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* FridgeLogic: How Greg spent $9 to turn a rolling disaster into a trophy-winning quality show car, let alone do it in a few short days and, as is implied, by himself and/or with the help of his siblings (when neither he nor the younger Bradys have the skills or expertise to make much needed major repairs to every part of the car) is beyond baffling for many viewers (and probably became the latest issue between Robert Reed and the Schwartzes). After all, serious car collectors -- including those who would turn a restorable-condition car into one resembling the one seen in "The Wheeler Dealer" -- would have spent thousands of dollars and taken months (if not close to 2-3 years!) to complete a car restoration project such as the one Greg undertook.
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* FridgeLogic: How Greg spent $9 to turn a rolling disaster into a trophy-winning quality show car, let alone do it in a few short days (as is implied) is beyond baffling for many viewers (and probably became the latest issue between Robert Reed and the Schwartzes). After all, serious car collectors -- including those who would turn a restorable-condition car into one resembling the one seen in "The Wheeler Dealer" -- would have spent thousands of dollars and taken months (if not close to 2-3 years!) to complete a car restoration project such as the one Greg undertook.
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* FridgeLogic: How Greg spent $9 to turn a rolling disaster into a trophy-winning quality show car, let alone do it in a few short days (as and, as is implied) implied, by himself and/or with the help of his siblings (when neither he nor the younger Bradys have the skills or expertise to make much needed major repairs to every part of the car) is beyond baffling for many viewers (and probably became the latest issue between Robert Reed and the Schwartzes). After all, serious car collectors -- including those who would turn a restorable-condition car into one resembling the one seen in "The Wheeler Dealer" -- would have spent thousands of dollars and taken months (if not close to 2-3 years!) to complete a car restoration project such as the one Greg undertook.
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In the beginning, Mike is taking Greg out on a learner's permit drive, as Greg is preparing for his upcoming driving test, which he passes. And while Mike and Carol trust him enough to let them use (or at least drive) their vehicles, Greg announces that, as a budding Big Man On Campus, he wants wheels of his own. Mike reluctantly agrees to let Greg buy his own car with money he had saved up (he has $109 set aside), on the condition he lets him look at the car first. Carol is still skeptical about Greg being able to afford the upkeep, license, insurance and so forth, although Mike reminds her that $100 won't buy that good of a car. [[note]](Indeed, 1971 was at least 20 years after $100 could buy someone a good used car.)[[/note]]
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In the beginning, Mike is taking Greg out on a learner's permit drive, as Greg is preparing for his upcoming driving test, which he passes. And while Mike and Carol trust him enough to let them use (or at least drive) their vehicles, Greg announces that, as a budding Big Man On Campus, he wants wheels of his own. Mike reluctantly agrees to let Greg buy his own car with money he had saved up (he has $109 set aside), on the condition he lets him look at the car first. Carol is still skeptical about Greg being able to afford the upkeep, license, insurance and so forth, although Mike reminds her that $100 won't buy that good of a car. [[note]](Indeed, 1971 was at least 20 years after $100 the last time anyone could buy someone a good used car.car for $100 or less was probably the early 1950s, some 20 years earlier.)[[/note]]
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In the beginning, Mike is taking Greg out on a learner's permit drive, as Greg is preparing for his driving test tomorrow. Which he then does pass on his first attempt, and gets his license. And of course, while Mike and Carol would let Greg drive their cars, Greg suddenly drops the bombshell, that wanting to be "the Big Man on Campus", he wants go get some cool wheels of his own.
Mike later decides to talk to Greg about it, reminding Greg that his last name is ''Brady'', not Onassis. Because Greg has been saving up for a car - albeit that it's only $109, and he had to give up a teenage boy's necessities for it - pizzas, fries and girls. And Mike just wants Greg to promise him that when he goes to buy a car, he lets Mike take a look at it first.
And just as Greg had left to look at a car he would buy, Carol is still sceptical about Greg having his own car, and talks to Mike about it. For a teenager wanting a car of his own, the price of the car is the least of the problems, and not even gas[[note]]At the time, just a few years before the huge '73-74 oil crisis, a gallon of regular only cost 35 cents.[[/note]], but it was the time that insurance was becoming mandatory[[note]] and as the British motoring show, TopGear would prove in 2009, if you're a teenager with your first car, you would have to use your parents' insurance.[[/note]]. Mike assures Carol that for $100, Greg would not get a decent car anyway.
And boy, was he right.
Greg's pal, Eddie, is selling his 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, which definitely was a CoolCar for many of the '50s and '60s teenagers. Only that it's quite abused now, and Eddie claims he's selling it because he needs $100 quickly, and that he already has five or six buyers in line. Even the doors won't open, but Eddie says it's not a problem, for when you own a convertible, you don't bother with the door, but jump right in over it. Of course, you can open the door, when you kick it open from the inside. When he asks if he can hear the engine, he can, and boy, it makes a lot of clanker and causes quite a lot of vibration too, but Eddie says that it would be okay once the engine warms up. And overall, the car needs, in Eddie's words, "just a little bit of work". Although Greg isn't so sure about it, Eddie tells him that "for $100 and a "little bit" of work, he can get a car that's worth $500". And while Greg tries to adhere to his promise to let Mike look at the car first, Eddie quickly claims that by the time Mike and Greg would make it back, the car would be gone as he has another "buyer" coming to look at it in 10 minutes, and that it would be a sure sale with him. Eddie claims it to be a great deal, and that Greg would get such fancy wheels only maybe in 5-6 years, if he didn't act quick and bought it.
