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Texas Metal looks like they are thugs, gang wanna be's.  Hate that show.

Each one has their good and bad points.
I get tired of seeing shows where they fake the drama to create tension where it isn't actually that way. I get annoyed seeing the typical shows where they have the token guy with tattoos, a mohawk or unusual piercings. How about those bullshit beards?? Dave KIndig seems cool but that beard looks dumb as shit, same with Aaron Kaufman.
GYC....Why do people replace the letter S with the letter Z ? Carz? Again, it looks stupid. If you have a quality show, you don't need stupid gimmicks. Mark Worman seems like a reasonably knowledgeable guy. Dave Rea too. I wish he would STOP saying.."We bring cars back to exactly the way they were when they were born..." First up, cars are never BORN, they are built. Secondly, no classic Mopar ever had a base & clear coat paint job. None ever had the underside painted black, even the black cars didn't get fully painted underbody panels. Mark should say...."We restore these cars to better than new condition".

Wheeler Dealers "was" about the best one on there, (my opinion). but they got rid of Ed. :P  Ed's a mechanic that became a celebrity.  Ant is vice versa, and tries to hard. I waited a few weeks before watching the first one with Ant.

In my opinion, Velocity shows are crap, sorry.

I only tuned into it towatch the episodes of Wheeler Dealers with Edd. Haven't seen the new episodes with Ant, but consensus seems to be the new episodes follow the old formula. Still, I'm not really interested anymore since Edd left.

Old episodes of Roadkill have started airing on Velocity, so at least they have that. Every other show on that channel is unwatchable.

I watch Motor Trend on Demand, or the internet, for my car show fix. Roadkill, Roadkill Garage, Hot Rod Garage, Modified, The Racing Line, etc. All good shows. Also, Mighty Car Mods is fantastic too. And the internet version of Jay Lenos garage is pretty good.

Velocity just feels like Bravo Channel for men to me.

Quote from: Kern Dog on December 21, 2017, 08:41:23 PM
Each one has their good and bad points.
I get tired of seeing shows where they fake the drama to create tension where it isn't actually that way. I get annoyed seeing the typical shows where they have the token guy with tattoos, a mohawk or unusual piercings. How about those bullshit beards?? Dave KIndig seems cool but that beard looks dumb as shit, same with Aaron Kaufman.
GYC....Why do people replace the letter S with the letter Z ? Carz? Again, it looks stupid. If you have a quality show, you don't need stupid gimmicks. Mark Worman seems like a reasonably knowledgeable guy. Dave Rea too. I wish he would STOP saying.."We bring cars back to exactly the way they were when they were born..." First up, cars are never BORN, they are built. Secondly, no classic Mopar ever had a base & clear coat paint job. None ever had the underside painted black, even the black cars didn't get fully painted underbody panels. Mark should say...."We restore these cars to better than new condition".

I like GYC just fine but fixing a mopar back to perfect original condition isn't for me. I like adding headers, cams, stroker kits, aftermarket carbs and intakes etc......  I did see them rebuild a General Lee on there which was cool since no charger was a General from the factory. I do like the blonde on there, she is easy to watch  ;D I like fantom works fine and the garage squad episodes. Garage squad is the closest thing to a shade tree kinda like my backyard that I have seen in a long time and the blonde on that show is pretty too!!!

 Wheeler Dealers is mostly about crappy foreign cars, that were junk when they were made.

I have a love-hate with GYC.  The mopar history lessons are awesome, but the rest of the 'drama' and Mark's humor is beyond me.

Wheeler Dealers is not the same without Edd, but still a far better show than most. Chasing Classic Cars has its moments. I forget the names, but the two shows about the shops that do mostly high end restos (one's in Canada and one's in N. Carolina, i think) are ok most of the time.

Bitchin Rides / Texas Metal / Iron Resurrection / and so on are all basically the same show in a different shop/city. Theyre all trying to be the next American Hot Rod (which even then was only good for a season or so) I watch them depending on what car they're working on.

I do get Velocity and Discovery shows mixed up, but I did like that show where the two guys traveled throughout the world trying to find rare cars, even if the drama/scuffles were kinda fake. Also liked Mexicanicos. Some cheesy builds but appreciate the work that goes into them.

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 27, 2017, 05:53:25 PM
Wheeler Dealers is mostly about crappy foreign cars, that were junk when they were made.

