Scrapheap Challenge

[Ben]

Not 4x4 (yet), but there's a great show on ABC2 (ABC's second digital channel) on now (6.30pm, I think it's every weekday) called Scrapheap Challenge that would appeal to us backyard builders.

Two teams have a day to build a nominated machine from scrapheap junk and then compete against each other.

The other week they built powerboats - one was powered by a car engine and jetski impeller; the other was a catamaran powered by a motorbike engine.

On now, building gliders that have to fly.

[taff]

this show is wicked theres also an american version - called junkyard wars (i think)
love to do it but they don't have it over here

[JohnE]

both versions have been on austar for ages now, probably foxtel for you cityites. I am on about the 3rd round of repeats. wait till you get the one when they make the amphibious vehicles that one is hillarious.



john

[5teve]

it was one of the best shows on in the UK... they produced some fantastic things... they also did a sideshoot called scrappy races.. some of the beasts built for that were incredible!

incidentally if its the UK version.. notice the presenter (no not the female one although its hard NOT to notice her :angel:) its Kryton from Red dwarf (for those that have seen that too)


Thanks

Steve

[PeterM]

It's a great series. Scrappy racers was a ****er and I was amazed by the guys who built a steam engine for a paddleboat from scratch! Be an awesome show to be part of.

[JohnE]

fully agree all the offshoots are good, would love to get my hands into the scrappys yards they use, all sorts of project stuff. Even in the yank version.
never noticed who the main presenter was kryton you say will have a good look at the next episode, he is boring, where she well need i say more..( although in the episodes showing at the moment all the finals etc,she is in mid pregnancy, and still looks good!


john

[LRHybrid100]

yup - GREAT show, downloaded most of them from torrents

LRH

[fraser130]

Tonights had a Landy (well bits of one) converted to an amphibian!

[Ben]

Amphibious vehicles tonight and I missed it! :(

I think I'll have to download the series.

The other night's was pretty cool, they made cannons.

[dandlandyman]

Last night, March 12, they had a series3 109 6cyl station wagon converted to a streetsweeper. It kept jamming up the conveyor, which was driven by the rear propshaft. All they had to do was put it in 2 wheel drive to clear the backlog, but nobody seemed to know enough about how the Landy worked.

I spend far too much of my life yelling pointlessly at my TV...

[100I]

I spend far too much of my life yelling pointlessly at my TV...

:D:D:D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

it always amazes me how they find exactly the right things,,,

yes,, I know I'm cynical,,:p

[wovenrovings]

I would love to have a look through their scrap heap. Did you see the drag racer had a range rover engine. Sounded pretty sweet with straight pipes.

[dandlandyman]

See the Landy roof last night (16 Apr)?

Just goes to prove, I guess, that even losing its wheels and driveline and being inverted and brutally butchered can't kill a Land Rover...

[Bushie]

it always amazes me how they find exactly the right things,,,

yes,, I know I'm cynical,,:p

Watched a couple, but thought it was a bit too contrived for my liking.



Martyn

[Blknight.aus]

Its loaded.....

they use a show junk yard for oh+s reasons BUT everything comes from other junk yards when they do the design phase they get to pick what they'd like to use and the bean counters try to get them to use left over parts from other vehicles if possable IE the rover roof that got inverted probabley came from the vehicle that donated its donk 3 shows earlier.

The attentive ones with austar/foxtel would have seen the end of season EP where they interviewed the Hosts/producers and team captains for filler.

The give away is when you see episodes when they go running around looking for a part say a hydraulic motor or pump and everyone just merrily runs/rides a quad bike past the nearly fully intact excavator. Or my personal fave they decide to make a half track and no-one pays attenion to the same excavator.

[dobbo]

of course it's loaded

who in their right mind would scrap perfectly good RHS, stainless steel sheet, impellor pumps, tractors, tyres, boats etc..........

Scrapheap and Junkyard wars are good shows

but

IMHO Thunder Races is better.


Incidentally one of the competetors (Army bloke with a dodgy looking Moe) from Scrapheap now has a show on Discovery "Planet mechanics" it's also worth a look.

[p38arover]

I started to watch an episode of the US version and thought "this is crap". Never went back.

[Ace]

It's a great series. Scrappy racers was a ****er and I was amazed by the guys who built a steam engine for a paddleboat from scratch! Be an awesome show to be part of.

Thunder races is another good one.

Did anyone see the Great Punkin Chunk? They had to make a device to take to the US to compete in the Great Punkin Chunk. an annual event held on a large property where the sole purpose is to get a pumpkin as far down the paddock as possible. Some of the yanks were making these unbelieveable air cannons that were shooting these pumpkins something like 3000-4000feet

[long stroke]

Have you noticed they just run up to a car covered in junk than start it first turn of the key:o amaizing:eek::D

[easo]

Its a great show. The scrappy races with the Ice Cream truck rangie is a good one. As they were not a single engine to drive a 4X4 the mounted a second engine in the back to drive the front.

Or when they get an elite team to compete in the pumpkin throwing in the US.

I could keep going, Easo