appletonn
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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=48&t=689081&mid=18261&nmt=Wheeler Dealers 944 Trackcar
Wheeler Dealers and their 944 trackcar
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pauljmcnulty
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Should be worth a look. I had a lot of discussion with them prior to buying the car, and then after they'd bought it. Turned out not to need much work, hence the trackday thing to make a programme. [&:]
Richard Marsden's car was filmed for the "before and after" bits.
I did offer to do a bit myself, and give a free year's membership to the buyer to add a bit of interest. They make ten of these programmes at a time, so the poor producer doesn't know if he's coming or going! [8|]
Richard Marsden's car was filmed for the "before and after" bits.
I did offer to do a bit myself, and give a free year's membership to the buyer to add a bit of interest. They make ten of these programmes at a time, so the poor producer doesn't know if he's coming or going! [8|]
idwoodvale
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What channel?...
tight wad with Freeview only[
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More to spend on the 944 though.
tight wad with Freeview only[
]More to spend on the 944 though.
Other end of the spectrum here ... given half a chance I'd get rid of the TV altogether. I can't stand the thing (it's worse since we got freeview) and I was much happier without one before I got married ...ORIGINAL: idwoodvale
What channel?...
tight wad with Freeview only[
More to spend on the 944 though.
Oli.
poprock
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Big Dave
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Its always good for a laugh. If you dont take it too seriously..... []
The prog i cant be doin with is "Chop Shop", What a bunch of wasters.....I dread to think what the cars will be like after a few months of the British weather....After all the filler has sagged etc etc ....
]The prog i cant be doin with is "Chop Shop", What a bunch of wasters.....I dread to think what the cars will be like after a few months of the British weather....After all the filler has sagged etc etc ....
appletonn
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ORIGINAL: Big Dave UK
Its always good for a laugh. If you dont take it too seriously..... [
The prog i cant be doin with is "Chop Shop", What a bunch of wasters.....I dread to think what the cars will be like after a few months of the British weather....After all the filler has sagged etc etc ....
Ah yes, that is truly awful - should be renamed 'Sheds R Us'!
pauljmcnulty
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Problem is that 944s are either sheds that need massive work doing, as in loads of bodywork etc. that aren't in the programmes remit, or they are so good that there's not enough to fill the programme and make a profit. This seemed an different way to go, to try and keep the series interesting.
Hilux
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Wrong as far as I can make out.
At the end of the show fat boy quotes the cars cost to buy plus the parts and then the sale price. They never ever allow for Edd`s time spent on it, in reality they MUST always lose money.
It would be a much better show if it were Edd`s on his own. He always strikes me as a rather sensible chap and whenever he is talking it is always interesting (unlike fat boy who I have to admit I dislike intensely)
poprock
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It could have been a lot worse. Remember the episode of Monster Garage in the US where they turned a perfectly good 944 into a Max Max looking golf ball collector?
Video here
Video here
Neil Haughey
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Will be interesting to see what they do, as we all should know there is a massive difference between a track car that is a fiddled with road car made into a track slag and a proper race car. IMHO I haven't seen any evidence over the years that the former has much if any value and the latter takes a considerable amount of time and money.
poprock
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I've uploaded both episodes of the show to Streetfire.net.
Wheeler+Dealers+Porsche+944+Turbo+part+1
Wheeler+Dealers+Porsche+944+Turbo+part+2
If you hit the fullscreen button there, you should see it in actual broadcast quality. Theoretically, anyway.
Wheeler+Dealers+Porsche+944+Turbo+part+1Wheeler+Dealers+Porsche+944+Turbo+part+2If you hit the fullscreen button there, you should see it in actual broadcast quality. Theoretically, anyway.
edh
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Thanks - just watched it
At least they fitted some decent parts - shame they didn't do the belts though (or remove that K&N airfilter behind the rad []). I see they managed to fit the shocks without re-indexing []
So the labour for all that was worth less than £1000? - I don't think anyone makes money converting cars into track machines.
- and £6650 was very steep for that car - you could have mine for around that price!
At least they fitted some decent parts - shame they didn't do the belts though (or remove that K&N airfilter behind the rad [
]). I see they managed to fit the shocks without re-indexing []So the labour for all that was worth less than £1000? - I don't think anyone makes money converting cars into track machines.
- and £6650 was very steep for that car - you could have mine for around that price!
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