Yeah...thanks for that. Foreign...as in mostly old British cars!  Of course US built cars of the late 60s and early 70s were all of the highest possible build quality...I can tell that by the curtains of paint runs inside my Chargers trunk/door jams and the quality welding and spot welding..the standard of which i I would not trust on my wheelbarrow! Still love them to death though!  :2thumbs:

BOT....I wish I could even get to see some of these shows....cars shows here are very few and far between..and ones on modded cars don't exist.

 Imagine a TV show where your from, with nothing but imports being fixed and sold.  Just not my cup of tea.
Cheers.

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 27, 2017, 09:58:48 PM
Imagine a TV show where your from, with nothing but imports being fixed and sold.  Just not my cup of tea.
Cheers.

Must suck to be a Canadian

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 27, 2017, 09:58:48 PM
Imagine a TV show where your from, with nothing but imports being fixed and sold.  Just not my cup of tea.
Cheers.

We don't even have them....apart from Wheeler Dealers (mainly Brit cars)  we don't really have any car restoration shows! Get the very odd US program (old episodes of Graveyard Carz) on the freeview  channels....but nothing else. Wonder If I can get the US ones online somewhere???

GYC does nothing but assemble the cars back together. They don't even weld there, and Worman is a total jackass. I wish there was another Mopar show to watch.

I did not like GYC when it had Darren, the forced yelling and drama were so disappointing, that i did not even enjoy the Mopars they were working on (which i need the info for when i start the rebuild on mine).

to me the quality of the show went through the roof with the new painter guy and Mark's daughter, with less BS Drama and YELLING.

Quote from: alfaitalia on December 28, 2017, 06:08:54 AM

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 27, 2017, 09:58:48 PM
Imagine a TV show where your from, with nothing but imports being fixed and sold.  Just not my cup of tea.
Cheers.

We don't even have them....apart from Wheeler Dealers (mainly Brit cars)  we don't really have any car restoration shows! Get the very odd US program (old episodes of Graveyard Carz) on the freeview  channels....but nothing else. Wonder If I can get the US ones online somewhere???

YouTube man, YouTube. Motor Trend posts (some of) their month old shows on there free. I love Roadkill, Engine Masters, and Hot Rod Garage. No fake deadlines, no reality show drama  B.S. Plus, a ton of other shows to watch.

Also, Motor Trend on Demand is only 5 bucks a month. And they offer a ton of content you can't get on YouTube or cable. I highly recommend it. You can even sign up and cancel the very next month if you want.  No contracts. It's car guy tv heaven.

Also, I should mention that a member of this very site, Mike Musto (Mr. Angry) hosts his very own show on MTOD called "The House of Muscle". He features various classic muscle cars and the owners. He's a Mopar guy and alot of his shows slant towards them, but he features everything. It's worth checking out.

https://youtu.be/fJFxmaFLAbU

Also, here's some stuff you guys should check out:

Engine Masters:

https://youtu.be/azPKIjxmmdU

Hot Rod Garage:

https://youtu.be/8ThsLTOxWdk?list=PLGvTvFzdMg_PbG7_1TPiABMmItllqqFbb

Kibbe and Finnegan podcast: (Mike Finnegan from Roadkill and a huge Dukes of Hazzard and car enthusiast, Rob Kibbe)

https://youtu.be/JSqvdcRP6uQ

The Smoking Tire with Matt Farrah

https://youtu.be/uMrilYsIw2c

1320 Video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S--pFx5svBs and

https://youtu.be/i13DTfxM37U

AficionAuto : ( features movie cars)

https://youtu.be/1ZincJMBazc and

https://youtu.be/PGeju_67Res

Mighty Car Mods:

https://youtu.be/ZJPqe1baowA

Hoovies Garage:

https://youtu.be/hBqdiR_gBKE

Doug DeMuro:

https://youtu.be/7mZdkfEeJH4

And there are a ton more. There are so many good shows out there it amazes me anyone bothers with Velocity at all.

Quote from: JR on December 28, 2017, 11:06:47 AM

Quote from: alfaitalia on December 28, 2017, 06:08:54 AM

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 27, 2017, 09:58:48 PM
Imagine a TV show where your from, with nothing but imports being fixed and sold.  Just not my cup of tea.
Cheers.

