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hey PAT MCCARTHY proposed a engine building food eating show, how many would watch,? i would ask my girlfriend my two favorite things are cars and food beer and her fall somewhere next, haha i propose a show where they scrounge for parts like all of do, bbq , and break stuff, no expensive tools nobody can afford like that stacy david show, some thing needs to be on tv to watch, the first few seasons of occ was okay but how many ways can you build a chopper ???
ever see the british show wheeler dealers? they take older cars and do enough work to make them sound and flip[ em. Now I really don't know how much money they are talking about when they say pounds or quit but I have a rough Idea. a show like that but with old hot rods that get refurbioshed
A British pound is about a buck and a half, so when they say 1,000 lbs they are talking about $1,500 or there abouts. A Quid is slang for a pound.
OCC got old I agree, but it was a gear head show so we don't really need to lose to many o0f those. OCC was no loss though. Interseting how Senior is takeing junior to court over money. I don't have a clue about any of the details but when family has to file suit in court it can't be a good thing.
Great line in a western Movie about money, the movie is Conager (sp) and Sam Elliot when asked why the bad guys are doing what bad guys and is told "Its about the money" Elliot response is "Money-- God help us if thats all it is"
RS
My problem is that I would watch a show, where they talk about the "plan" for a project maybe trips to swap meets, or buying used parts they found...discussion of why they made the choices they did.... some interesting tips on the construction and assembly....and the fun they might have at shows and races afterward.
What I won't watch is shows where they fight amongst each other....throw tools because they are mad....play games with people while they do a quick build without the owner's permission.... or follow them to a volleyball game, or other unrelated crap.
I guess this is why I don't watch them any more.
Yeah, no great loss on losing that show..... Just more made for TV drama crap anyway.
Dave, I think you hit the nail on the head with your comment about "Made for TV drama crap" Isn't it interesting that no matter which one of those so called "reality" shows that are on they MUST have some required amount of drama?
It's like none of the things have a story strong enough to stand on there own, so they just invent a little drama......
Roland
:LOL::LOL:Well Roland, one can only hope that all the drama was invented for TV..... Kind of scary to think it was "for real":eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hombre259
and to those not involved with chopper or Hot Rod building, is this how they would perceive all of us?????
wile we are on the subject of reality shows did you know that Phil harris captain of the cornelia marie on the deadliest catch died of a massive stroke at st. paul island died onboard ttoo bad he was a good captain r.i.p phill.....ted
Wonderful use of caps, sentence structure, and punctuation Ted.
I enjoy Sunday mornings on the Speed network such as Stacey David's Gearz and Cut Chop Rebuild, just wish they were longer shows.
I also wish they made more episodes of Gearz and Chop Cut Rebuild.I set my DVR to record these shows and there is never any I haven't seen!!argh!
[QUOTE=Gretsch;377888]Wonderful use of caps, sentence structure, and punctuation Ted. QUOTE]
Who needs caps, sentence structure and punctuation? That was for English class in school at least 40 years ago. We're gearheads more interested in cars, trucks, boats, etc. I think all of us understood Ted's message just fine.
BTW, for proper punctuation and sentence structure, shouldn't 'Ted' be used at the beginning of your sentence and it isn't necessary to use a , after structure. :)
Those are good shows. Also, Two Guys Garage (since Bryan Fuller joined) and PowerBlock have some good episodes. All these show that a gearhead show can be made without all the phony "drama" and screaming. Bryan was chopping a 33 Ford on today's episode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly74
Overhaulin is my favorite TV show. It's fun and Chip is not only an amazing talent, he seems like a very nice guy.
Mike - don't get me started on the "how the web, email, and texting has made us lazy" topic... But I enjoyed your shot nonetheless. ;)
Huh - didn't realize Gearz has so few shows? I just began watching. I am spoiled by the many network websites which offer full episode streaming. Speed looks to only offer snippets of each episode? Can't imagine bandwidth and storage price is an issue.... maybe it's a sponsorship/advert thing.
Being new to this world, any step-by-step How-To's are more than welcome.
I'll run a search on Overhaulin' and a few others which were mentioned.
