[Healeys] Healey Related - Who is Wayne Carrini

[Bob Spidell]

'Chasing Classic Cars' is hosted by Wayne Carini.  This show is one of the first, if not the first, of about a million 
similar shows now on cable, including 'Fast and Loud' and 'The Car Chasers'--which usually features quickie resto-mods 
of older muscle cars--and another one very similar to 'Chasing' that I haven't seen for a while.  There is one based in 
Toronto called 'Classic Car Rescue,' one in Miami and one based in Arizona, I think, in a junkyard. The best show, IMO, 
is 'Wheeler Dealers,' which stars a couple of Brits, one named Edd China who does repairs on cars bought by his partner 
and who is actually very informative in the mechanical sense.  Most of the others are non-'reality' shows which feature 
the outsized personalities of the 'stars' more than the cars.  'Dealers' may pre-date the others, as I've seen shows 
dated as early as 2010.  These shows--new ones come on all the time--have flourished along with recent popularity of car 
auctions; Barret Jackson was the first to 'hit it big' I think.  It seems finding and 'flipping'--I hate that term--cars 
is now big business.

Anyway, Carini did indeed find a very low mileage factory 100M (red/black).  AFAIK, there have been no follow-up shows 
and he hasn't sold the car.  I suspect it will be in a later episode; a new season has either just started or will be 
starting soon. Carini is a legitimate dealer/broker who has been in the business for a long time; his father apparently 
was a mechanic/restorer himself.

Cheers,
Bob


On 12/18/2014 3:16 AM, Graeme Molony wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> Have just finished watching a show on cable down here which is called Chasing
> Classic Cars (produced by Velocity ) which is hosted by a guy by the name of
> Wayne Carrini I think.
>
> He appears to be both a collector of classic cars and a dealer based in
> Connecticut who sells on both a commission basis and outright
>
> Tonight's cars of interest were a Packard and Ford Model A but I am pretty
> sure this was a repeat
>
> Several weeks ago however on our cable channel he was assisting a widow I
> think from Minneapolis in selling what was claimed to be a low mileage factory
> 100M a Mk2 MGA and a MG TC
>
> Does any one know much about this guy and more of interest what may have
> happened to the 100M
>
> Did it feature  in a subsequent episode of < Chasing Classic Cars > which I
> missed?  Did it get sold or was it a non genuine factory car?
>
> They are a bit thin on the ground down here but I have two friends / close
> acquaintances that own genuine factory 100 Mbs and Ibm sure they would be
> interested
>
> Graeme J Molony ( Mk !! BJ8 )
> 3 Marabou Mews
> Mt. Martha
> Vic 3934
> Australia
> Ph. 03 5973 4885
> Mob. 0417 568 621
> Email; molony at dodo.com.au
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