Heads up to those that have or haven't been watching the series but tonight the guys are doing a mini.
Channel 5 kick-off at 8pm.
I'll be in the garage working on the van then coming in to watch this tonight I think.
Classic Car Rescue - Channel 5 - Episode 6: Mini
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, Oct 29 2012 10:54 AM
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:54 AM
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 10:54 AM
You can also see the rest online at http://www.channel5....e/episodes/mini
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:03 AM
Sounds like i'll be watching this and then the James Bond Top Gear thingymajigg afterwards then! 
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:13 AM
Sounds like i'll be watching this and then the James Bond Top Gear thingymajigg afterwards then!
Was talking to my bro about that and I'm doing the same haha
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:17 AM
Are yes I had forgotten about the hamsters james bond special thingymawhatsit.
Excellent evening of tellybob for a change then.
Excellent evening of tellybob for a change then.
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:23 AM
Yep, I'll be doing the double whammy too. Surely even Bernie can't ruin this one!
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:44 AM
It was in the background of the Jag episode. Looked like it was part way through interior re-fit. Ive heard the floors were shot on it. Full floor without bracing anyone?
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:45 AM
Don't get your hopes up, I've seen a picture of it finished 
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 11:53 AM
Do you need to brace it while the filler goes hard?It was in the background of the Jag episode. Looked like it was part way through interior re-fit. Ive heard the floors were shot on it. Full floor without bracing anyone?
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 12:07 PM
Its a bit car crash telly isn't it? I can't not watch!
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 01:01 PM
Let the bodging begin, slap on some oversills or perhaps just swap the numberplates/V5 to another better condition Mini half way through the 'restoration'.......as they did with the MGB GT a couple of weeks ago!
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 05:21 PM
I think it's funny how they "setup" certain scenes and show you something going dramatically wrong....but then give you the chance to win the blooming car!
Anyone watch the Jag E Type episode when he reversed into an engine that just happened to be left on the floor behind the car? Who wants to win a car knowing that the back end has been mashed up....
Anyone watch the Jag E Type episode when he reversed into an engine that just happened to be left on the floor behind the car? Who wants to win a car knowing that the back end has been mashed up....
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 05:29 PM
I have grown to hate this show 
. Even if that were really good at doing the restorations (which there not) I still wouldn’t watch because 90% of it is set up. When they lifted that MGB GT and the back axle fell off you could see the ends of the leaf springs had been cut off. Does my nut in!!!!! And then there is all that shouting and spitting there dummy out like 2 year olds, I can’t be doing with. I just want to see a nice restoration of a classic with some good ideas and tips along the way.
. Even if that were really good at doing the restorations (which there not) I still wouldn’t watch because 90% of it is set up. When they lifted that MGB GT and the back axle fell off you could see the ends of the leaf springs had been cut off. Does my nut in!!!!! And then there is all that shouting and spitting there dummy out like 2 year olds, I can’t be doing with. I just want to see a nice restoration of a classic with some good ideas and tips along the way.
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 05:43 PM
Classic Car Rescue has been exposed:
TV shows confirms 'There were two MGB's'
http://www.classicca...s-been-exposed/
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Posted 29 October 2012 - 06:27 PM
I've not seen the script, but at a guess
1. Bernie and Mario (henceforth known as B&M) go in search of a Mini Cooper, they don't buy the first one they see because the seller is 'avin a larf' with his price, so they go and find one that's nearly as expensive, but in worse condition and buy that instead
2. Despite constant Italian Job references, including no doubt a door slamming followed buy 'your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off' the car will have no resemblance to a MK1 from the film other than its blue, possibly
3. Although the car looks like it might be a 1975 MK3 B&M will keep saying it's a Cooper when we all know its not as Cooper S production finished in 1971 (the first time around)
4. Something will go 'horribly wrong', something will get dropped / lost / broken or fixed in the wrong way (welding fire anyone) but it may not actually be from a Mini, it just might look like it might have been, this will be B&M's chance to have a 'argument' about who is the worst actor, sorry, business partner in their 'restoration' company.
5. The bodyshell will be taken back to bare metal.......with a grinder........and then have a liberal coat of filler applied
6. The finished 'Cooper' will be valued at £10,000 making everyone who doesn't know the above ring in to try to win it, in turn C5 and the production company will make a large profit on their outgoings from the phone votes, and commission a new series we can laugh at next year
1. Bernie and Mario (henceforth known as B&M) go in search of a Mini Cooper, they don't buy the first one they see because the seller is 'avin a larf' with his price, so they go and find one that's nearly as expensive, but in worse condition and buy that instead
2. Despite constant Italian Job references, including no doubt a door slamming followed buy 'your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off' the car will have no resemblance to a MK1 from the film other than its blue, possibly
3. Although the car looks like it might be a 1975 MK3 B&M will keep saying it's a Cooper when we all know its not as Cooper S production finished in 1971 (the first time around)
4. Something will go 'horribly wrong', something will get dropped / lost / broken or fixed in the wrong way (welding fire anyone) but it may not actually be from a Mini, it just might look like it might have been, this will be B&M's chance to have a 'argument' about who is the worst actor, sorry, business partner in their 'restoration' company.
5. The bodyshell will be taken back to bare metal.......with a grinder........and then have a liberal coat of filler applied
6. The finished 'Cooper' will be valued at £10,000 making everyone who doesn't know the above ring in to try to win it, in turn C5 and the production company will make a large profit on their outgoings from the phone votes, and commission a new series we can laugh at next year
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