Desert Car Kings

As I recall, the car was already pretty much gutted inside when they bought it, wasnt it? I think the seats were wrong so had to be removed.....no door panels, etc. The headliner was an afterthought. They probably figured they would get to it when they went to install the interior....I know thats what I did....which is exactly what they did on the show.

I am sure they did a LOT of things out of the "normal" sequence that many here would do it in. They were trying to squeeze a lot of work into 3 weeks and were working around each other.

I looked one last time and I do see the low spot in the duchman panel....and I did see that dent above the bumper the first time around....I still think lighting could have played a lot into the rest of the issues. Still dont see anything in the left side that would make me think "hack" aside from some less-than-perfectly-shiny paint...maybe y'alls TVs are much better clarity than mine...completely possible I guess.

But again, so what? DVAP never said they were trying to make concourse -level cars. And the results at auction they are getting obviously shows that.

And someone thought it was OK enough to spend $15k on it.

A perfect restoration of that car would have meant how much for a price tag? Whats that year Charger worth if done to a pristine level?

You may hate or love the show....you may think they are hacks ...you may not buy the 3 week turnarounds or the "contrived" made-for-tv drama (even the the "news" shows are contrived to some degree and put together for ratings and crowd appeal)

In the end, those guys are getting paid big time for the show, and we are just sitting here debating the quality of their work and if the drama is real or not. They are laughing all the way to the bank. The customers who buy the cars seem to be pretty happy at least at the time of the purchase , and a few more old cars are being revived at least enough to be driven again.