Overhaulin'

Tom F OHIO

Tom F OHIO

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Has anyone watched the show called Overhaulin??? I have not seen them do a Model "A" yet but they do different old cars. They say it is done in 7 Days. Pretty neat show on how they do things. They will strip a car down to the bare and in seven days it will look like a show car.

Tom..
 
I enjoy the show but I don't think antique cars are Chip Foose's cup of tea. He's a muscle car guy and likes to add his modern flair when doing restorations with his own artistic touch and modern power, drivability and safety features added. I think they do pretty good work and are especially a cut above some of the other surprise customize my ride type of shows. Resto mods are cool and he's rightfully made a name for himself but he's not in the business of doing a straight restoration back to completely original looks and equipment.
 
They did a tudor with the top chopped off to look like a phaeton as mentioned. It was funny to watch it turned into one of the hardest builds they did. The car started with a mazda 4 cyl. I believe they put a y block into it and it was finished black with red and white checkerboard firewall.
 
I watched the show when they did a 56 cadillac. They sure did a nice
job. That Chip Foose can sure draw a mean picture of what the car
is going to look like.
 
I wish I could draw half as good as chip. The model a they did was nice I just wished they put a flathead in it.
 
There was an episode where they did a '40 coupe that the family knew the owner didn't want a hotrod, he wanted to restore it. They still did some funky stuff to it (weird paint) and I seem to recall the guy wasn't all that terribly excited about the finished product.

I always wonder what the quality of the build is if they do all that crap in a week's time. I know they have some of the best people in the industry working on it but still, corners have to be cut somewhere.

There hasn't been a new episode in three years.
-Tim
 
They showed some engine shop building it, supposedly it only took a few hours. And yes its all done for t.v. instead of them upgrading the chassis they bought a complete 32 rolling chassis for it.
 
No matter what they work on and deliver in 7 days I'd like to see how the paint/body work looks one year later. I just don't understand how the dry time works out on these jobs.
 
You should see one of these cars in person. They look good on TV but have obvious shortcomings in person. I was at the Barrett-Jackson auction one year and one of the Overhaulin cars was on the sale list.

A lot of little goof ups here & there and the end result looks better on TV than in real life. Not unlike the girl that look pretty good after a few beers but looks homely when sober!
 
There is only so much that they can show on a 1 hour show, and then they screw around wasting half the show making stupid phone calls or acting out a bunch of assinine pranks. I would rather see some real action in the garage, like running brake lines or redoing some wiring or something related to the rebuild of the car. Anybody that has the money can go out and buy a crate motor or a bunch of new parts and replace them. IMHO, I dont want to see a classic muscle car with some 22 or 24 inch Gangsta rims.
 
Here's the "phaeton". It was on eBay last April - $100K opening bid with a reserve. Zero bids.

When asked if a car could be built in 7 days, Foose said it would take 30 people working 16 hours a day. Keep in mind the show is entertainment that has to appeal to a general audience, not just gearheads - hence the pranks and less actual work than car folks might like to see.
 

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Best thing about that car is the Y-block motor, but otherwise it looks like any other car you'd see at a rod run, even down to the cliche red wheels.
 
I wonder if the taxes one has to pay on the 1099 is more than the car is worth. I guess that 1099 was for 100k and it was put on the auction site to prove differently. The 56 Cadillac was restored to original if I remember correctly.
 
When growing up and in high school, outside of my father the largest 'mentor(s)' that impacted my career was working for the Pigford brothers who are/were fanatical car craftsmen that have collectively won numerous awards both in racing and in building high-end cars. One of those individuals was Roy Pigford who was the featured builder on the Overhaulin' episode where they rebuilt Lance Armstrong's GTO. According to Roy, the facts that happened "in the real" during the build, ...and what we were lead to believe as facts on TV show were pretty much totally opposite! He also discussed similar scenarios with the former show American Hot Rod featuring the late Boyd Coddington since he & Boyd were personal friends.

This same reality TV nonsense has been discussed here regarding American Pickers by what really happens, and recently I was up at Craig Riker's (Model A plater) in Toledo and he was discussing some occurances he had first-hand knowledge of which happened on the show American Restoration. I'm sure if we knew more about those pawn shop shows and all of the other "reality" shows we would soon realize there is very little Reality, or realism in anything they are portraying to us in the show. The problem is that 99% of their viewers are very 'gullible' and believe whatever they watch is fact. BTW, did you know that the word 'Gullible' is not in the dictionary? If you don't believe, go look for it up for yourself!!

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Its said it takes 2 weeks of filming for one pickers episode and its loaded with pre-production planning - site scouting interviews etc.
How else do u explain the camera crew in the yard of a guy filming him rolling his wheelbarrow around and those guys pull up "randomly" and get out to ask if he has stuff for sale. Camera in barn as door opened first time in years to see them crawl in.

There was a big fuss over that car buildoff challenge were the pro team vs a small auto shops build a custom for george barris mike d and jimmy shine to judge winner. The southern boys followed the test cads and filmed mechanics fixing the pros car. And sued for fraud. U can goggle the details
 
BRENT in 10-uh-C said:
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This same reality TV nonsense has been discussed here regarding American Pickers by what really happens, and recently I was up at Craig Riker's (Model A plater) in Toledo and he was discussing some occurances he had first-hand knowledge of which happened on the show American Restoration. I'm sure if we knew more about those pawn shop shows and all of the other "reality" shows we would soon realize there is very little Reality, or realism in anything they are portraying to us in the show. The problem is that 99% of their viewers are very 'gullible' and believe whatever they watch is fact. BTW, did you know that the word 'Gullible' is not in the dictionary? If you don't believe, go look for it up for yourself!!

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You hit the nail on the head here. I'm guilty of watching Storage Wars and a couple other 'reality' shows, but if you watch said reality show with a grain of salt it helps show where things are scripted and pre-planned.

IRT Deadliest Roads last night showed Hugh hauling a load of fireworks. He just happens to come across a couple small fires in the middle of the road, he just happens to drive thru the fire, and just happens to catch part of his truck on fire. Coincidence with fire and a load of fireworks? Hell no. :)

American Pickers suck. Blatantly fake show and they couldn't have had 2 anymore annoying people ride around in that Mercedes Van.
 
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