Chop Shop London Garage's Cars - Scrapped or Survived? Golf Porsche Rover

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  • @Kingdonnerkebab
    @Kingdonnerkebab Місяць тому +202

    Leepu should not be allowed near cars, countless cars ruined by his ‘designs’😂😂😂

  • @dsesuk
    @dsesuk Місяць тому +49

    Further to the tweet shown, I recall (hopefully correctly) Johnny Vegas expanded on it to say he wasn't paid for being on the show, but the incentive was to be presented with a customised car at the end of filming. I believe he stated it broke down when he drove it away and the production team didn't want to know. He also said something along the lines of 'the best acting he ever did was to pretend to be pleased when he saw the friggin' thing!'

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +6

      Interesting - will see what I can find - I'm not a twitter expert though!

    • @nathanpinder4928
      @nathanpinder4928 Місяць тому +2

      @@oscarsgarage447 I can confirm the above.

    • @neilbedford5082
      @neilbedford5082 29 днів тому +1

      That one really was a dreadful looking thing 😂

    • @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24
      @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 24 дні тому +1

      Yeh I've seen an interview he did about that car. He said he was refused entry to a petrol station because there as so much smoke coming out the car the staff thought it was on fire.

  • @desobrien3827
    @desobrien3827 Місяць тому +70

    Well done, I remember this show & I was completely amazed at "how bad" these cars were...500 kg of bog on average per car & I recall wheel spacers that just could not be legal, engineered or safe. If I recall the massively wide aluminium machined wheel spacers were used on an XJ12! (P.S. Wheel spacers I believe are illegal here in Australia)

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +10

      Bog 😂. Not heard it called that for years!

    • @desobrien3827
      @desobrien3827 Місяць тому +5

      @@oscarsgarage447 We are both of similar vintage !😁

    • @neilbedford5082
      @neilbedford5082 Місяць тому +7

      It was certainly an unusual approach to building a car😊

    • @peter3234
      @peter3234 Місяць тому

      Typical East end wide boy and a mad Indian car designer (supposedly) What could possibly go wrong. 😅😅😅😅

    • @etherealicer
      @etherealicer Місяць тому +5

      They were more sculptures than cars... I have to say, I found that Porsche to muscle car transformation visually appealing.
      That said, I'm not surprised to hear the word "death trap" with these cars. Making cars heavier without improving suspension and breaks is definitively not a good idea.

  • @48billy0
    @48billy0 Місяць тому +10

    As a child in the 50s, we lived a mile away from the Rover works. I saw the original jet car on a few occasions travelling along Hobs Moat Road. It once stopped briefly outside our house. The noise was amazing, with a heat haze hovering above the engine.

  • @Tommy_Poole
    @Tommy_Poole Місяць тому +48

    I’m pleased to see that the Jet 1 replica is still alive and well. Can’t say I’m surprised that some of the other cars, built on this show, eventually found their way to the scrapyard. Sketchy piles of junk, most of them.

    • @johnbriggs3916
      @johnbriggs3916 Місяць тому +4

      It would explain why the Jet 1 replica has had to be reworked.

    • @chrisdorrell1
      @chrisdorrell1 Місяць тому +4

      ALL were as for the jet car it's horrific. It should have been restored as proper Rover. Disgusting behaviour

    • @johnbriggs3916
      @johnbriggs3916 Місяць тому +2

      @chrisdorrell1 I disagree about the Jet Car: making a replica is perfectly valid. A bit pointless, but valid.

    • @chrisdorrell1
      @chrisdorrell1 Місяць тому

      @johnbriggs3916 why valid? It was sacrilege. A perfectly decent car chopped around to look Terrible

    • @johnbriggs3916
      @johnbriggs3916 Місяць тому +7

      @chrisdorrell1 Because Jet 1 is a real car -- it actually exists, and was built by Rover. It is perfectly valid to make a replica. Rather pointless without the gas turbine engine, of course -- but still valid.

  • @dusankocisevic6823
    @dusankocisevic6823 Місяць тому +6

    Bernie and Leepu, what a pair of comedians. It was hilarious to observe what are they ‘cooking’ in every episode🤣🤣🤣

  • @tichwykes
    @tichwykes Місяць тому +26

    I remember watching this program & by god there were some pieces of crap made, I think most cars had more filler in em than steel god awful things. I think the Rover was probably one of their better jobs & good to see it still going.

