TV Shows...

[Donny]

I watching this same dude on TV now, the smooth talking (and boring by contemporary standards) long haired fellow that used to host 'Horsepower TV', now he's on a show called 'Gearz'. Well, first thing jumping out at me is all the product placement! Geez, I mean this stuff they are throwing around is very expensive! And, takes a WHILE for the average working Joe (me) to buy! What really is making me laugh is they are putting the whole Mercury Cougar together with thousands of dollars of new stuff and not Media Blasting the car shell! Amazing!

And, the show right before it Chop Cut Rebuild had a nice 69 Camaro which they put new floors and cowel in, and the fact they needed new quarters and wheelhouses they threw the car away and got Goodmark Industries to send over a new complete repop Camaro! Let me tell you first-hand, next door at the Upholstery shop they have one of these cars in there, and, we get a first hand look up close on this car with no owners around, and I assure you, the car fits together like a kids puzzle! Gaps abound, things don't fit properly, and, talk about HEAVY, jeez. It's not like we are wandering around in a car show where everyone is very nice (as it should be) even though we observe things we would do differently, or, not do at all -- and of course gather the inspiration to do our car that way when we saw that car at that car show the inspired us to do what we do now!

So, I say keep the shows like these coming, don't stop, but, as life brings nothing but change -- change is inevitable in all things, dump this Gearz guy, as I remember seeing him on Sunday morning car shows when I was a soldier in Germany, that was 15 yrs ago...and bring in fresh stuff like Graveyard Carz' concept show, showing (from what I can see) a fresh/new perspective that the average guy can do/afford, and, doing it right; that is get that car Media Blasted before you bolt thousands of dollars worth of stuff to it!

 

[Revhendo]

C'mon Donny, you know darn good and well that if someone was bankrolling your build you would be putting the bestest baddest newest whatchgottahaveit on. I've met Stacy David at SEMA a couple of times and he is one of the nicer more down to earth folks you could run into. (By the way, he hosted "Trucks"). He actually has on many occassions shown the low-buck way to do things. Things the regular joe could do at home. I agree that they seem like one unending commercial at times, but, if advertisers were throwing parts at you AND paying your mortgage, would you do any different?

Now as far as that silly Camaro thing....
Yep, them repop bodies need some fixing. Think of it this way, you know that Chevelle you're working on? Do those panels fit EXACTLY like the originals? Picture an entire car built of repop parts. A little off here, a little off there, it adds up to being alot off here and there. The old body wasn't "thrown away". It was set off to the side to be finished at another time. (It's the boss's car, we'll get to it eventually). The reason the Dynacorn body was brought in was strictly a time conserving move. Or, that's how it was percieved at the time. It took a buttload of off camera time to make it a nice car. The original car had only one quarter worth saving and we couldn't be caught up in the metal shop when we had so much else to do. Not to mention all of the mechanical details I had to work through on that project. You don't even want to know what Chop Cut Rebuild is doing to an original 69 Hemi Charger.

 

[Donny]

Wow, Rev, you sound like a very well informed source! I agree, if someone was floating cash to me to do a TV show, I'd do it too! I just like to see some stuff on TV that is 'real', too often a car is done in a week on TV (read 1 hr) and this is the most ridiculous un-real reality out there! I hope the panels fit good, I'm sub-contracting it out to a guy from www.paintshop101.com to hang the qtrs.

The little TV I do watch is not these types of shows, although I'd love to watch 'em often, just don't have the time. So, seeing this Gearz show today was sort of a deja-vu for me, like nothing has changed; same guy, talking the same way, doing the same stuff, I honestly thought things would have changed; but, I admit, I don't watch these shows-perhaps I should?

 

[Revhendo]

Hell Donny, I don't watch 'em, and I've been on a few. Why the hell should you? :rolling:

OK, actually I do watch some of them from time to time. It kinda keeps me up on some of the stuff that's going on in other realities and where some of the crap my customers suggest comes from.

Just keep in mind that TV can be a bunch of smoke and mirrors. But I will also put out there that if it makes what we do more visible to the general public, it also makes what we do more acceptable to the same public that would otherwise consider what we do, playing with junk.

Keep an eye on that silly Camaro build, I'm the retard trying to get the six speed to fit on the LS7.

 

[Donny]

Well, since you said to keep an eye on the Camaro, I shall. If I can just remember the name of the show, the channel, and time, I'm good to go. Was it Chop Cut Rebuild? And, can I assume you have some part in that show? I saw a guy hoisting a new 6 speed on/about that Camaro on today's show, was that you? All I can recall was the host speaking, the guy telling the host he put a new firewall/cowel in, and two Mexican Vato's in the truck with the new Camaro on the back.

 

[moparstuart]

i saw that camaro show and that body was nice for the a midwest cars I have to deal with , per-madonna's just threw it away ????? I was think just like you donny why was a good car body , now they have a kit car not a real car .

 

[Donny]

I know, they did the floors, put a new cowel in, heck, all they needed to do was put qtrs on it. Oh well, must be like the time when I was in the Army, in Korea, and Plasma TVs just came out, my COL had us go to the PX and buy like 7 of 'em for various places in the command HQ bldg, they were $7,000.00 per TV back in 2001. So, my little scope can't comprehend abandoning ship at that point, but, if the game field is bigger like it was in Korea, then go for it! Talk about product placement; getting the host to talk about the shop that makes Camaro body's; priceless!

