turtlevette

shown shooting clear with nothing more than a face shield.

someone needs to email him to tell him he's a dead man.

ImBatman

You know it is funny but the more I have watched that show the more I wander how he became such a big name in the Hot Rod industry. I really hope that the incompotence and general non stop horse play crap is more for the camera and not actually the way they do work on a day to day basis. Several of those guys look and act like juvenile morons :confused: :skep:

battsup

ya that one tall fat guy is a real dumazz, the only one people that know what they are doing are the managers.

BBShark

I'm not really sure how real or how "TV" any of that stuff is. I saw them skim an entire car with filler. I'm sure for now that looks great, but I wouldn't want to pay 150K for anything less than steel. I would think that is a no-no in a high end shop.

78 Vette

Did you see the one when everyone forgot to mention that there was no oil pressure in the new motor. :crazy:

turtlevette

tonight they skimmed a whole frame with filler before painting which surprised me.

You would think the first time you hammer it or go over a good bump thats all gonna crack. Who knows? Maybe they do know more than us.

I really like the color of the hotrod they did tonight. The pearl blue and yellow. I'm going to try and get that color in a kandy on the vette.

I just thought i'd point out that very few people have seen "professionals" use these supposedly required fresh air breathing systems for painting.

Tominator

I like the moral booster, when everyone needs a pick up he goes out side and does a burnout for them.

BBShark

I forgot about that, they ran a brand new motor, without oil pressure, REPEATEDLY! And then the found that the oil pickup was to low after pulling the motor. DOOH!!!!!

96LT4Z28_03Z06

All of those shows are alredy planned. If you watch enough of them, you can see the similarity between the scripts. I agree with you all about not wanting body filler on the frame. that makes no sense. On all of the show car frames i have ever worked on, we welded some extra material or leaded it and then ground it down smooth.

brooksman9

Seems to me like it would be detrimental to his business. I know I wouldn't want to buy anything from him and I've only seen the show once. :jester

norvalwilhelm

Tuesday night I watch them put the bearings on the carrier of the rearend and the guy said the bearings wouldn't slide over the carrier, something must be wrong until the boss told him he would have to press them on. He was builder of the all alumimum frame and custom rearend.
I do like the guys pounding out a complete aluminum body, no painting allowed for the roadster.

MassVette

It's really funny to watch some of these 'top-of-the-line" 'pros' at work on TV-
makes ya wonder-
:yesnod:
I'll never forget the recent show about the new Shelby Cobra. There was a room full of super Hi-Tech equipment, with loads of Ford's best engineers trying to start the car. They were doing the same back-yard crap we all did- turning the distributor by ear-backfiring-no timing light-etc.! What a joke!
:lol: :lolg: :lolg: :lol:

P.S.
Hey- Turtle! I must be one of those 'dead guys' too.
I used to shoot acrylic lacquer and enamel with a dust mask (like everyone else) 35 years ago, when I was a body man.
It was really macho to have multicolored snots and headaches! Then we went outside and had a smoke!! Talk about stupid-
:crazy: :shocked: :crazy:
Ah- the innocent, polluted good old days!
:lol:


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yellow 72

I don't care if those hot rods were built by drunk monkeys, the end result parked in my garage would bring on a big :D ....
Speaking of painting in the old days...I worked with a guy who would shoot paint while smoking......

gdh

Don't forget these shows are really for entertainment purposes, they shout well over 200 hours of film then edit down to what we see. If it is all great work and no screw ups or horsing around then ratings would quickly bomb and their show would be off the air quickly.

mengbar

Well.... My maintenance guys and I were talking yesterday about Boyd, Discovery Channel (car/chopper shows), and Monster Car Garage and we came to a general conclusion.

We sure hope to hell they don't cancel them. We all watch the shows religiously (predominantly "Rides"), and thanks God we have something interesting to watch for a change. Sports are alright....when you arn't playing with a engine, but the Discovery auto shows are just plain butt kicking. I'm in heaven if I can just keep the VCR recording and an get all the past shows.

Yeah...the frame bondo was a bit much....but remember..."show car". The show cars are ............Garage Dolls...and to some....special. I thought the rotary button gig was a riot. Can't tell you how many times I've turned red on that one.

I watch a "Rides" show and I want to go downstairs and cut a hole in something. :eek:

:D :p: :hurray: :party:

Tom Johnson

:iagree: Some of DIY's stuff is good to. I like there restoration series and some of there mechanical shows. It seems like most of the vechicle shows on Spike TV are just one long commercial for parts.


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