We don't even have them....apart from Wheeler Dealers (mainly Brit cars)  we don't really have any car restoration shows! Get the very odd US program (old episodes of Graveyard Carz) on the freeview  channels....but nothing else. Wonder If I can get the US ones online somewhere???

YouTube man, YouTube. Motor Trend posts (some of) their month old shows on there free. I love Roadkill, Engine Masters, and Hot Rod Garage. No fake deadlines, no reality show drama  B.S. Plus, a ton of other shows to watch.

Also, Motor Trend on Demand is only 5 bucks a month. And they offer a ton of content you can't get on YouTube or cable. I highly recommend it. You can even sign up and cancel the very next month if you want.  No contracts. It's car guy tv heaven.

Also, I should mention that a member of this very site, Mike Musto (Mr. Angry) hosts his very own show on MTOD called "The House of Muscle". He features various classic muscle cars and the owners. He's a Mopar guy and alot of his shows slant towards them, but he features everything. It's worth checking out.

https://youtu.be/fJFxmaFLAbU

Also, here's some stuff you guys should check out:

Engine Masters:

https://youtu.be/azPKIjxmmdU

Hot Rod Garage:

https://youtu.be/8ThsLTOxWdk?list=PLGvTvFzdMg_PbG7_1TPiABMmItllqqFbb

Kibbe and Finnegan podcast: (Mike Finnegan from Roadkill and a huge Dukes of Hazzard and car enthusiast, Rob Kibbe)

https://youtu.be/JSqvdcRP6uQ

The Smoking Tire with Matt Farrah

https://youtu.be/uMrilYsIw2c

1320 Video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S--pFx5svBs

AficionAuto : ( features movie cars)

https://youtu.be/1ZincJMBazc

Mighty Car Mods:

https://youtu.be/ZJPqe1baowA

Hoovies Garage:

https://youtu.be/hBqdiR_gBKE

Doug DeMuro:

https://youtu.be/7mZdkfEeJH4

And there are a ton more. There are so many good shows out there it amazes me anyone bothers with Velocity at all.

Good job w the links. Hopefully theyre not blocked  in his country.

Excellent work JR....thank you very much...your effort in posting the links is appreciated. :2thumbs:
I've not watched them  through yet but all those links seem unblocked. It's not so easy to search them when you don't even know the titles of the shows!

Come people. Do not be swayed by the fact that we love mopars. The quality put out by KIndig is so far above GYC that it isn't even funny.

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 28, 2017, 09:10:17 AM
GYC does nothing but assemble the cars back together. They don't even weld there, and Worman is a total jackass. I wish there was another Mopar show to watch.

I watched GYC's only once, and that was enough for me.....60 minutes of my life that I will never get back....what a waste of public airtime

Bryan

Quote from: JR on December 28, 2017, 11:06:47 AM

Quote from: alfaitalia on December 28, 2017, 06:08:54 AM

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 27, 2017, 09:58:48 PM
Imagine a TV show where your from, with nothing but imports being fixed and sold.  Just not my cup of tea.
Cheers.

We don't even have them....apart from Wheeler Dealers (mainly Brit cars)  we don't really have any car restoration shows! Get the very odd US program (old episodes of Graveyard Carz) on the freeview  channels....but nothing else. Wonder If I can get the US ones online somewhere???

Love all these Youtube channels, throw in there as well; fullboost (Aussie), streetmachine (Aussie), Flying sparks garage and haggertys for barn finds.
YouTube man, YouTube. Motor Trend posts (some of) their month old shows on there free. I love Roadkill, Engine Masters, and Hot Rod Garage. No fake deadlines, no reality show drama  B.S. Plus, a ton of other shows to watch.

Also, Motor Trend on Demand is only 5 bucks a month. And they offer a ton of content you can't get on YouTube or cable. I highly recommend it. You can even sign up and cancel the very next month if you want.  No contracts. It's car guy tv heaven.

