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I think I've seen this posted everywhere lately.
I've never seen the show,as we have basic cable.
 
In its beginning the whole thing turned me off. Buying cars, putting some repair parts on 'em just to to flip them one at a time wasn't appealing. Having seen more recent shows, Edd's way of doing things impressed me. Hope to see more of him.
 
I remember the inner door in the plenum on some P-car where the lever had come adrift of the shaft. Finally found the part from a wreck.
I think at the point I had found that, I would have been drilling and pinning the part to the shaft.
Once you figured out proper component orientation, that is.


The one thing that really bugged me was taking all those obviously rusty bits off, and putting them back on, when there was a perfectly good blast cabinet along the back wall.

Of course none of that holds a candle to Jesse James's show where they were doing a hot rod and an 8BA Flathead Ford (49-51), but heads are the identifier, and it could have been 52-53 (EAB), truck (8RT), or Merc (8CM).
They had a massive water leak out the front of the right head below the distributor mount. Pulled it apart and were trying to figure out how to block the water passage...then I saw the gasket they were holding.
It was either a LH gasket or a 48-earlier. The RH gasket was much longer to cover that water port.
Morons.
 
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The one thing that really bugged me was taking all those obviously rusty bits off, and putting them back on, when there was a perfectly good blast cabinet along the back wall.
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That always bothered me too... or when they'd say "got to leave something for the next owner to do." I get it, but not when you have the part out of the car, why not attend to things.
 
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These shows never seem to have a "continuity" person. Sort of like movies, where the B-17 takes off, C-47 on climbout, B-24 in formation, and who knows what on landing.

So.

Overhaulin'. When these supposedly top rate jobs are shown...and the trim around the headlamps and across the front of the bonnet...and the RH side is not only not level, but no where close to lining up (63 Nova). Or the Chevelle, wasn't it...schoolteacher...and the headliner is hanging loose, visors missing, you can see it in the final delivery drive. Then there is the Lotus...that they changed how it looked, added what, a Porsche EFI....and last I heard is STILL doesn't run.
Fantom Works...the amount of money they charge (and sure, it's a "reality TV" show), and remember the 64 Chevy convertible..some guy in Iraq, his mother arranged the rebuild....what was it, $96K...and when they drove it, the side trim on the front wing did not line up with the trim on the door. Heck, even I know how to fix that...done it...trimming the rotating clips.

How many have you seen with hubcaps wobbling?

How hard is it to get the brakes to work on a WWII Jeep, anyway? How many real shops throw a drum on without turning it? Most folks know if the supply house stores the boxes on end, the drums will warp. Supposed to be stored flat.

How many times can a shop install an electric fuel pump backwards and still think it's funny?

Don't even get me started on Gas Monkey Garage.

SOMEBODY NOT involved with the rebuild needs to come in and look at the car before it's "done".

Why does Foose remove almost all outside rearview mirrors and think the DMV will be happy about that?
 
I like the early shows! There's more Edd in them, sometimes being quute creative about the repairs.
 
I'm eager to see what he finally does. Looks like a lot of options out there.
 
Maybe he'll team up w/ James May for an episode or two on "The Reassembler"
 
Those two would be brilliant together.
 
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