'Treasure Detectives,' 'Car Chasers' review: No 'Pawn Stars'
From left, Catherine Knebel, Curtis Dowling, Andy Smith of CNBC's "Treasure Detectives." Credit: CNBC
"Chasers" is about a Lubbock, Texas-based classic car flipper, Jeff Allen, who buys beauties (like a '57 Chevy) then sells them at a nice markup; tonight he preps a 1980 Ferrari GTBi (like the one Tom Selleck drove in "Magnum, P.I.") for an auction in Dallas.
Of the two, "Treasure Detectives" is the better bet simply because the process of investigation -- as with one of its templates, "History Detectives" -- is fun, informative and not entirely trivial. (Who knew Lichtenstein had a middle name that began with the letter "F," which he signed an exact way, specifically... oh, never mind.)
"The Car Chasers" is basically the classic car version of "Pawn Stars," which is to say it's heavily character-driven with a whole lotta haggling. But while Jeff Allen may be lively and follically challenged, he's definitely no Rick Harrison, nor does the show dive deeply enough into its subject to be of much lasting interest to the intended audience, real gear heads.
"Treasure Detectives" B-
"The Car Chasers" C+
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