Fred Dibnah - Page 3

The Rovering Member · 29th June 2017, 17:26

Never meet your heroes, as the saying goes.

GJ53 DGO · 29th June 2017, 19:23

The car in question is in blue. I've always loved his documentaries, I think he was a touch out of step even in his own time but a legend non the less and a great loss to the heritage movement.

HarryM1BYT · 29th June 2017, 19:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by OddSox

Fred wasn't as good as he was portrayed on TV.

In REAL life Fred was a narcissistic old G IT...and a very selfish and bitter man.

How do i know this?...

Let's just say i do.

An opinion which agrees with a friend of mine who spent time with him.

Characters on TV, are not the same off the screen.

Duotone · 29th June 2017, 21:48

This thread was about Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Featuring a Rover 75.

https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...ht=Fred+dibnah

Looks like it was a gold 75.

Dave T

Kennyeth · 30th June 2017, 09:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by OddSox

Fred wasn't as good as he was portrayed on TV.

In REAL life Fred was a narcissistic old G IT...and a very selfish and bitter man.

How do i know this?...

Let's just say i do.

Right....I`ve met him and fellow workers of the day have met him....he only did jobs that were considered as "easy" something we were all doing but not "shouting" it from the "roof tops" (pardon pun)

We all thought he was "mouthy"
Ken.

GJ53 DGO · 30th June 2017, 18:09

Ok, didn't want to start a Dibnah bashing thread, I was curious about the car since it is effectively a celebrity having been featured on the TV but people sadly seem to be focussing on the negative as happens all to often.

Saga Lout · 30th June 2017, 19:43

Does anyone remember the 75 I sold last year? Have a look at the pictures. There is another one with a similar reg here in Wigan, chances are they all came from the same place. In my experiences of Fred, he was a nice man when sober but, very tight with money and a lousy drunk a lot of the time. He never knew who he wanted to be when he grew up.

Rooney · 30th June 2017, 20:11

Well, celebrity has its pressures.

Whether he was doing easy jobs or difficult ones it wasn't easy to turn those jobs into a tv show that made him very wealthy and well known (or else those doing the difficult jobs would have done better).

Fair play to him

75 tinkerer · 30th June 2017, 22:13

Fred came to Tees Cottage Pumping Station just down the road from me (in Darlington) and my mate George (who'll drive anything steam) was there. George said "...mind you, it's all about Fred".

Great TV series though. I liked the one where he took his wife on holiday to Blackpool and she ended up helping him pull ladders up a chimney in a downpour.

Arryhall · 1st July 2017, 07:26

One of Fred' s wives was the sister of a neighbour of mine when I was a kid. As my mum and dad were friends with the neighbours, when Fred came over to see them one time with his then wife who was visiting her sister, they all came across to our house for a drink or twelve. I met him and was fairly nonplussed as it was just a neighbours relative and I was a kid who didn't know who he was nor what he did. And then I went to bed.
Turns out that they were up until really late talking and laughing, and with fag packets, pipes, lighters and ashtrays, he demonstrated to my mum and dad how to ladder a chimney and burn it so it falls where he wanted it. They say he was a lovely guy and fascinating, and my dad being a steam train lover spent ages talking about how steam engines worked and how to drive a train etc.. Thoroughly lovely night, which I missed as I was too young and in bed.

Unfortunately, this pre-dated the Rover 75's birth, so he wasn't driving one. They did discuss the British car industry though, because at the time, there was the teeny tiny remnants of one.
See? This WAS thread related!

29th June 2017, 17:26	#21
The Rovering Member I really should get out more....... Rover 75 saloon Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: London Posts: 2,953 Thanks: 263 Thanked 538 Times in 431 Posts	Never meet your heroes, as the saying goes. __________________ Reducing the size of my Rover fleet by adding a 75 to it.

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GJ53 DGO Gets stuck in MG-ZT 260SE Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Burstwick Posts: 529 Thanks: 535 Thanked 197 Times in 117 Posts	Ok, didn't want to start a Dibnah bashing thread, I was curious about the car since it is effectively a celebrity having been featured on the TV but people sadly seem to be focussing on the negative as happens all to often. __________________ This vehicle was the 5,293rd ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 This vehicle was the 1st ZT 260 SE to be made out of 384 This vehicle was the 75th ZT in Starlight Silver (code: MBB) to be made out of 2,479 Starlight Silver ZTs (Now in Zircon)

29th June 2017, 21:48	#24
Duotone This is my second home 75 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 8,432 Thanks: 176 Thanked 907 Times in 716 Posts	This thread was about Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain - Featuring a Rover 75. https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...ht=Fred+dibnah Looks like it was a gold 75. Dave T

30th June 2017, 20:11	#28
Rooney Suspended MG ZT 135+ Rover 75 CDTi Tourer, 75 2.5 V6 Saloon Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: County Antrim Posts: 2,027 Thanks: 835 Thanked 882 Times in 557 Posts	Well, celebrity has its pressures. Whether he was doing easy jobs or difficult ones it wasn't easy to turn those jobs into a tv show that made him very wealthy and well known (or else those doing the difficult jobs would have done better). Fair play to him

30th June 2017, 22:13	#29
75 tinkerer Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Darlington Posts: 95 Thanks: 12 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Fred came to Tees Cottage Pumping Station just down the road from me (in Darlington) and my mate George (who'll drive anything steam) was there. George said "...mind you, it's all about Fred". Great TV series though. I liked the one where he took his wife on holiday to Blackpool and she ended up helping him pull ladders up a chimney in a downpour.

1st July 2017, 07:26	#30
Arryhall Loves to post Rover 75 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Biddulph Posts: 486 Thanks: 101 Thanked 145 Times in 90 Posts	One of Fred' s wives was the sister of a neighbour of mine when I was a kid. As my mum and dad were friends with the neighbours, when Fred came over to see them one time with his then wife who was visiting her sister, they all came across to our house for a drink or twelve. I met him and was fairly nonplussed as it was just a neighbours relative and I was a kid who didn't know who he was nor what he did. And then I went to bed. Turns out that they were up until really late talking and laughing, and with fag packets, pipes, lighters and ashtrays, he demonstrated to my mum and dad how to ladder a chimney and burn it so it falls where he wanted it. They say he was a lovely guy and fascinating, and my dad being a steam train lover spent ages talking about how steam engines worked and how to drive a train etc.. Thoroughly lovely night, which I missed as I was too young and in bed. Unfortunately, this pre-dated the Rover 75's birth, so he wasn't driving one. They did discuss the British car industry though, because at the time, there was the teeny tiny remnants of one. See? This WAS thread related!