Next thing you know, a really long horn is suddenly heard in the Brady house, and the whole family runs out to the porch to see what it is. And they see that same beater, as Greg is trying to get the hood open to fix the horn. And when he finally manages it, suddenly the engine starts smoking. Which has the family laughing at him.
And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before - in the sense that Greg should really have thought long and hard if it would be worth all the trouble to get a first car so quick on such a limited budget, or he could borrow his parents' cars instead. For that season, even Mike had a really cool car - a Plymouth Barracuda convertible. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
Undaunted, Greg, with the help from the other kids and Alice, still managed to do a fine job fixing up that car, and restoring it to showroom condition. Only that he's still very amateur, as he says he fixed the horn too and rewired basically all the electrical circuits, and blows the horn, it instead turns on the wipers. And soon, all the original flaws of the car break out again - horn, smoking engine, a whole lot of noise and vibration from the engine, etc. So the car was an extreme lemon.
While Greg complains about Eddie, Mike reminds him that while it was an extremely rotten thing for Eddie to do, then Greg was also stupid to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat emptor'' (in Latin for "buyer beware".), basically, that when you are buying something, take the seller's claims with a pinch of salt, and always check things over yourself. Only that Greg takes the lesson the wrong way - thinking that now he will be the seller instead, he could rip off another buyer. And sure enough, in next scene, he's showing the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. Greg again claims that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using the same lingo Eddie used on him.
In the next scene, Greg and the car are gone, while Mike and Carol arrive home. And then Greg comes in, and says that he managed to sell the car. Only not to Ronnie, as Ronnie was about to buy the car, Greg decided that it wouldn't be worth it to stoop to Eddie's level, and let him off. And when he was driving home, the car broke down again, just near the junkyard. And Greg did the best thing he could - he sold the car to the junkyard for $50.
And in the tag scene, Carol is taking the girls to the ballet lesson, then Mike comes to the kitchen to have breakfast before a golf game, when Greg comes in again, and asks for the car, as he's gonna be late for sports practice and would not make the team. Mike then lets him use the car, thinking that he could get Carol to drop him off at the golf course, only that Carol has already left, and so has Greg. Then Alice gives him her bus pass.
Mike later decides to talk to Greg about it, reminding Greg that his last name is ''Brady'', not Onassis. Because Greg has been saving up for a car - albeit that it's only $109, and he had to give up a teenage boy's necessities for it - pizzas, fries and girls. And Mike just wants Greg to promise him that when he goes to buy a car, he lets Mike take a look at it first.
And just as Greg had left to look at a car he would buy, Carol is still sceptical about Greg having his own car, and talks to Mike about it. For a teenager wanting a car of his own, the price of the car is the least of the problems, and not even gas[[note]]At the time, just a few years before the huge '73-74 oil crisis, a gallon of regular only cost 35 cents.[[/note]], but it was the time that insurance was becoming mandatory[[note]] and as the British motoring show, TopGear would prove in 2009, if you're a teenager with your first car, you would have to use your parents' insurance.[[/note]]. Mike assures Carol that for $100, Greg would not get a decent car anyway.
And boy, was he right.
Greg's pal, Eddie, is selling his 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, which definitely was a CoolCar for many of the '50s and '60s teenagers. Only that it's quite abused now, and Eddie claims he's selling it because he needs $100 quickly, and that he already has five or six buyers in line. Even the doors won't open, but Eddie says it's not a problem, for when you own a convertible, you don't bother with the door, but jump right in over it. Of course, you can open the door, when you kick it open from the inside. When he asks if he can hear the engine, he can, and boy, it makes a lot of clanker and causes quite a lot of vibration too, but Eddie says that it would be okay once the engine warms up. And overall, the car needs, in Eddie's words, "just a little bit of work". Although Greg isn't so sure about it, Eddie tells him that "for $100 and a "little bit" of work, he can get a car that's worth $500". And while Greg tries to adhere to his promise to let Mike look at the car first, Eddie quickly claims that by the time Mike and Greg would make it back, the car would be gone as he has another "buyer" coming to look at it in 10 minutes, and that it would be a sure sale with him. Eddie claims it to be a great deal, and that Greg would get such fancy wheels only maybe in 5-6 years, if he didn't act quick and bought it.
Next thing you know, a really long horn is suddenly heard in the Brady house, and the whole family runs out to the porch to see what it is. And they see that same beater, as Greg is trying to get the hood open to fix the horn. And when he finally manages it, suddenly the engine starts smoking. Which has the family laughing at him.