EDIT:
Episodes of Overhaulin are here, though one needs to register which looks free?
http://www.yidio.com/show/overhaulin
Gearz - but for a fee of 1.99 through amazon - anything to make a buck....
http://www.clicker.com/tv/gearz/
Yeah, that show was really lame the last time I saw it. I think Sr thought he was some kind of action star; building the project was not the focus anymore. I'd like to see them pick a different boneyard each week, and build a car out of nothing but yard parts. Maybe have two teams doing it and race them at the end.
I don't even watch TV anymore, My shop is kept at 70 degrees so I spend my evenings in the shop.
bring back junkyard wars .. occ good riddence
yep. it's good thing the show is gone.. for an episode a few years ago, they came to the ski slope I used to work in, and came thru the dept I worked in.. while, they wearn't 'nice' they weren't like the show.. so most of the drama was fake..
I have a few junkyard wars I recorded way back when... scrapheap challange is still going in the UK. can watch them online, just search it
ive got no use for tv.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce lee
that's what my computer is for.
i come to places like this and learn instead.
p.s.
i never did learn how to type.
that must explain the no caps.
You seem to have omitted spelling. An oversight, I`m sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gretsch
Zing and Zing! :LOL:
I'm hurt guys, really....
I guess I missed this post somehow and I want apologize for not measuring up to your high literary standards.But you see I only have one finger that ever learned how to type. and sometimes it forgets to stand on the shift pedal. mostly because it grew up and was raised along with the other 9 rapped around wrenches, cutting and welding torches,steering wheels of go carts, race cars, air planes, motorcycles, boats, gun triggers, deep sea fishing rods and silly stuff like that and of course there share of cold beer and hot chicks.your post makes me think your on the wrong forum maybe you should go back to exploring your feminine side and writing to dear abby (better watch your caps and sentence structure she can be tough) HAVE A NICE DAY .......ted sorry that's TedQuote:
Originally Posted by Gretsch
Ha - nice! Definitely on the right forum!
This thread turning into a drama like American Chopper.
Just stumbled onto Classic Industries USA youtube site. Pretty cool.
In case it hasn't been previously posted:
http://www.youtube.com/user/classici.../4/HgqDZWqi7vQ
Man don't stop them now, my Popcorn is ready.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickomatic
RS
All cars made of fiberglass are ki....err Hot Rods.:HMMM:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hombre259
Nice job of skirting the spelling issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by ted dehaan
Ted, I'm sure you have more knowledge of working with tools they a lot of guys on this site for sure I'm one.
I have been keeping a daily journal for the last 9 years and I have only missed a few days of no entries, a couple of those times I fell asleep. My daughter wanted me to just write a few things each day, at that time we had one grandson, now we have three. They would be able to read about what I was doing and have something to look back on. I said I could not do anything like that. I was a terrible student in School, I still have trouble with English and it was my hardest Subject and that was the only one that I really tried to understand. I was lost with adverbs, adjectives, adjunctive, conjunctions, pronouns and so forth. The other classes I just wasn't interested in so I didn’t study, I just thought I was so cool it didn't matter.
In my Journal I write about the day’s events and so many times at my age it really comes in handy, if I want to know what happened on a certain day I just look back through the pages and I have the answers. Even though the grammar is not always correct I think they will be able to tell what I'm saying.
My Wife says I use too many comas but it's the best I can do.
I encouraged my daughter to be a very good student and her best Subject was English.
My daughter has written for small town papers, then went on to have her own edition for a Major City, Newspaper.
Today at 63, I want to learn as much as I can about everything relating to home repair to save money. I have always worked on cars but I have never been satisfied with my knowledge, so I’m always checking the sites, looking through magazines. 1988 I drove a 41 Chevy Coupe Street Rod, to Wyoming 1000 miles each way to take a class in Auto upholstering just for my own cars. Unfortunately I had an injury to top all of the other injuries over the previous years and it became hard for me to do what I want but I still have the desire and the dreams. I have a 50 Ford 4 dr. project car that is a driver; I bought it after the previous owner cut the top and lost interest. I have always wanted to cut a top but didn’t have the guts to make the first cut; this car is already at the point of no return. I would like to try to make a Carson top for it, I scour the Internet trying to get as much information as possible. My computer is full of car pictures that I have saved from people working on their projects.
