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The '33 body line just below the top of the door trim simply stopped because they apparently didn't think they needed it to continue! Plus, because they simply don't have an eye for design, they added RIDICULOUS little "swirly-ques" of metal on the "skirts" and other places. You could drive cars through the gaps and none of the body "contours" resolved in anything that approached what you'd hope to see. I can't believe the owner didn't sue them for what they did to that thing. The "fit and finish" was beyond amateurish. If that were my car, I'd seriously just torch it and not tell anyone I was involved. That '33 to what ever that thing was, was just embarrassing. And I wonder what it's like to sell out like that and ruin your own reputation within the classic car community by going on TV to say that this garbage is of the highest quality. It's sad that they destroy so many decent cars for the sake of rushing a TV show. Most of these creations clearly aren't meant to actually be used. The quality isn't even good enough to look decent from a distance because they cut every corner they think they can get away with knowing that they can be creative with camera angles and lighting on TV. At least most of their sales aren't actual sales (they even ended up with one of their season 2 creations sitting outside their shop after it had allegedly been delivered to the buyer). The short of it is that any time they mention a price, you can be certain it's completely made up numbers. The engine alone could have run twice that. Pretty much the only thing they kept was the body shell, and that needed work, so there's no way that only cost them $5K. But they did a full chassis swap, put in a new or freshly rebuilt Chevy 454, then added the supercharger and all the engine bling, new glass, new seats, new rims and tires, and all the missing trim. They also claimed that the bus was worth $15K as they received it and claimed to have put in only $5K for a total cost of $20K. That means the edges are sharp and shouldn't be handled without gloves, regardless of if the panel is fiberglass or metal (but seriously, they wouldn't take the time to make that stuff out of metal when the quality is so bad). And that motorcycle, like everything else they do, doesn't have rolled edges on any of their custom body panels. You can't even check the oil on that car, much less change the oil or do any other engine work, without removing the entire body. And since they were trying to make this front-engine car look remotely like the sketches they showed, if you squint hard enough, they set the windshield base at the front of the engine block. Nope, even rebodied Corvettes with racing history don't bring that much. Regardless, they rebodied a 1993 Corvette and tried to compare it to a Bugatti and claimed it was worth $250K. Then they decided the perfect starting point for that was a 1993 front-engine Corvette? What they built had nothing to do with the sketches that this guy had allegedly been working on for 20 years. They ripped off the Peugeot 4002 (which wasn't even a concept car) in the sketches, which is definitely a mid-engine, cab-forward car. Then there's the alleged concept car that isn't a concept car. And that was allegedly done for a photographer with an eye for detail? And they supposedly got paid $60K for that work? Not a chance. Beyond that, the grill, the exposed rivets, the exhaust, the leather straps, and pretty much everything else they did to the car was all wrong aside from stretching the wheelbase. The body line isn't continued onto the engine covers, they used late 30s / early 40s headlights in a car meant to represent an early 1930s car, and the headlights neither point forward nor sit flush in the fenders. The windshield is at the wrong angle which leaves a half inch gap between the frame and the body in the corners. The skirts don't meet up with the fenders at the bottom, front or back. It creates a discontinuous curve with a hump at the fender to running board transition. They cut up two sets of generic 1932 Ford fenders and slapped them back together in roughly a decent shape and fiberglassed over the rivets. Some of these cars aren't even amateur quality builds (comparing them to multiple scratch-built cars I've seen from people who had zero prior experience).Ĭase in point, the alleged Delahaye replica where the only thing that looked remotely like a Delahaye was the paint color. If they took the money they claimed they were getting for the cars as shown on the show, they would have been sued out of existence long ago. I like the premise, and it's less annoying than most "reality" shows, but this show is faker than a three dollar bill. This will allow you to look at sticker prices and compare the costs for various makes, models, options, and upgrades. 