Also, I should mention that a member of this very site, Mike Musto (Mr. Angry) hosts his very own show on MTOD called "The House of Muscle". He features various classic muscle cars and the owners. He's a Mopar guy and alot of his shows slant towards them, but he features everything. It's worth checking out.

https://youtu.be/fJFxmaFLAbU

Also, here's some stuff you guys should check out:

Engine Masters:

https://youtu.be/azPKIjxmmdU

Hot Rod Garage:

https://youtu.be/8ThsLTOxWdk?list=PLGvTvFzdMg_PbG7_1TPiABMmItllqqFbb

Kibbe and Finnegan podcast: (Mike Finnegan from Roadkill and a huge Dukes of Hazzard and car enthusiast, Rob Kibbe)

https://youtu.be/JSqvdcRP6uQ

The Smoking Tire with Matt Farrah

https://youtu.be/uMrilYsIw2c

1320 Video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S--pFx5svBs and

https://youtu.be/i13DTfxM37U

AficionAuto : ( features movie cars)

https://youtu.be/1ZincJMBazc and

https://youtu.be/PGeju_67Res

Mighty Car Mods:

https://youtu.be/ZJPqe1baowA

Hoovies Garage:

https://youtu.be/hBqdiR_gBKE

Doug DeMuro:

https://youtu.be/7mZdkfEeJH4

And there are a ton more. There are so many good shows out there it amazes me anyone bothers with Velocity at all.

Quote from: Charger-Bodie on December 28, 2017, 05:55:25 PM
Come people. Do not be swayed by the fact that we love mopars. The quality put out by KIndig is so far above GYC that it isn't even funny.

I agree. People here are one sided/blinded almost by GYC.  He just assembles them guys. Wake up and smell the Coffee.

I'll give Dave Kindig credit for originality.  Not much for Kevin, but he puts a limit on his antics, Worman, not so much.

 Dave (bichin rides)  doesn't even get his hands dirty. Love the shop and talent there.
Same goes for most of these 100K (per car) shops on Velocity.  Just think..100k per car, and money seems no big deal to lot of these customers.

Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 30, 2017, 09:39:44 AM
Dave (bichin rides)  doesn't even get his hands dirty. Love the shop and talent there.
Same goes for most of these 100K (per car) shops on Velocity.  Just think..100k per car, and money seems no big deal to lot of these customers.

Just because he doesn't get his hands dirty today doesn't mean he hasn't earned what he has . His business was huge before tv Andy will be after tv. GYC was just a small shop before the tv money. Plus Mark likely does just enough to make it look like he's involved. His guys to the heavy lifting too. It's how it's been for years. People get older they slow down.

I bet if it comes down to it, Dave would get his hands dirty, even play with fiberglass.  However, there does need to be someone that will shake the hands and kiss the babies, to draw in business.

I guess Bitchin is probably the better show currently on TV. I really liked Wheeler Dealers although the last two seasons were not as good as the previous ones. And once Edd left that was it for me really. Edd was the reason to keep watching.

I have enjoyed Fantomworks but the owner gets on my nerves with his whole doom and gloom attitude every 5 minutes.

Can't say I like any of the other shows. I can enjoy a true build show all day long, but this scripted shit is just too much for me anymore.


Cars are starting to mean less and less to me as well, that doesn't help.   ;)

" I have enjoyed Fantomworks but the owner gets on my nerves with his whole doom and gloom attitude every 5 minutes."
Dan Is Ex-Military and I understand his frustration on shit jobs he took on.

My favorite show to watch !!.  No clowning around and grab ass at the shop.

Quote from: Ponch ® on December 27, 2017, 06:15:57 PM
I have a love-hate with GYC.  The mopar history lessons are awesome, but the rest of the 'drama' and Mark's humor is beyond me.

Wheeler Dealers is not the same without Edd, but still a far better show than most. Chasing Classic Cars has its moments. I forget the names, but the two shows about the shops that do mostly high end restos (one's in Canada and one's in N. Carolina, i think) are ok most of the time.

Bitchin Rides / Texas Metal / Iron Resurrection / and so on are all basically the same show in a different shop/city. Theyre all trying to be the next American Hot Rod (which even then was only good for a season or so) I watch them depending on what car they're working on.

I do get Velocity and Discovery shows mixed up, but I did like that show where the two guys traveled throughout the world trying to find rare cars, even if the drama/scuffles were kinda fake. Also liked Mexicanicos. Some cheesy builds but appreciate the work that goes into them.

Canadians are "Restoration Garage" and the company is "The Guild of Automotive Restorers". They have web content/videos on their site too:
http://www.guildclassiccars.com/

Some of it is cheesy and some of the budgets are obscene but the quality of work seems incredible.

Troy