And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before - in the sense that Greg should really have thought long and hard if it would be worth all the trouble to get a first car so quick on such a limited budget, or he could borrow his parents' cars instead. For that season, even Mike had a really cool car - a Plymouth Barracuda convertible. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
Undaunted, Greg, with the help from the other kids and Alice, still managed to do a fine job fixing up that car, and restoring it to showroom condition. Only that he's still very amateur, as he says he fixed the horn too and rewired basically all the electrical circuits, and blows the horn, it instead turns on the wipers. And soon, all the original flaws of the car break out again - horn, smoking engine, a whole lot of noise and vibration from the engine, etc. So the car was an extreme lemon.
While Greg complains about Eddie, Mike reminds him that while it was an extremely rotten thing for Eddie to do, then Greg was also stupid to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat emptor'' (in Latin for "buyer beware".), basically, that when you are buying something, take the seller's claims with a pinch of salt, and always check things over yourself. Only that Greg takes the lesson the wrong way - thinking that now he will be the seller instead, he could rip off another buyer. And sure enough, in next scene, he's showing the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. Greg again claims that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using the same lingo Eddie used on him.
In the next scene, Greg and the car are gone, while Mike and Carol arrive home. And then Greg comes in, and says that he managed to sell the car. Only not to Ronnie, as Ronnie was about to buy the car, Greg decided that it wouldn't be worth it to stoop to Eddie's level, and let him off. And when he was driving home, the car broke down again, just near the junkyard. And Greg did the best thing he could - he sold the car to the junkyard for $50.
And in the tag scene, Carol is taking the girls to the ballet lesson, then Mike comes to the kitchen to have breakfast before a golf game, when Greg comes in again, and asks for the car, as he's gonna be late for sports practice and would not make the team. Mike then lets him use the car, thinking that he could get Carol to drop him off at the golf course, only that Carol has already left, and so has Greg. Then Alice gives him her bus pass.
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In the beginning, Mike is taking Greg out on a learner's permit drive, as Greg is preparing for his upcoming driving test tomorrow. Which test, which he then does pass on his first attempt, and gets his license. passes. And of course, while Mike and Carol would trust him enough to let Greg drive them use (or at least drive) their cars, vehicles, Greg suddenly drops the bombshell, that wanting to be "the announces that, as a budding Big Man on Campus", On Campus, he wants go get some cool wheels of his own.
own. Mike later decides reluctantly agrees to talk to let Greg about it, reminding Greg that buy his last name is ''Brady'', not Onassis. Because Greg has been saving up for a own car - albeit that it's only $109, and with money he had to give saved up a teenage boy's necessities for it - pizzas, fries and girls. And Mike just wants Greg to promise him that when he goes to buy a car, (he has $109 set aside), on the condition he lets Mike take a him look at it first.
And just as Greg had left to look at athe car he would buy, first. Carol is still sceptical skeptical about Greg having his own car, and talks being able to Mike about it. For a teenager wanting a car of his own, afford the price of the car is the least of the problems, and not even gas[[note]]At the time, just a few years before the huge '73-74 oil crisis, a gallon of regular only cost 35 cents.[[/note]], but it was the time that upkeep, license, insurance was becoming mandatory[[note]] and as the British motoring show, TopGear would prove in 2009, if you're a teenager with your first car, you would have to use your parents' insurance.[[/note]]. so forth, although Mike assures Carol reminds her that for $100, Greg would not get $100 won't buy that good of a decent car anyway.
And boy,car. [[note]](Indeed, 1971 was he at least 20 years after $100 could buy someone a good used car.)[[/note]]
Boy, was Mike right.
Greg's fast-talking pal, Eddie, isselling trying to sell his car -- a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, which definitely was Bel-Air convertible -- and by the looks of it, it is a vehicle that had gone through severe abuse in its lifetime; although maybe a CoolCar for many of in its prime, by all appearances the '50s and '60s teenagers. Only that it's quite abused now, and car should have been sold to the junkyard, not a naive teenager. But Eddie claims he's selling it because is a smooth talker ... he needs $100 quickly, and convinces Greg that he already has at least five or six other buyers in line. Even champing at the bit for this set of cool wheels. Despite obvious signs that this car has had it -- the doors won't open, but Eddie says it's not a problem, for when you own a convertible, you don't bother with the door, but jump right in over it. Of course, you can open the door, when you kick it open from the inside. When he asks if he can hear the engine, he can, and boy, it makes a lot of clanker and causes quite a lot of vibration too, but Eddie says that it would be okay once open, the engine warms up. And overall, runs rough, the drivetrain clanks and vibrates severely and so forth -- Greg decides the car needs, in is a good buy and that, taking Eddie's words, "just words seriously, with a little bit of work". Although work, the car could be worth $500.
