BTW, there was another based in Colorado which ran only briefly. In one
episode, the host found a mostly-restored 100
owned by a widow. She had no idea what the car was worth--think she wanted
$10K or so--and the host actually did the
right thing and gave her a reasonable price--think it was around $30K--which
was still a bit low-ball but more fair. I
have to wonder if the fact he was going to be on TV 'influenced' his
honesty/generosity.
bs
On 12/18/2014 4:44 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> 'Chasing Classic Cars' is hosted by Wayne Carini. This show is one of the
> first, if not the first, of about a million
> similar shows now on cable, including 'Fast and Loud' and 'The Car
> Chasers'--which usually features quickie resto-mods
> of older muscle cars--and another one very similar to 'Chasing' that I
> haven't seen for a while. There is one based
> in Toronto called 'Classic Car Rescue,' one in Miami and one based in
> Arizona, I think, in a junkyard. The best show,
> IMO, is 'Wheeler Dealers,' which stars a couple of Brits, one named Edd China
> who does repairs on cars bought by his
> partner and who is actually very informative in the mechanical sense. Most
> of the others are non-'reality' shows
> which feature the outsized personalities of the 'stars' more than the cars.
> 'Dealers' may pre-date the others, as I've
> seen shows dated as early as 2010. These shows--new ones come on all the
> time--have flourished along with recent
> popularity of car auctions; Barret Jackson was the first to 'hit it big' I
> think. It seems finding and 'flipping'--I
> hate that term--cars is now big business.
>
> Anyway, Carini did indeed find a very low mileage factory 100M (red/black).
> AFAIK, there have been no follow-up shows
> and he hasn't sold the car. I suspect it will be in a later episode; a new
> season has either just started or will be
> starting soon. Carini is a legitimate dealer/broker who has been in the
> business for a long time; his father
> apparently was a mechanic/restorer himself.
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
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>
>
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