Wheeler Dealers TV show

Sleepy · 06-10-2015 3:16pm

For those who just love the Ed China bits I'd recommend trying to dig out Mark Evans' "A Car is Reborn" where he does a nut and bolt restoration of a Jag E Type or "An MG is Born" where he gives an MGB roadster the same treatment. Stunning attention to detail and almost entirely focused on the oily bits.

The intros etc. are hilariously dated but the attention to detail in the restorations is amazing and there's loads to be learned from it (finally taught me what Top Dead Centre meant!)

jayo26 · 06-10-2015 3:59pm

That corrado is gorgeous did any of ye ever drive the vr6? They were a beast of an engine my mate had a golf with the vr6 engine imported from uk.

mickdw · 06-10-2015 5:00pm

LIGHTNING wrote: »

The big Geordie lad? Ah thats a shame he seemed like a real nice bloke

Nah. That was a guy called sandy I think.
He had cancer prior to the show but I believe he is fine.
Ricky was the jock 'lookalike' - only due to the bald head.

jayo26 · 06-10-2015 5:44pm

mickdw wrote: »

Nah. That was a guy called sandy I think.
He had cancer prior to the show but I believe he is fine.
Ricky was the jock 'lookalike' - only due to the bald head.

Michael van gerwins twin brother wasnt he

veganrun · 06-10-2015 7:25pm

Sleepy wrote: »

For those who just love the Ed China bits I'd recommend trying to dig out Mark Evans' "A Car is Reborn" where he does a nut and bolt restoration of a Jag E Type or "An MG is Born" where he gives an MGB roadster the same treatment. Stunning attention to detail and almost entirely focused on the oily bits.

The intros etc. are hilariously dated but the attention to detail in the restorations is amazing and there's loads to be learned from it (finally taught me what Top Dead Centre meant!)

Any idea where one can legally watch that?

veganrun · 06-10-2015 7:28pm

Sam Kade wrote: »

But he isn't a mechanic, there's a mechanic on set to show him what to do. He's a good talker, they had a mechanic before him but he wasn't great at the talking

Really? Surprised to hear that. Ed seems like a very competent mechanic.

edburg · 06-10-2015 7:32pm

veganrun wrote: »

Any idea where one can legally watch that?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=car+is+reborn

Probably find the MG and race car is born on there somewhere to.

edburg · 06-10-2015 7:37pm

Sam Kade wrote: »

But he isn't a mechanic, there's a mechanic on set to show him what to do. He's a good talker, they had a mechanic before him but he wasn't great at the talking

Find that hard to believe being an he is a engineer and having watched him live at NEC to. He knew what he was doing at NEC and had no help with work there. Sure he run a workshop for Brewer's garage before opening one of his own.

I will say is welding is average compared to some, some the work I seen needed a quite a bit of tidying up before paint. Having said that he is an all rounder so good at everything but great at something.

jayo26 · 06-10-2015 7:55pm

edburg wrote: »

Find that hard to believe being an he is a engineer and having watched him live at NEC to. He knew what he was doing at NEC and had no help with work there. Sure he run a workshop for Brewer's garage before opening one of his own.

I will say is welding is average compared to some, some the work I seen needed a quite a bit of tidying up before paint. Having said that he is an all rounder so good at everything but great at something.

I agree i think he is more of an old school mechanic and as mentioned several times over the years he learned his trade on the air cooled vws over the years.

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-10-2015 9:03pm

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jimmyw · 06-10-2015 9:24pm

kupus wrote: »

theres a couple of guys with a radio show called Car Talk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Talk

they were both engineers from MIT that got bored and went into the garage trade, anyway the show went on from the 80's till around 2012...until one of them died.

here is a pod cast i dont know how to download but its streamable but im sure you genieasses here will solve that.
http://www.filmon.com/channel/npr-car-talk-podcast

it is a truly great show, especially if you like american cars and listening to two normal guys talk about car problems in a funny gentle way.
it may take a show or two to get into it, but its well worth it.

I always download an episode every week, mad fellas.The "laughing" guy died earlier this year by the way.

boardsuser1 · 06-10-2015 10:35pm

Next weeks new episode is the Honda S2000 which has already had 4k spent on it before they bought it,it'll be interesting.

colm_mcm · 06-10-2015 10:48pm

Can't wait to see how they "add value"

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-10-2015 10:48pm

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Senecio · 06-10-2015 10:51pm

veganrun wrote: »

Any idea where one can legally watch that?

