'A 4x4 Is Born'

Post by **Diamond Hell** » 14 Nov 2005, 09:25

In a fit of highly random TV watching (I rarely watch TV) I caught the first episode of this Goon-Fest. It's presented by a Goon called Mark Evans and co-presented by random Goons with beards.

What it is is a build of a Land Rover hybrid 100". Now you wouldn't have thought that was terribly relevant to Syncros, but there's lots of useful technical snippets (e.g. 'how does a plasma cutter work, Pete-mate?' 'It's kinda like a plasma TV only different, Mark' *sniggering* 'No, actually....etc') in there as well as it being a seriously good watch.

Best of all if you've got Telewest like The Bird insisted that we have it's on a thing called Teleport TV - this means you can watch the series whenever you want. Anyone with cable who wants to watch this should check to see if they have this - well worth several hours viewing.

If you haven't got this, but have satellite it's on Discovery Real Time or something. It's on Thursdays at 6:00 or 6:30

Post by **syncropaddy** » 14 Nov 2005, 09:36

There is a series of DVDs available for this and other builds that Mark evans has done. they are known as the "... is Born" series. Like you say some useful tips and information for those who dont know ...

Post by **airhead** » 14 Nov 2005, 14:44

I really enjoyed all the ... is born programmes when I had digital TV, but then it was taken away, so I cant watch it any more.

I think theyre brilliant, and your man Mark Evans is a very good presenter, as an alternative to some of the stiffs you see presenting other programs like that. I never figured out why he has to put everything on his head though!