  • @2BugsandaBack
    @2BugsandaBack Місяць тому +34

    The Saab 'gangster car' they did for Martin Kemp was purchased by the organiser of VW Action, annual VW show held at Santa Pod.
    Show goers were invited to write messages on it, or hit it with various implements for a donation to Brad's (a teenage cancer charity).
    And then the car met its end by being crushed by Podzilla, Santa Pod's monster truck.
    Having inspected the car close up, I can tell you that quality of workmanship was atrocious. And there was no way that should have ever been on the road. At least it was used to raise money for a good cause before it was put out of its misery.

    • @chrismajor2501
      @chrismajor2501 Місяць тому +3

      I was there and the car was actually flipped on its side or roof at night before the crush and the organisers were not happy.

    • @2BugsandaBack
      @2BugsandaBack Місяць тому +1

      @@chrismajor2501 yes, they were invited to leave immediately and never come back 😂

    • @iansetchell3451
      @iansetchell3451 Місяць тому +3

      Did the same guys have the Porsche too? I was there on the Saturday and I have a vague memory of them trying to auction the Saab wheels and the Porsche supercharger kit

    • @2BugsandaBack
      @2BugsandaBack Місяць тому +3

      @@iansetchell3451 I'm not sure. I can't recall that.
      I think the plan was to sell the wheels off the saab but they got damaged when the car was flipped over onto it's roof as Chris mentioned above.

    • @drewthornton7115
      @drewthornton7115 Місяць тому +3

      I drove Podzilla over it; I was shocked at how thick the filler was in that thing. It even made it onto an episode on Donut’s Chanel.

  • @kathrynwhitby9799
    @kathrynwhitby9799 Місяць тому +9

    having seen both programmes, i'd say that since Leepu's experience was mostly building bangers in (anything goes) India, he wasn't really qualified/skilled enough to factor in UK/EU safety regs in some of his builds. Bernie was right to have a go at him over some of Leepu's ideas & fabrication work.
    Heck, i recall Martin Kemp's "special" was also close to being a death-trap before the "big reveal". (You could see it in Martin's face in the partially completed phase).

    • @cyborgbadger1015
      @cyborgbadger1015 Місяць тому +4

      I remeber that. The look on Kemp's face was priceless. I'm not letting my son drive this heap of crap.

    • @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24
      @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 24 дні тому

      Hes ot a designer. As a real design engineer it's insulting he called himself a designer. He just throws crap together in a way that looks good to him with ZERO regard for functionality, longevity, structural integrity or usability. Doors and boots not even having seals for example. A total hack

  • @toddlerdurden7331
    @toddlerdurden7331 Місяць тому +7

    The Jet car looked ok.
    Everything else, from what i remember, was shocking 😂.
    Having said that i did enjoy watching the ahow.

  • @bishbashbosh-j6z
    @bishbashbosh-j6z Місяць тому +4

    so many negative comments here. was an entertaining show, I enjoyed it. They weren't making daily drivers you know...

  • @mrcottrell
    @mrcottrell Місяць тому +35

    The show was a laugh to watch but the cars were a joke, pug ugly and not built for safety it seems,

    • @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24
      @bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 24 дні тому +2

      Used to watch it with a friend he knows absolutely nothing about cars and even he laughed at how dodgy the work was it was so obviously terrible

  • @gazmini81
    @gazmini81 Місяць тому +21

    I felt sorry for johnny vagas on his car because you could see by his reaction that he absolutley hated it who could blame him it was absolutley horrific

    • @danhaywood5017
      @danhaywood5017 Місяць тому +3

      It was hideous 😂

    •  Місяць тому +2

      The concept was amazing! Mk2 with GC running gear.
      Then it got made to look like THAT 😂

    • @scottobrien3484
      @scottobrien3484 26 днів тому +2

      Complete waste of a MKII, very sad 😞

  • @nathanpinder4928
    @nathanpinder4928 Місяць тому +19

    As a friend of Bernie's, I can confirm he knew the Kray's well, he's been in a few documentaries regarding them.
    I can also help out on info from other chop shop vehicles, I've got articles on them myself I published a few years ago.

