For the Love of Cars: tonight 8pm on C4

[XTR2Turbo]

Was a bit of an advert for Harris Brothers too.

 

Fiat 500 tonight.

[SteveD]

Was a bit of an advert for Harris Brothers too.

 

Fiat 500 tonight.

seemed like a bunch of (insert your own word) to me ,

made me laugh when he said i machine my own pistons out of solid block of alloy , its a xflow wuv that you put a kent 234 cam in not a state of the art f1 engine , everything that can be done has been done to the xflow over the years nothings new just made me chuckle

[Lyonspride]

Ime sure when we saw the finished car, just before he jumped in and drove it out the workshop, it had no top hose on !

I think a lot of people forget that these things are filmed in a different order to which they may eventually appear on screen.

I noticed that and thought "that ain't gonna work mate"

[windy]

Restoration was too quick for my liking. Should have taken at least 7 years not weeks  

[Terry Everall]

Is yours finished yet Windy???

[Dibby]

Great program, took me back to my first car, a 1979 MkII Escort 1.3L. She was a year older than me. Drove her for 7 years, learnt basic spannering with my dad on the kerb and sold her on for what I paid for her. Wish I hadn't, the Pug 306 I bought after was built like Mr Potato Head.

 

Early Escorts had a lovely, safe balance for sliding round wet roundabouts with very little power. Always preferred the MkI RS2000 to the Mexico.

[Graham0127]

Nice to watch an uncomplicated tv show that even my wife enjoyed.Not quite the documentary type I was expecting,but good to see some guys enjoying their cars and most importantly having FUN !!!

Looking forward to this Sunday........Landies....my wife's favourite ..........God knows why ?

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Yeah, just watched it this evening, and quite enjoyed it. Would love to have seen the restoration itself, but it wouldn't have made particularly good TV. 

 

Much as as I like a good nuts and bolts type restoration program, I do enjoy these more general takes on the idea too, I don't mind if they're done dead straight, or humorously, as long as they actually respect and have appreciation for the subject - which most don't.

 

So far, this series looks promising, sure it's lighthearted, but there's genuine affection for the cars and the people. Looking forward to the next one.

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

there are some truly terrible car TV shows - this one was better than most and I enjoyed it but yes a bit more of the restoration would have made it better still

 

some of the worst shows are so scripted, once you have seen one show you have basically seen them all apart from the change of vehicles each week

[ALLADDIN]

The worse ones all seem to contain an ingredient called a Bernie

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

The worse ones all seem to contain an ingredient called a Bernie

 

The worst of the worst.

[Andy Banks]

Just watched the one with the Stag, anyone notice a certain Motorsports company in Northampton towards the end...?

 

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/for-the-love-of-cars/4od#3694559

[M444TTB]

Just watched the one with the Stag, anyone notice a certain Motorsports company in Northampton towards the end...?

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/for-the-love-of-cars/4od#3694559

People were endlessly telling NMS they'd been spotted when I was at Stoneleigh on Monday

[dhutch]

Might be one for 4od'ing sometime in the week.

Now I have a female housemate alongside Tehran colleague, the TV is on more, and we have to battle to keep it on engineering bent not 'celebrate get me out of this talent soap' although she does like storagehunters which is a new one on me.

Alternatively I might just go back to eating in my bedroom!

Daniel

[SootySport]

The worse ones all seem to contain an ingredient called a Bernie

WHAT!  

Oi pistonbroke, they are having a go at you