All the while, just imagine Gregisn't so sure about it, being replaced with a drawing of a Tootsie Roll lollipop ... because he just got suckered into buying a lemon. Especially after Eddie tells him that "for $100 and a "little bit" of work, he can get a car that's worth $500". And while Greg tries to adhere to his promise to let Mike look at the car first, Eddie quickly claims that that, by the time Mike he and Greg would make it back, the car would be gone as he has another "buyer" coming to look at it in 10 minutes, and that it would be a sure sale with him. Eddie claims it to be a great deal, and that Greg would get such fancy wheels only maybe in 5-6 years, if he didn't act quick and bought it.
Next thing you know, a really long horn is suddenly heard in the Brady house, and the whole family runs out to the porch to see what it is. And they see that same beater, as Greg is trying to get the hood open to fix the horn. And when he finally manages it, suddenly the engine starts smoking. Which has the family laughing at him.
And Mike getshis dad return to look at the car, only that when the damage has already it will have been done and sold to someone else. (Yeah, right!)
Greghas bought proudly shows off his new wheels to his parents, Alice and his siblings. Mike takes a look at the car, car and knows this is really not impressed. While a lemon. But he puts faith in Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and that, if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, himself in tuning the engine and getting other repairs done on a very tight budget. Only that budget, he might make a respectable car out of this junker yet.
But Mikesays that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your it when he earlier told Greg, "Your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before - in the sense that Greg should really have thought long and hard if it would be worth all the trouble to get a first car so quick on such a limited budget, or he could borrow his parents' cars instead. For [[note]]For that season, even Mike had a really cool car - a Plymouth Barracuda convertible.convertible (that he likely leased or, in the very least, was a company vehicle he was allowed to drive). You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
Undaunted, Greg,"[[/note]]
But Greg is out to prove himself right and, with the helpfrom of his siblings, somehow manages to fix the other kids and Alice, still managed to do a fine job fixing up that car, and restoring it vehicle to showroom condition. Only How he is able to do that he's still very amateur, as he says he fixed on a $9 budget we'll never know [[note]]-- after all, Robert Reed, holding it in for Lloyd Schwartz and/or the horn too poor schmuck of a writer who wrote the script and rewired basically all got it approved -- was probably gritting his teeth every time Mike reminded Greg about how his "name was Brady and not Onassis," until the electrical circuits, and blows the horn, final "cut" was shouted out[[/note]] but there it instead turns on the wipers. is ... a set of wheels that was fit for any cool early 1970s teenager.
Andsoon, then, 30 seconds later, all the original flaws of the car break out again - -- horn, smoking engine, a whole lot of noise and vibration from the engine, etc. So the Indeed, this car was an extreme lemon.
Whileready for the junkyard.
Gregcomplains tries to complain to Mike about Eddie, how Eddie suckered him into this deal. Mike reminds him is surprisingly not that sympathetic, and while it was an extremely rotten thing for he notes that Eddie to do, then Greg indeed was also stupid dishonest (and that he himself likely was conned into buying a car that seller knew was a piece of junk), he uses this as something to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him learn from ... the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat buyer, or ''caveat emptor'' (in Latin (Latin for "buyer beware".), basically, that when you are buying something, take "let the seller's claims with a pinch of salt, and always check things over yourself. Only that Greg takes buyer beware").
Hoping to recoup thelesson the wrong way - thinking that now he will be the seller instead, he could rip off another buyer. And sure enough, in next scene, $100 he's showing out -- that's just for the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. purchase alone -- Greg again claims decides that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and turnabout is fair play and, knowing that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using naive, easily suckered classmate named Ronnie is wanting to buy his first car, decides to play the same lingo Eddie used on him.
Inrole of a snake-oil salesman and get him to buy the next scene, Greg and car. But then, just before Ronnie agrees to the car are gone, while sale ...
... cut to the kitchen, where Mike and Carolarrive home. And then see that Greg's car is gone. Greg comes in, and says that he managed to sell arrives home shortly afterward ... having hopped out of an old truck. He had gotten a ride home ... from the car. Only not to Ronnie, as junkyard.
Greg explains: Just before Ronniewas about could take Greg up on his offer to buy the car, car for $100, Greg had second thoughts and decided that it wouldn't be worth it he couldn't lie about the car, explaining to stoop to Eddie's level, and let him off. And when he was driving home, Ronnie that the car broke down again, just near the junkyard. And was nothing but junk, that Ronnie had sensed that it was and that he thanked him for being truthful. So Greg did the best thing he could - he sold still had to drive the car home ... when it stalled one last time, and -- as Greg was trying to restart the junkyard for $50.
And inengine -- it literally fell apart. He had to call a tow truck from the auto salvage yard, which happened to be about a block or so away, and the owner gave him $50. Mike explains that Greg was out $50, but if he learned something from everything that happened, all the better.
In the tag scene, Carol is taking the girls to the ballet lesson, then Mike comes to the kitchen to have breakfast before a golf game, when Greg comes in again, and asks for the car, as he's gonna be late for sports practice and would not make the team. Mike then lets him use the car, thinking that he could get Carol to drop him off at the golf course, only that Carol has already left, and so has Greg. Then Alice gives him her bus pass.
