25 replies to this topic

[minineon]

basicly the black mini of wheeler deals is now located in norwich im just wundering if anyone els has seen it and what they think of it now.

 

[coopdog]

rusty piece of poo

Edited by coopdog, 31 December 2013 - 07:08 PM.

[sledgehammer]

is that the one with carbon wrap all over it , holding the damp in ?

[Spaceibiza]

Not really my cup of tea really. Some of the cars they have done recently seem to be really good, but they have had 2 go's at a mini now and failed both times in my opinion! Still like the show though!

[minineon]

well basicly i have seen it the outher day in the car park and it had duck tape holing the head lamps in by the looks of things. it seems like a real shame that the car has been neglected

[Sean C]

The neglect happened as soon as it was wrapped 

[Cooperman]

I laughed when they did the Range Rover. They took the wheels off, which had almost bald tyres, and sent them for re-finishing, then after saying the re-finishing cost £300, they re-fitted the wheels and, well I never, they had all new low-profile tyres fitted, but no mention of the cost of the tyres in the final calculation. Then they claimed a 'profit' of about £1000.

[jamiewandsmurray]

i thought the mk1 they did was alright. carbon wrap one was orrible though, and no doubt is just rust held together by the stickers haha

[Carlos W]

The repair to the mk1 a-panel was horrific

[Craig89]

And the tub of filler they put in the door. But I do like watching the program

[Cooperman]

I always picture Mike Brewer with a parrot on his shoulder saying "Fill it & spray it, fill it & spray it".

[Miss Piggy]

When did they do a Mk 1?, I must have missed it

[Cooperman]

Long time ago. It was a real bodge job. They did a very bad repair to an A-panel, then put the boot lid handle on 90 degrees out.

To cap it all they painted (badly) the engine, which should have been BMC Engine Green, black.

Then called it a 'real classic Mini'.

They didn't seem to have needed to do anything to the suspension, which is almost unheard of in Mini restoration.

[sledgehammer]

but they are still better than Bernie the idiot 

 

in that classic car rescue pantomine

[Miss Piggy]

Sorry I misunderstood- I thought it was Bernie and friend, yes I remember the green MK 1.