05-05-2020, 01:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2020, 01:46 AM by Bob Culver.)
The problem is the producers are arty times with no interest or grasp of things practical. The number of programmes playing on the real or acted emotions of supposedly surprised owners is getting tedious. I think they misjudge the potential interest in historic aspects, mechanical workings and repair process'. I guess it is hard to find anyone who can present well as it is not something many get practice at (Unlike say general history, which many lecture on). Guy Martin is/was quite good but his foreign language a challenge for many. You can instantly spot mechancally able by the way they handle tools. I dont know why they keep weilding the giant wrench. Apart from sorting Seven front axles, about the only auto use is removing sump plugs previously rounded by garage apprentices. Lifting a Seven engine out single handed, pulling the block off the pistons etc would make good TV.
A sensible appraisal of a Seven in terms of its times could be made interesting. As with old trucks, comparison is made with roads and vehicles of today, not with what offred at the tme. The 20-25 mph Model T truck now seems absurd until compared with a horse and cart.
incidentally, I would be surprised if someone, sometime did not make an Austin Seven Brighton
A sensible appraisal of a Seven in terms of its times could be made interesting. As with old trucks, comparison is made with roads and vehicles of today, not with what offred at the tme. The 20-25 mph Model T truck now seems absurd until compared with a horse and cart.
incidentally, I would be surprised if someone, sometime did not make an Austin Seven Brighton