Not to nit pick, but Duck Dynasty was A&EFSJunkie wrote:Car TV shows rot your brain. I can't stand most of them. Especially Gas Monkey and Roadkill. The only ones I watch with any seriousness are Phantomworks and sometimes Graveyard Carz.
I miss the old Discovery Channel, but I miss the old History Channel even more. Duck Dynasty isn't history. Modern Marvels, WWII in Color, and Wild West Tech were history.
LOL. I watch a lot of the various car shows. It's FN reality TV and I have a clicker to change channels or turn the TV off. I just happen to dig the process and the result. Maybe because I use to restore motorcycles for a living to show and concourse quality. I don't care who or what Richard Rawlings is or that he's marketing himself as a brand. Look at the millions of dollars the Kardashians make off marketing themselves. What the hell have they ever done of value?FSJunkie wrote:Car TV shows rot your brain.
LOL. I laughed out loud on that one! Wife looked at me in a funny way because it was very quiet in the house.REDONE wrote:I can agree that Richard Rawlings "Has quickly established himself as the Antichrist Kim Kardashian of the hotrod world".
I didn't say it was OK. I said I didn't care. I wasn't offering the Kardashian clan as a supporting argument for RR. Just pointing out RR is not unique in his scam. I can't stand RR. I think I hate everything about him especially those noises he makes and running his hand through his hair. Turns my stomach. I watched the show specifically to see what Aaron Kauffman was going to build and to see if his beard got in the way. I'm hoping for a spin off.I would disagree that being a car-centric Kim Kardashian makes it ok, either way you're making a fake phoney rich and famous.
Yeah, I only watched the show for Aaron, and he was the true car guy of the show. I mean, a few other guys do know their stuff, but he was the brains, and I am glad he is moving on to other things. But I don't think we will see a show about him, as he specifically does not want to do these super fast builds. he wants to go back to making a quality product.motcat wrote:I didn't say it was OK. I said I didn't care. I wasn't offering the Kardashian clan as a supporting argument for RR. Just pointing out RR is not unique in his scam. I can't stand RR. I think I hate everything about him especially those noises he makes and running his hand through his hair. Turns my stomach. I watched the show specifically to see what Aaron Kauffman was going to build and to see if his beard got in the way. I'm hoping for a spin off.
Mars wrote:One man's trans leak is another's penetrating oil
While not a J-Truck, "Pimp my Ride" did a Wagoneer. It was a young guy working as an inexperienced handy-man and his janky old wag didn't run so he was carrying second hand ladders and skilsaws on the bus. The build was ridiculous as well. Obnoxious yellow and lime green, and a bunch of walmart cordless tools in a mirror/flashing light carousel in the back. Everything about it was so, so sad. From the backstory to finished project, it all made me want to cry. Be thankful that none of these hacks have gone near a J-Truck.falconte43 wrote:Why are there no J-Truck builds on any of these tv shows??? Maybe you guys know of one, I'd love to see it.
For those who just need to evacuate their bowels...REDONE wrote:While not a J-Truck, "Pimp my Ride" did a Wagoneer. It was a young guy working as an inexperienced handy-man and his janky old wag didn't run so he was carrying second hand ladders and skilsaws on the bus. The build was ridiculous as well. Obnoxious yellow and lime green, and a bunch of walmart cordless tools in a mirror/flashing light carousel in the back. Everything about it was so, so sad. From the backstory to finished project, it all made me want to cry. Be thankful that none of these hacks have gone near a J-Truck.falconte43 wrote:Why are there no J-Truck builds on any of these tv shows??? Maybe you guys know of one, I'd love to see it.
Despite GMG cheating when building a car to race Big Chief from Street Outlaws, Rawlings had his butt kicked and looked like a fool.Stuka wrote:Wow, so much wrong in this statement.prospector wrote:They went head to head in their mopars, gas monkey in a 68-69 dodge dart, built to the hilt, and roadkill in freibergers '69 dodge charger with the full on computerized dodge hellcat engine setup, built by a specialty factory affilliated company, 707 hp. When the lights turned green all roadkill saw was the quickly fading tail lights of a dodge dart, it was GONE. Freiberger and finnigan went home embarassed.
1: GMG only agreed to the challenge after Dodge stepped in and said "you either agree, or we pull our funding". because GMG wanted nothing to do with Roadkill. The whole idea of the challenge WAS Dodges.
2: BOTH teams were required to use a Hellcat Engine and Transmission. Dodge provided the setups to both teams.
3: Car bodies were supposed to be in stock form. GMG back halved their car and did a full tub, which allowed for FAR larger tires.
4: GMG did not use the 8sp ZF trans, they put in a power glide (FAR less parasitic losses, 2sp perfect for drag racing)
5: While another team did the engine swap on the RK Charger, GMG also hired out their Hemi stuff to DiabloSport.
6: The single biggest issue, and what I was alluding too above, is the BS that Discovery channel pulled. Not just the stuff that was done on purpose to spice up the show (GMG actually said they broke the rules on purpose), but the Roadkill crew was NOT ALLOWED TO RECORD THE RACE. So the big race, that was at Roadkill Nights, could not be recorded by Roadkill.
The car that GMG built was a good car, Aaron knows his stuff. And I actually like Aaron, I just cannot stand Richard. But the BS "reality" TV crap that was pulled is what pissed people off.
EDIT: BTW, Diversified Creations that did the hemi swap on the charger is not Chrysler affiliated shop. They did the swap simply because the RK guys didn't have the time to do it themselves. And they were very clear and open about that fact.
Ah, ah, ah, the air bag substituted to the shocks was a good idea... so was the microwave... who wants to eat cold pizza...243 wrote:I remember that episode well, cool to see an FSJ rebuilt, even a ghetto build