Practically Classics Forum

glad to see the new series is back! nice to see phil too

Whilst it is nice to see the new series and fully appreciating the hard effort put in by Fuzz & his team - BUT why ho why is the program ruined by the scripted sh*t that emits from the sidekick - what a load of cobblers - just like the scripted rubbish that a certain other classic car programs spew forth - why cant they just stick to the facts / tell the truth - it would be still be very watchable - case in point 'Chasing Classic Cars' - Wayne Carini - who presents as it is - honestly & with passion - if only the rest of the so called 'classic car programmes' could follow suit !

'New' series?

Grumpy Northener wrote:Whilst it is nice to see the new series and fully appreciating the hard effort put in by Fuzz & his team - BUT why ho why is the program ruined by the scripted sh*t that emits from the sidekick - what a load of cobblers - just like the scripted rubbish that a certain other classic car programs spew forth - why cant they just stick to the facts / tell the truth - it would be still be very watchable - case in point 'Chasing Classic Cars' - Wayne Carini - who presents as it is - honestly & with passion - if only the rest of the so called 'classic car programmes' could follow suit !

^^^+1 to that. ^^^

Since then Fuzz has left Westgate and started up a new business To-Ta Classics .. the new website http://www.to-ta.co.uk/ also has a big link to Car SOS ..

Personally I'd like to see more restoration and less "blagging" .. when we all know it's staged and the suppliers have either already negotiated a healthy discount or use the publicity the programme generates ... Case in point: Jenvey "donating" a fuel injection set up for the Datsun 240Z .. and apparently stopping the "factory" to mould a set of ali intakes, etc ..

Grumpy Northener wrote:Whilst it is nice to see the new series and fully appreciating the hard effort put in by Fuzz & his team - BUT why ho why is the program ruined by the scripted sh*t that emits from the sidekick - what a load of cobblers - just like the scripted rubbish that a certain other classic car programs spew forth - why cant they just stick to the facts / tell the truth -

Well said Chris, it's for the very reason that you so succinctly explained that I just can't watch it. At least with the other program mentioned I can watch the repairs and then switch the sound off when the gobby front man appears.

GHT said -

'At least with the other program mentioned I can watch the repairs and then switch the sound off when the gobby front man appears'

Ah - it's good that you have worked out who / which programme that I am talking about

There really should be a "like" button on the forum! I mute the sound whenever that Shaw idiot is let loose. If recorded, I can just skip the section. Surely Fuzz, being an intelligent and refined adult can see that such antics put people off? Maybe he doesn't have a choice but to accept it?

gazza82 wrote:Since then Fuzz has left Westgate and started up a new business To-Ta Classics .. the new website http://www.to-ta.co.uk/ also has a big link to Car SOS ..

Personally I'd like to see more restoration and less "blagging" .. when we all know it's staged and the suppliers have either already negotiated a healthy discount or use the publicity the programme generates ... Case in point: Jenvey "donating" a fuel injection set up for the Datsun 240Z .. and apparently stopping the "factory" to mould a set of ali intakes, etc ..

Westgate classics was Fuzz's business wasn't it, so has he now shut it down?

No Westgate is still trading! He was in partnership with someone else at Westgate .. web sites been updated so I can't say .. so maybe he got them to buy him out. Whether they saw any of the Car-SOS revenue, I don't know. They won't know I guess.

To-Ta is also a partnership with Mike Tassell.. and a lot of those "blagged" suppliers are now "official" suppliers according to the website .. eg Aldridges the trimmers ... bet their work increased!