Wheeler Dealers Where Are They Now? Part 10 - 1972 Alfa Romeo Spider 1985 BMW 635CSI. S3 EP5-8
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- Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025
- It's now 20 years since the very first series of Wheeler Dealers was aired presented by Mike Brewer and Edd China, and we thought it was an opportune time to see if we could find out what happened to those early cars after they were sold.
In the fourth series Mike & Edd had £4000 to buy and restore a classic car - remember cars and parts were a lot cheaper in 2006!
Originally WD was serialised in 30 minute episodes, with 2 per car, and these episodes of series 4 featured:
1972 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
1985 BMW 635CSI
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The bmw was bought from a company called Bradley James classics based in Lasham near Basingstoke,I remember talking to the owner and him saying he had sold it to a tv company and that it was going to be on wheeler dealers ( before it had aired on tv) and can confirm that they did actually sell it for a lot more than what wheeler dealers said they had paid for it
I alway did think W D was a bit of a fiddle but I really liked the programme.
I had a 635csi (the later Highline model) around the time of the programme and can remember watching this episode with interest. Glad i managed to own one before prices went crazy but also gutted that I sold it, for just £2,500 in 2008 😢.
Wheeler Dealers, as much fiction as Coronation Steet but that's car dealers for you.
I thought Coronation St was a Documentary 🤦🏻♂️
You’ve just burst my bubble 🫧
I really like these videos. Like someone has said, I really liked Wheeler Dealers in the early Edd China era, and always figured there'd be a bit of bull, but it seems it was mostly bull, which kind of taints it a bit. I'm struggling a bit now because thanks to these excellent videos we have found out that most of the "buys" were fake, I know from Edd China's Workshop Diaries on RUclips (which now appears to be defunct by the way) that Paul Brackley was the one sent to view and buy all the cars in the early days, the bit where Brewer turns up is completely fake. Most of the "sells" also appear to be fake, Paul Brackley has said that he did as much or even more of the work on the cars than Edd did off camera, in some cases just to get them roadworthy enough to pass a test. Those of us who restore cars for a hobby or even a living can see that many times the resident "mechanic" is taking parts off for the second time, they've already been removed, possibly even tampered with and then re-fitted to the car so that they can be removed again on camera. The bits where Edd will remove something, supposedly spend time cleaning and painting it, then fit it back with the original rusty and rounded-off bolts, crazy when you think about it.
It was never my intention to taint anyone's enjoyment of it, I am a big fan of the Edd era WD programmes and thought it would be interesting to find out what happened to the cars. It just so happened I found out a lot more along the way than I expected!!!
That's the best looking spider model ever.
Agreed...
Keep them coming am enjoying this series of videos and l did watch these cars been fixed up many times because in Australia they were repeated on Foxtel but l can now keep up with Wheeler Dealers on you tube
Another great video.
Looking forward to the Blue Range Rover P38 episode
Nice vid as always! Did a quick bit of digging myself one night and found that the 1962 Cadillac is now being used by a hire car firm for weddings, TV etc - still in that wacky custom green.
Information noted for the future...
That car was one of the vehicles organized to be on show at the NEC classic car motorshow years ago when they managed to get alot of the previous wheeler dealer cars to attend, problem was people could go right up to the cars....
the next day they had posts and tape running all round the cars to stop the public getting so close, this was because a man had gone up to the cadillac with his camera around his neck and the lense had chipped his passenger window right in the eyeline, as you can imagine the owner was incredibly pissed
And they never did anything like that again
Here in the usa a non us market car or motorcycle has to be 25 years or older to be imported for road use. With a few rare exceptions that 99.9% won't qualify for. But if the car was exported is brought back that is usually ok. Every state has its process for converting a foreign title and a inspection if any. What we have here are companies that import cars and bikes that are located in states that make it easier. These companies are dealers recognized by that state and sell you the car. You can do it on your own but it is alot easier this way as you are just buying the car.
Your doing a great job on your videos
Nice one guys
Interesting videos , I see that Drew Pritchard of Antique dealing fame appears to be doing all the same cars as Wheeler Dealers.
@oscars garage! I’m loving your videos they are excellent! Especially this series
I really like the Canadian wheels on the bmw
God I love Beemers
And your vids
Thanks!
Looking at the ‘my car check’ report at 3:30 it says Alfa Romeo Spyder (1999) Is this just a typo in the website or could the plate now be fitted to another car?
It when it was registered in the UK, as mentioned it was an import from Italy.
It's possible that the BMW went to the USA as it was over 25 years old at this stage. Especially if they never got the CSi varient over there (they often import M cars as the US M cars were watered down).
Would it being RHD put the Americans off it?
@@oscarsgarage447 Not at all. They often buy stuff in Japan thats RHD. Even cars that are available in LHD, purely for lower milage/better condition (and possibly cheaper price). American roads are also much wider and clearer than ones in Europe so it's not as much of a bigger issue over there.
You just need to see the numbers of JDM stuff they buy to see they're not at all put off with the position of the wheel.
Most them cars that were on that show are scrapped all bit of fix
Don't think anyone could afford to tax the BMW in Ireland
It’s vintage €56 per year.
Remember the bmw they got a parts. Car for some of the bits which in my opnion i think the parts car was most likely the better of the 2
It's rather disappointing to hear how fictionalized a lot of what we see and hear on Wheeler Dealers is. Makes you wonder how much is truth and how much is total BS in any particular episode you care to watch.
The whole show seemed to be staged from A to Z but was still enjoyable.
It's a bit funny how they lied about the origins of the cars and used actorsas buyers and sellers. The guy that sold them the porsche 914 supposedly turned up on an episode of time team or some simular programme. Another customer laterturned up on the programme as the owner of a powder coating business or something simular. Those are the ones I canremember off the top of my head from the UK days the american ones was almost exclusively reality tv personalities.
Crikey that is taking the research to another level...
@@oscarsgarage447 I have been accused of having "photographic" memory more than once. It's actually quite tedious.
Please speak up, I can't hear you !
Like this program just noticed this guy when talking seams to pause every few seconds to swallow l wonder if it’s a nervous affliction
Not that I am aware of, I'm just a crap presenter... :-)
I'm sure you're perfect Michael...😂
@@oscarsgarage447 Far better than me, i'd be Errrrr, Errrr, UMMMMMM, Errr all the time 😀
@@oscarsgarage447..yes but are a natural mechanic ...good health
What a surprise. Thought the Alfa would be crushed by now 😂
The alfa spider are worth a fortune now brilliant car