grave yard carz

[Norm reynolds]

I dont know if its me BUT what the heck are they doing last year I thought was lame but tonight they wasted 18 mins shooting each other with paint balls What the heck does that have to do with the restoration of a car I just got an email from Mark from grave yard carz wanting to know what I thought about tonight show I guess its me because I am not getting it

[x77-69z28]

If you talk to him, tell him I didn't get the autographed picture yet! I still think they have fun doing what they do. There is a lot to be said for that. I am not a mopar guy, but their work looks pretty good.
Buddy

[Norm reynolds]

the work looks good BUT I hate the silly OCC crap I am a old mopar nut from the 60s
Mark told me last years show the tv company wanted the stupid stuff added in to the show
Like I said I guess I am to old because I am not getting it

[Big Block Bill]

You and me both, I don't know how anyone would have this guy restore a car for them, or work for him either. To much Ego & drama. Bill

[njsteve]

That stupid, fake, "human interest" crap completely turns people off from the show. Feel free to tell him that.

If someone would produce a show where people just located and restored cars on time and on budget, without the artificial melodrama, then it would be something I would watch.

I cant watch more the two minutes of that show before turnng the channel.

[WILMASBOYL78]

I saw a few minutes last nite...that will be last time..dumb <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif

[markinnaples]

Chop, Cut, Rebuild on Speed might be more in line with what you all would like to watch.
Strictly showing the steps on what their doing from a technical nature, with just the occasional dumb joke by Dan Woods.

[VintageMusclecar]

At least the crew is knowledgeable and they don't cram it full of wannabe-heavy metal buffer music like a certain &quot;other&quot; network does (can't hit the &quot;mute&quot; button fast enough on that one sometimes!)

Obviously it's all about the demographics they're targeting.

[GTO_DON]

I think the guy is an Idiot but im trying to be nice.

[67rs/ss]

I agree the show seems to be a cross between a reality show and a restoration show,but with
to much reality (drama). He talks to much crap to the guys but they don't seem to mind.
This to me is suppose to be about the cars (grave yard carz), he seems pretty passionate
about them, let that be the main focus of the show. I am chevy guy but like all muscle cars.
I would like to know more about the Mopars he seems to be pretty knowledgeable about them .
I really like the Challengers and 67 Barracudas.

Tony

[black69]

I think the show is ok, as it is all mopar. My son watched it with me last night, and found the paint ball stuff worth the watch (he is 7). Now we have to go and check out paint guns. Cant wait to see the triple black 71 cuda restoration.

[Dave Castine]

I just fast forward thru the crap - didn't know the rear bumble-bee stripes on the Challengers were painted first then color later. That was worth knowing (to me anyways...)

Dave C
67 GTX 440/4spd/Dana

[Steve Shauger]

The show has too much drama, and his ego is way beyond his abilities. Another issue is the show provides very little technical content. I think the new Legendary Motor Car show is one of the best.

[Tommy]

Im not a fan. Stick to the cars and trucks. Send the drama over to MTV for thier crowd... bring back reruns of American Sports Cavalcade with Ed Bruce <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif.


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[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">..........If someone would produce a show where people just located and restored cars on time and on budget, without the artificial melodrama, then it would be something I would watch.........</div></div>

That would be &quot;Pimp My Ride&quot;.

This show &quot;grave yard cars&quot; I have not seen. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif

[C1SS396]

I like the idea of the show . Finding out the history of the cars and ho
w they died . Even going to the seen of the crash and were the car had been stored.
The season seem like a hour long commercial for local business and all the free shop tools . Hope they drop the occ crap and just go back to building and the research of some cool mopars

I am a fan of Hot Rod Magazine Roadkill on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lATwQ7wkhTs&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Jim Ferron]

Last night was the first time I had seen this show...kinda made in the image of the old Boyd Coddington show.

For a guy who is as self proclaimed special as this guy is..that is a pretty big restoration to get the stripes ass-backwards on.

And was it me or when they panned across the black painted roof on that car near the sunroof, wasn't there a gaggle of sanding marks in the paint? I mean is it going to get a vinyl top to cover it? Maybe I was seeing things...

[day2killa]

very cool show

[Norm reynolds]

I like Legendary Motor Car with peter and I like chasing classic cars with Wayne Carini
wayne and peter seem to be really honest nice guys that do know a lot
The other problem is i read a few days ago were speed channel in the spring will be dumping anything about cars and be all sports channel they also said that this was the last year for barret jackson to be on speed and I have seen in the last few weeks that the velocity channel is getting away from car stuff and showing more nature
thing I also see west coast costumes is now getting dumped
As far as grave yard carz I emailed mark back saying I was not to happy about the silly stuff He replied saying Veocity channel demanded they have all of the goofy stuff in because they think that is what people want to see and he realize thats NOT what us cars guys want to see BUT to get air time that is what he has to do I think in real life Mark is a nice guy that has a passion and Knows what he is doing Just go on on Facebook you will see every day mark gives updates and pictures of what he got done in that day .I think the networks are messing things up

[Canuck]

Read about a week ago that Speed is going to change its format to all Sports and drop traditional Automobile coverage. For the most part I watch very litte Speed Chanel as the content does not appeal to me. I would like to comment on some of the programs currently being Aired:

Classic Car Rescue: The Cockney guy and the Canadian, always finding some piece of crap, totally rusted out huge drama when something goes wrong. Always a deadline because the appraiser is coming in 10 days( hint, tell the appraiser we will let him know when car is done). Appraiser shows up, looks at the car for 2 minutes and gives the guys a price that shows they made a good investment. In one of the episodes they were restoring a Mini and you could clearly see two minis, one they butchered and the one that actually had new paint at the end of the episode.

Counting Cars: The Guys out of Las Vegas, way too much drama.

Chasing Classic Cars: Wayne Carini is actually knowledgeable and informative and doesn’t always get what he wants but doesn’t throw a tantrum when he doesn’t get his way. His cars go to auction and he accepts the end result.

Desert Car Kings: the guys from DVAP in Phoenix. They recently did a Charger, painted the car and later removed the headliner to find it rat and mouse dropping infested. Really? Wait until the car is painted to do the final disassembly? They were running out of time and couldn’t find interior parts yet the owner shows up with all new upholstery from Legendary that he wants us to believe he bought for $200.00.

The majority of these shows are produced for people who know nothing about cars and have no appeal to the knowledgeable car enthusiast.

[Xplantdad]

I totally agree Paul. It's all a waste of time!

[Norm reynolds]

and lets not forget the fast and loud clowns

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Norm reynolds</div><div class="ubbcode-body">and lets not forget the fast and loud clowns
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I was trying to. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smirk.gif
James

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...........
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">The majority of these shows are produced for people who know nothing about cars and have no appeal to the knowledgeable car enthusiast.</span></span>
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[1970Bluel78]

I got a few chuckles out of the show. Some nice Mopsars on there and you learn a few things. It's TV boys

[Bill Rose]

I guess I'm in the minority. I like Grave Yard Carz. I'm more of a GM car guy, but it's good to see a show without all the fake deadlines, and customizing being done. I think Mark the boss is a riot. He's a comedian. I think they have to appeal to a way larger audience than the muscle car enthusiasts, and that's why the producers focus so much on the antics. They can't spend an hour showing someone sanding plastic, no one would watch it. They do focus on the originality of the cars they do, a lot more than any other shows. They also don't spend the whole time doing commercials for OPG, or Magnaflow.....although they did start doing tool cabinet ads last week. How many shows are there, where they have to restore a car in 2 weeks, or the world will come to a end

[69Tom]

I'm definitely coming around on the show. At first I didn't like it for the reasons people have posted above. Now I just take them in stride, go get a snack when those non-car segments are on or fast forward past it if the segment is way too long. Otherwise, I do appreciate their research and knowledge of MOPARs.