Graveyard Carz: 'American Choppers' meets 'American Pickers'
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Springfield has some reality TV stars in the making as "Graveyard Carz" season two is scheduled to premiere on Velocity by Discovery.
The show is all about restoring classic cars and is produced from top to bottom at Welby's Collision Center on Main Street in Springfield.
“The premise for the show, that we bring dead cars back to life, is an engaging idea," said Welby's owner Mark Worman, also the show's star.
Worman told KVAL News the reality show could be best described as "American Choppers meets American Pickers."
"I wanted more of a docudrama," said Worman at his shop on Main Street Friday afternoon. "I wanted one that followed the lives of us four bananas trying to put cars together in our own way."
While the show's characters are seasoned auto restoration professionals, they're also becoming self-proclaimed reality TV production experts and stars: they shoot, edit and package their product for a worldwide audience at the collision center.
“It is a bad economy out there," said Worman. "The actors out there in Hollywood aren’t getting the big money that they were getting before, and I think that networks are looking at reality TV as a way to make affordable TV for them so they can make the profits they used to make back in the heyday.”
Worman said he was paid $500 an episode for season one of "Graveyard Carz."
"We basically gave it away for free," he said, but added that all the work was worth it.
Worman said season one of "Graveyard Carz" reached 150 million homes in 40 countries. He said he expects season two to do even better.
"Graveyard Carz" season two premieres Januar 8th at 6 p.m. on Velocity by Disccovery. For many TV viewers in the Willamette Valley, that is channel 711 on Comcast cable and channel 364 for Dish subscribers.
Is this show off the air?
Is there anyway to apply and get a car makeover for an old mopar in eugene.
what an exciting show. Now we know it take 2 people to buy a u joint. ANd how many people it takes to set up cabinets. Followed by the demo in the sand blasting. O yes and I almost forgot the unforgetable trip to the coffee shop. This show is so bad. It is 10 minutes of information wrapped by 50 minutes of advertisement and name calling.
they are a bunch of little cry baby bitches...all you hear on the show is Mark crying about something, just build cars and no crying K mark=)
Sounds like your typical advertisement disguesed as a "show" .
The article says "restoring classic cars", but as a fan, these are MOPAR, and not just classics, but VERY expensive Mopar classics!! Love it!!
@Efil z I love the mopars but , I really h8 those single barel carter carbs, they allways develope a flat spot...
@Paul Kersey. OSHA would shut you down in an instant if they saw you working under a car hanging by a thread from the fork lift!!!