Hmmm I'm not sure about the later WD series, it has all the ingredients to succeed but seems to be doing an excellent job of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
The early shows were low budget things about Ed taking a down at heel everyday car, fixing common faults and doing enough to make it look like it had been restored. And I quite liked them, once you used to the idea that Brewer was really just filler material to set the scene for the workshop events and not turning profits on everything he touched, it was ok. You could relate to it I thought.
Mike Brewer is a bit "samey" though, and there's not enough spark to keep my interest. Ant, as a replacement for Ed China, will obviously have a different style but going on from the series "For the Love of Cars", he should know his way around a workshop. Some of the restorations he did with Philip Glenister were good so he "can do" but perhaps the agenda for the latest series just isn't about the oily bits of restorations ?
It'll be interesting to see if they commission another series after this.