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Please get in touch, oscarsgarage999@gmail.com

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      Please do get in touch, would be great to speak to Bernie as well.

    • @isleofthanet
      @isleofthanet 29 днів тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 Bernie wrote a book didn't he.

  • @SuperLuckyCat7
    @SuperLuckyCat7 Місяць тому +7

    The Jools Holland Rover was kind of cool. The Porsche Camaro was awful. The "Golf? / Subaru mashup" was impossible to 'unsee'. Lost sleep. And appetite. The Horror...

  • @danieleaton1399
    @danieleaton1399 Місяць тому +14

    I remember watching this and some of those cars were awful even some of leepus Bangla bangers cars didn't sell and just sat rotting away

  • @nigelcharlton-wright1747
    @nigelcharlton-wright1747 Місяць тому +15

    Seem to remember the fun and games that the bodyshop had when they were building Jet1. Mr Holland told them that it should have been a Rover P4 75 from about 1950, rather than the later updated P4 with the bigger boot. The folk were not very complimentary about any of the Rovers used, I think they might of ruined maybe 3. The English geezer was always in a bad mood, shouting at Leepu. Didn't he later appear on another show, where you could hear him shout "Mario!" I almost wept at the sight of wasted P4s left for scrap when you consider they were considered quality cars at the time.

    • @johnboyairey
      @johnboyairey Місяць тому +2

      all those chop shop/ classic rescue type programs with Bernie were terrible. every one had similar outcomes, bernie would tap up some old mates for bits, and use old school bodge methods, there would then be a calamity, and a load of shouting, some sackings, or walkouts.....the project would look unfinishable, but then somehow it got finished. then a so called expert would judge the car to be worth a huge amount and they would celebrate with a handsome 'profit' i recall an episode where an MGbGT was wheeled in, and it had a sunroof.... but it was so rotten, they brought in a second car and restored that, but that didn't have a sunroof... so there was a quick scene where a guy was welding on a flat sheet of steel to the huge hole in the curved roof where the sunroof had been... and of course it looked great at the end... but it was clearly another car. hilarious... but those programs are just that. 'entertainment' as it says in the credits. its in no way a representation of the industry.

    • @chrismirams9272
      @chrismirams9272 Місяць тому +1

      I remember the blue classic Mini they "restored" also completely changed bodyshells midway through the welding phase with them making out it was the same car from start to finish

    • @johnboyairey
      @johnboyairey Місяць тому

      @@chrismirams9272 i think i remember a mini falling off a lorry being unloaded, and that tipped bernie right over, and off he went. obviously well scripted.... all the 'moments' are always
      when cameras are running!

    • @isleofthanet
      @isleofthanet 29 днів тому

      @@johnboyairey Windscreens got broken "accidently!"

  • @nishnet8882
    @nishnet8882 Місяць тому +11

    I remember watching these car bodies being made of aluminium foil thickness hand mailable steel toilet paper with keg’s of filler. No wonder some have crumbled into dust and oblivion.
    Great vid thanks Oscar….lol

  • @bobfrankish8883
    @bobfrankish8883 Місяць тому +7

    Great video again. I'd forgotten all about that terrible programme, maybe I'd just blanked it out. Bernie always in a make-believe bad mood, Leepu building cars similar to that advert where they used an elephant to re-model a Peugeot or something like. I remember one episode when the garage had supposedly burnt down and Leepu was pretending to cry, absolute crap. I bet whoever supplied them with body filler took a kicking when that show finished, they would have bought it by the ton!

  • @charlesreynolds7407
    @charlesreynolds7407 Місяць тому +1

    Forgot all about that programme , they always built cut and shuts out of a back street garage. I still enjoyed it.

  • @scotttait2197
    @scotttait2197 Місяць тому +15

    The johnny vegas car would've been epic if lepu had stuck to the remot of Mk2 golf body with subaru running gear ...instead he fkd it about and ceeated another eyesore

    • @pkf4124
      @pkf4124 Місяць тому +2

      Amen to that.