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His performance was also urgent and desperate, a welcome change from the tepid, adult contemporary schmaltz of the previous Bond theme, Rita Coolidge’s “All Time High.” Moreover, Rhodes’ keyboard parts ended up being the most prominent, magnetic aspects of “A View To A Kill”: Dense synth programming zigs and zags high in the song’s mix, while ice-pick-sharp keyboard stabs and futuristic stutters add dramatic flair. Le Bon’s vocal delivery was mysterious and cinematic, crucial elements for a Bond theme. The tension between the genteel Bond musical tradition and Duran Duran’s modern, youthful sound proved to be creatively fruitful, however. ‘I’ve worked with people like Shirley Bassey and Roger Moore, and this is my gig, young man.’” ‘You can say all you want, but I know what I am talking about and at this time, you don’t,’ said Barry in his posh voice. Andy Taylor elaborated on the friction in Wild Boy, describing that Rhodes especially bristled when Barry confronted him about musical matters: “‘I’m fucking not doing that,’ Nick would say flatly. Things weren’t so collegial between Barry and keyboardist Nick Rhodes: The pair clashed, often contentiously, because “they were both stubborn and had very specific visions of how things should get done,” John Taylor wrote in his memoir. There was a great little pub just down the mews street from where was based, and we would all disappear there for long afternoons.” In his memoir, Wild Boy: My Life In Duran Duran, former guitarist Andy Taylor recalls that he and John Taylor “were both heavily into booze ourselves at the time” and corrupted Barry by “heavily leading him astray with more drink. When the band gathered with Barry in November 1984 to start work on the song, things didn’t come together quite so easily. “John didn’t sound particularly overjoyed,” Taylor wrote, “but Cubby was firm about it. Taylor met up with Broccoli the next day and spoke with Bond composer John Barry via phone, who agreed to the pairing, albeit perhaps reluctantly. “He said, ‘Well, do you want to write the next one?’” The answer was a resounding yes. “I said, ‘When are you going to have a decent theme song again?’” John Taylor wrote in his memoir, In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, And Duran Duran. Taylor jumped at the chance to brazenly volunteer Duran Duran to record a Bond theme. Taylor’s then-girlfriend, Janine Andrews, who had appeared in 1983’s Octopussy, introduced the two men. By his recollection, he was drunk at a party thrown to celebrate the end of Wimbledon (hosted by Michael Caine, no less), and spotted Cubby Broccoli, who had produced several seminal Bond films. The band’s involvement with A View To A Kill’s theme was instigated by John Taylor-or, more specifically, Taylor’s inebriated bravado. During that same GMA appearance, Le Bon noted he saw Thunderball on his sixth birthday with a group of friends. In a 1985 Good Morning America appearance to promote the tune, Bond fanatic John Taylor called himself a “total maniac, bit of a trivia freak” where Bond was concerned, and recalled seeing a formative double bill of From Russia With Love and Goldfinger on his fifth birthday. For the band, doing the song was a dream come true. What kept the five members of Duran Duran united-at least for a little while longer-was James Bond: The quintet provided the titular theme song to 1985’s A View To A Kill, the 14th movie in the Bond franchise, which starred Roger Moore, Grace Jones, and Christopher Walken. Bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor paired off in the funk-inspired The Power Station, while vocalist Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, and drummer Roger Taylor teamed up in the sleek synthpop group Arcadia. In fact, the members of Duran Duran had decided to explore divergent musical interests, in two separate groups. Internally, however, the band was fracturing: Inflated egos and chemically enhanced debauchery were causing issues, and fatigue had set in from their whirlwind rise to fame. with 1984’s “The Reflex,” while their most recent single, “The Wild Boys,” had peaked at No. On the charts, things were also going well: The band hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning July 13, 1985.īy 1985, Duran Duran were jetsetting global superstars, MTV darlings, and popular enough to have sold out two nights at Madison Square Garden the previous year. In this installment, we cover Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill,” which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the charts to get to the heart of what it means to be popular in pop music, and how that has changed over the years. Club examines an album or single that went to No. |
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