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General TR TR6 on Fantomworks tonight at 8 O'clock EST

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I was a bit disappointed because they didn't set forth exactly what they did to the engine or how they brought up the finish - I assume with polishing compound. That yellow paint (Primrose?) wasn't bad - it made the car look long and low. Most TR6s you see are red,green or that cocoa brown color. I'm glad they put in tan seats. Black seats are hot as blazes in the summer.They did a great job on the VW and that owner was a real jerk.
 
It is probably just me, but I find very little substance in the current crop of TV reality shows, be they car restoration or whatever. Drama, bleeped expletives, photos shown at warp speed, and obnoxious music are used as a substitute for content. There was no mention of the typical problems peculiar to the TR6 (crankshaft thrust washers, clutch release, rear hubs, diff mounts, frame rust, etc) that would be addressed. Maybe I expect too much from that type of show. Berry
 
I watch about 45 secs and had seen enough
The fact he hadn't seen primrose before.
You can't throw a rock at a pack of 6's w/o hitting a primrose one
 
The bill for all their work was about $5K, which was very reasonable considering the so called engine, transmission rebuild. A major concern for the shop was the various shades of tan on the interior. It looked like they used black door cards, I'm not sure about the rest of the car. It would have been better if they stated what they ended up doing with the "off" color interior, and if it was OK with the owners.
Scott in CA
 
Did anyone notice they removed the rubber bumperettes off the finished product? I think the car came out nicely, but not sure the original was a candidate for a "frame off - every nut and bolt" restoration.
 
titanic said:
It is probably just me, but I find very little substance in the current crop of TV reality shows, be they car restoration or whatever. Drama, bleeped expletives, photos shown at warp speed, and obnoxious music are used as a substitute for content...
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Yeah, there is a lot of that, but there are some good ones also. Wheeler Dealer, Pawn Stars, Rick's Restorations and American Pickers come to mind.
 
Did anyone else think the "bad paint" mostly looked like someone just smeared mud/grease on it?
 
I have followed this show a bit, and it seems that many of the customers are shocked by the bill.....he may be giving an initial estimate, but it seems that he rarely updates the cost when new items are added to the bill. I could not believe the $100K cost for the 1965 Impala Conv. Hagerty listed a #1 conv. at $50K....Why spend 100K, when it would only be worth 50K when it is done?
 
I had hopes for that episode and was disappointed, but considering I'd only watched the previous one, whatever...

Let's see, the smeared paint, unoriginal mis-matched interior and top after the sermon on originality, and the smoke blowing out of the tail pipe did it for me. I don't think the TR6 owner was a member of a club or had ever looked at a TRF catalog.
 
Everything on those shows is completely scripted. A local Mopar restoration expert I know will be on AmPickers and they totally fabricated a backstory after they had already bought a rare Dodge. Most of the shows rely heavily on the same formula: making a diamond out of a lump of coal under the stress of a timeline (which is fabricated), a budget (fake) and totally scripted conflict.

I watch all the shows, but I DVR them, so when they suck and don't show anything (like the TR6 episode), I can blaze through them. It's also the only way to watch Overhaulin', which actually does show much of the work on cars in between the segments about which I have zero interest.

Wheeler Dealers is still my fav, since they show the basics of the most common trouble areas of the cars. I've done so many of the same tasks on the same cars as Edd China. (Although I was able to get my rear exhaust header out of my Ferrari GT4 through the bottom, while Edd couldn't. That's my one victory!!!)
 
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