Last night my wife and I were looking through Netflix and I was on the I-Pad as usual. When she says "Have you seen this before?" I looked up and saw a program called "Rust Valley Restorers" So, we put it on and started watching the first four episodes. Gear heads that breath life back into old classic cars, for various customers and to make some working capital to continue on with business. If you get a chance watch a few episodes on Netflix see what you think.If you've seen it then I don't need to tell you any more. I believe it viewed Dec 2018. Just some sheltering in entertainment. Thanks, Al
I've watched both seasons. Avery is from my home town of Fort St John BC. I enjoy the show. I saw Avery at our local movie theater and he was still wearing the same green rubber boots in December. My wife just saw him in February and got a selfie with him too. Haha
I really enjoyed watching, I hope they come back for a third season :fingerscrossed:
Mike is a charactor. He's not acting whatsoever on the show. Pretty cool bunch of guys.
My favorite show for many reasons. I miss the PNW as I grew up there for 24 years and this show reminds me of home.
Very refreshing... enjoyed it... watching guys bring old classics back to life as cheaply as possible for "drivers". For me much more enjoyable than watching Graveyard were their anal about numbers matching, and is the emblem on the same spot as it was in the factory...
I am not a number matching guy and prefers to hot rod my cars to improve performance, or like others say make it your own. GYC is about resurrecting cars back to the way they were born. That is their mission and business model. A lot of hard work and knowledge required and I can appreciate that. They also go in to more details on how the cars are put back together and why factory did it in certain way. So far the first two seasons of RV talks about business struggling to survive. It is still an enjoyable show but not much details shown working on the cars. Iron Resurrection is another good show. Bitching Rides is good too.
Love that show! Not so much their work. :o
I just watch a few episodes on Wednesday. He is a character for sure. He was trying to sell his 67 Belvedere for $50,000.00. He turned down $30,000.I think he is a dreamer the $30,000 was a damn good offer for what it was.
JS27
I enjoy all car "shows" of these types......take what I need or want and overlook that which I do not care for :wrenching:
Quote from: js27 on May 22, 2020, 01:50:08 PM
I just watch a few episodes on Wednesday. He is a character for sure. He was trying to sell his 67 Belvedere for $50,000.00. He turned down $30,000.I think he is a dreamer the $30,000 was a damn good offer for what it was.
JS27
Don't forget he was talking CDN dollars through...big difference....
I agree, the quality of the cars is not exactly there, but they're priced accordingly :twothumbsup:
They're not restorations. So it's a balancing act keeping costs low enough to sell them when done. Overtaxed Canadians don't have the disposable income people from other countries do.
Started watching it. Cool show.
Not big on safety though, EP2, he is jacking up the car while his son is laying under it.... :o
It's pretty realistic to how a "bunch of friends" get together and work on cars...safety is not always a first though... :rofl:...until someone gets hurt.
I can't get over how much stuff h has there in that yard....I would love to visit. :cheers:
One of the better car "restoration" shows, some of the prices thrown around are a bit of a joke but pretty entertaining. Cars seem to go from tear down to BOOM - fully restored without much detail or coverage of the work which is the part I like watching. GYC jumped the shark on factory correct restos and now are more into restomods it seems and also have too much blah, blah , blah and not enough workign on cars.
I had a car fall over me when I was young, had jack stands but decided it needed to go a bit higher so I jacked it up, still withe that stands under the car but it was the jack that held it up, it slid off the jack, sideways, stands tipped over and I was lucky that the stand on its side took the hit and I could crawl out of there if I held my breath.
Very careful since then...
I'm not really a hand-hold type of guy but I see lots of safety shortcuts on a lot of shows. I really don't like that because there are tons of kids out there that don't have proper training from their Dad's or shop classes either.
We actually had a young fellow trapped under a car here in Georgetown the other week, working on his Tuner in the driveway....my wife reads all this stuff on her phone, I don't really follow it, but from what I understand , he was pretty seriously hurt, but will live :twothumbsup:
Funny.....of course due to Covid-19 my wife is now home all the time....if I make a loud bang or yell FU** Real loud in the garage....she comes running out to see if I'm Okay..... :haha: :haha: never had someone who cared so much....however,when a car does fall on me, she'll likely be floating on the pool with her ear buds in as I scream for help... :haha: :haha: :haha:
Quote from: RUNCHARGER on May 23, 2020, 11:35:52 AM
I'm not really a hand-hold type of guy but I see lots of safety shortcuts on a lot of shows. I really don't like that because there are tons of kids out there that don't have proper training from their Dad's or shop classes either.
Yup, I cringe when I see guys using huge cut off wheels with only safety glasses and no shield, grinding, sanding and painting with no dust masks, respirators etc. I was young and stupid and not always used the stuff either but now I do, it`s bad to see TV shows not showing/teaching proper safety when working on vehicles.
Just scrolling through Twitter and there was a video of these guys working on their truck. Don't know how to put a video clip from twitter on here, but at least I can do a screenshot.
Using two jacks instead of one is definitely less dangerous. ::) :o
Quote from: Swamp Donkey on May 23, 2020, 06:01:13 PM
Using two jacks instead of one is definitely less dangerous. ::) :o
Omg theyre totally using those concrete blocks wrong. The holes should always face up, not to the side. Lol.
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A few more episodes in and they ruined the engine in the Demolition Derby Cadillac by running it without oil...
Fat skills :drunk:
Wonder how the cars they restore turns out so nice when they sell them, seems to magically happen overnight.
Nope: I can tell you they hunt for parts over several months for their projects.
What you see is what you get with mike. He is about 1.5hr away and I've met him lots. Just a little heads up he picked up a 1970 340 cuda a few months ago. Expect to see that soon
I saw a Challenger on the lot, hope they do that one. Cuda would be great also.
Like the show, but wanna see more of the work, that pretty much goes for all car shows, not enough details for car nerds.