These two clowns are more interested in being melodramatic than working on cars. They were just whinging pricks to that first seller with the yellow MGB. I loved it when he laughed in their faces at that ridiculous offer.
I use to love watching Leepu build cars using metal that's the same gauge as a soda can and over sized wheel spacers they would yank a wheel hub right out, total joke.
It is a British thing... the customer is not the boss and the employee will make you beg for his service if he knows you can't find one like him.... but I find that attitude mainly in white male.
For fucks sake. Its a made for TV programme! All the drama is fake. And you get a layman's look at the restoration not the full work. Grow up. I never seen such pathetic comments.
The way he shut the door at the end of the episode by grabbing the vent window frame will eventually cause the infamous MGB doorcrack. Don't ever do that.
wow they faked the car. the original rustbucket that they bought is a inca yellow Late model MGB, late model starting from 1978, distinguished by its triumph gauges and redesigned dashboard. inca yellow also didn’t come out until 1977/78. in the green car (which appears to be a Brooklands green, NOT BRG) is said to be a 76, early model rubber bumper car. The dashboard and instruments are different (which is a pain to interchange since they dont share too many differences) and also has early model headrests and early model steering wheel, whereas the inca yellow car had the late model headrests and steering wheel, which is not interchangeable without changing the steering column. so It appears to be faked.
I commuted from Oakland to Lockheed Missles and Space Co. each day in my MGB, BRG. If it rained, it had NO brakes. And those black plastic heater knobs only gave the impression of HEAT.... But that engine/exhaust sure gave a nice prrrrrrrrrr.
With the people skills these two have it’s a miracle they are able to buy anything. So 2 weeks and a budget of $4000.00, I mean what could go wrong? And when the rear end dropped I loved the “ it may be a write off”. You gave 500 pounds for it, you can part it out and turn a profit. Lotsa drama here.
I have a 1981 MGB GT (yes you read that right, 1981, even though the factory closed in 1980!). After the factory in Abingdon CLOSED down in 1980, all the remaining MGB GT parts were shipped to British Leyland in South Africa as CKD (Completely Knocked Down), where only 200 was ever built from imported CKD kits.
Without a doubt the worst car program I ever saw. I thought it was a comedy to begin with. Everything is staged, with poor acting and if "Bernie" is a master mechanic , well, no wonder the UK Car Industry collapsed. If he ever actually spoke to his staff like that he'd be laid out straight away. I'm guessing the American production company thought that a guy with a Cockney accent, driving round insulting people would sell in the States, and Dick Van Dyke wasn't available. Why did he try to buy it for a hundred quid then claim it was beyond saving? When they are painting it at 37 minutes you can clearly see that they are painting over a front wing with huge rust holes - no repair, no replacement panels. It also looks like the drivers door doesn't close properly. Bodgers and cowboys. It's criminal to claim this is a restoration.
Think they trying to copy the formula of American Chopper with all the drama and screaming, you are right its obvious its staged and fake. Anything for TV ratings and money i guess.
@@joanned8172 Agree - there was an awful, awful show where the otherwise highly skilled Indian mechanic/panel beater overacted so badly it was impossible to watch. The 'moment' was him pretending to go into a trance to get his 'vision' of how the car would look and we were told if he did not 'feel it', the restoration could not happen. Of course, he did 'feel it' and we all were so relieved and happy.....yeesh....as corny and silly as you can get.
I remember all the dramas in the classic car newspapers when this was broadcast, eventually the tv production company admitted their were 2 MGB's the green one was a completely different car that only needed a respray, the whole restoration was staged on the yellow one and then it was scrapped
So the car was faked. It made several good points and was very entertaining. The new steel roof was amazing. The paint job and final bodywork looked very nice. I still can't figure out HOW they made money on the car. It looked they lost 2,000 gbp. The bumpers looked new as well as the grills and other shiny bits. New seats and upholstery costs a fortune in the USA.