 

[Revhendo]

Girls, girls, girls. Go back to my first post. The car was NOT thrown away. It is actually still in our possession. (The shop not the TV show). We have actually finished the body work on that body and it's waiting for a time when we can get to it or someone steps up and has to have their dream belly button built. It was just more of a time management call to bring in the new body. On the original car, we ended up replacing most everything but the left 1/4 panel and some inner structure. So, ultimately, the build that we did was more of a showcase about being able to build a complete car from aftermarket parts. It's not a perfect car, but it's a damn nice one and it's is a kick in the pants to drive.

Yes Donny, it is Chop Cut Rebuild. I actually only show up in a few episodes. I tried to keep away from the whole thing for the most part. Most of my on screen involvement was in the driveline install and the electrical. Off screen was a nose to nose conversation with the director and making sure my crew did their jobs correctly.

 

[Donny]

I bet there is hours and hours of tape that never makes it to TV. CCR is a good show, of the few that I know of, that one is one I'll plow my schedule for to watch.

 

[Revhendo]

LOL, I'm actually looking at that Gearz Cougar build right now.....

Yeah, there's alot that doesn't make the air.

 

[69 Runner]

So what was used for a VIN on the new Camaro body? The old one? If so, what will IT have for a VIN?

Inquiring minds want to know

 

[moparstuart]

So what was used for a VIN on the new Camaro body? The old one? If so, what will IT have for a VIN?

Inquiring minds want to know

:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:

 

[Revhendo]

The body actually comes with a manufacturers number. It's specific to that body. Here in the great confusion of California, you then get the completed vehicle inspected by the CHP, who then assign a registration number to it and rivet it to the body. (Much the same as getting a vehicle re-registered if the VIN tag is lost. Then, being the broke *** state that we are, you take all of your reciepts with you for every part, wait in line for two days at the beginning of the year to get a lottery number to register your vehicle as one of the 200 new specialty construction vehicles they register each year. (That includes custom bikes). Or something like that. It's not registered yet, to my knowledge.
Boss keeps talking about taking it to his house in AZ.

 

[Aussie Coronet]

I actually plan on doing my own 'Overhaulin' episode on Youtube with the Coronet, complete with the car being 'stolen', a Chip Foose impersonater and a 7 day build (condensed from however long it actually takes to appear to have taken 7 days).

I guarantee it will be as funny as a box full of funny things!

Probably call it 'DOWNUNDERHAULIN'

 

[69clone]

I actually plan on doing my own 'Overhaulin' episode on Youtube with the Coronet, complete with the car being 'stolen', a Chip Foose impersonater and a 7 day build (condensed from however long it actually takes to appear to have taken 7 days).

I guarantee it will be as funny as a box full of funny things!

Probably call it 'DOWNUNDERHAULIN'

Lol that will be awesome! haha

 

[moparstuart]

I actually plan on doing my own 'Overhaulin' episode on Youtube with the Coronet, complete with the car being 'stolen', a Chip Foose impersonater and a 7 day build (condensed from however long it actually takes to appear to have taken 7 days).

I guarantee it will be as funny as a box full of funny things!

Probably call it 'DOWNUNDERHAULIN'

sounds great , low budget and cheesy

 

[Revhendo]

I actually plan on doing my own 'Overhaulin' episode on Youtube with the Coronet, complete with the car being 'stolen', a Chip Foose impersonater and a 7 day build (condensed from however long it actually takes to appear to have taken 7 days).

I guarantee it will be as funny as a box full of funny things!

Probably call it 'DOWNUNDERHAULIN'

Does it include "Chip" being confused by the steering whell being on the wrong side?

 

[Aussie Coronet]

Nah, not a problem because my Coronet is still left hook, but as I am a champion taker of the piss, you can bet I'll find few dozen other ways to have a crack at the show and the genre in general....who knows, maybe the great man will see it and invite me over to appear on Overhaulin?

I'd love an opportunity to meet AJ..mmmmm.

Now, the hard job is to get my missus to play the role of her in 'Downunderhaulin' because she is very anti-car, the alternative is I'll have to do it myself and though I would probably look hot in tight jeans and a cropped t-shirt, I don't think I want video of it plastered all over the internet!:no:

 

[Revhendo]

Nah, not a problem because my Coronet is still left hook, but as I am a champion taker of the piss, you can bet I'll find few dozen other ways to have a crack at the show and the genre in general....who knows, maybe the great man will see it and invite me over to appear on Overhaulin?

I'd love an opportunity to meet AJ..mmmmm.

Now, the hard job is to get my missus to play the role of her in 'Downunderhaulin' because she is very anti-car, the alternative is I'll have to do it myself and though I would probably look hot in tight jeans and a cropped t-shirt, I don't think I want video of it plastered all over the internet!:no:

NOOOOOOO, we don't want to see that plastered on the internet either!!!
:rolling:
Hate to burst your bubble, but Chip ain't doing O'haul no more and the worse part is AJ is married to the producer. Outside of that, your gold, ponyboy....:grin: