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There's a trailer up on YouTube that lists them... still no Corrado :(

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On January 10th Mike Brewer confirmed that series 10 of Wheeler Dealers would start on February 19th 2013 at 9PM in the UK.[3] Cars for series 10 will include 1956 Volkswagen Beetle, Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, Ford Escort Mk1, 1962 Cadillac Series 62, 1995 Aston Martin DB7 and 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray

 

From Wikipedia. Interested in the Stingray episode as I was restoring one when I was in Canada. Found it at a farm sale in backwoods Ontario and purchased it for $200 Canadian.

 

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I love Wheeler Dealers, have been anticipating an episode where they refurbish a Corrado since I first started watching it. However, I do think there is a certain amount of be careful what you wish for!..that if they did feature our car then we may potentially be disappointed with the reality of what they find and subsequently do to it. We all know the cost of these cars and the Wheeler Dealer ethos/budget may not produce something those in the know would be happy with as an example of the breed.

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I know Mike Brewer lives pretty near to where I do (5-10 miles) - often thought of asking if he wanted to buy my VR to do up in an episode!

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I bet most cars that get featured temporarily go up in value too! Every time I see a car they do with a good turn around I hop online to see what they cost. Now I think about it, I bet the prices are inflated when I check.

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Aston DB7 with OZ Saturn+ alloys, looked cheap and wrong, they said so themselves, then Mike had the powder coated shadow chrome silver............ Oil pipes leaking and corroded, replaced including the cooler due to thread damage. Both exhaust manis cracked and replaced. Water ingress, door seals adjusted. New bling front grill fitted.

 

I can't help thinking an XK8 could be bought for less than half the 12.5K

 

007 jokes worn me down TBH

 

Not on youtube yet

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Hand built british car from the 90's? I dunno.. sounds about right to be honest! :)

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For a car like an Aston,a lot of trivial things wrong with it!

 

 

Hahaha.

 

Love this comment, I worked for Jaguar and Aston and those cars had issues from the factory, customers would go ape after buying new and workshop just couldn't rectify the faults. DB7 Nic Name was :new shape for Ford Capri....

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I recorded it and watched it earlier. I don't know why but I was a little disappointed. I suppose as mentioned above that everything now seems a little trivial. The same problems on every car so its just getting a little boring I suppose. Not a very good profit made either considering...........

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They are doing an S2 Elise as well, they have been on SELOC asking for a mint car to film the back to back bit.

 

They also sniffed around VX220.org but I dont think they could get one cheap enough.

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They paid nearly £5k for that old Escort ??!! & then sold it for nearly £12k ??!!! Incredible, Who would have thought that 25 years ago when they were worth £300 ?

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Anyone notice how the kid on this weeks show kept saying 'yep' to every question.. :lol:

 

Yep :lol:

 

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They paid nearly £5k for that old Escort ??!! & then sold it for nearly £12k ??!!! Incredible, Who would have thought that 25 years ago when they were worth £300 ?

 

£12K is cheap for a MK1, some were asking £60K at the NEC in November. I was at a classic auction in Buxton yesterday, a Mini Cooper made £26K plus 12% commision and VAT, a similar aged Rolls struggled to make £5K

 

Prices made will be on their website sometime today

 

http://www.classic-auctions.com/auctions/forthcoming.aspx

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Im sorry but you could pay to have one restored for less that these wallys are selling them,you can take the engine out one in an hour and everything is simple as hell so to find a shell have it shot blasted,welded and powder coated is 5k then say the car cost 5k, plus 10k on interior etc....im not feeling 40k plus,when we had our garage my dad worked on hundreds of these and he couldnt stop laughing at how much people are charging as there just isnt much work in restoring one.

 

I might get one to restore as an investment if there going for money this silly

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-MK1-Escort-/150957004543?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2325bd16ff

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK-1-FORD-ESCORT-4-DOOR-1300cc-SELLING-AS-A-PROJECT-tax-mot-OCT-NEEDS-WORK-/111022964687?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item19d97bffcf

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-escort-mk1-1300e-/121077782019?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c30cc5603

 

any amounts of starting points availiable

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Im sorry but you could pay to have one restored for less that these wallys are selling them,you can take the engine out one in an hour and everything is simple as hell so to find a shell have it shot blasted,welded and powder coated is 5k then say the car cost 5k, plus 10k on interior etc....im not feeling 40k plus,when we had our garage my dad worked on hundreds of these and he couldnt stop laughing at how much people are charging as there just isnt much work in restoring one.

 

I might get one to restore as an investment if there going for money this silly

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-MK1-Escort-/150957004543?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2325bd16ff

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK-1-FORD-ESCORT-4-DOOR-1300cc-SELLING-AS-A-PROJECT-tax-mot-OCT-NEEDS-WORK-/111022964687?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item19d97bffcf

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-escort-mk1-1300e-/121077782019?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c30cc5603

 

any amounts of starting points availiable

 

 

Hahaha, I strongly agree with it all.

 

Only I would give even a fiver for a escort tho

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Did anyone see the episode the other night where he got the Boxster S for £1,000?! Had a tiptronic gearbox fault which was resolved with a gearbox oil and filter change and then was pretty much good to go. Mental.

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