Nice job on the bodywork but at bare minimum I would have expected a compression check, an inspection of all the engine seals and gaskets, and a test of the clutch. Without all those things buying this car would, as we say here in America, be like buying a pig in a poke! Last but not least that's not British Racing Green paint, it,s several shades too light.
a great example of a tire kicker. they honestly hasn’t made any car better than when they first came in. disrespectful to the sellers and The car.🤦🏻♂️
Too sad for words.not sure what the tubby guy is on but it’s not good. Stroke blood pressure. Silly,could actually make a good show. Didn’t bother after see bodsay not bother getting out of bed. He had them sussed.
I can’t believe you paid £500 for that pile of junk. I’ve sold solid rubber bumper GT’s for that recently. I would have just scrapped that shell if it was mine.
I get it its bad, but there is no need to flip out. Put the effort in the end price tag. Your health is way more important baldhead. nevermnd I love de baldhead.
Again! Setup arguments. The Canadian spends four hours looking for a ‘rear end’ after the rear end has been fitted and really four hours! Did not show how they cut the rust out of the ‘A’ pillar or overhauling the carbies. But did show us lunch with the wife and what looked like singing in a pub. And once again failed to wear their seatbelts while driving. Guys we are interested in your reconstruction work, not all the other repetitive rubbish. Cheers.
Crash testing notwithstanding,, chrome bumpers were so much nicer than that black rubber nonsense. Neither bumper is going to matter in a collision, lol.
All their episodes have been the same; argue about a car, curse a lot, questionable work (c'mon, WHO'd actually WANT a car "restored" in 2-weeks?), get mad, storm off, then get mad and storm off again. Ho hum.
The Bernie character wrecks this show but to be fair to him, he is obviously told to act up and the scenes are horribly scripted. A real pity as aside from his fake outrage, this is a good show.
Quite contrived. We never see the rust thu areas (and many, many other issues) addressed and repaired. The manufactured interpersonal drama is a huge detriment to the show. I would hate to be around these grwon men babies. Love the cars ..not the drama. The profit figures are complete fantasy.
After all that work they lost money , the labor of workers is not cheep . that comes to mind all the people that was on strike in the late 70s it would of been worth it if they only had build a quality Compact Car to last, cause they Rust out a lot over seas, Still see old Beetles around and only one or two of those MG in peoples driveway tucked away. That was a lot of Rust on that Car to be honest not sure if it's as good as it l👀k's, Wow was that Bernie's wifey on show °?• .. I thought Bernie had a much older wife in age she look much Younger then Bernie .
This entire show is preposterous - this is not even CLOSE to a "restoration" .... it reminds me of a British variation of "Orange County Choppers" - complete with moody and hot-tempered main characters, questionable work practices, and fabricated work deadlines to create additional drama. And having an appraiser at the end give them a value does not mean that they actually SOLD it for that. Ridiculous.
Totally bogus utter crap. The rear end falling out was rigged and the end result car isn't the same car. There is no way the roof would come out that smooth after welding in a large piece of metal like that and it not have heat distortion in it, I don't care how much filler you use. And the amount of body work needed to do a chrome bumper conversion and make it look right is ridiculous. If these guys think anyone that knows anything about cars and MGBs in particular thinks this is real is laughable. Bogus fake TV.....waste of everyone's viewing time.
One thing spoils this programme; Bernie!!
These two clowns are more interested in being melodramatic than working on cars. They were just whinging pricks to that first seller with the yellow MGB. I loved it when he laughed in their faces at that ridiculous offer.
Did you notice the near perfect B GT sitting next to it ?
I use to love watching Leepu build cars using metal that's the same gauge as a soda can and over sized wheel spacers they would yank a wheel hub right out, total joke.
I just can’t watch this with that absolute bell end trying to act like a geezer for the American market!
@@michaeltaylor5682 I know what you mean. Watched about three minutes. That was plenty enough thank you.
Those guys are HACKS. Unprofessional. They do NOT restore anything. They always do so many things half assed. Unbelievable.
Really
@@marioiacolucci Yes, really.
It is a British thing... the customer is not the boss and the employee will make you beg for his service if he knows you can't find one like him.... but I find that attitude mainly in white male.