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Next thing you know, a really long horn is suddenly heard in the Brady house, and the whole family runs out to the porch to see what it is. And they see that same beater, as Greg is trying to get the hood open to fix the horn. And when he finally manages it, suddenly the engine starts smoking. Which has the family laughing at him.
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In the tag scene, Carol is taking the girls to the ballet lesson, then Mike comes to the kitchen to have breakfast before a golf game, when Greg comes in again, and asks for the car, as he's gonna be late for sports practice and would not make the team. Mike then lets him use the car, thinking that he could get Carol to drop him off at the golf course, only that Carol has already left, and so has Greg. Then Alice gives him her bus pass.
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* FridgeLogic: How Greg spent $9 to turn a rolling disaster into a trophy-winning quality show car, let alone do it in a few short days (as is implied) is beyond baffling for many viewers (and probably became the latest issue between Robert Reed and the Schwartzes). After all, serious car collectors -- including those who would turn a restorable-condition car into one resembling the one seen in "The Wheeler Dealer" -- would have spent thousands of dollars and taken months (if not close to 2-3 years!) to complete a car restoration project such as the one Greg undertook.
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While Greg complains about Eddie, Mike reminds him that while it was an extremely rotten thing for Eddie to do, then Greg was also stupid to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat emptor'' (in Latin for "buyer beware".) Only that Greg took it the wrong way - now he will be the seller instead. And sure enough, in next scene, he's showing the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. Greg again claims that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using the same lingo Eddie used on him.
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While Greg complains about Eddie, Mike reminds him that while it was an extremely rotten thing for Eddie to do, then Greg was also stupid to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat emptor'' (in Latin for "buyer beware".) ), basically, that when you are buying something, take the seller's claims with a pinch of salt, and always check things over yourself. Only that Greg took it takes the lesson the wrong way - thinking that now he will be the seller instead.instead, he could rip off another buyer. And sure enough, in next scene, he's showing the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. Greg again claims that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using the same lingo Eddie used on him.
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** CoolCar: What Greg tries to turn his beater into. Indeed, two different 1956 Chevrolet convertibles were used in filming: the beater that Greg buys (and is used in early scenes) and the customized one that appears later. [[note]]Although Robert Reed was likely fuming at a script that had Greg somehow completing a complex restoration project -- turning a beater into a potential show winner -- in a matter of a few days and on a limited budget. Although one for this episode likely existed in Reed's personal archives (that he later shared with Barry Williams), no such critique has been known to have surfaced or been reprinted.[[/note]]
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** CoolCar: What Greg tries to turn his beater into. Indeed, two different 1956 Chevrolet convertibles were used in filming: the beater that Greg buys (and is used in early scenes) and the customized one that appears later. [[note]]Although Robert Reed was likely fuming at a script that had Greg somehow completing a complex restoration project -- turning a beater into a potential show winner -- in a matter of a few days and on a limited budget. Although one for this episode likely existed in Reed's personal archives (that he later shared with Barry Williams), no such critique has been is known to have surfaced or been reprinted.[[/note]]
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And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before - in the sense that Greg should really have thought long and hard if it would be worth all the trouble to get a first car so quick on such a limited budget, or he could borrow his parents' cars instead. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
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And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before - in the sense that Greg should really have thought long and hard if it would be worth all the trouble to get a first car so quick on such a limited budget, or he could borrow his parents' cars instead. For that season, even Mike had a really cool car - a Plymouth Barracuda convertible. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
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Not undaunted, Greg, with the other kids, and Alice, still managed to do a fine job fixing up that car, and restoring it to showroom condition. Only that he's still very amateur, as he says he fixed the horn too and rewired basically all the electrical circuits, and blows the horn, it instead turns on the wipers. And soon, all the original flaws of the car break out again - horn, smoking engine, a whole lot of noise and vibration from the engine, etc. So the car was an extreme lemon.
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And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
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And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before.before - in the sense that Greg should really have thought long and hard if it would be worth all the trouble to get a first car so quick on such a limited budget, or he could borrow his parents' cars instead. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
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Greg Brady really did love cars. After all, he would be the only kid who could drive (while Marcia got her license in Season 5, it was one of the very last episodes, and thus only lasted for 10 episodes.) And as we saw [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS4E9CareerFever in the previous season]], he was really serious about getting his own car and was even saving up for it. One thing he learned for sure, was that "Don't blindly trust '''The Wheeler-Dealer'''".
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Greg Brady really did love cars. After all, he would be the only kid who could drive in the original series (while Marcia got her license in Season 5, it was one of the very last episodes, and thus only lasted for 10 episodes.just ten episodes later, the show was cancelled.) And as we saw [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS4E9CareerFever [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS2E6CallMeIrresponsible in the previous season]], he was really serious about getting his own car and was even saving up for it. One thing he learned for sure, was that "Don't blindly trust '''The Wheeler-Dealer'''".