    •  Місяць тому

      The front looked like an early 70s Sherpa😅

  • @danielforber8223
    @danielforber8223 Місяць тому +1

    Used love that show and loved the lotus carlton follow up great work

  • @johnsimmons6467
    @johnsimmons6467 24 дні тому +1

    I saw the modified Bentley they ruined for sale on the side of the road near Godstone in Surrey. It belonged to a local RR & Bentley breakers yard. After they couldnt sell it, they scrapped it. Which considering the std of the work that had been done, was the best thing that could happen to it.

  • @benjy6358
    @benjy6358 Місяць тому +7

    the best/worst part about this is, last time i sleuthing around Leepu still doing this as a business..i really want to understand people that willing to pay money for the work..

    • @nathanpinder4928
      @nathanpinder4928 Місяць тому

      That was just part of the show, Bernie has since mentioned all the people featured on the show actually got the cars for free, it was never a business.

    • @benjy6358
      @benjy6358 Місяць тому

      @@nathanpinder4928 no, what i mean is today as we speak Leepu is still building custom car as his business..people sending cars to him and pay money to do custom job..not in the TV show..information as per his IG.

    • @benjy6358
      @benjy6358 Місяць тому +1

      @@nathanpinder4928 what i mean is as we speak Leepu is still in business doing custom work like this to paying customer..not the tv show..

    •  Місяць тому

      I can't believe you'd think that there's no market for hack job 'customs' with an additional 100 kilos of body filler added!

    • @isleofthanet
      @isleofthanet 29 днів тому

      @@benjy6358 Not in the UK is he?

  • @K666_ANB
    @K666_ANB Місяць тому +1

    My mate has one that survived and you didnt even mention it, it's more known now because of what he's done to it than it was when the show aired and has Bernie's approval

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Because this was only the first video, several more in the pipeline...

    • @K666_ANB
      @K666_ANB Місяць тому

      @oscarsgarage447 you never mentioned more to follow, that makes my comment redundant. When's the next drop?

  • @pfeventsorganiser
    @pfeventsorganiser Місяць тому

    Some of the cars from the show were on show at the London Motor Museum in Hayes, which was run by Elo until 2018 when it ceased trading for various reasons and he went to the USA

  • @carlrobson5745
    @carlrobson5745 Місяць тому +2

    I remember chop shop always thought some of these mods were cough dubious might make an interesting theme if you could track the other cars
    Death traps or not,

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      I have a few on my radar, and a few surprises!

  • @besenzon1
    @besenzon1 Місяць тому +2

    Great little video to watch over breakfast 😎👍❤️

  • @Boogie.VanMan
    @Boogie.VanMan Місяць тому

    The funniest moment in the whole show was Johnny´s reaction to the car... ...´speechless´...😆

  • @DaveBaker-vb3jg
    @DaveBaker-vb3jg Місяць тому

    .....recall Rob and Chris from Salvage Rebuilds UK came across one of these builds at an auction they previewed in Ashford Kent.....not able to remember what creation it was though.....

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Great info, thanks. I follow those guys so will take a look

    • @stevenjohnson6082
      @stevenjohnson6082 Місяць тому +1

      @@oscarsgarage447 it was the fiesta boy racer car that they took to southend sea front

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks - have found it

  • @colinhutcheson1365
    @colinhutcheson1365 Місяць тому

    I saw the XJS they did parked in a Durham village, I remember seeing it and thinking what is that then recognised it from the show, no idea how long ago but it was a long time. It was on an expensive no plate

  • @danc8278
    @danc8278 Місяць тому +6

    That rover jet car shouldn't be MOT exempt yet, it had its engine changed within the last 30 years

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +6

      I think it depends when the engine change was notified to DVLA... if it was done around the time of the programme it would probably have just gone through. But if you tried it now I think a lot more questions would be asked.

  • @Mechanicalrob
    @Mechanicalrob Місяць тому +1

    The six wheeled VW Golf surfers car they did I saw at an auction in Sandwich Kent earlier this year.

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      Brilliant info, do you remember which auction house?

    • @Mechanicalrob
      @Mechanicalrob Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 ua-cam.com/video/K9ca1ijmq2E/v-deo.htmlsi=UdRo1FcE5tx3rHoH it’s in this video somewhere.

