car SOS

[gov]

great episode this week on More 4 - 74 year old suffering from Parkinsons duped by cowboy car restorers who conned him out of £25k supposedly restoring his 1961 Austin Healey 3000 Tim and Fuzz stepped in to rebuild it - heart rendering to see but as always with a happy ending at the reveal as for the car - what a beautiful machine well worth a watch on catch up

[blunderthumbs]

Hope the guys (Cowboys) who ripped him off to the tune of 25k were watching. I'd be going back to them for some compensation after watching that.

[Chippie]

I really felt sorry for the old guy, complete cowboys who did half a restoration that had to be redone by the car SOS team, a shame he couldn’t manage to drive it but at least he still had some fire in his belly asking Fuzz to redline it

[firebobby]

Great program, Fuzz really knows his stuff. I find Tim a bit hard to stomach sometimes though.
Be nice if the cowboys could be named and shamed

[DPG]

I love SoS. Is this episode available online/catch-up?

[pvr]

It was a good one. Cannot believe he had been charged that for it, horrible. Should not be that challenging to find who the cowboys were as there aren't many restorers for that type of car.

Amazing knowledge by Fuzz and explains it all well.

[TitanTim]

Watched it last night and was pretty moving and for the poor chaps daughter.

I imagine if he had finished the car himself it would have failed it's MOT otherwise a death trap

Great episode.

Tim.

[Mr Tidy]

Great program, Fuzz really knows his stuff. I find Tim a bit hard to stomach sometimes though.

Yes, I always enjoy watching Car SOS, but like you tI find Tm's antics a bit cringeworthy sometimes!

[Pondrew]

I do like Car Sausage but as others have said I don't like the "see how Tim can get a bargain/ stuff for free" c*ap.
I wonder what sort of contract/ conditions the participants have to sign with the production company before they start with a resto?
The one that started me thinking about this was the AC Aceca they did a while ago. It was a pile of rust in the old boy's garage. An hour (of TV magic) later it was potentially a £100k, ultra-rare restored car. What's to stop him (or more likely his family) selling it off to the highest bidder a week later?

[AnilS]

Show is good but spoilt by Tim.

I've met Fuzz. True gent.

[Zed Baron]

You should do some reading up on Tim, he's a decent chap. How much in TV air time (and direct to the right target audience) is the programme worth to these small bespoke companies that they really advertise, without Car SOS they probably would remain in obscurity. The programme has a clever format and its nice to see some deserving people get something and I've read that some of the cars have even gone to auction for charity once the owners have died. Well done Fuzz and Tim, great TV!

[buzyg]

I do like Car Sausage but as others have said I don't like the "see how Tim can get a bargain/ stuff for free" c*ap.
I wonder what sort of contract/ conditions the participants have to sign with the production company before they start with a resto?
The one that started me thinking about this was the AC Aceca they did a while ago. It was a pile of rust in the old boy's garage. An hour (of TV magic) later it was potentially a £100k, ultra-rare restored car. What's to stop him (or more likely his family) selling it off to the highest bidder a week later?

They have certainly done a few prenups. But that is not what the show is about. It would ruin the credibility of the whole format, if people started selling on the more expensive restorations after the show. They make it clear in some of the episodes, that an agreement is in place, so I'm sure there is something for most, if not all. But at the end of the day I see nothing wrong with the deserving people chosen passing on, what is a gift from the show, to their loved ones or best mate. The point of the show is they deserve the gift in the first place. Mike Brewer does a similar type of thing with his trading up format. No problem with it. It's good TV and deserving people benefit from it, along with all the small companies that get their skills/products endorsed.

[firebobby]

I met Fuzz a few years ago at a car meet, he's a really nice bloke and I had a good chat with him.
I asked him if the show would be interested in doing up my GT6, and mentioned that I had a splinter in my hand (sob story) but he just laughed.
He's been into the classic car scene for many years.

[Ming]

He was also the drummer with The Beat in the 80's. Very diverse range of talents

[Mr Tidy]

Did anyone watch it this week with the Lancia Fulvia?

It looks like the owner got bolted up with a shiny bodge-job when he bought it in 1983, so it was great to see it restored properly!