to power all the electric foofrah and doodads on todays' cars...

[goldeneye]