New show Wrecks to Riches
 

Did any one see that new show on TLC. It came on right before Overhaulin around 10pm last night. It was pretty cool. They built a 69 velle PT style in 4 weeks to sell at auction. the total spent in parts was 30K and the guy made back about 62K. Thats a pretty good amount but he didnt consider labor even though it was his crew that built it he still has to pay them something.

Cool show anyway.

Well, I have a HARD time believing they built that car for $30k.. when they did the engine the price went up $6000.. what about the tranny, rearend, driveshaft, etc.. That motor alone had to be $8k.. the frontrunner vintage air system is well over a grand .. I really don't think that car was worth what the bid came in at, but the guy the won it was a freind of Barry and a collector of his cars..

Also, it was cheating to say he got the car free since he took it from his daughter.. the car still had value.

Sorta like on Monster Garage (when it first came out) when they said they had $3000 to do the build then got $10k in "freebies"..

Other than that and the contrived "drama" I liked the show.. sorta like Overhauling without the lame prank..

That car was thrown together without much attention to detail or originality. Not worth the price at all. I had to change the channel after about 10 minutes when I realized they thought it was necessary to do the whole drama thing with people arguing and stuff. Why can't they just make a show about cars?

I saw the last 10 minutes. The car looked cool! Not a big fan of the stripe and lettering they put in it.

Was the car mini-tubed? Rear wheel looked wide.

They should do a show where a random guy in Southern MN with a '69 Chevelle has oh... about 7 weeks or so to get his car running before some big event, like a wedding or something, then bring in a crew to work on the car, while the owner supervises with beer in hand. To make it more appealing let the owner dictate every step, and throw in some of those freebies, such as 17x9.5 and 17x11 Budniks, some 13" brakes, a cam, heads, and pro-charger, etc.

I'd watch that. :_paranoid

I thought that show was utterly pathetic. Directing, producing, and personalities. The premise was flawed at best. I say we all call SRRC today and order up $60K pro built Chevelles. Let's see what happens.

The shame of it is that Chris Brown (the designer) is an genuine young talent. It pains me to see him sell out and let those bozos exploit him.

Chris is way too good for them. Check this stuff out:
http://www.brownautodesign.com/cars.htm

I liked the show overall and didn't read too much into the "wannabe American Chopper drama" between Barry, his daughter, his crew or the 4 week time constraint. I don't know how realistic the build cost was and it looks like he cut a lot of corners with the final cost estimates.

The interior was bone stock and didn't really match the proposed "Super Muscle Car" theme. (They also could have come up with a more compelling nickname)The color was pretty good, not really remarkable. The stripe sounded and looked like an afterthought because of a mediocre design plan to begin with. It looked like a nice, average 69 Chevelle with a couple upgrades.

I'll have to say though, I'm all for more car shows and less of the other garbage on TV lately. Which would you rather watch, Wrecks to Riches, American Idol, or another cop/court/forensic/medical drama?

I wouldn't be surprised if Barry PAID to have that show made. I have a friend with a shop and these producers would come by and offer to make a show at thier shop. The payoff is that it is like an infomercial for your shop..

The drama is always injected for the "joe public" guy that doesn't know a camshaft from a pork rind..

Wouldn't that be a $30k pro-built Chevelle?? lol .. lets face it, these shows are NOT done for us. Oh, how much do you wanna bet he got most of those parts for free.. notice the sponsor wall behind them? (and who was blurred out, they must of read the script and bailed out)..

Barry is a pretty nice guy.. but the feigned "hard ass" acting didn't fit him at all..

WHERE'S THE DAMN PAINT!!!!!!!!! :willy:

In my opinion "Build or Bust" is by FAR the best produced and most engaging "vehicle" show out there today..you can feel the emotions those guys are going through, good and bad (we have all had moments like that)and the production value is outstanding, the classical music really adds to it....no BS, build it, or you lose. My favorite "motor" show by a mile.....

Barry isn't the most intimidating guy. Do you remember how much of a softy he was about not firing that knucklehead crewmember who was a no-show during the "Hot Rod Build-off" competition against Jimmy at SoCal?