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      Great that works!

  • @agcacustoms2852
    @agcacustoms2852 Місяць тому

    I remember watching the show as a kid on discovery channel or velocity since I used to love watching these car repair shows and I remember thinking what a mess of a car they would build, the only presentable one being the Jet 1.

  • @manchegocheese997
    @manchegocheese997 Місяць тому

    Didn't Martin Kemp's Saab (I think) also meet a fitting end?

  • @rick66649
    @rick66649 Місяць тому

    If this wasn't on UA-cam I'd of forgotten i even watched that program..cant remember if it was any good 😮

  • @KnightShift006
    @KnightShift006 8 днів тому

    Is it Chinese with rover lights cut outs with a vw engine in a Porsche?

  • @BigBadJV
    @BigBadJV Місяць тому +3

    “Cut the springs Bernie” 😂

  • @stevenbund6641
    @stevenbund6641 Місяць тому +15

    Lets be fair most off them eould not go through mot

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +2

      Well the Porsche did get a post Leepu MoTs... but I hear what you are saying.

    • @stevenjohnson6082
      @stevenjohnson6082 Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 apparently they all went through a SVA test according to Bernie

    • @user-re6yo7tj5s
      @user-re6yo7tj5s Місяць тому

      ​@@stevenjohnson6082Given some of the horrendous work witnessed throughout the series, and having the fun of putting several cars through sva tests my self,I don't believe that for one minute!

  • @johnm3907
    @johnm3907 Місяць тому

    I thought the car for genola was really cool. And I remember vegas face when he seen that last car. It was priceless. Honestly I don't think I ever watched the show again after that.

  • @davidedwards3724
    @davidedwards3724 Місяць тому

    The rover jules sold on quick ,and the owner is somewhere in Hertfordshire.seen alot.

  • @jamessims7391
    @jamessims7391 Місяць тому

    The ford fiesta was on salvage rebuilt at a auction they went to hope you find the rest off the car love what you do keep up the good work 👍👍👍

  • @-James-Smith-
    @-James-Smith- Місяць тому

    i last saw Johnny Vegas's volcano car on top of a 2009 focus estate in 2015 in a scrap yard in Bury St Edmunds

  • @christyrer9530
    @christyrer9530 Місяць тому +2

    I recently watched the Top Gear 10k supercar challenge again and I thought I would have a look at the mot history. I was surprised that only the Urracco had any and that seems to be about the time of filming. All of these would be worth a small fortune today. It would make an interesting video if you could find out what happened to them 😀👍

    • @cormaconcars4224
      @cormaconcars4224 Місяць тому

      I believe the urraco was repainted orange, and was up for sale in Australia with its current/previous owner

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Interesting, will take a look!

    • @cormaconcars4224
      @cormaconcars4224 Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 yeah have a look, its very interesting story with the car

    • @christyrer9530
      @christyrer9530 Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 Fingers crossed 👍

    • @tiborkutak2332
      @tiborkutak2332 Місяць тому

      It was on forum or something like that:
      Hammond kept the 308
      Jeremy's Merak was sold for parts

  • @PaulHayman-tq5kb
    @PaulHayman-tq5kb Місяць тому

    Leepfu is a master craftsman and gets the job done by any means possible

    •  Місяць тому +1

      More like a master baiter.

  • @gazjonze
    @gazjonze Місяць тому

    Johnny Vegas lives near me and still has that golf, PL06ETV. I spoke to him about it and he said the volcano car never went on the road and didn’t even have windscreen wipers 😂

  • @robinburn4974
    @robinburn4974 Місяць тому +10

    It was pretty much a joke show producing joke cars 😂

  • @da-mazing8500
    @da-mazing8500 Місяць тому

    Lepu, up there with the scrappage scheme in terms of positive effect on classic cars

  • @stevenbund6641
    @stevenbund6641 Місяць тому +5

    Thsy was highly modified I bet most insurance companies would not tuch them

  • @stephenboitoult8774
    @stephenboitoult8774 Місяць тому +3

    If that Jet 1 replica has a Jag motor it may well be able to maintain it's identity, but it positively does not qualify for immunity to MOT. I build resto-mods myself and I can state this with absolute certainty.

