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car sos

#1 Post by rich. » Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:10 pm

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

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#2 Post by Grumpy Northener » Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:29 pm

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 !
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#3 Post by UKJeeper » Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:17 pm

'New' series?

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#4 Post by harvey » Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:18 pm

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. ^^^
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#5 Post by gazza82 » Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:25 pm

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 ..
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#6 Post by GHT » Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:38 am

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.

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#7 Post by Grumpy Northener » Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:20 am

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 ;)
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#8 Post by Classic Microcars » Fri Nov 18, 2016 10:23 am

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?

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#9 Post by jpsh120 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 11:04 am

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?
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#10 Post by gazza82 » Fri Nov 18, 2016 11:59 am

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!
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