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Azrael4h @ Nov 25th 2007 1:21PM
The tastes of the people who ran that show were certainly questionable, but they didn't go to rich people's houses and rebuild already half-completed projects like Overhaulin' does. Nearly all of the people they redid the cars for were dirt poor, and all of the cars were POSes at best. The army discharge who's truck had been stripped while he was away in Iraq was my favorite, as well as the college girl whose Firebird they redid.
The hands down best one was when they got an old Ford something-or-other. It was actually tow halves of separate cars that had been literally glued together. They replaced it with a new Scion cardboard box, which they then pimped.
So I like that show. They suck as designers, as the cars come out questionable at best. But it's not "Rich guy gets his already nearly complete running project redid for free" like Overhaulin'.
That One Person @ Nov 25th 2007 6:53PM
I may not have watched every episode of Overhaulin but from the ones I did see (I did like the Ford pickup episode) those people were far from rich. They looked more like average Joes.
Sure they weren't poor college students like the owners on PMR. But PMR catered to a different crowd. I mean, just look at the two shows. Overhaulin rebuilt cars that were cool and in the end actually had some class to them. PMR put huge stereos, juice makers, useless lights into their vehicles...you know, the crap 16 year olds love.
What teenager wants to watch some 40 year old's old school muscle car which the owner started to restore with his sick or dead father be totally redone?
Cody...Dodge used a 3spd auto in the Neon up until 2001 or so. But yeah, 3spd manuals were ancient in the mid 70s.
Azrael4h @ Nov 25th 2007 7:59PM
Used to they did do the 'average joe' kind of peoples' cars. Then they stopped, wanting only running, partially complete projects that could easily be rebuilt. Every time I watch it now, the person who owns the car has a $500,000+ house, and if they weren't so stupid with their money (like buying a $500,000 house with 4,000 square feet when they could do with a quarter that) they could have done a better job with the car than Foose did.
At best, the ones on Overhaulin' were not even lower middle class. The were strictly middle class. Not the poor, living in their mom's basements people who couldn't afford a decent set of tires, much less to restore their ride.
bryan @ Nov 25th 2007 8:45PM
ford tourus i believe "they" was lol