TV: Fantasies Unearthed in Living Color in Chasing Classic Cars Reality Series
PORTLAND, Connecticut — Wayne Carini has been up close and personal with the famous: he has done work on David Letterman’s cars and has been quoted in The New York Times. Now he will grab a little TV fame of his own as the host of Chasing Classic Cars, a new reality-TV series based around his F40 Motorsports shop here. The series will premiere on HD Theater in the fall.
Carini does what generations of car lovers have done, or daydreamed of doing: he hunts for forgotten treasures in barns — including a Bugatti located in a barn bearing 1962 New York state plates, to which he quips, “That’ll give you a tingly feeling all over, huh?” Then the series will follow the process of restoring the finds and putting them on the auction block. Each episode lasts 30 minutes.
HD Theater, affiliated with the Discovery Channel, is available from some cable providers and via Dish Network and DirecTV satellite services. The full schedule of programs will be available soon.
What this means to you: In the grand new tradition of reality TV, here’s a “Project Driveway” to rival Project Runway. — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent