Re: New Car Show Called Muscle Car / tough crowd

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

One other thing to remember about the Cuda they're working on is that it 
was used in I think 2Fast 2Furious (or the original one) and was pretty 
trashed when they got it. Personally, I would have straightened the unibody 
but there may be other problems with the car that this solved in a time 
frame that works for TV within a budget the producers could live with.

As for the crate Camaro, yes, anyone can bolt together a car from a box 
(you can also buy one of these pre-built if you want) but they're not just 
doing that. They're going to the trouble of prepping it for a show car 
paint job and those same techniques apply to any car from an AMC to a Yugo. 
On that specific project, I give them high marks for showing all the 
tedious details that typically get glossed over on other shows.

Matt

At 10:29 AM 3/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> Good post John! I agree with Jock too. It's okay to criticize on the list, 
> but state the reason, not just an opinion. Why is the show crap? I agree 
> that they made some serious errors, and the producer should know they 
> aren't doing things in an acceptable manner, but acceptable by whom? I'm 
> not the only one who's "hacked" something at one point or another, either 
> temporarily or left permanent on a driver or car I just wanted to "fix up" 
> and couldn't afford to do it right, or plain didn't know how (but knew 
> what would work...). Sometimes the difference between a hack and a correct 
> job is in the eye of the beholder -- especially in the hot rodding and 
> racing world. Many things that became innovations were derided as hacks at 
> first.
>
> Cutting and welding stock parts to fit a stock car, especially in the 
> frame/major support area, instead of straightening it properly is just 
> wrong! That is unless it's being shortened, channeled, chopped, etc. .... ;>
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