@@storminator60 big time
For fucks sake. Its a made for TV programme! All the drama is fake. And you get a layman's look at the restoration not the full work. Grow up. I never seen such pathetic comments.
Huge drama which is not seen in the auto business. Everything must always be a crisis in “reality tv”
Get rid of the mouthy Cockney
@@ianmarywilliams You have no idea what a Cockney is i see :) hahaha there is not one in this video i know that much :)
@@rangersasc Really, mouthy Londoner then
@@ianmarywilliams Sounds like hes from Essex or somewhere
@@rangersasc That's even worse then lol
For me watching this was an absolute waste of time.
The way he shut the door at the end of the episode by grabbing the vent window frame will eventually cause the infamous MGB doorcrack. Don't ever do that.
Dam
this is by far the best episode ever. Seeing Berny sing si priceless!!!!
The Mazda Mx5 reminds me of a mgb
10:23 16:12 28:01 28:20
haven't these 2 ever heard of sandblasting? it works much better than using a bloody grinder.
Parts are amazingly easy to come by at really good prices, I was very surprised when I did the restoration on my 73 BGT.
wow they faked the car. the original rustbucket that they bought is a inca yellow Late model MGB, late model starting from 1978, distinguished by its triumph gauges and redesigned dashboard. inca yellow also didn’t come out until 1977/78. in the green car (which appears to be a Brooklands green, NOT BRG) is said to be a 76, early model rubber bumper car. The dashboard and instruments are different (which is a pain to interchange since they dont share too many differences) and also has early model headrests and early model steering wheel, whereas the inca yellow car had the late model headrests and steering wheel, which is not interchangeable without changing the steering column. so It appears to be faked.
I commuted from Oakland to Lockheed Missles and Space Co. each day in my MGB, BRG. If it rained, it had NO brakes. And those black plastic heater knobs only gave the impression of HEAT.... But that engine/exhaust sure gave a nice prrrrrrrrrr.
So much theater.....be more serious.
With the people skills these two have it’s a miracle they are able to buy anything. So 2 weeks and a budget of $4000.00, I mean what could go wrong? And when the rear end dropped I loved the “ it may be a write off”. You gave 500 pounds for it, you can part it out and turn a profit. Lotsa drama here.
Back axel going down...😂 That's funy
Bernie 🤣
watching your episodes complete's my day... good job guys,keep it up..👍👍👍
If I'd been the owner I'd have shown Bernie and his screwdriver the door.
The loops on the end of the springs have been cut load of rubbish
Ho my God!! Taking the paint off to bare metal with the angle grinder, are we mad!!
2 cars ... they didn't fix no car
I can’t believe the sills weren’t rusted out. They weren’t replaced so I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole!
Never use fingertips with sand paper… always a “Block”
I have a 1981 MGB GT (yes you read that right, 1981, even though the factory closed in 1980!).
After the factory in Abingdon CLOSED down in 1980, all the remaining MGB GT parts were shipped to British Leyland in South Africa as CKD (Completely Knocked Down), where only 200 was ever built from imported CKD kits.
the rear springs didnt drop off , they were sawn off , most viewers believe the panic !
The hundred was over paying, wouldn't try rebuilding that car if you got it for free
Without a doubt the worst car program I ever saw. I thought it was a comedy to begin with.
Everything is staged, with poor acting and if "Bernie" is a master mechanic , well, no wonder the UK Car Industry collapsed.
If he ever actually spoke to his staff like that he'd be laid out straight away. I'm guessing the American production company thought that a guy with a Cockney accent, driving round insulting people would sell in the States, and Dick Van Dyke wasn't available.
Why did he try to buy it for a hundred quid then claim it was beyond saving?
When they are painting it at 37 minutes you can clearly see that they are painting over a front wing with huge rust holes - no repair, no replacement panels.
It also looks like the drivers door doesn't close properly.
Bodgers and cowboys.
It's criminal to claim this is a restoration.
Think they trying to copy the formula of American Chopper with all the drama and screaming, you are right its obvious its staged and fake. Anything for TV ratings and money i guess.
