Kev wrote:
> Russ wrote:
>
>>> I smell a TV production "rat".
>>
>> Yup, they clearly make sure each team takes a different approach -
>> in this case positive displacement versus centrifugal pump - they
>> always make sure a suitable vehicle/engine/part is somewhere in the
>> yard - the dragster episode had the motorbike team "finding" 4
>> pristine pillowblock bearings which just happened to fit their rear
>> axle shaft exactly. Furthermore, a hell of a lot seems to happen in
>> the last hour/pre-race "tweaking" time, but it does mean both
>> machines are finished, safe and they can have a decent competion at
>> the end. So, yeah, a lot of contrivance and cheating, and it's probably
a
>> rip-off of another show, but it's well done.
>>
>>
>
> you sure it's not just Junk yard Wars renamed
> cause they did the exact same things this last couple of weeks
I did a bit of Googling - it turns out Scrapheap Challenge was in fact the
original program, and the same British production company ex****ted the
concept to the US and actually makes Junkyard Wars.
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