Russ wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
so that might explain the bimbo(not a good looking one either) pommy
chic on Junkyard Wars then
Kev
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