Posted on 03/23/2017 6:03:31 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
They're just going to make the show into another wrecks to riches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IB15T1LYiY
About the only reason to watch the show was Edd China making repairs, welding etc look so easy.
As a car guy, this is one of my favorite shows! Sorry to see Edd leave. He’s a pretty cool dude!
Yep. I like Edd, too. He seems to know pretty much everything about every car imaginable.
What they will do is turn the show from riches to wrecks. Edd China was the main reason for watching the show. Mike was funny but Edd was da man. I will most likely not be tuniing in.
I agree, to me watching Edd China work his magic was the reason I enjoy watching the show, even the reruns. The last season has been a bit of a disappointment for me. Instead of restoring neat old cars, it was more like “Look what we can do—turn a Masserati into an electric car!” Quite impressive, but not the same show I’ve enjoyed.
Wheeler Dealers without Edd China is going to be like Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson.
Edd is such a multi-talented mechanic.
I learned a lot about cars just by watching him and by listening to his explanations.
This is what they always do. American Restoration showed many steps of the restoration process, but they decide that was boring, so it turned into: items are brought in, staged shop antics and hijinks ensue, and then a reveal without seeing any of the work. Then, they tossed Rick’s shop aside. I was amazed that Edd’s work continued to be shown in detail. No offense to Ant, but I think I’m gone with the China.
I felt that the repairs shown on WD were inspirational in that they did not look THAT difficult and that I could even do it. The other shows, the scope of the makeover was too much.
Shocked that Aaron of “Fast and Loud” is gone and that the show itself may become something else.
Too bad about the change.
In depth coverage of the fixes is what made the show very good.
Edd China gave what many viewers wanted - great understanding of the “nuts and bolts” of how automobiles and their parts are engineered; teaching all of us how we could hope to make repairs ourselves. I guess Velocity didn’t like how educated Edd was helping us become.
That really sucks I’d made the show I guess it’s on the graveyard cars for me
When the show moved to CA I could tell it was more entertainment than wrench turning. Velocity pooched it. Edd leaving will be it’s death knell
Agreed. They jumped the shark moving to California although the episode where they converted the automatic Datsun 240Z to a 5-speed was cool.
While a writer/author and prolific reader with a degree in English, and an electrical engineer, my hobby is mechanics - any machinery - motorcycles, cars, trucks, tractors - you name it. I have a full shop and garage that keeps my 8 adult kids and their friends hanging out here almost every weekend. I restore old motorcycles.
This was the best of all the car shows because Edd is the best at what he does, and the show included more details of the work and all involved than any other show.
That’s why all of us gear-heads/wrenches loved it the most.
Edd will do well whatever he does. Mike? We’ll see. He’ll never find another Edd. Mike’s the sales guy. Edd’s the one who filled in the blanks between the purchase and the sale. No way the show can continue to be half what it was without him.
Love the guy. A “wrench’s” wrench.
And the big reason we mechanics like to watch these kind of shows is to maybe pick up a tip or two. Learning something new each day is always good.
And acbig reason we mechanics like to watch these kind of shows is to maybe pick up a tip or two. Learning something new each day is always good.
Edd was why you watched the show ,, logically it made no sense ,, buy a car for 5000 put 2000 in parts and 5000 in labor into it and then proclaim victory when you sell it for 10000 forgetting the loss on labor...
"Fast and Loud" jumped the shark ages ago. Looks like Velocity is trying to take this show down the same path.
Bummer, Edd made the show.
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