Chasing Classic Cars "barn find or bust"?

[Mark IV]

Wayne kept calling the "sunbursts", "starbursts" but a nice street car with patina. Shame about the sidepipes though.

Still, all-in-all CCC is probably the most realistic of any of the "car" shows on TV. While the timeline is compressed, they don't pretend to do a total resto in 7 days or some of the other crap that is seen on "reality" shows. Crap like "Gas Monkey", "Counting Cars", "Overhaulin'", etc. makes people believe they can buy, restore and flip cars in a weekend. oh, and always make 10 grand doing it! "I can buy this car for $2500, spend $200 and sell it for 20K!"

[SunDude]

Originally Posted by Mark IV

Wayne kept calling the "sunbursts", "starbursts" but a nice street car with patina. Shame about the sidepipes though.

yummmmm, Starburst...

Originally Posted by Mark IV

Still, all-in-all CCC is probably the most realistic of any of the "car" shows on TV. While the timeline is compressed, they don't pretend to do a total resto in 7 days or some of the other crap that is seen on "reality" shows. Crap like "Gas Monkey", "Counting Cars", "Overhaulin'", etc. makes people believe they can buy, restore and flip cars in a weekend. oh, and always make 10 grand doing it! "I can buy this car for $2500, spend $200 and sell it for 20K!"

Rick, you should try watching The History Channel's Restoration Garage. It's filmed at David Grainger's Guild of Automotive Restorers in Bradford, Ontario, north of Toronto. No 7-day builds and/or $5K budgets here.

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by SunDude

The History Channel's Restoration Garage. It's filmed at David Grainger's Guild of Automotive Restorers in Bradford, Ontario, north of Toronto. No 7-day builds and/or $5K budgets here.

Will have to find it. I have seen the "Guild" advertising for many years and know they do quality work.

[lippy]

Originally Posted by Mark IV

Crap like "Gas Monkey", "Counting Cars", "Overhaulin'", etc. makes people believe they can buy, restore and flip cars in a weekend. oh, and always make 10 grand doing it! "I can buy this car for $2500, spend $200 and sell it for 20K!"

I love Fast 'N Loud. Those guys are entertaining. BTW, they lose $ on several of their projects and seem to be ok shrugging it off over a beer. And their "wins" are usually $700 after parts but not including labor. It's good these two landed a TV show because they aren't making a living on the cars.

[rokfor]

Originally Posted by lippy

I love Fast 'N Loud. Those guys are entertaining. BTW, they lose $ on several of their projects and seem to be ok shrugging it off over a beer. And their "wins" are usually $700 after parts but not including labor. It's good these two landed a TV show because they aren't making a living on the cars.

From what I understand, Richard made millions when he sold his printing/advertising business, so I don't think he's hurting for money.

Rob