Wheeler Dealers buy a........Caddy?

"cesariojpn" (cesariojpn)
10/31/2013 at 15:48 • Filed to: Wheeler Dealers Cadillac

Holy shit, Mike bought a basket case.

DISCUSSION (16)

CalzoneGolem > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 15:54

Ed is proper pissed at Mike.

EL_ULY > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 15:56

Whatah crackin mowtah! Wiff a profit of 200 quid, good job edd :]

Klaus Schmoll > CalzoneGolem
10/31/2013 at 16:00

There is an earlier episode in which Mike bought a very early Mini which had been completely rusted through. And this is England, so better ones aren't exactly hard to find. It resulted in Ed slamming doors.

CalzoneGolem > Klaus Schmoll
10/31/2013 at 16:04

haha I want to see that one.

Sparf > CalzoneGolem
10/31/2013 at 16:48

Ed is PROPAH PISS'D at 'is bloke Mike.

EL_ULY > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 17:27

11:33 Wot? You mad?

Svend > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 17:30

I've not seen Wheeler Dealers for some time (the fat loud one does my head in). Ed is the one who does all the grafting, Mike is a loud obnoxious, well, erm, car sales man. If they want to make cash, strip down some old landies, galvanise the chassis, add spacers between steel and aluminium panels, repair the rust and sell them in the U.S. for twice what you bought and restored the cars for.

simon_C > EL_ULY
10/31/2013 at 17:45

...You nailed that.

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Svend
10/31/2013 at 19:46

I'm in the rebuilding Landies business rather informally in the states (as you'd tell by my username), as my family has 5 and a cousin has another. It's true there's money there, but labor can really spiral out of control if you're not doing them as projects for yourself. Best approached, really, if one has good sources for giant buckets of the tumble-coated OE zinc bolts, and being in the same country as Paddock Spares would of course help immensely.

As for doing a new galv job on an existing chassis, I'm a little reticent to recommend it in all cases, as it's just so easy to go without with proper care, and a frame that might benefit from it in future might as well get a swap - cost depending. Internal rust is really a killer in bad cases and not the easiest thing to be sure of cutting/recoating zinc-wise. A friend who does Series professionally never bothers - fresh frame is his first answer, though not budget-friendly for the rest of us.

Spacers have also not really much to be said for, as long as parts are coated going together. I don't typically see such in use, and spacing the rear tub without fsking the fit of things would be tricky - that leaves only the fender/bulkhead and radiator support interfaces to even look at, really. Outside pieces meant to fit with body caulk or pieces heavily galvanized, anyway.

Very true Mike and Ed could do that every week, but to most tastes it'd get boring fast.

Svend > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
10/31/2013 at 20:24

I've loved restoration jobs on landies since I was a kid, reading them in Land Rover Monthly, Owner International, World and Enthusiast. Galvanising the chassis etc... would probably be a bit too much to be honest I agree. I suppose cutting out the rust and replacing parts would be more labour and financially viable, also doing the majority of work (parts being more readily available and much cheaper) this side of the pond and carrying the remainder out your side would make more sense.

I always wanted to build my own after one of the guys at Bearmach build a Series III SWB solely from the parts they make and/or sell.

webmonkees > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 20:25

There was no quick summary of any engine work, so we must assume they did nothing to it. Good luck there. (Mike set a carb on fire one test drive)

Ye gads do they ever luck out. Or we never see those episodes.

George McNally > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 20:33

I torrented this episode a couple weeks ago- they painted it a hideous shade of green. They made money, but damn it was ugly when Edd was done with it.

cesariojpn > webmonkees
10/31/2013 at 20:46

Looks to me from several quick glances they either cleaned it up somehow or did some work to it that didn't give enough material to fill a segment.

webmonkees > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 20:52

Yeah, I'm just being sarcastic. I so wanted to see them CLEAN THE THING. Yes we got it that's it's old. They most certainly cleaned it before painting.

At a point I wanted to see clean, original parts instead of original parts covered in grime. I can get that in my driveway.

Turner950s > cesariojpn
10/31/2013 at 21:08

Showing Los Angeles as a source of rust-free classics is giving me new hope for my idea of flipping one of those on the East Coast.

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

cesariojpn > Turner950s
11/01/2013 at 03:38

Well it's near the more drier parts of the west, so for all we know, the car could've been outside of the greater LA area.