  • @adebat13
    @adebat13 Місяць тому

    Saw one of their cars in the Ashby Canal a at Moira Furnace a couple of years back,think it was a vw thing that had been made to float.....ish

  • @shinvelcro
    @shinvelcro Місяць тому

    Only things I remember of this show was how both chappys where always so agro with each other and them setting fire to the shop.

  • @danmeads7694
    @danmeads7694 Місяць тому +2

    Didn’t they do a six wheeled monstrosity based on a VW Polo? I’m sure there was one with horrendously “engineered “ steering too.

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      Surfer car I believe... struggling on any concrete info on that one.

    • @seancooper9138
      @seancooper9138 Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 Now owned and been turned into a boat by a lad called Charlie Burns. Loads of info on it on his facebook page

    • @joemactffb
      @joemactffb Місяць тому

      A mate of mine owns that...its now amphibious as its called a boatswagon...

    • @joemactffb
      @joemactffb Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/i3bHXbeQHk4/v-deo.htmlsi=UOY7tVkMzise0Qhm

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      WOW - any chance he would get in touch with us? Oscarsgarage999@gmail,com

  • @kittyhawk9707
    @kittyhawk9707 Місяць тому +5

    Jeez .. 10 mins looking around a car and the stuff that the modded "944" ( 2nd car) could have been fixed ... how the hell anybody sends a car for an mot and can't be bothered to get lights working / change bulbs/ PUT WASHER FLUID IN !!!!!!!! mazes me .. .. not as if they are hidden and not noticeable ..... scary to think that has been on the road with all those lights out ...

    • @adamfloyd2152
      @adamfloyd2152 Місяць тому +2

      And what kind of idiot puts a car in for MOT with seatbelts missing? I'm guessing that big fail was the first MOT after Bernie and Leepu 'improved' it and it says a lot about the quality of their workmanship.

    • @kittyhawk9707
      @kittyhawk9707 Місяць тому +1

      @@adamfloyd2152 yeah i just assumed it had seatbelts previously and they where taken off for some reason and just not put back ...but YEAH .. who thinks sending a car for MOT with no front seatbelts is a good idea .. i agree with you

  • @petebinni4974
    @petebinni4974 Місяць тому

    I know someone who was involved in making some parts for the show cars he told me some was death traps badly bodged

  • @Straightwhitemale1
    @Straightwhitemale1 Місяць тому

    I watched a couple bits of this and I kid you not I thought it was a spoof, and couldn’t watch it.😂😂😂

  • @jeremywentworth1833
    @jeremywentworth1833 Місяць тому +1

    I'm pretty sure Johnny sued Bernie & leepu as the car was so bad. Johnny is still a Golf man & always has the latest Golf R as several of the TV shows he did on channel 4 he's got the latest certainly when he decided he was opening the Glamping site part way through lockdown. Regarding Chop shop he did a car for Gary kemp as well so there's a link to the krays .

  • @dustinandtarynwolfe5540
    @dustinandtarynwolfe5540 Місяць тому +2

    I'm not surprised I've never heard of these guys. Those cars are horrendous. This would never have been allowed to happen in America lol. And England usually makes such nice looking cars. These don't fit that mold.

    • @danthebikeguy447
      @danthebikeguy447 Місяць тому +1

      You say that, but Leepu went on to make a show in the US called Leepu and Pitbull which was basically the same format.

  • @SA-zoom1
    @SA-zoom1 Місяць тому +2

    Ohhh this will good 😊

  • @PaulWilky-x6r
    @PaulWilky-x6r Місяць тому

    Mate I told you what happened to the volcano car in your last post 🤨

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      But I had already recorded the video at that point I'm afraid...

    • @PaulWilky-x6r
      @PaulWilky-x6r Місяць тому +2

      @oscarsgarage447 I've actually met Johnny Vegas in Glasgow spoke to him about this car it never run right since he got it petrol would pour out wouldn't start when it did drive it always cut out thing was a death trap same as Martin kemp gangster car they both got crushed

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      Do you know where Volcano car got destroyed?

