The 'E' Type Forum

I see More4 is repeating an episode of car SOS in which they will restore an E Type to full glory (18:55 Tuesday 29th Nov).
So this will be taking a complete wreck and turning it into showroom pristine condition and as usual they will only have three weeks in which to do the job.

After watching it no-one will have any excuse for not completing their restoration in a similar time

Geoff, when you watch it, have a look at the doors when shut on the finished car.

Simon

Simon, those shut lines were most impressive! Maybe they can claim the excuse of having to get the car finished to a deadline so they merely hung the doors to show a complete car. It would be so much nicer to see the work actually being done without the silly blagging of parts by Tim Shaw and without the silly three week work schedule. Then the programme could be of genuine interest. But I suppose it amuses the masses

Gfhug wrote:Simon, those shut lines were most impressive! Maybe they can claim the excuse of having to get the car finished to a deadline so they merely hung the doors to show a complete car. It would be so much nicer to see the work actually being done without the silly blagging of parts by Tim Shaw and without the silly three week work schedule. Then the programme could be of genuine interest. But I suppose it amuses the masses

I think the show could skip most of Tim being jovial with suppliers and spend a bit more time showing Fuzz doing or explaining things like pulling a new wiring harness in, punchmarking bits to show what side they came off and which side was up, repairing caged nuts, and safety wiring fasteners.

The other thing that is missing is a summary at the end of the episode which showed:
Total Man-hours Spent, Total cost outsourced work, Total parts cost, and the sum of those compared to a reasonable estimate of marked value of the result.

As it is the show more or less suggests that you can take a basket case, spend a bit of time getting perfect quality parts which are all correct for that car, pop round to a shop to have a bit of fiddly work done, with Fuss doing a little bit of frowning and hand dirtying in the shop, and three weeks later you're ready to start the next restoration.

Otherwise, I almost like the show.

Andrew