Thread: no more orange county choppers

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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

Originally Posted by Hombre259

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

Well Roland, one can only hope that all the drama was invented for TV..... Kind of scary to think it was "for real"

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.

[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.

Originally Posted by Gretsch

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.

You seem to have omitted spelling. An oversight, I`m sure.

Originally Posted by Gretsch

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 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 Ted

Originally Posted by ted dehaan

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 Ted

Nice job of skirting the spelling issue.

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!

Originally Posted by Nelly74

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!

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.