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Goodbye American Chopper.

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#44 ·
OCC episode last night was the buildoff doing the Cadillac bikes.
I can´t believe a man, Paul Sr., would say such things about his son.
Reckon the man is pig sick jealous, always has been.
His crew are´nt much better agreeing with him and helping to toss the poop.
 
#45 · (Edited)
but wait, they didn't cover the whole gamut of gimmicky bikes yet...there was never a Mc Donald's bike, there was never an X-men bike, there was never a green energy bike, there was never an angry bird bike, there was never a star wars bike. What the hell, there was plenty of more corny gimmicky bikes to make.

I think they should have a show about meth. You always see before and after pics and wonder what the hell goes on inbetween or on a day to day schedule. Just a real life show about the day to day life of tweaks-lol. You can have one that's homeless, one that's young who lives at home and his parent's don't know, one who has a good job and lives a double life, some that are recovering, and some who are recovering and go back on, and one that's about to croak just for shock and awe-lol I'm a sick mind.
 
#58 ·
As far as I know America has not imported/screwed it up yet. Much, much, much, much better than that fake BS drama on American Hot Rod.
yeah, rattle can is the way to go. There's no arguments on those shows cause they're making a ton of money ripping people off. I can't say for all the Euro shows but the one I've seen is no better than the Russian hack down the street making them "pretty" just to sell.
 
#55 ·
it's not that, it's the fact that those other car shows use rattle can for everything.

It's enjoyable for me to watch guys use marine blocks, doing a lot of metal fabrication, and having to deal with Duane and perfection. Just my opinion, and it doesn't have to be a 100k car to use two part Urethane products as opposed to rattle cans. I saw some Euro one where the guy was trying to give techniques on how not to tiger stripe with rattle can...I wanted to flip the channel. All in all, I appreciate them all but will actually sit and watch hours of American hot rod.
 
#60 ·
we may not even be talking about the same show. I'm talking about one where they always kick the car to a tall skinny guy with messed up hair and they basically just prep it up to sell. Can't think of the name of it. It's interesting to me to know what guys are doing to sell them for more but it's not my cup of tea. I like American hot rods cause they show what it's like to work in a top notch shop, so that appeals to me. Bottom line, I can't complain...they're all car shows and Velocity Tv is a gem.
 
#61 ·
It is wheeler dealers. The mechanic is so tall. You should have seen the episode where they fixed up some old convertible. Something like an MG or a small fiat. His head was above the windshield when he drove it. And with the Lotus Esprit his knees were up against the dash.

We don't all have to have the same opinions or like the same things. CS Lewis said something about liking and agreeing not being the same thing. I like Wheeler Dealers because it is more of a budget oriented show. It is more what I can/could do. But hey no worries if we like different stuff.
 
#62 ·
That's actually one of the things that makes Wheeler Dealers a good show. They actually have no drama! It sows that a car show can be interesting and not have fake drama.
It's also a good show because the mechanic Ed actually shows how to make various repairs that apply to other cars, not just those he's working on.
 
#68 ·
I saw a little bit of it tonight. They revisted a red Alfa respray and sell they did and it had rust bubbles all over it. :D He told the guy, "you should probably get that fixed." hehehehehehe. It's a cool show though. I mean, they only sold the car for $4500. Being I'm not a mechanic I tend to tune in more on that aspect of it but dig the tricks and schemes they do to resell a car. they got a knack for it that's for sure. The mechanic guy seems super cool and is very likeable.
 
#70 ·
Unfortunately the guy who buys and sells the cars, Mike Brewer is not liked much by the rodding world in the UK.
They consider him not so car savvy as he likes to think he is.
He does play the hard buy/sell guy rather well though.
I´m surprised the American ear can tune into his over enthusiastic chatter.
 
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