DRAMA! DRAMA! DRAMA!

Well, the drama keeps coming on TV. It seems every few weeks there is a new car building show. They air a new group of car builders that build more DRAMA than cars!

They manage to set themselves on fire, break stuff, and forget to do something important to the build just to add to the drama.

Is this good for the Industry? Maybe yes and maybe no. It’s like pro-wrestling or as they call it “Sports Entertainment”. So is this now called “Car Entertainment”?

All these car building shows have help promote the Industry on one hand and on the other have hurt it.

They find some wreck for $1,000 – spends $7,000 to fix it up and sell it for $15,000. And they do this in 8 days!

But in reality any one who has built a car, knows this is not a realistic formula!

This is nothing more than “Car Entertainment”!

But it IS FUN to watch. The only two shows’ I enjoy are 'Overhaulin' and 'Wheeler Dealers'. Chip Foose is the BEST! And those two guys in England have a great show. The rest just fall into the “Car Entertainment” slot. They try to outdo one another in the DRAMA department.

In my opinion, the car building Industry has benefitted from these shows AND these shows have also hurt the Industry with false hope and unrealistic expectations, not to mention unrealistic time frames.

It’s a 50/50 deal. If you enjoy watching the DRAMA keep watching, if you want a car built do some real extensive car builders search online and talk to some real car builders, not the “DRAMA kings”.

Hey, that’s a great name for a car building TV show!

Keep Them Rolling!

Bill

Southern New England business trip

My wife, Miki and I just returned from Southern New England on a business to promote Old Iron.

 

Spent some time with a dear friends and fellow car enthusiasts from way back. Some are still racing.

Spent time with Bob Tasca, Jr. and Carl Tasca (Tasca Ford). Had breakfast with John Healey and talked about old times and cruise nights.

 

We enjoyed some New England seafood, rode around looking at the foliage. Met some interesting people to help promote Old Iron.

 

It was a great trip. Now it's time to work here in Southern Arizona for upcoming car shows:

• October 19, 2013 - St Gregory's
• November 2, 2013 - Cops and Rodders
• March 2, 2014 - Ford on Fourth

and many more...plus all the cruise nights we love to attend - all held in Tucson, Arizona.

 

Some new and exciting things are coming up for Old Iron - so keep watching.

Bill

Keep them rolling!

Car Chasing ?

Chasing Classic Cars - Velocity with Wayne Carini is a good car show to watch.

But let's face it >> some rich guy calls him and says that he has a Ferrari for sale. Wayne drives to the seller's home. The Ferrari is in an air conditioned garage with a black and white checker board floor. It looks like someone's living room with plush furniture and a big screen TV.

After the sale they go to a restaurant and have champagne and $100 steak dinners.

When I go out chasing for classic cars it's in my beat up 92 Ford F150 with no a/c. I drive around Southern Arizona in 117 degrees; fend off rattlesnakes, scorpions, Gila monsters and irate gun totting home owners who question my presence on their property until I explain why I am there. I just wanted to check out their old classic car sitting in their yard. I'm lucky to find a hot dog stand and a warm cola. 

There is chasing cars and then there is CHASING cars.

I like Wayne's show, but I don't think he would last two days out here in the desert.

Keep them rolling!

Bill