Anyone see this show called "Fast 'N Loud" on Discovery? Its an automotive reality show of a car shop that hunts down old cars, fixes them up and sells for profit. This past week they received a call from an owner of a '74 Corvette. This thing was customized to late 70's styling, including Datsun 280Z taillights Louvers cut in the front fenders, and a Corvette Summer style hood.

Car owner and Gas Monkey garage shop owner discussing the Corvette


280Z taliights with an oversized rear wing


Louvers on the front fenders and small Corvette Summer style hood


Shop owner talking about his purchase of the vette for $2,700


Replaced the ignition points and got it back up and running


The shop owner sold the car for under $5k in the same episode.

 

Same show last week, He bought a 67 from the second owner with tank stick, and proteco plate L-71 for 25k, then sold it for 35k. Next day.

 

i like the show the guy with the long beard is funny a lot of the time they lose money on there cars

 

I saw both episodes too!

The biggest thing I shout at the TV.. is when Richard puts a car on auction with NO RESERVE! STUPID!!! and then he looses his butt.

 

Was ashame what they did to that ol lincoln! Most of the time they make the cars worse. 80% of the time they lose $$. What about that one episode with the purple car. It had a pic of "RAT FINK" on the trunk. BOTH THESE GUYS didn't know what it was!!

 

I watch if nothing else is on. I am thinking that the Show more than makes up for the lost money. He seemed to made a good profit on the ****** and the Woodill Wildfire. I also believe that the buyers are aware of the profit made before they hand over the cash. mike...

 

I saw that one as well. The guy freely admits he knows almost nothing about Corvettes. He's had a few on there from time to time, always resells as quickly as possible, seems to want nothing to do with Corvettes.. A bit like many non Corvette hot rodders?

 

35k for a '67 with a NOM small block at that.....and the guy that bought it said he would have given him 40K!!
A friend of mine was on the Hard Parts South Bronx show, it was a made up storyline, just goes to show theres nothing Real about Reality TV!

 

I was there when they filmed with Ken Cotroneo who sold Richard the Black Mark 3 and it was a stunning car! they ruined a real beauty!!

 

I have watched it a few times, but stopped because they hack up far to many classics. Some of them are really clean, solid cars when they start and they proceed to lower, add hydraulics, clear coat old rusty, faded paint jobs(??) - rush through every job and then dump these heaps on someone else.

Just my opinion of course, but I wouldn't let these guys within 50 feet of my cars with wrench in their hands.

 

Fast 'n' Loud is better than being "Louden Slough" I suppose!

 

it is all set up...staged etc but entertaining nonetheless

i like the wagon they built with the LS1

 

Those guys are butchers!

 

I've seen almost all of the episodes. I like to watch it just to see what the he@# they are going to do next and to what car. Alot of the cars I would like to see them build/butcher (as Raphiki said) are the ones they just spin for a profit. Oh well, better than watching X factor and honey boo boo or whatever that one is called.

Terry

 

I usually tape (showing my age - I guess it's DVR now) the show and watch it when there isn't anything else on (which is quite often - even with 2-300 channels). Totally agree that they hack up some potential great cars. Couldn't believe the changes they made to that supposedly stock Woodill Wildfire!!!

 

I like the show for the characters... obviously more about entertainment than actual restoration. Staged, yes, but fun.

I think these people take a beating on the price of the car they sell, so that Richard can make a good profit; and they get on TV. The guy who sold the 67 Vette L79 (I think) knew what he had, and how valuable it was...no reason he would let it go for 10K less than real world value... unless he got an "appearance fee" or other such help.

Andy

 

i really enjoyed the show when it first aired but not as much now. seems like they do the same thing with almost everything. slam it and put a crate motor in it!. the 48 chevrolet i understand needed a paint job but flat black? if that car had a straight enough body to wear purple i would have given it a better color than flat black. thats the color you paint a car when your trying to hide bad body work or body damage. and i would have left the old school cragars on it, too. and then they wonder why they lost money on it?
and the woodhill? does the term survivor not mean anything to these people. if it were mine, i would have given it a good detail job and been done with it.. its only original 1 time.. i realize he got 100,500 dollars but i personally believe he devalued the car with the changes he made. from what i understand it was a possible 1 of 1 factory built car. not like the other woodhills that were kit cars that still sold for more than he got for his. i was glad to see they didnt put an air bag suspension on that one!. i realize he still made a good lick and any profit is a good profit.
the green63 caddy convertible he sold with the 48 chevy should have been painted. heck he put a new interior in it and has a painter working in his shop at his disposal. why not paint it ,too?
and finally..... the fairmont??? really ? a drift car? a chrome drift car out of a fairmont? they should change the name from gas monkey garage to crack monkey garage!
ok , im off my soapbox now! to give them credit, i did like the model a and the rambler wagon. though i believe they copied another builder. i saw a very similiar rambler wagon with same changes and patina cross the auction on barret- jackson. block long before they built theirs. . it was a "remblar" * they changed the letters in the grille"
the show is still worth watching though even iif its just for the burnouts! . sorry for my rant! what do i know? hes the one with the business!
dont get me started on that idiot ken from atomic garage on texas car wars!

 

I enjoy the shows because they're nothing more than hollywood entertainment. I suppose I could be super-mean and post the picture of Aaron and Richard in speedos, but even I can't go that far beyond the line...

My Corvette came from a person who writes scripts for those type of shows. This Corvette was to be in a show, but the show got cancelled - lucky for the Corvette because it was going to be some kind of donk Corvette. The gig is this, they buy a car, write a script and sell the car and the script to the TV show. It's all canned.... it's all made up. Still, they are interesting characters in their own right - so as long as you remember it's as real as unicorns, you'll be fine.

The funniest (to me) example of just what they do came on Wheeler Dealers. They bought a Land Rover Discovery from a farmer. Mike Brewer then made this show of looking at the car with the owner. He pointed out the damage to the driver's door - and they went on. They then pan shot the truck, the door was the only thing dirty. My guess is they bought the car, did the work, but something either happened to the buying footage, or they plain muffed it - and they went back after the car was done with the old parts put back on the car to be filmed.

Again, it's all make-believe... all of it.

And honestly - do you really think the guy with a real wildfire would have called Richard and Aaron when he'd have standing offers from several collectors? The idea that super rare cars are "lost" is almost as mythical as the 53 Corvette sold as a Chevy for $200.00

 

Shade Tree mechanics with B-Movie script writers.

 

Being the owner of a 74 of course I liked the buyers comments to the shows host and shop owner. "Im glad you nothing about corvettes because I would have paid you more for the 1974." Why? To some it is the last true corvette rooted to the heritage of the original. Last with point ignition and last with true dual exhaust.