If anyone is based Dublin North side I have a copy of all three on DVD that I'd be happy to lend out.

colm_mcm · 06-10-2015 11:21pm

Patww79 wrote: »

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Usually it's something like "these titanium handbrake cables don't come cheap at £800 but they'll make the car much easier to sell"

boardsuser1 · 07-10-2015 9:16am

colm_mcm wrote: »

Can't wait to see how they "add value"

you and me both!!!i'd love to know what goes on behind the scenes/off camera?for example the first 15 minutes of the show is all about searching for and buying the car,parts 2 & 3 "doing it up" and the 4th part they head on some sort of adventure/day out berfore selling it on,so all that work crammed into 30 minutes of tv time yet in reality it is probably weeks from start to finish if it's a big job.

Sleepy · 07-10-2015 9:30am

Sleepy wrote: »

For those who just love the Ed China bits I'd recommend trying to dig out Mark Evans' "A Car is Reborn" where he does a nut and bolt restoration of a Jag E Type or "An MG is Born" where he gives an MGB roadster the same treatment. Stunning attention to detail and almost entirely focused on the oily bits.

The intros etc. are hilariously dated but the attention to detail in the restorations is amazing and there's loads to be learned from it (finally taught me what Top Dead Centre meant!)

veganrun wrote: »

Any idea where one can legally watch that?

edburg wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=car+is+reborn

Probably find the MG and race car is born on there somewhere to.

Senecio wrote: »

If anyone is based Dublin North side I have a copy of all three on DVD that I'd be happy to lend out.

For those interested, I'd also recommend Campervan Crisis, a 5 part series focusing on the restoration of a 1965 Devon Volkswagon Camper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVG5zF7fSk&list=PLuf3fQY3LEX5962KT6WaJ0sjqf4WyeKga

There was a companion series Beetle crisis which followed a similar format on a Beetle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_W76DTsMQE

If anyone has suggestions of similar shows where the focus is on the cars and the mechanics rather than the "hilarious" antics of the guys doing the work, I'd love to hear about them?

kupus · 07-10-2015 10:05am

jimmyw wrote: »

I always download an episode every week, mad fellas.The "laughing" guy died earlier this year by the way.

yeah he died

, no more car talk, i havent a clue how to save podcasts so i usuallly stream it from that site. works for me anyway!!

jimmyw · 07-10-2015 8:28pm

kupus wrote: »

yeah he died , no more car talk, i havent a clue how to save podcasts so i usuallly stream it from that site. works for me anyway!!

What ever floats yer boat, but I used to get it from itunes.I now get it from the media go app.I usually want to listen to it when I am out walking.

mloc123 · 12-10-2015 4:09pm

Honda s2000 tonight... Previous similar cars have not ended well...

The 'drift' skyline
The RX7 with the gash wheels and spoiler
The Impreza with viper stripes

Doesn't bode well

boardsuser1 · 12-10-2015 4:25pm

mloc123 wrote: »

Honda s2000 tonight... Previous similar cars have not ended well...

The 'drift' skyline
The RX7 with the gash wheels and spoiler
The Impreza with viper stripes

Doesn't bode well

love these cars but that one is probably one of the worst episodes I have ever seen.

Tzardine · 12-10-2015 5:48pm

mloc123 wrote: »

Honda s2000 tonight... Previous similar cars have not ended well...

The 'drift' skyline
The RX7 with the gash wheels and spoiler
The Impreza with viper stripes

Doesn't bode well

Dont forget the Nissan Skyline they turned into a drift car with a 500 quid budget,

They lashed a stupid, massive , second hand spoiler on it . Instant drift car lol

They also spent ages showing an Irish lad doing the wheel alignment / camber like it was some massive job.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-10-2015 5:51pm

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MetzgerMeister · 12-10-2015 7:38pm

9pm on Discovery

boardsuser1 · 12-10-2015 7:46pm

Tzardine wrote: »

Dont forget the Nissan Skyline they turned into a drift car with a 500 quid budget,
They lashed a stupid, massive , second hand spoiler on it . Instant drift car lol

They also spent ages showing an Irish lad doing the wheel alignment / camber like it was some massive job.

the impreza with the skyline engine???

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-10-2015 9:47pm

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colm_mcm · 12-10-2015 9:55pm

What happened?

Senecio · 12-10-2015 9:57pm

I can't understand how the previous owner poored so much money into the engine but wasn't able to get the faulty Lamda sensor and VTEC controller diagnosed.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-10-2015 10:01pm

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Henry Ford III · 12-10-2015 10:25pm

Nice car when it was finished.

boardsuser1 · 13-10-2015 9:48am

Not the first time I've seen someone buy back their own car on it,but as was pointed out,the original mechanic who worked on it before it was sold must have been rubbish.

Sam Kade · 13-10-2015 9:54am

edburg wrote: »

Find that hard to believe being an he is a engineer and having watched him live at NEC to. He knew what he was doing at NEC and had no help with work there. Sure he run a workshop for Brewer's garage before opening one of his own.

