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Not a fan of electric cars but the first episode was interesting. A Karman Ghia conversion. Looked half decent.
Not a fan of electric cars but the first episode was interesting. A Karman Ghia conversion. Looked half decent.
waynecyclist said:
It was something to watch but seemed very dumbed down.
£30k to me is madness plus why 3 months to convert if most parts are off the shelf, interesting that they had the adaptor plate machined in China as cheaper.
Also after spending £30k you end up with a car with no luggage space.
Or spare wheel£30k to me is madness plus why 3 months to convert if most parts are off the shelf, interesting that they had the adaptor plate machined in China as cheaper.
Also after spending £30k you end up with a car with no luggage space.
waynecyclist said:
£30k to me is madness plus why 3 months to convert if most parts are off the shelf, interesting that they had the adaptor plate machined in China as cheaper.
That did seem a long time to me, too. I guess some of it is just more realistic than the other shows that can grab a load of stuff, send it out for chrome plating, and have it back in under eight weeks. Some of it will be making the custom parts - that adaptor plate from China being a good example - it might have been cheaper, but I bet there's a few weeks of waiting for it to arrive. There was a couple of weeks of test driving it to check for problems and get everything calibrated, too. I imagine the next time they do a Karmann, it will be quicker.The price would put me off, too, but then I've been watching some old editions of Fantom Works where they actually tell you the cost of the work, and it just reminds me how out of touch I am with paying other people to work on cars.
Ah, I thought Pedro was a production 'plant'.
Mrs B recently had her 500 electrified by ECC. We did not deal with Pedro, nor any other 'customer relations' person during the build.
Her car took 5 months to do - during lockdown for much of it. It underwent 400+ miles of testing and is laugh out loud enjoyable.
Mrs B recently had her 500 electrified by ECC. We did not deal with Pedro, nor any other 'customer relations' person during the build.
Her car took 5 months to do - during lockdown for much of it. It underwent 400+ miles of testing and is laugh out loud enjoyable.
droopsnoot said:
That did seem a long time to me, too. I guess some of it is just more realistic than the other shows that can grab a load of stuff, send it out for chrome plating, and have it back in under eight weeks. Some of it will be making the custom parts - that adaptor plate from China being a good example - it might have been cheaper, but I bet there's a few weeks of waiting for it to arrive. There was a couple of weeks of test driving it to check for problems and get everything calibrated, too. I imagine the next time they do a Karmann, it will be quicker.
The price would put me off, too, but then I've been watching some old editions of Fantom Works where they actually tell you the cost of the work, and it just reminds me how out of touch I am with paying other people to work on cars.
Fantom works often take ages as well. It's easy to miss the 'Day 425' logo at the bottom of the screen.The price would put me off, too, but then I've been watching some old editions of Fantom Works where they actually tell you the cost of the work, and it just reminds me how out of touch I am with paying other people to work on cars.
Watching this right now. Sacrilege!!! I'm no Fiat 500 fan, but why the actual f
k would you butcher a classic car like that & put a washing machine engine that takes 6 hours to charge in it????
And as for the muppet 'mechanic' who can't cut a hole with a hole saw, uses a sanding machine with no safety specs, & fks up a simple interference fit coupling.....
Sorry, but this show is lame....
k would you butcher a classic car like that & put a washing machine engine that takes 6 hours to charge in it????And as for the muppet 'mechanic' who can't cut a hole with a hole saw, uses a sanding machine with no safety specs, & f
ks up a simple interference fit coupling..... Sorry, but this show is lame....Blib said:
Ah, I thought Pedro was a production 'plant'.
Mrs B recently had her 500 electrified by ECC. We did not deal with Pedro, nor any other 'customer relations' person during the build.
Her car took 5 months to do - during lockdown for much of it. It underwent 400+ miles of testing and is laugh out loud enjoyable.
Did they do a good job? It looked like they knew what they were doing, but there wasn’t much detail on the electrical installation. Mrs B recently had her 500 electrified by ECC. We did not deal with Pedro, nor any other 'customer relations' person during the build.
