This television show has piqued my interest. For the (mostly) US membership
that doesn't know, Salvage Squad, is a show which airs in the UK and
consists of finding some wreck of a vehicle and having it restored to its
original condition in a set time period. They've done some interesting
things so far, a Bristol 407, a firepump truck (with Coventry Climax
engine), and even a Lola Formula 5000 race car, and some ancient WWII tank.
Never having seen the show, only hearing about it since I live in the US,
I'm interested to know the actual results of these speedy restorations.
>From the photos I saw of the Bristol, it actually looked like a quality
restoration job... and from what little information I gathered, they had
only two weeks to restore it (which included stripping the paint, major
panel beating, and repainting, retrimming, and engine overhaul). It was
apparently judged at a major Bristol Owners' Club event? How did it fair?
How about the Lola racer? They sure did that authentically, they had a
month for that, and even reproduced the cast magnesium wheel uprights at a
specialty foundry (mighty costly)! The tank seemed interesting too, I liked
how they fitted the V12 Rolls engine with electronic ignition from a Jag V12
to get it started! Bright idea.
I'd love to see this show on TLC or a similar network :)
Kai
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