Originally Posted by pete757
Just been watching a great episode of 'Wheeler Dealers' (Mike Brewer and Ed China)

Rebuilding a 4/4 with a rotten chassis... excellent educational version!

Bought for £13k. £ 1.6 k in parts! Add 130 man hours rebuild time (for a seasoned pro!), new front and rear suspension etc etc and it looks great!

Resold to the trade for £21k...

Fun show. :>)

Linky below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y52BbZE82wI





Interesting but not viable. Cost the time at £50 per hour and you just break even. Its what people always say about restorations namely that its better to buy after restoration than to buy the wreck and then restore

Mind you that program has been on TV so many times over so many years that they will have made serious money on TV rights. Which is I suppose their business model.

Last edited by howard; 17/12/19 08:55 AM.