    • @PaulWilky-x6r
      @PaulWilky-x6r Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 not to sure where it got scrapped same as the capri for Lawrence de lalio that was a terrible car that went to scrap aswell

  • @davidcannon1148
    @davidcannon1148 Місяць тому

    Got to Admit it was fun to watch but very scary designs and engineering 😅

  • @lesklower7281
    @lesklower7281 Місяць тому

    I did like Chop Chop London Garage at least the replica of Rovers Jet 1 is still around it probably would have gone faster with the Jaguar engine in it than the original Jet 1

  • @manchegocheese997
    @manchegocheese997 Місяць тому +1

    They went to speak to the designer of the Rover Jet car and he wasn't at all impressed with their plans to recreate it.

  • @Kierenstanden-qz7eu
    @Kierenstanden-qz7eu Місяць тому

    Is that Chris walker on the bike in the pic on the back of the wall

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Nope, it's John Reynolds. I was involved with a sponsor and this came into my ownership...

    • @Kierenstanden-qz7eu
      @Kierenstanden-qz7eu Місяць тому

      @ I remeber when he used to be on the red bull ducati

  • @jonnytheshark
    @jonnytheshark Місяць тому

    I saw this show on the Swedish telly but i think it was from India. Very odd fellow Leepu and that British guy.

  • @Spermwhales93
    @Spermwhales93 Місяць тому

    Kinda lame that they didn't go the whole hog for Jools and find a working gas turbine engine to put in the Jet 1 replica. The funny thing is, it would actually be the more environmentally-friendly powertrain option swap in some ways, as gas turbines can run on sustainable fuel without needing any modifications!

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      Nice idea but I will say... went to Le Mans Classic a few years ago and there was a later gas turbine car entered. It seemed to do about 1 lap every hour or so, don't think it was that reliable...

    • @johngibson3837
      @johngibson3837 29 днів тому

      ​@@oscarsgarage447oscar lap an hour would be from having to wait for sustainable fuels and maybe the electric side was EV, only just spotted these two video's do remember seeing one or two of chop shop but just couldn't face watching the show

  • @MIGHTYR1
    @MIGHTYR1 Місяць тому +1

    LEEPU HAD SHARES IN ISOPON P38 BODY FILLER😂😂😂

  • @jackwarren3080
    @jackwarren3080 Місяць тому +1

    Jools Holland a more important customer to them than Johnny Vegas it would seem 🤣🤣

  • @beendoneagain
    @beendoneagain Місяць тому +4

    I've paused the vid before it starts. My heart hopes that there will be no survivors from the worst car designer in modern history. .............I hope I am not wrong!

  • @jt500_salvage
    @jt500_salvage Місяць тому

    In the shouting voice of Lepu..” Bernie what about my design man”..😂

  • @Steve-gc5nt
    @Steve-gc5nt Місяць тому +1

    Haha I did enjoy those shows though.

  • @cyborgbadger1015
    @cyborgbadger1015 Місяць тому +2

    I thought the one they did for Jools Holland looked amazing but most of the others were truly horendous.

  • @marcushinton772
    @marcushinton772 Місяць тому

    I used to watch this screaming at the screen because of the deathtraps Lepu created which I'd hate to be in a crash in. Also remember the car for capital radio which was completely different to what they wanted! I wonder where he is???

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому

      The Bentley was for a radio station I believe?

  • @markellis4229
    @markellis4229 Місяць тому

    I can remember seeing the Capri on eBay

  • @rjkism
    @rjkism Місяць тому

    I’m know Bernie let’s just say he’s full of air and can expand the truth but he is a lovely bloke

  • @TygonBC
    @TygonBC 25 днів тому

    I must admit I used to enjoy Classic Car Rescue which Bernie was in with some Canadian guy? Very staged and like a poor man's Wheeler Dealers, but I had a soft spot for it.

  • @unknownunanimous2160
    @unknownunanimous2160 Місяць тому

    I use to love this show

  • @mattwills87
    @mattwills87 Місяць тому

    yeah one of the other cars has been on a youtube channel and I think Johnny's verdict could possibly be true

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Do you know which car?

