Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
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Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 6:45 pmRe: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 11:42 pmHis reasoning sounds very much like Ford's when it decided to take Jaguar mass-market. Rarity has value!
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:18 pmWheeler Dealers Is Returning To The UK, Ant Anstead To Depart
Mike Brewer has confirmed that from series 17, the show will switch from its US setting back to the UK, which will involve a new mechanic on the team
After six years based in the USA, Wheeler Dealers is returning to its homeland. Host Mike Brewer has confirmed series 17 will be filmed in the UK at a workshop near Bicester Heritage, with the move triggering a mechanic change.
Ant Anstead, who replaced Edd China in 2017, will no longer be a series regular. Having put down roots in the US, he’s decided to remain there, “to be close to family and concentrate on his new TV projects”. He will, however, be “popping in” to the new UK workshop from time to time.
Anstead’s replacement is Marc ‘Elvis’ Priestley, a former McLaren Formula 1 mechanic turned TV presenter who’s already starred in Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car.
In a Zoom call with Anstead and Priestly, Brewer explained the thinking behind the location shift. “We have been inundated with the audience saying ‘when are you coming home?’…We do listen to the audience and we do feel after our six years of being here, it’s time to return back to our roots,” he said.
Wheeler Dealers is currently part-way through its 16th series, which will be the last to feature Anstead full time. Series 17, with the new format, will kick off during autumn 2021.
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:28 amDidn't realise Wheeler Dealers had resumed on Quest the other Thursday! 
Fortunately my Freeview receiver remembered to record it. I haven't watched the first one with the Mercedes yet but the Jensen-Healey episode was the most boring to date. It felt more like a lecture at technical college. Admittedly the Jensen-Healey was a boring design to begin with, crippled as it was by US safety and emission considerations. I'm a fan of both Jensen and Healey but the combination of the two was a marriage made in hell. The programme skipped a lot of the work which was done, including removal of the hideous front bumper.
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Fortunately my Freeview receiver remembered to record it. I haven't watched the first one with the Mercedes yet but the Jensen-Healey episode was the most boring to date. It felt more like a lecture at technical college. Admittedly the Jensen-Healey was a boring design to begin with, crippled as it was by US safety and emission considerations. I'm a fan of both Jensen and Healey but the combination of the two was a marriage made in hell. The programme skipped a lot of the work which was done, including removal of the hideous front bumper.
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Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:48 pmI caught the programme and was very disappointed. The show has completely lost its way.
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:57 pmThe Mercedes 300TD episode was much better. I seldom watch episodes with european or Japanese cars for very long but this one held my attention. I noticed they didn't mention the turbo-charger or how much it would cost to fix if it went wrong.
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:18 pmFound this clip fascinating:
Sadly the full programme is not yet available on Freeview.
Sadly the full programme is not yet available on Freeview.
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:06 amI'd love to know if he did the work himself or had 'off-screen' assistance.
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:09 amOf course he had off-screen assistance, the same way Edd China had off-screen assistance from Paul Brackley.
The programmes also take way longer to make than suggested in the final cut, years in some cases. It's a sore point with the owners of classic car restoration companies who have customers walk in and ask "can you restore this 1060s Ford Mustang to showroom condition in a week like they do on TV?"
The programmes also take way longer to make than suggested in the final cut, years in some cases. It's a sore point with the owners of classic car restoration companies who have customers walk in and ask "can you restore this 1060s Ford Mustang to showroom condition in a week like they do on TV?"
Re: Wheeler Dealers Returns To Discovery For Brand New Series
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:04 pmThe Merkur XR4Ti was a good episode. How often do you see a Sierra with a rust-free body and it's parcel shelf still intact? Sadly after all the work they did it was broken up for spares by the new owner.
