In article 20171013154713.53d0a9e5@Mars,
Rob Morley wrote:
On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:13:02 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article 20171013110655.1586d697@Mars,
Rob Morley wrote:
[...]
Alternatively just keep cutting and welding until it's back
together, without thinking how much your time would be worth if you
were charging yourself commercial rates.

Quite. In other words, better to buy a car in reasonably sound
condition in the first place. But it is TV...

AIUI the competition rules imposed a £500 limit on the purchase price
of the car, but said nothing about how much work could be done to
prepare it, BICBW.

Ah. I suppose that makes sense to this sort of programme maker.

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