{"id":163474,"date":"2025-06-06T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/163474\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:15:09","slug":"wheeler-dealers-mistake-once-cost-team-800-in-nightmare-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/163474\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheeler Dealers mistake once cost team \u00a3800 in \u2018nightmare\u2019 blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wheeler Dealers<\/a> presenter Edd China once accidentally lost \u00a3800 in seconds after damaging components during a classic car restoration<\/a>. Edd was working on restoring a historic 1957 Messerschmidt KR200 microcar when an accidental slip cost the team hundreds of pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edd was trying to fit a new clear dome roof on the plucky Messerschmidt, opting to use an air saw to cut the piece to size.\u00a0The TV host decided to use the old dome as a template, cutting away pieces of the new dome until it was molded into shape. However, Edd seemed to pre-empt fate, warning that the move was extremely risky despite his preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edd said: \u201cI need to be very careful because if I split this, I have to go and buy another one and it\u2019s about a grand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn’t the kind of thing you can practice for, you\u2019ve just got to go for it. It’s slow going and demands a steady hand. I can\u2019t rush it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just seconds into cutting the dome, disaster struck as Edd accidentally slipped and scratched the new dome.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

His accidental slip of the hand had left a visible mark on the side of the dome, with Edd looking frustrated at the piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After surveying the damage, Edd suggested the piece was unsalvageable and called on Mike Brewer to pay out for a new piece.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Edd added: \u201cThat is not good. As I suggested it is quite easy to crack this material and I have. So I guess Mike will be dipping rather further into his pockets than usual. That is a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edd added that he was \u201cdistraught\u201d over the simple accident which he described as a \u201chorror show\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The TV star even stressed that damaging the piece had been a \u201cworst-case scenario\u201d.<\/p>\n

When the new piece had arrived, Edd decided to ditch the air saw and instead used a flap wheel tool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although set to take a lot longer, Edd stressed that it was among the only ways available to make sure the piece was cut correctly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It eventually took six hours to complete the work, but the new dome roof eventually fit nicely into place on the roof.<\/p>\n

The duo had spent \u00a318,000 on the initial Messerschmidt chassis with total costs reaching \u00a322,271 after all the work had been completed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Mike and Edd did secure a profit with the model eventually selling for \u00a325,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wheeler Dealers presenter Edd China once accidentally lost \u00a3800 in seconds after damaging components during a classic car…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[68628,2376,68626,77,68627,382,16,15,68621,68624,68625,68623,68622],"class_list":{"0":"post-163474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-classic-car-restoration","9":"tag-classic-cars","10":"tag-edd-china","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-messerschmidt-kr200","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wheeler-dealers","17":"tag-wheeler-dealers-edd-china","18":"tag-wheeler-dealers-mike-brewer","19":"tag-wheeler-dealers-new-series","20":"tag-wheeler-dealers-tv-series"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114637552421248577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}