classic car rescue

[NickJ]

Anyone watching classic car rescue on. Channel 5 they're doing a beetle :lol: :lol:

 

[dazza1975]

Watching it! Its only four bolts, of course the sub engine will fit :lol:

 

[NickJ]

A bit of a sting in the tail with the valuation :lol:

 

[the_troupster]

What a god awfull show...

 

[monkeyvanwestybike]

A bit of a sting in the tail with the valuation :lol:

Ah HaHa
Serves them right them right for putting that stupid engine in! :lol:

 

[privatejobs]

he used to be next door to me in Bethnal green with the indian guy what a pair of cupid stunts :lol:

 

[Pastelweiß]

Awful, awful show. Not sure why I still find myself watching it!

No idea how they managed to spend £13k in parts - but seeing as our friend Bernie reckoned the 74 came with an 1100 engine in it (which, if I'm not mistaken wasn't produced post '53), I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.

And such a nasty end result! The stance is all wrong (wtf is going on with that back end?), and from what I could see they couldn't even be arsed putting any carpet down. Although I guess they would claim that was part of the "performance spec" of the car.......

They irritate the f**k out me - this time more than usual bearing in mind that as well as the bus I'm lucky enough to have an orange late bug rolling on Porsche 2 litre replicas!!

 

[sjhjoinery]

It was the state of the backing plates on the rear drums that got me. Looked well rough. Wouldn't have took an hour to clean them up!

 

[the_troupster]

How it should of been done! Very 8)

Argument about it being a front mounted engine in a rear engined car got me. No mention of it being water cooled...

The rear hub 'failure' was obviously staged.

I think they deliberately jacked up the rear suspension to help give some more clearance on the Subaru oil pan. Again a cop out, instead of putting an aftermarket pan on. God knows how they managed to spend 15k on it!

It could be a nice car when finished properly though...

Jim