@@joanned8172 Agree - there was an awful, awful show where the otherwise highly skilled Indian mechanic/panel beater overacted so badly it was impossible to watch. The 'moment' was him pretending to go into a trance to get his 'vision' of how the car would look and we were told if he did not 'feel it', the restoration could not happen.
Of course, he did 'feel it' and we all were so relieved and happy.....yeesh....as corny and silly as you can get.
I remember all the dramas in the classic car newspapers when this was broadcast, eventually the tv production company admitted their were 2 MGB's
the green one was a completely different car that only needed a respray, the whole restoration was staged on the yellow one and then it was scrapped
No surprises there! These guys are embarrassing to watch, I wouldn't let them fix my bicycle.
They had to scrap it because the rear suspension wasn't safe at all.
So the car was faked. It made several good points and was very entertaining. The new steel roof was amazing. The paint job and final bodywork looked very nice. I still can't figure out HOW they made money on the car. It looked they lost 2,000 gbp. The bumpers looked new as well as the grills and other shiny bits. New seats and upholstery costs a fortune in the USA.
Looks great
This is one of the best restoration cars tv shows. These presenters are amazing!
Be surprised if that car ever made it to the road wouldn’t trust them to fix a push bike
Burnie is not a mechanic . Is a idiot I fill sorry for is wife
What happened to the chrome bullet mirrors?
Nice job on the bodywork but at bare minimum I would have expected a compression check, an inspection of all the engine seals and gaskets, and a test of the clutch. Without all those things buying this car would, as we say here in America, be like buying a pig in a poke! Last but not least that's not British Racing Green paint, it,s several shades too light.
Ashes to ashes, rust to rust.... LOL, i died at that one!
I love it when Bernie loses his temper 😂😂😂
a great example of a tire kicker. they honestly hasn’t made any car better than when they first came in. disrespectful to the sellers and The car.🤦🏻♂️
16:10 I had a good laugh!
before after cars are different.
Parts for MGBs are cheap but no way was the cost of that 'restoration' 4k
If you can enable it for other country's you will get more likes,after episode 3 its disabled,we loved this show
these shows just get sillier and sillier.
..."I will show you how this is done!" This guy is an expensive walking talking heart attack !"
Wow gents, it's beautiful 😂
25:22 Woo woo woo wooooh
I would have left the MGB and taken the right hand drive Chevy Impala
absolutely!!
Think they be better off with 1st car. What went wrong, it happen when they bought the car!
Too sad for words.not sure what the tubby guy is on but it’s not good. Stroke blood pressure. Silly,could actually make a good show. Didn’t bother after see bodsay not bother getting out of bed. He had them sussed.
I can’t believe you paid £500 for that pile of junk. I’ve sold solid rubber bumper GT’s for that recently.
I would have just scrapped that shell if it was mine.
Wow, if that's all it takes to expertly appraise a car, then I've just found my new job.=
Hate the stupid rubber bumpers glad they filled in the sunroof
Well done mates, I would have no problem having you restore one of my cars or buying one from you, cheers..
the parking light/front indicators are upside down - funny that the appraiser didn't notice that
Really dam
What happend to the front bumper? Can you just fit a old grill and bumper instead of the newer plastic trim
What happened to the bullet mirrors
Perhaps you have to be an American to appreciate the over acting dribble.
I bought a new red MGB in 1970 in Orlando, Florida. I think that it was manufactured during a strike.
Will you come back to work?
There's a karioke machine over there.
Hahah.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Nobody seems to have bothered welding underneath.
I live in america and its pretty hillarious to me how Brits do bussiness!
I get it its bad, but there is no need to flip out. Put the effort in the end price tag. Your health is way more important baldhead.
nevermnd I love de baldhead.
Again! Setup arguments. The Canadian spends four hours looking for a ‘rear end’ after the rear end has been fitted and really four hours! Did not show how they cut the rust out of the ‘A’ pillar or overhauling the carbies. But did show us lunch with the wife and what looked like singing in a pub. And once again failed to wear their seatbelts while driving. Guys we are interested in your reconstruction work, not all the other repetitive rubbish. Cheers.
