I must admit to liking this series; Fuzz and Tim get on well as a team but yes sometimes their shenanigans do detract from the restoration a bit, but that's showbiz. It sells, and to be honest if you've ever watched a sober, serious Car Restoration video where the guy in the blue overalls tells you: "You put this bit here.... then you tighten this bit... oops dropped it... then you hold this bit..." it's like paint drying. SOS does make the business more interesting and entertaining, especially when new parts are remade or old ones factory renovated by real experts. Some of the owners' reactions are... interesting; I remember the woman whose Triumph Herald was restored and she looked as if she'd just been reunited with part of her past that she'd forgotten all about and didn't particularly want to revisit.
The one hope I have for the series is that they DON'T go the same way as Wheeler Dealers - you know that quasi-British American show where they endlessly restore American cars that mean nothing to us here in the UK? Before they emigrated they ended up restoring an endless procession of Porsches and BMWs and each new episode was the same as the last, with a few Japanese Supercars thrown in to appeal to the 'Go Faster' brigade. Keep it simple, Tim and Fuzz, stick to the everyday family cars we all remember, the cars we could afford to run ourselves, and not the sensor-packed plastic fantastics we hear coming from twenty miles away, and it'll be worth watching for years to come.
