I have two project cars that have been around forever. One is a 75 Corvette that was gone through many years ago (new paint, carpet, engine, tranny, etc) and is now basically a big model car kit. I had designs on doing it all over again and when I had the time, I had no money, when I had the money, I had no time....so there it sits. Next to it is a '74 Charger that was my very first car bought back in 1978. Great times in that beast. It has been sitting dead for many years. I keep praying that "Overhaulin'" will steal it one day and I will be reduced to hysterical tears on TV to see it resurrected. I could part with the Corvette much faster than the Charger. That body style is just incredible to me. The 318 has been replaced with a 340. It has headers, and Torqueflite 747 transmission. To give you some idea of how long it has been out of commission, it has Mickey Thompson HUGE tires on the rear and air shocks to keep them away from the fenders. That fad died out long ago. I am going to get a spare of the new 71 Charger diecasts and make as accurate a copy as I can considering the differences in years.
Hi Aerovette -
I too have a '72 Chevelle Malibu that I am convinced the guys on Overhaulin' will call me about one day. My wife has submitted it a couple of times but I'm afraid that it's not quite 'sexy' enough for the show. I promise to play dumb if it comes up 'stolen' one day and a strange detective with fake hair and mustache keeps asking me to meet him in person...
Diecast247 Wrote:Hi Aerovette -
I too have a '72 Chevelle Malibu that I am convinced the guys on Overhaulin' will call me about one day. My wife has submitted it a couple of times but I'm afraid that it's not quite 'sexy' enough for the show. I promise to play dumb if it comes up 'stolen' one day and a strange detective with fake hair and mustache keeps asking me to meet him in person...
Absolutely ! In the words of Colonol Klink, "I know NUTTINK" !!
My wife submitted mine as well, but in spite of what I have seen on the show, the "official" rules state that the car MUST run and mine does not.
Be careful what you wish for, gentlemen!
I'm a casual friend of Ian Ziering, (actor on BH 90210) who was one of the very first recipients of the Overhaulin' gig with a '68 Camaro that had been a stalled project. Through the efforts of a magazine editor friend of his the whole charade was done, and I-Man got some more screen time.
Coupla things I picked up from watching trhe dvd and from his response:
---You never see one of the recipients say, "Wow! That's JUST EXACTLY what I woulda done!'... the teste and result has little to do with the owners' taste or desire.
---The cars are just NOT very well done... Ian had enormous problems even getting the car to RUN after he recieved it, which in turn was more than a week after the 'reveal'. And anyway, Whataya gonna do with a cut-off Camaro with no rear seat BUT with dvd screens in the back of the headrests?
---Well... you do get to pay TAXES on it!!! Came to a few thou, which ol' Ian can pull out of his boot, but not everyone has come out as well...
--- the electrical systems, and the paint and body work on many of the subject cars have had enormous problems, and there are never shows made on doing the repairs... most owners have just off-loaded them after the 'statute' was up... Ian sold his car on Ebay, got decent $$$, I think it's in Europe now....