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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 6, 2015 22:51:23 GMT
I've been watching the previous series of Car S.O.S with great interest for the past couple of years and now we're about to get the third series.
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townsend are returning with a new series on National Geographic starting on Thursday 9th April at 8:00pm. See here for more details: Car S.O.S. series 3
The cars restored during the series are as follows:
Thursday 9th April: Stirling Moss Sprite Special - Tim and Fuzz fix up a historic racing car, the Austin Healey Sebring Sprite, so that Sir Stirling Moss can get back behind the wheel.
Thursday 16th April: E-Type Emergency - Ill health made Mick's childhood dream to own a Jag E-type become a nightmare. The Car SOS team step in to get this iconic car back on the road.
Thursday 23rd April: Tim's Golf GTI Obsession - Tim and Fuzz are in South Hampshire to repair a Golf that's distinctly below par but have different ideas of how the finished car should look.
Thursday 30th April: Little Black Corvette - Tim and Fuzz travel the country searching for cars that have seen better days, and owners who need a helping hand restoring them.
Friday 1st May: Skyline Sensation - Kim is a dyed-in-the-wool petrol head, along with her husband Mark. Tragedy strikes whilst restoring their dream car - a 1995 Nissan Skyline GTR.
Also listed but not with a schedule date: an Audi Quattro Turbo and the 3 wheeled 1934 Morgan F4.
More car restorations shows? Suits me down to the ground.
Sam
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 9, 2015 11:43:43 GMT
Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townsend are returning with a new series on National Geographic starting on Thursday 9th April at 8:00pm. See here for more details: Car S.O.S. series 3
More car restorations shows? Suits me down to the ground.
Sam
Thanks for the heads up Sam You cant have enough of this type of show IMO and Car SOS is one of the better series out there. Fuzz is a clever bloke who does great work and most of will know him from his involvement in the Practical Classics mag.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 9, 2015 20:54:36 GMT
Many will also know him as the drummer from "Pop Will Eat Itself" and "The Wonder Stuff".
I do enjoy watching all these sort of shows and am very envious of both their facilities and their abilities.
I can only dream of having a fully equipped workshop like that and would love to be able to do some restoration work myself starting with a couple of motorbikes. At least with bikes they don't need such a large workshop.
Sam.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 10, 2015 12:44:07 GMT
Great episode of Car S.O.S last night
The Sprite looked stunning being driven by Sir Stirling around the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon.
One thing I was unsure of though, as it was a break from the normal undercover operation, did the car's owner donate it to the museum? Or does he still hold ownership?
I must admit to agreeing with Fuzz about retaining the original paint despite the knocks and dings but I suppose the car may have been left looking tatty if the bodywork was knocked back into shape and the paint damaged further.
Shame about the Irish guy and the other engine particularly after Tim's journey to view it but so be it, they did a sterling job on the engine that it came with instead.
Great series!
Sam
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Post by Villain on Apr 10, 2015 13:06:26 GMT
Fuzz did a Q&A session at a recent Stoneleigh car show and went into the background of some of the cars and their owners in the previous series. Apparently the owner of one of the cars wasn't happy off camera with the result of the restoration because Fuzz had to replace the spare wheel with a new one, the guy was livid but the spare wasn't road legal and he tried (but failed) to get some money out of the production crew. Asked which car was the most difficult to do, Fuzz replied that the red Mk1 Cortina was a real pain as they had trouble finding the right parts for it. Quite surprising considering the Cortina's popularity but the variety of specs on the Mk1 lead them down several dead ends whilst tracing the parts they were after.
Some of these car resto shows can be a bit hit and miss but I've enjoyed most of the Car S.O.S. episodes. The next series of 'For The Love Of Cars' will feature one of my all time favourites... the late '60s / early '70s Aston Martin DBS.
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Post by Del Boy on Apr 10, 2015 13:11:17 GMT
I wonder if its me but a few of the people they do the cars up for don't look very happy when presented with the finished article. Hardly any of them are over the moon and most don't even thank them properly.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 10, 2015 13:34:54 GMT
I should think that it is a very difficult thing all round. Fuzz and Tim have a difficult job of deciding what works need doing to the cars and hoping that they're going about it in a way that the owner would be happy with. As with last night's program there was the dilemma of keeping the original paint or a full respray with an aged finish.
Then there are the 'insiders' who also try to steer the resto in the way that they think would be appreciated by their relative. Their influence on the job also has an impact.
But then there is the owner themselves. Imagine being in their shoes, not knowing that anything 'cloak and dagger' is underway, and then getting the total shock, confusion, and mix of elation when the vehicle is revealed to them. Their family have done it all behind their back, so there could be a minor bit of sudden distrust. And on top of that there are TV cameras thrust into their faces to record every emotion.
I'm not surprised some would be reserved with all that to cope with in one huge hit of mixed emotions and all fully captured in the space of those first few minutes.
Yes, overall a very difficult job to do when dealing with someone's treasured possession.
Sam.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 27, 2015 9:57:24 GMT
Finally caught up with another episode of Car S.O.S this weekend. This was the second episode with the E-Type Jag.
A nice car to choose and the owner was a worthy recipient, but I wouldn't have gone with that colour. The plum red colour was too dark for my liking and I thought the owner bought it originally as it was the red he wanted or slightly darker, not the plum as it finished.
This week I disagreed with Fuzz in that he wanted to return it to its original white. The owner wanted a red E-Type, why risk upsetting him by changing it back to white?
It looked like a good job was done though, now just last Thursday's episode to catch up on.
Sam.
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Post by Del Boy on May 24, 2015 17:05:09 GMT
I have these sitting on the old recorder waiting my attention. Its a good series.
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Post by Dick Dastardly on Jun 4, 2015 20:21:30 GMT
A good programme this; I only have freeview so catch it on More4 on Sunday nights. Yes they're all repeats & I've seen them before in most cases but hats off to Fuzz & Tim for the effort they put in. Unfortunately not everyone will be happy; they take a risk in doing the car without the owners knowledge so the end result isn't always going to be to the owners taste. Some do look genuinely moved though & that's the good bit; when they just don't believe it's their car:)
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