Oh boy, Bernie is a drama queen.
He always gets mad
Uk car shows are good.
The 240Z killed off a lot of 2 seater sports cars.
good simple times
The rear leafsprings are cut. Thats why the axel fell of, Totaly gay show!
Is that a 483MG number plate, amazing for the price.
Great job guys
Is this the episode where they pretended rear suspension had collapsed but had actually taken an angle grinder to the rear spring shackle plates
Proper british comedy
Crash testing notwithstanding,, chrome bumpers were so much nicer than that black rubber nonsense. Neither bumper is going to matter in a collision, lol.
GGGuys omg finallly its the old guy
I’d have the 3.5 v8 gt. 0-60 in 8 seconds and 125 mph.
What year is it?
I just bought one 1978 good running condition 56k miles for the price of 3400
It's yellow convertible
32:07 😂😂😂😂
All their episodes have been the same; argue about a car, curse a lot, questionable work (c'mon, WHO'd actually WANT a car "restored" in 2-weeks?), get mad, storm off, then get mad and storm off again. Ho hum.
im out at the bogus karaoke play.....
The Bernie character wrecks this show but to be fair to him, he is obviously told to act up and the scenes are horribly scripted.
A real pity as aside from his fake outrage, this is a good show.
Those 5mph black rubber bumpers are as ugly as hammered snake s***, they definitely had to go....
Is Bernie really that unpleasant. Don't know how anyone can be around him.
Amateur dramatics as far as the eye can see.
On one hand I like the end product of these two BUT...what I hate about this show is their constant bickering! Its pathetic!
This is and will always remain one of the worst car shows ever made it’s like a 99p version of wheeler dealers
The mini was worth 5.000 as well
Quite contrived. We never see the rust thu areas (and many, many other issues) addressed and repaired. The manufactured interpersonal drama is a huge detriment to the show. I would hate to be around these grwon men babies. Love the cars ..not the drama. The profit figures are complete fantasy.
After all that work
they lost money , the
labor of workers is not
cheep . that comes to mind
all the people that was on strike
in the late 70s it would of been
worth it if they only had build
a quality Compact Car to last,
cause they Rust out a lot over seas,
Still see old Beetles around
and only one or two of those MG
in peoples driveway tucked away.
That was a lot of Rust on that Car
to be honest not sure if it's as good
as it l👀k's, Wow was that
Bernie's wifey on show °?• .. I thought
Bernie had a much older wife in age
she look much Younger then Bernie .
16:14 omg
careful guys ...all they looking for are hits !
This entire show is preposterous - this is not even CLOSE to a "restoration" .... it reminds me of a British variation of "Orange County Choppers" - complete with moody and hot-tempered main characters, questionable work practices, and fabricated work deadlines to create additional drama. And having an appraiser at the end give them a value does not mean that they actually SOLD it for that. Ridiculous.
Should be called drama queen,its just too much.
The drama is unwatchable. Could've been educational and satisfying without the childish antics.
I realized that after watching it for 30 Seconds it was a Reality Knockoff that i didn't need to watch.
Insult to the average intelligence.
Totally bogus utter crap. The rear end falling out was rigged and the end result car isn't the same car. There is no way the roof would come out that smooth after welding in a large piece of metal like that and it not have heat distortion in it, I don't care how much filler you use. And the amount of body work needed to do a chrome bumper conversion and make it look right is ridiculous. If these guys think anyone that knows anything about cars and MGBs in particular thinks this is real is laughable. Bogus fake TV.....waste of everyone's viewing time.
Paul Metcalf. You can weld a large piece of metal into the roof without getting heat distortion
Why would you get rid of that lovely Webasto in the first place? Prats.
12:06 lol
Why don't they drive around in classic cars that they pimp out? I mean Count does, doesn't he?
Appraise a car ? Whos joking .
These two are like old women 🙄
I WOULD RATHER MAKE A LOSS THAN HIRE AN BUNCH OF LAZY EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE ME APOLOGISE FOR TELLING THEM OFF.
People are lazy at work always
Whats up with the old guy