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Like many teenage boys of that era, Greg Brady really loved cars. After all, he would be the only kid who could drive (while Marcia got her license in Season 5, it was one of the very last episodes, and thus only lasted for 10 episodes.) And as we saw [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS4E9CareerFever in the previous season]], he was really serious about getting his own car and was even saving up for it. One thing he learned for sure, was that "Don't blindly trust '''The Wheeler-Dealer'''".
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Like many teenage boys of that era, Greg Brady really loved cars. After all, he would be the only kid who could drive (while Marcia got her license in Season 5, it was one of the very last episodes, and thus only lasted for 10 episodes.) And as we saw [[Recap/TheBradyBunchS4E9CareerFever in the previous season]], he was really serious about getting his own car and was even saving up for it. One thing he learned for sure, was that "Don't blindly trust '''The Wheeler-Dealer'''".
In the beginning, Mike is taking Greg out on a learner's permit drive, as Greg is preparing for his driving test tomorrow. Which he then does pass on his first attempt, and gets his license. And of course, while Mike and Carol would let Greg drive their cars, Greg suddenly drops the bombshell, that wanting to be "the Big Man on Campus", he wants go get some cool wheels of his own.
Mike later decides to talk to Greg about it, reminding Greg that his last name is ''Brady'', not Onassis. Because Greg has been saving up for a car - albeit that it's only $109, and he had to give up a teenage boy's necessities for it - pizzas, fries and girls. And Mike just wants Greg to promise him that when he goes to buy a car, he lets Mike take a look at it first.
And just as Greg had left to look at a car he would buy, Carol is still sceptical about Greg having his own car, and talks to Mike about it. For a teenager wanting a car of his own, the price of the car is the least of the problems, and not even gas[[note]]At the time, just a few years before the huge '73-74 oil crisis, a gallon of regular only cost 35 cents.[[/note]], but it was the time that insurance was becoming mandatory[[note]] and as the British motoring show, TopGear would prove in 2009, if you're a teenager with your first car, you would have to use your parents' insurance.[[/note]]. Mike assures Carol that for $100, Greg would not get a decent car anyway.
And boy, was he right.
Greg's pal, Eddie, is selling his 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, which definitely was a CoolCar for many of the '50s and '60s teenagers. Only that it's quite abused now, and Eddie claims he's selling it because he needs $100 quickly, and that he already has five or six buyers in line. Even the doors won't open, but Eddie says it's not a problem, for when you own a convertible, you don't bother with the door, but jump right in over it. Of course, you can open the door, when you kick it open from the inside. When he asks if he can hear the engine, he can, and boy, it makes a lot of clanker and causes quite a lot of vibration too, but Eddie says that it would be okay once the engine warms up. And overall, the car needs, in Eddie's words, "just a little bit of work". Although Greg isn't so sure about it, Eddie tells him that "for $100 and a "little bit" of work, he can get a car that's worth $500". And while Greg tries to adhere to his promise to let Mike look at the car first, Eddie quickly claims that by the time Mike and Greg would make it back, the car would be gone as he has another "buyer" coming to look at it in 10 minutes, and that it would be a sure sale with him. Eddie claims it to be a great deal, and that Greg would get such fancy wheels only maybe in 5-6 years, if he didn't act quick and bought it.
Next thing you know, a really long horn is suddenly heard in the Brady house, and the whole family runs out to the porch to see what it is. And they see that same beater, as Greg is trying to get the hood open to fix the horn. And when he finally manages it, suddenly the engine starts smoking. Which has the family laughing at him.
And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
Not undaunted, Greg, with the other kids, and Alice, still managed to do a fine job fixing up that car, and restoring it to showroom condition. Only that he's still very amateur, as he says he fixed the horn too and rewired basically all the electrical circuits, and blows the horn, it instead turns on the wipers. And soon, all the original flaws of the car break out again - horn, smoking engine, a whole lot of noise and vibration from the engine, etc. So the car was an extreme lemon.
While Greg complains about Eddie, Mike reminds him that while it was an extremely rotten thing for Eddie to do, then Greg was also stupid to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat emptor'' (in Latin for "buyer beware".) Only that Greg took it the wrong way - now he will be the seller instead. And sure enough, in next scene, he's showing the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. Greg again claims that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using the same lingo Eddie used on him.
In the next scene, Greg and the car are gone, while Mike and Carol arrive home. And then Greg comes in, and says that he managed to sell the car. Only not to Ronnie, as Ronnie was about to buy the car, Greg decided that it wouldn't be worth it to stoop to Eddie's level, and let him off. And when he was driving home, the car broke down again, just near the junkyard. And Greg did the best thing he could - he sold the car to the junkyard for $50.
And in the tag scene, Carol is taking the girls to the ballet lesson, then Mike comes to the kitchen to have breakfast before a golf game, when Greg comes in again, and asks for the car, as he's gonna be late for sports practice and would not make the team. Mike then lets him use the car, thinking that he could get Carol to drop him off at the golf course, only that Carol has already left, and so has Greg. Then Alice gives him her bus pass.
