AMERICAN RESTORATION

[RED SPARKS]

Misrepresenting something is wrong, but as it relates to the producers of the show having him do things that aren't 100% ethical is not suprising.  I think that American Pickers are from the same production company and I read that Danielle the "gal" at the shop was hired specific for the show.  She is a burlesque performer and roller derby girl...  Which was just the show needed to balance out the lack of personality from the other guys...  Its unfair if someone is mislead and I hopefully one's reputation would mean more than ratings but...  I wouldn't bet on it.

[rayg]

On the show Danielle, said her and Mike go back a long way, also I like her, but not to crazy about all the tats

[Pat Pixley]

Well The Bob & Tom Radio enterview Rick today he talked a little about the Victor and also about one of those Xray shoe machines they did .
what he has done will catch up with him  but not before he makes a cool stack of cash.

[Eric]

I hope they revamped it... like actually showing the restoration process and showing a little more respect for the items
they are restoring.. did anyone see the one with the golf cart.... how they yanked it off the truck.. breaking a piece before it
even got into the shop or the one where they warped the crap out of the Hersey Candy dispenser by sand blasting the
thin, frail metal backing.... You would think they would already have known that would warp....
Show the process of making the parts needed... or history of the object they are restoring.... I don't need
to see the staged pranks or jokes... We'll see... He (show) won't make it if it stays the same...

[Kilroy]

That episode was on this afternoon Eric, first time I watched the show.
I was rolling on the floor  when they were all amazed  about soda blasting .
And then annoyed when they charged one customer $2500  and 500 for parts to restore a bike ( not a motor cycle, a pedal bike, and another one that restored 1950's  refrigerators sell for 6000 restored.

[globalcompressors]

I like the show...

the 39 to a 72 trick, was for filming only. Just because
you're a tv producer, doesn't mean you're the sharpest knife
in the drawer. We caught it, 99.99% of everyone else...didn't.
That's television!

[BONOVOX]

True.... 99.9999 % of the people did not catch the lie, but if I ask 1 million people to buy land, swamp land that looks like farm land, and only 1 person buys it, it still makes me a sleezy swamp salesman! 

[rayg]

It must a sleazy Hollywood thing...I'm  sure this happens with allot of TV shows on cars , motorcycles, home repair etc...  there are experts in the field all saying the same thing...... what's on TV is BULLSH*T

[sodaworks]

It's amazing he's still in business. I recall looking at his website a couple of years ago and his workmanship was crap.

[sodaworks]

Just watched the episode of were Ric restored a Hop along bicycle. He charged the guy 3k for the restoration and the rear coaster brake arm wasn't even attached to the frame during the unvailing. For 3k he should at least put a freaking bolt on the brake arm. Jeez...