Her car took 5 months to do - during lockdown for much of it. It underwent 400+ miles of testing and is laugh out loud enjoyable.
Biker 1 said:
Watching this right now. Sacrilege!!! I'm no Fiat 500 fan, but why the actual fk would you butcher a classic car like that & put a washing machine engine that takes 6 hours to charge in it????
And as for the muppet 'mechanic' who can't cut a hole with a hole saw, uses a sanding machine with no safety specs, & fks up a simple interference fit coupling..... Sorry, but this show is lame....
I was shocked at him working under the car only supported on a jack with no axle stands.k would you butcher a classic car like that & put a washing machine engine that takes 6 hours to charge in it????And as for the muppet 'mechanic' who can't cut a hole with a hole saw, uses a sanding machine with no safety specs, & f
ks up a simple interference fit coupling..... Sorry, but this show is lame....12TS said:
Did they do a good job? It looked like they knew what they were doing, but there wasn’t much detail on the electrical installation.
They did a very clean and tidy job. We've had a few interested and knowledgeable people give it the once over. They've all been impressed by the work.Biker 1 said:
Watching this right now. Sacrilege!!! I'm no Fiat 500 fan, but why the actual fk would you butcher a classic car like that & put a washing machine engine that takes 6 hours to charge in it????
And as for the muppet 'mechanic' who can't cut a hole with a hole saw, uses a sanding machine with no safety specs, & fks up a simple interference fit coupling..... Sorry, but this show is lame....
I missed the first minute or so (despite watching on +1!); did the owner say she'd paid £25,000 for it?k would you butcher a classic car like that & put a washing machine engine that takes 6 hours to charge in it????And as for the muppet 'mechanic' who can't cut a hole with a hole saw, uses a sanding machine with no safety specs, & f
ks up a simple interference fit coupling..... Sorry, but this show is lame....It had been laid up because on her first 20 minute drive she "blew up" the engine! It turns out it wasn't "blown up" after all and the converters sold it on for £1200(?)
I'm not convinced about their expertise when the guy referred to the disc brakes and 5-speed box on this early 60s 500D. BTW, still registered as a 499cc petrol engined car, so I hope the lady owner doesn't get hit with congestion charges etc.
One small query; there was no mention of heating or demisting. I assume the original blowers would still be there, if an early Fiat 500 had such luxuries.
CanAm said:
I missed the first minute or so (despite watching on +1!); did the owner say she'd paid £25,000 for it?
It had been laid up because on her first 20 minute drive she "blew up" the engine! It turns out it wasn't "blown up" after all and the converters sold it on for £1200(?)
I'm not convinced about their expertise when the guy referred to the disc brakes and 5-speed box on this early 60s 500D. BTW, still registered as a 499cc petrol engined car, so I hope the lady owner doesn't get hit with congestion charges etc.
One small query; there was no mention of heating or demisting. I assume the original blowers would still be there, if an early Fiat 500 had such luxuries.
She paid £26,000 for it at Historics in May 2018 https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2018-0...It had been laid up because on her first 20 minute drive she "blew up" the engine! It turns out it wasn't "blown up" after all and the converters sold it on for £1200(?)
I'm not convinced about their expertise when the guy referred to the disc brakes and 5-speed box on this early 60s 500D. BTW, still registered as a 499cc petrol engined car, so I hope the lady owner doesn't get hit with congestion charges etc.
One small query; there was no mention of heating or demisting. I assume the original blowers would still be there, if an early Fiat 500 had such luxuries.
I wouldn't want to drive LHD in central London and she didn't look to have off street parking or a home charger.
I thought the hole cutting was appalling, but not only that, leaving an exposed metal edge without primer/paint and then just screwing those plastic glands into it. They did the same with the charging point hole on the front, a huge amount of bare exposed metal and they pushed a rubber moulding onto it without any corrosion protection. It all came across as a very amateurish bodge, despite the cutting edge (yeah, that'll be left exposed to rust) engineering narrative. And as for £17k, I just couldn't see it. Poor, very poor.
Edited by 21st Century Man on Friday 3rd July 11:31
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