TLC show 'Wrecks to Riches'

[hotrodgal]

My least favorite episode, by the way. Or should I say, least favorite car...but then I'm spoiling the surprise. Anyway, guys, watch it and remember it's just TV. And I may get my butt kicked for this, but for all of you who are trying to figure out the cost angle - we did try to get as much product donated as possible - TLC did NOT give us any money to work with, this was all out of our pocket (mine and Barry's, not even the business); but on some of the cars there just wasn't anyone who wanted to play ball, so we took a hard hit (especially on the Camaro). And the numbers are just approximate - we had to keep a list of vendors who gave us product and assign a value to that product, that's where they get the $$ from. And about the wheels - when Chris does the rendering for how the car is going to look (and that's usually right after we've found the car) he sends the design for the wheels over to the company that makes our wheels, so therefore they have minimum 4-5 weeks to produce the wheel - and they always came down to the very last minute - do you guys really think that we waited until the end before ordering a set of custom wheels? Puh-leeze!! If there are any more questions on how we pulled this fiasco off, please let me know - I'll try to answer them as best I can.

[CRUSTY69]

your giving out secrets, your sooo gonna get busted...lol..

[hotrodgal]

Shhh, don't tell anyone

[CRUSTY69]

well im glad to see you guys held on to the pontiac...selling at cost would have been a watse of time..

[hotrodgal]

Yeah, there were NO buyers at that venue...the car was actually high bid for the auction! There was no way we were going to let it go for that price...so we brought it home. So other than that, what did you all think of tonight's show?

[JCAM68]

Hotrodgal, Where Do You Guys Get The Wheels From??

[JCAM68]

I thought the car looked great! I liked the Camaro the best though.

[colt zantop]

nice episode.....the chevelle and camaro were my fav's though......

[hotrodgal]

We design the wheels ourselves, and they are available for sale. Thanks for watching!!

[hotrodgal]

The Camaro episode has been my favorite too so far...but my favorite car is yet to come...but that's all I'm going to say for now!!

[Larry Callahan]

I'm Tivo'ing tonights episode. I missed the first one.

Has the entire season already been shot?

[I_work_for_Barry]

Yes, the entire season is in the bag. Larry, if you come down to the shop we have some of the cars that two of our local customers bought in the shop.

[protour_chevelle]

I feel so special with all of this underground info being given out. hehehehe.

-Matt

[hotrodgal]

You're quick, Adam. Beat me to the draw on that one We finished filming in January...and we are waiting to see if the ratings are good enough to do a 2nd season. Thanks again to everyone who's watching! Let TLC know what you think of it...and us too.

[Orngcrush69]

Good luck! I hope to make it down there to the shop for some tips

[zbugger]

I liked this episode. The car, well, the rear could have sat a touch lower, but oh well. Oh, and when they showed the car after it was finally finished and they did the burnout shot, what were the sparks under the car coming from? It looked like a lightning storm. Or was that just me seeing that?

[Steve68]

I think the front sat to low and the rear to high, would have brought one up, and one down, but other than that it's a good show, except when they get the older guy to start bashing the UTI kids, reminds me ot the idiot Boyd and his retards,

[kamaroman68]

It almost looked like a water leak to me and not sparks. However I could be wrong. Chris

[southernfriedcj]

Hotrodgal,
I enjoyed the show last night. Can you clear one thing up for me please? Does the cost of the build include materials and labor?

Thanks,
Jim

[stryfe101]

I saw the sparks too...was wondering what it might be. I've like all of the cars so far but the Lemans and the Satellite are my 2 favs.

Gray