Pink one anyone?
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Got to say I love the look of that Princess on the previous page but that might just be that it’s been lowered on some nice wheels.

I’ve really enjoyed this series, I’m not sure Glenister was the right person for the job, if it was a job, it may well have been his instigation but I don’t think the catchphrase “fire up the quattro” qualifies him for this role and it showed in some of the terrible ideas he brought to the programme. Having said that I did warm to the guy, he seemed genuine enough even if he didn’t bring any real passion or knowledge to it.

Think there was a bit too much fluff in the programmes and not enough restoration the DeLorean was a case in point as all they seemed to do was get the engine fired up and replace the clutch then get an expert in to sort the dent when there was obviously a lot more work done by the end. I guess they had to balance car geek against joe public and the latter got the lions share.

Ant Anstead came across really well, he’s obviously extremely good at what he does and even if they got some specialist help in (suspect there was more expert assistance than perhaps was let on) they produced some excellent restorations. Not sure if they would have actually made any money if Channel 4 hadn’t been paying some wages as there was a huge amount of work went into them.

On balance more of the cars and less fluff and it’d be a really great series.

Would any one care about the DeLorean if it wasn’t for Back To the Future?

Its just a badly made 80’s sportcar, with gull wing doors.

The history of John Z DeLorean is pretty interesting but the car itself was rubbish

True, but it looks cool.

the auction show was a good idea, but the bits where the two presenters were filmed during each auction were cringey.
It was like a day-time TV show where grannies sell the family silver to pay for a cruise – I expected some orange-faced luvvy to mince in and deliver some innuendo about push rods and big ends.
apart from that a great show!

Just finished Guy Martins book and apparently he was offered the presenter role and turned it down – felt it had already been done to death.

I struggled with Glenister as I found him a bit fake, Guy would have been awesome and would have done a ‘rate good job’…

The Princess design concept was a great looking car IMO, see here:

http://www.leylandprincess.co.uk/HarrisMann.htm

…totally ****ed up by British Leyland. You all know the Allegro was more aerodynamic going backwards than forwards?

You all know the Allegro was more aerodynamic going backwards than forwards?

If there’s any truth to that, it is the best. Fact. EVER.

I suspect that’s true of many cars – the Allegro wasn’t a particularly weird shape. Maybe it was the Vanden Plas version with its Rolls Royce grill.

If Guy Martin had hosted it you wouldn’t have been able to keep him away from the spanners:D

Should have got Charlie Broomfield. And the world’s most powerful bleep machine.

On balance more of the cars and less fluff and it’d be a really great series.

Available on Discovery in the guise of Wheeler Dealers!

richmtb – Member
On balance more of the cars and less fluff and it’d be a really great series.
Available on Discovery in the guise of Wheeler Dealers!

If that involves having to watch Mike Brewer, I’m out.*

* Can’t get Discovery on Freeview anyway so thankfully it’s not an option.

…totally ****ed up by British Leyland. You all know the Allegro was more aerodynamic going backwards than forwards?

I owned an Allegro, square wheel and all. Apart from having the aerodynamics of Anne Hathaway’s cottage and the grip of a hot air balloon what I mainly remember is the service of the Hydrolastic sus that pumped it so high and so rigid that only chassis flex got it round the corners.

My mum had an Allegro Vanden Plas with the picnic tables in the back of the front seats – I quite liked it (though I never got to drive it as it dissolved before I was 17)

Ant Anstead came across really well, he’s obviously extremely good at what he does and even if they got some specialist help in (suspect there was more expert assistance than perhaps was let on)

Seeing as he runs his own car company he should know a thing or 2 about building cars.

http://www.evanta.co.uk/team.html#all

Resurrecting this thread cod I’ve seen two Deloreans on the roads this weekend. First was in heswall on Saturday afternoon, then again in chapeltown Sheffield tonight.
Seems the tv programme has got them out the woodwork…

I saw about 12 drive past in a convoy on Saturday down in Corfe. Thought I was seeing things.

I went past the factory at the weekend.

Candodavid – Member
Friend has one, it is a thing of beauty really, not my bag though

A thing of beauty? Good God no!
This is a thing of beauty! and a real racing car! to boot:

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Or possibly this?

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Or how about this?

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Now these are things of beauty!

Just recently I’ve seen a Maserati and a McLaren with those doors. Bit silly but these seem to be nicer designs (even though I’m not interested in cars and there’s so many posh ones park up in the market square other people don’t seem too interested either.) Bit of a vulgar display of wealth really, I guess people like that impress other people like that.