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Jewels on wheels

El trabajo de Mike Brewer y Edd China consiste en ´rescatar´ icónicos vehículos, algunos ya clásicos y otros que lo acabarán siendo, que están a la venta pero que necesitan cuidados urgentes. Después, los restauran, los disfrutan durante algunas horas y los venden a quienes sueñan con tenerlos en su garaje. Apasionante, ¿verdad?

Shortly that you like cars and ‘pot’ with their mechanics, the idea of buying an old break and restoring it in your garage will ever be gone through your head.

Mike Brewer

(the trader)

He is 49 years old and has more than 30 dedicated to the sale of cars.It started in the business importing all -terrain vehicles from all over the world.He himself assures that his transition from an unknown merchant to popular television presenter was a blow of luck: one day an old friend who was a television producer and gave him the opportunity to participate in a new program called Deals On Wheels.The success of that project led him to be a presenter of television spaces such as Driven, Pulling Power or Auto Trader.Finally, he began working on jewels on wheels in 2003, where he puts into practice all his experience to find the best chollos and get them at the lowest possible price.It has an official website –www.Mikebrewer.TV– and a used vehicle dealership –www.Mikebrewermotors.com– Near Sheffield, in England.

Well, that is what Mike and Edd, merchant and mechanic respectively, are dedicated to the television program on wheels - whose original name is Wheeler Dealers - produced by Attaboy TV and broadcast in Spain by the Discovery Max.

Wheel jewelry is not the typical car program in which the limits of each model are tested, but focuses on restoration work.

Mike locates the ‘jewels’ through the Internet and the specialized press, while Edd is the one who dirties his hands to ‘revive them’.Some vehicles are rescued when they were sentenced to scrapping, others lived a life of abuse, and the rest simply rested forgotten in a garage.

Once repaired, Mike puts them on sale by applying a certain profit margin for EDD and for him.Although, sometimes, closes sales at a bit lower prices of market value;And, as Mike says, "sometimes, making the future owner happy is more recofortant than winning some more tickets".

This is the ‘Jewelines on wheels’

There are two essential requirements for a car to be considered worthy of jewelry on wheels.The first concerns its exclusivity: it must be a charismatic model and from which few units are in circulation.

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The second is related to its conservation: it cannot be in perfect condition, but must require certain restoration works that allow to increase its market value.

In fact, in the end, Mike and Edd's goal is not only to have fun and contribute to the preservation of most classic cars that are possible, but also seek to obtain economic benefits by selling restored cars to increase their face budgetTo be able to acquire increasingly expensive models.

The special jewelry on wheels is that it explains in detail how you can restore a car yourself

It all started with a nice Porsche 924

The first jewelry chapter on wheels was broadcast in October 2003 and the ‘patient’ was a modest Red Porsche 924 for which Mike only paid 850 euros.So, the budget for the purchase and repair of each car was only 1.000 pounds, that is, about 1.215 euros.Of course, season after season, the money from Mike had increased in another 1.000 pounds, so that in the second era of 2.000 pounds ... and in the fifth of 5.000 pounds.

This last amount remained during the sixth and seventh, with the exception of few occasions in which the vehicle in question required a greater investment, as is the case of Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 of the sixth season, for which Mike paid 8.750 pounds –10.631 euros–.

From the eighth onwards, there was no predetermined budget, but it was defined by the model that was intended to be restored, reaching 25.000 euros for a Lamborghini Urraco of the 70s that could not even move although, after passing through Edd's hands, Mike managed to sell it for 35.000 pounds –42.486 euros–.

Edd China

(the mechanic)

Edward John China is 42 years old, has a degree in Design Engineering and is the one who restores the cars that Mike buys;although he has serious problems accessing many of them due to their 2.01 meters tall.A GREASE JUNKIE is declared - adict to fat - and, through his company Cummfy Banana Limited –www.cummfybanana.com–, builds absurd and fun vehicles with which he has achieved various speed records recognized by the Guinness book: as the fastest office table in the world - he said 140 km/h - the mobile bed - put it at 111 km/H–, the fastest toilet –68 km/h–, the cut -94 km/h– or the living room furniture –148 km/h;view photo-.In addition, each of these gadgets has approved, so everyone has registration and is legal circular with them.On television, he has appeared in Top Gear and co-presented Auto Trader with Mike.

But the evolution of the program is not only conditioned by the budget, but also by the level of repairs and the difficulty in finding certain models, giving the case of having to make long trips in search of certain cars.

Highlights Mike's continuous visits.UU.To be able to buy cars such as Ford Mustang Fastback, Dodge Charger, Chevrolet Stepside or Delorean DMC-12, among others.

And, of course, EDD's work is increasingAn elevator ... On successive occasions, and already in a fully equipped ship, Edd has faced much more complicated operations, such as change boxes, oxide treatment, cylinder head repairs, color changes in the body or even, even,Chassis substitutions, as was the case with Morgan Plus 4 in which Edd dismantled to the last screw to replace his rotten frame.

At present, Mike and Edd are filming the eleventh season of an almost unprecedented successful engine program - with Top Gear's permission -.

And, in jewelry on wheels, many fans have even found a romantic component, being witnesses, during the 45 minutes that each chapter lasts, how Mike and Edd give a second chance to cornered and old scrap metal flasses to the scrapping ...

Mike's other adventure did not achieve so much success ...

On April 2, 2013, Mike Brewer embarked on a new parallel program, only 6 chapters, called jewels on wheels around the world, which consisted of going around the planet obtaining economic benefits by buying and selling cars.

Mike started with 3.000 dollars in your pocket –2.178 euros– And the goal was to return home with a 30 -sports 30.000 dollars –21.781 euros–.

Mike achieved his purpose, since he returned with a Porsche 911 (996) Cabrio, but the program did not have the success of jewelry on wheels, since he lacked the component that the public most liked: the figure of Edd China and the descriptionIn detail of all its repairs - although, in jewels on wheels around the world, Mike himself made improvements in vehicles to increase their value -.

Mike traveled through India, England, Japan, Sweden, USA.UU.and Arab Emirates buying and selling from ‘scrap’ as an old Suzuki Maruti to classic jewels such as the Volvo P1800 or the Chevrolet Camaro to finally return to the United Kingdom with the aforementioned Porsche 911.

Some jewels on the list

The EDD workshop has passed from modest vehicles such as the SAAB 900 Turbo, the Porsche 924, the Ford Capri Laser or the Samurai Suzuki, to sports icons such as the Lancia Delta Integrale, the Subaru Impreza WRX, the Ford Sierra Cosworth, the LamborghiniUrraco, the Porsche 911 or the Audi Quattro.Nor are television legends missing such as Delorean DMC-12 back to the future or the Ford Mustang Fastback of Bullitt;cars ‘del town’ like the VW Beetle or the BMW isetta;nor classic coveted such as Cadillac Coupé de Ville or the Chevrolet Corvette C2, the most expensive car that Mike has sold in the program - more than 55.€ 000 -.

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