Desert Car Kings

Wow. Tough room....LOL

At the risk of being tossed into a pit of flames, I actually like the show.

I don't always agree with how they do a car......and what they are doing is faaaaaar from "restoring" IMHO....but they are basically flipping cars.....they take an otherwise wreck of a car and make it into a driver-quality vehcile that can be used as-is or taken further later.

We all may not agree on how they do it or to the level of quality some think it should be done, but at least they are bringing attention to the old-car world by actually showing the cars and (generally) the process of getting them on the road again. That may encourage a whole new generation of kids to be into the cars we love....and that can only be good.

I drive a car that was flipped by a body shop......I bought it and all it had on it was fresh paint. Frame and floors, etc were like new.....very little bondo. Needed everything redone or gone over, which I did myself, just to get it on the road..... I, in effect, did something similar to what these guys are doing there.....except my paint was already done. Over the last couple years I have swapped stuff out and made improvements. Last year the drum brakes got replaced with disks, this year new gears to replace the 2.76s...etc....

They are making cars that would otherwise likely be parted out or junked into driveable vehicles to be appreciated and loved again.

Whats wrong with that?

Don't forget, they are new to the process as well and are still learning...and their local auction market won't support $50k restorations (yet)....so they invest in and turn out cars that will bring $10-15k or so.

From a "priduction quality" standpoint, its not a great show....but for me its entertaining because they concentrate on the cars. The way American Chopper USED to be before the drama took over the show and made it another crappy soap opera.

And at the least, they show actual cars and work being done.....I was watching a web-show called "Graveyard Cars" and its basically all grabass with little car content from what I can see.....watched 3 episodes and its all the same stuff...its more a soap opera than a car-guys show, to me.

I dunno....call me nuts, but I'll watch Desert Car kings again.