My daughter’s husband is a graduate of one of the most recognized colleges around the Country. I don’t have anything to do with him, I found out real fast that I couldn’t tell him, or show him anything, he claims to be smarter then 98% of the Worlds population. He has not worked for 4 years, my daughter has, so what good does it do for him to be so smart if he does not use his knowledge.
I had a question posted on another site, it had nothing to do with cars but I asked if anyone had this happen to them, that I described happened to me. I started getting opinions and some were rather in a smart-ass manner. I made the mistake of stating I wasn’t asking for opinions then the smart ass’s came on board.
When I was a kid hanging around car guys, someone would refer to a Motor in a car and someone would say a Motor is run by electricity and an Engine is run by gas. Today both are used and it sounds better for me to say Motor but which is correct?
I’ve said it a few times for sure, there are a lot of intelligent people on this site and as I’ve always told my daughter, you don’t have to tell a person how smart you are, people will see that by the way you speak.
The Original Thread was about OCC. I liked the show in the beginning and I even have a OCC Tee Shirt my Wife bought for me. Then it started going way off from trying to show the skills of working with metal, and the paint jobs.
I like it when Bob P. uses big words; I go to the dictionary to find the meaning. A lot can be learned from smart people. So rather then put someone down, why not just try to get the information that you need.
One more thing, I have yet to see any of the really smart guys on this site put someone down.
Richard
Very well said Richard!!! :D..I'm somewhat new here and I can relate about the smart a****. I have left other sites because of that issue. Too bad some people can't just help out instead of criticizing! And by the way your writing looks just fine to me!....CR
sorry I rubbed so many people the wrong way from now on I won't post or make any comments ....ted
You didn't do anything wrong. You have been on this site for along time, if you want to say something say it. People may not like what I said. I wasn't trying to be mean just pointing out that people should respect each other.
Richard
I agree x2 - your first post was to the point and accurate, expressing sympathy for the passing of a fellow man. I'm OK with no caps and some missing comma's and periods to gain insight into answers. I hope you continue to play in this sandbox, Ted.Quote:
Originally Posted by ford2custom
My sister lives close to them and my brother in law told me before the show not too many people knew who they were and maybe they will fade away now.
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Originally Posted by ted dehaan
Ted, you didn't!!! And don't leave, unless you want to!
I find there is some people on here think in their own minds that they are better or smarter then most. Which is not the case!
Before I had the internet I never typed, or wrote, I leaned by going onto web sites, my wife still tells me I'm doing it wrong, and I use spell check all the time. I like you used my fingers for other stuff! and now typing, if someone on here don't like it and makes remarks, and they do! It just shows that I am better person then them!
I can do many things other than just work on cars, which I do myself and don't pay someone else to do it for me. I don't need the pat on the back from the so called "Experts" that think their way is the only way, to know what kind of work I do. I find that the experts don't know half of what they say. I am a experienced technician in many things, Not in only one field!!!
So don't let them get to you, they only think their better because they post more, or pay a membership to think their better than everyone else. I find the more posting #'s, the more they BS you.
That is not everyone on here, just a bunch that think it's their site to run, and some that can't play well with others, but there is alot of good people on here that will help you with things you need to know, or want to talk about, just ignore the idiots & smart a$$'s.
And I have seen many times the so called "smart guys" cut people down, or talk down to people!
Have a Good Day! Ted
Pat
Keep doing what you've been doing Ted! If they can't or won't read your posts, their misfortune!..:D...CRQuote:
Originally Posted by ted dehaan
i'm just a red neck farm boy who builds streetrods for a living . i leave the teaching to my bride who teaches 1st grade. i don't come to hotrod sites for english lessons in the first place. i come to talk cars and they don't care how i spell it. :3dSMILE:
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Yeah Ted, I wouldn't let it bother you. It's the whole internet experience anymore. Sometimes a friendly ribbing can come off bad when typed by people who don't write for a living also. Just my 2 cents.