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

YELLOW CAR! There's one >>>>!!

I stopped at a yard sale and there it was, a Little Deuce Ford Coupe roadster - canary yellow with red flames, chrome wheels and exhaust, V-8 with a blower! I had to have it, no matter the cost.

I found the person who has in charge and pushed her to the car. I asked her "How much?" She said it was her son's car at one time. I didn't care whose car it was, I told her I wanted it. I couldn't take out my wallet fast enough.

She looked at the car then at me and then the car again, finally she said, "Would you take care of it and give it a good home?" I immediately said YES! With a little tear in her eye she said the price $1.00. I gave her the dollar as fast as I could . I would have paid twice as much for the yellow car. She reached down and picked it up and gave it to me. I held it, it was MINE!

By now, you probably figured out that it is a toy car with 2 "M&M" figurines sitting in the seat. 

The "Yellow Car" story started when my oldest granddaughter was 5 years old. We'd go somewhere and to keep her occupied I would play a gamed called "Yellow Car". 

When one of us spotted a yellow car, we would yell out "yellow car". The car could be on the road, in a driveway or in a car lot; we'd keep score! We continue to play this game to this day with our younger grandchildren. 

So when I saw the yellow roadster I had to buy it no matter what the cost.

My oldest granddaughter is now 17. A few weeks ago she came for a visit and as we were driving down the road, I yelled out "YELLOW CAR!" and she started to laugh. For the rest of the ride, we played and she won. Great day, great memories.

Some day, I'll give her the yellow roadster so she will remember all of the fun she had with her grandfather, playing "Yellow Car".

I'll look around and find some more yellow cars and give them to my other grandchildren so they will remember the fun playing "Yellow Car" with their grandfather, too.