    • @mattwills87
      @mattwills87 Місяць тому

      @@oscarsgarage447 ua-cam.com/video/K9ca1ijmq2E/v-deo.htmlsi=ax8CdbddszDKeMru

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      Great thanks!

  • @Markycarandbikestuff
    @Markycarandbikestuff Місяць тому +1

    I tried watching one episode of Chop Shop and wanted to kick the TV in, they built a Capri for some sports guy, went to the scrappy for an engine, shouty bald guy found a 3.5 Rover V8 and claimed it was 200 bhp, , got the thing done with stupid gullwing doors etc, guy came to collect it and he couldn't fit in it lol.

    • @dsesuk
      @dsesuk Місяць тому +2

      Wasn't that the one where the guy was retiring and his teammates thought it would make for a good parting gift? The guy looked absolutely wounded when he was presented with it!

    • @janvanrenselaar5998
      @janvanrenselaar5998 Місяць тому

      @@dsesuk Was,nt that a Rugbyplayer??

  • @lawsonjones2285
    @lawsonjones2285 Місяць тому

    I remember getting half way through the first episode I watched and thought "oh shit these guys are serious, it's not a spoof". Some people should not allowed to work on cars.

  • @barryjackson8512
    @barryjackson8512 Місяць тому

    I’m sure they built a Saab for Martin kemp. That subsequently. Got took to a car show and blew up

  • @cornellkirk8946
    @cornellkirk8946 Місяць тому

    His link with the Krays 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @915madness
    @915madness Місяць тому +1

    Chopping a car to pieces and re modelling it out of 2 tons of bodywork filler does not make it prestigious unique or worth more than £50

  • @No.Handle31
    @No.Handle31 Місяць тому

    I would say the last car was scrapped also.

  • @fantasticg73
    @fantasticg73 Місяць тому

    What they did to that 944 is tragic 😢

  • @harrynelson9203
    @harrynelson9203 Місяць тому

    I remember watching this many years ago 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @sannyfolkesson2226
    @sannyfolkesson2226 Місяць тому

    its a show i had a love-hate relation to but my god leepu is the car desginer worlds equalent to Tommy Wiseau, some of the cars was just painfull to se as it got chopped up and made into temu variants of other cars

  • @philf5043
    @philf5043 Місяць тому +1

    Should have been called the bodge shop.

  • @Hetzer63
    @Hetzer63 Місяць тому +1

    Best thing about owning one of these motoring monstrosity's ...aint no one going to steal it!

  • @johnfitton3716
    @johnfitton3716 Місяць тому +2

    Jools hollands was best one

  • @dangerotterisrea
    @dangerotterisrea Місяць тому

    It was the sports entertainment, more wrestling than mma but with cars 😂

  • @AmigaA-or2hj
    @AmigaA-or2hj Місяць тому

    Anyone remember the butchered MG?

  • @alantaylor353
    @alantaylor353 28 днів тому

    Leepu spat the dummy out because he wanted to "design his own car" when Jooles Holland wanted a replica of Jet 1.!
    Customer is always right springs to mind.! 😉 😉

  • @andywakefield9826
    @andywakefield9826 Місяць тому

    Lepu has a skill to a degree. But its not for the uk market

  • @andywakefield9826
    @andywakefield9826 Місяць тому

    My pal charlie burns owns the 6 wheel surf bus polo. Hes turned it into a boat 🤣

    • @oscarsgarage447
      @oscarsgarage447  Місяць тому +1

      We are in touch... keep watching for a video we are putting together!

  • @peteduch2151
    @peteduch2151 Місяць тому

    They all had bangladesh safety standards it moves in straight line bwana

  • @iangriffiths9943
    @iangriffiths9943 Місяць тому

    Martin kemp scrapped the abomination lipu did for him,he had it inspected and was unsafe to drive

  • @paulingleby3756
    @paulingleby3756 Місяць тому

    Used to laugh myself to tears with some of those "designs" by leepoo, poo by name, poo by design..😂😂💩

  • @davewhittles
    @davewhittles Місяць тому

    i remember watching the series i must admit to laughing at the end result of most of the cars as they were hideous

  • @paulie-Gualtieri.
    @paulie-Gualtieri. Місяць тому

    Brilliant, getting the somewhat decent cars out the way first. 😂