In the beginning, Mike is taking Greg out on a learner's permit drive, as Greg is preparing for his driving test tomorrow. Which he then does pass on his first attempt, and gets his license. And of course, while Mike and Carol would let Greg drive their cars, Greg suddenly drops the bombshell, that wanting to be "the Big Man on Campus", he wants go get some cool wheels of his own.
Mike later decides to talk to Greg about it, reminding Greg that his last name is ''Brady'', not Onassis. Because Greg has been saving up for a car - albeit that it's only $109, and he had to give up a teenage boy's necessities for it - pizzas, fries and girls. And Mike just wants Greg to promise him that when he goes to buy a car, he lets Mike take a look at it first.
And just as Greg had left to look at a car he would buy, Carol is still sceptical about Greg having his own car, and talks to Mike about it. For a teenager wanting a car of his own, the price of the car is the least of the problems, and not even gas[[note]]At the time, just a few years before the huge '73-74 oil crisis, a gallon of regular only cost 35 cents.[[/note]], but it was the time that insurance was becoming mandatory[[note]] and as the British motoring show, TopGear would prove in 2009, if you're a teenager with your first car, you would have to use your parents' insurance.[[/note]]. Mike assures Carol that for $100, Greg would not get a decent car anyway.
And boy, was he right.
Greg's pal, Eddie, is selling his 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, which definitely was a CoolCar for many of the '50s and '60s teenagers. Only that it's quite abused now, and Eddie claims he's selling it because he needs $100 quickly, and that he already has five or six buyers in line. Even the doors won't open, but Eddie says it's not a problem, for when you own a convertible, you don't bother with the door, but jump right in over it. Of course, you can open the door, when you kick it open from the inside. When he asks if he can hear the engine, he can, and boy, it makes a lot of clanker and causes quite a lot of vibration too, but Eddie says that it would be okay once the engine warms up. And overall, the car needs, in Eddie's words, "just a little bit of work". Although Greg isn't so sure about it, Eddie tells him that "for $100 and a "little bit" of work, he can get a car that's worth $500". And while Greg tries to adhere to his promise to let Mike look at the car first, Eddie quickly claims that by the time Mike and Greg would make it back, the car would be gone as he has another "buyer" coming to look at it in 10 minutes, and that it would be a sure sale with him. Eddie claims it to be a great deal, and that Greg would get such fancy wheels only maybe in 5-6 years, if he didn't act quick and bought it.
Next thing you know, a really long horn is suddenly heard in the Brady house, and the whole family runs out to the porch to see what it is. And they see that same beater, as Greg is trying to get the hood open to fix the horn. And when he finally manages it, suddenly the engine starts smoking. Which has the family laughing at him.
And Mike gets to look at the car, only that when the damage has already been done and Greg has bought the car, and is really not impressed. While Greg thinks that with the repair manual he got with the car, and if he did all the work himself, he could fix this car up himself, on a very tight budget. Only that Mike says that a new Rolls-Royce would still be cheaper. He really meant the "your name is Brady, not Onassis" quote before. You see, a QuintessentialBritishGentleman saying goes, "I'm not rich enough to buy cheap things."
Not undaunted, Greg, with the other kids, and Alice, still managed to do a fine job fixing up that car, and restoring it to showroom condition. Only that he's still very amateur, as he says he fixed the horn too and rewired basically all the electrical circuits, and blows the horn, it instead turns on the wipers. And soon, all the original flaws of the car break out again - horn, smoking engine, a whole lot of noise and vibration from the engine, etc. So the car was an extreme lemon.
While Greg complains about Eddie, Mike reminds him that while it was an extremely rotten thing for Eddie to do, then Greg was also stupid to fall for Eddie's scam, and teaches him the golden rule of being a buyer - ''Caveat emptor'' (in Latin for "buyer beware".) Only that Greg took it the wrong way - now he will be the seller instead. And sure enough, in next scene, he's showing the car to Ronnie, another friend of his. Greg again claims that the car isn't "old", but a "classic" and that it will be a collector's item in a few years, using the same lingo Eddie used on him.
In the next scene, Greg and the car are gone, while Mike and Carol arrive home. And then Greg comes in, and says that he managed to sell the car. Only not to Ronnie, as Ronnie was about to buy the car, Greg decided that it wouldn't be worth it to stoop to Eddie's level, and let him off. And when he was driving home, the car broke down again, just near the junkyard. And Greg did the best thing he could - he sold the car to the junkyard for $50.
And in the tag scene, Carol is taking the girls to the ballet lesson, then Mike comes to the kitchen to have breakfast before a golf game, when Greg comes in again, and asks for the car, as he's gonna be late for sports practice and would not make the team. Mike then lets him use the car, thinking that he could get Carol to drop him off at the golf course, only that Carol has already left, and so has Greg. Then Alice gives him her bus pass.
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** CoolCar: What Greg tries to turn his beater into. Indeed, two different 1956 Chevrolet convertibles were used in filming: the beater that Greg buys (and is used in early scenes) and the customized one that appears later.
