Dallas Car Sharks

RobertB

RobertB

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Anyone watch this TV show this week? One of the regulars bought a 29 Model a with a home built wood body. It looked well done, but apparently the producers wanted it to look like he got a great deal, so they wrapped half the body in duct tape, wrapped the hub caps, and the grill shell and cap too. Then apparently rubbed soap on the windows and threw dirt on the car.

One simple wash job and he had a nicely done "woodie" for $10K....and expected to ger $25K for it.

Is is too difficult to find real auction purchases and re-sales in Dallas, so they have to fake it?

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Nope. Lots of finds still around Dallas. Just production pandering to the masses knowing that the people in the know are the minority.
 
Some years ago i got thrown out of a top line sales yard in CA, nice old couple looking to purchase a 31 delux phaeton fully restored , about to sign on the line when i showed interest by asking them did they know it was fibreglass body, ?? got into an argument with sales man ,he claimed it was original 1931 as left the ford factory, Old couple thanked me & walked away , I got told to leave & never come back , Just made my day . Derek
 
if you haven't noticed almost all TV shows, esp car related TV shows, are fake or staged. get over it and don't waste your time watching. get out there and do some real wrenching on your own car.

The viewing public has no clue. That is why they are watching instead of doing

I know a guy who thought flipping was as easy as they make it look on the boob-tube. So far he has lost $$$ trying to flip two cars he didn't need to buy in the first place. They already have a buyer before the cameras even start to roll
 
In the late 50's I visited my Aunt and Uncle in LA. Uncle was looking at a reconditioned Merc and sought my advice. In those days the used car lots were full of east coast cars driven west and dumped. All the dealers would steam clean the engines and paint the engine compartment with something that made everything shiny including the rubber hoses. This car had lots of frontend damage underneath so they passed on it.

Several years ago I took my college son to one of these volume car dealers for training. We played with their computers and then had a sales person show us the ones we liked. I ripped up the first couple of trucks and then my son gave it a shot. The sales kid was stunned and asked to join in the lesson. Things like:
Open the door carefully of a truck in the sun and sniff the inside air before it flows out. Mold or carpet cleaner will be easy to smell. We found a nice truck where the headliner had been shampooed to try and get rid of cigar smoke.

At one place I noticed all truck had new bed liners, so I began lifting the ends up. Big surprise several had been concrete haulers.

Another had a dead rat in the grill. We looked at paint on bolt heads, ripples in the sheet metal and door fits, etc.


Both my son and the sales guy learned from that exercise. Too many years of being a judge I guess.
 
tbirdtbird said:
if you haven't noticed almost all TV shows, esp car related TV shows, are fake or staged. get over it and don't waste your time watching. get out there and do some real wrenching on your own car.

The viewing public has no clue. That is why they are watching instead of doing

I know a guy who thought flipping was as easy as they make it look on the boob-tube. So far he has lost $$$ trying to flip two cars he didn't need to buy in the first place. They already have a buyer before the cameras even start to roll
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Those shows reek phony. Watch one and when it's over a thinking man will say to himself 'Well, THAT'S (30 minutes, 60 minutes, whatever it was) of my life I will never ever get back.' Watched part of one last night where some guy named Peter from Canada plus two other lackeys ( one was a bald headed guy with an unlit cigar, the atypical wheeler-dealer SoCal used car salesman slick type dude ) were 'buying' a Boss 429, they all brought stacks of cash ( more than likely not even real money, supposedly bundles of hundred dollar bills) to the table (for TV affect) and of course tried to 'lowball' the seller, then piled on more wads of cash until one of them 'turned' a reluctant seller and walked away with the car. So obviously rigged and staged it was really pretty pathetic. After that they went out to 'race' a Shelby w/ the Boss 429, and proceeded to turn smoking doughnuts in a big parking lot and abuse the cars. Turned off the TV and read a book................
 
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