Wheeler Dealers TV show

corks finest · 06-10-2015 05:42AM

Henry Ford III wrote: »

There's a new episode on in just over an hour on Discovery Channel. They are buying and doing up a VW Corrado V6.

Saw it,good

corks finest · 06-10-2015 05:44AM

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

Doubt that,ed's def a mechanic

corks finest · 06-10-2015 05:46AM

beauf wrote: »

Car SOS has a similar vibe. Not perfect either but I like it.

SOS is class,more normal,less cheesy,,also loved the garage,,,, jock in marbella

corks finest · 06-10-2015 05:50AM

jayo26 wrote: »

That dude on chasing classic cars has the most boring Voice ever i can't watch him

Yep,stripping wallpaper be more fun than listening to him

corks finest · 06-10-2015 05:51AM

sann wrote: »

Anyone know where the show "The Garage" with that annoying git jock disappeared to. Great show. Very informative on the greasy work being carried out much like wheeler dealer. Have to press the mute button when your man jock comes on though!

Grt show,,,,,jocks favourite guy died,,rocky? Heavy northern English guy

iano.p · 06-10-2015 08:37AM

corks finest wrote:

Grt show,,,,,jocks favourite guy died,,rocky? Heavy northern English guy

I just seen it was ricky who died can't remember which one he is.

Henry Ford III · 06-10-2015 09:00AM

iano.p wrote: »

I just seen it was ricky who died can't remember which one he is.

Shaven head. Seemed like a good guy. He took a fall back in the UK whilst out drinking, and hit his head. Died shortly afterwards apparently.

Plug · 06-10-2015 01:54PM

That was Ed China's job. I heard that recently.

colm_mcm · 06-10-2015 02:14PM

He also owns a garage
http://www.greasejunkie.com

kupus · 06-10-2015 02:59PM

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.

Sleepy · 06-10-2015 03:16PM

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 03:59PM

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 05:00PM

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 05:44PM

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 07:25PM

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 07:28PM

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 07:32PM

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 07:37PM

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 07:55PM

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 09:03PM

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jimmyw · 06-10-2015 09:24PM

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 09:16AM

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 09:30AM

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!!

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