** DIYDisaster: Greg's car, and his attempts to restore it to respectable running condition.
** DIYDisaster: Greg's car, and his attempts to restore it to respectable running condition.
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** CoolCar: What Greg tries to turn his beater into. Indeed, two different 1956 Chevrolet convertibles were used in filming: the beater that Greg buys (and is used in early scenes) and the customized one that appears later.
later. [[note]]Although Robert Reed was likely fuming at a script that had Greg somehow completing a complex restoration project -- turning a beater into a potential show winner -- in a matter of a few days and on a limited budget. Although one for this episode likely existed in Reed's personal archives (that he later shared with Barry Williams), no such critique has been known to have surfaced or been reprinted.[[/note]]
** DIYDisaster: Greg's car, and his attempts to restore it to respectable runningcondition.condition, somehow in a matter of days and on a limited budget.
** DIYDisaster: Greg's car, and his attempts to restore it to respectable running
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Twice:
** Chris Beaumont: Although he wasn't a particularly well-known actor -- his best known role was one of the lead roles in the short-lived sitcom "Here We Go Again" -- he is easily remembered by avid ''Brady'' fans for his portrayals as various teenagers throughout the course of the series. In this, his second of four appearances, Chris plays the role of Greg's friend, Eddie.
** Charles Martin Smith: Remember Toad from ''AmericanGraffiti''? Then you'll know Ronnie, the nerdy guy whom Greg wants to unload his piece-of-junk car on.
** Chris Beaumont: Although he wasn't a particularly well-known actor -- his best known role was one of the lead roles in the short-lived sitcom "Here We Go Again" -- he is easily remembered by avid ''Brady'' fans for his portrayals as various teenagers throughout the course of the series. In this, his second of four appearances, Chris plays the role of Greg's friend, Eddie.
** Charles Martin Smith: Remember Toad from ''AmericanGraffiti''? Then you'll know Ronnie, the nerdy guy whom Greg wants to unload his piece-of-junk car on.
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** DIYDisaster: Greg's car, and his attempts to restore it to respectable running condition.
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** WhatAPieceOfJunk: Everyone's initial reaction when Greg starts up the car and – partly because of no muffler – it begins to idle very loudly. Even after Greg had put in hard work to try to get the car to respectable running order, it reverts to its rough state less than 30 seconds after being started and running smoothly.
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** FellOffTheBackOfATruck: The car itself, because of its rough state.
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* Car-related tropes:
** TheAllegedCar: While certainly not a non-descript foreign model from an Eastern European country, the car Greg buys has a multitude of problems and is ready for the junkyard after a lifetime of abuse.
** CoolCar: What Greg tries to turn his beater into. Indeed, two different 1956 Chevrolet convertibles were used in filming: the beater that Greg buys (and is used in early scenes) and the customized one that appears later.
** TheAllegedCar: While certainly not a non-descript foreign model from an Eastern European country, the car Greg buys has a multitude of problems and is ready for the junkyard after a lifetime of abuse.
** CoolCar: What Greg tries to turn his beater into. Indeed, two different 1956 Chevrolet convertibles were used in filming: the beater that Greg buys (and is used in early scenes) and the customized one that appears later.
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** Charles Martin Smith: Remember Toad from ''AmericanGraffiti''? Then you'll know Ronnie, the nerdy guy whom Greg wants to unload his piece-of-junk car on.
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* SnakeOilSalesman and HonestJohnsDealership: Eddie, who cons Greg into buying the car by perfectly playing the role of the stereotypical used-car salesman. Greg ''almost'' becomes this when he sells the car to Ronnie, but unlike his pal Eddie, Greg backs out at the last second. The "dealership" in both cases is the Bradys' driveway.
* SnakeOilSalesman and HonestJohnsDealership: Eddie, who cons Greg into buying the car by perfectly playing the role of the stereotypical used-car salesman. Greg ''almost'' becomes this when he sells the car to Ronnie, but unlike his pal Eddie, Greg backs out at the last second. The "dealership" in both cases is the Bradys' driveway.
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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* HeyItsThatGuy: Twice:
** Chris Beaumont: Although he wasn't a particularly well-known actor -- his best known role was one of the lead roles in the short-lived sitcom "Here We Go Again" -- he is easily remembered by avid ''Brady'' fans for his portrayals as various teenagers throughout the course of the series. In this, his second of four appearances, Chris plays the role of Greg's friend, Eddie.
** Charles Martin Smith: Remember Toad from ''AmericanGraffiti''? Then you'll know Ronnie, the nerdy guy whom Greg wants to unload his piece-of-junk car on.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Twice:
** Chris Beaumont: Although he wasn't a particularly well-known actor -- his best known role was one of the lead roles in the short-lived sitcom "Here We Go Again" -- he is easily remembered by avid ''Brady'' fans for his portrayals as various teenagers throughout the course of the series. In this, his second of four appearances, Chris plays the role of Greg's friend, Eddie.
** Charles Martin Smith: Remember Toad from ''AmericanGraffiti''? Then you'll know Ronnie, the nerdy guy whom Greg wants to unload his piece-of-junk car on.
