Car SOS host Fuzz Townshend reveals how ‘button on your PHONE’ makes you ‘pro’ at fixing up broken-down motors yourself
CAR SOS host Fuzz Townshend has revealed how a button on your phone can make you a pro at fixing up broken-down motors.
Fuzz and Tim Shaw have both restored hundreds of vehicles on the popular Car SOS show.
But now Fuzz has revealed how there is one button on every mobile phone that can make all the difference ahead of a restoration.
Fuzz urged owners to use the camera on your phone before taking their classic car part in the garage.
He told the Express: “Take photos of everything before pulling it apart. Then you’ve got a chance to put it back together so it’s like a
multi-layered jigsaw puzzle box.”
Tim also stressed that owners should approach the project in bite sized chunks rather than trying to do it all in one go.
He said: ” See it as 100 different projects as opposed to one big terrifying project made up of 20,000 parts. Literally hide it, cover it.
“Take off the heater box, take off the cylinder head, whatever it is, work on that and hide the rest of the car.
“See it as a series of chunks, work your way through it and before you know it you’ll have a finished car and you’ll be an expert.”
Fuzz recently revealed that his first car was a Ford Anglia he picked up while still in his teens.
As much as he loved it, he sadly had to get rid of it before he’d even qualified to drive.
That left him using his mum’s Fiesta until he was able to buy a true classic for himself.
He told AutoTorque: “I bought a Ford Anglia at 15, but scrapped it before I could drive, then I drove my mum’s Fiesta Mk 1.
“The first car I bought of my own to drive was a 1950’s series 1 Land Rover.”
However, it was his next purchase that really caught the eye, as he got himself a double-decker bus to potter about in.
Again, though, he offloaded this before giving it any used.
The star explained: ” I did also buy a double-decker bus. But I didn’t drive this [either].
“I got offered some money for it so I sold it so I could party for the summer.”
Since then, Fuzz has gone on to enjoy a successful career in both music and TV and now owns a large collection of vintage and exotic motors.
This includes everything from antique bangers to sleek new electric mopeds.
The expert recently urged drivers to consider back to basic motors which can be sold on for a profit.
He said: “Unfortunately, these disciples were fickle and so most of them sold their pristine two-door examples for the price of a pint and a curry.
“They now, nearly to a man, regret their folly, and so the market is buoyant.
“Indeed, such is the clamour for basic, cross-flow fun that thrifty fanciers are starting to squint lovingly at the more basic four-door models, too.”