I will say is welding is average compared to some, some the work I seen needed a quite a bit of tidying up before paint. Having said that he is an all rounder so good at everything but great at something.

jayo26 wrote: »

I agree i think he is more of an old school mechanic and as mentioned several times over the years he learned his trade on the air cooled vws over the years.

He must have been telling lies when I saw him being interviewed on TV as I more or less quoted what he said.

jayo26 · 13-10-2015 10:57am

Sam Kade wrote: »

He must have been telling lies when I saw him being interviewed on TV as I more or less quoted what he said.

Ed was just having ya on id say

Tzardine · 13-10-2015 11:41am

The S2000 is for sale on ebay. Seems like the guy that 'bought' it was a set up. Interesting to read the description on the add. There was an awful lot more done to solve the problems than shown on the tv. Including a honda technician being brought in to work on the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-S2000-2003-/301763958806?hash=item4642889816

StereoSound · 13-10-2015 12:06pm

Its all entertainment I suppose. I thought when I watched the show last night it seemed setup how the original owner bought it back. Cool car though, not sure I'd want that particular one since it had a problematic history. I'd want a loved one from day one.

boardsuser1 · 13-10-2015 12:19pm

Tzardine wrote: »

The S2000 is for sale on ebay. Seems like the guy that 'bought' it was a set up. Interesting to read the description on the add. There was an awful lot more done to solve the problems than shown on the tv. Including a honda technician being brought in to work on the car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-S2000-2003-/301763958806?hash=item4642889816

I wonder when was the car actually sold off,if you look at when he was doing an internet search you could clearly see the date was April 2015,however that photo is the wheeler dealers garage and their yellow Mercedes sprinter van,interesting to know from search to "resale" how long did it all take I wonder.weeks,months maybe.

edburg · 13-10-2015 6:29pm

Senecio wrote: »

I can't understand how the previous owner poored so much money into the engine but wasn't able to get the faulty Lamda sensor and VTEC controller diagnosed.

Rebuilt engine and probably checked that part but instead of fitting the seals Ed used he took a short cut and caused the problem using silicone instead, after the rebuild work was done.

No comment on lambda sensor.

edburg · 13-10-2015 6:36pm

KC161 wrote: »

Not the first time I've seen someone buy back their own car on it,but as was pointed out,the original mechanic who worked on it before it was sold must have been rubbish.

Didn't a farmer buy some cheapo ferrari/2 seater thing in red back that was sitting in his barn for ages.

boardsuser1 · 13-10-2015 7:28pm

edburg wrote: »

Didn't a farmer buy some cheapo ferrari/2 seater thing in red back that was sitting in his barn for ages.

yeah,at least I think it was a Ferrari,but this thing with the S2000 being bought back must be a fix unless the seller/buyer was told stuff off screen about what was done to it off camera/behind the scenes,that car sold for £7000 yet is on ebay for £7500 with the attached photo's taken at WD HQ,or did the guy in the arsenal jersey buy it and not want to appear on camera

Henry Ford III · 13-10-2015 7:57pm

edburg wrote: »

Didn't a farmer buy some cheapo ferrari/2 seater thing in red back that was sitting in his barn for ages.

Porsche 914 I think.

edburg · 13-10-2015 8:46pm

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Porsche 914 I think.

Could be I cant remember, just a passing memory of a cheap 2 seater from a super car brand.

hi5 · 14-10-2015 9:11am

Yes, it was a Porsche 914. The Snakeskin Mazda RX7 was also bought back by the original owner.

boardsuser1 · 16-10-2015 9:52am

here's the next car for the dynamic duo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_M12

BMJD · 16-10-2015 1:43pm

I was very disappointed with the RX7 episode, it was crying out for a car in need of an engine rebuild .

boardsuser1 · 16-10-2015 2:09pm

the mx5 wasn't a great turn around either

MetzgerMeister · 16-10-2015 2:27pm

They should have done an engine rebuild on the RX7 and show the world what it's like to get it done and have Mike act the gobsh!te putting in a seal or something like that rather than the utter nonsense that went on. Snakeskin??? Da fvck!?

jayo26 · 16-10-2015 3:10pm

The american porche is the one i hated the most followed by the mazda. That green was terrible.

Another of my favorite was the old 6 series Beemer that was a gorgeous original car.

jayo26 · 16-10-2015 3:15pm

Oh and another high recomendation i completely forgot about the other day but if any of ye are into a real engineeering car build i have been following bad obsession motorsport on youtube the past couple of years they are building an old mini with a gt four engine and running gear its a must watch.

https://youtu.be/7hCPODjJO7s

Wheeler Dealers TV show

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