Car SOS

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fuzztownshend
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Re: Car SOS

#31 Post by fuzztownshend »

EricTheRed wrote:
RoverMike wrote:......I was glad there was no 'filling' with stupid arguments and unescessary 'tense' moments.....
Except for the "we must have the new hood made in three days" bit! That's the sort of false jeopardy which is one of the two main reasons I never watch "Time Team" (The other being the fact that it is presented by Tony Robinson) :x

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No false jeopardy there, Eric.

As we were attempting to work on two cars at a time, we were tied to ludicrous schedules in order to allow filming to take place.

Therefore, Aldridge Trimming really had to pull out the stops, as did the guys here at Westgate, with seven day working and midnight finishes being commonplace.

At least 400 man hours was spent on each car, with one topping out at 550+.

Should we get to make another series, I'd much prefer to spread the work out.

False jeopardy would be a wonderful luxury.

Fuzzer.
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Re: Car SOS

#32 Post by TerryG »

Hey Mr T. Would it be rude to ask what sort of budget is assigned to each car?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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EricTheRed
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Re: Car SOS

#33 Post by EricTheRed »

fuzztownshend wrote: ........ we were tied to ludicrous schedules ........
..........which was rather my point!!!!
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Re: Car SOS

#34 Post by jimmyybob »

TerryG wrote:Hey Mr T. Would it be rude to ask what sort of budget is assigned to each car?
Thats a really good question i would also like to know.
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Oldcarnut
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Re: Car SOS

#35 Post by Oldcarnut »

fuzztownshend wrote:

As we were attempting to work on two cars at a time, we were tied to ludicrous schedules

Should we get to make another series, I'd much prefer to spread the work out.


Fuzzer.
Thats a ridiculous way of filming.How can anyone do it like that? Surely doing one resto at a time would be better alright.
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Re: Car SOS

#36 Post by JPB »

Oldcarnut wrote:
fuzztownshend wrote:

As we were attempting to work on two cars at a time, we were tied to ludicrous schedules

Should we get to make another series, I'd much prefer to spread the work out.


Fuzzer.
Thats a ridiculous way of filming.How can anyone do it like that? Surely doing one resto at a time would be better alright.

But how would you then get the film crew to be there throughout the entire job? There'd be no money in it if they had to wait around for hours on end.
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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Re: Car SOS

#37 Post by Oldcarnut »

Well maybe but, it makes for bad viewing though just brushing past tasks is not good.I also mean Edd and Mike from the other show only does one project at a time.Well maybe, they dont though too? :oops:

Yeah I think the focus is too much on Tim, and not on the actual work done by Fuzz.I'll still watch it though :P
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Re: Car SOS

#38 Post by fuzztownshend »

We had a budget of around £11.5k to cover all parts and including 193.4 labour hours at a rate of £30ph, but that no car in the series took less than 400 labour hours, with a peak on one vehicle of in excess of 550 hours.

Thus many of the hours spent working on the cars were unpaid, but as a rule of thumb, the basic commercial cost of recommissioning a classic car works out at around £18k to £22k. That's not to concourse standards. Bare metal, nut and bolt jobs would cost far more.

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75nut
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Re: Car SOS

#39 Post by 75nut »

At the danger if upsetting a man I genuinely repsect, I was a little disapointed.

I looked forward to a program that was a little more indepth. The Fiat was a rust box with screw drivers poking it in it one minute and a fully restored shell in new paint the next. I wanted to see more of Fuzz's skills in play, how he repaired the rot and how the filling,sanding and prep was done etc.

I guess there is only so much time on the program, but Id rather have is split over 2 episodes and it go into more detail.

Then again I did watch it when I got back from the pub at about 1am so its possible I fell asleep and missed a load lol! :oops:

(after re reading this thread I see others have pointed this out and Fuzz has explained why so sorry, I think its correct to try and do a second series differently, for which I have a lovely Alfa Romeo 75............. )
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Oldcarnut
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Re: Car SOS

#40 Post by Oldcarnut »

I agree with most of whats been said already.As much as I dont like the way Mike Brewer of the other show conducts himself in the manner he does, alot more of the work done to their projects is more detailed by Edd.it also shows the basics of how systems work for beginners (not that anyone on here would fall into that category :) ) .Its that sort of thing that makes for better viewing in my opinion.

But I do understand there are time constraints while doing tv work.
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