Wheeler Dealers TV show

Damien360 wrote: »

They turned up on an episode of chasing classic cars with Wayne Carini (another favourite show). He was doing a UK special on very old classics.

The link to Wheeler Dealers was the car they ran all dressed up in 1920's gear on a London to Brighton run in veteran cars.

The push to the states was inevitable. Sort of "you scratch my back......".

I think they may loose their UK audience. The attraction was not the buy and sell as they made peanuts, but the fix. The US cars seem easier to get spares, with no need to go to guys in a shed. There is very little craft on show.

Some cars on that show. Wayne us fair boring to listen to thou.

As for Mike I think his time has come and ed should sack him.

Patww79 wrote: »

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I'd love one. For something thats designed for a bit of green laning, you're not going to be too concerned about the colour. More if it's hard wearing.

Patww79 wrote: »

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Green Oxide, hide the muck :D:D

Coated a Land Rover underside in the stuff back in the day.

FanadMan wrote: »

Only catching up on the new ep now. The whole thing looks very wooden and "produced". Even though there's no mechanical work by Mike, he still seems to be the force. There is way too little work by Ed - "This is what I have to do" and then "Here's how it looks". When he started the wheel inserts and then it jumped to the car arriving in the garage I rewound to see if I missed something......there was a complete paint job and a stripe down the body.

Really peed off with how yankie the show has gone It's just pandering to American TV audiences. The whole drag race bit was a perfect example.

The sooner they go back to the UK the better.

Yes,coming round to your way of thinking, much prefer the uk shows, but still will watch it

The blurring out of random logos and reg numbers and whatever else the editors decide shouldn't be shown really gets on my wick. It never used to be this way.

The next thing you know, there will be retrospective pieces direct to camera in that horrible way there is on most US 'reality' documentary series. 8-(

Mike would wear ya down with all his bull,and him trying to do work on the vehicles is not doing any favours.I think the series is getting a bit tired with all the american stuff they are doing.After all, its going since 2003!

Why dont they do a resto on a MF 135.......:D

As usual I'm late catching up on the new eps. First thing that let it down tonight was the intro of the car to the garage - totally smacked of cheap American TV with the car being wheeled into the garage and Mike creeping up on Ed. How the hell does someone not hear all the racket involved?

Better detail on the work done this week ie more Ed getting hands dirty and info on what/why things being done. Big let down was when Ed was working on the suspension we saw the new colour (or color as the Yanks say).......no sending it to a paintshop or prep, just old paint and now new paint

I think the only reason that Mike is now doing some of the actual work is just down to jealousy. Most people have watched the show to see Ed doing the hard stuff. I mostly ignore the stuff Mike presented, especially in the earlier episodes where he would beg to borrow someones car just to show what a mint condition version would look like. Also he is more condescending towards Ed....."go play in the sand" etc.


ARRRGH! This has really turned into an anti Mike rant that I didn't want Just want the programme to go back to the UK with the old production/directing crew.






......will still keep watching it though

Just starting now, doing a Land Rover Series 2.

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

That's the last one for this series (of WD).

On again tonight, was moved because of Shark Week. 1968 Corvette.